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SCHOLAR AUTHOR, ' STATESMAN, DIPLOMAT,
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OHN flAY, whd diH ;thiS-JnoriungwJlrrat'ln
history, as a statesman f tirst-cias ability, i nere
have been men of greater brains.- perJupaJmt-ilay
a a public man and a private cKUenL
yTS' grearticcci ' .' ! " ' ' . ' '-
" : When irf 1860 Abraham Lincoln eksied pres?
y t dent and faced the. awful, ordeal of civil -war, he
. . lected, with the penetrating judgment characteristic of
- him, two young men tor' private' secretarietJohn Hay
f and John G. Nicdlay. ? To these young" menv 1w gava
bis fullest confidence. v Some, young men would not
' C n,re imprd ; the opportunity of-thia-4, intimate
' : association- with-'America's greatest man, in Amer
lea's greatest crisis., but ? young. . Hay did. . He
H 1 was a well educated 'young man,, clean, clear-headed,
1 j honorably ambitious... -Besides performing hit official
duties, he noted down- fromday: to, day, from hour o
"7 hour, every ,acU6M and woid iif Tiesirfwit Lincoln, wjth.
i- his approval, -and o yeara.later ie.and Nicolay gave to
,.' the, coiinfrf nd;jh ; Jw,6'rldT themost 'complete life of
Lmcoln that was ever published. Tr.!v'
Mr. Hay.wanever a politician pi .the vulgar aort,
!.: He sjught and- "found distinction honorably, thought
r fully," dtcentlyif dealyrsnheTrHMircKlhfy-waa
I , elected president he appointed Mr. Hay minister to Eng-
land, and later recalled him to make him secretary of
state, josition that he has held with credit to himself
, and honor to his country for about seven years. In
,th
.important of which waa:liii.:addrua
. Europe suggesting, and it might almost be said demand
it ing,"" the- autonomy of China, its protection" from.u:dii
.acctwn 'and spoliation. This oecufred Just after we had
. . easily whipped Spain and freed Cuba, nd had become
, world power" jn a new-nienser"Later," Mr. Hay,' the
- ; "world now listening to and respecting him, insisted on
r; the "open door" policy; in the orient, and it is undoubt-
; ; edly due partly; at leastto hia efforts " and diplomacy
. . that Japan, now the only great and respectable power
Vin that part of the world, his declared that there shall
- be -an op9qift,Z -''' ,'
Perhaps we give" Mr. Hay tod much credit, for be
: hind the secretary of state is' always the president There
ZX wasMclCinley, who declared fhatthe period,. of exclu-
aion has passed"; there is Roosevelt, . whoi shirks no
: ' responsibility on account of his cabinet appointees; but
T V we -imagine that s great 'deal of this notable work, of
! which we can herein only indicate the tenor, was done
on the intellectual initiative of John Hay. V In other
words, the president, trusted htm, and in a ..large de-
grte let him have his owrilway, AhcT fCwaa always a
right way a high waylT :' -. i c . ; . . "... : : ... .
- J. .We respect and honor--Jonii Hay. At his bfer we
, bow, not with tear, .but with a thrill of pride, that
auch Americans grew andlived and acfed.""
v And after all the proper tributes to his memory as a
TT'statesman and diplomat are written and uttered, we love,
beyond and below and above all that, 4h maa who wrote
who had it in his brain and soul to .write "Jim Blud
soe" and "Little Breeches." ' Hay'a work "as a scholar,
!v author, diplomat ' and statesman - may fade with the
' flight of ;:the" ' t'gea 'but .'rio generatfon o!.rriankinil twill
forget that Jim Bludsoe held the nozzle, of. the Prai
tie Bettigainst Jhe bank tittjhe last galoot got iihore;
or that nothing bur angels saved "Little Breeches"' or
- - fail t amile -and shed Trjrrpathetic teii"whentftfy
, remember the" vi ru!&wv; i-:4&;"'r-
- Well, I think that savinVa little
T And DringinMiim.JtcJa-wn
" T Is ldurne4 "sight . better busmessj
. Than loafin-around-a- throne
THE CANADIANS ARE AMONG US.
EANTIME let as not forget
who. also have day today,
own observance of July 1 at
' here in such overwhelming numbers." But they will do
thing right and thy will make such a showing that
no one who participates or observe 4t is iikely soon to
-forget The Canadian are something more than next
- door-neighbortr for-manyof them" are' now "parrot us,
while many others are in plain view from our back yard,
- with, much the same InterestlTsoineTitrieroloaely-J
. terblended that one can scarcely disentangle them, with
a common heritage of language and many similar im
pulses and aspirations. From the Straits-of Fuca on
ward and upward our relations grow
Many of our own citizens have, penetrated Canadian ter
Htory and are there taking" up a
tag a new leaven which we nope will
Away up toward the Arctic circle
$30,000 ROR A VOMAN-S
T-v:-'-SOUL';:".-ir.
By Mwv. ThesBM 1
, -Br the wtir of a wealthy friend out
t', In California. '."Mrs. Luelnda Ganaon of
! Davanport. Iowa, finds that Bh la left
j,, ..the Sinn r t30,00 on Condition that she
-tWjl!a:lvLjhe LPrentreUlouabv
Uefa and accept those ,p another church,
"li tJpon this aoinewhat tempting- propd
K altlon. Mrs. Oanson delivers herself as
follows;
' ? "Thirty thousand dollars Is en tm-
, mease sum to refuse. But I cannot
tniae or chang-tnir my religious beliefs
i' for any. amount of money,' -
- I prssume the California friend. In
,; makln his will, was in an earliest frame
j . C mind, and It would seem to be the
ease that Mrs. Oanson Is taklne the
" matter quite seriously; and yet, to many
7 people, th whol thin m appear to
. f be tremendously f mnyv-
"7 In 'tha-firw pla, the California man
, was asklnr Mrs. Oanson to do the lm.
A person can no more change hl
- Teat belief, relleloun or otherwlap, than
change his height, er the color
f his eyes, r the tone of his voice.
I say hi "real beliefs."
1 wnat la a rani belief? It is the
i aneatal conviction that Is forced
' n r tha-weight of evidence.
irm
upon
r rorccaopon one," X repeat.
1 , Toe can no more resist tha eonvictlon
that Is supported by evidence than you
' n reatat seeing the eun or hearing the
. 1 la strictly obligatory.
; On yott clearly aee certain facts, you
1 -., mir oongea to draw from
.,, them a certain conclusion not only
ciwinsion thajrntt , ajwx tahoasaj liut
a, vr, thy: ie raTUcular conclusion that Is
ti you y me nets,
uc tb u r" belief about re.
a, wr aoout polltlca. or about his-
w aBoui. anything else.
? rf 1 already said, poal.
- vejt lularest tt ta enough, ja
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Treason that
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our Canadian friends
but owing to, their
home may not be
city of its size in
thi. a they have
I Uf you go out
closer and closer.
new life and spread-
benefit both races,
the, relation! are
any sensible person laugh out good and
loud! ' ., '..".T i'.:, .' ,
It you are honest enough to organise
a search foe-facts, and. having found
them, have brain enough to see the force
and bearing of the facta, the only thing
you can possibly do la to believe the
thing that is (oread upon you by th
login ofthaoa. and, that belief you
must-continue to hold until auch time
. -by further "inrestlgattoa.: you shall
obtain other evidence which shetr-torce
you to accept a different view.
You can briba. or persuade, or frighten
man tntd pre tending to change his be
liefs; but nothing -but facts, and the
evidence that goes along, with them, can
Actually change a conviction.
-Of course it will be no "news" te
sensible people to try here that not one
person In a thousand, tha world over,
haa such a thing as a real- belief.
In the' overwhelming majority: of
cases men end women "believe" because
they are told to, or because ttMs fash
ionable or profitable to do so. - Their
belief la not something that they have
worked r.uj: for themselves and reached
through the unanswerable logic of fer4i,
but !.rn,ethlne that the have .
cei"te37r t iVen Tnr-gr4atdjiaumed7 at
auKgeaimn or anotner.
- Buehbcllaf " of rourstL lk liable to
be "( hanged" at any time. If the bribe
Is sufficiently Inviting, or the persua
sion sufficiently honeyed, or the fright
sufficiently frlghtfuirme -"belief will
be given tip and another one "accepted."
Personally, I am very sorry thst there
are not more, real beliefs smong us'
beliefs that represent . brain reeearch
and au honest. desire after truth.
- No matter what tha belief is, If it is
a veal one. If It Is honest and sincere,
if It has come to you after e long and
faithful comparison of facts and weigh
ing of evidences. It is a sacred posses
sion, and you should treat It accord
In! y. . , -
mrn were, out u ihty wer, of ,h
kind Juatjmentloned she did well In re
fusing to belle them for money.- 'Tor
whst shall it profit a man te gain the
whole- world and lose hla ewn aouir
that l to say; his self-respect
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Tto Journal BuJldJng, Fifth nd YmW3
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brotherlv and ' intimate and the relations -there have
about a better feeling everywhere.
. .. We are now seeing the torerunners of those who are
to come.- for Ih ere will be thousands I them during the
fair.' They are coming here not only
something to aee but because they wanVj
to come. For this reason they will aU be doubly welcome.-
Of those who .have already. come here all bare.
report, not alone of what they saw
which they received. Qf all the im-
the fairwilMeave-ipon-Uie.tyisitors
best - that everybody in Portland - re
a sense as host and that within, the
could do he made it comfortable for
those who had honored. the. city "by coming here. . We
hope the Canadians will come often and that what they
find here will always and in all respect! more tnan meet
their . highest expectations. y : :
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. CONDITIONS OETTINQ WORSE IN RUSSIA.,
RECENT report are true, and oth-
"TTing' l Incdnceivable in" th e preenr condition f- af
fairs in Russia, then the world is confronted wttn
extraordinary spectacle it has ever wit
nessed in it topsy-turvey career. f The mutiny ol the
sailor on a warship; its capture and it holding of
great Russian city in terrified subjection for aeveral days,
i sufficiently remarkable in itself, but when there is su
peradded to thi the fact, as now seems probable, that
intt nf .trilfinor ita colors and makihsf a craven aur-
rHder-rWrthout striking a blow, the' mutinoua-piriH
chips are joining tnjt ts ntgn lime
that the government at t fetcrsDurg waa looKing out
for Jteif, for1 there is likely to be omething doing in a
wholealrway and that in hort order. ; "'.-'
It iaasy-to-ataAla- prairia lire but once""well started
it make little difference in the. final result whether the
grass is wet or dry,' for it i likely, tc burn iUelf out un
less the wind change or a counter fire stays its progress.
Russia's problem is more complicated than thafTof an
ordinary country but while it ha found much of iu
strength in the past in the diversity of language and the
racial antipathies of the people it may in the future find
ha fatal dancer- in the aame ourcesRui ha- long
occupied the center of the atage in the
world i interest Dut no pari 10 cram oemg pyea
wilt irouM-the-4rofountf'interest:;Uhhich the do
mestic drama now in progress in Russia itself will be
watched. In the far eastern wa the fate of one nation
was at stake; Japan either stood or feirinthe outcome.
But that feature of the contest was soon eliminated, for
it early became apparent that Japan would be the victor
in the war almost a certainly as it had been 10 years
before in its fight with China. , But now the ahoe is on
the other foot; it is the Russian government which, now
seem trembling in the balance. It may perhaps be. too
much to put the matter in just this way,-but that Russia
is confronted by a crisis i manifest even upon the Jace
permitted to trickle forth, to th"e world.
have.aaid. ha now the -right of way
as the most interesting of all questions before the-peo
ple of the world and whatever .comes forth: will be read
with, eagerness, backed always by the hope, that ou of It
may come something that will better the condition of the
NICE 8ISTER CITY?"
. a , city ; of which., the whole Pacific
is croud, and it haa every right and
e acific
can.be fuggested ior being proud of
itself. In 1900 Tacoma, according to the federal census,
had population in, roundV numbers, of 38,000.. It has
plenty of evidence 'to how that now it haa a population
of over 60,000. That i a pretty fauy growth -in five
years nearly MOO - pet.xent::;:: iSlr,,:.
' Tacoma is in some respect an unique city. It claims
to be a city in which there are more nice,' pleasant;
comfortabler "elegant," eyetftuxurious homesrhan-any
the world. It people take pride m
a right to do, and ought to do.'
to the fair in the eveningyou cannot
fail, in looking across tne taxe rt w eteciric ngni
legend:; "Watch Tacoma-growNow ; it ia an interesting-thing,
really-taatch;city'grbwTher is a
"whole-education in it And. .nowhere -the' world around
haa ther beerH-moreinteresting, instructive, growth
than in Tacoma- y ' -tm .': -y:J
The "boosters" are all right Tacoma is all right
It has a righMo "boost" and be "booated." The Tacoma
people are all right. They own Portland today; and if
there is anything they want that they don't see, let
them ask for it and weJwiil dig it up for them. - : .
Condemns Professional Lobbyists. ',
. """-"From the New Torn Herald. '
- Governor Harrlck of Ohio has declared
hie purpose to set on foot a movement
for the eradication of professional lob
bying In the legislative halls of Ohio.
He eal'd: ? .J.U.
"Lobbying la. a deadly poison In the
wellspring of legislation. Jt la respon
sible la the main for the low estimate In
which our lsw-maklng bodies jire held
by Tanr throughout the entire coon try.
JTThe professional Jobbylstle a ttim
Inal. By that I mean the man who of
fers a fixed bribe to promote or restrict
legislation. His' great crime 1 lea-la. the
destruction ef the faith la the honesty
of our cltisens and the honesty of man
kind. r -. - ,' - . .
"We must do more than arrest' we
must exterminate the professional lob
by. Other, communities have risen and
eradicated this pernicious practice, and
Ohio should move with no laggard step
to do likewise.. As far ae It lies Within
my power, I propose to net on foot this
reform." - - , . '-" ': .' - ,
-Never Would Do'.'-
From the Chicago Tribune.
.Milkmaid the chairman nf tha
legislative steering committee, -must
not be allowed to become a law. In. its
present "ahape." I -x
....'hy notr demanded Ih member
that had charge of th bill. ,
"Its too plain and direct There Is
only, one possible Interpretation of It
and no possible way of evading It Read
It sgaln yourself, man, and tell me, as
a lawyer. If you think you could get a
case out of It In a hundrdyeara.".. . .
Killed by a Tick.
From the Joseph Herald.
The three-months-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. John Nichols died last
uriee Baturday. We understand
that the little ne'e death -was caused
by tick, whloh adhered to the body and
Imply sucked th life-blood eway.w ,
- While preparing the child body for
the casket the tick dropped to th floor:
It was almost' an Inch In diameter. It
seems strange that It should nee have
been discovered before the death of tha
jenutt. ... .. .
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SMALL CHANGE
i";HervHune,',:;.;J ;:, "rf
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r Don't forget the Importance of good
ru.,- 1 i, ,( (-
Now, July, there's the falr-Mhe beat
ever a. earth.. : , ;, . . .
'Oood-bye, June; w love you. . Come
again -ntyear4.ii.4;.:v:-
Don't overlook Chautauaua. " It will
b better than ever. , . - ,...1..;.,.
Break up-the big farms in the Wil-
lamette valley.. That will help, j,--
-The lecturer may not knowt-H all,
but some of them are worh Bstenlng to.
Rulaeeda-ne4-ewMioh toxaak
peace wUh Japan ae wtth Itaelf. , ;
Mayor' "Weaver of Philadelphia.- eaye
he is determined, to "tura ,M!rj rsscai
out." .. Hello,- Lane 1 . - ;-yy -y
' There's one food thing the BepuWI
eana have to study about whom to nom
mate for governor. ; ,
Edmund Russell give a long aet ot
rules on "How to Oet BU M a i-over.
There'a one eure way, girl marry him.
aimh - nnurt. haa : deolded that
bat trimming not an art f Now let
some wie Judge declare that wearing
millinery 1 a disease. -ji,?-j ;.r,.-.
Korth Tamhtll Record: r Some of the
leading Republican paper are keeping
up a wall because the Democrats have
elected their candidate tor a number
of the -moiit Important office tn the
state. If "ft ofr them W9in4iak.egme.
to look over the names of those -4n-dlctodL
for various ttn- ' Jh
officer- and -what party they- affUJ
at"wUh,"it might paHlaU -thelfeelP
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OREGON SIIEUGHtS
Heps .won't be T
Tamhlll abould,how up more."
Mttch building- going onJnXa-arande.
Vetch Ueomlng to he favorite erb
"WreetoveClvlo ImprovenVent ae
elety active, -j-; .-.'v-V. - ";
Toreet Oreve la perhaps the leading
dahlia town In the United Utev-r.. 4,
"So busy was our visitor yterday
that The DaTle Chronicle didn't- hav
time o write here.", - v"i
" " XTyoung-iMn - named Brewer- was
drowned near Marlon last Saturday
evening. 7 He" wa standing on a log In
the mill pond when he euddenly fell
Into the water and. did not rise to the
urface. HI body waa recovered thr
hours later. . . .'' .''':;;.r
" 'Woodbum independents Colonel I. B.
Eddy, land 'agent of the Harrlman lines,
and Hon. a P Hoff. state commiaskraer
of tabor; were 4n the eity Monday They
were armed with axhandles and came to
jee the edltor.bu heifiappene to be
away apd escaped eevere "handUngr
Harrlsburg Enterprise': Jt! t. ; Oore
bee Just finished the legging contracts,
above this city.end although he wse
only engaged in-banking out he suc
ceeded in putting over te,000 feet with
one team since the middle of February.
This record will hardly bebatn In this
part of the country at least Mr. Oore
only worked three horses,- and part of
the time only twe men.-. ? V' -'
Cooe Bay Newe: " On dsy lest week,
when nearing Allegany, the passengers
on the launch Marguerite nottoed the
water, very muddy, and f ear were ex
pressed that the splssh dsm of the
Krusa "Bros. logging camp.' en the east
fork, had given way. lter en It wae
learned that the roily water wee caused
by a number of the yung folks who
were- in fcath!nf.rCaptaln Sawyers, of
the Marguerite, says that he desires to
make no comment whatever, but sin
cerely hope that the health of th fish
In the river haa not been affected.
The American Leader fat Wireless.
From July Success Magalne. '
The development of, wireless teleg
raphy has lifted Into-world-wide 'promi
nence the name ef Dr. Lee De Forest,
who, et the ego of 32. haa taken rank as
America e leading worker in the remark'
able art of transmitting - telegraphic
messages without wires. The system
Invented by him. which is distinct in
numeroue way from that of Marconi, Is
In operation at wireless stations at New
York, Jfewr Haven, Cape Hatteras,
Charlestown and several other points on
the Atlantic coast The United States
navy has given hla ompany contracts
for the etabllshment of stations at Pen
eaoola. Key West. Panama, Porto
Kloo and Cuba Several line of coast
wise ; eteamere have recently been
equipped with hi apparatus. The sys
tem has been established by the United
States signal corps between Cape Nome
nnd St; Michael, in Alaska, where the
toe and topography of the country render
wire Impossible. . ' .
- Leas than 1 years ago Dr. De Forest
was a freshmen at Tale, beginning hie
studies In the scientific school In 119.
He was born at Council Bluffs, lows. In
1S7I, where hie father was a pastor.
While still In knickerbockers he began
to devote much of hla time to electrical
experiments. His chief boyhood Interest
wse to arrange batteries, and with these
to run toy motors and telegraphic In
struments, lie equipped his room with
electric lights and bells. To qualify for
the degree of doctor, of philosophy In
his third year In the scientific school at
Yale , he - wrote J a thesis on Hertslan
waves. These being the medium of
wireless communication, hie attention
was-in this way turned to practical tel
egraphy without wires, with which Mar
oonl had - begun experimenting. De
Forest developed his eyetem" along Inde
pendent lines. V A
He 1 a tireless worker."Enthusisra
and hard work are the secrete of what
ever I have achieved," he hes said. - "No
one recognises the inherent limitations
of wireless telegraphy more than one
who has wrestled with the tremendous
difficulties of Its development The path
of experiment has-, been - devloue end
filled with stubborn obstacles. But I
trust I am conservative when I say
that there is a great future that attends
thlg, yOUBg SlWrrr-r, 'VTV-Kir-ir rn. lignum .
Mow Times Have Changed 1 '
From th' Chicago Journel. V :
1 Joe Choate eaye Roosevelt would get
ee many votes In England. In -proportion
to the population, ae he got here
last fall. There was a time, not so
long ar. when a statement like that
would have been enouah to damn aav
a SCICSB fmnriri.j, - : . - :
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LES
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July t, H0S Topic: "SennacheriVe Jn
- -vaslon" II Chroit xxxll:-. -
Oolden text "With -u le Jehovah eur
Ood tp help u. and t fight our bat
tlee"i II Chrop."xxxll:t. ,' 77 .. :
. Reponlv readlngt Pasl viy:l-Jt.
-.-tieiatao' .;..
Returning to the study ofthe OJd
Testament for 'the lAet al tv. h Pt
the year, we hould remember te point
reached In our previous studies,, since
that conetltutee -our- new polal . of de
parture. We had pursued the history or
Israunder-tb aovereigntiee Of Saul,
..m aniomnn until occurred the
division of the original etate under the
boastful but weak Rehoboam, son , of
urdamnn (I Klncs alL) Our course of
study then followed -that-rtval kingdom
which waa oet up by Jeroboam, pursu
i tk.nnii tta troubled career. - we
hn ranidiv it changed dynastlse
king coming to the throne by-violence
and perishing oft by assassination. Dur
ing Its existence as a eiaw
separate capitals, Sheehenr. Tlsrah. and
Samaria. It waa at laat extinguished by
fire and blood, and Ita people were car
Tied ' awav beyond the Euphrates : by
asavria ' disauDearing from history.
Thst the land might not' revert to a
wilderpeea for lack of tnhabttanta. the
vlctorioue monarch- ent beek olontsta
eollected-trom. all quarters 10 occupy
th altas of its ruined, cities, end these.
Intermingling with the scattered tami
llee which had escaped slaughter and
exile, constituted the mongrel popula
tion of Samaria, whose his tor lo else
their descendants occupy to this day.
, The southern or Judaean kingdom,
email aa it was and not eapable of great
military exploits, by lte posseeslon of
th temple, through the stability- of Its
Davldle dynasty ana tne purer religion
of Ita people lasted much longer. The
mora religions laments In Isreel - de
serted the northern kingdom long before
Its fall and took up their abode in Ju
dah, as. was notably true of the whole
tribe of t.pritsts II Chron xl:l. 141.
Neverthelasfc, ita kings were sometimes
sensualists ana apostates, oniy live out
of It successors of David being praised
aa true to the faith of their ancestors.
B Intermarriages (for reasons of pol
icy), with the worst surrounding trlbee
th Davldlo line wae grossly perverted,
and under the bloody reign -of Jehoram
and A thai la. daughter of Jesebel, the
etate reached" the lowest depths. . There
seemed a promise of betterment when
the youthful end devout Heaeklah came
to. the throne (II Chron. chs, nil, xxx.
xxxi), - But dangers were threatening
from the empire which had destroyel
Samaria, and the lesson begins with the
invasion of Palestine ny sennacnerib
recounting hie threat to wipe out the
existence f Judah ae the unnamed "king
of Assyria" had wiped out. the northern
kingdom (II Kings xvll:l- not long
before. - ., - "s:.,.
.,,;.Ih,essew,'--,1';-Verse
. - Sennacherib marching weet
ard. Impelled" by that luat of empire
which is th eurse of kings, had cap
tured city after city to the north, of
Jerusalem and swept down the coast to
MH4IW UWll..Wl.U.HyK. w t tid
ing t-to , the relief - of Heaeklah. and
waa now besieging the city of Lachlah,
about S4 miles southwest of Jerusalem.
Heaeklah, .knowing that Jerueelem wae
the chief object of the expedition, was
strengthening the Walls of th capital.
laying waste the suburbs. 'end so far
as was possible,- cutting off the water
supplies from the surrounding country.
It we at this Juncture Sennacherib sent
the ineolent-message to all Judah that
after he had taken tachteh.be would
deyote hie attention to ehem. ' - - -
Verse 10. HI, first question was a
protest against. what some of their own
number doubtless considered the folly
of any, attempt at resistance. Tha pur
port of his, proclamation wae - to sow
dissension In Jerusalem iteelf. - .
Vers 11., Sennacherib warns the peo
ple that a siege mean to them, famine
and thirst The king of, Assyria m very
real and very near.. Who is this Jahovah
upoiV'whom Heaeklah would teech them
to' rely? - .-.TTT,..; ,. ,
Verse 1." 8tlU further to creaU, dis
sension, Sennacherib take, occasion of
the dissent which he knew prevailed in
Judaea beceuee Heaeklah had destroyed
the local sanctuarlee. . Without books
and achools and eccleelaetlcal everelght
the eatabllshment of altars and priests
in rlvel. eltiee would soon have pro
duced - Innumerable type of Judaism.
It -was "to hold Israel true to Ita one
revelation that' on central temple wee
prescribed ' by the lew 'given- in the
mount and the law which Heseklah
would enforce. - But It bad doubtless
deprived mny cities f the Importance
which they had obtained by being the
eeate of venerated shrines. V ClUsens
from these cities had taken refuge in
Jerusalem. Sennacherib would persuade
them that the act of Heseklah which
waa so galling to them wes an Insult to
Jehovah himself.' : w
Verse IS. - Each land boasted Its god
aa did Palestine. -And yet each land In
turn had fallen before the advance of
hie terrible army. Had the little king
dom f Judah- a mightier god to fight
for It then Syria or Egypt f Thus in
every age the enemies of the truth have
sneered at th f eebtenee f that -"little
flock" which expected greet defense
from ' Ood. -"' :-r -: r ' , -f ,
' Vsrse 14. The uninterrupted success
of a growing empire appears "to the
worldly-minded a valid argument for its
Invulnerability. 80-st the breaking eat
of the war In Manchuria everybody felt
that the esar of all the Rueelac had in
herited a power whlchAad demonstrated
lte irresistible force. 'All history shows
ue that "a great world power" la a
feeble thing when th Almighty ; lifts
up his hand- against It . .. r.
- Verse 1. The fifteenth verse simply
reiterates hie aneers end threats. In
the succeeding verse It Is mad! plain
that tha cause of Heseklah - Waa the'
causa of Jehovah. VHe who nates a
good man hate that good man'e Ood.
The curses launched at Many a Heseklah
In the pulpit today are Inspired lay
hatred of that Sovereign Jehovah whose
cause he Is eeeklng to the best of hie
ebility te defend. - -
Verse ... The same old Tight la going
on today all around us. The "practical
politician'' sneers at the reformers who
preach thst a nation can only be strong
as It la virtuous. They boast of their
acquired wealth, aeof their dominance
In counclla, legislatures and con creeses.
It-Is money against conscience, and they
remind ue that money haa won In many
a fight They Insist that It will win
p- every contest Oet on the winning
aide, le their advice to the timid, the
hesitating, the compromiser. ' -. ; ..
Verse 1. The worst of ell is when
the . church le advleed by those' who
speak Its own language to surrender its
historic worshlp.st tha command pf Its
powerfulfoeo. There are si ways , de
serter la-ths-etteroT s-cSnpl aid--Hr-ls
nothing the deserted is so esger to
spread abroad as defection. A minister
who hasjost hla earn faith is seldom
content to retire Into - Inconspicuous
desuetude. He must prowl around th
walls of the city which h ha himself
forsaken, shouting up to lte defenders
thet It le about; to be taken. It ia an
unhappy hour for the holv eltv when it
iJaattacked.bvb.ost among jwhonv gre
mn-addrelng It tear' poirfu!!y be
cauf "apeaklng the Jew'e languaae'of
the defender. But Ood i able to -
liver even from, auch foee aa these.
Verse 1. , To the Assyrians the Oed
of Israel was as be la to so -many to
day, oaly on of-" the goda many and
lorde many which men themselves have
Invented. All religions were upon the
same footing.. All god were entitled
to- the seme reverence or eontempt
There waa nothing supernatural about
Jehovah, nothing - awe-lnaplrtng, Sbout
hie temple, nothing redemptive In hi
Interposition. Assyria had ridden rough
shod over U the temples between the
great river sad the great sea exeept mis
one. and there le no reason t peHev
but that thtv must go with th re.
That, be ov-ramarked. .la .the belief of
8ennacherlb, but it wa not the creed
of Heseklah. ' And the creed ot -Heseklah
thst thte religion was divine In lte
origin, ita form -and Its power; wee jus
'tilled by the results.' , 1 ' , -
v.r. JO. 'Heseklah did not neglect
the walls of his capita neither did he
neglect prayer. He did not nimsatr see
how Jehovah , waa to deliver blm. jjut
Jehovah did. It is not our duty to
understand the method, of ur deliver-
enee, but It. le our privilege to look -for
it. His prayers to Uoa were rar spore
effective than hie tribute sent te pro
pitiate an Implacable foe (II Kings
vlU:14K' ..':, r C, t
Verse 11. In the midst of ih boat
of Assyria the judgment of Jehoveh fell.
We are not told the means employed. A
panto, a sudden outbreak of cholera,
theee and other agencies have at various
tlmse wrought similar disasters . in
great oriental ' mob. - Their armies,
laeklng In discipline and wholly Ignorant
of " sanitation.- sometime -disappear- al
most ss suddenly ae they rise. And the
end bf the greet monarch waa to perish
by the hende of his own sons in the
temple of the god in whom, efter a,lt, be
vainly trusted (II Klnge lx:lt). " j
Verses 11,-Jt.i-What a day of rejoic
ing it must have been to th delivered
city. In their lsst extremity Ood had
divinely Interposed. Such dangera have
risen, still rise and will continue te
threaten the church, but he who has de
livered will deliver, and we. nay oaf ely
trust in 'him.-'-- :
LETTERS FROM
-riPEOPLE-
THE
''5-. '.'t Bresefls Bxpeetatlo.
; Portland. June lO. T the Editor of
The JournalAa a ylaltor to your city
end fair from-Brttteh ColumblCl-wtsh
to tat that th exposition far exceeds
my expectations. The advertisements
which haye been sent out by . thefl?
menegement r In my - opinion too
modest. It is a magnificent expoeltlon
of the resources of the great northwest
fc All sort of rumors r In circulation
In British Columbia regarding th n
finished condition of the fair buildings,
tha: ktB-h nricaa eharsad by hotels and
restaurante,' and th large number of
undesirable oharactere in tae city, no
far ae I have been able to find out from
a week'e residence In your city, there Is
very little truth in theee report.'. I
have not seen any evidences of extor
tion, nor have I met any unaesiranie
characters. "BlrdAf 1 a feather- flock
together;' and It la.nol neeeaeary to
frequent the regions where the vile con
gregate. A reasonable amount of cau
tion on the part, of visitors, le alt that
Is' necessary to seoure safety. ,
w., aa.
traMn-m lmsrTrsmm.-?-
Whlnton"Cor. Nw ,Tork Sun; I
President Rooeevett-rode 11 milee in
n automobile yesterday., walked backH
over the eame road for a .aiatenoe or J
mile at a good gait ana tnen murneu
to the White Hou In his own crrlage.
Hi companions were Theodore Roose
velt Jr., and two f the Utter school
friend A secret eerrtce officer who
accompanleduthem a part of the time
on a bicycle and the rest of the.JInen
foot aleo had some exercise; . i
The president usually take hi long
est walks in the rain. . The ekles were
clear . vesteeday. . butft it wa one of the
hottest day of th year In Washington,
the thermometer reglsteruig from t to
St dagreee In the a hade. The president
and his fellow-pedestrlane wested no
time In the ehade. They toft the, Whit
Houee between s.and 4. dock' in the
afternoon In an automobile, an -hour
when the thermometer la usually rising
Instead-of falling in waenington. ana
mede quick run out through George
town to the Conduit road and thenoe to
the great falls --of-- h Potomac, -rt-
The motor car was then sent beck to
the city, and - the president - and hla
companions. -started" to walk from thai
falla The road lead along th
Potomac river and the Chesapeake and
Potomac canal, over the aqueduct that
supplies the city of Washington with
water, nassln over the famous Cabin
John bridge, through Olen Echo, and
thence to the north end of ' the Chain
brldae. and It won this stretch of road
which the president selected for his aft
ernoon eaerclae. " ' . ' -' . ,
Electric care run from niVaahlngton
UP the river as far as Cabin John bridge,
and thes ears, aa well ee the ears in
the city, were crowded with people who
were trying to keep cool. It wee a
warm day, the afternoon breeae having
died., out by o'clock. Mr. Roosevelt
and . hie young companlone had begun
their walk at about t o'clock, but It was
dark some time before they had covered
the IS mile between the falls and Chain
bridge. The president wore khaki rid
ing trousers,1 a neglige shirt, heavy
walking shore and a felt bet, and the
boy were dressed for hot weather and
rapid walking.- - ' . ''..,. . , i , j,
Arrangements had been made to have
th president's carriage meet the walk
ing party at the Chain bridge, and the
carriage wae there when Mr. Roosevelt
and the boys arrived. They reached the
White House shortly before t:S o'clock,
and th president appeared to be tired
es he stepped from the carriage and en
tered the main door of the mansion,
The family had dined nearly two hours
before his arrival. - t - - .
One Causa of Railroad Disasters.'
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. :
There le too. much ground for th be
lief that the appalling slaughter on
American rallroade is due more to lax
discipline thsn ' any lack- of me
chanical -contrivance. - It. i . notorious
that tlme and -again engineers, for ex.
ample, have not been punished for dis
regarding railway regulatlone and that
managemente have winked et theee vio
lations It they resulted in making time.
Employee have been encouraged in tak
Ing those chances which so often re
sult - disastrously. Moreover, ; neither
managera nor employee - are made te
suffer by law for disaster demonstra
bly due to negligence or disobedience.
All the safety! appliances thst human
ingenuity can devise will be. of no avail
unless rail war mm In all noaltinna
rwro to a stricter pergonal accountability
than is the caee at present
Submarines and to Spare, ..
' From the Mtnneepolla 'journal.
Whether aubmarinea were used during
tne right or not there are 'certainly a
number of Russian ..submarines - there
now. At eny rete, Ruiei haa mere eub-
marlne t;n she Bad before the fighw--
it.r(MVlAiiw "
nals. lavty:
Mr. Samuel X. Mofftt, wrf
Collier" for June 14. agait d
"Legal Ethics," art Or among. tfh
ay: '- ' . - '
-When It looked ae If the p
Philadelphia were in a fair way
their property from the rchbe
best lawyer in town' 1 quot a
Nw Tork pre dispatch wera 1
to work tying up the revolution
legal tangle.' It was a brilliant 1
ef - counsel - fighting for -tbe-li(
perpetuation of . the political K
which the late Matthew Stanley
made the most powerful in the
State.' , .. v.: .-
"Th mayor removed- th or
who power had been used to br
intimidate counclle Into voting ft
steal. - Thereupon . en - able ' (t
promptly- procured an Injunction t
purpose wee to cause a ftelay that 1
enable the thlevee to get away
their plunder before the handa e
ewnere of the property could bjui
When thi failed, the beaten plotie,
one leet hope. ' Aa Mr. Paine
leet week's Collier. cloud ot
yers fluttered to them, end out t
war councils wes evolved a der
scheme to Impeach the Mayor.' ,
. . "How do the apologists ot legal
explain these Incidents T If the 1
ha no more right than any.ptli . 1
to advise, assist or procure a p c
commit a crimed. andk 'bia-pn -would
not uphold him in- such ct
why have not steps been taken f
disbarment of the attorneys wv
vised.-assisted anL procured, yi
tempted theft of the Philadelphl
works t In the. lists of the coma
f Seventy and of Nine, ef the oral,
the town meetings, and of, the
sands of cltisens who united to r
the purity ,f their government am
serve the birthright of their cht
you will find no name .of a Unit
Improvement ompany -attorney-, -
not that confirm the assertion
when a corporation hires a man
lawyer It hires him a a ojtlsen a 1
". "No newspsper In , PhUadelnhla
cept one despised organ of the 1
waa an accomplice In the attempt
travel or the city. and. even that
tool of the crlmlnala gave them o
hglf-hearted aupport- No minister
his Influence at their service, or c
have done so without brandln hh
with rnfarayr But when the ablest
yers ' IB" the"eity ;eoll themaetvr
merely to protect th bandits froi.,
Ishment but. to help -them to cot
theln crimes, nobody wes surprlsM
nobody expected to ees those la
Incur sny professional penalties -i
"The situation naturally recall
elasslo colloquy Of Mr. Stevens:
H "I asked . cne of Jolk'e conf.
boodlere, once, whether. If he had 1
to do over again, he would boodle
Tea,', he - answered thoughti
but I would etudy law.' 1 . . 1
--Whyr-t asked. i-
"8o ss I could take fees Instet
bribes.' he said, without humor." j
LEWIS - ANDCLARI
En route Up the Missouri rivers
Fort Mandan, pear the ait of Bienu
North, Dakota, - Th p&rty, is now,n
Jng th-BockUs...M - 1
" July l'-After" VWt fSt
Captain Clark reached, our . camp in
evening; Accompanied by his party 1
all. the baggage exoept tbaWeft at)
slx-mlle stake, for which, they were
fatigued to return. ''The route from
lower-camp on Portage 'creek to t
near Whltebear Island, having bben-i
measured and examined bys. Cp
aark, was aa follows:- 7 ; 1
From our camp opposite the last
elderable Tepid to the entrance of 1
age creek south degrees east for t
quarters of mil"; thence on a m
south "1 degree "east for two 'a
though for the canoes, the best r
I to th left of this course and sti
Portage one mUe and three qim
from ita entmnce. avoiding in thi
avcry steep hill which lies above t
age creek; from this south lav
weet for four miles, passing th 1
of drain or ravin which Mil i
th Missouri below the great falls, 1
te the Willow run. which hae elwer
plentiful supply of goood - water' 1
some timber: here the course tare
south 41. degree west for. four s
farther: then south SI degree
thre miles, crossing at the beglnr
of the course tne nead or dram
falls Into the Missouri at the Croc
falls and reaching an elevated pot
the plain; from which south 41 del
west On approaching the river en 1
course there la a long and gentle dee
from the high plalih- after .which
road turns a little to the right of
course up the river to eror camp,
whole portage le 44mllea.-r-:
. At the ' Whltebear ca mp we were
cupled - with the boar and -diggln
pit ior the purpose of making son 1
Th day has been warm, and the
qultoee ' troublesome. . W were I
tunate- enough to observe equal
tudss of the sun with saxtant, wl
since our arrival here, we, have t
prevented from doing by. flying '
ana siorms in in venins .
. Four Dollars a Square Inch.
From Publlo Oolnlort. ' -
TfieTlittle plof of ground alTNJ
Wall atreet New Tork, wa eold reo
ly. Th are of the lot 1 abo'
by I feet, yet the purchase price'
I7S0.00. .Think ot It nearly $t
aquar foot, nor than 14 a square ft
Thle IB th most valuable land, i
Worlds - Tetno on need infer 'tht
can buy single square foot la
district for so small a sum as I
a little section like that would be
more In proportion, 1 since ' Its '
could force any one who needed I
mi out a .lot-to pay a much k
ngure. The new owner of No. 1 .
street can get, good returns on hi'
vestment It Is now occupied by a i
story building which . yields . 'n
rentale IH per cent en ther value
plot and by erecting a higher bui.
much larger . income , ean-.be: ec
When will New Tork real estate w
reach, their llmltT "y y
' I5;V! Right Kind of Talk,
r-.'TFrom 'the "Echo- New. '--,;
7 What la th u of th country J
knooklng Portland T ; Put-yeurelt l
place. ' Could you do any better, t
wellT.Pertlend ts pulling eft the gn
event that haa aver .occurred I"
hlatorviof tha PaelAo coast' "u
aome ' country myor- did at and v
sidewalk, what of HT Now
lat
1 - .w.hi Pm4Uii .m.A the fa
all pull together. W cannot d",
good that will come from it and
us he good; " ;:. t .' .''
VK'r:"' TpuUr,;,'rt,
- .'- 'I ' . From ' IJfa '".t'"'
'.What ever became of Polly
f "She Is getting a thoueaaev c:
week an tha stave.'
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