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HE ; QR EGON.SU N D A Y J O U R N AL ':i,:ivN-;." .AH INDEPENDENT VNBWIPAPMO ". . v '"' ''"' r. A. JACKSON PUBLISHED BY jOURNAti ) PUBLISHINQ CCX jno. r, CAKBOU. J .. A GREAT OPPOHTUNITY. T THE TEND of ib"-'tw-VWf-Myor ' admiaRtntinn. ' which onened yesterday, there is somethinar more than hone that Portland will i in a fair way to become the best governed municipality i the country, This i the task now set Detore wayor tne and bis Associates. ; Neither he nof. they are forced . begin' the . work from the "ground up,----Before them ere i no such task as that : which confronts ,Mayor ."eaver in ITiiladelphia. : The way has been blaaed.by ? work that has Already beeaJdonevBaclc-of that work . a strong public sentiment and an aroused public con nee.' It1s now recognized that the popular way, if 1 actually the easiest way, is the, right way. - A square .1 is what a great majority of the voter -demand and j v hat they aroeAdy to sustain as titcy have Already castrated in two election.' ; ,,-;-: , : - . , - , : . , ' ..i : city undoubtedly, and the state perhaps is rapidly from the darkness of political benightedness. i i and advanced laws recently placed upon our : Looks have been disintegrating the. machines, and rinaf the bosses -la-our-local affairs mere party is no longer k fetish; the backing of A boss has be A positive detriments More than ever before end .an in any other state oftbe American union the i have the political cower directly in their own They, rather. thair-4he bosses andhemachines. make and unmake their public servants. Kven '.ature Js .no longer beyond 'the reach "of their X-, XAeyr-caa initiAte. laws .anajney canpass Tt that have already received the legislative and interpose; . veto tha is effective: j They !nite by their own votes and 'from their own n to stand-for;oifice and they cai elect them 1 if they see fit to do AoTner have-wiped out ; an i. they, are. readr to throttle all thosejuw itions of rice which disgrace civiliationn-'i. his t ranch of the subject Mayor Lane, will still I ta d5.'He" CA."?if heso desires,? raise the zZixZ of the city and maintain -thetn.- Her ted to do anything radical in this respect ana it : unfortunate if. he- should da so. Put where ntimesfc has clearly manifested itself and to the at it will sustain a public official lie should .ally and willingly; jThe saloon. boxes" should go The supreme-court-has delivered its decision ould have been enforced under the old adminis Tba was not done, so the pleasant duty de on the new mayor.' -There are; A few other steps . livious which should be taken in the same direc use there is a public demand for them. Then . vance made should be retained. iZJ?z i ' j ' s direction, of public graft" there h another great ity. -i iit public work , has cost. entirely, loo . The reason for it has been carelessness, criminal - " erwise, in .oversight and there undoubtedly' has -re'or less official connivance."; All of this must it to jhe basis that for every dollar of public, -ent there must-be'- an actual dollar's worth, of rvice" rendered; This work is infinitely more t than it seems to be. It will require" watchful- c:;zeuce courage and honesty on the part of 'the, i administrators. : Jt will likewise require educa n (": part d eome; of them, But if the work iun f i with ' a histhminded kppreeiatioti of the " re-. ..:y and a "patriotic desire, to" do it," wonders may -mnlished in the short space of two years.'-; Te iave"endeavo"redr3 'Oint put for some trnia-past -t 'a new day had dawned for Portland, that tt haa l.y a!5d" ToT"aTnrrirrEasr- Aside - its t swaddling vnd -that lot various reasons, some of them peri 4 i to ourselves and some brought about, through e. t, . aus wes5- wt-were on the high-road to become a t of snch!importanceAi the jnost optimistic resident " I -never-dreamed of . -The , new sdministTtion: wist ;-to a proper appreciation crf.tbfseAcTrand prophe- a system ol improvements nun w uiuuhiu uw THE NEWSPAPER AS AN AGENCY FOR GOOa HENew York World in "considering Jhe'bbdy blow which Mayors Weaver dealt to the ma--rehine" forces of Philadelphia very justly felici- Utes its. contemporary,' the Philadelphia North Amer icani which during the past seven years, has continued a most remarkable fighf,. against the shameful political conditions that have prevailed in me jveysionc cummuu wealth. It riirhtlv toiveVmuch "of th tredit rof -the out come to the newspaper and. doses, its article with these wordsrWhereUhere is even onelnewspaper that .can not be influenced or intimidated, the, way is open for, the expression of a public sentiment" which will always tri umph u persistence is combined with courage.. - It-wasair inspiration when Jefferson said that if he was forced Jo make choice, he woujd take , foverpment by newspaper rather thaa A-government without news papers. ' There- is oftentimes a ' great deal ' of Jlippant criticism of newspapers; there Is also criticism that is just and sound, but after . all has been said and done this fact remains that of all the agencies to safeguard the "lib erties of the people and to aid in the perpetuation of free institutionsJhere is none .that compares in importance with the newspapers. If an official is honest, if he de sires to maihtain the" confidence and respectof his con stituents,'piiblicity is the weadort to achieve it.-If of ficials are dishonest what thef shun above all things is publicity.?. So long as meetings held to consider public business Ar open And. thew. prpceedingi Jeconie publje popcrljUhjiiuKhKeewspae therejs little danger of graft and crookedness and if gra7t Anarpokednesore" veil they will,bejdicovered And the remedy in due time applied.' ' 1 -T'-'' 1 "' ' v jiji..'" -- - PublicitytfiVnbemg-thesafegnard' oFapopular gov ernment" it carr breffectivelyecured -only through the medium of' the press. ; There : Are newspapers which do no fomejupto the highest ethical standard but no news paper ean pretend to pubIish"lhe"eVr.7no-tnatter-hoW distorted and dicokredj but it gives a watdhful public some inkling of what is -really-transpiring. . No, news paper, however clever, can long fool the people. , Unlike any other business its record-is daily printed inblackaM. white. (By that it must be Judged, And from the judgment it. cannot escape by any ordinary specious -plea that in other, cfses might be entertained. While lightly re garded .in ipfnVquarters while given Infinitely less credit than . is its due in others, rightly considered and its-responsibilities fully felt.; It presents opportunities to Aid, encourage, and. yplift its constituency such as no other profession fcfford' Men honestly" engaged jnreform movements sometimes lose heart because the people "are to slow "to grasp or so .AnwiUihy to Aecepf th panaceas which rTrecne' &em. Sometimes the things sug gested are manifestly for their bwtTgdod,' yet' fhe fighf may be maintained year after year without apparent pro gress, t But there is always this fundamental fact to re member, that At heart the American people are sound end sooner or later everything falls out as it should. In the great., work Always , before progresslve people :the agency which should be in the van is the newspaper. Its first duty -is neither to party nor in A narrow way to its own. self interest; it is to all the people. , Feeling that duty and the responsibility which goes with it "one lone newspaper cn . work marvelous changes for the better within thesphere of its influence and may merit, though ft may never receive the heartf elt commendatioa of all the people who havo benefited by its labors i ? , i th4 oregqnian anixthe tariff. , V.. where a little interest was taken in hinw As an out growth he, too, began to study it) the same night school. He studied hard at night and worked just as hard in the day. He gradually learned .the language, - acquired a trade, got aittle ahead in the world. He has never lost hi interest iu the. institution which made afl this pos sible. , But hi interest does not stop there. He is 'n- teresred m, every young fellow-, he finds struggling. Some of them he ferrets out. When he finds them he is not onjy Willing to direct them in the way they must go to Achieve success, he is not only ready to give them ad vice based upon his practical experience but he is ready and willing and indeed in irequent cases has helped them with .money., H-isot doing today and tomorrow con sidering the debt paid but be-is doing it every, day end will continue to do.it to the end.' He is not doing it1 for hope of Trward.or for recognition, He wants neither, for he is doing what he. does because he loves to da it. He will never be rich and perhaps never even well-to-do. . Which is the better" American citizen?.. Think Jt over. IS THE CATACLYSM AT HAND?1 ILL 5 THE : CZAR-and - his government .ever learn that the Russian people can-no longer " be terroriied bv their medieval systems? Will the czar and his government ever recognize the fact that the peoplcj of RussiiirOmthe rnost intellectual down to the humblest peasant, must of necessity prefer to fight at hpme for freedom, rather than to go to Man churian graves fighting the Japanese against whbm they have absolutely no grievaftce? .Will the czarand his government abandon their : deliberate system of fraud and .deception by which the Russian people, as well a the world at larger!. daily -told of the great ."reforms"" assigned to "special commissions' to be inaugurated as speediTy -as "these -commissions' could 'work them out?, How many more army corps and navel fleets are to be mobilized of7thea"dyruae"a Russia only 10 furnJshMunianrSacrifices for Man- churiah' graves? How many rnore massacres of defense less Russian people' are yet to be arranged by the brutal bureaucracy which, controls the destiny of unhappy Rus sia? How long will these organized . brigands remain indifferent to the sorrows and -atopies of. an outraged people at home, and -will the scorn and contempt of the world at large ever bring sharn to the unblushing cheeks of Russia's governing crew?. ", ' . -, ? , These and a. thousand and one similar .questions, each dm tew thousand times bitterer, it what the world asks of the self-convicted despotism of Russia 'But whftl)ex or not an answer that could be relied upon is forthcom ing from the blood-cemented throne of all the Russias, the oeoole -of that land. in their erribl desoeration. have finally coriciuded to risk their all in deadly cornbat with the arbitrary and Irresponsible oppressor. Tb is is the sgle. -meaning" of the mutiny of the Black Sea fleet, led by the sailors of the battleship Kniaz. (Priuce) Fo temkine which has startle the' world. - This is the mean ing of .the strikes, riots and assassinations now so ram pant throughout the dominions of the czarj and, sooner ' . . . . . . i. t; : or later,, me, scrvue wmws oijjh tuitiimi nKurexuam will have to pay the, penalty for their untold crimes Against one hundred and, forty, millions of defenseless people." And pat they will, tn the -bitterest toll, for such is the experience of air human history,-;.- . At is certainly, impossible, to conceive how the czar and his government fail to realize the full significance of the present situation, and that any .further resistance on their part to relieve the country from war at home and abroad will surely bring upon them wreck,-ruin And disaster. . , ' ' . - . , ' :. BE COURTEOVS TQ THE STRANGEETTJ 7 HERE are'many strangers" within 6ur gateshsll . ing from all parts of the country;; there will be " many thousands more befor the, big fair finally cIoseTonlHe' fifteenth day of next October. These men and women come here not alone to see the fair, but to seek information. Some of them may-practically limit their study to the city but most of them want to secure Ull. the information they can about the ; country.- B whatever their object they lack intormanon apout. I'ori land, the points of interest, the streetcars, the streetsjd dresses and a thousand and - one- details which, eight- seers naturally desire to know. V ?" ; . . In this respect every resident pf Portland owes a duty to him or herself and to the city. No one should for a moment forget thar every one who come here is in the Uuest sense a guest of the whole people end their com ing is i distinct' compliment to Portland. ; It. ianot enough that they 4re fairly treated at the-hotels, re- taurants : andrptacca. ol. business; . that -thcy-gct the best Lof accommodations-at iair. pricesEveryone hould 4?ut himself out to see that anynfornjation they need should be iven freely 'and courteously; Every oneshould put himself . out a little and he should .givethe information asked as though it were a pleasure rather than task. This .should be true nof e veryone 1n the whole community. Beyond the fact that it is the right and proper thing to do it is the best of alj impressions that can be left in the minds of the visitors. ' Many of those'whtf have beea here frave ha"ahii"coiamenTToake;"triaT theTinosf cour teous treatment they-ever reeeived anywhere they got fromthe person they casually, met in the street who seemed to think it no trouble to help "aJstraiigerv,This is 'the impression we want to spread broadcast and there t ! i. :ii x 13 no liuptc&Biua wb tan -mane w.uau win yiuvv v iiiuiv benefit in the long run. ;-.;t-; - yjy" PdrtlantTfli Educational ExEitit at : ttc llr&SI ; . .;. A Qcroon. for loday, - r7 TII2 PATRIOTS OF PEACE., k HATS the us of going travel ing? Sou may tour the world at the (air. The prorld has coma to see us. Mother Earth ha emptied her vein of rich mlnorala. has poured her treasures r fruit and (rain bafora ua. Every man's beat Ja hera, , Tou may ee bow rich he la, how oo4 n la, In raason how noble. In faculty .how Inflnlt. la appre hension how Ilk a god tn thla hulntea aanca of -duet." - His sUMed finger obe dient to his advancing conception haa written in hleroa-lvph tn atory oi.nia triumphant batUe over Teaiatms; nvi-ronmenf-- No need' 'to' look upon the face of the great, hare you may iom m.ma with hla aoul; here yoa may put J own doors and window, carpate the I - j, prnllerly gratify which professes to see grave dangers in every pro- t'f -.-lrrtaUen such as will keeo Dace with the promised posal to open the subject to discussion. They cry - K t i- H I a. 1m ki mi hniill 9M ei r r future. . Our street improvements.. Are only wen ri thev must be extended far end' wide so As to -'-tie city tip ,to Ihciiighest municipal standards In .aspect , The city should be better lighted and it .Id be. kept cleaner. Some of jthe wires art now be out under-around in the-business part a of the city. H." company is going ahead in its own wa:y .to do the tr. streets are now peing' torn up vo ui. iniw ; iits to carry the bunch of wires that one company :.l requireTTThe" 8ystemir 'all wrong. All hrW4res .1st ooT?o:tinderigTOttnd in- the. business sections of 1 lie city because they are a7 nuisance and a menaeedn ouf jiafrow Atreeta. ,The ; city iUelf should i.underuke v work of burying the wires. It should build conduits a-t inged.withmanhojes that they cao be easily reached It-should,- if H ia,(leemed .wise, charge each of these com,-V-nie fair rental for the use Of them. In this- way the .; vork once done will b done for all time, the streets will . cot1 be torn op. every other day, as- it mow seems, so fre i" . quent 'is 4t, and the control of the street will then re ! main in the hands of the city rather than in the hands of ' the public ' service corporations. Portland is destined to grow yery.rapidiy from this time forward and the '"administration can do a large part in keeping it tip with .' the procession. In addition it can set the seal of honesty . V'tipotrr-aU Hs undertakings which wilt not be easily ef ; ! faced nd 4hu leave upon, it A double -impress that will ' cause it to be remembered with gratitude for many years T'Kcomerr?; f KT'fTT"; V t.y?;c: fir-; i-i-", Few .men bavi ever had a greater opportunity than -Vji Mayor Lane and very lew men! ever entered office with ;.' ' greater "stock of good will back of him and higher hopes ." " that lie would come dtil all right in "every direction. "" He ;f Js'now mayor of All the citizens of Portland," not of any 1 .) party, and he-ia eApeeted to take, as he should do for his r frown sake; a broad view of all public Affairs with only in ; -4 cidental references to partisan advantages.; . .,.,. Vl y-'r ' ." '"T-:;--: ----- "vXtre is some criticism' that difficulty' Is' found in car rying out programs arranged by different communities - h - - take as a teit Cj lustrationst i " advanced where, through oversight or neglect, arrange-J ' rhtti 'w met supposed to have been made were never effected : and when the people arrive tKcy are both chagrined and disappointed to discover that they must do these things I'-jjfof themselves. . fThe task before the fair people are dif 1 tiicult And onerous and it is next to. impossible to provide tsgainst every Contingency,' . The Journal has .not and ; I does not propose to indulge in Any carping criticism but fit has grounds for calling President Goode't particular at ' Mention to this matter, for some reforms can undoubtedly ' te worked which would leave A better impression upon Visitor and serve "tcT make of 'them the most energetic tf frind instead of lukewarm in behalf, of the fair .it ielf wbi all that appertains to it jt :'-Xr:'TT 7Z''' Zl a ','''''."' i' ' ..'' ;'... ..';' rl The, comrng'.into Portland of thV Northern Pacific 'Ihnder Such circumstances as are detailed in The Journal ftiday is an event of the utmost significance. When any .mtrci 2QBipanjr- oes to4lie tremendous cost of bring J m its road across such a river as the ColiirnBiar paying for the great bridge that will be needed and the enormous ?dhtional cost of right of. way And perhaps for a second r-rif e acrosn the Willamette, .ther can be no doubt of rs 4 ttrrriinatioii to get ' in arid it belief that jt sees ihead to iusUly lU. w ,- . ' . - -- :.The Oregonian stands -with those.' who -believe there ought td be A considerable revision of the'tsriff.r- rMorebirer.'tharil "Ought to" be undertaken soon.""" ' v The president is committed to it, yet his purpose .and influence" may be tendered "Ineffective ' bjT"th" stubborn resistance of a certain element in congress out in fear that if thi gates should be opened even . 'A little way the flood would rush in, the gates L would soon' be flung wide open, and protection would "--be utterly destroyed. ' . ,', f. Fhis is the Argument merely of interests that have : special fayors'under jjre present laws. It is'not ' sound; for il it were7there never could be any re-"l - vision, Besides, the very fact that there" is tavorit'7 ism in .the tariff as it stands is one of-the leading. . reasons why it should be revised. ,' , , -'J Thir qufeslion li. parro.f the" greareconomic issue - ""ot thrday-i:TheT-is-world-wide economic agitation, - which is growing . continually . and , cannot . be kept, ; down.' It lis the demand of the universal human '.us, and in a-most axute form. Oregonian. ?. F OR FORTY YEARS this newspaper - has been telling. the truth one year, and lying the next Wonld it publish an editorial like this in a cam paign year J "Not on ts life. 1 1 ' ;.i ' . " . ' :The Oregonian is for tariff reform nw, in the spring of 1905 in the spring of 1906 it will be for Binger Her mann or any candidate on earth that stands .for the highest form of protection, the greatest contribution to graft. : . " v . . -' v 1 :;' ,.' ! . :- ; ,- : --'J. It is for tariff reform now. It always is when there is no time, chance or opportunity for tariff reform. - This is 1 90S., In 1906 we 'shall find the Oregonian support ing the highest kind of protection that was ever -proposed or devised by the greatest combination of grafter and swindlers that the wotld ever produced and the Oregonian will be insisting on the election of these fine gentlemen's candidates, on high, moral grounds, and be cause the Republican, party is the greatest institution ever conceived in the womb of Time and must be savedl ir:-- ' ' xa ,: . ,.:r;-TWO SAMPLES OF CITIZENSHlP.TZl: UPPOSE as a soft of Sunday morning sermon we take as a teit Citizenship and give just two il- Wr "In him some good 'people took an interest and they succeeded in get ting him into the night-classes "of our educational insti-tut'ionsi- The boy studied industriously; he took advantage of every opportunity and in the Course of time got em ployment in a financial line of business where he is scor ing something much more than a modest success. He is industrious and thrifty, he is absorbed in his affairs and he is bound to be a well-to-do man.. In hie personal hab itJLhe iA beyond etiicism;JudgedTby.the,ordinary stand ards he is in ejftr,yXPct A firstrdass citizen. But he has tbecom so absoTed in his own work and , so self centered in the effort to carve out a career for himself that he ha forgotten all about (he ladder which gave him the first chance to climb and utterlyMorgotten the obliga tion that under the circumstances he might be expected toeel for . other boys placed .as he was, with all the bit ter struggle for a foothold. before them end with no chance to gain it except through such friendly help as csme to himself when he" most needed it I .' Some yeaie fo there came to this country poor Rus sian .sailor. Hekoew. nothing about the language or custom, of the country , and he possessed many of the failings, which are"" supposed to appertain to SaUors the world oven But-he happened to Stumble int one. of those friendly institutions in the north end of the city j your linger upon the pulaa of our north- wertem civilisation; you may e upon what etep of th aulrway. of progreee we .stand. j Among: the . foremost - exponent of our northwestern civilisation stands the educational exhibit of th city of Jort- lund. When you hare examined what th " farmer are providing, what ; th artisan Is doing, what th manufacturer la making-, .what th artist I conceiv ing, what the statesman is planning, go. and s now tb children are grow ing, v How th grain t growing is less vital to -your safetyx for: th -stomach of th tutur father, cltlien, voter,-lawmaker of th' northwest I leas Impor tant than his. mind muet be guarded by hi mind. Th eltlsen of Portland looks at th Work of th children of hi city with low of prld Their work -stand AS a ahlnlng proof of their in tellectual power. He reads In th ex hibit their physical, mental and moral growth and dlsciplln. Th exhibit 1 beautiful, it la representative, it la bon- sr, - It is many-sided, comprehensive, aftlstle,' brilllanU. Plcturea and lngen lou Illustration are lavishly showered through th work, not merely to beauti fy but to Illustrate th objective meth- school ytm. Th drawing and th manual training, and th Jewleh coun cil' Industrial achool are .prominent and proclaim their own value. Wil liams Avenue cabinet is rnate. The chart for teaching fraction xhlblted REVIEW OF THE WEEK: ' IN WASHINGTON TK By KM. Joha A. XMgaa. ABHINQTON, Jun . Firt and above all other topics of dlseussion this week hae ' been Rusel ; and - Japan. Every en Is praying for a cool aommer so that it may be poeelbl for all ses sions tob held her.' , rc- ; ; 1 . Change In th 'plan of th president and hi cabinet are" being made dally, not that they have anything to do with th conference, but they wleh to be here to extend hospital ttie: to -the. 411 uatrloue member end other visitor attendant upon the conference. - " j It goes without saying that elaborate preparation will be mad for A suitable place for holding th aesslonC Th best hostlorles of the city will be kept open for th accommodation of all who may corns.- In a certain- seme they wtU be eonsldered gucata, and tha reputation .Washington ha of playing host will not puffer in this instance, becau of . th summer' heat.' Modern appltancea will b used without stint to reduce th temperature and make every on com fortable. - . a "' "; Everything that will interfere In th least with th pleaaur of th delegates will be overcome In some way by th resourceful Washlngttjnlnns. - ,' - Th apartment houe mania" 1 "at It height )uat now.- and ha arouaed th Indignation of th eltlsen who are de voted to the elty and wish it to become the most ' beautiful on In th world. Th Innovation of sky-scrapers on th Anest avenuesland streets, overshadow ing the beautiful palace and magnifi cent residences is nor rellafled by the owners" of these a-tjperb home. Th problem has not yet been settled a to . whether or not Americans csn adapt fhemeelve to the prescribed, limits of -flats And apartiftenl-houai-sr;-" Already the occupants of thee vil lage under .one roof are beginning to demand that children, dog and piano be excluded. The president-. Insists upon there being larger families, and what I to he done? , , Builder " hAVe'aull "building .mall by th Ledd school,' And th us of materials Immediately at hand In stedy of Oregon tree is attracting much ad' miration. Oregon flow.r how the x-4 nxtluarjirM testa, formal gemina tions,, prepared work, notebooks, book lots, special work, daily work. - .. - Th Portland educational xhlblt 1 th prettiest educational exhibit ow'tb s-rminifa. ': aiul a -omnarlaan - with- tha best work of th' great cities in Caw fornlA, - M IsseuMi- MaejsaiehussttA and other states . substantiates th state ment." The method in Portland school cellence of th nature work at 8ht- tuck. r Brooklyn roakea a showing of number work. The whole development of th ytm is displayed. ' It' a temptation to go to school again Just to learn arithmetic as shown in th bound volumes of Couch. Th pupil plans -snd build hi own horn and compute it eoati excavatea the collar and cements It, memrares and buy th lumber for'tw -Tiouee, tgin I are"TB0Trou4aJrW toaatl and Compar and plaster it, shingles the roof, palnti thalioua, paper th walla, .cuts out hi parlor - floor, wainscots the kitchen, build a cement walk around hi prop- arty, dig A cistern and get J"adyf or housekeeping by buying this woodpile and tlmatlng th expense.. - Old-time drudgery . Is metamorphosed into "th mot t un. :'rTr'":n ri ; '. 'r-jix.'-"- : - The High school display Is among th beet.- It is an ingenious and bril liantly executed design of showing th curriculum, th methods, th phase, th results, th rank and advancement, th Ideal and th Influence of th -Institution. ..In plan geometry, original workv.thV historical development of th Pythagorean theorem from th day of th Kgyptian rope-stretchers down to th present time offer a showing of interest to any reader. .The high order of work In higher algebra, excellent execution lu-sulld geometry th pupils own-4ateiltgnt method and correct mo tive In the study of mathematics ar beautifully demonstrated. Every stag of th scientific work I presented in oraeriy oeveiopmenu accompaated - by excellent drawing.- t s- - Th discussion of on period in ITnlted Btatea history sets forth the exoellenc of th methods employed tn this depart ment of study. Admirable map drawing perfects 'the course. , , The atudy of Burns, ' fihakeepeare, Chaucer and th drama ar noticeable feature of (he English exhibit. . Th exhibit 1 a practical as It Is aesthetic, a, shown .in th composition, where everything from th writing of 'letter to th composition of original onnt sbowa the pupil' mastery, of -his lan guage. --Throughout . the exhibit ' Are satisfactorily, with . thoee. of ' th . great schools or th country. and th uorthwMta An advertisement. Eastern peopl proud of tbelr educa tional facilities and fearful of bringing tbelr children away, from these oppor tunities to a raw land uncouth west will be' encouraged py th -display of ...our schools. A an. effective advertisement the business organisations end commer clal clubs cannot afford to overlook otir exhibit as long a It remain true that a homes eeker wants . good . plao to bring up hi children. - ... ' - ... - Visit the exhibit It la valuable as a revelation, of th , excellent, quality of our achool syatem, sn- advertteement of th city and of. th state and th whole northwest, snd as an xponent of our volution And our civilisation. - ' We need an attendant aqual to the task of showing' th valuable features of th exhibit. What la the use of an advertisement - that J- not circulated? How shall visitors "learn without, a preaoherr" Th attendant i should be fully informed ae -to th exhibit. And of sufficient dignity and "capability to do luetic to th public school system or this elty. Bh should b rDrsen- 4 tatrve Portland city tachr, and ah must snow ner ousin. utherwlse th labor of th pupil and th taachera, and th outlay by th board of Is.oe of the public money.' have been In vain, Th work la Important and should , at this moment be In sktUful hands. . Th present want of uoh service In th Portland elty educational exhibit 1 serious plec of negligence. ,. houses Which would accommodate fami lies at a reasonable rent. Every double boose that th rapacious Isndlords can secure la at one converted into flat and th rant doubled and trebled. ' Th people must live aomawhere, and e. con ditions are growing serious It I hoped that it may not nd- in an epidemic of rac aulcld. . . . , , .., Imagine th bedlam that must reign supreme In an apartment house which shelter eight or Un families with the doors and window all openan Absolut necessity with th thermometer at 100. a frequent height In June. July And August. Doubtless before the Ides of October msny will sigh for "tent In a wlldern." . : .r . - AnotherTtople which - interests ' very many ar th change that- ar going on in the .war department..- General J.- C Bate baa arrived and will At One enter upon th dutle of first assistant -to th chief of staff, Oensral Chaffee. General Randall Is expected .very oon to be on duty also on tha tff. . - . " ' ' For a few month st least1 th Ablest and moat efficient officers of our army will be-on -staff duty. It'le understood that Oeaeral Bates Is to succeed Genera) Chaffee as lieutenant-general on the re tirement of th latter, and that on th retirement of General John C Bate' In August, HO. Major-General 'Henry 1 C Corbln will be promoted to th. lleuten-ant-generalcy and chief staff, and 'will return to the' war department where he rendered Much Invaluable aervle during the. Bpsniah-Amerlcgn war. Thus In tura th most distinguished officers of th American rm.,wiy be rewarded for their faithful aervio by promotion to th highest official posi tion of our rmy4 . . . . Major-General Bate , and, Brigadier General , Randall have seen very .bard service .during the Civil war, on the frontier! and through th Spanish America a war. . General Randall was ordered to A leaks from MonU.uk Point. He waa in Alaska about II months. .. After the consolidation of th depart' ment jof -Alaaka nd-V4tnb4a,- he. was for A few-months on duty at Portlari, going from-- there . to tha Philippine, from which post h, iav.no m ea raul. lo th United State ' to enter upon - th dutle on th eta It and recelv hi pro motion major-general. ' ; -- WMh such brave and bl m an duty oa th taff. It is tlkalv to become mere and more popular. There will be no mis take In th recommendation they make a they a re all model soldier end men of th noblest qualities of head. and heart, . . ; - -I ; - .. .- Senjence SermonA There le nothing divine In dullness. " .. - ......A. V Ther I a lot of dlffrnc btwa foresight and fear.' .'' .-', ..'.-' -('-.',. - ' .- -V- Believe that a man I bad. and he will not go back on It. -. ' ' - r "-'-:j..' '-,. - e. .-'.'. ;;'-', -.'"rf "-, ; ;-. Gilding the wagon doee not ease the spring.. ! v.. ':,.-t s..5t-'.ii..; ' . ...:.. . j. f-.-v,', Bulklna I' only ' selfishness turned ou'- ' If . you cannot heaven her you . . . . - . . . ; - - win never s n anywnerw . ,. v. -i - : .-:-'. ;,'.v.,-.,. e- e .,, a-,,-,.,,,'-,, Many a man will wear wing who cannot tie en Ascot tie. -: - 7 j -r . : : 'i-r,,'.'- -i ' The religion that lacks eunahln is all moonehln. - . -C-r.- - J - .'. r'-S..Vi..-.-J..,ii. To th hypocrite one men's religion is another maa"s revenue. ,' '. . j ;,-.., . . - , ..e .-, t;fr.--: It 1 a good deal easier "to pray 'tat the preacher than to pay for the preach ing. ,v,..v. , v '. ' i '' -t , ; - . ; L.Yhji heavenly chariot Cannot be drawn by a cloth hor, . , . - fl. r-- -r- r-;- - .'-- r Btalned glass in th windows cannot make up for putty in thj pulpit. ' ' Th reward of mattering On difficul ty to meet anothar. - , -' - ' ;..,..... . ' " ' .a Piety Is a good deal more than pity for those who ar too poor to buy our clothes. . -. -- 1 If " hard world for th man who be llevee that providence owes him en easy I . e ' When w pray for gold heaven I llkely-to giv tis a plec of iron, and we are.io dull to know It la the key to neavan treaeurie. 'X I" 5AJBT F. ' flOVA,- .').-.. - "If"! forget thee, O Jerusalem, "let my ' ; right hsnd forget her cunning. If I do . .. . not remember the let my tongue cleave . ' to th roof of my mouth; If I prefer not Jerusalem - above my - tfhlef Joy.f Psalm, cxxxvll:,' :' " " MOTIVES 'make - men' and men make history. Vov 1 th -TnotTKwTfuI"of Alt poslUr- - - . .' motivee, a wall a th-. mot - - godlike. Ther is nothing more ben- " flclally potent for th shaping of th -j--oharaoter of a people than that principle " of- love which w call patriotism. Tot the true patriot ts such a on e love - his land more than hi own life. Tb greatest "tid of any nation- I , that h shall always bav th patriots '' of peace, the men end . women who can die for It, who ar moved by the devo tion that, doe not have"to wait for th drum'e throb to aroue It. Plain, common duties ar most divine; every -day religion- le the finest and most heavenly; stmpl upright living- I- th most sub lime sight on earth and plain, ordinary doing of one's 'duty may .b th mpet glorious and heorto form of patrlotlem. Vnder the .plain ahd simple life may lie eh most glorious motives; in. th heart of the man-who toil Ilk a drudge may ' b heavenly visions, 'making th drudgery endurgble. , In th soul - of tb patriot - who aervea his . land by standing for bSFiawa. by. XUllDg. a plain cltlaeiy plac by - th dull round of dally dutle well done, may-, be. tli stirring vision of ber yet unrealised glory. ..'.":v":T .',- r;" ... The vision le neeued: tb patriot must not forget Jerusalem, the elty of . the great, king. . He would a .-soon forget, hi dally bread or hi skill In labor. -He cherishes the vision when the law. con flicts with his liking as well a when the land Jays Its wealth at his feet, when taxea ara duel aa wall as on Inde pendence days' when the rein falls on the lection day welj as when the great football game Ufta up a nation' tbsnks to Almighty God.-' He would as soon expect to lose sight of the glory., th eternal honor of hia land A that . hie right hand should loss its cunning-or hi tongu become dumb. , '... - .'-' " Th need of our Oas is, men who WU1 seek to realise the vision Jn Tthamaelves. W . hay enough who- will not reaa from, telling otber-what they" Ought to do; w have enough reformers- w need more reallxers. It Is a good deal- sealer to fight to-make ether peopl good than tt-m to stay at home making' effort along the same ilne yourself. It' I a good deal easier to . fight' for om principle than It I to apply that princi ple rigidly lq your own life. We alt know th principle of liberty: w all love them; but the patriot is th man who Uvea them. W all believe in admiring them la making other admire them, .But they ar valueless until they ar applied. Their application la 'their preservation." . . And ."viu cannot Apply them without pAuv It costs something te conserve sny great prtnolpl- Present acrlftn I th prlc we must pay for present- liberty. . '-' 7"W. think' it was easy to make 4he eaorif lea. when tha pomp of war was all about it. But sacrlflo is never eaar. It wss.no east tfo Jcaye tha old jiumi u in a unuorat than u m o lev tb ;oiy fireside in- a . raincoat -to , go to the primary.-. It was - neither : easier nor harder to b a brave man oq tb field than ' to be A brave man-loyal , to the risni. in ine rectory or st tn pons. The man. whodOdge the assessor eents worth would dodg th recruiting officer -tn th dey of the nation's exist. Th trouble with all then' people la thst th lov of self swallows up every wortny tor. Tn ecirian man cannot be a patriot He lone can find life: he alone can find liberty; h Alone ean lov his Isnd who has learned tb grant ' lesson of wlllingnee to lose hi life,.., - HYMNS YOU'. OUGHT BAttle Hymnd the Republic.; By JnltA Weed t Julia Ward Howe (New Yprlt, May I?, Kit) deeerves fam for many other thing, fofpoema, eesays,' lecture and work of philanthropy, but he will al ways be known to th greater number as th writer of th greet "Marseilles f the federal arm lea . While on a visit In 11(1 to the 'Army - encamped near Waahlngtoa ah wrote th stirring lines, baaing them on the old "John Brown", melody. Thl can never becoms a great International hymn, but It will alway be well loved by the American people. It le Interesting to note the pleaaur of a church congregation when they ar afforded an opportunity to Join In sing ing a m hymn th song So many of their fathere sang on the field.) . MJne eyee have seen the glory , of .the v coming of the Lord; , ' , '- v He le trampling out the vintage where . the grape of wrath are stored; He hath loosed th fateful lightning , v ... of hie terrible quick sword: - His -truth i marching on.' - .... i '.-. ,1;,::,T chorus. ,C i .'..'; '; : Glory,, glory, hallelujah! - i -. f t . Glory, glory, hallelujahl : :.VJ 'i.i Glory, glory, hAllelujAht- .."v . '' Hie truth le marching on.v. . . . t, . I hAve en him In th watehflre of A . hundrad circling camp;.'.; ."'. They have bullded him an 'alter In the X have read his rlghtaoua sentanc by tn 01m and flaring lamp-.. Hi day is marching on.. 4 - 3) 1 I hav read a fiery gospel, writ In bur : - . nished rows ef eteel; ..-.' "A ry "deal ' with" yr contemner "' . wit you" my grace ahall deal; Lt th hero bprnof woman, crush, th -.'..., -!.rpnt with his hU'.-- .. .. ' - j i Sine God 1 marching on." 'k -".'';'... ..-;-' 1. ., : .,w ' He hae'aoundad forth th trumpet that - kail never call retreat; He is sifting out the heart of men be- fore hi Judgment seat, - O, be swift, uvy soul to answer hlral . Be Jubilant, my fet: , , Our God la marching on.' " - --- .... I"' , " -'-:-' 1-T Ift tb beauties bf th lilies-Christ was .' torn acres th sea, . r. With a glory In hi bosom thit trans- figure you and me; As h died to mak men holy, lt u dl ." to make men free, ,, i a While ood le marching un... '':TS;.ui. Saw the Opening.;,. From in New Tork Bui Cholly T. I was only looUln sn opening to propos. Aley--weiiT r- - - 'holly She yawned. for tT'i;-r;.',.''','.;.L r . r f ". s'... -: - " - i ;r' ,' ""- V. ) . .; 1, X
