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BRISTOWS PANAMA (RAILWAY REPORT.
, irrIlE RECENT REPORT of
' ' 1 I 'r Investigator Jfllcph L;
railway ought to be sufficient to put n end
; to the present 'unfair end trade restricting regime, et-
,'pecially inc the Contract with the
, , expired, His tmaings," Drieny surnintruea, were tnai
1 1 the Panama Railway company (of whose stock the gov
.Jernnient owns ft.' controlling interest)' owns a line of
steamers running , between Colon and New-Yotlr,' and
hit an exclusive contract with the Pacifi'crMait coropaify
' ; whose chips of this line touch only on the Pacific coast
v at San Francisco. Every Atlantic port but New York,'
every, Gulf port, and every Pacific port but San Jrran
; cisco, has been shut "out from commerce carried across
the Isthmus. , Furthermore, rates and facilities have been
J such as to discourage transminioa f freight by way of
A..the wthmus, in fhe interest of 'the transcontinental irail
' roads. . A -cargo at New Orleans destined for San Diego,
. ' for instance, must be 'shipped by rail to New York, and
by rtil from San Francisco to its destination. So it is
i cheaper to patroniie the Southern Pacific Under this
; arrangement Portland and Puget Sound are excluded
' jfrom steamship communication with the isthmus, if they
'.: should desire to Utk it----1": ryp--rrr
.. " Mr, BristoW also , found the railway 'inadequate - to
handle the canal and other traffic, and recommended that
t if be double-tracked and provided -with all necessary far
. . cilities for doing a larger business economically. lt fur
ther recoimnended the establishment by the government
of steamship lines from the gulf ports-direct to Colon
. t sni from Panama to San Diego, San Francisco and
( '.tie, if the Pacific Man should
srprtse aa not grasp the opportunity ne advised that
: railway put on its own steamships. 5 ' -v,
There. were other statements of fact
ns in the report, but these were
r, Eristow bad not learned at the
there was sucha city and port as Portland on the Pacific
coast, bttt lie tnay hear of it after awhilfci,'.?-',.,';''--,--.
IT DID HIM GOOD
'F BEIKER who was given 10
1
1
r for knocking down and beatwg his wife, bas been
correctly renorted. be went home not only a sadder
bu! A wiser man,. He made it up with his long-abused
wife and promised to do 00 no more, and to be good
' hereafter to her and their seven children, i ,
1 Let ns not indulge in a word of pessimisticHoubk but
take it for granted that th'uv man-will be as good as his
word; -s Probably the only trouble, or cause of trouble,, is
whiskey, and if Beiker can let that alone, can avoid this
enemy that makes him a brute and a shameful criminal,
. very likely he will do well, will make his wife happy, and
raise his children so that they can make comfortable and
decent. places for themselves In society. . Wouldn't this
be incomparably better than squandering his wages, mak
ing a fool of himself and beating ; a - frail, defenseless
" woman, his wife and the mother of his seven; children,
"and eing whipped for it by an officer? ' - ;f - 1 ? ,' .
Beiker says the punishment did him good. We bope
:. so.' We shall see. And if it did the, wisdom of the law
. is already manifested. Instead, of lying in jail and b-
iing fed at public expense for 60 or SO
tly-starved or barely , existed on
charityT-tlM-tr-og?ia- Wat' properlTnmtsnranrToh,ntly ffom th(i
. turned loose to go to work again and earn a living for
them, and verify, if he can and will, his statement that
the punishment did him good. ; ' ..
WHY SHOULD SHERIFF BE
V TELEGRAMfrom Boise, Idaho, brings the news
. AvT tkat the sheriff bas been forced to resign. ., He
t ."frf was short in his accounts and it is. darkly hinted
that other things were discovered that would have ren
dered bint criminally liable. If this is all true then why
should-he have beejvpermitted to resign and why, above
'.. all things, should criminal proceedings against him, be
The Passing of Depew.
S ? ! From -the. New Tork World. 1"
- The "World U unable to share the
, 1 cynical merriment of many of lta con
" - T temporariea over the downfall of Chaun
ey M. Depew, Neither doea It believe
that th good people of the country are
; - J mock disposed to laugh over the degra-
Vdatlon of a high publie persons re. '
; V For more than . 40 years now Mr.
' Depew baa played a prominent If not aa
important, part in the publie life of the
V- United Statea He bas held high offices,
.' i Ha baa been the - Intimate friend - ef
: v statesmen. ' At one time he waa an as
'plrant for the presidency lteelf.
, j, While nobody ever claimed for Mr. De-
I paw genius of a high order or-sternly
I aacetle Weals, hla has been a-diatlnctly
1 ' t likeable character. - He might have been
- set down with Abou Ben Adhem'as one
whaloved hbj feilowmenrHe eouldliave
. ;, raid t them as Kipling said o the
; ; I English ef India: : j.y;
I have eaten your bread and salt; ' t
--' I have druhk your water and wine' -' '
1 The deaths ye died I have watched be:
.' ' aide: - -. 1 . .
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Te Uvea that ye led were mine.
5
' Although Mr.-Depew's political ear-.
,' vloee ' in behalf of corporations have
longbeon known.; most men ptoferred
; !v t believe Chat, at heart lie waa better
t than his business, and that the closing
;, yeara ef bis life might atone for earlier
n Indiscretions. ' - . J
J It la not pleasant to ae this man,
. f now past the . allotment of threescore
' i years and 10, branded with shame and
- , f stripped of the last shreds of rspecta
blllty. - It- la ot pleaaant to know that '
. f he, too. atrared- In looting the heritage
. 5 of the widow and orphan. It Is not
i pleasant to know that he committed of
' - f eases which make hlra nnflt to hold
"' hla high office and which might war
' yant proceedlnga for disbarment lf.no
criminal prosecution,
i ; ' Thla ia not a Joke, a some of our
' friends believe. It la a tragedy, and
' the World can contemplate It only with
feelings of 'genuine regret and sorrow.
r, fiy Ifakes t-ong Trip Unharmed.:
'Washington Cor. New York" American,
' - A common house fly -arrived at thO
.library oft.ongrese .today from , CM
" cage. He came by mall, securely sealed
.'. up in a big envelope containing an ap
plication for eoDVriaht from. Joseph B.
v Bowles of SS La Balls street When the
mall clerk In the copyright office opened
'the envelope the Chicago fly hopped out
stood on the table for a moment
stretched himself, ahook hla wings and
Tew away to make the acquaintance of
oahlngtoa files. ' r '
There la an average Of KO.Oee plenee
of mall received In the copyright .offles
every year, but thla is the nrst time
t such an Incident he a bapneaed. The
' ere wondering how thle fly es
; . H by maahlnf la the stamf
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Specwl Commifsioner
BrUtow on the Pan-
Pacific Mail has now
: in .making
hopes to
withdraw. If private
nd reconimenda-
the more important.
time he wrote it that
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there are accidents
struction which
source and the proper pcnalties.there imposed.
jj-tAn Eatlmata of John Hay,
. -irrom Harper'a-Weekly.-t
, The fact has sometimes., been.pver-
looxea oy mose wno nave notea in onn
Hay the rare, though not. of eourse,
unique, conjunction . of the statesman
and man of letters, that he . did . not
proceed direct from the library to the
council room. He never received nor
sought the auffragea of hie fellow cltl
sens. A legislative, a Judlolal or an
administrative office, properly ao called,
be never held. . Unlike Irving, Motley
and Lb well, however, he eras not eud
denly transferred from pencraft . te
statecraft . For the functions of ambas
sador and secretary of state he had other
than literary credentials. He was an
American exemplar of the theory that
a protracted training In -minor- diplo
mats posts la eminently useful. If It
be not Indispensable, to success on that
highest etage , of , diplomacy which . )
dominated by the figures' of Bismarck
and Cavour. 80 far aa John Hay'e apti
tude for the conduct of our foreign re
latione -wae attributable to experience,
he gained It as secretary of legation or
charge d'affalre at Parts, Vienna and
Madrid, and. above all, as first assistant
secretary of .atate under ' Secretary
Bvarts . In the Hayes administration,
If a diplomatist "be born and made, vet
erans In the profession have acknowl
edged during the laat seven yeara that
Hay possessed both the congenital Ml
the acquired equipment He wea luckv.
no doubt, as we have said, in the inter
national clrcumatancee amid- which he
was Invited to exercise his tatenta. , He
waa fortunate also la the confidence re
posed in' his foresight and discretion by
Lthe two administrations, the forelge
policy of which - he had to mold ao
largely. After, all allowances are made,
however, It Is but Just to-acknowledge
that Hay haa left a deep personal im
print on oar diplomatic history, and thnt
next perhaps, to John Qulncy Adam
he ha Influenced "most aennlbly the po
sition of our country In wotfld politics.
: .The Only Cure.;
from .the New Tork Hup.
' A t
Sermonising on the laxltr of ;. the
moral sense of men of business ' and
financial eminence la fiduciary positions
wilt accomplish no ,. Improvement' In
one way er another the church pulpit
haa been preaching such sermons from
time Immemorial, Sunday after Sunday,
and false trusteea have listened to them
without flinching. The only cure will
be in the practical application -that la.
In sending some of these false trustees
to Sing Sing. Then 4h- neeeeeary re
form will begin, end not til! then, j
X . Orabbed.Hirn. r .
4, -.rrom"'the Cleveland Leader. . -
Mr. Soashllst Do you- know anything
about this cooperative housekeeping T
Miss Elderlelgo Oh, John, thl ta ke
oddent : .-J : . v '
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J O U R N A L
jrtap.
Th Journal Bttfldtaf, rtfth and YamUS
dropped?; He occupied a position of trust for the people
and was under oath to loyally serve them. . He was un
true to his trust and to his oath. He therefore set an ex
ample wheh was doubly bad. I -" :"
If a sheriff does what is contrary to the law -he should
be punished by the law like' the commonest offender.
No board of County commissioners has any authority-to
compromise with crime. j That is what this" board has
done in its' dealings with the sheriff and in doing so it has
rendered itself liable to punishment, perhaps, criticism
surely. One of these days the world will look at these
1 thin grln-a'dlfferenr way and when it does sheriffs and
other public officiaU will be dealt with strictly in ac
cordance with law as all citizens should be. ; ; 'I . '
PEARY IS -HAPPY AGAIN,
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7 O MMANDER TEAR X, who has finaUy.suceeeded
a start on anotner Arctic expedition,
winter. this year farther north than
ever before, and so be in a better position next spring
than on any of. his previous expeditions to make "a dash
for the pole." 'His (ship, the Roosevelt,1 is said to be the
best onexhe has ever had,' and he starts out with a large
visible supply of .hope and.faih.- .. .v . . nV
Many have been these attempts to reach the pole;
too many to attempt to recount, and most of them have
been backed or aided , to some extent by some govern
ment. From 1882 to 1895 the United .States held the
farthest north record,' made by one of - Greely's party.
Nansen in 1895, and Cagni of Arbuzzi's party in 1900, beat
that -record, and Peary in 1902 attained third place, but
not first, which probably is his real object,, rathet than
to find, "the pole." ;. '.",;(. ''J k v ' i-',' . . : '
Two expeditions are now ,' in the Arctic, regions;
Fiala's, seeking the geographic and Amundsen's, seeking
the magnetic tole:.Besides P,eaov the Puke of Orleans
wilt start on an expedition this summer, making our par
ties 00 the same quest.: Two of' thesV chose the route
across. Franz Josef land," but Peary, as beforewill go by
way of Qreenlandt bt"opes to shorten bis land travel
by 400 miles. ,;;; '" . -,. V ; -
Some people are interested In these expeditions, but
the Average citizen xares little about them. He feels he
has not lost the pole. If anybody has, he will advertise
for it and live comfortably in a temperate climate. ;
': . ; SWEDEN'S FORMER .POWER. 5;'':
SWEDEN would "cut ; but -a "comparatively small
figure now in a great war, but time was when
. Sweden was J great military , nation and awed
nearly all Europe. -In the heroic age of Sweden Gus
tavus Adolphus descended upon Germany and changed
the political conditions of every state from Russia to.
Spain, from England to. Transylvajiia. He3 turned
Prussia, then Brandenburg",' upside down, and metaphor
ically stood its king on his head. Gustavus was fighting
then to curtail the power of Austria and in aid of the
Protestants in the -religious, wars, and a mighty man of
war he wtit;)'' 'S-'-: ' W : v-,
: One of bis successors, Charles XII, was a madman but
a great general; who knew 410 fear and scorned to enter
tain the idea 'of defeat, and, as Johnson said, "left a name
at which" the world grew.pale." But he was beaten at
last iat-Pultowaj-w'aa xiled,- and- was Icille'd" in" a7petty
-:-'- ''
BiUic la bevond he Rhine: it u one
f-of the world's great 'military powers; in those good old
days when , war was men s chief employment and di
version' ana Sweden has good fighting men now, if war
must needs come; but for many years Sweden end Nor
way have acted the better part of peace. : ; ;
The accident on the cruiser Bennington through which
50 or more lives will be lost should be investigated to the
very bottom. ( Accidents will occur , and human inge
nuity and foresight are powerless tcr prevent them but
due to shortcomings or faulty .con
should be followed back o their logical
Hailstoneg and Egga.' ; . w
- - Prora the Washington Star. '
" There le some strange relation between
hailstorms and poultry, or between hail
stones and eggs, that f asctnatea man
kind. The hailstone may be dodged, the
egg should be dodged, but the compari
son between hailstones and eggs never
can be dodged. It la Impossible to get
away from It' : Whenever there Is a
hailstorm, when tender planta are eut
to death end window glass Is shivered.
the hailstones are alwaye the else of
hens' egga Nobody- ever ' heard of a
hailstone the else of baseballs, walnuts
or potatoes, or . the else of macadam
rock, golf balls, tomatoes or the flat
but ever and always the else ef egga
yet egga vary la site.- -1
No chicken fancier would think- of
pointing to a cackling hen and saying:
"She lays egge as big aa hallstonea" ,
' There really should be no comparison
between hailstones and eggs. A shower
Of hailstones is a work of nature, while
a enower or eggs is apt to be a work
of Ill-nature. ' A shower of hailstones
may be ' destructive, but a shower of
eggs Is positively anaanltary. The longer
a hailstone stays on earth the more In
conspicuous it becomes, while the longer
ea egg stays on earth the more convinced
we are tfhat it la .here. . .- ; -
T
Leading Up to It
'Prom the Chicago Tribune.'
S.
' "I wish you would look at thla watch
and aea what'e the mstter with If the
man aald, handing It over:-'-' " r . .
.The Jeweler examined it . ,.'."-"
"I can't see anything wrong, he Bald.
!Wht aeema la be the trouble rr-"
' "It has lost nearly a minute In the
laat three months. ' . :
"That isn't worth: making . a fuss
over. ,'-,,"
"I didn't know but one of the Jewels
might, be broken, or something." v -, :
a "No, they're all rights :v. --.- ; T
"None of em dropped eutt'-,, ' .':,;
"No, they're all there.' - " ' i i
"It isn't full Jeweled, anyhow, la Itr
"Tee. It'S full Jeweled," ,, M
.I've been suspecting lately that, the
case la only washed. ,-
"Tou're wrong. It's solid gold." , '
""But It Isn't a Srst class make, is Itr
"Tea there's nothing better in the
market ' . ' , .. j , t:
"I'm glad ta hear you aay so. Per-
hspa you wouldn't mlod letting me have
a to on itr .. , u..--
:f;WIU Not Fay Alimony. rr r'Vi
Prom the Beltlmore Sun.'
Judge Parker aaya "bustneas and poli
tics must be divorced."- But business
doesn't,, want to pay polities any ali
mony. 4- t'., -. .i r . f.,i r
; ' ' : What About Thmf-"r'f
' ' Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer.' -Well,
what about the people who hold
their burkete under the crop report
lealut ' Anything to be dene with thsiaf
f
SMALL CHANGS -
. Since. Japan has rctv4 a tib that
Russia only means pourparler, Japan
wax $ on tlhttn. '. . , .
The Depew . Improvement company
was a failure.. Uncle Chauncey la toe
oia a ararter to be improved. .. ..; .
, .i:'y.., v.' ':r::A:
, We may hare to let flt. Jahns la yet,
to preserve peace. v-"
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The flnanclal bedev'tln of Devlia atlll
contloues .to . develop. ; : v ' ' -
O for a meteorologtcal Burbank to
eradicate the exceaelve humidity from
our. summers. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Instead of whining; and walling,' why
njy oucometoOregqn T
- The prices of beef haren'i' been .'in
dicted yet. -i-'.' -': '. .-- ,V
v - t .' :X- : tfi t -' v '' :;. :
." That a right, boys; shoot the elga-
rettea. , - r- a .-- :' - ..
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j The mayor haa the! veto power, y
' Portland must never return to the
"box'! and combine tlon-houee eondltlons
that have hitherto prevailed. . -
- '-.;,..'-,)
Men who could have sold hops 'for 11
eenta and are selling at It feel tempted
every time they smell a hop to go out
la the yard and Jctok- themselves. ,
It Is said that six states are free from
graft Which are the other nvet X
isn't Oregon one!
Don't vorty about the deficit; 'your
share, la Only II -cents. v '
.ii - 'M e - '-(-':. '"'r
'- Old man Phlppa of Iowa Indignantly
denies that be ia the father of John D.
Rockefeller. He admits that he baa
don things he la sorry for; put never
raised a son like J. P. R. .
1 :.
' Laweon says that under his system
railroad stocka will bj the cheapest
thing In the world. Surely not cheaper
than talk. . y .
Ttt eastern people knew Oregon Just as
it la they would get bore If they bad to
walk. -:, . .' j.- .. : . ' : ,' . '
. '. ' "v - e ..;-i.',;s --
1 They arr having a hot time in the old
town of New Tork, and other eld. towns
back east day and nlghtr - -
.. -f.., . - -e .;:-. "v-'--'
' There Is no such thing aa a "mlrewru
lous escape.", however often the phrase
may be used. . . . ,. . ,.-'t,.
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Several political careers are - ending
ingtoriously. ... ,-v-5
The leaders" atlll want to rua things.
. If the women of Maasaehusette could
vote ' there - would 4a . no doubt about
General Mllee" election, if he should be
nominated for governor. , They, never
could resist thoaa uniforms, j - -
Tom lawsoa says he haa swindled
the publie out of several million dollars
which he Is going to give back some
time. We'll, discount our share for. Im
mediate payment, Tom. : ,r ,
: The Xhlcaga strike,-failed because It
ought to have felled., -The strikers were
contract-breakers In. the nrat place, and
resorted to criminal violence and. other
forms of lawlessness, afterward. Borne
lot their : Isadora, aatabl y hea,-- are
proven scoundrels, and traitors to the
cause of, union labor. I Under euch cir
cumstance, the strike was aura miser
ably to fail. ;;,
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
' launches are becoming popular along
the rivers and lake : shores of interior
??-:;v:;Y:,.veA"v-vv:'VV'S
At Brownsville -the weather was so
hot one day that the honey In 10 stands
of beee belonging to B. 8. Martin wae all
melted. Vulnlag the hivea and damaging
the bcee. It took an expert to atraightea
things out i
a-
The Independence brickyard will jnaks
at least 100,000 brica. .. , , v
. Some Umatilla county ; barley '
yield 71 buahela an aore...- , t
will
A new paper at Oold Beach has for
local newe Juat Ave short "pereonals"
nothing mori..i,- . -
' Probably the greatest 'hay and grata
crops in the history of Oregon.' . ,
A hop yard romance culminated In a
wedding In the Dove hop yard In Polk
eounty Sunday. This yard la - In the
mldat of a dense hop district, and this
Is tba first social event of the season in
hop yard clrclee thle season. The newly
married oupie win eoatinue their work
la the Dove hop. yard. i- , , -. ; j (. r ,
.:. ' '.'.'."... ! e e. ' . --
No deaths or prostrations from heat
id Oregon. " J v '".-' v
.'-.." ' -' . "t
A Oervals man fell edt- of an apple
tree at noon, breaking hie thigh, and
lay .unnoticed, and helpteaa for - eight
'. Numerous new people noticed la many
Oregon towne -. . '"J .- ' t ' .
- - k r ; "'e- r ;. i'S..: !
In future years the great Josephine
eounty caves will attract the attention
Of thousands of tourists. (
:.(' - .f i e- ,-e m. '-.V U'
' The Hood Rtver Glacier advisee pearl
growing..; ft "'.',' 'i.'r,.'Vi'lll Tj '
Moaler fruitgrowers are Jubilant. One
man shipped 1,021 crates o berries at
from S3 to IS a crate, and Is harvesting
a large crop of peach plums. Another
gathered el tone cf cherries from 100
trees, and between. -the trees he grows
strawberrlea Another gathered 14 boxes
of cherries, worth tl.B, from one tree.
'Ty .- :,J,.jy '"-..'i'-.'f
' Walter Jones, an Albany man, who
has been In Alaska alnoe Ills, le home
on a short visit, coming from Coldfoot,
TO miles north of the Arctic circle, the
mining town farthest north in Alaaka,
He came out by way of St Michaels and
was' 81 days on the way, making a trip
equal to that, from the Paclflo to the
Atlantic, about S.60S miles, on foot by
rati, steamer and rati. About too min
ers wintered at Coldfoot and did fairly
well. , Dawson still thriven, Mr. Jones
saye, but the biggest mining town now
Is Fairbanks, on the Ta nana. In United
States territory, a place ef about 15,00q,
which -will report a gold output of
about-$7,900,000 this yar. . , . ; . j
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The Albany Democrat: A year age
an eaatern man bought a KO-acre farm
near labanoru "painted the bnlldlnga
fixed up the fencee end did some grub
bing. A few days ago he wae offered
double the price paid for the farm ant
refused M. . I : . .' -.-.
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SWDAY. SCHOOL LES-
CONforTOMORO'vV .
'. '- K. n. Jeaklaa 9. .""",'
July', 1104 Topic. "The Oraolous
Invitation." Iaaiah lv:l-ll. - ;
Golden text "Seek ye Jehovah" while
he may be found," laa, lv:0. ..;'.,
Reeponslve Reading: , The lesson It
Self. , , ( "ft''
.; . . .:' .' Satredactlea.' - Vt :V ,
There le no more beautiful, no "more
winning passage in the Old TeCtament
than- thla, and unless It refers te the
mission of Jesus and the results ac
complished through that mission it haa
never been justified, The Hebrew peo
ple did return te Jerusalem with songs
and Joy (cu. xxxv:10); but not 'until
the advent of our Redeemer -wae Judea
the aoene of anyV event of world-wide
Interest Nor did any later prophet pos
sess a. wider vision or a deeper insight
than Isaiah himself. In Malaeht the
prophetic order itself .disappears amid
reproofs and admonitions that chul the
blood and appall , the soul (Mat 111:1 j.
To generation, succeeding generation
the accepted Interpretere pf the law
added burden upon burden Until.' ae
Peter affirmed without fear-Of contra
diction. Judaism had become even to
ita moat loyal sona a yoke which It waa
Impossible to bear (Acta xv:ioj. rne
nations of the earth never hastened to
ward the earthly Jerusalem as. toward
a blessed goal (v:K On the contrary,
scattered ae ther were throughout the
world, there wae no race so universally
hated ae the Jews.. ---,.,., '
But with the coming of Jesus all- the
relations of Hebraism to mankind took
on a wholly different aspect. : The world
found the spirit of religion attractive
where It had been repellent 'The clouda
dlsanneared: llaht -waa spread abroad
the old Lfalth. -transformed, spread
throughout all Unda. -Instead of -gath
ering Its robes about It in auUen reserve
of silence. It met aU races with a Joy
ful salutation. It was no longer ; a
creed for, a-race, but a gospel for
world. The religion of JeauS waa not
the deatructloa or Judaism, out la w
florescence.-"a ' " ' :' : -.- .' -i-" ' -:
Men do not' alwaye realise the poaei'
blllUes of their own faltha The con
temporaries ef the prophet did not see
In their religion : what tie saw in it
Our forefathers who signed a compact
in the -cabin of the Majflower for- the
civil government of their own Infant
colony did not realise that that, brief
document contained In embryo the. germ
of a republlo- to spread from, sea to
aea. ,The prophet who utters these
words whloh constitute the lesson for
today skw in the religion of hla race
tboae fundamental principles of right
eousness, -.. mercy , and . universal love,
which should some day constitute the
baae of a glorlaed Judaism to be Wei
corned by all mankind. In thjs prophetic
Hebrew .warning, can ana- vision we
have the spirit whloh makes Christianity
what It la ;.-.;':' ' ' -''.;.. 7
-.'i The' IVcsooa. ,
. Terse 1. ' Nobody is down to bed rock
In hie studv of Christianity Who haa not
found It to be essentially Joyoua. This
revelation of the prophet exhibits our
most holy religion In its true light. It
la cheerful. Philanthropic optlmiatle. No
man haa "got religion"- who goea around
forever wlDlna his "weeping eyea.V' Jesus
seems, to 'have exhausted theaimllee of
a fertle fanoy in picturing the gladness
el faith. ? Religion ta a teaat a dlaoov-
ared treasure (Matt xlll;44 and a pearl
of inestimable value (Matt-. xtll:40) ;
moat of all It le a fount of pure-water
epringrng -up-wtttr peTenttlarTefffiBRni ent
(John lv:l). Nor is It .something that
Is dispensed In minute quantities for
exorbitant sums. We glye. nothing for
rellgon which we wouia not oe imppver
tshed to retain.
Verse x. Most men devote their best
energise In accumulating what at the
close or lire tney utterly aeapiae. ine
most costly thing In America today Is
that which Is Its greatest-eursew-rum.
Vice coate more than money; It coats
health and nonor and heaven.- And the
millions of bard workers in the world
who never get enough ahead te Own a
square foot of land pour whole town
ships down their tbroeta The tavern
keepers in Wales this year are In mourn
ing . over . the great .revival, -while- the
marketmen rejoice In the activity of
trade., The best political economy in the
world le piety. . v-, .-,-.
. -Verse 1. . It la harder to get persons
to listen to the truth' than to assent to
It-J'Why don't people go to -church T
Why did they not listen to the prophet?
The Important thing Is to persuade peo
ple te think about God. A vaudeville can
draw a larger crowd even on Sunday
than a Bible Institute, because people
do not wish to be - reminded ef God.
Men whe would not eceept a printed ser
mon free will buy the "pink supplement'
ef a eportlng paper because it helps
them forget God. Isaiah sought to rouse
the Indifferent and caraleaa by reference
to the words which had been spoken to
David a prophecy ' promising that
through David's deeoendanta all nations
should be blessed (IL Sam. vll:l. IS).
But the only way to see those happy
werde fulfilled waa be Insisted,, by a
return In loyal obedience to the Ood
who epoke them. , . v .;: i ,
Verse 4. -This verse 1j of doubtful
Interpretation because it la not clear .to
whom' reference le made. But the sense
appeare to be that David had -first. In
the kingly Una at leest "witnessed to
the nations the character of the relfglon
which Israel professed. ('.- ' ,
, Verse .- It Is clear 'that In the
prophet's view, Israel'a final ' ' renown
ahould not be through Its seclusion but
through ita catholicity. Nations should
look to If rata as their Spiritual mother.
In that day when Ood should have glori
fied Judea by his fuller revelation of
himself. Instead of being regarded ae a
captive,-Judah shall be seen a queen. -1
Verse . But while all' thle should
be accomplished in -ami for: those who
obeyed, for the nation aa a whole the
time of probation was short . Unless
the people as a body - were- willing to
recognise what we now call "the paycho
logical moment" the leaders would, lit
tle by little, harden the conscience, cloud
the eye and-.pervert the word. Three
hundred .years ago France chose deliber
ately to remain papal.. Roseie seems
determined toddy to remain mediaeval
The decision tcannot he reversed in per
haps half a mllllennlum. - Opportunities
for reformation do not recur with every
rising of the sun. Such a - favorable
period aa this for national regeneration
never returned to Judah -until . Jesus
came.. And .that opportunity, -too, .was
lOSt. y ',. . f .'..
. Verse. 7." What-the - prophet aought
waa not a new profession of faith but
a new life, one-Inspired by 'those ele
mental principles which made the reli
gion of Israel eomethlng very different
from the rellgon of Baal ox -Moloch -or
Ram, Repentance could not restore
thera, but forglvenesg would.-- 4
Verse s. We must not Judge Ood by
our own conceptions of -right end wrong.
We must, on the other band. Judge our
conduct by his revelations of rlghteous-
nesa ---: ..
Verse And the blessed truth Is that
the difference between' Ood end', our-
selves is thaf he is not less kind , but
more forglvlnf. - He Is better, not worse,
than our most generous instincts.. He Is
more pitying than ' the moat pitiful
father (ra " cill:i l..Ue 'la mere gensr- i
oua than the moat,
(Matt, vil li). 1
Versa in 4n th nMtr of nature w
eee that the, profuse rain Is pot loat It
disappear! puc to reappear - Rain 'and
snow each In the ' economy i of nature
hae Its mlulnn which it fulfill. ' Proofs
of Ood's beneficence lie-ell about ua if
we will note them. The verdure and the
fruitage of the world depend upon flis
eonstMncv.
Veree 11.- Ood hss not taken "such
palna to make hla rain effective only to
suffer all his richer spiritual Intents te
perish. Thla man may not be aavea.
and that man may, be lost But soms
will be saved (Luke xlv:U). Without
breaklna down man's freedom.' men will
be rescued. Without violation to free
human choice, the purposes of Ood will
stand sure. Ha who directs the ef fairs
of the material world ao aa to secure
hie own kindly purposes will not be
balked by even the obstinaey 01 a peopte
hardened in sin. A remnant ahall sur
vive (la.. vfUS) avea from-the -snoot re
bellious age; and eventually a race ' (II
Pet 111:11 ) inhabit a new earth.
Verse If. The thought of the prophet
now Is centered upon - the ' return of
Israel from exile. Despite the sorrows
of their' wearisome aojourn, they will
not die in captivity. Nor will they come
back as those obliged to fly by Bight
or to fight their way by-day aereee the
Intervening desert They shall be -"led
forth." and all nature, shall seem to
those who take -part, In that happy re
turn te share In' their happiness -and
gratitude.. Not es when their fathers
oame from Egypt pursued by thunder
ing horsemen, shall they- turn naca te
th land so dear to them, fio a weapon
shall rattle In Ita sheath, not an . arrow
in its quiver: - - - - .v..
Vransformed Into "Joys. As thay look
back upon what they have enaurea, ana
out of which Oqd has. delivered themrf
their bitter .. experiences shall blossom
and fruit W . grace. The sorrow, the
grief: the despair, shall all be gone, and
faith1 and aapplneaa and praise take
their place. ,80 will their return strike
the nations as a wonderful token ef the
divine favor. No one whb" sees It will
ever forget It And Indeed God s deal
ing with the family or Abranam ia -toe
miracle ef history." T'hey constitute
today a witness of the truth of revela
tion. - Men can oouoi wis, ana suspect
that and deny something else; but, the
Jew-ta a ttvlng-fact. He cannot be
annihilated. He can not be broken. He
remains" for a purpose. He wltnesees
to the truth of the Bible, ana no win
yet witness the fulfillment of prophecy.
LEWIS AND CLARK,
' The party is still trudging westward
by the Missouri river routa The ex
plorers are now In the Kockiea ,
July If. We act out at an early hour.
The river being divided into eo many
channels by both large and ' email
Islands that It was impossible to lay
it .down accurately by following In a
canoe any single channel. Captain Lewis
walked on shore, took the - general
courses of the river and from the rising
grounds laid down the situation of the
islands and .channels. which he waa
enabled to do with perfect- accuracy,
the view not being obstructed by much
timber. At one mile and a quarter we
passed an Island somewhat larger- than
the rest and four mllee farther reached
the upper end of another on which we
break faated. - Thla Is -s, large island,
forming tnf the middle of a bend - te
the north a level fertile plain,-10 feet
above - the - serf ace ' of - the water -and
never overflow ' Here we found great
ieyuaatltlee ef a siuatrmiton ahoot the
else of a mueket ball, though some were
larger; It U white. Crisp and as well
flavored as any of ' our' garden onfona;
the seed le Just ripening, and aa the
plant' beare a large quantly to the
aquare foot and stands the rigors of
the climate. . it wilt no doubt . be an
acquisition to settlers.. Prom thla pro
duction we called it Onion island. Dur
ing the next 1 miles we passed sev
eral long circular bends, and a number
of large and small islands which divide
the river Into many channels, and then
reached the. mouth of a creek on the
north side, j It Js composed of , three
creeks, which unite in a handsome val
ley about four miles before, they' dis
charge themselves- Inte- the Missouri,
where it is about 11 feet wide and feet
deep., with clear, traneparent water.
Here "we halted for dinner, but aa the
canoea ) took different -channela in aa
cendlng. it waa aome time before they
all' Joined.' Here we were delighted to
find that the Indian woman recognises
the country: she Mils ue that to thla
creek her countrymen make excursions
to procure a white paint on Ita banks,
and we therefore call It White Earth
creek. 8he says also that the three
forks ef the 'Missouri are at no, great
distance, a piece t of Intelligence which
has cheered the sVlrtts of ua all. aa we
hope soon to reach the' head of- that
river. '.'-. I f t-j ': .' v- .
This is the warnteat day except one
we have experienced this summer.' In
the shade the mercury stood at 10 de
grees above sere, which le' the eeeond
time It haa reached that height during
this season.' We encamped on an Island.
after making .19 mlUa -
Ia the ' course of the day we saw
many geese, eranaa, email birds com
mon to the plains and a few pheasants;
we also observed a small plover or cur
lew of a brown color,- about the else
of ' the yellow-legged plover , or Jack
curlew, but of a different' species. It
first appeared near the month of Smith s
river, but Is eo shy and vigilant-that
we were unable to ahoot It - Both the
broad and narrow leafed willow con
tinue, though- the sweety willow lies,
become very scarce. - The rosebush.
small 'honeysuckle, 'the. pulpy-leafed
thorn, ' southern wood, sage, box-elder.
narrow-leafed eottoawood, redwood and
a small species of sumach are all abun
dant So. too, are the red and black
gooseberries servloeberrlee. chokeberry,
and the black, red,-yellow and purple
currant which laat aeems to be a favor
ite food of the bear. . Before encamping
we landed -and took on board Captain
Clark with, the meat, he had collected
during thle day's hunt, which conal.ited
of one deer and an elk;. we. had our
selves shot a deer and aa antelope. ;The
moequltoee and gnats were unusually
fierce this evening. , : '.j.,-
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A Friendly Rattlesnake.
'.'From the Madras Pioneer.
hid
I will
One day laat week Aaron Hoffman
an experience with a rattler which ha
not soon forget While sprouting potatoes
In the bin near the house he wae con-vj
ecious ok iQnivinini - rvvmiif ainwc nie
back, and glancing ever .hie ehoulder
found that an Immense rattleanake hed
raised Its head and -wa In the act of
crawling, up-ee his back. The eight
frose the Mood In his rvelns and he. wae
too paralysed with ear to move, and
while ho sat-there the snake crawled
over his shoulder and acresa his knees
and into Ms hiding-place. When young
Hoffman dld'recover his powers of loco
motion he ran . Into the house, but the
reaction from the ' terrible fright - com
pletely prostrated him -and i-e was un
able for some little time to tell hie
mother the cause of the fright It le a
well known Tact' that the rattlesnake,
unless disturbed,- will net Strike, but even
thle fact doee not make him a neighbor
to be enjoyed. ; t
rr.oj:sT.,;v
s Mark Twain in Harper's Weekly.
Some one haa revealed ta the Tribune
that I' once euggeeted to Aev. Tbomaa
ICBeecher Of Elm Ira. New Tork, that
we get upa monument to idem,' and '
that Mr, Beecher favored the project.
There, is more to It than 'that' The
matter etarted aa a .Joke, but it came
somswhat near to materiallalng.
It Is long ego SS years. . Mr. Darwin's . ,
"Descent of Man". hadLbeen In print five l
or six yeara, and the storm of Indigna
tion ralaed by it waa ,stiu raging in
pulpits and periodical In tracing the ;
geneela of the human race back to Its
sources Mr. Darwtn had left, Adam out
altogether.. We had mon'keyaand "miss
ing links' and plenty of ether kinds nf ,
ancestors, but no Adam. Jeatlng wltU '
Mr. Beecher and -other friends in Kl
mlra.. ! aald there eeemed to be a like
lihood that " the world would discard
Adam and accept the monkey, and that
in the course of time Adam 'a very name "
would be forgotten ia the 'earth; there
fore, thla calamity ought to be averted; -a
monument would accomplish this, and
Elmlre ought not to waste this honors- '
ble opportunity to do Adam a favor and ; '
herself a credit. , i. y -' ;. .
j Then the unexpected happened. ' Two '
bankers came forward and took hold of ;
the matter not for fun, not for sentl--ment
but. because they -saw In the ntbn- '
iiment . certain commercial ' advantages .'
for the town. , The project had seemed
gently humorous before-tt was more
than that now, with; this stern buslnesa
gravity ; Injected into It The bankers
discussed the 'monument with ma .We
met several tlmea. They proposed an
Indestructible memorial, to cost 1:6.000.
The Ineane oddity of a monument, set .
up In a village to preaerve a name that
would outlast Jhe hllla and rocks with- ,
out aay - such help, would , advertise '
Elmlra to the ends. of the earth an 1
draw custom. It would, be the . only
monument on the planet to Adam, and
la the matter of Interest ant Impressive
neasjjould2never Jiava- a .rlvalunt't
somebody should sst-up a monument in '
the Milky Why. -i.; ..--.v. -' -'.:''
People would come from every corner- '
ef the globe nd stop off to look at Hl'
ao tour of the world would be complete
that left out Adam'a monument'- El
mlra would be a Mecca; there would be '
pilgrim Ships at pilgrim retea, pilgrim .,
specials 'bn the contlnent a railways:
libraries would be written 'about, thi
monumfir,Ve-ry"VttUrlst would kodak 5
it, models of It would be for sale every- :
where In the earth. Ite form would be- -
omevs familiar a the figure of Na-
poleon. : "- jf
- One of the benkera Subscribed li.000, -knd
I think the other one subscribed i
half as much, but I do not remember r
with certainty now whether that, was.
the figure or not We got designs made
some of them made in Paris.- ' ;, "'
! In the begtnnlng-Aas a detail of the
project when waa aa yet a Joke I had .
framed a -humble and beseeching and
perferyld petition to eongreee begging ;
the government to build the monument
aa a testimony; af the great republic's ;
gratitude to the .father of the human;
raoa and as a token Of' her loyalty;
. him in thla dark dav ef hie humllla- r
tlon when hie older children, were doubt- t
mg ninv aao ean"i . v"
taie4hat thlapetltlon-oughi-to Hpre-
sented nqr-4tiWquld-1dellU.n,Li-follnfw
aituaed . and. rldlculei ' anil
cursed, and would advertise our. scheme ,
and -wake onr-grouno-noox ;
off briskly. So t sent H to General ?
Joeeph R. Hawley. who waa then In tha -bouee,
and he aald he would preaent ,,
it But he did not do It X think he ex
plained that when he came to read It '
... erreid of it: It was too scrtou.
too! gashy, toe eentlnfental-thehouae.'
might take It lor earnest. . .
We ought to have carried out pur men
ument acheme; we could nave.ntanaged, .;
It without any ' great difficulty and ;
Klmlra ' would now be the moat eels
b rated town In the universe. . . s , ' '
. r ...tf 1 Mnn to nulla m mwfc .
In which one of the minor characters
1... iiu-ldentallv unon a project ror
a monument to Adam, and now the Trl-
bune has come upon a trace 01 n wr-.
gotten Jest ef 10 years ago.,. Apparenilv -mental
telepathy le atlll In buslaeee.
It .. la odd; but- the f reaka of saental
telepathy are usually 'ff-1',
;2?A;PRA
- , r . . ;-. ., -Vj
: . - Wkaatae? WQacet f
y auia -wmmmim. - - .i
Hear thou my prayer gveat , v - "l ;
opulence; - ' "
Give, me no bVesstngs. save as, reeom
peilse ' ''' . '' ' .'- -' '.
Pot bleaalngs 'which I lovingly bestow ,
On needy stranger or on Buffering foe. ;
If Wealth, by .chance., ahould -ar;a..-
path appear, . " '
fit wisdom and Benevolence sUnd near.
JAnd Charity within my portal wait -
To guard me xrom ecquainwnce , ium-
-mate.? ' - ;7' 'f.;-'"' ':'''
Yet in this IntriceU great art of Jiving
Guide me away from misdirected giving,
And ehow me how to spur the laggard .
- eoul - --W-'i-i.) --' " tfr ..
To strive alone once mors te gain tna ;
. - goal. . . t :. -;. V . rf ?;f-".
Repay any worldly efferte te attain
Only ae I develop heart and brain;- '
pi or pram . ... , - -
above - " 'i - ' ' -i:
A boeom void of eympathy and love.
If ah the carrying' winds my nami be.
- blown . v. -- 1 .-,
TO any lana or 11m wijviiu uij .
t . ma K. mm imA Via mm i nmA tKjt dav X
By crowding others from', the xhosen ,,:
way? i :. . V.-v'. : 'r ;'
Rather as one who missed the highest
plSCS -. - v .- ' ' ' -u '
Pausing. to cheer, spent runners lit tba ,
race. - - - -j ,
To do to have Is leeefr than to BE:
The greater boon I ask, "dear .Ood, from
; jee.'-; ; 1, : -. ';.v.t . ;- '-
: '-.'j,v ' A . nan.,Mrtenr; .f ..-.1V ".'r
Prom the Sti- Louie -Post-Dispatch. . r
.A-man whose Income Is IM a day
lunching alone In a ll-cent rcstsurant.
and a clerk, whose Income Is ISO a month
lunching' with a young woman in- a
testaurant where - the cash, register
doesn't ring up anything under II.
! Which Is csuse and which Is effect!
Does, the' IB0-a-day man. Juncll thus
f heaply that he may ber i reminded of
roublea - en eerth,. or does the HO-a--month
men dine thug expensively be
cause he wante to forget Or le the one
a, 160-a-day man because he la careful
and the other a Sio-a-month man e-.;
ciiuse he is a spendthrift! .w .v -'.,' -
: . Their Chlaf Reliance.; ,
Prom the Los Angeles Examiner--
1
General Llnevltchs wings are again
exported te be In trouble.: The Russians
Always do seem te get the worst of It
(when they don't rely exclusively ea
-their lega. . i
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