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NOW LBT'THE CHAMBER OP COMMENCE ACT.
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ERE is a simple little problem, or children
used to call' it long ago,. Bum, in arithmetic. It
. 1 " . . . . . , "' ' '. IMS W . t l fA . ft , jV 1
.. . ..... may ue siatea tries; . eep; nu.juu: r.wr, bs
446 is to 735, how much is 110,500 to' the required answer?
It doesn't Uke a boy or girl of a very high grde(to as
. certain ouickly fhat the answer is 182.08UV r,: ' j
''" That lis. if ' all the census districts of Portland "were
; as badly neglected by the assessor's enumerators as the
pfne bounded by. Seventh, Chapman, Main and Jefferson
! ! streets, ; they .trussed 71,581 people. and .Portland s pop
i 'illation' 14182,081, instead of '110.50.,:. ;
! To put it another way, about 60.7 per cent of'flie actual
f Residents of that district were counted; and 39.3 per cent
j.werejnqt counted, now jsinai ror nign missing r
i . Of course the, same proportion , or percentage would
hot " obtain throughout ' the. city.. , ' Nobody; claims that
- I rortlaBdhas -182,000 4opdatiohnyrnorethan' any
body supposes it has only 111,000. '.But when such-a vast
difference appears between the assessor's. returns and the
ascertained fact 3n one district," even though this' be an
' extrefn "case","" wharls ,bis' census worthr;-Who can or
-": Will rely upon it "at allexcept strangers at a' distance,
to. Portland's Injury? ;;: V''V ':'-,?.'l ' ' '')'
' Facts given by Mrs, Ointon, manager for Polk's di-
. rectory, especially the great, increase in -names beginning
.'; -with, any letter, sine 1900, clearly indicate that Tier es-
r " timafe" of 13,3.000 for the city proper and 15,000 for the
" immediate suburbs, is conservative. ."And 'everything
r bearing on the subject supports this proposition.
.H;.JiJThe-IonfactthatiJheassessorVj;ensus makes the
-west side' population actually less than in 1900 it of it
self sufficient to stamp the result as a .travesty. Svery
."man, woman and well-grown child in the city knows that
while the east side has increased in population .more, in
proportion than the' west side, the population west- Of
the river ha, increased in five years by many thousands.
',If these figures are to be' given to the public as official
God save thc markJX-thenjlhe chamber or" commerce
should' at' once take the matter in hand and make pro
' vision for a recount that will-do Portland Justice.' ; j
1 A PARTY'S STRENGTH ITS SOURCE OF :
i .!.. V ft ..WEAKNESS, ; , '
tfBEugeii'' Register 'saysi 'The future success
''of the Republican party in Oregon is a matter
A of great concern.' To whom? To those who
"expect "to .get the offices, and the friends, whom the office-holders
may help, but not to vmany -others. Un
' doubtedly a large Majority of the people pjF Oregon, pre
.ier the Republican' party, as a! national party, to any
Other, and would to vote in a presidential contest, but as
" to whether the party becomes united and harmonious iff
, , nominees can be elected by , large majorities, , a great
and constantly increasing number of .Republican voters
are. indifferent.They care little, much less than ,for-
... merly,.. whether state, county and city officers, who do
' , j. not represent, national policies at all or but slightly and
. indirectly, are Republicans or Democrats.' Why. should
, : they? ,.' Supposing the nominees are equally competent
. and honest, it makes no difference whitever. to them
. . which are elected. - ' -'.' ''' '. "''"''
' ' . But it might be said further that it is. rather1 an in
, ' opportune time to be urging voters to "rally" and "stand
. ! shoulder to shoulder," and "take off their coats and go to
t- work,- in , support -of - the : Republican party in Oregon.
' To encourage and induce the rank and file of Republican
- voters to do so the party organs -should be able to "point
- with pride," as well as v view with alarm," and can much
t pointing around in Oregon be done that the average Re-
. :L publican voter wilt .not snigger . at?... And it. js to be
'": remembered that the election next year is not a national
v election, nor within two years and five months of the
' ,, next national election, so that the "stand by Roosevelt"
? cry will not have much force. . - . ' , .... .'
' : The fact i that from an independent and impartial
, " viewpoint Oregon has been too overwhelmingly Repub-
lican not only for the good of the people but for the good
of the Republican party itself. It had so g'reat a ma-
jority that it Woke in two, and the dominant faction, first
; one and then the otherheld the offices largely for purT
poses of reprisal and revenge, unmindful of and unac
countable to the people at large and utterly disdainful of
" ", the minority party. Some results of such great major
, ities have appeared and the Republican party itself is a
sufferer from them. .'.. ' . 5 ' .'
- The Sioux City Journal, a Republican paper, quotes
" from a local Republican paper of ithat state, the Charles
. City Intelligencer, as follows: ,
'' "The strength of the Republican party of Iowa today is
-' actually an element of danger to the party. ' On account
"1 of .its strength too many of its members seem to , rest
secure that it cannot be overcome; on account of its
'.strength they do not deem it necessary to give those
? with whom they differ that due and reasonable consid
i eration they would did they feet a weakness of the "party
''' and the need of all the help possible; on account of its
strength they do not deem it necessary to be sure the
. party is right on the things'-on which it goes before the
people asking for their support,; ort account of its strength
.' they have arrogant bearing that is not pleasing or at
tractive to many. All these things are elements of de
. traction and many times prove ultimate destructive weak
J ties.' ' 'r'v'-r '.' '-'' '"',
This is as true here as there, and its truth here' is' even
more apparent. Some Republican papers of this 'State,
t notably the Salem Journal, have said substantially the
' same thing, but we scarcely expect to read so honest
l l" and sensible a statement in the Eugene Register. ,;, )'.
SIX FOR HENEYj SIX FOR BENNETT. 7
HE SECOND MISTRIAL of Williamson,- Van
, Gesner and Biggs is the latest of numberless
instance! showiiiir the uncertainty of trials by
Jury, an uncertainty that in many cases exhibits judicial
procedure, both in criminal and civil cases, in a farcical
light that becomes blurred -with a somber tinge, how
ever, wncn (nc com i wuiinut - ' 1
On the first trial of these defendants,-the jury stood
censured by some, and even the trial judge hinted that
perhaps they should yield to the opinion of the large ma
jority; but if. they were, intelligent, sincere and honest,
and not merely obstinate, they should not be blamed.
They did their duty as they saw it,, and could not do it
otherwise. Once, m. a, case in New torn, one man
hung a jury for many hours and was severely censured;
on retrial a jury of 12 found a verdict on his side. .
-On -the second trial of the Williamson et al. case the
jury stood six to six, so that as a whole the Jury agreed
just 'as Heney and Bennett did. On the first trial the at
torneyiorthe defendants-made nrj argument to the Jury
and their clients had ratner. ariose can; uuaer jury
system much, advocated they would have been convicted.
Did the appeals of the defendant's attorneys help them in
the second case? : It looks that way, and they have a right
to assume such to be the case, but nobody can .tell.' At
the first trial one full iurv mi'srht have been picked up
that would agree with Heney and another one with Ben
nett, with or without argument, but such Juries would be
exceptional.- It is commonly agreed that the case made
out against the defendants was much stronger in the sec
ond trial than the first This is particularly true of Wil
liamson. Vet instead of two, as in the first case, there
were six in the second case to stand for acquittal. So
there you are. "If the honesty of the Jury is to be ad
mitted it is impossible to tell anything about what it will
do and one man's guest is about as good as another's.
If there are-dishonest men on it, then that is quite .an
other 'story. . '."', ' "' " .':' 1 '-'' . .,' : '
There are so. many such mistrials, with nobody know
insr even if an agreement is reached whether it is quite
just or not, that, one is tempted to condemn he jury sys
tem -as a 'piece of Judicial machinery tnat snouia oe
thrown out. or radically altered. In most cases a trial
judce would decidehe would have to decide somehow
as fairly and more intelligently than a jury, on the facts
as well as "oinhe lawrIf we were absolutely sure always
of impartial and just judges, the jury system might be
advantageously eliminated altogether. But this will not
be done. It is too much believed in as a "palladium. of
our liberties," and then some men not fit for their po
sition get on the bench. , i' " " ,' -
But the jury system ought to be modified, perhaps, in
two "ways"" jury shou4d constat "of not more than
seven men. five of whom concurring should render a ver
diet.. Then there would be few mistrials, and parties
to actions would on the whole get as much justice as
they do now. ;
- When fair trafYfclgets atraightened out a bit the O.
R: & N. officials "should seriously take up the question
of bringing train N 1 in here at say 2 o'clock in the
, afternoon instead of 5:25 as now. One purpose of this
; would be io give the merchants a chance to get out the
, same, day their;special delivery mail orders .'instead of
, losing 24 hours as is rnow the case. -
' Portland's-population is between 130.00Q and 135,000.
Why should its people rest content with a so-called of-
ficial census which gives it at 110,500?-
EDITION OF A
PAPER.
MORNINQ NEWS-
EVENING
r - .ln Cleveland. For many years there have been
. ,'f published there 1 two daily -. newspapers the
Leader-and the Plaindealer. Each of these newspapers
enjoyed a double franchise of the Associated Press and
each printed a morning and evening edition. One would
think that under such circumstances they would be great'
money-making enterprises and that those who Controlled
them would under no circumstances drop them. "But the
Other day the -Leader changed hands. .Medill McCor
mick of Chicago, grandson of the Jedill who made the
Chicago Tribune and who. was also one of the founders
of the Cleveland Leader, secured the property. One
of the first results is that both the Plaindealer and
Leader", coming to an understanding on a common sense
basis, simply gave up the press franchise and shut down
their evening editions. The result will be that they .can
concentrate themselves on their morning editions", and
make them a sucoest and by-cutting off the unprofitable
evening editions (hey are both relieved of an unbearable
financial' drain. : ;-, r
'.The Cleveland experience will find many, duplications
all over the country. The effort to monopolize all
sources oi news supply will not work, not only because
of the popular prejudice against such monopoly but be
cause it will not pay. Such papers are always a drain"
and sooner oo later become backbreaking to those who
are forced to assume the burden. ' Persisted in they will
bankrupt both institutions just as they did the Leader
in Cleveland and just as they threatened to do the Plain
dealer.' On the other hand ' the independent evening
paper in Cleveland which' enjoyed no monopoly and
which did not have or want an Associated Press "fran
chise has been one of the great financial successes of the
country. "This is the history in Cleveland just as it will
prove the history in Portland for the commercial logic
which produced the result there will produce it here.
- LET THE CITY MAXEJTHE PROFIT. .
THE GARBAGE' CONSPIRATORS are to the
front again; they will not readily let go of such
a choice graft as that promises. Nothing that
has lately been suggested has in it, more possibilities of
profit. than the proposal to take over, from the city the
work of destroying the garbage. ..The nerve of those who
back the' enterprise is simply beyond expression. Prac
tically they do riot propose to do anything except to rob
th people and to take over the garbage plant now owned
by the city without eosttto- themselves. .
Now that this matter Is once again before the people
the mayor through the executive board should start an
investigation to discover the best basis upon which to
clace this garbage question. It goes without the saving
I that the municipality should control both its collection
r. r t tri.....t,... u:. i... v. i
of great profit for the municipality through the sale of
the commtrcial products which result from the destruc
tion of the garbage.: -This being the case Portland is en
titled to whatever can be made out of it and the mayor
should s.ee that it gets it.; r .- . . v.. . .... . .. ,.
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'Major S. 'W. -Roessler who comes here to succeed
Major Langfitt in charge of th,e ' federal engineering
work, is a man of high 'standing in his profession and
has, it is said, beeri selected for this field because of his
ability and experience in the prosecution of big enter
prises. The people of Portland warmly welcome him.'
SMALL CHANGE
. Tou can hit the Trail tomorrow, If
your test so uggesta. ; --,
' The other departments have bn . In
fectvd with graft, but the navy depart
ment seem is he guilt? of wholesale
manalaugbter. . t . .
Perhaps It took moat of Konurt'i so
trunks to carry Japan's itemised bill.
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If we shoud all quit drinking tea
China might think hatter about that boy
cott. . :
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MUs Tarbell Is a money-crair saacnlae.
Well oiled, f though.
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Now a' vlneleas potato. . We know ot
some potatoless vines. i , . i
Not Entirely Hopelessl
' .' rrom ths-redar Rapids Oesette.
" L rolletu thinks that posterltr will
' damn the men of the present generation
whs SHOW six tnen. who own
and Iron, to dominate the country, elect
' rongreMinen . and . corrupt leglelators.
Ho far as these sis are concerned, they
lntrpos bet six human lives betwe
the fieopl sad proper conditions. Thy
wodld sot ny If men wers iv for sale.
ThT soul-not. eorrspt If tn did not
positloe to be corrupted, fostority
better damn the average . stats '" Of
political morala. The Rockefellers snd
others will die In the eourae of events,
and unless there Is ts be a change In
history of such things their fortunes
will be dissipated. - -'-'
.'' Honor Among Them. . V
'.' rrom the "Chicago News.
Tom Piatt sticks by Depew. feeling that
there must be honor among United States
senators. -
:'. j. Th Pious Pair. ; ',
:From the Washington fctar."
- Chicago and Kew York continue' to
talk about how big they are. while 'the
rest of the country Is talking about
how bad -they are. i .- -
"What Is really needed as the. manager
of the Panama canal la a man who, can
make mosquitoes dig la it ; v
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How ean anybody want to, bo mem
ber of the Georgia leglelatureT It 'has
been In session all .summer, -necessarily
in .Georgia. : -,.., .,
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The kaiser waits f Or ' no Invitation
when he wants to go visiting.
Togo having successfully operated on
Rojeatvensky's ' fleet, Japanese surgeons
have - now sucoessf ully ' operated on his
head. . ..'' .! ,
' - " .' i i . ; e -e , Ki . i'.'-. '. . .
MV-iWltte -talks, very bravely about
Russia's resources for war, but the last
year and a half e events tell e different
story. i ., .. .
Give work " to needy snd deserving
boys, or help find work for them. -
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Perhaps thst "roaaf' by ths chaniber
of commerce transportation committee
was felt. , : .
Baer doesn't look ss black- as he has
been painted.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LES-
SON for TOMORROW, T
e e'" : ' " "
A Pittsburg woman left tno.OOO to. a
former lover, on condition that he get
an absolute divorce from his wife. Her
refusal would not bo exactly a statutory
ground, but almost ' any lawyer could
make It out an- extreme case of cruel
end Inhuman treatment. .. ' .
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Ths big railroads ought to be liberal
With ss Important employes as tele
graph operators. If a - railroad presl-
aent can earn siuo.ouv or even sgo.wq a
year; doean't a competent, faithful opera
tor earn-over sso a month or sor
The Oregonian represents that Portland
Is growing but slowly, and apparently
is glad of It. It Is quite sour st Portland
lately, anyway. , ;
-. , a
Emperor William is busying himself
to prevent Norway from becoming a
republic. He mcy have urgent business
of the same nature at homo some day,
If he lives long and keeps up his antics.
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Wltte began talking while yet-out at
sea. and kept It up after landins. which
makes him in tereetlng, -because an un
usual specimen of ths genus diplomat.
"taTTieaitle" jailer. . who allowed a
aesperata prisoner to get possession of
a lot of dynamite and hose, two revolvers
snd e supply of cartridges, two sews, a
file, a knife, some cerbolle acfd and a
piece of rope. Is msnlfestly a" snisflt In
his present position. Per nana ha.mlvht
do for.a detective, though..' . A .
Mr m. r. Taaklaa. D. B.
Auguat , l0S Topics Joslah's Good
Keign II. (Thron. saxlv:l-is. - . - .
Golden' Text Remember slso thy
Creator la the days of . thy youth.
liccj. xu:i. - . ;
. Responsive reading: Psalm 141.. '
'.. ;,;" ".:, ZaSredoetloa. . " -' .;.
'The king whose character arid career
ooms before us for study today was the
grandaon of that Manasseh with whom
the last lesson dealt. But between the
reign of, Manasseh and ths accession of
Joslah only - two years -Intervened, i so
short was ths reign ot the ungodly snd
hi ted Anon (oh. jtxxli:Il-I). son of
Manaaaeh snd fsther of Joslah. But a
few verses are devoted to htm in either
ths secondbook of Klnga or the second
book of Chronicles, 'although, a. fuller
account seems to have been kept in
soms record called the Chronicles of the
Kings of Judah (II Kings. xxt:S)M His
Ufa was st beat Inglorious snd wicked,
and his snd was to bs assassinated by
the servants of ths palace These
murderers wers probably court attend
ants or guards who had been brought
from the east to sdd to his 'State, or
Doaalblv ' seat from Assyria ' to-watch
Over his loyalty to ths king who claimed
his allegiance as.a..vasssi.,iney -were
evidently not Jews, who sre hero called
the people of the land." These . mad
Joalah king (eh. zxltl:3l).,.. '.,
The mother of Joslah was a daughter
of Judah (II Kings xxll:l). snd hs was
the fruit of a union which may have
been intended to strengthen his father
Am on at home ' Joslah seems to have
been little In conUct with his father.
whs cams to his death, when the noy
waa but years of age., . - ; ,'
- . Many a boy Is mads or unmade before
he arrives st' that period. His whols
conduct as king would seem-to indicate
that his mother was deeply religious snd
thst her piety had mirrored Itself In his
youthful spirit. It, was probably as
much out of confidence in ths mother as
for any other reaaon that the popular
movement in favor of Joslah was Irre-alatlbla.-
However deaDl v tinctured -any
i peopls jnay be with -vies, they cannot
long sndurs Its rrslts 4a tns court wiin
out resentment.- - "'
It ts a tremendous undertaking 'to re
form's religion that becomes corrupt.
Tha revenues of many rich and powerful
nobles were doubtless dependent upon
the 'perpetuation- snd . oontlnuance of
things sa they were. Doubtless not a
few of the nobles had married wlvea
from ths east to 'assure their standing
In ths Assyrian court, - A thousand rea
sons will coma to the front for letting
things alone when such men as Manas
seh and Arson have ruled. "Vested interests"-must
-not be threatened. "Old
families' must not be embittered. Per
haps If Joslah had not been so young,
ha would hsva not been so brave But
God was with him; and It would have
been well, for ins land . had ths people
lhslsCd ftlRlal HI1Q UMIal1
poses -ot ths boy klnj.,
, .... . tu, I The tsssosir
" Verse 1. ' In soma things a child of
I Is wiser thsn a rosn st II. His moral
Judgments at least not deflected by his
oaaalona. lis Is not likely to bs so arbi
trary, headatrong and selfish ss In later
life, when be has learned something of his
own power or something ofl a guardian's
weakness. The gravest mistakes of sor.
sxslsaxUeniLdefeaajJlUchftracter,,
A . well meaning cniia is less aangeroua
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Don't Jump to Conclusions. ' ,
' From ths Chlesgo News. ,'
Never Judge the wslt of a young
Awidow ny her signs, ;
A good many of Portland's llrht-fin.
gered colored female population have In-
vaoea Asiona, ana Astorians Should hide
their- money. .
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Two new telephone lines out from
Roseburg. ' ...
Tor the first time Grants -Pass la
portlng Instead of exporting water
melons. Crop ruined by strange fungus
growth. . ,., ,
Boms dastardly miscreant atr-
dosen or mora forest . fires ' In Crook
county last week. -." ,-
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A few 'years ago tha man who an.
gested the growing of alfalfa on tha
sagebrush lands of Lake eounty waa eon-
sraerea as lacking something In the
upper story. Todsy the feet Is demon
strated that Lake county arid land a.
with water, will grow alfalfa thai can
not oe excelled, ana that without Irri
gation they win grow alfalfa that would
be a credit to many counties that are
considered rich agricultural belts.
Every buslnsss hoase in Athena ex
cept .drugstores wers closed Sunday.,
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Machine shop, badly needed .at -Cot
tage Grove.
Planting second potato eroo around
Irrlaon. , y , ', . .;
Only ' one farmer could be found In
Corvallls during one - whole day this
week; too busy at home. r .
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Travel on the C.'. E. railroad now
heavy. ' , .... . ' . . v
At Taqulna bay a eraft IS dolna a
good business carrying sesslders out to
sea. for deep sea "fishing, "and partly,"
says the Corvallls Times,; 'Tor sea-sickness,"
thoufh It Is news that people
want to become seasick, i .
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The . Corvallls Times says a younc
man of that town "Is taking a pleasant
vacation outing In ths harvest field."
Other young men might follow this ex
ample with profit to themsslves. .
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'Mules in big demand In the wheat
belt of eastern Oregon snd Washington.
-Visitors at Taqulna bay are compar
atively few, owing. It Is supposed, to
(he Lewis and Clark exposition.
A little J-year-old girl up ths Hood
River valley has csptured a pet that
any child snd many 'big folks" . would
envy her. The dogs, frightened a young
dos Into ths garden' and ths little girl
gave rhass, the frightened animal run
ning down Into tha field with ths child
following. , finally ths doa gave up and
the child returned home w.-. her pet,
and now. like Mary"s little lambs. It fol
lows her where'er she goes. . .
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. .Ths boys about town ssy thst swim
ming is fins In the Pudding riven
JThey go out to. ths river In wsgnn losds
of evenings. Gervsls Btaf. A Pudding
river surely should be a favorite flscs
lof boys to Swim in, ,' , t
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It Is not 'enough for us to coass te be
heathen. 'We must asg ourselves, "
l a hll of OodT- . ;
Verse 19. i What joy must "have been
felt among tha few religious famlllea,
long repressed, at this return, of the
king, to ths piety of his great ances
tors. There were men who had-' never
ceaaed td look after ths house of Jeho
vah, but they had Ilttls or no money
with which to repair ths damages
wrought to that houss by time and man.
Now funds wers suontled them to re
store ths beautiful temple, ones the
glory of the east, to something like Its
former condition. ' ; ' -, - '
Verse 11. Timber Is very sesres In
the seat, snd so- when ths apostates of
my lengthy- silence. We have been end
are still busy; busy preparing a royal
Judah wished to build for thsmselve4rP r ths guests from. Baltic
a new villa or to sdd snother chamber
to soms royal abode, they resorted to
tbs temple end dug out Of He neglected
chambers ths precious cedars whicn
Hiram had given to Solomon. "A shame
ful . sacrilege." everybody - says. But
many profeaaed Christiana do not ecru
pis to out down' God's portion in order
to sdd a new Indulgence to their pam
pared Uvea. Men are all the while dig-.
gtng'besms out of the houss of uod
for their personal use: snd ths 'worst -of
it Is that it is npt ths poor ana nseay,
but the "kings Of Judah" who never
surrender a pleasure for a duty,
Veres It. A faithful leader in the
reform of- religion always Is followed by
faithful ' antes. Nothing so begets re-.
llglon In others ss religion in ourselves.
The obscure but loyal worshipers of Je
hovah came "now to ths front. "Men of
name, of position, began to array them
selves on ths sids of ths monsreh. Re
ligion, it may bs feared, became ths
fashion again. Joslah did not forget
ths musical Instruments which always-
had a -place In the worship of ths tem
ple No. other- religion has been' so
bound up with music ss ths religion of
ths Bible - ' .-.
Verse 11. There wss not only some
thing for ths man to do who. waa skilled
In srts and-crafts, not only something
for ths musician trained In ths use of
harp and viol, but there was work in
which ''the bearers of burdens" had a
part, and for which they have honora
ble mention, v Evan the sons of the
priestly casts did not disdain soms of
ths homelieet tasKS. no great seat aoes
ons man enkindle when his. soul. Is ton
firs with ths lovs of God.,- . V ;
LEWIS AND ' , CLARK
to a state than a vile-hearted man. Many
a father realises thst wers hs to- sub
mit certain of bis business transactions
to his boy ha would not consummate
them. If hs wers to ssk ths Judgment
of his boy upon his personal, habits, he
would, correct them. All of wladom -la
by no means dependent upon ths number
of our yeers. v , . .-.
.' Verss t. Joslsh was a son of Anion, a
grandson ot Manasseh, a great grandson
of Heseklsh; so one might find In his
sncestry sny character, good, bed or In
different, for which he would search. It
would .bs difficult for sny msn to be
anything which soms ons Of his ances
tors has not been, before hhn. If a boy
has had a bad father, let him thank God
that-ho had a sslntly grandfather, Jo
slsh loved to recall that-he was a de
scendant at David, ths ons msn who
abovs all - his fellows' tried hardest to
live ss God would hsvs him.
Verss 1. At the ege of IS .Joslah
seems- to hsvs passed a crisis In his
life. Riches snd power had not cor
rupted blm. Hs wss as purs ss when
h assumed the crown. . But hs began
now to realise thst ss king he eoqld not
be content with negative disposition.
It was for him publicly to throw his
Influencs upon ths side of all that waa
holy." But there wss not much to help
him. .The Isw of God had been so long
ignored that It could hardly bs recalled
by ths most devout. Probably ths best
creed which Joslah could find wss in
ths temple psalms.- Hs wss ssger to
know from what sources David, his
great sncsstor, had such conceptions of
God- ss he had embodied in his sacred
Bongs. But by the time he wss to hs
was well persuaded that tha defiling
snd obscene objects of sn alien religion
did much to perpetuate contaminating
cults. His first reform, must, there
fore, consist of ths removal of such in
centives to sin. I -v '.
Verso 4. , Doubtless ' . ths opposition
which he encountered made his work the
more radical. 1 If his ' will wss to bs
violently opposed, hs would by hie pres
ence encourage - those 'executing ths
royal commands. . He took a personal
part as well ss a personal Interest in
his work.. If these objects hsd been
used to oonsecrsts ths graves of -their
worshipers, he- would, by. returning
there In nehes to the graves, defile the
objects' of s superstitious worship by
oontamlnatlon with the dead,
Versa S. . Undoubtedly we have here
tha brief story of a civil conflict whose
record Is greatly condensed. v The
heathen" priests would not.- hesitate, to
stir "up ths psdpls to revolt. - When
Henry VIII t of .England waa 'remon
strated with for ths destruction of the
monssterles of Great Britain, he replied
thst "ths only way to get rid of rooks
Is to pull down tbelr neats." So Joslah,
finding thess Idolatrous cities ths cen
ters of vice, disloyalty and rebellion,
wiped out their polluted, shrines. Many
of these plsces wsre then resorts of In
describable licentiousness ss .Mecca la
todsy. '.'-.- ' - .""'v
' Verss 7. He could not hold his own In
Jerusalem with all" ths surrounding
cities In revolt. Ws discovered e gener
ation ago that our republic could not
forever exist "half slave and hair free";
so Joslah realised that-hla little- king
dom muat have bns f undamentsl princi
ple of lifs or It would soon go to pieces.
Verses , . . Ths csues of religion IS
bouftd up with ths condition of Its tem
ples- It Is not enough thst a astlon
has lost ita heathen resorts; it needs
places where ths, truth will bs taught
and virtus inculcsted snd worship cur
ried on. In one town In. Minnesota
yesrs'sgo the first settlers, who. were
all Infidels, drsw up deeds by which it
waa forbidden to pass, sny part f the
land to religious uaes. ; Within a few
years ths trustees of ths town published
sn offer - of lend snd money to- sny
religious body Which would erect a
house' of" 'prayer In it Life without
isome, form of -religion Is Intolerable.""
In ths eastern section of the Rocky
mountains. '-" 1
August I This morning ChaboneSu
complained of being unabls, to march
far today, and Captain Lewis therefore
ordered him snd Sergeant Gass to pass
tbs rapid rlvsr snd proceed through ths
level low aground to a point of high
timber on the middle fork. Ssvsn miles
dlatsnt, snd swalt his return. Hs then
wsnt along ths north sids et ths Rapid
rlvsr about Jour mllea. where, .bs waded
It and found It so rspld and shallow
that It would bs lmposslbls to nsvlgats
It Hs continued slong ths left side for
a mils snd a half, when .the mountains
corns doss on ths river snd rlss to a
considerable height with a partial cov
ering of snow. , : ." , . - .'
From this place ths eourss Of tha
river was to tbs east. of north... After
ascending with some difficulty a high
lag view of the valley e T)aOai!lT
and which continued for about to mires
farther on each sids of ths -middle fork,
which then, .seemed to enter the moun
tains snd 'wss lost to the view. In
that direction, however, ths hills which
terminate the valley are much lowor
I than those 'slong sltber of -the other
forks, particularly ths rspld one, where
they continus rising In ranges shove
each othitr as fsr as ths eye could reach.
Ths general course, too, of ths middle
fork, ss well ss thst of ths gap which
It .forms on entering ths mountains, IS
oonsidergbly to ths south of west cir
cumstances which gave a decided prefer
ence to this branch as our future route
Captain Lewis now deecenjled the moun
tain snd crossed ever to ths middle fork
about fivs miles distant and found It
still perfectly navigable. Thsrs Is e
very large snd plain Indian Yogd leading
up It, but It has at .present no tracks
except those of horses, which seem to
hsvs ussd It lsst spring. Ths river, hers
msde a great bend to the southeast,
and hs therefore directed his course, as
wel ss hs could, to ths spot whers he
hsd directed Chaboneau and Gass to re
pair, snd struck ths rlvsr about throe
miles abovs their camp. It waa now
dark snd hs therefore wss 'obliged to
make, hla way throogh ths thick brush
of ths pulpy-leafed thorn sod the prickly
pear before hs reached their Camp. Hers
hs wss fortunate snougn to una ins rsr
mslns of soms meat, which waa his only
food during ths march of 21 miles today.
He had seen no gams of shy sort, ex
cept a few antelopes, which wars very
shy.' Ths soli of ths plains Is a meager
clay, of a light yellow color, intermix.!
with e. large proportion of gravel and
producing.; nothing but twisted or
bearded grsss, sedge end prickly pesre
The drier ports of ths lew grounds ere
slso mors indifferent in point of soil
thsn thoss farther down ths river, and
atthoagh they have but little grass, sre
oovered .with southern- wood, ' pulpy
lssfed thorn snd prickly pears, while the
motet parts are fertile snd supplied with
fine grsss end. ssad rushes. ( .
Ve paased within ths first four snd
a quarter mllea three small Islanda and
ths earns number of bad rapids. " At the
distance - of three quarters of a mils is
another rapid, of difficult passage; three
miles and three quartera beyond this
ara tha forks of ths rlvsr., in reaching
which ws had two Islands snd several
bayous on different sides to psss. - Here
ws had coma miles. -,
L Ths river" waa otralghrer" and mors
rapid than yesterdsy, . ths labor of the
navigation proportionately Incteased,
and ws therefore proceeded very slowly,
ss ths fest of severs! of ths men wers
swollen snd all wsre languid with fa
tigue Ws arrived at ths forks about
4 o'clock, bot unluckily Captain Lewis'
note had been left on a green pole which
ths beaver-' had cut down end -carried
off with ths. note, sn accident which
deprived us of all Information as to. ths
character of ths two branches of ths
river. - Obaervbig, therefore, . that the
northwest fork was most In our direc
tion snd contained as much water ss
ths other, ws seconded it We found It
extremely 'rapid snd its wsters wsre
scattered in such e manner that for a
quarter of a mile we wers forced to eut
e passsgs through -the willow, brush
that leaned over the little channels snd
united st ths toe. After going up It
fnr a mile we mcsmped on sn Island
which had bean overflowed snd wss still
so wet thst we wers sotnpeiled to msks
beds of brush to keep ourselves out
of ths mud. Our provisions consisted af
two- deer which- had been allied la the
morning. ., ., ' '. i
; .- . hi ; .,'
k . 1 A Lucky Discovery. '
It's lucky we discovered how te rales
babies with a bottle Juet when ws did
Othsrwlse our civilisation -would' have
bad us extinguished by this timet ' - -
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SPIRIT OF THE JAPA
, ' NESS navy; ;
", . : From" the London Tlmss. .'.J
A Japanese gentleman sends us .the
following translation of s letter received .
by him a week sgo from a friend In
commend of a first-class torpedo-boat
In Admiral Togo's fleet: . - . i ;
pear Q.i A ' thousand apologies' for
"When we ! of , Bulraldau - (torpedo
corps) meet sshore. ws discuss snd often
wonder - If sftsr all tha Ruaalans will
corns or will they fall us. Do they know
that ws srs ready To northwest lies
ths harbor of Masampho, to south thst ,
of Base bo, while Moll is on pur east,
and hsrs ws srs waiting, waiting, and
waiting for the enemy. Will he never
oomoT . 'j, ,. 1 ?' . . :
.. "If you do not hear-from me, when a'
meeting hss taken place, take this as'
my farewell "I do not expect to ses you .
again In this life, except perhaps In your
dreams. When my' boat, gosa down. I
shall go too snd a Russian ship with us.
"It takes her weight In shells to sink '
a torpedo-boat It's marvelous how they, ,
ths shells, do not .hit. . ;r .. , p v,. ' "
"I have seen, not one, ., but many ,;
torpedo-actionar sad I knowr-- With-six
compartments In ths boat we ought to
in within t yards Ot
the target before shs Is ' sunk. If
hit, ws shall go down with the Russians; .
If we "ere hit the, Russlsns shsll oorat
with us. for the last man alive will steer
the spars torpedo in ths water. What '
Is life but a" dream of summer's night? -.
Can .one choose more glorious an exit
than to die fighting for one's own coun-'
try snd for the emperor who Is a ruler
and leader to the nation's, heart! - Doea
not. many a worthy man end hla life's
chapter obecure for want of opportun
ity t- Then let ua uphold the honor and
ths duty ' of Jelng Japanese. .By going '
down with them we shsll. In a measure,
pay ths debt ws ewa for ths slsughter '.
of theae poor Innocent peasants. They
too srs fighting for their country, so
shall. Bushl honor Busht There era ,
more . torpedo-boats- snd torpedo-boat
destroyers thsn the number of ships In ,
the whols fleet of Admiral Rojestvensky,
snd if each of them destroys or, dta-'.
sbles ons of ths . enemy's vessels. It .
OUght to do. !' . .- ' . ' '
"Father. Togo, now gray-balred. walks
quietly to and fro on ths bridge of the
Mlkaaa. and keeps silence, so sll will" ,
go well. ' 'Do you remember - ths story
when he went up to Toklo for ths. first '
time sines-ths commencement of -this
war T Some publle school boys wars'
determined "to unhsrness ths horses oft
his carriage, ar ths instigation of. tha -aaahl,
I believe, and themselves draw It,',,
up to ths gats of - ths imperial palace.
Well, Father Togo got wind of thla, and T
so hs, sent his chlef-of-staff In tha car
riage, while hs wss seen, but not recoe-
nised, ' to be quietly - walking towards .
NUubashlT with nie" littls daugHtr'
hand In his. Will hs play snother trick
upon ths poor unsuspecting Russians
when they come? j s- ; , """
. "I bid you again farewell . Work. -work,
and work, for the coming Japan
depends on you younsfellows. I remain -
your svsr bumble brother. .- -,f t. n. . ,
-, . . . i . ... . ; . . ., ; .-.
Philosophy of a Lover and Gentleman ;
A, flower, a kiss, a atafr end there's sur -
, life . .. , . i - , . t- " ,
Long flowers, of doubt; short tests -of ,
. fruits the knife, ' ,r , .
Of parting; , then ths mourhing-cloths of ;
- ' .-Desth. . ... -. r.' ' v'"'. '' '"
Thst lasts for ever...-' ; ' 'n - -
. -i . .. . . r - .i .' i
This handkerchief I wear agalnat .my .-
heart.' .".-'( f -
Once dried a tear of youre Now It
bides there. ' .-
And shsll tlU I am summoned to de
part.... '; ' .,'-. .
How odd ths things that ws find com-
fort 'In! ...'.'..-.. ; -
t hsvs picked violete In thst dreary year
When sll my life wss in aouot picxea
. - ' them bscsuse . '
I had ths longing for you In my mind :.
So powerful, so painful and so sweet it -..
seemed - -..'.."-' - '"..';;-.:
Some savor of your presence must per-'
vsds - " ' v v . - '. '.
Ths buds my' eyes dwelt on end , so
thess flowers . .
Fedlngyto dust within my pocket-book. V
Now you hsvs kissed me and I .hsvs -
-withheld ; -, -
For a long day my lips from speech snd. ,
' fOOd. . ' ',
To lesve them yours slone til! set of eun.
A foolish whim. . , . But you did kiss .
ms. Ah -'
What shall enshrine remembrance ot a -
kiss ' . - --
Or hold Its ghost from dswn to set of son
For ms, who hsvs so many hours to live, ,
Or let my heart recajl the mighty throb
That cams when you rsld "Dear!" from
your deep chest v ... ' , j
With wsvcrlng fulness? . '. i . , . '
So you shed one tear . -.
Sines sll wsa done. Then came ths
handkerchief ...
Why. that's ths shroud thst wraps the
Psst That's sll v i -. '
Remains for ms te tske soms comfort In:
This is ths, cstslogus: , Some dust of . -
floware .. V. , .:
A linen cerecloth, snd a vanished kiss '-.
And all's summed up. Save that I live
In hell. ,. , .: : . ,.t -...' -.
And have no rest .
- r But that s another mood
Hers we talk gently, being gentlefolk
Without much .show ot psssion, rise of ,
breath. " ' ''; '
Quaver of voles, hard eyes, or touch of
fever. .- ; . '. ' ' " - ' . -. , ..
A flower, e kiss, a tear snd thers's our ,,
' life.'' ' ' --'' '.' '.'''
Long flowers of doubt; short lasts of
fruit; ths knife . - -Of
parting; then the mourning-cloths Of ,
, .-. Desth. . ' ' ' ,' rt(i'-v:v
That lasts for ever. ". ' -
Ford M. Hueffer. In London Academy
ewswas ssBaeeassBsseBp-saksa i urn
Preiident'a Gift toFolk. ,
Jefferson City Dispatch In New Tors:
. Sun. ; '
Govsmor Folk hss - received . by ex-.
press from President Roosevelt a copy .
of "The Strsnuous Life" On ths flrst
page, in ths president's own handwrit
ing, were theee words: -
t To Governor dosepn w. roiKv witn.ins
regards of Theodora Roosevelt July. Ji,
isos. Dear Governor: Many - or tns
problems with which you snd I hsvs to
deal are In their saaentlals much ,tlie
same, sfter all. . pernape you may ds -momsntarlly
Interssteo; In two ef theas
esaays, "Latitude ' s. Longtltude" snd
Promise .end psrrormencs." sincsreiy
yours, ' -. ''
. - ' Unlimited Jurisdiction.
froni,".Clncinnstl ' 'Commerclsl-Trlbune.
Ths supreme court of Pennsylvania -has
held, unanimously, that.tt is wi
privilege of the wife to rule in matters
domestic, tbs duty of ths husband bs- .
ing limited to provldng. The, singular
part of It Is thst ths learned court
limited the Jurisdiction of the wife to
matters domestic In other, statts her
jurisdiction Is unlimited. . ' v
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