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?;IZ OREGONIAN ON ITS-OWN
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: :" There U complaint, we hear,
it publishes as news' such, stories aa thatoKthe Tag-)
V arart case, which It would not have. ; published in -
former times. " The ' question is 'tflred, . Why, this ;
; degeneracy f The simple answer is. that newspaper t
' competition" compels iU'The" more severe the com- .
V' petition the stronger : necessity - of ' meeting" every ;
phase of it The Oregonian, within its own iield J. .
circulation, cannot r allow any. newspaper to outdo '.
5 it from j-he Oregoriian of Friday. - , ,';,
1, . .f v '.-' '.. v .", .."' ''x -"-'.
OMPETITION T forced , the :poor ? old doddering
I ' . Oregonian into invading the Mercury'a field., It
. ssys so itself. One may judge from it how fierce
the Oregonian considers the competition. It would be
honest and decent if it could afford it-- That is, it ssys
-ao, but there being1 no evidence that it ever, tried, the
'statement must be taken with some grtfins of allowance.
JJot being able to afford it, it confesses with some regret
though without shame, iris both dishonest and indecent
and intends'to become more so, if pushed... It will per
mit no newspaper to outdo it in its own field. If there
U newspaper which is yellow it' will be saffron, If
there is a newspaper which makes allusion to the highly
scented Taggart case it will lay bate the evidence in all
Cm naked vulgarity. : It has degenerated; it knows it has.
But it4a.notitriauU.-l Other .papers arejnaking a suc
cess.' It Relieves no success can be made in the face -of
(competition without, degeneracy. So it proposes to de;
generate. - Its present, impression is that it will go he
' mit-rperhapa. then some.. It will not be surertmt it
fears the worst It is reclcless'and' devilish, f The old
girl pulls a hat over one'eye and glares fiercely. But
. tha Oregonian isn't responsible for it ' It wants to be
honest and decent; it doesn't want to. degenerate. V", It
doesn't want to enter the field now So ably filled by a pair
of Sunday morning weeklies. ' But What would- you have?
There stands the public with its insatiable, appetite.' It
pays tha freight and it specifies the quality and character
of the cargo. A certain portion of it must be putrjd or
it is unacceptable to the delicate appetite of the public.
And there .you are. ; The Oregonian is trying to supply
a public demand, to 'meet a public craving that will be
satisfied. Therefore it degenerates." It grovels before
that public and it gives it the "very w6rst it can find, i
The Oregonian aays it has degenerated. It has, it has.
But its degeneracy didn't begin with the coming of The
Journal as it would have the public infer. Mt began with
the building of the Tall Tower which the Oregonian
partly occupies, it it .doesn't Actually, grace, . .In. .thpse
days the Oregonian was up against it,, financially speak
ing. It was up against it so hard that' it seemed to have
been driven in with a piledriver. .Help came opportunely
and with It the chance to work out its own salvation.
Then came the degeneracy. It has been coming-ever
sirfce. All money looked good to the Oregonian in those
days. i -It-looks good today, Such money-getting de
veloped into a habit Subsequently it became a mania.
editor will sir up well -into the small hours feverishly
figuring."- Lrtka Oliver f wilt ha www
-,: And vet if the crest editor were
suspected, he .might have chosen ,
reaching the result pot instance by
peccable icbaraCter tor his Newspaper, oy raising jour
statistic standard beyond the reach of ordinary ground-
lings and by serving the public-cause so well as to make
himself Jrtvincifcle. But this would seem like giving up
something tor notnmg. it wouia cause too anucn ox a
: wrench. The thing to doSa to degenerate. It is so'much
easier to go down than up. Hence tha confession.
Hence the acknowledgement . Hence the most disgrace
' ful, impudent and rawest statement c ver made by a news
psper reputed to be decent : ' V,.
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. OUT , THE" C0QLTET"r7? '? ? '
. fTHEfPACIFIC'COAST doesn't want the coolie.
- I It'doesn't believe there is much invoived in the
, 1 so-called Chinese boycott, for it believes there
4s a good deal more amoke than firfe - It realitea that
- i4r h victincr rluaion law soma initiatica has been
. don and that the law has been made
who were entitled to admission,
knows that', marry: not entitled,'
to enter have come' in, ' ' ''
-' We have it on the authority of pecretary Metcalf that
the attitude of the president is antagontatic to the ad
. mission of the coolies. His desire
' to admission should come in under
mtririusnm mm niaihl. Tfnra hm la
responsibility upon the shoulders
sear a"s we can gatner the president's
relation to this question is no different from that of
, Secretary Metcalf, who, as a-California man, cannot be
considered ss too favorable to Chinese
But. be this as it may, irrespective
warded by commercial bodies, the
cific coast Is overwhelmingly opposed to 'letting down
the bare for the admission of the Chinese. 'The question
Is of vital importance to this coast
grants stay. A few-of them drift elsewhere, but under
the old conditions they remained here by an enormous
majority. , Under new conditions they
here.- Therefore this would be a life
. ..with the people . of this, coast There
mnv lair ana accent coniiruciion.oi uie exclusion laws,
but an extension of its provisions to embrace the coolie
classes is quite another matter and should be denounced.
i " -vv'A " DOO-IN-THE-MANGBR POLIQY.
HERE ARE SIGNS of paper activity on the other
i '""1 ; side of the Columbia. A new corporation has
; ' been organized with a big capital for the phrpoatf
,.ot buudmg a rauroaa aown tne nortn aide of the Colum
' 'fcia. . Perhaps it would be more definitely descriptive to
- .US A .. Jvtav . , . . m
. say tor tne aiiegea purpoic int president ot the new
conotnr was the president of the old comnanv which
.held the lime .rights of ways and surveys. Those sur
"i veys wremsde by. surveyors in the employ of the
. It. BL I. I any uy w maue ior. mil new TOSd
i it will also be made by. aurveyors in the 'employ of the
l same company." "'; . - .- 4
...' There ia no" need of anybody getting excited; no iroad
' is going to be built tinder the new incorporation. Ita
'Purpose is the same, old dog-jn-ihe-mangepoHey-that
hasC paralysed Oregon's growth. The O. .R. Ac Nhas
, no ihtention to build on the north side of the river. It
can't build itself, but it will not allow any other .road
to build if it can. help it ' This csrries the indictment
- against the O. R. & N. further than it his yet been
carried. : Heretofore the heaviest charge laid against it
was that it impeded development pf the stste by neglect
ing to build needed branch lines. This carries thst criti
cised policy much further, for it meana that it will not
c.ly not build, but it will, not allow any other road-or
combination to build If 1t tan help it"? -'"TTTZTTr
Under all the cireumstsnces it (should be up to the
O.'R. ft N. (0 make good in some direction so thst the
I wUI not entirely lose UiiSx ia its o.'.'icial promises.
O N. SU N D A
Atr- INDIPlN WUr 'HEWIP A
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLCfnNQ Ca
DEGENERACY.
' '. ' 1 V -
that .the Oregoni -
mon last
Jesus that
to thinking and
aspect of Christianity has been neglected.
'ItyrtrwrrTtiW
licity; he chose
folk his father
cuted; he said, "give
Jesus may not
So Dr. Strong
"The only genuine
labors that all men
it, " The ministry,
lacks a message.
sition the pulpit
a preacher speaks,
them would make
not been preaching
tneav have tried to
for men. -jiiett
life in the hope
' There is a big,
hue. If they are
Love whom?
and thus' only you
There is no other
. Jesus wss right
despised. Love
God. And you can
(lWBAKNESS - OP
mom
infallible, as hath been
a ' different ' way of
establishing; an im-
has always been
doubt there always
only. ' '-
Concluding in
bosses may be able
to apply to many
un tne otner nana it
under its provisions
." :
control enormous
is that those entitled
as few irritating re-
thrAwlncr tha rtiif
of a life insurance
of the consuls. As
partment .imposes
mental attitude 1n
speculation and
timea it ia too
graft The annual
immigration.
of resolutions for
sentiment of the Pa
for here such immi
would also remain
and death matter
is no-objection to
turn to the ssving
of its people.
about the ah are
seen before. This
had been raised
came out to the
:VY'
Y JOURN A L
P B ft - -'
nro. r. oabboix
J THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT. . f ;
R. jfOSIAH STRONG stated some facta in a ser
Sunday about the'Jife and teachings of
should have et proteased Christians
itirred their consciences. A large por
tion of the teachings of Jesus, Dr. Strong said, was sim
ply social, rather than religious or theological, and. this
taught the unselfish life. He said
that it was better to give than to receive; he told the rich
young man to sell all he had and give the proceeds to
the poor; he said 'the. least should be the greatest the
last first; he put Dives in torment and Lazarus in fe
disciples of fishermen and other humble
was a carpenter; be blessed the poor in
spirit the mourners, the week, the merciful, the perse
to him that asketh of thee, and from
bin that would borrow turn sot away; ' and be gave us
the chief commandment "Do unto others as ye would
have others do unto' you." . , . -A
have intended to be taken literally in all
he aaid. , He waa not only parabolical but hyperbolical;
yet thai hS was strongly socialistic in his teaching can
not be gainsaid.,. Duty to God waa to be done by doing
duty in intercourse with fellow' men. r. '' 'A'; ' ,
waa on solid foundation when he said:
love to God ia that which longs and
may know the blessedness of sharing
of today, lacks enthusiasm because it
During the present period of tran
has been placed on thedefenshrej - Many
not because he has something to say,
but because he has to say something. - If they -should ac
cept the social teachings of Jesus a large proportion 'of
the startling discovery that they have
Christ's gospel. The attempt to serve
God without serving man is. the explanation of ritualism
which serves neither and is hateful to one and hurtful to
the other. Failing to see that sacrifice ia a social law.
sacrifice to God without sacrificing
have sacrificed everything dear in thia
of gaining the divine -favor and the life
to come, ' This is investment, not sacrifice; it is com
mercialism, not Chriatianity.".': '. :; vy, ''.v"'
strong, virile, valiant aermon in just
these few sentences, enough to think about for a good
true, they surely are important to pro
fessed! Christians,, at least - There is no such thing as
worshipping and serving God and following Jesus and at
the same time misusing or taking any unfair advantage
of one's fellow men The two lines of lifeare utterly
repugnant impossible of concomitancy. ' ; ".'.; ..
Your fellow . men, . said Jesus.. Thus
can effectively love your fellow men.
possible way on earth, -'v.
Dr. -Strong, as an up-to-date twen
tieth century exponent and - ambassador of the great
Socialist is right - Love yourself; you rot and are to be
others; you help the world and serve
do this no othecway. ' ' " ;
- LIFE - INSURANCECOMP ANTES.
t in l&t SatUfoAV
Evening Post, calls attention 'to the almost
forarotten fact that some 14 veara aero the
New Yoric Lift went through almost precisely the ssme
throes that are now wrenching the Equitable. The facts
found- their way; to the public because of a quarrel
through which it Was attempted to get President Beers
out of control 'In that particular case-the value of
mutualization was clearly demonstrated. The most Seri
ous charges 'against 'Beers, proven .and unproven, had
been-scattered broadcast through the press pf the coun
try for months. ' Nevertheless Beers Won hands down.
"The point, fcere," aays Mr. Payne, "is that the mutual
feature the pretense of a really democratic government
In a great life insurance company ia a mere fake.- There
a boss or small clique of bosses., No
will be. The- gain to- Equitable pol
icy-holders in mutualizing that concern is sentimental
; ' ':.;''' '
this samtune, he goes on to say: "The
and honest; but so long as they sre
left practically without legal reatrictions upon the im
mense amount of trust funds in their hands, and so
largely without accountability to the people who own the
money, there will always be an annoyingly wide margin
of chances. - Wall street is a sad place for graft To
suppose that men of the type that ia dominant there,
with their ability and their ambitions, can unrestrainedly
amounts of other people s money with
out snaking something out of it for themselves requires
a degree of sunny optimism that you seldom" find outside
.pamphlet The state insurance de
n check whatever upon the 'graft
extravagance in life insurance. .Many
tenderly allied with men who feed on
reports . are of .no value so far as
misuse, of funds is concerned. There is no virtue in
mutualization, - In a mutual . company a policy-holder
counts for no more than a new' congressman does in the
house of representatives. ""-v. :"J.--
- "Nevertheless, he says in conclusion, and no writer
has thrown so much light on the general subject of life
insurance, "it is perfectly feasible to take graft saccula
tion and extravagance out of life insurance government,
and to - make , lustful Wall '. street a harmless to the
policy-holders as' the cooing dove. You have ftrtlv' to
banks to see howJhi may teJone."
If some way could be devised to ssfely do the insurance
at home It not only could be dorephesper but the
temptation to misuse the public money, would be removed
fr6m Wall street in the most effectual of all ways, and
that is in removing it beyond their reach. The cost of
insurance is entirely too high. It is indeed practically
beyond the reach of those who most need it. Some day,
we suppose, in the onward march of development the
state itself will assume-the duty of insuring the lives
,,:.,.'- . . ,v
; JOHN SMITH'S WIPE.
E ARE GLAD to reproduce some remarks of
. a common farmer in a farm journal He is a
-.'man' who after years .of "toil in summer heat
and winter frosts, working against all the enemies that
our friend for in an important sense he is our friend
the devil . mobilized against ' him weevil and drouth,
sphis and flood, scale sndjnosquitpes, Jiorscfliesand
agehls'--after all these this man, not yet very old. suc-eeedecL-Ha
has a -good,pToductlvefsnch, paid for, all
the comforts of lif around him,, children growing up to
be better and wiser men and women than, he and. bis
wife, strong, lusty boys and fair, rosy girlsejid then he
takes his pen in hand and writes: ,"1 wsnt to say a word
my wife had in an ot this. I some
times wonder why it is that some particular man. has
managed to succeed so well, till one day t aee his wife
stsnding beside him. Then I know, what was behind
that man, and who, made him what he' is; I say to my
self, there is the other half of that man that I.hadnot
wife of mine wss a town arirl: ahe
m luxury, out when ' she msrried she
farm and never repined al all; and she
helped, me mightily.; Of course she
into the field and work; but ahe did
worked too hard for the first few year just about as
hard , as .any msn could work. Sometimes - a man will
work so hard with his .muscles that he cannot think
with his head. Many a time have I
the fielda with my ahoulders drooping, so tired Jhat the
whole thing seemed a weariness and
But the girl would come out. to meet
smile on her lips, and tell me somerbrif t Cmg tbst had
k -rmm m A akAitv ilia Iaw ' , . j' '
Now this is. better than, a 'story
farmer. went, on to tell how the girl
bath arranged for hint;' was rcsdy.to ahave hsriL had
clean fresh clothes laid out for him; thourHt of .every
thing,' did everything but what he had done iX hia coarser
way,' and'he finally ssys: '"It was these little -ttehflohs
sod these constant expreasions of sympathy that helped
m bear upin the struggle; they were mora than half
the auae of the winning of the final, victory. I wonder
whether we always give our wives the-credit that is due
themP It is they who inspire us witb our highest-ideala
and make life worth living, and teach us to. keep our
selves clean" and self-respecting,, to stand up martially
vith- head , erect and courage ' undiminished, no. matter
what befall.' I hope we do." V " "V "' '
True enough. Right true to nature,
pressed.. The 'women win the farma,
sometimes do so through many long
cent or caring for it,' for their own. .
We often read that Mr. John Smith
the world;" has paid for his farm and
has a bank account and has bought a
HEM woman fall eut honest
artists do net ae tnair auaa.
IndMd, batwatn Marian
White's somewhat hvsterio
arraltnmant of Mr. Pu Mond Tor nia
lnnarnt lack nf aoDraoUtlon Ot WMtorB
palntara and Miss Bllambath H. Danto'a
ntthar obvloua anMra at the elevar editor
ot tha rine Arte Journal and tn paopi
for whom aha apaaka, it would appar
that - tha waatam paJaur la aa un
fortunate In .tha attention cf hie xrlands
aa ha la-Jn tha notlca of hla anamUe.
Tha numbtf of picturaa or -ao-oauw
waatam arUata In the (in arts niitMin
at the axpoaltion ia lamantably a mall and
the I work ia rathar- naa. o one who
knowa anything ot thalr aehlavamonta
will aay that tha azampiaa anown nara
rapraaaat tha thought er Inaplra-Uoa ot
ganlua of the wat If thay did, one
would raadily agrea with tha talantad
laaturar on art whan aha aaya that to
have given than greater promlnenee
might have mad tha exhibition some
thing local and orovinolaL But it aeama
aa if Dr. Denlo had mlaaed the spirit of
tha auggeatlon that there waa a pitiful
paucity of example of westara painter
her. No en oaroa where aa artlat waa
born; .what and where . ha paint inter
eat people. It ia aa unwise to call Keith
a CaUTornlan aa It la to aay that Bruah
la a Tenneeaeaanr'tha former was born
in Seotlaad; the Utter In BhelbrvUle, hut
accident cave him to Ah south Inatead
of to New York. No one demand that
the artlat shall hav been, born in the
weat; it ia enough If It shall nave given
does has la It aoraethln; ot the western
epliit, now, broad, generate, apllttlng. .
It la worth wane 10 iook at wnai are
shown -her aa repreaenutiv worka of
what Pr. Denlo. oalla waa tarn art lata
Let ua find tha' pictures of Keith, of
whom Oeorge Innea aald 'that he "palnta
the poetry of nature, wher other artlat
are atill xtolllng her charm in badly
expressed prose."- You will find 17l
"Landscape.'' to the right and below
the lino of . the ' stairway leading to
gallery- B. ao carefully dlaposed that
na - gleam of light may Illuminate
Ita hiding place or throw Into relief a
slngl brush .stroke by which tjj .ob-
y feaeas whatae it lw good
Of course It Is bad that Is,
or bad.
; LEWIS AND CLARK;
BasaaBWasSeBaaaasaewabs
Jn th Rocky mountains. , . . 1
- August 10. Captain Clark set out at
o'clock. .In passing throagh a
tlnuatloa of the hilly, broken couatry
he met aeveral parties of Indiana. - On
coming near th camp, which had been
removed alnca wa left them two mllea
higher up ; th . river, Cameahwalt re
quested that the party ahould halt. Thla
was complied with; a number of Indians
earn out from th camp and with great
ceremony several plpee were -smoked.
Thla being over. Captain Clark waa" con
ducted to a large leathern . lodge pre
pared for hla party in tha middle of th
encampment, the . Indiana, having only
sheltere of willow buehes. A few dried
berrlea and one aalmoa, tha only. food
the whole village could contribute, were
then presented hlmi after which ha pro
ceeded to repeat in council, what had
been already told them, the purpose of
'hla visit; urged them to take their horaes
over - and assist in transporting our
baggage, and expreesed a wish to obtain
a guide to examine the river. This waa
explained and enforced to th whole
village by Cameahwalt, and an old man
Waa pointed out who waa aaid to know
more of their geography to the nortn
thaa any other persoa and whom Cen
tals Clark engaged to accompany him.
After explaining hla vie we he . dis
tributed a few presents and th council
ended.' -; - -' -. -
Captain Clark in tha meantime made
particular inquiries as' to .the eltuatlon
ox tne. country.? Tne enier began oy
drawing oa the ground . delineation of
th river, from which it appeared .that
hla Information was vary limited. Th
river oa which the camp la he divided
into two branches Juet above ua, which.
aa he indicated by the opening of the
mountains, were in view; ha next mad
it dlsoharg itself into a larger river IS
miles below coming from th southweet;
th Joint etream continued ; oa day"
march f arthr. 7 1 - ... '. . - . .
At that place he placed aeveral heapa
of sand on each side, Which, a he ex
plained to them, represented vast moun-
talna of rock alwaya covered with snow,
In passing through which the river wea
ao completely hemmed In by the high
rocka that there waa ao possibility of
traveling along the shore; that th bed
of th river wes obstructed by sharp
pointed rocka and' such Its rapidity that.
- far a th eye -cou Id -reechv it pre -
a en tad a perfect column of roam. Trie
mountains, he aaid, were equally inac
eeaalbla, as neither man nor horse could
eroaa them; that auch being tha atate
of the- country, neither be nor any of
hla nation had . ever attempted to - go
beyond the mountains. - Cameahwalt aald
alaa that ha bad been Informed by the
Chopunnlah. er pterced-nose Indians, who
reside on this river west of the moun
tains, that it ran a greet way towarda
the aetttng aun and at length loat Itself
in a greet Iske of water which waa 111
taeted and where the white men lived. '
An Indian belonging to a band Of
flhoehonea, who live . to tha aouthweat,
aad who happened to be et.oamtv waa
then brought in and-Inquiries made of
him aa t th eltuatlon ( th country
sending Tom to
her work. indoors.
thinks of Mrs. John
the person who in
what he.isf, ;"'. -
This country is
town. More of
started home from
could not go out
ought to be a farmers wives' day! .
a mockery to me.
rae, ilwsys with a
should draw . forth
eloquence made
book. -This honest
remembered that
- mother - wife had a
Of directors, when
tension,1 that Mr.
"Wow, wow, wow!"
In recalling this
candidacy.
. v "
The' frightful
P.. Walsh lost a
deadliest danger. .
and naturally ex
the homes, , and
years without . a
has got ahead in
bought more land;
piano for Marie; is,
with a. genuine calamity in that direction., . ,
aa bad aa anything eould be by thla
ganlua, even whan ha node. - I ahould
not ear to aay haw long tt 4a alno
Keith xaintad thla Xandoap; he ha
baea a man of rapid, noticeable, splendid
growth and hla work of fiv or six year
ago may be 00m pa red with his picture
of today merely to prore that genlua
baa no climax and that tha beat of tha
present may be bettered ta the future.
Mora haa -eight years age Mr. Keith
emerged from tha obaearfty of a marvel
oua modesty, and hla picture sent to
Chicago and New York practically with
out hla consent created a sensation and
cauaed tha wearied eyes of 'ithe eaat to
turn t tha new and beautiful and virile
that had bean undreamed of in tha west
Blnca- that time ha has bean very aue
eeasfut Judged by his work and tha de
mand for it. And you will find -thla
"ITS" of the greatest artlat in tha west
and en e( the greatest- landscape
artists of thla ountry-to tha tight of
tha stah-way; tha execsabl hanging and
bad light and Inaooesslbillty do not
wholly dsatroy the -.evidences of Ita
worth.'V v v f' Vv-:v''
'Under the Keith, end therefore more
oarafully conoealsd from the prylny eyes
of art lovers Is (ITT) "Blue Bay." Thla
ia -by Arthur F. Mathewa, tha catalogue
to ' tha contrary notwithstanding, and
whether It ia good, bad, or just mediocre
no on who does not know that Mathewa
is really great artist, will over learn
until the day ' ot judgment. Mr.
Mathewg is represented by (6tl) "Three
Fatearand (SSSf cypreaa," . wmcn
l-oul(Trva"ar'TgliTr,aaud ewesaalas nf
a style that demand and hold attention
if it were possible to get a light on
them. .-;X V. ....,:,;,.- ;' '
Keith has two plot urea In gallery O,
(Sll) "Qreea Pool.' and (111) -Storm-that
are so badly plaoed that on really
feels sorry -for the artist. In - tha
"Oreen Pool." which is not in ,. Keith's
beat .style, the composition - apears . to
lack coherency, and ia dissipated la the
poor light. The "Storm," will giv on
a better idea, of the artist' work the
do any othsr picture here; but might
as well be hung behind a door as in its
p reseat place. 5 wj, - i
In gallery C, ia (III), a email, sedate
ly colored, poetlo oomposlUoa, with lota
In that direction.'. Thia he described ta
terms scarcely less terrible than, those
la which Cameahwalt had represented
the west ' Ha aald that hlet relations
lived at th distance of .10 days' march
from thla place on a eoura little to
tha weat -of aouth and not far from th
whites, with whom they traded for
horses, mules, cloth., metal, beede and
the a halls worn aa ornaments and which
are thoee of a species of pearl oyster.
In order to reach his conntry we ahould
b obliged during th first seven days
to climb ovsr eteep, rocky mountalne
wher there waa ao game and we ahould
find nothing but root for subslstenca,
Even for thee we should be obliged to
contend -with a fierce, . warlike people.
whom he called the Broken-Mocoaaln, or
moccasin with holes, who lived like
bear in boles and fed on root and th
flesh of auoh horse aa they eould ateal
or ' plunder from ' thoee who passed
through th mountains, go rough was
th passage that the feet of the horses
would be wounded in auoh a manner that
many of them would be unable to pro
ceed. Vl- .'-',-' f .': . '
The next part of th rout waa for 10
days through -a dry, parched desert of
sand, - inhabited by no- animal which
would supply us. with aubslstsnoa and
as th sun had now aoorched up the
grass and dried up the amall pool of
water whioh are aometimea scattered
through thla dsssrt la th aprlng, both
ouraelvea and our. horses would- perish
for want of food and water. -
lAfUr-lletenlng-to the Indian for B
long time, I Captain Clark recompensed
him by a present of a knife, and then
Inquired of Cameahwalt by what rout
th Plereed-nos Indians, who he - saidf
lived west of ths mountain, crossed
over to tha Missouri This ha aald waa
towarda th north, but that th road
waa a very bad one. Wa' were informed
that the net lone to th weetward aub
slst principally on fish and roots and
that their only game were a few elk.
deer4 and ' antelope, there being no
buffaloes west of tha mountain. Tha
first inquiry waa to ascertain the truth
of their information, relative to the dif
ficulty of descending th river; for this
puraos Captain Clark set out at S
o'clock. p. nv, accompanied by a guide
and all his men except one, who he left
with orders to aurchaa a boras and Join
him aa soon as possible. .At the d la
tere of four mllea he crossed ths river
and eight mllea from th camp halted
for the night at a amall etream. The
road which ha followed waa a beaten
path through) a wldev rich meadow In
wnicn ware aeveral old lodges, pn tne
routs he met a number of men, woman
and children, aa well aa horses, and one
of th men, who appeared to poeeeea
some consideration, turned bark with
him, and observing woman with three
eel mon, obtained them from her and pre
aented them to the party. . Captain Clark
ahot -a mountain cock or cock of the
plelne. a dark brown bird larger thaa
the . dunghill fowl, with a long and
pointed tall aad a fleshy protuberance
about the base of tha nppar chop, some
thing like that of the turkey, though
without th snout.
- :' ' The Real Thing. -
- ;.- , . .-- . t ..- . ' ' '. - ;
, ,om th Wsshlngton Post
Bondholder are th real peace envoys.
the .business' cc.'e:t;l t.t' who. ever
Smith, the moC er of Tom and Mane,
a thoossnd ways has made-John -Cmith
w-. :
full of heroine. fame of then are in
them are on farms. We think -there
Tha calm." announcement that tha ,Hort 'jGsa.ize C
Brownell Is a candidate for , the United. States.'aenate
that, brilliant epigrammatic burst of
famoua by Mr. Harriman. -It will be'
at the meeting of the Equitable board
aff sirs reached a point of hysterical
Harnman-brought them to an unex
pected if ' not actually shocking climax by shrieking.
There is a singular appropriateness
incident in connection with Brown elm
; '"-' ";.'' ,
SBBwa-aHBasssassEssa . . . .
auto accident through which' Thomas
son serves to call renewed attention to
the 'danger attending a reckless use of these machines.
Usually the Innocent pedestrian, ia . irt very -much more
danger than' the occupant of te auto, but there are
times,1 as this event proves, .when he is in tne
'- "
It civea Hi ' orofound nleakiira ' to be assured by .our
esteemed contemporaries, the livestock journals, that
the breeding industry will suffer-Bp material aetback
because of -the, prohibition of poolselling in Portland.
For a time it looked as though we might be. face to fact
of feeling and pots t 1C "Lai After
noon.' by Allen Bavler DuMond.' " It la
nottoeable for Ita delicacy of treatment
and refreahlng repreealcn. 4od exhelee
the breath of the uuiet time of the day.
. One of the attractive ploture in gal
lery D la (Sit) "Mother and Child."
by Louis Cox. It haa a tremendous lot
of eolor and little) drawing, but tha lack
of the latter is almost forgotten ia the
capital treatment of tha eoatutaa The
mother Ja. robed in red, and Ml Cox
baa putln the Quality of tha cloth ae
admirably that on may feel the nap and
see the fabrlo give and take light and
ahadea. Thla la the best pleoe of dress
good in the collection. On will not
fall In. love with the mother: I think
the neck la too long, and th light baa
gtva- her a palpably flat face, that la
really repellent.. .- If one looks at- the
drapery over th Uft leg. on will no
tice that It holds itself up, aa If there
was neither bone nor. muscl beneath it
But th child ta fin really aa example
pf th survival or th ntteat. Drawing;
color, poise, expression might be used aa
models. - '. - -f
Harry W, Watroua is rD resented by
((IS) "Who Cares," ta gallery D. ' No
better" title eould hav been chosen for
th picture, which, repreeenta a girl
pretty, petulant, pouting daughter Of
Bohemia 4i tret ahed t in a Chair, with
her-plctta-ln her idle hand, and bar
race th look or on who haa allowed
the weaknee of the fleeh to boom
htronger than the7UUngnea of the
LaplriC . Bhe: rould..not.gt the proper
amount of aoul in her picture; and ahe
gav up th struggle with th-question
of the title. This 1 one of Watrous
beat things; life, atmosphere,' composi
tion, drawing, local color and story all
blend so harmoniously .that one over-
looka th trifling faulta.
T.J. McComaa haa (10 "Spirit of th
Oaks" , In gallery B, a aof U : ahadowy.
reatrul ayidy, quiet in tons and plea
ing nt composition. It la skied. .
- These are about all the so-called west
ern artists represented. No one a
dispute Mis Denlo when she saVe ths
exhibition would hav been provincial
If - mora had been ahown la th same
manner..- ... . v-t'i O -. :
Br Henrr F. Cop. .
Lev alonr ean lift th loat:" - a .,
, .-.-, e , - ; .
Surfeit ia th to of serenity. . :l ', ...
, ;-' :.
. Love la tha hear aeeklng to help. -
v ,'-. r
No man can see with hla yea aloaa,
V ;'. -
' Opportunity 1 only tha obverse of
obligation. . "...
' - - e ' - ; '
-Wherever- a lie alights Its progeny
arias. - ..- :; , -- '; .
, " ' i :','.. e e .- - v. ;- '.' ' 7 ; - -
Consideration for other is tha noblest
emirtesy.. ;;-., fv'r;'
Resentment bear heavy frultag of
regret. ' ' -. - ,, : .'-'-
He who la a friend nl'y to hlmeelf la
a ro to ail men. - , - , v -
-- i '.-. :.: ,T . -: .'.
The things of life are likely to get la
the vfay of life itself. . - ,
Ood never ealla -a man' to command
until he haa learned to obey, , j -i
-,- - , - . e e ,K s ff:s,t:.'f
. Most men are made by- their- enemies
and marred by themselves, v - ;
.'-,.'' ''.?. L' '
Where there la no heart In the work
there ia alwaya plenty of hardship. ,
', r e - v. v',
' No maa wandere more easily than ha
who watches only another'a waya .
. -1 .
Trosen faith la effective only In freeslng
th faltbfuU, ,.- .. , .s ,, , ,
, . . :'-. e. ,.".."' ,
- Men who ' apend their- Urn knocking
uevsr open any doora. -, .. , A,
, . e e '.v
. It 1 alwaya a pleasure to th averagi
man to boost another sinner down. .
The religion that cannot atand camp
ing eut had better be left at home In
tha icebox. ,-..;-. -
..v..'''."' -. ..
The man who delighta In giving faithful
wounda doea pot thereby prove blmaeif a
friend. ' . v. . ' - - , ' ,-
- e '- .''
' There le a good deal, more charity In
Withholding th word or malic than ta
giving any kind of a wad of money. . ,
, V
)'" After a Fashion. ,1
(From the Chicago Tribune. ." '
"Senator, I congratulate you. I under
stand ' you bar been vindicated." -
."Triumphantly. Johnaon. .At tha first
trial th jury dlsagrsed. At the second
trial my lawyera found a flaw In the In
dlctmeht, and tha case waa thrown out of
court" - , ' ' ' .... ; , .
: Cruelty Sure Enough. . :
.yrom' the Philadelphia Preas. .
-The height of sardonic cruelty would
be for Japan to make Sakhalin a military
prison for captured ftuaelan.
V SENTENCE SERMONS "
An"'" " ! ''''
'Aj"'Ucrz3bn:-'-xor
t -By Henry W. Cop.
A friend of sinner Luke vil
14.
TBB ability to make friend a is th '
- peculiar' attribute of te human
; being. Th Bible might well b
- cauw.ua eiaseie 01 irienasnip.
From Abraham, tha friend ef Ood, to -
that one whoee greateet honor-waa to
b oallsd a "friend of sinners , t lori- .
flea th art of making friends. He who.1
reads it without 1 prejudice . conclude . .
that religion ia but another ham . for
friendship. 't . -T ' - '
Th Meal roaa-was, above all else, an
ideal friend.' Bven the cold-hearted '
arlatoerata of hia day recognised that
and flung at him tha terra bf reproaoh ,
which haa sine become hla glory. With
out making profeealon of being teacher,
lawmaker Or leader, be waa simply the
friend ef any. aad especially ot averyon
In need. The ultimate evidence of hla .
lov for men, th noblest sacrifice of '.,
all the ages, h chose to regard a a .
elmple proof of frlendahtp, . .. " , '.
Thl good friend-won -men by nte -friendship.
They were not persuaded ' ,
by argumeots or overborne by authority; '!
but they looked Into hla tae and, .they '
aald:. "Tell ua where yon dwelL Abide
with ua" The bonds of friendship held .
when other , lntereeta bad-them leave '-
him. No organisation or- cause could
claim such loyalty. Long before they - -,
were conscious of any common cause"
that group of msn wa fussd into on .
by th warmth of .friendship- for htm -
and for one another. , - .. --
Th power that trans formed th ruda
dull flabermen into ardent taetfuL euo-v
eeaaful leader of a great world-influencing
force was th power of friend
ship. They wer. changed because thay '
loved him. Liking led t lov and love
to ltkeaeaa. : 8 today .men1 become
Chriatly because they e In Jesus the
moat admirable qualities combined with '
th. moat attractive personality, auch a
on as they would lov and eall friend,
whom they would travel far to know
and forsake many things to keep. '
Many men are haraeaed over, subtle
deflnltlone for tha .relatlona of toe aoul ,
of th Moat High. But seeing souls
their bralna and hearts away trying to
out! ins charta and determine goundtnga '
of. tha ahorea wher th Islets of our
live are lapped by th infinite ocean -of
th moat ' high.- - But seeing - souls -
know that mathamatloa are futile there.
They express th relattonahlp in atmple ' '
terms of friendship, as did th sage V
long age. The highest form of religion,
on thla aide of It la tha aoul of maa
Seeking after ever1 oloeer friendship with
th great soul, that,, broods over all
balng. '- '-., .a.- .t S
.Th world cohoeptlon of th Buprem '
Being haa developed from that of a giant
who makss worlds - to . th , aubllm
thought of a heart that' uf fere" with.
ours, a aoul that eeeks ours, a being
who 1 man' friend, and who cannot be v
satisfied until all humanity la embraced "
in th circle of hla .friendship... . The ' .
Irrwrtlodaia-fTiendehipr
On tha -othsr, band, the enoet helpful .
expression of .any man's religion is V1 '
slnuil frisndshla'for men.". He la most '
lUte.Qod, wfca most . lovsa , man. The ..y
um w . nuiwn . am . vuki V8UU - im aoina .
deed of kindness, showing. Itself to.be
friendly in plain, everyday way, "it -
lay down ita lire ror men not pr dying. -but
by dally living for them Br-
thoughtfulnea. .- gentle .consideration,
praoticai neiprumees, by doing what-
ever the friend of lnnrs. would do for
men. It, prove .that it is "born, .from
above. , - v. :.,
Frlendllneaa - ia th simplest thing. '
Every man. knows how to be friendly.
Yet tit Is a aubllm thing. It Is th y
school where character loeee the dross '
of self. It ta the most notant innnr
in' ths world for it redemption. Dn J
friend la worth a doaen societies and
agencies.- Frlendehlp haa woa mora peo
ple to the good and tha worth-while
than all servleee or sarmona . Nothing
cam a man do for hla world -of greater
value than this to be true friend to
bla fellows, 'to be helper and, lover ef
men, to be entitled ta b known aa htm
of long ago, aa tha friend of elnnera '.
HYMNS YOU OUGHT
TO KNOW,
The Pngrhna oi the Kight. V
- By Frederick WUllam ruber. -1 '
About no hymn writer have there been
greater difference! of opinion than about
Frederick William Faber (Calverley
Vicarage, Yorkshire, June tt. Ml ln- - '
don, September-M, 1M3). Th conclusion
of th whole matter la seen, however, in ' '
th growing popularity of bis work. Thla
gifted Catholic has given to all Chris
tendom a number of beautiful and popu
lar hymns. A"Tha-Pilgrims of the Night" T
appeared in IBM. It Ja th beet -known
of Faber hymn in tha United Btates,
while In England his "Paradise"-holds
first place. Th former haa been fortu
nate ' in that some beautiful melodies. -
notably "Vox Angelloa," by J. B. Dykes,
have been composed especially for It ,
I also sometime sung to the Bwlsa .
tun. J ' Oberland. " 1
Hark, hark, my aoul I angelle aongs are ' ,
' awelling .- . .. - - i : .
O'er eerth'e green nalda and , ocean's
' wava-beat shores.. '; . . 1
How sweet th truth those bleased atralna
"- are telling - .;' .. , " -
Of that' new. life when aln ahaU be no'.':
more. .:;'.-:-, ;v ,r ...
terrain" '
Angela of Jesus, angsls of light ' ''-; '
Singing to welcome the pilgrims ef tha
nignt . -....
r- ----- ' -,- - . '" ' r ' .- j ; t .
Onward wa go, for etltl w hear them '
alnglng, ... - .
Coma, weary souls, for Jesua blda you ; -, -'
come; j - ". -
And through the dark, Ita echoes aweetly
: ringing, '.'- '- - t - ' .'.
The music of the gospel leada ua horns.
Far, far away, -lik ball .at evening . '
" pealing, -. .". . . . . v
Th voice of Jesus sounds O'er ' land 1
and sea, .-v -.. : :
And laden soula, by Jthouaands. meekly" Z
atsaiing ;
King BhsphardTturir'tliair'Wsary etepa
to the. . . ; , : 1 ' " ' ' - ; ' .
Rest comes at length; though life be long ;- '
- -, ana dreary, xt . v , ,
The 1 day must dawn,' and darksome
night 'b past: .
Faith's Jourasy end In weleome tei th '
weary:
And. heaven, th heert'a tram hsma: wni
...coma at laat--. - -
... - - .... - ,- 4 .
Angelel alng oft, your- faithful watches
keeping;
Sing ua eweet fragments Of ths songs
aoove; . - ... , ., -
Till mornlng a Joy ahatl and tha night of .
weeping, - . . .
And life a long shadows break In eloud-
leas love.' - -