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TH E ORE G
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a. jacsos
PROPER HONOR. TO A HISTORY-MAKER,
-I '
kJXTY-TWO xlT years U a
. to live, as the span of human
t " has participated in a notable
- ,to live after arming at maturity
part in important affairs. . -.
f On May 2,1843, 62 years and ,137 days ago, F, X.
' -Matthieuat Champoeg,. a. center of a sparse settlement,
'was one of 52 men out of 100 therr met who decided on
. a provisional government and adherence to the United
, cuici as against uicu uuiem. j "".' , '
'The. story 'has been many times told, and need not
be ; repeated here. - The majority of only two under
:Joe Meek's rude but effective leadership,, laid then .and
there the 'foundation, the corner-stone,
-' wealth of Oregon. Of those 100 men
he has been the only remaining one
It is fitting and significant to notice
, done yesterday, this fine, sturdy old; man, and all the
. more so because he was not a! native .of the United
''States.. But he is an adopted son -of the country and of
the state,' a atate-builder ' and. ( country-builder.' AU
' his companions and many of his juniors and descend
' ants have, passed on,, but be remains to remind us of
.those early days, and of the significant events in which
lie participated. -V.y'j'v'''1 J-.:l'':'J;-L7!:'-.:-C-.
Th- wilderness is disappearing; the savage beasts arc
scarce; the land teems with many kinds of fruits; in
r stead of the panther's how! is heard the locomotive's
? briek; wild nature has gradually surrendered to art and
industry, and - civilization has replaced, savagery. And
'? this old man has seen all this transformation, and been a
factor in it What an interesting history h could write
or narrate, if memory; and inclination pronjpted: , But
' Jt him take his ease.- Others will recount the history of.
Oregon, and he never shall be left out," s--.y ,r
' ; A'-good farmer, neighbor, citizen and American," he
:, acted 'well hir part, and stands as the sole survivor of
.men who have passed away.
The exposition management has
appropriate than to set apart a few
tainment of this man and the commemoration of the
event in which hev is the sole surviving participant.
May he live years yet in hearty enjoyment of the fruits
of his labors, and pleasing memories of the earlier Ore
gon, and anticipations of even a better country. .
REVISION OP. THE TARIFF.
'HE Pittsburg Gazette . advises
the present congress, rather
the people shall elect men who
and
honest revision.' - With brutal '
-zette", protectionist organ, says in effect, that if a pre
tejise is -made now at a' revision of the tariff, the people
can be-fooled and robbed for 10 years yet by a "revised"
tariff. -. .';'' .-:-::t'-,l ?-.:r:' t ' :- 1.
This is, a notable expression of the policy of "revision
..of the Uciff by its friends" -that i, by friends of the
. protected interests, every one of whom, and others,
'stand for'special privileges to special man, corporations
jmd -interests.: which , poKcy!: costs the common,., people
hundreds of millions a year.V- A s , "-r
t The Gazette remarks .there isno doubt thif 'the tm
" tective tariff is the, basis oa-national prosperity." Speak
for yourself. It never .created a grain of wheat, a hop,
a grape, r particle 6( sawdust, a drop of fruit-juice of a
grain of fold let alone coined dollars. All it ever did
Mas' to enable the few to. make money off the many.
It is a grafting machine. .'. --" . .''r'x:.f'tV- '
There is no "principle," and never was, in a protective
tariff. - The very word "protection" is a misnomer.
The men who least, need protection always get it alL
The common laborers "were never protected by an ex
cessive and monstrous tariff. For every extra dime of
'wages- if we admit that "an excessively high tariff gives
them higher, wages, which -we don't they pay a dollar
,to the trusts,';'."-,;' ' " ... '. "'" -
' The protected people are those who sell things to the
-workingman, and rob him every time he makes a pur
chase. ' His beef costs him 20 cents a pound because
there is a protected beef trust. 'His clothes, that stand
, in the. manufacture V, cost him $1, because the manu
facturer must be protected.'
We-want railroads. - To build thenreeuires steel Tails. I "
.They cost 30 per cent or more to American consumers theif protection
inaatiuey ao id purcuicn m kussis or :raxu ana i .cjjiwiiv. ui huiwuii, , wuuiu nave ap-
a .1 j . i . .. .
" every consumer and producer pays iht extra prkeand
few of the"m ever get any appreciable portion of it back.
The same is true of structural iron.: We pay $400,000 to
build a bridge in Portland, 40 per cent of which is tariff,
and not a workingman can ever get a nickel of the tax
back in a thousand years. So of almost all necessaries.
' "The protective principle" is . a; favorite ' phrase.
There is no "principle" in or about a "protective" tariff.
'It is, always was, and always will be, Jegalized graft for
the benefit of the few at the expense of the many-he
few' having their tools in congress, the many being un
f represented, unheard." . ' . v ,
" Protection creeps in and steals under the guise of taxa
tion.' To tax people unequally, and to tax poor1 people
, more in proportion than rich people,
crime. 'Taxation, raising of revenues to carry on govern
ment, is purely a business matter. , The only "principle"
involved in it is "equal rights to all,
WILL' ROOT RUN FOR
; ) THE PRESIDENCY 1 r
Walter Wellman- la Baoccsa ltagaslne
. , In Mr. Root to be the next psidantt
1 It la poaalblo even probable. Despite
, .hi own bellaf that the prasldency la
not for him. the country may ba -wiser
4-hn he is. , Nothing Is more llkaly than
that, he mayiba made the Republican
- nooilnoe. tt all depends upon whether
the Republican party concludes to be
' radical or conservative; -- Moat obaorvera
: think the political f fture of the United
8tats will dlScloae two well dltleren-
. Hated pertlee, no matter what names
ther bear a conaervativa party and a
. raSleal party. Last year the Renub-
llrans were the Conaervativa. with a
, raSlcal candidate, and the Democrats
'.were the radicals, with a eonaervative
-fl sorehead. Of course the radical ean
' l date won. What will happen the first
time the two parties name leaders In
v harmony with their tendendlea ao one
knows. As shrewd a guesa as one eeuld
- RMka. aerhape,. would be that aa tha
irealdntlak nampalgu rolls along It will
be found that there Is something Ilka
itimstlon or rotation between the two
'general.' tdeua radicalism triumphing
. iww reaeervettem thee, - If the forces
of conearveUam, obtain control within
- tha Republican - party It will name
tnae unlike Theodore Roosevelt and
more like Elthu Root Menr think that
Root is the coming man. He Is likely
le have the support ef the business ele
ment, the -solid people." the men of
auhetanre who are weary ef esperlmen-
, latum, lr the ntrporattona plump toe
eauueiaaucauy for aim, ea the theory
O N DAILY
' INDIPBNDBNT HIWIFAPBK .,"-' -
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUEUSHINQ CO.
(except 8unday) ud itbj Sunday morning
!-. ".' streets, Portland, Oregon.
at
Tong time" For, a. man
life runs, after he
event a long time
and taking an active
be anything else.
,
than the source "of
or smooth cheek
to nature, which
tor the common
makes an unjust
only one remains;
for several years.
ae-djxanor, as was
BLESS
s:
OMETHING
a .contest,
mothers and fathers
old uncles and'
pleasant about it,
erly distributed, yet
around, that every
thing on earth, and
Dan McAIIen will
sition, and would
were possible for
done nothing more
hours to the enter
tariff; revision by
than to wait until
will make a real
bluntness ' the Gs-
40-foot channel, at
tually 'require fbr
...New York
tributed
. . i . i i M.h.,1... d ...i.i..a
proved - ot - any - auch
funds. Indeed it is
is a great moral
special privileges
that he made' them a good lawyer and
may maka them a good president, they
will kill, his prospects. On the other
hand, the progreealve elements of the
Republican party, which, after all. must
form a large part of the constituency
of any political organisation In a coun
try like ours, may obtain the mastery.
If they ean be Induced to take Roosevelt
at bio word when he Bays ha will not
accept another nomination which they
may not be willing to do, under any cir
cumstances then they wilt' demand an
other Roosevelt, if another Rooaevelt can
be found a La Follette, for example. .
Since Mr. Root accepted tha secretary
ship of, state ;.tt , has been a favorite
theory with many observers that- he
would not have returned to public life
without some sort of understanding with
President Roosevelt as to DOS. Men who
guess et things, ' and. - ef course, often
guesa. wildly, were sure that Root was
to be "the . administration candidate"
three years hence. They were aa sure
of this as they were,, a Jew days earlier;
that Taft was to enjoy the same favor.
The fact Is and I know whereof I speak
4 hat there waa neither an understand
ing between President iRooesvelt and
Mr. Root as to the Jatter's political fu
ture, beyond the state department, nor
even the thought ef such a thing. More
over, it la almost an Insult to President
Rooaevelt te say that he would set out
to dletVs te bis party whom his succes
sor should be. Tha president aaid blunt
ly te ene ef hie visitors, not. long ago,
that be hoped people knew him well
enough to know that be was Incapable
of such a thing. He added, -with his
usual frankness, that he ahould keep
a Is hands eff, absolutely, as to the next
presidency. The field le open. It Is the
party's bust Mas, end the party's alone,
tals ; .
J O U RNi!
no oauou
Tbe Journal BuftUnc Fifth and Yemlfllt
to none" a 'square deal.? , There may be 'incidental
protection," it is true," unavoidable protection; that in
the difficult problem of raising revenue may be neces
sary; . but protection for protection s sake is legalized
robbery. In the nature of things it can by no possibility.
"
Now the source of ths great country's Immense wealth
and prosperity lies no more in a protective tariff law
light and beat lies in the-glass pane
on which the sunlight falls.
This country's. prosperity is due to area, soil, climate,
resources, industry, skill, ability, effort and enterprise
never heard of a protective, tariff, and
to a race and, generation of people who improve their
opportunities. Thus the land has been filled with gold.
The "protective principle'". "creates : no "gold; it only
and vi5ious distribution of it.
THE DEAR BABIES.
like 1,000 babies are pa exhibition
at the exposition Auditorium building today, in
and some of them,-according to con
ditions duly announced, will; receive prizes that they
an'd their folks, will be proud of all thein lives..- Not all
the babies can get prizes, of course, for then the affair
wauM he too farcical. But it will do no harm if. all the
and young sisters and brothers-and
aunts and grandmothers will just be
and while most of them will of course
say that the decisions are wrong and the prizes not prop
let it be understood and agreed, all
baby there is the sweetest, loveliest
best deserves a prize.
undoubtedly agree with this propo
see that every baby got a prue.it it
him to bestow it And no doubt he
would bestow prizes on most of the mothers too, if he
could. So we hope that he .will not be mobbed, and
that everybody will consider every baby the best and
sweetest of all, regardless of whether it gets a prize or
not,, and so contribute to the success of the occasion
and the gayety of the world. . ;-v
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' , . JETTY WILL BE A 8UCCESS.;'r ':;;.
'JT, S , encouraginad-a:ratifyin.even ,thouh-wc
were sure of the fact before, to be assured by so
high an engineering authority as General Alex
ander Mackenzie that ' the present plan of , deepening
the Columbia bar channel will give it a depth , of 40
feet, it having been already deepened about four feet
by the work so far done. " ' - ; '.,;..;.
General Mackenzie intimates that the full success of
the project-will require, a north jetty, which in addition
to the south jetty extension, will render a permanent
least, a certainty. The present work
deepening the channel much, and with success equal
to expectation, but .theA construction of the north jetty
will make a complete and perfect success of the whole
project. .This is the opinion of General Mackenzie, and
has beenandls the opinion or other eminent engineers
and students pjjj the problem. -TJ"7V "7"7.'i, Ty r
Whe J udge ; M. C George 'was a . representative in
congress hie mad a very careful end thorough investi
gation of the situation at .the mouth of the Columbia,
and became convinced" that the project would even
satisfactory solution' a north iettv.
This has not yet been considered immediately essential
by the government engineers, ' but as is indicated by
General Mackenzie's - remarks . this . will ' probably be
recommended and carried- out . during the next few
years. ''-. )?t:S ..... J r--
We need good, stout men in congress, though. V
GETTING INTO . THE NEW YORK'S BOOKS.
HE TESTIMONY of George W. Perkins that the
Life 'Insurance -company had con-
$150,000 in the three last campaigna to
the Republican presidential campaign funds, while long
suspected, will be received from this authoritative source
with every indicatioi of profound interest - Here is
money that belonged to all classes of policyholders with-
r,eference-io-poliiesTha money waa nut there-fflfizeiiutatlon for murders.
and no other purpose. None of. them,
- a n.MA'.Ht. : 1 1 1 .
- misappTopriaiiou of the company's'
not at all unlikely the "executive act,"
aa Mr., rerkins designated ,jt, was so viewed even by
those who committed it, for (lot even the members of the
company's own finance committee were taken' into the
"executive confidence" when the deed was done.' ,
' The danger of such a corporation getting into prac
tical politics in this way is manifest on its facet but if
$50,000 of the company's funds can be diverted at any
time or for any purpose by the "executives" of the com
pany without the knowledge or consent of the finance
committee there is not Onlyopened up a viewTofthe
tremendous power exercised by a very few men over
trust funds which should be regarded as peculiarly sacred
but there is disclosed a loose-jointed method of doing
business which calls for drastic action upon. the part of
the governments, state or national, for the protection of
the people's money. . i
,' A Woman Never , Does. " ' -.'
: From the Kaneaa City Journal.
A loafer on the street, whose wife
was probably at home getting out a
neighbor's washing to make money to
buy the children shoes, esked a busy
man the other day If he evsr saw a
baldheadad woman. ;
'Ha, I never did,? replied -the busy
man. "And I never aaw a woman waltc
mg around town .In bar ahlrt sleeves
witH a cigar In her teeth and running
into every saloon she saw. Neither-did
I ever see a woman etttlng all day at a
street earner on a drygoods box, telling
people ow the secretary of the treasury
should run the national finances. I have
never seen a woman go fishing with a
bottle In her .pocket, sit on the bank
ail day and o home drunk .at night
Nor have I ever seen woman yank off
her coat and aay she could lick any
man In town. Ood bleae 'em. tha women
are not built that way."
. Royal Women Gambler. .' .
From the trhicago Journal.
Marie Antoinette waa slave te earda.
On ene occasion aha played for thirty
star hours at a sitting, with but an Inter
mission of a couple of hours.
"The play at the queen's table at Pon
talnSblau,"r wrote tfce Emperor Joseph
II, "was like that In a common gambling
noueei people 01 ait ainaa were- mere,
and mingled without- decorum; greet
scandal waa caused by the fact that
several ef the ladies cheated." '
Anne Boleyn, Henry' VIII's Ill-fated
queen, waa never quite ao happy as
when playlag for high stakes, v The
records ef privy purs ekpenses ars full
of her winnings frem her royal spouse,
fer she wss a lucky player. .
SMALL CHANGE J
The sua, wasn't lost. , . ' ' - ' '
.Thtri Sre mare ipniWlial t(
really better drinks than tufUarmllk.
: Half the time wa can't remember the
(olden, text. , . . ,
. ...
If Rockefeller will coma to the fair
we won't aar anything 'ln htm In a
week.
O, don't kick. Pull; help. 'Ba pleaa-
.' Now look oot for lots ( : leeal air-
ahlna. : - "--.. J.-. ..
BOIL srltc of soma .kicking-, moat
country editors like to coma te -Portland
occasionally. , ' s
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What a merry war among Rcpublloana
it Will be! - ,...v, i
The single man laugha at the mtllt-
nera. , . ' . ' '. ' .
Lt' sea; la thera a Williamson, Oea
nr, at ai., eaaer rernapa, out w
tired and forgot tt. ' .
Edward Bok says man ahould marry
before thay are 16. But avary boy can't
marry a mlllloa balraaa. . .
And still n federal hidae. ' But there
la no hurry. s .' t -
Maka it S.OSO.ttS, or aa near that aa
posiblCf"f7--';-r"v "Tt. 'r7."'T.'"
Vhl the Willamette Valley Darelep-
mant leagua accomplish anything? it
should.- ;.-'."' T "
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The way to develop la to develop. -
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Good day to go to the fair. .' '"
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bout the bumper wheat crop In the
United States, . The Paclflo northweet
hdpa aome. ' ,
ut can 1 man who holds farmera ln
stltutes nearly all the time bo beaten T
Albany Pemoerat: ' The tone of the
Republican preae of Oregon generally
Indicates that there la a big split In the
party.... t ,
Really we refuse to worry If the north
pole la not fomd. ;: - ... .- .
Bob Smith' ef Grants Paaa la te be
credited with getting out ef the news
paper business, but will he promise to
keep but of politics? -, -j -. '. .
A preacher who quit bis profession to
engage In the practice of law made this
explanation: "The average man -will
pay more to be kept out of Jail for one
day than to be kept out of hell for all
eternity." -. : - V.:. Y ,7' ' ,
Don't abuse ' the weather man; yon
probably wouldn't do halt as well. - -
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Great la the alrahlp man; he looks
down on the best and biggest ef ua. .-
TWeHTTH mUifbeSc7rperneps the
state can - get along without - Colonel
Hofer In ofnee, though. few people could
fill an office in a mere lively, and In
teresting manner.- . ;.
Brick plant tn Estacada aoen. ..
, , . .- e e .-.-,.'
"The rata waa the finest thing that
haa happened," remarka the EStacada
Newa. .. . ; : '. . :...,'
Chinese pheasants scarce around Tall
man. (Afraid ef the tall man?)
. ... oat.-- . ; ;
- Tallman Correspondence Albaay Demo
crat: 1 The little ahowar Monday -.evening
has cheered us up considerably as
roll aa the late potatoes which bad
about lost all hopes of rain. , ... -
e e
Southern Oregon is ' getting a bad
, ...
lira' Sadie Cary baa . entirety re
covered trom tha serious injury she re
ceived some time ago by falling from a
large haymow onto the barn floor. It
was very fortunate she did not fall on
the large butcher-knife she was carry
ing in her band, : aaya the Estacada
Newa. .-. ,'
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: Wax beans also In Irrlgon. ' , " '.ii,
. - . e e . k H ; .
Bass are about as good as there Is In
the fish line for eating. Albany Demo
crat Who brought 'em lat -.
- - ' . v ' ' ' '
4 Mlnara liked . the rIn. '-j ' ; ,
:..-; i -;. '.-' e a ... ',
Just as soon aa enough men ean be
secured for the extra shift the Booth
Kelly compsny's big sawmill at Spring
field will begin operating at night, thus
doubling Its present output. . ,
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Wayne Correspondence ' Tygh - Valley
Bee: - After an exciting chase one day
this week Myrtle Brtttaln finally auo
ceeded in killing a bear. His dog
caught It and ha kUled It with clubs.
: , e- p " "7"'
Water system for Independenoe Is
estimated to cost tlOOO.
- Chickens are not ' safe around some
hopyarda. . , . .,. ',
',.. e.;; ; - - ' .
Fun and frolle run. riot day and night
tn the hopyarda, Bays the Independence
Enterprise. . , . v , ,
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' EstScada people are figuring on water
works and sewerage. The News says:
"The sewer will cost $5,000 end the rail
road company asks $7,809 for the water
system, and It will take $2.t00 more for
extensions and ehnngee. This means a
bonded Indebtedneaa of $11.000,, besides
te.ooe -needed for the . school district
Psrbaps Estacada can afford it" .
-',.'.'.. "'.'. - ' i '; .'
Albany Democrat Just aa soon" i
tha Southern Pacific trains reach Oregon
the observation osrs"are taken off. The
eompany seems to be afraid people will
see the country up here, concentrating
its efforts on California. Oregon Just
now, though, la furnishing It an enorm
ous business, r -'; ' ' - , r
North Tamhill Record: We would
like to know why It is thit when there
is a violation of the game laws tn this
Justice district that the aceuaed is taken
,o McMlnnvllle district to be tried. Are
we to take It for granted that our con
stable and Justice are Incompetent er
le It a species of grsft thst la becoming
almost - an -'epldemlo in this country t
Just why an accused person should., he
taken it miles to plead when already
within four miles of a similar court,
adding coat of livery hire and drivers,
la open te suspicion. ;',' v $..'' '
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' OREGOSIDELIGHTS
SUNDAY SCHOOL LES
SON for TOMORROW
; By II. XX JenklnS. D. D.
September 17, 190S Topic, "Daniel In
Babylon. ..
Golden text "Daniel purposed In his
neari mat he would not defile himself,1
Dan..
Responsive reading Psalm tt."
'" ; Intrednottoa. -' '.'.''
. Daniel.- like Eseklel, waa one oT the
noatagea taken to Babylon from Jeruaa-
lem by Nebuchadnessar In the first cap
tivity. He belonged to a wealthy and
cultured family. It was-wtth-the con
querors of the far eut s, . maltee of
pride and also of policy to keep about
them representatives of the races they
had subdued. Daniel waa naturally an
ornament to any court, .and by his god
liness, courage and lofty personality he
rose to nign ravor .with the king. . Al
though suoh Qualities soraetlmea exnoss
the possessor te great dangc, they alao
ofjen give him. prestige, even among
wouaiy men. v ' -
Daniel lived In Babylon throusn ell
the 70 yeara of tha captivity, dying at
last at the age of 15, , , - .
. The book of Daniel as we have it, Is
written pertly in Hebrew and partly in
Aramaic, somewhat aa If we ahould pos-
aeaa a, copy of Chaucer one third ef
which waa In the English of Milton, the
other parts In German. The Jews ac
count for this (see, Jewish Cyclopedia
ad loo.) by noting that the Aramaic por
tions (beginning ch, 11:7) "introduce the
Aramaic personages and scholars as
speaking' their own language -to the
king. Aramato related to the. Hebrew
was the language of Babylatila. and be
came eventually the language . of . the
jews themselves. . u-4e-not Impossible,
perhaps w ahould aay not Improbable,
that the Hebrew of the middle portion
of the book having been- lost, the part
mislaid waa resuDDllsd by copying from
an Aramaic veraloa "verbatim et litera
tim."
The first six chapters of the book are
historical, the seeond, six prophetic. But
wnemer writing as anausi or as seer.
Daniel was a man of God. His fine
character baa been an inspiration
throughout .-ell tha egee which have
since Intervened. He bad -a sublime
faith In the being ef God, In the triumph
of righteousness and In a Judgment to
come. The powers of that invisible
world reveal -themselves to htm more
clearly than they had to tha sona of
Judah, dwelling undisturbed In their an
cestral estates. . Ha aeea the hand ef
the Almighty moving not only one fam
ily, but all nations to accomplish-hla
vast designs, and In this ha resembles
Mosea more nearly than his Immediate
predecessors Deut xxxll-). 11 in
troduces figures -and symbols In. sacred
writings which, are to sndur to the
end of time ea expressive of . spiritual
realities, and much of the Imagery of
the book of revelation la derived from
the words oft hla writer (comp. Dan.
Vll-S with Rv..l-14X-
(It le by no means dealrable that the
moral lessons of the paaaage-ln hand
should be lost by long dissertations
upon the "problems'' presented In the
book ef Daniel, but for those who wish
to see what has lately been written upon
this subject we would call attention to
the thoughtful Introduction to Daniel Jn
tne serrea caned tbe Temple Bible.
- Verse-1: .'Minr sovereigns have In
trusted their persona) safety to foreign
er rather than to natives. -Vteitore to
Parle In th sixties, saw the Tulilerts
kept by negro troops, end those at Rom
aaw . the Vatican defended by French
troops. The king of Babylon alwkya had
in training a select corps of well-bora
young men whom he might attach to
him by personal - kindness man . who
would bav no Intereata In th country
except those Identical with bta own. But
religion In the east ao penetrates every
detail of conduct that - one bant upon
preserving hi own faith and worship
muat eome Into contact with that : of
the court at every turn. Daniel, for ex
ample, felt that the royal dishes first
offered to the vile gods of Babylonia
and tha food accepted by the peopl e
a gift from their deities, he eoald not
peruke of without sacrifice of his con
sistency a a worshiper ef "the only
living and true Ood. Jehovah." He there
fore besought the custodian of tha pal
ac te let him mak th best of such
far as was not thought fit to offer to
the- god. H would gat along on that
and hi " conscience would not be
troubled. '- '
' Vtis I. - A good man la at times bag
loveo even by bad men. There was
doubtless In the very-earrlage of-thl
young captive such a native courtesy,
such polite consideration for others, suoh
desire not te make unnecessary trouble,
that he won tbe heart of a custodian
without doubt somewhat conscious ef
hla own inferiority. v-
Verse 19. "Graft" Is not an Invention
ef today. ' Court off iclala -have - often
been guilty of making a profit, from
the generoua fare allowed by sovereigns
to prisoners of state. The chief of the
palace guards had perhapa in his mind's
eye some recent occurrence In which
some official had enriched himself at the
cost of his prisoners, and he had been
caught at It! "Ton cannot Itv as you
propose to live," he said plainly te Dan
iel, "and not show it In your face.
Thoae about the king are called upon
for frequent service. They must be al
ways amlllng. always 'well-groomed'
and presentable. - Tou will be weak and
listless and thin if I let you do a you
suggest- and I will be auspeCted of
stealing the allowance set aside for you.
That would cost my head." .
Verse 11., But while hie request had
not been granteS, It had not been re
fused. Daniel therefore approache next
the steward (revised version) In charge
of the actual distribution of the -food,
and -'' ''- ,-" -. .
Verse 11 - Presents the request again
In a modified form. ."Try it for 10 day.
It la aaid that there I almost nothing
here that a man with my scruple can'
eati but -even ao, I will take my
chances.- ",-..''.'"'
- Verse II. "Call us up at the end of It
dayaN If we are not aa well fleshed, at
cheerful and aa athletic aa thoae' who
take th beat you have, we will then
decide what ought to be dene Make a
test of It for Just 10 daye. That can
not Seriously endanger any of you whs
are In charge of the prlaonera. . It is a
matter of conscience with m end mv
companions. Olve ua a fair trial end
satisfy-yourselves as te the result."
Verse 14.' Daniel ha been long held
op aa a model of firmness.' but we
should not forget thst bs .was also a
modal of affability. . He did not make
himself obnoxious by saying point
blank, ("I won't eat the" meat the king
sent so there," He waa ss fixed ss
Gibraltar, when the Occasion demanded
resistance. He could - go to death,- if
need be. for conscience sake He did
net, however, think that the Acre must
also be a boor. That la why Jia won ae
easily In matters of Importance. ' '
Verse 15. Those .'who have studied
carefully the science et hygiene,, know
as an Indltputable fact that men. are
stronger upon a simple diet than upon a
luxurious one. The men who are doing
the hardest kind of the hard work of
the world aoldlere, sailors, pioneers
are thee who bav a eperS mess. - On
:":r;"v.- ; :k;r :
of the first thinga a trainer does when
he prepares a college team for an exhi
bition game, is to cut eff the things
which the yeung man most crave
, Vers -16. The treubl with so many
Is that when they have found out What
is good for them, tkey conolud the ex
periment and return to their discredited
fax again. - Daniel and his companions
had shown what was good for them and
they stuck te it They did not Immedi
ately "celebrate" their health by ruin
in -it- ... '-., ..'.' , . .
... Verseel7;.Tfirevlsed-vreloe-glvee
ua a proper rendering here when It calls
Daniel end hla friend "yeuths" instead
Of "children." A field band Is still a
"boy" with us, and the kitchen help a
"girl." The word for "child" In the
Bible does not necessarily refer to ado
lescence, much- leas to Infancy. - It la
frequentlyappUed '.to people- -mar
riageable age. And these young men
reaped the reward of temperance - In
clear minds and bright intellects and
ability to grapple With questions which
triad and distressed men older .than
tbemselva. Withal, tt ahould be con
ceded that th text mean that a di
rect spiritual - Illumination - Was-; given
thera from heaven, which waa not mere
ly the result of right living but waa the
reward of conscientious living. . , ...
Verse II. ' Three years had been as
signed te these young men (v:i) aa a
period of preparation --for court duties
and dlplomatlo service They were ac
quainted . with the western languages,
those ef Judea and Egypt without doubt
Intelligent well-read and under obliga
tion te the Sovereign for royal favors
genereualy bestowed, they might be of
the greatest service to the thron. Th
king wished to see them.
- Verse II. They bore thaea Selves with
such credit that they war Immediately
given positions where thay could be use
ful. - They had evidently acquired the
language which -waa spoken In Baby
lonia,, and which became the language
of the people after their return to Pal
estins.i DanleV who spent his long life
in the orient evidently bad no-occasion
to revert te the tongue of his Infancy,
which soon became ea "dead" to the Jaw
as Anglo-Saxon baa become dead to the
Englishman. - . ; ' -.
Verse -1. ' Their native Intelligence
and strict conscientiousness, without de
celt er pretense, soon came to be valued
In a court where favor waa continually
sought by Intrigue and appeala te auper
stitlous fear.' Thus ware they pros
pered and bleseed of God." : ' r
LEWIS "AND CLARK-
Near" the Columbia River, September
is,. It began te anew . early - and eon
tlnuedall day, ao by that evening It
was six to eight Inches deep. This
covered the track ao completely we were
obliged constantly to halt and examine
leat we ehould lose the route. . In many
placee we had nothing to guide ua but
the leave of the trees which, being low,
have been rubbed by th burdens of the
Indian horses. The road waa, like test
of yeatsrday, along steep hillsides, ob
structed with fallen timber and growth
of eight different species of pins, so
thickly strewn thetobe anew fall a from
them as w pas and keep ua contin
ually wet te the akin, and ao cold that
we are anxious leet our feet should be
fresco, aa we have only thin' moccaalnei
to defend them.
At noon w halted to let our horses
feed.' on. some grass on ,tbe south Side
of the . mountains, and endeavored by
making a fir to keep durselves warm.
Aa aeon aa the horses were refreshed
Captain Clark went ahead with one man
and at the distance of six. miles reached
a stream from the right end prepared
fire by th time of our arrival at dusk,
We her encamped In a piece of lew
ground, thickly timbered, but. scarcely
large, enough to allow- oureelv te" He
level. We bad now made II" nriles. .We
were all very wet eold and hungry, but
although before setting out this morn
ing w had seen four deer, yet we could
not procure eny of them and were
obliged jte kill a second colt for , our
supper. ..'-:;.-..., - - . i
Hencoop and Cartoon Sermons,
.. A Visitor's Tribute. V ' ' . -
Of ail shows, from east te west, v
Homer's farm la far -the best. .
Homer's Arab steeda are grand, . ;
Homer's hencoop beats the bend: ' -
Mid the beauties, world-renowned, ,
Quaintest ugliness Is found.
Pheasanta. with their wondrous tans..'
Pigeons rare and crested quails;
Fowls TfolOl Java's far eff Isle, - '
Strangest wildest featheredTreake
From Hlmalaya'a mountain peak a.
Slender-limbed, high-stepping crane,
Captured on Egyptian plain; - . ' '
Oooae. with oddest heed and bill : , :
Piercing skulls with cackle shrill, ' '
Keeping up a constant fuse , -"Queer,
smoosln' little tuaa"
Goats, with silvery, silken tress, - -Type
of gray-haired loveliness; :
Horse from Arabian shore -
Glorified In poet-lore. . r X V '
Indian peacocka, purest white, ; . :
Strutting forth in plumage bright " . '
Would you. blend grave thought, wtth
play? ,.-'.-'. .....,.... I.,,
Than you muat a moment stay. .
Davenport's greatest pictures teach '-.
More than Bounding pulplta preach.
Luck be with him end hla show- . v -"Satire's
modern Angela" '
, , MART M'NABB JOHNSTON.
- After the Pair.'!-, -.'.i-V
'.'' ','.-.'... By Aye Ey See, .-' ; ..
A nio young -man quite verdant, ' '",
Likewise hi "augarfoot." too. .
- Went out one day te aee tbe expo.,
. And the entrance gate went through.
,' Then by the sunken garden,-: , --
Bacajawea and ehlldi- -'-'--.
Then down across the -terrace r-v- .
r To the shore of beautiful Guild. -
ivTbat snt on en of th benches, ' -:"
And very silent grew; ., ..
" Meanwhile their hearts In unison yr-
Were beating faat and true. -
. He aaid, "My darling sweet heart '
i O, when shall w be wdt" - ,
Bh 'looked et him demurely, '
-"And thla I what ah aaid: y '.'. . -.
"I am o Vrr busy, ' . . ,.-'. -' -With
friends to enterteln, -But
when the sky I cloudy, ' ' ' :-
And the air is fUWd with ram!
When the folk hate all gone home '
" ' From "our - expo.-ee rars,. . ...
I will be your tootsey wooty,' -.. - ,
, After the fair." --. - - 7,
, ' ' ' m inn hi i mi '.
- ' . To' Please Him,
From ths Philadelphia Ledger. ' -Mra
Xacum But why- do you buy
such expensive things when you know
your husband can't afford themT . - '
Mrs. Wise I Just do It to please him,
' Mrs. At cum To please blmf
' Mrs. Wise Tee; there's nothing he
likes better than a chance te have some
thing te complain about to bis own peo
pie and pose, as a martyr. . . " .
A Surprise. -
th NewwTork Mall.
Frcet
MV. E. H. Harriman's life has been
threatened by a Tokie mob. Heaven!
We did not' know that there were se
many Equitable policy-holders there -
T
A YOU1IG WOMAN -,
WITH t LOFTY : IDEAS
' By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
-The v following communloetlen, re
cently received at thla office, I here
print -In full, reserving the right to.
make upon the same aome frank crlt-
loism : v "7 " ' " " " ." '"Trr "' ;
"Dear Sir; '! liave before me your ar
ticle entitled The Higher Eduoation
for Women.'-
Tn the main I agree with you. but
there are exception to which, 1 think,
you have given no thought, -
"Household - carae and household
werkv-ere-el) -very well for the woman :
who haa servant at her command or
for th woman who has but one or two
children 'to take care of; but what of
thoae women whoa husbands are barely
able to feed the five, six, . aevetv even .
mora mouthat " .
"Don't you think It 'le a positive
drudgery to themlL- They waah dishes
1.9IS times a year. Is It a wonder that
they aigh for something higher ' than
that ' -
- "I don't believe In a "worn an, wasting
her year away washing clothes, wash
ing dishes and scrubbing floor. - .
"I am only a young girl of 11, and I
assure you I would much prefer look- '
ing. through a telescope, watching
clips, to washing dlshs. ,R. E. R." ,
I was brought up to be very respect
ful to th ladles, both young and old,
and I greatly deplore, the fact that 1
shall be obliged to speak to thla young 1
woman quite plainly.
' And, in the first place." my "'dear "
young woman, you are . mistaken la
thinking that I forgot the "dishes." the
"clothes" and the 'floors." I was -not
unaware of th fact that among the
collateral of. the home were diaheet
clothe and floors. nd that they all'
needed, from time to time, to be washed.
Nor was I unmindful of th fact that
th washing ef dishes and scrubbing ef
floors I not th moat delightful species
ef work la the World, especially when
there Is a good deal of it and tt all falls
upon one person.
I know perfectly well that about the
home .life there Is a vast amount of
what aome people call "drudgery," to
gether wit a whole lot ' of responsi
bility. Belf-sacrlf tee gnd privation., - -
And I alao know something else I :
know that the man or woman whoie.
capable of the two highest of all senti
ment duty end love is gladly willing
to accept the bitter with th sweet the :
thorns with the roses, th drudgery and
self-sacrifice with, the hjQmetrr;5
X am not going to be fool enough to
eay that drudgery and self-sacrifice er
within themselves things to be desired,
but I am going to say that where lev -and
duty are the' toll and ' aelf-aacriHce '
an accepted cheerfully end gracefully.
In ether words. It is "hot "drudgery"
to toil for those we love. In that which
duty blda u do there is not thought of
th menial, the cheep er th belittling;
Th mother about -whose knees sre
gathered, th children that 'she lovee;
the. wife who; is fortunate enough -to
have th husband upon whom she can
unreservedly-, bestow her affection end
esteem, may, by the logic of circum
stances, be forced to waah dishes and
scrub floors and do Iota ef other things
that she would rather not do, but She
does - not" complain. Like the . noble
woman that ahe la, aha makes the beet
ef . the situation, the meantime keeping
L - I . , . 1 i I .
er.uwi cimnui. mni,,nr.nvaxK sweet.
And lat me aay .to rou my dear mias
that . one such - loving, patient, faithful .
wife and mother la , worth, e. million of
your new-fangled women, .whose , only
aim le te gad, ipalaver and run up dress
makers. blils-V " .
I blame no woman for-hiring some
body else-to Wash dlaq.ee and - scrub
floor for her. If sh Jeebl to, but 1-
must be allowed te say that for th
Woman -who deliberately cruciflea' her
womanhood rather than take th risk
of being obliged to do a little work I
have net a particle of admiration or re
spect.- .jw.fi.. -;;' V - ' - - . ,
Th man who loves his wife will as
a matter of course, try to make het
burden aa light as possible. Because '
he lore her he will relieve her of as
much drudgery as bs can; tout the true
wife, If Sh happens to be heavy laden,
will not carelessly threw her burden
down and run away from her home. Sh i
will bear her load aa well and aa cheer
fully as shs can. -v'-
Andl speak the truth and lie" not
when I say that such women are the
"aalt of the earth,' the cement of so
ciety the conservators, anleaylorsof
numanuy. -
- 'Meaning of the Armiatlce. f V
From the New York World. . r" v
The peace envoy at Portsmouth hare
reversed the common role by postponing
the signing of sn armistice until after
the term of. paac hav bean agreed
.-upon. . -. .- -'. ! ',
It I estimated that the Japanese
have close te 1,000,000 men In the field,
and the Russians between - 000,000 an I
700,000. A year before the close ef our
civil war -the federal force numbered
076,000 and the Confederates somewhat '
lese than 600.000. . In the war with Spain
the United States raised 176.000 men.
It took three months to muster out most
of the volunteers near home," while those'
serving la the Philippines had to .wait
until they could be replaced with reg
ulars. ' t ,' '. '- ''Pi.
To transport the bulk - of Oyama's
army home Japan can move It 100 mile
south by rail to the coeat and then ferry
It across the Yellow sea.- . Russia' a task'
la lea easy, though her army iasmaller.
Roughly speaking. It la S.000 mile by
rallroadfrom Harbin to Moscow, twice
aa far ae from New York to San Fran
cisco. The Trans-Siberian line Is slngl-t-
tracked. General Trepoff say that Rusv
ala may bring part of her army homo
by water, a plain confession ef the In
adequacy ef th Trans-Siberian' rail-.
road. '. '
in any circumstances ''the evacuation
ef Manchuria will be slew. ' Russia re
serves the right td maintain " railroad
guards' along so much of the line ,m
shs keeps. But Japan, with her renewed
alliance with England, and her strength '
eneg frlendshlp-wlth Chins, will see thst
the tactics of Itos are not repeated.
There Will be this time no Rueelan army
left In Manchuria under-the guise .of'
railroad guards. - r .' ' ' '
Jaoan'a advantage, over Jtuasie. lie .
In ths fact that aha can turn her not
dlersvback promptly to productive ev
eupatlona, It dees' not follow that a.
large proportion or Ldnevitcn s army
Will be releaeed from military srvjfci
on reaching Russia. ' Before the wr
Jaoan'a peace strength was leas than
nevsixth of Russia' ) 00,000 men, as
against mors than 1.000,000. Thla fixed
burden of militarism Is a fearful dra'n
on Rusela's resources and manhood. It '
is a burden which Japan , will have no
occasion to assume . i . -
r- Modest Old Chicag tc '- J
' From ths Boston Olohe. ' '
No 'one Is surprised - tc see a new
theory of the creation of the solar .
tern advanced by a Chicago untvera'lt
professor. - The only remarkable thing
la thatbe didn't claim that he had a
band ln'lt himself. ; .....