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V- PablWMd mn nwlw (mmM Sunday) and .every.. Sunday mornin
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- MR.-JIARDT SHOULD
ITHOTJT any reference
, sonal honor or honesty
fair management for its'
move him from the committee or
TT7
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there was a stupendous scandal following the distribu
t tion of medals to the exhibitors and it is manifest to
everybody that a good deal of wort was done that will
i , not bear the full light of day, . In this direction the man
l "agersVrf the faif should see io it that Portland's skirt!
I are kept clean. That much Is owed
- i jnc lair iiscii ana uc pcopic oi futiunu uu urt(u
; f 'who have so heartily contributed in cash to Make the fair
success. :
; I i The journal has nothing against Mr. Hardt personally;
if $t doesn't even know him, but in th position which he
5 occupies he can practically "dictate the award! that 'are
,;,? made. Occupying such a position if there was nothing
, else to be said except that he had had the bad taste to
' . accept a money testimonial from some of the exhibitors,
, that -of itself would b enough to cause his removal from
the' position' which he occupies But in addition to this
nunora have followed Mr. Hardt from other expositions
' and while it appear that they have been disproves,
-f sundrypther rumors Itave begun to float about Portland.
It may jbe tree that there ! no foundation for them but
.7 once they'are started a man in thsj position occupied by
' Mr. Hardt is obliged to make explanations and when this
point ii' reached it is bad fpr "the fair anil fokMr. Hardt
' r Under all the circumstances the thing for Mr. Hardt to
. dp is to resign and the thing" ,for,the management is to
'accept his resignation and appoint in bis place some
; Qualified local man who will remain here and receive
the Justification or condemnation 'that his actions may
'i-call ' forth. f?i?j, ,:.
There should be no shadow of suspicion about the
awards.:, No matter how honest the may be, so long as
: ' Mr, Hardt holds his present position there will be ap
- .' parent justification for whatever 'may be said against
' them. " .-. '-.:;' .r ;:-;:V";. t;
" Vc." "iV'GOLD.'AND SILVER OP 1904.
"v HE FINAL ESTIMATE of
( " . L . .
rami. lor ui proauciion oi
I,: '., United States during the
shows an output of $80,723,200 in gold and $33,515,938 in
, silver, these figures being an increased production of
$7,131,500 of gold and 3,486,000 ounces of silver, as com
'. pared with 1903. The increase in the production of gold
was due chiefly 'to California, Colorado and Alaska.
' The largest gain was made by California, which produced
about $3,p00,000 more than in the previous ' year, and a
arger?'fnount than in any year since the sixties. The
v principal gain came from dredging operations, which are
Vfcxpected toshow'a further increase this year. Dredg
ing is pw' considered second in importance to4he
cyaide"proceSi in. new mftiing' methods introduced
, ,:within the past .10 years, .. . - ,.. .v .K-;fiV.-"'
V Colorado led in gold, with $24,395,800, and was a close
': second to .Montana in silver with $8,312,328. California
' was second in gpld, with $19,109,600? Alaska sent out
$9,30400; South Dakota i was fourth with $7,024,600;
; Montana next-with . $5,097,800; Nevada followed with
$40700; -Utah was next with $4,215,000, and Arizona
next with" $3,343,900. The only other states producing
. over a million in gold last year, according to this es
timate were Idaho, $103700, and Oregon, $1309,900.
In silver Montana led with $8,47298; Colorado followed
and Utah was a close third with $740,894, and Idaho
. fourth -with: $4,529,916V-- . zz?--
t If thifse estimates are po nearer correct as to other
' states than with respect to'Oregon, they are not worth
much. Nobody capable of judging places Oregon's old
production for last year at less than twice the amount of
V. this estimate and some would confidently assert that it
; was three times that amount, - .
. "PRINCIPLES"
t ' ' ' '.. jt ey't:-.
AND
U
HE NEXT congressional campaign," remarks
apromiflentRepubIican aspirant, "should be
conducted without personalities, but on prin-
;. ciples." Sy- j, ,":,'.
Memory recalls some such statement made hitherto.
J fact, as we reflect, ."Principles, not men," has been a
"slogan ever since we can remember, and probably . has
, been in vogue ever since the days of the continental
'"cohgresa.'! Bat while' the idea that" the thing to be ac
.' , complished is more important than fhe instrument of its
accomplishment Js a good and true one, it will not do to
rlan.ioo jnuch jpa. professed partyj'principlci," and over?
look the qnalifications of candidates. . v '. ' - .'.
: In fact, -it may. be said that in. American politics just
now the maxim should be turned right around, and be
made, to read: "Get the right kind of men; the prin--:-
ciples will then take care of themselves.". - l -
, "What are the Republican party'a "principles," or the
''Democratic party's, as applied to current and oncoming
affairs? The,' main 'Republican " party principle" is
"Protection to American industry and labdr," and on this
it has constructed a vicious and inimical tariff law, that
' protects the trusts at the expense of the people. The
Pearl for Muu Roosevelt .',
Manila Correspondence New Te-rk Sun. i
I--. News from the southern islands shows
that Secretary Taft and his party are
' , having . a srrt ' reception. - Particulars
of thstr welcome' to the dominions ot the
' nulUn of SulU have been received here. :
i.Ths young sultan was so taken with the
; enthusiasm shown. by Miss Alice Roose-
velt that he Invited her to remain for
" ever. '.. The president's daushte thanked
his majestr. but told him. that much as
she was enjoying her visit to his
- islands, she would be obliged to reUra
, to her family.
The sultan's formal reception to the
vparty took place last Friday In m, field
' outside the walls of Jolo. The American
party was escorted thither by a, bat-'fallcm-of
the -Twentieth Infantry, a
aquiulmn of the Fourteenth cavalry
mnd the Twsnty-eia-hth' buttery of field
ertlllery. In the field cnudlly at-ttv-ed
Keeros had assembled, hundreds of
. them mounted on decorated pontes. ,
The sulun ef Bulev dressed in 4
.nhivhby frock coat attended by ills mln
latere anA aocempanied by armed am
hnilla, bearers, rode ante the s.retia and
" greeted Secreury Taft. The congrees
' men and ladles of the party Joetled one
a not bar 1 their aaxlaty to hake hands
with his majesty. For two hours the
Americans were entertained with-a, pro
gram ot native sports, including A spear
ennee and a bull fight They were then
taken for drive . througk exaujalte
coonanut areves.': f ,
' , la tie evening there was a bail at tfcs
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ON DAILY JOURNAL
I NDtPINDKNT NKW8PAPBR v "K' iJ V ' V' ' .. : '. W-'"
J ;. PU5H?HEE BY. JOURNAL 4 PUBUSHINO CO,
' satsste, roruesn, Oregon.
RESIGN. i
whatever t the per
1 mnermev." inH thrrc vrn re.
of Ih B. Hardt the
own sake should re-
awards, in at. jlouis
soman and Jacksonian to the core. t
.' The fact is that
each person may
of circumstances
by the managers to
the Republican
"principles as
versa? Senator
: Senator Tom
public nfan more
B
cause he opposed
the director of the
tl.. .
president in? Is
goia sna silver in tne
calendar year 1904.
former assertion
was on entirely
any subject he is
supposes that the
The president
MEN.
taking a fence or
Army club The sultan attended It ar
rayed In golden and bejeweled eoat
and attended by 100 , armed - retainer
The monarch, through bis prime minis
ter, presented a pink ' pearl to Hiss
Roosevelt and a, - saddle . to ." Becretary
Taft The chief dattos also gave pres
ents. Miss Roosevelt receiving 'from
them ' three pearls ' and a decorated
saddle and Secretary Taft a collection
of hoi os and whips. '
The party sailed at daylight on Bat
erday and arrived at Malabang at day
light the net morn trig. Becretary Taft
Miss Roosevelt and the Misses Board
man and McMillan, accompanied by sev
eral congressmen, went by trail to the
town ot Illgan and arrived at noon, after
an interesting trip. All the party are
welL-.( , -a ' v..- '" "'' '
-Jt .? .1 m i ii i in n a "
Law In" Chinook, Waahington.
From the Astoria News-Herald.
An Interesting story i comes from
Chinook. Some time. ago Sam Olaen. a
Chinook trapper, waa arrested by the
Oregon authorities for violation of the
closed season laws. If If declared that
when be wsi taken before a Waahing
ton. Justice of the peace that official
waa Intoxicated and so helpless that be
fell Into the river while going from a
launch. 'It Is also stated that Olsea
waa fined lie, although the minimum
One provided by law is 160. and the
statement baa been made that the 111
was never collected, ' , . - -y ,
no. t. (Uimou
TIM Journal Baildtag, Fifth and Tenant.
Democratic party's 'principles" are "Adherence to the
principles of Jefferson and Jackson" and "Sound De-
j ... ,
Any one of. 10,000 Republican voters in Oregon who
might like to go to congress is overflowing with prin
ciples." And you couldn't scare up a Democrat eigibje
to the office whp wouldn't swear that e avss Jeffer-
"principles' are very broad things, and
apply them to a given situation or set
just as he-pleases and in many ways
Cleveland is a man of principle; so is j Bryan; they
diametrically disagree in operation. Who shall say that
standpatter is. not as much possessed of
the Republican tariff reformer ot vice
La Follette is a man of principles, jeer-
tainly, but so is Folk, one a Republican, the other a
Democrat. ' ""v " ' - - T ' rr"T"77"Jr?r
Piatt fairly Warnates Republican "prin
ciples, as he understands them. Oregon never had a
overflowing with "principles" than our
friend Binger Hermann.; Senator Gorman could, lay
down pemocratic "principles" almost ex cathedra, and
keep one eye on a tariff bill in congress and another on
the sugar ticker at the same time. '''';'-' ..'"'', ''r'--'
No, Brother, to speak plainly, this talk about "prin
ciples," as the term is ordinarily used by' campaigners in
a contest between political parties, is chiefly balderdash.
Of all the aspirants for congress ' that will be in the
field, one has' just about as many and as good "prin
ciples," using the word in its claptrap sense, as it is
mostly used in the jargon of partisan orators, as another.
What this state needs for these positions is Men.
Men that are capable. Men. that can be trusted, i Men
that are more than honest, that are sincere; hat are more
yet, utterly faithful to the people; more yet, that are pos
sessed of a high degree of moral courage. " " . 1
Elect such men, and as we remarked before,' the prin
ciples you prate about so much will take care of them
selves.. ' ''' :: ts' . . '. : ; v..-'-'"-: ! i-l '
CHARACTERISTIC ATTACKS.
ECAUSE SENATOR HEYBURN of Idaho chose
to differ at some points with the government's
, forest reserve policy, or to be more specific, be
the withdrawal of. so great a propor
tion of Idaho for forest reserves, fhe Oregoman lam
poons him as if he were a convicted land, thief and says
that he has "queered himself with the national adminis
tration." : :. , .A
- If this were true, what sort of light 'would it put the
no senator to have an opinion on any
.US a . .
suDjecs, even regaraing sometning toucning nis. state
heavily, contrary to that of the president ?. And if he
has. an honest opposing Opinion is he to be therefore
"queered," whatever that may" mean? Is the president
the kind of a man to show spite and malice toward a
senator on this account? ' ' . "
Senator ' Hey burn recently denied the Oregonian's
to the same effect, and stated that he
friendly term, with toe president, but
tbe. urcgoman persists tn Its false assertions, thereby
nofonly making Senator Heyburn out a liar, but insult
ing the president at welL a-:r.:-r .:
All this' Is 'characteristic of .the Oregonian, All that
is necessary to incur its abuse Is to differ with it, to hold
any other .opinion than it, on politics, religion or any
thing else.- It judges the president by itself, and as
sumes that if a senator ventures to differ with, him on
therefore "queered." But nojbody else
president is so narrow a man as this.
would probably cheerfully admit, that
he could learn something .yet about forest reserves, at
least iif particular cases, , and that he would be pleased
to have any interested senator present his views, and
would consider them carefully. Nobody supposes that
the president has "queered" Senator Heyburn on this
account i tit f- -t . ;
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NO RIGHT ; TO BE -RECKLESS.'' f ;
HE PRESIDENT' has no right to be reckless of
I his person, as, 'he apparently. is..vTh chances
. ; may be many tp one that no fatal accident will
happen in taking a long) hunting trip into the wilds of
the Rocky mountains, or going down in a submarine
vessel, or riding around New York and other cities where
another great national .' tragedy might easily occur in
spite of all precautions or. riding on. horseback -or- in
an automobile at breakneck speed near Washington
in one instance he was thrown from his horse while
in going to New Orleans while yel
low fever is prevalent there; but in all these and other
of his performances there is , considerable risk, more
than any president should take. ..'
Prident.,RooseTeltia., under special obligations to
exercise due care in this respect . He was elected by a
great popular majority because the people wanted him
to. continue as president, and by a far greater majority
they, would vote to-keep him there now, He has done
the country some excellent and appreciated service, but
it is ' not" over; along some lines it is scarcely begun;
and he owes it to the people to take no unnecessary
chances of personal peril.
A fatal accident to the president 'would' be a great na
tional calamity, for in his place would step very dif
ferent type 'of man, one whd while" patriotic according
to his lights, and not unworthy of respect, would not in
alt probability carry out the policies which render
Roosevelt especially valuable to the people. The presi
dent is not careful enough of his own life. .
. Drawbacka to Deep-Sea Flehing. ; :
' From the North Bend Harbor. ,
DeeR-eaa fishing as a business must
be monotonous work, but for a day's
outing It Is all right It requires an
artistic hand and scientific knowledge
to catch deep-sea fish. Ton find a
place on the ocean that looks as If It
might have fish down below. Tou drop
overboard a pound of lead and a lot of
hooks and let the line reel off -till it
strikes the bottom. Then you-lift the
line about two feet and wait Tou can
smoke or go to slespand after' an hour
or two you Imagine you have somethlpa
on ths end ot your line. Tou have, it
is ths pound of lead. Tou have held the
line so long that your arm has lost-Its
sense of weight . ,
Yon are sure ' that by this time you
have hooke'd." something and you begin
to haul in. About half way up you
stop end listen. You begin to think the
fish got off the hook. You know he had
been on, for you felt him., So you keep
on hauling to see if the bait is all right
It Is. The bead fisherman swears that
he never had such luck and moves ths
boat ever to another spot. This le how
It works the first, time you go. .
It la to Laugh. ;-''.','
From the Kansas City Times.
Cb,lna has decided to demand a largf
Indemnity from Russia and Japan 'for
damage done in Manchuria during the
war. If China isn't careful it wju make
even the stoical Xomura laugh. ,
SMALL CHANGS
A lot of Republican politicians have
been visiting Portland, pertly to see the
fair and partly to get their resors ground
V . ' , e e - .
The bulging Question with the fair sex
Hoopsklrta or ,no hoopskuts. i ' . k
, . e . e '; i .'.,.-':
. Shouldn't the city have a special box
ordinance attorney t
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People In a legally prohibition town
should make life' troublesome for a man
who persists In selling liquor (here. There
are plenty of places where liquor selling
la legal. -
The Rldden-Rader-Elllott-et at church
quarrel at Vancouver la another really
unimportant affair that the general pub
lic Is not Interested In. - . .
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The Philadelphia Item, a high tariff
ring, grafters' organ on all occasions,
says: "The mayor, under the teaching
of hla Democratic counsel, has become
an obstructionist and Is pandering to the
interests of the free trade party." But
Mayor Weaver will not mind such drlveL
: There's one thing to be said In favor
of Uncle Russell 8age: he wasn't mixed
up with the life insurance eompames.
-Mr. Bryan is really going; to aUrt
aeon. ;. .. , - .-, i:
A Russian woman poisoned four hus
bands. Pity Hoch hadn't , run. across
her early In .hla career.
. 4 .
'.Just one .week. y
Everybody go next Saturday but the
police and nremen.
- Judge Geynor concluded that If he
ran for mayor of.Jew Tork be would
be a loser.- ;-
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'Not a word heard about Rockefeller
today.';:. . :t - : '- u
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' Beuitable affaire are .new ' In euch
shape that Mr. Cleveland can go duck
shooting whatever shape that may be.
"Who ever knew of a Democratic com-
roll teem an asking tor campaign fundaT
, -J , ,-' ,-: .e -e ,'..
Hope down; beer going dowaV". (Orig
inal; copyright applied for.) . ,
The W. C. T. V. having complained
that President RoosereU reoelved a case
of beer, he explains, it Is reported, that
ho returned the case.' Not .to be re
filled, we hope. -. i. ;
" The stock ahow lg "lmmenae. -; .
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One thing for Portland to be thank
ful for no political campaign on.
Ge anyway 'next Saturday,' but have
an umbrella ready. -
PmhaMv Kw ' this ' time nana of the
council knows anything about the box
ordinance. . .
e e v .
The Russians will be allowed te hold
political meetings, provided they don't
say anything ag in tne government. :
1a eraather bureau measurer has as
certained that Mt Whitney Is iOS test
hleher than Mt Rainier it yen are
elsewhere, but Mt Tacoma If you are
among Tacomans. - -
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A farm near Burns, where grain has
never been raised tUl Utely. yielded SO
bushels ef wheat end IS bushels of bar
ley an acre. ?.- . . '-'.,'-. t
-...; : ' " " '
About f ,000 people around Milton- are
Interested I a water-rtght eult.
Between Burns and Harney City,
where three years ago there was noth
ing but a sagebrush plain, there la now
a continuous wheat field. "The grain
baa been raised by dry farming aystem
and runs about St bushels ,to the acre.
Eucene Guard: Eugene l Oregon's
educational center, a city ot high moral
standing, and ths proposed prissring
exhibition advertised here should be
given a knockout blow. If this contest
la not a farce, It should be prohibited,
and If It Is a farce It should not receive
Support of the Eugene public " .
A Corvallla man recolvad one order
for 11 doien Chinese phsaaanta at ft!
a dosen. . . . ..'!' ,,...;
Gold Beach Qlobei The Coos county
people has pity-on us poor thirst suf
fering mortals m the prohibition, county
of Curry. But oh how different with
our neighbors on the South. Our visi
tors from Del Norte alwaya have some
thing along, but never offer even a word
of sympathy. Surely it baa been a eheap
lot and not the average eltlssn that has
corns this way as representatives of the
great State of California. If so we are
frank, to admit that they, do not eom
pre. well with the average. Citlsen of
our own. dear Oregon. : ' -
Second
strawberries In Xane4
county good.
Willamette Valley Development league
at Eugene next week.
Watermelon shipments from Grants
Paee about over. rv - ,.
No ease of contagious disease now In
Astoria, but the city ' physician warns
parents to be careful.
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Many houses being built In Astoria. '
Ttrnwnavllla naonle kl'rklna ahnut train
service leave there at I a. m. and ar
rive in fortiano at suppsr time. .
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Albany college a good Institution of
Its class. , ' 'i t
Salem doesn't need a state fair this
year to prosper. , .
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' Tenth grade added to Harrlsburi
sobooL . ' ' . '.,).., . v, ..
An old Indian, who was a witness be
fore Judge Galloway in Yamhill county,
after testifying, rsmarked to ths Judge,
whom he hsd known as well ae his
father, for years: That's the God's
truth. Bill." And the . genial Judge
didn't try to stop the laughter yhat fol-
,vwvfc .... .... , j ....
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Many drant county cattle. Instead of
being. fed on Butter creek, Umatilla
county, through the winter, as formerly,
will be fed In Malheur county, where
alfalfa hay raised on recently Irrigated
land een be bought In large quantities
treat tl to Ji per ton,.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 1X3
" CON for TCODmiOW
By H. D. Jenkins. D. D.
Sept It. ISO! Topic: Review ef the
intra quarter.
Oolden text Jehovah la thy keeper
realms cxxl:l.
Responsive reading Psalms exxt.
tmtrodaotioal
During the paat It weeks we have
gone over the etory of Judah'a fall, env
bracing some account of those prophets
who kept alive the faith and revived
the courage of her people In that fateful
period. - It Is hard- for' us to under
stand the feelings of a people who saw
their national existence threatened with
uiukuuq, sinca to an American, ex
pension or territory and increase of
power seem to be the order of nature.
It la not difficult to be ODtlmistla
when our national domain broadens, our
national wealth Increases, , and our
churches keep paos with the progress
of the reoVhUo. - But what must It have
been in the daye of which we have
been reading, when great families were
running out and. the aurvlvors of fam
ilies once noted . for their - Diet v.. htd
beoome Infamous for their vices T ? We
can not too greatly honor the men" who
attempted to stay this downfall of the
nation. We should aoqualnt oursslvee
with the" conditions asalnst which they
had te contend. . We do not give te Jo-
sum ana Isaiah and Eseklel and Daniel
their due unless we try to put ourselves
in tneir place and seek to realise how
dark their skies, how few their helpers.
and except tor their faith tn God, how
nopeiesa tne ruture or their race. . But
with a tenacity and courage which were
born of trust they proclaimed every
where that the Lord Jehovah had bis
purposes to fulfill through the eeed ot
Abraham, and that a remnant should
be saved and In God s own time the
'greater than Solomon' appear.
Lesson 1. (II Chronicles xxxtl :-!!
With the coming of Hexeklah to the
throne we enter Upon the first chap
ter of the "decline and fall" of Davld'e
dynasty. - His heirs still occupied his
throne although not many of them had
brought honor to his name. But the
line aurvtved, - while In . the northern
kingdom usurper after - usurper had
aelsed the' scepter, reigning by. the eword
and perishing by the spear. Bat In
Hesekiah the people of JDdah' appeared
for a. time to have found one who in
herited something of David's eouraga
and faith. The sun of the nation waion
had , seemed near Its setting, returned
part way back toward Its aenifh. and ths
day which apaprently had drawn near
lte close, was by grace prolonged.'
Lesson . Isaiah xxxvlll:ll). The
king had sought counsel not of courtiers
and sycophants, but ef a man whe
spoke 'the' truth-without" tear and tn
love. ' The king waa strong so long as
he leaned upon the advice of the
prophet; and the prophet In hla prayers,
carried , before . Qod the fate of the
threatened nation and . Its discouraged
ruler. He in whose hands re the fates
of kings and peoples, . steyedfhe. fall
of Judan for a little season. ',- ..
Lesson . (Isaiah 1H:U; 4111:11). In
midst of hla visions of good and ill
Isaiah has the picture of Ose who obaU
be strangely enarred but dUlusly bean1
ttfut We have a picture which waa not
drawn! from David and not fulfilled In
Josiah. Who wea it" to bet 1 t The
best of 7udah'e klnge. suffered with
hla-people but not fo hls, people.
But here Is One.' supreme In the divine
favor yet suffering at the hands of men.
And. -this Ignominious death; was. to be
precedent te a world-wide conquest
This beloved ' of heaven ahould suffer
without complaint as a lamb Is led un
resisting te the shambles; he ahould be
numbered with the wicked end yet make
hla grave with the rton. What a strange
confusion ef Ideas; what an Impossible
conjunction of - experience The Jew
baa never te thle day found any one in
the history of his people who could ful
fill thle prediction; end the Christian
only One Jesus, the Son of David, ths
Child ot . Bethlehem, . the', Prophet ol
Nacareth. ;)'. ".
Lesson 4. .'(Isaiah lv:Mt): .But lag-
Ian aaes Still further. In a time of
overturning, -God's mercy .la aot wholly
withdrawn. . . On the contrary, now la
the midst .of gathering shadows the
prophet sees the promise of a brighter
day.. To a people far gone In Iniquity
he reveals a forgiving grace in words
which exceed la tendemeee the tender-
est passages ef the psalms. Just when
we should have expected the .thunders
of Slnal to . roll . anew With, deepened
reverberations, we- . see - the receding
cloud, a bow-la the heavens. Like a
tender parent who grows more patient
and forbearing and merciful as the prodi
gal grows more headstrong, so Jehovah
reveals himself In the prophecies of Isa
iah yearning most after hie . children
when hie children have leaat deserved
hie grace. - ---- ;- '--
Lesson vs. (II Cbron. xxxlil:Ml).
Row slight was the betterment of the
state under the reform Instituted by
Hexeklah, re eee in thecareer.of
Mansssen, son or Hesekiah, -who, in
stead of Imitating his father'a virtues,
returned te the wicked practices ot his
grandfather. - Nor waa he eecret about
it He erected In the most conspicuous
places the most depraved symbols of the
heathen cult He even Insulted ths God
ef his ancestors by placing in the temple
which Solomon had so solemnly dedi
cated to Jehovah, altars to the gods -of
the. east gods whose rltea were de
basing, eruet obscene and superstitious.
He eeeme te have assiduously sought
for msthods by which to publish his
contempt for virtue and his hatred of
all that had made his nation first among
the peoples of the earth. Then, aa with
a thunder clap, the old enemy ot Judah
swspt down upon him, and he waa car
ried away a helpless, miserable,' abject
prisoner, showing hla wretchedness In
the court of Assyria. He had a full
opportunity to see in Bsbylon what the
gods wsre like whom he had foolishly
wished hla people to adopt It some
times seems almost a pity that those
who spurn and hate and spit upon ths
Bible could not be for a little while
forced to live li a community where
there wae no Bible.
Lsseon S. (II Chron. xxxlv:l-lt) and
lesson . 7 (II Chron. xxxlv:14-18). The
eun breaks through the evening clouds
once more, end In the reign of Josiah
we seem to have the dial again turned
back. There, were a few good men In
Judah atilt and When opportunity waa
given they came to the front In the
temple the Book of the Law waa found,
and in Its perusal the yojmg king- la
deeply moved. He dues not for a mo
ment doubt lte admonitions. , He recog
nised the fact that the kings of Judah
and many ol her rich princes had pro
voked the wrath of a Just Judge. IS
his distress . he took counsel of that
aplsltually minded woman, Huldah. who
gavei to htm a gracious assursnce that
while the hurt of Judah was mortal, the
end would not come In his day.
Lesson (Jeremiah xxxvt:t!-l!.
But under hts successor the fatal plunge
Is no longer delayed. The word of God
which Josiah reverenced. Jeholachin de
liberately mutilates and then commits to
the flame a Life returns te the side ef
eelf-tndulrenoe. We can see the grave
l"os of the older men as they realise
ut this aotlon ef Jeholachin means.
They know that It portends the return
of all the unmentionable vires of the.
east a debased court, a corrupt govern
ment, and a . national career sure to
bring down upon the tend the Judg
ment or the Almighty. I
Lesson (Jeremiah xxxvlil:l-ll). The
fury of the king does not stop the
mouth of the brave prophet Zedeklah,
now upon the throne, seems toi have
hesitated Vo proceed to extremes, but
like Pilate in a later day. would waah
his hands while permitting . violence
which It waa hie duty to arrest Jere
miah, through the machinations of his
loss, is oast into a noisome prison with
tne Dejier that a raw hours would eur-
nce to extinguish the light of life and
silence the brave words of a prophet
who, like John Knox late, "never feared
the face of man." In alt hla contest
with the court Jeremiah stood for his
country and his God. He waa not one
who loved to criticise, but he wee one
who would not hesitate to speak. Mean
while the catastrophe which the prophet
had foreseen waa hastening te its crash.
Lesson 10 (II Chron. xxxvl:ll-ll).
Twice the king of Babylon laid siege to
Jerusalem. , It wag not the wish of
Nebuehadnessar to lay waste the coun
try or to kill off the inhabitants. Hs
believed that the present ills of the
people were duo to the vices of the
king and the folly of hie advisers. Hs
would remove the ruler and the pa
trician . families , who , constituted hie
court But . ths policy which - ha had
used In dealing - with - Jeholachin (II
Kings xxlv:lJ) he abandoned la deal
ing with zedeklah . (II .Kings xxv;U)
He threw down the walla and destroyed
the rates of ths City. He carried to
hla capital all that he could use . In his
grsat public works, and it wag there
that the mighty prophet Eseklel (Les
son II Esek. xlvIIU-U), and the
great administrator, Daniel (Lesson It
Dan. I:l-S0), rose to honor and fame.
In these darkest daya the pure gold ot
their character ehone forth They, at
every- cost to themselves, kept the fire
of faith alive. ' They -Insisted that Je
hovah would yet In some way to be
revealed, restore them or thetr ehll
dren or their children's children ta the
land of thetr fathers. - And with the
brave worde and noble deeds' of these
sons of the captivity the lessons of
the- quarter come te their, close.. Dur
ing these three months we have seen
how little noble birth counts without
nobility of Ufa and we have also seen
how Impossible It le for an adverse fate
to crush the spirit or destroy the in
fluence or a really great hearts
RUSSIA IS STILL "A'
WORLD POWER '
' From the Waahington Poet :
Ih -defeat ef Russia In the war with
Japan does net evidence that Russia le
not a first class power, nor that she
would not be formidable tn a war -with
a people In reach of her. ' Japan waa
thousands of miles away and fought at
her own door. Russia waa unprepared,
and expected It to be a contest of that
old-feshtonsd diplomacy front which the
skillful est liar emerges victor, japan
was prepared and had been resolved for
yeara that when the claah came It ahould
be a. real, war f rom which- theoom-j
be tent emerged with vtotory that had
the better army In the neld and the better-
navy on the eea. And thue It wai
that Russia, waa beaten before She got
ready to fights t fa . n .W r ; J t i ....
it waa history repeating rtseir it was
the. Rome of Crassua contending with
the Parthlans; it waa Charles of Bur
gundy at war. with the Swiss: It was
George ni crossing the ocean to con
quer Englishmen; it waa Napoleon the
Great sending his finest troops under
his bravest marshals to find defeat and
death in miserable and despised Spain.
Scores of exsmplee might be cited, and.
notably, the expedition of Aldblsdes to
Syracuse. . England a recent nght with
the Boere waa an exception to the gen
eral rule, and It waa a very costly busi
ness.
But neither the German nor the Brit
ish csblnst thinks Russia other than a
first class power. All she neede la more
money and more civilisation, both of
which are attainable, to be a very ugly
enemy to either England or Germany,
or to both ef them. England and Ger
many know this; Germany ta not dis
mantling any fortresses on the Russian
frontier, and " Kitchener is preparing
India for the long expected assault of
Russia - . v
Meanwhile all the cabinets ef Chris
tendom might find food for meditation
in the declaration of Count Okuma. the
leader of the progressionist party of
Japan, as follows, to-saitl "Manchuria
must be restored to China when we heve
pulled out the roots of ell ' future
trouble.". - - :" - ' - ' -'
That Is what Russia said two yeara
ago. That le what the fight was about
That la what we any of the Philippines
that we will get out ef there as soos
aa we can - make - these Immune-to
trouble Who- la te be the Judge In
the case of the Philippines? We ere, ot
course. . Who Is te be the Judge in the
case of ManehurtaT Japan, ef course.
And as Btr Andrew Aguecheek -re
marked about the duel, Christendom will
i Japan - damned ere it challenges
Japan'a Manchurian ' policy, whatever it
may be. I y M- . -
'.;-- - To s New Bsbjr. '
S. W. Glllllan In Baltimore . American.
Ltttle kicking, cuddling thing, . .
Tou don't cry you only elngt ? .4 "
Blinking eyee and stubby nose, ', , ....
Month that mocks the budding rose,
Down fair hair, peach blows for bands
Ah-h-h-hl Of all the. "baby grands"' '
Any one could wish' to see, -
You're the finest one for met
Skin aa soft aa velvet. ' -' . '
God (when yoe were only His) -"
Touched you on the eheek and Chin,
Where he touched the dimples in,
Cresses on your wrists as though 7 "
Strings were faetened 'round them SO
We could tie you tight and keep v j.
You from leaving while we sleep, " ';'
Once I tried to look at yon '
From a strangers point of view; -
Yon were red and wrinkled; then
I Just loved, and looked again; .
What I saw was not the eame;
In my eyee the blessed flame ,
Of a father's love consumed
Faults to stranger's eyee Illumed. v' .
Little squirming, cuddling thing!
Ere you shed each angel wing.
Did they tell you you were cent ' .
With a cargo of content . .
To a home down here below ' v
Where they hungered for you set
txf you know, you flawless pearl,
How we love our baby glrti
Where Her Kick Cam Iru . '
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
A West Virginia woman, whose hus
band sloped with the tilred girt declare
mat she is not complaining because f
his absence, but to be robbed of a good
servant when Mary Ann la so much of e
problem le A horse ef another ooler, r
; vnrrij THS ZZ7V
HOTEL IN TH2; WOULD?
'. From ths London Kitnnia T
If ana excenta th H hw.iM. Unf a
Lucerne, which eannnt h. ,nnnuu
by sny rrval In any country, the-aver)
age English hotel is more luxuriously
and tastefully furnished than the aver)
age .foreign, hotel. But unfortunate!
one cagnot lunoh off aaddlebag loungei
or dine on alabaster pUIars. The fooJ
supplied by the palaces which line thJ
coasts of our island la abominably bad.
Roma DMnU , h.r. am . n. . v. . ... i. J
are accustomed ta good cooking Id thel
own names, out wno reel it a matter o
patriotism to, put up with the garbag
wuic-n ta aervea up unaer pretentlou
names: thuv think' n th n,iiah imi
a national Institution which must keel
us tan up in tne presence or foreigners
But Why do the foralaaara. rh l,av
HO SUCh motlVSa tA aiiataln thai,. mr
tyrdom.' suffer the ordinary hotel man
ager and his menus T WU. the numbs
wi i rancu ana utrmia Tisitors in OU
seaside hoeels la small, and 'being la 1
minority In a enuntrv akAu Kriill
they tare honeatlv afraid of the An nn
hi.- . I , .".
Sue American tourlata '. stick to th
e towns, which absorb the best loo
in the country . Th m,lw4t k
guests la the holiday hotels era draw
irom ins ncn Shopkeeper class.;
'Abroad K Is a verv different atiwJ
Everybody in and about a foreign hotel
mm tne neaa waiter down to the unde
coo as, taxes an interest and a pride li
nis ousinesa.- , in a' British hotel th
servanU sesm ashamed of being caugh
mlmsteiing to the creature eemforta o
others, and evsn ths Gelrmaaia
IUllans catch ovsr here the surly, list
less air of English cooks and watt.rJ
How sweet la the aalle a manger of th)
lorein noxeu Its' lone French- wtonnwd
and Us faint odor of fried butter anl
vaniuai - - i. . .... .. v.,-. ... . ...
France' le the country ef culinary ex
iremes; there the' cooking Is elthei
very good or very bad. The Idea tha
the humblest French inn will orodun
an appetising dish ta a myth. Wa hat-
had some -of the most nauseous aa well
m some or the most exquisite meals :
France; and outside the large town
a French hotel, unlees it is in tha
of receiving English and American vis
'tors, will have sanitary arrangement
euch aa those described by Arthu
Young In the eighteenth century.' "
Of the hotels in the United Statee !
omy remstns to he said that they ar
four time as expensive as Rritiai
hotels and In every point excent tha
ef eervlce four times ae good. The dol
tar goes almost exacUy as far es th.
shilling,'' That Is to say. yon" par elan
dollars, I e.. tS shillings, for, a' rood
on the fourth floor ef an America
hotel, accommodation . for which yt
would pay eight shillings A day m thl
country. -
Attendance In the shape of gettlm
your bell anawered. hot water brough
or boots cleaned,' le elmply non-exlst
eat In aa American hotel. But In cltlr
like New York, Chicago, Boston en
even remote towna like Denver, th
cooking ef the restaurants and th-
quality of the food are as good ae yoi
would get In Perie. The linen - an
the sanitary arrangements of America i
noteis leave nothing to be desired.
"Unquestionably the worst hotels "U
the world are those In the east in- In
die, or Singapore,' Hongkong and Shang
liai. - v-.' .tv v '- ; '.'' '
Having ran' ever nearly -the whol
world we ere ef opinion that Ahcbee
hotel in which the- fastidious travel
can hang up hla hat la the Oriental Pal
aee ,at Yok-chama.
Near' ths f?nlutnhla river. ' ''""
September 21 The chiefs and rwar!
rlors were all assembled this momlnsf
and we explained to them where ' w4
came from, the obiecto.of our visiting
tnent and our pacinc intentions toward
all the Indians. This, being conveyed
by signs, might not have been perfect! 4
comprehended, but appeared to give per
feet eatlsfaction. We now gave a meda
to two of the chiefs, a shirt tn addltlor
to the medal already . received b?
Twisted-Hair, and delivered a. flag am
a handkerchief for the grand 'chief ot
his return.. To these were added
knife, a handkerchief and a small plec4
of tobacoo for each chief. The Inbsbl
tants did not give ue eny provision!
gratuitously.'- We therefore purchaeed
a' quantity of nsh. berries (chiefly red
haws) and roots, and in the arternooi
went en te the second village. TheM
Twisted-Hair Introduced ue - Into hH
own tent which consisted, however, oi
nothing snore than . pine bueh.es ,anl
bark, and gave us some dried aalmoH
boiled.- We eontlnued our purchsse
and obtained aa much provisions as oui
horses could carry. In their . preean
weak condition, ae tar as the river. Th
men exchanged a few old canlstera foi
dressed elkskina, of which tbey.mad
ahlrts: srreat "crowda of natlveaar
around us all night but we hav noi
yet missed anything except a knife and
few other articiee stolen yesterday
from a shot pouch. At dark ws hsd K
hard wind from the southwest nccom
panted with rain, which lasted half arl
hour, but in the morning tne weatneo
waa fair, ...... ;,'.. i. :., ;..4 ;.'
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Baker and the Primary , Law.
From the WoOdburn Independent (Rep.)
State Chairman Frank C Baker kindly
consents to give the direct primary at
! trial tta InMniataa that this law!
will not be" In existence after one trial J
But will the trial be fair If euch meni
as Chairman Baker bold a formal meet
Ins- of erstwhile Republican leadersj
under the gules of a love feast and seek
to blind the people with recommenda-i
tlona as to candidates?.. Whst will bf
accomplished by thle proposed lvj
feastr The fsct of the mstter Is that)
Baker and others through - the dlrecd
primary will soon, be out of power, Thel
people will not only choose their noml-l
neee for office, but win select the com -I
mltteemen, who will tsks charge of the
organisation. This la the real cause fori
worry on the part or- riaxer, wno ha
mads a political error In not cheering1
for the direct primary and In asklna-
ths leaders to assemble. HA ae well a a
Senator Fulton, has made a grave mis
tske in not submitting without suhtsr-l
fugs to the will of the people. - Tbeyl
gain nothing in masmg tne people, inn
fatuated wltn the eireot primary policy,
mad. and they wtlL lnAlme, learn that
the people are filled to overflowing Wlthl
resentment at the recent action. -.
i'Vl fV Cindld Vlgw.,
From the Eugene State Journal.
Two two-legged brutes named Nel-I
son and Brltt pounded each other is.
rounds last Saturday In San Francisco.)
te gratify beastly curiosity in a greet
crowd of people ef low Instincte and to
ke money . for v tbsmseivea. Nelson
won In the eighteenth round. About
1 11.000 -was paid to see this beastly
show, when tii eoiild not have been re
alised to see anything decent or useful.
LEWIS AND CLARK
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