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; MR. HILL AND THE
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TAMES Jr HILL is a remarkable man for one in his
position for taking people, particularly ' farmers,
J , inta hi confidence, and encouraging them to work
ill connection with himself for the development of the
regions through which his roadf run. In fact, he is a
remarkable railroad magnate from
inent of the country it hi hobby:
i Aiked 'about railroads-when in -
lay he said: "Don't talk about railroads, but tell me
.about the growth of your city and- the development of
the country." He will attend to the railroad end of the
business, he means, if the people will come, and pi oduce,
and improve,- and make - business for-.-the railroads,
though he has shown his willingness to build railroads
In advance of people enough to support them, but they
oon came and justified his faith. -; ! . - --.At
Wenatchee Mr. Hill warmly, and feelingly coa
Yatulated the people on what they had done and were
""doing-. They all pour water on his wheel, bring grist to
bis mill, but on the other hand he. makes it possible for
them-to -cultivate land and engage in business profitably
and to prosper. So long'as his roads
Is not disposed to charge "all the
ao keep producers' noses on the grindstone. ..'
Previously on his ; present ; trip Mr. Hill made two
or three -speeches , at fairs,', addressed particularly to
farmers.. lie is not an orator," but
very interestinglybecause he thoroughly understands
his subject, and because what , interest him also in
terests his auditors. ., He is himself a
model farms in Minnesota, and he
has siitce urged that wheat raising
give way to dairying, stock-raising, fruit-raising and other
diversification in farming that should
busy a greater' part of the year "and
pf one crop' comparatively innocuous.
"Mr. Hill advises farmers' to'stick
make the most of them. He frankly
this is In the interest of his railroad,
that he and his railroad associates are really in close
partnership with the. farmers. It was jelf interest, but
of a broad, admirable kind, that dictated his donation of
the best breeds of cattle and hogs to farmers along his
railroad, but be thus practically taught and helped a
great many farmers besides. " : ,
Mc Hill in hit talks readily acknowledge! that the
prosperity of producers depends largely upon reason
able rates of transportation, and he makes quite a strong
"showing in favor of the proposition that the railroads
have. been treating the farmers fairly well in this respect
The average railroad 'rate per ton per 100 miles in the
United States in 1870, he says, was $1.99; m 1880, $1,17;
in 1890,' 91 cents; and in 1903, 74 cents. Again, in these
reductions the railroads acted in their own as well as
the people's -interest,' though, scone railroad presidents
and managers have not perceived this to clearly as Mr.
,-Hiii. v-; -yv:rr-' y ? " ,
This great railroad president will be here Monday in
connection with a movement of railroads with which he
is connected of great interest and importance to Port
Jgnd, and though he. may not address himself here par
v JLiinjlary to farmers, whatever he has to. say will be heard
and, read with close -attention. I Mr. Hill is a man who
dislikes "fuss and feathers," but he and Mr. Elliot will
be accorded an enthusiastic welcome. '" '" 7 '..'
'OUR TRADE WITH THE
A GOVERNMENT, estimate recently tent out h
' thai $3,000,tXX),000 is the arithmetical measure of
i , the commerce -ol the orient The-population -pi
Asia and Oceanica it approximately 850,000,000, which is
about 100,000,000morethan that LalLthc .rest of the
world combined. The land area of the orient is 18,000,.
. 000 square miles, and that of all the rest of the world
34,000,000. Yet with over one third of the earths land
area, and over one half its population, the commerce of
the orient is only a paltry $3,000,000, while that of the
, rest of the world is $19,000,000,000.' The average per
- tapita commerce of the orient is only $3 a year while for
'the rest of the world it is $27 per year..
, i The oriental people do not produce and consume as
tnuch at western peoples do... They have less than one
, "tenth of the worlds railways, of which 28,000 piles are
In India and 4,500 miles in little Japan.
, The foreign commerce of China, with 400,000,000 peo
ple, but no railways, has grown but $160,000,000 since
1870, while that of India, with 300,000,000 population and
' n extensive system of railways, has grown $258,000,000,
iand that of Japan, with only 45,000,000 people, has grown
. 1215,000,000. ; -'. " .; '
; All the countries of Asia and Oceanica now import
about as much in value as the United States exports, yet
our share of those imports is only about 8 per cent We
' tell to the orient about $100,000,000 worth a year, while
Europe tells there $600,000,000 worth. '
i But what is the outlook for the future with respect to
, Oriental trade? - Bright We are now gaining in this
trade much more rapidly than any other nation. In 1903
all Europe -gained $45,000,000 as compared , with 1900,
while in the same period the United States gained $49,
000,000. .''.Europe gained 20 per, cent, we 50 per cent
. Our purchases from the orient have increased from $32,
000,000 in 1870 to $190,000,000 in 1904. We buy of them
; raw, silk, tea, hemp, jute, tin, goatskins, etc., and sell
them raw and manufactured cotton, mineral oils, manu-
factured irorTand steel, flour, meat and, other products.
- No other nation has the advantages that the United
States has- to increase its oriental trade. And no part of
the United States is so favorably situated for this pur
pose as the Pacific coast On the Pacific coast our sea
- - frontage it 12,500-naatica! miles while that of the United
Kingdom is 10,000, of Russia 6,000, of Japan 5,000, and
of China 3,000. The Panama canal will give direct com-
. munication between our Atlantic coast and the orient
but with many competing transcontinental railroads tbV1Kcn -v'ry
bulk of oriental commerce will pass through Pacific
roast-port. And not the least, and possibly the great
est of these will be Portland, i ,
", Not only will our percentage of imports to the orient
grow, but its imports will increase per
will be built in China and elsewhere, and production and
consumption will increase The-people -will demand and
buy more. A government statistician estimates that in a
few years onr exports to the orient will increase from
one hundred millions to five hundred millions a year.
Most of this will go across the Pacific. Much of it-will
pass ihrough Portland. - , .,
Forgets Fiancee's Nam. : . ,
3, Horn, who claims Walla Wall as
bl abiding place. Is in hard uck, says
the Walla Walla Statesman. '
While Mr. Horn' was sauntering around
the show grounds when Bamum's1 cir
rus visited the Oarden City, he chanced
td meet up with a blushing maiden. An
Invitation le drink "red lemonade and gb
'no the big tent was accepted.. The day
tr en and the young' couple were
intlng better acquainted and Just as
i shade ef eveoiug were falling the
O N D A I t:Y
PUBLISHED f BY; JOURNAL PUBLISHING COL
street, rpruana, Oregon, ..'..).
FARMERS.
THE
HERE
would
ness depression
the fact that develop
Spokane - the other
In tome lines of
increase during the
temporary falling
whole have no
most substantial
of foreign' capital
are doing well he-pdencc of the estimate which the wealthy and. successful
traffic will bear" and
h .always speaks
farmer, having two
long ago learned ahd
should in large part
keep the farmer
render the failure
to tneTr farms, and
acknowledges that
I
T. BEGINS TO
but reminds them
me principal
the' beef trust,
administration to
no important cases
splitting sophistries
The next thing
of dollars off the
insolent violations
trunks, or watches,
It looks as if the
ORIENT.
V PLINQ
hey'have
fair, is a
ular approval and
- OTHER
REGON, and
debt of
of other
nave unaouDieaiy
capita. Railroads.
young -man-decided that without thle
Eve life would be one dark, dismal des
sert of despair. : ..
The day ended and the maiden, to
gether with her parents, left- for . her
home "near Freewater." Within the
course of an hour or two after the young
man had rallied hie senses, ' he 'dlseov
ered that he had forgotten to Inquire Iris
flaneee'e name. For a few days he was
buoyed up by the hope that she might
return to town, butane never came back.
Now, torn by conntcttng emotion, his
brain a revolving mess et imaginary
-J O U R N-A:L
jo. ivcamqxji
,Th Journal Building, Fifth and YajhaiQ
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PAIR BRINGS LUCK.
ARE THE CROAKERS who were
predicting that the Lewis and Clark fair
be followed by a period of serious bus
in Portland? Apparently they have
taken to the woods for they are no longer in evidence.
But a fortnight remains before the exposition will close
its gates and every careful observer of financial ' and
commercial conditions in "-this city is convinced : that
there is not' the slightest danger that any general reac
tion.will follow. - , , . ....
t ride which have had an abnormal
exposition there will of course be a
off in the volume-of business,' but
those tv hoi e profits" have been extraordinary can well
afford a return to normal conditions. : Business men as a
reason to fear any serious setback. In
deed Portland appears td be entering on a period of the
growth and prosperity in its history.
"The bonds of excessive conservatism and of indiffer
ence which for many years have ' checked .the city's
growth, have been broken. The extraordinary influx
which is in progress is a striking,eyi
men-of other cities place upon Portland's future. The
railroad kings have awakened to the significance of the
handwriting upon the" wall and the Vast plans, of the
Northern ' Pacific anq Great Northern are but an in
evitable recognition of the citys destiny. r 7"" -
Governor Francis spoke truly when he assure! the
people of Portland that the -idea of a reaction after the
fair was a bogey which none need fear. St: Louis had
its pessimists yhoscjrcdictions were even more gloomy
than those of our own Jeremiahs, yet St. Louis is ex
periencing an era of prosperity unequalled in its history,
The same experience is in store for Portland -
-MUST-STAND-TRIAL,
LOOK as if the big beef packers,
picmDers or tne comome Known as
who have to high-handedly plundered
the American people for many years, were likely to be
actually convicted and punished. The federal judge be
fore whom-their cases are pending has decided against
them "on all technical motions, as We federal judges here
did in cases recently tried, and -probably they will have
to go to trial before a jury. The, federal courts .have
evidently been impressed with the' determination ol the
bring the big rascals to justice, and in
are allowing technicalities and hair
to protect them. . . ,
is to secure a jury that will convict
these millionaire packers, if the evidence show that they
have violated the law. . That the evidence . will show
them to be guilty no one teems to doubt, but even m
that case it may not 'be' easy to secure a jury that will
convict -Yet, as has occurred here in .two notable cases,
this may be done, and then, if the verdict and judgment
are sustained, punishment will follow. And as the presi
dent himself has .said, it ought to be imprisonment as
well as fines. ' If these men have gained tens of millions
common people through audacious and
of the law, they surely deserve heavy
punishment, nothing less than imprisonment as well as
fines, fully as much as the smaller thieves who steal
or a few dollars in cash.
big packers might yet learn what is
meant by "a square deal," and that they as well as poorer
folk must respect and obey the laws. j -
FORTH THE FLAG'S.
HE SUGGESTION thatjlags be, used There than
been, during the remainder 61 the
good one, and ought to meet with pop
cordial response. The national em
blem is a good thing to display on any holiday occasion,
and is an indication not only of a patriotic spirit in a na
tional sense, but in this case will be taken as an evidence
of loyalty to the city and state in the matter of helping
to make the Lewis and Clark exposition a great success.
There are but 16 more days of the fair, and while it
hal been expected that the interest in it would some
what flag and the attendance decrease during the last
two weeks, this need not be the case if everybody will
do his and her part to keep up the interest and enthus
iasm, and a display of flags will be a sign of Portland's
lively loyalty to the fair. . ,
Portland people have done very, well in theirsup
port of the exposition, though eastern visitors some
times criticise our apparent lack of enthusiasm. There
will be many such visitors here during ;the next' two
weeks, up till the fair closes, and let us show them that
we are not lacking in appreciation of our beautiful city
and of the splendid results to Oregon of the exposition.
The state and ks rhetropolis have enjoyed a fairly pro
ductive year, and prosperity-generally abounds'. The
harvest is over, the second fall month is at hand, the
life of the exposition is now short, and the most should
be made of the remaining time.
Fnt on a holiday appearance, make the city bright
with bunting, fling "Old Glory" to the autumn breezes
everywhere, and so make the last days of the exposition
its brightest and best days.
STATES HELPED MUCH.
Pprtla'nd in particular, owe a large
gratitude to the governors and officials
states, especially those adjoining Ore
gon, for their cordial and active support of tht exposi
tion." Governor Mead of. Washington, Governor Pardee
of California, Governor Gooding of Idaho, Governor Cut
ler of Utah, Governor Brooks of Wyoming, Governor
Herrick of Ohio, Governor Folk of Missouri, and others.
fr,end'y attitude toward the fair, and
contnouiea greatly to its success,
Governor Mead, recognizing the, benefits to, accrue to
Washington as well as Oregon from the exposition, not
only, declared, opening day a holiday in that state, but
took the same action with reference to Portland day, a
compliment to this city that it should and doubtless does
appreciate. r r-m ' ..' ', . ' 1 -
Without the generous cooperation of these states! the
fair could .not have been-a success, and Oregon and
Portland are under deep and lasting obligations to them,
and hope and believe that the entertainment, instruction
and future accruing benefits will ric'hly repay them for
their irlterest'and efforts in this behalf.
-a.-
Chinese plnwheels, he Is searching for
bis lost love. .. , .
With only a small clus to work on
she ha light' hair and reside near
Freewater he Is searching. dJUigently
for the eWeet heart he found and lost
In a single day hie circus queen.
Mr. Horn has been at ' Freewater for
three or four days, but as yet has fonnd
ng Turther eTHe io"hie Taay Mtn whre
abouts. Will some Sherlock Holmes come
to his esslstaneeT- . -
Tou can get the flavor ef II fee hick
ory, without eating the shell, - ;
SMALL "CHANGE"
Still many- capitalist ar after Pert.
Iand real estate. '
It will brush eft when It ta dry.
K you didn't go todayor It yeu did
-co tonlfht "
Mr. Hill will receive a foordtai wel.
come In Portland. r t
r
Matrimony is also on the boom,
. . '-. .
V Portland will be on tb map here-
arttr.
Secretary Bhaw'e "first gun ' his
presidential campaign", wae not a very
toad one. ' . j.
Put out the flag.
. Msyb It is a coincidence, but "Hylic"
it composed of the first letters of the
nam; Now Tork Uf Insurance- com
pany. . - '. : ---- . ..- -,W . '
. .,. .: ' -.v.
Pretty "aillet down town today. . '
Of eourse, Pat Crowe' travel would
not be complete without,. a visit to the
exposition.
s : . ; ,
. There's time enough yet te go today
or this evening. . Qet Into the crowd,
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It Is to be feared that M. Tntte Is
somewhat of a flatterer. ! '
llow manyRepublicaBa"are going to
run for governor, anyway T If aspirants
keep bobbing tip till nx( spring as they
have so far there will be about 700 of
them. .
..
Perhaps Mr. Hill's remarks will be
more entertaining than Mr. Harrlman'a
were. -
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-Will It be I0O.0O0T
Hood River should have the biggest
medal.
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Tou can go up till 'll o'clock.
' '
The Canadian Pacifle may eom lnte
Portland, too. The more the merrier.
. . ,
No kicker gets a hearing today.
.... .
People all over the state take pride
In the State university at Eugene..
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The Santa Fe also has Us business
eye on Portland via the eoast . Come
along. -
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Everybody " can't ' have " a "day," but
everybody can make thie his day.
Ground getting light for football.
Don't let the bunkoman or the hold
up man or tbe burglar get the beat of
you.. v. ; - :J --- --
Never mind the mud. :
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Nearly 14,000 yesterday, 'for.
wst,
eold day, wasn't bad. . w
The law In some states against mis
cegenation Is all tight, but the Missouri
Judge-who sentenced a woman to ten
years' Imprisonment (for marrying a
heard. ' and expressed regret that he
eould not punish her more ' severely,
must be badly amictea witn race preju
dice.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Four newcomers from Galesburg, IN
Iinoianrrrved "In-Independence having
been sent for by thetr grandfather. They
are brothers aged 11, 10, 8 and 4 years.
They came through without any escort
and It was the Judgment of those on
the same train they didn't need .any.
They were all sprightly fellows and
knew how to look out for themselves.
a .
Albany ha a male bigamist.
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Crook county Is Just now Indulging
In considerable notoriety because of the
recent discovery of a monster sea ser
pent In Crescent lake by a party of
campers who saw the monster at sev
eral different times. It Is said the thing
ha a heed as large as a washtub and
Is about SI feet long.
Burns has a women' cemetery Im
provement ssaoclatlon.
Mongolian pheasants ripe tomorrow.,
e
Now the land welcomes the plow.
Oregon educational Institutions pros
pering. -
All the towns down the Columbia are
gradually growing and Improving.
Although several houses have been
built In Med ford ' this summer many
more could be rented.
A Condon lumber Ann Is building a
flume It miles long.
The North Yamhill Record says gam
I "being killed Just the . same as of
old, regardless of the law.
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No district fair at The Dalles this
year. Too close to Portland. -
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From !. S-t acres a man near Har-
rlsburg picked SOI boxes of hops, which
when dried made an average of 14
pounds per box or a total of 1.(11
pounds of oured hops, or 1,800 pounds to
the acre. ,
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Albany College,' says ths Herald, Is
showing new life, hss a capable heed, a
good faculty "end Is altogether worthy
of local, pride and loyal support.'
TheWoodburn- Independent 1 a
chronic fair knocker.
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The town of Fossil's fine gravity eas
tern of waterworks Is paying for Itself,
in spite of the very low rates (S1.2I per
month for each family and IS per year
for irrigation) that prevail. Recently
$1,000 jtns, ps Id off. ' -i
'
Though tens of thousands have been
picked up, agatee . seem Just as abun
dant as ever on "Agate Beach," In
Curry county. The ocean throws In a
supply from some Inexhaustible source,
as yet unknown.. ,. t
e
Oatakanle JlaJmovcrJJ000populai
tlon. 7
The Houlton Register thinks Colum
bia county lias nearer 10,000 than 7,000
inhabitants. . ..
j SUNDAY "SCHOOLTXES-
OKJSH tor lyWUKKUW
BUND AT SCHOOL LKSSON '
By H. D. Jenkins, D. D.
October 1, H05. Topic: Daniel and
BelehasaaiwDaniel v:l7-$0.
Golden Text The face of Jehovah Is
againat them that dov evil. Psalms
ax xi r: it.
Responsive Reading: Psalm 141.-
Xatrodaetloa.
The Jews were in .nantlvlfv. TUhv.
Ion. the. restored capital of the empire
over whloh Nebuchadneasar had reigned,
had reached a helghfof power and glory
unparalleled, having recovered from tbe
temporary eclipse cause by the rlee of
Nineveh. Belshassar, who was asserted
by critics to be "an Invention" of tbe
author of the book . wa ara atudvlna
u nut a real personage (jewisn cyclo
paedia. Vol 1L page 6$. 104), left
hia mark upon monumente recently un
covered. He was probabty Ure-gran
son or tne conqueror of Jerusalem. He
probably reigned as coregent with hie
father, Nabonldus. who is .mentioned in
Inscriptions still-extant. Upon all such
questions .those who wait for further
light will have least' reason te retraet
confident assertion. . . v
The Centura ot Babvlon' waa tha. re
lease of the Jew The lesson intro
duces us to the closing scene In the
history of this dynasty. Belshassar,
like many a feeble potentate, appear to
nave neen a vain or hie capital as
though It had been hia own creation In
stead of his Inheritance.' He consid
ered it a sign of the pre-eminence ot bis
god over the god of rival nation At
this feast, which prsoedes the fall of
the, city, Belshassar determines to cele
brate the victory of Bel oyer. Jehovah.
For this purpose he had the sacred ves
sels of the deetroyed temple at Jeru
salem brought In for the use of Bel'
worshipers. "It was a studied Insult to
Jehovah. He would degrade the God of
tae Jews In the eyee of his captains
and concubines. At tbe culmination of
bis blasphemy his empire and dynasty
fell. The stroke wae as -sudden as tns
fall of a bolt f rem heaven. It wa ae
Irremediable, a the fall of the .degen
erate Roman empire when Mohammed
II ewept over the wall of Constantin
ople Ave centuries ego.
-Cyrus, the conqueror of Babylon, was
the king of Elara, Media and Persia.
Herodotus tells ue he took the city with
out a battle. The fall of Babylon made
possible the. return of the Jewe to
Judaea, although until ita last day, cen
turies later,, there always remained a
Jewish quarter in the city. But rhat
return so dramatically, not to say
miraculously, brought about was. the
turning point In the history or tne He
brews, now stnjohing over 4,000 years.
There was never again to be an Idol in
Jerusalem. There were later wars and
sieges and catastrophes and apostasies,
but there never was any question of the
survival of Israel. The darkest hour
was before the dawn. The final return
f ths Jews to their native land and
their acknowledgment of Jesus as the
Messlafi. will doubtless come when to
the eye or unbelief least possmie. -The
Xesspa.
Versa 17. Daniel, who had stood high
In the -councils of Nebuohadneszar (ch."
:4), wee by Belshasxar apparently Ig
nored (v. 11.) It wa neceeeary that
the queen should remind the troubled
king how greatly his predecessor relied
upon his counsels. He does not pre
tend to heve ever seen Daniel (v. 14).
But be eonfesaes to Daniel hi appre
hension. V He promise great rewards If
It should prove that Daniel could make
elear to bira the meaning of this por
tent, this writing flashed upon the wall
of hi banquet chamber (v. It). He,
grave a were his fears, seems to have
had no thought of the extinction of
thnt kingdom which he offered to divide
with sny diviner who would make
knownJW hint the purport of this omen
(v. Tl). It was at this Juncture Dan
iel speaks the words of the first verse
Included In the lesson, and assures the
king that what he does, he does as a
servant of Jehovah, not from hope ot
persona gain.. '
Verss IS. Daniel, whoae name ha
ever since stood for physical courage
snd moral heroism, goee back to those
paet years upon which Bslshazsar had
put a false construction.' r'or purposes
of hie own, Jehovah suffered Jerusalem
to be taken. Before his death Nebucb
adnessar bad admitted that be wae not
a victor over Jehovah but simply an-in-etrument
In the hands of Jehovah. '
Verse IS- Let the eon exalt hi an
cestor a he would, Daniel would not
be outdone In this. Neboohadnexsar had
Indeed" ruled over many lands, but. It
was because he wa to csrry out purpose-,
whloh had been foretold by the
prophet of Israel and Jtldah. In the
king hands lay the live of men, be
ceuse Jehovah needed at Just such a
time' such en instrument of power. This
glory of his anceetral house was a be
stowal from that same" Jehovah whom
Belshassar has been Insulting m the
preeence of his retainers. ......
Verse tO. But he should not forget
that this king whom Jehovah had
raised up, Jehovah abased. What was
Belshassar beside the conqueror of Jeru
salem t What had he ever done that he
should defy the living God who hum
bled his most Illustrious predecessor in
the moment of his highest exaltation?
Verse 11. It was no ordinary reverse
that Nebuahadnessar met. Jehovah did
not call In any more powerful monarch.
He did not lift against him a single
spesr. He did not Incite hi troop to
rebellion. He did not move hand upon
his life. . By sudden, mysterioue and
most trying? affliction he ' made him
first pitiable and then revolting In the
eyee of those who had honored and
feared him. The last vestige of reason
disappeared and the (here animal exis
tence remained. Thle wa not a pleas
ant thing for Belshassar to hear, but
Daniel did not refrain from ; speaking It.
It wa fit that Belshassar should come
to see Whom It wss he had despised.
Verses 12, 2$. Now Daniel tume di
rectly from the past to the present. He
Is not dealing with the father, but the
son. This Is not history, but present
transgression. He who best knew, or
ought to know, all these things, .with
less power of personality had done more
to provoke trial of strength between
himself and Jehovah. He .hsd. played
the foot In ascribing dominion to mere
stocks and" stones. Let httn abide by
the result. . . .' '- . , ' .
Verses 24, 16. The hand disappeared,
and . there remained es In phosphor- i
escent characters upon the wall certain
letters in whloh both the language ot
anolent Babylon and the language of
more recent Judaea were written. In
all these Vmfuagea the vowel charac
ter are omitted. If from Daniel's In
terpretation translated Into English, tbe
vowels were dropped, many might still
be In doubt what Daniel really 'said.
The Rueslsn Jaw prints hie Yiddish dia
lect In Hebrew letters, but his langusge
Is ft eorruptlon of German. Unless a
man understands both German end li-
brew he esn make - awtMng - - e) - Ttd -
dlsh newspaper.
Verses S5-JS. Ths words literally
were: "Numbered; numbered; weighed;
divided.'' "lerei" le the singular form;
."upbarsln'! tbe plural of tb same .word.
The first and the last words are for
empUaitls' Mk riMl. 1
the enigmatical message a thougu it
were a cablecram In whleh a word-code
stand for a sentence: ' The days of the
dynasty of Nebuchadneasar- are num.
bored.- The personality of this little
king, this petty despot, tht Idle and
blatant fool wearing - a crown, is
weighed. He Is too Insignificant to
serve God's great purposes, ripening
fast. - His kingdom will tie reft from
him this night. It will be divided and
paroeled out among the victors. The
hour hae come. The bell tolls. The
kingdom dissolves. A new chapter Is
opened tor Israel and the world.
Verse St. The king was at least
faithful to hi word. Some petty rulers
are true to their promises as a matter
of pride. It is. however, not Impossible
that Belshasur hoped there might be
some way of wardln . off by favor
shown the prophetthe evils which the
propnet bad himself foretold.' If,
seems now te be believed, the real ruler
was Nabonldus. the son-in-law of NebU
chadnessar, and Belshasxar was only a
regent who delighted to ignore hie
sna ciaim autnorny oireci iron
'- illustrious grandslre. be eould In
eeed -. make Daniel only "the third
ruier, sine he If as himself but second.
verse so. it doee not take many
words to record, the end of euch a life
a that of Belshassar. - When most
ooasttul of his glory, he Is dragged
from hie throne. When moat boastful
ox nis power, he is found to be weak as
water, when surrounded by hi thoa
sand of courtiers, he Is discovered
without a friend. And when lifting
high his hand' against the Almighty, he
Is dispatched by a hand so obscure that
amor- nas not told who struck th blow.
.One Of tha lessons which we ahnuM
learn from this story is to beware4' of
profaning things that are holy. Bel
shassar was guilty of many sins, but
Jehovah chos for the moment of his
punisnment the moment In whloh he de
filed the sacred vessels of the temple.
Whatever pertains ta the 'worship ot
God should bs
civil states do not place upon the same
level wrongs committed against a shop
snd a Hshurchr Nq-manls reaulrsd b
the state to en Kara In worahln. but ha
may not dleturb other at their devo
tions. , Sacred words, sacred, vessels,
sacred buildings, are always vsnerated
aPd an only desecrated by the
bad. No eup of silver or gold can be
"""--rea as me name or God; no church
so sacred' as the word of God. . It Is
possible still to commit the eln of
saorilege for which Belshasxar was
jiunisnea. ... ,
uL PERSECUTING -'
old army Officers h
Mrs. JoTin A. LogsnV
- (Cepyrlght. 1908. by W. H. Hearet.1
It seem a flat has gose forth demand
ing the retirement of aU mankind from
the activities of life before men have
reached three score and ten years, no
matter how vigorous the persons may be
or now efficient In the particular work
Inf which they ire engaged.
Congress having fixed an age limit for
the. officers of the army and the navy,
so as to make promotion possible In
these two Important branches of the
government, there has been a constant
pressure by the young officials and em
ployee In . the civil service to procure
legislation that will apply to the civil
branches. , ;
Failing to-secure enactment by con
gress of the various bills which have
been introduced for the purpose of es
tablishing the same' rules In the -civil
as in the others, there has been syste
matic persecution of older officials by
subordinates to force them to resign.
It may be that with ths increase In
population and consequent multlpllcetlon
of interacts and duplication of labor that
a general law should be passed; but until
STrcbTlaws-ara-Tjn the-statute books It
does seem pretty hard to retire capable
men from positions whlh they continue
to fill properly. Naturally tbey-cannot
expect to be retained beyond their abil
ity to discharge their duties efficiently
Most Individuals are keenly aware ef
their own deficiencies, and are wise
enough to retire of their own volition.
If, however, they are blind to their own
Infirmities, then the service requires that
younger persons should relieve them,
but In all cases their successors should
possess qualities that fit them pre-emr-nently
for the positions to.. which tbey
are elevated.
The tendency Is to crowd persons out
of positions long before they are eligible
to retirement especially In the political
field, and we hear constantly the cry
that thle one. that one and the ether Is
too old to remain In hlgb positions,, par
ticularly In legislative bodies. .
A United ' Statee - eenatorshlp, for In
stance, I the smbltlon of so many men
that there Is continuous rivalry for the
much-coveted position. It requires more
than one term for a man to attain
prominence in the august body. If he
Is fortunate enough to secure re-election
and becomes a leader, he excite the
envy of every eligible man in his state.
and must henceforth battle heroically to
retain his' seat.
After a .third election the cry of old
age Is heard, and, though he may be
In the prime of his life and usefulness,
hs esn rarely Overcome opposition found
ed on the charge of decreptltude. Con
sequently tbe nation and the govern
ment often lose their most valuable
servants because of the clamor of youth
for place, , ,
- Land Boom After War.'
Consul-General gammons' Report From
Nluchwang.
Ever since the Japanese-Chinese war
prices in Maochurla have been advanc
ing. In land there has been a "boom."
Small tracts that were purchased a few
yea re ago for small sums are now being
dispossd of at small fortunes. Desirable
tract In the foreign eettlement sell as
high as 18.000 and 19.000 gold per acre.
Following are some comperlsons In
land values In .gold per square foot.
These figures show a decline In values
following the Boxer troubles and con
tinuing until the Japanese got the upper
hand: ISO, tl.ltr 10S, 7 cente; 104,
0 cents; 1906, $3 25. A parcel of good'
residence land which was "bought for
$2,100 gold three years ago was recently
old-for I1MW gold. The advance In
.prices had been very marked during the
present year (1805). particularly after
the battle of Mukden. :
One of the oldest foreign resident pf
Nluchwang hae been paying for yeare
$17 gold per month for a small one-storjr
houHO. This summer an enterprising
Japanese merchant offered $200. for the
premises. A Japsnese shipping firm
located on the "bund" Is paying over
$200 gold Pr month for a very ordinary
double off ly end storeroom building
whloh for the past 10 years did not net
the owner $25 gold per month.
Zigzag Heredity. . j
From Life.
4T - WhonT - do - your twontttlePbyere-.T
semble, Mr. Fllttert
"Well, the homely boy lonka like his
father and acts like me. and the fretty
on looks like me and act like hie
tather."- -r-, - -; -;,' ... , j
" X.' '
GIRLS. EFFUSIVE...
EPISTLESTOBOYS
" ' By Beatrice Fairfax. ..
Girls, 1 want to Impress on you the
Importance of 'being careful about the
letters you write' to young men.. , -
A girl thinks nothing et entering
Into a correspondence with ' a man
whom ehe barely knows. '
' Ther Is no harm in this If her let
ters are merely friendly, chatty epis
tles. -. . "'
But to writ a sentimental latter to a
comparative stranger la a great mlsr
take. -
Men, even tb best of them, are pro
verbially careless about personal let
ters. . i -. . .
. Business letters are never allowed to
be about, but personal letter ere left
lying on bureaus or in coat pockets, and
any dishonorable person , who cares to
take the trouble may real them.
If a man 1 in love with you he' will
treat your letters as sacred and take
good ce re that no one see tbeaa save t 4
.himseir. . -
ut girls write to' many men who are
not in love -with them and In whom
they themselves have only a passing
Interest; .
And these are the lettere that I would
advise you all to be careful about . '
Say nothing en psper that you would
hesltats to say by word of mouth.' '
Say nothing that you would, blush to
hear read aloud. : t - - '
You know little about' the men ta
whow you write, they may boast about
your, letter, and even show it io other
men.
That eounds very dreadful I know, '
but there are all sorts of people In this J
world and they must be taken Into con- .
slderatlon. Y
Save your love letters until theA
right man comes along. He will ap-
predate them and treasure them.
. And you will be all the happier for
the knowledge that there are not tu
merous sentimental lettere bearing your
signature scattered about the universe.
A love letter. Is sacred and ita con
tent should only be known to two per- .
'sons, the Jhe who writes It and tbe one
for-whom iHr Intended;"'-" : 'r
Before you put your soul on paper
oe mignty sure that tbe man to whom
you are writing love you and that you
love him.
vPon't practice on other men. ' ''.'
Let your first love letter be written to
the right person. " "r ; ' . r
Never tell a secret In a letter.
There la no knowina- Into whoa hanria'-
the communication may fall end youi
secret become publio property.
vnen you write to a man there I no
necessity that your letter should be
stilted or stiff. - 1
Be. as bright and cordial and enter
taining ae you like. .
. But always remember two things.- ...
Never be foolishly sentimental and
never say anything that you will regret
having written.
Discretion is of Inestimable, vein In
letter writing. -.- .v .: ;.- v. '
"Who la 'that woman?" demanded the
w.t. . v - u- .. -, . : I
V, IU,,
"God help
me, chlfd. Klf your .
mother!"
"My mother my Go, shaje white!" -;
"Who eald ehe wasn't r '-, , .
"Steve Daubenyrt ' . ; -
"Bteve you 1 liar!"
(Gnn play).
.1
Lottie Blair Parker, aided by Joseph.
Grismer, contributed to the stage a
really worthy- article In "'Way Down
East" But . "Under Southern Skies"
well, she got too fsr from Maine. It
doesn't ring true. It Is almost entirely
an exhibition of the blood-boiling possib
ilities of melodrama snd a first-night
audienrepresumably. posted en theat-.
rlcal life, sat In the Marquam last night
ind wondered why In the name Of hard
benches William A. 'Brady ever allowed
his wife. Grace George, to appear in that
play. For she Is, to say the least, a
competent actress who has drawn large
Audiences into the Herald Square thea
tre season tit and season out.. The
company visiting Portland wa char
itably termed mediocre. . ' I
The intention of the authoress was -
good. . She had a splendid theme and
some situations that were bound to
thrill. But they played out The first '
act is as talkative as. an 'exposition
phonograph and too much time le
wasted. In reviving Interest, after that. '
In the second act there Is an amateurish
tendency te strain for effect Southern
hospitality may or ' may not be a f
myth, but when It goee so far that two
hot-blooded rivals, with gun drawn,
refuse to shoot each ether because they'
re on a friend' premises, chivalry,
hss disappeared and it Is high time to
undramstise tbe Mason and Dixon line.
The scenery was fine. . The audience
wa large, - The player were numerous. -Tbe
engagement close this evening.
BAUD WHITNEY.
Near the Columbia river. .
September 10. The sick began to
J ; THE PLAY ;: 4
LEWIS AND CLARK-
feci)
be- X
crult their strength, the memlng be
Ing fair and pleasant The Indlane pass
In grsat number up and down tbe river, .
and we observe large quantities of smal
ducks going down this morning.
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Insurance Maxims.
By Wax Jones. '
It' a wise policy-holder that knows
his company' politics. -
k-' Few persons would rather be right
than president of an Insurance com
pany. .
Get an you can nonesuy, ir neces
sary. t .
Remember,folitlcal conviction ar
almost, a dangerous as criminal con
victions. , ....'
Expediency le the beet policy. '
Tbe high financier doesn't 1st - his
right-hand man know what hi private
secretary le -doing.--t- 1
An honeet man s the noblest work of
God and the more there are the less
competition for us.. , . t
Save a little out or your income, and
spend as much as you can out of other
people. . j
Don't-smile when Invetrtigated."- Re-
member, tbe policy-holder, . although
sometime' In the way. Is a necessary
evil and likes to take himself seriously.
Never ' speculate with your own
money: . . . ,
Speak softly, and grab all you can. f
Give every man -a square deal, and
yourself a little better One, .- , .
. . . ' Bpd Either Way. ''
- Trbm the DuTulhNews-Trlbune,
vynen a town Become aissatlaned will,
Its hbme bund either the band la no 7
earthly good or It has been mixing up v
too much clsssloal stuff with Its rcperv
toll. ',-'.',"''"' " ' . '.( '
a. t avii--anM ukuaMw. ft hums iftntui
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