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I. . fLAiiDrc ;.zcc:ir AY, CL I Mi - OREGONfSUNDAOUIl INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER, -' -: - :-- : -T" -f AN c a, lAcxaoa PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING; CO. no. . aoi VACSS AND COST OPUVINO. ' vN A RECENT bulletfn Issued by the bureau of Isbor ! I J , it is shown that the living expenses of the average if ; family increased between 1890 and 1904 by large . percentage.-without anv corresponding increase - " wages. While the average, laborer' receives but little ) If any wore wagestharr he did 15 years ago, he must , pay on the whole perhaps 25 per cent more to live, ana : ' it is ; further ' ascertained officially that the . ordinary retessary expenses of an average family consumes 95 A ptr cent of a . man a wages. .:--.. ' , - -.-)-' . .N ; - The increase in .several common necessities is as fol- lows:" Farm products, 212 per cent; other foodstuffs, (11.1; cloths and clothing, 9.8; fuel and lighting, metals and implements, 9.6; lumber and building ma - 1 trrials, 22.4; drugs, 10; household goods, HJ.i A more J specific examination of foods show many heavier in ' creases that seem to warrant -a far higher percentage J average than that given. For .example, beans, salt beef I and bacon have sons np 13 per cent, eggs 80 per cent, ; herring 59 per cent,, pepper 65 per" Cent, currants .30 per "'"cent," flour 35 per cent, and on." "The lovTaverage" 3 'obtained by putting in nutmegs which have decreased ' 55 per cent, prunes 43 per cent, and a few other articles that figure but slightly in a familjrs yearly food. I The view is brightened somewhat bf; the fact that : farmers and producers generally have been getting good prices, and their prosperity helps industry and com ! meree, but -a large percentage of their profits is eon " ) turned in the increased cost, of things they have to buy, - ; and the wage-earners of the cities are not swift to per iceive the partial and indirect benefit to them of high priced products. ; .' . .-'.,.' . . ' I- j ... It is often pointed, out that even though the cost f 1 necessaries baa thus increased, the American wsge ; earner is far better off than the European laborer, re ceives much higher wages 'and lives far better in many 'wars, and this is true, but this is a very different coun trjr from the 6vercrowded"Ihdrasa-dorninated"lcountries of Europe, and oar workingmen are entitled to far greater rewards -for theif toiL An American working -man should be able to support a family in comfort, and 'even, before old age "comes creeping n,"vto possess home of his own. . :,. .' . -- The fact is-that if there were a "square deal" indus trially, wages would rise proportionately with the rise in the cost of life's necessaries to the workisgman. - But the price of many of these necessaries is an artificial : one, -made by combines for the purpose ol making, mil lions out of the people, and not refunding a fair share ; :to the wage-earners. The beef trust can put up the 'price of meat, Mr. Rockefeller can advance the price , of oil, the steel trust can nearly fix the price of its prod ucts, sugar goes up or down at the say of the sugar trust, the highly protected clothing manufacturers combine to - - make big profits, in every city there ia a fuel combine, ; - the coal barons raise the price of coal every fall, and so it is all along the line, and at the end of the year the - common wage-earner finds that he baa been getting the worst of it. Even the hens-seem to have it ia for him, and become ao laxy or contrary that he can seldom afford: eggs. ; .. v 5: . It may be and probably is true that in a great many ".cases, perhaps a majority of cases, employers are paying 'all they can afford for labor, and that the wage-earner - gets all he fairly earns, but this does not obviate the other fact that while a comparatively few men have ; been making millions during . these, prosperous times - the workingmen have been daily contributing thereto : in increased prices without a corresponding' benefit in increased wages. - -1 .. , ,. ... :t-: .j. - ,'.' ; .-,;' V:; '.'', : gone ia the summer girl. 'f 7T XHILE we will have much rainless if not clear - TW-weather yet this fall, it, is manifest thatJhe w, summer is ended, and gone with its many other attractions and delights ia the Summer GirL. No . snore this year will she exist to charm, to entrance, to ' enthrall and to madden, except in bitter-sweet memories, in connection with the perfume pf flowers, the soft i rustle of dainty, fluffy dresses, tantalizing bathing suits, seaside or. mountainside idylls, . country, and river rides, moonlight confidences,, and soft, warm,, fragrant breeze- kisses of the summer nights. The 'Summer Girt baa dis appeared for eight months. ' -'-f ; But what is the matter with the Autumn Girl who has ; ' taken her place? . Nothing at all, except that she is as distractingly if' more reservedly charming than the Summer GirL' As instead of summer flowerage we' have autumn fruitage, so instead of the Summer Girl we have for purposes of contemplation and admiration at least the Autumn GirL' The blooms were sweet and beau tiful; but better 'for practical purposes ia the fruit ) The Autumn Girl is much the same as the Summer . Girl, under the surface. She is clad now in heavier cloth, fashioned into a tailor-made suit and the tan has disappeared. As the' winter approaches you. may see ber going forth-stiU conquering and to conquer, clad in '. the modiste's latest creationa (in violet and lavender, is it to be?) or charming in renewed domesticity in the not too brilliantly-lighted parlor or, let 'us hope, betimes .busy with household duties, and smiling at remem brance of the summer's picnic times. . . . . . v . : For some swains the florists' bills, will be convincing . '.evidence before long that the summer ). is past; soon . throughout ,the country the orchestra iwill tune up for the projected dances; soon the ice' cream and soda : water sellers will have more idle. time on their hands, i while the fuel men will get busier and all partly on ac count of the transformation of the Summer Girl into ' :th Autiimn.GirL' '. '?,"(: ) !:-:g;.,: . .5 t MOVING '' IN THE RIGHT t LINE. r HE MEETIC of the Willamette Valley Devel opment league at Eugene voiced and within the sphere of its influence crystallized the' feeling that the railroads owed a duty to. the state and that they ; should become developing rather than repressive agen ' cies. The general tone of the meeting waa conservative. ; 'There was no disposition manifested to take radical advantage of the railroads through legislation, but there ; was a firm and unmistakable tone that the time had come for the railroads, as the only agency which could f. undertake the work,, to push branches into the interior of the state and bring its development np to the l ' stsndsrds enjoyed by its neighbors. ' . v , -Meetings such as these are of the highest importsnce ; to the state. Drawing together men from various sec tions tends to give them th,e same general point of view. . In the past Section has too often been arrayed against , section to the disadvantage of the whole. - It waa mainly - , due to the lack of intimate knowledge ol one section , about, another, that led to misunderstandings thst at ; times were disastrous. It is now realized as never before t'.at the interests of all sections are identical and that ' what benefits one 'must benefit the others. That this conclusion has been reached is mainly due to the better , understanding which haa come from just such meetings l.ht..bJd..during,the pait-WeekjLEuge.neMostj) , the men who attend them have a serious purpose in view and the result of their work cann6t fail to do good. The summer girl isn't gone.- She has merely changed tn dothta,;,.', .- . ...,;;;. CONTEST BETWEEN AUSTRIA 'AND HUNOART. HE POLITICAL CRISIS in Hungary, of which there have been mutteringr for t loftg time past, has reached a point where the union between that "country and 'Austria is "imperiled. " Backed by "a maiontv in the house of representstives-ana an over whelming popular sentiment, the leaders of the coalition party hare visited Emperor Francis Joseph with what practically amounts to an ultimatum on the -terms, of which, theyi would consent to form a. cabinet . and carry on a Hungarian-, governmenU ' The emperor- banded them an ultimatum in return, in which he required them to form a cabinet, -without an promise, to. grant any of the concessions asked. ' So, as has been the case for months oast. Hundart'is without a responsible govern ment, and there rahst .bieIdiog'n ' one aid or the other, or a rupture, befprc long. ; . - The struMle is essentiatfyf befween Austria as repre sented by . the aged emperor-king,, and. Hungary, which has long chafed at the union; ; Fifty-seven yeara ago Louis Kossuth headed a delegation of Hungarians whb obtairiedrOHnEmperiprtFerdinand-a constitution for .1 '- a. t -. aU'aamma !ma 4nlliian,i,1 in securing one for Austria, in consequence of which cor-? dial relations were established between tie two coun tries for a time, but these have been embittered by almoat half a century of bickerings. Kossuth recently said:v"The Austrians bate ua because they know they have wronged us"; but the Austrians suspect the Hun garians of aiming -at a- total disruption -of .th union. Though, as in the . esse of Sweden rand Norway, one kinsr ruled over both countries, the Hungarians con sider themselves, a the Norwegians hsve done, a free and equal people. v , o-i . ,r 1''-';-' ' ' Trouble between the two countries has been acute for six or seven years, caused chiefly at first by the Vienna, government's attempt 'to increase the number of . Hungarian recruit- and the annual grant to the cr6wnr"Trhe""premier;Saell,"w" forced "to teaign," ahd the objectionable measures were abandoned, but ob structionist tactics were continued for the avowed pur pose of forcing the Austrian government to consent to the use ' of the' Hungarian language in the schools. churches,' etc, and the national Hungarian emblem? the trouble in Jiungary being much the same as in Poland and other provinces subject, to Germany and Russia. The government refused to accede to these demands, and trouble has ybeen rife ever since.' Questions of taxation and parliamentary reform have also ariaen and added to the strife, and at the last election a coalition of parties opposed to' the" Austrian government elected a large majority of the house of representatives, and it ia this body's demands that the emperor has stubbornly refused to- grant. u.s.;.lr..Tri , .-.-w-.-w., Undoubtedly a large portion of the Hungarian poli ticians aim at entire independence, such aa Norway is apparently about to obtain peaceably, but the dual mon archy in southern Europe may not be dissolved so easily or peacefully as the dual monarchy of northern Europe. Francis Joseph is not m so oltant mood aa King Oscar. even though he ia at the head of a polyglot empire, the most discordsnt ana antagonistic known t to modern times. , A .. .; -: - - -.. 'i i .;:.'.. -. CONSUMPTION, OF WHISKEY AND BEER. T HE ANNUAL REPORT of the United States commissioner of internal revenue should sfford some satisfaction and encouragement to the tem perance workers, for it shows that in the year ending July 1, 1903, 704,040 fewer gallons of whiskey were con sumed in this country than in the preceding year. - As the population of the country materially increased, the reasonable conclusion seems to be that we arelbecoming a more temperate people, so far as whiskey .is-concerned. It U true that during the ssme period there waa- a considerable increase in the consumption of . beer, but almost everybody will agree that beer is not aa bad and dangerous a tipple as whiskey. A person does not be come intoxicated ao readily on beer, nor, taken in mod erate quantities. Intoxicated at all, and it is not so fre quently as whiskey the cause of crimes. ':a To ssy that beer .is far less Harmful than strong liquors is not -to. recommend its use, for most people have no good occasion to indulge habitually, or ever to excess, if at all, in either: but since the facts are as stated.it might be practical wisdom for temperance workers. to make their fight against these two beverages proportion ate to the barn they do respectively; to Concentrate their forces chiefly ' against the more dangerous and deadly drink.1- r'''"'"' - . - .. AMERICA'S FARM PRODUCTS. HE VALUE of ' American farm products this lar perhaps when all is counted up a record : breaking year totals a sum beyond the com prehension of the average mind to conceive. ' When we ssy that the value of American crops this yesr ap proximately equals all the products of, the world's gold mines for 30 years past, one's intellect ia staggered by its stupendousness, for- it means close to $5,000,000,000. The value of this country's crops in 1899, according to the 1900 census, was $4717,069,973, but this year it is expected to be perhaps $200,000,000 more. The wheat crop is expected to foot up 700,000,000 bushels, second only to the crop of 1901. - The corn crop is estimated at 216,000,000 bushels, a record-breaking figure. The cotton crop has been Isrger before, but the value this year. will be up to the average. And then there are the barley, oats, rye, hay, hops, fruit, butter, cheese, eggs, livestock, poultry and other farm products, totaling billions in value. The eggs alone will be worth nearly $150,000,000. V f ; :- ' :-; "'' : Production in most of the greet crops has more then kept pace , with '.the increase of population. In . 1870 38,000,000 people produced 287,000,000 bushels of wheat This year 83,000,000 people produced 700,000,000 bushels. Of "corn we produced in 1870 760,000,000 bushels, this yesr about 2,000,000,000 bushels more than then. . To' move the wheat crop' alone would require 24,640 trains of 40 cars each and railroads are so numerous snd well equipped that not only this crop but others are transported in a few weeks to the centers of population. wherever in this country , they are needed, and the sur plus to sesports to be carried across the oceans to feed the' hungry of other lands. Todsy a million freight cars on 300,000 miles of railroad are moving with or for crops, and few of the millions that they feed ever give thought to the prodigious aggregate work - of the American farmers and the American railroad men. The corn crop for the most part is not thus transported, but first transformed into beef, pork, hams, bacon and dairy products. - Last yesr we sold $84,000,000 worth of csttle and meats to the United Kingdom alone, largely the product of American com. Cotton is of course the king of crops in the southern portion of the United Ststes, and four fifths of the peo ple of the world who wear cotton fabrics depend upon the cotton of the United States for them. Some goes to Cluna.and.otherxiriental-iounlriei..Tomta jouthern Europe; it goes to all except the Arctic countries, and its wesrers are of every race and color and condition. J Yet while production has increased faster then pop- ulstion, owing to better methods of tillage and better implements, consumption has also increased fatter than population. We eat more or better thinrs than our par ents did, live better, and perhaps waste more, so that the .proportion of .exports, to products becomes less. Yerwe shall help feed the world for a long time yet, for the .volume of agricultural products can be almost in definintely increased in this country, to which end irriga tion will greatly contribute. " 'V. " ,,'' " . Farmers are as a rule prosperous, and many of them, particularly in the west, have become well-to-do, yet it is rouna inai xne average farmer produces omy aooui $800 worth of crops a year, so that a large proportion ol them, if able to keep wolves .from their doors, are not getting rich rapidly. ; " - . ' We have become agriculturally. . marvellously pro ductive people. Enough crops are raised to feed all our own people though some get a scant share and hun dreds of millions of dollars' worth are annually sent abroad to less fortunate peoples. "The "farmer feedeth alL end greatest among , all, greater than; all others combined, is the American farmer. , THE SUBJECT" of good roads is receiving much . .. I attention and it deserves even more than it gets. People living in the cities are particularly eager to point out the advantages of good roads in the country while they entirely overlook the extreme importance of goodjoads in the city,:. In a climale sucfr as PortlSfidV the need of welt kept and well paved streets is obvious. Such work as has been done in recent years carries with it an object lesson which is palpable to every beholder. There is no municipal question of greater importance than that of good streets and sidewalks. In the past three, years 'Portland haa made wonderful progress-iri the right direction, but there is still . very much to be done. In the thickly settled sections of the west side particularly there s no good resson why broken wooden sidewalks should be tolerated. Owing to litigation cover ing the general question of such improvements some of these- walks have oyeonneglected to such a degree that they have become positively dangerous. Jiow that there is daylight iqjhis direction no time should be lost in placing the sidewalks in a condition. of repair,' Port land should hereafter devote much time to the question of ita streets and sidewalks. Some of its business streets are still in a shocking condition, while many residential streets are, almost equally bad. Whatever it costs no better investment could be made than good streets and sidewalks. Portland above most cities should keep this fact constantly in view, not only as an element of con venience but as an investment , ." -, ... ,- SEPARATE HOMES IN CITIES. I N A GROWING CITY, sure to be a large one, like Portland, alt possible encouragement ahould be " given to people of moderate or small means to own their homes, or at least to live in separate homes, in stead of in flats,-tenements and apartment houses, as most pf the people of New York City have to live. This is due in part to its restricted area for such a vast pop ulation, now almoat if not quite 4,000,000. , Philadelphia, on the other hand, with plenty of Toora for territorial expansion, and not being the entrepot of immigration as is New York, haa long been noted as a city of homes. The amplitude of the city'a site, and the-iimitless extent to whIA cheap transportation can be made available, of fer - perpetual Inducement to Philadelphians to seek and maintatin separate homes,', snd this having years ago become the rule rather than the exception there, it has grown into a custom.' Politically, Philadelphia haa acquired a yery .unenviable reputation, and it seems that separate homes did not induce political " morality and vigilance, bat we may suppose that the corruption there thst has long been a stench in the nostrils of the nation is a result of the long, absolute and unscrupulous dom inance of Cameron and Quay,, and occurred in spite of. surely not because of, so great, a proportion of separate he A ' r.''"i to a -recent officii! report -Fbila delpkia Las J,117 separate homes, which allowing for fiver - ins to a family accounts-for the city'a total top'.:' )il ... , ; Flats snd tenements are a necessity in a large city and it well constructed are a convenience to many and not to be unqualified: condemned, yet the 'ideal urban life for the family is in a separate home, in a house by themselves, with a bit of a lawrt and rosebushes in front, and if possible a bit of a garden behind, room for young children to romp without going out "on the street , or tearing the furniture to pieces and where, when the members of the family are collected in the evening, they are in privacy and sequestered and undisturbed as they cannot be in an apartmerit bouse, fronting, on a noisy city atreet.' '.. '.' ..J,-.- ....... .... , 1 Portland, js. a .cfty of large, area with many attractive suburbs, and with ample transportation facilities the indency, manifest here recently, to get homes, in most cases. by purchase, is one. to be commended and en couraged. The more people that own their homes, or that being impossible that live in separate houses, the oetter ott tnetcity will be. Of course there are no such strong objections to the flats and tenements here as to those in a great, densely populated city like New-York, yet the separate home instinct, is si good one', and there ia plenty of room to exercise it in Portland A family with children should have a separate hoirse an"d"groundr-fo:ftslf,-ana"a city of many h6meswill aiwaya be rightly : regarded aa a preferable residential city to one where a large proportion of. the population u nuddicq .together in mid-city tenements. A . PLATFORM THAT ,WON IN NEW JERSEY. OUNG MR. COLBY of. ew Jersey Wua gang member of the state legislature. He was not I - a -gangster at heart, but a student of practical affairs. '.When he got his. bearings he began to act with a degree of independencethat was4ery offensive to the bosses.- He wss notified thst he could not return to the house; id return he informed the bosses that he would instead be elected to'the senate. They laughed, and. he set to work.-; He made a close house. to house canvass of his district,- discussmg issuerWat-Tnterested trust, and corporation-ridden New. Jersey. For a time he was ignored. When the bosses set seriously .to work to cir cumvent' him -it was too late. Here ia the' platform on which Colby won: 1. To. stop the granting of perpetual franchises to public service corporations. 2: To reduce individual taxes by tsxing the franchises of public service- corporations atthetr tru rvalue: 3; To reduce general taxes by taxing railways at the same rate other taxpayers pay. .. . . ' 4.. To enable each voter to vote his preference . for United States senator. ' i,; , ' -,', A GREAT SUCCESS. ORTLAND DAY waa a" glittering success. . Not withstanding threatening weather, which was pre T dieted to be even worse than it .turned out-the fair scored a triumph. Every one who could get away made a point of visiting the fair at some time of the day or evening and the grounds," commodious as they are. were orettv thoroutrhlv crowded. In tha buildinra And on the Traifhd' the Bridge of Nations the throngs were so great, ss to produce, positive discomfort It, was a great day .for the faicnd a great day for Portland. We sincerely hope it was a great day. for every one who. followed a patriotic impulse that carried them to the exposition clustered about Guild s lake. Teddy had a fine chance to be a hero whett the axle of .the family carryall broke. - But It happened so un expectedly that toe simply fell out like an , ordinary human being. LETTERS ' FROM ; C PEOPLE THE Iswi Sm Bmsw Portland Sept. 17. Te the Editor of The Journal Thare is a large olmaa of man in Portland who eem in contact with and hendls more people than any ethsr class and upon whoa fidelity and court mt th araat pubU flapanaa ao much for its comfort and -aafaty, who ar worthy of spoolal' notion I refor to tha conductors and motormon of tho Street car llnsa. Tho writer haa trav eled much in this country, and aorao in others, and ho desires to give this un solicited testimony, that tn no our haa ha noUoed mora oourteoua and arenue- maaly deportment . upon thai part of treat ' ear conduct ore and snotormen than In tha city of Portland... Travel ing baok and forth to tho expoaitloa grouada every day 'or nearly, three montba, be -has not wltneaaed alnale variation from this rule of conduct . No man work harder or are more tempted to Impatience aad sharpness of speech. (and yet not a alnale instance or this rVlitil haa awuna. undar WIT notice. I feel that Iheae hard-worked men, many of Whoa are on duty ail day and a good part of the niht sre deserving of this word of well-merited commendation. They have done much to contribute to the happlneea or tne inousanoa wno nave visited tha exposition. - - . Furthermore, aa a stranger l wisn to add that the general courtesy and readi ness of the citisena of Portland to ao commodate visitors In all possible ways haa attracted my" attention. I have found the charges in stores, hotels snd restaurants quite reasonable. The Qual ity and nrloe of meals in tne restaurants in most oases have been aa agreeable sur prise. I have had as good meals In mis olty for from st to IS cents as I paid 1 for on Pullman dining oars. . . . Tha fair, whioa artistically is s gem, snd complete, too. as far aa it goss in all Its exhibits, needs not my praise; bat the citisena of Portland) and the officers of the street car service should know that their uniform courtesy and kindness are appreciated, and have made a most favorable Impression upon the thousands of atrangers who have been delighted by their visit to the bawla and Clark exposition. - ... YY . JL. SAnsnAUJ, Author of "Bud- and .The Entering - Wedge.? " . . '.,., i A daadldate for Cveraer. Baker City. Bept 17. To the Editor of The Journal Subject to the terms and conditions of the primary law. X am and will be a candidate, for governor aa the Republican ticket. - - ' .. f It ia not a Question of alary. -There are many things far more valuable than gold, and to my mind the office of gov ernor of the state of Oregon ia one of them. - - . I am going to make an honorable ef fort to secure that position, and want all my friends throughout tho state to assist me, and I appeal to them for support. Aav promise' or pled re -will be made direct to the people t ne other promise or pledge will be made. I am not and will not be or become a candidate of atrjr-faott8n."ny man or combination of men. I will either be nominated or defeat on my merits and will not In the least compromise my official Integrity. I will stand by this, even though it should cost me the nomi nation. Uy semination would not mesa ths success or defeat, of any element of the Republican party. X want to see the party harmonised and united and the whole ticket alecteov and If nominated and elected, will endeavor to accomplish that and and give) tha state a clean, hon est, economical, business. Republican administration. , ""-..'..'':. ' . I No matter what may be the result, t pledge my hearty, support to the ticket :',' ' ,: . c. a; Johns. 'j ''; Sentence Sermons, . ';'-' ' ' ' By tfehry F. Cone. "' ' AU our yesterdays were, ones tomor rows. . , , .;. 1 ' . ' e - e Love la good logic In any language. . are-; ; lander la but soul suicide. v.,,-...;.,. .,-.. e. e- . The .city wiU the lid off needs the churcn with the cpat off.. The mark of a royal man la that ha rules himself. . - . . ... ' e e X- we make- mistakes;- it la .the -other fellows who commit sins.. , .... ;.'' -." a o..,t : 4 Tne man with - time to burn never gave the world any light. Malice is a terribly- deadly gun at ma uree on ena. Xfa tha man who hammers the ehuroh down who complains most that aha coee not riae. . .- , . , , . .- .', " '. The Lord ia not a refuge for tha man who ia looking for a soft place to rest ' , , ' e . e ,....;,..(.. Many big sins have a way of getting m with, mighty small keys. :. , .', to It is a waste of money trying reed people on bread' labels. . ' ' ; . "')'. ' The church Is richer for a oent given with a smile than for a dollar, with a Lfrowni '-... i ,; - ,," Faith la not a fence about a man; It la a force within him. .. ; ... i. Withholding affection la one Of the moat-wasteful economies In life. , . ,, ... ,. . , - Happy the preacher who can Invent a pocketbook that cannot bo left at homv en Sundaya. -" '-'.' - ... There''' are better 'ways of showing your ' sathd than throwing grit In ths other man's eyea. . ,.''..'-'',? - ' ' '.:: ' f The best banks are in heaven; but the receiving tellers arc likely Vv be In some back allays hero. . . Our worst enemies 'are the friends who have failed to And ua profitable. It's a good dell easier to Imagine you hare a call to referee the whole game than It la to get In and play fair all the time. , .English 8port. . ' Jl From. JthalndonWorld. Mr. Hambro's party of six guns'bavs killed SM brace of grouse tn four days on the Oannochv moors In Forfarshire, hlch -he rents from Lord Dalhooale Gannochy la In tha picturesque valley ol tha North Eak. near Kdsll, ' and ths aioors extend ever 11,000 acres. , s j.i i journey of lewis 7 ; And cxark: 7TTearanumDla7TTverT October 1. The morning was eool the wind easterly, but tha latter part of Ve wm warm. we were visited by eeveral Indiana from the tribes below, and othera from tha main south fork. Two of the most distinguished men we made presents of a ring and brooch, and w nva outers piece of ribbon, a little looacco, ana ine nun part of a necklace. We now dried our clothes and other a. tides, and aelected some articles suoh aav the Indiana admire In order to pur chase some provisions, aa we have noth ing left eaoept a little dried -fish, which vpermies as a oompiste purgative. -1 .'.The Color of Gold. ' V '' From the Philadelphia' T)ao The idea that gold varies somewhat In color, according to the locality in which it ia found, is widely prevalent even among miners and money-changers and handlers In the gold-producing dis tricts, but such notion Is, on the author lty Of experts at tha fhlladalnhla mint Twholly erroneous. Pure gold that is. gold without any auoy or oiner impurity is of one un varying, unchanging color. Few people. however, see such gold. - All the gold of commerce used either as money or tot jewel ry nas alloy In it after it ia manufactured into the desired article. Even the nugget of gold, which la some times quite pure, is covered with dirt and stains on the outside that conceal Its true coior. ana all gold dust whloh Is melted at the nlace of mlnlna aantaina impurities which go Into the bar. mat ia the reason why-Mexican gold, for . Instance, has a redder tinaa than that of California, and the aame la true whether. It be a piece of money or of Jewelry. The red tinge la caused by the presence of oopper and the paler tinge of silver, and ia the mints of the dif ferent countrlee the amount and kinds of alloy differ sufficiently to give dif ferent tints to the money. , '"'v A Few nought. . J" -; - From the Chicago Record-Herald. . Don't marry the man you love but the man who lores you.' - ' . ' -, The man who can cheerfully see an other succeed where ha has failed is ripe for glory. . ... ).. Some women never see any food tn their husbands, but they are offset by the women who never see any bad in thelra. -. . . , Lucky at cards you will bannlnke I love. Which horn of the dlletnata do you prefer? ' , . ; In order to avoid saualls let slaaulna Infanta He. , - - - It Is better to wear old clothes 'with the air of wealth than to wear new ones with tha background of poverty. Cats have their nights and dogs their days, .but. mortal man seems to have a cinch on both. The Modern Office Boy. MONDAY... The Office Boy Here s the cheek you requested. Mr. araughter-n.Ono,000 from my personal account. . ... ; SATURDAY. The Pay Clerk Here's your little three plunks, Willis; new don't Spend it recklessly. TcJay . :or' Tie rrsonal Touch. . By Henry F. Cope. .:' ! And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; aa rlvere of water In aidrr plac, as; the shadow of a great rock in a wsary land. IsaUh xxxli., I. ... MAN needs men more than he needs spirits. Tou can no more satisfy the . human heart With departed souls . than . you can appease hunger with kitchen odors. People , want , people te love. ' N matter how perfect from : the pedagogical point of view, your plan of uplifting the masses by ldeala may be you will always find that they prefer to take their ldeala on two 4ega - and with the light of Ufa In their eyes. They would rather associate with the ' most mediocre men than with tha most hlahlr Interesting mummies, and you .will find mem getting mora our -or com men see pie on the street, than out of the most perfect profiles in the art gallery. - No matter bow perfect your church worship may be in Ita artistic and Its intellectual appeal, tts sensuous aspects alone will never satisfy that strange hunger of the human heart that losgtng that leads men to the) place of worship week after week. The church may have much success as a club, aa an exposi tion of style and fashion, and refined sentiments, and yet' fall ' utterly as a church unless it gives men life, unless it somehow eomes- near to them and opens -Itself to. them so that thsy feel here -are ' hearts that understand .and ears open' to sympathy, here are warm handgrasps,' here I tha life-giving touch. "Ordinary people 'cannot worship sb- atraetionn. - Tha arnda built of fancy wla only tha forms Of worship. lou migh aa well call on men to fall before tht books of Euclid set on aa altar, aa tos. expect numanuy to worship tne nypo thetloal being wheat some call tha god of heaven. 11111 less can man be brought ro adore the propositions of theology. For 'worship Is but lore.-and you can never learn to leva a syllogism. . ideas along have -power as they be come personal. Many man . is wor shiping the good la his mother, ths gen tle and sublime in some ether woman. or the herolo In some man; and these constitute his religion. These- are peo ple, and they satisfy him aa postulates and, principles and the properties of worship never could. They not only set the good in the glowing frame of life. but they touch his life with theirs: there is something other than their goodness, their fine characters; there i Is that Which make them one with him." '' - t - A God far eft from maa haa aiwaya meant maa) far off from God. And yet God haa ever been seeking to come near to us. - It is more than a nxure vt speech that the Bible uaes .when " It speaks of the Moot High as a man. a father, a friend; it ia an indication-f the. closeness of God to ourselves, of US reality, of his Identity with us. We need not think of Him aa an overgrown man, sitting on top of the clouds; yet 1 Is better that , ha ahould be embodied In some image of the form that has ai waya meant personality te us than that we ahould lose sight of the possibility of approach and communion with him as friend with friend. ' Better' to think of Ood : aa man with us than not to know that the one aver ua all is in liv ing touch with us an. . ' . . This ia tha great tram mat' jesus ma to give the world. There la ne need to define what It may mean that Ood waa manifest In the flesh it we but see tn the man of Naaareth the expres sion Of all that Ood is to man. He walked our wars of earth to remind US. that the Father la .still living with his family here: he touched the alck and oomforted the sad that men might re wtember the hand' of Infinite tenderness that leaulias from beaten for our constant help and consolation. Men could see the man Jesus; tney knew him aa a man; looking in his eyea they felt tha thrill of human life; In a word, ha was real, personal and human to them. The atmple-heartad and dear-eyed amongst them, longing for love, were drawn to him. By the per sonal touch he taught thera the way of life, and when they came te teach their new-found faith to otnara it aisn-k ply amounted to telling the story of their friend and to tell of him as one still near to their Uvea. - To them it was no strange wing tnat ha. ahould aay. If you have aeen me you have seen , the Father.". They had -come to know that Ood had become more than a theory or -an historical em- v nlpotence: somehow they name to see that as . was this Jesus to them, the worm, tender, -loving, helpful friend, ao is Ood to man. one. whom he may love and wha must lore Him, one whom to know with all love's knowledge. Is life sternal. - - ..- v .' ) HYMNS YOU OUGHT 1 TO KNOW r' Walking With God. ' , ' By Washington Olsdden. IThe Rev. Washington Oladden, IX D. (PitUgrove, Pa-. February It 1IH), , is tha pastpr of 'the principal Congre gational church ht Columbus, Ohio, and at prssent tha president of the Amer ican Missionary association. . He waa " educated at WlUlame , college, graduat ing in Hit' Aa the editor of the New .. Tork Independent and ' of the Sunday Afternoon, and as-a writer of religious books he haa become well known, while hta campaign agalnat the acceptance of tainted money" mads him .yet more widely known. This hymn appeared . in Sunday Afternoon in Maroh, 1STI. In view of the time usually necessary- for hymn to eome Into general use "Walk- . ing With Ood" haa attained a remark- -able degree of popularity; It undoubt edly belongs already In tha ranka of the standard- favorite hymns.l S. Mastsr, 1st me walk with thee In lowly paths of service ree; , Tetl me thy secret; help me 'bear ; The strain of toil, the fret of ears. Help ma the alow of heart to move By some clear winning word of lve; Teach me the wayward feet to stay. ' And guide them in the homeward way. Teach me thy patience! still with thee In closer, dearer company. In work that keeps faith sweet sod strong, ,' , In trust that triumphs ever' wrong. ' ' ' ; ; la hope that endr a h tiring Taf Far down the future's broadening way In peace that only thou canst give, , With thee, O, Master, 1st me live. ' People ' wha are carried away on a wave of enthusiasm usually have t walk baok dryahod, , y 4
