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'THEY ARE GLAD THEY went- They not only
I . had a good time, but did good. Such a trip
makes personal and business 'friendships. , It
: forms ties that bind towns and communities far apart
in bonds of common interest. It induces unity and har
mony of action. Instead of pulling apart, all the, Co
V lumbia river region at least for certain large purposes,
should pull unitedly together. ' It wijl do this more here
after, than it has done heretofore, on account of this
trip of Portland business men to Ltwiston and inter
mediate points, Many of these men know the upper
Country and appreciate it better than they ever -did
De i ore. Ana me people up mere pernaps nnuuini
to Portland than they did befoVe. ? . ; .
The ocean ships come to Portland. The river steamers
' will run from Portland to Lewiston, Or, if they do not,
trains will ran over the" route nature designed they
,v should follow, and the open river will regulate the freight
jt rates. The chain extends from Portland to Lewiston.
' It ia het'ns- surlv ,fnrrL This visit of Portland men
n TwUton nelnerf, It will be a commoner trio here
after than it has' been. Thev are back, a little tired.
perhaps, but very glad they" went," and in the remem
brance of the cordial welcome they received.
The little king of Spain is in a hard row of stumps.
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. ilia motner ana me rest oi we prompters say ne snouia
and must marry, but he is in the same predicament
that humbler young men have been; the girls he can
get he won't have, and those he would have won't have
' him. ;.".. "'" ;
y COURTS. AND COMMERCE.
AMERICANS Ilf CHINA and coramercialinterests
reaching the orient demand a judicial offiter,
who shall have extra-territorial jurisdiction and
the functions of a federal district' judge,' from whom
appeal may be taken to the higher federal tribunals.
This ia requested at a primary effort to improve ef
ficiency of the oriental consular service, give American
property interests there reasonable security, and safer
guard the liberty of such of our people as are induced
to teek fortune in China, i.'-'y-.-
America has fallen into disrepute there through de
bauchery" of the political creatures often filling consular
office, and wanton disregard of cherished traditions
among the natives. But careful observers state that a
more serious obstacle to American progresses the un
certainty, of vested rights. At, present consuls have
despotic power, from which an aggrieved man seldom
has appeal. Caprice or corrupt motives may move some
of them to practical confiscation, and in the exercise of
this prerogative there it no recourse for the victim save
an appeal to the president, and this fan result only in the
removal of the offender if effective at all.
i Those who have not visited the orient fail to appre-
. ciate. conditions prevailing ,at present.- 'When China
gave a footing to this' commercial interests of the world,
she was forced to grant- foreigners'? absolute cpntrot' of
their property and freedom from native tribunals.' At
,. 'America has no other officers in the drient than consuls
and i. ministers, judicial powers' were vested in .them.
England, early realized the. injury of such a system, and
named a' judge, .with rank of a supreme justice, to have
jurisdiction of all-English affairs-in China and. Korea.
Tb.it intelligent provision affords the stronger grounds
for sad comparison. -British interests have all the safety
and security found, at home, and any man venturing
into business is assured every protection that the time
tried judicial system of the Caucasians can give. Ameri
cans who find that their affairs drift .into. court are
forced to submit, to the judicial deliberations of men
who know nothing of such affairs and who have often
been chosen as a reward for petty political service.
For a short time cases before consuls in the orient
could be taken to the circuit court of appeals of Cali
fornia for final arbitrament, if the tarn involved exceeded
$2,500, and in cases under that figure an appeal lay to
the minister in Peking. Congress, in changing the con
sulates of the orient deprived Americans in the orient
of appeal to, the California courts, so that in affairs
involving morV "than $2,500 a consul is supreme, while
in cases for less turns an appeal may be taken to a non
judicial minister.-. , t , , ' . '
Commercial interests of Portland and the entire west
are most heavily interested in such an issue. . Every man
"doing business -jn the. orient demands improvement of.
' the. consular service. - -Relieving them of all- judicial
duties, which engross much of their, time," and -.which
are foreign to the commercial training which 4 the gov
. ernment gives these officials, would be- patently a' sens
ible method of procedure.' Third Assistant Secretary of
State H. H. D. Pierce recommended a judicial officer
for the orient Others who have investigated the situa
tion; favor the same solution of many evils." United
action, by commercial interests would quickly effect this
change, as it means but- slightly more cost than the
"present system,. But merchants have not been quick to
' act upon the. suggestion of the state department officer.'
-They clamor for better consuls but are slow to aid in
making the' improvements. " ' . "" " ' . ' . ,
As the Columbia flows by the mouth of the Willam
elte, it -ripples a' song of Lewiston. - -' .
'l V . , HELP THE UNDER DOO. . '
H.ELP .THE M AN or woman, who is down! Help
' the child that has had incompetent parents. ; It
. is a world of help. Did you ever think pf that a
little while?- . .
. Hasn't somebody ever helped you? Think this over.
He is ' dead, maybe, or gone far away. '' You couldn't
repay him, if you would. There is no repayment of many
things. But if you had a chance and it" was needed,
wouldn't you help that person? If not, we pity you.
This is the slightest phsse of the great subject: Help
One Another. , : -. ., . . ' .
. Help those who maybe will never be able to help you
' in return. This is the law of Love. Your reward is in
the Kingdom, and this is within you. ' -
; The" under dog may be a scrub; help him nevertheless.
The weaker man may be in one way or another un
worthy; help him nevertheless. - The child that you de
spise may be, if helped', the mother of better men than
youl ".Help her; v. - . ' .. - ' , c-
Have you strength? Lend a little to" the weak. Have
you courage? Turn a little of it into Jthe conduits of 'the
uncourageous. . .
Help' the under dog even if the upper one bites you.
Help to give humanity a square deaL - You will - go
hence soon, and perhaps will meet Abou Ben Adhem,
who wat of all men best beloved by God because he
best loved his fellow men, or that tweet singer, Coleridge,
who wrote, " ;' - . ' ,.. 'V -
v "He prayeth best who loveth ftt ; ' ;
AH things both great and small, ,,
' F6r the dear Cod, who knowcth best
"lie made and loveth alL" "V
Ilcw long do you live? Only a few years. Help,
fSen," while you liye. And help them that need help.
l e strong can Jake care of themselves. . . , ,
ll.'y tht tinder dog. Give th weak a show. V
OUR FUNNY TEMPLE OP FAME. ?:
GREAT . DEAL OF CRlTiaSM has resulted
from the recent election of several deceased
" Americans of note to the New York university's
"Hall of Fame," mostly emanating from, admirers of
Edgar Allen Poe, who, the critics insist, snouid rank
higher than the two ooets elected, Lowell and Whittier.
This is a matter of individual taste and judgment, and
these 100 electors are no more infallible nor perhaps any
more competent to make such selections than some other
100, a majority of whom would have voted lor the south
ern genius rather than the cooler-blooded New England
Sinfrers. ' - .; . - '. '' ! ' ; ' ': ;- ' ''. ; -.
The whole. proceeding is a good deal in the nature of
a farce anyway. These 100 men are good judges ot
true greatness, no doubt, but they only speak for them
selves after aU. ' They have no real authority, to put one
man up on a pedestal" and keep another down. Their
saying one man was greater than another amounts to lit
tle. Lowell received more votes than Whittier, but we
agree with many judges as good as they who think that
Whittier was by far the 'greater poet of the two, all
things considered. f 7 -
As for Poe, we confess a good deal of sympathy with
the outcry of. his friends, and are. inclined to agree with
those who claim for him the expression of the art of
poetry in its purest and highest form. And it is at least
permissible to entertain the opinion that - Bret Harte
ranks next Poe was the greatest American exponent
of pure beauty, and he made or found his own ideals."
He imitated nobody; , he ""went to the fountain head,
within the inner veil which none of the rest penetrated.
Though rivalling Shelley, he more resembles Keats in
the expression of the great thought not in particular
phrases but in the whole poem itself, that Truth and
Beauty are one. The perfection of his literary art
both in his lyrics and the best of his prose tales, is like
that of a flawless diamond.' No other hand can touch
it to improve it. True, Poe lacked, in one sense, sin
cerity, at Chancellor McCracken says, and he lacked
rcjoral sensibility, as that great French. genius did. But
some one hat made the distinction that whereas Villon
was utterly immoral, Poe was only unmoral. Of course
Poe's life was not admirable, and that may have gone
against him. Neither wat Burns' nor Byron's, . alto
gether. If we are to judge of a man's literary work we
must close our eyes to' his conduct at least, after he is
dead. . At any rate, whatever these self-constituted crea
tors of a Temple of Fame may say, there be many to
whom "Lonesome October always, brings to metaory
that humble grave' in Baltimore, where Poe was laid 56
years ago this month; many in the recesses of whose
memory the fascinating melody of "Annabel Lee" will
ever dwell; many -who can with the slightest effort of
the mental vision see the raven still sitting on "the pallid
bust of Pallas; many who can almost hear yet the
draperies rustle about the devoted form of Ligeia,
and " the awful cbimet 1 of the ebony clock
of Prince , Pf ospero; many who shudder yet
at the "Mystery of the. Rue Morgyeand the "Pit and
the Pendulum;" many who are fain to restrain a tear
even though they realize the "insincerity" at memory's
re-echo, of the poet's wail over the lost Lenore, and hope'
that in tome way that our coarse natures cannot un
derstand, he may have clasped her in that "dim and dis
tant Aiden.", ' i,
An interesting feature about this Second lustrum was
the election of three "women, though not by a majority,
51, .of the 100, eight, electors refusing to vote for any
woman. Originally it-Was decided to admit no woman
or f6reign-born American to competition, but there was
a reconsideration as to women, though eight of the
judges refused to vote, so that 47 votes were "sufficient
to elevate a woman on a pedestal Perhaps these eight
think that If all angels are men, ho woman ft entitled to
become "technically famous after .death. . . The three
women chosen were Mary Lyon, the founder of Mount
ridlyoke female, seminary ; Maria .Mitchell, astronomer;
and Emma Wiliard, who was long at the head of Troy
female seminary. These' were . eminent and useful
women, no doubt, yet few jof this generation ever heard
of either of them though" it rnust be remembered .that
it is not as easy for a woman as for a man to "become
favorably famous,' and was formerly still less so. There
have been many women teachers as useful and capable
as those-selected, and while Miss Mitchell may have
been a great woman astronomer; she was not a "great
astronomer. Here again criticism might be made, and
the names of Frances Willard and Charlotte Cushman
suggest themselves.
-Yes, it is a good deal of a farce. Andrew Jackson, for'
instance, received only about half votes ' enough, while
fat lesser statesmen and soldiers go up!
' Ah eastern clergyman hat aroused the hostility "of his
flock by saying that heaven, as- described in the Bible,
wat 'not composed of "mansions," but was an apartment
house on a big scale. i, '" v
.. ':"'.-v7PWBTUAL' FRANCHISES.
them do not consider either, used in moderation, appre
ciably harmful. This was the testimony of several doc
tors in a recent medical convention, and it is only a repe
tition of like evidence adduced before. ' '
For all this, we have no doubt that cigarettes have
done an incalculable amount of harm, more than aU the
tobacco ever used in the world before they were invented
and somehow we cannot readily think of their inventor
as being-well received even by male angels.
First, for'some reason perhaps not easily explainable.
cigarette smokers become habituated to inhalation of the
smoke. And whether it contains acrolein or not it con
tains nicotine, which is thus drawn into the lungs and
produces nervousness; it spreads through the system
and lowers the action of the 'heart; it coats the lungs
with carbon, and reaching the stomach indirectly impairs
digestion; it irritates the nerves and clouds, the brain;
and thus the confirmed and constant cigarette smoker, if
he inhales the smoke, and especially if he began young,
often becomes a physical, mental and moral wreck. ;
Second, cigarettes have happily not ' to much as
formerly a fascination for boys, even mere children. A
cigar would make a boy so sick that he would not touch
one again till he was grown, but one of these little devil
rolls just exhilarates himenough to make him. -want
mbre. Before laws against "selling 'cigarettes were
passed boys could easily obtain them, and soon got into
the habit of smoking them. It was smart, manly, to do
so, and also, as they had seen others do, to inhale the
amoke. A boy cannot withstand what a grown, man
can, nor has he a man's judgment,-and the inhaled nico
tine, along with acrolein if you will.-, made ran id in
roads upon his comparatively frail and undeveloped .con
stitution; and so tens of thousands of boys became
utter wrecks before they were men through the use of
these little abominations. ' , .
The physicians may testify all they please and with
certain reservations . we ' presume they are riaht but
the evidence against the cigarette is too overwhelming
for' us to doubt its evil effects. It has been the first
step on the downward road to ruin of a vast number of.
boys -and young men. In a multitude of cases it has led
to morphine, cocaine and other drugs'; to moral as well
as mental and physical degeneracy; to loss of self re
spect idleness, vice and crime. A multitude of men are
today vagabonds, or m prisons, or in hospitals, or in un
timely graves, whose first step thither was the-cigarette
name , , . . , . . .
Enforce the anti-cigarette law.- 1 ; v. -' " r:
"- RUSSIA'S CRY FOR FREEDOM. ..'"..
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HE WILD. CHASE after the Manchurian phani
torn not only Hastened the complete collapse of
Russia's dream nf Aatatir mnir Kut i. al.n
hastening the consolidation of hitherto scattered forces
with the best prospect for establishing a new order of
things in the land of the czar. 'It was chiefly to defeat
this prospective change that official Russia sought peace
wnn japan, it wat coniiaentiauy. hoped that, with the
return of the armies from the Manchurian slaughter
pens, the population of Russia would lapse back into the
system of 'submission that nrevailrd thrn nnri h
government of the predecessors of Nicholas II. In this,
as in many other matters of late. Rmtli'i arvriny
body f6tuid itself .sadly disappointed. Hence jt is that
new uiviaiuua on um uucs, ana jinaer xne airect patron
age of the ctar't government, are springing up here and
there; and riot afson and murder are rampant through
out holy Russia. -'., . ':
Nevertheless, absolutism is doomed as surely at the
dream of Asiatic empire, and, out of this carnival of
crime,. Russia will yet emerge ready to enter a new life.
This is why the people of Russia refuse to ebmmit
inemscives to-me government s scneme of an advisory
assembly they will have none of it
It is freedom that they want and. they nrooose to ob
tain it"- ' " ' " ' ,; ' ' . - .
But serious at the czart Manchurian ambition .hat
proved within the confines of the' Russian empire, it
has also brought about , as serious a change among the
powers on the European continent As a result the
bombastic William II. whose
the chief actor in "Welt Politik,". has not only, suffered
most effective collapse,' but he now nds himself com
pletely isolated. France, after yeart of most cruel de
ception by "the bear that looks like a man," has found
her real hope and strength in the people of the British
empire, while the recently concluded Angl6-Japanese al
liance putt a quietus on all that either. Nicholas II or
William ll may undertake anywhere. ;
- : , THE JEWS IN AMERICA.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25. preceding Thanki
giving day, appropriate services will be held by
v every Jewish congregation in this country in
commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anni
versary of th settlement of the Jews in the United
States. April 26, 1655, the Dutch West India company,
in spite of remonstrance by Governor Stuyvesant, ac
ceded to the petition of Portuguese Jews "to tail to and
trade in New Netherlands and to have and remain there,
provided the poqr among them shall not become a bur
den to the company or to the community, but be tup
ported by their own nation." , ;'" j
That was the besinninft of the movement of Jews to
this land of liberty, opportunity and promise. A com
pany of Jews went to New Netherland, and stayed there
after the Dutch . West India company had lost interest
in that settlement. They have been Jin important and
increasing element, in the population and progress of
this country ever since. They took a patriotic part in
the struggle for independence, in the establishment and
maintenance of a just and stable government tnd in the
development of the resources of the country. And they
have nevermeglected to comply with the ancient promise
to take care of their own poor though there be. few
dependent persons among them and have always liber-,
ally aided in caring for other poor, and in all good works.
They have furnished ua financiers, lawyers, teachers,
great merchants and statesmen, and have always ranked
among our best citizens. Fortunate. for them that these
Jews i came to America 250 years ago; fortunate that
there wks sn America to come to. With reference tp
Jews, look at Russia, and then look at the United-State.
This commemorative celebration of our Jewish fellow
citizens will add to the interest of Thanksgiving observ
ances this year. They will manifest especial thankful
ness, .that the lines have fallen -to them in pleasant
places. This great republic set an example to the
nationt in itt assertion of the equal rights of all men
of whatever, nationality, race, .color or creed, to. life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, equality under the
law, and no people of our country better appreciate the
privileges and blessings flowing from this policy than
American Jewt. .
A CHRISTIAN'S DEATH SONO.
A Sermon for
' Today ,
"" PHYSICAL PIETY.J
Abide with me. Fast fallt the eventide.
The darkness deepens. Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers Jail and-comforts flee, " i
Help of the helpless, O, abide with me. . . -
A YOUNG WOMAN who had been run over by
a. car, and fatally injured, as she knew, lay on
. a hospital bed. She did not shriek, or groan,
or; weep, or plead for human aid or comfort but at
first with a voice- full and clear, but growing fainter as
life' ebbed, .she sang this old hymn, "Abide With Me";
sang it through, and died with a smile on her lips and
peace pn tier beautiful face.
There is much in religion at preached that to many.
perhaps to most people, seems delusive, intangible, in
consistent. It doesn't square with their reason, yet few
such people would, if they could, destroy or decrease the
hope and faith of the believer. In such art ' emergency
it is a real thing, a real comfort, help,' support, a light
in darkness, "a very present help in time of trouble."
This faith and hope banished the pain, shut the flood
gates of sorrow, crushed out regret furnished forth
patience, endurance, confidence, song, trust, triumph,
peace, an angelic' vision. ;
- We may not believe, but .who dare say that this girl
did not know better than we; that her song-prayer was
not heard and..answered? , . , r- .
LEWIS AND CLARK
rnpHERE' NEVER' OUGHT to have been any per-
1 "- petual franchises. No council in equity has a
" right nor should anywhere be able to find a
right thus ,to bind luture generations. .... It is against
public policy, contrary to manifest reason and right
Bench-made law must and does bend to existing con
ditions' .and circumstances. ' The. United States supreme
court itself has repeatedly illustrated this. It did so in
the legal tender case, and it did so in the; Porto Rico
cases. ' ' .''; f ,'''.
There must be no perpetual franchises. And franchises
shdutd be "granted hereafter for only limited periods and
only after careful consideration by the city of the future
what it will be ibefore these franchises expire.
. The franchise subject is one that needs a thorough
overhauling, with, intent to settle it on a different and
more equitable basis. But one thing is certain perpetual
franchises are out of date, and should be so declared
judicially. ; '
VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE CIGARETTE.
THOMAS A. EDISON says that while smoking to
" bacco in a pipe or. in the form of a cigar does
little if any harm, cigarette smoking is very in.
jtirious because of the acrolein developed by burning the
wrappers. Acrolein, it seems, is a disagreeably pungent
substance produced by the burning of glycerin to which
phosphoric acid has been added. And this, Mr, Edison
(ays, disorders the nerves and. frequently leads to in
sanity or death. , '
We are no friend of the cigarette, but while wc would
take Mr. Edison's word for almost, anything in the elec
trical line, we have some doubts about his chemical
conclusions. Very likely acrolein, if it is generated and
gets .into the system, is injurious, but not to any such
extent as Mr. Edison represents, a, Glycerin is put into
most cigars and smoking tobacco, it is said, to keep them
moist, so that the same objection as to acrolein would
apply to them. To go further in giving the cigarette a
fair show, it must be acknowledged that many prom
inent and tome eminent physicians have declared that
a moderate use of cigarettes is no more harmful than
cigars some even tty not to much to and many of
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Nar Celllo,-"on- th Columbia rlvsr,
October 2J. . . . -,
The morning was fair" -and calm. ' We
left Our "camp at t o'clock, and after go
ing on. for nix mlle came to the bead
of 'an : Island, and a very bad rapid,
where the rocke are -scattered nearly
across the river. Just above this and oh
the right 'hide are six huts of Indians.
At the distance of two miles below are
five more huts, the inhabitants of Which
are all en gated In drying- "fish, and some
of them in their fcanoes killing fish with
gigs. Opposite -to this establishment is
m small island In a .bend toward the
right on which there were such quan
tities of fish that we counted 20 stacks
of dried and pounded salmon. .-This
small Island is at the upper point of
one much larger, the sides of which are
high uneven rocks. Jutting over the
water; here there, is a bad rapid. The
island continues for four miles, and at
the middle of it is a large liver (the
Deschutes), which appears to com from
the southeast and empties itself on the
left. We landed Just above Its mouth
in order to examine it and soon found
the route Intercepted by a deep, narrow
channel, running into the Columbia
above the entrance, so as to form a
rich Island aboutt00 yards wide and 100
yards long. Here, as along the grounds
of the river,, the natives had been
digging large quantities of roots, as the
soil was turned up in many places. We
reached the river about a quarter of
a mils above its mouth, at a place where
a large body of water is compressed
within a channel of about 100 yards in
width,- where it foams over rocks,
many of which are above the surface
of ' the water. These narrows are the
nd of a rapid which extends two miles
back, where the river Is closely confined
between two high bills, below which it
la divided by numbers of large rocks
and smalt' Islands, covered with a low
growth of timber. - The river, which Is
called by the Indians Towahnahlooks
(Deschutes), is 100 ysrds wide at Its
mouth, has a very rapid current and con
tributes about one fourth as much as
the Columbia possesses - before the
junction Immediately at the entrance
are three sand Islands, and near it the
head of an Island which runs parallel
to the large rocky island.'. We now re
turned to our boats, and passing the
mouth of the Towahnahlooks,; went be
tween the islands. At the distance of
two miles we. reached the lower end of
this rocky island, where were eight huts
of Indians. Hers, too, we saw some
large logs of .wood, which were most
probably rafted down the Towahna
hlooks; and a mile below, on the right
bank, were 16 lodges of Indians,- with
whom we 'stopped to smoke. Then at
the distance ot about a mils passed.,slx
more huts on the same side, nearly
opposite ths lower extremity of the
Island, which has its upper end In the
mouth ef the Towahnahlooks. Two miles
relow ws came to IT huts on the right
Ids 'of the river, situated at the com
mencement -of the pitch which Includes
the- great falls. Here ws' halted, and
immediately on landing walked down,
accompanied by an old Indian from, ths
huts, in order to examine the falls and
ascertain on which aids we could make
a portage most easily. We soon dis
covered that the nearest routs was the
right aids, and therefore dropped down
to the head of ths rapid and unloaded
over.by land to ths foot ot the rapid. The
distance is "1,100 yards. .On setting out
we crossed a solid rock, about one third
of the whole distance, then reached a
space of 200 yards wide, which forms a
hollow, where the loose sand from the
low grounds has been driven by ths
winds, and is steep and looss, and there
fore disagreeable to -pass; the' rest of
the routs is' over firm and solid ground.
Ths labor of crossing would havs been
very Inconvenient if ths Indians had not
aaslsted - us In carrying some of ths
heavy articles on their horses, but for
this service they repaid themselves so
adroitly that on reaching the foot of ths
ravins we formed a camp In a position
which might secure us from the pilfer
ing of the natives, which ws apprehend
much mors than ws do their hostility.
Near our camp are five huts of Indians
engaged In drying fish and preparing It
for the market. Ths manner of doing
this Is by first opening the fish and
exposing it to ths sun on thsir scaffolds.
Whsn it is sufficiently dried it Is
pounded fine between two stones till It
Is pulvsrlsed and Is then placed In a
basket about two feet long and one in
diameter, neatly mads of . graaa and
rushes and lined with ths skin ef a
salmon stretched and dried for the pur
pose. Here they are pressed down as
hard as possible and ths top covered
with skins of fish, which are secured by
cords through ths holes of ths basket.
These baskets are then placed. In some
dry situation, ths eorded part upward
seven being usually placed as close as
they can bs put together and five on
top of them. The whols is then wrapped
up In mats and made fast by cords, over
which mats are again thrown. Twelvs
of these baskets, each of which contains
from 00 to 100 pounds, form a stack,
which Is now left exposed till It Is sent
to market; the fish thus preserved are
kept sound and sweet tor several years,
and great quantities Ot It, they Inform
us, are . sent to the Indians who live
below ths falls, whence It finds Us way
to the whites who visit ths mouth of
ths Columbia. We observe both near
the lodges and On the rocks in the river
great numbers of sucks of these
pounded fish. Besides fish, these ptdple
supplied us with filberts and berries,'
and wm purchased a dog for supper, but
It was with, much difficulty that, ws
ware able to buy wood enough to cook
it In ths eouras of a day ws were vis
ited by many Indians, from whom we
learned that the principal chiefs of the
bands residing in this neighborhood are
now hunting in the mountains toward,
ths southwest. On that slds of ths river
none of ths Indians havs any permanent
habitations, and on Inquiry ws were
confirmed In our belief that it was for
fear of attacks from the Bmtke Indians,
with whom they are at war.. This na
tion they represent, as vers numerous
and residing In a ' great number of vil
lages on ths Towahnahlooks, where they
live principally' on salmon. That river,
they add, is not obstructed by rapids
above Its mouth, but there becomes
large and reaches to a considerable dis
tance,, the first village of the Snake
Indians on that river -being 11 days'
Journey en a oourse about southeast
from thla ptaee. .; ., ,
HYMNS YOU OUGHT
i TO KNOW
The Love of God.
By Rev. Frederick William Faber, D. D.
Frederick William Faber (1S14-1881).
ths devout Catholle and head of ths
Brampton oratory, was the author ef
many fine hymns of devotion. As a
student hs distinguished himself at
BaJllcL Oxford, whence hs was gradu
ated in 1811, and his enthusiastic, . po
etle temperamsnt mads him a marked
man all through his life For? a time
hs was a rector In ths English church,
but "in 1141 he gave himself to ' ths
Roman Catnolie church and became one
of Its most conspicuous figures in Lon
don, n no song of worship is there a
mora Catholic spirit than in this ons;
doubtless this accounts for Its phenom
enal leap Into popularity. At first the
theologians looked askance upon it but
ths people found It and Insisted on Its
place in all ths hymnals snd its fre
quent use-In publie worship. .- ..'
There's a wldeneas In Ood's mercy
Like ths wldeneas of ths sea;
There's kindness in his Justics,
Which Is mors than liberty.
There Is plentiful redemption .
- In the blood that has .been shed; ;''
There Is Joy for all members -v
In the sorrows of ths HsadV ,
Was there ever kindest shepherd' ''
Half so gentls, half 'so sweet
As the Savior who would, have us
Come and gather ound his feett -
It is Ood; his lovs looks migHty, .
' But Is mightier than-It seems;
'Tls'eur Fathers, and hie, fondness
, . Goes far Aut bejtond our dreams.
For ths love jot? iSod is broader
.' .Than 'the measure ,of man's mind;
. And the heart, of -the Eternal
' Is most wonderfully kind. : j
H our lovs 'were but mors simple
-. Ws should- take pirn at his word;
And our lives would bs all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord. "
'. ' The Other Cheek. . ' - ,
';k tl - From the London: WerM .
A Franciscan-- monk a fsw years ago
in Ireland was accosted by a blackguard
who thruat a lighted oi gar-end Into
ths friar's mouth. On the latter resent
Ing the aot ths hooligan hit the worthy
father on ths cheek, who thereupon
turned the other and requested te b
bit again. ' A second blow was ' calmly
received by Met., when hs said, "I havs
dons my ddty.2 and immediately pro
ceeded to give the1 scoundrel a tremen
dous thrashing. ; - .
r A Oood Suggestion. '
' From ths St. Louis Post-Dtapatoh.
Ths renswed talk of big eampaitn
contributions suggests ths Importance
of abolishing big campaign funds. Why
not havs one decent presidential elec
tion in iseiT
By Henry F. Cope.
Glorify God In your body. I Cor.,
1:20. "". , y ;
Although the words of ths familiar
adage concerning cleanliness and) god II- .
ness are not to be found In ths Bible,
ths spirit of the saying Is strongly em- -phaslaed
there. , Put togather Its hy. '
glenlo and physiological . instructions
would make a book of no small slxe. 1 It '
comes as a surprise te these, people
who imagine that the sols purpose of
religion Is to fit the impalpable part of ,.
man eaUed the soul for a place ia.the
skies to learn that .ths Nsw Testament,
for example, mentions the body almost -three
times as often as the soul.
In any ease ths soul Is but ths life, ;
and-the -most Important manifestation.
of life is through a body. To divorce,
piety from ths physical throws It only
Into the realm, of ths UnreaI.If "rs-'T
Hglon Is only -a matter of what you
thnk or feet It is as easily assumed
as an unimportant opinion, as cheap as .
wishing, and as practical as drsaming.
Many men want a religion wholly spir
itual that it may bs always nonaasess--'
able. Incontestable because Invisible, im
practicable because inexpressible. So
ong as religion Is wholly of ths ssul
It can travel to heaven on wings; if H -becomes
physical 'it wUl have to walk '
and may havs to work out its reed tax.
Reason turns' in revolt from a religion
so unreal. Man's heaven born- reason
and ths divine revelation do not contra
dict one another. If a divine Image is . '
on man's form, tt was not made to be"
despised and trampled la the dust Ood
is not glorified by destroying, ref acini.
despising his workmanshln. Slow '
suicide Is not less sinful than ths speedy
kind. Asceticism, so far from being
saintly, is grossly .-sinful. ' It is only a
refined selfishness . which., succeeds In
defeating the' divine purpose that en
dowed life with physical form. . .
The passioa for strength and vigor,
the pride and Joy of an abounding life.
are much more te ths glory of thV
creator than the depressing whining of
ths emaciated pietist. Perfection Is the
true snd of piety; - perfection in all
parts. - The gymnasium may be a means
of grace, a man cannot nourish his
morals If hs neglect his muscles.
The ' old-time painters delighted to
picture Jesus as a sorry specimen of
manhood; their work mad him look
like an antique funeral director or a
chronic dyspeptic. Aa a matter-of-fact
his active life snd his personal
attractiveness gave 'evidence Of abun
dant pleasing health. Hs who' cams to
show ths way of. Ilf s Is not likely to
havs neglected Its elementary laws, ; He
who illustrated ths goodness of bis
father by the glory of ths lilies Is not
liksly to havs . undone his teaching by
his own Ihglorious appearance. He who
cams to do the world's greatest . work
would watch well to his own equipment.
Whatever weakens ths body wrongs
both heaven and humanity. Social serv-
Ice Is the evidence of. salvation, help-,
fulness the proof of holiness. Ths body
Is ths Instrument of our service la this
world. Health must be sought for the
sake of the larger investment H en
ables one to make In the way of good
work. V A sound- body, can always be "a
better minister of heaven than that of
ths most Dlous hvroehondriii :
If rellgicsT la a matter- of doing' good
ws ought to remember that we cannot
do good work with broken, blunted
tools. A heart consecrated to heaven's
work will endeavor to bring the body .
up to Its highest effiolsncy as an in-v
strument tor doing good. Tou can
glorify the Moat High more by the
health that imparts cheer, ths strong
hsnd that lifts big bundles for poor
old ladles, the abounding vizor, that -
helps to spell virtue In your own life,
than by a year's prayer meeting whines
or by the most pious wishes: for the
eternal, welfare of your neighbors.
Physical piety simply means that .In
all things ths religious man seeks the
most perfect and complete development,
whether It be of body or mind or heart,
of business or home or sdelal Ufa; he -believes
that ths Most High is most
glorified by all his workmanship oom
lng to its best most perfectly realising
his purposes, whether it be the weed '
by ths wayside or his crowning work
la man. Therefor the religious man -seeks
to honor the AU Wise with a body
worthy of its maker and to serve the
Ail Loving with members that gladly
do hla will. ,
To Mary in Heaven.
Thou lingering star, with Isss'ntng ray, '
That lov'st to greet the early morn.
Again thou usherest In ths day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
O Mary I dear, departed shsdel
Where Is thy placa of blissful rsstT
Seest thou thy lover lowly laidT
Hear-st thou the groans that rend hla
breast? .- , , .
" - i , . '
That sacred hour'-can t forget.
Can I- forget ths hallowed grove.
Where by ths winding Ayr ws met
To livs ons day of parting loveT
Eternity will not efface
Those records dear of transports past
Thy image at Our- last embrace!
Ah! little thought ws 'twas our last!
Ayr", gurglingkissed- his pebbfed shore,
O'erhung with wild woods, thickening,
. green; :
Th fragrant birch, ths hawthorn hoar,
Twined amorous round ths raptured
scene :
Ths flowers sprang wanton to be prest,'
The birds sane lovs On averr lnrav
Till too. too soon, ths aiowlnsr west .
Proclaimed ths speed of winged day, .
Still e'er thess scenes my memory wakes,
-And fondly broods with miser care;
Tims but th' Impression deeper makes,
As streams their ( channels deeper
' wear. "..-,
My Mary! dear, departed shade! .
Where Is thy place ef blissful rest? ,
Seest thou thy lovsr lowly laldT -Hear'st
thou the groans that rend hla
breast t Robert Burns.
A New Standard. '.
From the London Outlook.
It has been borne in upon Europe by
thelexperienoee of the war that there Is
today no western nation with a fiber
so hardy, with the Spirit of unity so In
tense and so extensive, with the ca
pacity for self-surrender at ones so dis
ciplined and so Instinctive, and with the
sense of;' obligation so universal and
positive, as Japan's. To a degree that
the Occident not only cannot approach i
but finds it hard even to realise, Japan
Is a stats animated by the passion- ef
private saerlOoe for publlo ends. . Eu
rope, in-fact, has to acknowledge, and
to rearrange her diplomacy by the ac- ,
knowledgment that Japan Is a power ot
the very nrst class, secretive, Inoognl
sable, perspicacious, fearless, resolute,
indomitable, equipped morally, men
tally and materially with all that makes
a nation victorious and keeps her great '
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