cr.TLAiro, . onzcou.
i i i i a m a 1 i i
li ij-'i;0 REG
AM
a a, ucaca
rocr-vELrs opportunity
f-jHERE IS GOING to be a very interesting fight.
U nominally mana-mated in the next congrets, on
' '.. . .'the question of railroad ratet.
teat it hat been brought to a head
president himself. " Mr. Roosevelt ht there the tight of
his life. So far he has been both fortunate and clever
in the fights he has made. He has boldly seized hold
of certain situations and brought ehenr safely into the
port of popular approval. He has a faculty of doing
things is a spectacular way that takes and holds the pub
lic eye and he has just enough disregard for custom and
precedent to make of him an appealing
, .Whatever he has so far done he has very well done and
while in certain directions his professions have aomer
what outstripped his performances- he has not yet
reached .that stage in his career when his popularity has
been at all endangered.
But he is now reaching a po'rit where he must take a
Stand which, however far it may carry
nation of the people, is likely to' bring him, into violent
collision with the most powerful managers' of his own
party. We suspect that after all has been said and done
' Mr. .Roosevelt at bottom is a very clever politician. He
hail so far shown a remarkable faculty for balancing one
vet of conditions against another and
ing colors. But he is now approaching a stage when
statesmanship nd -courage of the highest order will be
required. Indeed he is reaching the crucial stage of tils
rareer when his enemies .will Emerge from under cover
and begin to blast him with an enthusiasm that will sur-
. prise him. So far the president is sure of the people;
they are back of him and wilt stay there providing he is
true to himself and his professions. But simple politics,
lowever cleverly managed, will not accomplish the pur
pose' of tying the people to 'the' president .,, He will soon
' have th alternative of choosing between the two great
antagonistic forces that are now clashing in, thete United
States -and there will.be no middle ground. If he seeks
ft great place in history there is only one thing to do and
that he has so far done when the choice was presented
.to hitn that is to take the side of the people. If he
makes a fight on .that line there are interesting things
ahead and Theodore Roosevelt will actually become,
what his friends even now, though perhaps too rashly,
claim for him, the dominating figure of .the country and
the most -powerful historically since Lincoln's tragic
death. . . . .. -;.' -
THK RULE WORKS BOTH
, We do not need Germain manufacturers. Ger-
many needs our food stuffs, and her people need
them as cheaply as they can get them. .Its tariff ,
can't force us to lower ours; hunger of the German
people, however, will force Germany to again en-
act a tariff on a sane basis. Salem Statesmen. .
-''.... .: . , . . 1 -.f
INDEED!. Here is sUndpat wisdom for you. ? Ger-
many must buy of us; we need not buy of Germany.
We must have a prohibitive tariff to protect-the
trusts; Germany must have a, sane tariff lawthat is,
free trade is bur pork .and Other products; Our late
lamented friend McKinle'y was entirely wrong then in
bis last speech at Buffalo. Roosevelt ' is wrong, reci
procity is wrong; according to the standpat Salem States
man we must have a tariff that will sell great quantities
of our products abroad, and buy nothing from abroad:
"The period of exclusiveness is past," in the words
of McKbley. If we are a great world power, and if we
are to sell largely abroad, we must buy abroad to some
extent. All take and no give never worked long in this
world, nor .will work. : If we shot out
Germany, we will tell nothing in Germany. Nor should I
we expect to. ,,-.'-. - ., - '"
THE WORLD'S HUMAN
U BUTCHER BILL
By Uv. Thomas B. Oregery. "
Human beings have been . kJIUns; on
another for such . a : long time that
neither history nor the prehtstorta
monuments eaa tell u when the bloody
bualnera began. .rf
Therefore, la ratlmatlna the human
butcher bill a. great many Item will
Zteeeaaarily have to be left out
In fact it was not until times quit
recent that anything like an Itemised
account of the oeat of the buslines was
even attempted. -- -' - .'
About see years ago .It began to oc
cur to the leading men In some of the
nations that It might be Juat as well to
look a little bit Into the matter of the
root of war. and it is only about that
dato that our figures begin. .
It appears, then, that within somewhat
loa than three centuries England ha
pent In the game of human slaughter.
In round numbers, t7.OO0.tOO.09O (even
thousand millions of dollars). : 1
. It ia estimated that the wars of the
nineteenth century coat the world very
near flt.oet.OM.eoe (eighteen thouaaod
millions ot dollars). . ,
A crack mathematician haa told tit
- that there are In a century S.llf.tTl.tOS
aeconda. Such being the oaae, it follows
that the world has paid out In the last
' let years for war nearly It a aeconA
The combined indebtedness of the
. leading nations ef the earth amounts to
about tlt.OOt.eoa.eot) (thlrty-flve thou
sand million of dollars), - .. ,
. Moat of thia enormous um ia oa ac
count of war, or the preparation for It
But It to patting it far too mildly.
If the nation had been at peace during
the long time that they were'flghUna
eech other they would now hard n
debt but on the other hand, an enor
move surplus In their treasuries.
A it Is, Great Britain. France and
Oermany are spending annually In Inter
est on their debt nearly ttto.too.eoo, to
ay nothing of the yearly appropriations
for the mighty armament under, which
they groan. , '
These . appropriation- amount for
Kngland, I3f 0.000,000; for France. $100,
OO.teO; for Germany, tll7.000.t00.
Even the United State of America,
with no "entangling alliance," pay.
In round a umbers. 1100.000.000 a year
to keep itself In trim for killing human
beings. '
The poet Shelley somewhere says that
the lima Is coming when humanity will
nook beck and shudder at Its younger
years.
There I no doubt of It end K seems
to many of ua ss though the time fof
the "shuddering" to begin had already
arrived.
. All honor to Norway and wden for
having demonstrated to -men th fact
that war ran be avoided, and that be
cause It I a senseless and brutal thing,
U should be and skall be ajroldod.
ON DAILY
INDIPBMDINT NEWSPAPER
PUTLniCTD BY JOURNAL PUBI4SHIN0 CO. f
ante?) and every Sunday fronting u
? t . ' 0tf. roruaaa. wpa. ,,
and danger.
V a1' ."H
""" patch says
to "fly.- He has
people by tens of
by the action ot tne
public character.
not lone be tolerated. r
: The sooner the
over and out of millions of crushed human lives, the bet
ter for Russia, the better for the world, r " -
in Moscow and St
him in the esti.
are only incidents.
workingwomen in
ing for slaughtering purposes about iw , kopecks a
month (a kopeck, is .about six tenths of an American
cent) is onlv an incident, but: a very significant one:
The fight is coming,
emerging with fly
Russia and their
That pretendedly
by little Japan. Why? Not altogether because of the
valor and intelligence of the Japanese; but also and
principally because Russia is rotten at the core, and all
through.
' While the czar is hiding from bombs ana poison, ne
had better take down two books of history, one relating
to James II of England, and one narrating the road to
the guillotine perforce taken by Louis XVI. ;These true
stories should be interesting to Nicholas II -these days.
. a.
.- "M'CLELLAN FOR PRESIDENT."
ticle for an acknowledgement or betrayal of the joke,
bnt our esteemed Chicago contemporary kept a straight
face to the last line. An old, reputable newspaper like
the Chicago 'Journal
readers. " ' ,"..'
precedent. He was mayor, then governor, then presi
dent; McClellan is mayor, probably will be re-elected
mayor of New York City: next he will be elected gov
r'r".-';
WAYS.
ernor, then president
There have been
the conditions surrounding Mayor McClellan would
more or less clearly represent the presidency. He is
a safe man who never runs violently counter of certain
important interests and who is constantly? groomed by
his friends with 'this object in view. . But under cir
cumstances that would lead to success the machine rules
and this is one of the periods -when it is more than
doubtful if it will or can rule. It is one of those times
which demand redblooded men who stand for something
radical, in the line
stands for nothing in, politics but Tammany and. Tam
many stands for nothing but spoils. It has never here
tofore been -able to maintain even a state organization,
much less a national one. So far as the rest of the
country is concerned it wants none of Tammany. The
next Democratic candidate for president will not come
out of New York; particularly he will not represent the
kind of politics that
William Travers
man but measure
basis of their record
everything from
About the only
- .. ,.
I interested in another
How Burns Impressed the Ruralitea.
From the Seattle Times. ' n
If any of - the alleged guilty ones
could have seen William 3. Burns aa a
reporter for the Times saw him last
Friday forenoon, then he would Indeed
have cause to "tremble in his boot."' -Burn
Is a man about five feet ten
inches In height He dress e modestly
but exceedingly well. He look not the
smooth, sharp detective that he is, but
th professional man of easy means.
, He wear no ornaments in the way ot
jewelry, but he Is exceedingly fond of
tasty and expensive neckties. . He wears
a short black mustache. - He -1 not
portly, but I very well built He haa a
magnificent pair of shoulders that are
the very plctur of strength. ,
' But "IMS' the man's face, of 'course,
that ; Immediately commands attention
and that would attract the eyes, of a
crowd anywhere. It 1 rather a round,
full face, tinged with the red glow of
health. ' The forehead 1 high and th
ear are set well back, showing that he
I one of those few men, whose head 1
actually full of brain. His eyes are
dark, but as steady aa a tar, and when
he I talking to one. hi 1 eye never
deviate a hair's breadth. He literally
look clear through hi auditor . and
seemingly it would be Impossible to re-'
fuse to talk, or to tell the least bit oz a
lie to William J. Burn.
He la the man who Is responsible for
the conviction of Senator Mitchell and
Congressman Wiltlainsonj'-tHe mad no
boasts when he arrived In Seattle, ex
cept to aay that thing were "pretty
rotten In Denmark." and that ha would
gat somebody. He did not say he
thought he would, or that he proposed
to, but he cam out with the flat-footed
declaration that "I'll get somebody.
Uncle Sam, haa. lota of money and we
never quit."
btrt Barn, who," as stated before,
was accompanied by hia wife,1 did not
remain long in this city. In fact
hour covered th extent of hia visit
He left aa quietly aa he came, and to
all Intent ' and purpose he ' went to
Portlafra. It can ssfely be said, bow-ever-and
-the Times sneak upon abso
lute authority that Mr. Burn will be
backln Seattle ready to turn hi eye
upon the situation aa he finds It Jn this
commonwealth,, not later than December
I, lets.
The next ' federal grand Jury, before
which all such Investigation and trial
are fought cut will convene in thia cltr
on the first and second Mondays of next
December. It seems to be. a rather sig
nificant fact that Mr. Burns will return
to Seattle on December 1. . It may b
that he will fire the flrat gun of scandal
shortly after his return. .
The Probable Explanation.
From th St Loal Post-Dispatch.
Mr. Roosevelt say that ordinarily
bears are not flurried when ho suddenly
come upon them. Maybe th bears do
not know that be la the president
JO URN A L
nr. v. euuu
' "i i" ' .
The Journal Bufldmf, Fifth and Yamhill
- - ' , '- '
' THE PLIGHT OF THE CZAR. v
OOMETHING is doing in the realm of our peace
seeking friend Nicholas and k is wellv One di
"the czar is ready to flee.'.' He ought
golden wings to fly withat-'Better
thousands hav only 'shoels aad axes
and a few small guns. But these win sumce. evi
dently there-is to be a v"feast of pikes" in Russia before
inni ' . ' ; -. . '. -1 ry ' ' .
The czar has proved that he is utterly Incompetent to
rule anybody. He is a sham, a false pretender, and his
own people nave touna ..Dim out. e i uvij, ucms
what he is, but that millions of people should be imposed
upon and overriden and robbed by tnis strutting, oe-toans-led
wealcline false pretense is monstrous; it will
czar is hurled from hia throne, built
The war with Jaoan was only an incident. The strikes
Petersburg and other Russian cities
The slaughter of workingmen and
the cities yof Russia by Cossacks earn
is indeed on, between the People of
Kobbers. .
great nation was whipped to a finish
..''.''' ' '.v'.. ':'!":. :i. 7
HE . Chicago Journal heads an editorial, "Mc-
Clellan for President", and assumes tobe se
rious in doing so. W looked through the ar
should not play such a prank on its
. .
The Chicagd Journal cites Grover Cleveland as a
a la Grover Cleveland.
times when the logical outcome ot
of the public : welfare,' McClellan
Mayor McClellan represents.
Jerome Is far from being a perfect
him with Mayor-McClellan on the
and see where McClellan sinks.
hope left the czar is to get the people
war or give them a square deal.
-v - A Satisfactory Conference.
V From th Chicago Tribune.
Hearing volcea Inside the room, the
wife of the eminent financier paused at
the door of hia office and beard this
conversation:
"Tee, we have several hundred thou
sand dollars over and above any possible
amount we shall need this year for tak
lug up matured endowment policies or
psylng death claims, which we should
like to invest in good securities.
- "You have full power to Inveat thia
fundf
"Absolutely."
H'm! ' I'm glad tot meet you. indeed.
It happena most opportunely that our
firm 1 about to organise a syndicate
for th exploitation of certain suburban
properties, .The . security is gilt-edged
end the profits are surs to be large,
We can use a considerable amount of
money in financing this enterprise.'
"Do you consider it personally a de
sirable Investment T '
. "I consider it away up in G. It'a ths
best thing now on the market"
"Well, I'll see you again tomorrow
and we will arrange for the deal."
Here the conversation ceased.
. Th wife, of the eminent financier
waited a moment longer, then knocked
lightly on the door and went In.
"Why, Jasper," she said surprised at
finding him, alone, "I: thought I heard
you talking to somebody. "j. 1
"Quits likely, my dear,' he answered
with a large and genial smile. - "I was
talking to myeelt"-- ,
. Women and Men. ,
- a
I From the Minneapolis Journal. .
: "Men," sh said, "are continually ask
ing In the newspapera the questions:
, '"Why doe a woman always want
to know if her hat 1 on atraightT
" Why doe she sharpen pencils with
her husband's rasorr
"Why will she ruin a ISO gown In a
struggle to save two cent at a bargain
counter r
"I think it Is about time w women
should retaliate on the -men with some
- - ----
"'Why doe a man when he finishes
with a newspaper always throw U In a
heap on the floor Instead of folding JJ
up neatlyT a
"Why, , when eent to look for some
IHIng in bureau or closet doe he
always return and say It Isn't there f
"'Why when a pretty girl praises
another man' looks doe h sneer and
say the girl Is softf
""Why I hi Sunday morning head
ache alway du to what b ate, not to
what he drank on Saturday nlghtr
"Why as he laugh at 'women does
he fall to perceive that woman find
much of the ludicrous in hlmj "
They Dont Like It
From th Lincoln Slar. T"
The big Insurance companies are get
ting plenty ef publicity bow such as
t is. ,
SMALL CHAKC3
A .New Jersey woman, with soma aur.
gtcal assistance, has -changed into a
man,' and ha. or he, rather, la 111 with
humiliation and disgust. -And yet a
great many women wish they were men.
,.! ' e - -
He would have you know, don't you
anew, mat it -pronouncea Jerumky
jarum. . ,
Uncle Rockefeller's vacation being
over, and havipg had a delightful time
among hia dear neighbor and friends,
ha ewea It t himself to turn again to
business. . and, .remembering that win.
ter is near, to look out a little for hi
own interests, and , s he raises th
price of oil What! You wouldn't
have such a nice, ploua old man go cold
ana hungry, wouia year - :
e ; . ,'
How about 101 rosea? , (, ,
e , ,
Really, we wouldn't. glv over II. Tt
anyway to hear the woman who calls
perseir calve screech. ,
There's a whole lot to do yet: If r.
President to bring about the "aa'uara
aeai.
;: i"
Can't
convict - th
well
known
macquea, eh Well, then W will get
people in office whowllL ' The vara-
plrss are not to- be tolerated. - ' i
, e Si;
Watch th eaatjtld kth,J r '
, '''..-' I . t "'.,;-
If Teddy were running juat now he
would break into th solid south further
than Missouri. i v ,
or- ,. ,.v - -It
may be a hard - winter, but don't
worry; think of next spring and sum
Soma mighty small men think them
aelvea great And soms truly great
menand women go' to - the grave or
crematory- undlscovsred. Thus runs
th world away, my. masters. Tls a
eurlbua old world.
W still venture to suggest that Sen-
ator Fulton should draw dowtrs SZO.OOt
a year.
e e . ' .,'
Really, Mr Carnegie, the girla donl
care much about you or your opinion
anyway, at least not enough to cut off
those lovely heads of hair.
Keep the street clean. - ,
' - -; . a e . " ..
"Please clean your feet" ra a no-
tie on the door of a business house.
But perhaps shoe were meant v
Senator Spooner said at Seattle that
ha had never heard of th Puget sound
Havy yard. . If In earnest be would bet
ter have kept hi Ignorance to himself.
but being a Wisconsin man he may have
been only Badgering th reporter. ,
Toose, Moores, Gateh, Ger, Davey
all from Marlon - county. Gentleman, 1
tls too, too much; 'tis awful: better
pool your issues.
A man fleeing from the police In Los
Angeles ran into a department store.
entered an elevator, mad hia way to
the roof of th building; found an air
ship that an aeronaut waa preparing to
aalU lumped In it t sail, and escaped.
At least such la th tale told by a Uoa
Angeles paper. Haa Beachev got down
there yet? fleas don't put him In Jail
How. much In t do you admire Jap
anese art? - - -
The Kreba hop are being baled at the
rat of ISC bales a day. r-; t
-. e . e
Moat hopgrower who can ar holding
on; think price can't go much lower.
-....
A man killed a coon, west of Eugene,
thatvwelghed C pounds.
e e
Mr. Ooforth claims to have been
robbed In Portland, but It la supposed
be exchanged . hta cash for boos and
other thing that profit not . Ho man
aaed to go forth to Salem, however.
where he received money from a brother
in the tut of Washington to travel on
to hi home, but more boos prompted
him to go forth to Corvallla, where he
remained in a state of unquenebed
thirst , until his brother sent him. not
money, but a ticket and th etty mar
shal escorted him to the tram and said:
"Ooforth, go forth." .
Farmers' motto these days: - Get - In
and drill. J t ,
Albany " Democrat: Complaint con
tinues all the time or tne poor raiiroaa
service in and out of Brownsville. Some
men leaving there at C o clock get In Al
bany at IS o'clock, which la worse than
the service of th main road during the
fair days, a rsct one to tne train on
th Oregonian line running from Natron
to - Woodbura Ilk a cow going to bar
slaughter. -.. ' i
Hello, Nqrth Tambtll: waterworks.
. . . -.v ... - e . t :, . . :
Albany Democrat: . Salem 1 having
a second telephone company fight on
hand. . Albany has alreadjrjpassed that
stage. .; . w.
' Olendal I flourishing.
The Tillamook Herald admlta that a
railroad might possibly be built over
there,. Better take It back and kick
aome more. ' ;
. i. ....
Hood River Glacier: ' The White 8al
mon Transportation company, which in
tended to operate a ferry-boat between
her and th north bank of th river.
concluded after a day and a halt thai
there wasn't business for two companies
snd departed with the Whit Flyer for
the lower Columbia. The expenses for
the two dsys' run here wss far' In ex
cees of the cash receipts.
. ... ,
:. Coon ar ripI " -
V . ' ,
It's becoming a great 'fruit country
back of Mooler.. ;
.. s e . . .
Several. Albany wedding reabout
due. Albany Democrat Mean old thing.
you! : ,- .i - , -
Marshfleld high school is to .purchase
physical athletic apparatus. . -
- . V v.i . . ... .
Getting warm In .. the , Nehalem eoaJ
flelda. -
..-..
Th hard winter la a good winter for
moat i '
,. e ; ,
Fruit Colony correspondence Hood
River Glacier;. Moat of our Inhabitant
Cav been sn eased In picking, wiping
tiUawlplaa- apple lately. Money Cer
tainly rr on tree and bushes in
this part of the world, , '
'7r.,",'?""
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
UJDAY SCHOOL LES
SON for TOMORROW
By H. 0. Jenklna, p. XX .
October tt. 1CS Toplo: "Power
Through God's Spirit" ZaoharUh iv
1-19. '
Golden-Text Not by might nor by
power, but by my spirit salth Jehovah
of Hoots. Zech. Iv; .
XntawT4o.' :V .:'.;.!''
It would be a poor world for the child.
the., physically weak, the numerically
few. If Providence were -always on th
side of the heaviest battalions. " , The
only thing which tnahea life tolerable la
tne vision- of God in "the dim unknown"
keeping watch. And aa a matter of -re-
oorded hlatory th weak thlnga have
alway been confounding the mighty, m
Zachax'ah lived In a troubled time.
The work at Jerusalem, begun under
such favorable auspice (Kara ill), had
been rudely Interrupted (Kara iv) and
finally brought to a standstill because
of the suspicions aroused in the king's
mind by - the enemies ot Judah (Ezra
iv: 14). -
Under Darius, successor . tf Cyrus,
hop waa kindled anew. (Earn vl), and
th work of rebuilding the temple waa
puahed to tta completion (Ch. vi: 14-15).
Th abort book Of Zacharlan contain
a aerie of vision and revelatlona, eight
in number, ail calculated to encourage
the workers. Notwithstanding all the
patent reverse which had occurred the
nation waa not cast out by Jehovah.
Better daya were coming. But the peo
ple muat understand that religion was a
matter , of morals and devotion. ' not
something of form and fasting. There
waa a danger that the people, fearing to
offend the greaf God who had ono aenl
mam into exit zor tnsir sins, snouia,
like the natlona about them, com to be
lieve that religion was a matter of tor
ture, not of benevolence (Ch. vll). Some
of them sought to propitiate Jehovah
by.aaoetlo practices instead of to please
him by kindly acta.- Zacharlan cornea
to the front to declare God' will. It
la not impossible for God to aav them
despite their pauoity of number. , But
God la not to be propitiated by ema
ciation of th body.- He I t be pleased
by generous act toward our fellows
The people were, not to turn the land
into a cave of gloom In the hope of thus
averting th dIVIne displeasure. Thai
conception -of religion ia diabolical. JEech-
arlah fought it aa a prophet or the Moat
High muat always oppose it H In
sisted upon a religion of trust of love,
of; beneficence; not of fear, ascetlsm
and strife. Th work of Zacharlan was
a glorious work, and hi word present
to u today a finer pictures of true re
ligion than -can be found .In any work,
recent or ancient not . Influenced di
rectly or Indirectly by th Bible.
' Tbe Xitesoa.
Verse , l. Haggal.' th aged, prophet
needed a lieutenant of greater physical
strength than hia, own. and possessing
the buoyant spirits of youth. Nothing
is more beautiful than the Joint service
of a Paul and a Timothy In the cause
of religion. Zacbariah . was a . young
man. He had apparently returned to
Jerusalem aa a child.' He Was a priest
who 'did not fulfill a merely mechanic's
routine of duty (Neh. xli:4, . T. ID
Many of our beat thoughts and holiest
impulse com to ua In th sUence -Of the
night. But Zacbariah la careful to dis
criminate between his dreams and Jiia
visions. He received a- message direct
from God' and he must ujter it..
Vara - I, - The . sacred lamp . which
stood so long within th holy. house had
been since Moses' time associated with.
th- sacred functions of the priest (Ex.
xxv-U-40). Its form may stilt be traced
upon that marble panel under th arch
of Titus, where It figures among the
polls of - Jerusalem. . Constructed of
pure, beaten gold, 4t was Intrinsically
valuable and artistically beautifut Con
cealed plpea conveyed oil to- th seven
orifices, from which the seven flames
ascended. Doubtless many a time Zacb
ariah had pondered upon its possible
spiritual significance, and now when it
appeared to him In a supernatural "vis
Ion, ha felt; more than ever that It had
a deep meaning which he would fain
know.
Verse . But presently he saw aome
thing not visible In the temple. . On
either side of the sacred candelabrum
appeared, perhaps - dimly and obscurely
as against a background of myatery.
two ollv tree. To keep ' alive . that
flame there was a dlvins supply renewed
from year to year by the kindly earth.
Perhaps Zacharlan had sometime ques
tioned with himself whether In their
poverty and amid their harrassmehts
the tupply would not eventually fail and
the 'night close over all. There eome
tuch anxious thoughts to all ot God's
children at times. They vn sug
gested themselves to our blessed Lord
(Luke xvilirl). But the supply. In
visible in the noon, was revealed to the
prophet In the vision. -
Verse 4. .Tet Zacharlan wished an
authoritative word, ao that he could ge
to the people with confidence and de
clare the purposes of - ths Almighty.
Many self-anointed prophet are ready
to put their own interpretation upon
their visions, but Zacharlan wished
God's truth, not his own guess at it. -
Verae 6- - Zacbariah waa as humble
as he - was brave. - He would atsumt
nothing regarding what he saw. His
spirit was very-different from that of
many expositor who can endure noth
ing reserved in scripture. They, mutt
Interpret every detail of the Apocalypse
and explain even .the eternal counsel
of the Almighty. Th truest message,
w may b surs, doss not alwaya com
from th most confidant prophet- -
Vers t. In 'response to the spoken
request , the prophet receive a word
which constitute our golden text I-et
Zerubbabel know that there Is nothing
Impossible with God.' TJie lamp will not
fail which is fed direct from th living
tree: A nation , is Immortal when It
draws Its life from God. A church will
live, despite all the worldly power of
It adversaries, if- It be vitalised by It
living hetd. ' "...
Verse 7. Doubtlss there were mo
ments when Zerubbabel .felt that hewas
"up against" a mountain. Suppose he
was? What I a mountain to God? Th
court opposed him. HI own people at
time wished to give up the apparently
hopetoea struggle. He felt aa solitary
and depressed as Elijah when he prayed
for permission to die (I King xvllll:l-4).
But to him the prophet was to com with
a message of victory. He should see
th top stone ,1a id upon th completed.
tempi. It would not be bunt by angels'
hands. .'It would not be finished through
supernatural agenciea in a night , ''But
finished it would be. And those who
had watched and labored and prayed and
stilt struggled on, would see the house
of God finished, snd were to Join in the
song of praise with which it comple
tion, wQirtd be celebrated.
Verse S. .Had Zacharlah-been com
missioned by the king to cheer the
prlnre-prlest it would have meant some
thing, but not so much as was implied
In a message direct, from God. Kings
change their mlnda, but tne Most High
doe not change bis purpose. King may
not be able to accomplish what they
promts, but if we bav God a word, no
one can say hfra ' nay. Happy If th
church If It have a direct message r
cheer from its own sovereign! most mls
rabla, if It have only the dream ot a
visionary :aad 'the mistaken,- hope of a
fanatlo upon which eofeed.V Zacharlah
had no doubt as to the divine origin of
his oommisslon. Zerubbabel acted upon
the word In good faith. And the results
Justified the confidence of both.
Verse I. Into thia work the leader of
thia remnant' of a nation bad put heart
and aouL The temple would make but
a poor ahow beside that of Solomon; but
if It should please God. It might ttand
a long aa did the work of Solomon.
Zerubbabel did not claim to be a great
king. He bad no such resource at hia
command aa had th son of th conquer-
Hng David. He could not claim (the aa-
alstance of neighboring rulers. But
when he thought that all he had so far
wrought might come to a definite arrest
and then crumble back to ruin again. It
broke blm all up. ' Should Zerubbabel
loae heart who would retain courage?
It was not time for him to die. He
eould not be spared. He had begun t,ia
work; no one else should complete It
(Esra 111:1, If. vl:lt).
- Vera 10. All hlatory la a commentary-
upon thia apothegm. - Great rivers
have - obscure - fountain-heads hidden
amid the lofty mountalna.- Great Inven
tion ar suggested by trifling Incident.
Th mayor of th city In Spain from
whose harbor Columbus sailed, kept a
dally diary lb which he was acuttomed
to note down every event likely to be
of future Intereat; but he failed to
reMrd the sailing of a tiny fleet which
waa to discover a new world.. Few
things appeared less worthy of notice
than th compact signed In the cabin of
the Mayflower- by a handful of crack
brained adventurers. But that compact
became ' the Spring of government
from the people, for,' the people and by
tho people." The men who sneered at
Zerubbabel should yet se him. plummet
in hand, declare there waa nothing fur
ther .to do. "Put away the builder'
tool. . Th house I completed." . The
eye of the Lord, which see all that
transpires, do not overlook the need
of hia saints. "Be of good cheer. You
are not forgotten."- And so, while men
scoff and writers mourn the ecllpee of
faith and prophets of evil see the end
of all religion - near, God Is preparing
new times of refreshing; and men who
have been ready to perish shall see the
work crowned with honor and greeted
with praise;
H, H. ROGERS IN JBOS
TON GAS
The hand of William Rockefeller In
the Boston gas consolidation was first
disclosed through the secret testimony
of Henry H.- Rogers, which haa been
made public; Rockefeller and .Rogers
cleened up $3. 165,100 each in the deal.
in 1817 the aeven gaa companies or
Boston were bought up and consolidated
by Henry H. Rogers, workrng through
A. C. Burrage and the Bay State Gaa
company of Delaware, -a holding com
pany, which later went Into receivership.
George W. Pepper, the receiver, brought
suit against Roger for IS, 000, 000. C
Austen Brown waa appointed master.
For several montha Mr. Brown haa been
taking testimony. With the filing of
hi report the-Inside fact of th ga
deal' became known. ",
Receiver Pepper alleged that Rogera
received' from the .New England Gaa A
Coke company' tl. 000.00 In addition to
the amount stipulated 'by him for. the
sale of .hB..mtrestsv-jMr.i Peeper as
serts that thtw M.Oee.tOt belong to th
Bay. Stat Gas company of -Delaware,
under a trust agreement " - ''
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Mr.' Rogers testified that he gav an
option' on. his - ga - etocka and bonds to
the Central' Trust -company of New
York, and received a check for tl.Ctl.
lot. bonds of the New England Ga A
Coke ' company to the ' face value of
tl.0p0.000. and 4.C0C aharea of stock of
the same company in payment
. Mr.' Rogers waa asked aa to the reca
ords on his eheck book, and he said: -"Ths
book. shows that on December
10. 187, there wss entered In It ths re
ceipt of a cheek for ti,etl.lC1.44. which
was deposited. -That aama day a check
for ICOOO.COOC waa drawn to the Central
Trust company, and a check of tl.Otl,.
101.44 drawn to William Rockefeller.
These entries ar in th check book, not
th cash book."
"Were these transactions, beginning in
lltl with the purchase of Brooklln Gaa
and ending In Dcember, lltT.i in the
aal to- th New Sngland Oa A Cok
company, carriedron- with funda fur
nished by William Rockefeller?" asked
Lawyer Sherman Whipple, on cfoss-ex-aminatlon.
- "Mr. Rockefeller flnanoed the transac
tion, with others," responded Mr. Rogera
Mr. Rogera was asked It Mr. Rocke
feller would not have booka which would
ahow these transactions, and if hi own
book did not ahow what these trans
actlona were. - Mr. Rogers said that be
did not thlnJtiU own books would show
what happened 'at that time. '
Then your booka are not always
kept with such accuracy or In auch
a manner to eaable - you, in respect to
a transaction in which you are -Interested,
Involving a million of dollars, to
tell who furnished the money; I that
correct?' asked Mr. Whipple.
"Not alwaya," said Mr. Rogers.
In answer to another question as to
where the money used in, those- deals
came from, Mr. Rogera said he re
membered distinctly that William Rock
efeller and - Moore A Schley may have
furnished the money to purchase the
Delaware company's securities. In May,
18sV-He thought that General Jourdan
of -Brooklyn, R. A. C Smith and Mr.
Weldenfleld -may alao have been inter
ested, -snd Mr. Burrage Indirectly.-
"How were the profits made up?" Mr.
Rogera waa asked. .
"That haa been running through my
head for a good many years," he (replied.-
'' - - v ' :-
"Welt haven't yon any Idea how the
profits were made up?"
"W1," said Mr. Rogers, "they were
made up of the , difference between
what the goods eost and what we sold
them at." . . .
He : further said that he and Mr.
Rockefeller received Just the same
share of the profits, tt.Kt.t00, as he re
membered it. .
"I tak It that you do not know any
thing about how you happened to be
elected as a director of these four com
panies on that' day," aald Lawyer Whip
ple. f "IfsI ever knew I hav lost all re:
ollectlon of It" '
The master Tiding did not aocom
pan&rtbe testimony filed in the United
Ststes circuit court and . Is not an
nounced. ' y. : , '"
Not Directly Bub
From the-Washington Star,-. --5
"Did you ever 'contribute to a cam
paign fundrl
"Not consciously. But I have paid
premiums on a. life Insurance policy.".
'. A Hht to Subscribers. , .
From the Walnut (Mo.) Herald.
Our wife suffered a severe disappoint
ment Isat night - She went through our
pocket whea we wer asleep, i
JOURNEY OP LEWIS-,
i AND CLARKE
. Descending the dalles of the Columbia.
October it The morning was again
cool and wlndyt . Having dried mir
goods,' w wer about aetting out, when
three canoe cam from above to 'visit
ua and at th sama time two others from
below arrived for the same purpose.
Among these 'last wa an. Indian who
wor hi hair In a queue and had on a
round hat and a sailor s Jacket which
h aald h had obtained from th people
below the; great rapids, who bought
them from the whites. This interview
detained ua till C o'clock, when. we pro
ceeded down the river, which la now
bordered with cliffs of loose dark-colored
rocks about to feet high, with a
thin covering of pine and other email
trees. At the distance of four mile' w
reached a email village of eight housee
under some high rocks on the right with
a small creek on the opposite lde of the
river. W landed.and found the house
similar to those we had visited at th
great narrows.' On entering one of them
we saw a British musket cutlass and
eaveral bras teakettles, of which they
seemed to be very fond.
There wer figures of men, birds and
different animals, which wer cut and
painted on the bqarda which - form the
aide of the room, and though the work
manship of these uncouth figures waa
vary rough, - they were as -highly' est
teemed a a the finest frescoes of more
civilised people. 'This tribe I called the
Chlllucklttequaw, and their Unguage. al
though toiflewhat different from that of
the - Kcheloots, has many of - the sam
words and ia sufficiently Intelligible to
the neighboring Indiana. : We procured
from them a vocabulary and then, after
buying five small doge, eome dried ber
ries and a whit breed or cake made of
root, we left them. The wind, however,
rose ao high that we were Obliged after
going one mHe to land on the left side
op posits to a rocky Island and pass the
day there. Wa formed our camp in a
niche above a point of high rocks, and
aa it waa th only safe harbor we could
find, submitted to ths inconvenience of
llvlog on the sand, exposed to the wind
and rain, during all the' evening. .The
high wind, which obliged ua to consult
the aafety of our boats by not venturing
further, did not at all1 prevent the In
dians, from navigating th river. We
had not been long on ahore before a
canoe, with, a man, hia wife and two
children, came from below, through, the
high wavea. with a few roota to sell, and
soon after we were visited by many In
dians from the village above, with whom
wo amoked and conversed. The canoes
used by these people are like those al
ready described, built of white cedar or
pine, very light wide In the middle and
tapering toward the ends, th bow being
raised nnd ornamented with carvings of
the heada ot animals. As the canoe I
th vehicle of transportation,, the In
diana bav acquired great- dexterity1 In
the management of It and - guide - tt
safely over the highest wavea. They
have among their utensils bowls . and
baskets very neatly made of smalt
bark and grass, In which they boll their
provision. Th only game Been today
were two deer, of which only one was
killed; the Other wa wounded, but
eacaped. :
LETTERS FROM - THE
: . PEOPLE
A JUH1 Xla4mM Vow aad'Thea.
Portland. Or Oct It. To the Editor
of The Journal Two little newsboys at
one time would com around and. in
stead of saying "sir." would all reaort
to the gamln'a form of Interrogation. I '
remonstrated with them and asked them
why they did not aay "sir." ., It rather
vexed one- of them, but- the other., re
turned: "I guess' the old gentleman is
right, Jim." That boy not only- got a
eustomsr but a lift Into the right -direction.
If each and every one -of -ua
would try to correct the failings of th
little lads and Issales and help them
upward in life's Journey, not only would
the world be a gainer, but It would ba
an added pleasure to ourselves. A lit
tle kindness now and, then Is well and
long remembered. That boy I gave a
Christmas present' One dny as I w '
going down 'a crowded street I heard
him aay: "There goes the man, mother."
In traveling to and fro from my place
of business I had often occasion to be In
the car of a certain conductor.-' He wa
a vary rough and aour sort of a fellow
and cared little how he Jostled hia pas
senger. One day when he rudely
bumped agalnat me I told him in ' my
anger that if be ever' did -that again
there would be trouble. When Christ'-ma-
came I handed that man a gift
"What that for?" he roughly de
manded. 'This la the day in which we
ahould forgive ' our enemies," I said.
That man, today, to all hia passengers .
la the most courteous snd agreeable
conductor on the line. A little klndrtes
did It -'v . ,' V:
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Tho Portland Fair DividendV ' .
'From the New York Times."
The Portland fair has closed and its
stockholders ar to rcel7 a dividend in
cash. The amount of the dividend, bow
ever, I no Juaj; measure of the fair's
success, because the chief ahow waa out
side the fair's grounds. Inside the fslr
buildings there waa very little which
could not have been seen in the New
York ahopa, the chief exception being
th . Foreatry building. It glgantlo
timbers were simply a specimen of for
ests clothing a thousand hill. Ftv
of them, lad In perpetual snow, were
in eyeehot of th hill upon which Port
land rsposea, enthroned in beauty and
developing atrength. Only a little Jaunt
away Ilea Shasta, about whose loins;
clouds seiner, while above the clouds
Prise Its hoary head in ailent majesty.
Midway between here ana tnre-nes tne
Yeflfrwstone, whose canyon and geysers '
foreigners cross oceans to see, and are
repaid. Along the way ilea the true
lource ot the nation's strength. Its agri
cultural acres, only half' developed In. a
year when eastern nerrritt are talking
ot th exhaustion of our capacity as.
porters of grain. -..-. 'it
This true dividend of the fair la that
It gav knowledge of these-things-t
1,(00,000 peopls. "What ahould they
know of England who only England
know?" What ahould they know of the , .
United States who merely read of It
and who measure - tt mountain by.
Washington, It rlvere by -the -Hudson,
Ita agriculture by New England, and Its
people by either the , millionaire, th
middle daases, or the submerged tna
Jorlty of New York? , The fair would
have ''been it success If it ' had eost
something. Instead of dividing some
thing apiece for every easterner whom
It enticed across the Rockies, past th
Watatch range, and over the Cascades.
The flr waa a grsat success because,
more than any other fair. It ft, racy '
of the soil, and revealed more nf, their
country to. Americans who went'to tpy
out the land and cas)S back better a-vf
proud cltlsens. - . Congratulations .
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