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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1DC5,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
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THE OREGON; DA I L Y
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Published mn wmIm Ymk SuiuUrK'ind aver Sunder mornloc t
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KEW'YORK CITY'S CAMPAIGN.
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'HEN, at 'length, the Tammany leader became
ilartrred over the election
Vork he promptly ; communicated with the
great corporation. "The outcome," he said, "is of as
much consequence to you as it is tp me. "v .You know you
. are assessed a third, to a twentieth of what private peo-
vie are forced to pay and as a mere money investment
you cannot afford, to let Hearst in." v7; V
No higher tribute could possibly have been paid a
loan. .In this campaign he is the apostle of the square
deal., Jerome represents much. ' It is known that if he
is elected the thieves and scoundrels without regard to
their .social standing will get what i coming to them if
lie is able to encompass it But the common people of
v the city, the men who are' groaning under the burdens of
- taxation direct and indirect, who pay so heavily for their
whistle. Who is there to help them? t Jerome i cannot and
McClellan will not for he can only be put in power by
the very element thai must be fought if justice is t,o be
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Tammany as an organization is simply 'an organised
. appetite. "7 It represents, with the Republican machine,
to which it gives over the state, a so-called politic! or
ganization that is frankly for the protection" Of public
plunderers. It enriches its leaders and .jt protects and
7 nriches the great predatory corporations at the expense
of the city' and. the masses of the people. 7 It is now
known lor precisely what it is;. . The extraordinary p
lieavat in progress there becomes understandable. in t,his
way; otherwise it 1 would be inexplicable. Apparently
Tammany was' nevermore powerful; in recent moriVhs it:
lia been less under. the limelight of fierce criticism than
. had often theretofore been the case. But the people had
... been quietly potting two and two together and reaching
conclusions. "They observed the-close affiliation of the
two great political parties; noted 'Tammany's close af
filiation with the great corporations which were given
- what they asked irrespective of rhyme or reason and
observed that the,-Tammany leaders, poor when, they
emerged from obsctrityr-oon "became-so wealthythat
they were rated among the very rich even in that rich
metropolis. ' ',,7 .. '' '77: 7,' . .--.7''' '";
And so it is the realization of this that has shaken New
York, from center to circumference. .' Can Hearst be
elected? The Answer depends, upon the- question
whether the people of New York are strong enough to
enforce a square deal. Every 4lt3Ljpterest in New
York is bitterly opposed to him, every insurance grafter,
every man' who. is getting from -the city what he is.npt
entitled to is uniting in the effort to defeat him. Money
is being spent like water, ior that sort of expenditure by
. men with special privileges is simply in the nature of an
investment They mayncompass his defeat but of-this
they may he'assureil that the day for New York's house
cleaning is merely;, postponed and it will come a Jittle
later oh with a vengeance. ...'. ; 7 ''.-' - fr
THE SLAUGHTER. IN
B URTOSIaf. 1 Kill. Thai Is the order of day in
; Kishirielf and other Russian cities. With "fire
and sword," the wrong of centuries arc. being
. avenged, as. they always will be,' in. God's good timel
.Somethini happened in France about 100 years ago.
Several men 'wrote about it, but one
artistically the terrible, interesting
he was a Scotchman, named Carlyle.
battle, of Waterloo better i than . did
cranky, northerner really, gave the world the best story,
despite its drawbacks and-inaectiraeie,-of what happened
about .100 years ago in the sunny land ot vines and flow
ers and "beautiful women . .-',.. " ' 7 ) ' -
Who shall tell the story of what is happening in Russia
todays and whyLlThe .why ia- alwaya-the-important
thinsr.' Why are people by thousands
are thousands starving? Why have
lions? , Why doesn't anybody, from czar to the lowest
peasant know what to do,' or how to do it? -X; '
. P In blood, in conflict, in terror, in agony, in glamour, In
ignorance, in whirlwind, in cataclysm, in the crux of
things not known or understood, the human animals are
trying -to right a wrong. . ,..- 7 7"
Perhaps they re mounting step,' over the bleeding
bodies of innocent thousand, to a higher future life.
Let us hope so; let us look for, hope for, and work
for that'better, brighter. day and time. 77: . , ' 7
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4-M,HANNAOWJS
COOK IN HOTEL'-
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- From, tha New Tprk. World,
t - Hanna's Maggia," ' the coneoctor of
that historic hash with which the Ohio
senator regaled distinguished breakfast
guests, Is at the Gotham hotel. -
She Is there In her professional ca
pacity aa cook, but. the guest of the
house, with , a aingle . exception, are
barred from the gastronomio delights
-created by ber skill. ':
. Maggie cooks only for Mrs. Mark
Manna, the senator's widow, who has
astablished herself permanently at the
' Ootham. Tha only private hotel kitchen
on record has ben constructed for her
exclusive use and under her personal
- supervision, It Is entirely apart from
' the main kitchen of the hotel, and
J very ujenall, n.W equipment was se
oted rraonally y "Hanna'S Maggie."
--' Alt this, was accomplished, ... by Mrs.
; Mark Ha una In 'the face of "seemingly
nsurmtuntabla barriers. No sooner had
i she decided ' 'upon -.New York as a
placa of permanent ;realdenee than she
bgan to plan, .for - th Installation ot
Margie as her personal chef.' .. . -
i tl-t... Um mmm M, MI.ri.J . .
the Gotham the management - nearly
eo!lajed. ' Th unheard of plan of a
personal chef was bad enough, but the
oieme of ' a separate- kitchen -. amased
the . management. ' '
. But alt things are possible for wom
an with an accurst knowledge of what
she wants and the money to pay-for It.
8o the' riann kitchen was constructed,
and the. triumphant Maggie, hurrying
In from her Ohio home, took possession.
. There 1 no record of- this favored
book's full nam so far as can be
learned: Through all the years of her
aervlc with the Ohio senator she was
known only as Maggie, and as th
f.ime of her dish spread th title waa
lonithened to '.Hanna's Maggie.
Irldeut Roosevelt , has partaken of
Maggie's hash time - and again and
naa found K good. Many other dlsttn-
guiahed men In publl'o (if have done
the same with in same . reeuii, ana
mnny wer th plots laid to.lur Mag
mt from th senator's service. '
Tbl w a' standing 'Joks among th
friend of Senator llanna. whoa faith
In Th loyalty of his cook could not
The feast at th marrlag of - Ruth
Inna prprd r Maggl' own
fcand. aad that occeeio '- Major-
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CCX,
-street, Portland, Oregon. ;'
TAXATION OP
outlook in New
ippines, says
' and tobacco
tainly they are; and
that we own or.
junketing' tour, and
et al; yre have our
more, sacred places;
first killed a lot of
Baden or even, by
and we must have,
There is sugar in
men, and robbery
the saints and salt
of the color of our
NEED OF
streets and
RUSSIA.
man portrayed most
thing correctly and
Hugo pictured the
Carlyle. but the
the middle of winter
being killed? . Why
others, tens" 'of mil-'
General Corbln offered' a toast In her
honor. As th (00 guests ros cheer
ing from their chairs th beaming Mag-
gte-bowd Jnr.JthAIikS from the kitchen
door. .- - ' .
"Hanna's Maggl" owns a snug little
Ohio farm and has money -enough -t
keep her th rest 'of her days In solid
comfort- Senator lianaa attended to
that In hi will.
Wirea Can Be Buried. . 7-7
. Th dlsflgurlng - telegraph and tele
phone pole hav been waxing 'more
and more aggressive every year along
country and village roads." say an
editorial In th November Country Cal
endar., c.
' "Th alms that, glorify New England
village streets are ruthlessly desecrated,
th branches- lopped oft, or antlr trees
murdsred, to put up a naked and wire
burdened gallows-of the Anglo-So-and-8o
Telegraph-company. The companies
hav been In th. habit of explaining
that it cost too much to bury th wires.
We notice, however, that on larg tele
graph) and telephone company has re
vised Its calculations on this subject
Th New England company Is burying
Its wires between New Tork and Boston.
Undoubtedly th Increasing price the
larger - poles, necessary to carry th
burden of a hundred miles or more.
has lad to- this move. Let us hop that
this method will prove successful In
every way, and that these gaunt re
minders of haste and worry, will grad
ually disappear from th countryside."
Athletes of the West 7 '"
From Everybody's Magasln. :: 7 -Out
of th West com many young
Lochlnvars. In th last football season
the Ysle eleven hsd six westerners.
Harvard had four, Princeton had three
and Pennsylvania three. Twenty-seven
per cent of Tale's student population
are westerners. Yet this t? psr cent
furnish . it per cent -of the athletesJ
There ar I7f weaterners-among the
4. lit m at Harvard university, or M
per cent, and th westerners furnish
r7 per cent of th athlete. Either the
Westerners have better muscle end more
of them, or they know beter how to us
them.
Modest in Comparison.
From th Montreal Star.
Three burglars In New, York claim to
hav robbed 40 homes. It's ' great
record. but It 'looks -dim. beside the
I record winrer inranuimi t companies
J who nave touched about ,eoc,0 home.
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no. r. caabou
Tht Tournal Building, Fifth and Yamhill
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PHILIPPINE ISLAND PRODUCTS.
k ENATOR J4EWLANDS.' jtist back from the" Phil
times are bad there; that the sugar
interests are languishing." Cer
if, after starting in With tbe hard job
Of benevolently assimilating the J-Hipino Dretnren, ana
sssumingunnecessarily large and heavy load of the
-white man's burden we really intend to carry out that
contract, there ia" only one just: reasonable; practical
way in which to do so, and that is to establish free trade
in sugar and tobacco and hemp and whatever i produced
there with the Philippine islands,-Eyen then the trade
wouldn't pay us 5 per cent of our expenditure, in money,
and blood, and loss of self respect- . ; '
But our big man Taft says there should be free trade
in sugar and tobacco with the Philippines, and assuming
control those islands, he Is undoubtedly
right ' .-'.. " ' '' .;'..-'! . ' ' .
But here comes" a curious' consideration , Mr. Taft
comes home, and Newlands comes home, after their fine
they meet men who say to them:
"There shall be no free trade in sugar and tobacco with
the Philippines'; , we are the bosses, not you; we put you
into congress or cabinet positions; JWe have to get a great
deal of money to run the politics of this country and a
good deal of it comes from the tariff tax on sugar and
tobacco. We are Havirmeyer, Gorman, Aldrich, Piatt,
pliant tools in congress, and even in
go to with the heathen t mpino; we
thera, in order to civilizelhe rest
and now we are robbing them to build palaces on Fifth
avenue, disport ourselves at Monte Carlo or Baden
way of diversion, in Manila itself
a tariff on their products." 1
the business for our professed states
of the Filipino. Very well;7we are
of the earth principally on account
skin. Perhaps. w will benevolently
assimilate the Filipino as we did the so-called Indian;
none of them was "good" until he was killed. It is poor
Christianity; it is worse politics; it is a travesty on civ
ilization; but our trusts must have money, andtheir
senafofs'must'besupported. So rob the Filipinos.
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
HERE IS NO INVESTMENT which the people
ran" make that will count' fo more than, good
sidewalks. Encouraging progress
has been made -in this direction' in the past two years,
but what has been done should simply stimulate tc fur
ther -progress in thissame direction." There are still,
even in the best residence sections, many wooden side
walks that are a constant source of danger to pedestrian.
These should all be-removed and replaced by cement
walks" and; curbing. Most of these sidewalks are about
vacant lots which, above alI others7shou!d1)e forcedto
keep-good sidewalks. There should be inaugurated a
general -campaign in this direction so that there may be
created a public sentiment which will not tolerate the
slipshod methods that have prevailed in the past
.... But it is notnough that good sidewalks be laid, for
there is great needTiri lhis moist "cTimate of "good streeTsT
Hard surfacing the streets produces -no very gratifying
results. They may serve the purpose for the dry sea
sons but the moment the rains begin they are quite as
muddy and almost as impassable as the natural streets.
Experience has pretty clearly demonstrated what is best
for Portland in this line In the pretentious sections of
the city no temporary improvement should be tolerated.
Good, permanent streets should be laid and they should
be of such a character that they will be good streets in
as well as in the mid
e oi summer,
There should be miles of goodstreetsand sidewalk!
laid during the coming season and there should be a'pub
lic sentiment back of all Such improvements that will
make it exceeding!yuncomfortableiorTihe property
owner who tries to stand in the way of such legitimate
enterprise. ' There 1s much ahead of Portland in the way
of fine new buildings but there is not enough in the way
of street and sidewalk improvements. " Both the mayor
and city council are ripe for such a movement and the
public should lend, its cooperation, for, much as these
improvements may do for-the city1 at large.-they-will iiot
do much more for the property owner who submits to
this species of taxation. . - --.---- 1 :7; "
We gather the impression that Mr. Harry Murphy was
also present at the chamber of-commerce meeting.
LETTERS FROM
THE
PEOPL
rBv."lr. Xous and Oraft,
Portland, Or., Nov. 4. To th Editor
Of Th Journal Fair play demands that
I make a statement In th press a to a
recent Interview with me upon th sub
ject of graft Th subject of graft was
but a minor part of my sermon. ..Here
is the' whole of It: "Servants receive
a commission In buying tha supplies of
th nous; clergymen receive it from
undertakers; - doctor from druggists;
architects from builders; councllmen
from corporations." I never said to any
one that doctors received graft from un
dertakers, for I never had even thought
of such a thing. When asked hew doc
tors received a graft from druggists, I
said: "It generally comes' lh Uttl fa
vors."' Whan asked td apply "the sub
ject of graft locally," I emphatically
stated that I did not know a cass of
grafting in this city. I hav never, be
lieved ' that my brother clergymen are
generally guilty of this practice, or th
physicians. I simply gave th knowl
edge of affairs as I have seen them In
the eastern cities and what I hav read
through th public press. That this
and other evils I mentioned are grow
ing Is evident to all who are watchlnf
th trend of the day. ' Most sincerely,
! . .. .'' Z B- I' HOUSEi .
J tacta .About the Ladies.
Front the Philadelphia Bulletin
i Japanese women gild their teeth.
Lin Greenland women' paint their
ces blue snd yellow. , ' ;
Th lad res of A table stain thelr:fln
gr and toe red.
In India, tn , women or inree nign
- eaates paint their, teeth black.
Borneo women dy th hair in fan
taatio eolor pink, gneen, . blue " and
scarlet.' ,' ; ' 1
' A Hindoo bride - I anointed from
head to foot with grease and saffron.
In New Holland scars made direfully
with, shells form elaborate pattern on
th ladles' faces. . - -
In some. South American tribes the
women draw th front teeth, esteeming
as ' an 'ornament th black gap' thus
msds. - J
In New Gulnsa th ladles wear nose
rings, piercing the floss In the sams
flendlah .way thatclvUUed vn,i
plerg th eaxa, . - -' '
SMAJLJ, CHANGE
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Cut. up the big ranches. ;
" Can't th old thine AUlt squeallnaT
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Too much 41rt In food, no doubt '
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-.'Ths 'New'Tork'polttlcaT fight "libT.
oomlaf IntarasUnar- . -- .-.J- '
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The United 8tato-hould treat China
better, but we -will not .adroit coolie
labor. . . , . v..
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Th la weather won't last all winter.
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Tea, Portland merchants ought to get
much et the Alaska, trade.
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But the Monle who helped elett them.
and knew all about them, then aa well
aa since, are the nrsi 10 can on mem
to resign! ' -
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N, Mr. Scott will never be senator.
Salem Journal: There la a good deal
of excitement In North Balem. A girl In
tbnt part of the city waa seised with
an Ambition to become a chorua girl.
after aeelng "The Sultan of Sulu," nd
her father spanked Jt out of her.
Diiroroes ara altogether too easy.
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The aag of the Albany Democrat re.
marks: No Republican governor Of Ore
gon haa ever aucoeeded hlmeelf. Several
Democratic governora nave, u rover and
Pennoyer; and" third. Governor Cham
berlain, will probably succeed himself.
Newberg Graphic: Street loafing l
bad, for any one and eapectally so for
boys.- There - are. several .In Newberg
who might learn a valuable leaaon from
the fat of one of their associates, who
la now an Inmate of the reform school.
It la to be regretted that boys will- get
teyond parental control, for In every
case they coma to some bad end.
Poor Russia. Poor csar.
Psor people.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Actual construction work - was com
menced this week on the Pacific -States
Telephone company' Una from hero to
Vmatllla, so as to provide a direct line
from Pendleton to Portland. It Is a
little eurlofls that Portland and Pendle
ton have never before been dlrecMy con
nected for hello purposes. . " :
1 fiputy-"Bher1tf Wolf was hurriedly
summoned to the vlcdnlty : of Twin
Buttes Friday night to arrest a sup
posed crasy 'man who, .the frightened
messenger, on his foam-flecked steed de
clared, was "shooting up" and murder
ing the entire neighborhood. When the
deputy sheriff arrived oil tha scene all
was quiet and the people of-the vicinity
either did not know anything about the
disturbance or else were afraid to- dis
close the -facts to the- officer. This Is
another deep mystery, says tha Browns
ville Times. ,. ,"", :..
Turkey crop larger than over In Lane
county. It pays to raise poultry there.
says tha Kugene Guard. - -
Cottage 7arov Nugget: " The " Mule
creek, mines are experiencing a great
amount of trouble in getting their ma
chinery to the mines from West- Fork,
to which point a large amount of ma
chinery and supplies have been shipped
by rail. The chief difficulty Is caused
hr a scarcity ot pack horses. I Tom
Initii... ,M All. 1 a wkAlr W.
t "'1 11.
to bring th supplies out' ..i.7
Many, more 'minora . needed , in the
Beaver Hill coal mlnearCoos. county.
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Balem Is going to try to become cele
brated as a flower city. And it.. can.
Th winter of 1906-Ot will see more
substantial Improvements and real ad
vancement In the Irrlgon Irrigation dis
trict than any seaaon of Its brief his
tory. The rush days are over, th whoop
and hurrah times of novelty and new
ness are past and from tht time on
improvement and advancement will be
made strictly on business lines, says
th Irrigator, and It presents some in
teresting facts to prove It statement,
e e
"The Shanlko Bee Is the latest nsw
state paper. X- "'' '.'.
Th. Dalle Chronicle: They don't
rTfrTh Tmlles, but are cut
down before their business among us Is
fairly launched..-A young fellow began
a houss -to house-canvass this 'morning
seeking a "hand out" It wasn't long
before he was In the marshal's clutches
and had, been given 1 day by th re
corder. ( ' - '''.-'"'
Klamath Fall Express: Two" gem
wardens from Rosoburg; E. O. Hod son
and J. D. Wilson, Intercepted William
Wilson, a brother-ln-tsw of Gams
Warden Hutchinson, aa h waa hauling
It sack of ducks In a wagon from Tul
lake to the Merrill boat landing for
shipment to, San Francisco. Ths ducks,
151 In number, wer takn tOkKlamatn
Falls and stored in th county Jail. Th
Express i says as no on swore to a
complaint, no warrant for th arrest of
th parties mentioned were Issued. Wil
son waa Indignant at the los of th
duck and swore he would make the
gam wardens pay for them,. j ,
' Drain school attendant rapidly In
creasing. ;. r -, ; .i t ',.- !
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Gervals Star; John ' Mills delivered
hi contraoted hops "the past week,
amounting to nearly SO.OOO pounds, rto
Carmiohaet of . Salem. They were ;con
tracted at IS cents an-ske by thls
reliable dealer without a murmur., John
is to b congratulated upon his good
luck, or forethought.
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Salem Journal: Burglars hav been
so scare In Salem that If a man should
meet on In his hom h wouldn't know
him.-. ,. ;.'',' ' ';..?
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Vof 'of iAn ; county people being
divorced.'. '.', ::,'.' ---'
" Forest Orov Tim: Mr. : Peterson
showsd good Judgment by not staying
any- longsr up in his Canadian country,
for we have It. that. It sometime get
down- $0 S degress below ssro -there
It would be. tough for an Oreognlan to
be eaught by a bliss rd while up there
and have to stay all winter.
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Fere Hill " Cof rsspondenc . Forest
Orov Tim: 'th fanners ar all busy
seeding; some of them are through and
ar- plowing for spring planting. . Mr.
Hullsmaa la digging e. well. Has dug
70 feet and no water yt. ' 11
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Rainier imports apple from Yankton,
South-Dakota, - v- - .
SUNDAY SCHOOL LES
SON So TOMORROW
(Note Floe the eeevnlesce ef eat-of-towa
rendrr Ui Buuday school laaua will here
after appear oa ITIday lustea v( Saturday.
7 By H. D. Jenkins, D. D.
NoemberrTrrriJ 05-ToplcT 'Esthsr
Pleading for Her People" Esther lv:10j
v:t. '. ". ,.. .' : ,
1 Golden text "Jehovah preserveth all
them that love htm" Ps. cxlv;10.
- Responsive reading: Pa. cxlv,
i, ...... Xtttrodttotloa. '
Although the foundations of the sec
ond temple were -laid'tfnder most favor
able auplces (Esra v:l. 1).- the work
md but slow progress. , Tha, sheik
of neighboring tribes (Kirt v:l, I,)
aroused suspicion In th Persian court
and In addition to this, th peopl of
Judea were poor and greatly burdened
by their Immediate necessities. After
the first-steps wer taken, but little
more -was accomplished during the re
mainder Of Cyrus' reign, or during the
reign ot Cam by sea (B. C. t2t-tl2). Un
der th very brief reign of his successor
work seem to hav been begun, but
It 'was not until the second year of the
reign of Darius B. C. Sit) that It was
renewed with vigor. . Four years wsrs
required to complete the tssk. so that
Si -years elapsed between the relaying
of the foundation of, th tempi and Its
joyful completion.
: Ahasuerus, known to tb west as
Xerxes, came to th throne, succeeding
Darius In tit B. C, and reigned 21 years,
He ; was proud, self-willed, : Impulsive.
When he wished to exhibit a a some-'
thing of which 'to boast the charm of
hi queen, no womanly modesty, do
queenly dignity, would be -permitted to
stsnd lii his wsy. With th autocracy
which was not questioned In law or
morals then and there, he banished tone
wife without hesitation and chose an
other without protest. - By a process
of -selection described In th second
chapter of th book of Esther, tb
choice of the king fell , upon a maiden
of Jewish family whose grandfather had
been carried captive from Jerusalem by
Nebuchednessar ( Est h. 11:6. K A
cousin.' much older "than' herself, had
brought up the beautiful orphan (ch.
,,:7)tlwhos' Hebrew, nam .waa lladaa
ah. or . "Myrtle." She wa probably
not over li or It year of age at this
time, a' woman In Persia being consid
ered of middle life at 10. ' ,
Despite her 'youth shs was of a brave
Spirit and a quick Invention. Called to
stand In a dangerous place at a critical
hour.'" upon - her courag and readiness
of wit th fate of he nation bung.- Her
foster-parent Mordecair-beeV embittered
the king's prime minister by neglecting
those -slavish obeisance which upstart
prlnoss - value beyond measure. In s
spirit of revenge th vtsler of th king
thereupon spread a net In which - not
only Mordeoal but all hi race were to
be taken. So shrewdly had h laid his
plan that only by direct Interference
of the king, a most difficult thing to
secure., could th extermination of the
race now be averted. -It 1 at this junc
ture of affair that the lesson begins.
TTse 7fc ea. -A ' i
Verse 10. - What added to th dlffl-
cirity at Ui peeltlun wa the faut that
Esther In .-the- palao a quean waa now
cut off from direct communication with
her relative. Time was pressing and
yet. to disregard th rules of the court
would be to lose everything at th first
Step. ,'". ,' '. , . . . ,'.
Verse ,11. "How should the queen se
cure an audience, a private, confidential
audlenc with th king, except at hi re
quest? For SO day she hsd not sees
him. It might be twice 10 before by
any chance she would hav an oppor
tunity to spesk with him again. Living
lajerpetual- .fear of thair lives as
Psrslan kings did, whoever should ven
ture to Intrude upon the king's private
apartment would be cut down at th
threshold..;Estherwa. a newoomr.
Little was known of her psst Less
was taken for granted as to her future.
To thrust herself Into the king's pres
ence would subject her to suspicion of
treason, likely to result in instant
tdeath. To be sure, th king - might
spare her, but than he - might In a
paroxysm of tsar have ber seised and
borne away before sh could open hei
mouth. - - 1 " - " -'
Verse It. All this hsd to be carried
to Mordecal, who had, so the qusea
thought not realised In his anxiety the
peril Involved In any attempt to carry
out- his suggestion;, so precious time
wa lost- --',.-.,.. j
Verse It. ' The answer of Mordeoal
may appear harsh, but It has the merit
of being true Estbsr belonged to s
doomed race. The king's decree wa not
only irrevocable but sweeping. It mad
noexceptottiLji-t
lie . that her unprecedented ' exaltation
subjected her to fsr more than ordinary
animosity.. Her race waa hated for Its
very superiority. Its-commercial, dtplo
matle and executive abilities all damned
It In th eye of stupid and blun
dering nobles. - Nothing make the Jew
banker so obnoxious , todsy - In Psrls,
Berlin or St Petersburg the fact that
neither -president kaiser nor czar can
get along without him. But when to
such causes of race hatred we add the
personal victory of Esther over all the
daughters of the great ' families of
Persia, we might well believe that the
first to feel the blow aimed against hef
race .would be the queen. .And . this
remind : us that wnen w ar most
active In saving othsrs we are but
saving ourselves. - If the church perish,
we perish. If the nation relapse Into
vice, w sink, ..
. Verse- 14.,- Th' further i reply of
Mordecal Is full of trust and 1s aug
gestlv of light-. It Is not God' pur
pose that hir people be destroyed. They
will be saved. God's beneficent pur
poses will be accomplished.' It Is only
a question as to persons, not a to re
sults. This .nation of ours In America
Is to be lifted out of th pit1 We ma'
take part In It redemption or we may
withhold ourselves from that work of
salvation.! Shall the ages ow a debt of
gratitude to ourselves or to some
worthier, generation? - If so b we- of
today stand upon th perilous edge ot
great . events, it ought to be taken by
us as a token of honor. If this be an
age of doubt la it not that we may
show the world how beautiful and lnv
perishable Is faith? In time ef great
peril oommandera call for volunteer
Knowing us, and knowing our, times,
the captain of our host appoint us t
field of difficulty and danger. What
greater honor could he. show us than
that? - .
Verse 'It. Is an Instant this woman,
glrVss h was.. Chose her task, Sh
did not whine nor cry nor grovel In
th dust In week Irrea'dutlon. Sh did
not whimper, neither dl1 she boast. 8hs
saw her pstn snd " r-eaolutely entered
upon ' r-
Verss II. It has etn been said that
the book Of Esther . contain no direct
religious teaching, that it doe not men
tion th nam of 0d. What faith would
on hav more loCty than th faith ot
Mordecal In an overruling Providence
and a world-directing sovereign? Or
What could Esther, do "snore Indicative
ot her-rellans upon God than to com
mit hef -life or . death solemnly to Htm
In whose presence . the nation would
afflict its soul? . ' ' " '
Verso 17-- The trust of Mordeoal was
not In a blind chance or blinder rate
He believed In prayer as he believed
In a wis us of opportunity. The
queen's resolution alon could , not save
her people Whatever her courage, some
untoward aocldent some, neglected pre
caution, some undreamed-of obstacle,
might ruin th whole outcome A much
depended upon th king's mood ss upon
the-oueen's fidelity. The-enereet -trifle
has sometime brought to naught th
wisest counsel of statesmsn. To that
higher power pf which Mordecal himself
nad spoken the nation must now saarssa
Itself. Msy . He dispose these factors
of the problem which were beyond th
control of Mordecal or. hi royal rela
tive! ...
Vers 1. ,Th king had retired to his
inner chamber, beyond th court around
which, other apartment wer ranged
W ar not told how many servants.
guards or soldier wer present. - The
king- was seated where approach with
out permission was Impossible The
queen had ventured, royally appareled,
into the court beyond which the throne
room lay. - ' ' -Vers
S. In that1 critical moment
when y met eye. th fat of a race
hung in doubtful balance. W can Im
agine the startled look of - the king.
"What does this mesn? Is thsra some
political plot behind It? Ha this young
queen become an audacious eo-eonsplra-tor-
with' assassins?". .i ' .- .. L .
- Verss I. But a more searching glance
disarmed . the king's fears." - Had , the
queen first asked for an audience ber
request would probably- have - never
reached him. -We can believe the mon
arch understood that There were, too
many Jealous of her standing to give
her hope that her message would ever
he heard in a way to do her any-good.
The king probably realised something
of thls.! . moment he puw out His
soepter as an Indication that she ahould
draw near and make known her wish.
Vers 4. i On thing waa evident Th
matter was Important '-The: queen,
young. Inexperienced, newly introduced
to- the palace life, would need some en
couragement to make known ber re
quest ' With . a burst of generosity the
king tells her to open her heart, to- ask
what she would.-' ,' -
Th queen .knew now that God wa
leading r on to th fulfillment of her
enterprise. . Sh would then be able to
save her people But not here, not be-1
fore these - suspicious and treacherous
auditors, must she make known whot
lay heavy en' her heart- She would only,
seek now such social favor a would
pave the way for presenting the largor
request The door was opening; that
was enough. .', ''"", ''-".,, '-. "
- OPPORTUNITY 6R 7.
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
l7w ... .. s. I )
From th Pendleton : East Oregonlan.
Th - greatest , opportunity ever pre
sented fori the Development league to
bring result to Oregon 1 now at hand
Is now pressing for consideration.
The Interest ot the state end th en
tire Inland Empire demand that you call
a mas meeting ef cltisen of Oregon,
Immediately, at, Portland, - Pendleton,
Salem or ' some other convenient point
for the'pui puss Tr slanting sTaelegatlon
of cltisen from Oregon to Washington,
District, of Columbia,, to- urge before
congress the burning need of an appro
priation ior uii uoiutnoia river improve-
mente.
Unless thl I done the aporoorlation
will not be granted. , t
Oregon la practically without repre-.
sentatlon In congress. .
Th situation I dellcat and smbar-
rasslng. -. ... - . ... .-
Ths ktat will suffer an Irreparable
loss from - this . altumtlnn. .. imUa. .ik.
league comee 4o Its- relief and elects I
strong delegation of citlsens to Wash
tngton to plead for th river appropria
tion. . . ....
There I no time-to-lose, The mass
meeting should be called at once and
should be responded to by every pa
triotic cltisen ef the state -.
No peat crisis In the history of the
tat equlsthls la pressing Import
ance . - "' - .. . - .
No other question Involves so vitally
th life, growth and unfolding of th
northwest as the failure of the war de
partment to provide adsquate fund for
the river improvements.
Storms and waves will wreck end de
stroy the Jetty now completed If It 1
left thus unfinished for lack of funds.
Th millions already spent for this mag
nlfloent publto Improvement will be ac
tually lost to the people, unless It. 1
carried to eomplstion. ..-. . . j.-.-
Let th Oregon Development league
arise to the occasion.
The very life of Industrial develop-
tn "th keep
Ing of th league at thla critical time
Twenty strong cltisen, armed with
petition and resolution and entreaties
from th sovereign people of Oregon
should carry the plea, to congress.
Unless thla I don the state must
be left with her wings clipped, helpless
In th dust It I a crisis. , -
j Newport and .Venice. '
An odd comparison la that, instituted
by Dr. Edward Everett Hal In on of
hi "Tarry at Horn Travels" In th Out
look: .... . ' . ' :'. .
'Dear Richard Greenough used to say
to me that In matters of art Nswport
was an American Venice - He used to
ask m whether w might not manu
facture a theory In which south winds
oft th sea, with those fog that soften
harsh outlines and that more even tem
perature which soothes all audacity,
shall I say with a sort of dew which
belongs to a high revelation half. con
cealedhe used to say that all this gave
to men la th Italian Venice a charm
of color, a certain Indecision in out
line and -with a wealth of fancy and
imagination which Had mad th Vene
tian school of art According to Rich
ard, you may tree such influence of
cllmat in th work of 'Titian, Saver
ettl of Tintoretto and th rest and ac
cording to him there is a school of our
American younger art which belong to
his American Venice, a Venice on an
Island, a Venice where you go about in
boat, a Venice whirl th. water plashes
against your, doorstep and. where th
south winds blow off th sea. : Hs re
membered that our , dear old Smtbert
wa established here, Copley's teacher.
He said that such was the. training
place of Malbone, of Gilbert Stuart and 4
Allston and in our later days of Btagg.
And why slse had h gon down there
to live himself? Where did Hunt go?
and - where Is Miss Jane Hunt today?
Wby else does Mr. Rtohards make hi
hom a near this Vsntc aa hs can?
Why els ar there so many pictures of
the best on the walls of your friends In
Providence and Bristol and Newport?"
...'.. 1 ' m " , ...
.. ; ' Family. Faeling. , -
From th Cleveland Plain Dealer. "
Tommy Jon-Tou asked how a boy
can beat learn to be ussful td hi pa
rent and his brother and sister.
That'a easy. Tommy, Let him he-
come th president ot a great Insurance
company. - ' , ... -
JOURNEY OF LEWIS
:x- AND CLARK " fr;
On th Columbia, passing Vancouv"
and the Willamette's mouth.
November 4 Th weather was cloudy
and aoai and the wind from the west. tj.
During the night the tide rose It Inches ,
near our camp. W set out about .1 -o'clock
and at th distance of three
miles came to the lower end of Diamond - '
(Government) Island, ' It la six mile -long,
nearly three miles in width, and, '
like the other Islands, thinly covered . .
With timber; it ha a number of poad .
or small lakea scattered overt Its sur
face ; ' . ;
Besides th animal ' already men
tioned, w a hot sv deer on It this morn--Ing.
Near the end Of Diamond island are .,
two other, separated by a narrow chan- :
nel filled at high tide only., which con-
tlnue on the right for the distance et
three miles; and. Ilk the adjacent low
grounds, ar thickly covered with .pin
Just below the last ws lsnded on th
left bank of th river t a village of tS .
houses. All of these were thatched with
straw and built of bark, except one '.
which was about 60 feet long, built -of
boards in the form of those higher up
th river, from which It differed, how-
ver, In being completely above ground -and
covered with broad split' boards.'
Thlf village contain about 200 man of -the
Skllloot nation, who sem well pro
vided with canoe, of which there r at
least SI. some of them very large, draw
up in front of the village, " ',
On landing we found the Indian from
above who had left us this morning and
who now invited us into .a lodge of
which he appeared to own a part,-, Her ;
he treated us with a root round . In -shape,
and about the sis of. a. small
Irish potato, which they called wapato.
This is the common arrowhead or saglt,
tlfolla of North America, another spe
cies fit- which genus Is so much cultl-'
vated by tha Chinese: when roasted, In '
th ember till It becomes soft it has a
agreeable test and 1 a very good sub
stitute for bread. ... : ... . . .. --'
, After purchasing some morpr thl 7
root- we rssumed our Journey, and at '
seven miles' distance ame to the head ;
of a large Island near the left On ths .
right ahore is a fine open prairie for .
about a mile back of which the country
rises and Is supplied with timber, suoH '
as whiteoak, pine of different kinds,
wild crab and several species of under- '
growth, while along the boards of the .
river there are only a few cottonwood
and esh trees. In this prairls were sis
signs of deer and elk.
- When We landed for dinner, a number -of
Indians from the last village cam
down for the purpose.' as-we supposed, V
ef paying ue friendhr-vlslt. asfjthey
had put on their favorite dresses. I if
addition to their ueual covering they had
scarlet and blue blankets, sailor' Jack- '
ets and trousers,, shirt and hats. . They
had all of them elthsr war ax, spears -and
hows and arrows, or musket and
pistols, with , tin powdsr flasks.' W -smoked
with them and endeavored ta
ahow them every attention, but we soon
found them very assuming and disagree- . .
able companions. Whlls we were eat-r'
Ing, they stol the pipe with which they
were smoking and th greatcoat of one
of the men. We Immediately searched
them all and dlsoovsred the coat stuffed -under
the root of a tree where they were '
aitWsTuT-theTrtp "we ' could ' hot re-"
cover. - Finding us determined, not to -suffer
any Imposition and discontented
with them. they. showed their, dlnpleas-
ure in th only wsy which Jhey.daced.
by returning In an 111 humor to their .
villsge ,
We then proceeded and soon met two '
canoes, with IS men. of the Skllloot na- -tlon,
who were on their way from below. '
The larger of the canoes , was ' orna-
mented with th flgur of a bear In th
bow and a man 1n the stern, both nearly
a large as life both mad of painted
wooAttd-veryeaTly-flxexl to the boat.
in inf Hmv vhiui wr iwg inaianv
finely- dressed and -with '" round " hat.
This circumstance Induced us td give
the name of Image-canoe to the Island,
the lower end of which we now passed
at th dlstanc of nln miles from Ha
head. W had seen two smaller Islands
to th right and three more near It
lower extremity. Th Indians In th
canoe here made signs that there wa a
village behind those islands, and Indeed
we presumed there wa a channel en
that (left) side of th river, for one of
th canoes passed In that direction be
tween the small Islands, but we. were
anxious to press "forwsrd and therefore
did not atop to axamln more minutely.
The river wa now about a mil and on
half in width, with a gentle current; tb
bottoms were extensive and low, but not
subject to be overflowed. ' Three miles
below Image-canoe island wa cam to
four large houses on the left side, at
which place we had a full view of the
mountain which we flrat saw Octobet
!.- from the Mueselshell eapld and ;
which we now find to be Mount 8i
Helen of Vancouver. It bears N. IS K.,
about 99 miles distant; it. rises in .'the
form of a augarloat - to- a -very- great
height and Is covered with mow, A
mil lower w passed a alngl house on
tb left and another on.th right
Th Indians had now learned so much
of us that their curiosity was without
any mixture of fear and their visit be
came very frequent ' and troublesome.
We therefore continued on till after
night In hopes of getting rid of them.
but after passing a village on each side,
which, on account of the lateness of th
hour w saw indistinctly, we found
there was no escaping from their Impor
tunities. - We therefore landed at the
distance ot-ssven mile below Image-
canoe island and camped near a single
hous oa th right, having msde during
the day 2 mile.
Th Skllloot whom w passed todsy
peak a language - somewhat different
from that of the Echeloots or Chllluck
Htequaws near th long narrows. Their
drees Is similar, xcpt that the fikll
loot possess more articles . procured
from th whit traders; both males arid
females -hav their head' flattened.
Their principal food I fish and wapato
roots, with soma elk and deer, in killing
Which with their arrow they seem very
expert; Tor during th short time we re-:.
maind at in village tnrea aeer were
brought .In. W ,lso observed ther a
tarn bralro. - )
'As soon as w landetl w wer visited
by two canoes losded with Indians,. from
whom we puronasea rew roots. The
ground along , the rlvtr , continues low
and ricn ana among nm snruus wnirn
covered -them Is a large qusnlHy of
vines resembling the raspberry. On the
right the low grounds ar terminated
at m aniann oi io nuins oy . range
of high hills covered w.lth tell timber
and running southeast land northwest.
The game a usual vary abundant:
among other- birds - ws observed- som
whit gee with a part
it their wings
"1 ' '' " :
black.
Zy'. "'-' Carnagls'g stoaV.-
Portland, Nov. ' l.To th Editor of
Th Journal Will you - kindly stats
through your valuable paper. If Andrew
Carngi' rldnc Is in thla country
or in Europ? ! " . -. -
ONE OF YOUR CONSTANT". READERS.
- Mr. Csrnegl' hom ta In New York,
that I, his official residence but h has
a caatl where he Uvea part.ef Uis vear
Ut Sklbo, In Scotland. - ' ,
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