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PORTLAND. ORECOJM.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER -10, 1905.
TH E OREGON DAILY
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t BMAII. Portland- -Df.vnn
: PARTY AND MORAL
T N ASTORIA, as In most other
I , flict between What may be called
, vicious element, especially with
gambling and free and easy dancehalls. To eradicate
or suppress these evils is more difficult than in tnteriof
towns surrounded by aii agricultural
argue less advisable.. However this
'many people in that city whor are demanding the same
policy with respect to these evils that has been adopted,
with more r less success in other towns, and it is on
this issue mainly that, the next city election there-.will
turn, providing the candidates distinctly represent either
side of the issue.'. It has been difficult to get'prominen
men to stand for the mayoralty there, chiefly on account,
probably, of this question. .; . ' - -
Senator Fulton in recent interview said he hoped to
see a Republican ticket elected, asserting that it was not
immaterial what the political complexion of local of
ficials is, for with no city organisation .and party JoyaUy,
' he 'argued, a party could not . maintain a state organiza-
'tion and achieve success. , This is old
plausible,' but (senator Fulton'. wrnt on to say that he
absolutely approved the closing of gambling rooms and
dancehalls. "They should be kept ; closed," he said.
, "No backward step should be taken, no retreat should be
sounded in matter of such grave importance to the
, good name and the moral atmosphere of our city.' .This
; movement against public gambling and dancehalls jsipo
crusade . against' the regularly' licensed saloons, nor is
; there any disposition to " interfere c with thein.-It is
I simply a demand that the Jaws shall be enforced and
' that these foul dens shall be obliterated from our midst
' It is a demand that these shares set to tntrap the youth
of our city, that deprive the family
"the husband and father' shall be wiped out and not per
'. mitted to be set up again. For this it seems to me,
every right thinking citiien, will stand". ,..;...... .
These are plain and timely words, and coming from a
i man in Senator .Fulton's position should have great
weight. He claims that the Republican party in Astoria
' did this, and therefore ought to win there. If hia view
that the Republican party of that city, as such, is to be
credited with this reform be correct, and if it was really
: accomplished, then there , is much
L though., after- all -it-will wnit there,-
where, in such a case, to be a question, not of party, but
of Men. - If this be the main issue in a town, it makes
. little difference -which party carries on the reform,
i Not", indeed, 'can-it be' fought out, on party lines, for
Jmany both, for and against the reform are adherents of
. each party, ". ''. ", '.. - .-v '-'s-.N'
i Dispatches from Washington, D.
"T Oder To well. United States marshal- for the second dis
trict of Alaska, has teen appointed by the government
a special disbursing agent and the salaries of all federal
officials in his district will be paid through him.
Doubtless, the appointment was made, because of the
record Jnade by Mr. PbweU in 'disbursing, or rather dis-
-' persing the funds of Multnomah county ajewjrears ago,
when" he was'iOuhfy clerk. ." " " , . ,
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RAILROAD. REGULATION AND, STOCK. PRICES.
THE PRICES of railroad and industrial stocks arc'
now at the highest point in the history of the
t ' stock market, and this ia the face of the presi
dent's efforts and determination to establish by legisla
tion and administration a policy of railroad traffic reg
ulation. This fact indicates either the confident belief
Von the part of financial interests that the president can
;not succeed in this purpose, jor else that his policy put
into law would. after all do the railroads no harm. .The
! Wall .Street. Journal, a periodical certainly not inimical
to the railroads, expresses the belief "that the presi
dent' policy of publicity, of rate regulation,' of federal
supervision of corporations and of the square deal' gen
erally as regards the relations of the great business com
binations to the public, is a policy calculated in every
.'way to enhance the value of corporation stocks because
it increases the stability of these properties, protects
them against the assattrta f the lawless and works for a
; tetter administration of their affairs."
t Keen students of the question go farther and say that
the value of railroad stocks and bonds would .be en
' hanced by the ejnMigh.rnenf nf Vfriifrnafcl frrfrrsl rnn
rUbroltxie and federal investigation
as the president proposes. ' There' are no stocks com
manding more respect as to value than those of the na
tional banks, and there is no doubt that this value is en
hanced by federal supervision. And while banks and
..railroads are quite different affairs in detail, there is no
apparent reason why this result would not obtain in the
,fne case as well as in the other. -
; The president, it should be kept in mind, is utterly op
posed to Socialism, or public ownership. As Secretary
Taft stated in his Ohio convention speech, the president
Stands for the protection of property, for adherence to
.contracts, for vested rights, for the right of each indi
vidual to make all he can out of his talents and oppor
tunities. In this respect the president is as conservative
as any seasonable, roan xr, corporation ought, to wish.
The president's recent speeches in the south confirm this.
.iJIewould-b4n-the forefront".aga)nst anything destruct-
: ively revolutionary, but he is insistent on some degree
'of evolution in the bnsiness methods of the railroads and
some other great corporations.
But while the president urges insistently that the. rail
roads must to the extent he has outlined, be brought
tinder federal control, why, if it would be so inimical
and dangerous to railroads, are their and allied stocks
higher than ever? A Is it because the brainy financiers, in
vestors and stockholders of the country know the enact
ment of his policy would really riot hurt them, or is it
because they are positively assured beforehand that the
bill he proposes cannot get through the senate? .
What the Manifesto Omits.
Frem the New York Sun.
Vtt urn begin by noting what we do
. not find In the manifesto. The esar
1oee not grant to his subject what In
Knglteb.-epea.klng countries we are ae
ruetomed to regard aa the palladium ot
Individual liberty; that It to say. be
dora rt authorise the courts to Issue
.. a. writ of habeas corpus. - That Is the
one efficient , method of assuring . Id
practice the "Inviolability of person,"
which th caar vaguely promises and
orders hi government to assure. With
out the writ of habeas corpus, that
promise ran be easily evaded, as It is
'rvadrd dally In the French republic. In
t lie second place, the manlfeato does not
empower the national assembly about to
t elected to frame a constitution,
hlch. among other fundamental things,
should define the relation of th eaar
to the government, including, for
example, the etcrciae of th veto power.
It Wa not authorise the assembly te
'doclda hoar the army and navy ahaU
l controlled. It does not. In so -many
worts, cept tha principle of minis--rtl
accountability to the people's rn-
ttatataliveo. It dot not assert -th
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INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
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REFORM, v . ' '
cities, there is a con
the moral and the
respect to open
tsionaries,
year-old
country, and some
may be, there, arc
ernment is not to
the more surprising
an4 on the surface.
of the earnings of
weight in his plea,
as it comes" every
the price would
But the rrowth
C. state th
them, there is still
trade is pushed ootn
gon apple and pear
iKuii- less. :TWyriffpTy"dcras the bosses tell them. What
of accounts, such
they are told to-,d
it is not even for
Island. And they
It seems very
they are shown.
against the people
responsible for it
Mr.'-Shonts, chief
becomes hot in
count of the"will
Mayor McCleflan
mm. .
principle of universal suffrage, or ven
deflne.how close an approach shall be
mad to It,. th basis of th state
douma or national assembly, now on th
v of being chosen; but merely In
rites those classes of th population
now completely deprived of the fran
chisethe clssses which hare brought
about th existing strike to partici
pate In th coming elections, "so far as
the limited time before th convocation"
of the aaaemblir shall permit. That la;
the minister are to decide a to any
given city whether and" how far th
present restriction o th suffrage
may be modified. ','.,.
' - Drink" at Drink Cur.
Th authorities )n' Norway' have dis
covered a novel way of curing drunk--enness.
Th "patient" la placed under
lock and' key, and bis nourishment eon
slats In great part of bread soaked In
port wine. Th first day th drunkard
eats his food, with pleasure, and even
nit the second day he enjoys It. On
th third day he finds that It I very
monotonous, on th fourth day he be
com impatient, and at ' th od of
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Tha Journal Bufldiofc Fifth and Yamhill
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THE ATROCITY AT LIEN CHOW. '
HE TORTURE and slow murder of several mis
one man. three women and one 10-
girl, by Chinese at t,ien. Chow, is a
crime that must be'duly avenged, and in such a manner
that the Chinese government nd as far as possible the
Chinese people, will understand that such atrocities are
not to be tolerated. The missionaries are in lhat coun
try of right even if in obedience to' a mistaken or mis
directed zeal, and must be protected. The Chinese gov
be blamed hastily, for -it cannot pre
vent such an outbreak at every missionary post through
out its vast.' domains. . Nor should this tragedy induce
the belief or fear that it will be repeated at other mis
mionary stations, though it will be well to take extra
precautions at those points. There may have been some
peculiar circumstances at Lien Chow that do not exist
elsewhere, yet of course there could be nothing in miti
gation of such insensate savagery. This tragedy is all
and sorrowful because it. is the first
of its kind for several years, ,and nothing of the sort
seems to have been expected..: Heavy penalties must be
exacted, and probably will not be resisted by the Chi
nese government,' and they should be made such that
Chinese in the vicinity of other missions wilf refrain
from -like atrocities, 'The Chinese may boycott our pro
ducts, but they must not torture and kill American
women.., : i. -' -.' . - :...- ' . j -.-
The only way lo get'Tionesr elections in New York
hereafter is to send several of the Tammany gang who
counted in . man not elected mayor to the penitentiary
for good, long term. And Hearst and Jerome are likely
to do this. Boss Murphy ought to lead the gang when
it start,.for Sing Sing. . - r.- r v
. FOREIGN DEMAND FOR OREGON APPLES. ,
OREGON APPLES are rapidly finding their way
over the world, i The demand for them in the
east and over Europe has been growing steadily
for years. Some time sinde we illustrated their standing
by quotations., from the Edinburg Scotsman which
showed that while the Scotch apples were a drug on the
market at. nominal prices, the Oregon apples were in
great demand at prices which would be considered' phe
nomenally good on this ide-oLthtwater.- From this it
was aeDarent that Quality counted in the great centers
and that once ' demonstrated it was amazing how' high
go. , - '' .
of the demand for Oregon apples is
now growing at a remarkable rate on the Pacific side of
the country.- China, Japan and Russia are showing their
appreciation in the most tangible way. One Portland
firm alone has had orders for 5,000 boxes since the war
closed and the orders are stilF coming Tn. It is-evTdent
that remunerative as investments in apple and pear or
chards have oroven to those wha properly look after
room for many more of them if the
to in east ana xnc wm. nc wit-
are standard proauctiQns or. xne
country andwiil hold their own m comparison wn any
produced any where."'. When .the producers lay-them but
to dogt .they jean .,s.pture Jh . top prices of thearket,
as they have done, . , .
But the axatifvinir feature is that the market for these
products is- being so widely extended and that every
where they are introduced they find a permanent and
growing market ','"'
It is arratifyina'to note that the steamer service be
tween here and San Francisco-has been strengthened
but equally gratifying to know, that the demands' of
business have forced it ; - T
WHERE WILL.RHODY DRAW THE LINE?
POOR LITTLE-SORE-EYED RHODE-ISLAND,
to quote .striking phrase from' Bill Nye, and
- give it a new. application, is keeping up its" repu
tation as a pocket borough of Senator Aldrich. Its only
purpose is to voice his wilL ' What does he, as the repre
sentative of the trusts, want? That is the only question
that influences the little state. It matters not at all what
therest of the country is doing, and just as little what
the hopes and aspirations ; of the struggling people.
To all of these things a majority of its people are herd-
-is .not for-the benefit Of the country;
the benent ot tne people oi ivnnae
know it. But they are so ustd to
obeying the behest of the political boss that it seems im
possible for them to do otherwise. , 1 ' , ,. i
Heretofore Pennsylvania has attracted mention as
the greatest of all boss-ridden statesr-But there are
limits beyond which even the people of Pennaylvania
would not go. Are there limits beyond which, the peo
ple of Rhode .Island will not go? .'
doubtful and nooooy win Deneve u tin
It is a. heavy indictment to bring
of any state but they themselves are
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of the isthmian canal commission,
the collar and sarcastic-because some
oeoole have ventured to wonder what was doing down
at Panama. Shonts can afford to say, anything he
pleases, with his salary. - - ' I- ' '.
W. T. Stead represents the czar as a great man, who
is afraid of nothing except mistaking the will of God.
But an earthly ruler tBese days has to take some ac
of the people. ; r .
eUnds by the return as countedrbf
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course. Tnat tney were grossly irauuuicni maxes no
difference to him, which shows how an originally good
young man has been Tammanyiied.
eight day he receive th win-with
horror. It seem1 that the-disgust con
tinue, and that tbls cur give good re
sults. Evelyn t'nderhllf In the Outlook.
Typ after type of wlfelycctrtci!v
race across the horrsfinT'At the presont
moment the Intelligent wlf threaten to
exceed them in permanency and impor
tance. Two things. It' seems, ,sh hs
been sent to teach' us that-it is possi
ble to do luetic st once to one's hus
band and one' Intellect; that It Is prac
ticable to have a family, and still re
main "Interesting." - 8 he dabble in all
th arts and half th sciences and 1 al
ways ready to go out to tea ' N.
;. .V . Practical Advice.
From th Washington fitar.
T want to mak sure of providing for
my family." said the conscientious man.
"Would you advlae m to tak out an
insurance pollcjrt" - . ,
"No. answred th cold-blooded per
son. - "Be a director In th company."
SMALL CHANGE
An Ohio man committed suicide be
cause ha was beaten for an office. Which
la some evidence that he was not fit for
It. .
. Nobody doubts that Hearst was fairly
elected mayor of New York, but he will
bav the light of his life to get the
. office. .Fortunately, he 1 a good, stout
flgUter.- .'-.
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It's a pity that no Ohio senator lst
be elected next winter, ;
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Colleotpr of Cuetom T. Cader Powell
has been appolated disbursing officer for
Alaska, iet tho government look well
to th bond he 'lias given. " . ;
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Now Attorney Charles jL Hughe get
busy again. ' : . A
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The east sld demands better street
and more water,, and. ought to have
them. Th east side ; hus not been
treated fairly- ' 1
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The existence and prosperity of Th
Journal are gall and wormwood -in
th Tall Tower editorial rooms. , ,
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Now Mr. Heney know how It feel to
be a witness instead of a prosecuting
attweney bef or a grand Jury. . .
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Witt I making progress, it I re
ported. If anybody can bring order out
of chaoa in Russia he can.
But are the Woodmen of the World
all -thieves, and seoundrelsf Inferen
tlally the Oregonian -says they are.
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Prominent' eastern railroad men have
discovered that Portland 1 on th map.
Th mayor of Newport Rhode Island,
baa been nominated for his fourteenth
term. But It la supposed he take time
to go away frequently to some decent
summer resort. .- . --
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Th woman Suffrage cause Is 'march'
Ing en. . ., . ' .. . ,
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Having finished' prosecuting hi cara
paign. Mr. Jerome will turn bla atten
tion to prosecuting lawbreakers, among
them th Tammany ballot thieves. .
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Every time Mae Wood re-sues Uncle
Tom. Piatt ah raise th price.
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If it were 'to be done over, there
would- b--no doubt about Hearst a elec
tion, . ,
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An Item In an eastern paper say that
a .Chicago mother has given birth to
her second aet of triplets within th
last IS months. . Shouldn't Mr. Car-
nenle'a hero-fund commissioners con
sider her husband's case? ' -
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MrsMarshall Field lost her pocket
book with ,20,000-In It the other day,
but fortunately it was found and re
turned to' her. That 1 a good deal of
money for a woman to go shopping with,
but if she had not recovered It she
would not bay had to take In wash
000,000. ,. f. : ,', J . 1
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The grafting bosses are havlr)g a sud
den nck disease. .. ...,.7;. '
Larg order lnVat-th- Stay ton chair
factory. ' . - . . :
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, Prairie City haa waterworks. "
Eggs were never so scare In Astoria.
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Th farmers of Douglas county, es
pecially around Oakland - and Wilbur,
ship carloads of. turkeys during Thanks
giving and holiday - times.. The ship
ments' run up into th tens of thousands
of dollars every year. - This ha been
stimulated and largely built up by on
Arm at Oakland. Th same might be
done nearer Portland, though' It 1 sup-.
posed that southern Oregon I especially
adapted to raising the turkey bird.
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Real estate transfer in Raker county
last week amounted to almost S 1,009,0,00
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th county 1
ins iiuur mills m Mwti
ar compelled to run bight and day to
supply 'the big demand. On Arm mad
a ahlpment of 20 ton recently. . .
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. No sheep for sale In Lake county ex
cept at very high price.
Enterprise now ha a well equipped
electric light plant.
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"A Crook county man who. when' 11
years old. ran away from hi horn in
Virginia has just heard that ho ia belr
to 20,000 of hia father's estate. .
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Many apples weighing a pound each
wer raised near Fossit , -
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Membership Pendleton Commercial as
soClatloiv almost 400. ,
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.A Butter Creek alfalfa ' farm, of 600
ore sold for S6,000. : ,
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Investors at flpringfleld predict a pop
ulation ot f 00 for that town within two
years.
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', A McKansl river rancher' paid $180
for the prise goat at th Lewi and
Clark fair. . - ,. '
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.. Two. Shanlko men had a fierce fight
over a nickel.
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Recently, the 8haniko " hotels have
been crowded with people from all parts
of th country, says the Bee, headed
for the Bend and Christmas lak desert,
In hopes of finding themselves homes
where they may In future, settle down
on farms. It wilL only be a matter of
a short time until, the greaw Oregon
desert will be a thing of th past so
far as locating government- land la con
earned. . .. .
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. Number ef visitors to Baker City, In
creasing.
. -tMost .farm product alwaya pay In
Oregon. - " ' .
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Weeping over Dora Thorn up the'
valley.
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- Corvalll school enrollment Si3, .in
crease in a year of SS.
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Much residence building going on In
The. Dlle. . -- -r
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Colonel Hofer'a . eagle y take In
many things. His paper says: The edi
tor mad 'th discovery that the chorus
girl in "Peggy from rnrls" wore
longer stockings Jhan thos In th
"flults'n of-Bulu." and they war als
wider' ' : . .- ' - - - - !
; OREGON SIDELIGHTS
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
' LESSON
By IL 11. Jenkins, p. D.
November II,., 105 Topic; Eire's
Journey to Jerusalem Ezra vlt:2l-JI.
' Oolden Text The hand of our Ood
is upon all them that seek him, for good
yr.sra - vni.'js. .
Hesponsir Reading: Psalm Si
' .. Zatrodoetlom.
Some on has said that the history of
me woria mignt do written in the com
blned blographlea of. 1 1 men. While
confessedly an exaggeration, thla ex
presses an undenlablo truth; vis, great
men have molded the world Instead of
Deing molded by It.. Moses was not an
effec but a cause. .David was not a
boulder but a cornerstone In. Esra'a
time a deep despondency . had fallen
upon th people. It was now "J year
sine the first exile had returned with
high hopes and lorty purposes. Intend
ing to rebuild th fallen state and to re
fortify the ruined capital. After weari
some delays, th temple at least was
once mora erect. But tha wall of thi
oity remained In ruins. Petty JesJoueies
and senseless fears had paralysed a
work uifon which tlje security of th
state and the respect of their neighbors
depended. Many Jaws who' had grown
rich and Influential in Babylon refused
to return to a land so poverty-stricken
and. still open to incursions from every
side. Some of the ambitious families
among those who bad come back were
disgusted with, the alow progress In es
tablishing a state, and Intermarried with
th powerful sheik of the tribes domi
nating tbo country around them.
Xerxes perished aa th renalt of a
conspiracy tn th palace. .HI son Ar
taxerxe (Longtmanua) - wa now upon
th throne: He wa a young man with,
It Is probable, an unsettled policy con
cerning distant province but loosely
bound to his kingdom. But In Babylon
there wa one descendant of th Aarontc
priesthood In whose heart th purpose
to return to Jerusalem had been grow
ing with bla growth and strengthening
with ' hi strength. That was Esra. a
scribe learned In the law of his people
and familiar with their history. Through
Influences which, are not clearly made
known, th king waa brought to favor
the purpose ot this sealous young
scholar of " th Hebrew raco th pur
pose to take back a second detachment
for th rebuilding of Jerusalem. The
king at last not only gave him permis
sion to make up such a company for
the return, but h opened the way for
th reception of generous contributions
to th fund by himself giving a-Iarge
sum for the restoration of th city
walla'
Under the v enthusiasm Inspired by
these events and - moved by - the char
actor of Exra'a appeals, about 1.70S per
sons, including heads of families and
their dependents, with ISO servants of
tho-tmpler set out for, the Holy City.
As the events proved, ha was to meet
greater obstacles than bad hi pre
decessors, and at tha same time to meet
with far greater success. He wa to lift
up th fallen atandard. but he should
be permitted to carry' It far beyond the
farthest advancoa of , tha bravo men
who had previously borne It. So -great
indeed was the work, wrought by him
that extreme critics- seem to ie tat
personality eclipsing all before htm. . ,
- "' Th Xasaon. ' : ',' ; '"
VeiV4t.i.1k all rulygrelneA.
Eira realised that any man'a best ef
forts are futile without the blessing of
Ood (Pa. exivtl:l-S). It waa Victor
Hugo who said that the map of Europe
was redrawn "because a cowherd meet.
Ing a Prussian In a wood, said to him,
'Pass this way and ' not that.1" No
presclencoj can take account of alt pos
sibilities, y Back of all effort and all
wisdom and all geniua stands one. "In
th dim unknown." dlreoting the affairs
of men and nation. Upon the bnk of
the lsst Tivsr they wr to cross before
setting their faoea toward th great
desert tha leader of this .apparently
"forlorn bop" held a. solemn fsst and
commended hia undertaking to the care
of Almighty Ood. That desert wa th
resort of horde of lawless freebooters.
They scoured It as during th looting of
South American race by th Spaniard
th pirates of all nations roved the At
lantic. Except by superior force or by
tho aid of divlno Providence.' no caravan
carrying money could cros it fn safety.
Verse it. In his representations of
Judah's relation to Jehovah the prophet
priest began to think , ha, might have
gone too far. H ,'ilMA4.0 spoken of
nr-cr for hlshosen people that
the Bl n g JTCI vcdjhc JLmpr?Jton iJudah,
waamlraculoualy pr dec ted at ainimes
from all foe. In view or tnis. jsra aia
not wish to qualify his word la such
fashion that bis later caution would
cast discredit upon Ms earlier confi
dence. It seemed safer to accept th
king Interpretation of Judah's history
and ask' God to mak It good. In a
certain sense this waa Just that "tempt
ing" of Ood which 1 expressly for
bidden (Deut.-vl:lS). ' . '
Vers 21. But Ood 1 often better to
his . children thn their desert would
warrant : If w can adequately protcot
ourselves, we are not. to., throw our
safety upon the power of Ood. But had
Esra attempted to correct th impres
sion Artsxerxes received, th possibility
waa that th king would fancy omo
deception been designed.- In that
case all would b lost. Ood wa gracious
to his servants In their distress, and
suffered no man to do them harm ba
caus of their mistakes. '
Vers 14. But th practical wisdom
of Esra comes out her a distinctly as
does hi faith. In the danger that was
before them h would not risk their
treasure "all in on basket" He se
lected a goodly number of those likely
most to be trusty and brav and r
ourceful. and he divided th valuable
among them. Here 1 a lesson for to
day. Trust funds for piou use should
be mad especially secur. 'Esra prayed
with ardor, but he did not fall to use
those precautions which suggested
themselves to caravan-leader. In dan
gerous localities.. No man may be ex
cused for careless handling of sacred
funds And not only are church fnnds
sacred;, those- upon which th welfare
of parenta, wive and children depend
are not less sacred (Mark vll:10-13).
Verse. 25. The good man la always
careful of hi good nam. Esra Intended
not only to be honest but to be seen
honest. Like St Paul, he did not think
It enough that Ood should know him
upright He wanted no man to doubt
It (Rom. xll:I7: II Cor. vlll:21). Evsry
business muff-should ses to It that his
honor Is .above sueplclon.and such it
can' only be when he take psins to
know where he stand and where other
stand. Strict business forms and rifles
only can safeguard our reputation and
character. .
Verse 3. . According to our present
understanding of ancient values, the sil
ver which Esra distributed among his
lieutenants wa worth not lens than
$2,000,000, and It may have been twice
that amount W can not tell certainly
what was th standard "talent" at th
time of Esra, but wo (know that th
money wa sufficient to tempt ajr one
of doubtful honesty to myke Improper
use of it for personAl advantage.
Verse 2T.' Beside the ready money,
th vessels of gold and other preclou
metals' would fetch a larg aunt It hy
f tfthecaW4 , , '-: .
Verse 21. Esra now reminds those
chosen to care for these great treasures
that their own sacred character must
be remembered In .the discharge of this
obligation. AH men ought to be hbnest,
but above alt men. the Christian's fi
nancial opsrations should be upon the
highest plane of morals. And whoever
fails to observe honor In" money trans
actions, jthe minister of tho goapel
should "preach" by his example that a
man le -' more precious than gold.", ,
- -Verse 2S. The car of hioney is one
of the most crucial tests .of rharacter
and capacity. Tha need of this money
In ' Jerusalem wa urgent. All pubjic
revenues appear to have ceased. It was
a period of disorder snd confusion.
There waa lack of ability and perhaps
some lack of moral qualities necessary
to bring the' rejuvenation of Judah to
Its full. If thes ortlcer under Esra
should carry In safety these sum to
Jerusalem, and weigh them into the
treasury of the tempi undiminished,
there was eome hope for the atate, and
it would be presumptive proof that the
state could be raised from Us fallen
condition by their abilities.
Verse SO. We do not read that any of
these men, bred aa they were for other
duties, declined the responsibility. What
would have happened had they with
held themselves from th taskT There
come times In all our, churches . (and
Sunday schools) when some one must
be selected to undertake dl moult charges.
Th crioloe doubtless fall upon some
on having already other, duties and
other engagements. Not seldom the
modern Esra la met point-blank with ab
solute refusal.
r Vers' SI. Th escape of such a cara
van, so few comparatively In numbers.
ao .unprepared for armed resistant and
ao rich In possible spoils.. Waa next to
th miraculous. II who could atop th
mouth of th lions that th Ion Daniel
ahould not be harmed, could throw th
counsels of plundering bands Into con
fusion.-
Vers Si. It required four month to
mak th long Journey, a distance about
equal to that -rrora New York to Chi
cago. The arrival fell upon midsummer.
Before making a formal entry th host
rested for some day under the broken
walla of th city. It I probable th
intervening time-waa spent In 'making
needful arrangement for th auditing
and delivery of th money and precious
utensil. So careful a man aa Esra was
bound to see that everything waa don
- aecertuy ana in oraer.j
Stormbound near Point Elite. ' f ..''
November 10. This morning tk wind
lulled and the waves not being so high
we loaded our canoes and proceeded. Th
mountains on the right ar high, covered
with timber, chiefly pine. 'and descend
In a bold and rocky shore to th water.
We went through deep niche, and
several Inlets on the tight while on th
opposite sldr ts a large bayrabove-whrch
the hill are close on th river. At the
distance of 10 miles th wind rose from
th northwest and th wave became so
high that we were forced to return for
two mile to a place -where we could
with safety unload. Here we landed at
th mouth of a small run and, having
placed our 'baggage on-a pit of drifted
logs, waited for low water. Th liver
then appeared more calm; we therefore
started, but after going a mil found th
wave too men tot eur ranoes and were
obliged to put ashore. We-unloaded tbo
canoes and having- placed the baggag
on a rook above the reach of th tide
"camped on some drift logs, which formed
the only place where we could- lie, the
hill rising steep over our heads to the
height of SOS feet. , All our baggage, as
well aa ourselves, were thoroughly-wet
with th rain, which did not -cease during
th day; -It continued violently during the
night. In th course- ef which the tide
reached the logs en which w lay and
aet them afloat.
. Troubles of Pretty Princess. .
London Cor. Kansas City Star. ''.
It must be rather mortifying to Prin
cess Victoria Eugenia of Battenbera.
daughter of Prlnceas Beatrice anil
granddaughter of th lata Queen Via
tor! a, to learn that her pedigree la not
good enough toVAualtfy her to b th
bride of young King Alfonso of Spain,
whan rumors ar again rtf that they
are engaged. Her father, th lata Prino
Henry of Battenberg, waa on of the
children of morganatic marriage, and
that xact, according to th exalted no-
nuns oi inn opanisn uourDons. unnts l
.hrr.tn h th wife nf siihe. nl,iM,
sovereign of the houae, an heir apparent
or an heir presumptive. For th same
reason shs eould not wed a Hapsbura
or a Hobensollern, who might rule-over
Austria 'r Germany. Another barrier
Ilea In th fact that th rule that e-ov-
em th court of Madrid permit him only
to .wed a born Roman Catholic. If tho
two other obataclea did not exist there
a third- one, which it would be ex
tremely difficult to get over. ' Princess
Victoria Eugenle'a pretty faq ", con.
stltutes tho bulk of her fortune, and th
king of Spain want a lot of money with
hi bride. When Queen Victoria's eld
est daughter married th then crown
prince of Germany, th British govern
ment settled a pension of 140,000 a, year
upon her, and before her death she had
drawn $1,941,000 from th British tax
paysrs. , No British parliament would
ever unction auch generosity to a Bat
tenberg princess. . Although . the Euro
pean .royal cast number more than a
thousand parsonages. It Is by no means
an open matrimonial -market, the rang
of choice being extxemely limited by the
division of thas superior beings Into
separate sets, each carefully . fenced
about Were It not for Germany and
tta many small states, with reigning
families snd courts, still greater dif
ficulties thsn ar to be met with at
present would be experienced by royal
matchmakers, but, fortunately, the
fatherland can boast hlghneenes of vary.
Ing degree and creeds from rigid
Catholics, suited for Bourbons or Ilaps
burgs, to Protestants, who can settli
down with Lutherans or Join th Greek
church If necessary. t. . .. ..
Her Life Work to Nurstt Soldiers.
Plttsfleld. Mass., Cor. New Tork "World.
Mrs. Newman K. Perry, wire of Lieu
tenant Perry,, who was -killed by th
blowing vp of the Bennington in San
Diego harbor laat summer, says she will
devote the remainder of her life to nurs
ing sick sailors and soldiers. One -Is
to -enter. 8U Luke's Training Sahoolfo
rturses in conneciinn wnn me nospuai
In New Tork, and after graduating wlli
offer her service to th government. -
Mrs. Perry I 20 year old. Sh war
married whew ah wa little more than
IT In Stockbrldge to Midshipman Perry
Immediately after his graduation from
Annapolis. They want west when th
midshipman wa assigned to th Ben
nington. . .
Th young widow la a daughter ot
Mr. and Mra. William E. Doan of New
Tork, who bav a country . place In
Stockbrldge. She I Intensely patriotic.
When th bn$y of Lieutenant Perry wa
sent east Mra , Perry would allow no
one to have any part In th funeral wh
wa net a sailor or a soldier, snd th
lieutenant waa burled rltb full military
honors. . ,
l!- m0m.mrmM.
LEWIS AND CLARK
. ..m. ....MLL.
TAKES NERVE TO BEA
V MAN LIKE THIS
From the Pendleton Eat Oregonlau.
A mil lives not a thousand-mile -from
PrnJIeton who liaspassed a teat In
manHood which falls t the lot of but
tZ Bien Hfetims. ., ' ':-..'
This man ts a westerner -a brothsr to
the perennial sagebrush.
When, he vas bom ten the frontier of
Oregon there4 were but few white peo
ple In thla state; white girls were a
age WlVn b w,ln tb love-making
Aa man hj an Incomplete machine with.
?!L 'wlfenl home, this westerner,,
like all or hie kind, had the home-hunger
Vr1"' H had few women to choose
rrom In his pioneer surroundings, snd so
he took th best, of the lot a French
Indian girl, whoss ancestry rsn Into th.
Uiampoeg FrenrU-lndlan natives of Ore
gon, with the first generation back.
. But. ah wss k handsome girl of her
VP Just .a darlf. queenly, imperious. ,
nsir-hreed the mt beautiful and pre
possessing within is acquaintance.
But she loved hi, snd h loved hef.
That was sufftcienti
rnis Oregonlan ws a capable, pro
gressive, ambitious mn. He waa handi
capped In youth by lark of educational
racltltlea, but he made, up by excellent
native Judgment end ability.
His family grew up around hint an
ha gained wealth and influence. ,.
As ' civilisation crowded around him.
opportunities knocked 'and he accepted
their invitation and grew te be rich and
powerful In th councils of the commu
nity. . ,
From th station of an obscure private
rltlsen he was called into public life.
He was a gallant and winning fellow
one of those breezy. Irresistible, magical
men whose Influences ar indescrlhle yet.
irresistible and tn spite of himself gath
ered friends, power and authority about
him.'"- .. ,
In his early- struggles his half-breed -wlf
had shared all hia hardships, suf- r
fered all bla defeats, bore al) his pri
vation. -- .
She waa. a patient aa she was im
perious and strong. She wss as faith
ful and tender a ah waa dark, with her
mother' Indian blood. 1 - - -
Tbelr children wr three all having
the dark oyea of th mother and the.
lighter brow and lock of th father.
They -were loved and cherished snd given ,
education and advantages a no othet
Children of the frontier enjoyed.
It wss a model home. There was love
and patience and faithfulness In it
There waa fldcnlty and trust and de
votion. - ,' ' z ' ' . '
As th father emerged faterand
faster front hi obscurity,, th contrast
of th strangely mated pair became
more and more pronounced in the com .
munlty. And . finally the ' situation
reached such v stsge that th society
Inta which the brilliant husband had
beealf prced by circumstance did' not
car to embrace tbe Indian wire.
"HiTknew no other life-creed than U
love and chrlh family.
But roan and woman with whom n
associated began to wonder when h
would shake off. hia nair-oreea wire,
sine h wa coming into prominence.
It seemed to them to be hi fluty.
Either ' h should do that , or , descend
again Into hia old obscurity. , , .v. ...
Finally th wlf ard tha- demand
of society and waited. Sha did not frtne-
away. - Hheltd wet fly lntow-ewget.it ne
did not put bin to th test to -asakt
him say what h would do. t - t '
Sh loved him -and waa delighted, be
yond nor languag to express, -In his
advancement , She , Just simply waited
and llatenad.
If t wa necessary for hr to be crl-,
fleed for hi continued advancement, sh. '
waa willing, sine It meant ao mucn tor
him. . - . - "- .''
Then peopt said a change came over -
him. They wondered bow ha would pro
ceed to put her away, Sha would prou
ably consent, but would h do It? . His
pressing publio duties neeoea mm. m
should do sorothlng. ''-
Everybody waited and llateno for oe-
velopment. ;
It waa aaid that he naa been oneren
handsome salary and great soclu!
and business prestige tn a new position
as manager of a large concern.- But th
position absolutely .prohibited him from
bringing his half-breed wlfa-twto oqual
proralncnce-wrthrtltmeelf.
He must choose between tbe wife and
th now opportunity. '
Then th buttrnies or ociety ana
. r " " , in hi.
BPjHZO1
. 1 SJB I . A IlfZW UIDtui w sew w -
ears. Tnev Diciureu me new
advanoement that ha4 so suddenly
opened before htm. They pictured tne
delight and glories oi ine siranse m
tune which bsd com soross his path.
He waa dased and amasea at us Dm-
llancy. ' ': .'. '..' V.
He wa only human.
And all thla time th patient wlf
who had been hi help and support In
the old pioneer daya , wa thinning
thinking, thinking. - :--.
She waa but an Indian girl. Het
tribesmen were - still ln ssragery.
Strange was tha fortun which had
lifted her for a moment upon It crest. -She
would be content to go bnck. She
would ' lose herself to let him go up
ward. -' I
-Truer atie toveA him. and at times re
volted at the atrange fate which seemed
tugging a strongly to pull them apart.
But If ho could go upward she would
not -t an hindrance, ao h waa r
signed and content. . . '
People said It would b fair nd Just
for him to separate from her since he
wa but jniddl-ged and such possibili
ties, sueh a Ufa ef usefulness and ac
tlvlty lay before him.
Fume, fortune.' position, power oil
ley within his grasp. If h would take
thi' etmple and seemingly 'Justified
ten.-v. . ... . - ' ' ' ' " ' " "' " ' 1 -
IT wa a white man and sines civil- i
ixatltm hsd swsrmed sbout th frontier
oAd changed condltlona. were not hirv
obtlgatlons. which might hav beea ,
binding under the old condition. Jiow ab-.,..
solved by the change? -
Thus he argued, ana an me lime xns-
social butterflies wr asying: -ies.
'yes." "yesl"
So h spoke to bar about It. ' ' . .
Thr wss no hystsrla. Ther was no
acene." Ther wr tears. It la true, -
butithat wa all. -
Site aald ah would go and leave him.
Fate bad decreed it. Everything was-
for him to win, end whatever betid she
waa but .an Indian girl. -'
And then th msnnooa arose supreme
ntl -brsattr
Ha turned to tha cultured attorney
and agent who .had com to arrange the
details of the separation, and said:
"Tak your gold, your offices, your
flatteries, your deception, and fling
them at the feet of your master and
ssy that I spurn them In derlsloni My
wlf t 'Still my wlf and my soul i my
own!"
And thsn bfor th world could real
Is It all th splendid power and place
and promises that had tempted him hsd
been won by him, and she shsred them
all Snd had th queenllnesa to sustain
herself tn all, th exactlona of the new
world...-. : . :
It.t not much Of a story. But If
shows how ons man can bsttle Willi the .
worlt .which often combines aasinst
blnu ( ' -.
a