EQiio.rSaH .Pago :o::. S. : JogoH 1 rOTLAfrt). OREGON. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12. ' 1 . THE O REG ON ."SUNDAY J O U RN A L a e. jacxao PUBLISHED ' BY JOURNAL. PUBLISHING CO. nro, v. ousou WJIY NOT? Wi ' HY shouid not Portland go tome of 1 th Alaska trad?; Why should not the cnamber T of commerce take ud the matter seriously and practically? -. ' ..f .' '.'.'.' .. T-v ' ..'.v.' The trade I there and ' some of it can be secured. The nt.rtin ooint is our own boat. "Two at least, and perhaps three will be required. . With an upward ten ilency fn every other direction Portland, is weakest m the matter of it shipping.- It is particularly weak, in the matter of home-owned . boats 'Lj. :'..:' ,. The thne is ripe to go after the Alaska trade. It will payj Why not go after it? ' V " "!i THE JEW AS HE IS IN RXJSSIA. ' l HE LATEST TRAGEDY in Russia is beyondthe 'power of man to depict But revolting itr itseit i' aa this massacre is. it is by far more revolting to contemplate that th entire responsibility for this - bloody saturnalia -rests with the imperial government of the land of the czara.' - ;- ., -..,...,..., . , ) From ihe time the intellectual element began to ex ; pose the high-handed ; robberies of the people by the bureaucracy, a concerted movement was inaugurated by the' government whereby it systematically disseminated the idea among the ignorant multitude that their poverty was due to the Jews.- In localities where no Jews reside, the Armenians and others furnished as convenient "scape goats. The Jews, however, were made the constant and central point of attack by the barbarous bureaucrats, - and in this they followed the line of . least resistance, ince.it is much easier to, incite the. ignorant portion of si Christian community against non-Christians than "it would bfc'agahjst ChristianSiOf.a different, sectarian or ganization. Hence the Jew so easily became, the chief victim in this bureaucratic game of internal strife. " As a matter of fact, there is no more useful element of the Russian population than the jews, anT no-one. ""knows this better than the' very office-holding horde f constituting the imperial government This they have . ' "shown time and again by giving the Jewish people special privileges' to proceed to new or undeveloped sections of the country in order to build them up and when they were transformed into valuable, revenue-producing sec tions the system of ' spoliation and persecution was re ..' newed with the old-time vigor. . . , - u. . t : It is the testimony of competent travelers, ' even of such as have been wined and. dined by the most repre sentative officials, that here Is' no more useful popula tion m Russia-than the Jewish people. They are the ' boot-maker, and tailors, the bricklayers and the car- penters, the blacksmiths and the longshoremen; they stand highest in the professions and in every channel of human activity. And this holds good even among the soldiery of the czar, wherein every sixteenth man is a Jew, the ratio being about one to fifteen.. Mr, Carl -.' Joubert, a Protestant Christian who spent nine years. L . in that land of blood and tears, says in hta.book, Kua "sia aa"ItHeaTly Ts, "thai "In the Russian army there" , is no, mote .useful soldief," and according to his state ments the-Jewish soldiers not only do the, "tailoring, boot-making, earpentering, of at the imith forge, shoe ing horse and welding jron," but they are also"env ployeas'military" clerks "andTe,en private' secretaries to officers of high rank." Columns might be written on this subject, though it is scarcely necessary to multiply facts which every honest observer-has re corded time and, again, - . . ..'.' i ' . ' ' There are thousands Of people in this land of ours . whole greatest pride is in the fact that a remote" ancestor of theirs had taken part in the Revolutionary war. In Russia, according to the declarations of the czar's gov , eminent,' the Jews have furnished the. largest number of the most important revolutionary leaders. . And, in deed, more Jews than any others have expired on the ' gallows, been tortured in the fortresses, or died in exile, in a revolutionary contest which demands even greater j sacrifices than out own revolution 130 years ago.;. 'The -attempt to aid them; therefore,-appeals to all that isi highest and holiest in humanity and in contemplation of it mere creed and class . distinction sink into the distant background. -'-: - . vv, t ),;: t- AMERICAN HEIRESSES AND FOREIGN TITLES. THE CURIOUS CASE OP MISS SMITH. TX7 VV people; on .the contrary, there is not half enough; but there is room for improvement in the style and spirit in which campaigns are too often conducted. GOVERNOR HERRI CK DISCOVERS - :'-;. DANGER, ; ; r . A GREAT G HEN, if ever probably never will rich Amer ican girls learn the lesson so often and woe fully taught in a multitude of . cases that marrying a foreign title in most cases means marrying misery f There may be exceptions, but we doubt it-if i?joaii,"or J? i . ' 'he ifrrrs-oraeany gc5d; rIght"s6rrKe amcthe American . to beatings, nor ; to a divorce, in every instance for some women are too priqerui or too patient to expose their misery to the. unsympathetic, world.. Unwise, mis taken,'' misled by the glitter and. glamor of "high". Euro pean society, the American brides of sprigs of European nobility almost invariably make for themselves thorny .beds. Silly we will not say they are, but rather wrongly educated. . Their parents were toadies to the nominal nobility, and becoming millionaires encouraged if not persuaded their daughters to become sacrifices, so that the rich papa and mama could get into select society and boast of theirt son-in-law Count This or Baron That And the girl on her part, though she knew well, if she i had ordinary common sense, that the titled fellow loved not her but her money, was herself anxious for the bar- ; . gain to be made, the sale and delivery to take place, the ' ,. price to be paid. Women in no way imaginable ever " more surely sell themselves Of buy thereby worse bar- - gains. ,-: . . . There is to them something irresistibly alluring about a title, social elevation, a retinue of menials, glimpses of - royalty itself. The thought of envy in equally foolish but . more fortunate girls'" breasts helps, v And then the , '"count"! "so nice," on the surface,' sq distingue. . His smooth tongue can chatter courtly small talk glibly.'Mn form and dress and manners he is, or appears to be, per fection. - But, poor dear fellow, he is. in debt; . he must keep up appearances to support his precious title; what are a few hundred thousands of papa's money? And so away she goes; and when the worthless roue and tpend "7 ,:'thrift has spent. her dowry, he demands rnore and spends ; that on horses, dogs, wine and women; and if the time comes when ljo more money is forthcoming, if noj be fore, she is thoroughly disillusioned. ' ; , ... ' " Such was the experience of a. .Michigan; girl who a few years ago married an Austrian count and last week obtained a divorce, her1 father, atoning somewhat for having allowed his daughter to marry the brute by kick ing him though not half hard or long enough."! There was poor Nellie Grant; she learned early, be cause, her father was only a president of'the United States, not .a multimillionaire who would yield. And there is a long list of others. a j There are many not only well bred j$-?ifghly cultured and truly noble men among the aristoi&acy of Europe, but they don't come over here nosing about for a rich tufe. And when. a. titled spendthrift does, the girl's father or brother euffht ,to kick him all the way from fifth avenue to the Battery. . But the pity and dm grace ! it is that the father and brother usually grovel before ' him. and for a little shimmering notoriety in "sassiety sacrifice their dsughter and sister, , T " ; TV II ISSf SMITH, a public achool teacher in Astoria, sun was arresteo on me cnarge oi uupiuiim. sa was accused by a milliner and her assistants, all of whom swore positively to Jbhe fact, or at leaat to the teacher's identity, of stealing a piece of ribbon worth 33 cents.. She positively denied the theft, said she was not in the millinery ator at or near the hour mentioned though on the examination she seemed not to try to es tablish alibi and insisted that it was a case of mis taken identity. ".; - ... '..'"' ' ', ' ' ' r . Miss Smith's parents, and near relatives, who live in the Willamette valley are highly respected people. She has attended the public -schools and normal school, and taught school, and in various ways, mingled with many people, and has always borna-penecuy gooa reputa tion, and never has any one, her friends say, had the slightest suspicion tof any wrongdoing of any kind on her part Her schoolmates, teachers, neighbors, ac- auaintances and employers . all give her a good name, and fullyjielievein her, innocence; say she simply xould not pave committed this crime. Yet tive women belong ing to this millinery store, swear positively rather over doing their case,- it would seem that she stole a ribbon valued at 35 cents, and for this they had her' arrested and are prosecuting her with as much vigor as if she had blown up their whole establishment with dynamite. Now under these 'circumstances we aont - know whether Miss Smith took the piece of ribbon .or not : If she did. it was not only a wrong, but, a very curious performance for a young woman such as we have de scribed. But if we were on a jury to try tnis teacner, we would acquit her. not perhaps being absolutely posi tive that through some freakish prompting she did not take the ribbon, but because we would believe the simple word, whether on oath or not, of such a girl rather than the sworn testimony of four or five women who would hale a-young womanteacher of their city, of good repute and-record, before a crimioal court on such a charge. We would reason that women that are so uncharitable nd small'-souled as to prosecute such a charge against such a defendant; rather than wait and quietly watch to see if she did anything of the kind again, meanwhile saying nothing, were not worthy of belief. . i '" ; "7. TOO LITTLE POLITICS, AND TOO MUCH. N ONE SENSE" there is not enough -politics among f the American people. That is, too many of thenr have not' taken any active personal interest in poli tics, exceot to so and vote for whomsoever a clique or ring of politicians put tip. i This is especially true of busi- . . !,L l! ness men. i ney ao not want to oe oomerea wua pon tics, for one thing, and they cannot afford to male the enemies that a fierce political strife, if they, take any hand in it, engenders. ' ' This leads to the counter proposition, equally true, that in another sense there Is too much politic. In many cases men go to extreme during campaign in lauding on side' or. denouncing the other. Party and personal enthusiasm runs into angry passion, and needless wounds, that leave acars, arelnflictedTOf tears; if "a notoriously corrupt or unfit man is a nominee, he cannot be bijL too hard, but even he should alwajrs be hit with club '6f truth, and above the belt,.- - .- . A prominent Astoria merchant, one who has served T"mayorrmbrrWa master, there four years or more, when importuned to run. for mayor again, refused, saying in effect: I can't afford to do so because of the enemies one ha to make in the campaign. No sooner doe a man become can didate for an office than he is attacked and accused and abused,; and his friend hit back in like manner, and peo ple become exicted, and angry at one another, and are guided by passion rather than reason, and so enemies are made,, and It doesn't pay." This is our language, but conveys his thought - , . , - ' ' ' There is too 'much truth In it. Because a man differs with you is no reason why yon should hate or even dis like him; n6r, if he becomes a candidate for office, why he should be spoken of otherwise than as an honorable, worthy man; if he were so before he became a can didate.; i'. v-.v, V i It is well enough to be vigorous in conducting political campaigns most Americans" like a lively, strenuous contest It is thus that the best, or the better is worked out, evolved. But vituperation is not a proper expres sion of vigor, nor slander of seaL A man's political or religious belief makes him neither better nor worse. On such a matter, or on his' political opinions if he be comes a candidate for a political office, he ia a aubject for proper attacks, but these should be msde without I OVERNOR HERRICK OP OHIO is evidently pretty sore, although, of course, he Towa to the will of the people." They all do, and never vary the, expression., But he goes on to intimate at con siderable length that . the Republicans who chose to vote against him are fool or. crazy. .The Republican party, he says in effect, is all right his administration was at all points exactly right, the Ohio legislature did just right then why and wherefore? '. ; -7. Well, Governor, there' Boss Cox, for, one. thing. You never mentioned him. He has been fof many years a corrupter in politics. Not only in' Cincinnati, but throughout the state. ' If an ambitious young Repub lican wanted to go into politics, he had to ask Boss Cox And you and Cox were supposed to be hyas tilllcums. So a good many Ohio Republicans who evidently wanted to get rid of Boss Cox thought "The real issues v?er forgotten." says the governor. We guess noU: Rather. governor,, the probability is that .they were both under stood and remembered. , That was why about 100,000 Republicans about faced and the like is going to happen all over the country from now on. " " The Governor admits the action in the country of a healthy spirit of moral rfreform,"andT-he-llude to Weaver and Jerome, but says that "this Tact and these events make it easy to excite the suspicion, inflame the conscience and mislead the impulse of the people - of Ohio." Not ,very complimentary 4e the people of Ohio. We did not know they could be so easily excited and led astray by campaigns in Philadelphia and New' York City. Reform other places, but Ohio neVer. -:- Advancing from the concrete to the abstract Governor Herrick perceives,, out of the gloom of defeat, not only a great danger but the "very "greatest dahgfjr now con-, fronting the American people." A Ah, it will be important to learn what this greatest .danger , is. '.The gov ernor ssys it is the "readiness, in response to some sud den whim or pretext, to desert party principle and fol low some . individual who claims, sometimes with sin cerity, often with hypocrisy, to represent a cause that is higher than party fealty. . , This is nonsense, for great masses of the American people don't jump front one party to another, even tem porarily, or cleet an independent or a man or-4icket of J the minority party, on "some sudden whim or pretext" Following n individual for a campaign rather than the party boss, Oovernor Herrick thinks "can do no good to society." Thi growing inclination to break away Jroni party offers, he says, "a most fruitful field for theh:m sgogue 'and iconoclast," and such disloyalty to party "override principle, and the strain upon our institutions and upon the fundamental truths which lie at the bof torn of our government wilt leave the structure weaker . . 1 1 . ,, ... - ratner uiair mwuantr. - - -r-r-'rr-x';r" ' Think ol "pnnciple" and "fundamental truths" as prompting loyalty to Tammany in New York, to the gang in Philadelphia, to Aldrich'a trust cabal in Rhode Island, to Gorman's "organization" in Maryland, to Boss Piatt and Boss Odell in New York state, to the trusts in New Jersey, and to Boss Cox and the saloons in Ohisl Governor Herrick, so far as the cublic knows, has made a good executive, and is a capable and worthy man, out even the hard jolt he got last Tuesday did not jar off his ''party fealty" goggles. Loyalty to a party is all right not only as long as a man honestly thinks hi party is doing right, but as long as he doesn't know or doesn't car whether it is doing right or not; but when a man know a party ia doing wrong; when a party, especially in a city, or even in a state, puts itself in the hands of grafters and thieves; when a party aligns itself or even is so unfortunate as to find itself tied ftp with - the liquor Interests: when a party is run by a machine which has a boss and the mas of voter have really no' voice or power in its conventions then it is surely not only the privilege but the duty of an intelligent, honest voter, for the time being at least, to turn against that party and give it a drubbing. ' . - ' ' v For some or. all these reasons, we suppose, a large nnmber of the Republicans of Ohio bolted. Probably they had. not so much -against Governor , Herrick as against, "the party" it conduct, its alliances, its man agement, 'its boss.---:'; ...-'... '...-.', ' ;..' ; V v. The time ha about come when a party," in order to win repeated victories, must behave itself, must be clean, must serve the people and turn to them and not to some unconscionable boss who makes its house a veritable den of thieves..' .-..-...'! - '. ... ,-: - v.. .;,,,;. ,.. S BRINQ THEM TO JUSTICE. fT HE OLD ADAGE that a fool is born every minute '.I is : well, illustrated by the. ease with which the ? timber, shade in Oregon are still gathering-in victims," despite the incessant warning given by the press. ; A ring of "timber locators" has been doing busi ness here in Portland for many months. . Hundreds of peopleNhave been swindled by them and hundreds more seem to be eagerly pressing forward to be caught in the same trap. ; . : ' " . . ,; ." The rogues who carry on these frauds are clever enough to avoid for the most part, any breach of the fed eral laws. So long as they do this the government is powerless to interfere, beyond occasionally exploiting the frauds' and warning the public against them. This much has been done by officials of the land department who are stationed here in Portland, but more they could not do. iTVV--;,'-- Apparently. the only means of reaching and punishing these swindler is through the state laws. District At torney John Manning is quoted as saying that he means to prosecute them if possible, but that it ia very doubtful whether even under the state law a way can be" found. With all due deference to the district attorney'a opinion,! this Teems a very fainthearted, conclusion, When a gang Of Tsseals Is openly swindling people outrof cmdreds of dollars by, the grossest frauds and deceptions, surely some way can be discovered for punishing the offenders. The ingenuity of the district attorney ahould certainly be equal to the problem and his knowledge of the law any other measure that could be adopted giving to our merchants who complain bitterly of official abuses the Solace of having consuls whose entire time is devoted to commercial work. Removing judicial - powers from commercial officials would largely remove the poor tujiity for corrupt practices, and also offers the best so lution yet presented for establishing in the orient an ef ficient system for passing on Chinese emigrants. Rea son and business demand a federal Judge there,with extra-territorial jurisdiction of all American, interests, and the community will compliment the chamber of commerce for its quick support of Senator rnlton in the enort to have such a law enacted, j ; . I KEEP DOWN THE TAX LEVY. T IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT that the tax levy for this year should be kept as low as possible. For eign capital is strongly attracted to Portland at this time and it would be exceedingly unfortunate to check the movement by any unnecessary addition td the burden of taxes. At the same time the great increase .which has been made in the assessed valuation of property in Multnomah county is in itself a temptation to extrava gance on the part of both the city and the county gov ernments. It is evident that the expenses of the city government for the, coming year ' yll ' be somewhat greater than they have been during the present year. The estimates thus far submitted by the various heads of departments suggest an increase of about one third, but probably this will be materially , reduced. Large 'ex penditures will doubtless be inevitable in the fire de partment and there are imperative needv in the school department which cannot be ignored. 1 . ;"'; - But the' requirements of the county should be much less than during the current fiscal year. The county is now out of debt ,,There is a demand for increased ex penditures on county roads but in no other, direction is there any crying necessity-forlarge outlays. This is the opportunity for the county board to economize. It seems probable that the assessment roll, when fin ally completed, will show a total of from $140,000,000 to $130,000,000. A year ago it was $56,000,000... The total valuation is,, therefore, in round figures, about two and a half times what it was last year. , The rate of taxation this year was 40 mill. The rate of the next levy should riot at the outside be over IS mills, and if proper economy is exercjsed it can well be kept down to 14 mills. At the latter ..figure the sum realized would fall, short of the total tax raised last year, but would still, in the opinion of several of the county officials, be sufficient for; all actual needs of county and city. A rate ot 15 mills would yield just about the same sum raised by the last levy. - ... . If the rate should exceed 15 millsthereby imposing on property a heavier tax than .it had to bear under the last levy, the effect will inevitably be to cause foreign capital to hesitate about making further Investment here. The folly of discouraging such investments is too plain to need comment. : -.. '.. .'. ;-"...,.,.i..;..;',..,:.,. WOMEN AND BREACH OF PROMISE CASES. A E DNA WALLACE HOPPER has been sned for $50,000 damage by a man who say that she refused to marry him after she had promised to do so. A man. is frequently 'sued for damages for breach of promise by a woman, but a woman ia rarely the de fendant in such -a -case,- But is there any good, suf- ficientTlegat reason whya -woman ahould not suffer for a breach of such a contract as well as a man? If she haa not discovered that he has materially-deceived her in his .representation of h imself, or been guilty -of gross misconduct, why should a woman any more than a man snouia oe suiiicieni to enaDi nim tcrormg tnese roguiSfTbi ' permTtredT wnh6UOylna;-arlpCTaltytctrrgeheT lo ,us" V - , .- v,.., ..-l-mind, and tell poo fellow who- ha lavishedand waated A A FEDERAL JUDGE FOR THE ORIENT. TTENTION to detail often constitutes the potent element of success, v In large affaire this is not less true than in the eventa of individual life. Portland doe well to keep in' the closest touch with its commercial field, and utilize every opportunity for ad vancing Jhe interests of those with , whom We trade. The chamber of .commerce's resolution declaring for a federal-district judge in the orient, although, it may seem of minor importance to some, has broader influence for good than any other recent effort of the local commer cial organization. In a measure, the effort is -for those distant from this city, but in a clearenlight.it Is plainly mutual, advancing all ' American interests in the most promising undeveloped commercial field of the world. , Nothing is more patent than the fact that property interests will be preyed upon by countless evils where there is no judiciary. Americans in the orient are pos itive in the assertion that the present system of adjudi cating their interests is a wretched travesty" on the name of justice. Consular official who have no legal training whatever and whose selection have too frequently been good ; lawmakers . to sit in judgmentupon their fellow men. Even a consul at home, under the close scrutiny of superior and quickly, aubject to popular disapproval, would not be o destructive a. jurist-aa he ha often proved in the orient, where the temptations of an un blushing world are -common, and the blandishments of wealth may be showered upon officials with impunity. ., v, Americana and their property in China and Korea hare wallowed in, a pitiable state of nnprotection. .While we permitted this . evil to drag through many years, com mercial rivals have been quick to improve their systems, and today we find Britain famed in the trans-Pacific countries as the ideal administrator of justice. Amer ican precedents, -on the other hand, are frequently foul with suspicion, v Chinee are reluctant to embark irt business with any one who may force them before the American consuls . in litigation. Other foreigners shun the possibility of such an association. No one finds a commending virtue ra our syatem, while our competitors win on every points '- 1 ; - , There is but one relief from such entanglements, and that is establishment of the honored judiciary known to our own land, around whose "shoulders shall be thrown the .purest ermine and over whose head is poised the penalt of disgrace for transgression. This work will purge the oriental consular system more quickly than his affections and probably considerable coin on her. that it was all off and that she could be only a sister or a friend to him; perhaps not even that? ." y ; ; ';,r In this case the man 'and woman had long been ac quainted. She knew all or a good deal about him he is an actor, of course and she secretly and sweetly Con fided to Kim, be allege, that the would take him as her husband for better.or worse probably worse, for him, at (east Then for some reason not explained, when he urged a fulfillment of the promise, she flatly told him to go to, that she wouldn't marry him if he was the last roan on earth or words to that effect not even if she could shortly. thereafter get a divorce and possibly ali money on almost any old ground. Perhaps the trouble was that he wasn't good for alimony. Perhaps, too, he knows that the fair and fickle, Edna, is good for dam ages; she surely will be if she ever gets her pretty paw into those Dunsmuir millions, -which seem more than doubtful. .''''.'; :rr:.K'," ".'.: i', ; V Whatever the fact in this case) we discern no good reason why k woman, especially if he has plenty, of money and the man is poor, should not respond to dam ages for breach of a marriage contract the same as a man has to in like case. -:--' v . ' - ' ANOTHER ROAD FOR PORTLAND. Sentence Sermon. . .- : ' ..... i. . - ; .-; By Hsnry T. Cope. : - - Honast prayer klU prid. 4-.- -'i.i ;-?'!-" ' Rite have dona Httla tot the light . , ' Killing time la throwing Ufa away. ..r , . - ;-. Trimmed truth does net Improve tt appearance, . ' - 1 a .. Atheism 1 elmply moral anarchy. v f -' . ' ','.. . -' : The domtnane of on church will not euro the differences of th mary L -r.-.fV.--.r-7 ; ' -- --- The only thing that make any man superior to another U hi service. No ehurbh Is rich unlaa th poor alt In her paw. . , - . . , . ; . ' Ecclcalastleal lot-rolling f urniaha the devil with plenty of fuel. . . , '.,.-' A soon a tha mrntatar baeoma a mendicant ih church lose a man. -, . , . . . :,.. , A man's diligence la buslnsss la re-1 THE PRESENCE in Portland of the president of , the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad ia r' peculiarly significant at this time. ' The road is being rapidly extended to the Black Hills of South, f)akota. It is ; inconceivable, that it will stop tlrere. ndced without any definite knowledge on the subject one may reasonably conjecture that it will come to trie Pacific coast, which is the only logical and natural terminal. . One might even go farther ittto conjecture without shooting very wide of the probable mark and say that the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern have their big terminals on the sound while the Harriman lines have theirs concentrated . in San Francisco what rroore natural step than that this road, which has been nore or less largely lett out Of .trie calculations in the division of through business, should seek to make of Portland it chief terminal for the purpose of getting an Ccean outlet and doing all it is necessary to do to ac complish that fact? , ...'. Indeed every indication, and much information, points in exactly that direction. Portland's position in the transcontinental field is -being daily strengthened and few more important factors could be imagined than the St'Paul road presents. , - -r I I Hill l' A. . Sermon Today is THE GOOD TIME COMING. By Hanry F. Cope. Jua cam Inia Qalllea preaching tha (oapel of tba klngdom of Ood. Mark 1:14, ' - ' H1 UMAKITT haa always ballavad . In tha coming of tha klnsdom of Ood. It has alway looked for a day whan discord should eeaae, whan tha will of tha all lovln Urd ahould ba tha law ot all. It haa navar at hrt believed that oppression, . Injuetlca and tha aufferln- that aprlnna" -from aeinahnasa and sin were normal to r ua, eould arar ba right, or were aen IrrameiUabla. Deep In ua all there la the oonvlctlon that ihere la In thla world a power that worka for rlxhteouaneas, for peace, for hlfher forma of, 11 vine, and that happlneaa la but harmony with . that power. .. . ' , '.',.'' ? At 'aom time every man saea tha vlilon or tha better time com In. - No r I matter how dark today may ba tomor row dawns brlsbter. with eoroe ancient wrong righted, aome old abua gone -forever, soma tyrant dead.' and aome new : and fairer, holler , thlnsrs besun. . To tha normal heart each day' seems to bring at least a little Uft In "the great lire of thla old world. Th past proves It Th dreams of our fathers have come true; better things than thry ever ' dared to hope have been accomplished. Y An hone4 review of history Is a decided antidote for peaslmisnw - , . .. . ... No longer can w be content to believe that tba unlvarae la th plaything ot tha devil, or hold a doubt as to tha ulti- '.,' mate issue ef tha conflict of the age. To a world ateeped In th cyiilctsm that . -said tha god are dead and hope la but ' folly, Jeaua earn with the good news, of a Ood still on the throne, of a great Father of ua all loving and working for the good of oil. H ba taught the ages . tha-eternal and unconquerable might of J tha good. - Ha waa the apoatle of hope; hungry hearts turned to film and, he fed them with happiness. ': i II did not talk of, better things In soma other, world, of a good time coming - In th day we might not aee. beyond , the grave. Thla kingdom of heaven was eemewhat real. Immediate, simple, aub atantlal. So practical and-present wa . It that tha people who preferred to ' poet pone th realisation of their religion : to .soma, other .world-were allocked. offended, and arouaed to opposition. - ' But to men then and to men today " there - come tlmca, " raany and often, when wa moat ot all need to ba aa- ' aured that thla la a right world; that"' this kingdom or the good, where right truth, J net Ice and mercy reign,. la com ma and la becoming -mere and mora effective right here. It may aeem as though Ood .had - forgotten, ; aa though th only law was that of the flat, as though Justice and mercy had fallen. In f. that time of atruggla they are helplees who are hopeless. .They are invluclmej who cling to the . aasuranoe of the - reign of rlghfebuanesB, who" "aeeTth ""7" ood being wrought out of the Beaming x , 1U and tha peace coming from th pain. Men learning to read tha record of na- lure have found ther the "Indorsement -of tHe'mefleaa-e of the great teacher: ; liuTiKowsr th ;totrg b"rb-6r aTTTtrfngr working together for good, to bring In ,' tha reign of the best; Consider the llliea; their perfection la the' product of th age, if Ood so clothe tba grass of . th field, shall ht not much more youl . .. Th band of love that faahlon a, flowet with. -. much eara In. order that It , 7 might minister to man will not move ; with leas aktll where th making of man Is ooncarned. , .;, , ' The trouble full often la that we are looking for that eomlng golden, age to conalet la golden thlnga; the good time -oomtng maaha to many but more meat and drink, lothea, furniture, and folllea.. But golden atreeta do not make a golden age; warehouse of parlor atittee do- not mak one single home. Ther will ba plenty of every good thing when the : wrong within are righted,' when the old greed, malice,' and - bitterness are gone. New heart make the new age. Tet th new heart and th new age . hall be our If we but believe In Its possibility.- Fhlth In Its eomlng brings It Believe In the better day,, work, pray , tor It, be fit for it It dawn every day; -every breath bring It nearer. Thla Is th good new, that Man moves Into th light; .. -. llglou tn propoTtloa as hi religion' I a dlllgant business. - , ,. . ,. ytv Th smaller a man' line th larger 1 Busy lgu.. - t . j V" ; -, . . ,.' . Th tlra to be most wary of new sin la when you bury an old one. . Tour opinion ef life may be but a re flection of. life' opinion ef you. ' ,:' . i , e e ' ' '.;;'' Ton arnot aur -of being right with Ood because you are wrong with every on la. - , e e- Th man who ha no mind of his own I anxious to give every on a piece of tt ' '.'-.'.'''-''. It doe not make th aaints tender hearted to keepthem" In hot water. '' '.. '.' The leea a man think ef hi virtue th great-their value. - - ,-'." ' On ef th poorest L way of getting, to knbw people 1 finding out thing' about thm. . r .-: e e . Many a ehurob 1 praying for mor consecration when It needa to put mor In th collection. " v:, ;. ,.. .' a e .. ., . ..' '. Tou ar not likely to get to heaven by Inching It that way on Sunday and bot-f ootlng tt th other all th week. ..... , n i ,u i . I I 1 i l-".. r ' A Cas of Good and Bettere." . An Italian "and , a ' rrenchraan, both duellist ef aome note, about to en counter each other In a dual aia rcort chance to meet at the tlckot office of the station en rout' for th appointed field, when th following dialogue took pince Italian (loftily) Return ticket trass Bascon. v v t rrenchman-1-Baacdria, slngla ,; - Italian If a! you fear. you will never come back. I always tak a return. Frenchman I never do; I always tak my return half from th dead man. '";' Mr. Carnegie' Cure-AIL . - " -' From th Chicago Record-Rrald. Carnegie1 wants the five leading na elona to get together' and make the world accept peace. Tbe greet troubU. in that If. the five Vadlng natlona rer get together they will be likely te fight .-' .!". .,..'!... HYMNS -YOU OUGHT TO, KNO W At the Doon" ...l: j-r' By Rev. Will lam Walsham How. - (WUllam Walsham Mow, bishop of Bedford, waa born at Shrewsbury, Eng land. December 11, 1I2J. Ills' beet work a minister of th church of Knglaml waa dona at. Kidderminster' and later amongst th destitute In th Beat End, London. --Although he' did not begin to publish hi poetical compositions un til he waa well advanced In years, hi hymna ar already well known, a num ber of themi being founA-lo - all the , standard hymnals. , In th English ehurob h!-ong for children "hare been acceptable. .But., la all lands, th on given below ia by far th most popular of all hi compositions. - It la usually sung to the tun of "At Hilda." It them I beautifully Illustrated In Hoi man Hunt's celebrated painting, ,The Light Of th World.") . . ', , . O Jesua, thou rt sfandlng - 1 , Outside th fast closed door. . '""In lowly presence waiting .. T paaa th threshold o'er: ' . We bear th nam of Christians, Hi nam and sign w bear; r O shame, thrice shsme upon u. , ' - VTo keep him. atandlng thre! O Jesus, thou art knocking:' . ---And lot that hand 1 mcarred. ' And 'thorn -thy brow encircle, And teara thy face have marred, - O love that paaaeth knowledge, Bo patiently to wait; . , - ( , 0 sin tht bath no equal, t, Bo fast to bar th gat.. ) . O .. Jeauav. tho art- pleading In aooants mek and low " I died for you, my children.- ' - And will ye treat' ma eerT" O lxrd, with aham and aorrow ' We open now th door; Dear Bavtor, enter, enter, . And leav ua nevermore! - A Good Chance. t: Irrorffth Philadelphia Innulrer. Secretary Shaw' prealdfotinl. nm palgn will open In February, That will give hi Opponent two years' to dem onstrate how unpopular they think be ought to ba - , ... .-:v ..... ... .... , s - . , -..