::- PORTLAND. OREGON. ll" ' IT. (til M fr jj fl 11 ' P f g? ' (H) 'if- ' 111'? .HORPnll ' IT - FRIDAY. -' UOVEMEm IT, . - . . ' . . ' : . ... . T HE OREGON D AIL Y J O U RNAL AN INDEPENDENT .NEWSPAPER : a. . lAOxaoi PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINQ Ca no. . oaksou Published Sunday)', end every Sunday mornlnj at. Th Journal Building. Fifth odYmhflJ ' streota, Portland, Oregon. . PULL TOGETHER FOR IMPROVED RIVERS. IT IS NOT ALONE we in Oregon, or on the Pacific coat, who are interested in and working (or river . improvement for the purpose f aiding trade ana commerce. There Si today in session at Cairo. Illinois, ' the elevesth annual meeting of the Ohjo River Improve ment association. And while we tf the far west have no direct interest in the deepening of the Ohio river, or of the (Deliware, or any eastern stream, our public and prominent men should support and aid as far as they can all efforts anywhere in the country for improved rivers ' and harbor I. " It is becoming clear that the whole propaganda of river improvement, . against which politicans have set .them selves, in order to make a showing of economy, depends on mutual co-ooeration and support ' An Upper Mississippi River convention was held at La Crosse last month, at which it was urged by its able and venerable president that all local associations should join the national association, and make a grand, determined, united atand for all internal water-ways. - : ,, The .Ohio is a shallow stream, but floats an immense traffic, .besides being to some extent a regulator of local railroad rates. The demand of the Ohio River Improve ment association is for a nine-foot, channel; from Pitts -burg to Cairo, and they hope, eventually, by canalizing the TryeV to' make a. permanent year-'round channel' of thi, tfh . I it. r with fti Istwer I nlnmfti, fiMnl, along the Ohio have done much toward accomplishing this result at their own expense, but they want aid from congress, and our members from the Pacific coast pity 'lis that three from Oregon will be absent should kelp them, get it. ,': 'The St' Louis people are also demanding a minimum , 8-foot channel down to Cairo, and have secured an ap- tt propnation of $857,000 for this purpose. St Louis, Cm -& t;innati and Pittsburg. pull together in this" work, and have never lost their faith in the future of their river - commerce, even in the face of its shrinkage in conse quence of railroad development As ' its volume' again rises alone? the lower Mississinni and the Ohio, the ato pic of the upper Mississippi become more interested, and are" clamoring for a aix-foot year- round channel from Mmenapolis and St Paul to St. Louis. ' nently remarks: It is a fact full of meat for con gressmen, that, if they will only follow President Roose velt's recommendation and stop giving away government timber lands to speculators for $2.50 an acre, when they are readily salable at from $15 to $75 an acre, they can save more than enough in two years to pay for all the I above-mentioned river , improvements, and for the pro- posed 14-toot waterway from Chicago to 5t Louis in ad' d i t ion." '. ' ' 3 : :-jr- . "' ' jYes, and there js the public printer's graft, that if lopped off would go a good way toward opening tip the Columbia, and there are other ways of economizing. But the river channels should be deepened, ' wherever suf ficient commerce demands, whatever else is done or not done, and all the friends of open and improved-rivers should stand and work together.- ''-- : iTne Russian people won't be -satisfied and shouldn't be till theyget.the land.? ; . -, ;- ; SENATORS WHO DONT. KNOW. A DUMBER OF SENATORS, among them Long 6f Kansas and Millard of Nebraska, are saying Y-- Lthit they dont know how they, will vote on a railway regulation, bill; they don't know just. what will be proposed and so cannot tell whether they can support it or not; they can t tell just what the president wants until he officially declares himself in his message; when a particular measure comes before the senate they will take time to examine and consider it, and so on. All such talk is manifestly insincere More, it is silly. Furthermore,' it is cowardly. ' Far more respect is due to a man who comes out flatfooted for or against any gov ernment control of railroads than to these senators who . make these paltry excuses. ' They know well enough what the president proposes. They know' quite well the main points of the proposed legislation. A bill embodying them passed the house at the last session and died in the senate, which hadn't time -to consider it This will bethe srne, plea next winter of such trimmers as Long and Millard. They are western senators, and know that the people of their states, almost a-manvUvor thcyres1denriIgTTPutthey wantto keep solid with the - railroads. ,. So they make these palavering excuses. ' " -r' '"-' '- - Senators like these ought to be retired to private life. The senate ought to be, weeded of them. Better an out and out railroad attorney like Flint than such nincom poops. ' ' , V, . '. " '. ' i i, ) v Who's the prevaricator Hyde, Odell, or Harriman ... . , . , or an tnreer - :- . . I THROUGH THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. MOST of the Portland excursionists have been up .a and down through this great, magnificent Wil . . , lamette valley before, and know a good deal about it But we venture the assertion that they never passed through, it without becoming more deeply and profoundly impressed with ks great resources, its beauty, its adaptability to the life sojourn of hundreds of thou sands if not millions 6f people. And we doubt not that however often some of the excursionists ' have been through the Willamette valley before, they received oa ; this occasion new impressions, sew ideas, a new inspira tion, a higher conception of it, of its people, of the state and its metropolis. . ' ' i . Of the towns visited .after leaving' Albany, where we left' the excursionists yesterday, we have no space to speak seriatim.' They, too are taking on" a new life, are entering-upon a new era. . They 'should rejoice 'in big Portland, which boys of today will see bigger than San Francisco is now. On the other hand Portland should be careful in all possible ways to. help the development of those towns and of the contiguous country all the l 1 ' 1 Willamette valley. . If the country grows, develops, pros-; per,, becomes thickly vsettled,- Portland will grow per force. Conversely, any check to the growth ot fort land, necessarily injures the country. We are politically and areoarraphically united. Let us pull together for a greater Oregon, a greater Valley, a greater Portland, which is common sense in practical at fairs, and translated." is wisdom."1 : . ' . " We of Portland know that the Willamette valley, for one of its magnificent size and scope, is the finest one on earth. We are at one end of it, the seaport end, and are Indeed a very part of it. - ' ' This trip, to end today, should do southern Oregon good, the Willamette valley good,. Portland good. There was no other object or intention in making it, or rn the hospitable, generous and gracious receptions ac corded everywhere to the Portland visitors. Evidently the big man of this administration, so far as local business is concerned, is Taft He is heavy and it will take some power to move him, but it must be dona. Let's all pull together. "V , ' THE FIFTH WHEEL. TT. IS" HARD for the Honorable Frank" C Baker, - chairman of the Republican state central committee, , to realize that since the adoption of the direct pri mary law he is only a fifth wheel on the Republican coach. Other people realize it, however, and that is why Chairman Baker s appeal for campaign funds fell on un heeding ears. No doubt he speaks truth when he aas that be will not ra'ise a campaign fund of $20,000 though it (will be sad news to the Oregon ian which has been accustomed to receive the lion's share of auch contributions. As a matter of fact it is hard to see why the voters of the party should place any such sum. in the bands of -the state central committee or its chairman. No prospective candidate has anything to gam thereby, for neither Mr. Baker nor his friends will be able to program the next state ticket The voters, not the bosses, will make the nominations next spring and all that Chairman Baker will be called upon to do will be to emit a few whoops for the ticket after it has been completed. Even at the lib eral estimate of $10 a whoop it is easy to see that the services of the honorable chairman - should not be a heavy tax on his party. For what else does the state central committee need funds? Is it possible that plans are on foot for a reconvening of the peace conference of lamented memory? ; If so, forget it Chairman Baker, forget it 'One more love feast like that and the brick bats will be sailing through the air. , Of course even a fifth wheel requires a little "grease" to Jteep Jt going, but pot $20,000 worth.- Probably, the state .printer can "contribute altthat i really peeded When Vancouver baa 100,000 people and we hope it may have them soon Portland will have' over half a million.. V r t . ' "- OUR NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE COLUMBIA. - arV UR NEIGHBORING CITY of Vancouver is well 11 entitled to felicitate itself, upon the work al--'v ready done in deepening the channel of the Co lumbia river below that historic town., A small amount of money has achieved very gratifying and satisfactory results, a channel ot 2U teet Deing oDtainea oy me ex penditure.'bv the government, of only a few thousand dollars.- The enterprising people of Vancouver first be gan the work themselves, and thus showed tneir faith in its ptacticabilitjrand their earnestness fn its advocacy. But they will not rest content witha 20-foot channel, but will pull fpr one still deeper, and ought to get it, so mat deep draught vessels, can go to that city it occasion re ouires as well as come to Portland. Vancouver is an old town, and for many year its erowth was slight: but latterly it has very sensibly felt and cordially responded to the newly awakened spirit ot enterprise and development that is now so actively abroad and astir in the Pacific northwest ' It is now growing and improving faster than for many years, and this is but the beginning of a still larger growth and greater development v . ; Vancouver ia beautifully situated: its site is one of the finest nth ePaciffc-coastrlkaelrorirls-rvistly-re-sourceful country: before it is the great river. There is every reason to believe that Vancouver's industries will mcTraTriff"BuUiber and1 dliueusiuiis, and thTtvr-thai4s- SMALL CHANGE 1 Now the terror of the lone Rusilae winter, alio attack, the- poor- at ltuil troubled land. - . . , - ' ' -It to Mf to Mr that the excursionists r twice clad; that they are eoralna nome tonight, and that they went. the sunday school ' lesson e sdsaMseaagSMjseeessesaass1 Don"! fora-at duitrlea. to patronlaa home In- It la remarkable what poor meraorlet ail .those hih financiers have. - -A. California. prfMor aajta poopl aucb as we are on oarth eould live on Han. But the . raUroad thithr la not built yet. and Orecon la good enough (or ns, anyway, ... i - ' August Erlckaon'e conclusion that his big aaloon doean't pay under preaent con- dttlona, and hla reported Intention to con vert it Into a big downtown store, are an Indication of greatly .Improved condi tions in Portland, even though some peo ple, think the contrary. Ween people ge after things the way those east aid eltlsena are doing they are bound t succeed. e But the domeatlc feminine bos will continue her reign the same aa ever. , . . .e , There 1 en nle thing about being president of th United States; every year on Thanksgiving he la presented witn tne nnest turkeys In th land. Perhaps thos ballot-boxes found In th North river were thrown there for th accommodation of 'floater.' ''',! e Jsnt It time for somebody to start a boom for Oovrnor-Ict Pattlson of SVf H. Dr jenkln.' D. TX" November IS. lses Toolot Nehe- mlaha Prayer Nehemlah t:t-lt. Uoldea Text The suoDllcatlon ef righteous man avalMth much In It working Jes. v:is. Responslv Reading; psalm 41. Xnteodnattoaj. - ' It will be observed that un to Ne hemlah time little had been said of rebuilding Jerusalem. - Permission had been granted Zerubbabel. and this was confirmed to Ksra. for th rastoratlon of th temple, th canter of Judala wor- shlp. Ksrs, indeed, one make mn tlon of permission to erect " wall tn Judah and Jerusalem" (Ea. ls.f). but It will be noUced that th terms of th royal latter refer to th holy house, not to th fortifications of th city or th palac of the ruler (Ea. vll:10. Th surrounding sheiks. - commanders - of neighboring tribes, when refused a place in th restoration of th tempi (Es. lv:t-, wrote to th king of Persia that under cover of their permission to re store th temple, the Jaws were re storing the walla of th city (Ea, iv:lt, It). Th whole work waa there for arrested. Th request of Neberalah waa a bold one. and th granting of that request by th king (Nehemlah ll:s) distinct advance upon anythlne before permitted. Nehemlah at th Urn he la introduced to us, waa apparently young man, born tn exile yet devoted to th religion of hi fathers. He held a high position In th court of th king Artaaerxea, con fldentlal and honorable. Autocrats to this day prefer to trust their personal aafsty to thos who have no outside in terest to weaken their allegiance, a Louis Napoleon always stationed Afri can souav at th gates of his palac. Ohio for th Democ ratio candidate for land the popes have for oenturlea in- president? As unfinished business th next mayor and council will have that box ordinance to consider. . Th powers hav aent another ulti matum to Turkey.: But the sultan has become so used to ultimatums that ha pays no more attention to them than judgment-proof debtor doee to duns. Blx ' Thomas Liptoa aaye he ha two treat regrets that be could not lift trusted th car of th Vatican to Swlaa mercenaries. Th position et Nehemlah, was one ol ease and luxury. ' H had all that he could desire. Th court waa at th tlm at th winter palace. Bhusban, th Versailles of Persia. As "ouo bearer he - was - th- "major domo" or chief chamberlain ef th royal residence. Hla position waa In many respects more favorable than that of any princ of the blood. Everything that wealth coma procure was hla Bupsrior in race, ana doubtless als by education, to tn th cun and that he la not married. The I courtiers anions' whom h moved. ur- first may be impossible, but there are a rounded by th beauties or nature ana th refinements of art, why ahould he trouble himself concerning th conai tlons of rallaion in the bom of hut fathers T But h waa a child of Ooa. H lleved in th vision of th prophets. Bs went about with a heavy heart amid all this splendor, because h would not 11 v for self, but Tor uoa ana tor his fellowe and for th future ot the world. I OREGON SIDELIGHTS 1 trade' and commerce will grow apace, with its popula tion, and that of Clarke and contiguous counties; and it is not impossible that when in 1924 it celebrates the centeffi nial of its origin it may have the 100,000 inhabitants it dreams of.;; ' - i ' ' c .. ; :-. ' "t ' . RARE COMMENT ON NEW YORK ELECTION. V JJmUeifeereai dlje tn Lan eouniy aocaei. amy i are i report is not that th peopl -who still pending in tann, rrom wnicn circum- awu In Judaea were hungry or ragged, atanc the Albany Democrat jump t but that they were open to their ene- tnes eonoiusions: "inia inai cmies i m)e, -nd i.uited bv their foe. Nehe- HERE is occasionally a hide-bound partisan organ yet in the country that under any and all circum I : stances stands up for Us party, its onice-holders and nominees, righjt or wrong, good or bad, and that will color or distort facta any wise to make its opposition out wrong and bad.j - .i . Here, for example, is the Lincoln, Nebraska, ttar that says: "LJoubtless there was some uiegai voting in tne election on all sides. No wise person fancies that Hearst would let Tammany get the best of him in this sort of thing. But no one believes the stories of corruption and miscounting which Hearst and the enemies of Tam many are now interested in circulating." ' This wilfuIiyThisrepresents the situation, in order to fling a mud-brick at Hearst. "There has at no time been any where any accusation or intimation that Hearst or the organization of which he was the nominee sought or accepted any illegal ballots, or were parties to or coun tenanced any frauds in his behalf. So the first statement quoted is a slander, and the second one is a sheer false hood, for every one instead of no one believes the stories of Tammany's miscounting 4nd corruption. . I . . Even a hidebound Democratic organ should find other means of expressing its disapproval and dislike of Hearst than by contemptible slanders and palpable falsehoods.. . The Real Spanish Grandee; From the London MaiL A prouder peopl than th Spanish do not exist on earth. - But this pride is lofty aentlment exhibiting Itself not In contempt and superciliousness toward others, but la a general courtesy and lenity animating th relation of every - class In th community. Th dlstlne- - tlons between class and elaaa are much lees accentuated In Latin countries than In th north. I have seen fine" ladles, adorned with th latest creation from the Rue de la Palx, talking gossip la the most friendly way with th poorest becgar women. Th Rpaatah grandee will converse and exchange cigarettes with aa omnibus conductor, and It will often be doubtful whtoh of th two ex hibits th greater grace and courtesy. , Kor. though proud and ignorant to the laet degree, and la moat things half a century behind th rest ef Europe, the Spaniard Is aa adept in th little arts and charming courtesies that make life uai a4 atarqulaea aad vry variety of nobleman are aa numerous In Spain as colonels In America. But an aristocracy, aa It la Understood tn this country, powerful, wealthy, holding It self aloof from the peopl aad exercise tng a special political and social In fluence, simply does not exist And this land ef Spain, which figure In th northern Imagination aa th soil, par exeelleoceof th grandee and bldalgo, and thejiome of stately ceremony aad gorgeous rite, la, In the ens I hav described, tn truth 'the' most demo cratic country In Europe. . ' " Rouge jn Vogue. - Prom, th tendon World. ' Th' paint habit is not, aa It was a few year ago, the last desperate re source of th reluctant, middle-aged woman. It ia now th psstlm of th really young. Th complexion change with the hair, and the hair '. Is very (leal. A Hurt Dramatist . . ... J, K." Jerom In Slnsapor Pre Press. A well-known dramatic author told res he one took a couple of colonial friend to a play of his own. Ha did not mention to them that h waa th author. Their faces aa th play pro ceeded lengthened; It did not seem to be their school of comedy. At the end of th first act they sprang to. their feet "Let's chuck this rot," euggested on "Let's go to th Empire." sug gested th other. Th well-known dramatist followed them out He thinks the fault must hav been with th din- million women who would marry him In a mlnut if he would aak them. If R lira 11 can find no mora rich victim around Tangier he might com over to New York and go Into th life Insurance business. Ar they really playing football around here 7 Nobody killed yet - There 1s one mrtroad-scheme that peo- pi ought to be abl to sea through; th car on ai' road to Plks a peak are to be built entirely ef gli . e e A Huwoorl naor told of a little girl who pray "Oood by, God, we's going to Kansss." A Kansas editor replied: "The little girl waa right but the tool editor over the line got the first comma after the wrong word. It ahould have followed the word 'good'," Dock owner should be the first men to I again, both the nam' of th palace and pull togeiner ror naroor improvement tta city that grew up about It It had A ' . . ; lbn at thi tlm a royal park and rsl- "T should aav that tha American women I dene for over tOt years. Daniel had can In no way be Improved upon." sava known Its court a century be for (Dan. Prince Lout ef Battenbeiw. Oh. the :l-j). The call came to Nehemlah not Verss"T.Tn "6pnlng-werd-ofth book of Nehemlah reveal on or the distinctive, one of th beautiful, traits Of Jewish character nuai amotion ana reverence. The son assumes not that he la known, but that hi father la. Nehemlah beeam a much grant saan than Hachallab ever waa, but be will introduce himself only as bis- father heir. Bad we more of that filial spirit today, w would hav more ef th vir tue UDOa which It rests. Shuahan, the Illy,'" waa at once. Ilk Versailles dsar, darling lov of a prince I An Athena t-year-old eolt weighs 1,110 pounds." A Fossil man has bought 41 bulls at 111 a head, and th Journal remark: "What a f east of bologna sausage the peopl of Portland must hav had when this shipment arrived therar' : u e A rpttmantoolL.A. rest from hard work in a store by going out in th country and digging potato. . when h was despondent ' and out of favor with th king, but In th hslght Of hi prosperity. Vers I. With th bodily ey isene- mlah saw th palm gardens and the lily uonfia and th marbl halls of Shu- shan, but with th eye of th soul n th . desolat comes. , tn grass grown streets and the broken walls of Jerusalem. Exalted aa h waa, he had not cut himself otf from communication with hla "poor relation. H took no prid In displaying his goodly estate, but h would know th story or eurzer ing which hi brethren according . to th flesh had to endure. Hi heart waa with th feeble remnant axing out a scuty subtlstenoe wher David had ruled In power and Solomon had aunned himself la glory. Vars a. Judaea waa naturally pro ductive (Duet 1:7-10). and th Jew Unhappy Woman. , . ' Front the Lady' Pictorial. Our feet are steadily elongating, our complexions are going all to pieces, and. la short there Is literally no end to the awful dlseoverle that ar continually being mad concerning our physical, aaoral and mental eesdlUon. most harmonloua section of th world In which to live. Our environments ar conduclv to good tempers, ganlat coo- duct and forbearance.", Prairie City bora race meeting clod with money In th treasury. -,: . Farming conditions ar excellent around Weston. Necoxl lake, on Clatsop plains, ha been stocked with 1,(0 black bass. Looks like Mayor Surprenant of As toria would have to serve another term. -.... ' , ' Th Independence Weat Bide publishes a long list of prominent men of Polk county who ar bachelor or widowers, and therefore eligible matrimonially. Revival meetings begun last spring In the Independence Baptlat church ar still in progress. People up there must be hard to convert . . . e -' : l ' Emblaxoned la large printed .letters lengthwise of Yamhill county farm house ar th word, "In Ood w trust" In a more modest letter across th gable nd of th hous ar th word, "Jesus saves."-- . ... , - e e , , Baker county farm land In demand. Spray Courier: The coyotes are In creasing very rapidly sine th scalp bounty law waa repealed, and heavy losses from th ravages of theae animals among the sheep, especially In lamb bands, ar a common occurrence. It be gins to look as If the local sheepmen will be compelled to unit and offer e reward for the scalp of thes destruc tive animals. , - Gooa hunting season along th Co lumbia in Umatilla county near at hand. - ,,." very Tin rruit and vegetables, a well aa grain and stock, ar rafsed In Wheeler county. - . e - , ' At' ieastd Wednesday th town was for an hour almost desertsd, ths people watching th ocean. ' There waa not s breath-of air blowing, but tremendous breakers were thrown upon th beach. On broke on th porch steps ef th Hotel Moor and another on th shell road leading to th Neeanlcum, and th water ran; back t th liermosa nark reed. mtah. Indeed, found many Una ef com mere open and communication freely njoyed with nations east and west (Nh. :l-tl-tl; 1:1-1). But what they held they held by sufferaaoe rather than by power. v 1 Vers 4. All of this nterd ilk Iron Into the soul of th king's protege. He could not forget th degradation of hla race, a race that had once been sought In aliiano by the most powerful eov- erelgns (I King :I4-28). Thi was tha race to which, had been Intrusted the holy oracle handed down from a remote past. This waa the race whoae priests had worshiped th tru Ood. and whoa scholar had composed hymns which for mingled tenderness and sublimity war unapproeched In th literature of th world. Under the bur den ot hla sorrow Nehemlah went te UOd. - . - ; Verse f . - Not without hop Nehemlah rested hi soul upon th premises of Ood. It did not satisfy him to remem ber th omnipotence and holiness of Ood. His fathers-had had personal rela tione with Jehovah, distinct covenant relatione. "Mercy" I sweet but "prom ise" I a 'oarer foundation for our hopea. Vers S. With Nehemlah, a with any believer whose faith rests upon th holy scriptures, sin was not necessarily fatal. There I forgiveness - wlta-Ood p. exxx:4). Not Indifference but forgive ness. -And this distinction meant that a return ef favor must depend upon re pentance, confession and amendment I. Kings vlit:4-l). Not almply for ethers did he confess; h realised that In his own heart war th passion and ambi tions and Impulses which except ae re strained by th grace o Ood must ruin any Individual or atat. i Verse 7. ' Menemisn iraeec, tne rail or th nation to the corruption of the church. It waa not because th Jew lacked couraf but because he lacked loyalty to Ood that he had been cast out of hla inheritance. . I it not Cowper who tells u that "When Ood would punish 'i nattone for their alne , Tia in ths church that leprosy beainsT" The causes of declln and fall In any empire ar moral. It la impossible to build a strong state out of a drunken, dishonest and Impure peopl., Nehemlah did not ascribe th fall of Juden to dis regard of Davld'a military discipline or of Solomon's wis statesmanship, but to something far more radical: via., a. dis regard of th divine precept nd moral requirement mad known through Mose. .Verse t. Nehemlan waa familiar with. th divine word. He did not quote with nice attention .to th Utter, but b waa sufficiently familiar, with th letter to give th spirit in hla wn words (Lav. xxvi:!7-IO). To whatever later souroe other may attrlbut such passea Deut. xxvi.. .it-It. IJ-17. In the eprayer of Nehemlah they ar ascribed to tne fir great Lawgiver ef th , - tt ahould be noted also that th warning ia that Israel shall be scattered, not annihilated. Will any on aay. that thi la not wonderful In Jt form ana won derful In it a fulfillment? Vers t. AV tee Dee sent tlm th Jew throughout th world ar movin for a restoration of - their scattered members to th home of their father, In saor than on atat today they eon' tltuta "tha Khln4 tha thrOn. When the Jew shuts up hie pockatbook. European sovereign muet ehealhe th word. It I prebabl th resident Jew ish population ot New Tork City Is larger today than waa vr th resident population ef Jerusalem. They may yet In Jerusalem, play a role far more Important than they nave ever played in tne past, , . Vers 10. Th favors accorded to thi chosen people are a rounds for confl dence in their exceptional future. Many tlm whan Palestine seemed about to t ground to powder, th cltle had been signally delivered. .Th Canaanite had been driven ' out Th wares ot Phlllstin Invasion had been rolled back. Egypt , had now and the, boasted th subjugation of th peopl. only to find Judah elude her grasp. Assyria had thrown herself against the hill of Zloa more than one in vain. It waa not to h believed that a neonl so alanallw da. 11 vered from nations much more power- iui waa now to pen an miserably in nopaie xii, vera 11. Nehemlah waa not nronhat enough to point out any way of ecap. H only aska for result and leare way and means to Jehovah, H could not foresee th teps by which . hi prayer might b brought about, any mor than those too iHuni Hi vlaion was dim but hla faith waa ongni. nappy ror us when w are reauT 10 nrav ror th ' nnMihui' Nothing waa to he thought of apart from the cooperation of th king. But uio reswraiion ox eir-4fena. to Jeru salem waa Just th ana thlna- un. ratgn had boen willing to grant for a raumeni. wunout mat th temple could not long atand. It wa difficult prob lem to fao. hut Nahamlaii tnnk If ia Ood to aolv; and In way of whloh he had never bad a glimpse, hla prayer was Mi niivu, A NEW THEORY OF DISEASE : V : Edinburgh Cabl Dispatch to the Sua. Bir Frederick Treves. In an address nefor th Philosophical socletv on. th subject of dUease, promulgated what appear to be a atartllnar nandos. thai disease, instead ot being, aa I gener ally supposed, malignant la reallv ho. nwvolent-' Peopl hav considered rv ropiom oz euaaaa noxioua. and thmi it ougnt to be stamped out with relent less determination, but according to bit xxeaencx in motive r dlseas la benevolent and protective. If it war not for disease, he said, the human raee wouia soon o extinot Th lecturer took examnl auch aa- a wound and th supervening; Inflamma tion, which la a process of cure to be imitated rather than hindered. Perl- tonltla, he said, was an operating; aur aeon's beat friend: without it tvan example of appendicitis would be fatal. Tha phenomena of a Cough and cold were in tne main manifestations of our. Without them a eommon : cold might become fatal. The catarrh and persistant sneexlng were practical means of dislodging bacteria from th nasal pas ear and th eousrh of ramov Ing th bacteria from the windpipe, Again, th whole of the manifestations of tuberculosis were expressions of un flagging efforts on th part ot th bod to oppos th progres of th Invading bacterium. But Sir Frederick said, he had no answer to th . assertion that the machination of eancer contained noth ing good. What constituted mallsmant dlseas no man knew, and there was lit U profit la being dogmatio about th unknown. - Sir Frederick then put forward this Interesting theory: Cancer I appar ently reproduced' under rnppporton cir cumstances. Th type of exuberant growth which to tha normal on I on portun whan th structures of th body ar Doing lormea. in tn- absence of knowledge no on could tell the pur- poa of thi w ptae etllty. If h war compelled to add to the list of pure urmlses posalbl line on which a remedy for cancer might be expected. n would point out that during th period of th development of childhood certain glands wer In an active atat, which appeared ta some way to control, limit and modify th process of pro duction, which might otherwise run riot It was noteworthy that one auch gland, th thymus, wasted and van lshed after a prlod of th areateat bodily activity wa over, and It waa Im posalbl not to wonder whether the Introduction ef an active principle, such aa a gland. In a case of eancer would excite th' influence lat la life which it seemed te be intended that it ahould excite when th growth was alert In th young. A thymus extract had been largely tried In medicine, but It did not appear that any actlv principle had oeea isoiataa irom tn gland and tteed. Knot's Vote Challenged ' Pittsburg Correspondence N. T. Sun. United States Senator P. C Kaox eame very nearly being cheated out of hie vote becane no on around th poll ins; place knew him. If It had not been for the timely arrival ef W. H. Keech, nttsburg business man, a would hav been turned down. Senator Knot never wa very well known around. Pittsburg, and sine he entered public llf eo much of his time hae been spent out of th city-that he ie less known than formerly. Up until few year ago Senator Knox voted In the twentieth ward, but when he went to Washington h gav up hi residence there and haa had a suite ef rooms at th Hotel ichenley, whloh h retslns th year round, and now votes In the four teenth ward. Senator Knox Walked from tha Snhan. ley down to No. 4 nolle station, hia polling place. Ha went into a booth. prepared his ballot, walked up to. th box and waa challenged. - i "I am P. C Konx." h aald. ' ,"Oot anybody to Identify youT" asked "Charley" Morgan, who sweeps out Morln'e saloon. . - Things looked very uncomfortable for Mr. Knox when Mr. Keech arrived and explained who the voter wa. lie wae then allowed te pass. . , v Tha Worst of Bores. From the Philadelphia Led gee. "H'e tiresome, Isn't he!" "Oh, th worst kind of a bore. He's th sort of fallow who esys: " Heard funny story, about aa Irishman 'today. It' the brogue that makes the etory funny, but I can't imitate the brogue,' and then tells the etory tn hi owa way." r i B ARRIS'S DILIGIITFUL "PETER PAN". ... the New Tork Sun. 'De you believe In f allies T The ques tion was placarded on both aides of th Empire foyer. The audience aa it passed In smiled a- worldly smile. Even the pickaninny e-watr tot looked wis and aald there , wasn't any, ,. "Abe Hummer, down in the aecond row, aald be believed In fatrlee but that .was not -tb hind. The house lay back in their seat aa if to tell . thi aentlmental Barrle: "We will wait and, aee how your Peter pane out ' ' ' - They did.- At the entrance of the St' Bernard Towser, who presided ever th nursery, gay vth three children their hatha and tucked them in bed. It weak ened in it sophistication When Peter himself appeared with hi attendant' spirit Fairy Tinker - it half believed. And when tha magic .hour arrived what a fall was there! , ' . This Fairy Tinker was only a dancing elf light on tha walla, and a Sound of Jingling bell behind them; no on saw ber. But art loved Pater Pan, and when th plrat chief, James Hook, poisoned hi medicine she drank It heraelt to aav hie life. - The alt light flickered feebly, and more feebly. Fairy Tinker wae al most dead.. Nothing could aave her life but that every child ahould aay that It believed In fairies. It wa a moment of horrible Suspense, Mis Adama. In her suit of boyish buckskins, came down to ' th footlights and pleaded with all little children. , There were hot many children there.' It wa an audienc of grownup a typi cal New Tork first-night audience. But under . th spell of th wt Barrle fancy, the Impish Barrle laugh, the half, mocking Barrle melodrama tiee of tb story ot Pirate Hook's mortal hatred ot Peter Pan. It had become juat o many littl children. At the eound of Peter' plea It roe and ahouted "Year" In another moment of course, it real fated that It had bean rankly taken in;' that aentlmental Barrle waa mocking it from somewhere ua there. For him ta say how - vary clever h waa to have peeled away the onion skin of cynicism from.aii-our-hearts, . leaving u only what ws regarded aa nothing, waa to, tell th truth. Ton could almost hear bla cnuckl of Impish - self-approval. Stfll another moment told us all that h waa laughing at bimaelf. too. for his Infantile, artistic delight la asserting th away of hla fancy ovr u. Thar were Involution within Involution of th Impish Barrle self-consciousness. But th fact remained ha had mads us - alt rise to him and cry that for th momenta ws believed In him. To tell what thi new Barrlelsm all about ia t paint th lay, phras th perfum of th violet, put In cold type me xiomung, tenuous mystery of tha rouamer. Thos who have tmA "Th. ' Littl Whit Bird" know who Pater Pan waa th hoy who fled from horn be cause b Just wouldn't grow up and yt longed unspeakably fpr a sister aiuC for a mother to tuck htm up in bed. in tn dook. however, ha lived in Van. sington gardens, and had to do with nun maid and their charge. Her he Inhabit a tropic island, to which - h entice three little children from their nurserj Th Island ia infaata with ' wild beasts, whom Ptr routs by but resuiy, you mut go to th Empir to se how he rout them. To Ult how-Mis -Adama did It wouldn't eound at ail lady lle whhsh, of course, it waan't being u"".Py'n , ana altogether Barrteieh, - ... LEWIS 'AND CLARK J H Exploring Baker bay. 1 iNOvember 17. A fair, cool mornlns- and an easterly wind. The tide rtaes at thi plao t4 feet and rolla over tha beach In great Waves. About 1 o'clock Cantaln Lawla re turned. after havlna coasted down Haley's bay to Cap Disappointment and dm diatene to the north along th ae coast. He wae followed by several Chinook, among who wer th principal chief and hi family. They made na a present of a boiled root very much Ilk th common lleoric in taate and alse, called ulwhamo-(OIycyrrblaa lepldota); in return w gav double th value of their present and now learned the dan gar of accepting anything from them, since no setnm. wren if ie time the vlu of their gift can satisfy them. We were chiefly occupied In hunting and wer abl to procure three deer. fiir brant 'aiWT'two1 dQtkB"and' also saw1" eomo signs of elk. Captain Clark now prepared for an excursion down the bay, and accordingly started (by land). . ' Juat Ltks "Bingen.". Br WlUlan T. Kirk. A badly battered watcher lay a-groanlng : at the polls; , . Hia - body , had been cudgeled from his derby to hi sole. -. A copper knelt beslds him ae hie face waa turning gray And bent, with pitying glances to hear . what he might ear. Th . wounded watcher faltered ae he took th copper's mitt: Said he, "Tou'll never, know the many places I waa hit bunch of thugs attacked me till I knew no iht nor sound. For I wae not for Murphy Charley , Murphy of Oood around. ., 1 " saw ' the floaters eweep along: neara. or eeemea to near,. The thud of brass or blackjack landing on some voter ear. Official "-grinned at challengers and.' . shouted Twenty-three" A term I do not understand, aa slang is oreek to me. - -saw th M. O. watchere and the watch era for Jerome . Make protest, get their teeth kicked out -a and take a stretcher horn. They eeemed like martyrs put there for -- tne wigwam xnug to pound They were crossing Mr. Murphy Char- : ley Murphy of Oood Oreund. Two honest vote I know were lost my fsther's vote and mine- Floater had used our names before we struggled through .the. line. We told our plaintive story to McClellan- Democrats, . i" Who closed my eyee with vlclotis Jabs and kicked in ratner slate." e e The watcher's vole grew fainter till it broke In murmurs low: A doctor cam and dressed hie wounds, I , but said hs bad no show. ' ( He. died, and thla .brief epitaph was! plaoed above hie mound: "Hlo Jacet - one who angered Charley Murpny or oood oround." Victims of ths Cutlet 4 , From the Manchester Courier. The doomed tbouaanda o'er whom th un of Austerllts cast Its dawning ray, th countless dead of Wagram, Fried land. Jena and Borodino, are as dust In the balance compared with the unnum bered millions slaughtered by a mis- . placed devotion te cutlet aad steaka. -vvininr rotuargill la u authority tt til . . .