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T HE OREGON D AIL Y J O U RNAL
AN INDEPENDENT .NEWSPAPER :
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PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINQ Ca
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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
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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
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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
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Now the terror of the lone Rusilae
winter, alio attack, the- poor- at ltuil
troubled land. -
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-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
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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.
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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.'
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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."-- . ... , -
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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.
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very Tin rruit and vegetables, a
well aa grain and stock, ar rafsed In
Wheeler county. -
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' 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 . . .