The Oregon daily journal., December 17, 1905, Image 6

. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1905.
PORTLAND, OREGON. V-
THE OREGON- SUNDAY JOURNAL
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THE DIRECT PRIMARY LAW MUST, OPERATE.
NO STATE in the United States . is . prob
ably so far advanced as Oregon in . the
science' of modern practical politics. - No
state ha quite so generally taken advantage of
those new ideas in ' legislation which bring back
to the people the ' powers which properly belong to
them and which restore to their hands the instrumental
ities through which acts of legislation may be approved,
rejected or initiated and public officials held in complete
check. . The criticism that this country was no longer a
republic but " an oligarchy was unfortunately too true.
The people got not' what they wanted but what the
bosses and political . machines desired to give them.
The scheme was based upon fooling the people into, the
belief that they were doing a patriotic duty in taking a
certain line, of action ' and the strongest string played
upon was party duty. This was lauded as the greatest
attribute of American citizenship. To vote the party
ticket and vote it straight became a ort of fetish which
bound men hand and foot and turned them over to the
party bosses to do with them as they pleased.
Under the old. system it was extremely difficult to
get an accurate expression of the popular will. In the
first place men were bound by party ties and when a
ticket was "regular" it was accepted by a great propor
tion of them oftentimes against the evidence of their
own senses. Then the purchasable vote, the Interests
that aought special consideration and the tenderloin in
terests which constantly needed protection against the
operations of the law were lined up in solid phalanx,
not only to control votes but to contribute a certain per
centage of their ill-gotten gains to debauching those who
could be reached through venial methods of one kind of
another. - Lastly the officeholding class were solidly ar
rayed to maintain themselves in office and to. see that
when through very shame they were forced to give way
to others that these were tools of their own who would
share with them the perquisites end loot
Until the Australian ballot system was introduced vic
tory too pften went with the heaviest purse. The intro
duction of that ballot was the starting point of all the
reform that have since been introduced, for .while it
has been -"beaten" in- some quarters it nevertheless lias
constituted a long step forward in the right direction
Since thin Oregon has secured the initiative and refer
endum and the direct primary and is now moving along
what may be called conservatively radical lines in similar
directions, ! . .
The gratifying features of these new laws include the
smashing of the machines, a- fairer ballot and the return
to, the people of much of the power of which they had
been surreptitiously divested. The newest innovation is
the direct primary under which all candidates must stand
in the open, first, to secure party nominations, and
second, to secure an election. They are now first
weighed by their party and must show on a direct vote,
as in an election, that they are the men a plurality or
majority of their party desire for a candidate. After
that they must go before the people at the regular elec
tion and demonstrate that they, rather than the oppo
sition candidates, are the ones the people- want in public
office.
There -has bees a clamor all over the United State
for the' election of United States' senator by popular
vote, , The senate has become practically a close cor
poration in which Certain men are maintained in
definitely in power, it has been fondly supposed by the
people of their states, but usually by special interests
which demand a .maintenance of unjust .privileges and
the extension of new jjnes. As no . change could be
made in the mode of election without the consent of the
senate itself many people had -about given up hope that
this great reform would ever be accomplished. -But in
one legislative act the gordian knot has been cut in Ore
gon. The direct primaries form the means to this end.
Under its provision every candidate for the senate is
obliged to go before the votera of his party to secure
an indorsement If he receive a majority or plurality
of the vote then he is the accepted candidate of. his
party" and' in the event of the election of a majority of
his party to the legislature he is elected as a matter of
course. It must be understood that the legislature can
not be coerced into the election of even this candidate,
but all candidates for the legislature must be pledged in
advance to abide by the result of the primary, which is
the expression of the party will, and those who fail to
do to should be marked for political execution. The
primary law will receive its severest test at the next
election. Once it is put into operation it will become
an accepted fact and move of its own volition. There is
a conspiracy on foot to throttle this law. Every old
time politician is opposed to it because it sounds the
deathknell of his hopes. These men will not 'die easy;
no matter what pretense-they make they will inaugurate
a covert fight against the law and if, by hook or crook,
they; can nullify it, they will do it with cheerful hearts.
There is much at atake on both sides but the preponder
ance is on the side of the people who can in this way
extend their power and make of the senator! as truly
their representatives and as directly accountable to .them
as are the humblest office-holders in the community.
BRYAN'S LETTERS FROM ABROAD.
IT GIVES The Journal much pleasure to be able to
make the announcement . that beginning about the
. middle of January it will begin the publication in its
Sunday issues of a series of not less than 30 letters from
the pen of William Jennings Bryan. Mr." Bryan is now
making a tour of the world which will last between one
and two years. .During that time he will make a careful
study of conditions as he finds them in the various coun
tries' that he visits, beginning, with Japan where he was
recently received -. with t distinguished honors by the
mikado and afforded every facility to get deep and ac
curate information about the complicated problems which
now present themselves to this newest and'tnost unique
ovwaed powers.
While, when the publications once begin, the letters
will be continued consecutively week by week until they
are finished, they will in no sense be' like ordinary let
ters of travel. While they. will aim to get at the very
heart of whatever matter is discussed an, .eye will be
kept all the time on their application to conditions as
they are found here. Mr. Bryan himself will not aim to
write a letter a week. He will write only when he has
secured material which he deems worthy. There "have
already been accumulated in the hands of his agent per
haps eight letters and several more will doubtless be
added to the list before their actual publication begins.
It is in this way alone that a consecutive aeries could be
produced for Mr. Bryan will not write until he has
something to say. ; .
These letters have only been offered to the leading
newspapers of the United States, a small and select list
of wbich bear the attendant expense. In New York,
, for instance, they will be printed in the New York Sun,
in Boston in the Herald, in Chicago in the News and in
San Francisco in the Chronicle. The Journal has se
cured the rights of publication for Oregon, In securing
this preeminent attraction foritg readers The Journal
makes plain its' determination to make of its Sunday
issue the -very best In this region. In the respect of its
evening edition it has accomplished some of the things
at, which it has aimed, including the largest circulation
in? Portland and Oregon. . But it does not propose to
stop at that, for H proposes to print incomparably the
best newspaper Portland has ever known. In the same
way it is strengthening as rapidly as possible its Sunday
edition. Many encomiums are reaching us becabse of
the character and quality of the Sunday issue and these
have served to stimulate us to greatef effort to make of
that issue something of which the whole Oregon country
will have reason to be prpud. In the accomplishment of
that purpose cost will not be considered when a result
that is believed worth while can be secured by the ex-
" benditure of money. ...
. ; , ; ARE VERY RICH PEOPLE HAPPY? , ,
DOES MONEY buy happiness? This is a prac
', tical, important question, for everybody is go
ing hotfoot after money and with everybody
money is a necessary thing; some amount of it must be
had. But is the acquisition of great sums of money
worth the struggle, the sacrifice, the price fofevery
thing in this world has to be paid for first or last, one
way or another? ' ,. '..,'
' There is Ellil CoreV. for Initinr, Mrfin tiaa AtmrrrmrmA
Tii'mself in the eyes of God and men, by divorcing a good.
wiic io marry an actress, rie cua so Decause ne .be
came too suddenly : or undeservedly rich. He is the
president of the greatest industrial combination in the
world, the Steel trust, and draws a salary of $100,000 a
year. Does this make him happy? Didn't it rather
cause him to go wrong?.
These are really rather important questions, not only
for him but for all of us: ' Does money, beyond the
needs of life, a-good square living and a home, contrib
ute to real happiness?
Well, of course it depends. J. J. Hill gets happiness
out of great railroad exploitation; and it is perhaps for
tunate that such a man should control great wealth. D.
K. Pearsona enjoys his millions by distributing them to
small colleges, and thereby does a vast amount of good
and so will soon die happy.
Bat how can Russell Sage and Hetty Green be happy
- io the mere business of massing -money? Ferhipnhty
are. But we may be permitted to doubt it, or at least to
question the character of that happiness.
The age requires people of great wealth to do some
thing for other people, not all for aelf. We doubt
- whether there-it any happiness f or burdensome ly rich
peopu otherwise, . !
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
There are papers in the First congressional dis
trict that can take care of the congressional fight ,
without any outside advice from Portland. The
papers -of the metropolis should take a broad hint
and feel assured that the interests of that city are
eafe in the hands of any of the prominent leading
candidates should either be fortunate enough tci gain
the primary and the election, "And it may be paren
thetically stated that Portland has highly important '
interests that ahould not be Jeopardized by any fool
ish course of supposedly smart paragraphers on
that city dailies. Woodburn Independent . "
N'
OWfHERE, you - have " grabbed more business
than you can fairly handle, without alppping
over into this district and hitting poor old
Portland in the riba and jaws. .
There is only one candidate for congress in this dis
trict; and at present he may reasonably expect to be
elected unanimously. So far as we are informed nobody
ia going to run against him. So here is harmony
complete, practical harmony of all parties, classes,
creeds and conditions. Mr. Graham, as near as we can
make out from a survey of the field otherwise tenantless,
will be the next member from this district Nobody
else has shown the least desire to enter the lists or
raised a perceptible objection to him.
But up in the First district about 40 people want this
office.. 1 here' are: . , . ..
. Tooie; . ,. v '. . , ,
Huston;
Vawter; . , .
Hawley ..
Ankeny;
Harris;
Fullertonj . -'. .
- Davey; "T'
. Geer; ,
Wright?
And a dozen others; all fine gentlemen and stand
patters that on any proper incentive will put themselves
in evidence and hurrah to beat a hallelujah chorus.
Portland is unfortunate; it is in the wrong district;
the poor old town has no candidate, and may have to go
up into the granite and tall-timber country to find one;
while our near neighbor district is overloaded, with fine,
available candidates, and is going half crazy because of
the multiplicity of them.
Far be it from The Journal to interfere. We know
how touchy the people of a district honored as they
must be by its present, representation must feel when
the subject of congressmen is broached, however diffi
dently, modestly orunobtrusively-We have-neither The
Imposition nor the inclination to "butt in." But would it
be sacriligedus if we suggested that they make a jackpot
of it and turn it over to our indefatigable and distin
guished fellow citizen Colonel Ernest Hofer, whose
domicile is Salem, but who has preempted the whole
Willamette valley and everything thereunto belonging
or appertaining as peculiarly his own? If it would be
so considered we beg to withdraw even this modest sug
gestion and urge the varioua and 'sundry gentlemen now
so exclusively concerned in the scrimmage to go to it
and may the best man win. - '
XT IS LATE, BUT NOT TOO LATE.
FOR MANY YEARS Oregon has been disposing
of its rich endowment of school lands at merely
nominal figures. The land has been sold at a
uniform price, regardless of its character, and real value.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of the choicest land in
the state were sold at the rate of a dollar and a quarter
an acre. For the same inadequate price the state sold
vast areas of rich timber land worth from $50 to $60 an
acre. Naturally the buyers selected the most desirable
land, so that what now remains to the state is for the
most part of little value. Under the present state ad
ministration the price of school land has been raised to
$2.50 an cre, but it. was not until after the horse had
been stolen that the barrt door was locked.
As a consequence of the state's policy in the past,' the
school fund of Oregon is but a fraction of what it should
be. It is not a tithe of the sum that might have been
realized had the school lands been sold for anything like
their real value. Our sister states, California and, Wash
ington, have pursued a much wiser course and the result
is seen in the excellent condition of their school funds.
InWaahington-the statute -provides that school lands
ahalkbe sold only after, careful appraisement, and in
each case the -appraisers fix -a- minimum figure- below
which the land cannot be sold. The state frequently
realizes $50 an acre, . ., . f
Complaints are frequently made that outside of Port
land the .school teachera of Oregon are so seriously un
derpaid that jt is difficult to get competent persons' to
accept the positions. If the school fund were as large
as it should be, there would be no occasion for such com
plaint, for the state would have abundant funds "at its
disposal. ., ...
It is too late to repair the loss incurred in the oast,
but.it would be easy to ensure for the future some fairly
adequate compensation for the school lands remaining
in the hands of the state. The plan adopted by the state
of Washington seems worthy of serious consideration.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE COUNCIL.
essswaess
WE DESIRE to call the special attention of every
reader of .The Journal to the communication
from County Assessor Sigler which is con
spicuously printed in this issue. Mr. Sigler talks .out
like a man who thoroughly feels the responsibility which
rests upon him in having introduced a very desirable in
novation, "the success of which is dependent upon the co
operation which he should receive from the tax levying
powers. ;
Last year s assessment in Portland was $51,000,000;
thia year, after the process of equalization has been gone
through with, jt is $131,000,000. . There are absolutely
good and defensible business reasons why property
should be assessed at its full cash valuation, as the law
demands, rather than at 50, 40 or 33 per cent, as has been
indifferently the case in the recent as well as the remote
past. The city has a bonded indebtedness of $7 ,000,00a
When an'attempt was made to float the Morrison street
bridge bonds the Baltimore fire had recently occurred
and the insurance companies, which are the heaviest
buyers of municipal bonds, were exceedingly hard hit
They were riispiosed to scan with unusual, even irri
tating care, every- bond proposition submitted to them.
When the Portland bonds came up for consideration and
the bonded indebtedness was contrasted with the small
assessable value of property which the assessor's report
showed, they were not inclined to deal. Indeed it was
necessary to show by the written testimony of a score
of responsible business men that the assessed valuation
was not over a, third of the real valuation before the
bonds could be disposed of to any advantage.
For every reason, except one, property should be as
sessed at its cash value. The only reason that caused
any one to hesitate in giving the plan his unqualified ap
proval was the fear that the tax levy would not be cor
respondingly reduced and there would thus be introduced
an era of extravagant expenditure which would bear too
heavily on those who footed the bills. So far this fear
has not been realized or even threatened except in one
direction and that is the city council. On Mayor Lane's
estimate of 4.87 mills there would be yielded approxi
mately $80,000 more than was received from the previous
levy. Some pf the councilmen are talking of fixing the
rate at 6 mills, which would yield $250,000 more than the
mayor's estimate of the requirements and $330,000 more
than has been expended during the current year. The
county assessor suggests a limitation. of the levy to 5
mills, which is slightly higher than the mayor's estimate
but still within the limits of reason. The city council
should be made to understand that anything beyond this
will arouse a feeling of resentment that no public of
ficials should be inclined to provoke. The people do not
believe in niggardliness but on the other hand they de
mand rational economy. They will agree with the as
sessor that a S-mill levy should be the outside limit and
that anything beyond that will be regarded as unwar
ranted extravagance to be sharply rebuked at the very
first opportunity. ' '.",' . ,
The name of the latest victim of the McKinley-Puter
ring ought now to be R-E-M-O-R-S-E, instead of R. E.
Moss. " - ; "r"1
The Very Latest in .'New Books
BO Work' ef Our Hands' I of Maxim llllan, to be In a measure In-
I atruetlv. but It la ahova all alee a. mnoA
By H. A. Mitchell Keaya.
The author seta out to
writ a problem novel, tak
ing' up a far wider and deeper subject
than in her first book, "He That Eat-
th Bread With Me." That waa on the
subject of divorce and while complicated
enough In soma particular it la one la
which each individual ease, may do
a law unto Itaeir, but in ner present
books aha has attempted, and with but
questionable aueoeaa, several great 'so
ciological questions, never yet solved by
mortal man.
The story la prefaced by an ornce
scene between cnnetiei Kronsari ana
John Forsyth, the respective fathers
of Christian Bronaart and Aylmer For
sythe whoa engagement has Just been
announced, and In which scene a family
skeleton parades without a word being
said. Then cornea, a pretty love scene
when Aylmer foreshadows the problems
that later engulf bar Ills ana much or
her happiness. ' ' "
The Bronsarta are enormously ncn.
build and control churches, alve liber
ally to all philanthropies and do all the
other things credited to "tainted
money." - The Forsy thee have but a
comfortable salary and an Inheritance
of Covenanter conscience. .
After a year or two ef happy wedded
Trlfe. a minister gets Into the pulpit of
Bronsartr church whorls a new type of
man '''s PT1.' "
cord ant note la struck In the life ef
Christian and Aylmer. - Were It not for
the' problems Mrs. Keaya forces upon
her readers when Aylmer undertakes to
level social ranks, redeem by the force
of her own convictions the fallen., and
her exaggerated conception of her per
sonal responsibilities, and ths sharp
conflict between love and what she con
siders duties all introduced by the au
thor to bring present day problems to
the front the book would be a delightful
character study.' for with, every person
she Introduces the author has dons
some unusually good work and many of
them are so nearly like many people
who. today are figuring In the affairs of
the world, they would be quit worth
while to analyse and study. .In this
particular the author has made a suc
cess of her story, and has presented,
through the characters. : a domestle
problem quite worth thinking about
but in the solution of her sociological
problem she has failed, for aha ha
led them to a pinnacle of sentiment and
folly without means ef escape or so
lution, and closes her book in the
haslcst kind of a mist But despite
these thing Mrs. Keays ha written a
wonderfully good book, and one which
eould and no doubt will, do much good,
for It cannot be read without bringing
up serious thoughts on many domestic
and religious questions, and It throws
out a danger signal where many think
they least need It McClure, Phillips
co. trie ii.so.
romance and wonderfully Interesting.
The book contains a number of striking
illustrations by Ernest Haskell. Dou
bleday, Pag at Co. Price 11.60.
"The Missourlan" By Eugen P.
LyI, Jr. If anything would clear away
the stagnation that has gathered about
the historical novel It would be Mr.
Lyle's Missourlan, for it certainly re
sembles a stiff, fresh breeie with Its
newness of subject and crisp originality.
MaxlmiUian, la on of. If not the
moat tragically pathetlo figures that
crossed the orbit of the 18th century,
and in this age of the historical novel
It le eurprtsinghat It wa left to Mr.
Lyle to Introduce him, almost for th
first time, through th medium of -
novel. He ha done it well, too, keep
ing close to facts, giving his people
character and the whole atory a atrong
local atmospheres
The Missourlan I' John D. DrlacolU
or familiarly known ae "Din" Drtscoll,
who at th doss of th civil war finds
himself a lieutenant-colonel in Genera!
Joe Shelby' brigade of confederate dare
devils, and when - Introduced to th
reader la. on his way, as an emissary,
to Emperor Maxdmllllan of Mealco. At
the little sunbaked port of Tamplco be
falls la with Jacqueline, . who Is th
Marquis Jeanne d'Aumerl and Is on a
mission of high politics from Napoleon
III to th court of Mexico, Marshal Ney,
grandson of th "bravest of th brave,"
and several others who are doomed to
play' a more or less, prominent part
throughout th story. Th author has
not been sparing with his characters,
but has brought Into his book many
typea - and varieties find ha portrayed
them' with strength and fidelity. H
ha also brought out by vivid contrast
th condition In Mestco, a poverty
ridden, ' terror stricken land with
brigands wealthy, powerful and merci
less and a ruler' weak and vacillating,
endeavoring to sustain a tottering
throne by a display of pomp and ex
travagance. Into th scenes of both
court and peopl h ha-placed many
well known figure and ha don what
few novelists think worth whllenam
1y, to make some .of his characters who
are quit unimportant to th story so
human they are well worth. - knowing.
Th whole atory bristles with incident
and many of them are calculated- te
make th reader hold hi breath la
terror, but aa a whole, th atory Is a
powerful one, well written and authentic
enouh, while not being entirely a story
of cither the civil war er of th courj
- Hart and Masks" By ..Harold
Macdratn. If this had com to us with
out th attraotiv nam of th author
attached the earmarks of "th Man on
Box" might easily have been discerned,
for w cannot recall another writer who
ean so successfully merge tragedy and
oomedy, and make good, readable and
wholesome stories out of It. .
Mr. MaoQrath'a bare In this tale
writes hi own atory. Arriving In New
Tork Just before the holiday season' h
finds his friend all busy with shop
ping or society engagements, so
steps Into a restaurant for dinner. In
tending to go to th theatre afterward;
but, picking up a paper, be notices that
th Hunt club la to give a mask ball at
Blankshlre, and that th - Invitation's
consisted of two packa of cards, on of
which waa sent to th man and the
other to the woman; the were to be
th ticket of admission and were to be
retained till th bour for unmasking
cam, whan each should find hi part
ner by th corresponding card., The
hero aay a:
. "Reason- la alwaya so square-toed, and
lmpuls-llurtng,u therefor sent
th waiter out for a pack of cards, and
upon the alight pretext of knowing th
manager of the Hunt club selects th
ten, of hearts and, after procuring a
malk. sets out for th ball. In th
selection of hi eard h ha a pair of
eyes epon him and In selecting his mask
he also comes within th rang of -a
vision destined to play a prominent part
lnth atory. On hi way to th ball
he continued the perusal of his paper
and learns, among other things, that
the gentlemanly thief ha been Indus
triously at work of late relieving ladles
of their Jewels at fashlonabl function.
Upon arriving at th ball his entrance
waa effected wlftr no greater Incon
venience than a little" qualm of un
easiness when th clerk recorded "ten
of hearts," and It occurred to him that
ther would be thre carda of this
kind on record. A "Blue Domino" comes
Into th atory, and to th end plays a
conspicuous and necessary part . Dur
ing th evening valuable Jewelry b
gan to b missed by th woman, and It
waa rumored that some of th ' cards
had been duplicated; exits were barred
and a search for the . "gntlmanly
thief", began. From this en th hero
and th "Blue Domino" play partner In
a' moat exciting gam, and how thsy
win out, with plot thickening and com
plications arising, makes a clever little
story, full of entertainment and ex
citement It 1 written In that straight
forward narratlv atyl which charac
terizes all of Mr. MaoOrath'a work, and
he haa rarely don anything better than
"Hearts and Masks." It is bound In
holiday dress and beautifully Illustrated.
Bobbs, Merrill ft Ce-. Price $1.60.
'"Th Toung Section Hand" By Bur
ton E. Stevenson. Next to an Indian
story of th wild and unknown west
ther 1 no subject so fascinating to a
boy as a railroad atory. It matters
little what department It may transpire
in, there Is always en element f-s:
ettemehf and danger, that captivates a
boy, and when th hero of It I a boy
it la almDlv irresistible, and th boy
of thia story Is Just the right kind of
a 'on. On- the verge or starvation ana
hunting for work of any kind h finds
a place as sectlon-hsnd under "Jack
Welsh, section boss," who take a fancy
to "th kid" and looks after him gener
ally, taking him hom to sleep, where
the good wlfy makes not Only at the
table but In her heart '-as .well a place
for th ornhen boy, who 1 so willing
and able to do hi share In th struggle
for bread and butter. Many tales of
heroism and stories of. ths road ' are
dropped Into , th boy ear until he
too longs to do and b aomethlng In
th great system, which appears to him
Ilk a great spirit to be worshiped." At
length th time come to prove himself
and with no thought ror anyining dui
duty he saves th live of many and
receive a Just rewsrd.
Th story Is maoly. healthful and full
of inspiration. It seta up no false ideals
of reward and punishment and haa noth
ing but ordinary good and bad folka In
It, while pointing a moral to service wall
performed.
It Is hsndsomsry bound-and an ap
propriate gift for live and active boya.
L C, Page St Co.. J. K. QUI, Portland.
Price $1.80. .
"Two Little Knights of Kentucky'
By Annie Fellows Johnston. A holiday
edition of on of th "Little Colonel
Serloa." . This oharmlng little atory
come to. us in a new and , becoming
dress and will be greatly enjoyed by
th Juvenile readers and may be read
with Interest by th seniors.
Two little boy. Malcolm and Keith
Maolntyre, are the two tiny knights,
and two more lovable, fun-aklng, but
noble little men eould not be found in
Kentucky, or In any other, state.
, They ar spending a long tlm with
their grandmother a4aunliwnU
their father -and mother ar traveling.
Their little cousin, Virginia Dudley, or
"dinger," I alao visiting old Mrs. Mac
Intyr and th thre cousins manage to
glv their grandmother and Mis Alli
son plenty to do. , Th valentine party,
which cam near being a tragedy when
"Dinger" and th "Uttl Colonel" ran
Into th dark room and square Into th
tarn bear that Malcolm and Keith, bad
penned there. Is told In Miss Johnson's
best atyl, and th beautiful and touch
ing atory of Keith's illness and th
motto adopted by th two Uttl knight
cannot fall - to impress and Inspire
readers ef any age, Mr. Johnson. Ilk
Ml Alcott, win a child's heart and
then Inspires and uplifts It. making
them batter and truer llttl man and
woman. Th book I finely Illustrated
.Un colors. L. C Pag & Ca J. K. QUI.
Portland. Price (Lis.
- "Bright Ideaa for Entertaining" By
Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott Many women
can bake and brew th most delight
ful lunches, tea or dinners, and even
decorate with taste and appropriate
ness, and If she nt there Is alwaya
th caterer and decorator to fall back
upon, but th art -ef ntertalnraent 1
peculiarly the hostess own. end unless
she haa It within herself, th moat elab
orate preparation for th guests may
not hav aerved to make her hospitality
a successful affair. Bom women havf
this gift naturally, whll other Read
help and suggestions, and for this class
this llttl book I specially designed.
It contain outlines and Instructions
for something Ilk 100 entertainments;
some ar Intended, for more public en
tertainments, but th . greater number
ar for th amuaement of home gueeta.
Programs for special daya and holi
days, menua for all aorta of occasions
and prise winning contests for after
dinner, or evening entertainments, and
scores of other things of thia charac
ter go to make up thl llttl book which
I lndlspensabl to young hostesses, or
to any Indeed who hav neither time 'or
originality tot' such work, Oeorge
Jacobs c Co., Philadelphia,
"Knocks, Witty, Wis and " By
Minnie Thomas k Antrim. Thia ' Uttl
book of epigram I full of fresh, new
and bright things and of Just ths kind
th title describes, th dash probably
meaning th indescribably funny Illus
trations, for there can't be found any
thing in it otherwise than "witty and
wise." Th tiny dart are generally
fired at woraen'a ways, follle and fan
cies, and thia i quit pardonable as a
woman writes them. Thl la some of
th wisdom: "If she has skill to manip
ulate her past and solidify her present
any smart woman may hav a future,"
and ther is considerable wit aa well aa
wisdom In this: "Men flatter becauaa
they know women ar atrong believer
in reciprocity." Th book haa a unique
little binding, with a cover design cor
responding with the illustrations, which
ar by Clara Pack and Blanch
Oreer. George Jaoobs at Co.
"With th Empress Dowager" By
Mlaa Katberine A. Carl, has Just been
Issued In book form by the Century
company. ' It covers much ground not
touched on in th sketches, entitled, "In
th Court of th Empress Dowager,"
which cam to an and in th December
Century. While tba magaslue -tell ef
Miss Carl's Introduction to th Em
press Dowager, with much of Interest
touching Her personality and dally life,
and of th painting of th 8t Lout
portrait the book give further th
story, from th Chinese side, . of th
origin and rie of th Boxer rebellion
end of th final apark that kindled th
outbreak against th legations. Th
book contain alao perhaps the first
personal appreciation vr published
of th Chinee -emperor, whom Miss
Carl found to be typical oriental per
sonage '
. , LEWIS AND CLARK
At Fort Clataop.
December 17. It rained all night an J
thia morning ther waa a high wind;
hall as well aa rain fell, and on th top
of a mountain' about 10 miles to th
southeast of us we observed some snow.
The greater part of our atorea la wet;
our leathern tent I so rotten that the
slightest 'touch makes a rent In It, and
It will now scarcely shelter a spot largo
enough for our beds, Ws ar all busy
in finishing th Inside of the hut Tho
after part of the day waa cool and fair
But this respite wss of very short du
ration, for all night it continued rain
ing and; snowing alternately. r- -
Another Reasonable Suggestion.
From the Kw Tork' World.
' Perhaps the Insurance robbers did It
because they wanted to buy grand
opera aeata '
It would 6 wrong to send soma people
to heaven r they would miss so much the
chance to worry over the wlldness of
irigibot'j.j;hiidreit,
Sermon
Today
THE UNIVERSAL FAITH.
By Henry F. Cope.
Though he be not far frbm every one
of us, for In him ws live and mov and
have our being. Atcs xvll: 7-tl.
I
T take a broad-minded man of
profound convictions to appre- .'
elate the truth In another man's
creed. Later Interpreters have .
mad Paul th champion of bigotry; th
truth 1 he was so much th apostle of
liberality that he gave bis life a
witness to that which men then called -heterodoxy.
When . he comes to Mars
hill he talks to the teachera ther about "
th truth and th good he find In
their religion, i
Th fact that th ' "heathen." as his '
people called them, were worshiper of .'
many goda la to him evidence of the -faith
that underlie alt forms of ' re-
llglon, the faith In th divine. Men may
differ aa to definitions of gods, but
everywhere ther la thl sense of the;
divine. It la better to hav too many "
gods than none at all; better to be a,
polythelat than on who think only of
a god who, far off on his throne, neither
knows nor carea for his people; better
hav scores of statues than believe your
Ood la youre alone i
There are many thing w can divine
that we cannot define Tet men have '
built their differences on their defini
tions of the great spirit. Bom talk In
terms of specifications o precise that
on must conclude they hav held th
contracts for the manufacture of their
gods. No one can be absolutely sure
that his picture of th Unseen Is cor
rect Perhaps we can now -know n -
more of th Father of Spirit than the
weeda of th wayside may know hu
manity. The terms of th lower can
never contain the truth of the higher.
But how little It matter what th
precis detail of the picture may be
ao long aa It growa better, nobler, fairer.
and more worthy of the worship and -better
fitted for the Inspiration of the
race Exact and clear eut lines belong
to childhood; larger knowledge- and '
growth make - th lines less distinct
but th picture not lea real. Too, think
less of th detail end . more of .th
Imag on th mind. - . .
- Tou can glv th feet and Inches and -
th anglea ef eubstantlal things, but In
th spiritual world mathematics fall. If .
any man geta any satisfaction out of hi
exact delineation of his Ood let him
enjoy It for himself; but he must not
force that outline on another, aaying: '-.
"Acknowledge this as the true and only
representation of th deity; believe thl .
or b damned!"
Man'a great need Is not precis In
formation ao muh aa It I the presence
of hi Ood. To realli that thl being,
whatever, however he may be and all
language falls when w com to that
which ia without precedent or parallel
with us Is not far off. that h 1 th
most "Teal, Intimate, unvarying presence
in Uf. that none are nearer, so that It
may be truly said that In him w 11 v .
and mov and hav our being. Thl la
th essential thing. ' v ''
Not a Ood w er going to see; but a
Ood who I so close to us that we do not "
and eannot live without him ; that la the '
fsilth that men need. Npt soma on te
be criticised, analysed, or feared
IK aver present friend, th underlying;
strength, th unfailing protection, the
unvarying Inspiration, th great fact of '
spiritual life How -It would simplify all '
living .and all religion if weut ac
cepted that th fact of th eternal and
spiritual in end about ua all.
That would make all life divine, be
cause no life la apart from the divine.
That would make the secret of the bet- ,
ter life, th larger, freer communica
tion with the spirit ao near to ua alt
Thia make prayer aa simple as breath
ing, as natural aa talking with th "
friend by your aide Thia makes wor
ship but th outgoing ef affection and ,
praise No matter where you may b ,
or how directed It must' reach him who '
1 on every aide
' Never mind about definitions of Ood;
cultivate th life that finds communion
with th spiritual, th best, th most
pur and elevating, and you shall find
your ood in all.
, HYMNS YOU OUGHT;
. TO KNOW
A Consecration Hymn.
By Frances Ridley Havergal.
Frances Ridley Havergal (Astley.
England. December 14, 182A Swansea,
Wales, June S, 187) waa th most facile
of th modem hymnwrlter. Her com
plete poetical works, all of which ar of e
religious character, mad a large volume.
In connection with th young people's
church organisations many of her hymn
nave become exceedingly popular. Th
"Consecrated Hymn" la used to this day
mor than any ether aong In the meet- v
Ings of these societies, as well aa being
a favorite with popular cburoh gather
ings.!
Take my life and let It be - r ,
Consecrated," Lord to The; .
Take my hands, and let them move
At the Impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let then be
Swift and beautiful for The;' .
Take my voice, and let m sing
Always, only, for my King. ; ,
Take my lips, and let them be
. rilled with message from Thj '
Tak my silver and my gold,
Not a rnlt, would I withhold.
Tak my momenta and my days.
Let them flow In ceaseless praise; '
Take my Intellect, and us -Every
power aa Thou ahalt choose.
Tak my will, end mak It Thin;
It shall be no longer pin; , .
Tak my heart it la Thin ownl . .
It shall be Thy royal throne
, .''. A
Tak my lov: my Lord, pour
At thy feet Ita treaaur-atorr
Tak myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee. : .
How He Discovered the Thief." y
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
An English country cUrgyman: de-i
tected a thief in the following astute
manner: A laborer had Informed him '
that a aack of potatoes had been stolen
from, his gardatw- -r
-"Wll, well."-.said th minister, T1! "
ae to It after service."
- He preached on th eighth command-'
ment and ended thus; "And now I
hav a sad tale to tell. On of our
neighbor ha missed a aack of pota
toes from his garden, and th thief la
even now 'sitting among you. Has he
a feather on hla headT" ' '
JLl one man in th congregation
waa an to put hi hand surreptl-
A Uously te the top of hla Aaad.