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Pttbllabed nor irenlafejtcept Sunday) nndeery Sunday morninc, at
.:.y;-';i ' f, '..-, J .Vt ; 'V, v-V ni etreeta, Portland.' Orefoa.
HELD BACK FROM THS
HEN MAYOR LANE
. noble army of taxeaters
wiroDL they began to
a He had struck a blow at their most vulnerable point.
Unless they could maintain their: connection with the
v commissary department. they wouia
utter rout from the field..
, V If Mayor Lane had been content
alone there would have been no opposition to nis admin
sisrvation Ttmong-the"cltyrha1l po1itrcla'fisrB0l the mo-
' 1 . a St al 1
-r- mcnt their free access to-the tudiicctid -ws tnrestcneu,
they tatocd a howl igain the mayor, ' in the hue ga
' " the enr evenr machine worker, every-ward heeler, every
political luunmet-Jut joincdUJhey
: cerned. .' r j v.: -:''. ' , :
:" " .Without the ; patronage of thr policer flreTand other
i. departments at their; disposal the machine, politicians
can have little hope of success .
. How. can ' the machine win any
' somethinar more tanaible than dory
-.-ward the boys in the trenches when
Theread antf putter brigade la
V, against Mayor Lane and all for which he stands,
- f ' OUR NEAR NORTHERN NEIGHBOR.; r
'UlLt WE ARE INTENf
railroad development, and
i f lu wc nave iikui iu
had time to observe the great amount of railroad build
inn and allied industrial movements
ish Columbia. But here are a few
' Canadian consular report:
"Two great railways, the Canadian Pacific and the
. Great Northern, .are rapidly extending their lines and
' competing with each other in the opening up and de
veloping of the country, and ; wherever tney ao tne
pioneer work big opportunities ' are developed, i The
Canadian Pacific is constructing a branch line, from
Soencea bridge southeastward to Nicola, a distance of
- -60 miles.- This road will give access to i region rich in
V minerals and will open up much , fertile land especially
' '. adapted to fruit culture. Another company ia construct
ing a line from Midway on' the boundary of Vernon.
This will follow the watera that, now from Okanagan
lake to Penticton, at the foot of the lake, then follow its
: shore to Vernon,- At Midway it will connect -with the
Canadian i Pacific, so that ahipments from the most pro
. ductive fruit-growing district may be made to the prairie
' country in the northwest territories. Direct shipments
will be made by thia line to the coast It will also con-
- nect with the Great Northern line, opening an outlet for
.T produce, to Spokane and eastward. The Great Northern
railway ia constructing an extension of its Kettle river
line from Grand Forks to Franklin Camp, 45 miles
distant . Thia road will open one of the richest mining
districts in the province." ' ptt Vr-- t :
..Western Canada, as well as. the western states, is
, working not only for interior ' development, but for
' : oriental trade, ' 4 , . ;
Our northern neighbor, though a "Sister of th 5n0ws,"
7.!f rich in Jimber, fish, minerals, and agricultural lands.
' There are great mines of coal, mica, "asbestos and amc.
.Very fine applea' are, raised there. ' A j
' ; In' fine," our northern " neighbor " ia wbrthy o? notice
tnd respect; for, like ourselves, it is progressing. i v
WALL STREET MUST FIGHT T OUT ALONE.
E DO NOT BELIEVE the
iryuLJe--mfiindlyAff
diction of Banker Schiff
tional banks are permitted to issue a volume, of ad-
ditional government ' guaranteed currency equal . in
amount to 50 per cent tf the bond secured currency
maintained by them there ia bound to come a staggering
'financial crash such as the country haa rarely aeen in
hs histcy. This money, he makes plain, is to.be used
for purely speculative purposes and the president would
,, be in much better business pushing such . a measure
through congress" than by strenuously advocating a
.. freight-rate bill .j '-. v,',;.
i Thia is a view of the situation so' profoundly pYo
. vmcial that k could emanate from no part of the country '
but New York City. It is as though the prosperity of
the United States was dependent upon the success of
the stock gamblers who infest Wall street and have ao
'.often wrought ruin to their fellow countrymen. :There
- was a time when what , was done in Wall atreet vitally
affected the rest of the country. It was at a time when
, the people of the west were engaged in the pioneer work
of upbuilding thia section of the country and were ao
1 deeply in debt that any stringency in the money-market
due to speculation immediately reacted with disastrous
effect upon them; But the west is no longer in the
aense it used to be a borrower.. True, it still seeks caoital
irom-otlw art-e4he-eoim
terprisea, but it ia invited here on the basis that profit
able investments are presented and therefore strongly ap-
? HtLL TRAINING FOR :l
' St Paul (Minn.) Dispatch to New Tork
l ' .; ' .' ' World. - .; .'. ' .', - ,
, James 'J. HU1 says he Will retire on
' January t from aetlra work In connec
tion with bis vast railway lnterets.
, Bver since his son, Louis W. Hill, left
. Tale he has been trained to take up the
- . burden of the business. -. v .
Tor years the story has been printed
. at Intervals that "next July" - or "next
January," or some other time, Mr. Hill
would drop bust seas and begin to play.
. 01111 he has kept on In harness. .
Bat now It Is from- his own Hps that
authority Is derived for the statement
that hi really Intends to make 1S0S his
.. ,. last yeas ot toil He told -a repuiter III
this rtty several weeks ago that this
,wa bUjfleflnlta.pliin. hut he asked the
. , , aewspapes mm ee-'eid the stuty" until
Pecember 11, ' Apprehension thst the
' - news was about to be printed in another
paper In spMe of Mr. Hilt's precautions
caused the paper to which the secret
waa Intrusted to make It publle at this
. time.;;.: ; .j.
ITsuslly ons of the busiest of men. Mr.
7!I1 has been In training for Idleness
i r the. last few weeks. He has been
dlng whole days in the Minnesota
a. He e,vea visited the billiard-room
ich he has not entered for years, end
Ted tn-a bug -chahr-watcbtng-the
rs. And that is regarded, aa eor
rative of his declared intention not
ep the work. -.
r. 1- I several weeks ao told the
od c rrarondent toat he had worked
r s -s. era t at after tao begin
f mi 1.-4 he t .landed to devote most
a t! tie to rl.uum. 1
i Is b. v 1 that Mr. Hill wi'J eep
oa t ' Immense network of er
1 la wt 1 be has been master for
- j r , leavisj tie st- to
DAI.L-YrJOURII A.
PUBt.ISHED'TBy70URNXtrT?UBOSHIN0 CO.
PHE COUNTER.
beaW cutting off the
from their supply
carry millions of
furht back in earnest.
.t..H of hnrrrtin
soon, oe onvco in
', -,V . V'-""'-'."
to let the taxeatera
the people of the
osopny upon tne
waged in New
to-cotne ta tfca
respond with the
tiot ewtinly
not atter all a
.are all, yitallycon-
There have. been
in cowing campaigns,
battle unless there is
with which to re
the fighting is over?
arrayed aa one mad
UPON ouriocaf
esmmwaw " f '
deeply interested in
M APIDLY
k, ww - vvvij
Tbia is
are beginning to
and activity m Brit
facta reported in a
out the conaent
clung closely to
usually equivalent
.a t. . . .....
i T am i I
and fishes. It wa,
h i Md,n
Y - -
nominally ruiea it
power.' ;
.Like all men
ma1.Miii k.Aa.
now aeen that it
nereatter reward
the boas that the
.u. j:.:
coneeotion of the
f1 T.,
r -
entirely pleasing
people of the coun-
ected by-the- pre
that unleaa the na
swore nis ciecuon
it may have cost
portunity; it is hia
advantage of it he
found it, than which
land.
still in existence,
leada to Front atreet-
his sons, and merely seeing to It that all
goes welt Few who know bint believe
be can drop business altogsthsr, even
if he should desire to. His son Louis.
Mr. Hill has-of tea said, is fully eon
petent to act aa his successor. .
Mr. Hill Is now IT rears old. He was
born near Ouelph,' Ontario, and la of
Scotch-Irish, dssoent . As., a youngster
he left the farm with a' country boy's
schooling and went to Manchester. Dar
ing the civil war ho was a Mississippi
steamboat mart, on the river part of the
tune, out mostly employed. In the . com
pany's offices in St Paul. . Later he
founded a transportation business of his
own. He was ths first to open land and
Mver communication between St Paul
and Winnipeg. . - s
He foresaw the future of The north
western country. .When a railroad built
out into the farming lands beyond St
Paul failed Hiil found money to buy It
and raised enough -money to milM It
farther. Tula became-tn Bt PSUf, TUre
neapolls sV Manitoba, extending to the
Canadian1 beandary. 't 1 '
This was almost II years ago. Min
nesota ana ths Dakotas were - rapidly
Oiling with settlers. The Canadian gov
ernment waa using Its influence to popu
late Its own immense agricultural ter
ritory In Manitoba and tbe northwest .
HUl'a railroad was ths only one tap
ping even the outskirts of this growing
empire. - His road psld from the begin
ning, and soon Its earnings became Im
mense. Branches were extended aa the
advance of the farmers warranted con
struction. :' ', - ' f
v Record Year for Jewela. '
Prom - the Philadelphia Press, ,' --
statement Issued by the department
of commerce and labor says that over
111, OftO.OOS worth of diamonds and other
precious stones bave been Imported into
the United States during 1S0S, which Is
by far the largest Importation In the
hlatory of the country. - r v.,.
Th blah water mark In earlier years
was ItS.tOS.OOO In list.; while 1101
saowea out Z7,ioo,Os. . ,
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NEWSPAPER . . '"
mo. r. cAmxou
Tb Journal Building, Fifth and Yam-
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peal on their merits to men 'who wish to make money
with money..". ? .o---r : .''.
But in recent yeara the banks of the west have often
come to the rescue of the.banka of New York. They
dollars there invested or deposited and
in isrmcrs, woo consiituie me nacKoonc oi any country, I nm two aenne eie men- mm senators
are now erenerallv out of debt and loaninsr monev in.lwh their Urma expire. The wonder
If rnfm.t ith Mif..
.... - - . . ..
country look with a good deal of phal
desperate speculative lights so often
York. When there is a demand for them
iatn nf htwfcW.t.k.
- - - - w vr
- enthusianjwhich they once showed,
ttear tU"
tm WhethtfiWill Street is
curst to lie whole country. If it is -not
it should at least hoe ita oVn rowaa. best it can. . Its
record in recent years has not been such as to promote
confidence in 'Its promises or to increase public con
fidence in its integrity V -.., - -
other crashes in Wall atreet in which
the country has not been involved. "There is n01anger
ahead of the country'a prosperity except that which ia
hatched there,.There. will - doubtless - be- atill other
crashes, but so long aa the general business conditions
continue aa they are Wall atreet alone is likely to feel
them.. ;. ' v--. . ;"
WHY THE REFORM WAVE RISES.
all fver the country the people are
sirengtnenmg tneir grip on tne public offiaala.
another way of saying that the oeoole
rule,-No branch of our government
nas ao long presented so unpromising a field for reform
as that called municipal Here the boss and machine
were in full control No man could be nominated with
of the bosses and ao long as the people
- their ' partisanship a nomination was
to an election": Owing their election
. . A u a. tc: L.ij ... t.
V Jr" oit-ooiacrs naturauy
iuukcu ii iuiuh i.iruit. ine oossea namea tne men
who were appointed by the newly elected officials, thus
building uo a machine oh the atronar foundation at loaves
from the bos. th. office-holder took
14 fn11n.J. .U i. :i. .V. 1-
w..v wi vu wum pcupB
was tne bosses who were actually in
' '. ; '.--i a.. .
exercising arbitrary power thev finally
carried things too far,- In looking back the surprise is
that the voters could so long have stood the imposition,
the outrage and the robbery. Put all over the country
there is an awakening.; In every city the public ia de-
A a. a ' II' a
puunc service., as it is
ia the voter and not the boss who will
and punish it ia to the -voter and not!" M. Smith's -this winter, and
oeoole are looking u ... . ,
f nuadeipma showed an extraordinary manifestation of
i.... t .
j TI" " . .VC.W "ePln ec -
ond. -Nothing more remarkable has transpired in yeara
man tne race maae ny jar. Hearst tor mayor. No one
on the outside and amazinarlv few in New Ynrlr tit
death of the nnhliV n,.r..nf .:..
' :;i .u o "r,V"r u
u nciiuiican macmnc
wnicnr worxeq iocompinauon witn itJt$utthe.-Ieaaon I
seems to Dave bttn learned, fcyen Mayor McClellaa ap-l At Independence m Hugb Smith was
pears to appreciate its significance. Apparently he nasi married -to Miss Bertha o. Smith, and
thrnM tha-rHee .A i. tJiH "tMr. rniet EL Hrnlth wae marrted to
" - - .- w ..
He is making appointments, few if any of which can be
to Tammany. It appears that he has
determined to meet, some of the public demanda that
would have been made upon his rival. ' Boss Mumhv
seems to nave anitea lar mto, the background. If Mc .;"A eleetrie line may be bunt from
Clellan has sufficient strength of character he will" give Corral 11 a to the Beiifountaln neighbor
fh "city "an administraiion"auch as it haa not known for hood.; -7-; -".""p"7 " r ? -f-years.
He should be entirely his own master for as he I vmtm of ducke being' killed ground
uio not cost mm a cent, however much
Tammany. Before him ia a areat op
last in a political way. If he takes
can leave New York better than he
no man could make a prouder boast
A. Vender Naillen Jr, United State deputy mineral
surveyor, at San Franciaco who spent some time here
last summer investigating municipal conditions, haa just
issued a pamphlet, in whienjie shows that the annual
death rate in 1,000 in San Francisco is 18.22 and in Port
land 6.35 and demonstrates quite clearly that thia ia
largely due to the difference in the quality of the water
supply in the two cities. If the public health ia largely
based, aa it ie on the good quality of the water, no
large city in the country i. .0 greatly favored as Port-
What has become os the fruit inspector? When he was
first appointed he waa particularly active and was really
rendering the public a genuine service. But the haunts
that knew him once know him no more and the public it
suffering as much as it ever was from. infrinrfmitoLl
best quality. The fruit inspector, if
should once again take the trail that
Profeaaors Jndoraement. -y '. ,
' ' Prom the Detroit Prea Press. . " '
Before President An sell of) the Unl
varsity of Michigan bad atUIned to his
present high position a young hopeful
entering college waa recommended ., to
his consideration. ' . - '
!"Try th boy out professor; eritlofse
him and tsU us both what yoa think,"
tbe parents said, i - j.
To facilitate acquaintance the profea
or took th boy for a walk.. After is
minutes silence the .youth ventured,
"Pino day, professor." v
"Tss," with a faraway look, ;.'-'
Tea minutes mors- and ths young
man, squirming alt th time, ventured!
"This Is a pleasant walk, professor." -"Tea."
.
For another IS minutes tbe matricu
late boiled to bis bones and - than
blurted out that he thought they might
bav rain. '
ts." And this time tbapTpreasoT
went on: Toung man, ws have been
walking together for half n houcand
you have aald nothing which was not
commonplace and stupid. c
' "True." answered the boy, his wrath
passing his modesty, J"and you indorsed
every word I said." - f .
Thsn they laughingly shook hands,'
and word wsnt home from the profeeeor
that the boy was all right and that they
were great friends. .
y ' Prank Jaaaae.
Itoseburg. Or.. Dec I, ot To th
Editor of Thai' Journal Will you pleas
publish in yrmr-hext tasu the answer
to th following question: "Was Frank
James of ths "James boys" ver con
fined In the penitentiary, and If so,
bow longt , Tours very truly,
. JAMES M. FLETCHEIt-'
There la no record of Prank Jamas
ever having been confined In the peni
tentiary, or even In a Jail, after th
civil war. H surrendered to Governor
Crittenden, but there Is no record of
his over having been- eonflned In m penl-
leauary. ., . ; ,
SMAlr CHANGS J"
tieoka like pretty nearly - everybody
want tO Toad the Bryan lettsre in The
Journal. Thy begin Sunday, January 14.
Those ! young ladies who are aolng
io Honolulu win unaoubtoniy nave "the
time ot their live,1 The Journal only
wishes in thia regard that It could have
afforded a thousand the pleasure ofauoa
M9" '. - v . -
EvidenUy New. Tork will get rid of
" should have, kept
I ln"m w omce ao tone
- 1 , , e r. f
I uayor ItoClellan evidently learned
l eomething from the recent election.
I gen jj unnt jpend a. cent
T.f nna nniild buy U UsSend mt mmUt
he wouldn't mxl .7
such about the
Pretty nearly midwinter and feel
, ,v .. e e' , v .
. The Republican r party - aeerae to be
getting into a rather stumpy and rocky
ra generauy. ;t t -
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The ' taxation system undoubtedly
neeua revision, eo that there should be
no direct tax for state, purposes. ., This
la easy to do.
' Will Representative Hermann take his
aeatT la a question many are asking.
What the
to be dug.
Panama ,eanal' wanta le-
Quit making the useless nolaea,
Pew thins worth having are free.
I especially if you Ure in a town.
'And yet Mr, tchner hasn't promised
o vote for a bill to put xrust-maan-
ured articles on the free list
, . ... , e . e . ' ; - ,
Oood time for candidates to eorae
I out-
I :
i ( Apparently there can be no afe and
I sane- basing or football. .
r - ' -
I ' Oovornor Vardaraan of Mlssisstmri ta
Jj tj, -;
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insyi aver.
. . e -e
Where's your hard winter?'
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Lafayette eorrespondenco McMlnnvlila
Register: Mrs. John Bmitb is auying
I bar daughter ia going to aenooL
I A enerman county
lgmlth has leased I.1SS acres of farming
J land' in northern Texas,- Bet o will
I ww WM omem " eeraiaai oounty,
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I The Malheur- Oasetto fraternally
mpetltor. the -Oriano.;
i fon life and prosperity.
. M,M b. Bmita. jflsa M. B. Smith.
I . un. Smith, ia ai.t. r h,ih
smith, and Miss -Berth Bmith. now
asra, nmitn, is a siaier nua a
Bm'th' ' : J 7.' ' ' 71 r
Bhedda- One man got 41 one day.
Independence' needa a Oet-together
club; also a Ge-get-'em club, says the
Enterprise. '; r w a "t j" :
Klamath balls'- SO,ea -hlgh-aehoot
building will be dedicated January 20.
.Tr.'i '.: e e : '
Despite the beauties of nature being
(everywhere, remarks the Mitchell News,
there was a bellicose germ permeating
the air. which attacked some of the boys
without any serious results.
:.,:'" 5.-.. ''0 , - T-
The Tillamook Keadllgbt remarks
that- "the weather being wet all day
f. rata and, wind etorm tn
, whl w w.tr.
rain enaaef ' - '--,:. . .
Snow at the Sliver
three feet deep,. ,
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Baker City claims about IS.SOt popu
lation, nearly half that of Baker sounty.
; . - .:';''.,.: 7 '. .
fashioned mining boom for th ooming
year on Pedro mountain are said to be
very nattering, ' . '
? ,. t. ,. . , ... ...' e
r CoquUle Socialists have organised and
rented balL ' "."',?;
- Coos eounty, claims th Coquill Re
call, baa more natural advantages thaa
any aeotton of its also In tbe United
State. , - '' , , ;-' l ,
y, sy ,, , e ' . ., ; . : .
" John Mulkey la friendly enougb. but
he dossa't shake hand with people. He
froa them tending sheep, , .' . ,
,(. :,. -. - . v.--- e':;u, .'-..V
Hood PJver Apple-arowsrs tmion will
keen open door for all visitors the year
round. . ; ' ' " , ' '. .;
v e ' ;-". -v
"Aatotia ' expect to go ahead muoh
thia year and doubtlesa wilt .
,-. tm . - -
Bandonian 'expect : their fin beach
to become a great aummer resort '
t '..: ..;...:
. The Union flouring mills are hum
ming 'right along, having bad little
fr - Tbe - t - yar - eld eon of
Haines Record reoetred a ft gold coin
aa a present from an 'uncle for whom
he was named, Miles Nelson, and who
bae for t year been In th office of
the controller of. th currency in New
Tork ..state.
Sampter dlstrtot
looking up,
mining
proepeots
Elgin correspondence , of Wallowa
News i Neil McLeod has -force of t
men ta his timber oa the Looking Glass
country cutting ties to fill 'th contract
recently taken ot the O. R. N. com-
-r.-v -;r:;
The lone Proclaimer la eight yeara
old and baa bung up a Bw towel,
. . . e v e : ,'..::
Wallowa News: I. B. Larson, haa th
distinction of having mad 1 call at
this .offlo and paying for bis paper
until August a, 1S07. . waoriu b tbe
next?
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Better orchards, aura-
t
THE SUNDAY 5CH OOL
By H. IX Jenkins. P. D,
' Topic: "The Shepherd Find Jeaua.'
-ua 11:1-10.
' Golden Text "For there la born to
you thia day In the eity of David
Savior, who la Christ the Lord." Luke
', ' ; btadaioaw
Itts a precious privilege to be per
mitted . to begin once more ' th study
Of our Savior's life with the opening
or a new year. Delightful as. ws our
companionship with John In 10I. the
synoptlo gospels, froav which for th
most part our lessons will, be ' taken
throughout th year 1101, bav their
own attractive features and helpful la
cldenta. If we hear less of our Lord
discourse, w see mors of his work--1 a
them the hostility of the rulers is not
yiomliwnt
tii favw 'uf me tieuuia.
and we find ourselves-: seldom in th
crowded city: -but often In th opes
country where men are leas oonventloa-
ai. more Tirno, more - inarriauaiisuo,
leee under the power-of social custom
and traditional opinion. .-
Ths third of these closely'relatea gos
pels begins with a scene distinctly rural.
it waa night amid the silences and soil
tudes of th wide uplands where shep
herds watched thelrt charges to protect
them from th marauder. Th flocks
were thos reserved for eacrlfloe, and
th guardians, w may well believe. Were
men profoundly affected by th ml
sacred character of their duties. . Every
psstor knows that ofttlmea th sexton
who performs th menial services of ths
sanctuary- la to--ail its worshiper
model of devotion and consistency. A
few yeara ago ths writer of these notes,
wandering upon the beautiful mountains
which surround Lake uomo, Italy, cams
upon, a peaaaat-wlfe aittlng under'' a
wide chestnut tree embroidering a bit
of bright-colored allk. Pleased by the
Interest -taken lh her work, she aald
Softly aa ah etroked th web with her
hand, "Cest pour lautel de regllse
"It is for the altar of the church." It
1 to lust such humble worshipers th
-Moat High lovss to reveal hlmseir. Th
more cultured any on becomes th more
he long for the simple llfeV In the
midst of an ovr-reflnd civilisation no
romances ara so popular aa those which
deal with "th short and slmpls annala
of the poor." - Th beptard f Bethle
hem were pot boors or downs, but men
of few wants and ao of many Joys, pos
sessing an Inherited faith and a natural
piety which bad never been corrupted
or lost amid the swift and noisy cur
rents of a busy, passionate, artificial
sxlstenee. It waa in accord with-the
eternal fitness of things ' that to such
msa first should b revealed th advent
of the Messiah.
",' Th
Tars TU Jeeus wss born during the
reign of Augustua. - In what year w
cannot say With abaolute certainty, be-
caus data which were evidently within
view of th writer of this gospel have
been, lost to As. , It was evidently the
purpose of Luke to ax tbe eats with
great distinctness, bnt the "enrollment'
ordered "by th emperor and taking place
under th governorship of .Cyrenius. is
rendered Indefinite by the fact that
Cyrenius waa twice governor. In the
laat month of I SOS Englane celebrated
the great Jiaval victory whloh Nelson
won at Trafalgar Just 100 years before.
a.. battle-which constitute jme of . ber
greatest glories and from which ber
modern history begins. - Buu those In
chargs of' th - anniversary exercises
were wholly unable to gtva to -the world
consistent nutory or tn ngni, since
three nscratlves sxist to all of which
th lighter a themselves contributed, and
no Ingenuity sufnees to barrooms teem
or explain them. Bom Incident ha
dropped out which would - doubtless
serve as. a key to all if we oould re
cover it. It seems probable, . however.
that the birth of Jesus should be placed
at about 1.S10 yeara ago Instead ot
l.soi. . . '; , ..
Vsrss a. Imperial enrolimsnu war
made ususllv for two purposes ons to
asesrtaln the amount or revenue wnica
oould b collected from the ' province
and the other to find out now many men
able to bear arms lived there. . In the
case of Palestine, however, the attempt
was nsvsr mads by the Romans to a ran
men Into military eervloe. But Syria
must bear a part of the burden of the
state, and ao, previous to a change In
aasassmsnt an enrollment waa ordered.
This nm taken . not after . ths Roman
fashion by enumerating th cltUens of
each locality, but arter tn jewisn moos
f counting the mimoer ooionging iv
eaah "tribe.
Vers trTh "trrbe of "Israel no
tnnear nAssassed their original estates.
But they preserved with Inextlnguleh
abi pride th Ubles of their pedigree.
War and poverty, not to asy friendship
and adventure, baa soattsrea in mnp
lis widely over all Syria, indeed to the
nds of the' earth, so tnst tne jews is
Christ's day war almost as widely dla-i-4huta4
mm tn our own (John 111:1-11).
Judab waa to be numbered, and Joseph
no doubt felt-t-e-matur or jno-w
era un to the home oi the Davidlo branch
because he belonged to It In the east
the government does not go to th sub
iMt The aublect must report to the
a-ovarnment .."'' '.
Tare I. We are not told that ft was
necessary for Mary to go with josepn,
hut it ws a . ears It Is ouits possible
that It waa the Intention of the mother
of our Lord to seek tn noma ox -some
well-to-do relative, guch a th famUy
of Zechsrtss (Luk l:S-ll), and thr
to remain until her child should be born.
Pvnhahi 1.009 wives cross th Atlantlo
svery yeer that som babe may first ee
th light nnoer in root-wew v
oestors. -,', ' : -.".
Verse . But efflclal k Uf suovea
slowly lp th orient Th representa
tlv of th Imperial dignity and power
did not troubls himself to make It easy
for thos who had eom so discharge
their duty and gwhom. Joseph ana
Mary may bav been long oauunen, wr
all that we snow, so tna wh ""V"--slble
for th young wlf to seek her
kindred. Whatever may bav been her
original purpose, her nrst-born was laid
la tbe manger at Bethlehem, and It must
ajwiulre4AUthejtort.Hude.anil. faith I
of a deeply religious aplrlt to accept
Mlimit a mntnmur SO great a trlaL
--ri'Ai-tifh far"f rum - friends, 4
smld th most squsiio inrn'i'
In midwinter at that tnia aanamsia
th Lord accepted one more trial almost
s extreme a thst which cam to her
luring her betrothal (Cb. 1:11).: -;
Vers 7. Mow simpi 7" now
ni th tory of our Savior' birth!
There 1 no attempt to heighten Its ef
fects, but th bar recital makes It plain
that tba noor could hardly be- poorer
than wars Mary and Joeeph. Painter a,
as Ferrer ha said, bava put upon their
canvases picturee of the holy Child and
ths holy night ana tns noiy isnyij
which nVItigate th svr fssturss of
ths realltv. W hay, visiting angel.
and celestial light, and vsn worshiping
crsaturss of the etall. But the evange
list knows nothing of thesa Tne nana
was wrapped In unout cloths, a the
babes of all ths poor. It was denied
the boon of any receptacle preparea ror
infanta The child was laid In ths hol
low of the rock wherefronv beasts of
labor were accustomed to Kake their
1 Verse . It waa thaa en that wintry
night of th twenty-fifth of Iecmber,
says Kdershslm, rthat th sbepherda
watched their flocks destlnsd for saa-
riflclal services, in th very place oon
ecratad.Jy -tradition-a that wher the
Meealah was to be first revealed.
Vers . "Of a sudden cam th long
delayed. " unthougbt-of ' announcement.
Heaven and earth seemed to solngle aa
aa angal.stood before tbetr daaxled eyes.
while th outstraaming glory of tb
Load aeemed to enwrap them aa in a
mantis of light" To this we may add
the beautiful words of Farrar, who eays
regarding this Incident: "The singular
sweetness of Luks's narrative. Its calm,
noble reticence, seems clearly to tndl
cate that he derived his account though
but In fragmentary form, from th Up
of Mary heraeir." Many an ambitious
narrator has given to us som trifling
evsnt with far more detail and a multl
tud of Slotted exclamations which ere
ber altogether absent. "Whsn th Soa
of Ood waa to enter this world." aald
Henry Ward Beecher. "he entered at Its
lowliest gal.:" But tt wa eoaliy-lt
that tba greatest event tn th history
snanhladi lowed fium ''any stand''
point ehould be accompanied - by som
mtraoulou sttestatlons worthy aa event
fraught .with such Interest, -
Vers IS. Th message of th angel
was not on of terror but ot safety: not
of Judgment but of dellveranoe; not of
aln but of salvation. Ths coming of
Jasus should indeed pierce bis mother's
heart with later sorrows, but theee were
momentary compared with her eternal
beatitude in has Son. - It shuld present
to Judas, to Pilate, to tb ruler, a trial
under whleh they would be found want
Ing, and their vary name were to be
covered with Ignominy. - But we know
little of the meaning of th goapel If
we do not know that Its key la joy and
grao. Thoee of os wh lived through
th years 1 ! la America know that
"war Is hall"; but we know also that H
was through that flaming door ' and
across that smoking field- America came
to th larger, freer Uf Of th present
Thar gospel trouble th guilty eon.
soisno even more thaa th law did, but
its final issue is "love. Joy, psua" It
ha associated the nam of religion with
wings rather than with '. f stters. . - and
give 0 songs insteadxof groan It
story, like Its prophecy. Is written H
light It 'was fit that tha Almighty
should - break ' through - the reserve of
nature,' and confirm . by . miracle and
supernatural signs th good nwa of the
ransom of a world, ir " .?...'::-.: '
LirmRsrioM'TiiEi
Portland. Or- Jan. I. To the Editor
of Th Journal I noticed In your paper
of Deoember II a letter In reply -to a
latter I wrote som tlmf ago. v This
gentleman seemed to think t waara lit
tle bard' on the women because .1 did
not want them to vote. I will stats for
hla benefit that t am willing they shall
vote If they ar willing to eland with
tb men when they nght th battles or
this land; but If they ar not willing t
do this I ant not willing they shall vote.
Ths writer (peaks of tha great thing
thay did ta th Philippine I would.
Ilk to ask If he Waa over there. I waa
there and know a few things -about tb
thing that want en. -In th two years
waa over there I never saw a white
woman' face but twice, ana I waa in
the- hospital abowt four-- months They
always stayed in tbe city, as ws used
t oall" lt lohg way from - th
field hospital, yo-oa- bet-yowr bottom
dollar on that '. --' --
Ho also aald they would not vote for
a bad man. For reference he refers us
to Colorado and others for. the good
Judgment they used In voting. Ho must
have forgotten the thlnge that happened
In that state a abort tlms ago. Would
he like a little of tb ssme stuff th
workings ren fottn that atat about
two years ago? He may want a llttl
Of tt hut I don't believe It When has
any atat vr taken tb working people.
put them on a train ana run mem over
into another state and dumped them off
and fired a volley over their heade, tell
ies them t "Hike, you flogs, untu tne
grand old state of Colorado did It? Tbe
people of Portland and. Oregon are bet
ter people and we do not want such
thlnge aa this to come to pee her.
,..; !!' ' A. WUKSVliNUMAn.
M. EL Chines . Mission. 147 Stark
street city Jan. . To th Editor of
Th Journal Wa, tb members of thai
M. E. Chinese mission, do most heartily
deelre to express to you by thia letter
our sincere appreciation ana - earnest
gratltud for th kind attention you
gavo us In devoting considerable space
la your . valuable - paper of Saturday,
December SO, to words mt praise ' for
oar Christmas entertainment and dedi
cation oaevcise of th new - mission
room, 147 H Stark tret whloh were
held on Friday evening. Deoember tt.
Again thanking you for your courtesy
In kindly -commending our efforts to
the faror-of tbpeople Trf PortIand,"we
bear to remain, yours respectrully.
juuibim ur M. as, VUXNSBB
. .. T. ... MISSION.
THE PLAY.
-
If the people who attended the Mar-
uam Grand . laat night war disap
pointed In th rendition of "BU Capltan"
tt was not because of tb aingtng abil
ity Of th Rooclan Opera company,, In
which we bav an organisation suppos
edly congregated for voioe, rather thaa
for spectacular street" ,t . . - .-
Sousa a maiden opera waa performed
with local ecenery, in part but-with
vim and vigor on th part of tha com
paratively few people wh participated
In tha presentation. Th ensemble was
well worth listening to, while the prin
cipal were for. th most part capable
and, la a way, worthy of th patronage
whloh tbe publlo - gav tn company.
It was not th Wisest Plan, however.
io npsn In an. opera which has depended
more , or leee on) scenery for - It sue-
Tonight h good folk will have
beflef opportunity in "The Bohemian
The notables of . the company are
Claud Amaden, who plays the part orig
inated by De Wolf Hopper; Frank Wal
ters, th tenor, who I well and favor
ably known throughout th wast be
cause of hla former association with
ths 'Andrews Opera company; HlUIrd
Campbell, a baritone ot .wood reputa
tion; Lucia Nola, rh robust soprano
prima donna, and Basel Davenport, the
aoubrett. " ' t".-
Thar ar to, be twe snore perform
ances 'The Bohemian Girl," tonight
and that other old favorite, "The Mi
kado," tomorrow tLlfht,k .1..
Kew Bill at Empire, "."';
"Whsn the Bell Tolls" ia at the Em
pire. There wss a raid-week change
of bill last night and a large audience
witnessed ths perfortnshe
The melodrama Is well known. It is
founded .on the Tine old habit ef St.
Bernard dogs Of rescuing fatigued and
dying travelers In th mountains ef
A VV a w nrnf t .
:.r;-tACT-YCARt;-7-:-
Although Oregon last year built only
ss.sj mils of railroad, mere wa con
structed than In. ie other states of th
union. . Th Railroad Gasett gives this
tt oredit tor bunding th following
lines In 10S: ' n . . . -
Columbia Rlvsr A Oregon '(O. It "'
A N.) Arlington to Condon. .... tl.Ot
jouisiana at Pins Bluff not spec- 1
r ined....i... ; .
regon ee -uraa iutrenholts to,
Camp II, l.t mil) on extension
from Eurska toward Areata t aa V
miles; total .7
Oregon atat Portage Celtlo to
' Big Eddy.. .(9
Sumpter Valley Tipton to Austsn l it
'Totsl"
..11.41
JUtBttugh thls'..i mil ss seems very
small Oregon, nevertheless, exceeded In
railroad construction such states ss Art.
sons. -Call for a la, Florida, Alaaka, -Iowa.
Kansas. Maine. Maryland, Massachu
sstta. Missouri Msbraaka. New Jersey
New Tork. Rhode Island. South Carolina,
Utah. Vermont, Virginia, Washington
snd Wyoming. Of th Paclflo coast
atatas Oregon leads, for In California
only Si.I1 miles were built and In Wash
ington -. thus showing railroad de
vel6pment la Oregon wss about twice
as muoh as it , was in California, and
about one third mora thaii It - was In
Washington, la Oregon the work was
done by five companies, while In Waah
Ington only three were In th field, thus
showing a greater Independence. . ,
Of all the states la ths union North.
Dakota with 12 miles leads, while
Teas Is next with tll.l mile Jdah
was well up in the 1st having 101 miles
to its. credit, exceeding. ti otaar states. '
Th largest number - of ' comnanlea
building in any one stats was In Ar- '
kansaa, where -11 companies were en
gaged In building ltl.ll mile. Th.r
stat having the next largest number,
of companies ' waa Louisiana, where 10
companies built a little over miles,
la Arlsona, Maryland. Massachusetts,
Nebraska, Rhode Island and Vermont
only ' one company In each of ,.. these
states did any building . last year.
MsssaohusetU holds tho record for the '
smallest number of mile constructed,
ss only on mile of nsw line waa bullt
there during the past It month Rhode
Island la next to th amalleet with I I
mllea, after whlch-pome Vermont. with
I -sails. ' y'-- "7 ' 'v..' -
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LEWIS AND CLARK
At Fort Clataop, , " ..4.-Vv.'-4f-January
l Two of th fivs snen Wh
had been dispatched to make salt returned
at I . m. They had carefully examined
th coast but It waa not till th fifth
day after, their departure that they dis
covered a convenient situation fori Its
manufacture. . At length ' they formed
an establishment about IS miles south- .
west of ths fort near som scattered .
houses j. of ; th Clataop and Klllamueb -
nation, where they erected a eom (or table'
eemp and killed a stock of provisions. r
Th Jndlan treated them very- kindly,
and mad them a present of ths blubber
of - the whale, eome of - which- tb- men
brought home. It 1 waa white ' and not
unlike the fat of pork, though a coarser.
and- mar- spongy "texture,-and on being I
oooksd wss found to be tender and pala
table, in flavor resembling beaverv Tha -
men also erougne-wita tnesn - a - gauon ,
ot aalt-which was whit. On ad very .
good, but not eo strong as ths roek-lt:
common to th western parts of th
United State. It prove to be an agree
abi addition to our "food; and aa th
salt maker can maaufautui three ot t
four quarts a dsy, ws hsve a prospect
of a very plentiful supply. ' '7
. Tb ' appearance or th whale seemed
t be a matter ot Importance to all th
neighboring Indians, and aa w might be
abl to procure som of It for ourselves. .
or tt least purchase blubber from tb
Indiana, n email pareel of merchandise
wa pApared, and a party f ths men.,
held ta readiness t set out in th morn
ing. A soon aa this resolution .wa
known. Cbaboncau and his wife requested '
that tbey be permitted to aooompany us, ,
Th poor worn stated vary earnestly :
that she had traveled a great way with
us to se th greet water, -yet :h hsd -never
been down to tbe coast, and now
that this monstrous fish waa als to b
seen, It eemed bard that sh should b
permitted to see neither the ocean nor
th whale. So reasonable a request oould.
cot b denied. -- - --'-" . :,. '.
' Judsw J. I. Clark Har. aged 10 years.
'-4-PERSON AL FANQES i
.,.;.,7.:.,..;l : T.;
who for ttryear priddnn th eourta I
Of Philadelphia and wno was tn zouno-r
of the tJnlon league,- died' recently at '
hla suburban homo near Philadelphia. '
Baron Mumra von Schwartsensteln,
the German minister at Peking, has been
appointed ambassador of Germany , at
Toklo. . .-' '"" . f
. Booauarlhe roadmen of Central park. "
Hew Tork. are keeping tb roads much
cleaner.. Mrs. Russell Sage, who every ,
afternoon drlvee through th park, on .
New Tear day presented each of th -roadmen
with; a II gold piece.
. Raymond Lynch, known aa "Judg" '
Lynch, veteran proofreader of th Cour- '
lar-JournaU haa been retired by that
paper on a panalon for lif at full pay.
Mr. Lynch waa born In Louisville In '
1114 end in ill waa apprenticed to ah.
LoulsvlUe Journal. On January tl be
would have aerved exactly t years. -
J.. Ptsraoat Morgan's private library
will be asaembled and ths thousands of
valuabl volumes gathered by him and
his agsats will be In their places on ths
shslves by th first of ths year. . Two
hundred case of books, Including many t
rar volumes, have been removed from
tb Lenox library, la New Tork, to th
near Madison avenue. , Thos essss rep
resent the acquisitions, of two years.
EK-RepreeefltatrVtF -W.Kstke 1 Perter." "
who represented Pittsburg In the last
conarese, will make a tour of ths world
to rat 11.100.000 for Baptist missions. ,
This money will ' be used t endow
schools la foreign lands. . .
1 .... ii " ii i i i i :.;,;
J Aak the Lawyers. y 7- v
' .' From th Nsw Trk Tribon.-. , i
' Mr. Carnegie fall to understand why ....
attornsys fee should flgurs aa Bart
of the coat of a library building. Doubt- 7
less '.an . attorney - would - undertake- t -show
him why at the usual prloe. ;
Swltserlsnd. Ths dog used In th cur- -
rent attraction 1 evidently of fin ex-,
treotlon and make a big hit with the
aadlsne. - a -'.f...
All tb elements ef melodrama are
united In the play. The hero and
heroine, tb villlan and the adventuress,
th plot to klU and th final rescue and
marital union ar repressntsd by a com
pany of popular-priced merit ,
The snow runs for., the rest of tb
week, with a Saturday matins
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