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THE UNITED STATES AT
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T- IS EXPLAINED, in response- ta criticisms npon
. tii iMin ftf Afflrricin narttciosnts in the Al-
" gedras conference, that our
there merely as a spectator, and. in an
than an active capacity, and win
m ...fr!.. influence in
mitted by the Washington PosV
the critics, that w-have no-eort ot ouuncss iu un
jdorocco tangle, and even if we were concerned fa the
' affairs f that ttnrf-forsaken nation which, happily, we
atdliotTBere woutd'afnrteWOTfnadnoparfwhy
rmuTdireT3&r
' This being understood, ana consiuerinj ut uw my
pcarancer at Algeciras -is - pareiy-oecorauve,-" -
-gtatedrthat w uaii lwfc"npoTt :the inc1deirtith"Cffm
- placency if not with pride, for It is said bf the Post that
"Mr. Henry White, who Heads tne aeicgauon, w jui"
the most beautiful and aplendid object that the United
States baa ever contributed to the entertainment of the
nations." , He is a favorite of the Pritish aristocracy
with whom he long associated as. the secretary of the
Amerkn -lfftk)n ia-Xns:land and. sirtce then he has
.fairly daszled the Italian court, where he is minister,
" with his gorgeous Style. To Americans, wim tew any
of whom he would lonxer deign to associate, he is but a
m , t. .
Visas a s vease a v v w " ----- - -
sociatee have to do is to keep their mouths shut and look
aristocratically resplendent, what's the barm? As the
Post remarks: "Why shouldn't our ambassador to Italy
descend uoon the conference like, a
wrap it in a glow at once ecstatic
5
won't mean anything, tut ixra, now
,It is further suggested by the mildly merry rost tnat
it would have been proper to add to the delegation Mr.
Ion Pericardial the Greek gentleman who for a time was
- the more or less Involuntary guest of that gallant and ear
- terpriaing Moroccan citizen, Raisuli, who with his band
of comic opera brigands descended upon Tangier and
whisked the gentleman whose name suggests anatomy,
physic aiiJ surgery off Into seclusion, until the United
v States, of which country- Pericardia -claimed to be, a cit
izen, made a naval demonstration off Tangier and so in
duced France to .compel the sultan to pay the alleged
bandit chief a great ransom, at all of which the world
fairly held its aides with laughter, nobody doubting that
it was a "put up job" bet weea the two adventurer. The
presence of that very important and valuable American
citizen ; Pericardia, the s Washington paper thinks, "would
bestow upon the episode what the artists call local color
and . true atmosphere, and as there is nothing to be
done or said he could do no harm. i 7 f ? '
, - AH of which is entertaining, but it was suggested a
few days ago by prominent senators that if there should
be a tie between the representatives of other countries,
the United States, being formally and officially there,
would be obliged to decide it and so.take positive sides
with and against France, and Germany, one way or the
other, in which -case our-government- would find itself
lira posittorin which-it has -no business to be."'?;
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The direct primary law has set political things at sixes
and sevens but out of it all may come the greatest re
form that hail been. attempted for years in securing the
election of .United States senators by the direct vote of
-the people,- MeantirnehoBe-whortrallyvivant-to gorto
the senate should come trom under
selves sod proclaim their platforms
v ; ' V;. '"development, in
iHOUGH A FAMINE in portions of Japan Is re
ported, the' country, aside from thia, ia commer
cially, industrially and financially in. a wonder
fully good condition, considering its recent experience.
Funds are now available at 6 per cent, the government
is refunding, its debt at lets than 5 per cent, and every
industry needing help ia aided by the government, which
is adopting an extreme system of paternalism,: whose
. consequences may return to plague it later. Government
ownership of public utilities and even of manufacturing
enterprises ia being exercised in the broadest sense, much.
, as under, the old feudal system. The government exer
cises supervision over all the industries it does not di
' rectly control. It controls many- important monopolies,
, a large percentage of 'the railroads, , the telegraph and
telephone lines, the, salt works, the tobacco monopoly,
. tha camphor production, the printing bureau, a woolen
factory, a canning , factory, .shipyards and dockyards,
powder works,' steel' works, ; telegraph! and lighthouse
stores, and railway works. It has lately formed a
, match trust, in opposition to contending or combining
, manufacturers; it supplies - farmers with fertilizers; . it
. advances money on growing crops, its hypothec bank be
, ing the great bank of Japan, with $5,000,000 capital, and
it is now subsidizing' steamship lines, some of which
- manifestations of paternalttm, howerer, are meeting with
, growing disfavor., The reduction, of interest from 9 to 6
per cent will lift a large fraction of Japan'a burden, and
. "the vast amount of cheap labor and aplendid industrial,
. , skill in the country, combined with this reduction in in
: , terest on borrowed capital, together with the broad field
of exploitation and . markets now - assured to Japan
-- throughout Korea,: Manchuria; and China," says Consul
Genera! Miller, "makes an excellent foundation for com-
T mercial hnd industrial expansion, upon which Japan will
proceed to build her new national atructure." . . -
In manufacturing Japan is making progress , in the
production of iron, steel, electric light appliances, wire,
; rails and cars, cotton goods, and a great variety of linens.
. Linen is brought Jfrom Ireland, made into collars, cuffs,
embfo1deries7etc., and "sent to. Europe and" the United
States. " Japan already supplies its own wants in manu-
- factures in a large measure, and is reaching out for the
cotton yam and fabric market of China. .In two yeara
' the Importation of cotton fabrics fell from $1401,016 to
; $266,046, while imports of cotton from the United States
and India showed a proportionate Increase. All the cot
ton mills are flourishing, 'the profits of some of them
-- allowing the" payniehf-6f "20 "per;. cent""dividends." The
porcelain trade ia growing. Wages are increasing. Ed
ucation is progressing, : after ' the American model.
- Education is compulsory between, the ager of :6 and"14,
and whereas in 1880 only 41 per .cent of the children at
tended, school, in 1904 the, attendance was over 93 per
" cent, end today there are 31,222 schools in Japan, of
which 43 are government institutions, 2997 communal,
r t and 1782 private. . .These educated, .in 1904, 5,46815
Children, u -C'-;i-:-:-z!-zi-iJt-.rr.
All of which shows that while Japan may be making
some mistakes it is a r wonderfully
n.i the Japanese must henceforth
cf the great peopl
pies of
the world.
The esteemed Oregotilan Is still
t lething less than brilliant success
v xh to hand the hot end of the
I J for several days with no appearance of satisfaction
c J t";rt in the Richarda incident 'y
Cr) 7 ties day it may be discovered that Castro
i tt l;;t half right in his contentions. Might
. t a!zys tJe right even though it seems latterly
li r -Ji tit Llica ia high circlca ol diplomacy.
PUBLISHED V BV JOURNAL" PUBLISHING CO.
Sunday) and every SunsLty momlngat
, J. - hOl tract, Portland, Oregon.
ALOECIRAS, ;
OREGON
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government attends
ornamental rsther
cast no 1
the affair. It is ad
which playfully, pelta
gritno-raTiferntc:
n,irin'ff tha'naat
and barren. The
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calcium tight, ana
helpful, and even
and impertinent? It
Deaumui win oci
s
IR THOMAS
the Canadian Pacific railway, having been Induced to
go over to Canada by Sir William Van Home, another
expatriated American who climbed to the top in the
Canadian railroad world, ia in favor of a high Canadian
tariff, high enough to keep out American products.- He
said recently to Consul Dudley -at-Vanconverr-B,- C:
"American manufacturers are securing trade by com
ing across the border and building branches here. Many
locoMOtiva works, for instancevThey are. building steam
enginea for thia railway. They put up a number for us
last year, and we shall, buy more in the months to come.
We are glad to , welcome auch institutions. We want
their goods, but we want them made on Canadian soil
cover, declare tnem
and principles.
japan. '
and with Canadian
farmers from the United States to Canada, and said it
had only just begun. "We are having," he said, "what
has been going on in the United States. The farmers
of the Atlantic when the landa became-valuable, moved
over the mountains'. to Ohio and took up homesteads
there. As that country was settled and prices rose, the
farmer ' with' two of three sons sold out and moved on
tp Illinois, buying a block of cheap land. ; When Illinois
grew, the march was on west to Wisconsin and. Iowa.
Your western farmers are selling out their high-priced
lands and 'crossing the border to the rich wheat belt of
Canada, They can get .farms there for themselves and
their children, and they aee that the aame rise in values
is bound to take place as has occurred fat the United
States.-There are many million acres to be settled, and
good lands are cheap.". ..J . ... v ; v ;
: This is true, and even some farmer! of Oregon, prin
cipally in the wheat belt of northwestern Oregon, are
selling out at high prices and buying landa in British
Columbia and ' Alberta, though some are investing . in
the Panhandle of Texas.' Perhaps so many Americans
will go that after awhile they will control the politics
of that country and bring about the annexation of Can
will mucn may yet
A
Portland
cheaper
esses they have
quite ready to turn
mony, and there
progressive nation,
be reckoned as one
It is a great deal
looking, thouah with
his slippered ease
than to" experience
for new. victims to
poker which it has
precipitously moist
goniansr: ;.v''';r
Iwhjco it is well
JOUR N A L
no. 1. OASBOU
Tba Joartul Building, Fifth and Vim.
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AND CALIFORNIA CLIUAT3..
ALIFORNIA ia a great and glorious etater but
Oregonians, taking climate as well at every
.thing else into consideration, have no occasion
to envy the Inhabitants of the big bear state, tail
forniana have been prone to call s webfeet, and to say
that it rained 13 months in the year ia Oregon, out wnen
we compare our mildly moist and misty winter weather
with the tremendous downpours and destructive floods
that occur annually in the great California valleys, where
1m a rlf-nuth nrevails for many monins, we may wen
beatrtTTed'withrligoSfldoldrot nrdciTe-to-w
week what haooens in a greater or less
degtsjeejxear-Jflvlha;ga
been occurring. ' The Sacramento, Feather and other
rivers have become raging, devastating torrents, causing
immense loss of property, and nothing effectual can be
done to prevent thia - annually recurring visi.
tion of rushing destructive waters.. And from
early spring to late fall,-very littlt lit 1 any rain
falls and the country if not irrigated becomea parched
aame is true in a greater or less degree
of the San Joaquin and other great southern California
valleys. There nearly the whole yeara. complement of
rain falls within few days, or at moat a lew wcexa, ana
faoi awav ta the ocean, and the rest of the year the
country suffers for its lack, while in. more equable and
favored Oregon the winter raina, though prolonged, are
moderate and not at all harmful, on the contrary wholly
our summers are not entirely rainless.
v Manv a Californian whose soil ta partly washed away,
along perhaps with some of its products, in these floods,
and the rest of which ia parched and baked through more
than, hxlf the year, would be glad indeed to exchange
conditions with the . Oregon .farmer,:, upon iwhoae-ioa-sessions
the raina descend so gently and helpfully. We
greatly admire California for many things, even, at times
and for awhile, He climate, but for an all-year, all-life
residence. Oregon ia greatly to be preferred in every re
spect. ' , :; '. .l--7:tr
Governor Vardeman having now successfully beaten
a negro prisoner with a broomstick is doubtless ready
to receive boqueta for what he considers .another ex-hibition-of
chivalry. - -r
EUIGEATION TO CANADA. i-;':'rA?
SHAUGHNESSYr who is a native
of the United Statea and waa oncea clerk in a
Chicago railroad office, but is now president of
million dollars of American capital nave aireaay gone
into such branches. Nearly all of their chief industrial
institutions are establishing- them.1 'Take the American
la bor.l
Sir Thomas aIsospoka of the heavy immigration of
ada to the United Statea and so break down thr tariff
walL But at present our tariff lawtannd6ubtedly , of
far greater benefit to Canada than to this country.
It will be a difficult task to secure the appropriation
needed for a continuance of the work at the mouth of the
river but with Chairman Burton's knowledge and good
be accomplished. - ; ..i-.j. -..Lt: x-ii-
PORTLAND-SEATTLE-ALASKA.
LASKA MERCHANTS AND MINERS who visit
find that they can buy goods here much
than they can at Seattle, and in some
discovered Jthat jtie profitable 4o buy
here and pay railroad freight to Seattle, rather than buy
in that city. Supposing that they had a perpetual cinch
on the Alaska trade, Seattle merchants, it 'is alleged by
many, have imposed on the merchants, miners and other
purchasers of that territory -by charging exorbitant
prices, until the business men of Alaska are generally
for relief to Portland, if ourmer
chants will go after orders anLprovide transportation
facilities. - From many sources comes the same "testi
is sq much of it that ho reasonable
doubt can be - entertained that Portland merchants canl
get a good share of the great and growing Alaska trade
if they make the proper and sufficient efforts to do so.
Seattle haa.milkrd Alaska-a4og-and so uncon sctom
ably that a great many Alaska dealers and consumers
would welcome Portland invasion of; that territory as a
godsend, and would, not readily turn back to Seattle even
if the merchants, of that city should reduce their prices
to the Portland level or less. Portland can certainly get
a large fraction pf that trade, and ought to have it
more comfortable for one to rea
in
of the beautiful climate of California
its rigors in actual excursions through
the state. California is all. right but just a little too
for the comfort of visiting .Ore
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. Poult ney Bigelow may be regarded as a contumacious
witness by the Senate committee, but he has obviously
told some truths about the conditions on tha isthmus
tor the public to know. -
: SMALL CIIAHC? (II
Ben TIM man baa gotten hta pitchfork
Into aetloa axain. . . . .
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"spaolal" dispatch to tte aanrnlnx
papar announoaa the antral at boaton
af a handsome Norwegian widow who
baa oomo to tnta eountry with notion
or marrytnx. How atranga and impor
lam, - -
Joey Chamboflaln ia the V that eaa't
, ,f , r o o .
That oast eido woman who drovo a
burglar oat o( hr houao by atUcklng him
with a wator olfchar did tho nut boat
thlnx to broaklna- hla haad tastead of
tho pitcher. It to tantortunate that aha
did not havo an Iron laaplomont at band.
, -v - o o 'w h .
t owla-4ho winter orOragon'a' eoatent
-i' - - - am . . . ... y. - - ...
-Jamoa Hamntoa 1 Wis. eorDora lion
counaal for Chicago, while arrulng botoro
ma upr8nj court waa atoppad by Jwo-
lico iioimca wiut a ootnplaJnt that the
Juatlco didn't know what th lawyar waa
talkinx about - Jim Han) probably want-
ad to rotort that ho waa not raaponalble
torthe Juatloo'a IntelleotuaJ donalty. .
Ahreolraa ia a nice plaoe ta y It fat tha
Wlntar tlma.- . . ,i - . .U , ; ,
' . " "a 'J" . '. :
How "combination houaaa" win faol
eaalor and bacomo bolder. . .
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No honoat, tntalllsent effort ta in vain.
Almost tiaao for aoma arose to be ruined
for tho first tune. .. ' c
Caaoto Chad wick ta now' worklnsr but
tonholaa Inatomd of "oaay baakara. ?
Caatro bad to at Into tho aewapapara
again aomahow.. fit waa being, naglootod,
ren't you alad you couldn't sro to Cali
fornia.? . . . .. , r . v..
Boorotary Taft haa rid bhnaolT of a
lot of surplua waight txy-horaabaok rld
Ing. ' which ploaaco him, but how doae
tho hdrso fool about ttT .
Doubtleea Saarlook Kolmaa oan explain
Juat why Blr 'A. Cona Doylo waa dt
foated for parliament la a London
borouch. ', V V' - - v . ,
young man who haa boon refuaod by
two of -hla boot girls In auonaaalon, has
eonfldenea that tho nazt ona will glra
him a dlfferant anowor, bocauao he haa
read that two . negative are equivalent
to an acflnnaUra.
Harlng jotnad tho Rod Men PrasMaht.
Roosorait la mora than over ontltlod to
wear a feather in hla cap. . ,
Tho hard winter prophets are .beginning
to look alum. ' - y - v.-
Reproaaatatly Dalsell favored' free
trade with tho Fhlllpplaea, which doaan't
happen to j dlaploaao - hla . employer, the
Steel trUSt. ; .; .
A "Tadermtlon of tytola baa boon
formed In Chicago. It ought greatly to
outnumber .tho grafters. ., t . .
y , ;.. , . o-'-e ;"'JiIv:.
JUohards probably got SBore than hla
moneya worth la free advertising. ; ,
We are officially ensured that tTnele
to xolnar to bo represented at the
Moroccan conference ' solely In . the In
taraeta of trade. Then why not bare
sent over some drummers i as. delegates!
Tho British liberals wip bare a nberal
majority.. f , 't,
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Bouthern Oregon la on the Terge Of a
tremendous movement In mining devel
opment, and within two years, according
to tho predictions of mining tnea who
hare figured in the uoeeeeea of various
copper districts of the. eountry, this
part of the state will be attracting the
attention of tho world. ';
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When an Adams man went out the
other morning to feed hto chicken be
found fine fowls lying dead, - each
with a wound in the neck, through which
their blood had been sucked by a lynx,
which waa, discovered and d Is patched.
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Catholics will buOd a church In Bend.
The Oregon irrigator flings this ticket
to the brisk breeses that sweep o'er the
sandy plalne adjacent-to tho upper Co
lumbia i For governor, James withy-eomboj-Xor
eenatorr Stephen A. Lowell;
for represenUUTOS, waiter U. loose ana
B. U gmlth.,. . ... :.''' -.r
Without exolalnlna why Its advloe
should be taken,, the Laldlaw Chronicle
says: "It things are not as they should
be Just tell your trouble te the black
smith." . .-.it ,y .;,.,.'.y'-."'r..-
The Albany Democrat wants to abolish
"ranch" and "prairie" as well as "web
foot" and "moeeback" from our vocabu
lary. But what is the matter with
"prairie" T " . ;'; a. i
Echo baa a second paper, the Register.
,., . - - , e . e ..k-f-,-
rarmars lntltuts te be - held la
Crook county
S
4 ' e i-i
a Coos county coal mine sold
eounty coal
for
Independence has a candidate for the
whipping poet, a man namea npoxts-
man, wno may una in n im m
sport to beat bis wife. ' ; ;
Certain apple tresTrtnomed naat
Vail and now has appree tne aise . si
marbles. ,j ,.. ,
cypii.tn wanteif '.owns tn Harnar I
UBuntrTrarms. stock ranones ana ranges
aggregating 170.000 acres.
":The Willamette -valley Is Tn the midst
Of a diversified farmU era.. The old
methods are giving way to new ones,
to the great advantage of the valley.
' " ; ' Born Reformers. .-- y
American Woman In London Telegraph.
American women are born reformers.
Nine out of ten feel themselves com
missioned to rebuke, regenerate or re
deem their fellow mortals. It Is this
passion for eonduotlng other persons'
fives thet-ls responsible large de
gree for the character, extent and pros
perity of women's clubs la the United
States. - ZeeJ f - a somewhat riotoue
kind finds here an opportunity to ex
press itsslf, in words at least. The am
bition to preside over meetings, to run
committees and to promulgate various
doetrlr.ee and views takes such hold of
s targe clasa of women that the care
of home and family and other "oonv
cnonp laces" fall Into the background.
nn oji;day school
I W - aa 1 ajaaaisaaaaasaaauapaui
By H. IX Jenkins, ft ft
Topic: Tbe Boy. Jesua.'WLuke U:
Oolden Text: "Jesus sdvanoed- in
wladom and sta.ru re, and In favor with
Ood and men.'V-iuke ii:Bt -; .
ftttieguaMeav ' -" ' .
There is nothing Qner In the world
than a eonsdentloua and courageous
boy. Artists and art critics have of
lata held high debate aa te how an
angel should be represented. Aa a rule,
from rra Ansel loo te the last designer
who has prepared' a cartoon for some
glaas window not yet completed, angels
hare been feminine la form, feature and
carriage. . The Bible represents them
and names them, aa man The high eat
type of life combines the tenderness
OF. tlia .woman; with thsixmaaaa, of tha
man. i- --
- It Is not wholly rare to M these twin
characteristic T in "boyr a "Christian
boy. . He , posseesee strength - without
coarseness and delicacy without timid
ity. Borne of the noblest sots la his
tory' have been wrought by bora. Boms
of life a most powerful temptations
have been met and conquered by boys.
The loss of a boy to virtue and faith la
an Incomparable loss. .-? -
The boy is. In reference ta alt bis
deepest emotions, morbidly secretive.
The bad boy. the ugly boy, Is greatly In
evidence. He thrusts himself to the
front. But the boy of finer spirit and
higher alma is known by his "modeat
KinBsrafia huniuity." .He nistruiu
himself and would effaoe himself. Tet
when an emergency arises, "be haa the
heart of ten," -." . '
A magnificent struggle Is carried on
today by those Just out Of school. It
Is for theevangellsetlon t the world.
Our missionary host la youthful hoet
Let any oae look at the portraits of the
martyrs who fell In the Boxer rebellion
five yeara age and be will -see smooth,
fair, youthful faces s but they, are . the
faces of tha church's Stephen .- -
Of late years there has been a marked
purpoae.-to.-nak. more of. ou r-boya. ajut
to give them a better chance to exer
cise their gifts In their own way. j Our
Endeavor soslstles, at Andrew broth
erhoods, boys' brigades and young men's
Bible si asses, all are signs that the
church Is beginning to reoognlse how
necessary to. tta best development the
boy Ja. . v .'.""; . .'fi;-i,4.
Veree 40. - Jesus-was undoubtedly as
a boy well developed phyalcally. He
"grew." He waa no weaxiing. ius
strength of spirit was matched by a
todlly development whioh, hardened by
the labors of his early tasas, do re au
forma of fatigue without murmuring.
He made long Journeys on foot He
slent nlaoldly even amid a storm at see.
He made no parade of his strength, but
no one ever heara mm complain - or
weakness. The satisfaction be found in
food was an occasion of scandal among
his enemies, who thought that a good
man should be ascetic , (Matt, xi:lt).
But his vigorous health and manly ex
ercise did not shut him out from con-
templatlve -studies-breed -in turn a-
fllataste ror tne nouse ox una . xiis
growth, his wisdom, hla piety, were all
equally evident.- Ji was the perfect
type of the "all-round man."
" Verses l-s. juuring nis noynooa nm
mads tha usual visit to the city to be
anraUed a a "Son of Israel." - It Is
probable that he had made visits to Je
rusalem before with Joseph and Mary,
but this waa aa occasion ef special im
portance, answering In n.meere to
our "coming of age" and In a mjksure
to -ou."iolalng the-church." He- waa
now to be reckoned with a a respon
sible creature. Up to this time he was
counted as-a part of the tamlly unit
Henceforth be must bear a personal re
sponsibility. . - . -J. . . .
Verse 41. Tha visit made to Jerusa
lem, by the devout families of the na
tion at the time of the annual Passover
eras naturally naseed amid much tur
moil, confusion and excitement Dense
throngs filled the city to overflowing,
as Mecca Ip filled today. . Relatives and
neighbors traveiea, as mucn as misni
be, together, the children and youths
seeking each other1 company with per
fect freedom. Borne of the children
doubtless lodged within the walla wHh
kindred while the parents were In their
camp outside the city. It so happened
that Jesus was separated from Joseph
and Mary for the first day of their re
turn Journey, a fact which they did not
discover until the time came for pitch
Ing their tents.- v.. - - -- - -
Verse 44. A thoughtful and obedient
child Is not subjected to the same watch
and ward which are given one less
worthy of trust Jesus bad probably
spent more or less of his time In the
city with relative. ' We all take for
granted at tlmee that we have made our
plans known explicitly, when as a mat
tar of fact w have kept our counsel
vryjnnch"io ourselves. "You uught
to have known," we say, to be met by
the Jut response, "You ought ta have
told us definitely." ' Jesus does , not
seem to have, been Informed of the pur
pose of departure, and possibly he only
continued with soma friends near the
temple, we may suppose with whom no
had been permitted to pass much of the
time others spent In visiting.' ""' 1 -"
Verse 45. The fact that ben vibe
bay was missed be was sought among
his kinsfolk and - acquaintance shows
that he was not one to seek adventure
or to run away, j They were surprised
but not alarmed. It waa only when be
failed to appear 1 among the young
people of other families In the same
caravan that" Joseph and Mary began
to have some anxiety In regard to his
whereabouts.'
Verse 4. Then they turned hack to
Jerusalem. They were not of that class
who turn a boy "loose" and take It for
granted - that "he . will eome-oot.-all
right." Great as was, the confidence
they felt In the little lad. they were now
sore troubled. - Persona must not be too
easily satisfied In regard to. the child
who Is "outfit la wise to know where
he Is, Instead, of to take It for granted
that he Is where be ought to be.
Varea 47. Jesus had been two night
away from home, but It so quite proba-
tlme tn somewhat similar fashion while
bis family were camped near the walla,
as most. Of the- pilgrims .were obliged
to do. " He was waking up to the great
questions which engage the mam He
pondered them deeply. He listened In
tently to the discourse which revered
scholars delivered in the house of Ood.
Nothing glvee a truly religious spirit
more delight than to note the unfolding
. k.i Mnutmi.Mii In a thou v h t
ful. child. Ona loves not only to answer-
the questions of a thoughtrgi ooy, oui
to aak him question to see' how he
great problems of duty and destiny
strike htm when for the flret tints
brought before hi nithd.'. '
Verse 41. The greateet of philoso
phers, the greatest of theologlana, Is at
times amased at the spiritual eertalntlea
of childhood. 'Heaven lies about us In
our Infancy." Many a man Of tha world
would be saved from a false step In
business were he to submit the ques
tion that troubles him to his 11-year-old
boy. But beyond the natural wis.
dem ef an unsullied conscience, Jeeus
possessed a spiritual lusl-ht welch aa-
tonlshed the man accustomed to back
up every Judgment by. a precedent not
by an appeal to the heart A praying
child ta often wiser la the things af the
kingdom than a disputatious man. -Verse
41. . There Is a tone of reproof
in the words of Mary, but at he saml
time we can see a veiled confidence
that the boy has dons nothing wrong la
Itself. It should be noted when asking
whether this expression, "Thy father."
has any bearing upon the problem of
the miraculous birth of our Jord, that
such expressions are only uaed In those
gospels which roost emphatically teach
that Jesus- was a child of the Holy
Ghost It Is In Luke and Matthew that
they are found, and Luke and Matthew
have too fully set forth the circum
stances of our - Savior's conception to
permit us to doubt what ; waa their
creed upon thia point ,
- Verse -SO. A boy Is- drawn, even
amid a crowd, by the thiags which ap
peal to his Individual makeup. Give a
boy freedom In a great elty, and be will
gravitate this wax or that way ccnrd-1
ing to his tastes. One will drift to the
library- and- ouefc- the' dock."7TJeau
had been, w may auppeae, in Jerusa
lem, and in the temple also, oft before.
Could -there be any doubt among those
who knew him where his natural de
sires would draw him? '
Verse II. The evangelist feels thut
In hi reply Jesus meant more than he
expressed. The boy waa beginning to
realise that he had come Into thte
world for- some great purpose. . I4fe
would not be too long for Its accom
plishment It was In some way con.
neoted with the religious history of bis
'people and" with the ritual of this temple
and witn tne great roast or- tne r ass
over Itself. ' - - v
- Veree (I. But child aa be waa. grow
Ing te be a man, he dees not set his
eoneetousneee "of - worth against, their
rights of obedience. There Is nothing
more heavenly than the submission vf
a bright boy to a dull parent.
Veres Is. And tho way of humility
Is the way of exaltation. . It was in the
humble home at Nasaretb Jnm was
prepared for a world career. It la thus
the meek Inherit the earth, and that
those who lose their Urea tn the ays
of the world find It In the eight if
heaven. They .who make tha Father's
bualnees their business may be led to
the Mount of Temptation, but tt will
aiso-be-tnetre-to aaoend the Mourtt of
Transfiguration. , - -
LEWIS AND CLARK
At ForLClatsopi,
January IS This morning we sent out
parties of hunters in different - direc
tions ; goon after we were visited
by two Clatsop men and womn. who
brought several articles to trade. We
purchased a small quantity of train oil
for a pair of brass armbands and sue
eeeded In obtaining seeotter skin, for
which we gave- our only- remaining -four
la thorns of blue beads, the aame quantity
of white ones and a-knife: we gave X
fishhook also In exchange for one at their
hats. These bats are made of cedar bark
and beargraea Interwoven, together in
the form Of a, jniropean-hat with a
email brim of about two Inches and a
hirh crown widening upward. They are
light ornamented witn various color and
figures and oeinr nearly waierprooi re
much more durable than either chip or
straw beta. - These hats f ora. a. small
article of traffic with the whites and their
manufacture la ona of tha best, exeruons
of Indian Industry. They are, however,
very dexterous In making, a variety of
domestic utensils, among ;, which are
bowls, spoons., skewers, apttsv and
K.w.ta Th howl trough is of dif
ferent shapes ' round, seml-clreular, In
the form of a canoe, or euoio, ana gen
erally dug out of a single piece of wood:
the larger vessel have hole In the sides
by way of bandies and all are executed
with great neatness. Ia these vessels
they boil - their food b throwing hot
stones Into the water, and extract oil
from different animals ' aame war.
Spoon are not very abundant, nor la
there anything ramee-enie lb their Shape,
except that haty are Urge and the bowl
broad. Meat la roaated on one end of a
harp . skewer, placed' erect before the
fire, with the other end fixed In the
ground. The aplt for nan le split at
tha top Into two parts, between whlon
tne flab Is placed, cut open, with the
sides extended by mean of small
splinters. The usual nlste is a small mat
of rushes or flag, on- which everything
is served, v The instrument wun wnion
they dig up roots is a strong stick, snout
feet long, sharpened and a little
curved at the lower end. while the upper
Is Inserted Into a handle, standing trans
versely, and made of pert of aa elk'a or
a buck's bom. . But the most curious
workmanship 1 that of the basket H
is formed of cedar bark and beargrass,
so closely Interwoven that it la water
tight, without the aid of either gum or
resin. . The form la generally oonle, or
rather the segment of a cone. olwhlch
the smaller end la the bottom of the
backet: and being made of all stses
from that of the smallest cop to the
capacity of Ave or six gallons they
snswer the double purpose of a covering
tor the head or to contain water.. Borne
of them are highly ornamented with
strand of beargrass woven Into figures
of various colors, which require great
labor: yet they are made very expedi
tiously and aold tor a trifle. la tor
the construction of these baskets that
the eargrassforme an article of con
siderable traffic It grows only near the
snowy regions of . high, mountains;
the blade, which is -two feet long and
about three eighths ef an inch wide. Is
smooth, strong and pliant; the .young
blades, particularly, from their not being
exposed to the sun and air, have an ap
pearance of great - and ars gen
erally preferred. - Other -- and baskets,
not waterproof, are Made ef seder bark,
BllkgrsiMi rushee, flare and common sedge
for the use of families. Ia these menu
facturee, ae ta tne ordinary work of the
house, the lnr most In uee la the
knife, or rather a dagger. Tha handle
of It la small and has a strong loop of
twine for the thumb, to prevent Its being
wrested from the hand.-On each side
Is a blade, double-edged and-pointed;
the longer from nine to ten inches, the
snorter from ftisr " lu Bvs. Tha Mire
fs carried habitually M the band, some
times exposed, but mostly, when In eom-y-wUh-straagersr-le-put
onder the
robe. w "'! . - . .-
" '' ;.Another LU Nailed. .. ;v
From the Mats (Ma) Times.
The person or persons who circulated
the report that the Tlmee would take no
more wood on subscription Is a falsifier
of the worst sort We want oak. elm,
hickory, walnut ash, sycamore, pecan,
bass wood. pine,., mahogany any old
kind.. Will even take stump, roots or
fence rails. ,. .
The Turkey.
From the . London Chronicle.
The turkey which now graces our
Christmas dinner table almoet as a mat
ter of national custom Is comparatively
a modern Inetltutlon In this country.
Prior to lBI'ltwae almost unknown
here, an like many another good thing,
waa Introduced from America by an
army officer. " J ':. , "-: ,
TTIYING JTO V- "
CHEC:; JAPAN'S FAMINE
From tho Philadelphia Press. ; ' J :
Three of the northern psovlncee of '
Japan Mlyagt. Fukushlma and Iwate '
with a population of J.lll.ttT, are eon
fronted with the worst famine since the. .
deadly famine of the "Tempo Age," v
some IB yeara ago. At that time people '.
would fall over dead tn the streets with
money In their hands, for there waa no
food to be had. There were no railroads '.
then, and It waa Impossible to get food
to the starving people. This has changed - -
now. The food can be secured, provided - -the
means ean be secured to pay for the ; .
food.--- - " : i -, ... i- V'.''
Bo great le the calamity In Mlyagt pre- '
feature especially that one of the paper . ,
ears: "The aentence of death haa beeq
passed upon the people .of this pro v.
' The official statement of the eltua-
tton reveal In part the Intense suffer!:
that hundreds 'of 1 thousands of - men, -women
and - children must- endure -through'
the winter and until new crops
are harvested. The main facts need
only to be stated to show tho dire ne
cessity of speedy aid. Mlyagt province
la by far the worst In condition. Twelve:
million yen worth ef rice is ths average
crop, but the yield this year Is less than '
one sixth of that a lose of rice alone,-'
of 10,000,000 yen 'In- a population .-of."
iso.ir. of the io.eoe.oee yen lost ts
this province, 1,000,000 are - set dowa
aa absolute lee end sf-ehq rest- the
prmrlnca plane to raise 1,100,000 yew
more In contributions front the rest of .
the nation. - . - '.-;". ' . ."'
We hare not yet secured' all the nao- . '
eaeary information from Fukushlma and ' ;
Iwate prefectures, but tbelr crop of rice
is less than half the average. Already
thousands of people In these three prov '
Incee are reduced to shrub roots- nnd.
the bark of trees, ' by which mere life
may for a time be sustained, but hun- -dreds
of thousands of people will b K
forced to extremes before another har
vest season. We beard of two districts v
this morning. In one district, where an ' J
average crop of rtoe is lt.000 bushel.
this yean that aam district haa but six-'
bushels In alt- Another-dletrlct a- little
more fortunate, where the average yield
la 10,000 bushels, ean only measure up
00 bushels this year. The condition of
tho (ice which was harvested Is poorf ,
beads were not -filled and the grain
were undeveloped,, looking more like'
some, weed than rice, It cannot be
Tho people of the titreeejipet afflicted ""
prefectures have organised various com
mittee of relief, and with the coopers
tlon of the' authorities they purpose at .
least to prevent deaths by actual starve-- -.
tion. Every village and town and eoun- -try
will do Its utmost -to care -for ltd
own deetltute population, but where the - ; -entailer
sections cannot bear the strain
the provincial authorities will render, all
Doeelble aid. This wide and pressing .'
need for Immediate aid has already at-
treetea tne attention or tne naiion, e -that
oeveral representative men1 here-i -
been sent from Toklo to examine and re '
port- upon the trus situation, the chief
of whom Is his majeetys special repre- :
sentatlve. Viscount H0J0.1
The leadtna newspepersW the nation
nave gone to work. The representatives -ef
tne different Buddhist sects have
formed relief societies and measures for :
relieving the needy. The - prefecture
authorities propose' te make a- tnan--r
amounting to aoour i.100.000 yen-fdr the, ' ;
relief of tha worst districts. This sum'
wlU be sxpended-partlelly In giving icV
to public schools that are compelled un.
suspend exercises on noeount of the lack
of men and means.
- Already many children have quit go-"-Ing
to school because they have , no rloe
for lunch. Other parts of this fund will r
be used la giving employment to the ;
suffering people In roadmaklnf. mul
berry tree planting, lies field rearrang- .
Ing. aewer cleaning; and the labor will .
be so directed that Japan may become
more prosperous and better abl to care -for
herself .In the future. V.'.-Vvj,
' Ma'ny farmers are migrating to tho
Hokhaldo from Bhlda and other coon
tries. About 110 families left In Qo-..
tober, and over 100 families In Novem
ber, from one county alone, The gov
eminent gave these emigrants reduced
rates by railway and eteamshlp. ; : ;
.. In view of H that Is being done by
all other organisations, ths Christian
mlsslonarle have at the earn time or-.
genlsed to help meet this great calam- .
Ity. Already a committee of eight mls
sionarlea Is bard at work nut in the -famine
dUtriots. Ths foreign residents .',
of Japan will bo canvassed during .the ,
next few days, representative mission-
aries are at work and 'It Is hoped that ,
the foreigners of Japan will-appeal to
the people In the home land. ' -
Let It be borne In mind that this ap- .
peal comes from foreigners alone, and
not from Japenese, Japan at thl time ,
needs substantial rsympa thy. In thj
name of our common humanity we ap- -peal
to all people Americana, British
and forelgnars.of all nations In Japan ...-
tor quick and generoue aid.. .' i -r " '
Contributions may be sent to any ef
the foreign papers published In Japan,
to the Yokohama Specie bank. Tokohama;
or to the Mitsui bank. Toklo. - All funds ,
will be administered In roll eonsulatlon
with - tho authorities . of '. tha three v
provinces so sadly affllcted.-v -., - .
LETTERS FROM THE
, PEOPLE
1 - . ma Benaoa AaTalx, " '
MonUvUla, Oregon, Jan. 10. To tb
Kditor of The JournalIn Justice te the;
Montavilla people please publish the
facts In ths Benson affair.- The story r
as givsn in Wednesday' paper repre
sents sjj uncalled-for pereecuUoa-ot a--.
respecUble eltlseA . " '" -
The cold, uncolored facte are the!;-Mrs.-
Benson appeored -on--nor -book -porch
screaming wildly.- Klndrbearted -people
rushed to her assistance ox
plfetinltd Mder-Huaoand-desd tt ' -dying.
Bhe then told that her husband
was erasy. had tried to kill her am) -
k . jttM -bov, Bhe-esOd hV
developed ouch symptoms before. Bhe
was- still afraid of him, ran ovsr to a
neighbor's and spent the night saying
she could never go back without some
one would go with hsr, for he would
"surely kill her." -"
Mr. Benson knows why the sheriff
came out; so does bis wife, and they
owe the quiet peaoeable . cltlssns of
Montavilla an apology for deceiving
them. Neighbors didn't want to refuse
aid to an apparently terrorised women.
- ' A MONTAVlliuA tuitcri,
Easyi'
- From the lulrU1 Herald. '
genator La Follette ia said to have
shown wonderful composure on being
sworn In aa United States senator. - Pot
a man who has served' In the national
house of representative several term,
and who na been thrice elected gov
ernor of hie state, nothing after alt
formidable' about the senatorial kantt.
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