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, i A TIMB FOR THINJCINO.
I HE PUBLIC U even more
the coining of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern than ia the Fort
now -passing . upon the question .
?m across the Willamette. .V The " aentunent, .toward . tne
' . Northern Pacific ia profoundly favorable. Captious p-
V' ' position to its entrance, if resented
;land want these roads to come in,
'.' ( a square' deal in every way and, to
acnliment can iiifluciiie mill action, it wnrTeTonn'
the most uilmtgnkbtTway,
-At the same time this very excess
' to lead us too precipitately in a "direction where we will
' be bound hand and foot and the control of the purely
'. public rights may pass from us.' We do not believe the
public' even yet loo clearly' understands every phase'' of
;thia railroad situation. It sees the O. R. & N. interpose
technical objections to the entrance of a competing road
Vand it justly resents such courses.. But while, on the
Mone hand, it thus resents factitious, opposition, what is
I being done to safeguard the public interests in- all these
transactions which, after all, rise paramount to tne inter
,eits of eyery corporation no matter
r lerfaU., f
, . . Ia our judgment all these matters should receive free
J and candid, discussion. ., We may. rely upon it .that . the
.'railroads are usually able to look
ests. ' There is no doubt of the ability of the Northern
j Pacific to do so,, backed as it is now by the profound
i vgood will of the Portland public But are there no pub
. ' lie interests involved? ' How are they to be safeguarded?
.;A lew months ago there was the greatest public uneasi-
ness over the way in which the city was bottled up by the
f various corporations.' Manufacturers doing business ' in
South Portland, ft was shown, in order to reach North
' i Portland were forced to. bear the heavy expense of ship
(ping their goods miles around the
'every new road that enters and is
chises will make ' the problem that much more difficult
: 'for other roads with similar ambitions.' It is not likely
that the coming of the Northern Pacific will check all
'other railroad enterprises ' that have, been ' inclined to
come in here. On the contrary it is more than likely to
- invite 'them. i i'i.':f; - ;V..-vVv'
' Jr This being true there is a serious duty before the
people of Portland, first to give the. new roads every
consistent encouragemcntT and second' to see that the
. public- interests - are at 4 the " same r time safeguarded.
i" are matter that nnt alnns
ol today, but the. Greater Portland!. which., we. all to
fondly see looming up in the Immediate future.' The
citizens of Portland should take the matter in hand,
they should discuss it in all its bearings, they should in
so far a they can brush aside captious opposition to the
; entrance of these great , roads but : they should- face,
frankly. andcourageously, the question of whert the
. city will Stand when the roads have come, in. The, com
mercial bodies should take up the matter and so should
the people who have their money invested here and ex
pect to make , it their homes. They should be guided
somewhat less by sentiment than they are by fact! and
they ahouldjriewjconditions' precisely as they find them.
Uhcn aa a" res-alt -of -thrbestth6ughr" iitS "Information
they should come ' to intelligent conclusions and do
everything in their power to reach and aid every pro
jected enterprise that is likely to benefit the city and its
people. -f's'J--j ? -VV ' ' -f . i - ' ' ' ;
- In this way and no other are we likely to subserve the
best interests of Portland and its people and further the
'development of the city and state which is now the over
shadowing' question before us. - . - J,'1; ';
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; i GANGS OP YOUNG LAWBRBAKER8. . .',
, HE JUVENILE - COURT
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.. undouDteaiy doing -a, very
merits the support and encouragement of all good cit
izens, but it must not be supposed that kind advice and
. entreaty . and mild,' helpful . means will do in all cases.
' There are-young hoodlums, comparatively, few we hope
yet by no means' scarce,' who 'can only be scared and
scourged into tolerable behavior, if at all. Many, if taken
i young, and treated leniently and with kind firmness can
be . reformed or . turned into decent, useful paths, and
wherever" practicable or possible this is the best, way;
, but in other cases more drastic measures are necessary,
and this is likely to be the case with youths who organize
lawless and criminal, mischief hatching -clubs, having
--meeting places in vacant shacks or huts in woods nesr
. town, or other, regular-meeting, and conspiring places,
' from which they Sally forth to perpetrate malicious mis
. chief and commit audacious thefts. The measures of
7 , mild and persuasive restraint should be tried first, even
with -them, .but in case these do not avail, there is do
known way to treat such young miscreants but fb cause
,. them to feel the heavy hand of the la"w. , '
, , The young murderer of Mrs. Hollister of Chicago eon
messed that heV was one of a gang of hoodlums who
, , made practice of robbing and assaulting women, and
it is to such crimes that the lesser forms of lawlessness
J practiced by. such gangsineviubly.ieacLCriminality
'growa by, what it feeds on, and unless effectually rt
". strained in one way or another while young, these banded
; or .conspiring hoodlums will slraost inevitably while yet
in early life become robbers, burglars, and in many eases
murderers. ..Criminality becomes a habit; then a career.
Therefore break up these young hoodlum gangs wher
'ever found, with persuasion and kindness if possible, but
u noi wren .iorceiui ana aiern punishment. , 7 v
OROWTH OP JAPAN'S
JIE JAPANESE. EMPIRE is
a jong antrooaen-. patna to commercial Tdevelop
rnent ' With an abundance of low-ndeed and
--- efficient-tabor. culellent-poTtr'6flify,; 'AH-i arseeing
-statesmen and ambitious business , merf.. the .country's
' business dealings.' are grpwing rapidly in volume. - The
. United States is Japan's best foreign msrket, this conn,
try buying $50,000,000 worth of its products in 1904, but
the United States stands third m sales to Japan, the
amount that yeaf being $29,000,000, while Great Britain
told $J7C0,000" in goods, buying less than $9,000,000
v-orth; and China sold $34,000,000 worth, receiving pro
i -ta amounting to $2700,000. ' ' t V . (; . . 5
J. ;an appears to have suffered no commercial loss pn
account of the war, although about 70 per cent of the
rtcesrities for carrying on .the war was produced at
: ome, which h surely a 'wonderful record. . Each year
las s.owa an Increase lit Japan's- exports. Ten years
r;o tNey totaled $57,813,776, while la 1904 they amounted
o ?:sts..:.,; ' ;-,.i-..:.;.i.f.:;
r: Zt first six most pi 1905 showed g farther. Increase
G O N? iDrA I L
:U I. PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
deeply Jntereiteosn
Of Portland, which it
of -its railroad' bridge
velopment of the
During the first
creased exports
aa something aimed
porcelainrjwhile,th
they;want them given
the degree that pub-
steel and nails.
in tnst ptHoa If
8(iJ,20r1reT
of good will ia apt
paper, 44J. v
Japan s leading
lows: . Raw silk,
took $30,000,000;
cent of which
si4,5U0,uuu:
$6,000,000; mats
000; - camphor.
arettes, $150.000;
how great and pow-
' , politics
after their own inter
sgo such things
in a good public
have got into' the
city... This being true
granted exclusive Iran
office and they
to' his brand of
The members
ranfarn the. Portland
But this good
driftwood will be
then ba sotfght and
s
ENATOR
hibited his
manias.-well
It ist true that Mr.
bill of.thie kind
and , those' whore
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good work, one that
tne senate. 1
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COMMERCE.
boldly progressing
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at Tha Journal Building, Fifth and Yam.
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in all lines of commerce, the exports (or that period
amounting to $71,098,440, and the imports to $143,231
ei. wnn peace prevailing, ue toreign traae ot japan,
Consul-General Millef aays, will greatly increase,- and
the people, will, turn their energies from war to the de
national resources. ' , , . V
six months of the past year the in
to the United States were principally of
silk tissues, habuUge, raw silk, mats and matting, and
were In raw cotton, machinery, engines and locomotives,
iron bars, rods and rails, iron pipes and tubes, iron and
.The United States also sent to Japan
athtr to the value of SJ.ZJJ.Ziy: flour,
--71. t .- -yy. --
items of export (for 1904) were as fol
144,000,000, of which the United States
silk manufactures, $22,000,000, 30 per
came to this country , cotton yarns.
copper, . y,5W,uw; coal,-" S7,5uu,
000; cotton fabrics and matches, each $5,000,000; tea.
nd mattings, ' $2,500,000; rice, $2,300,.
$1,500,000: cuttlefish. ; $000,000; cig
porcelain and earthenware, $2,000,000,
and sake, $ioo,ooa rir.,y:'4:x
HE FUNDAMENTAL MISTAKE being made by
the city council is that it Is playing the sort of
that have gone out of atylev Five years
would be tolerated. Then the people
believed in partisanship very much more than they did
service.' If this was not strictly true
they were so tied up by the political machines that ap
parently they could not help themselves, which amounted
to the same thing. Put in the past few years the people
saddle and evicted the bosses. They
have learned the great lesson t ha it is of the. utmost
consequence to them to attain' good government and. of
the smallest consequence by whom or what party it has
been secured. They are- showing, t remarkable pre
deliction for the honest; capable 'and intelligent maa in
are paying distressingly little attention
politics. " - ."'; . ft-'.V.' ; ';.'.
of the present city council, not even Mr.
Maxwell who was elected by an independent vote, make
little note of the signs of the times.; -They still look to
the bosses or cliques of .bosses for-instructions as to
what to do. . They are not acting on their. own initiative
and they are not following a line " which they them
selves have, laid' out; they are simply obeying 1 orders,
whether from Red Letter headquarters or the Malarkey
junta or elsewhere.- They aie pieiisely as boss ridden
as ihe lastcouncil..obeyinstructions with the same ab
ject subservience and are just as indifferent to. the de
mands of the decent people of -the cdmmunity.', ' The
spectacle is humiliating to the people of Portland ' who
have advanced So far along the road of political reform.
will come of it, that the barnacles and
swept aside next spring. Men will
we have no doubt found . A , V . -
ALDRICH AND t HEARST.
ALDRICH of Rhoda-tsland only ex
narrowness and littlenesses a states-
as disclosingJiiascornfuL ppo-4
SilionTo al) efforts for the control of corporations and
trusts, when a few days ago he sneeringly said that he
believed that William R. Hearst was the author of the
proposal to give the interstate commerce' commission
power, subject to judicial revision, to fix railway rates.
Hearst at the last session introduced
and probably the best bill of the lot
but President Roosevelt Is also plainly and repeatedly
on record as favoring such a measure, so that the sneer
of the trusts senator from Rhode Island was directed at
the president as well as at Mr. Hearst . V ' ' . '
.But what difference does it make who originated or
brought forward the proposition? Is it any worse, or
less. meritorious or, less, worthy jf consideration if com
ing from Representative Hearst than from Representa
tive Townsend or Representative Each? A great many
people who .would not indorse everything that Mr. Hearst
might propose. are not oh the other hand in accord with
Mr. Aldrich in his unconcealed contempt for everything
approved by progressive and reformatory public senti
ment in connection with questions affecting the relations
between great corporations and the people. ' v ;
The .contemptuous slur of Aldrich, Intended to carry
the assumption that . anything emanating from Hearst
was of necessity unworthy of respectful consideration,
was really aimed at the preaident and all the host of peo
ple who agree with him that there is a necessity for rate
regulation. Hearst would go much fsrther than Roose-
velt and bring about ; public ownership of . railroads,
though, this wss not in his bill, and the vote he received
in New York in November showed that a multitude of
people are coming to his way of thinking j and-it ia to be
hoped that the time is near when a mere tool of trusts
and corporations like Aldrich, cannot be elected, except
in little rotten borough Rhode Island, and if elected will
be powerless rather than ell-powerful, as he is now, in
! LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN BLACKMAIL.
SCAR TERRY CROSBY, an African explorer,
"suthorrand I". prominent' electrical engineer,
'throws an interesting sidelight on the ethical
ideas of Representative Babcock of Wisconsin, leader of
the "insurgents." Crosby and others had been granted
by congress a right to rebuild and operate a railroad in
the District of Columbia, for which they had paid $500,-
000, provided they electrified and otherwise rehabilitated
and improved it, but by an oversight were not author
ized to borrow money and issue bonds, which it' was
necessary to do to the extent of $1,000,000, else they were
likely to forfeit what they had paid. ' The bill passed the
senate after a' long delay and went to the District of
Columbia committee of the house, of which Babcock was
chairman. .There was no objection to the bill, and it
WM:.tjnaoimous,yyotedto.bereported.iavorabIyrbut
for weeks Babcock neglected to report it could not be
induced to do so.-A campaign was - on, - and finally,
shortly before . the time when. the franchise' would be
forfeitable arrived, Babcock sent for Crosby and said he
thought the' company ought to contribute $5,000 to the
campaign fund. Crosby protested, said that he, per
sonally, wss a - Democrat, but , Babcock . persisted in
"strongly advising" the contribution to be made. .Crosby
consulted with. his. associates,! the money was lent to
the chairman of the Republican national committee, and
next day Babcock reported the bill and it was passed
without a egativvote. :': '' "
There ate many , who will consider this not onlya
smart trick on Babcock'a part but a legitimate means of
raising a campaign fund, but there are others, and we
hope,. the very large majority, who will regard it as leg
islative . blackmailing, not much, if any better than any
other kind. : . , 7. .., ,-'"'., v. .''
SMALL CHANGE
VneU Joe Gannon U atlU th bla run
or the lieuee.
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Ariaona, IT admitted aa propoaed. In
cluding Now Mexico, may be eomewhat
or an inaursnt" state politically. .
A s-alla Walla ohlnook ta lona over-
It te doubtful If Senator TfUtnaa B-U
ma ihtih 101 wtaoini. ... - ,
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- Three weeks more te read ' about
AUoe'a gowns, Jewelry and notions.
waats a good doal these days
asre miow, ana sometimes he acta
aod deal more of -aome thlnga than be
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The Pendleton. Tribune littn 1 "ioIm
eonstautir growing louder." calllnc on
W. U Fenton. the rellreed attorney, to
peoocae a oanaiaate tor senator. v
The bard .winter .
prophets are "not
without hope yet
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"The wlnUr birds are tflaousalna tha
quaauoa or miaraunt to a cooler eu
mate. .".' . -
Ot eouree. It .was n "oeullat . who
said that only one pair ot eyea In 10
is perreot. :. . -M ,
That waa once that a lot ef Ranub
none ia oonavee wianed 'more Pemn-
erata were there.
The 'woman whd Is In love doesn't
ears about the right to vote. . -
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If we had as lona a New Tsar as
the Chinese v saost everybody would
awear orr.- -- .
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There Ms another a-ood thlna- about
the goat ha never butts Into politics.
If It would be any comfort to Mrs,
Chadwtek. she mtcht be Informed that
the newspapers f the. eoun try. gener
ally made pert psrajrraphs about her
on the occasion of her removal te the
penitentiary, but she must not expect
any more until ahe dies or la liberated.
Riches have wines only when they
are headed away from you. - .
What sincere, eealous and. delectable
elvll aervtce reformers those council
men -are, to be. aura.- - r : '
It Is supposed the open winter will
cause a ' scarcity of artificial loe,' ao
that the price will be high next summer.
; The new president of France la the
eon of a peasant and the grandson of
blacksmith. -,- Francs la a republic
sure enough. t .,.,..;'
Blnger Bermann sells his pride and
self-respect very - cheap. Baker "City
Herald. . But he had but little ta sell.
The propoaed oil refinery la Portland
may throw some light on several aub-
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The eouaell seems determined to make
Mayor Lads the moat popular mayor
Portland ever' had. T' " "
Rard-worklna a.nd faithful postofflce
employee deserve better pay. - -
The Olendale ' TUimber: company ' re
ceives more orders than It la possible te
Plenty of water for alnera nowv In
soufhsrn Oregon. v ' . .;
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Junction City Times: - We ' nave re
ceived quite a lensthy article from a
prominent candidate advocating - his
claims fpr election. . He aays he will
greatly appreciate the courtesy If we
will publish It We are not running a
paper for glory but for a livelihood, and
If the gentleman, or any ether candi
date, wlnts a hearing In these eolumna
he will have to pay the same rates
oharged our merchants. ---
Much Klamath county real estate la
passing Into the hands of newootners.
Ae a apeelal Inducement a Klamath
Falls restaurant advertises a rate of
IS meals for ft. .
Klamath ; Falls - poetofflce , reoelpts
showed a gala of It per cent. last year
ever isos..:.; r .... v
All Cooa - river booms full of logs
now.
r-vt- -. ye.- 9 ; , .
At the so axes t ion - and through the
personal efforts of Mayor Wise of As
toria the west ena improvement ciuo
haa been organised in Union town and
later similar olubs will be organised In
different parts of the eity. . Several
hundred people were present, at this
meeting. . ; v i v. , ' ' r
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Bueene has the biggest bakery In the
state outside 01 Portland.. , ,. . .
' trew Correepondenee of Roseburg Re
view: Socialism Is getting quite strong
In. this vicinity, yet. not strong enough
yo cause the water to rebate .or atop It
snowing. Yet the blue smoke ef what
will be done curia through the air fre-
qu,nUy - . . '
, The Southern ' Oregon Development
league will work for extensive Irriga
tion, r -":- .
Tillamook haa ai curfew ordinance.'
An elderly man by light labor on an
sere tract of land near Salem haa been
Bailing ti dosen eggs a week at an av
erage price of 15 cents a dosen. He
started In Ust fall with about 10 pul-
Big Imprevemenfs- re'-schedtiled-Tnr
the Corvallla ereamery. Including a big
lea plant and. cold atqrage apartments.
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A Corvallla aaw mill will be Improved
to the extent ef si.SOO, - - - .- r
, e e -1 ' '
Several Athena farmers " will build
residences ia Los Angsles county, Cal
for winter , residences. , ....... h
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- gome ef the famous photographa of
MaJor'te Moorhouse of Pendleton will
be sent to Milan, Italy, for exhibition.
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.Snow la deeper than for 10 years In
some large ' spots In Eastern ' Oregon,
but la other plsces ths fall has been
lighter than usual. . r'
There are scarcely; lot Chinamen 1n
Sslem, whsre yeara ago thsrs were near-
Ijt Mew .. -
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THE SUNDAY CaiOOL
'':jY- lesson.
Tople: rrhe Baptism ef Jssus"--
Mara 1:1. 11
- Oolden text Direct your hearts unto
Jehovah .and serve aha .only. I Sam.
vu:a, 1 - t , - .
.' tateodaetWa.
- Jesus was not a "boy preacher." He
cams to Me work physically gevsloped
and 1 - Intellectually mature. He
about IS years of age (Luke HI:tS).
John., hie relative (Luke l:S, IS-SS)
had been preaching for a . abort time,
preaching with the spirit of the ancient
prophets (Matt 111:1-6), - but- the two
hadTirtr-been reared' together."' Jesus
had spent hla early life in Naaareth
(juait. ii:zii wnue jona nad passea tne
period of his adolescsnoe "In the des
erts" (Luke 1:10). the places to which
persons tf a tleeply TTSllgloua-hature
used to .retire fee- study,, prayey and
spiruuai communion. . ,
"T". f The x,sssoas. r.
Verse 1. No one preaches the mes
sage which Jesue preached to whom It
not a - ''gospel. - Its. distinguishing
characteristic Is Its Joy. - It Is "good
news." And It la distinctly "of Jesus
Christ." -Ha did not borrow It - from
somebody' else.' He . did,, not ' by the
change of a word here or the substitu
tion of a phrase there, war somebody
else's message and preach it aa a "re
former." It was distinctively and dis
tinctly his' own. Other men have
preached a message ef salvation, but no
one a salvation by. ths free forgiveness
of Ood made possible through tne lift
and death of the Son of Ood. - Nothing
elss xssembllng that exists In the
llgtous books of the world. Jesus Is
often compared with "other masters.'
The sane thing le te contrast' him with
-other masters. Note ' that while we
have . not in Mark the story ot the
Bavloru'a miraculous birth, as is Intro
duced to us la the varr first sentence
or 1 1 aa "tne son or ood."
Verse . --It was tbeeuatom. of the
eaaty Where roads can hardly be said to
exist, ta prepare for every advancing
sovereign a special roadway.' He came
accompanied by vast marching hosts
andy by many - wheeled vehicles. An
army of laborers was thowa Into the
wore to prepare, a way for anon ap
proach. Pur that matter, the ascent of
the'capltol at Rome la today by means
of a 'magnificent road which waa pre
pared tor (jnariee v or Uermany. it
waa because of bis sovereignty the old-
time propnete foretold a way should he
prepared for the Messiah (Mai. ,111:1),
our Bavioura stay upon ' earth was
brief. It waa needful to draw the at
tention -of men to him and to fit eome
to become hla disciples before hla labors
should begin, for they would soon eon.
cent rate the animosity ot men upon
mm ana Bring mm to the grave.
Verse S. The way or the Messiah lay
through the "wilderness." He did not
Intend to keep to the centers of the eul
tured life and reflned homes and con
scientious scholarship. He would pass
through ths worst plsoes of ths world.
Into the wilderness Ood would send out
a messenger making pre pa ratios for the
coming or the king. . That waa the work
of John. He wae always forgetful ot
himself and most nronhetla of one to
eome arter him. i
Verse 4. 'John was woon known
"the ' baptlaer." . Baptism was by no
means a new rite. It had been used by
many sects and la more than one re
form, it was a part of the Jewish
ritual.- In ' "the washing of pots and
tables" (Mark vil:t-S; and the writer
of ths -epistle te the Hebrews speake 'of
"baptlamol" aa a distinguishing feature
ef-tha-Jewish -la w-tHeb., lx:lS)r" Uvea
our revised .version renders these still
washings. "bathings and
forth. . But in the original the- same
series of Words-(derived from' "baptlso")
is used. John and others baptised, peo
ple, aa under the law the vessels of the
household were - baptised, even auoh
things aa "tables," or more correctly.
couches about - the - tables. , Nobody
seems to have misunderstood lm. It
a . purely ritualistic and aymbollo
performance. ' He v did . not literally
wash" his converts, although the same
word "baptlso" Is ussd whsre It Is jald
the Jews "washed" on .their earning
home irom . business (Mara vu:ir.
When . we lay a cornerstone wa do not
pay much attention to the mount of
mortar ' we use. , John made much of
"repentance.' He preached : that what
the world needed and whst the church
needed was a new life. , He did - not
preach baptism for. the remission of
sins, but "the baptism of repentance- for
the remission of sins." 1 Any one who
gets down to ths heart of the Bible wHl
hardly discuss "baptismal . regenera
tlon." ' A man can no more get Into the
kingdom of Ood by baptism ' (ban by
bribery. Repentance Indicates a change
of the nature In the man. Remission of
sin Indicates a change of relation toward
.Ood. The gospel, even la Its introduc
tion under John, means forgiveness of
sin and newness of being. The . dying
thief died a thief, but be did not enter
paradise a thief (Luke xxlll:4l-S).
- Verse f. Vital godliness will always
attract attention. : And there eome
times In the history of ' religion when
men's hesrts are aching for something
real, something vital, something satis
fylng. , They ersve the wltnass of ths
spirit. Such periods make a great com
motion among worldly minded people.
Nothing attracts more, thsn a religion
which is dynamic The greatest crowds
that have ever gathered to listen to any
speaker ' have gathered to hear men
epeak of religion and duty and heaven.
Man must even today build tabernacles
big enough to hold those who ' would
attend, revival t services.. Political
oratora do nor need them; exponents of
line speech do not need c them. But
evangelists do need them.-" -
Verse . .' "John waa .not a "Rev.
Charles Honeyman.? ... Ha did not live In
sybarltlo ease 1 Matt, xl :!). Neither was
hs, as ao many painters havs portrayed
htm, "a wild man of the woods." clothed
scantily' In the eklna of animals. . Hs
simply dressed in the coarser garments
of the laborer, made ' of camel's hair.
and ate the food of the poor. He was
not a Roman cardinal but a Salvation
Army cadet. Hs did not believe that
the minister of Ood should be known
by his soft raiment but, by his self
denials. He would be seen a man ef the
people although .hie father waa a priest
IJjuae i:-ir-:--- .', ; -
. Verse 7. 2. The tendency In religion Is
alwaya to posit the best In ths past
We have in .Russia tt ."Old Bsllevers.'.'
and la Germany the "Old Catholics,"
and In England the "Primitive Metho
dists," and sven Id "Tibet and Arabia
the reformer alms always to gst back
to eome supposed period when things
wars Meal. But John, and Christ for
that matter, looked to the days to eome
ss revealing (or about to Teveel) more
of the grace of Ood.- ' , -
Verse s. John cenfeesed that with
all hla dealre to promote repentance he
could not of hla own motion beget new
ness of life. . But he who wss to come
after him would be hampered by none
of the disabilities which afflict Ood'a
servants. How plainly does John tell
ua that Jesus was not almpjy greater
than he, but of a different order I He
could bestow spiritual power just aa
freely and as easily , aa John eould pour
water. '. ,- ,
Verse I. Jesus came la John to be
baptised. John was surprised that man
of sinful lives should come to him and
sometimes he ' repelled themV (Matt
111:7-10). , Put In the ease f Jssus he
waa overwhelmed. He - felt that here
wasApne who aiffered In every respect
from hla fiiowa. He could not. In his
own mind associate Jesus with Sin,
with thoughts ef sin. or . with rites
which spoke of purifications. Hs would
have put Jeoua away from' the rest
(MatU 11:14). But Jesus pressed his
purpose. He did not any that he per
sonally needed baptism or would be
benefited by It But If h were not
baptised It would be thought he did not
sympathise with John'a mission. In a
lesser wsy something of ths same prob
lem is always prsseated to tne aiacipis.
Paul did not need to refrain from meat.
but be would refrain rather than be
misconstrued (Rom. xlv:lS-l). Mil
Hons of Christiana abatala from wine,
aot because they fear ' It. nut because
tn wla-te-'1le p wit tkoee.who
are trying to promote sobriety. Men
wno no not go to cnurca because mere
la "nothing In it for them" are .not
Chrlatllka men. .. There was "nothlnr In'
Iwmtlem lig-Innr-tmr tnarwwssTrT
others, snd he -plaeed-hla-tnnuense on
that aide. When like Christ we are
eager' -"ta - ruiniratrrighteousjiess"
(Matt' 111:11). wa haven, worthier ruie
of life for eur guldanoa than mere ne-
ewlty. .
Verse IS. John believed In the super
natural. He anight be mistaken in his
judgment af this young man from
Nasareta. He might be deceived. Hs
mlerht be too sure. Waa there ever
sinless roanT Waa It not possible that
this Jesus name to him for baptism
after all through soma felt need? Could
he point men to him wnn..suca confi
dence as he wished te feel about hlmT
Then came a alga from heaven, a real.
lleved him ef all anxieties and removed
all doubt, and enabled hint to bear wit
ness without hesitation, uncertainty or
fear; -i- , f v.' . ' '
Verse 11. Te tne visinie sign was
added the audible one. He was not mis-
takan. .-Before hlS' JSSUS, Opened
mm., mrrarani zrom anx - in wno
had hitherto known. Ms waa ( not oniy
a choice snint. nut a
son pf Ood. Henceforth Joha must de
crease, but be rejolosd Because
Bridegroom" had eome. r .
"the
-burning OF
A' HOSPITABLE HOME ;
s .r wnn the Weston Leader. ' . ,
Weaton haa suffered from several die-
astrous fires during lu aonrewhat check
ered career. Two of them destroyed
the Kualnaaa center Of - town. ' Two
orhera each, clutched with -'flngera ot
name a large flouring mill Induatry and
throttled It,' to the town's commercial
dUtreaa. Still another and recent lire
destroyed a hay warehouse that haa con
tributed much to the town's welfare and
la V decided loss. But In none tf them
bag the element of personal sorrow and
. ... . , . .mm Inintl.
most heart-rending nre or au. - t -
The Blair- home oonaistea ox an ii-
room dwelllngvon Broaa sireei, eocupy
ln a beautiful and alghtly Sere tract
War a doaen rears It has housed a happy
and estimable family In peaee and com
fort. Loving hands have year by year
adorned -Ita rooms with the objects of
art and beauty thst domestic refinement
suggests: busy nngsrs nave wrougni
that the home .might be made . more
beautiful that Jessie, and Ollie , and
Sadie and thereet. might each bear her
dainty tribute of love to tne common
shrine, consecrated by their devotion.
Prloeleee trinkets were storeeThere and
there, recalling tender memories ef the
Trait: hook shelves snd - library . wsr
graced, by nanasoms voium-e imum
of science, of literature, of travel, ef
fiction the accumulated noos: tore 01
years many of them the beet of modern
works,, some of them old heirlooms
whose bedimmsd pages spoke the silent
language of a departed - generation.
Upon the walls were beautiful plctaree;
In the pantry and kitchen were many
of the shining treasursn so dear to the
hauee wife's heart; everywhere abounded
the aaored emblems of the home, the
houeahold lares and nenates that w
regarded with the reverence born of long
association. tJoon - all thle the red
demon descended In a' night and' left
a scene ef utter desolation of hearts
wrung by bitter and despairing anguish;
of hopeless sorrow. It wse more than
a mere fire: la aU save death -It waa
tmMrfv. And death Is oftsn swallowod
nn la victory, while the lose of thle
horns to this family ta Irreparable.
f William Blair waa formorly Weston's
leading merchant and also established
the present flouring mill. He served
for two tsnns aa mayor, and for a decade
waa eloaaly Identified with the town's
growth. Attsmptlng too much, -be met
with' business reverses, and he and his
son Prank are each holding down a
homestead In Crook county., where they
live la a It by It ehanty. But he had
left a comfortable home for hla family
and no doubt felt hopeful of Improving
hla own condition. ; now tne msir noma
ta gone. The Blslrs nave lost tneir ail
save. We trust, IBS nope uh springe
eternal In the human breast - . .
1
PERSONAL FANCIES
The caar of Ruaala. who ia consider-
ably below the average height of-meu.
la fully a bead shorter than the csarlna.
Thieves . recently entered the home
oiree occupied by Dante and possessed
themselves of relics of the great poet
There they left scribbled en the walla a
atatement that the Florentines wsre
fools because of having eatable articles
and not knowing K. v . -
The Rough . Riders . will send Miss
Alice Roossvelt a handsome wedding
present United States Marshal Colbert,
secretary or tne nougn dinars ocut
tlon. hss made a request on each Rough
Rider, including President Roosevelt, for
a donation toward ths present.
Dr. c.jL Mesrs..n authority on
ernithojogy, recently discovered several
new specie- on the summit bf Ano, a
volcanlo mountain of the Island ef Min
danao In the Philippine group. -,
What ,tht Socialists Want,
.Prom the Xanaaa Cltg- JournaL,.
:.Tbs
Oklahoma Socialists have fixed
up a list or things tnsy want tne eon-
tlfutlon of the new state to contain.
The provisions ars extremely , varied
and Include: . ' ' v '.
Initiative and referendum and power
ef recall. . - - ... . , . , -1 .. -
"A compulsory school, law, school age
td 14 years; , state to bear axpenae
where -parents are anable to do so. u
"Frss uxtbooka r
"State to have sams rights aa indi
viduals except as to being eusL - . v
"Railroad eommiasion to regulate
rates, fix responsibility for accidents,
ste.'. . '''' v a. I, . . .. ... -v., , .
Jllate te overate whiskey and beer
business at lowest possible -profit edr-
plus profit to be devoted to school and
pubiio road funds.. -
-women te nave tne right to vote at
all elections. - ..... v ,- .w
No man to own more then lS acres
ot land, and ha must settle on that" .
ss asaa SheJrvl .
so: i3
C? THE BEAUTIES
O? JAMAICA il
-t
."V
n, By Ella Wheeler Wlleox.. vi , V
(Copyright tSOS, by aatwIAi Joarael-Sumlnrr)
. JAMAICA I -: , . .'. '
The great Creator, shaping sua and star.
Heard an archangel speaking thus: "I
V dreamed . .
I saw another Paradise" afar. ;
And all about it sapphire waters
vglsamed." , , - - ; .
The Maker smiled.- At His divine' behest
; Ths angel's dream, tke some lush rose, .,
uncurled .. ..
Tebloom forever on. the sea's ' warm
-breast -77--
The beautiful Jamaica of the world.
f Port' Antonio, Jamaica. Pour ' yeara"
amlTcirj'"bS-
1 wae ne momi remsraante snot
upon the earth; now I know it la. , Surely
sueh- another climate for winter Tnonfha
eannot be found upon thle little sarth'a 1
surface, nor greater variety o? beauty
In seenery and foliage. - V .
Day after day the automatle thsr-
momster on the veranda records 1 de
grees In the mornWg and evening and SO -r
In the midday. Always the dry, cool ,
wind from the mountains Sends k ' re- ', .
freshing breese to temeper the suh'a
golden fervor, and alwaya the night falls .
like a cool hand upon a hot brow, and '
soothes one to delicious rest. ; - - .V
No mosqultoee disturb ths comfort of
outdoor life. Ladles In lace and muslin
Insect makes familiar advances: no fog .
rises from the sea. which 'washes the .
vsry steps ot hotels and homss, snd only . :
three flies have I eeen In a 10-day so--
Journ la Port Antonla t .- .. . ': -
Ons anaemlo and diminutive mosquito -,
Invaded my aleeplna-room. but . he
seemed too overcome with bis haaardoue "v
journey from soms thsr- Island to set-,
tie down to aetlve work; his thin, tenor ,
tones alone proclaimed his presence, ..-
. On my previous visit I nelthsr saw
nor heard a mosquito, but a resident of ,
Port Antonio, tells me that a few poor
specimens of ths I asset were blown here -on
the .wings of the greet iurr leans
which swept over this winter, Bden In.
August twe yeara ago.
aln rails early In the morning al-.
most dally, and a tropical shower oc-
euples a few brief momenta frequently
la the daytime."- " .. s. -.(-,.
But the heat of the sun so quickly
dries ths streets and flslds that no stag-'
nant pools remain for the acoommodav
tlon of . the mosquito. - -
Cube, meantime. Is Infested with the
pestt Just why Jamaica la so blest .with ,. -aa
absence of all kinds of annoying in- '
sects no ons seems able to explain, but
the fact ta Indisputable aa It Is gratify-.
Ing., - .'.; ..':..-:'",'..''-'''-'.,..
In Jamaica the wrap le . superfluous .
and fog unknown, and the world never
turns brown; or barren, even In the hot-, '
teet aummer months, nut at ways pre- ,
sents a green and radiant countenance
The possibilities ef- this soli have
nsver been even experimented with. We
talk' about our American millionaires.
but the wealth made on this Island in
the olden dsya of ' ths . sugar-planter
places eur financiers In. the category ef
noor' men. " ' '
Tbe fertility ef the soil Is unabated
ana fruit end vegstable culture Is only
In Ita . Infancy. - - - . . ...
The world la elewly but surely grow
ing away from - a earnlvoroue diet
Where IS years ago one encountered a
stray vegetarian In year's experience,
100 are met today. However we- may
eeff at 4h idea, -it will be w wise-1
ness Plan to realise Its growth and to -
thlnjt of Jndustrlss which will furnish
the . future population ox., tne : wprio
with a nonflesh dlst j ' -
Meantime the effect of American In
fluence le already noticeable here In Port
Antonla Four yeare ago It waa the ;
."Simple life," eonalseant and charming
and romantic. But the American dollar
haa changed all that -
Afternoon teas and evening nope ano
frequent concerts lend variety to the .
hours, as In all northern resorts. -
Another difference observable hn Port r
Antonlo since my former -visit Is alao
traceable to American Influence. ' '
At that tlmej every- natrve' one en- :
oountered In a drive or a promenade
areeted the tourist with a ' bow. a ' ;
eurtssy or a smile; rtow more than halt -
of them give only tne American autre.
Prloea go np and manners go down
whsre the American leavea hla trail.
LEWIS AND CLARK
At Port Clataop. , . i .1., . ,
January IS. Werner and Howard, .
who were sent for salt on the twenty ... ,.
thlxd. have not yet returned, and we .
are apprehensive lest they have missed...;.
their way. ' Pfeitner or tnem is a very 1
good backwoodsman, and In thle. heavily -timbered
- nine - country- where", the
weather le constantly cloudy,' It Is dif- . ,
flcult even, for one skilled Ini wAod-'
eraft to kssp hla courses. We ordered '
Collins to rejoin the saltworkera early . '';
hsxt morning, and gave him soms. email' ,
artlclse with which to.-purchase pro
visions from the Indiana In the event '
of being unsuccessful In the ehese. "'
M-J-.; Tha Bravest. Battles, '"rr-st
- ( By Joaquin Miller. - ,. V ' '.
The bravest battle . that . ever wSe .
' , rought -' ' ' . .'
Shall I tall you Where and when? '
On the maps of the world you' will find .
- - I. nm i .
Tas fought by the mothers of msn. ,
Nay, not witlfa cannon or battle shot .'
With sword or nobler nen: v
Nay. not with - eloquent words or thought,
) Prom mouths t wonderful men; . -
But- deep In a walled-up . woman's-
' ' heart ' - '' "-
Of woman that would not. yield. . - .
But' bravely, silently bore her part. ,
Lo, there was tne oattietieio. .
. . - .--A
No marshaling troops, no llvouae song, i
No banner to gleam and wave; . .
But oh I these battlea. they last so long,
a From, babynooate Ane..gravs -
Tst faithful still as a bridge of atara, '
-nh netitf in ner waneo-un town"
Flghte on and In the snd less ware, -
Then aUenV-unaesn-wgoes. uown. - .- .
Oh, ye with banners' anil batOe shot. . , I
And soldiers to shout and praise,
I tell you the klngllsst victories fought7 '
Were fought In these silent waya,- .
. ' -,. , . -. -. : ;,
Oh, apotleee woman In a world of ehamet v
' With a splendid and silent scorn, v'
Qo back to Ood as white aa you came, ; . , -,
The klngllsst warrlof bornl : . f.
1 s -t Y-: j : :
Bjntcring a' Demurrer - -
'' Prm the Chloago Trlbuns. f
"Obviously," said the lecturer, "what
We need Is a more slastlo currency, for . '
the reason" - ' '
. "Not me," Interrupted the shabby man
In ths -front row. "What I need l4 a .
more adheatve eurrency."
Whereat there wae loud applause.
It appeared there were others , .-.
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