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THE OREGON 'DAILY
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MAKING MORE EXPLANATIONS.-
I nE oVsganiih irairt-afistl' ttf
infrequent explanations ot -wny-n uss "
nlumrinar about like mad bull in a china shop
for the past yer, doing its leyel beat
vate interests and to vilmy and . denounce tnose woo
...n.. ,.
rumy ......
true explanation; n its arrogance' it
ii. mniil h ..tahliaherf here
' So firmly was this belief impresse4 upon t l1' aimply
hid its head in the sand like an ostrich and, unseeing it-
, self,. believed that. sight. was plotted out from all other
observers. , When jt wasthrustiipon it that this news
paper had developed from a venture into a firmly estab
lished institution its rage knew no bounds. v. .' :;.
" In it own cunning way it determined that Instead of
directly attacking the. newspaper, which was both ready
and, able to .defend; its?lf,it would Jnsteadr attack "all of
those wlibjeverjhai'a dolar'a'worih"of its stock and
reach them through malicious and lying onslaughts, on
their, private business irrespective of! whether" or , 'not
they bad anything more to do with the methods and
policies f this newspaper than any of the thousands of
citiiena- why had .welcomed its coming and - who atill
realise that it is one. of the best investments for the
public interests ever made. In doing that sort of work
it was keeping well within the bounds of its past policy
which was to bludgeon enterprise and fo" pursue even
beyond the grave those who crossed its. path while-in
the pursuit'of the nimble 'dollar." To the degree it has
been possible it has sought publicly and privately, to in
jure every man who ever invested a dollar in the stock
of this newspaper though -the harm that it has done
baa beea infinitely less than it would like to see for the
reason that its motives in making such attacks in the past
have never been above suspicion and now they are mani
fest in the success f this paper which it ean neither for
give nor reconcile Itself . to. . , . ' .''.-.- ,
- Peb-Hc investigations of puMU eervka-eorperetlone are
- always good things in their way provided thejr do-not de
generate In to"prTvileperecutiotii'Abuses oTTonCklnd
r another are alwayg likely to' grow';up;and there is
no agency "so calculated to check them' as the ,limejf ght
of publicity.- Fair-tmvfstigation. honest; T. temperate
criticism,-would not and could not hurt, indeed are to
- be encouraged,- but wanton'; and indiscriminate abuse
promotea insecurity. -There' never was a time in the
whole history of .Portland, when the people should more
warmly encourage-the investment of capital thafi now.
Heretofore shell capital has gone freely to the Sound
cities and little of it has come here. The great fight
for supremacy i now on between Portland and Seattle.
There can be no doubt -whiclrvriHwtn
asoutawn best interests dictate, -
forested in the outcome, none more so
laborers and mechanics who are now getting, jemploy--ment
here and for Whom there Is looming up better days
than they have1 known , for: years."
here; very much more is destined fe
every agency-arnave peen inviting and urging it to
come. - But lef us begin right at Eoine and give it a
square deal to the end that those who
know every legitimate investment which they make will
be safe and secure to the degree it -ought to be in every
civilized community. It is only right; that men who are
invited to come Here to. invest should
the necessity je-f offering proof.;.. ,.
AN INEXCUSABLE
Ft HOSE ' PEOPLE "of Springfieid,r6hion mostly
I
young men and boys, it appears, who formed
luciiiscifci'iuiv iiiuu iiiiu iiwi-iicu iiciuci in
discriminately, destroying their property, and driving
them out shelterless and panic-stricken, because one
negro bad committed - a crime, and - a - very common
crime, ought to be hunted but and punished to the law's
limit .This is- the second time this sort of performance
has. occurred In that town,. and if its. authorities cannot
prevent such barbarous riots the city
Heavy damages to every person injured, white or black.
These negroes are legal citizens, and as well as whites
-areTefititled'td Wer1ibertyBdhthe"pursuir bfliap
piness " The dispatches do not indicate that the negroes
of Springfield are particularly worse than those of other
cities, or had as a class done anything worse, and so this
mob, unjustifiable in any case, is utterly inexcusable, and
all those who can be identified as belonging it ought
to suffer ! severe penalty. v, Ohio is not one of the
Balkan atatefc :..---i.f..-.t-i r-..r-wr -r-
MR. BAKER AND THE BOODLE.
HERE BE THOSE of the old guard who will
look forward 'with pleasant anticipations to the
- results of a trip to the east which" Chairman
Baker, of the Republican state committee is about to
make. -In his official capacity Mr. Baker has been what
Is vulgarly known as the "dough dispenser" for the state
and in that capacity, and for that reason, in the minds of
the party workers there has attached to him ah interest
which otherwise would neither bemanifested nor felt
iWhea the national campaign ended and Oregon's enor
mous plurality for Roosevelt was given to the world
Baker with innate modesty claimed; the victory for hit
own work. -As soon as he could he hastened to Wash
ington to bask ht the sunlight of official approval which
he justly felt was his due.' For some time thereafter the
'Republican press, of the state laboriously chronicled how
he. Vra wined.and dined in high, political society-at the
national capital.; So enthusiastic did the correspondents
become thatHt soon began to look like another case of
'"Me andTeddy." . v: " ri.";' :;. , , i,
. ? Presuming upon the warmth of hvs reception by the
secretary of the national committee, among others, at
the very next election he made, a heroiejsffort to agam
get" hfa'augur'Snto the . boodleliack. As lhe campaign
was purely local m its character "the hot touch" "v.hich
"Mrt Baker sought to make wis gently but firmly parried.
That outcome was a rude shock to Mr. Baker and for a
time had the effect of unsettling his faith in human na
ture as well ss bringing in question the lofty patriotic
motives which actuated the Republican national com
mittee in its dealings with the state ..committees of the
northwest ; .v 1 r-?..,;;..! -
i But with another campaign now on Mr. Baker conveniently-
overlook- the- -alights -placed -upon- him last
season and loaded down with facts and figures hiesHiim--fcflf
to'ttie piatBcntlrntff In TnhopeljmOFpecta
tron that he will come within hailing distance of the sack
tbreHigh-wkich 4h tate-ommittee
lavish but at the same time to
Suited With iTrtV Journal. ;
From the Cresoent City Cat Newe.
The Oregon Journal, publl.hedgtl
Portland, la no-doubt one of the beat
rtewapaoere-on Paclfte coast It baa
freak re a and. plenty of it and la well
ana- up, ralcalated to pleaae the gen
eral roe of readr. The Journal has
ne reaMrknble feature that is M often
tarktne )n Uit rlaaa of dally papere
Ut are caOcuiatod te giv the Bst-a 10
"I NDKf INII1NI 1 HHWIPA.HH'
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
. mu . streets, .rauur vregoa.
campaign. So it may be injagined the faithful are look
ing forward with longing" eyes to the return of Mf. Bakef
with-the joyfuh tidings itis iioped hewill brinr, while
the vicarious ex-state printer himself, with the recollec
tion of the stunning reception which greeted him after
the presidential election balanced against the rather cir-
r
- raake one-of its
to tear lowa pri
eumspect it not actually .questioning imuu. .. tv
...,.V,; - the wr M in. natmnai rnmmnirr nn me wuiiiii
. .u .w- 1.
believed that no
IU BJTUUII Hit. IB "WW vuwv. , f - '
l.t .n,l ...jr,,, ffM. f...U. ft tniiM attemnt fnr
in aeaoeuien to n.
which he, fondly believes there' is greater justification.
ALFALFA IN
nearly all the counties of the valley,-and hundreds of
farmer artl takinar an . active .inter est - itt it--It was
stated this week in The Journal that the Southern Pa
cific railway would purchase 20 5-acre tracts and raise
alfalfa on' them for the purpose .of demonstrating "Its
utility and value, as an object lesson to farmers, so that
they would thus be induced to raise more and better
stock. . This will lo much to stimulate farmers to raise
alfalfa, but many of them are already preparing to raise
tracts of this prolific and nutritious plant, or to increase
their acreage of it.
It is not exoected
be raised in the-AVUlametteraltey as in portions of east
ern Oregon, for the soil and climate of western Oregon
are not so well adapted to this purpose.. Alfalfa docs
best in a loose, tine deep loam or asn sou, ana wnerc
the summer season is rather hot-In places in eastern
Oregon and southeastern Washington three and in some
instances four crops of alfalfa are cut, aggregating from
6 to 10 tons per acre, and the alfalfa fields afford much
good pasturage besides. " The very large "yields are of
eourse on irrigated lands,-but even on dry lands, the soil
beina; iavorabla. oerhaus iareer. crops can b raised, tfian
on the-heavier and
tameTtrvaH I "
region alfalfa can be made r very profitable crop.
A man living across : the Willamette river from Cor
rallSs tiat been experhriertting witU IS acre of alfalfa,n4
as a result will sow 60 acres more this spring. - He has
found that he can-cut two fine crops of hay, and then
have excellent pastureduring "August -and -September
and in other months when other green feed is unavail
able. - Another man in the vicinity of Corvallia has been
experimenting for several years with 2S acres and now
will tow 75 acres more. His field has been cut twice. a
year, yielding n an- average three tone at the first cut
ting and a ton at the second, and then affording excel
provided v. e act
Every citizen-is fa.
lent pasturage for
than the army of
other farmers along
similar. !, .' Ji'
Alfalfa haa long
Capital Is coming
come nd through
of the fnost prolific,
pasture crops,- and it is strange' that ' Willamette-raley
farmers and dairymen, have not raised much' more of it
hitherto than they have done. Vetches are a favorite
crop with many, and on some grounds may be more val
uable than alfalfa but there is doubt that the latter makes
an excellent crop and that the raising of it in far larger
quantities will be ; exceedingly ; profitable , to the .Wil
come here may
.know this without
.V;
lamette valley.
REPORTED
MOB. " . i
I
allow a rate bill to
cannot defeat it or
would disrupt and in the next national election defeat the
Republican party tBut. they will not permit the rate bill
to pass, if they can by any means prevent itr unless they
somehow take heavy tolls for the trusts and antagonize
the president This they will do by requiring the defeat
of the Philippine tariff bill, the statehood bill and the
San Domingo treaty, all of which are pet administration
measures. In defeating the latter two measures they
ought to suffer
Ll mayjlancrgreat.Jiarnv Jut -the defeatof 4h Philippine
bill would be not only a direct and valuable service to
the sugar and tobacco trusts,: but an outrageous wrong
upon the Philippine people, whom our government
makes subjects and yet not citixena.- C
, It is not known whether the president and his principal
senatorial' supporters are parties to this alleged nefarious
deal, but it appears that some of the senators who have
been pretendedly supporting the president must be so,
or the scheme could not be worked through. - Either he
is a 'party to the trade, or else some of his professed
friends in the senate have sold him out At any rate, if
the predicted result should happen,"it' would be 'a bar
gain as replete with "perfidy and dishonor" as was ever
made in the senate. The probability is that if the Phil
ippine tariff bill is sacrificed in order to save the. rate
billthe latter will prove" to be.utterly -worthless, and
that the trust senators, knowing this,, will gain all and
lose nothing: that they are playing a game of. "heads I
win, tails you lose." " , , '
E
VERYBODY
held up for
railroads, or
thinct. If it did it
will be able to make
itself an economical
.' But, as Governor
railroads, not of
the people on- aliort notice It. has a
good editorial page that is running 6vr
kI t .Hl.1l ' i.J . .. U.ah1 a whA A.
w prom in re-dln. ahould
read editorials whether or not tbey
asree -with the opinions expressed
therein, for by- ao doing they have an
Opportunity to compare notes and forma
broader conception of the vatioue q.ua
tlona In dlaousaion.a By readina and
thinking upon one aide ef. a queeUoa
JO'URNAL
no, r. CAKSOLI
. -r r-- , --T - -.
:. j..k .incr V,,n. en even
THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY,
HE XtnVEMENT for alfalfa raising In the Wil
lamette valley will undoubtedly be productive
rraulta. It is now well under way in
! ' .
that as srreat crops of alfalfa can
-possibly-thinner -soils of -the - WH-
Ah?TeIrirr dotibmrartn-tne linet
a long time. - The experience of many
the Willamette bottoms nas oeen
:: " 1 '.' ' Hi; :- -
been known and recognized as one
nutritious and valuabte fodder and
SENATORIAL BARGAIN.
T IS REPORTED from Washington that the antl-
administration and railroad senators, of . whom
. Aldrich.. Foraker and Elkins are the leaders, will
pan, either because they believe they
because. they perceive that its defeat
THE MAIL-CARRYING GRAFT.
KNOWS that the government is
a large amount every -year-by the
rather that the people are held up
by the" government for the benefit of the railroads, in
the' matter 6f carrying the. maiLs. Once, ia four .years
an assistant postmaster-general -Sends . out an order for
the mail to be weighed on the railroads throughout the
country for a period of. about two months this year the
time is. to be extended to three months and on this basis
contracts, are made forthe next four years. .The price
paid .for the service, iCr the V amounts are, notover
estimated,' is extortionately.h'ghbutbcsidcs- thialit-is
the general. understanding that during the-weighing" iea
cm, which of coiirie the railroads know., beforehand, the
mails are padded in various ways so at to make a very
heavy amount-on which to compute the pay. '
"This is a sample of the government's way of doing
business. It does business no,t as the agent of the peo
ple at large so much, as the agent of 'those who are try
ing to get as much out of the people ss possible.- -What
big business concern would handle such a piece of busi
ness as this of carrying mails in this way making foTfi-narxontracts-orrthr
basis of tonnage padded to an ai-
mSt unlimited extentand thenTataptic.lixed bythc
parties, penorraing ine service, useii navmg noimng o
aair? Of course no business firm would do any such
would soon become bankrupt.
Folk says.it is a government of the.
the people. .
continually one becomes narrow-minded
an J radical. The editorials In The
Journal will help you Irt think. , ; , ,
Children and Automobilee.
Marqul of Queenaberry in London
Telegraph. ' ' ' ."
, In a mornln paper ot today, anent
the. deaths of Kllen Bread -and Thomas
Bnapea, 1 find It Under the following
beading; "Child Buns Into s atotor.- .
SMALL CHAfclGB
A New Tork Uwyar who obtained
tlS.SOe luda-mnt for a woman client
av. bat 12,000 lt,-a4 t -ot
unprofessional eonduot.. Fot glvtnc b
ao jnuohf
- Now tha . robins' mating
caJL
Uaa back oast aro cackling Oror tha
Joko ttr playad UUa . wlntar en the
cold atorago aaan. . -
" Mr.' Burns ought to be a warm candi
date.-- ' ' ,.
afield. Ohio. SBfluTJ mavi-inftua-
ala. . .
n is auapacted that Eaiiator Tillman
will handle the rate bULwlth s pltob-
Portland cannot ' afford te have any
Portland Seattle railroad knockara. .
Portland And the VUlamatU valley
cannot set Into too oloao touch and
Intimate relatlona wltfc acia tbf. ;;
awra-Kajrmbnrlhul4 visit Urn-
rlon and 3akr oountlos. . : ' :
Senator Aldrloh aoenii to be loading
the Republican party up against it.
Don't klok about any nubile affairs
until you ragtatar. :: , s ,
'Moat everything alao goes away from
a man who wait. . -i-..
Uncle John XX. Rockefeller may be in
eoelualon In order to prepare a Sunday
school addreaa. - .v.- :.--'...
lAkevtaw Herald:' ' The proaoat prioo
of mutton la enough. to make a boat
steer feel sheep. - .'.".. .,.. -, ,,...,,,. .-
if didn't come In much tike a Hon, v
This la the spring. when Oree-oa.be-
eomoa interostlng to politicians through
out the oountry. -'v.:".
peoplekeep a "divorce"
writing love . lettara."
when
lawyer Cromwell la another "none-of-yonr-d
. bualneaa" wltnoaaea. -
ii I I il'iii ii ,mn J " y "'rTm-
' TJongresi r wninotraforin-the" land
laws any, but nobody la dlaappotnted.
e
But there are lota of were men In
the aenate than .Tillman.-.-- ;: ..
. The-alienee of some man "spoken ..of
la becoming almost painful. tlX-.r-'.u,--
AU a witneaa has te do to refuse to
answer Question la to get advice from
counsel. - . : . ! - .. y -..
- Some eastern Oregon
on a snator -fronrr thai
n papers . insist
aTTpart of . the
ataU; some paper up the Willamette
valley say the aenator should come from
thafci section" south Oregonrcant : aee
why it shouldn't "have" a eenrftor; Port
lands demands a aenator and there is
only one aenator to elect. Suppose we
divide Oregon Into four statea : t
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Myrtle Point Enterprise eemes
out half printed, half white paper.
- ' ' ; ' nrr
Bituminous coal la reported discov
ered -In Crook county.
T -vTae.eAys wrTTrTMio. Is the key te
the Inland empire, and every road that
had boon talked of, projected or thousnt
of going west through this territory
goes through Vale. , ... .; -
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; X Carlton - man Is building a eata
maran to be used for pleasure purposes
on the pond. -The boat la something
like 24 feet lona- and will carry from
a doaea to 10 passengers. Snags are
bains: blaeted out of the channel ao that
thetooat-wiHnave-plentytifc7unnftnr
"ground."
, Carlton needs a dentist
. - . e e
Rent and real estate are about as
high In the town of Myrtle Creek wlOi
a population of S0O as In Portland wltn
a population of 1I0.SOO,. and we have
no millionaires, either, says me wait.
.Considerable land being sold ground
Brownsville. : -r .
e e '
. A Pilot Rook man aara that the monoy
market is easy there. In evidence if
which be eitae the case of a aaloon man
wiping hla proboscis on a tSJ bill.
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- Polk county's aeaeasment ' will . be
doubled thle year.
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, A ttO.eee pure-food company haa been
organised at North Bend. , .,- ..
A Tillamook man proposes to place
upon the THlamook'flheridan route two
automobllea to make dally tripe between
these pointe all rummer. Tbe schedule
tune haa been fixed at all hours. t
A Hobeonvllle lumber company will
spehd $10,000 'in improvementa ,
' e e . - ' ..
- Ah Beill. the, celestial hog man. of
Albany, recently sold IS hoaa at tl.SS
per hundred, receiving ever f 600 .' for
them, and haa many more left
Independence' haa e new commercial
club.- .... . ,; ', , . ,
--Oondon want to- become - a Wool
market aa well an Ueppner and Bhanlke.
. - - - ' a .
. ' Not onethlrd of Clataop county voters
are 'yet registered.
. e a ','
' North Powder wilt have S hew saw
mill. . : . ' ...
Aa compared with other eastern Ore.
ron counties, Wallowa stands first for
economy and light expense exclusive
of roads and bridge, and atanda aeventh
on tbe Hat taklna the state aa a whole;
The county has been put to an unusual
xpenaa darlng-tho-paet- year-in open
ina- up new roada and making appropria
tlona fdr tha -Improvement of the more
rmportsntrhi ghways; ; ; ,
. v e e f ;
Building boom on fn Raker City,
. e e ' .
gome Portland men are boring for oil
near Tillamook. . They are down 700
feet and have already found aa. It la
so strong that they' have moved the
atove away and. are - afraid . to Jlsht
matchaa.:JIhey are preparing to bore
on down to the oil, which, they believe
they will certainly rind. . .
Prineville Review: At this -time
chinook, which was Invented for the ex
preaa purpose of melting snowe. seema
nurpoetlcaa .There is no snow here te
melt.; "! , ' v. ".,".' , .
-the sunday school
: lesson
r
mi
zz Bxil. .D. Janklna. XL D. . , L
Topic: ."Josiia ... Telia Who" r Are
Rleaaed.'-Matt..v:l-1, ' : -Ooldea
Text: "Blessed are the pure
In heart: for theyahall see pod." Matt
v:tr- .. "-?.v;
. : .;.:..totindstl. . .
It Is generally conceded that Jesus
delivered the sermon on the mount
about aeven milea aouthweat pf Caper
naum, upon - the so-called V Horns of
Hattln, an elevation two or three. miles
back from- tha Bea of Galilee, rlalng to
a hetgh rrer perhaps B (Tf ee f and ha vTii g
twin summita It la true that Edera-
helm declarea thla alte "unaultable
JUL
traaitlun la strong in. its zavor.
it
aeems quite poaalble
that thla "high
place", waa the scene of oocaslonal re-
llgloua assemblies not - wholly unlike
those "summer schools" or "retreats"
which we hold for deepening of spirit
ual Ufa . -.. . .
Jeaus had been about a year and a
halt, before the publlo and h)e mlraclea
were the talk of the town. But aa yet
there was little agreement among either
friends or foes aa to the ultimate char
acter or hla. raleeloiC Was he first and'
foremost a healer, a reformers or - a
savior? Ail forms of suffering appealed
to him powerfully, and it was evident
that such aa he, -a son of the sou and.
tha aclon of a noble Una could have
but little armpathy with those who
Were then the political chlefa of Judea
But then again At times he lert every
thing else to go off on. long preaching
tours, turning hla back upon opportuni
ties to render himself famous and pop
ular (Mark t:t2-SS. - I
It waa to define his. work and -make
clear hla aim that he delivered thla re
markable addreaa ? He bad already
chosen disciples who by their number
(twelve) Indicated that they bad spe
cial message to the chosen race (Luke
vt:lt-l(). It was important that these
should have the ' leading principles .of
his mission clearly outlined. He took
this occasion to declare what was the
life which h expected 6f men. They
were looking' for a kingdom of God
(Luke xvll:21). and he was preaching
"lrmgdoinrbf TJOd.-Tyeal the rieWTtf e
be marked by freedom" from" toll and
sickness and overty:roT.-wouia Ttn
found in a restoration of that political
autonomy which prevailed in the first
days of -ntaeirH Canaanlttst'' history
(Judges xvll :),.. or waa he aimpiy.to
lead Individuala to loftier heights of
knowledge and -devotion - i
It waa to answer these Questionings.
of men's hearts that JeauS spake. He
waa to eatabllah the kingdom of Ood
on earth, then and there, He-was te
bless men with intimate personal rela
tions with the King of Heaven. He was
to spread peace and happiness around.
But he would have all those who looked
to him for ' guidance know that true
blessadaeaa doea not come from with-
1out. It springs up wttnm tne man ana
Sows out from him rather than 4a to
ward him (John lv:14). - ' .
' The leeae. . -Varee
i.. Wherever -Jeaue went now
he was accompanied y-erowdat the
devout and the cuiioua More than onoe
It was necessary for him to withdraw
under cover' of tbe night to some lonely
spot for k brief relief from thst nervous
exhaustion which is the sure result of
long-continued excitement (Mark vi:Slfc.
They pressed upon him at tlmea ao that
It seemed imposaiDie to veil wnonracnw
him with Intent te be healed (Mark
vrJ0-ll). fThey crowded the house to
suffocation In which he sought refuge
(Mark ii:i-tl. But todav Jesus Ten tne
time and plaee opportune for a formal
addreaa to tbe people, an aooress upon
the fundamental principles of the re
deemed Ufa i .
Vera X. . "He opened hla moutn ana
taught them." Jesua had no occult doc
trlnea taaervedtgrj the vew jonn
xvlll:30). He observed a natural oraer
In his teaching (John xvl:), ut every
part of his truth was for aU mankind
(Matt x:ltL , i v
Verse I. The first principle which
Jesus enunciated was that Ihe proud
and self-satisfied never knows the Joys
of "the kingdom." Men have commonly
believed that happiness consists in Inde
pendence of others. In a- aenae Ot our
superiority, in the feeling that we are
richer, more learned or more pious than
our fellows." Suck a splrir never imows
the bleeaedness of a life in God's realm.
That eweet and rich experience belongs
only to men who think humbly of them
selves, and make no claims to considers
tloa and have no anxiety to lord It over
othera - ---- t - '
Verse 4. - And blessed are those who
have some of the Ills of life te. bear.
Ther shall learn more of Ood through
his comforting them . then others ean
know through their - immunity rrom
suffering. More than one self-sufficient
man has realised more of happiness
after misfortune haa made him depend
ent upon wife or children or nelghbore
than he ever knew before. The touch
which is given us in sickness is worth
more than that which la given us In the
dance. Nobody knows God's love in Its
follnees who has never by reason of felt
sin or experienced loss -been- brought to
know God as 'the Comforter" of his
children.
Verse S. The men that fight for their
rlrhts are not the men that get them.
The people who reap moat out of thle
life are the people wno aaa tne leaar
of It- The Germane have a "apruch
wort" a proverb to the effect that "the
man who carries hie nai in bis nana
travels around, the world without op
poaftlon." That is what-this beatitude
meana We get our rlghta oftenef by
gentleness than by violence. Not force
but meekness ie the wsy to acquisition.
The. man who takes the sword to get
what the world fowes" him will get his
quietus most likely (Matt xsvl:tl)
Verse . Tbe only thing that a man
pan be sure of In thle world because he
feela hla need of it, is rlghteousneea A
men may labor all hla life for rtchea
and die poor.. He may atruggie all me
rlfv for fame and die despised. He msy
even seek foreknowledge and find hla
Increase of knowledge only broadens his
horlaon of ignorance, But a man who
really hungers and thirsts te be good
will become good. If he covets grace.
he Will aft arace...
Verae 7. The merclfuTlman foregoea
the base satisfaction of revenge but he
gets the sweet satisfaction of hla own
forgiveness. No man Is saved by hie
merit - If -saved, he Is saved - because
Ond is merciful toward him. - The mere!
ful man la not afraid of Ood, because
what he knows of the . divine life In
human exercise enables him to realise
thsr-meref ls'TH"Sttrniute"of every
great-character, and so he shall not
.fill Jojecelve mercyf romOod
Verse S. The man wboae heart Is (by
grace) free from sin, doea not need a
book to prove to. himself the eatstehce
of Ood. . He sees Ood in everything
shout' him. Doing ths will. of Ood is
the beet way to know the truth ot the
doctrine about Ood (John vli lT). The
moot convincing apologetic le a good
ltfe.--Uprightnee and -spiritual eer
talnty . to togetbar You eaa proven-tot
a bad men things which yon-need net
prove to a good one. The practice of
the Christian virtues by yourself will
bring Ood nearer to your apprehension
than any volume upon "The Evldencee
of Christianity" .-which waa ever writ
ten by othera -
Verae I. A quarrelsome Christian Is
a contradiction in terma Whatever a
Utlgloua man may think about himself,
people have their doubta about his being
a child of God: because they feel that
Ood la not aaaertlve, dictatorial1 and
ssreaatva If any man haa peace In
tbla world, it te beoauae he makes It.
Trouble he need not make. That will
spring up fnnn th ground. But peace
be will not aee uiileaa ii0 pianta it him
self. And tha peaceable man is recog
nlaed by the world aa "a child of God."
Thla beatitude doea not mean that we
ta our publlo life ahall auffer Injustloe
to trample upon the rlghta of the poor.
But so fa as In us Ilea by the surrender
of our own wlshea and rights and hon
ors (Rom. xll:l8), we must ."live peace
ably with all men" ii w would have
the world call us 'Vhildreo of God." -
Vereea 10-11. - Being In the kingdom
' 1A 111 -
noxloua to the powere of darkness. But
even wnen peraeouted end ui-treaiea,
the saUdi't'B uf- aod will Bud llieiuselies
not outside his kingdom, (v. 10K -The
propbete -of old were not free from
bodily suffering bur tbey lived in the
kingdom. They .'would not have "ex
changed places with those who- put
them to death. You may have tne
trlala. but you may alao have the tri
umphs which have pertained to the life
In Ood In every age. Even while ad
mitting the divlnenees'of your life men
will possibly thrust' you through with
a dart .But ba.aUaotthJuw,lncaiV
brings you in more precious relation te
your Sovereign and you rather.
verse. IS.. Kememoer one tning. . , ir
the Christian doea not aave the world. It
will never be saved. He alone la its
"salt" ' If tbe Christian becomes cor
rupt, all la corrupt, for there la no other
eaving power, known among men.
Philosophy will not save men.- Science
will not do It Philanthropy. If without
root In God. will not do it It, never
haa- done It It Is Christianity alone
which exists for the dlstlnet purpose
of eaving those outside Us own mem
berahlp.
Veraea 14-1S. The world neeoe "Ugnt"
to banish dsrknese as much as it needs
salt to prevent, decay. . Bhlne by. the
power of a godly life. 8htne by the
power of a brave eonfessloiv-. Bhlne,
and the world will have light' Hide
your light and the world la - In dark
neaa; and how great la that darkness 1 ,
-UROTELSNDj
KTOEIR-BILLS OFFARE-
By Ells Wheeler Wilcox. '
(Ooprrlcht, 1000, by W. B. Urt.)
Moneaxue. Jamaica. W. V The menu
of the American hotel has at way a been
a thing ef terror to ma (TT '
Wltb a dosen cereals, half a dosen
aoupa, all the flsh of all the seas, rivers
and lakes, all the animals of earth, to
gether . with - every condiment sanoe,
entree and dessert Invented by epicure,
gourmand and fiend, the average Ameri
can hotel bill of fare auggeata Noeh'e
Ark, ready for embarkation.
Aa-for. the table-d'hote at tneae
hotels. It te like nothing so much as a
department a tore; and the poor human
stomach IS the bargain-counter, where
"marked-down" goods are toesed in an
Indla-eatlble heap. .
Tt Ohesaare the things wo-celt-th
"luxuries of civilisation," and then we
complain that "Ood afflict n with
disease," and tbe money left over from
paying for Noah's Ark goes to pay the
doctor-- . '' ' .- ... j.
Perhaps -the -wily hotel men realise
that there are many people eonatttuted
se that a eight or thought ef much food
destroys tha appetite.- --
Certain it Is, in my own eaee, when
I am obliged to alt down to en Ameri
can table d'hote, the money paid le
money given away for hunger leaves
me when tbe soup is served.
The English simplicity of diet la Ja
maica seems an admirable relief in
every way - from American hotel fare.
and yet I aoutt not mat in nvo years
time this simplicity-will bave departed,
and the ' traveler will And here ' the
monstrous American hotel, Ite depart
ment store table and Its colossal bllia
For the American hotel "camel's
noae" haa entered the. "tent" ef the
Jamaican resorts and soon the whole
tent will be occupied. - . v-
. ' Betting as a Cause of .Crime
From the St Louis Chronlcla
. "I may say to you In a general way."
said ths superintendent of the National
Surety company of New York, "that
from my observation, covering several
years, a very large number Of defalca
tions are either directly or indirectly
attributable to race-track gambling. We
are compelled to decline many applica
tions for bonds for the reason that our
investigation develops the tact that the
employ is addicted -to betting on the
races. In a very large number of eaaea
the investigation made aubsequent to a
defalcation develops the faot .that the
employe haa been following the races to
a greater or less extent , You are un
doubtedly aware that -several large con
cerns bere In New York recently found
that so many of their employee, were
gambling on the races that ordere were
issued that Immediate dismissal would
result In every oaae where thia fact was
uroven. All surety' companies-agree, I
am sure, that race-track gambling I the
prollflo oauae for much wrongaoing; not
only the direct cause of defalcation, but
the Indirect cause of many kindred
vices - which ultimately result In de
falcation. - Many ot the cases which
come to our attention ehow that an em
ploye, after receiving 'a "sure tip,' will
borrow the funds from hie employer
with which to gamble on the tip re
ferred to, and, in many eases, not win
ning, out on his "sure tip,' he sgaln
borrows' from hla employer, thle time
In the full confidence that he will win
enough to more than repay both of the
loans.' - It , le. In my judgment moat
unfortunate tbet race-track gambling ia
not looked upon with greater disfavor
It Is greatly to be regretted that many
look upon the laying of a wager on a
horserace in the , same light as many
look upon a political bet but when we
ore oaf runted - with tha almost, daily
evidence 'of greet wrongdoing and crime
directly traceable to the modest begin
ning of a trivial bet at a horserace, we.
of -necessity, feel that the practice of
race-track gambling ahould be In every
consistent and legal way frowned upon
And dlecouragea." ,
. A'-Peep-- Intathe"FutuTt.
WV J.',..Lampton, in New Tork -World.
I stood on the bridge at midday,
The weather wae hot; In Jily, 5LiIT
And gating aloft toward the senlth, .
Beheld a balloon in the aky,
, 1 : ' '"
Far up In theasure it floated,"" ' r ""
Jj!!LJl?l''"t-i'Plrk '" tn mtt
And watching it floating I wondered,,
. Its object in being up there.
Betlmee it came down, and' t sought It
And aaked of the aeronaut why .
He had sailed through the aaure so
lowly, . '
As though he were eearchlng the sky.
He seemed te be lost In conjecture;
So much so, I' bad to speak twice.'
"Excuse me," he eald, "I waa up there'
. To look for the price of Ice."
"And what are the flguresr" t -queried,
Because I wsa needing cold stuff. -"I
didn't find eny," he anewered;
"I couldn't go high enough.". .
OREGON INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS-
JtlWaait.A.Saa
atsnv
Prom the Pendleton r East' Oregonlan. '
The Eaat Oregonlan wants an eaatern
Oregon man for eaatern Oregon. It
urges eastern Oregon .people'to stand
firmly, for. -such a candidate." If Port-"
land will not voluntarily yield a de
served and Just share of tbe honors,
then let eastern Oregon "take J he bit, :
In her teeth" and forcibly take posses,
sion of her own. . - j .,. ;
BorrartiyjttnteaV.
A
Prom the Roseburg Review. ;
The Portlaud Oregonlan and Its even- .
ins 'edltlen. the Teluaiaiii. Iiae delitiei1'
ately misrepresented Mayor lane be
cause he had the grit to go out with
a force of polloemen and eraaah tbe
unsightly flume that Lafe Pence had
built across the park. If the mayor
had neglected te do tils duty ia the
premlaea the same papere would have
condemned him for hie lack of vigilance
In gusrdlng the clty'e interests those '
organs - of nfossbacklam - and misan
thropy having stooped to the most dls- .
boaorabia asetHode-ia-order-to- defeat
br. Lane's attempt to give. the city
clean, honest administration." ' ' : ' -
. : . , Wlllacaatt ear Colombia. ' - . . . .. ; :
Prom -the Astoria n, . :. I
' It will probably make aU tbe differ
ence In the world to Portland which ,
river the Northern Pacific railroad shall
orosa In Its attampt to enter (he metre- .
polls; the fight to prevent It, bridging - V
the Willamette may send the Hill line '
to Caplea and St Helens for: an ex-
pad lent. In which event the long haul ..
on wheat may be a hundred milea '
longer than Portland earee to oontem-.
plate," but which Astoria may consider -moat
gratefully. There Ore infinite)
possibilities In a scrap of thla sort - f '
. ;.; . ' la Thia aYanaeayf ' '' '' ;
' - From the Baker City Democrat i '
' Ia the mlxup of warring factions -"
the Republican party of thla eounty m '' '
result may follow that will leave the
county unrepresented at the nolle In ' --
Jnmr-ns taragthefovetTiorshlfr"a6qr'
eengreeslonar-offtceTsr art concerned. 4 "-
tUkesT the adiiorlat 1 :
J"rm "the Hood -River-,. Newr. Letter
In the Oregon Journal of Sunday ap- .
peered . tha- ablest editorial upon-tha -aaloon
question that we have noted, for
many a day. It was a plain, candid
and- intelligent portrayal of present -conditions
- aa -touching .this -glgan tie
evil not fanatical or abusive by any
raeans-rbut Just sober, pungent Tacts '
which must so appear to any unbiased -mind.
' If you ' have . not already read
the article referred to you should not
fall te o.so -t i ';-
t i IMlag f. tha Stone Agsk' -i V
- Prom the' Medford Mail.
On exhibition at- the Medford exhibit
building are twd relics of an age prior -to
any-of which traces have been found
In southern Oregon, Theee relics. Cn-
sistnf twev-Stone-lmplementa w-htclr-were
found on the head of Snyder creek
In the Sama valley country by Thomas
' Browns.- They bear - unmistakable .
evidence of having been' fashioned and .
uaed' by man, :: One is some . If inches !
in length, four-sided, and tapering from
eome two Inches in diameter to a point'
Ite poaalble use waa to remove tha
pelts of the animals slain by the man -of
tha stone age, to which, tbeae relics
belong.' The other Shows evidence of
considerable '. skill - in - Its . fashion
ing. . It - la shaped' something- like a
tailor's goose and hae a rude handle';,
cemented to It, That the man of tbe
Stone age understood the making' and
use ot cement haa never before been
known, but that Implement la a stand
ing proof. The line of the cement can
be plainly eeentnonris as firm "now"
ss It was when it was first laid years
ago. T.hls Implement - wae likely uaed
to dress the hides removed by means -of
the first-named, and, being found to- -gather,
both probably belonged to the.
first maater' tanner oSTearth. .
At Port CTataop. VV '
March t. The diet of the sick Is so '
poor that they gala strength but afowly. '.
All ar nnw pnnv.l..,.nt with Iraas
appetites, but nothing to eat except poor
sip an a a f, - rewyer amvea wim amoa
acceptable aupply of fat aturgeon. fresh- .
anchovies and a bag ef wapatoo hold
ing a bushel. We feaated on, these
fish and roota.-'.. : , .
la the Picture."
,'. . '' By James J. Montagua'
1 muat be la the picture," said the
president, etrd had himself photographed
with tbe bride and groom. Story of the
Wedding. . -,. , ..
-, .' V 1. -': " .'
It waa the court photographer -who drew
- .-the crowd aside,. . .
That hd might make a flashlight ot the
bridegroom and the bride;- ' ' -The
bridegroom, frowning firmly, and
- the bride, all like a rose,
Stood forth against the hallway In -a
- truly lovely pose,
When: "Waltl" exolatmed greet, Teddy,
dashing up upon the run, t -1
must be in that picture with my
v ' daughter and my eon!-"
' . -.. II.
Y
Par out In Colorado, where the brawny
'4 bobcats are,,.
Came Kodak Dan to photograph a badly
- ahot-up b'ar; , ' . : j.
Tbe mountaineer moved carefully away
- from the deceased, - :. . ..
That Dan might do full Juotlee to the
':. late lamented beaef
When: "Halt!" commanded Teddy, with .
- modest, shrinking air, .- -
"I must be in the picture with my lovely
JT. grlmUy gearr ;-.J-:--
I IT. - - -. - ':
'Twaa in the senate chamber. that the
picture man appeared. ' .
The old and senile, gentlemen within
' their lair to. beard.
When Lofh came dashing madly in and
" thundereir-wtMlyr8Uyr
Until the preoldent baa time to drees la
glad array. ' -
I bear from him a mandate for all ouch
. occasions, vis r. U " ; Jr
He must bo In the picture with these
.senatorsjof , hlsr;-,. y, J,.
And so wherever cameres"goJctiCkIng '
Greet Teddy'e ne'er eo fsr away he can- .
not be on hand. . .--v.
He graoee every photograph that one
. would care to sea
That ever has been taken in this coun-,
try of the free, - -
Though -you snapshot no matter what,
if he by chance la by
He muat be In tha picture, or he'll know;
, the reason why. .... ' l
Marse Henry on Southern France.'
ft. W. In Tmlayllle Courr-Jouma1.
Having tried the south of France -as
a winter resort and fousd It a. humbug,
I have fallen back upon the--southern'
seaboard of little eld America. '
aii .i.iw.i,.! ain I
. LEWIS ANDyCLARK :X