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THE PORTLAND A SEATTLE BRIDGE.
. . rry he: tort of Portland
I." t consult' with the officials
-tHli4-b antra
... city.,"A"ter getting ' through with
might be expedient if not wise, to' take a few minutes
to roii.sult with the people of Portland on- the game irn
x joriant subjects, . . V1 ' . .-.. .''.- ":
, If there are good and valid reasons why there should
bc; modifications made in. the ' plans for , the proposed
bridge these should be considered but
- belief that much of the delay is being caused by the open
"and secret opposition of the; Harriman officials who are
' iery much more concerned about keeping out competi-
.iicmihAalhcjtJiriJonganjrng that will help in the
- great-development- moTementwhichuJS noy fairly
- started. They should not make ef this a personal matter
5 betweeiTthe people of Portland an4ihe oadS-whlch they
"-TTCpresentThere are already sufficient cause of irrita
.., tion. If the HaTriman rpads had done "their duty by
Portland and Oregon, if they had taken businesslike ad
vantage -of the enormous opportunities which they ex
, clusively enjoyed for many years, Portland and Oregon
Would have been much farther advanced in a material
v way than they now appear. But all of that has been
threshed, out before and there is no present inclination
to do the wcu-Vain.uiilrji
But just; the same the. people, are : growing resentful
They want the ,road to come into Portland Ind they
want the terms to be liberal and decent while' at the same
time safeguarding the public Interests. They know how
-' 1"" "" fc".'1.l"'fifi "A"rt anA inf'irfr-tf the pub
lic from the announcement that the" Portland & Seattle
road was coming here. Theroad came here withouTd e--
tnanding favor. " It paid for' what it got and the price
wa liberaL-The assurance that it was coming here
added a definite increase in . price to every bit of real
. estate in the city and it has put a backbone into a real
estate movement that promises the-greatest results-ever
ad-from such a soiirrr in the
city.- '..,' r-
Realizing all these things it makes them indignant to
note any captious opposition to the entrance of the road
and to be able to trace it,' as they believe they can, to
the work of a rival.'; So far as the public is concerned
it believes the time for action has come and affirmative
action' would . meet withcof diaWndract'c''yVnan'"
nious support from the taxpayerTana" peopleof Portland
who realize not alone the benefits that, have already
acr ruetTtd th emTbuf r"th bsV"whichwIll follow In def in itely
-fromthe.'buildinjt"ofthe Jroad jntp Portland, the only
nbbstrtict ion now-being- the bridge -a cross- ihe-Wiilamette;
work on which is being too much delayed by the action
of the Port of Portland..' . , :'" "'''.. ' : -
PREMATURE.,
CONSIDERING that General Corbin, in an inter
';. view printed" yesterday, proclaimed with smug
satisfaction that he Jiad pacified the Filipinos,
, k is ratherfotcresting to note the somewhat complete
pacif'icatibnbyrdeath in'battte' of fiOOMoros which is an
nounced from Jolo by cable today. Whatever differ-
ence ot opinion maF'cXfstras1 to th
the Filipino conglomerations which go
island possessions of the United btates, there can be none
that these Moros are completely," effectually and eter-
. nally "pacified." , Unfortunately some' of our own of
ficers and men were slain in the same combat and offer
-mute but tragic protest against the manifestly hasty
SBClasions of Genera' Corbinr
It has been suspected for some
FORTS OF AN ANT
CIXY
From tJje Philadelphia Record. -
THE encroachments of civilisation
bid fair tn a few years to rob
Blair county, Pennsylvania, of
Its great natural curiosity th
Ant City, located about five miles south
of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on the line
of the Logan Valley Electric railway.
- Centuries ago these big black ants, or
fnrmlcidae. aa - they are technically
called, possessed themselves of a sec-
tlon of virgin forest at the foot of the
- Brush mountain and began the work ot
constructing homes and forts. Thsy
rained glgantfc mounds of regular,' coni-
eal shapa, ranging In alse from k few
inches to four and Yiv feet high, and
v-f rora 20 to 40 feet In circumference, and
for years they were unmolested,
' ' At on tim. tmly.-a comparath'ety
few years ago,, there were mora than
i. 000 of these mounds spread over a
1 territory of some 20 acres, but the
"advent of the trolley line through the
'very heart of th ant city has had a
' tendency to drive th ants way. There
; ere perhaps lees than too of these canes
-' dotting th woods now, but they contain
minion rand mllllens of the "iilnrky I
, tollers. . . j
Jnvestigatlon Jias proved. That f".h
. mound la built with engineering skill
, that amounts almost to science, gre-it
ear being exercised to prevent a cave
in. These underground homes consist
of a system of galleries, regularly dla--.
posed, with a tendency to arrangement
In stories. Winding passageways con--
net-t the stre and her and ther ri
' chambers th serve aa nurserlea anj
storerooms for food. Sometimes the
snt In a thickly populated con burrow
to the denth of C end r0 feet. "
Ofrtlmea, numerous openlnaa lead to
Inf "Wurmi'P. 1 ami immpp. iwu iwinwais'
' Hill ISiT.
of th colony, are guarded by sentinels,
quick to challenge all comers and giy
the alarm in raae nf danger. At night
or In stormy weather th galei are eomb
times carefully closed.
The mounds are nothing nor than
Underground- fortifications, guarded
with all th rare which man give to
Mb fortreki In fact. It la a matter of
common understanding that war, as an
rt, tind Hs origin with ants, and with
' some speclea, nntebly the ones tl Ant
IHIln, battles form leading Incidents
of their Uvea. Th soldiers are large
bedded. Jvlng equipped with two palre
of Jaws, they use th stronger pair t
hold thHr opponent. whtl-wlth th
nther thev' quietly " btta off -the -bead
at th n.k. .
On of the nevef-tevbo-forgotten
tght I a battle between ants. In which
thousands of the ferocious If tries insert
are tcMd. Being caaplbals, the,
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEft
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
Gunday'i and wwy SiiarlaV VinrriirTg, at
' hill srrert. Portland, prcgoa
djurns 'ora day
of the O, R, & N.
she bad conditions
that consultation it
there is a grow ing
prising the group
jumble of interests,
WCT'lllUfl1
as lift
is generally doing
in certain lines is
And we are only
whole history of the
:.:.i-;;V . LL-L
the lesson, Southern
0
DMIRAL
vP- IT'4 P.vr
. Really, what is
to make up these
It is the things
that ought to be
kit. . .
and so perhaps we
Rut we workers
time, that .while the
forget that I .
hav no hesitancy in eating th heroes
slain In war. -..
. Kach colony has a queen ant for Hs
bead. If the cone la large there may
be several queens, but they occupy dif
ferent apartment. Th queens do not
work. They do not even care for th
young.' Th "workers," undeveloped fe
males of several slsea, de everything.
A queen rarely leaves her. under
ground home.' Bh Is constantly attend
ed by a body guard; which looks after
her every want. In order that she may
not. be disturbed In her egg-producing
Industry. These eggs are of minute
else At the end of the -larval period
the grtibs pans into, th pupal stage,
sometimes- sphrntng a - cocoon. In-thia
the development from the larva to the
mature: takes place..' The "workers
help 'the young snts from th cocoon
and they leave the nests about Septem
ber for -the "swarming" or "marriag
flights," being forced to do so by the
'workers." - -
" Pouring : forth from many ; nests,
thee winged Insects form clouds In
th air. Mating takes place In th sir
and th males, having performed the
one function of their lives, sink to
earth, where they, perish or are de
voured bv some Insectivorous animal.
The fertilised females tear off their
wings, and such of them as escape de
struction burrow Into the ground and
start new colonies, to become queens.
"A regular organisation Is maintained
by- the ar. So-much-work la allotted
to euoh of th "workers," and fear of
punishment, swift and sure, keeps them
diligently at it. They carry to th but
eldn nf the cones th excavated pellets
or the earth and secure a supply of
food to b stored 'for winter's us on
th return trip. . '
They are fond of eating each other In
case th food supply runs short, as It
sometimes - doe. - .Ant cannot eat - a
olid subBtance, but lick or lap It They
resemble human beings by.jkeeplng do
metic animals called "ant cows," and
this Is one of the most interesting And
curious habits of the ant. Th Insects
K nnwn 1 ar-ephtae. w plant sites,
excrete In considerable abundance a
sweet substance known as honey-dew,
of whlrhjints are aa fond aa a child Is
bfcahIy. To Indue Ih plant-parasite
to exude It more freely the ants stroke
th Insects with their "feelers," a pro
cess strikingly analogous to that by
which, th cow 1 Induced to prld her
milk through preeaur on her udder.
Greet herds of thss ant cows are kept
In the underground home and fed on
ileaves which are gathered In th sum
mer tim. Th ants seise the parasites
bodily, and carry them Into their nests
by main fore. ,
v Th warlike species of ants are a lacy
lot, and unless -they are regularly fed
by tlie "workers" would dla of sLifYva-tlon.-
They absolutely refua to work.
They are th standing army and- in
pea- and war must be provided with
food. ' They are commanded by generals
appoint fez th gueana and fet feattls
J OUR N A L
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Th Journal Bunding, t"'hb nc?i
nominal though oblique objective ,of the troops now fee
ing sent across the Pacific was China, in the event ef a
f ritia Oifie, and that even if otherwise it...wajrnat!L
of good policy to make' that announcement because of
prevailing in the flowery. Kingdom,
n4taUy-iefttiacd first and .last for
the Philippines where such troubles were brewing that
thfir presence would have a good effect upon the riiost
warlike of the native tribes. ; . .- . .'
In the Trery nature xf things it could, not be expected
that , complete pacification of air these tribes .could be
accqmplished there in the course of' a very few years,
Uprisings, more or less frequent, may be looked for a
matter of course in. some part of the many islands com-
TnOTe:oiesaTndefimteyrIn-uch-a-l
ignorance, nationalities and religions
uprisings are a natural and inevitable outcome and they
are the direct inheritance of our possession of the islands.
Thjtser must be accepted and merin the very1 na.tttre-et
things and no officer -will he safe in saying for-a long time
to come that the pacifictton-is-eier complt-or last
ing, though the tendency in that direction is manifestly
prauoupceAnotwithstanding the shocking character of
today's- .news. r : . : u
A GENUINE OREGON AMBITION,
HETTEOPLE OF OREGON are rapidly learning
the lesson that the. way to get along is to raise
things but that the way tc get along best is to
raise the best things. . This latter most important lesson
they have only lately learned. There is always a ready
market at top prices for the very best that can be raised.
Any men and any section caa raise the average quality
of fruit, grain or vegetables but only particular men and
sections can raise the very best' in their tlass. Within
the limits of what it can do, and the limits are nowhere
wider than in favored Oregon, the aim should be to get
theyery highest attainable results. In the past entirely
tu nature's uwaij fioU, i riant mm
his full share and Oregon's reputation
becoming world wtue.
at tneThfes1iiotd-Of"What can be done.
Certain, sections have been noted for a dozen years or
more for the excellency "of their products but otherljec
tions are falling into line and every year the number
is being increased of those who find that if there is a
living in slapdash production there is a fortune in the
highest attainable results. Hood River h as long taught
Oregon is most strikingly teaching
tf and it will not be long before Oregon's productions as
a whole will bear , the hall mark of supreme excellence
that commands the top notch prices in the best markets
of the world. -.,--,-.--- - . ; ' "
Not an average quality, not, as good as any one else,
but better than the best, that is the motto for Oregon to
adopt if its producers desire fame and fortune. Nature
will lo its-part and always has done iU It only remains
for men to supplement nature's efforts and the ambition
i s rea lized. : : -, : r .. ., , ; , ...
DO WE : NEED A BIG NAVY? '
TOGO says we need a big navy. All
the admirals say we do. it is the admirals busi
ness to have big navy.' - ' ,
..Well, if we are to have a big one, let's have the biggest
brie" 6n ' earth; ' We' are the biggest nation. We can
build it, if we want t0-- - t --
But we think there is something bigger than a big
navy.. '-; ' .; ... '' ....'..'
The American hen!
The Irish potato! , " ' J . -- v.
appVT
a navy for? Or. an army?
that make alive, that help righXlivirig,
supported, rather than the things that
We are semi-barbarians, though, and so are the rest
of the peoples, Irving in fear and hatred of one another;
need a great navy and many admirals!
Jiave to pay . the price, let us" not
are ferocious," energetio and fight to the
death. .
Little other animal life abides In th
woods with these atrta. . Th oldest In
habitant cannot recall when gam was
to be found In that section and birds
Ignore th trees. Even toads bop not
ther, and with' half a chance the ants
can readily torture lusty "'snak to
deatn.
At tn present tim th woods are
almost surrounded by residences and
th circle of Ant City la being narrowed
These ants flee from ruima'n as from
pestilence, nor will they, differing from
their littl red brother, enter dwellings.
It Is more-than likely . that th Logan
Valley company wilt select a section ot
the woods largely populated with th
hills and preserve it for posterity la
order that this curiosity may not b
eorae satinet At Woodbury, this county,
is a small collection of ant hills, but It Is
so' out of th wsy that few persons ever
go to se them, especially when a larger
and better display Is to be found within
easy access. . ,
Good Weather In Washington.
From the New York World.
It was Ilk May In Washington today.
Th sun was bright and warm and th
air soft and balmy. Th first blackbird
appeared on the Whit House, lawn.
There will be hundred in a few day.
Th first robin cam today also. Th
crrtcusea are above ground a nd soon w ill
make th entire lawn gay with reds and
jrallows. The .fishermen ml?, th shad
and mackerel will be running In th
Potomac. In a short time,
Washington never had a winter Ilk
this. Ther hav been only two cold
days, and they were not very cold. Th
percentage of sunshln has been about
86since last November. The pessimists
are saying that the summer Will be very
cold and disagreeable or very hot No-exwly-
earee muoh, for , thaartntetbaa
been ao fin that the Dimmer will hav
to be entirely desptcabl befor It can
destroy the average.
-, - : Hia Case Hopeful. 1
i ,ronl toa Hawark News. .
One tlms a young man "wenTto-!
Soothsayer and said:
"Sir, I wish to be a Gentleman,, but
everything seems againat m. I ' am
vain and rude. I hav no natural Re
finement or Delicacy ef Feeling, and I
don't know enough to com In out ot
th Rain. How about Itr
Th Soothsayer thought a moment and
replied: - . .
"My son. you hav everything In your
favor. Two dollars, please." - .
Millions at Sea.
From ; th Baltimore Hun.
Mor than t. 000.000 persons ar at
sea dally, exclusive of those who ar
guessing when work will begin on th
Panama canal, .
SMALL CHANGE
Ttoth mlsslonarlea and soldiers male
Now In w
Trfjr-nrfOTH'vrit should be en-
titmroWire. " " M
roying tllW"
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War cloud . (a Europe as usual
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-j frenple J.nlng In' thing Tilt
No dirt liu been tur out of the Pa-
naina canaT except at Washington, TJs-
trict or Columbia. . .
Tt. Wller ouaht to torn to Oraron
ana set eurea up.
Thesa trm th nmi. t..
hear th birds sin If you'r ud early
enouan ..... .. .
.rwii..wa .'Tots r atralalitr. Not
on your Ufa. .. .a:-.- ..
Did you aver see a finer March T "
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The.faj-mera ate urosDeroua. ' "The
farmer t eedeth all." '
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Weston Leader: - Joe' and Jeonr a.re
the names of a dainty bantam chanti
cleer and hla frao, which are seen In
tne yard of W-r M. Powere" realdenea.
and are th admiration of f Vry email
boy in the neighborhood. " , ,
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B. H. Barker of Heeeta ITnad. hn
picked up a barrel of whisky on. the
beach near his ranch a eounle ot weeks
ng-o, sold it for ft per aallon. nettlna
him 1300, according to the . Newport
News. tt - -
Canyonvllle Echo: W. ft. Stock killed
panther Monday' In a culeh a ahnrt
distance from hie borne. It measured
eight feet one Inch. This la the second
Tiaimu'i ne iiss m leu miis winter, ob
sides a bear and a number of smaller
animals. .. . . .
Toledo Leader: A e-reat deal nf Ini
tereet la belne- taken in raisin Gnsileh
walnuts and Alberta In artoua.narta f
Oregon. They do well In favorable loca
tions in Lincoln county and would
prove a valuable crop on rough land ex
posed to the sun so we are told.
McMinnvlll teleDhone-Re
Dayton Prairie Sewing society met Wed
nesday at Mr. William Paxon'a. Twen
ty ladles were present and sewed S
pounds of carpet rags a good day's
work, their Angers evidently keeping
time with the now of conversation.
The Gold Hill News has coma out Im
a new and Improved form.'..... .
PoHtlc'sln Baker Is warmlnr tin in
a white heat on all lines, national, state
and county, says the Democrat.
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Lostln Ledger: With the eomnli
tlon of the rsllrAfiif win v..
great lumber Industry opened up ln?at1,r0f5n"i'-l" !
me central pan . or
the countv lvlna
north and east' of Lostln. There' 1
no finer body of timber in eastern Ore
gon than is found in the Whiskey creek
section.. ...,,.-,,'... .... i. ... .s....
An early season all over OregJn.
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Lots of Improvement around Drain.
Good timber claims are becomlna
searoe smd eeon all of the vacant ones
will be gobbled up. says the Drain. Non-
parsll. .
Alfalfa-will, b thgo up th valley.
Myrtle Creak Mall: Brownie Wtllia
eparated Dock Hutson from f 2 of his
spare, eaan Thursday on a wager, and
also established a new runnlnc record
for this part of the county by covering
in aisiancev on root, between th de
pot at Ruckles and th postomc here
in t. f'Tfi'l pn half mllre n H
minutes.
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A gang" of telcphon "' menIa busy
connecting up th telephones with' th
new line between Corvallls and Monro.
Th new " lln makes the second
through connection with th two places.
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Floating around: Th tim to make
garden 1 now at hand, whan th man
of th house, at the woman's behest.
gets out and digs and spoils a $5 pair
or snoe ana a 4.to pair or pants for
It cents' worth of maaaly pea.
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A writer In th Eugene Guard say
typhoid fever can be cured by keeping
a plec or lc tn sis or a hickory nut
In . the patient's mouth for If hours,
freezing out the" fever,' declaring that
he had seen patients oured this way
who bad been given up by the doctors.
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Th rapidly Increasing business ef th
Jefferson creamery Justifies the asser
tion that It will soon b th leading
establishment of th kind In the val
ley. It is now receiving cream from all
directions, says th Review.
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About k.000,000 feet of log ar In
Indian creek, in western Lane county.
."" 'i-a
Echo people hav raised '$S,S0O and
will hav a creamery. '
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. Four days passed, In Pendleton with
out an arrt - v, .. . .
Childhood 'a Imagination. -
"From-the Philadelphia Ledger.
Early mental processes easily- partake
ot th fanciful. It 1 for thl reason
that many children 11. They cannot
differentiate truth and falsehood. They
must learn by experience th distinc
tion between reality and dram Impres
sions. - There is a familiar story about
a woman who waa seeking to teach
her little girl the value of truth. The
girl h ad T5en"TCTrttri8 "S Ml t tif A
Trhrs'
and Sapphira, -"Don't you know what
happened to them?" asked th lrtstruo-
ter. "Yea," japuad th child. . .'They
fell dead, and I saw them carried Into
th corner drug store." Tet ther was
nothing wiclted-in .this youngster nor
hope1ess-jrrt-er-ewttloote-Stmr her lmag
Inatlon could not bs said to need stim
ulating. -
Th Largest Corn Field. ' . ,4
Iowa City ' Correspondence . fit ' Paul
Dispatch. -The
largest field of corn' In th
United States, If not In th' world, has
Just been harvsstsd on th Adams farm
In Sao county, near Odebolt On hun
dred and flv man working with 200
horses and IT core outters have ebucked
corn to the atlmated amount of .300,
000 bushels. Mr. Adsma, the owner of
th farm, spend th most of his tim
In Chicago, wlier he resides with' his
family, operating, bis large farm 'by
expert Xotsmsa, ' .",. "
THE SUNDAV SCHOOL
LESSON
'-vy H. I. Jenkins,
TOEJ.suXhe;
I-M"1" r" "
J0PiS:-.The Tongu and the Temper.
Uolden Text Keep lb door of my
lips. I"alm czll.S.
bsrodnotloa.
W ar not able to go over th whole
ir we dwell long upon eacn word or in
cldant . This renders It necessary that
1 1-any-aolieme-ot leaaons "Intended at
th tormt only-to giv-an-outltna,.ot a
complete exposition Of our Lord s teach
ing w must paas over teachings or
moment and Incidents of great beauty.
Following last 'Sunday's lesson our
tint to teac h a leas
exacting piety but a more vital one.
Th standard set ' by th Pharlae
earned impractical, but It was not so
high a the .one h required, becaua
theirs- was an outward observsnc and
his was an Inward affection." They fet
tered the hands but he would rule th
heart .. Th , commandment which for
bad murder, he showed enjoined love.
Religion was not-a-condonatioiv of-aln
by -the .-offering -f atoning , gift., -On
tbaxontrarjLJt. required men to rectify
th wrong commuted before bringing
gifts to God's altar. Impurity waa not
an act committed so much as en Impulse
cherished. Men objected that . under
such a aystem- of- -repression, man eould
not come to hla complete development
In this - worlds Vary welU, was our
Lord's reply. It would be far better to
be lea perfect In body or. mind. In
physique or genius, than to develop the
man only to hav the whole man con
demned under th. righteous Judgments
of God. This brings the sermon to th
point where our lesson begins. In a
passage which has to do with temper
and th tongue. - . -
- . The &saoa. -Vers
It. The popular explanation of
th third commandment in Chrlat's day
was that to take Ood' nam In vain
(Ex. 20:7) waa to take it to a false
statement or to break a promise sealed
1th it But Jesus goes much further,
and-says that ha-who In- idl passion
la I uses 1 Hid uiLwemw ei judsjiiniil al
God, la offering lnault to th sovereign
sehood and profanity
ar twin vices, yet they have Individual
existence A swearer is almost neces
sarily a liar, because the man who la
violent and passionate In his speech Is
not likely to be cool In his understand
ing of factor The example of Jesus. In
replying to a Judicial oath (Matt 2t;S-
84) shows that h doea not here forbid
the solemn attestation required In a
court of law. tie is here talking of
common life with Its personal Incidents
and Ita trivial excitements, Th man
who emphasises every statement with a
curs lower hi. reputation for veracity,
lessena his power of restraint by his In-
dulgeanc of passion, and dishonors
God, whose majesty Is outraged by a fa
miliarity which no sovereign,, no cltl
sen however humble, would willingly
tolerate. And if th nam of God should
be - protected " from"" man's " levity - or
coarseness, surely his thron should be.
Good men are probably littl aware of
tne prevalence or proranuy, because
wicked men are ashsmed of ao mean a
vice. But w may at least be thankful
blackguard, Instead of th mark of a
gentleman, aa It waa one supposed to
be. ""''''.'-.
Verse 35. Our reverence toward God
ahould be auch aa to forbid our treating
with lrghtnea anything - pertain
ing - to blm. . : . Of .aU Its . great
men the world preserves . th
utmost trifles. A coat which Wash
ington wore, a pen that Lincoln used,
or a sword that waa presented to- Gen
eral Grant, have attained a certain
sanctity by association.- Who -would
treat - with flippancy the - Bible,
t oi the house or
prsynr. or
table upon which Is spread th Lord'
-ords
supper T' The spirit of th third com
mandmant Is the splritt of reverence for 1-
aii mat pertains to usa. how rearrui
th guilt of on who has no respect for
th sovereign of th universe, the au
thor of his own life, the Savior who has
exhibited for him a matchless love!
Verse 86. What folly for men to
think-they promote their own Import
ance when, using in profane way the
very remhidei s. of their Impotenoel
With All his "Strang oaths," th bias
phpmer la a puur eteatur.
r He-hr-tietd
fast In the band of Almighty God and
be is powerless to resist his fate or
chang his conditions. He ought t
be the last of all beings to use "great
swelling words of vanity." sine God
could crush him aa a worm or quench
him aa a spark.
Vers 27. Th strongest speech Is th
simplest The man whose word Is never
challenged Is th man whoa word Is
never backed up by affidavits. When
a man begins to brace everything he
says with an oath, tt is a sur sign that
h is conscious of hi own weakened
veracity. It comes of evil. It does not
come to the good and true man be
cause It Is foreign to his whole makeup.
-Verse SS. Many a man harbors, nurses
and Indulges revenge under the plea ot
Justice, Th triumph of civilisation 1
whan the private injury la considered
by the state an Infraction of Its maj
esty. It Is Impossible for the Individual
to weigh properly the act which baa
touched himself. Happily for us, th
spirit of forgiveness Is more - diffused
than formerly, although leaving much to
be desired.
Verse 29. An Illustration of what Is
meant by our Lord hers may be found
In th recent conduct of our missionaries
In China and Japan. In both, countries
th missionaries hav . declined to go
Into court to enforce any claims for th
loss of their goods and th destruction
or tnsir property, to missionaries go
right on feeding thos that did the
wrong and healing th alck whoa hands
ars red with blood.-And-every- Chris
tian pastor sees this spirit among God's
people whose Inner life Is known to him.
Verse 10. The Injunction to resist not
evil Irfa Jlpe with Christ's affirmation
that the meek shall Inherit the earth
v:6). Gentleness has more power to
subdu our enemies than w readily be
lieve Few aulta woo Id ever come to
the court If parties Interested would sit
down and .talk It over in a kindly way.
Th best way to disarm a foe la to be
genet uus.
V.
"IV D.
T '"'""1 T"'"''r'' 'ftla n faint Tslrt.
action must be modified In practice by
other moral requirements -and " duties
which ,ln, elrtnrn dem and conwldera-
tlon, but so far, aa our own will and da
slr go, we should b ready to act upon
the principles her laid down.
Verse -4 1. Do-iha.bcat- we can more
than one you will be subject to In
justice Seek to bear It so that the
author of th injustice will be shamed
by your conduct - Overwhelm, blm with
good (Rom. ail:21). B th Setter th
wors th world 'la. Virtu ought to
grow as readily- as sin. Compulsory
service was a common wrong at th tim
our Lord waa upon earth. We shall
never overcome injusttc.aald Christ
by violence, W must win by kindness.
Vara 42. In the same way Jeeus
speaks ef the spirit which should actu
ate our gifts. Ws alt understand what
Shskeapesf a mesns whan h says that
"ths quality of mercy Is not strained."
The spirit of giving' Is th native kind
ness of th souL Sometlmea that kind
Aesej tampered fez experience, dsmaoda
that we should deny a request,-Just aa
God for our ' own good denlea our
prayers. And whll men sneerlngly say
that Christian "explain away" all these
Injunctions of Christ so that they are
reduced to "a discreet and pleasant mini
mum,"' It remain true that th whole
aplrtt of thrae Injunctions enters so
pi today that we have In large citlea
distribution of chaiityoUilnalaeiT
prevails, or ever did prevail, outsld th
Christian stata
Vara 43, - a formal religion waa never
restrictive of 'heisvMany etthajnoetiea by th aplrtt of her dead huaband.
4 vlolont:ngidnlstgrtor.tha world rheT
been its moat bitter haters, aa Haul or
Tarsus. Th religion f-Jeaus IS a rs-
Mglon of -forgtveneaa,' of mercy, -of ehar-
ity. or love. "It la th only religion
which exalt th altruistic clement of
life. It has wrought powerfully In th
reformation of laws, states and customs,
it is not a "dead letter," but a very
ai'tus, living spirit
down th revolt of h old Samurai clas
and had upon their bands thouaand Of
prisoner, th question arose, What shall
we do with those, w hav aubdued la
war?.-Only a few year before, China.
having suppressed th Tal-plng rebel
lion, put to th sword not less than
60,000 aptlv enemies. But Japan said:
America closed a greater war than ours
without th execution of a prisoner.-Let-
us do the samej And' they did it That
was a "practical illustration of
ciple unheard of In .previous oriental
Warfare. '. .- -
Verses 45-47. Ther ought It H I
marked .difference between the children
bf tJod-and-he-ehWerea ' otl'tb tvl)
one.'" It 1 natural even for a wicked
hiartto lov thos who love him. Then
that course cannot distinguish th chil
drcn of God from wicked' men. It la
common for bad men to o courteou
and oollt to thos who honor them with
salutations. ' That cannot be a mark of
a Inew order of things. But to do good
to th unthankful, aa God doea when h
makes It rain or cause th sun to shine.
may well b considered th distinguish
ing trait of a lif that draw it source
and derives its lif from him.'
LETTERS FROM - THE
PEOPLE
. A OuearUoa of Dataa.
Portland, March s. to fheEdllor of
Th Journal I read with much Interest
th- interview with Mr. Webdell of
Prlnevllle, with respect to th gold dis
covery in- eastern Oregon, .but am of
th opinion that h Is mistaken when
h says that interesting svsnt occurred
ln,m t. He must baveTTjneant 4a.
Furthermore, the would-be guide upon
what Is' commonly sne'wn aa "Meek'a
cut-off waa not Joe ' Meek, but hla
brother, Stephen Meek. Th oompaaa
owned by .Stephen Meek and used upon
that trip In 1846 la now In the custody
Of - the Oregon - Historical society. 1
hav known as many aa 20 or tn needs
of families who cam through that cut
oft but never befor heard of it aa hav
ing occurred In l44.--
, . mayjtuaj - tu .. txiiaao, .
; A Wise Politician. " '
From Harpor1 Wekly.
Mcl - nnlltlclan of the first
water cam to light In a small Indiana
town not long ago. In this town there
la an officer, designated aa Inspector of
atreet and roads, who receive th mu-
nifloent salary of 1260 a year. Aa th
oppoaltlon political parties ar very
nearly balanced in tma town,' mere is
kten'opptsltlon, ao that when this office
became vacant and the authorities or
dered an election to fill It. ther was a
lively campaign for this small plum, no
other elections being near. Th Demo
cratic candidate was a rather ahrewd
old fellow of the nam of Eseklel Hicks,
and It looked aa though he would be
bean subscribed and tumecT o-var to him
u 1 campaign fund. To th astonish-.
men of everybody, nowever, ne -wa
defeated.
X can't account for It." one of the
Democratic leader : said, gloomily.
"With that money we should hav won;
How did you lay It out Eseklel T"
"Hum," Eseklel said, slowly pulling
hla whiskers. - "Ton se, that office
only, pay 1260 a year alary, an' I
didn't se no sense 1n peyln' 400 eat te
get tha.nffira, aa I Jestjoughlmej
little truck farm Instead."
The Job He Wa After.
Front a Washington Letter.
An admirer of Senator Bailey called
on him at the marble room ths other
day.- With blm was a bright boy.
"And thia la - your son V asked the
Texan, as he turned after, ahaklng
hands. .. ..
"This Is my boy Charlsa. He la pre
paring for college."
"Why don't you try to get blm ap
pointed to West Point or Annapolis and
make'-a soldier or aea captain of blroT"
said Bailey. - -
"Oh, no," said bis friend, "w have
got something better than that for him.
Hia ambition Is to build th Panama
canaL - H will hav two years snore In
the preparatory school, then four year
on civil engineering, and possibly two
yeara, In th f laid under soma good en
gineer, and then I want him to gat at
work on th canal. He may be' th man
who la to be at the bad of that great
sntarpria and really construct If .
Her Silk Stocking O. K. "'
From th New York World. '
Fifth avenue had a breathless moment
yesterday afternoon when a tall, well
groomed young woman with a delicious
tilt to her noa and a lov of a tailor
gown swung across Thirty-eighth trt
with a man in tow, Aa ber foot cleared
the eurb she caught up her gown..
A paaaerby male variety looked down
and gave a gasp. Another saw and a
laugh was emoothered In ' bis throat
When ' a ' tbtrd snlcker-wa. heard . th
angry escort turned about, looked In his
eye, to be confronted with ths cause of
this unseemly mirth. .
There en ber black silk stocking. Just
above the rim of th daUttlt boot, ap
peared In startling -white -tha letters
"O. K." :;
"Wha what'a thatt Inaulred th man
Th girl followed hi eyes and replied,
briskly: Ohi my inltlala, of course.
Pretty design. Isn't ItT"
No Poetry for Russian Struggle.
.From ths New Tork Sun.
.-Kvr -before thf year ejrifaeaTIOf
haa tyranny oppressed freedom without
some poet to sing th wrongs of th ep
pressed. -j Milton wrote, of the . Al
bl senses, Byron sang ef . th Greek
struggle, our Maasachusettg posts of ths
negro's wrongs. But here and now Is
a people th Ruaalans scourged with
whips for a century and with scorpions
for a year, a plctuiesqu rabbi fighting
for their right and tha right of man
kind againat a picturesque deepot! em
end not a Una nf vera do we give them,
unless It Is a sonnet or two from Alfred
Austin's bread and butter muse.
Ther bss been no poetry on th Rus
sian crisis becaua ther bav been no
poet. In the Angio-Saaon wprid la tbs
race ef poet eatlnott - ' -
PRAYS, THEN DEALS
T7 IN BONDS :
"TTorfi-tni
oTarrrsriidr
Mrs. J. Alden Gaylord. head of a bond
luwilnu.nt.Sr- that. b"ri fUiT,"
nrmiy believes that nnanolal success
can be gained In Wall atreet by godly
business methods, conducted througU
I spiritual' guidance. She says sh 1 ad
I who jauudej0e.buSlJhest h-"f ondeet. . I
-mere ja no place in in woria, ' sia
Mr. Gaylord yeaterday. "where there
sre so many Christian and godly, men se -in
Wall street Otherwise," she added,
"wher would I,bT"
Mra. Gaylord has achieved the distinc
tion of taking over th management ot
th bond business which waa founded
by her laf liusUand s year age, tt'he
Acea on the third floor of thai Mills
building, wss on of th first tenants In '
tha building. In which it has been lo
cated for 24. years, -.
- She is conducting ths - business on '
original lines and expresses the conn-"'
dent belief that sh will make aeveral
million dollars In a few years. Her ,
friends in banking and brokerage Arms.
In the flaanclal district say, jh has dl -plsyed
remarkable aptitude for busl-
ness. . . . T. '"" ' ! i
Seated at ber desk In a spacious office; V
thia plucky little woman, who hair
la only slightly tinged with gray, spends
her tim discussing wftn her clients th
flotation. ef security issues and th -
financing of railway "Tlnes- ReHgloua I
mottec r poated on the walls, and a
Testament and prayer-books occupy a
eonsplouous place on th desk.
Yes. every morning after I arrive In
this city." said Mrs. Gaylord. "I spend a
few momenta In old Trinity to pray.
That was a custom of ray husband's,
who was on of th most godly men '
that lived. - Befor w begin business
her w hav a prayer meeting In th
office. I hav a good many young men -her
to whom I am teaching the busi
ness. -1 conduct the services, assisted -
by my partner; Mr. Fletcher. . - ..-
We carry on eur work her according
to the teaching of th Sorlpturaa. Even
if I make only on quarter of. 1 per eent
that Is enough.' And business Is comings
In fiuiil eteiy part ef ths ssuassji I
I perfectly wonderfut Only yesterday
two leans eam In n o-l,000,00tt
and another for 12,000.000. -
The-deala will be doaed tomorroWt.
believe th Lord baa educated m In all
this. I (now bs is helping -me, and th
money I make will all go to th Lord. '.
only want to provide for my grand- -;
children; All the rest will go to charity -7-and
the mission." -' -'- : ---;--.
Mr. Gaylord has Just Instituted aulta .
against two accident Insurance com
panies for lh paymenVOf sUHiswh:
ah rlatma ar due her throuah her hus
band's death, which resulted from physi
cal Injuries du to a fait J. Aldan
Gaylord wa for nearly 40 year a con
aplcuoua figure-in Walt street He was
of atrlklng presence -and had a multi
tude of friends. c .. -
He died In 104 at his home in Boon-
ton. New Jersey, st th age of 42 yeans.
leaving his -business sffalrsin a rather
Complicated atate. -- .
Ws were married for 14 jreara,': said
Mrs. Gaylord, "and all that tim I wa
my husband's confidant H always told
m about hia tranaactton. and that Is
how I cam to learn tne detaila of the
hnnd "-'--- " - " - N -
"When he died be aald he would not .
be parted from me long. And now,
whenever I am in doubt about anything
aeek my guidance ana advlc from
him. Tes. 1 1 ' am . convinced that I can r
commun with him in spirit although L.
am not a Sptrltuallsf
Mrs.' Gaylord's home 1 near Boonton,
New Jersey, where her residence. Kooht
noor, is situated on a mountain over-;
looking th town. She Is a Bwlsa by ;'
birth, and tells a romantlo story pf her '
first-meeting . witn . ner nusnana.. - ens
was first introduced in this country by
Mrs, Paran Stevens, and met Mr. Gay-
given by General and
Mrs. Hancock at Governor's Island.
LEWIS AND CLARK
At Fort Clatsopt .
March t. Th men -set out at day
Mtbtjorths elk meat, with which they
returned In th course of ths fuieiiooiL' I
Drew y efTtfia- Sr Fields retnrnea uhstju 1 1
cessfut Sergeant Pryor and the other
fisherman did not arrive; we suppose '
them detained by the wind. Bratton 1
till complaining. ' W ware' visited by
three Clataops with a dog, a s otter
akin, and aom fiah for aale. These In
dians were permitted to stay all night
Shields was set to work making sacks of
elk skin to contain varioua articles.
Ryan May Get Bank.
From ths New Tork World.
What la to become of the subsidisry
financial Institutions now owned or con
trolled by the Mutual and Equitable
Life, if the recommendation against-
stock ownership in the Armstrong com-
mlttee's report ar effectuated, la a
problem -which Wall atreat financiers
ar keenly studying. -
Tha bank and trust companies wmcn
th Mutual and' Equitable must divest
themselves of ar:
Th Mercantile Trust company.
Th Equltabl Trust company.
Ths National Bank of Commerce '
Th United Stat Mortgage 4s Trust
company. . .
Th Guaranty Trust company.
Ths Title Guarantee A Trust company
Ona man mad this prophecy:
"The biggest and most Important
question Involved In the committee's re
port Is:- Who Is going to own or con
trol all of theae companie when th in-'
uranc companies hav to sell their
holdings? - In my opinion they will all
go- on wayanOpractlcalyto one jnan,
Mr. Ryan."
Aa the. owner or the squitaoie Mr.
Ryan can. control th sale of It atoclc
In th Mercantile Trust tne Eqniiaoi
Trust th Fifth Avenue Trust and th
National Bank of Commerce.
A concentration of the funds nf all
the Institution Jn jh hand of m
man or on group of capitalist would
eraat a mony powr, It 1 said, greater-;
and Urger than any that baa ever exlst-
A in this crjuntrr. ,
-Th Good Fellow.':
,y .-.
-Kr.nm T.lfa,.
Irvine Grtnnll. traurr 6f lh
Church Temperance aoolaty, told at a
temnaranc meeting a dramatic story:
"A woman- ntrd-th barroom,'! h I
said, "end advanced quietly to bar hus
band, who sat drinking with three otbaf
mn. ' ' " ' ' - " '" ' - '
8h placed a covered dish en the
table and said: , - - - - :
- Thlnktn' ye'd be too busy to come
home te supper. Jack, I've fetched it to
you here.' .
"And sn oepmriea. .
"Th. man lauahed awkwardly. Ha ln
vitad hi friends to share the meal with
him. Then be removed the cover from
the dlh. i '
v "Th dish waa empty. It eentarhed
a allp of paper that aald: v
." T hope you will enjoy your supper,
tt la the aame aa your wjf said chll
aUssi bar at boma.' -
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