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J wed L PORTLANDJDREGON. FRIDAY. MARCIL18ieC3- T H E . O R E G 0 1, JSftgMH- Published rmr: rrnc-cp Sunday) and .every Sunday morning, at The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam ' hOl etreeta, Portland, Oregon.' u tr;::-- f q rrrv rwffTTT?ym.T.Y F "ROW-OAVTO DAV the conditions surrounding the granting of the Front street franchise change has moch difficulty hi keeping fully advised of all the facts'. But certain general features of the case are even now plainly apparent; ', At, the beginning there were two competing -companies, seeking a ' franchise down .Front "strtet"andT they", strenuutJjT'biddihg"1 agaihsF"eacn other to secure it. It. is manifest that at that time they wcrepeTfcctlj willing tqrinak-c more' than -ordinarily ea sonsble concessions to secure a right that was not ex clusive and that, properly handled, the, city could have 7got noralonethriontroI.Tbut the-ownership-of the road- bed 1 1 is jua)ly-flwmfet that tha-Conncil with-a-roa-v jority, more or less large, was from the first favorable to granting to the company whose- offer, was least at 1, tractive a franchise that, would be exclusive if it could - - be. so made or if not a preponderating influence in It II Ii is likewise manifest that the council has maneuvered the , .city out of many of its advantages, .perhaps several hundred thousand dollars, and that the two companies,1 instead of being competing rivals, have come to a busi nesslike undersUnding. between 7 them" Tfefms ol which the city is not Iikelyfogtrinything like t good a deal as was originally promised. It is not pub- licly .known precisely who are back of either of the tern panics, that is what particular railroad, will be the dom inating influence in the outcome, but it seems certain that J however the United Railways started in, it is now under the1 tuntiot'pf Pit KouthFii Pafia JThe starting .point realtup attendant loss in revenues, if -iiot-pjrcatigeanlCQntroU came from an opinion of" City Attorney McNary that ... the city-could accept no gift suchjM wa tendered it by ' - one of the competing roads, an opinion so manifestly wrong, if not actually iniquitous, that it has been laughed to acorn by .some of the best legal talent of the city. . Of ;v this feature of the case we will have more to say at some future time. ' Suffice it now to say that it has done the ' city irreparable harm." ''xi,...-r:,-v.:-:'.-f At this writing it looks to. The-Journal as though the public interests had -been betrayed Jay the .city .-council and that the city with much to sell ii coming out of the :' '" small end of the horn as though it had been projected by a Maxim gun. It advises every citizen to watch the pro ceedings henceforth with the keenest scrutiny and if it ' becomes necessary in the -end 4iteraUy-toiorcgthecity council tojlo itsjwhole duty by the people, thento resort to that last desperate expedient with hearty good will.. WHY BOY BURGLARS ARE LOOSE. TWO BOYS, respectively 14 and 12 years old, were arrested a day or twoago and confessed to hav- j'ng committed a series of night burglaries, one or more for several night in succession, stealing all sorts of things, among them revolvers and cartridge, -rootly from second-hand stores. Qne of them at least -was carrying a loaded revolver when arrested, and ad mitted, or perhaps boasted, that he would have used it if molested and an attempt to capture him had been made. That is, they were not only night burglars, rapidly be coming professionals, but had murder in their young hut , tough heart. . j ' Probably nine persons out of ten if asked what is the trouble when such things be, would reply, "the police." They will blame "the police.-But the police can't be erywhere at oncer and if there-were 1wirihrtcnh e Ipreentluroberof policemen uch .hings would occur much the same. . The police may deserve criticism, at times; as a whole they may not be up to the standard de sired; but the principal blame must fall on the parents of these boys in one case and the relatives - with whom he was living in the other. , They ought to be looked up, and if the law would (allow locked tfp.; Why-did they not know where these boy were these nights? If the boys were out one sight why were they not punished and ent to bed thereafter? -r And -why were they not ent to school Or if they were utterly incorrigible, why were they not reported as such and turned over to the authorities? Such parent and relatives as these are a curse to any community. It is a, pity that the law does not admit of their punishment as . . Largest Cottonwood Tree. , A Line Correspondence St. Lotiie Republic. The bill recently Introduced In con Vgreaa by Delegate McOuIre to make a ' territorial park out of the achool aectlon near Aline now known as Big Timber " park la intended to preserve the biggest ! trees In Oklahoma, ' , ' In thia park there atanda unrivaled the Urged cotton wood tree known, and the biggest tree of any. kind which la now growing In Oklahoma.- It la not a " tree that la Impreaalve for Its beauty; but primarily on eocount of Ha vener able appearance and its evident . great age. - , - -. The Oklahoma giant la T feet through - and more than In girth. The frequent fires that awept the Oklahoma prairie before the advent of .civilisation hav v left their marka on ita trunk, and the 7 winds have frequently torn, away great " branches. . -.'. - , Considering the aetback of. this sort ' which It has experienced In Its gTOWth, " It la estimated that the big tree must Nte-at least lta years old. . t '- ' t t A Chronic Grumbler. -! . . rrora London Tidbits.' Grumpy at hla beat la not a com- - panionable man. but when onuaually dle 1 turbed rn his mind, stomach, or liver he - la simply a social terror. He loaes all regard for the amanitlea of life, and is an- animated froat moving -through the :.warn.-furrente of aoclety. One of the men with whom he can" get alonr the heat Is Jolly, but there are stages of hla - depression when Orumpy would do hla 'worst to attr up a row with a aalnt . Orumpy and Jolly met the ether morn ing, with thia result: "How do yon dof" Inquired Jolly, rheerfiillv"'- ' ' 4 How .do I do what r. growled Orumpy. . "t mean, how are you. ef course." "How am I what? Explain yourself.-., i . T- .,... ' "Oh. you'va got one f your , f lta. Grumpy. How do you feel?". -t feel satisfied with nothing. I feel hat per rent of the human race are fooie, that marriage la a failure, that eur aerial nrgaolaalloa la a huge faros. and that the snaa who Ui willing to O N DAILY AN INDlPtND BN T : NBWIFApin -PUBLISHEDffY JOURNAL.. PUBLISHING CO. "Bin s EKATOR ly. aa lhatihcaverage layman ber but himself. the Hepburn bill as Foraker, Knox non-partisan, hi paramount issue foresees that it adeqoatiegislatioft Rfpnhhran-reariVra-and sailrwaJ. ni in 1 j. with its enormous ill- this bill and -.,1 n - Tillman may u NCLE JOE againstrthe--senatc senate as a general isairttIeoubtfurirtheseewtatesanebso . - well as the boys'. live his life la entitled to an everlasting reward." See here, old man, your liver's out ef order. The whole acope and extent of my curiosity waa to ascertain the state tf your health.". "Oh, only thatT What tn creation do you take me for? I've had 4 doctors, and all of them put together can't an swer your queatlon. Tou want to know offhand from a layman what these 40 protaaalonal healers have failed to tell me, though I have paid enough to make the whole kit of them comfortably well off You're old enough to know bet ter." "Oood morning," said Jolly, as he moved away, with as great a ehow of anger aa he could ever make. "Nothing of the - kind," ahoutad Orumpy. . "Deuced -beaatly raw, cold, drlssllng morning. .A case of. pneumo nia in every breath. Tou don't seem to undaratand your language, Jolly. When you feel able to express yourself cor rectly and Intelligently, come round." "m m 1 . . . A Continent of let. From the Chicago Journal. The largest maaa of toe In the world la probably the one "; which fills up nearly the whole ef the Interior of Greenland, where It has accumulated alnce before the dawn of history. , It is believed to now form a block of about (00,000 square miles In area and aver- agingm mil- and liaifnirBtrimessr-J According to these atatistlcs the lump of " Ice la larger - In -volume than - the whole body of water In the . Mediter ranean, and there la enough of It to cover the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with a layer about seven ml lea thick. If It were cut Into two convenient alabs and buUt .up equally upon the entire aur face of Walee It would form a pile more than 120 mllea high. There la Ice enough in Greenland to bury the entire area of the United Statea a quarter of a mile deep. The Canal at Present rroro the Kansas City Star. - Anyhow, lock canal would be more aatlafactory than a mock canal or a talk canal or a walk caaaU J O U'RN'AX no. r. cakbolx .TILLMANTharhis - faultsrand glaring ones oltheir kind., -but'in other aspects he is an admirable -man and senator.' He is without fear ol VnyLody' orV-any thing,-'' He" darcs8ayv. h ar C th inks, and say it, too. " Ife may exaggerate, but if so tfte exag geration is pertinent and justifiable, to call attention to great abuse. As between - him-and Aldrich, for in stance, as man and senator, -Tillman is almost incom parably the nobler rjiore. worthy man. -' T - . .:. . In his personal report on the rate bill yesterday he said ' some very interesting and even important things. Hexptained that it-wa his report,-not that of the com mittee, which is divided, and that he spoke for no mem He frankly- admitted that he thought needed amendment but not amending, and others are trying to do, to impair or prevent the-objects aimed in-the- president'a-mes-sage, Although. Tillman has bitterly assailed the presi dent recently, he stands squarely with him on this issue far as the president goes.' The question ought to be said, but predicted that it would be the irr the "next, presidential election.- He will be so, even if the btll passes, be cause of the manifest opposition of most of the real leadera of . the Republican party. rThere has been and will be long delay-in passing, any bill, and when passed it will be in Tillman' judgntent inadequate,' and he de clared that "those who are responsiblefordclay-or. in- will find that Vhcn at last the, flood gate of popular wrath and indignation are hoisted there will be some. fine grinding done;" and he warned the railroad intcreiU that if those most interested in these great properties will not con sent to, wise legislation to relieve the distress of the people, mere is danger of more radical policies and lead far more drastic and dangerous than any thing. proposed the amendments ometimes, even frequently, be wrong in judgment and unnecessarily rude in speech, but in this matter he is right, and whether right or wrong nobody has any doubt as to where he stands on any question, or that there stands an honest and courageous man. Portland and. the upper country, are feeling pretty good over the confident assurance of Senators Fulton and Gearin that' the $400,000 appropriation for the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia will. also pass the house, in one form or another; The senators have to do the neeess a ry-work for-Oregon in both houses, and it seems they are equal to the task. They make a good team. - THE QUARREL OVER STATEHOOD. 1 . CANNON and his lieutenants are going to try by means of a party caucus to force a.URcpublican. members of the houseTovoiC. amendment to thejriiTit statehood bill, thus making it a party question. He called a "con ference," and made it a caucus, and Babcock, leader of the insurgents, reproached the speaker and accused him of deceit. Such a measure ought not to be made a party measure, and member ought jiot io.be .bound by a caucus on any such proposition. On this matter of the binding authority of a caucus Senator ' Patterson was right, and ve think there will be more "insurgents" in both parties hereafter than there has been heretofore.. As to the statehood question there are arguments and selfish interests on both sides. The house passed a bill admitting two tatesr-OkIahoma7 comprised of the ter ritories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and Arizona, comprised of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico. The senate amended this by admitting only Oklahoma, including Indian Territory. Cannon and his followers object to this not only because they are jealous of the proposition, but becaueiLAriz0ta4 and New Mexico do not come in as one state now they may come in later aa two. thug adding four members to the "senate. instead 'of two, which they object to unle they expect to get into the senate themselves. Then it n 1.1: . 1 rciieu upon 10 cicci Acpuuiicau bchawib. So the bill will go to conference, with the result much in doubt . The house will probably stand by its bill, and if the senate stands by its amendment there will be no new state st all though - those territories haYebeen promised statehood by both parties in their platforms for the past ten years I ....... There is one improbable contingency in which our dis tinguished representative, Hon. Binger Hermann, might be of use to Oregon. That would be in case his vote was needed to pass the $400,000 appropriation for the jetty. , Some Advantage in Being Dead. " From. Bucceoe Magaalne. Colonel Henry We Hereon telle of the aatonlahment and chagrin with which a certain well-known cltlsen of Louisville, named Jenkins, read a long obituary of hlmaelf printed in a morning paper of that- city. He at once proceeded to the editorial office of the paper, and. after much difficulty, succeeded In obtaining audience of. the busy city editor, lay ing a copy of the. paper before him. he observed In a mild, almost humble way, that he had come to see If the city edi tor coal "tall"" him "anything about It." With a anort of Impatience, the busy editor grasped the paper and hastily read the article. "It appeare to be an obituary of one Jenklna,'' he growled. "What la there to 'tell' about It? .What's the matter with you, anyhow?" 0h, nothing especially," responded the mild Jenklna, "only I thought I'd like to know how the obituary came to be printed thafa all." . --- -: "Came to be printed?" repeated the editor, in Irritated tonea; "why. the man died, of course. My paper doean't print obituary notices of living men." ' . "Perhaps not,- aa a rule," gently re plied the visitor, "but. in thla emit, I happen to.be the Jenkins referred to.'.' Thereupon the city editor began a profuae apology. "We'll print a correc tion at once." he, said. , "Well, after all," observed the mild Jenkins, "perhapa It would be better to let It stand; I'll show It to my friends whsn-th?rtry to WTOWTflonyor me." Book $1,000 a Voluma. ' What ia regarded aa the greatest . of all illustrated bonks haa Just been com pleted. Only -100 copies have been printed, which have been sent to Ameri can and foreign museums, to the kaiser, the rsar. the mikado, the emperor of china. Queen Wllhelmina and the Prince of Wales. The book is a catalogue of Mr. H, R. Blahop's collection of Jades, bequeathed to a metropolitan art museum. - It contains ISO full-page water color drawings, etchings and litho graphs and 100 pen and Ink sketchea. The text waa contributed by tO writers renowned 1nr artentiftc-and srt circles and the Illustrations are by Japanese and Chinese artists. Tba hook has cost 120,00 to produce. ' .-V;7 ;---rr'"- : " I SMALL CHANGE 1 Perhaps on reaaoh why the Salem matematt-wnta etwrtr . elected in the old war la because thla brings a. lot lvLJ?W',ll!3L n,t ..w,r'r'Ullrs to Salem uuring in one 01 int irgisiatore. una they spend money in the town. ; ' : Thar are newapapere who atlU print It-'lagrlppe. , ' e Candida tea are all Encouraged." a'1' " .' The propar. expreBaloifI "Enterea the race." No other. Smith only decided to ' "coma out1 after Lowali did. Babet "Drlf tins JntoL Socialism.". aa'ys ' the Albany Herald. Partly drirtina. and partly being pushed by the Republican congreta. - - a 1 ' u 1 - '- . -Treat the blc city (Portland) kind ly, aaye the Salem Journal after abus ing Portland as hard as It could. . v . The bolters are the salt of the'polltl- cal earth. -- .".' - The Baker City Herald argues that Mr. Johns la running very well because a number of the papers are running pictures of Mr. Johns with short bio graphical sketches of his life." We seldom get a chance to study truth in the -nude. . -. . , . . s T. - Genera Tr"Wood "eitptains- that. those Moros Including women and children, all wanted to be killed. Very kind of him to accommodate them. .--- ..-,. Paid your taxes? Registered T V ' -. : -.- . - Thlawoekwe have sained faint idea of bow people back east feet about five montha or the year. - , only Mil l few Filipinos occa .rah sHi.ata.thnm.All the time, a Be like the btrda: they're either happy or pretend td"D so orls It mad they are! - - . r lV . The shareholder in the defunct ahlp- pina-trust are aendlng no condoling measagea to C M. Schwab. Ex-Governor Oeer la atlll writing e t And still .the Front atreet question la paramount, with the bridge queatlon a close eecond. ,. Hall, gentle spring; ethereal mild- neaa, come. Mr. IyOwrll wanta a joint debate. Aha) he thinks tie is the best talker. It Is said that when a man marries woman for her money he earn all he geta. And aometlmea he earns what he doean't get.------ r 77- -t ItTi ncArty time for PrMldenTTtWWeT velt to Don over and say what he thinks of the senate. . " " OREGON SIDELIGHTS . . . 1 - . - - A :J ... 1sesBaaatasWBjesaBPaaeSB At a Lakevlew restaurant there re cently lined up at one time, aaya the Herald, a representative of each of the following countries: Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Germany, England and Missouri ' . ' . s e e , , ... : ; - Coos county haa IT creamertea, .. a cheese factory, and will have a con- densery. ' e a - ' .. ' Seaside summer cottages are renting already. Seaside also has the railroad fever. Improvements continue to jnultlply In 8 aside, aaya the Signal. Hardly a day goea by that a new building, or some Prinevllle haa repealed lta Sunday cloalng ordinance. - ; . Many deer being slaughtered along Trail creek In Jackson county. Merrill may have a second bank, and Bonansa a newspspVr. -- -. - . . " New big pVanlng mill at Prinevllle. a e Many hundreds of dollars have been expended during last fall In making the banks of the Ochoco at Prinevllle secure from the, spring freshet. - - a a - - - - - ' Men of Prairie City and vicinity will file a bond of 120,000 to build a new courthouse if the county seat la re moved their from Canyon City. - ' ' Big wheat crop In John Day valley ex pected. a a Fossil needa a dentist . - a a ' Astoria Budget, March Hi The severe weather on the river during the past few days haa practically put a atop to glllnet fishing and thla. haa made aalmon scarce in the marketa, but there la every reason to believe that there la an equally good run In the river now as before. With the aeaaon closing on Thursday there will be little chance of more being' caught and the fishermen and consumers will have to content tb.emselves.unUl. April J5. Corvallls Times: A well-to-do farmer from a remote corner of the county journeyed all the Vay to the sheriffs office through the eold wave the other day. to pay his taxes. There he learned that, he might have paid , hla taxea In hla 'own precinct and have aaved the long' trip to town. Complete notice about the Hats were pubHahed -in both Corvallls papers, but he ia not a aub acrlber of either. The .trip coat him more than both papera for a year would have cost til: A Baker county man has produced a cabbage that growa three heada on one stanr and -tchwwrg-raarfraggestive name, "the trinity cabbage." The heada are early, midsummer and fall-end eeme In rotation aa the aeaaon progresaea. . . '- , e ., . .: ' The ftoseburg ' News Intimates- that the route to Coos Bay from Drain may be given up by the S. P. and that from Roseburg substituted. - But thla may be only a local hope, e e . An Albany boy who .experimented with a mixture of vinegar and aoda la In bed with a lam eye aa the result of an explosion. As soon as able he will atudy chemistry. " ., '. - " ." " - Mrs. Gale, who died In Baker- City. left, bealdea two daugbtera and a hue. band, six sons who are all prominent stockmen ef Baker county, - . -w THE SLTNDAY SCHOOL ; . LESSON . ; ' ' --By H. 13. JenklBS1.-n . . . Topic, "Review, of 'lrt Quarter." -Oulden Text And Jesus went about In all Galilee, teaching In "thelr-AynB irnn Bra,.).!.. fh wnmnrl of the kingdom and healing all mann e f Ola- ease. Matt. iv;J. - ' , Xatrodootloa. Wherever we open the cos pel or upon whatever chapter we light, we find the same story. We' have not, as- in Mo hammed's case,' a hangs from religious form to armed propsgandlain. :. In the first 10 leaaona of .the preaent year we paaa from the birth of our Lord through what nttle la told of hia childhood to the Inception of hie work, the calling of hla ' dlaciplea and certain- miracles wrought - at - Capernaum, and- we - oloee with selectiona from' the first discourse reported to us at any length. The first chapters of JheevBDgeHste'jiarretlons take ua well Into the mlselon of our. Re' deemer. Thla la becauae the - greater part of each narrative la devoted to hla death and resurrection. Thla ia In ao' cord with what Jesus hlmaelf said, that he came into the world not aa one who muat-dle,- but aa--one wh purposed to die (Matt.. xx:ZS). It la but natural. therefore, . that, those who knew his mind moat , ahould , devote, the larger apace to the Incldenta of hia trial, cru olflxlon and triumph over the grave. In conaequence- of thla method, the review of thla-' quarter must necessarily bring before ua' scenes separated by many years, while later In the year the In cldenta will follow .each -other at Inter vale of a few daya or even hours. . . - mr xssv- L 1 Luke 11:1-30. Following th9 dlreo- tlons 'which, were given . them . by the angela, "the shepherds tnC Jesus." They had leen keeping their flwka-upon the- heights near Bethlehem, flocks destined for -use1 In temple sacrifices. Their em ployment and their life In the open were both, favoxable torellgloua contemplation. We may safely assume that (hey were men. of religious spirit, men to whom the advent of the Messiah waa a aubject of frequent conference.- Bealdea thla they 'Tjfimiitw ot'iiiHy WW 'g mankind. They were poor and the goapal whomthia world. offr- Jeaat (Matthew xl:&). Nor was there anything in the clrcumatancea of. the holy family which would abash them. They were not ush ered 'into the palace -of the reigning Herod but Into the humble precincts of an Inn. . - II. Matthew 11:1-11. But It was not only the shepherd who needed Christ. The wise men of the east were directed to his manger, their guide being a' atar. The scholar needs a Savior even more than the shepherd, becauae education raises more. problems than It aolvea Ecclesiaatlce 1:18).. without a present and loving God in whom to rest, the man of books ia the moBt--peeaimtettc-e-f-aH the world s millions. The burdens of the poor are chiefly physical, but the shadows of the wise man are Intellectual and spiritual. Thera was throughout the east a widespread expectation that a Deliverer was ai hand. What was dis cussed in Jerusalem was talked about in Bablyon. The Jew was everywhere and his snystesious worship, free from alj imagea or tribal deities, and hla auatere morality, caused him to be regarded with awe by many of the mora- tbroughtful among all nations. It. waa but tit that he who ahould prove a universal Savior should be welcomed at his birth by rep resentatives el -these peoples other than tne-descerMente -of Abraham. -. III. . Luke tl:40-ti. The "boy" Jesus foreshadowed "the men'' Christ Jesus (I Him. I1.IK. It is sweet to know that Jesus was a normally developed per conaltty.. He waa not an invalid whoae physical Imperfections led one to ex pect strange mental phenomena. . He was. not,- like Mohammed, an eplleptlo. He "grew" and be was "strong " In spirit," and -he acquired - "wisdom." Withal, he excited intereat by the char acter of hia Judgments, and hia conduct forced men to confess that "the grace of God waa upon him." Whatever might be hla future, those Intrusted with hla bringing up did not make sn exception of hla - duties, He - ahould be enrolled aa a son of Israel upon the occasion of Ma attaining his twelfth year-Juat aa other Jewish children were. He , waa not a "boy preacher," but he waa a boy believer. Nor - did he make hla remarkable development ah excuse for throwing off the - yoke of obedience. - He showed the largeness of hlft-soul by the humility of hia walk. IV. Mark 1:1-11. It waa not until he ha,d reached approximately hla thir tieth year that he -came to the front aa one with a mission. His relative, John, had left hla hermit like retreat In the hill country to atlr the hearta of the people with predictions of a Coming change. John felt In his deepest soul that one was near whose work would make and mark an epoch in the history of Israel. Those who - looked upon John as a prophet aent from God, aub mttted; aa evidence of their faith and hope, t a' rlte-rwhlch symbolised the putting away, of spiritual uncleanness. To this Jesus submitted, notwithstand ing the proteats of John, who saffl that aa between hlmaelf and Jeaus he waa the servant, not the Lord. But Jesus understood that If he withheld himself from John's baptism, he ' - would be classed with his opponents. John there fore administered the rite to htm, but spoke of htm the sunt day aa one soon to take his place and supersede his au thority. V. Matt Iv:l-1L Before Jesus could enter upon his work for others, it waa fit that he should show hia mastery of himself. He withdrew to an unin habited place, as waa 4he custom then for men under deep religious conviction., and there 'alone he "faced the specters of the mind." He was called to decide whether he would go on. whatever fate might befall. He understood enough of the religious "and social conditions " of hla age to know that he who opposed the reigning powers, who controverted the accepted Ideals, : would be ground to powder. He knew alao that a fow atriklng and masterful miracles would awe hla foea more than the most solemn warnings. He knew that if he eon fronted evil, enthroned In high places, he must many, a time suffer for the mere necessities of life. ' Should he use his supernatural power for his own pro tection? All these problems must be answered at the- outset of hla work, rather than during the progreaa of hla mlaslon to the dletractlon of hia spirit. He went forth to face hia enemy; he returned -"in the- power- of the apirif victorious, reedy to take up his work whatever.lt might eoat. VI. Luke v:l-ll. But In order to work from more then one center, snd that the truth might not be extinguished with the crushing out of hla own life, he would chooae a number of dlaciplea to carry on that work. He would have a certain number with him constantly, that ' they' might not contradict each other upon queattona of fact -or doc trine. He choae the number 12, aa one which waa customary. Thla would be sufficient for ordlnsry purposes and qot too large for convenience. But from what clasaea ahould he take them? He did, take them from thoee of a position almost aa humble as his own.. What ever men mlgh say of hla religion, they could not say of It truthfully that It formed an arlstocretlo coterie or , was removed from the common affaire of life. He. would keep near the millious of every age. VII. Mark 1:U-I. 'Whatever Jeaua waa, he was not a mere reformer: he waa not simply, a philosopher. ' lie wrought miracles In the presence of men who scoffed at miracles - Matt. xll:f4-7). He refused to work miracles In the presence Of"Tmenwh-dared-htra Lto. 'try If Matt. xli:. But he aeeausrbt-mlfaalee from ilm 1iifeptl"n or hia mission (Mark t:2t-r- Ua-xJoae I l O'.1 T A' . 1 l f Jr u nil ina anas ma rmaui -- rection (Luke axiv:31V. Whatever th goapel is. therefore. It Is not anotfter form of nature teaching. . it is the die- tlnct snd. unequivocal revelation of .one to whom nature la aubaervlent .and obedient -J...-....... v . '....,' Ylll Mark 11:1-13.' Jeaua would have ministered to the - world'a need but slightly had he simply revealed himself aa able to heal sickness and banish hunger and raise the dead. Man's soul Is more deeply affected, than his frame. He is-conacloua of sin. He cannot be glad In wealth or health "or life ttaelf if he be not reconciled to God. From the first. Jeaus stood forth as, the Bavior from eln (Mark II:S). 7"Hmay bo "a. benefactor, who makes ..two blades of grass grow where but one grew before": and yet the man with two blades of graaa may be twice aa miserable aa the man with one. . Man needs to be recon ciled to God to know what happiness Is at all. ',--v r , .".' '. . IX. Matt, v:l-l. ' And happiness Is found when one becomes a child of God, by a reversal of the world'a Judg ment. It la not by "acquiring- power, but by feeling responsibility. It la not by-exaltation, but by aervlce,rthat jve attain Joy. . , 1 X. Matt v:JS-4. And Of all men he will know least of God'a peace who gives wly-to bursts of passion and in-, dulgea hla fury In intemperate speech. The kingdom of heaven on earth be longs -to t-those -who- lead -the life--of heaven' on earth, and the way to find life Is to turn away from a search for lifai and give .one's self to tho search for duty (Matt ,x:).t "Nothing . la plainer than that In hla own view Jeaua Is not almply the founder of thla king- dom. but the king over it. . Jesus ia not only th king of this kingdom, but he Is the vital germ of it. the actual type of Ita life and cltlsenahlp. the kingdom from the first existing In his person." "-iTja J. 'w i rr i nil at-ft . f "LETTERS" FRQMTHE J PEOPLE TM XUitary BepceweaSaUoau Portland. March . To the Editor of The JournalWill you please answer the following query through the col umns of The Journal and oblige: Was the late -Lieu tenant-General John ' M Schofleld delegate to the Lewis and Clark .'fair ' for" the war 1 departments en the opening day of the fair? JOHN M. BJrTSWtJlSl.-- The- delegate from the war' depart' ment on the opening day of the Lewis and Clark fair was Major John C. Scho fleld. a -nephew of the late lieutenant- general. -J ii i ' . ,,, : ''' The Fire Brigade. ; By LIU Wliwir Wilcox. (rmirriatat, 10e, by W. R. Hearst.) Hark) high .o'er the rattle and clamor ' and clatter ' Of traffic-tilled streets do you hear that loud nolseT And pushing and rushing to see what' ' the matter. ., . take herds of wild cattle, pellmell go .-; the boya, . There's a Are In the city I the '.engines are coming! The bold bells are clanging, -'"Make way In the atreet!" . The wheels of the' hose cart are spin- nlng and humming In time to" the music of galloping - feet- , ' Make way there! rritfke way there! the ' horses are flying, . v The sparks from the swift hoofs shoot higher and higher; " The"'crowd W' inereaalng the gamins are crying: Li "Hooray, boys!' "Hooray, . boys 'Tomtf on to the Are!" With clanging and banging, and clatter . and rattle, Th long ladders follow the engine and ' hoee: " v , . The men are all ready, to. dash into battle. 'But will they come out again? Qod only knows. . At windows and doorways crowd ques tioning faces, - ' There's something about it that quick- ens one's breath; How 'proudly the brave fellows sit In their places. And speed to the conflict that may be their death. j' Still faater and faster, and faster and faster. : ?- :: The grand horses thunder and leap on . their way; The red foe Is yonder, and msy prove the master Turn out there, bold trafflo turn out ; there, I say! - .,(. .. -, i .. . ' '. '' , For once tho loud truckman knows oaths will not matter. And reins In his horses and yields to his fate; The engines are coming! let pleasure crowds scatter Let streetoar and truckman and mall wagon wait v- They speed like a comet, they paaa tn a minute The boys follow on Ilk a tall of a .. kite; . . The commonplace street has but trafflo now in It i The great fire engines -have awept out of sight . . . . ' Gun Cotton as Fuel. " " ' ' "Light another hundred-foot candle of condensed gun cotton! We must make the next mile In less than a minute!" That command, or something like It, will be given by the commander of a United Statea ' torpedo boat in J be next war-rn-which-thhi' emfntry-may-wnhap-plly be engaged, wrltea Mr. W. R. Stew art In Technical' World Magaalne ,v for April. It will not mean that finding hia ahlp in a deaperate altuation, the captain haa decided to blow himself and hla whole command out of the water. It win signify oniytha -adoption-aa emergency fuel of the.. wonderful-new compound, "motorlte," a secret compo sition of gun cotton snd nitroglycerin. Invented by Hiram Maxim, whoae "max Imite" ia the high exploalve now used by the government in submarine tor pedoes. Motorlte for fuel use Is packed" In long steel tubes snd under forced drsft can furnish an almost unlimited amount of power for a short distance.. A Pretty State of Affair. From ths Louisville .Courier-Journal. "Claude and Clarice are In ai terrible predicament." - - ."How IS thstr,'- - "Tney paid so. much for. their golng away outfit that they can't go away." GERMANY'S DEEPEST SEA CABLE ' Frpnthe Dalljr.Consulaf; Reports.' . Consul LleQeld .of" FrelbuVg, reports' that. Germany has completed -the. laying tiif a new eable extending frrm Bhangh"L Ifl-ZftB. 4nJlhiuCgrpllne Inlands, 'a dla- lance of ovef's.000' mue. Altogether Germany haa over 11,(1 miles of cables, of which, however.-only about S.ttl. mllea .are owned by the' government The. total cable Ittngth of 4 the earth 1 a between 7.tt-nd 7. mllea. , from which will - be- seen-that Germiny'a percentage Is, notwithstand ing all the progress which haa " been . made In the last year in that direction, very modeat Really, only about on fifteenth of the total - cable length Is , German, while Kngland Has more than 7 two -thirds. ' i Not more than two years ego, however, Germany 'a part waa 'no ' mora than nne -twentieths no it. la evi- dent that alnce that time Germany haa . made great atridee forward. - The newly laid cable from Shanghai to Yap la espe. , daily remarkable for the reaaon that a eontlnuoua-llne ef cable haa been laid around the whole earth which la not English .. .. v : From Kurope to. eeat Asia and to tha Chinese ooaat there are the landMe- , grapha. and ae cables of the Dleh Great Norse Telegraph company. The Atlantic ocean is traversed not only by the Bngllah telegraph lines, but also by the American,- French-and German ea- bles. These are. through the various service lines of the United Bit tea, com blned with the western coast of Amer ica, and from San Francisco th"Anier- lean Paclrto cable -extends via Guam la the Philippines. In Guam, however,.- ' the 'German-Netherlands r cable 'system branches off to Yap, frenV which place 1 the new cable haa made a new bond of union with the German and' Danish tinea on the Chinese coast. . The cable 8hanghai-Yp assures , to . Germany henceforth a telegraphio union with Hie ent of English Influence, and these ial- Landa are German colonial poaseaslonaw, heeldea alao, the union with the Great colonial posaeBHiona In rarllier India. which are so important also for ths German commerce. . -n-The Bhanghal-Yap cable lirve ha been laid in greater sea depths : than any---other, cable. Up to few yeara ago. there-waa no cable in a greater oceao " -' depth than , K.404 feet .. The cable Menando-Yap-Guaro, which -waa laid in the year 10 by the German cable steamer Stephen, surpassed this record. Inasmuch aa it was obliged to lay the cable In . depths of 2I.9 feet: and to lay the cable Shanghai-Yap. which' work waa alao the task of the cable steamer - , Stephan. : It was even neceswiry in the vicinity of Llukln islands to reach , flepthaf-M.a4.M-feeCwhich is one of theIcep"esr"pttrpes-to- be-foumt ny--wherrln the.-ocrens.-' Thatrabie-waa r manufactured in Oermany by the PJortk German Sea-Cable worka in Nordenham at the mouth of the Weser, . ., , LEWIS AND CLARK At Fort CUtaop: ' . ' ... ;: ' March 1. Drewyer did not return with hia party from the. Cathlamaha, . though we expected that he would he) back by this evening. . He has probably -been prevented by the hard wlrnle which ' have blown ;toduy.- : The - Indians- re-; malned, but- would not dlspoae of their canoe at any price which we could rea- aonably be expected to Offer, consider ing how poos we had become. . AIL the email merchandise we possess might be tied up in a couple of handkerchiefs. The rest of our stock In trade consists of six blue robes, one scarlet ditto, five, robea which we made out of our largo United Statea flag, a few old clothes trimmed with ribbons and one artiller ist's uniform coat and hat which prob ably Captain Clark will never wear again. We have to depend entirely upon this meager outfit' for the purchase of such horses and provlalona as It will be Incur power, to obtain a scant depen- dance. Indeed, .for such a Journey as 's before us. . -' . An Ode to Timet By E)la Wheeler Wilcox. (Coprrlfbt, IKOf). by W. fR. Brant.) Hot Sportsman Time,., whose charger fleet The moments, madly driven. Beat In the dust beneath their feet Sweet hopes that years have given; Turn, turn aalde those reckless steeds - .. Oh! do not urge them my wsy; . -There's nothing that Time wants or needa , . , . In this contented by-way: You have down-trodden in your race . - So much that proves your power; -Why not avoid my humble place . Why rob me of my dower? With your-vast cellars, cavern deep. Packed-tier on tier with treasures. .' You would not miss them should I keep My little store of pleasures. As one who frightened, flying flings - Her riches down at random; -. r Your course ia paved -' with -precious things ' Life cssts before your tandem. . The warrior's fame, the. conqueror's crown, .... .. - i Great creeds for ages cherished." Beneath your "chariot wheels , were . thrown, ' " And, crushed to earth, they perished. Although to Just and generous deedr Your heart la not a atranger. I have the feeling that one needs . To guard his wealth -from danger. . , And though a moat heroic light Oft on your, pathway lingers, ' I'l hide my treasures. If I might. From contact with your fingers. You are the loyal friend of Truth, , Go seek tier, make her stronger. And leave the remnant of my youth, To ma a little longer. ' . . - There'a work enough for' you before ' Eternity shall wed you; Why stoop to steal my slmplW store Why make me shun and dread you? You do not need my Joys, I if. V- Home, love and friends united: I beg you turn and go the way Where wrong waita to be righted. Or pauee, and let ua chat awhile, 1 11 ltatsn (not too near you). For oh! no matter how you smile, - -' I fear you. Time, I fear you! ' , A Long Record. From St Christopher (W. I.) Advertiser. The St Christopher Advertiser and Weekly Intelligencer la the oldeet news-. paper in the West Indies. At the end of this month It Will have reached the one hundred and twenty-third year of ita cxlatence. It baa been published almost unbrokenly this long period of time. Its history is as Interesting ss It Is - unusuak. la this period of very nearly a century and quarter It haa ' been conducted by the aame family, the nerlodloal having descended In Ownership through the hands Of the Cables. In direct line of sncestry, and printed ont . th same pot lor ater than a century. t 7