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"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
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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.
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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. . -. . ,
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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!
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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.
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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.
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' 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. .
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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, - .
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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.
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