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THE OREGON: SUNDAY- JOUR N'AL
AM .IV DlflNDIMT KlfflPAUB
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL. PUBLISHING C6.- "Q- r. campia
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THE NEED OF GOOD STREETS. ,' .
N A MATERIAL SENSE the real test of a progress-
iv community ia not its business or public build
, - inn or 'its residences, but its streets. There msy
he food buildings on every bind, but if thev are aur
bounded by atrocious, streets tho good impression is
' almost totally destroyed, for the bed streets bespesk s
low state of civic pride. . On the other hand, ' if the
I streets are kept in superb condition it is proof that mu
mcipauy me cuy is mu nfs aim -.. .
of itself. ' , ;.:""- '" . 'V ::.-"7 "TH" 7 :
Portland has not yet awakened to a realiiation of the
ethical, moral and ' commercial importance of goad
streets. Some progress has been made in the principal
S thoroughfares and these streets are object lessons that
. should ; bring about the improvement of others. But
the progreia is alow and many of the streets of the
buaineas section would disgrao the shabbiest little coun.
, 1 .. try village that Oregon can boast . As to the streets
I in the residence sections, with the very rarest excep
tions they are little more than passable in rainy weather
and sometimes not even that If the city makes a good
TTTmpFeVslonnairuiteTngenT" vTsitbrItsnotBecauae
. ; ; but In spite of thestreets. It must not be forgotten
; that as never before Portland and its people are being
fudged by the highest civic standards.; Every visitor can
Judge for himself what is back of Portland, the reasons
for Ita exiatenee and the many causes which will make
'. it great But the ens test m which it falls Ismentably
abort. In which its proudest citiien must confess its
lahortcominga, is its streets. . .' t.':. "v
They are not what they should be, they are not to be
eompared with the streets of any other city of corre
. spending pretensions, and as a whole will not' compare
t too favorably with the streets of many of the smaller
' towns. The beginning of every reform is a realization
of the need of it, There are many people in Portland
who now realise this need and the number will grow
rapidly as the matter is called to their attention and
'agitated. It Is the firm belief of The Journal that, no
natter bow great the sum, of money spent in improving
the streets, there eould be no 'better investment And
by this we do not . mean the tuual: false pretense 'of
paving with cruahed rock, which disgraces rSther than
. improves some of our residential: streets. What is
needed everywhere Is the very best procurable pave
ment Under the recent ruling of .the city council the
people are not limited to on kind of pavement; they
now have a choice, and it is a choice of. the very best.
touung snort of the very best should satisfy any one,
least of all the people who own the abutting property.
Portland wants the very, best streets and many of them
this year, k wants them-i-ell sections, and it wants
the good work continued year after, year until the city
becomes a model in this respect to siLcommunities in
' Us -dastv ',A;iV.!i:':''y ' . -
OUR MOROS.
'V
N ARTICLE In the March Atlantic Monthly is
. of interest in connection with our government's
recent troubles 'with the Moros. The article is
entitled1 "Preparing our Moros for Government" and is
by Major R. L. Bullard, governor of the Lanas Moros, in
the island of Mindinso. It Is evident that the Moros of
Mindinao and the Moros of Jolo are essentially the same
people and that what is said of one may well answer
for the other.
v What Msjor Bullard says of the Lanas Moros well
suitains the traditional reputation of the whole Moro
people. The censna of the Philippines, taken in 1903,
classified the inhabitants of the islands ss civilised and
wild, giving the number of the former as about 7,000,
000 and of the latter about 650,000. Of the wild tribes
the Moros of the various divisions number in all about
f' 277,000 or two fifths of all the "wild" people of the is
f lands; the remainder belong to various tribes, "differing
: -rom one anotner, as tne census report ssys, in de
gree of barbariam." The "piratical Moros," as the cen
: sus styles them, were, accuatomed until a half a century
ago to Taid the ialands as far north as Luson and since
that time have only been limited in their raids by the
strong hand of government from without .
Of this "piratical" people Major Bullard ssys: "With
the coming of civil government to the other Philippines,
the Moros, because of their long tradition of piracy, law
; lessness and savagery, have been left to the care of the
rmy." It would be a mistake, however, to suppose
that because put into the care of the army only military
methods were used for their control. On the contrary,
. while a military form waa present its power was a far
as possible kept in abeyance, and every other available
means was resorted to in order to keep these wild people
"t peace, and to win them, if possible, into the first steps
, of civilised life.
The success of the milder methods has not been
marked. ' The forbearance of the government to use
force, even under provocation, wss mistaken on the part
' of the Moros for weakness, and a severe lesson now and
then seemed needful in order to teach this ssvsge people
that the government with which they had to do, while
. forbearing and. kindly in ita treatment of them, was yet
firm and strong. The people hsve been found, in Major
Bullard's experience, all that they have been traditionally
(described to be, fierce, intractable, cruel, treacherous,
:" preferring a life of piracy to that of settled industry.
' And yet some things have been done that may be
.called firat steps in preparation for civil government
Through the inducement of regular pay they have been
brought to build roads, and thus to open the interior
. region of their island to the traffic of the coast It
eems that one large inducement to their continuance at
' this work, at first st least, wss the proa pect it seemed to
bring them of being able to buy American arm. Later,
. however, the love of gain seemed to be kindled, and they
i worked for the money. When the roads were completed
they were ready lor still further work, and were soon
engsged in carrying on the traffic over the road.' In all
. this. Major Bullard worked with the utmost patience and
tact through their chief man, variously styled dattos.
rajans, or sultans; the government so fsr as it might be
called government at all, being from first to Isst personal
The severest test came on the oueation of taxation.
However much they had been benefited by .what the
government bad done for them in contributing to their
physical comfort, there seemed to be no principle of civic
duty to which appeal could be made for means to support
the government - In all their experience,' ssys Major
Bullard, "taxes stood for what hsd been wrung for
selfish purposes by -the strong from the weak; and
money paid for any other cause than direct barter and
aale meant tribute, a horrible thing of subjection, dis
honor and slavery." Perhaps after all they are not so
much to blame for feeling so. The spirit with which
ltt reseated Ut fust broadening ! taxstioa under
government msy be, after all, only a mark of kinship
with ourselves, the manifestation In thia way of the
spirit of 76. '
But the American was even here a match for the Moro.
What could not have been got directly without rousing
bitter opposition, was secured by tactful indirection.
"The Moros," ssys Major Bullard, "like,all other natives
of the Philippines, sre possessed of a consuming desire
to carry a 'pass' some sor of sn official certificate as
to character, honor, business, and tho like, of the bearer
and they are willing to pay any amount therefor, and
never think of it aa taxation." The next point was to
show them, by pointing to the clothes they wore, on
Which they , were already paying taxes indirectly. They
naickly-- the. point were caught .by 'the truth snd
humor of the thing as presented and so this point with
them wss won: 111 " -"-: ""I": -.-w rr-
. This people evidently hsve the stuff of a civil com
munity in them. With their courage and vigor, high
spirit and mental : acumen,' the case is not hopeless.
They are worth saving to better things. The process of
fitting them for-citisenship in a free and enlightened
atate may be a long one, and may be interrupted by more
than one auch outbreak as that of a few days since, but
in' the end firmness, patience, tact and disinterested pur
pose on the pert of the American government must win.
EFITS"T)TvVALKINCtr"
DR. W. R, C LATSON of New York, editor of
"Health Culture, L.nd author of seversl hygenic
. . books, has been writing recently on "The Art of
Walking," and what he ssys is worth reading. He aS-
Serta that walking is an art and in two of bis articles
gives detailed, illustrstsd instructions .how to walk cor
rectly, gracefully, and so as to receive the greatest bene
fit from the exercise. These-we psss by with the brief
est possible summary. The walk should be free, essy,
rhythmical; body upright limbs swinging easily,-head
erect exosnded chest straight back, firm knees and
flexible ankles,1 and mouth closed. The most beneficial
results are obtained, not as used to be thought with S
definite business object In view, to get somewhere at a
given time, but for exercise, for health and pleasure and
incidents! 'Informstion. " .
People in cities do not. walk enough. : The streetcars
and wheels are a great convenience, ayhecessity, but
thousands of people in this cRywould lie healthier and
happier and wiser if they walked more and rode less. A
walk down town and back two or three times a day, ag
gregating three or four or six or eight miles, would be
better medicine than a cartload of drugs and a pocket
full of prescriptions. A walk before breakfast and a
good big drink of pure water will almost prevent disease
and insure long me. : ; - '
A walking tour of a week late in spring or in the fall,
when the roads are neither very muddy nor very dusty,
when it-i not very rainy or very hot is an ideal means
of recreation, or should be. Co as you please, rest when
tired, be at home when night overtakes you, don't try
to get anywhere at any particular time, don't load your
self down with luggage, get tired but not too tired, and
notice everything on the way trees, fields, sky, clouds,
books, animals, birds, grain, fruit flowers, houses, and
Isst . but not least people. Don t go out to study, but
tske an interest In all these things. --' --
Of all exercises walking is the oldest and for hu
manity in general is still the best as a regular or com
mon thing. ' It coats nothing, it is toot strenuous, it is
not associated with anything sporty, ft takes and keeps
one in the open air, it aids appetite and digestion," it
spells health. To get into the pink woods and cut down
and saw up trees is better, but most people can't do that
But everybody able to walk can walk conaiderably every
dsy. ,. v, ,. V. ' ' -v
But more then being merely recreative and healthful,
walking, as we have Indicated, ia educational. The per
son Who wslks much usually becomes a good observer,
and interested in. many things that the one who always
rides on a car, or swiftly on a wheel, overlooks. This
hsbit of, observation leads to enjoyment, pleasure in the
things one sees, and can notice as he thus slowly pssses
by them plessure in the opening buds, the yellowing
leaves, the drifting clouds, the twittering and flight of
birds, the progress of improvements, the stout horses
drawing their loads, the kittens st play on the lawns,
the fresh breexe on brow snd cheek, even the mist that
fructifies the earth. . , -
So here we present three results of and reasons for
pedeatrlanism: , Health, education, pleasure. These
surely are sufficient. .
--DISCOVERY OF PIKE'S PEAK.
CENTENNIAL - CELEBRATIONS, large and
small, are coming thick and fast A good many
h.'n .f nr.. M tnlr V.,1, t,.--..J
..ft v ...tvav. yjun aiafrEiiw
100 years sgo or thereabouts. It is just 30 years aince
Philadelphia set the example of centennial celebrations
in this country by insugurating and carrying on a big
show in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the
declaration of independence. Since then there have been
centennial celebrations at Chicago, St Louis and Port
land, besides big expositions aided by the government at
Buffalo, Omaha, San Francisco, Charleston and Atlanta;
and next year there will be held near Jamestown, Vs.,
not a centennial but the tri-centennlal celebration of the
establishment of a settlement there, in the wilderness
and among the Indians, by the British.
But before that next November, will be celebrated, In
a comparatively small -way at Colorado Springs, the dfs
epvery or first view by a white American, so far aa is
known, of one of the highest and by far the most
famous mountains of the Rocky range, Pike's peak.
It was on November 5, 1806, thst Zebulon Montgomery
Pike, who was in command of an exploring expedition
through the then far and wild west and southwest first
sighted this greet peak of the Rocky mountains, and it
was named for him many yeara after by Major Long,
who actually ascended it while Pike was mistaken in be
lieving he had ever trod upon its flank. Pike was then
only 24 yesrs old, and 10 years Ister he wss killed in a
bsttle with the British on the present site of Toronto,
Canada, while aa a-major-general leading his troops.
Me wss a brave, adventurous spirit, and his name will
endure as long aa the great mountain shall stand.
Pike's expedition wss the most disastrous of any un
dertaken by the government including even' Fremont's
through Oregon into California, and was In every re-
aoect in marked contrast to the masterly organization
conducted by Lewis and Clark. There was a cloud of
ausoicion about the motive of the expedition which was
sent out by General Wilkerson, the friend of Aaron Burr,
and the abettor of his traitorous plans, although Pike
himself undoubtedly was an innocent instrument in their
attempted furtherance. The suffering of his party, in
the dead of winter, without proper food, clothes or pro
tection was inexpressibly great, involving the death of'a
number of them, a resort to cannibalism, the arrest of
the remnant of the party by the Spanish authorities,
their removal to Santa Fe and their subsequent transfer
to and imprisonment in the City of Mexico. The great
mountain aubseauently named after Pike was in plain
view for many days and it wss several days' of srduoua
marching diatant from him when he atarted toward it
exoectini to reach it in the course of a few hours. . It
was an adjoining mountain and -not the- fasnems -peak-the
side of which Pike ascended for a short distance, In the
Journal of his expediiibn he-gives it as his Judgment that
the mountain .would never foe scaled. The first man to
climb it was Major Long, who headed 'another govern
tnent expedition in the forties. Subsequently, it wss
scaled by thoussnds both on foot and with the aid of
the melodious burro. Then the government built a
weather observatory on its topmost pinnacle, over 14,000
feet . Still later a cogwheel railroad was built to the top
snd in season thousands of people make the ascent with
out the least discomfort. . , v;, :
' It was a long time after Pike's visit to thst wild re
gion before white men settled there In sny .considerable
number; not, in fact, until the discovery of gold and silver
took them there in 1859 and succeeding years. In 1861
Cplorado was organized as a territory, and was admitted
as a state in 1876. In 1860 it had a populatioirof only
34,000, which had increased to about 50,000 when it be
came a atatc'The population has steadily grown until
in 1900 it was 539700, and is supposed to be over 700,000
now. v i -. .' "!-''
The centennlsl celebration of the discovery of Pike's
peak wilt be held on September 24, continuing one week,
and many people from all parts of the country will join
in it and experience the sensations of a ride on a cog
wheel railroad to the top of one of the highest moun
tains .In the country. - - '?' -' -'-r . .
THE LIGHT IN THE HOUSE. ''.': ;
'"'And, Moses "stretched" forth"" h!s hand toward"
heaven: and there was a thlcbr darkness in all the
land of Egypt three days: ' " .: '
" ' And they saw not one another, neither rose any
-from his plae for-three-dayerbnt alt thtrchildreinof
Israel had light in their dwellings.
- And Pharoah called upon Moses, and ssld, "Oo
ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your
herds be stayed: let 'your little, ones also go with
you." Exodus x:22-24. -t.-v- - -r
THAT did the business. The lights In the homes!
' Moses was a shrewd and farseeing man. Ho
- wanted the Jews, in a hostile land, to get out
of there, to get to freedom. : ;
So he said with all the authority he could command,
"stretching forth his hand towards heaven," that the
Jews must and should be free! ? - .
The Epyptians were supine, dead to the world for
three days that was enough; a master mind said to thT
Jews: "Wske up; put lights in your houses." ,
- That waa. the important thing then, It Is the import
ant thing now. V ".;' 1 -'l ;?.-..''.'
Publicity. Put light in your houseslet us know what
you are doing, politieallyrJflnanciallyrindustriallyr-i
Light cures, savesl let in the light in every way.
every1 place, everywhere! "Put lights in your houses,
Moses was wise. 1 , v. . v,v , ,
. It hsd been "dark, according to the account, tor three
days. We suppose that this is figurative. Everybody
hadn't absolutely staid in bed for three days and nights
but they were in waiting for a voice, a call, a relieving
cry I And Moses responded; be said: Tine Egyptians
are asleep, wake up and' move." And move they did
for they were slaves no longer and the sign of the move
ment was then and itret light! '
Put light m your houses and "let your little ones also
go with you." . They shall' go surely towar4better
things, and we shall be guided by the "light in our
houses" toward freedom t,.. ,v v
. .. NO PHILIPPINES FOR THE JAPS.
ITTE HAVE OBSERVED within the past few
days a positive statement that the Japanese
.V, were about to acquire frona us the Philippine
islands. Likewise In some quarters we have, seen ex
pressions of dissent on the ground thst now vrt had got
the. Philippines we should not let them go.
It is simply amazing that anybody should seriously
ret the impression that Japajuwants tne, Philippines.
Their purchase would constitute a blunder that would
reach the proportion of a crime, and the Japanese are
making no such mistakes. The ialands have already cost
us perhaps half a billion' dollars. -. Suppose that Japan
was willing to psy that bankrupting sum or even a good
part of it Then consider that the ialands' are 3,000 miles
away from Japan, not next door as some Americans
rashly think. -There are ahousandornore4slands
covering 2,000 miles of ocean. If Japan wanted to assure
their' possession it would hsve to fortify them and that
would cost another billion dollars.' Then it would cither
be forced to double its fleet of send half of it to the
Philippines to protect its commerce in esse of war...-
And what could it arain that it cannot now era in at in
finitely less cost? -Nor a-hing.'" Indeed nothing more
nnreaaonable could be thought of than that Japan would
either bur the Philippines or accept them as a gift
For-its overflow population it now-has the Island of
Formosa and the mainland of Korea separated from It by
a narrow strait In which it haa a perfectly free hand to
develop and expand as it plesses. - Indeed Japan has
learned from the war the great lesson that widely scat
tered possessions weaken, not strengthen, the' empire.
Suppose Russia had been in a position early in the war
o have. captured and held formoaa it mignt nave oeen
able to change the whole course if not. the actual result
of the wAr. Indeed it is the view of many- intelligent
Jspanese that the result might hsve been catastrophe to
Japan. Burhowever this msy be It is inconceivable that
Japan should ever want to buy the .Philippines.
LEWIS AND CLARK
At I CamaaU-WaahInct
April 1. Thr Indians followed
ywitorday and camped near u laat night
On puttlna them to -e. .variety of qua
tlon relative to their country, they as
sured a that Quloksand river, which
we had hitherto deemed "so considerable,
extends no farther than the southwest
ld of lit. Hood, which la & 16 decrees
IL, 4S miles distant from this place; and
It la moreover navigable for a very
short dletanee only In e9nsea.uenoe of
falls and rapids, and that no nation in
habits its borders. Several ether-persona
affirmed that It rose near ML Hood, !
and. Sergeant Prvor, who was sent with
two men for the purpose of examining
It. convlnoed us t the truth of their i
statement. He found ' the 1 river SOS
yards wide, though the channel was not
more than SS yards wide and about six;
feet deep. The current was rapid, the
water turbid; the bed of the river was
formed entirely of Quicksand; the banks
very low . and at present overflowed.
He passed several Islands and at three
and one half miles distance a creek
from the south 10 yards wide; his
farthest course was six miles from the
moath of the river, but there tt seemed
to bend to the east and he .heard the
noise of waterfalls. - If Quicksand river
then does not go beyond Mt. Hood. It
must leave the valley a few miles from
Its entrance and run nearly parallel
to the Columbia. There must there
fore, be some other large river, whloh
ws have not seen, to water the extensive
oountry between the mountains of the
coast and the Quicksand river; but the
Indiana eould give us no satisfactory
Information of any such stream. Whilst
we were making these Inquiries a num
ber of canoes came to us. and among
the rest a- number nf families were de
scending the river." They told us that
they lived at the Great Rapids, but that
a great scarcity of provisions there
had Induced them to come down In hopes
of finding subsistence In thta. fertile
valley. All those . that lived at the
rapids, . as well aa the natlona above
them, were ta much distress for want
of food, having consumed their winter
store ef dried flsh; and not expecting
the return of the salmon before the next
moon, which will happen on the second
f May, this Intelligence waa disagree
able and embarrassing. From the falls
to the Chopunnish . nations the plains
afforded no deer, elk -or antelope on
which we can rely for subsistence. The
horses are very poor at this season and
the dogs must be in tne same condition
If their food,, the flsh, has failed; so
that we have calculated entirely on pur
chaalnv flsh. On the other hand, It Is
obviously inexpedient to wait for the
return ef the salmon, since in that case
we might not reach the Missouri before
the lee would prevent our navigating
It We might hasard the lose of our
horses, for the Chopunnish, with whom
we left them. Intend crossing ths Bit
ter Root and Rocky mountains as early
as possible, which Is about the begin
nlng ef May, and would take our horses
with them or suner tnera to disperse,
In either ef whloh eases ths passage
of the mountains will no almost imprac
ticable. We, therefore, after much de
liberation, decided to remain here till
we eould collect meat enough to last us
till ws reach the Chopunnish nation, and
to obtain eanees from the natives as we
ascend, either In exchange for our
pertogues or by purchasing- tnem wiin
skins and merchandise. These eanoee
may In turn be exchanged for horses
with the natives of the plains, till we
obtain enough to travel altogether by
land. On reaching the southeast nraacn
I Lewis river) of the Columbia, four of
five shall be sent on to the Chopunnish
to have our horses In readiness. Thus
we shall have a stock or norses sum
elent te transport eur baggage and to
supply us with provisions, for ws now
peroelve tnat xney win zona vr
eartal n resource for food. The hunt
ers returned from the opposite sids ef
ths river with some deer and elk, wnicn
were abundant there, as were also the
tracks of the black bear; while an the
north side we eould kill' nothing. Ia
the eouree of our dealing today we pur
chased a canoe from aa Indian, for
which we gave six fathoms ef wampum
beada He seemed perfectly satisfied
and went away, but returned aeon after,
eaneeled the bargain, and giving beck
the wampum requeeted that we eould
restore him the canoe. To this we eon
eentud, as we know this method of trad
ing to be very eonunoa and deemed per
feotlx fair. . , ... . ?
V. Making Tea and Coffee. '
Ae tea drinking la a habit much' In
dulged In, It ta necessary to know how
to make a really good cup of tea. Prop
erly 'made, 4t la stimulating and re
freshing, but nervousness and Insomnia
Breoften attributed " to" excessive : tea
drinking,' and that la the reason It is so
often condemned. ' Taken in moderation"
It should do no harm. -
Ths first -essential for producing a
cup of good tea Is boiling water, with
which the teapot should first of all
be warmed, and the water poured off
before the tea is made. Put in as much
tea as required, one teaspoontul usually
being allowed for each person, and after
standing for three minutes the tea Is
ready for drinking. . -
The usual .method for making coffee
la to allow a good teaspoonful for each
breakfast cup and . an - extra spoonful
for ths pet The water must be freshly
boiled, and the eoffee pot thoroughly
warmed before the eoffee la put In, and
a pinch of salt added, which- improves
the flavor.
Although the 'French housewife is a
failure as regards tea making, she can
make excellent eoffee which It le hard
to equal, and her method is te make the
eoffee very strong and fill about quarter
of the cup with It and fill) up ths rest
with hot milk. Coffee essence Is else
used In the same way, and la deltcloualy
refreshing. ,
So much depends on ths small details
In making coffee, but If trouble le taken
to see that the.coffee itself Is of a geod
blend, the pot well wanned before the
ooffee la put In, and the milk hot and
plentiful, a really - good cup ef eoffee
should be the result '
Thought King' Was a Centipede.
From the New York Globe. ,
Of the late well-beloved king of Den
mark many aneodotee are going rOund,
among which the following is not the
least curious: It was during his lata
majesty's visit to Athens en the occasion
of the crown prince's wedding that King
Christian., who .loved to. wander unat
tended about the streets, found himself
one day In ah alley where was a row of
modest tsarouk vender's shops. The
king was recognised, and stopped to
gase at a taasaled pair of the quaint
footgear, upon which the humble maker
hastened to take them from the window
and offered them to his majesty. And
when. In his turn, the king offered, a
gold coin, he was met by a firm though
respectful refusal. The king smilingly
took up the proffered gift and went on.
But he was soon followed and aurround
ed by a score of other traders, each
carrying a pair of tsarouks whloh. they
begged the king to accept His mejeoly
gave them to understand that he could
not carry them alt . But he had counted
without his host He was laughingly
recounting his adventure to the home
party at the palace when a carriage
arrived at the gates with the SO palra
of tsarouks that had been offered for
hie steeeptanoa. . - ! -
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Noveliat'a Works to Be Burned.
' Ouy Thome,' who wrote "When It
Waa Dark," keepa on getting free ad
vertisement In a way that must be the
envy of bis fellow novelists. It Is said
that over 171.000 eoplea of "When It
Waa Dark" were sold In England as ths
result ef the striking reference to that
novel which was made by the bishop of
London In a sermon delivered at West
minster Abbey, and new an ever greater
bit of good fortune haa befallen the
lucky Ouy Thorns. For practically at
the very moment that a new novel from
his pen Is being announced aa "ready
It haa been decided by the Union society
of Oxford that all of Thome's work
that exist In the library of the famous
university shall be ejected therefrom
and "publicly burned."
. No reason for thus reviving an oid
tlme method ef showing "abhorrence"
haa yet been assigned by the Oxford
"union." The - explanation. - however,
probably lies in the fact that Thome
critlciaee the Church of England pretty
freely both In. his last book, "A Lost
Cause" and his forthcoming which haa
already been published to serial form
end that cwford - is one ef the great
etrongholds of "establishment," as tt
Is called. ' :.
La Follette Under the Wheels!
From ths New Tor Wertd.
After Senator La Follette of Wiscon
sin had made his first railroad rate
epeech and had been baogered by the
leaders of ths senate he earae out In the
corridor.
"How do yon feet aenatorr a friend
aakd.
"Pretty goofl," La Follette answered,
"for a man was haa been under the
sraeela.'t f
1 1 SENTENCE SERMONiTj
-Dally, duty may be the dhrtne drllL -
- The hill of pride to ley all the year
round. : . .
- " -,)
- -Vain th mourning 'over ala without
lta mending.". .......
i ;, . , . ' e e .- . .;
The gospel works must produce mere
than smoke and whistle. .
e e - -
; The man whs has no faith in any ana
gets fooled by every one. - .
... ;' - :'
- Worts bunds a wall against most of
the tempter's wiles. .-.
--Sparing little weeds spells many - a
large harvest,- --7--5 '
. . . -e e
Many churches are building too man
evens and making too little breed.
. - 1. , . -t , e e . ,- . - .
- The serenity of the saint's Is not en
hanced by their snorts. ;
- --."-
, It Is easy to get to think that yon are
warming the world when you are roast
ing others. ,
: ., . . , . - . . . -
' Some men think that saving the soul
is only an easy way ef saving shoe
leather. rV- ,- :-.
... . . .' ...... . ..-- e ...e .....-:,'...,..--'.,... ...
- Dark days slways last iongest and
look blackest te people who frown at
them. ( . v.
... ..k..- e e .. ;,-
Stepping atones to success eannot be
built out of broken commandments. .
Where ambition plows ths heart you
can always plant the aeeds of hatred.
i- . e ., -. '-
The place where temptation Is fiercest
Is where the brave can learn to be most
faithful. . . -
Some men think the only way to re
form thla world la to retire to heaven
and try to wash It with the rain of their
team. . .. .
r ' - ,''.. ' .', "
When furniture becomes all Important
to ths faith It has reached lta own fu
neral. Some people would be dreadfully sad
If they could nnt take a a occasional
excursion Into the lead of sorrow. -
:.... : . ': -
Heaven never fills thef hand and for
gets the heart'
e
" The soul gets little provender Out of
a performance that looks only to the
salary. . . - '" ' "' ' ' ...
The Salt Sea Wind. '
- By EH la Wheeler WIIoox. '
Oojrrttat, 1808, r W. m. Hearst.) "
When Venus, mother and maker of
blisses.
: Rose out of the billows, large-limbed
I..., ( and. fair, .r.H-r
She stood- on ths sands and blew Sweet
kisses
'' Te ths salt aea wind as she dried bar
"' .. heir. ' , ..
And the salt sea wind waa the firat te
. caress her, . . ...
To pralna her beauty and call , her
aweet;
The first of the whole wide world te
possess her
' She, that creature of light snd heat :
Thought the aea Is old with sorrows
and angers,
" And the world haa forgotten why love
... - was born.: -
Tet the salt aea wind Is full of the
languors
- That Venus taught on her natal morn.
. ..
And now whoever dwells there by the
ooeen,
And feels this wind en his hair and
face,
Is stirred by a subtle and keen emo
tion' .
The lingering spell ef that first embrace.
1 Mrs, Bland a Farmer.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Mrs. Virginia B. Bland, widow ef "Sil
ver Dick" Bland, haa become one ef the
most successful aarlculturlste In .'the
country. Her farm at Lebanon, Mis
souri, to which she gives her pereonal
attention, le a model, and for Its acre
age produce more than any almllar
Iraot in the eeuiuxa
i , b . ;,......u.
A, Scrrapn for
Today
" 11 1 1 1 HI.
THE REAL FOUNDATION.
By Kenry F. Cope.
Therefor -"whosoever lieareth the
saying of -mine-air doeth them, I wn
liken him unto a wise man which bull
hts house upon the rock. Matt vli;
GOOD many thousand sermon
have been.' preached on' thi
text probably nearly all . oi
them with the intent to pror.
that the way to build the life on a reck
foundation la to pass through the tn
perlenoe known -as conversion, obtalr
saving faith and Join the church. - Thli
la typical of a popular way-ef lntr-i
prating the scriptures: First, determla
what you wish them to mean and then
make them mean that . The purpos
being to persuade people to join th
ehuroh. then by hook er erook that duty;
must be discovered in every divine pr-
cept ''. , " . ' -
But this is simply to Ignore ths plain'
words of ths great teacher. ' It would b
Impossible to clarify hie statement: it
any man hears and dees tne things I
have bee, teaching he la like one whs
builds on a rock, : One thing marks ths
rock-founded life, the doing of Cbrtstly
deeds. The .course r of - oooduoti tht
kind of character he has Just outltntd
tn the eermon on the mount, glvea tos
established stable character.
The enduring life la not ' built ee
dreams. Many people think that their
Uvea are rock .founded becauee they
have - a nebulous admiration for ths
moral teachings of Jesus. On the whole
they admire the sermon on the mount;
having taken the trouble t say aa much
as this they sit back with the comfort
able feeling that they have set them,
selves In their right place In the uni
verse, that the Almighty will be de
lighted with their indorsement
One of the most dangerous hypocrites
Is the easy-going, thoughtless being
who fancies that tho Indorsement of a
duty In equivalent to the doing of tt
He evaporatea bla convictions Into com
pliments Instead of crystallising them
Into oonduot. 80 far f rom being built
on a rock he floats around like a wisp
of hay In a high wind. - A butterfly
might better hope to drill and quarry
out a foundation than he. . Besides thla.
his hypocritical praise of right precepts
makes them only offensive- to those
who most desire to practice them.
Others imagine that an intellectual as
sent to certain statements concerning
the church or the Bible or Jesus Is suf
ficient to fix- the life In stability. But
ths greater teacher doea not place the
emphasis so much on what men may
think of .his character or mission, nor
ovsn . on . their- hones V-opinions onthe
theories of ths past and the future,
whloh have delighted, mental gymnasts
since the world was young; to him ths
great differentiating fact touches those
dynamlo convictions that are determin
ing your -conduct this day.
Hs places conduct before creed.- He
long ago took that method of teaching
which modern pedagogy approves. Hs
taught religion by the manual method.
Inetead of saying, as - theologians ev
"Flret comprehend these doctrines and
then -you will be able to do them." he
says. "Flret do these things, practice my
precepts, and they will ere long neeome
plain to you.' Men learn religion by
doing. - Begin to do the right and yos
will get the reason; get the rule through
the example. Decda are the solventa of
doctrines..
The house of life la built differently
from any other; we get the plans br
erecting the structure. In the realm ot
character It is houses rather than archi
tecture we need. Build but one hour's
conduct squarely on the plain, cogent
teachings of the man of Nasaretb and
you will serve the world better than If
you gave a lifetime to the explanation
of hie worda.
Doctrines are but teachings intended
te b done Into deeda- Doing them you
gala a larger piece of mind and eenss
of atabllity of life than In any other
way.. If you want tho qullibrium of
faith you will find It by almply laying
life's dally detalla on the plain founda
tion of his principles. . Nothing eould
bo plainer; there are no hair-splittlns
metaphyslos, no subtle questions of
policy here; do these things and ths
heart finds calm, tho life certitude, ths
soul satisfaction. - -.,.
m
HYMNS YOU OUGHT
ferTO: KNOV -
The Service of Man.
.By Frank Mason North.
fThls hymn, ons of the notable In
clusions of. ths new Methodist hymnal.
Is a good repreeentative ot the new type
of songa of service, laying Its emphasis
on the concrete and the objective and
active in religion. ' Its author la
Mstbodlst Episcopal clergyman who ws
bora la New Tork December S, 1SS0, and
who to now engaged In church executive
and editorial work. He la the writer ei
other hymnal .
Where croes the crowded-ways of lire. '
Where sound tho cries of race ana
elan,. '
Above the noise of selfish strife.
Ws hear thy voice, O Son of ManI
In haunts of wretchedness and need.
On shadowed thresholds dark wlta
fairs. : - ( .-!. . ,
From paths where hldS the lures
., freed, ; ... ...:
We eatch the vision of thy tears.
From tender childhood's helplessness. -
From woman'a grief, man'a burdencs
toll.
From famished souls, from sorrow's
- strese," - '
Thy heart has never known recoil.
The cup of water given for thee.
Still holde the freshness of thy gracs.
Tet long these multitudes to see
Ths sweet compassion of thy face.
O Master, from. the mountain aide.
Make haste to heal these hearts 01
pain.
Among these restless throngs abide,- -
O, tread the city's streets again.
Till amis ef men shall learn thy love
And follow where thy feet have troa;
Till glorious from- thy heaven above
Shall come tho city of our Ood. -
Each Has Hla Work.
- From the Baltimore News. .
Ths flna distinction drawn BT COV-
ernment employes aa to the division ef
their labors was well Illustrated by s
dialogue between two negro laborers sn
ths west terrace ef the capitol yester
day. .
"Oet out here!" said one laborer
the other, whe held back. "Oet out hers
and help clean the anew off this ter
race." .. . . ... . . ,. -
"Oo on, you nlge-r!" the other re
plied. "I won't do no eucn thlna. I'ss
a portico meter, I ain't no terrace olS
aoiv nohow."1 "