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Published every evening (except
THE EARTH'S INTERIOR.
T k uiiC DifpncTFn a' few weeks ago that a Chi
Ir.go university professor had advanced .the theory
that the earth was a solid mass, rather than a ball
with comparatively thin crust, and being for the most
Part a hot and molten maw. at in the' generally accepted
theory. TJie occasional, but less- frequently recurring,
' eruptions of Volcanic matter seem to prove gather. con
chiMvely two things: firt.. that .the internal earth is a
hot. molten mas, and second,, mat me cru . ,
thickening and that the boiling interior cannot so easily
break its way out and perhaps it,
.w.i;nr nr nernminr less eruptive.
' H The earth's surface is marked with
of volcanoes now extinct
v.. tw.n nvrrflnwn with their lava
to a nearby region, the Columbia basin, and indeed most
of the western part of this continent. These violent
' disturbances and upheavals1 do not occur any more, or
but rarely,, proving, as it seems, that the earm s crusi
is thickening and that it is gradually solidifying, that
its internal fires are, if not dying out, being confined
within the planet's secret, interior regions. f j.
I..The iruptionsoccur of course, ; where ' the crust is
thinnest. The volcanic forces follow' the "linejf least
resistance, hence they break out here., there .and yonder,
but usually in some comparatively new upheaved island
or -near a shore as in the case of Vesuvius and Pelee,
or in the case of the Lisbon arid Charleston earthquakes
for, of course, earthquakes and unusual monster sea
inflowings v are manifestations of the same forces as
make, a Volcano the action of internal, superheated
'matter seeking an exit -..',-''.':. " ' . .
' Volcanoes may , be- as necessary in the ' economy" of
. mother earth as a boil is on'an overfed or wrongly-fed
. - . ...... 1 .1 -..J l-u
man. But it tne eartn is re cckm
down, and become solid, and the
out, as seems to be happening, will
become -frigid, desolate speck, ot
habitable by man?.; "V'V
. But JeL usnot worry; this will not happen for some
millions of years, and by that time most of us may be
perfectly indifferent .to, the, outcome.
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; " ' J ; JAPANESE" IMMIGRATION, --
IN THE INTEREST of American labor and our
social system, should not some restriction be placed
on Japanese immigration? The Japanese are good
people, worthy of great commendation; but is it wise
to allow hundreds ot tnousanas ana minions 01 intra
to flock to thiircoast,, as they wi within' the flext few
years undcupresent laws? . '
-Taoan is a tremendously overcrowded country It has
45,000,000 people in 145,000 square
They are thrifty breeders", and millions of them must
get out . Should we let them in? The
on a very, few-cents a day have
-want them in great numbers for active, immediate-competitors?
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'According to the report of- the Japanese commission
ers, to the exposition in St. Louis, the following are
prevailing" rates of wages in Japan, reduced to American
money:. ': ..'' '-"? " ' "''' v
. Farm laborers (average), 16 cents per day..
Laborers in silk culture (average), 16J4 cents per day.
V Operatives for reeling silk (average), 10 cents per day.
; Farm laborers, by the year, male, $16. J -
iFarm laborers,' by the year, female, $8.50. , '
'Metal miners (average), 13J cents per day
wCoal miners (average), 12 cents per day. - - - -Timbermen
(average), 11 cents per day.', , '
Mill hands (average), 8yi cents per day. - ' ',:'
Smelterers (average), 10 cents per day. i
' Factory employes, male. 15 cents per day. , . ' ,
Factory employes, female, 10 cents per day.
, Tobacco factory employes, male, 224 cents per day.
Tobacco factory employes, female, 10 cents per day. .
Machine shops, 27j4 cents per day.
- Carpenters and plasterers, 29 cents per .day.
.Stone masons. 33 cents per day.
i Shoemakers, 25 cents per day.-... ' ' '
" Tailors, Japanese clothes, 22 cents per day. '
TailorSjjoreign clothes, 25 cents per day. .. :. '
V Skilled artisans, 50 cents per day. V T ,-T7"
These laborers live on rice and fish. When they come
- over here" they live a little better, but they ere still, if
-coming in great numbers as theywill if not restrained,
' becoming dangerous competitors of the. American work-
- -mgrnan,-whocaunot. live. and work on any. uchdiet
and. wages. ' - .. " . . .
A GOOD START MADE. ." 7
I T IS EXCEEDING GRATIFYING to note The way
Tin" which the business men of " Portland have re-
sponded to the appeal for money to pur a steamer
on the tipper river. There has been $52,000 already sub
- scribed, not primarily as an investment, but to insure
adequate transportation' facilities on the 'upper river.
, This money has been subscribed, not only as an evidence
of good, faith to the people of the inland empire, but as
proof positive that Portland is fully alive to the value
of the" open river as a rate regulator and is determined
to do its full share in the consummation' of that great
enterprise. ..... r ,
y One boat wilf at once be built, and it is now assured
that steamers will by fall be running from Celilo clear
to Lewiston. In this way only can the purposes of the
open river propaganda be accomplished. From another
. joint of view , it was necessary that the perfect good
: faith of the people should be demonstrated and that is
-to the satisfaction of the federal government so that
the bu.lding of the Celilo canal would follow in its
regular order and the necessity for building it be dem-
: ; THE PLAY
.' Are rou tir4 of puttr-nn4 comedians
. with boarae vote, of tatuejquc beauties
that poaa, ot Jokes that are atAlt and
sueaostlve, of parlor oaths7 aji hlt-hlm-ag
ln humort In other words, yoti
tird of musical comedy as yott know ttt
If you are. Just try "Toyland" and acs
It at IU bent with cllriflns mHodles
and pretty danes, whero vrrythtnt' Is
. fr and lightsome and aarMsble without
. hlna nasty.
Thsra ars an the' MMhor Oooo4 tDoy
and (frls n "Baboe In Toyland," which
plesanl a big crowd of people at the
Helllg theatre last night, and they romp
through three aeta and a dosen ur
pasetngly prlty scene. The two leading
characters. Jane and Alan, are the
eenter of things most of the time. 'Alan
la played by Ignaolo , afartuiettl, wall
known te eJd thealrs-goers. lis has a
good barltona voice and lots of splrtt;
Kathvine Mll plays Jane.- Che IS ss
bright and vlvaelous, as sweet, grareful
and unaffected as any III He girt from
srhool. The othr parts are taken aiilte
erertttabljr and the chorus Is large, gen
erally cowtely and earefulljf trained.
Maud Campbell does Jill, a aeoond cousin
ON
DAILY
IHD1MNDINT
NIWIF1P1H
PUBLISHED BY. JOURNAL PUBLISHINO COT
Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at
onstrated by. the
themselves io line
i The Journal is
directly concerned
there must be no
work has not vat
been made.. "There
was for the canal
ever for the. deep
Ii i lonff that
too, is in a me
'.x--.."
Astoria on the -sea. " '. v- ' . "-.
; -: '. v. :)' MEN AND WORK.
hundreds, probably
Whole great areas
as was, to refer
LETTER
day in
v ihsmlv
columns, that there
the United States
particularly. He
fearful lie. or a
couldn't ret work.
kinds in the United
northwest as now.
now emoloyed or
ment could get a
capable of doing
are daily seeking
When it comes
asree that in many
Many, perhaps
utuici wu wmiki
internal fires all go
the planet not -then
like the building
instances do not
tne universe, unin
-'
them what they
mands upon them;
saying that there
There irf'not an
who is willing to
we know, and The
to help right these
especially .in this
miles cfterritory
T
Japanese subsist
to. Do our people
from the producing
making no effort to
quarters of the
than Portland, anq
in the northwest
there is a certain
which Portland is
this, when it is
its importance is
fjancJii8elQryearSr
I
the railroad across
If the president
executive force,
But Diaz is old,
looked far, and carefully. The railroad men who desire
no canal jare also looking beyond tomorrow.
to 8ls Hopkins, snd does It well. Walter
Schrode, as Grumlo. does a remarkable
athletic drinking act with Jill to help.
Oens Luneska. who Is Contrary Mary,
has a voice tout lands fair snd squsrs
very time, a better soprano than com
monly Is heard In musical eomedy.
There are more pretty scenes In "Babes
In Toylsnd" than In any other muslcsl
comedy that has come to Portland this
season. The qpon garden seen a pretty,
and afterward ws ars shown a realistic
forest, a floral palace and some lovely
views In Toyland. every one being care
fully done to last detail, while the
costumes harmonise to make a gor
geously beautiful ensemble. - . .
Of the musical numbers, of which there
are more than usual, "Floretta" has a
swinging air and Is welt sung by Msrtl
nUI; "Barney OKlynn" gives Mlsf
Lrtineska. opportunity to show the range
of her voire, and the first tropical song
there sr four or five all told "Dont
Be a Villain." la a rouser. The "Christ
mas Fslr Walts" Introduces an unusually
pretty dance by the whole chorus, and
"Rock-a-Bye Baby" la a unique adapta
tion of the nursery lullaby that Is a bit
different frem anything of the sort we
have seen. Miss Bell's singing. of 1
Csn t Po That Bum," with hslf a dosen
subordlnstes. onjha garden wall. Is one
ot the best things to the shew. The
J OURNAL
nro. . cabiou
The Journal BuUcUngrFlfth and Ywn-
determination of the people' to help
,! . i .i.u v:i:
nmn u incir uunj,. ,,
slad to be able to congratulate ihose
on (he outcome of their labqrs, but
resting on their oars. AH the needed
been done, although a good start has
is still as much need as there ever
at Celilo hd just as much need as
water at the mouth of the Columbia.
river that our work' must be concen
trated until these great enterprises ; are. accomplished
and the great river becomes in its literal sense an open
river clear frorti Lewiston on the Snake to and beyond
was oublished in The Journal Tyester
-which the Writer criticised this paper
for savintr. editorially and in its news
is now a large demand for labor in
"generally and In the Pacific northwest
said that these statements - were a
willful misstatement," arid that ...men
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-1 Nowf The Jpurnfl made no falseJtatement "whatever;
there has never been such a demand for .labor of all
States and especially in the Pacific
Five thousand more" men than are
than are honestly applying for employ'
job in this region within a week. Men
work of any kind are not "being daily
thrown out of employments on the contrary, employers
for men to work. . . '
the treatment of these men,, we
caseaH-isjiot right and reasonable.
most, of them ought lo receive more
wages. . The operators of great development enterprises,
of the north bank railroad, m many
treat the workmen fairlydo not pay
really earn, and make unreasonable de
but this fact furnishes no excuse for
is a scarcity of work. -
able-bodied man on the Pacific coast
do an honest day's, work but can "get
employment in nours. f.
- That -workingraen are -not always paid as much ai
they deserve, 'that they are in some ways imposed on,
Journal is always ready and prompt
grievances; but the fact stated and
disputed that there is plenty of work and more work
than willing, able men to do it, in this country, and
region, is true. ... , ;
ASSOCIATED PRESS HEARQUARTERS.
HE Oregonian denounces with heat the insidious
way irt which Seattle is concentrating the. quar
termaster's department in that , city, far away
center. At the same time it is
maintain here the northwest head
venerable Associated : Press, which has
so long found uts home in Portland, but which is now
about to be transferred to Seattle. - 'j -,
Every Oregon man who visits the east returns cha
grined because he has been unable to find anything in
the eastern press bearing a Portland date line.. So far
as the Associated Press is concerned, Portland apparent
ly has no place on the map." On the other hand, our
sister city of Seattle. is exploited with a most amaiing
persistence. From this circumstance the impression has
naturally grown up that -Seattle is a greater news center
because it claims to be the gateway
to part 'of Alaska it should be made the recognized
headquarters for the distribution of all news originating
and the frozen north. If that should
happen, there might be no loss in one respect we
would get no recognition then, but as we get none now
the proposition would be as broad as it is long. But
amount of prestige involved about
more or less sensitive at a time like
growing at an unprecedented rate and
increasing with corresponding japidity.
i heretore it is but natural to ask why should the Ore
gonian, which has monopolized the AssociatedPresi
- perrnit it tolje-taken away from
here and seem to justify its taking away by failing to
send out from here news originating in Portland and
therefore -entitled to bear a Portland date line? -
A POSSIBLE TEHUANTEPEC CANAI
T iS-POSSIBLEhat Mexicownr liaveTTHvartd
the Panama canal providing - there ever r is - a
Panama canal. Apparently, for some years 'to
come, the Panama canal will consist chiefly of taxes and
salaries. . ;'.'.';'.. ','-' ... .' .. .
"The 'Journal "recently published some 'details" about
the isthmus of Tehuantepec, and its
significance. Harbor facilities have been , or are being
constructed - on - both sides ol the isthmus, capable of
accommodating ships of heavy draught.. Eads saw. the
possibility of a canal across this neck-of land, and if
sufficient harbors could be made, as it seems. they can,
it would be a better route for a transocean canal than
Panama. - ; '
of Mexico, with ''his great ability and
were 30 years younger, we might see
him dig the Tehuantepec-canal, and it-might be-done
before even our active Roosevelt, handicapped as he is
by the senate and an army of grafters, could get into
conclusive action. .
and probably will not. undertake this
great work. Who will be his successor? The Tehuan
tepec canal is still a possibility. , Eads and De Lessens
plaintive, clinging raelouy of ''Toyland,"
as sung , by Miss Albertlne Benson, la
an agreeable memory of the performance.
Then there Is a scene In Toyland where
the whole company appears, made up
as dolls and move aa If actuated by hid
den springs, and there Is a good song
with - roanr verses , called "Before and
After," which Alan and Jane do capitally.
In the forest scene there Is a monster
human spider that Is startllngly real,
and a human, bear and Its cub. And
there Is a whole lot more winch It would
take quite too long to tell about
The piece drags In two or three places,
where there Is small talk to, drown the
nolsa of changing scenes, and some ot
the costumes need laundering. But on
the whole It Is first rats and It Is alt
presented so generously and moves so
freely that the unlnterertlng parts don't
much mstter. , '
Made in Oregon 7 "
Front the Albany Herald. " - '
There la sense In a present plan of
Oregon manufacturers to exploit .Oregon-made
goods. "Made In Oreg.wi"
should be a reeommendstlon to home
people, snywsy. ,If the article upon
which thla brand goes Is fight Jn qual
ity, it should sell in preference te some
thing made elsewhere. 7 -
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SMALL CHANGE
- It should be a good Friday.
The weather gods know no holidays.
. - e - e -
"lf"help for' sufferers around Mount
Vesuvius la. neeeed from America.
should be not only Italian Americans
but all aorta who would help, .
e-' e " '.
The armed burglar or robber . ought
to be hanged or suffer Ufa imprison.
Newcomers mighty well pleased with
Oregon,'.:..: - - - :
Only a week till those primaries vote
for the best men. ....... . .. .
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Friday and the llth, and no more un
lucky than any. ether day.- .
Remember to buy Oregon-made goods.
The Hill road will get in, ef course.
Tomorrow la the last day te get that
hat . ...... ...,'..- - ,
The "'silver lining" Is . sometimes
lead. . .
Ths people, right or wrong, must be
Obeyed. .. . . '-'... i, " ; . .
Top much and
too : many kinds ef
needless holses.
Clad Lent la nearly everT :
Oregon needs two good first-class men
In the house of representatives. Is ah
going to get them T .'
e . e
Party counts for but little these daya
Vote for men who will sustain' the
local option law. j .. '.
Fine tine to csrry en the good roads
work. . :-- -
... - ; : - - e -e
det ready te be good en Easter.
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Don't 1st pesta multiply.
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Wliat a splendid tfme to clean up.
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On April to soma now confident can
didates will feel aa .though they lived
near Vesuvius.': . . ..
Big trada In garden toola.
-f- -. .: ; - e - - t-
Balooa trade not booming good sign.
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Let in the north bank railroad.
Arbor day next. i;:
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Nloe time of year to get up early. -
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Mohair will be a very Important Ore
gon product hereafter.
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McMlnnvllle Telephone-Register: -Work
i progressing rapidly on the reservoir
and pipe Una ditches for the city water
works. The ditch from tne gathering
basin to the reservoir Is being excavated
at the- rate of about 1.00 feet per day.
No solid : rock - ts being encountered,
earth and loose rock being found even
where solid rock waa supposed to exist.
This condition la fortunate, for both the
contractor and the city. Forty-two men
are employed In the excavations.
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Big liorses In great demand.
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Mosler will "have a public library.
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Lota of new orchards up on the side
of Mount Hood. '
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About II inches of snow fell laat week
at Meachsm.
Many new "hollos". around.JWeston.
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Independence la congratulating-Itself
on having the greatest political "rally"
Of the season so far.- ,
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While running down a chicken at his
home Saturday morning, Claire Irvine,
cashier of the Independence bank, fell,
his knee striking on a rusty nail, .laying
htm up for perhaps two wseks. Moral:
Bank cashiers should capture thelr
chickens beforedayllght.
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Beven homeseeklng Immigrants from
Kansas arrived In Independence Satur
day. . ,.-,..,.' ,... , -
Eugene also has streetcar franchise
propositions on its handa. . .
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Roseburg News: Garden-making la
all. the go nowadaya. and the cltisan
who has a bit of spars time may be seen
out scratching mother earth and getting
ready for a lot ef "garden ease." r f
The Hood Elver News-Letter describes
"a very fortunate wreck" there.
Bheepmen never busier or happier. -.
LEWIS AND CLARk
At the mouth of Wind river.
April It The lose of our perlogue
yesterday obliges ua to distribute our
loading between the two eanoes and the
remaining perloguea. Thla being done,
ws proceeded along the north side, of
ths river, but soon finding that the In
crossed loading rendered our vessels dif
ficult to manage, If not dangerous In
cssa of high wind, the two perloguea
only continued on their route, while
Captain Lewis, with the canoes, erossed
over to the Tehheh village, with a view
of purchasing one or more canoes. - The
village now consiatea or ii nouses.
crowded with Inhabitants, and about SO
fighting men.-They -were very-well dis
posed.' and we found no difficulty In
procuring two small canoes. In exchange
for two robes and four elk skins. He
also purchased with some deer skins
three dogs, sn animal which hsa be
come a favorite food, for It is found te
be a strong, healthy diet, preferable to
lean deer or elk. and much superior to
horse flesh la any state. With these
he proceeded along the south - side of
the river, and Joined. nnln the. evening.
We had gone along the north shore ss
high as Crusatts's (Wind) liver, to
which place we had sent some hunters
day before yesterday, and hers we were
detained by high winds. The hunters,
however, did not Join as, and we there
fore, as soon as the wind bad abated,
proceeded on for six miles, where we
halted for Captain Lewis, and In tbs
meantime went out to bunt We pro
cured two black-tailed fallow deer,
which seamed to be the only kind In
habiting these mountains. ' Believing
that ths hunters wsre still below us, we
dlspstehed Sergeant Pryor snd two men
In a small canoe back lor them
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
By n. D. Jenkins. D. D.
Topic: Jesus' Power Over Disease and
Death. Luke VtM-17.
Golden Text Jesus said unto her, I am
tbs resurrection ..- and the life. John
Xntrsdaetioa.
- It la certain that a world In. which dis
ease and death exist Is not an Ideal
world.. Inferior creatures Buffer com
paratively little, but "The grade of rank
In nature la cspaclty fori pain." The
finer the organism the more sensitive It
becomes; : and ths more Intelligent the
being, . the .more the struggle between
life and death ts prolonged. - Man. at
the head of creation, la creation's chief
martyr. Ha has more bodily Ills than
any other creature, and they stay by
him longer. Beside all thla, ha suffers
through anticipation and In recollection
A bird that has 'ecaied ths snare of
the fowler (Ps. cxxlv-7) settles down to
Its accustomed -food the next moment.
undisturbed; but a man who has nar
rowly avoided sudden death may - be
nervously unstrung for weeks or months
or years. Man Is the world a prune uf
ferer In body, mind and soul.
No. Messiah la fully - accredited who
doea -not eome with power to stay and
turn back this flood at will. Our Lord's
miracles of healing and of deliverance
from death constitute an Important part
of his credentials aa the Son of Ood. Ha
was able to convert this groaning ef
creation - Into- a aong-of "Joy. And we
hava through Rim the promise of per
fected redemption, v"te wit, the redemp
tion ef .our aody. .'
But ws ought to observe, that Jesus
wrought hta miracles In moderation. He
healed certain onea Who were brought
before blm and others whose cases
were presented to him by supplicating
friends. But he did not at a word ban.
ish all the sickness In a city or even
In a village. . We cannot Infsr from his
own conduct that It over waa his tnten
tlon to free men, aa they now are from
the common 111a which they now suffer.
The apostles used such powers of heal
ing yet mora sparingly. Had they done
otherwise, . the gospel would have be
come in the thought -of the world
chiefly concerned with achea and pains
and not with alna. wherever great
stress Is laid upon tba power of healing,
little stress la laid upon man's need of
a Saviour from Bin. Such power granted
te all believers, as soms would today
teach. It to be, would defeat Ita own
ends.. Instead of leading men to Christ
It would tempt them to forget Christ
Wo -find -that Jesus bo far understood
this that whsn his healings had greatly
excited a eommunlty lie refused to stay,
saying that he had come to preach, not
to heal (Mark 1:12-31). Faith curee
without limit or cessation would almply
drive out tha gospel Instead ef confirm
ing It. . Jesua did possess this power to
heal, but hs did not bestow it inais-
ctimlhfttely upon his disciples then. He
certainly doea xoi. now, . :
'---:' .' Tke baeaoaw
Verse -1. " Jesus had been 'teaching
that be had the personal -right to In
terpret tha sacred Scriptures and to lay
down rules of conduct and to command
Implicit obedience. He . works many
wonders to confirm his claim. This Is
true of tha record In Matthew and In
Mark as well as m Luke (Matt, vlll:
Mark Iv). Hla great claims were al
ways backed up by supernatural exhi
bitions of power and authority. .
Versa X. - Capernaum, an Important
city upon the northwest shore of the
sea of Galilee, had for soma tlma been
considered Christ's home (Matt. Ix:ll
in it us wrougni mmnj nusniy worn
(Matt; xl:t0, 28). Undoubtedly ths
military commander In Capernaum had
heard of htm, alnce ha wsa by nature a
devout man and by official position
bound to know anything that deeply ex
cited the community. The centurion
had command of a company of soldiers
whose complement was, aa bis name in
dicated, 1 OS men. In our army he would
be called a captain. This particular
centurion was. like all . truly religious
men. Interested In tha welfare of hie
subordinates. .- . . ,
Verse a. It is a good thing to ask
tha elders of tha church to pray for us,
bat It la better to bring our own wanta
directly before aur Saviour. - This -cen
turion waa so strongly drawn. toward
tha religion of the Jews that It doea not
seem to have occurred to him but that
everybody honored their ules. - It, how
evsr, - shews the modesty of the man
that ha thought the petition of the
rulers would be beaded sooner than a
supplication of hla own. .. .:.-.-
Verse 4.--When -ws read that the
rulers of the synagogue brought this re
quest to Jesus and emphasised It by
reference to hla lova for themselves,
ws seem to discern a touch of satire.
Did they mean to doubt Christ's power
and so were a little over-seal ous to put
him to ths test? Did they assure Jesus
that tha commander of this Italian band
waa partial to their causa In ordsr to
see how Jesus would take ItT He him
self was never accused of partiality for
them, although he had scrupulously
avoided anything which would look like
disrespect for the chosen people.
Verse t. There can be no doubt that
many inqulrera of that day were greatly
Impressed - by Judtasm when they got
near enough to It te understand Its
fundamental principles. This centurion,
searching after Ood, saw and felt that
what made tha Jew different from his
neighbors waa hla religion.- When he
would show' hie regard -for the people
among whom ha waa stationed, he built
tor them not a theatre but a synagogue,
Verss S. We see in the message of
the centurion that he shrank from per
sonal contact' with Jesus.. He under--!
stood that his office was very hateful
to all strict Jews. His gift of a syna
gogue might make him popular with a
certain elass, but when one had euch an
Insight as Jesus Into men's hearts, and
when one lived such a blameless life at
Jesus lived, could anything atons for
his holding down Ood's people by a
Roman spearT Ha could not think that
Jesus would be aa tolerant aa hla more
worldly minded neighbors had shown
themselves to be.
Verses 7, I. . The faith of the cen
turion waa strong, especially strong if
contrasted with tha unbelief of the
rulers, who appear te have put this case
before Jesus with a wish td see what he
would do with 1t This centurion says
It waa not necessary that Jssus should
In any way Impair hla own standing out
of pity. Many of tha men who accepted
his gift of a synagogue would not enter
hie doors. Should Jesus do so, even out
of pity. It would surely be laid up
against him. "This Is not st all need
ful," ssys the man aeenstomed to au
thority. "I do not need te take a sol
dier by the hand In order to have him
obey ma I can aend the word by an
other and ha will - execute my will.
Whatever you say goea.' Spare your
self any possible misapprehension. I
know by personal experience how bitter
le the Jewish race feeling."
' Verses S. It. Ths fact le that today
we often And outside tha stmosphere of
a Christian community that Is, among
converts from heathendom enlraoles of
faith. Soma of tha men who gave their
Uvea for Christ during tha Boxer re
bellion In China, wsre converts from ths
most benighted forms ef paganism, yet
they excited the wonder of the world
for their fidelity and courage and faith.
Tha result Justified ths fsith of this
man, for his praysr waa granted even
though Jesua need not enter hie house.
Verse II. Tho city of Nala waa not
far from Capernaum. Boon 'after i. the
Incident above recorded, Jesus and his
disciples were going by ths galea of thl
little dace. .
Verse 12. They came upon a sight
that deenly moved him. A widow In
the .east has few friends. She has, even
te this day. no opportunity for self
help. She Is s living burden .upon
somebody, and If she has no one left
who lovea her, her esse Is deplorable
beyond words. The only son of such
widow waa being borne:' to hla burial.
glance at 'the little cortege revealed the
pitiable conditioner the family and the
despair of the surviving moier.
Verse 11. Jesus went straight te the
slds of tha sola mourner and said unto
her. "Weep not," When Jesus eommsnds
ue to be comforted, ha brings with htm
the comfort we sre to receive.. .
. Verse 14. Jesus seems to have taken
palna to break through the traditional
fetters ot tha Jews. He touched the
leper whom he would heal, and hs
touched the dead when ha would restore
to life. - Both these acta were In the
eve of the Jew not only unnecessary,
but such as must separate him from
the company of his fellows and tha pub-
lio worship of Ood for a certain period,
But Jesus was mora moved by pity than
restrained by the repulsiveaess oi ais
mmmm nr death. . .. - '
Verse 16. The body ef the dead is
not 'In the east aa with ua enclosed In
oasket and lowered Into the ground.
It la wrapped In grave cloths, laid upon
aa open bier, and when the sepulcher Is
reached, tha body la placed upon a tame
or ahelf of stone. -'The young man
whose spirit waa called back began to
sneak. We cannot doubt that his first
words ware to her who had borne -blm
and to him who had raised him up.
Verses 1. IT. These country people,
free from the dominating Influence Of
tha schools of Jerusalem, were ready
to accept Christ. Alss that those who
should have led tha movement forbade
It, and little by little alienated through
false reports and bass suspicions those
who might hava believed to the saving
of. their souls! , - . : . . -. -
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
meforaaa weeded in Clackamas County.
SunnysMe. Clackamas County. Or.,
April . To the Editor of The Journal
I have read The JournaLJpjL aeveral
years, and appreciate. Its progressive
spirit. Its -untiring efforts In behalf ef
tha Interest of the people and ita Honor
able stand for social and political pur
ity. And with thesa principles It has
prospered and outgrown Ita powerful
rival. Encouraged by your stand I beg
the favor to address ths people, and es
pecially ray brother farmer of Clacka
mas county. . through tha eolumna of
Tha Journal. Our political condition la
almply unbearable and my humble ef
fort to Improve the same la tha object
ef thla article. I am not a writer nor
politician looking for office, but aim
ply- - a - eearee-handed. hard-working
farmer, a native or tnat greax mue
republic; Swltserlsnd. I believe In tha
principles f progressiva democracy, In
tha purity ot government "from our
homes, county and state to Washington
and in the Improvement of eur social
and political condition.
I moved to thla country rrora bu
Clair. .Nebraska, en account of my
health. I've been aunatrucjt and stunned
by lightning there, and could not stand
tha extreme .heat or cold, and lor sn-
other reason 1 have a' very - large f am-
II y and wished to make my future borne
In a country where from the least num
bar of acres a family could make - a
home and living. We are very pleased
with the climate, could hardly wish to
hava It better. The land that la not
worn out- by 40 to to years of constant
robbing' Is very productive. - and worn
out land responds Very quickly to good
treatment. . Our market la - very good
and will be much better In the near fu
ure. . In fact wa have the world's mar
ket near our homes, and are Independ
ant of tha railroad -trusts. The more
of them that build to our harbors the
better for vua They eaa never do us
any . harnC Portland, our commercial
center, will become one of the largest
oltlea of the world, with the comple
tion of tha Panama eenau-caused by
natural conditions. All this looks very
bright and promising.
But now let us take - a look at tha
political condition of our home coun
ty of Clackamas. If I had to pay only
twice aa much - taxes as I paid In
Nebraska on tha aama amount of prop-
arty, and if the money I pay toward ths
road - fund would noticeably Improve
my main road then I would not com
plain, but would . call - this country a
paradise and enthusiastically so. The
social condition of Clackamas county
and Oregon Is certainly up te the stand
ard with . other states, and Ilka ' any
other- civilised state wa are to be en
titled te local self-government and nom
Inate and elect only euch representa
tives and other officers that are known
to be honest In. principles for the Inter
est of the people.
Candidates thaf have bean In office
and gome new ones that wish for a trial
have delivered spseches all over ths
eounty, telling the people of their needs
and what - they would do for them If
elected, and telling of all the' good they
hava dona during their terms of office.
Now I hope the people of Clackamas
county will not be ungrateful at the
coming conventions and remember those
old offlcera with a vote of thanka. and
also decide themselves on the laws and
reforma. they need In order to redeem
themselves from serfdom and the coun
ty from Ua bad reputation and demand
a pledge from our csndldate In support
of the resolutions and nomlnsta candi
dates . whose honor to a pledge 'could
not be questioned. We fiavf now a
monarchical system of county govern
ment .- We are free to elect our despot
and our administration Is good or bad
according te the' good will and sense
of Justice of our despot. Of course ws
have te blame ths people for our pres
ent system and patiently maintaining It
But for ths unequal taxation and the
unequal distribution of Justine, I blame
Individual offlcera of whom I will apeak
later on. Sine the men take such little
Interest In politics here, soma told me,
and believe there le no use In voting
that they are disgusted with politics.
Now then, aa tha men have rather made
botch of It. I would propose among
the many reforms needed the first one
to be woman suffrage. I have lived In
state where tne women had equal
rlghta and tha - political atmosphere
there waa a whole lot purer than here.
And here In Oregon tha boys are ussd
at home to clesr tha farms, and have
aa a rule not tha advantage of educa
tion ae their sisters. - Let us have equal
rlghta Old maids are Just as good as
bachelors. - But unlsss tha men , will
apeak and act for. their wives' and
daughters, all the work of the women
organisers wllKbe In vatn. Why I put
equal rights st the hasd of reforms
needed Is, because with tha additional
votes from thoss Interested In homes
we would be more successful . to get
laws for ths bsst Interest of our homes
' Our system of assessing property Is
a relte of. territorial days, as la also
eur county road system. Thsy operst
unequally and unjustly, and do not tally
with the high atste of Intelligence pre.
vailing In Oregon, Each preolnnt should
elect Its assessor and else lip read over i
LETTERS . FROM THE
PEOPLE 'A -,;;
Officiated at Joha Brown's FpaeraL
-Portland, April 11. To the Editor of
Ths Journal At the lecture on John
Brown laat 8unday evening It Is Inter
estlna to note that itn nn,ii v..
Stanley, the, niece of. the late Rev.
Joshua Young, D. D who officiated at
the burial service of John Brown, , was
present, .. -.
John Brown waa te be burled In the
Adirondack, Just across ths Vermont
line. . There was no one near to give
him a Christian burial, and, , at tha
solicitation of Wsndell Phillips, Dr. t
Toung consented to officiates William
Lloyd Qarrtson wsa also present at tha ...
funeral. , .
His story of the episode waa told by
him In 1SS aa follows: "'1 tiad nsver
met John Brown, but was a firm abollt
ttonlst and thoroughly In sympathy with
hla purpose. For M ysars I waa a tnem
ber of tha vigilance committee and be
longed te tha abolition school at tha
tlma the fugitive slave act waa under'
consideration In Boston. In- Burling
ton I waa what was termed tha "stations
keeper, of tha underground -railroad.
taking the part In the transfer of tha
fugitive slavea from one stats te an
other. I harbored at my home tnanr
a slave. It waa not difficult to render -assistance
to escaping slaves, for; f
was very near tho Canadian border.
After Brown s execution, and I learned .
that bis body was to be brought to hlJ
hdme at North Klh T a
to attend the funeral. " I was accent ,
panlsd on. the trtn h one af n Mr.
lahloners, an enthusiastic abolitionist.
Wa started In tha midst of a northeast ;
rain and when we reached there -It waa -
anowlng hard. Wa traveled by cart
iuivhhh ins Diuoa wooas, i nearly
pensninr from the cold. 1 Had l nut
been a young and vigorous man. I never
could have withstood tha rigors of that '
present at the service ths widows of "
four members of Brown's party. When
the . remains were escorted from the ,.
house te the great bewldsr. beside which
tha grave had been dug, Wendell Phil- '
lips took ths arm of John Brown's
widow. Mr. McKlm Supported the widow .
or Oliver Brown, I .offered my arm to
mn m. , iiMi jiruwn, ana Mr. tsigoiow
escorted the widow Thompson to the
grave." ,
In August -lit, the reinterment nf
the remains of sevsn of John Brown'" .
com radea occurred at North Elba, and
Dr. Toung was bidden to the service
and made an address. ' k
Mrs. Stanlsy, who resides at 41
Fifth street, la tha daughter of the late
Hon. Di'. -Aaron Toung ef Boston, who
waa United States-Consul at BraslI un
der Lincoln, Johnson and Orant X. , '
Electric-Motors for the Household.
Consul Covert reports that during the
montha of July and August, 10S, there
will be held In Lyons, France, a general
exposition of all electrical . devices that 1
eaa be applied te domestic uses. '. It wilt
be conducted under the aimnlMa ttt tli
Agricultural and Sclentlf la association
of Lyons, and no motor will be accepted
tat exhibition whlch la ever one horse
power. The objeet of the exhibition Is '
to bring cheap electrical appliances' -
nearer to the people In order that the .
great mass may derive some benefit
from them motors that may be used on .
emoroioery. sewing ana Knitting ma
chines, ventilators, vacuum carpet . and .
rug cleaners, nouse-ciesning ' macninea.
floor polishers, carta for transporting
objects, turning spits In ' cooking, etc. '.
Motors for Weaving are excluded. They
hava bean In uss In and around Lyons
for the last three years, and lt la
deemed advisabls to hava an exhibition1 -
at an early . data expressly for - Such,
motora. -
aesr. - Each precinct ahould lew and '.
spend Its own road fund. In brief,, we
need local self-government If anyone
will take the trouble aad look over the v
iin some properix vary in Taue J rum ..
tie to tZl per acre, and If he looks up
the v1 nrofuwtv ha will find tha varla.
tlon ef its v All i a. from 171 tn 110B tire
acra a.'nd that, tha . discrimination la
against me I can prove by tha fact that'
my unimproved land la assessed higher
than other such landa of tha aame value. .
and that I am assessed 1(00 for lm-' '
provements, which le out of proportion ,
farm I bought a year-ago has nearly'. '
doubled In value on the assesaofe book
because' I own,. It, now, although I did-'
not raise enough from It laat year to
pay expensea My main road la one of,
the oldest traveled soads In the county,
yst we have neither planks nor grave..
on It, and It Is not evsa-etraded to the
canter, although our taxes amount to
nearly a fair rsnt .. . .
If our county officers are trying to.
squeese' me .to death because I. own a-,
big farm I wlah to say to them that I,-
nun i own anr- more una per capita- ot
my family than the email farmers of
tha county, Mr. Ryan, our eounty Judge. '"
often speaks of the high value of Clack "
amaa county landa, but I don't agree
with him. The fact la eur taxes ara
high and our landa are very cheap
snaps are open all over my part of tho
county,, but people don't care to buy.
where they -have to pay-rent to the -;
eounty. In comparing taxes with farm '
era ef Multnomah eounty I find they pay
only half aa much aa we do, and ,they
feel prosperous. Mr, Ryan also states
In a recent letter that Clackamas coun- '
ty le practically, out of debt Then I.
ask why such an enormous tax for this
ysarT He aaya that we ara, In a pros
parous condition. . If ha means the peo '.
pie, then I don't agree with him. And' .
s I am one of the people living under
thla administration I ought to be a'
better Judge of Its weight than the ones
that are on top ef It.
Orsgon nsada a good house-cisaning,
end, I hops every, good eltlsen will do
his part of the work at the next pri
mary election. April te. It la no usa
trvlna to cover uo things unclean or
hide facts wa are ashamed of for fear
It would hurt the county or etate. The
speeches delivered to farmers denounc
ing corporations snd trusts are at least ,
for this state not in ita interest, oome
claim that under my syetsm of tass-
tln they would escape - certain taxes
Now I wish to ask my brothsr farmers :
If a Una of mills and factories from
Oregon City to Portland would not be a -
good thing for us T nureiy wnat we
need In this state besides fsrmers Is ;
more consumers and fat payrolls. And '
In the absence of any cooperative sys
tem we must hsve ths corporations or
their money. Suppose one would build
much-needed electric railway trom
Portland southeast over Ixgsn. Molalla. (
Wllhoit- Springs te Salem. Would It -f
hurt ua farmers even ir tne roaa peia
no tar.es T Trusts and corporations are
here to run their course, and since we
need them snd have or can get thi power .
to control them, Wa must desi justly -
snd neighborly with them. . we must.
elect representatives that are honorable
and broad-minded enough and will work ',
for the beat Interest of all or us.
Nature has been very lavish In her '.
work for 011 r existence here,- it us
hsve that condition that Is of our own
making as favorable. Let ua meet .
Mother Nature part way. , -