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1ETTER KNOWLEDGE OF.THE PACIFIC COAST.
9Nrt of the indirect result of the destruction of
Ran' Francisco will be a better understanding by
j eastern.people generally of . conations on the
Pacific coast It may tc thought from the number of
tourists that come each year and travel up and down the
coast thatthis region is known and understood generally
, nrncile in the east. Such is not the case, Aftef. all
these years of western travel by tourjsjs and of inereas
ing intercourse between the east and west ignorance in
the'east of the Pacific coast hitherto "has been deep and
widespread. ' , ".,' ; '
1 , lt is sate to say.lh.at. witTiralb.e'last ten days a great
change has been wrought. More people" have read in de
tail of San Francisco than ver before, and as a result
have a better knowledge .ofVhere San Francisco is and
of how it is surrounded and of. what it was than other
wise they ever would have had. . To many of them the
story of the progress of the ijr -and the descriptions of
the great buildings destroyed one after another have been
a -veritable revelation." They had not dreamed befor?
that there was a city on this coast that could boast build
ing after building costing from $1,UUU,UUU to $i3.uuu,uuu;
' that there were in the near5 neighborhood of San Fran
cisco two great universities one 'of which could lose
- buildings to the extent of $4,000,000 and still have a
large part of its buildings left unharmed; and finally that
, the total less of the three days could possibly reach the
stupendous sum of $300,000,000. 1 These are values- which
I Jiave become not unfamiliar in the greater cities of the
east within the last' few decades, bflt they were not-ex
pected to be reported from a city on this far coast. , .
; The better knowledge will not be of San Francisco
alone. ; Jt7will include in a measure thvwhole icoast.
The generous response of the cities of the coast from
"5ah .Diego, 'to- Seattle and inland "To Spokane and Salt
Lake, in sums that would do credit to greater citiea in
'yJUie, east will waken many people fen the AtlanJope to
? . .vt:iT-lt a mamm' anI h rtit rrrt4 'flaws 'h3r,
iuv - iu nuiib uiii i.tv " w-.
busy east of,, the -Mississippi, a really griatjpeople has
grown up hereupon he coast and has built populous and
wealthy cities, and states. : ', .., ' - . . ' ;'
., Not the least element in this new knowledge is the
new view it has given of the spirit and character of the
people. The fortitude of the San Franciscans, their
noble patience and splendid courage, the order which,
jwhile the every foundations of their homes4nd fortunes lay
in ruins, they bave - organized and maintained, the
promptness and hopefulness with which they bave en
tered upon the work of restoration, must command the
admiration of the whole country and of the world. It
all speaks volumes ior the sterling character of the peo
ple of San Francisco and California. i , '
No less admirable is the spirit which the people of all
the Pacific coast states have shown. , Rivalries have been
forgotten and' jealousies sunk out of sight and with one
accord all have hastened with the best they had to the,
.relief of the stricken city. The organizations have set J
their machinery to work and new ones have sprung into
existence directing their 'several forces with admirable
"harmony and efficiency to the ", common end, with re?
i markably wide adaptation to present arid urgent needs.
J With this better knowledge of the cdast that has come
through San Francisco's calamity, has come also a wpn-
atedul demonstration of the solidarity of the nation. - In
the prompt and generous response of the "people at large
no lines of cleavage in the great body of the nation have
been descernible. ' Section lines and class lines have
been lost in the general expression of sorrow and the
common work, of relief.- The pulses of the nation have
3eaten as those of a common- heart.' One spirit has
prompted and animated the giving of all, the spirit of a
common country and pf a common brotherhood.
TAXATION OF THE LIQUOR TRADE.
' ITH THE FORGIVING TITLE two English
temperance reformers, Messrs Rountree and
Sherwell, have presented a full and careful
. analysis of the subject, and while they may not be im
partial in their opinions and conclusions, as indeed they
do not profess to be, their array of facts is interesting
and instructive.' They claim that in' England, where the
license tax is fixed according to the value of the busi
ness, taxation has not kept pace with the increase of
yaTue, so that other.taxpayers have virtually made a great
f aggregate present to the liquor interests, particularly the
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brewers and the publicans. The .cost of materials in
England has greatly fallen in the past 25 years, and the
special tax imposed during the South African war, these
authors say, was paid by resort to the pump they wa
tered the beer. Inequalities in the system are also com
plained of. The small publicjiouse pays 60 per cent of
its mean rateable value, whereas the largest type of hotel
pays only 1.3 per tent or even less.1 Licenses are lower
in London, generally .speaking, than in the provincial
towns, and enormously less than in the rural districts.
The small publican is sacrificed to the large, the country
to the towns.' ", - Jl ' .. . . - ...
'. Turning to ' the United States, the authors 'find that
the license varies from state to state jap.d. town to town.
In Massachusetts it cannot be less than $1,000, and in
. some parts of the country it is fixed at a prohibitive fig
ure. At Waycrdss, Georgia, with about 6,000 people, the
license is $15,000, in a Louisiana town it is $35,000, and in
many southern counties it runs from $5,000 to $10,000.
The authors might also have said that throughout most
. of the counties in several southern states the liquor traf
fic has been rendered entirely illegal by local option
. laws.- ; .: '-, V' "-.'.;,.''' '
The authors suggest that all, liquor licenses be put up
at auction, and sold to the highest bidders for' a term of
five or seven years, but we imagine that if this were done
.. the liquor manufacturers and brewers would form a com
bination, though to prevent this being entirely successful
a minimum bid might be provided for. This is some
what in line with Senator Tillman's idea of handling the
business in South Carolina. The writers also urge that
the license of clubs should be five or perhaps ten per
cent of their gross receipts.
V Commenting on these suggestions the London Mail
,'. says that if the tax were much increased it would be
transferred to "the consumers in the way of smaller po
tions or diluted drinks (which, however, might not be
harmful to them) or in raising the price of beer, which in
England is 2d. for a British "schooner." And as to
"clubs it is to be understood that' 'n England they are
; mostly, not as here, associations of the rich, but of worlt
ingmeiu, It is also shown by the critic that the total
' revenues from the liquor traffic in England, with 40,000,
000 population, amount to almost as much as they do in
the United States, with 80,000,000 people. He gives the
figures as 35700,000 in this country and- 34,470,000
in r.n gland.
The book and the review of it insthe Mail are timly,
for a more systematic and as a rule probably a heavi
taxation of the liquor traffic is -one of the questions-that
an increasing number of people are thinking about.
Many would tax the business out of existence, but the
large majority-would not do' this,, but many of them
would lax the traffic all it could bear. And if in conse
quence the tax is transferred to the consumers they have
a sure if not an easy remedy; they can drink water and
. milk, tea tod coffeejroda water and lemonade.
MAKE PORTLAND CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL
HE JOURNA;L-s pleased to see that another
"-"tarr ir being made in the -work of cleaning up
and beautifying Portland. Nothing of this kind
can be done without ah initiative central organization,
which has been formed Under the name of the Initiative
One Hundred, and when this has made a beginning, ward,
precinct and ' neighborhood subsidiary', clubs can be
formed, and the good work . will go oa everywhere.
Something of this , kind , was attempted two or .three
years' ago, but apparently did not accomplish much. We
nope uus inovciicniwiii pu,vctu usim,
""' OnTv last Thursday The Journal pointed "out the value
and necessity of interesting children in this work
though we were speaking then more particularly of gar
dens than of clean grounds and flowers and President
McKenna of, this organization perceives also that ne
children must be- brought into the movement. . As ne
says, women generally will need little if any inducement
to make their immediate surroundings clean ana at
tractive. "It is only necessary" he says, "to arouse the
sentiment of the people and promote civic , pride. ' They
will do the rest Portland caniie made the most desir
able residencecity in the world. The boys and girls of
our public "schools and the women in the homes are the
most important factors in this great work." "
This is sq. Portland is about the healthiest city in
the wtorld now, there being oly a few much smaller,
places with a lower death rate. - This is due to climate,
proximity to ocean and - mountains, and the, generally
. . T-kij . - i t- a 1. 1 f 1 J ......
Sloping BJIC. UtJU JUU IlUUt-C I1UW IIIJH IIIII-IIUUI UUWII-
pour the" other : day washed the streets? . And how it
must have flushed the sewers. '
There are cities with - broader and better paved
streets, and finer buildings, but aside from these defects
which can be partly remedied, Portland can be made the
most beautiful as well as the healthiest city in the world.
If., has a, setting scarcely paralleled, according to the
opinion of travelers. -
Portland is becoming a great 'commercial and bus!
ness city. It is growing rapidly. Its people generally
are. prosperous, its tuture is assured. - its reputation u
already expanding. Especially since last years fair it as
attracting widespread attention. It is on the map, as
Dan McAUen says, at last More and more tourists
come here every year. Make Portland the exceptionally
beautiful city and they will come, every yearby thou
sands, and tell other tens of thousands of Portland the
Beautiful as well as Portland the rich and commercially
great' '. k--: ' ;- .;t
The smoke of numerous mills and factories help to
make a great city. The roaring trains and fleets' help.
The business throngs and hustle help. The schools and
churches and hospitals help. - But let it 6eiearned and
not forgotten that cleanliness and beauty help too. They
help not only in an aesthetic sense, but in two very prac
tical senses; they make life healthier and happier, and
they induce immigration of the very best class to Port
land, to Oregon--'- ' .
See how the grass is helping, and the tended shrubbery,
and. the April sunshine and showers and the verdure of
the 'hills, and the' flowing waters how all nature helps
Portland to be a clean and beautiful end fragrant and
lovable city, and .shall we not help all of us, even the
children r , ' ,, .'' '
Surely,'-get the children interested. They must 6e
tempted a little at first by przes, tangible rewards. The
spirit pf emulation must be aroused, and once a large
proportion of the women and children become really in
terested in this work, it will go ahead of itself. . But or
ganized and Systematic effort and some funds are neces
sary for a time, j ' v.;'-' :v; "
But in addition to this doctrine ', of cleanliness and
beauty, we adhere,' as to boys at least, to our potato
patch hobby, where there is suitable ground not put to
better use. A patch of potatoes or other garden truck
growing on ground hitherto occupied with noisome
weeds and rubbish, is itself a thing of beauty.
THE KAISER'S UNPROFITABLE MOVE.
MPEROR WILLIAM was "too smart.". He went
after wool and came back shorn. The best in-
formed observers in Europe generally agree that
in the Algeciras conference Germany was worsted in all
important points, as it deserved to be. True, Germany
obtained recognition of the principal of international con
trol, yet . France obtained the means of exercising real
power in Morocco. ; ; V; .
Germany's object a year ago in theaiser's spectacular
visit to Tangier was not to protect Germany's compara
tively insignificant commercial interests in Morocco, but
to force France to recognize Germany as an equal quan
tity in the control of Morocco, and to destroy'or weaken
the Anglo-French entente. Germany took advantage of
the Russo-Japanese war to improve its own international
position, but has signally failed." Instead of -doing so,
Germany has taken a long Step toward its isolation in
Europe. The bond between England and France, and
that between France and Spain, , have been greatly
strengthened by the Algeciras conference and the events
leading up to it. s .
During the war between' Russia and Japan Germany
was regarded as very, friendly to Russia, but this, at
tempt to bulldoze Russia's ally, France, and to make
Germany paramount, has brought about a marked cool
ness between Russia and- Germany, and the late Russian
loan was principally raised in .England and France, little
or none of it in Germany. The press of the neutral coun
tries, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Portugal,
show that Germany's recent efforts meet with no sym
pathy in those countries. In the United States, which
country the kaiser has been assiduously courting for six
years past, public opinion was almost unanimously fa
vorable to France in the Moroccan affair. And a large
portion of the most influential newspapers of Germany
itself Openly and severely criticise the government for
making such a faux pas, and leaving the country without
an ally or friend among the nations of Europe, except
Austria-Hungary. ' -
Thus does "vaulting ambition Verleap itself still, and
thus is the kaiser learning the lesson, that he is not the
only pebble on the European beach. :
not n'P thctn somehow if you can, or more if you have
already done so. "... t ;- ,' , ... .'-. ' ; ..
Some have-money and need no help,. or at; least no
immediate, direct aid. And there" is a percentage of
buihmers and frauds, but we think4 these are compara
tively few." Better J be imposed on' a little than, fail to
help the deserting ones! Most of them are cheerful and
hopeful else they would not be Californians. Most of
them will soon adjust themselves to the new conditions
and get aiong. But the work of relief is not nearly done
yet It is not charity you are bestowing; it is simply the
performance of a sacred duty laid on every man and
woman to.assist a neighbor in helpless distress. What
would you thfnk of one who would not do something for
you. in like circumstances ? . ' V - , : . ' '
And theft,7 jt you profess or have any regard for Chris
tianity or any religion, remember , what - James said;
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the father
is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their af
fliction, and to keep himself unspotted from" the world."
Aa6remeiiiber that Jesus repxeiented the king oi all the
earth and,alr worlds as saying in the final assizes; . ,
"Come, ye bhssed, inherit the kingdom. for I was
hungered and ye gave, we meat; I was thirsty, and ye
gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
naked, 'and ye clothed me; I was sick and ye visited me.
. Inasmuch as ye did it unto One of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
V. .. REFORM IN SUNDAY EXCURSIONS. ;
A RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT of a $unday ex
cursion stated that, in it no liquor, or rowdies
or improper female persons, would be allowed.
Whether' this promise; was kept we do not know, but it
should be made and as nearly as possible kept in the
case of all Sunday excursions supposedly of orderly and
decent people, through the summer. Assuming that
there must be Sinday excursions, the' vicious and-rwdy
-1 a..tJfl.-... . i U
element ana wniskey snouia dc Kept out ot incm s uim-n
as possible. Probably this cannot entirely be done, and
so far as the railroads are concerned' they do not care
much who travels so long' as all passengers pay their
fares. .If, the viclousand rowdy element and those who
enjoy an excursion principally in getting drunk on n,
want to take excursions, doubtless the railroads will
carry them, but they, should flock by themselves, and
well-behaved and reasonably abstemious, people should
be permitted to have excursions free from the annoyance
of the other class. ::' . " :...: y, .
It seems as if there might be more of a segregation or
discrimination in this matter than there has been hereto
fore. If. an excursion is understood to be-a free and
easy affair in the matter of getting drunk and other par
ticulars, let people who db n't like that sort oi company
keep away from it. Understanding what it is to be, they
should not complain if they are disgusted with what they
hear and see.' On the other hand, if orderly people who
don't-go-on an excursion in order to indulge in vice dc
fcire to take one, let them make such announcement as
the. one mentioned in the beginning of this article, and as
nearly .as possible carry it out ; , V ;
We understand that there cannot be an entire segre
gation for this purpose of the sheep and the goats; in
deed, most people : who go on Sunday excursions are
crosses between the two; that no absolute dividing line
can be drawn; yet if would seem that some Sunday ex
cursions, though composed of nqn-church 'members,
might be rendered tolerably decent arid quiet altairs, as
most Sundi"y. excursions are not, except when limited to
men and their wives and children. There should be no
harm in a Sunday excursion of families, but most pro
miscuous Sunday excursions, v where everybody and
everything are admitted, are usually disgraceful affairs.
.. Something toward reform in this matter ought to be
possible of accomplishment ' . , ' , S
A TRIBUTE m AMERI
CAN WOMEN
By Clara Morris, , .
A recent Preach writer. In a criticism
of. female buty, alludes to the fact-L,,, n et., p,r
wi ihvi ij iuj rnriBiennei una inw
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-, BE KIND TO THE REFUGEES.
CARC.ELY TOO MUCH can , be done for the
worthy refugees from prostrated San Francisco.
What tales of loss and terror and misery they
tell, and every story different in some detail from all
others.' Put yourselves in their places property mostly
or all swept away, perhaps some kindred or friends killed
or missing, no home left, in many cases penniless and
with little clothing left, fleeing hundreds of miles into a
strange place among strangers, though friends and ask
yourselves if yon have yet .given enough to help them, if
in some way you cannot show some of them a kindness.
They are all sorts, of all ages, in all conditions. There
are old men and women and little children, even infants
orn on their journey. There was one man and wife
with ten children; "the kids were all they had left,"
There are widows who. have lost husbands as well as
home. There are wholly orphaned children. There are
penniless men of all ages who do not know at first where
to look or how to find employment. Think again this
sweet Sabbath day in this quiet, fruitful, blessed land, of
these people, and ask yourself if you could not and should
ceptre that has now passed Into th
bands ot the American women. He
pays a compliment to the health,
strength and beauty ot the American
race, in whose blood flows the blood ot
more than 10 , different races. ,
Intellectual -qualities are not-con
sidered, althoug-h the tact, taste and
practical rood sense of the Yankee v.a re
by no means Ignored. He remarks that
if on the avenue of the Champs Elysees
or on. any of the principal boulevards
one sees beautiful ladles of distin
guished bearing- and graceful figure,
fine eyes and perfect teeth, with- cap
tivating presence, It will not occasion
surprise to know that they were born
in the states; or if at a reception-at
the Elysee or at the opera ononis eager
to catch a glimpse of some lay XMte
fully, yet modestly dressed, whose in
telligent look, musical voice and grace
ful steo are Irresistibly, attractive, an
inquiry as to where the lady halls from
will be answered by some one saying:,
-Oh, she is a . New Yorker," or Chl-
cagoan, or Bostonlan. '
It Is a scene an artist might covet to
watch from my hotel window the f&Jr
lartiea Jtha.t nromenade Fifth avenue
lust now of a Bunday afternoon. The
brilliant light of beautiful eyes charms
one. but fairer, fresher and sweeter
than, all ' others are those lovely ones
who coax nature more than they study
the artifices if frescoing the tiuman
face or deforming their figure.
Reautr is heaven's seal on tne struc
ture that Is too sacred to be powdered,
painted, dyed or enameled to captivate
the beholder. While nature's charms
can be enhanced, the Image of the deity
hould not be entirely rubbed out If
an architect designs a beautiful struc
ture is be willing to have Its outlines
covered with stucco, its symmetry put
way by the addition of a brick here or
a beam there t ' .
And there Is a buoyancy in me move
ment, an irresistible chfci-riVIn the sim
plicity where nature's laws regulate the
delicate organisation that suffers acute
ly by the bondage and enaiess acces
nriu of fashion. It is only the per
verse freaks of that Imperious dame to
which we will not give allegiance.
Woman Is a creature enaowea witn a
elf. ornament ins instinct,, and so on
her really devolves the task of modify
ing and adapting the reigning fashions
to her peculiar styie ana circunMui.
We recognise the fact that dress is an
art a science, if you will, that must
harmonise the incongruities of glaring
"if'reat art consists th using method's7
to modify defects. It may also conceal
or subdue the plainness of some un
fortunate mortals. One Is right to place
a very high estimate on the embellish
ment of the human figure, because it
bears on the sympathy qmlnds and the
interchange of soul.
lit this way fashion la a- great teacher
only let her not sway absolute power,
for-4f--he tests the beauty of one, she
betrays the defects of the other. We
are not in full sympathy with the im
perious goddess, t -
In Part the stsge no doubt partly
fills the place of the departed court in
presenting' hew fashions to the public,
and doing It with the graceful aplomb
and chlo that have carried many
a doubtful innovation on to some suc
cess. Those beautiful and trained ar
tistes take pleasure in first presenting
th t vie other women are, to follow;
and yet they share that honor (T) with
another class, whose most audacious
follies In dress while studied from the
oorner of a downcsst eye are never
th.ie.a often slavishly followed. How
many of the thousands pf women who
wore some years ago the large, flaring
hiaok felt hat knew they were roiiowing
the whim of a woman known to the
ParlHlan world as Cora Pearl? Not
pretty, but of a very beautiful figure,
and, being English by birth, she was.
one might say, "of course,' a good
horsewoman. ' '..
8he banqueted late one night so late
that dawn was graying the windows
and th sodden faces of her guests.
when Miev began to take leave. She
had Indulged in too much wine for com
fort; her head was hot; she was seised
with one of thoee wild whims of her
lawless class. She would mount then
and there, and ride In the Bols.
Remonstrances chilled rtir whim to
Iron wUl:, Horses were-sent for her
maid was eroused She flung on her
habit and held out her hand for her hat
-thnra was none.
"Madame should recall the new riding
hat had been loo small; had been re
turned for blocking. The old one? Oh,
mon Dleu! It was gone! . . ,
"Alors. 11 faut me trouver, un rem
placant vlteV' :
. -."But Madame, I assure' you there Is
none!" tr . .
An oath a moment's silence rov
Ing about of the small hot eyes, then,
with a bound she wss tearing from an
American artist s hoad his big soft felt
hat .' Turning the flapping brim up she
fastened it to the crown in three places
with Jeweled pins; tore a buncH of vel
vet from her dinner corsage; secured it
directly In front, and clapping it on the
hack of her reckless head, ' She dashed
down stairs snd was in the noddle -with
a scramble aud a bound, and away like
mad, followed by two men, ' who were
her unwilling cavaliers. , ,
Riding longer than she had Intended,
she returned In broad daylight, and-, all
Perls was agog over her odd headgear.
Her impudont. laughing face caught
their fancy yet again, and ah 'trotted
down .from the Aro de Triumphs be
tween, two .tippling little streams of
comment and admiration. .
Bravo, la Perlel" "Voiia ca e'est
qu-elle est Jolle!"
"C'eat la le coup de grace!" "Mais,
quel aplomb!" and others, reaching her
distinctly every other moment.
And that was the origin ot the back
turned, broad-brimmed Jiat that - bad
such a vogue before the revival of the
Oalnsborough or ploture hat.
LEWIS AND CLARK J
LETTERS FROM
PEOPLE
THE
At Port Walla Walla."
April 2. Yellept suppNed us with
two canoes -In which we crossed fthe
LColumbia from west to east) with all
Our baggage by 11 o'clock; but the
horses, havinT strayed to soma . dis
tance, we could not collect them in time
to reach any fit place to camp, about
a mile from the Columbia, on thee
moutn or the Wollawollah river. This
is a handsome. stream, about 60 yards
wide and four-arid one half feet .deep;
Its waters, whlali are clear, roll over a
ota composea principally of gravel
mixed With BAniT mnA miul. mrA thnffvh
"We banks are low they do not seem to
d overflowed. It empties into the Co
lumbia 11 or IS miles from the en
trance of Lewis rsnakel river, lust
above a range of high hills crossing the
Columbia. Its sources, like these of the
Deschuras, John Day, . Umatilla and
Walla Wa.Ua. coma. th lndlai in.
Yorra us, from the north ' side of a
range of mountains (the Blue moun
tains), which we see to the esst and
southeast,' and which, commencing to
the south of lit Hood, stretch in a
northeasterly direction from the Rocky
mountains,. Two principal branches
however, of the Deschutes take their
rise respectively at Mt. Jefferson and
Mt. Hood, which, in fact, appear to sep
arate the waters of the Multnomah and
the Columbia. The Blue mountains are
SS or 70 miles from this place, and
though covered with snow, do not Seem
high. - To the south of these mountains
the Indian prisoner says there is
river (the Multnomah), running toward
the northwest, as large as th Columbia
at this place, which ,1s -nearly a mile.
This account may be exaggerated; but
It serves to show that the Multnomah
must be a very large river, and that
with the aaai stance of the southeastern
branch of. the Iewls . river, : passing
around the eastern extremity of that
chain of mountains in which Mts. Hood
and Jefferson are so conspicuous, waters
the vast tract of country to the south.
till Its remote sources approach those
of the Missouri and Rio del Norte.. In
the course of the day we gave small
medals to two inferior chiefs, each of
whom made us a present of a One
horse. We Were in a poor condition to
make an adequate acknowledgment for
this kindness, but gave several articles.
among which was a pisioi witn some
hundred rounds of ammunition. We
have Indeed been treated by these peo
ple with an unusual degree of kindness
and civility. They seem to have been
successful in their hunting during the
last winter: for all of them, but par
ticularly the women, are much better
Clad than when we saw them last; both
sexes among the Wollawollahs, as well
as th Chimnapoos, being provided with
good robes, moccasins, long shirts snd
leggings. Their .ornaments are similar
to those used below; the hair Is cut on
th forehead, the queues fall over the
shoulders In front of th body; some
have small plaits aft th. earlocks and
others tie m bundle of the docked fore
top in front of the forehead. They are
anxious that we should repeat our
dance of last evening, but as it rained
and the wind was high we found the
weather too cold for such amusement.-
Pointed Paragraphs.
' From the Chicago News. .'
It' takes, a bom diplomat to yield
gracefully to the inevitable.
The more a man owes the more he's
apt' to be sought sfter.
If love would only remain blind after
marriage but fudge! '
- Bait your hook with flattery If . you
would catch silly women.
Too many men sit down In saloons
and wait for something to turn up. ,
Men .who can pass their Ignoraac
off for eccentricity are born diplomats,
Many a woman's reputation as a good
wife hangs upon her husband's buttons.
You may hsve noticed that the pret
tiest girl always has the plainest sail
ing. . ,
Too many people expect others to do
more for them than they are willing to
do- for themselves. ' ' '
Bom girls ery for help when a young
man tries to kiss tbem, but the majority
let htm help lilmself. , V
The woman of this country should
erect a monument to th memory of the
man wh fnvented mirrors.
Might Be Right Now..
, 'From thi St. Toirls Republic.'
' Because "Tom" Tsggart of- Indiana
was chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee In 1904 Is no reason
why he is not right In his prediction of
rKimooratld victory In this Vest's con
gressional elections. i
Olssatisflad With th sjtr. - .
Portland, April 20. To th Editor ot
Th v Journal The property owners on
North Sixteenth street are notified that.
uivy nave oeen assessed ror tne im
provement of this street. As my ideas
regarding the. word improvement were
slightly confused. I procured a diction
ary and find improvement means a
valuable addition, excellence added, a
change for the better, etc. Now, then.
If putting sand on a street so that wnen
a car goes by a cloud of suffocating
dust Is raised: if putting sand on
street so that It is Impossible to raise
a window without getting your furni
ture all covered with dust; if putting
sand on a street, that will never pack
solids winter or summer; if putting sand
On a street, that-hard rains wash away.
is called improving' a street, then I don't
know what I am talking about. If the
city is going to let this sand remain.
then, let the cltw put oil on It to lay the
dust and let th city pay for it. Enough
Is enmrgh. - To much Is sufficiently U-our service to th world may be.
pieniy. we nave got plenty. -
SIXTEENTH STREET PROPERTY
2: . OWNER. . --
. Sentence Sermona. ;
" ' By Henry F," Cop.
You cannot help this world by hiding
irom it. . -, .
Msny mistake . fluidity of wind for
faith. . , ' , .. -,
Even the Alfjilghty -cannot use people
wno are norn petririea. .. . . ;
-(You lift no, one up by looking down
- Making wealth common will not make
the Ideal common wealtti.
Th rambling "preacher seldom hits
the green pastures.: ,v , .
'When a man is puffed up he is easily
blown away.
It's the wabbly man who complains
that th platform is not broad enough
for blm. -, -
Heaven is not tar from him . who
smiles In cloudy weather.
. e '.".
Sin's crown Is so constructed that It
soon becomes Satan's collar..
The man with money to burn seldom
gets up any steam. .
The liar does - not become, a moral
athlets by bis mental gymnastics. .
The man who only sees with half an
eye always thinks the world Is waiting
for his views.
'As soon" as a man Is satisfied with
himself ' the angels begin to be sorry
for him.-
'People do not push ahead by patting
themselves on ths back.
'"
It will take men and women- of Iron
will to bring In the golden age. ,
i.' -
Love's sacrifices are life's most sat
isfying luxuries. V "-V;'-,
It's a poor 'kind of faith that never
feels its need of a fsther until it gets
dark. 1 -. . .
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Many a man casts his eyes up to
heaven that th world may forget that
his hands are In Its pockets. . .
Yon can fatten' dear, sweet sister
Into a saint on an amount of religious
angel food that wouldn't suffice to keep
a full grown man from swearing. .
Sermon
Today
for
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, SELF AND SERVICE.
By .Henry F. Cop .
If any hien will come After m let
him deny'hlmself and take up his cross
daily, and follow iuo. Watt. xvl:2t. j
Secretary Shaw Pay. for Twin.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Secretary Shaw recently Undertook
statistical investigation of th financial
condition of the employes of his depart
ment, and most Instructive array of
Information was secured. One especial
ly good clerk showed a deficit; -
"Whom do you owe, in tne main i
asked the secretary.
"Nobody but the doctor,, i kept even
till the- last pair, and since then . I
haven't been able to square up." ,
"Last pair? What's thatT"
"The last -pair of twins," explained
the man. . -
"For goodness sake, how. many pairs
hav you?" - -
."Oh, they com In pairs at our house;
we've had three pairs now. I managed
to keep even till the last pair came."
The secretary reached down Into his
pocket. "I guess you'r entitled to hsv
the slate cleared. I'll pay for th last
pair." And he did.
,Fadt About Japan."
From h Ht Louis Globe Democrat.
Japan's srea, lnrludlngFormosa. 147.-
161 squsre miles; population, 4,TI2,f51
Toklo, the capital, la th fifth city of
the world, with a population of 1. SIS, 185.
Mutsuhlto, th reigning sovereign,
was born November 3. 1SSJ, snd , sue-
ceded hfs father Februsry) 1S7 '
Th civil list of th emperor is fixed
at $1,100,000 a yar i
HERE Is sueh a thing as su-'
premcly 'selfish srlf-donlbf A '
man retires in to the monk s -pletlc
seclusion: he Isolates
himself from, interest In the world . .
battles;, he shuts himself from sym
pathy with th struggles of , business,
civil and even social life. To htm,
thes things sr cams), t He- la en--
grossed with the complicates of inter.
pretatlons of languages long1 dead, .or '
with visions of an, unknown heaven, and
this, he thinks, is living tne lire or ,
self-denial, -v - .. -
gh denial of self ia not the death of
self; It is th. leading of the best self
Into larger life.1 It la not the dwarfing
of the life; it 1 Its development Into
usefulness. ' It is not the emasculation
of character; It Is the submission and
discipline of th life to new and nobler
motives. -: , ';
He best denies himself Who best de
velops himself With -the purpose of serv
ing his fellows; What Jesus meant was
that If. any man would be on of his
he must cease to make his own selfish
pleasures, ambitions, . and passions th . ,
end of his living:- he ' must make the ...
most ot himself that he might have the :
more to give to the service of mankind; . .
he must make the on motive and end .
of his life the benefit and help ot every
other man. '
That kind of a life means a change of
center. Instesd of regarding the uni
verse as revolving about itself it sees
that self as but a part of the great ma
chinery of -life, plannedand operating-
for the good of all. A man begins to
deny himself as soon, as he begins t -love
another. Even a yellow dog mar i
act to- deflect the heart from its old
self-center. The love of kin and family.
of friends and associates all serve to
strengthen the habit of self-denial. .
Th fewer people -a man takes Into.
his plan of life the mora likely Is be to
be selfish. - But some lives are but th
mora -selfish because they take in all
mankind and look on them as designed
to contribute to tneir. singi anricning.
That kind of a life commits suicide; '
ever grasping and never giving It dies
of plethora. It has never learned that
Strang secret of the best" self-develop-ment.
sacrificing service. . '
W need to guard, ourselves against
th delusion that th denial of oneself
means th impoverishment of the life.
There can be no true giving Of the life
In service unless there Is a wis enrich
ing of the self, a thorough fitting for
that service. The more of a man you
are, the brighter your Intellect, th
broader your sympathies, the better
sloth that sinks th soul In lndUfereh '
to- Its own development Is the most sin
ful of all foms of selfishness, '
This way of denial is more, the Mas
ter tells his disciples, thsn an, emptying
of the - life, if some of th cares or
self ar cast out the burdens of others
more than tak their place. .It is a full
life, overflowing with th Interests, th
fears, loves, hopes and' longings of other
lives.,- It .bears the cross, not of an or
namental, vanity-serving glory, but th
cross of a world's sin and sorrow.
Each man must carry his cross not .
on his breast, but on his heart and .
brain. It Is what he can do, what he .
can plan, suggest- undertake toward
savtngthls world. The cross of dls- ,
clpleahlp wilt be to some statesmanship, -to
others science, to others the dally
service of a home or the work in the
shop; it ts th kindly word, th cheering
look, the lift by the way; it Is what
ever Is don In unselfish fleslr to make
life better, to bring men nearer to one
another and to the Father of all.
You bay , only to look at the great
Teacher to know what self-denial and
cross bearing really mean, and you have
only to follow him to - fully carry out
your principles. To him they meant the
lift of doing good, of seeking th sor
rowing, befriending the forsaken, help
ing the helpless. They who follow him .
lead the world; they who seek to minis
ter instead Of being mlnistsred to ar -th
world's - masters.. Th value of
every life must be measured at last not
by what tt has gathered to Itself but by
what It has given for the enriching and
help of th whole life ot th world. . . .
HYMNS .YOU OUGHT
TO KNOW
Up Hill.
By Christina Osorglna Rossettl. '
tTh sister of Pant Gabriel Rossettl
was born In London, December 6, 1130,
and died In the same city December to,
1SS4. She was a lyric poet of a high
order and amongst her verses are found
many oi a charming simplicity, as well
as others, of simple devotion and as
piration. Probably the volume which
beat represents her work Is "The Qoblln
Market" Th song with its quaint
questions and answers, given here, per
haps hardly belongs In a collection ot
hymns, for It has not attained any wide .
popularity or general us In ' th
churches. Yt it so beautifully voices
th hope,' often silent and hidden, in
all our hearts and comes so near to
a song that all may sing, that it de
serves to b on of th hymns w all
know. . ..
Does th rosd wind uphill all the way?
Yes. to the very end. . 1 -
Will, day's journey tak th whol
long day 7
From morn to night, my friend. '
But . Is tlfere for th night a resting
- plana? " '- i
A roof for when th slow dark hours
begin. - :' - ' '
May not the darkness hide It from my
. face?.- - :'
You cannot miss thst Inn, . ; .
Shsll I meet other wayfsrers at night?
Those who have "gone before. j ,
Then must I knock, or all when Just in
sight?
They will not keep you standing st '
. the door. . ' :, . ' ' r-
Shall I find Comfort, traval -sore and
weak? .'- .. .
Of labor you shall find th sum.
Will there b beds for me and all who
- seek? . : ,
i Yea, beds for all who comeT.
Willing to Return Part. V 5
From th Chicago Nws. '
Bicker t hear . your . confidential
clerk has skipped out with your daugh
ter and 110,000 of your coin. . . -
Eaavun Tea. ; tnars rignt; out
guess he Isn't such a bad sort of chap
after all. i 1 had. -letter from him ilhl
morning ssylngthM Tm,u willing to "
send my daughter back if I'd psy her
railway far. :; -. F--.--- -
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