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''. minds than your , coffers;
' knowing that (old and silver"
wera brigiiiany-iningled with ,
dirt until avarice or ambition"
parted them- Seneca.
THE REAL REASON.
'I ' sass-fans-s-ss-saw-m
INO CANUTE went to the
beach as. the tide .came in,
and,7- with' sceptre uplifted.
tade the rippling waves keep pack.
And as the breakers began to roll up
the strand to the' very feet of royalty,
his majesty commanded that they
- fcome nov nearer,. A huge comber,
. loam-crowned and opalescent, curled
gracefully to its' apex, and then, with
the glorious music of a myriad titanic
' (orchestra, crashed over and swept
he whirling monarch far '.' up the
shore,' among the kelp and . flotsam
and driftwood. ; i. "Y
' For some years the dominant Ore
gonian stood on the; border of the
gtate,sbiddirig the ' tide of immigra
, tion keep back? but the people came.
-fThen, in the confines of Portland, it
. bade the hitherward-bound army
.'gome no nearer! but immigration in
creased, and the Oregonian was
Swept back in its rushing flow. ?
. But "still the misguided paper re
; fuses to admit that the tide of people
hat made Portland a populous city.
, (While in its news columns it concedes
that the: hope of the city's builders
and Well-wishers is nearkig realica-
lion, and that we have'X population
' of 185,000, in its editorial columns the
Oregonian tells the 'J east ! that the
a promises of growth and progress and
v. advancement that were so bright last
year and the "year before have'not
?; been kept, that we have practically
stood still, and that .out population is
not more than J25,000 . ; , : :v . . . , ,
J . That the population of .Portland is
' close to 185,000 there is no doubt; the
figures prove it as clearly as the sun
Illumines. the earth; the wonderful in-
crease 'in building permits, and the
number of houses under construction
V- give irrefragable testimony of this to
- ' those who' have eyes to see, and who
. ' are not blinded by self interest
)' (There is not, a real estate dealer in
; t Portland there js not a railroad man,
nor. a single jpers4n, whose business
brings hint in t9uch with the comings
and goings of people, who does not
-lkPPwhaiPprtlanj!
. wonderfully in sire in the past few
years and that its population is nearer
- J85.00O thaif 125.000. . ,
All classes, real estate men, dry
. , goods men, house-owners and house
; -' renters, advertisers and buyers are
Interested. in knowing. why. the. Qre-
Ronian has so persistently misrep
resented Portland's growth to. the
iworld. As might be judged a thor
. mughly selfish resson is behind the
; reiterated misstatement. The morn
. Ing paper has a news contract, the
, financial consideration . in which re-
, . , lates directly to Portland's popula
; i tion. When this city has 150,000 peo-
pt, the terms of the contract will be
altered, and the change will cause the
" ; rnormng paper to do one of two
V;- things divide, the advantages or pay
" ' a larger sum for the monopoly it en-
4 "J . And to its selfish desire to continue
. Its contrsct under the old terms, the
, ' Oregonian continues to misrepresent
. c the enterprise of the state's builders
- and the growth and expansion of the
tnost progressive city on the coatt.
. THE USUAL CLAPTRAP.
HAT a terrible calamity it
would be to our sister
state of Washington if it
'': should ever happen to go Democratic
1 - j'( The Republican platform says or in
A fimates that Washington's prosperity.
' i progress and. wealth are wholly dut
:-: to the ascendancy of that party. The
Isrtility of tht the great foresti,
the rich mines, the fine harbors, the
' gracious climate, the industry, and
Enterprise of the people, altogether
' "fount for little or nothing. In spite
- ' rj them" Washington would imrned
. , lately falV into a State of poverty,
, . tnlsery, degradation ' and despair, if
. the Republican party should -be de
tested' and the sacred tariff revised.
' 3 he fertile' fields would become des
.arts, tht (greats would wither, and rot,
the -minerals would disappear into
the 'earth's molten bowels, the wat
rs ..would . recede irpjm.h harbora
and seek standpat shores,' the people
would become incapacitated for work,
pestilence and famine would over
spread the hitherto fair and fructuous
state, and desolation and death' would
swiftly ensue,, if any but. Republicans
were elected to office or jf the stuffed
trusts were - in the -least interfered
with.. .; -'-: V :.
This is substantially what the peo
pie of that state are asked to indorse
and believe. Washington wilT go Re
publican, of course, for: various rea
sons, and thai this result is certain
renders such absurd pretensions and
claims all the more inexcusable. 'Not
one voter -out of a -thousand in the
state of Washington would ' know
from any change for the worse in his
circumstances the difference if the
state" should happen to ; go Demo
cratic. To assert that rum would tan
uponthem because of such a result is
a libel upon that great state and an
insult to its inhabitants. ' ; . 'y ; '
CULTIVATE CHEERFULNESS.
E
VER.Y YEAR it is reported in
advance that this, that or the
other crop will be a failure,
but there is never more than a partial
failure in some limited region or area.
If you were to believe a good many
people there was never before so long
a' dry, warnr spell, or so continuously
wet a period, before; but they are
forgetful and mistaken, Croakers
and pessimists not a few try to make
us believe that the world, the country,
the state, the town, were never so
badly off, that mankind is deteriorat
ing and degenerating, that they have
lived too late to be happy; but they
don't mean it or else are blindly per
verse and ignorant It is easy to find
and contemplate dark, and crooked
and evil aspects, but on isn't obliged
nor is it healthy to keep one's gase
and mind- upon them all the time.
We may have to notice the muck and
give due credit to the muckrakersv
but it is well to consider the flower
beds and clean gardens, and the toil
ers amidst light and pure ah and
fragrance too; -lvi l..v:
, Considered, subjectively, things are
seldom as bad as they seem to be to
one - weary or disappointed or dis
couraged. '..One cannot change, his
temperament radically, btrt will ' and
enforced exercise of the reasoning
faculties ought, to enable even "the
most despondent '. to brace up and
cheer " up Somewhat ' How much
worse it might, be. How much worse
off some' others are that you have
read about' if not had personal knowl
edge of. Life is a mixture. '.Make
the most of the goqd of it, and the
best of the evil It is too short to
waste any of it in morbidity. There
is no use in worrying about what yon
can't help, or. what can't be recalled;
and if the situation can be improved
worrying is -not ., only useless- but
childishly foolish. "A " ' -;
' Many people think they are done
for when if they only look at the sit
uation through optimistic lenses they
have only stumbled and fallen down
tand can with an cffoTtp'ckthem-
selves up again, and with the added
experience be better than ever. There
are people who shut themselves up in
a dungeon because of a little adver
sity and declare there is no light or
comfort in the world. Many make
crushingburdehs"of Iight afflictions
which, are but for a moment." A
storm is always brief. The darkest
night is short. Next to winter comes
spring. Succeeding the sweat of
summer is the bountiful harvest
Woo cheerfulness. Try to trans
form sour pessimism into the proto
plasm of , pleasantness. Get busy
changing that scowl ' into a, smile.
Bid Hope-come and with her magic
wand dispel the 'gloom of Despond
ency. Hsve an aim, and persist' If
you do good to others, all the troops
of life's ills cannot keep music out of
your heart or sunshine out. of your
soul. ' ,
No, hardly anything is as bad as it
seems to many. And almost all ills
are fleeting, transitory, as we . are
We 'have a right and it is wise to get
all the true, decent happiness we tan
out of life. And as a rule the cheer
ful, hopeful, kindly person,', the one
who doesn't worry but quietly does
the best he can and lets it go at that,
who looks mostly upon good and
pleasant things, live longer than
others. The lifetime of humanity is
gradually increasing, and therejs no
reason why the average a. few genera
tions hence should not be 60, 80,' 100
years, worry and envy and malice
and despondency and morbidity- and
wickedness make ' people old, wear
them out. "Life Is what we make
it,H largely. '. ' ,
All of which is commonplace, trite,
threadbare. So are the. maxims and
monitions, the advice anLnimadver-
slons of Roosevelt., But ft is well to
repeat some" of these simple old
truths occasionally, ."let we forget"
Aa a rule, people are more scared
.Nooks and Corners of History
THE MAN WHO KILLED HAMILTON.
! ' ' ( Bx Rev. Thomas B. Oragary.
SToka-fellow with Benedict Arnold un
dr ths hairiest load of-Infamy that
any braca of Americans ever had to
carry, Aaron 'Burr's name has for more
than e century almost blistered the Jlpa
that have tried to pronounce It.
Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr I The
traitor and the. conspirator.' the one at
tempting to deliver .over West Point to
the enemy, the other plotting- to disrupt
his country .and to set himself vp as
king or emperor upon the. disnwmkerMl
portion, of tts domain! " "t ' . '. i
la Hiils Judgment of Burr lust T Was
Aaron Burr as black as he '-was. ..aJnd
by some of his eontemporarUa? Hr.s
history told the truth aboul him:' or has
the man' been '-most egrjgiously ;ied
about? - !
If Burr had not kl!l-d Hamilton there
would have been no clood Ui his sky;
no blot upon his fair' name, and. In
stead of the odium that now attaches
to hla name, that name, would now be
shining. In. the firmament ' of our na
tional history Ilka a star! of the first
magnitude.
In the days of Burr and Hamilton the
duel was among gentlemen, the one
recognised . means of settling all ques
tions of honor. Hamilton himself had
aoted as second in a duel, thus showing
to the world that he was not ppoed
to such methods of settling certain
grievances. :. . .
when Burr challenged Hamilton he
was only doing what other gentlemen of
hla time, did whenever the occasion
called for It. That Burr had 'an oc
casion for the ' challenge nb one can
deny. The world has never seen such
foul politic as existed tn New Tork
during the first decade or ao of the
nation's existence, and of that politi
cal foulness Alexander .Hamilton was
the Inspiring genius. ' -
Hamilton's treatment of Burr was in
famous, and if ever a man was Justified
In challenging another to fight him
that man was Aaron Burr. .. ,
Hamilton had simply put him In the
position where he was obliged to chal
lenge' or become the object of universal
contempt '
The duel era off and Hamilton was
killed and Burr at once became the
target of such Blander and vituperation
as history but seldom witnesses. - After
that duel he was a demon, a fiend, fit
for nothing but to be scorned and hated
of all men. .....
Alt sorts of lies got Into circulation
about him, and many ef . those- lies got I
than hurt, except in their diseased
minds. All they, have to do to be a
great deal better off than they sup
pose they are Is to insist on and per
sist in thinking so: Make it-a
brighter better world for yourself,
snd for others. - 'r - '
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
HE- Pacific 'northwest conven
tion, to be held at Spokane
next Tuesday, promises to be
the most notable and. important gath
ering of its kind ever heldJ Though
in one sense something new,' it is A
logical result of the state, district,
county and city development leagues'
meetings and efforts. -Each of these
leagues or other organizations, it is
being realized, to accomplish large re
sults must cooperate - harmoniously
with others. In this work it must be
each for ail and all for esch. Just as
there should be no jealousy or ani
mosity between'differenf sections" of
Oregon, there ought to be none be-
Itween the different' sections-or-statcs
of the Pacific northwest. All parts
of this magnificent, matchless re
gion, from the summit of Montana's
mountains to thf bays and beaches of
the Oregon coast, should pull to
gether 1 1 . " ,
The,, primary object of this ; con
vention is to devise means for adver
tising the ' Pacific ' northwest ' sys
tematically and thoroughly, to pre
sent to millions attractively and im
pressively but truthfully its marvel
ous resources and illimitable oppor
tunities, and thus to attract hither
hundreds of thousands of people of
industry, intelligence and means to
aid in carrying on the work of de
velopment, and hastehing the time
when this corner of our country will
be known and everywhere admitted to
be the best, richest and most enjoy
able portion of it. ; --
It is proposed, or expected, by one
means or another, to raise in the ag
gregate a very large sum for this pur
pose. Mr. Dennis of Spokane, who
has been largely instrumental in this
movement, ssys: j l'This is the, best
country God has triad e. There is no
other place with natural resources
equal to the inland empire. Begin
ning next January, and continuing
through the : year,, "$500,000 -Will be
spent for publicity.1 It will be raised
by commercial bodies and legisla
tures. . It will be in addition to ad
vertising by individuals who are ex
ploiting: the; country. .The Spokane
conference is to unify this movement
and get the best results, Spokane is
working on this line. It started a few
months ago with a $40,000 publicity
fund. It was breed cast upon the
waters. : It is returning many fold."
; All the principal .cities, through
their commercial or development or
gahixation, "will be represented at
this conference.. The best thought of
the best workers for a greater Pacific
northwest will there be , expressed.
Good seed will be sown, and we doubt
not that .the harvest will appear , in
due season. , . '
In any such movement and work
I Portland, the largest city of the' Pa-
cifia northwest blowing Seattle to
into history,' to shape, in the minds of
coming generations, the distorted mos
sier known aa Aaron Burr.
In reality. Burr was anything but a
monster, The' kindest of husbands and
fathers, he was the truest of friends,
generous to a fault, brave aa a lion,
and In patriotism second to no man in
the revolutionary struggle...
He did not try to- injure the good
name and usefulness of Washington.
' He did not try to dismember his eoun
try. - . ... '-
He did not deceive And ' ruin Blen-
nerhasaett or blast his home, . , ,
Blennerhassett. according to his own
written admission, was paid back every
dollar that he lost, la the famous expe
dition with Burr; and there is not
sclntlUa'of proof that Burr violated any
of the sanctities . of Blennerhaasett's
home. : '. . -
As to Burf 'S treason" against Jits
country, was ' he not , triumphantly
cleared of the charge when brought to
trial In . the court that was presided
over . by Ho less a personage than the
great John Marshall?
Almost a century old . la the charge
that in 1800, when ho tied Jefferson tn
the presidential election. Burr Intrigued
to defeat his. only competitor by fraud
and vault into ths presidency. -. i .
-As all the world knows, thetle 1n the
electoral college sent the contest to the
housa nf representatives, and a letter
by Judge Cooper (father of J. Fen! more
Cooper,- written on the first day of the
balloting In the house,- tells us that "had
Burr done anything for himself he
would have, been president" , "
James A. Bayard, a member of the
bouse, and later on senator from Dela
ware, writing to Hamilton, says: "The
means existed of electing Burr, but this
required bis co-operation.. Bx deceiving
one' man (a blockhead) anT tempting
two mars (not incorruptible) he might
hsve secured a majority of ths states."
But Burr'dld not attemnt anv intrlvua.
He believed that his election was sure
as. Indeed. It would have been but for
the Intrig-uliW of Alexander Hamilton. -As
regards Burr's - "treason,' the
worst that can be said against, him on
this score Is that be. contemplated the
conquest of, Mexico and the establish
ment of himself there as king or emperor.-
.- )
Asked .upon bis deathbed if he ever
planned the setting-up of a monarchy
in the American", southwsst ho -answered:
"I would as soon hava thought
of setting up. aa empire on the moon.M
note 'an exception should be fore
most. It not only is bond by-' in
timate businesjties with thel "inland
empire," but also with most of this
great scope of country lying west of
the Cascades and between British Co
lumbia and 'California. Its growth
arfd greatness re inseparably bound
up with the development and pros
perity of - not - only Oregon; but o(
Washington, Idaho and ' Montana.
Portland expects to be, and may be
forever, the . metropolis of all this
region. Its interests lie far afield rn
every ; direction, and coextensively
with them must its activity in pro
moting development throughout the
Pacific northwest run. But Portland
seeks to -hold no other city or com
munity back, rather to help them all
onward.' There is room for all. on-
portuntty for all. And for this large
object let all pull together. ' -l "
TWO WOMEN.-
RECENT dispatch 'ataud jhat
the wedding trossesn vof
Miss Kruppt heiress of the
late great -German gun maker' and
the riches woman inN Germany, cost
only $250. And while-many a man
with pedigree and a title would have
most eagerly married her, and her
money, she will wed an untitled and
respectable young man much to the
emperors disgust - ' ; ;, " -
About the same time came an ac
count of the lavish purchases and
style6f living inrParis of a "chorus
girl, a charmer' behind the footlights
and .otherwhere, .who was the im
mediate cause of the divorce of Mrs.
William E Corey from her husband,
the president of the steel trust, whom
it is Supposed the young woman will
soon marry. The German girl, with
her tens of millions, spends but a few
hundreds on her wedding, while the
siren of various scenes spejids tens of
thousands of her infatuated elderly
lover's money, r-j. 'v.-: v
; Of the two it seems rather easy to
guess which acts the more wisely and
commendably; or will make the bet
ter wife. Each woman will have her
will and way,. no doubt, but what a
different way and will. The -American
multimillionaire wilt get, we ex
pect and rather hope what he de
serves, and we hope' too ' that the
young German will deserve what he
gets.. We can be sure that ther. will
not long be any happy home for one,
and as to the other there is no telling.
We are- not going, however, to
abuse the fascinating footlight fa
vorite, for nobody cares particularly
how much money she works out of
Corey. '"Nor are we going to extol
the economy of Fraulein Krupp, for
it looks like stingyness on her part to
spend so little money on such an im
portant event. " No'wohder the artists
and dealers in feminine ' apparel, in
Berlin are angry. at her. Maybe she
will put her husband to. work in the
gun mill and pay him about forty
thalers a month. - Perhaps she will
turn out a German Hetty Green.
As we said, there's no foretelling.
Woman is a mystery. JMe man
jean sever solve it, eyen by, marriage.
Portland a City of
Gharm- v
Prom the Rlvoislde (Cat) Press.
Portland, Or., Sept .(Editorial Cor
respondence Dally -Press.) The ' "City
of Roses" la .the pseudonym the Pert-
land people apply to their home ' city.
The roses are her in profusion and per
fection, rivaling Riverside at Easter-
t'tje; but to me they donot constitute
oae of the elty'a chief 'charms. Roses
are sn artificial product ' At Portland's
back yard is the primeval forest vast,
all-embracing a dignified and Inspiring
woodland, which gives the city a set
ting -of 1 wondrous charm. . Aa the city
expands, house by house, a few more
trees are out down, the tangle ef fern
and braosoles is cleared oft and then
the new homea are built "
Portland boasts that Its building rec
ord for some months exceeds that of
Los Angeles. - . bis was true last May.
at least, when 174 permits for buildings
were issued, aggregating St,97S,7, as
compared with SOS permits for 11.011, III
In Lo Angeles. At any rate the Angel
Cltj has the larger number of permits.
Also Its streets are better eared for and
It has better stores." . , . .,
As for climate, that Is largely a mat
ter of taste.- Needless to say, Portland
leads In rainfall. And when one -see
the luxuriant,, tansle of natural vegeta
tion hereabouts, the ' rod-cheeked an
cles and. ths waving corn, he must con
cede wiat there arc some advantages in
a plethorlo precipitation. . -
i Ono . thing strikes the easual visitor
witn peculiar roroe. only a few - seg-l
ments of the grat forest hare been cut
away, and there yt remains a vast un
conquered area untouched by the wood
man s ax and offering opportunities for
countless homes. There 4s a deal of
country In this great northwest and
good country It looks to be-
But getting bark to Portland again.
It picturesque rite -on the sloping hills
ram In da ono not a little of that., other
Poruund across tht continent on Casco
bay. Portland Is ersentlally metropoli
tan. It has splendid communlct lion
with the- world at large by moan? of
water and rail transportation, arfd 290
miles of oily and ii.terurban street rail
road lines help to make the city up to
date.' In the matur of city parks, tire
department' paved streets, , schools,
churches and hotels Portland has small
cause to be - envloua of other Pacific
coas cities. , ,-. -
Portland Is by happy fortuity most
fortunately located to become a groat
commercial centar. Its situation, close
to the confluence of the Columbia and
the Willamette rivers makss the city
the natural gateway to the Paeino for
a vast producing . tributary territory.
The .ocean liners find safe harborage
In Its- river waters and convey , to both
orient and Occident .the lumber and
grain" products of Oregon. Portland
vies with Seattle In its Alaskan trade.
and while the - Bound city Is la the
lead, Portland Is yet v an 1 Important
factor In northern ..trade and : com
merce.- ', :. v
With an ostimatsd population of HI,-
000, Portland has bank deposits of 142,
000,000, - and manufactories represent
ing an Investment ef SIJ.000,000. These
distribute In wages IS.OOO.oeO annually.
foreign vessels entering the port last
year numbered 42. Ths exports for the
year were as follows: Wheat' ttlll,
tit; flour. 2,S1,341: timber, 455J,1;
bsrley. S49I.S2S. Ihc total exports were
t.SS8.88l: Imports. I1.124.1IS. The elty
enjoys an annual Jobbing trade of $180,-
000,000. 'Rather impressive . figures,
these. : , . -...JL .P.-C."-
Portland's remarkable "growth in
population Is j most satisfactory to
those who have her best interests at
heart, and proves the predictions
made by them some time ago. Many
have expressed in The Journal their
entire confidence in the figures that
give 7 this 7 city 185,000. inhabitants.
Among those whose facilities are best
for- learning- the population of Port
land and who' are convinced that the
figures are correct, the name of Tom
Richardson does not appear, although
he-was given the opportunity to make
publiche.informationjsbLchJlit-PO-
sition in. the Commercial club should
afford him such a' splendid chance to
obtain. This is unfortunate, as when
there is any controversy between the
friends and : foes of Portland, those
loyal to her interests should all bt on
one side.- :-s-JrT'Z.r
Some of our esteemed Republican
contemporaries speak approvingly of
government ownership of the Phil
ippines, and are slyly suggesting that
the difference between intervention
and annexation of Cuba is merely
that of reformed spelling. ' Quit so.
But before we go further in govern
ment-owned islands, why not try it
on a railroad? " ' " -A ; -
A basket filled with diamonds was
found in a backyard near San Fran
cisco yesterday, and no one has taken
the trouble to claim it, -Which shows
what a fine press agent Greater San
Francisco has got. -VJ V. "
President Pal ma says he does not
care to restgn under fire. ,This makes
it imperative that he , should retire
before the rebels take Havana.
. The Marvels of .Science. : y
From the Pall Mall Oasetle.
When we hear of rays of light capa
ble ef achieving photography through a
foot thickness of solid ' Iron; of the
charting of the sky Itself on such a
seal that a thousand mUllnei members
of ths t Irmsment can be eercdlrded each
In Its a p pain fed place; ibi the glsoovery
of somethlna Ilka the sense-orsans of
human knowledge on the roots, stems
and leaves of plants; of the tracking
of diseases which decimate humanity
to their obscure scourco in the parasite
of a parasite, and of ths process by
which two patient and humble solentiets
working upon a few grain of an ele
ment la a mare secondary form man
aged to revolutionise our whole concep
tion of the most stupendous forces of
the physical world It seems Indeed
a mystery that the appetite for surprise
and sensation should turn ashie from
what the pursuit of truth can offer and
t-fefer to regale Itself with the petty
products of trumpery Invention and In-
A Sermon
A MAN'S
- . By Hsury P. Cops.
' "Good master, what good thing shall
I do that I may have eternal llfeT"
Matt, jux-js. ... - ,
KLIQION rises within; It is not
K, applied from ' without. , ' There
fore it is an Individual matter,
end Its manlfeatatlons bear In
dividual characteristics. There never
yet were two living things exactly alike.
Only a dead creed can be shaped into
uniformity. A man's religion will be
manly, -a woman's ' womanly, a-boy's
bdyllke. . - . . -a , ,
Yet, strange to sny. the religion whose
greatest teacher was greatest of all as
a man almost universally has given em
phasis to the womanly type of eharae-
ter. . It too oiten ras demanded or tne
men who would follow the man of Nas
areth that they ahould conform to the
type of Mary of Fethany. with the re
sult of creating the Impression. In the
world that Jn a man faith meant "ef
feminacy, ,;-.:,;'" '-''
But the men who long ago followed
the great teacher " were by no means
weak or womanly, -Clear-out concep
tions of their rugged virility have come
down to our day. The Master won' men
by his manllnest, -His life and words
led them ' Into - nobler, stronger man
hood. And men came,' like Ntoodemue
and the rich young ruler, not begging a
promise ef paradise or looking for a
philosophy, but seeking his secret Of the
enduring, satlsfy-ng. full Ufa.
The inquiry of the young ruler has tn
It the elements of every true man's re
ligion; the passion for truth, the desire
for action, and the worship of the ideal,
Like him, men seek the teacher who shall
show tnem truth; they ask not so much
for things, to know as for things to do;
they set before themselves the Idesl of
tbo life thst endures. - ' :
a, very true man seeks truth. To hlra
the false whether In word or deed, the
sham.-Is the worst of aU sins. No re
ligion csn meet his needs unless It sets
this first of all. truth before tradition.
above timeserving, at any cost, ,
The maa who asked for the truth con
cerning himself, his past this world. Its
story and laws, who rerueea , to taae
blindly the legends of long ago, no mat
ter how venerable their testators, wno
turned to science, raying; "Show us the
Sentence Sermons;
'V Sentence Sermons. ,r
Faith' la the foe of formalism.
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There is nothing holler than every
day helpfulness. - -
' Ths ready-made religion always looks
the part ? . -.V '.' "':.;:. ',, : M.";
The man , who can keep hla religion
to himself hasn't any to keep.
A pa'salon for speaking seldom Is a
passion for souls. -
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Faith never would know , Itself but
for foul weather. . ' ( '..- ..''
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Lou cannot . elevate society , at the
price of the. Individual. , '''.,.. '
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The strain of th market ahould be
the gain of good morality..
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' Ho who does not get hla education
from everything gets It from nothing.
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: There never, will oe a closed town
until there la a wide-open church. '
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Religion never will be" attractive oe
long aa It onljhjoffers easy thlnga to
men. 1 '. i '. , . '
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T The honest" man knows himself too
wall to thing he wholly Is self-made. .
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'. Ko man worships ths divine better
than he who works ty this poor old
human.
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When a man meets a doctrine that
dossn't square w(th his living he eaUa
it "dogtnatlsm.' -
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This world is enriched not by the
laurels you lay on the strong, but by
the loads you lift from the weak, . ,
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There are some men -who, if they
were drowning; would watt for a quarter-sawed
board. ;. '
Many who" are stealing the bread of
the pew are " planning to" pay them
baok with, a statue of the loaves and
the flehea - i '':-. '? ' ' ,:-
. ' Kaiser's Commercial SkilL ,
From the London Mail.
"England will corns to Mr. Chamber
lain or go out of business, In my opin
ion," said Colonel John Lambert of Chi
cago, te a representative of the Sally
Malt Colons! Lambert who has Just
returned from a continental tour. Is
known as one ef the keenest practical
minds In America.
"1 have traveled over Franoe and Ger
many thoroughly," he continued, --"and
they - are both more prosperous than
England. Germany Is especially so. and
most of her prosperity has begun to
show Itself conspicuously In the past
six years. Th kaiser Is a surprisingly
gifted and efficient raler. He has put
Oermany In the way of beoomlng t5e
richest nation In Europe, ha perfeoted
the finest army on th continent, and
is laying th foundations of on f the
greatest fleets afloat, r
"Hla eonsular service Is an unmatohed
triumph,, and behind It are subsidised
railways and steamships to promote ex
ports, methodically fostered trusts, and
a tariff Ilka ths Chinese wall. : If w
are not careful, while some of us are
Indblglng Ill-conceived - humanitarian
fancies hs will lick us out of our boots
on behalf of his own people ail ever the
worM." --r -i '- t -,'
. . Railway in Australia.',
For many years, the VJctorlan rail
ways were a standing illustration of
mismanagement About L00O.a day was
tbs price ths country bad to, pay for
railway facilities. But soma Cms age
the Auatra)aalan Review ef Reviews re
calls, ths railways were put under the
charge of three commissioners, and sines
then matters have been put on a business
footing. Prospects have steadily -Improved.
Last year's earnings snd ex
penses balanoed. That was healthy. But
this year there Is a net revenue, after
paying all expenses, of uS04.7M. Aftsr
providing 103,000 for repairs and rolling
stock, and paying all interest and
charges, there will be a sum of I.M
left When it Is remembered that the
commissioners had to face a depleted
stock and a heavy deficiency, everybody,
our contemporary thinks, will Join lj
giving them credit for doing magnin
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for Today r
RELIGION.
naked truth' was not seeking to destroy
religion; he was but giving expression
to his own religion as a man.
It was not Irreverenos that mads him
bring the elaborate structures of past
thinkers to crumbling ruins In the dust-,
It was but reverence for' thst which la
holler than their tradition, truth, the
object of his search. He overturns some
ancient error, not to gloat at Ite false
hood and pretense, but to glory tn the
truth thus .brought nearer.
The true man demands truth' In the
expression of religion. He rather would
be a sincere sinner than a holy hypo
crite. Hen never are to be won to any
faith by fooling them. .But they will
listen to any voice having the Inimitable
ring of sincerity. The preachers who
are debating how to get men to church
would answer their own questions If
they would only be natural, forgetting
professionalism, phrases and . phylao
terles. and being Just their own selves)
for a few months.
The rich young than wanted to know
what he could rib; the man of today
must express his faith -in action, -If re
ligion only be catechisms and con tern-
platlons it never will content men.. Thsy
were not made .for that sort of thing
exclusively; it takes a long while te
train a man away from action and make
him -satisfied with the life of the Ideal
milliner minister, and fortunately the
modern mlntstsr again Is rebelling; he,'
too. demands room to move and do.i
.The. finest, nobb.st things within us
die If we continue to weep over this .
world's woes and lament Its Injustice
without lifting a hand to-soothe sorrow
or right wrong. The bualneas of. . the '
church In this world Is to touch men
with such emotions, fill them with such
ssplratlons that they shall go out from
the meeting to clean the market, to lift .
the burdens of the-oppressed and bind
up the broken n heaut,
There is a religion for a man; It hae
neen writing its reoord not In priests',
books alone, but In all the story of our .
progress, both In wars and in works of
tenderness and good. It Is tbs spirit '
thst makes ; us torsako our ; slothful
ways, endure hardships, strive," toll and
suffer thst somehow we may. serve our
world, that leads us. often perhaps un
wittingly, to follow' him who went
about doing good..' . '
Hymns-tor Kno
v ; To Our Fatherland.
J, '. by Count von Ztnsendorf. . v -' ,
' Nicholas Ludwtg, Count von Ztnsen
dorf (Dresden, May 28, 1700 Hernhutt. '
May , 1TS0) -Is said to have wrltun
2,000 hymns. Improvising no small num
ber of them, frequently giving the pev
pie a bymn td close th service immedi
ately after preaching on Its subject.
Hs was educated at Wittenberg and be
came a bishop of the Moravian church.
He visited the United States during a t
time of persecution In axony, Some of "
his hymns translated by Job a Wesley
and others are amongst the best known
In th English, today. This .one. entl- 1
tied, at home, "Jesu. get. voranjV. I
translated by Mis Jan Borthwick,, ,U.
C. Burnap Wrote a good tune for It. J -
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;"- Jesus, still lead on. . j -
Till our rest be Won; - ,i
And although the way be. cheerless,
We will follow calm and fearless: '
Guide us bp the hand
To our Fatherland. , . ,i-
If th way be drear,.'';' " 'C '' ,'
.--If the fo be near,-.',-.--'N--. x c-" ' !-v
" Let not faithless fear o'ertake' us,
Let not faith and bop forsake us,
. For, through many, a foe, , ,.:
To our home we go.' , : -
; When we seek relief : ' ", ,
- From a long-felt grief: - ' '' ; , '
""When temptations come alluring
Make us -patient and enduring; '-'':--Show,
us that bright shore, , .-;z . ' -J-;;
Where we weep no more. ; - , '
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" Jesud, stm lead on; " " :"" : ;
Till our rest be won; v -- -r-
. Heavenly Leader, St 1 direct us.
Still support, console, protect us, ' .
Till we safely stand j
tn nur rtharlanj. ', ''
' Over the Hilla and Far Away.
By 'Josephine Dodge Daakam. '
"OVf the htUs."".' said. "an4"7ar
, awayl" . '
- Ah me! to go, to leave It all and go I
To toss my llf aa east : wind tosses
' spray, '-"'..' - - ; .
To etean forget- mat this land ever lay
Within my sight that wearied of It eel .
"Over tn hnis.T n ; said," -and far
- awayl" .. -Could
he have fslt my heart la up
mnA alnapt , .
X knew the primrose path my feet wemld
. stray, -. ",.---.
I guessed the lovely glow f th new
day . , ' -.;'
, That lies beyond th meuntala'a pnrr
' pi wing. - ' -v.,
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"Over the bUla, he aald," W as'
"' ' awayl"-. - - - .
Hs took my .heart and wandered est
- -alone; .". .. . . -
Doubtless some other strolls wtta Mart
today, - - ., . ,.( ...
lightsome comrade en hie happy war,
. That way across the hills I have not
I known! - f -., ., . r.i ,
' , Slgniflcant By Dfladoa.
A physlclaa tn the Lancent warns his
readers against the hasty expression ec -
opinion by doctors about the nature t
their patients' ailments.- At a cllnle waa '
a.subject with a murmur In his heart
and with on of his eyes dilated. The
peoullar appearance of the eye seemed
to have soma oonnsotlon with ths card) as .
aSeotlon, but various opinions were ex-
pressed by ths different students a t
what th precis nature of this-relation ,
could be. The dlsousslon was Just be
coming Interesting when the patient re
marked that his strange-looking eye waa
mads of glass. At anothsr ellnle the pre
fessot In ehargs was dlaousslng learnedly .
about the lmportane of attending te ml .
nor symptoms. - "Now, gentlemen," ,h -
said, tn th ease of this woman ner. .
certain htng oould be eonfldsnUy af
firmed from the condition or ner teeth."
He was prooeedlng to partloularls, but
just thsn th patient broke la upon hlra.
Please, sir," sbs said, "l win nana tnem
around; ths young gentlemen might like
to look at thsm closer.
' Right From Horn. v ;
v From the Washington gtar.
'The boarders don't seenl to tike ur
country vegetables," said Mrs. Corn
tosseL J
"That's funny,'1 responded the farmer.
"They ought to 'predate 'em. They
was bought right la tha same town tter
.Aeome fion,1 ' , 1 -
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