The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 28, 1906, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextEditorial Page of The Journal THE JOURNAL AN (MOBPBNDB NaWSPAPML . JACKSON. PVbJlatHKI ,mr. Inc. .t Ta Juwual BolW- imui Batared atta puMoffle at Pert!. Onm. W iraaaciuaiuo tuivaa ioe oiaua tm utiT. TKLWUONES. teltnrfal Booaia. Mat! tno Mala BOO Jtaaraaat Ojrica . MaMUOM ADVBBT18IN0 BM-aKSBBTATI V rsaalaod-pMilanUo SpMla) AJfarttolw feej UU Kuui Hraat. Maw Vara; TrBwae JSeJI ln Jtrac. Batocnptton Tvraja by Mll a alraa. pa w nana, atatee. Caaaoa or ai- nm.v Oaa raw 6. I Ona aswrtb. .....t -0 trvniT Oaa raw S3 .00 I Una' month , DAILY AND SUNDAY. Oaa rear IT. 00 I Oaa month. I What a man does is the real test of what a man is; and to talk of what great things ona would accomplish if one had more activity of mind, is to say how strong a man would be if only he had more strength. Mathews. A MENACE TO PROSPERITY. OVERCAPITALIZATION of railroads is a subject that is growing in importance with Ihe advance of the railroad era, and Is attracting the attention of many thoughtful men who are inspired by a Hesire to see continuation of the coun try's prosperity and development. It .Is estimated that the existing railroad properties could be duplicated for bout $30,000 per mile. Railway st tiatics of the United States for 1904 how mat there is a combined stock and bond liability of more than Double that amount against every mile of railroad in the country, taken as a whole. This condition of affairs, it must be admitted, is a menace to prosperity. There can be no question that ex cessive capitalisation of the railroad is followed by exorbitant transporta tion charges. Were it otherwise, the theory of corporation law and invest ment would be a howling farce. If a stockholder is not to consider his investment as legitimate, and expect a proper return in the form of divi dends, then the whole idea of incor poration, so far as railroad property is concerned, is reduced to a mere Btock-jobbing proposition, in which only the gambler in stocks stands to tnake a profit !S Taking the reports of the railroad companies for what they are worth, their investments in roadbed and equipment in 1904 were $11,511,537, 931. There is an admitted exceas of capitalization of $1,701,587,548 over the cost, even taking the cost es timates of the railroads themselves If these estimates were correct as ap plied to present day conditions and valuations, there would be some ground tor the basis of capitalization, aince it will be admitted that the "good will" of any established busi ness is worth something. But when it is considered that the properties, In event of financial stress, would be tripped to their naked values, and that they quite probably could be duplicated .today for $30,000 cash per mile, it is easy to conclude that over capitalization has been indulged to an extent dangerous to the financial se curity of the country aa well as bur idensotne to the great body of con sumers who pay the freight The Journal publishes today an other of the series of articles on rail roads, written by Assessor C - P. Strain of Umatilla county. They are the result of painstaking, intelligent investigation and deserve to com mand the thoughtful attention of every good citizen. TEACHERS AND NORMAL SCHOOLS. IT IS REPORTED that an effort will be made by the normal school interests next winter to secure the passage of a law making a normal school certificate or diploma necessary to a teacher's eligibility thatNonly normal school graduates shall be entitled to teach school in this state. If such an effort should be made, it should most certainly fail Granting all that is said in favor of normal schools, admitting that they are very useful and necessary institu tions, and that the training received in them is in most cases a valuable preparation and a great help to the intending teacher, still such a law as that suggested would be exceedingly Objectionable. The main reason is that stated by Professor Rigler. While a normal school may and unquestionably does aid much in many, perhaps most Caste, in the making of competent teachers, it cannot make a good teacher out of poof material. And on the other hand many yonng icn and men may, be excellent end rrn superior teachers though they have never been near a normal irhoot In a large sense a teacher, ..c a poet, is born, not made. It is even possible to conceive that a born teacher may be injured rather than benefited by the routine, machine like training of a normal school. Another thing is, teachers at the wages country districts feel that they can afford to pay are scarce. It is now difficult for rural districts to ob tain teachers, and it would be much more so if only normal school grad nates o.uld be employed. The idea of the normal schools of course is to compel all would-be teachers to at tend these institutions, and while we cheerfully admit that as rule such attendance is benefieial, it should not be made1 compulsory. A good many young women who are the making of good teachers cannot afford to attend these institutions. It would not be just to them, if otherwise capable, to bar them from teaching because they could not take a normal school course. LEGISLATORS. TO BE ELECTED a member of a state legislature, especially when one's selection is to a greater extent than formerly a pop ular choice, rather than that of a selfish and unscrupulous boss, is properly considered an honorable dis tinction. So is that, indeed, of all public officers. Men so chosen from amongjgOthers have a right to be duly self-appreciative, and modestly proud of their preferment, providing that they never forget that they are ao chosen aa public servants, and that they incur obligations not laid npon persons privately employed, and out of proportion to the pay in money they receive. The honor of the po sition is supposed to and should go for the larger portion of the public servant's reward. Election to national and state legis lative positions is considered pecul iarly honorable, and should therefore carry with it an unusual or especial sense of obligation to the public. Making, amending and repealing a state's laws are indeed an important work, one requiring a high degree of intelligence, familiarity with the exist ing laws and past and present con ditions, and earnest diligence and con scientious devotion to legislative duties. The legislator ought to be a superior man, one of keen perception, a large fund of general information, a lively interest in the state's affairs, and of sound, firm principles. His pay in money is next to nothing, but his reward should be in the conscious ness of important dsty well and faith fully done, and in service to the state and to the people who have honored and trusted him. We consider our selves ahead of the British in many things, but they aeem to be far su perior to us in their ideals of public service. Too frequently the idea of a po sition in the legislature is that it is a place for a man to combine with oth ers to put up and work through jobs for their mutual benefit at the public expense, and to play partisan or fac tional politics. We hope and believe that this conception of an ideal legis lator does not prevail so much as formerly, and that a larger' proportion of legislators consider legislation to be a practical business matter, every proposition to be considered solely from the point of view of the public welfare. Most men elected to the legislature ire necessarily lacking ia the prepara tion for the performance of their duties that would be desirable. They are busy men, snd their time is chiefly occupied with their own in dividual affairs, so that they cannot give to the various propositions that will be considered the attention be forehand that they deserve. Most of the important measures to be pre sented are, however, matters of gen eral public knowledge and of discus sion in the press, and each member can make up a pretty intelligent opin ion upon them in advance. Then dur ing the session he can consider them more thoroughly and in detail, and so be tolerably well prepared to vote in accordance with the peo ple's desire and interest. There are always members who know or care little about what is done, or proposed to be done, and for this resson it irall the more im portant for men of superior intelli gence and higher ideals of legislative duty to be as well informed as pos sible on the principal bills that will be presented. The next session of the legislature will be an important one. Many mat ters of much public interest are to be considered, and fully or partly de cided. A great deal of money will be asked for, and the appropriations will necessarily be large. The wise and conscientious legislator must steer as well as he can between extrava gance and parsimony. The state re quires a liberally progressive policy, yetthe taxpayers' pockets must never be forgotten. Then, aside from the cost, the particular merits of and ob jections to each project must be care fully weighed; and all this ought to be How Smugglers Few evidences of human Ingenuity ara more interesting than the davloee Invented almost every day to baffle tit detective) skill of customs officials. The muggier la nowhere mora wide awake than in the TJnttedr'Btates, where he Is at laaat a match for hta enemies, and there aw few days when be does not succeed in cheating the government out of a few thou snd dollars. tits chief object la to evade the duty Imposed on Imported diamonds, and he has many ways of doing this success fully. By several Ingenious davioaa he oaa dlagulae the value of the diamond he Imports, ao that atones which are worth tlOO or 1160 a carat lose at least half their value and are assessed for duty at they lower rate. Thus. Instead or paying ff.000 duty on a parcel of diamonds, he escapee with a payment of 12,800, saya the Sunday Magazine. The smugglers principal device Is to mount his diamonds In rings and brooches;, but before mounting them be gives each atone a thin coating oa the back of brown or yellow varnish, thus giving the purest white atones a yellow ish tinge, and reducing their -value by SO to It per cent Another successful plan la to subject the atones to heat until the brilliant surface la clouded and take on a dull, grayish appearance. . ., The valuable stones, thus deprived of their luster, are mixed with a num ber of diamonds of the purest quality. and the entire parcel Is passed. as rubbish, at a value of $10.00 or 115,000 leas than their eetual value. A little polishing soon restores the burned atones to their original brilliance, with a loss of weight which bears no proportion to the amount of money saved In duty. A diamond smuggler well known to the authorities outwitted them for a long time by a simple but effective scheme. The man repeatedly made large purchases of atones In Europe, hut on landing In this country the most careful search of his belongings re vealed no trace of the jewels. Eventu ally the man's device waa divulged by Ma accomplice. He concealed the dia monds under one of the plank In his stateroom, and there they remained while the ship returned to Europe. Then the accomplice who waa not under surveillance, would engage the same stateroom and bring them ashore on the next trip. a a a The Parts smuggler Is little. If at all. behind his American rival In Ingenuity. and his devlcea are worthy of the most crarty Chinese. A short tune ago a brougham with an Imposing coachman In livery, and conveying what appeared done with the general public welfare solely in view. If, as is supposed, there is to be no senatorial contest, there wilt be a bet ter opportunity next winter for good work at Salem than usual. There is need of good work, and every mem ber ought to be preparing for it, and fitting himself as much as possible for the honorable duties which he has been called upon to perform. THE NEW YORK CAMPAIGN. THE UNUSUAL interest in the New York campaign lies chiefly in the uncertainty re garding the number or proportion of voters who will break over party lines snd vote opposite to the way they would vote as mere party adherents. As to the Democratic party in this state contest, there are no authorized, adopted, promulgated and recognized lines. The trust and corporation and machine Democrats sre all against Hearst, of course. And if he is to be elected he must get the votes of a great many Republicans who will vote for him for the same reasons that these Democrats are against him. It is not a party contest; it is one for and against Hearst, and what he stands for and represents. What he has done, and what he says he will do if elected governor, are the only plat form that his adherents stand on. He may not be a very great man, but he is too original,, independent and un trammeled to be tied fast to a plat form constructed by professional poli ticians. The Republicans are more regular and observant of precedents and cus toms, and on the surface more serene and united. The platform is of the regulation sort, consisting of flat ulent self praise and Pharisaical plat itudes. Mf. Hughes gives promise of being, ;f elected, an excutive a good dal better than his party, yet the vot ers perceive that he makes no grim aces at the open support of the trusts, the privileged and plundering cor porations, and all the elements that are inimical to the interests of the common people. If he was not the choice of these vampirish elements of society, if they accepted him on com pulsion, yet that they are eager in his support as" against Hearst will cost Hughes nq inconsiderable number of votes that under ordinary eircuny stancea would have been cast for the Republican nominee. It would be a good thing for the country if Hearst should be elected, or if at least the contest should be close. This would show thst old party lines, as formally drawn merely to cateh votes, and avoiding or blink ing rising and crowding issues, are breaking down, and that the people are becoming more independent, thoughtful, intelligent and cour ageous. In the election of members of con gress what are called party "prin ciples" properly hare place and po tency, but outside of these public ser vants the Man is the main thing. The people need men in office wjio will do the square, right thing by them, Beat Inspectors to be an Invalid man, waa stopped at the Porte Dauphlne. The vehicle had passed at the same hour every day for months, until at last susplcoln was aroused. On Investigation the customs offlclals found that the Invalid waa a sine dummy, and that the brougham was full of ingenious receptacles for amug- gling alcohol. Not long before the authorities re eel ved secret Information that on a cer tain day a wedding party would enter Paris by one of the gates, and that It might be worth while to subject it to scrutiny. On the day and at the hour indicated a long file of landaus were seen approaching the gate. The first carriage contained the "blushing bride and 'bridegroom, " and the other car riages were crowded with "wedding guests," In uproarious spirits becoming to the occasion. The procession was stepped at the gate, in eptte of the Indignant protests of the "guests" snd the tears of the "bride," and although search resulted In the discovery that the lsndaus were eveq more full of spirits than the wed ding guests themselves. In the hollow shafts, seats, and even In the harness were concealed S0 liter of pure alco hol. Landau and guest continued their Journey with sadly diminished spirits,. -'.-. afeqet a a The Smugglers' museum at Paris Is full of the moat extraordinary devlcee for defrauding the revenue. Nothing Is sacred to the smuggler, as is proved by a collection of mortuary wreathe. i i ll of which Is a ounningly devised receptacle for spirits. False busts, htpet legs and abdomens have all held contraband goods; there la a mason's hod hollowed for their concealment; hollow axes; In fact, almost every de vice that practloed Ingenuity can sug gest. A most amualng attempt to eheat the custom waa made by two men atle- gutsed as countryman. One evening three men were seen approaching one of the barriers, , uproariously drunk. The middle man. who waa unable to walk, was supported by his two com panion, scarcely leas drunk than him self. The custom officers, amused at the spectacle, began to chaff the drunken man. and' one of them play ingly gave the middle man a dig In the ribs, which, to the officers' amassment, caused the man to collapse and, hta com panions to bolt in alarm. The oause of their flight was quickly apparent, for the drunken man was of India rubber, snd hta Intoxication was sufficiently ex plained by the fact that he waa full to the crown of his head with pure alco hol. rather than men who are hampered by partisan ties and to whom a multi millionaire is more important than a million poor people. END OF SOME ROBBERS. SAN FRANCISCO has been the victim of private, public, indi vidual and organized graft since the days when she ceased to be Yerba Buena. Amid all the rob beries practiced by her Buckleys and Harrys and Raineys and Higginses, and Kellys and Crimminses, she sat serene and indifferent, paying the toll of her greatness to the successive plunderers. Treasurers and cpllect- ors and street superintendents and supervisors snd contractors robbed her with a boldness that surprised and fascinated; prosecution of the predatory horde astonished; convic tion astounded. It was said Of her city hall, that shamelessly shook it self from its foundations at the first shock in April, that every stone and brick and barrel of cement used in its construction paid a triple price. That the chargea of corruption made against the present administra tion and the boss, Abe Ruef, surprise anyone in San Francisco is untrue; they have been alleged ever since Mayor Schmitz took office. The thing that astonishes is the determina tion to sift them to the bottom and to prosecute the guilty. Never before has there been any set of men suf ficiently free from the influence of politics, sufficiently strong to take ac tion, or with enough courage and ability to push the plunderers against the law. That the grafters will be punished is as sure as the fact that they have grown rich off their spoils. F, J. Heney is a tireless, fearless Nemesis on the trail of wrong-doers; the honesty inherent in him has made him intolerant of wrong-doing, and he will chase from the dock to the doors of the penitentiary the men who have been robbing San Fran cisco. The. plan to give the east side three branch libraries should be en couraged. That section of the, city is growing very rapidly; home-builders have created thriving settlements a long distance from the main library, and it costs time and money to come down town for books. Some of our prominent citizens could erect endur ing monuments for themselves by giving sites and constructing artistic library buildings in the remote places of the east side. The next legislature will have a good deal of important work on hand, and many more or less meritorious measures of much general importance will be presented for consideration. Some new laws are needed, but it will be better to pass only a few, and be careful that they are right, than a good many that have not received due consideration. The Salem Statesman thinks the protective tariff is a fine thing be cause, it is assarted, it "keeps gold at Letters From the People Does Wot Think AIL Men Boned. Portland. Oct. t. To the Editor of The Journal In the light of the. accom plishments of the Japanese In the past SO years many observers had come to believe that these people were deettned to reach the highest rank amoag na tion of the earth, but this puerile whine that they are raising about the refusal of white people to send their children to school with Japanese brings plainly to view tbat badge of Inferior ity of which moat of the colored nations of the earth seem to be possessed. I know of but two peoples that have held their heads aa high aa does their white brother, and they are the American Indian and the Chinese. Who ever heard of either of these whining for o iclal recognition by the whlteaT The Japaneee and the American ne gro may aa well realise ones for all that the white man will never recognise them aa social equals So long as the white race shall dominate the world. Not because he is not willing to treat them with Justice In the business and political spheres, but because he In herently regards the Integrity of the white raes as of the first Importance. He knows tbat the mongrel, cursed with most of the vices and blessed with but few of the virtues of the parent races, has ever been the pariah of the nations. He does not want his children taught to associate on terms at equality with the children of the colored race, know ing that such association will likely lead to the breaking of the social bar rier In later years. Governments may scoM all they desire In the Interest of trade relations, but tbe virile American will hold the colored races at arm's length, come what will. Let tbe Japanese and the negro go take counsel of the example of the Chi nese, and say: "I sm a, good as any white man. and if he does not choose to admit me to social equality with him; to admit me to his home, to hta school and church, neither will I recognise him socially," If they do not consider them selves as good aa a white man, then they are not as good. We can do busi ness together and live together ami cably upon such terms, and no other. GEORGE I. BROOKS. - home." Well, people don't eat gold, nor make clothes of it. A miser who boards gold and goes hungry, ragged and dirty is not a very high type of prosperity and happiness. Gold is chiefly good for what it will buy, not to hoard and look at and gloat over. The Monmouth normal school, it is reported, will want next winter an appropriation of over $100,000 alto gether, and prbbably the other normal schools will want large sums, and what they want we suppose they will get, in the usual way. There are two too many normal schools, but it is not likely that any can be tut out. The state of Washington last year isSued for free distribution in the east a fine big besnk brimming full of In teresting information, tastefully pre sented, which no doubt has helped much to bring desirable immigrants to that atate. Might it not pay for Oregon to do the same? Some people who think they have a hard time of life should consider the case of that Svenson widow, with 10 young children and an idiot brother to care for and support. How would you like to swap places with her? It will invest the nations that have been building the largest battleships in the world to learn that our torpedo-boat flotilla, firing at full speed, made an average of 8 out of 10, pos sible hits at moving targets. People who have made good roads will soon begin to see what good things they are. Mrs. Craigie's Address. An amusing story of the lata Mrs. Cralgle, the novelist, wa told the other day at the Author' club, In Near York: "When Mrs. Cralgle waa In America last year." said an editor, "she waa In vited to make an address at a certain meeting. She accepted the Invitation, but her name, through some oversight, waa put far down on the program, and, worse than that, the chairman, a rather stupid person. Introduced before her some speekers who were not on the program at all. In ahort. It waa close on to 11 o'clock when the chairman, with a pleasant smile, bowed and said: '"Mrs. Cralgle, tbe eminent author of "Borne Emotions and a Moral." will now give us her address.' "Mrs. Cralgle rose nnd said calmly: " 'My address Is No. 5( Lancaster Oats, Hyde Park, W., London, and I now wish yon all good night, for I am far from home." " Suggestion for "Fruit Day." From California Fruit Grower. October IS was "Apple day," and the apple people east are calling on every one to eat at least one apple on that day every year. We have not yet learned the dates for "Potato day," "Or ange day" or "Prune day." But here 1 an Idea. Why dp not the orange people and prune people start a propa ganda for a day, and figure out how many oranges or prunes each man, woman and child In the United State ought ft eat In addition to the ordinary consumption to create a aoarelty In the market, and get every one Into the habit of eating that quantity on a day sot apsit from the purpose? Then 10-oent prunes and 110 a box oranges would be easy. October 28 in History. IS2I La Roehelle taken by Richelieu. 1721 Captain James Cook, navigator, torn Died February 14, 17T. 1778 Battle of White Plains. 14 John Leech, famous artist of Punch, died. Born, 1S07. 1I7S Edward S. Stoke completed term of Imprisonment for killing James nag jr. 1 sC Statue of Liberty, New York. dedicatee 190 Predarloh Max Mailer, phllolo- gist. died. Born, Htl. 101 t'rtbe-lf rib. Colombian insur gent leader, surrendered. A Sermon for Today THE BREAD OF LIRE. By Henry F. Cope. Man shell not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Ood. Matt. tv:. THKRE are lives that have bread in abundanoe and yet are starved; with barns and ware house filled, with shelves and larders laden they, are empty and hun gry. No man need envy them; their feverish, restless whirl is but the eearch for a satisfaction, never to be round la things. Called rieh In a world whore no others are mere truly, piti ably poor, having all, yet lacking all because they .have neglected the things within. Tbe abundance of bread Is the cause of many a man's deeper hunger. Hav ing known nothing of the discipline that develops life's hidden sources of satisfaction, nothing of the struggle In which deep cilia unto deep and the true life finds Itself, he spends his days serklrg to satlafy his Soul with fur niture, with houses and lands, with yachts snd merchandise, seeking to feed his heart on things, a process of less promise and reason than feeding a snapping turtle on thoughts. It takes many of us altogether too long to learn that you cannot find satis faction so long aa you leave the soul out of your reckoning. If the heart be empty the life cannot be rilled. The flow must cease at the fauces. If the fountains go dry. The prime. -Oka ele mental necessitlee of our being ara for the life rather than the body. Its house. But, ola. how often out of the marble edifice Issues the poor emaciated In mate, how out of the life having many things eomes tbat which amounts to nothing. The essential things are not often those which most readily strike our blunt reuses. We tee the ahell first. To the undeveloped mind the material Is all there is. But looking deeper Into life there comas an awakening to the facts and the significance of the spir itual, the feeling that the reason, the emotions, the joys snd pains that have nothing to do with thinga, the ties that knit one to the Infinite, all constitute the permanent element of life. Because man Is a spirit hta life never Hymns to Know. A Morning Hymn. By John Keble. John Keble, tbe author of the volume of poems known a "The Christian Year," opens that be ok with a morning and an evening hymn. From the latter tho familiar "Sua of My Soul" is taken; the former whl-h In the book -ha 16 stansa. I given below as It Is usually printed for churen worship. To get the full beauty of the thought, however the whole poem should be read. The author set the words In Lm. 111:32, Z. "His compassions fall not; they are new every morning," at the head of this hymn. Today It is orten used ror open lng church worship.) New every morning Is the tove Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darknee fly brought. Restored to life, and power, and thought. New mercies, eaah returning day. Hover around us while ws pray; New peril past, new sins forgiven. New thoughts of Ood. new hopes of heaven. If on our dally courae our mind Be set to hallow all we nnd. New treasures .xtlll of countless price God will provide for sacrifice. The trivial round, the common taak. Will furnish all we ought to ask Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily r.earerQod. Only, O Lord, In thy dear love Fit us for perfect rest above; And help us this and every day To live more nearty a w pray. No Over-Crowding Here. On buslne la not overcrowded to-wit: ostrloh farming. Th demand for ostrich feathers of high claaa Is greater than the supply, and the farm ers of the Cape and Egypt who give In telligence to the raising of ostriches make large profit. Jut a the ostrich formers of southern California have done. A comparison of the soil, cli mate and other physical condition of Africa and Egypt, where the eostrtch does well, with the asm condition In parts of southern California, Arizona and New Mexico suggests that there is hardly a limit to ostrldh husbandry In America. There are millions of acres In India well salted to ostrloh farming. It 1 pointed out that ostrich farms could be established on the edge of the Indian desert. In Slnd and In Baluchis tan, which at present Is poor and unpro ductive because of barren soil and scant. Irregular rslns. It would be difficult to exaggerate the benefit that would result from the Introduction of the new Industry. The tracts would suit the birds. The tanning could be under taken by either European or native cap ltaltsts. who would have no difficulty In ecurlng the services of trained men when they purchased their ostrich chicks or egg. , Charity Among Sparrows. An Incident which, the writer -rlare. raised th pugnacious sparrow several degree In his estimation is de scribed in Outing. It shows that the sparrow has other good qualities beetde hi sturdtness and elf-rellance. "For several day four or flv spar row had visited a certain place on the roof near my window. They alway brought food for another little fellow, who never tHed a flight from the pot. The visiting nparrow nvr cam empty-billed. They would drop tiny morsel of food near th little sparrow. Whnn It began to eat the crumbs the others aet up a great chirping, and then flew away. "After watching this for a few days, I went out on the roof and approached the Ion bird. It did not flutter away from me, and mad no resistance whan I picked It up. "The sparrow waa blind. It eye war covered with a ralik-llke film." For Pre Locks. From the Woodburn Independent. Why does net Portland make more of an effort for free lock at Oregon City? It harp ao much on the on string, deepening the Columbia channel, that It does not recognise the Importance to Itaalf of better condition on th Wil lamette, which would mean an Increase In lb volume of trad and a much stronger argument In favor of opening the Columbia Vlaltlng cgremen this, why Is Portland so bHndt ean consist wholly In things;" he must come Into his heritage of the soul wealth of all the ages; he must reach out. though often as in the dark, until across th void there comes voices, the sages and the seers, the prophets, and the poets gpeaktng the language of the aoisL In these he finds his food nor can his deeper hunger be assuaged until It thus la fed. Because man la a spirit and gradually Is coming into the dominant aplrlt life In which tilings shall count for leas and thought and character far more, he seeks after his own kind. Tbe deeps ol llfu have their relationships The aplrlt of man cries out after the father of spirits. By whatever name men have called the most high they ever have sought after him the eternal who would be bne with them In soul, In sll that la essential and abiding In being. Every religion, every philosophy, every endeavor after character and truth la but the crji of humanity for word with God. Hearing his word ba any Up the heart of man answers with Joy. The words of eternal truth have been the food of the great In all ages. Fainting In th flight of the message from the unseen, tbe echo of everlasting verities has revived their spirit; they have fought the flgnt that despises things and seek truth. Who would not exehange a meaa ft( pottage, for the benediction from Si fathers llpaT Who 1 so dead he no longer finds more satisfaction In truth and love and beauty than In food or fur niture? And whv are ara an foollah aa still to aeek to aattafy ourselves with " tnings that perish, while down to th leant blade of creation earth I laden with unfading riches, Ood is every where, and every open heart may hear hi voice? If wo may but learn this leon, we people of the laden hand and th empty heart, that lnce life 1 more than di gestion and man more than beast or machine, since determination all 1 the spiritual world, they only are wt who et first thing flrat, who use the gar nered experience of the past and the op portunities of th Dreaent to th encirc ling of th soul, Vho listen among alt the voice of time for the word that proceed from the lips of htm who lnhab. Iteth eternity. Sentence Sermons. Work cures wotry. a i He who cheer others need not feat for himself. a a The only way t, discover truth la by doing truth. Sorrow 1 th parent of many a song. ' To work for love i to learn to love your work. e The man who lack moral muscle al way think he I meek. Th law la best kept when It Is lost In love. e Tho front door to delight lies through he garden of duty. iei'r ' . ' 1 jr ' ; jr The man who laugh at his troubles oon laugh ovor them. a a The doing of dally duty make every day divine. e e The right to rule 1 acquired by rul ing ourMlvmrlgtit. Thl always I a dirty world to peo ple who seek nothing but duat a a It' not th engine with loudest ex haust that 1 hauling the longest trsln. e Th church finds her beauty when she la a chisel instead of a statu, e If you Want in find a happy Chris tian look for a whole-hearted one. e e The flneat proaoecta In lit are found at the aummlt of disagreeable duties. e e Many a man think he I religion bee .use he has a peculiar pleasure In regulating other folk. a . . If not th profanity we utter much a that w caua for which w should be punished. a Th man who la 'conscious of unusual holiness Is apt to be careless to everyday honesty. It does not follow that you are help ing men tohavn because you are In sisting that they keep step with you. Plants Die of Thirst. With th coming of front we are re minded that plant do not freese to death In the early winter, but perlah from thirst. The process I simple. Th cold causa th withdrawal of. the wa ter from the cell of the plant form ing Ice crystal outside of the cell. The frost, cooling and contracting th surface, aet a a sort of pump, and aa oon a th cell I emptied of Its llfe glvlng fluid the plant die. Th truth of thl theory ha been proved during the present fall by numerous careful experiments. Qreat variation wa found In th amount of cold necessary to cause the death of vegetation. Some plant dry out quickly and are killed before th frseelng point 1 reached. Many plants will survive sero weather and some die only at 20 degree below. Certain vegetable growths never frees There are forms of bacteria that even when Immersed in liquid air, the tn tensaat cold available, com out of their bitter bath chipper and lively a ever. Simple Life Rector. Th Rv. W. Franeh. rector Of Cade lelgh, Devonshire, 1 practical apostle of, the simple life. For the last year he has been living In a little wooden hut at the top of a eloping field, and he will spend another winter In thl primitive abode, pending the completion of hi new factory, aays th London Express. Th hut command delightful view of Dertmopr and southwest Devon. It la ten feet by eight in else, and la about tan ft high. It 1 divided Into a tiny bedroom, which contain an Iran edt and a tabl. desk and hooka, and a email workahop and bathroom. Th hut I surrounded by a veranda. Mr. French' wife and children are living at a neighboring farmhouse On on occasion tbe rector's aleep waa disturbed by a bore which wandered Into hi bedroom about midnight, but otherwise he has enjoyed undisturbed grass as si an of bis hut.