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- Good impulse and good
intention do not make ac
tion right or safe. In the
long ' run, action ia tested
not by motives but by its re-'
suits.-David Starr Jordan.
.THE Q. A G'S DELINQUENCY.
ffHB SOUTHERN PACIFIC lines
-r-1 TJtnOeton.f ormerly 'the
., J, , gon ft California railroad, and
its adjuncts, did not pay form
erly bat during the past few years
'have been profitable. The service
: ha been poor for years, owing
largely to light rails, insufficient to
carry the heavy engines necessary at
v- fair rate -of speed,, but 'after . lontfi-
delay this defect has been. In part at
least, remedied. - Bnt practically no
new equipment ha - been added to
the O. 6 C. line in year, although
the demand for transportation fa
cilities were constantly increasing.
The report of the Southern Pacific
company for 1905 aays Its receipts
for the preceding year were the larg
est since the road' reorganization 4n
1898, and that the increase in traffic
exceeded the facilities for handling
lt, and that the equipment needed
to be largely Increased.,;. This , re
port waa made June 30, 1905, and
yet nothing was done to provide for
the still greater traffic offered that
fall and in 190.- The railroad of-'
,f Iclals knew over a year and a halt
agLLtha there wasa ahortageof I
equipment and that traffic was rap
Idly increasing, yet did nothing to
meet then conditions, Jbus entailing
an Immense aggregate! los upon
thousands of people in western Ore-'
gon.' :; ' i ,"'.';""..'' 1
"" .The trainber of locomotryeronlhe
Southern. Pacific system increased
from 826 in 1901 to 880 in 1908, an
Increase of 8.64 per cent , In five
years; 4he passenger cars' Increased
"during the same period from 616 to
679, 8.02 per cent; and the freight
cars from 22,291 to 23,829, 6.98 per
cent. ; The passenger traffic increased-during
the same time 16.34
Tereefitrahd-ha" freight traffic
'.16.46 per cent., (. j '""" j" ' j
These and other - figures that
might be peaented how what w all
know by observation and experience
without them that the Southern
Pacific in western Oregon ha been
t delinquent in supplying transporta
tion facilities which It knew were
needed, f Insensible to the Interests
and demands of shipper and pro
ducers, oblivious to the people'
need and rights, and Intolerably re
miss In its duty as a common carrier
and a quasi public institution. 'Be
sides this, freight rates In many cases
have been outrageously high- but
that is another story. Now, having
been very patient so long, the peo
ple propose to do something about it.
THE ALBANY CONVENTION.
a DOMINANT, note at the Albany
, . A - hlppers convention waa open
atJL' ' rtTer. That topic received
v.' even as much attention from
the shipper as the' vital subject of
railroad legislation. The Interest in
' both has become Intense In Oregon.
- The folly of perpetuated .' lockage
charge and unused river 1 at last
' . recognized as on the same plane with
railroad discriminations, car short
ages and kindred railroad abuses.
, It waa so thoroughly understood
; at -Albany that -B pTOposltlonljy
Governor Chamberlain for the state
as a last alternative to buy the old
i or build new locks at. Oregon City
was applauded to the echo. A plan
of state ownership and United States
operation, if It had been submitted
to a . vote of the shipper present,
would have scarcely encountered a
dissenting vote. ' Reflection 1 has
, come as fruit of the car shortage and
resultant ruin, and that reflection
', has for it consequence a realization
of the transportation iniquities and
disadvantage under which the - Ore
gon communities have o long lived.
. reople, revolt when they are hun
gry. That has. been, the history of
the world. . Yakima citizen refused
to lot Ihelr children freeze with
; traloloftd of roal sweeping through
their town. What they did 1 illus
trative of the sequel always to be ex
pected when oppressloa passe the
limit of human endurance. ' The
Oregon shipper has hungered long
(or cars (or his rotting products. Ha
has paid lockage charges uncom
plainingly and endured obstructed
waterways, to his own Vast detriment
so long that there has been an Al
bany shippers' convention! and it is
his Yakima episode. Like the men of
Yakima,, ha has studied the situ
tlon, and determined to . acL. The
difference Is that,, n alike the over
driven Yakima people, he is going to
act within the law, but none the lass
effectively for that.- Convinced the
one sure means of a final and im
pregnable defense against local rail
road oppression ia open rivers, these
rivers will, until they are unfettered
and free, be his shibboleth. '
-AID NEEDED FOR CHINA,
T
HE APPEAL of Governor Cham'
berlaln, ' supplementing and
localizing that of President
Roosevelt, .; for aid for the
famine-stricken millions of a district
In China should -be .responded , to
promptly and liberally by the pros-
erous and fortunate people of Ore
gon. China is very different from
this country In these respects: -'. It
has few "railroads and in most of Its
great area none, and therefore food
supplies cannot be transported from
one province to another; and even
if there were railroad each province
or region of the empire hU-ned-jjfLEzr
all Its food lupply for it own peo
ple..- Therefore in China, a in Japan
or India, a crop failure in any one
province or section of the country
mean a famine affecting millions of
people before another harvest The
United States Is the richest,' most
productive and resourceful country
on earth; Its people are the most
prosperous; the country la overflow
ing with a surfeit of surplus prod
ucts; and therefore in any such
emergency in a foreign country thia
country is expected to xand should
be foremost , In relief. No part of
our country 1 more prosperou than
the Pacific northwest, and it should
do it share to save these millions
in China from alow starvation. In
a case like this, race, color or na
tionality tuts no figure; all we are
brethren. ' :. ' '-'- -
mr: olney
AND
MEN.'
WORKING-
I
IT 1
3
f WILL be surprising. to a rood
manv nawlnl that Kr .. Dlharf
WV.W VHHV ..... M
Olney, Mr. Cleveland' attorney-
general and secretary of state,
in a contlbutlon to the Inter-Nation,
insist that the Jabot. organization!
ought to enter politic. .He says that
It ia necessary for them to do so in
order to protect the country from
the evil that are consequent upon
the trustification of industries,
thbugfiefegardllheusTTf"ian
economic development, or evolution.
and cite it growth, success and
stability aa proof. He credit It with
making the ; worklngman' wage
more steady and ' reliable, if not
larger, and so being an advantage to
him, but he encourages the laboring
man to take a greater Interest in
public affair. Labor, he - says,
"must stand for equality of oppor
tunity for all men and against privi
lege in any form; for taxation meas
ured by the protection given and the
ability to bear it burden and
against taxation insidiously devised
for ; the enrichment of particular
classes; for economy and thrift in
public expenditures and against graft
and extravagance, however dis
guised; for, the largest measure of
personal liberty consistent with pub
lic order and against all form of
paternalism" and so on the usual
conservative Democratic doctrine
tritely yet clearly expressed, and
most of which. If old, Is sound. Mr.
Olney deprecate the spirit exhibited
and the latent purpose underlying
great military and naval establish
ments, and recommend trade rela
tion conceived in a spirit of fair
ness and equity, and pacific methods
of settling international controver
sies .' , ' 'i. ' ' -. -V , - !
In all these matter the worklng-
med have a : vital interest, and "he
has no doubt of tbetrjoyalty to "our
Institutions ' and their alncere desire
for the best result possible from
government. Though he bad ex
pressed doubt of the workingman's
competency to decide what was best,
he recommends to him the use of the
ballot as an Instrument for bettering
the country's condition, 'saying It Is
"the precise weapon by which ' to
make loyalty effective, to counteract
prevalent reactionary tendencies, and
make It plain that he who would rule
In America must be a true Ameri
can la sympathy and convictions.
That worklngmen " will - use the
weapon thus fitted ' to their hand
unitedly and therefor efficiently,
eU-lnterest a weM a patriotism
make reasonably certain. Not until
It I demonstrated that their use of
It will be unwise and injurious, both
as regard, themselves and the pub-:
SHALL WE OR SHALL WE
. NOT BEND THE KNEE?
I'
N SOME QUARTERS it is being
made to appear that the "car
shortage" Is the sole abuse of
the rights of the public by the
railroads, and already the railroad
adherents and the railroad press are
endeavoring to center the attention
of the people on the remedying of
this evil alone, thus, like the cuttle
fish, inking the water that the rail
road may escape the penalties their
other shortcomings so - signally
merit s ... - . :
The plain fact is that Harrlman
ha done his utmost to bottle up the
state of Oregon so that he . might
carry Its traffic in the hollow of his
hand. , Open rivers have been op
posed directly . and " Indirectly; rail
road competition , has . been ham
pered; development of the ! country
ha been held back by opposing the
construction - of - branch ,-and - rival
roads; arid in other ways too numer
ous to mention, and every effort of
the people to break the shackles that
bind them1iatrBi6titll'raTIroaa war
fare conducted with, money extorted
from the people by high and exce&
slve rates. "
These and sundry, other things,
taken. with the "car shortage" and
attending tfoubles, have aroused the
to some realization of the
condition
that - confronts- them ' and
relief I to be sought from the legis
lature. If the railroads are 'to con
trol that body the people will be
quick to inquire the reason why. " '."
. In this connection a few pertinent
questions may.be in order: .
If the railroads have money by
the million to prevent the c6nstruc
tion of other , railroads in Oregon,
why have they not done one at least
Of the three following things:
1, Build railroads and railroad
extension without, as has been the
case in several instances, waiting for
individual effort to first start the
work. ' " , ' ": - :;' .- -
2. Reduce felght , charges." . If
these railroads, did not wish to 'ex
tend their lines themselves, which
they . could . easily have done from
their surplus earnings, why did they
not reduce ratea. Instead of piling up
these enormous surplus earnings! .
-8. . And it they did--not wish to
do elther of these things,-why did
they not supply themselves with suf
ficient equipment' to accommodate
the business offered t f .
The reason V railroad commission
Is desired In Oregon is not alone be
cause of the car shortage; that la
merely an incident. . . ;
1. Experience ha Xeverywhere
11c at large, will it be time to de
spair of the republic.". , ..
All this is rather Clevelandesque,
and lacks the brusque deflnlteness
of Bryan when ne tens tne. working-
men, that they should use the ballot
and for what purposes, but it does
commend the ballot to them - as a
weapon with which they can accom
plish much, both for themselves in
particular and for the public of
which they form o Jarg and im
portant a part. 'And evidences in
crease that, worklngmen. are going
to use the ballot hereafter more
thoughtfully and discriminatingly
than ever before. . ;. .Is. '
Another trust, the tobacco trust.
ha been found guilty and la subject
to fine, but the men who violated
the law were found not guilty.
These conviction . of corporations,
while the men comprising and man
aging them are immune, might sug
gest a scheme to our burglars and
highwaymen; If they could combine
and form a trust under whose reg
ulation they would operate, perhaps
the courts, as In these other cases,
might hold them individually guilt
less, while imposing - penalties on
their i organization-; But perhaps
not; the law is a curious thing. ,
The Traveler' Aid bureau of the
Y. W. C. A. aa managed by Mis Lola
Baldwin,- has, during the past, two
years or so, literally fined a iong-
felt want in this city. It has done
much good work, the, value of which
could not be atated in figures and Is
deserving of commendation and en
couragement on the. part of all good
citizens. . . "
Committees " of investigation of
candidates for United States Senator
are becoming quite fashionable. The
very fact that a . man seek to be
elected to the senate seems to be re
garded aa prima facie evidence that
he ought to be investigated. -
According to Wilbur Atkinson,
publisher of a farmer' periodical in
Philadelphia,-; -railroad transporta
tion cost the government last year
146,825,994, - 'while the regular
charge! of the express- compahTesior
the same service for private cus
demonstrafeS the necessity for rail
road control.
SV Not only the courts of the
United States, but the court of the
state of Oregon, have held that such
control is not only perfectly proper,
but It is the plain duty of the state
to pursue it to maintain the rights
of the people:
7 8. ;' At. the present time there is
absolutely no forum to which the
people can appeal tor the correction
of any transportation abuse.
4. Rates have been maintained at
a higher scale in Oregon than in any
other state in " the whole United
State. -'-A- :' -r-.r - n -
. 6. There baa been little, if any,
railroad development and extension
of railroad line In the state, and
yet a huge surplus has been piled up
to the burdening of every established
industry and enterprise la the state.
6. If the railroads of Oregon had
spent even a portion of their surplus,
over and above interest and dlvl-
extension and otherwise, the state
of Oregon ' today would not be in
second place to the state of Washington,-but
would have more than
one million people withinlt borders.
and the city of Portland would nave
nearer 300.000 than-8 00,000. , r
r. , ...e - ..,
It Is to.be ftxpected that every rail
road adherent, paid attorney and
subsidised servant willoppose rea
sonable.. and , remedial legislation,
will strive to confuse honest legis
lators with a multitude of measures,
and will endeavor to throttle all
legislation promising any real con
trol. Whlle pretending to be friends
of- the, people, they will try to kill
those measure that promise relief.
They will doubtless be found advo
cating an elective, railroad commis
sion which will cause history 'to re
peat, itself, for such a commission
in. the nature of things will be an
ally, aa It waa before, of the offend
ing railroads. - ' VvV':., ;" !
; The people must stand guard and
must exact from their representa
tives in the legislature faithful ad-H
herence to their Interests and loyal
regard to the public trust Imposed
In them.',-If the legislature falls in
its" duty, the railroad ahacklea will
be welded still more tightly around
the limb of Oregon and the wings
which she is supposed to do her fly
ing with will be clipped to the sec
ond . Joint. The'; indolence vwhich
comes from servitude dulls the ener
gies and ; aspirations of our half
awakened people, already too much
Inclined not to "help themselves."
tomers charges high enough, good
ness knows would have been only
19,868,198, a difference of $37,480,-fdO; themBeiresrahe Is eoatant .te listen
795. Mr. Atkinson says that it the
railroads can transport live hogs for
individuals 800 mile at 88 per ton,
it ought not to cost the government
f 100 per ton (5 cents per pound) to
transport literature 600 miles.
The latest suggestion as to the dis
position of himself by President
Roosevelt when he teps'down and
out into private life is that he should
become a missionary. This is no
doubt one of the several field of ac
tivity In which he might shine. No
preacher could be more forcible or
surer that he knows It' all and was
absolutely right,. and if the heathen
raged' and imagined vain things, a
big ' stick would aoon convert them
to ' proper ways of belief and be
havior.' ' ;r
, Anyone who is determined, that
there ahall be a war between the
United States and Japan wl) .find
assurance of that event ia the fact
that the Jap in the Hawaiian is
land have been . purchasing more
rice than usual. They will use it
for breastworks and ammunition, as
well aa food.. 1.' , :" :" .V.'-'x'v '
. President Ripley of the Santa F
railroad say that all that I neces
sary .with reference to the railroads
Is to let them alone. The people of
Oregon have tried that for a long
time, and have been forced to the
conclusion that it doesn't pay. ' ' '
Guggenheim evidently has the Re
publican members of the Colorado
legislature secured safely and "for
keeps."'. He did not spend a million
for nothing. - . -
- If Mr. Davey can hold fast to the
members he seems to have attached
to him, and there teems no good rea
son why he should not, he will be
elected Mr.' Speaker Monday.
- - An Expensive Thermometer. '
" The moat expensive thermometer, In
the United Btateaiain up at the Johns
Hopkins university, Baltimore, Mary
land. It la valued at lie.Aoe and ia an
absolutely perfect instrument. The
graduations on the glaaa are ao fine that
It requires a mloroscope to read them.
NOTHINO DONS YET
r
HE TRIAL of Mayor Schmits
and' Abe Ruef la nowhere in
sight yet. For some weeks
- now the court has been prin
cipally busy- with, inquiries about
members of the grand Jury. The
unobservant, layman may " have a
crude idea thatafter a grand Jury
haa been duly tmpanneled, and has
acted or Is ready to act on indict-
menta and informations .laid before
it, questionings of the Jurors similar
to those to which trial Jurors, are
submitted are out of order, but not
so, at least in San Francisco, when
the defendants have lot of. money.
Day after day, week after-week, the
process of examining .the grand
Jurors, or witnesses concerning
them, goes on, to such a length that
the public almost forget the alleged
crimes that aroused such an uproar,
and becomes comparatively careless
about the outcome which ia one of
the reasons for all this prolonged
side-stepping on the part of the de
fendants' attorneya. If by any hook
or crook it can be made to appear
that any one of the grand Juror bad
city, or even had read the newspaper
account of it Interestedly, it will be
argued, for days and perhaps weeks
more, if the apparently interminable
inquiry ever ends, that this Is a suf
ficient cause for discharging the
grand Jury, and quashing any indict-
men to iv in ft ubtq ivuntx ,
wonderfully patient people we Amer
icans are.'- ?" ' V. i
Be Sympattetic ancl
Earnest .
By Beatrloa Falrfac
Sympathr Is the most lovable -quality
possessed by woman.
No mattar bow plain or rao she mar
be. u aha baa sympathy she wins love.
etia need not be clever, for thoush
people admire cla-vernaaa they do not
love it
Of course It is possible to be pretty
and clever and sympathatlo all at the
same tlma. and then a woman Is lire
latlble; but lf-ah can hav but one of
the three qualltlaa sympathy is the most
valuable. ; . -
To begin with, the sympathatlA wom
an Is a good listener: She puts her en
tire interest Into your tale of Joy or of
woe, and for the time being your cause
ia tier causa.
She does not preach, nor say. "1
told you . so." 6h listens, and says.
l know Just how you feel," land sands
you away -comforted - by the' thought
that in your place abe might have
done Just as you did. '
She: knows- enoush--not"to-taurh"ai
the wrong time, and that's a vary lm
portant thing to know if you wish to
win love. .. ,. '
' The sympathetlo woman's fife la not
always one of rosea, for her friends,
being euro or ner sympathy, have no
scruples over making - great demand
ca It. They expect her to be unfall
ing -wiin advice, eomrort and ... appre
ciation or their virtues.
All children love her; their unerring
Instinct teaches them that she is tbalr
rriend and protectress.
Men like to talk to heri - she - does
not pretend to know more - than they
appreciatively,
una ia earnest as well aa sympe
thette,-and earnestnasa is a charming
quality. - . -- -
. Have yen ever talked to a peraon
who eould not be serious, and who
laughed at everything and turned
every aid of life into a Joker It is a
most tiresome quality.
No ona wanta to make life a con
tinuous performance of. solemnity, but
at the- same time no one wants to
make it one huge Joke.
.. e e . e ' v ;
There la a happy medium, and we
all have moods when a laugh at the
wrong time Jars ua moat painfully.
If I were advising a girl to ehooae
three qualities to cultivate I would
aay, "Choose sympathy, earnestness
and simplicity of manner."
If a. girl strives to be a good listener
ah will And It eaay to make hosts of
friends. People always enjoy talking
of their own woes, adventures, etc
But artificial . sympathy won't do.
It' must be genuine, must come from
the heart
Nothing artificial makes any true or
lasting Impression, and In love or sym
pathy it Is especially unreliable.
Don't try to be clever or impressive
or Impoilng. Be content to be simple,
sympathetlo snd true. In that way
you . will wla and hold the love of your
fellow creatures.
w Noses of Great Men. . '
Prominent nose eeem to have bean
the property of many great men. I,y
eurgua and Solon had noaea six inches
in length, and Ovid was aurnamed Naao
on account of hla large none. ' Solpto
Naslca derived his - name from bis
prominent olfactory organ, and Alexan
der the Oreat and Cardinala Wolaey and
Richelieu all had large noaea. On the
medals of CyrMs and Artaxerxea their
noaes came elemr out to the rim of the
coin. - 1 A
Washington's was the true aquiline
type, indicative of flrmnees and pa
tience, aa waa the nose of Julius Caesar.
Mohammed , had a singular aoaev -It
waa so curved that a writer haa told ua
that the point of it aeemad continually
striving to inaert Itself between tola lips.
The noaea of Franklin, Ahakeapeare and
ir. Johnson an bad wide nostril a, be
tokening strength and love ef thought
The nose - of Napoleon waa exquisitely,
though firmly, chiseled. He ftea said.
"Give me a man, with plenty of nose!"
rreSerlcK the Great had ao large a
boss that Lavater offered to wager that
blindfolded he could tell' it .among
10.000 by merely taking it between hla
thumb and forefinger. ' j
."
' Frightening Evil Spirits. ,
Soldiers fire a volley over the grave
of a dead comrade because in days gon
by, when auperatttlon waa practloally
universal. It was generally believed that
making a noise kaett away evil spirits,
and the passing bell -cam Into vogue
for that renaon. ' Whan f Irearma were
Invented, volley firing waa aubstltuled
for the paastng bell, the belief being
that the aound ef battle would be more
efficacious In the ease of a soldier.
AS
crmon
THE VOICE DIVINE.
" "aod,who"at sundry times and In
dlvere mannera spake1 In time past unto
the fathers by the prophets." Heb. 1:1
By Henry Fv Cope. '
THRO
HROUOH the agea men have
alted for voices to speak
from out the great unknown.
T Answering to thla universal
longing for larger light to thla aearch
for truth, there has been the coavtotlon
that, where our own scanty knowledge
ended, there aomethtng akin to revela
tion would give ua light, we have been
listening for volcea that would apeak
with an authority transcending - that
given to our fellows. . .
Cold reason may mock at revelation,
butv the aoui atruggltng In darkness,
baffled by Its problems, lost In the
night, still looks up and hopes. . Tor
what awaits us but despair if the mys
terlea of the unlverae are forever
sealed, our queatlona forever unan
swered, and no higher appeal to be
known than that to our own eelflah In
terests? It la not strange that men
have heeded those who, though often
mistaken or but Impostors, have cried,
Thus aalth the lordr"""lr-T-
It would be strange If In a world of
aplrits there-might be ne communica
tion ef spirit If the fairest thought of
rft era la that which was given ua
JKheojaan-jtsa taughtt think of . the
omnipotent aa father, it would be
atrange If there should be no way by
which such a father might apeak to hla
children. Such a world 'would contra
dict all eur beat Instincts. 8ucb a
world woald mean that man was better
than his maker. . t . . .
The divine Voice apeak, but we too
oftqn listen in the wrong direction. It
falls not from the skies; it cornea not in
stTfingn, unnsnsl wars of ilslnus mill
portents. But It Is ever speaking
through tne thing f daUr-iire; it Is
ever revealing truth aad beauty to the
inner ear, for it comes net 'from without-but
springs up within: heard by
the heart rather than by the ear. :
" ' The beat - things - have not dropped
down: they have grown up. Life ia not
from without but from within. - God
speaks not In thunders, but la the hopes
and the longings of heart. Even the
voice we hear In the atghlngs of the
Sentence Sermons.
-.- -y'By Henry F. Cope
Habit ia eur heaven or eur. hell. '
......... , 9 . ., .
The. heartless are spiritually home-
leas. . !
v ..... a e , r-
Love et tie law finds liberty in the
law. ..i '-
,. , V."'
The way to keep friends Is te keep
faith,
The heaviest chains are made from
liberties abused.
' -" 1.. "''-.
The sleeping ehuroh always awakes te
shame. , .,.....;.,-
.. . . e , . -
Bcratch chronle'crttlo and yon find
a hypocrite.
Ha eanoet mova "hartWhose Haart
cannot oe moveo. .
A moonehlny religion does not make a
sunamny world.
a a ,
worthy life Is Impossible wttnout a
wormy motive,
The worst punishment of sin Is that
ene learns 'to love It . '.
Re who must he goaded te do right
la going to do wrong.
. ... -. i . e a '. ; :
Tou never know what la la a maa
unUi ha geta. la,a. minority. . ,
v v , a. a
Eloquence has a tendency te act aa an
evaporator for. religion. . ;
Let money talk and you are sure
to
hear the. fool before long. .j.
. . . T
The bread of life ia never on the lips
or the bread-and-butter preacher.
. The beat point In a sermen la that
which pierces your self -sat IS fact ton.
e
The really movlns- aairmon ia the ana
that makes you get up and do things.
The only good that really' Is good for
aay is that which works good for alL
':;...'. , -e . - - ' ,
A man doea not have to look sheaptah
te prove that he Is not one of the goeta
.- "i a a - ' ....
The minister oppressed by a sense ef
his modernity will paralyse hla minis
try. ' r .
. ' .. a , a-
Many a man tries to make up for a
lack of a definite goal by an exoeas ef
speed.
L January 11 in Hiatorjr. "
KIO George Fox. founder of the "80-
elety of Friends,' or Qoakera, died.
ISO French defeated ' Spanish at
Cuenca. - .- ;
1114 -Antwerp repulsed attack of
British and Pruaafan.
ltlf Tuacumbla. Courtland and De
catur railroad, first west ef the AUe-
ghanles, incorporated.
14 Battle of ChlUlanwallah, India.
' 1868 UnHed States senate reinstated
Stanton. ; .- ' -
1878 Gladstone resigned liberal lead'
erahlp. - .rr. -
1888 Prince Arthur -6f , Connaught
born. -' : . '' ' -
1894 Sicilian revolution crushed by
government troops. " .
r
Not They Who Soar. A
Not they who soar, but they who plod
Their rugged way, unhelped, to God '
Are heroas; they who higher fare, -And.
flying, fan the upper air, - ,
Miss all the toll that huge tbe sod.
"Tie they whoso backs have felt the rod,
Whos feet, hava pressed the path unshod.
May smile upon defeated care, . , , .
Not they who soar. . v j
High np there are no thorna to prod,"
Nor bowlders lurking 'neath the clod
To turn tbe keenness ef the share.
For flight is ever free and rare; -'
But heroea they the soil who've trod, -
Not they who soar,
" , . aul Dunbar. '
- Not a Pbpulist Among Them.
- Eight eandldatee entered In the race
for United States senator in Kanaaa, to
succeed Senator Benson, ths appointee of
Governor Hoch. Several ef these hsve
already dropped ut of the running.- The
toga probably will descend upon ona of
the present Kansas) representatives la
oeogreas, " ..,,,
for Today
wind or" the' message we read In the
rays of the setting sun must he In us
before it means aught to ua.
The ten commandments owe their
force not to any writing on atone but.
to their, writing on our hearts; to them
the aoui of man anewers affirmatively-.
The only moral code wa can follow la
that which apeaks with the authority
of a conscience convicted.. That doea
not mean that man ia hla own God, nor
that ha knows no law higher than him
self: it does mean that by the laws ef
spiritual development the law Is being
written on every hrart
Every real, revelation la a divine rev
elation, el nee all truth Is divine. Onca '
wa thought the scientist the enemy of
religion; now we know that .whenever
sclsnce lays bare one. of the facts of
the universe we do but look on what the
finger of the Infinite haa written. When
religion fights - truth simply because
truth speaks an unfamiliar tongue or.
falla to respect her traditions, she it
fighting asalnst God himself.
Our need I not soma strange, awe-.
Inspiring voice that, shall break the si
lence of the midnight i sky; our need
is an ear trained to hear, a spirit to
understand and " reverence the sublime
volcea that are ever speaking ; In our
World, the voices ef the beauty of na
ture, the Joy of living; the- atortea of
everyday divine heroism, the forces that
are making a new world, todayi aa .truly
aa ever one. was made long ago.
The life of our day haa not leas of the
divine than the Hfe.pl long ago: but the
message la harder to read; it Is for an
educated race; It is spiritual - rather
than merely material; It la from within;
It la found In every good Impulse, la
every outgoing sympathy, 'In the kind
ling of eye aa friend greeta friend. In
the good that men' are dnlna-. In Ilia
"rMeTafloij that la becoming wider, the
lova stronger between man and man. '
God speaks to men now as he spoke
16 Moae or to David.' though the man
ner may have changed. But the poor In
epirlt-thoa with whom pride of the
past haa not -served to make them un
willing to learn,' these hear the-voice;
the pure In heart see blm; the seekers
after truth' find - him. and to all he
comes in the tanning moment or in
the quiet hour when the ' voice, ef the
heart makes Itself heard, - ' . ; ,. . ,
H
ymns to Know.
. The Unseen Lord. .,'.;
' ' By Ray Palmar. -f ' .
I Although Dr. Ray Palmar eriU al
ways be best remembered aa the author,
of the great hymn, "My Faith Looks Up
to Thee," he did not regard that product
of hla youth aa hla best piece of work
in hymnody, hut preferred this, which
was written much later. -It -was the
outgrowth of a aermoa that ha waa pre
paring in 1858 for his people at Albany,
on the text I Peter 1:, U waa pub
lished In a local periodical in the same
year. It belonga to the class .of hymns
of devotion and It id not dlf fleuU to be
lieve that Its author waa heard . repeat
ing the last Statu Just before he died. 1
Jesue. theae."eye have never seen
That, radiant, .form, of jthlne; ta
The vail of sense hanga dark between "
Thy bleaaed face and mine. . v
I see thee not I heartee not '
Tet art thou oft With me; , i , ,
And earth hath ne'er ao dear a spot
As whsre I meet with thee., ;
Like some bright dream that comes un
.- - sought '.'-... , . : - '
Whan alumbera e'er me roll, ,
Thine Image ever fills my thought
And chsrms my ravlshd souL
Tet though I have not eeen. snl still
Must rest in faith alone.
I love thee, dearest Lord, and will
Unseen, but not unknown.. . .
When death those mortal eyee shall seal.
And still thla throbbing heart.
The rending veil shall thee reveal. '
All-glorloua, aa tnou art -
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1 Influence oi the Portage.
From tht East Oregonlan.
The atatement of the rate reductions
by the O. R. N. which was published
at length In the East Oregonlan a few
daya ago, ahow the direct influence ef
the portage road. "The reduotlona affect
only river polnta and practically only
thoae polnta at which the boats of the
Open River Transportation company
touch. , ' - ' , , ''
Thla Is sufficient reason '. to believe
that the portage and the Open River
Transportation company are responsible
for the reductions. The rallroada must
adjuat their freight ratea te water trans
portation along the Columbia river. It
la the only logloat standard where navi
gable rivere are found,
And the history of commerce In '-the
United Statea ahowa that railroad traf-
no Is even heavier along the great wa
ter course . than elsewhere, , Lower
ratea and river transportation "Will not
harm the rallroada. but lnataad wUl in
crease traffic . . -. ,
The railroads running parallel' te the
Mississippi, Ohio. Allegheny.- Mlaaouri
and ether large streams do more. busi
ness In proportion to mileage than roads
not in competition with the river Jines.
The same will be true of the Columbia
river roads. Trafflo- will grew as the
country settles up, and while rates will
be reduced to a reasonable basis, and
while rlvtf ' ' tiiwiiiwmiM.a4ii k Ae
enormous Volume, yet the railroads jstrrj
ba eengeated with freight movememL
wnare freight ratea are towered te
-reasonable basis, the production of
crops will Increaae and make more busi
ness. While boat ilnea arer stimulating
the settlement of the country and Induc
ing , homeeteadera to cultivate cheaper
land the railroads will ahare this pros
perity and ao In reducing rates the rail
roads are building up their own busi
ness as well as making prosperity for
the producer. . .
Sir WUliam Treloar Birthday.
Blr William Put-die Treloar. ; lord
mayor ef London, waa born January is.
ins. Alter graduat ne? from Klnrs
college, he Joined hla father In the
linoleum, carpet and mat business. Sir
William entered municipal life In 1881
aa a member ef the common council, be
came alderman In 1888, and sheriff in
1800. He waa knighted In. the same
year. He la noted for hla devotion m
the Buffering children of London, and
especially the little erlpplee ef the
Ragged School union. Every yearti-e I
organises a great distribution of Chr1sTS
maa hampers for erlpplee.
Why Bridegroom. n ,
The man Is called a "bridegroom"
at hla wedding because In primitive
daya , the . newly wedded, man had tn
watt upon the bride and serve at her
table upon his wedding day, and thus
a 'groom" a thla ooeaaion. -
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