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irw OURNAL OF , - .J. THE JOURNAL AM INDBPBNDSNT WBPAPkB c a. jACKaoN.. -eMlaha tmr areata 'VJftf kx. PUtS aad .-klU atraata. Portlaoa. Stared it th noatoffVe at PortUBAjOr, raaaaUaalea teeeacb the saaila ae seeeaS-4 TBIPBOMB MAIM TITS. " , AU aWnartBMate reached tbla aewhet. " be afxrator tba departaaeat M weat. FOBEI01 AWVEBTISINO PBrj-arrTAW 100 liaaaae tlntl. ew Sock Trlboae . bc. Cafeaee. la the LUKA Statea, Canada pt atealcel 4 , ;-;;r. VAlhX , ' ". . . . Oh yeai. ........ AS o -,. UNDAI ' Oh 7r.........i6 I On. Bv-th DAJLI AKD SUN DAT. ' Om pear 7 " I Oae Bwath -t The JOURNAL ,1 : .', ..... . ' iwou onctnanov.. ('-, ; SUy .. jSOfOCM . coKPAaa.Tm ritdor. nkwr, iot. !1t - HI ,Ikrau7. 4Ur wrn.......M,W ' Sato la tb u (dally ana u TTi Joarail la tba aaly any mim ta PwtlaB4 tht m clrenlatlaa (acta aa ncnraa to tha aablle. tall? aod fily--l abort, aiakaa lu raaorda aa enaa book. Bark of anrjr Joaraal clmlatloa atatooMat la abnadaot aad convttHMoff proof, anoa ta ararw ailmtlarr ba daatrra to naka por aanal laaatttlo, araaarooai raporta. rr pr rout atraata, elrcalatloa racorna. papar bllla, aipraaa aad poatnftk-a raoalpta, aad tha eaah racetpta lor atrralarloa. tha baot nunin v. ma. i" r. ta antltlod ta Bowoira Aajarleaa Nawapapar Dlrartory'a narantoa lUr, tboa ktaurlaa th mil saUtary 111 fooaa ta tha ad- RAILROADS AND OREGON. a GAIN it is announced that the A proposed and long-talked of new railroad ' projects, and those begun, in and near Ore' gon, will soon-go, forward." These include the completion of ' the Ri paria-Lewiston line," the Elgin-Jo-seph extension, the Drain-Coos Bay line, the Pendleton-Pilot Rock branch r and "more important perhapf than these, the road across central Oregon and the line from Natron to Klamath Falls As to the latter, at least, there is no absolute certainty, but the, local railroad officials, as told by he news columns of The Journal, 'talk, encouragingly. .They say nothing of ' lack of funds or fear of insolvency. ; , ; We think the new law passed, by the legislature will not, as it should not, prove In " obstacle in the way .of this railroad building, or bt con sidered by the railroad officials as inimical to teir interests. They are saying just now that they desire to correct some evils that they admit tfwv have been iruilty of, ' and to work more on " the principle of mutuality of their, and the peoples . interests. There is a gopdchance here in Oreoon to dothis, 'and to aid immensely in 'thefi speedy devel - opment of this splendid state and xe gioa. Oregonhas never aho'wn hos tility tothe - railroads, and there ' is no hoa-Wity, beyond what may , be necessarily involved ' in self preser- ration, in the heW t laws, The railroad commission of Ore gon is expected to do its duty by ' the people of the state, and to re gard their interests - aa paramount, but we doubt not that the commia - arnn la and will be. disposed : to treat the railroads with fairness and even with liberality, under the law . and it will certainly carry out the people's sentiments if it. does so all the more cheerfully and effectively if these railroad projects are prompt ly ; carried . forward. -The ' people would stand a good deal even in the war of hich freicht Tares if -these . ura-ently needed roads were built ' and enough equipment supplied to ' move their products. If the railroad kings will treat the people of Ore eon anywhere near right, the peopl will not be beard to complain. But they need considerable .: showing. ' Many of them are from Missouri. MEN WITHOUT SOULS, t TNCIDENTAL to the discussion I aroused by some, doctors that the ? X human soul has weight, our morn ing contemporary remarked d oriallyi .There are persons in' I he .world tvhose aouls weighed nothing ; and we can prove it. To their t'ass belongs these who nre too stingy to make street or sidewalk . Improve ments," This (s interesting, if true, not enly ' because of the fact stated, but also because it affords the public an op portunity, with but slight effort, to , ascertain the identify of some of the people who, have weightless souls. because they "are too stingy to irske street, or sidewalk improvements.' The Oregonian is no doubt able to ' speak as an expert on this suoject, as well as on plagiarism.. . . ; r There is a short bit -of much trav eled street, the extension of Madison " street from Front to the west end of the bridge, that long rexained in in almost impassable and disgraceful condition- because the owners' of ihe abutting property, the principal rrirtor of the Oregonian and hi On In la-av.r " arintrv to make" the in-Iaw, were too etingy to " absolutely necessary improvement. Finally the city, being unable to on- pel theie confessedly soulless tt:en toi improve thii little but very Important .... . k 1 j j- : . i a 1 paten oij street, nau w own, that ia, the public coat " So . . . .. . . j . : rittock ana iaaoeuer prouiiu,e i teems, by being without souls, for the rest of the eople paid for the work that benefited these men's property and that they should have paid for. Not having any aouls, according Mtloa-OwnMPeX,. svjrjithe: little money and made tneni a nie richer. . - - -..- -y H. ''.:-'; But somehow this reminds us. of an old question: , "What shall it prolit the whole world and man to gain lose his own soul?". 10 W A REPUBLICANS. sqr HE lows City Republican de-1 I - dares that the. Republican party X - in that state "was never at as low an ebb as now. The Desl Moines Register and Leader (Rep.), I corroborates the statement. The Sioux City Journal, that stands with the The percentage of. dishonesty in the other or anti-Cummina faction, does body is startling. The mayor-who not dispute the assertion, but lays the went in as a white-robed saint of re blame on the Cumminsites,' who are form, became a chief ainner in the tariff t revisionists, while . the Des system of graft If a reform mayor Moines -and Iowa City.papers attrib-jwilt ute the trouble to enemies o Cum- mins,-hinting that at their head, is I Senator Dolliver. All these 1 papers deprecate factionalism, but each, of 1 course, insists that it is the factional-1 ism of the other fellow that does the I mischief. The Cummins organ thinks every Republican ahould get in line I and stand shoulder to shoulder for this leader, who has . thrice been elected governor, i The standpatters say Cummins is a dictator ani a I party wrecker, and ia not supported I bv the Iowa senators and congress I - . . ..i men, and came near being beaten last I fall. '''..-.'r :v- ' l' "The fact Js "that voters" of Iowa, as I well as of other states, are becoming! more independent politically. Many of them decline to follow blindly a leader, and to accept' everything he uvi and does ' witnoui qu-iwu, whether he be a senator or a gover- nor. Factionalism may not always be a bad thing. If a party is rentbyl factionalism, it may be because of the ambitions And schemes of i5al lead-J ers. but it may also be partly because the rank and file are not satisfied long l with. either aet brjtaders.; , . -. Cummlna made his fight principally on the tami revision ana twuimu resrulstion issues. He was very bit-1 terlvantaKonized - "within .his i- own I rty, but triumphed, and a majority of the Republicans of Iowa are no doubt with him on these oueitions, Most other Republican leaders want to "let well enough alone," and reon the proposed saloon ordinance, both jealous and afraid of the 4Tver: I lnd , Mr. McKenna exhibits h.is civic nor, who is accused of being hall aioyty by reconsidering his rcsig- Democrst. Hence . the Republican I party in 'Iowa was never at as low an J ebb as now." ' But thst may not w the worst thing that could happen to Iowa. ' ' " - STATES AND RAILROADS. HE RAILROAD question is very live one aown soutn Jl particularly in oeorgia, , wncrs particularly ' in Georgia, where the 1 people have many griev ances against the railroads. Gover nor Hoke Smith recently delivered a speech - in Atlsnta in which he re viewed the situation, both locally and nationally',' with , much " ability. " He showed that a railroad was different from a strictly private corporation, and that its duty was first to the public and second to the stockholders. He criticised the carelessness that re sults in so many fatal wrecks, the de- lay in shipping produce, owing to m - sufficient equipment, and the evil and injustice to the people ot stocir. water- inir. and ; declared tnat government '- , , TT control had become imperative. He advocated control Dyotn icuerai ana state governnentsr and speaking par - ticuiarly ot tne situation V'' ssid that the way to accomplish good results was to begin at home. people . of Georgia,"; he said, "can protect , themselves." He advocated the creation, of a railroad commie sion, composed of men "wise, honest and brave," nd said that , while, he was not now in favor of government ownership of railroads, he did favc -sute ana nations. railroad lines as may be required for the purpose of '.m TrT ana oy aiv - aavvira 'furniched." ' The proposition of Mr. R. G. Smith of Grant Pass for Oregon to build a railroad across the state ia similar to one made in conclusion by Cover nor Smith, who said:, " How better eould the etates ef Ten. nesaee and Kentucky serve their people than te build a railroad from Chatta. nooga, connecting there" with our state road te a point on the Ohio rlverf How better eould the states of Ohio and In diana serve their people than te extend a line from such a point on the Ohio river to the great lakes, and then how could Oeorgta better serve tha people f all these atatee than to build a road i tha aoaant We ml aht - J then nave from the takes and from Us h, river to tha omu aTeettreno- portatloa company. operated not for sel- lim)l aaiD to pay dividends . upon lm- gopari, i..u.i 1 atek. banjU. but Tlc ,t th T0r ,M,t co,t w fZXLX. determlnad that Georsla will oontrlbuta - " . - -- - bar part towards protactln tbe-rignw ef the shippers and the rlshta ef the arraat maaaaa ot tha people asalnat every unjust burdan, : ; ' I ' " "' THE LESSON OP SAN FRAN- v; . Cisco. -L:,v,' THE disclosures of graft In San 1 Francisco prove the wisdom of Oregon in drawing nearer to the people in her system of gov ernment The logic of these disclo- "8 ia that pdwer delegated to offi- Icials is in constant and grave' danger of abuse.' It is tbesafer rule to keep the finality of prerogative in the col lective citizenship. It is a necessary precaution to rescue 'officials ' from (themselves and -to eave the people from being plundered. Of -all (he 18 supervisors in an Francisco, there seems to have been but one that remained uncorrupted. not stay honest when he gets into place, what of the man who takes official position with no pledge of purity on his lips? Temptation has proven the ruin of many mao. .A public franchise is concession of great value.. For the safety of officials themselves as well as for the welfare of the people, the power to confer a franchise should never be delegated to a email group of individuals. '" What happened in San Francisco explains the reason, wny. Dishonest men will traffic in them snd men ordinarily honest willC . ... . . made dishonest by tne proms' sucn traffic offera. V ..- S In every mumcipahtyin Oregon, snd in the state at large, the right of veto is vested inxthe people and the San Franciscoepisode ahowa that it is welt Those strong-armed and justly in Ufgnant. citixens of s Winlock, Wash ington, who aevere.ly beat a man with a barrel stave who bat repeatedly beaten and knbckel'down bis wife, (were somewhat, irregular,' but Ihey would not need to plead Drnatorm in order to be acquitted of assault be- fore any jury that could ce orougnt roitmw, ii ,...,., it was in not whacking the scoundrel harder and oftener. ,' The Initiative One Hundrc 1 has no occasion to cease its gxd work because ita members could not agree nation. There are many important matters upon which the One Fun- ,jred can agree with substantial unanimity, and the 'city needs just such an organization to help it keep moving along- .rapidly in the right d:rction. . . Again the great valleys of Cali- ornit are deva$uled with floods, . . . rence there. Calif ornians sometimes allude to Oregon as a land of ex cessive wetness, but California can beat Oregon on overflows of ram' pageous and destructive . waters. Here, as a rule, the water helps pro duce crops, instead of washing them away. Detective Burns says he ha 'dis covered but one honest official in the San Francisco lot. This ia worse , wt trt ure 0f .bout Sodom . i0om0fr.Bj tH we know ia that of he . &td not con i . tnt,t I lt W Jjaaa..Vae . ev-a. tt wM not limited to office hoWerfta 1 The briber would be as bid as the hTlht9 except .t the httef hat taken an oam to serve iat pwy.a- wuw honored and trusted him.' Hence his I crime is incomparably blacker than that of the scoundrel who buy him, Astoria having an ordinance pro hibiting": "dives,"- or combination dance halls and saloons, Mayor Wis hi , j by oraering them ' t.bli.hm.nts, the thing, to do I. to A" the ordinance, against them. The general opinion will be that ' Heney grants immunity to Schmits nt . pn carrying po. icy of using "state a evidence" en tirely too far' . . It does pot take very much push ing of municipal boodlers to show that in their case at least there it no honor among thieves "" , , ' -: .v ... rii i i 1 ii1 1 a, " ' Monopoly. ' Prom the Terrs Haute Tribune. It was Eve who had tha best husband ta Us world at the Una - .. LITERATURE IN THE MAKING nut tht Oraa-onlan hail prided ttsajf on the wonderful vtrttlty. amesine- ertglnallty and unparalleled j brlUlaney ef Ha edttorua pa- Dunns tbe eanie years discerning readers have often found evideaee ' that Ore, sonlan editorial writers use at ne in thalr work, colna tbrough the world of literature and. like a butterfly catcher. enmeahlnv ell the brls tninee tnat strike their fancy. la other word they llshtly commit the orrenae or piasaxr lam soraetlmaa approprlatlna' a ae- tence; efton whole raratrapha and ocoa- lonally lonsr aruciea. wrai to uf author is not to be thought ot It is -i . t.. .1m wnt-lr la flMmiil aOOd enough to adora the Oragonlaa editorial . The offending- goes on at short Inter vals. ' aenerallv the Injured party IB some one whoae wrltlnga have a limited circulation, but soraetlmas the pilferers help themselves " to , the treasures oi great authors whoae work la known wherever the English language la spoken. A Portland student who takes a Sherlock Holmes aengni ia . ' gonlan adltorlala recalls a time when large chunks of an eaaay by the la mented Robert Louis Btovenaon were stolen to make aa Oregonian editorial This was oa February 1. JOS. The edi torial bore the attractive title. "Vaga bond Man ef Qeniua." and dealt wltb the life ot Francois Villon, a raymmg thief who lifted money and plate, but. unlike Oregonian editors, dledalned to steal ideas. A dosan yeaxa or more prior to the appearance ot the Oregonian editorial rererrea to- xtQDer ai.vmaa nuhllahed an essay entitled nrrancnla Villon. Student. Poet and Housebreaker." , . ; , ;'- - ' ' . :.' Bangs tha editorial and the essay aid by aide and note the aweep of the but terfly net. Stevenaoa apeaks r VU Ion's "evil, ironical temper.'VOJke a parrot the Oregonian editor Tepeate the words. Btevenaon refers td Villon as a writer who had parched hlmaelf astride the gallows. The Oregonian editor likes the Idea so well hat he Instantly ap- nroDrlatea It. Btevenaon speaks of VU Ion's Paris being "full of famine, shame and deaths This must be so, for the Oregonian editor says that Villon's Parts wasifull of famine, shame and death." Stevenson gets no credit.. He was not ing quoted. Somebody was stealing from him, taking his best and leaving the rest. .... - , . ' In the words of the printer, the Ore- Jronlan editor was "making pbat,". which a this lnatance merely means making use of the fruits of another's labor. Here la a modest instaneei fOraaymlaa.V I , ffltavanaoa.I At SO are find tbnv) Ware wi ait find atadaat. -poet , and ftlaa. la aumaier lei, alaa! ha la anee mora aouaebreakar la a aol aeaaa pit. wbata" he waa plarad by ardar at the Blaboa M Of laaaa as a pualabmaot tat hla erimaa. Bare be lay. rnawlog hard eraata an til bla teeth were like tha teata ot a rake, aad raralag the MalMf as PfaadofB and blaaalas tha paa pla la tba aaaUsht .. la daraaea; tula Una at Aiaon-ear-Lotre, la tba arleoaa t Thl bault d'Aaaalgny, Blab on af Orlaaaa. Ha bad baea Inwaraa la a baaket lato a Bolaama pit, where ha lay, all iat. raawlng bars I ana ratline epaas (ale. Hla taatb. ka aaya, ware Ilka the teath at a rake. Above all. ha waa i with aevy aaa aagar at the traafloDi af otbera; aad bla heart flow ad eaer lata earaaa aa be tboaaat ot Tblhaalt d'Aaaale. Ity, walklag the atraata n m i aonuaat. ana blaaatBf paopla with extended fingers.'- . : e e . e .... Whenever the Oregonian editor s anything he liked he merely cried. spy." and tt waa his. Mote wnere ne cored again: IOraeonlan.1 ' (Bterenaoa.) - Tbla extraonUaarny Thla aaUvwaIrS waa (If te gallawa-blra the one great writer ef hla are and eo antra, and initiated modara literature (or rranre. aa It la, ta It aalf, a Beiaarable fart that, before 1S4S, la the vary dawa e( printing, aad while modern rrince waa la the making? the worka of VLUoe ran throoxh aaraa Alffaraat . ed tlnu. " v waa tne one ara writer ef hla ace and eoentry. Berare 1S42, n the very eawn w tinting, the worae ar 'llloe ran thraufk eaea edltloaa. And then with stenographlo hand, at tuned to the work, the Oregonian editor pitched right In. Btevenaon' dldnt have chanoe. ' e waa aeaa. oi utr e-onlen editor thought nimsell alive, and here Is what he did to -prove it: fOraaoalan.l ( tM 7 CB fM1V l . la a aptrlt ef grim Baator ia one ef bla aoama Vlllea be- Be beqaeatne hla epetaele arlth a ha moreaa raaerfattoa at tle caaa to the boa. Cltal for blind panpara aoera aa tba rlftean arare. Tbaa eeatppad, let the blind paapert to and eeparata Uie good from the bad to Tha cemetery of . tha Inaeeaetal What does it matter now that they baea lain la atata bade aad ourlehed portly bod Ira npva cakea and craaiat Bare ther all lie. te be trodden in the mad; the larae aetata and the small, eoendine. Ttrtae and adroit ar pawarful alee, la eery mueh the eame eoadl tlon: and a btiboa not qaaatba hla aperta- elaa to tne aoapi tal for blind paapere. Tlioa eqalppad, let the blind paapera go and arparate the sood (rsaa the bad ia the Cemetery of the Inao aaata. What daaa It Biatter that la Ufa aoma of the . daa4 alapt la atata beda and (e aa eakea and cream? Hare they all Ua, ereddra la the mnd, the Urea aetata and tha small aetata, eoandlng Tlrtne and adroit or pawarful le. la eery mneb tha a m e eoadltlon blahnp not to be dla tlaanhmad froa) a lampllcater with rraa the euoageet apecU- to be dletbiiralahad from a lampllrbtar with eaea toe ataoaa' tlea. t aat enectaelee. Twould be cruel to go on. This Is s time for teara. not for gloating over the (exposure of a-eulprlt. The great literarv authority of the Paclflo north- weat the coiner of fine phrases., the originator of editorial claaslcs so called' because they are seldom read- has been caught pilfering once mora Alaa! alas! and again, alsat Today In Hlatory. IMS Johann Bebastlsn Bach, com- nnaar hftrn . TMed JUlV tt. 176. 171 British .under Cornwsllls took rtana-sinrn. India.- trr- storm. . ' ; 1801 Sir Ralph Abercromby mor- t.ll wounded at battle of Alexandria. Robert' Bouthey, English poet laureate, died. Born J774. ! Rattle of Henderson. list Mavor of Moscow assassinated. ' U7 Fleets of the powers began tha blockade of Crete. : . " . . - U99 France and England elgned agreement on Nile boundary question. I 1 L . Where Polly Got Her Name. , ream the Kansas City Times. The name Polly, applied te the parrot. la said to hare, been nrougnt to tne north in an early day ny riaiDoaimen. who took grain and provislone down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Or leans. . Parrota were in cages st 'ths doors of many French shops and ths westerners heard the French say to 4h bird, "Paries, paries," pronounced rr lee and meaning "flneakt speak! This word, bs they brought it beck, some to be polly. 1 v . ; . Hot Air. From the New York Press - A maa ean brag even about bow loud hie baby can ery. fj , Tf rtCmiLf K FTjCj . UfT1 , ...... t V Homer .Davenport's Sketch of Harvey W.v V- 1 . . ' . i Scott' Letters Froiiv tte - Immortality and Humanity. . Dayton, Or, March l-To the Kdi tor of The Journal Permit, me to give expression : to a few thoughts .touching the queetlon dismissed through the col umns of your paper , today via: '7m mortality and - Humanity. "Night- watch" affirms that neither Adam nor any other man had Immortality in him. I believe thla v statement can be dis proved. . First, we- read, God e rested man in his (God's) Image and likeness, not In the material form which term man. but In the - Image ef the sternal and spiritual existence. God had Imparted to the material form spir itual life, and man became - a living soul. - Now, this muat be accepted as true If we believe in Holy Writ Ie It reaaonable to Suppose God Imparted hie eternal end apl ritual existence to man without the poBsibllity of man becom ing Immortal T It would be rank folly for us to sssume that all we possess of God's Image and ltkeneas Is this tangible form and material extatence. for that would reduce the Creator to the level of the material.- But. Inas much as man partook ef Ood'e eternal nature. It followe that this eternal prin ciple was to bs coexistent with . the Creator. - X ' Farther, tt Is a mistaken Idea thst Christ came to Impart Immortality te man. ' Take the term 'life- ae prom ised to such s believe In Christ; it does not mean Immortal existence mere ly, but eternal tiapplneas. - Hence fu ture happiness alone la conditioned unon faith-in Christ, snd not our fu ture being. . He Is our life la that he reatoree the eoul te - Its former spir itual harmony with the Creator by his spirit, and raises our bodies from ths dead; but our immortal existence Is not made dependent upon the reception or rejection or- salvation , tnrougn tils name. Ws ehsll exist forever, whether In happiness through faith In Christ and a righteous life, or in misery through a life of sin. Thst man : Is Immortal and has a purely Spiritual nature distinct from ths body tn which it dwells, snd capable of a separate end conseloue exlstsnee by distinct and en tirely different nature, ean be proven without a doubt The Immortal nature In man le ss distinct from the body in which it exiate ss electricity is dis tinct from the body in which It may sxlst and ss light Is distinct from the erystal through which It paaaes and svery pert of which ft pervades. ' r, - Be - the Immortal nature or soul, though now in ths body, Is distinct from tt and as capable of eeparata ex la tence without the body ss electricity la without a ooaductor os light with out a telescope. Thoee thst try te re fute thle ' Idea have ae- distinct con sciousness In regard to tha question at issue; but let a person sit down snd throw his thoughts within and calmly contemplate the relation ef that which thinks and reesons . snd remembers with him, to the physical frame with which it Is connected, and If he does not resllsv a oonsolousness thst bs is not ths body, but merely the occupant, I believe it will be becauee such con sciousness Is st war with his ereed or because ha is unaccuatomed te distin guishing between his consciousness snd his senaatlone. The body snd soul are distinct eaaencea. and that the latter is not wholly dependent upon the former for Ita powers snd capabilities may be seen by a comparison of vsrious, phys ical and mental phenomena tn the rela tions which the body, end spirit bear te each other in their preaent state of union. ' Consulting our personal con sciousnsss upon - the question of eur spiritual occupancy, of the body, it ean be shown by the control which the anlrlt axerclaea - over the ohysloal or- rani am. and the relation oi seme oi our ore-ana te certain artificial belpa to sensation, that the body as a whole le the mere Instrument of the eoul. and no more the soul Itself than the locomo tive Is the engineer that runs fit and the idea that the brain ta ths living agent that controls the wondrous mechanism and is the source or au our mental phenomena Is unon Its face a saleable ebsurdlty. It is therefore reasonable that, al though the body may be laid aslds at death, aa one laye aown a lejeaoope, the soul will still live on, unconscious of dfsablllty snd unaffected by ths fats ef the material organism with which it was for a time connected end ever which it once held dominion. We are not the body, and the body Is not our selves, nor Is It a valid objection to this view to affirm that if It were matter of consciousness sll men would arrive at the same conelualon and there would be no dispute upon the subject r. - ' i. AL , ... v - V. . : Questions Dr. ' Gregorys Views. Salem, March IS. To the Editor of The Journal would you permit a lay man a little epace In The Journal to offer a mild dissent to Rev. Thomas B. Gregory's notions ss to "The Hidden Demon." Be 'enlightened ana liberal man as he cannot by any possibility In dorse ths orthodox teaching as to demons and devils. Were Mr. Gregory ta give us a heart-to-heart taJk.be doubtless would tell ue that all demons snd. devils of whose exlntence the wlaeat of men can have knowledge were once embodied in human form and denlsans of earth ae are we ouraolves. Not one of alt ths generations of the past H dead. Death hss no power over the im mortal spirit. Ite work ende with the dlasolutlon of the mortal form. - 1 Neither does death change the mind, of the freed ' spirit Demons here, demons there, with will snd powsr to influence, , and often power to control thoee In earth life who are like them selves. Not all mon have thle lurking demon. Were Mr. ' Gregory's - theory a fact then would mortal extateno b a horrid thing and hell indeed. ' ' - Borne are vlctima of prenatal condi tions that hsndlcap them through life, and render them vulnerable to the at tacks, or leadings of the evil eptrlte referred te. In en anguarded moment they go down. But the great fnaee ef mankind - are better born and better environed spiritually. The Bible ebounda with this kind of teaching; but the clergy. Bo-called, deny or Ignore, for rea eona well known to themselves and to an increasing army of the common herd, all thoee gems .of sacred truth. Few there be In thle day who Indorse the thought thst the "Millions of spirits thst walk the earth unaeen, both when we wake and when, we Bleep are demons dark, seeking whom they may destroy. Are they pot rather, minis tering spirits T . J. R. Parson Mulkey in Find Form. From the Dursnt (L T.) Nswa, The Rev. Abe Mulkey eut out the trlmmlnee last nlsht-and gave te his hearers the plain article right from thej faotory. He hitched up truth to facta and ploughed deep in the soil ef sin, never slacking , until ths entire field wss broken ua.- " , Small Change . Jf you must, smoka wslk. . y ' '" There's paranoia left to Abe Ruef. e a ' The Thaw trial got under way first but Hermann's will outlast It ':'.: a e ' . . . .- ; It seems sad to see eo much fine baseball weather going to waste. At any rate, some people's souls are not heavy enough to bother thera much. - - ' e e ; If a man has done anything bad,: be should be careful not to be murdered. " T,,7 e. ' a ; " " ' ' '.' The coat of a eeneeteaoa." ' ta the way one newspaper alludes to Rocke fellers gm. Mr. Harrlraan muat really be guilty of much; he hae atabllahed a literary defense bureau. , .v 4 a a 1 .... . " , - The spring necktie Is something, yet it cannot venture to compare Itself to the spring bonnet' , . t t - ' It nrobabiT will never be eertoualy reported that the president Is for for aker for his eucoeaaoT. . , What 1 won't some men' think -' oft - JTeaee R. .Grant has been mentioned ss presidential possibility, .;:,. e. e,':- : ''.,--.' The first eong birds are en the wing," singe a Chicago poet Out here the birds are busy going to housekeeping.-; :..f:.-. . , ,. '-.v.. , . ; . - The calendar aoring begins today, but. ' no thanks to the alamanao, spring haa been wide open In Oregon for a month, or ao. . ' "., :.i .-.. e . , ... v . -Isn't tt strange hew many prominent . Portland men don't' want to be mayor. or don't want to say they would use- to bet t - -. ; .- ''.': How would tt de to make Roosevelt national railroad - commissioner, -with , unlimited powers, when hie .term . ex- pireoT . It Is hinted that Unole Joe Cannon has gone down to Panama because he Is eo familiar with dama. But hie kind Is Printed with a final ir". ... A Pennsylvania man elalme te have) two hens that have laid eggs for II yearn Aad when they ean lay ae losgec . they will lest a long time foe food. . ' ., ; ...... -a - - - . Liquid air can now be produced st - a coat of t cents s gallon, but ite frigi dity renders It useless to candidates in the approaching municipal campaign. . ..v, e a - ... , j. ., ; ' ... Thaw a lawyers. If he should he eon- vtcted. eould certainly show on appeal that the Jurors had plenty of reason to be Insane when - they, rendered theli Verdicts. '. . , . ;' ' The 'Boston Advertiser ts ef ths opin ion thst "ths great bulk of Americana, ill .. a Wllll.m u raav Tha. . Ws suppose there will be a movement ' ef fat men in his favor. . "' ' 7" . a - e ; i Back In Boston and Chicago and' ten thousand other, places they are still looking and longing for the coming of . prlng. Of course they don't know about. Oregon or cant st nere: ,,V ,j ' Being sole to prove within a week thst Trill was and was not a plagiarist. the Oregonisn considers itself aa ex- part on that subject Aad it ean ehow , Bt years of practical experience. r . '-Somebody has said thst an Invading . Japanese army could 'not be 'stopped this slds ths Rocky mountains. . Then let ua hop It will eome la. the winter season, when ths cosst leglalaturee are In session. v ..v ... . t-.,.t - Oregon S ldeligKtS ' Brownsville ts -on "ths; up ' grade.' aaye the Times.- .. .. ....... 1. , . e e ., i ..- ' Thirty oil locations have bee efted in Melheuf pounty. j i -r-, ' Many orchard treee' are being ' aet ' out around Freewatec ? : '. i : - ! '..---. " Several families -from the east have located In Union lately. .-::".,. - e , e . . .'. : ! .' The first "grasshopper of the eeasea has appeared In Grant county. - ' - . ' .; ..' e a ' ; . Y. - . '"' A roan aged 71 and woman ef (I were married In Linn county. s. V',.'.; ' ' e e ' . :- " , One may see the best horsss ta Ore gon tble apring, says the Register. A men living . near Independence ralaes persimmon aad sasaafraa .trees , with succesa --. s .. e .' -. y : A western man sold 109 seeks ef po-' tstoes at to cents. He raised 40ft seeks " on four acrss, v ' -.-- : - j- . e. e . ' '...; -v-'- The' Philomath Review has such a rush of timber notices thst It will have to enlarge Itself. . - .- :.! .. ' Three new stacks at ths Carlton power house are 99 feet and four inehea high above the boiler. 7- - i ' . V - e , a :. .: On Ita cleaning up day Pendleton ......, Ma 1 1A iMild nf ararlwma-o faaatAaa ' burning up many tons. . . ... a a -- ' Strawberries grown en pumice Isnd near Bable Rook are of superior qual ity snd there is a great, demand for them. - v. .' f . ; ,. , :. ' . - - ' ' . . ' . " During- February a man IMng near Dayton marketed MOO eggs from 100 brown Leghorn hens, after supplying ths family with ail it eould use. , - e ' e ' ' Some el" the pspers ef the ' aewly created Judicial dlatrict In eastern Ore gon say there was no need of It ... . e e ; A Hood River man killed a hawk that measured three- feet and eight inches serosa the wings. He hed car ried off eeveral chlckene. . ... - A southern California man hss bond ed 1M0S sores of timber land In Curry eountv. and will have chipping points at Chstco and the mouth of Pistol y river. ?-," '!'.- " A lsrge aoreaee of tlmoer lande ef Cooe county will Je- eold to Wlacnnala Capitalists this ehmmen Crulaers are now golna? over the timber, making esti mates and furnishing data.' - , . e a Ths Milton Saris says it .' "recently consigned to the flsmes over no worth of acoounts agalnat people . who tinv taken ths paper SU the wsy from fjx-s ts 10 yesrs 'to help It stong.' . We dutl't Wnnt to be helped along la that wsy an iirthar" '' -
