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EQUALITY AND SQUARE DEAL.
T
HE Washington Post says In ef
fect that the term "square
deal" Is nonsense, the same as
Is the assortlon In the Declara
tion that all men are born free and
equal. The Tost assumes that the
two ideas and statements, natural
equality and square deal, are equiva
lent, which Is as one interprets them.
If the assertion In the Declaration
means the same thing, practically,
as the square deal, as we think it
does, then we do not see that It Is
an absurd Impossibility, as the Post
argues. At least it is a goal toward
Which a democracy may strive, not
In rain. The Post repeats the well
worn arguments, which we suppose
nobody longer disputes, to show that
men are born very differently in
many ways, not at all equal, and that
there la no means of making them
equal. We all know that, but does
It follow that there cannot be a
"square deal," which means some
thing very different to-wit, that the
government should be so adminis
tered throughout as to give no per
sons an advantage at the expense of
others, more than la incidentally un
avoidable. And we might go farther
In stating our apprehension of the
square deal, that It means that par
ticular care ahould be taken by the
government not to favor and ally
Itself with the rich and strong as
against the poor and weak. It is
not the government's business to
take wealth from the rich and give
It to the poor, except by way of an
inheritance and perhaps an Income
tax, and It certainly cannot divide
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one man's wisdom and give part of
It to an Ignorant man; but It can
and should neither make opportuni
ties,' except purely necessary polltJ
cat ones, for some, nor deprive any
of opportunities. When the govern
ment helps create or tolerates a mo
nopoly In any necessity of life.
does this; It permits or authorizes a
few to rob the many; it violates the
thought of the Declaration; it does
Hot give people a square deal
It may be Impossible for the gov
eminent to give everybody exactly
square deal, to see that everybody
has precisely what is coming to him
but the government can strive to
avoid building up a few and unduly
'burdening the many, as It has been
doing for many years. The idea, the
principle, of equality for all and spe
cial privileges to none, of a square
deal. Is not to be obscured by this
disingenuous argument thai the
thing is literally, technically Impos
sible. We are told to "be perfect,
even as God Is perfect" Because
we can't do this literally, shall we
not strive toward perfection, but go
over instead to the devil?
In which he Intimated that the re
ports of cruelties were much exag
gerated, if not largely Inventions;
that he saw but little proof of them,
and that old Leopold was not so
black as he had been painted. But
there ran all through his articles,
read between the lines In spite of
attempted concealment, an undertone
of unfairness, of prejudice In Leo
pold's favor, as If the professor's real
object had been to whitewash the
old rascal rather than to tell the
whole truth. This may possibly be
a mlsjudgment, but we think not,
especially In view of the abundant
testimony of English and other In
vestigators, who tell tales similar to
those reported to Mr. Johnson.
The United States has business
enough on Its hands without delving
into Darkest Africa on a revolution
izing or reforming mission, yet from
the fact stated at the outset it Is
quite In order for this country to
Join with England and the other
powers responsible for Leopold's
mastership of the Congo to compel
him to release bis hold on that coun
try and allow the natives a chance
for life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
Anticipating some such movement,
Leopold has leased great portions of
the country to a syndicate headed
by T. F. Ryan and J. D. Rockefeller
Jr., but whether the natives would
be any better off under these benev
olent despots Is uncertain. Leopold
is a Christian, as well as they are.
And how did he become the abso
lute owner of that great territory
and its millions of people, so as to
be able to turn it and them over to
a company of millionaire monopolists?
especially strangers and foreigners.
And yet we call these little people,
who are as stout and tough as they
are intelligent and brave, heathens.
Wo do not write this to exalt the
Japanese and dispraise ourselves, but
as facts that ahould be known, so
that we may not underestimate th
qualities of, our neighbors or be too
much puffed up with self-conceit.
WHERE ARE OREGON'S DAIRY
MEN?
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WE AND OTHERS.
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THE CONGO COUNTRY.
DBV. HERBERT JOHNSON, for
merly of Oregon, now a Boston
' J,, minister, has been In Portland
and vicinity lately depicting the
oppression of King Leopold's govern
ment of Congo and describing the
barbarities and cruelties practiced
by him upon the natives. -This has
become an old story, but is none the
less one of Interest In this country,
not only on general humane prln
clples, but because our government
was largely responsible for placing
Leopold in absolute power in Congo.
He obtained his strangle-hold there
through the affirmative approval of
our government, so that we have a
right and It Is our duty, if condi
tions are as represented by Mr. John
son and others, to help free those
neople from his Inhuman tyranny.
, There is some conflict of evidence
as to the facts. Rev. Mr. JohnBon !
H not an entirely convincing witness,
because what he says he knows, he
knows only by hearsay. He haB
never been to the Congo country,
but bas talked with missionaries who
have been there, and he vouches for
the truth of their, representations.
He does so Jionestly, and probably
What JieTi8Jh heard is the truth; it
Is corroborated by much other evi
dence;, j yet standing alone it is
scarcely conclusive. Even mission
aries have bee.n Inown to exaggerate.
'"' Professor 8trr, an ethnologist of
Chicago university! . spent many
month la the Congo state, and on
his return wrote a aeries of articles
T IS all right to think well
our country, of ourselves as a
people, and teach our children
to do the same. But due ap
preciation of ourselves and proper
patriotism should not cause us to
despise or underrate other peoples.
We are great, as a nation, but we
lack much of having reached perfec
tion yet in any respect. Nor is it
certain that we are relatively so
wise or progressive as we are prone
to Imagine. We can learn something
from almost any other people the
Swiss, the Finns, the New Zealand
ers, the Scandinavians, the Dutch,
the French, the Japanese. It is easy
to be too wise in one's own conceit.
We have all wondered recently at
the Intelligence, the prowess, the
power of organization and execution
the practical patriotism of the Jap
anese. So far as was discernible
they never made a blunder during
the war with Russia. We could not
have made such a record, In all prob
ability. And In the victories of peace
they promise to be as great as In
those of war. Whether we like them
or not is immaterial; would it not be
wise to learn of them? What Is the
secret of their astonishing succes:
some 40,000,000 people huddled In
an island area no larger than Cali
fornia and not one-quarter tillable?
Various reasons are given, but
they may all be surmed up in one
word, the rigbt kind of education.
Mr. William Parsons, an Oregon man
who was for five years a teacher in
the Philippines, visited on his return
trip some schools in Japan, and
found them models In every respect.
In a primary school in Osaka there
were 600 pupils, In ten rooms. Every
thing was adapted to comfort, and
perfectly clean and tidy. The chil
dren were clean and neat, and
dressed alike. They recited for vis
itors promptly, without embarrass
ment or Impudence. Their studies
were extremely practical. In geog
raphy, large maps displayed every
battleground and the disposal of the
troops or ships of the late war. At
certain intervals the pupils of a
room would pass into a music room,
to be Instructed in music and sing
patriotic songs; thence they went
Into a large playroom; and bo one
roomful followed another through
the day. On certain days they all
visited the mikado's room, which is
In every Bchoolhouse, where on these
occasions his portrait was displayed,
before which they did obeisance.
Besides all other practical and nec
essary things, these children are
taught patriotism. It is not the In
dividual, nor the family, that is the
thing important above everything
else, but their country, and this is
Incarnatized and individualized in
the mikado, God-descended, as they
believe, though they are little given
to superstition.
In their schools as well as In their
homes the Japanese are taught from
Infancy not only what may be learned
from textbooks, but to work, to save,
to utilize everything that can be
used to advantage and to Improve
every opportunity, to exercise self
denial and endure hardships without
complaining, to learn constantly-and
in all ways, to be Jealous of their
rights and their national character,
but polite to and considerate "of alL
INETY per cent of the cheese
produced in this country comes
from five states New York
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio
and Michigan. In tbe statistics of
the industry, Oregon is scarcely on
the map. Oddly enough, the country
as a whole does not supply itself.
In 1904 we bought. In round num
bers, 23,000,000 pounds in foreign
countries. Wo have the capital, the
skill, the feed and tbe cattle as no
other country has, but signally fail
to manufacture enough cheese for
our own consumption. A humillat
Ing feature is that our rate of Impor
tation Is Increasing. We Imported
only 14,000,000 pounds In 1900, but
oared to 23,000,000 pounds four
years later. The rate of Increase
during the period was 60 per cent.
while our rate of Increased produc
tlon for the same time was only 11
per cent.
For the privilege of eating the
foreign product we pay a heavy duty,
pay freights several thousand miles,
and pay profits to both home and
foreign dealers. The foreigner op
erates on costlier land, where he Is
hampered for room and hedged about
with handicaps. He must keep his
klne, and grow his feed, In confines
almost too narrow for an Oregon
garden spot. But, costly as Is the
process, we go to his market, eat
his cheese and pay his price. With
five of our states, and not our best
dairy states at that, producing 90
per cent of the country's cheese, the
explanation is easy. Where are the
Oregon dairymen?
PEACEFUL BENTON COUNTY.
L
AWYERS up in Benton county
must have rather hard scratch
lng to make a living. Judging
from the dearth of legal bust
ness there. Some months ago men
tion was made of a term of circuit
court in Corvallls occupying but a
day or two, and this week another
regular term lasted only three and
a half hours. Not a criminal case
was on the docket, and a trivial
civil case occupied most of this time.
The cost of the criminal courts in
Benton county Is next to nothing,
and people agree so well that they
seldom take a dispute Into court.
As the Corvallls Times says:
"This Is a recofd worth pointing
to, and one to maintain. It Is a
reflection of the character of the
citizenship. It mirrors conditions of
peace and harmony not often found.
It is an appropriate environment for
a big educational institution. It is
a safe and desirable homo for peo
ple seeking peaceful and laudable
surroundings. It Is a fit community
for children to grow to manhood
and womanhood In, and for those
who make these toward conditions
to be congratulated upon."
port a good-sized family la'swmfort.
And money could be brought In all
the year besides from chickens and
pees. And in many other ways a
few acres can be made to yield a
better Income than the average
waae-earner In town receives. And
look at the difference in the degree
of "liberty." Considered all around,
the work on a little farm Is easier
and more healthful; it affords much
more time for recreation, and one
Is his own boss. Besides, by hiring
a little, one can get both incomes, if
he has the "three "tares" near the
city.
But In a higher than a mere finan
cial or pecuniary sense the owner
ship of a productive little homecroft
means "liberty." As we have sug
gested, the owner can be "his own
man." A discharge isn't a tragedy.
Loss of employment doesn't attract
the wolves of want, nor let down the
barriers of despair. Better yet, a
roan and his family live close to the
soil, and those who do this are ever
the better and happier people. They
are more in harmony with natural
and divine things.
There is a breadth and fragrance
of liberty on "three acres," with
nature's manifold products growing
about one who owns and rejoices in
them, morning and evening, that one
can't find on a city lot, even If he
owns that; but If he is obliged to
pay rent his liberty Is limited Indeed.
Get "three acres and liberty."
than to heed it. - They might not
make as much . , money, , but they
would be lnconsplcuoiia, even It they
were fired after a day's trial. They
seem to have sufficiently demon
strated the fact that they can't play
ball, but they might be alert and
active enough to do reasonable
stunts in a harvest field.
DEVELOP THE RIVERS.
T
SUNDAY CLOSINO IN ASTORIA.
T
I
THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY,
I
T WAS too soon for Bolton Hall
to die when he was recently re
ported dead, sufficient proof of
which is that he IS very much
alive, and has published a book en
titled "Three Acres and Liberty,"
which title alone ought to be an in
spiring suggestion to many people.
Possession through ownership of a
piece of productive soil Is the highest
material warrant and guaranty of
liberty that a man can have. Aside
from near and dear people nothing
on earth is so valuable as a home
of one's own and the home and the
nearest and dearest people should
and must go together. The piece of
soil that Is the site of one's home,
If owned by its occupants. Is of great
value independent of Its size or what
It will sell for. The ownershln of a
'homecroft" does much to make a
man free, but with "three acres"
that Is, enough for lawn, flower beds,
garden, berry patch, fruit trees and
chicken-yard it confers "liberty"
Indeed.
From day to day, week after week,
The Journal publishes homely but
significant little items telling what
people have produced on ten, five,
three, two acres, or one acre or less.
It may be strawberries, or loganber
ries, or cherries, or apples, or po
tatoes, or tomatoes, or alfalfa, or
fowls, and the constant wonder is
that many more people do not go
and do likewise. These yields run
all the way in value from $100 to
$1,000 an acre, and are confined to
no one locality. Three acres of well
tended and well-marketed strawber
ries,, or cherries, this year would
mean financial liberty for the owner
for the rest of the year, would sup-
HAVING been reported and
quite extensively commented on
that the ministers of Astoria
and the local authorities had
compromised on closed saloons from
9 to 1 o'clock on Sundays, the As
torlan denies that such an agreement
was made. It does not dispute the
fact that tbe saloonmen on their part
agreed to close during these hours
It being "a voluntary concession on
their part," but denies that the Min
isterial association or anybody else
was a party to the agreement This
is a little misty, for a "concession
usually Involves a preceding or pend
lng contention or disagreement, to
which there must be two parties
To whom did the saloonkeepers con
cede anything?
It Is of no great Interest to the
people of other places how Astoria
settles or handles the Sunday saloon
question, yet since a state law re
quires saloons to be closed on Sun
day It Is In order for papers any
where In the state to comment On
what Is done about It In Astoria or
any other town In the state, and
such comment does not properly In
vlte a scolding lecture by the As-
torian.
Ministers who consent to a five
sixths violation of the law In return
for a "concession" from saloon
keepers are, to say the least, not
setting a good example; and a dis
trict attorney has no license to make
any concession 10 lawDreaaers
What sort of talk Is this that
saloonkeepers, out of the abundance
of their generosity, have made i
concession" to refrain from vlolat
ng the law for four hours, provid
ing they are permitted to violate it
during the other 20 hours.
Speaking of Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Straus, a report In
the Oregonian says: "On his hon
esty and Judgment and tact largely
rests the success or failure 'Of the
largest corporations in America; the
bread and meat, the very life happl
ness, of nearly every laboring man
in this country." This is about as
strained a burst of buncombe as was
ever put In print. Mr. Straus fills
a quite important position, and Is a
very capable, conscientious, useful
and even noble man, but that "the
success or failure" of corporations,
and "the very life happiness of
nearly every laboring man In the
country," depend on him is an ex
treme example of blithering balder
dash.
It would be well to Impress the
fact upon eastern people, as much as
possible, that a temperature of 85
or 90 degrees, or even more, In Port
land causes no heat prostrations,
though an equal record temperature
would prostrate many In any eastern
city. The reason Is easily under
stood, but the fact Is not sufficiently
known, and will not be believed ex
cept upon ample and official proof,
which ought to be' heralded through
out every eastern city during the
heated term.
WO HUNDRED and fifty thou
sand square miles of magnifi
cent territory is Portland's. It
Is a region of exhaustless re
source. It Is rich and growing richer
in every creation of the husband
man. It has an Inexhaustible tress
ure of stored wealth, reachable by
the miner's art. It Is a region where
stands one of the last magnificent
growths of the world's merchantable
timber. It Is a section that, In point
of developed forces. Is as yet but
started on its career. It contains
stretches of territory that, in whole,
yield practically every product
known to the temperate zone. Its
peculiar blending of soil and climate
Is such that the growth of every
product Is the most prolific, the
fruitage of every germ the most
prodigal. Not even in the valley of
the famed Nile has nature bestowed
more generously.
All this 260,000 miles of undupll
cated territory is hemmed In by nat
ural barriers, and laid at the feet of
Portland. The Oregon rivers, where
they Join, form Its gateway to the
sea. Its products cannot go else
where, by the law of transportation,
which, under the coming stress of
traffic, Is Inexorable in Its decree
that water levels must be followed.
Thus, Portland has her destiny, if
she but rise to her opportunity.
The secret of this opportunity Is to
clear for navigation her rivers to the
sea and her rivers to their sources.
These rivers have made Portland,
and, by the law of water levels, are
today making a greater Portland. If
a righteous duty to them Is done, j
they will make Portland a city of a
million, and Oregon a star state in
the Union.
i" ' ' Hymns to Know
r .Invitation.
Br William Chatterton Dlx.
William ChatUrton Dlx waa an Ens
llsh sura-eon, who. In th last century,
wrote savor! hymns, whloh speedily
cam Into general use. Suns to the
tune of "Vox Jeau," by J. B. Dykea, this
hymn Is widely uaed and reminds one of
-Xieau. ninaiy LlKl.l." ana "1 Meara me
Vnlna fif Tamiiw flaw'
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"Come unto me. ye weary.
And I will five you reef
O bleaaed voloe of Seeua,
Which oomea to ,hearta oppressed 1
It tells of benediction.
. Of pardon, grace and peace,
Of joy thai hath no ending.
Of love which cannot ceaae.
"Come unto me, dear children.
And I will give you light"
O, loving voice or Jeau.
Which comae to cheer the night!
Our hearta were filled with sadness.
And we had loat our way.
And aonga the break of day.
But morning brings ua gladness,
Notwithstanding Mr. Harrlman's
attorney-ln-chief in Oregon told the
Interstate commerce commission that
central Oregon was "not worth
scrapping over," it appears that Mr.
Harrlman keeps a very close and
Jealous watch, over that region, not
necessarily with Intent to build
through It himself, but to prevent
anybody else from doing so. Which
perhaps is one reason why some peo
ple up there are so enthusiastically
friendly to Mr. Harrlman.
King Oscar of Sweden Is taking
steps to Induce his former subjects
who have settled In the United States
to return to the fatherland, but he
will falL While Swedish-Americans
love their northern home country
they are not going to relinquish the
advantages this great country gives
them. Those of the Paclflo north
west in particular could not be in
duced to leave It.
Mr. Heney Is remarkable in being
able to get decisions from courts
and verdicts from Juries favorable to
his side of almost every contention,
and yet have continual rows with all
the opposing lawyers. He seems to
think they are all as great rascals
as their clients, and perhaps he is
right.
A row occurred in a Republican
convention In Muskogee, Indian Ter
ritory, and weapons were drawn and
fatalities narrowly averted, but
whether this was to show the presi
dent that the people of that terrl
tory were unfit, or peculiarly fit, for
citizens of a state, is uncertain.
The Hague conference has de
clared against bombardment of un
fortified and non-combative places,
which, as one delegate said, hasn't
been done since Julius Caesar was
busy making and writing history.
Some men connected with the
street cleaning department are sus
pected of grafting in selling city dirt.
But may they not justify themselves
by pleading that the city employs
them In a dirty business?
There were some 3,500 heat pros
trations in Philadelphia, Friday,
which proves that there are occa
sions when the old Quaker city is
not so slow. Sun and humidity will
make the people move, if only to tall
down and go to hospitals.
There Is a loud call from the har
vest fields for laborers, and we would
kindly suggest to the Bearers that
perhaps they, could hot do better
William E. Borah's Birthday.
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho.
ho has taken a conspicuous part in
the prosecution of the Haywood case
Bolae, waa born June 29, IMS, at
Fairfield. Illinois. He was educated at
th University of Kansas, and after
wards read law at Lyons, In that state.
In 1888 he waa admitted to the bar,
and In 1891 he settled at Boise, where
he has aince made hla home. Mr. Borah
la a tireless student He gives the
cloaeat attention to his profession, and
never neglecta any possible line of in
vestigation to strengthen a case which
may nave been placed in his hands. But
he does not permit the necessities of
hla profession to divert him from pains
taking study in many other fields, and
he la aald to be one of the moat widely
read men In the northwest. In 190S
he received zl votes of a necesaary
In the election for the United States
senate, and last yean when the ques
tion of nominating a candidate for en
ator in atate oonventlon waa brought
before the people, he was suoceasfuf.
"Come unto me, ye fainting.
And I will give you life?'
O cheering voice of Jesus,
Which oomea to aid our atrlfel
The foe is atern and eager,
The fight la fierce and long;
But thou hast made ua mighty.
And stronger than the atrong.
"And whoeoever cometh
I will not cast him out"
O welcome voice of Jeaua,
Which drlvea away our doubtl
Which calla us, very alnnera.
Unworthy though we be.
Of love ao free and boundless.
To come, dear Lord, to theel
Sentence Sermons
By Henry F. Cope.
Character never la complete.
a ip
Hypocrlay la the gold of virtue uaed to
gild vice.
a a
The man who doea nothing does much
barm.
a a
One thing believed la worth a million
things denied.
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A good home la the beat sermon about
heaven.
m
No man la refined until he Is purged
of selfishness.
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Tou cannot attain purity by any
process of polishing.
a e
If you oannot learn humility yon can
not bear elevation.
The man who la ashamed of his re
ligion haa none to boaat of.
a
The poorest way to keep your frlenda
la by pickling them.
a a
If vou have the aun of righteousness
your life will not be all clouds.
a a
There la no virtue In doing right in
such a way aa to lead others wrong,
a a
Light hearted people are those who
always are looking for the sunshine.
Many think they are doubting who
only are dodging the duty of thinking,
a a
Ifs always a surprise to those who
nurse their woes how aoon they grow
up. m m
Renouncing our own Bins Is better
preaching than denouncing tbe ways of
others.
a a
rou make vour mind a cesspool
r. - . .... i .
your lire certainly win nave an eriaem
If ro
your llf
1U odor.
There already are too many trying to
clean the world by sweeping It with a
searchlight.
a a
The world has suffered a good deal
lesa from thinking without aaylng than
from saying without thinking.
a a
Ifs no use Inviting a man to rest on
the gospel of peace if you hand it to
him on the end of a pitchfork.
a a
There never Is a step on the road but
that a man may. If he will but look
up, find an open door to heaven.
a a
When once you hare taated of the
happiness of making others happy you
will cease to worry about heaven.
AS
ermon for Tod
ay
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0NE3 i
tin
The Life Among Men.
By Henry F. Cone.
aaiil BLTnunsT VOI) at aa .k.A
serveth." Luke x-IiT. tT vn"
NE3 of the defects of the average
reugious man la that he seldom
a goou mixer. He either lank.
the ability to nuiu
genially at home with his fel
lowa, or he fears that such Intercourse
3ould Involve aplrltual contamination.
The monastic, aacetio aplrit of separa
tion atlll too generally prevails.
But here In this one, who ia the ideal
of. .the religious man, waa one whn
filled with thoughts of Qoa
breathing aplrltual atmosphere, a .
..t0..w,h?Ln divine were far
";' ""J. mey were to us, still
k. ' J'v am?'"r mni "ho. seeming
. : noiner world, deliberately
chose to atav In thi. nn. .i,. if.
Bought to .mis. with common people 7
, J'.0 thav trled to eetaWlsh hla
fhT.nwLMy."hWln,fhat Into
tnia world In a nonnliar
are missing the point, m, divinity in
nmniieai in me way he lived In the
hv1.". bx hla realdenoe here rather than
by any arsrumenta hi. ..(.,. '
over there" "vul
wit1hh-eat!.n1 ,lept w,th PPle.
m.n. ?00rl; "i needy' wl,h working!
S??.:..h5 'rok6 bre,(I with the hungry
multitude, or dined with the rlrij
wa" " ona to him whether thel!We
. " nnrn, wnetner tneyn
i rest! causrht and hmii.i v... .1 1-1. -
. . - i mo .
or 'on.for humanity la evidence
?L l.il?lBltyl H" loyo men more
tri.f!d". an.d. crrnonles, forms and
traditions, lnstltntinn. .... ,..
shattered ancient lawa to do good to
one poor needv beln u. .,iT v '
.'Pt0 fac- of a fw being at
any time than fiaten to a eermon. or
oven o me aonga of angels.
The rella-loua leadnm nf hi. a- .
verely denounced him because he ap
parently waa what we would call a
good follow. His presence gave cheer
to any com Dan v. Ha rhm.H h !...,-
and gloom from facee and hoarta. Mn
followed him because looklnir into hi.
eyee they saw there a new llht n,i
hopo and love.
Formal rellalon In hla 1,.,.
becauae his religion waa ao simple,
vital, practical and of the present. To
him It waa aomethlng to be mixed wltl
?U. th" way lon. something with
which to permeate the whole and not a
thing separate, remote and occasional
It was the habit and the trend of his
life rather than any aeries of acta or
miliars.
He knew no bettor wa tn r...
his religion, or of giving his life for
religious ends, than that of simply liv
ing with hla fellows, worklnir with
hem. Blttlns; bv the ronilal.la witi.
them, not preaching but conversing, go
ing about with avmnathetlc Mm ntifln
to their sorrows, coming close to their
dally lives and manifesting the spirit
of love of the Father of all by being
brother to alL
His waa the gospel of the good neigh-
il spirit
Is near
ry man.
hi,
Faith in Your Memory.
This Is the time of year," said the
woman, "when you meet your friends
on the fly on Broadway or Fifth avenue
and they give you their telephone numbers.
" "Everybody haa left town,' cries one.
1 shall be here only a few daya longer.
Come to see me. Do. I am lonely aa
can be. You won't forget, will you?
You remember my telephone numberT
12B789S ChelaeaT Don't you forget It
now. will youT And come to see me!
And come to Bee me!'
"Another stops her automobile at
eight of you coming along.
Awfully glad. Haven't seen you for
a;es. we are going ror an auto trip.
Qolng next week. Come to aee ua before
we go, won't you? Please do.'
"Then as the auto starts orr:
" 'Don't foriret my telephone number.
will you? I told it to you, you remem
ber,' S2B17892768 Btuyvesant! Don't for
get! Now do come."
"Then aa you walk slowly along you
hear footatepa behind you and atop and
look around Mrs. Doucet. the pretty
woman, running after you. She catches
you dv tne arm.
'xou dear tning;- ane cries, -yvnen
have I seen you before? It has been
rear and years and years. Oh, yen, at
he last meeting of the Pleiades' club!
: had forgotten. But It seemed years.
Look here! I am srolng out of town
for the aummer. Going In a week or
two. Can't tell which, whether one or
two; anyway, I am going. Then I won t
aee you again tin ran. won t you come
to see me? You must. Have you my
automobile num I mean my telephone
number? Of course you have.
1000897654321821 River. You won't for
get It. will you? Please don't now, like
a dear, and be sure and come to aee me
before I go away. Remember, It Is for
the summer."
bor and friend, that the eternal epirlt
that broods over all creation la near
and ever true neighbor to every man.
loving and liolDln.; that the hlrhent
privilege of man Is to come near to his
fellow beings, to live among them with
gentle heart and, helping hand, even aa
he waa doing.
It wouldn t make a whit of essential
difference if the curious should demon-
trate that there never had been such
a life; somehow the world has this ldeil
picture, and It never can be taken awnv
rom us. oura now la the vision oni-o
nknown. that the nolllest life 1b that
which glvea Itself, and nowhere la the
divine better manifested than in the life
of common everyday kindnesses.
iney neip ua most who come closest
to us; we all need llvlni teachers more
than the moat logical teaching. Wa
are hungry, not for syllogisms, but for
aoula, ror rieah and blood folka who
will let their hearta out to ua. Tha
world Is hungry for love, the greatest
and the simplest of all thlnga. It ia
poor heart that cannot learn this
leaaon, that tbe best we can give this
world la Juat our simple selves In every
day ways of klndneaa.
A Slight Mistake.
A well-known musical conductor In
Brooklyn was recently Induced by some
of hla spiritualistic frlenda to vlsl.t a
slate-writing medium. Later he waa
queatloned by these friends, anxious
that lie should have received confirma
tory testimony of the reality of spirit
communication.
"I don't know how the thing waa
done," he aald. "The slates were spread
on the table in front of us. They con
tained no writing. I aaked for com
munications from Sir Arthur Sullivan,
a deceased friend and my mother, who
died a few months ago. The alates were
then closed, and on being- reopened were
found to contain writing purporting to
emanate from these three departed. That
from my mother was peculiar In that
It was written in English a language
with which she waa totally unfamiliar.
She wrote always in German."
"That is not strange," explained his
aplrltualistlo friends. "It frequently
happens, because the language la trans
lated by reason of ita conveyance
through the language spoken by the
medium."
"Maybe so," aald the skeptlo with a
alight twinkle In his eye. My mother
went on to say that we 'must not think
or ner aa reposing in tne coia ground
where we had laid her, but aa being al
ways near us in spirit.
"Well, that was a gratifying
munlcation. waa It not?'
"Not particularly ao. Tou see
mother waa cremated.'
elng al-
eeeBy
What the Winds Bring.
By Edmund Clarence Stedman.
Which is thftwlnd that brings the cold?
The north wind, Freddy, ana an tne
atiow;
And the sheep will scamper Into tbe
fold
When the north begins to blow.
Which Is the wind that brings the heat?
The south wind, Katie, ana pom win
crow. 1 '
And peaches redden for you to eat.
When tne soutn oegins 10 uiow.
Which is the wind that brings the rain?
The east wind, Arty, ana tarmers
know ... I ... .
That cows come shivering upt the lane
When the east begins to bldw.
"Which Is the wind that bringslthe flow
era? J
The west wind, Bessie, and soft and
low I
Tbe birdies sing; In the summer hours
When the west begins to blow.
What WiU He S4y? '
From the Lincoln Journal.
Yesterday morning we saw a little
brown bird In a setto with four spar
rows, and it came out of tne mtxun an
easy winner. Now what wjll President
uoosevut say 10 uui
The Small College.
From the New York Tribune.
President Hopkins of Williams col
lege raises the cuestlon whether it is
wise for the small college to grow or
to restrict Its growth. The same ques
tion hng been brought up before at
other colleges, and even the arts do-
partment or the Chicago university has
considered the advisability of arbitrarily
limiting Its students. President Kllot
once remarked that the effeotlve college
unit, of a college as distinguished from
a university, waa 600 atudeMts. Ap
parently the question no longer la
whether there is a place for the small
college, but how the small liege shall
be keot small.
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