EDITOEIMa EiGE QP WE eTOUKNAL
am isDirK.vDKjiT KKWtrir.a.
depended on Jobs most of tie time J by the Railroad Gazette by the fact! such further punishment may be
fu me- I proviaea ny-iaw. Probably state
Impossible to Treasurer Steel, If asked as a witness
more than a living . It Is not so bad I do any new financing. Fire minion I wnetner ne Had ever read or beard of
rpfjp T"T TTj XT AT depended on Jobs most of the time by the Railroad Gazette by
1 J CJ UJtxJNxxJLl and never sved anything for a rainy (that some of Its capital debt
'T . v day. They earn In fact but little turlog Just when It waa Irapo
...rbiir I wlth rtgar4 to this class, who are! dollars were due or soon to become this provision, would reply that he
renerallv .unmarried, but besides I due, and tne bond market was flat; oiani remember.
thAm. there have been In the lance I so It Issued abort-Ume notes, which
cities many tens of thousands of men J when due It could not payo Hr Lcttcrai From trie PenrAe
wm.n with f.mi!, . f rlman took It in all of which waa no AJCllc ro Inc .""T1.
their .usual and vitally, necessary I doubt planned long , beforehand.
TKi.KrnoKiiu-MAiit m bomb, a-bom. jobs. In New York, during February I uooa, nonest management wouia no
All eimnn mrtrf If tl ". I . iA .. I HnxKf mV th Vrim, rilrl HMflf.
C. a JACKSON. .........
I'uMlabrS tmf eva-alug (MT-t ,"L j
wj Kimat.r Wonil; at Tba Jnunl ""l'
Inf. riflD 4 MU tfM. twriwiw. .
KnrrJ at lb poXofflo at lorUa. Or..
rar..n.ialua lluvuck itM Balls a ntemu
mattr. s . - - " ' '
; Trade Follows the Cross
" Remedy for.PrlnHuT Law.'
'.Portland. April llMo the Editor of I
The Journal It stems to me that no-1
'" " Br FREDERIC J. IIASKI.V. . -
(Copyright. 1101, by Frederic J. Haakln.)
Toklo, March -4. -In any open port of the eaat one wlir find the oc
cidental society divided like ancient Gaul Into three parts. There are
the commercial, the official, and the missionary circles and the dealings
between them are-at arm's length, " The missionary Is more distinctly
apart, but at the same time the other sections of occidental society In
the east recognise him as a potent factor In the development of the orient.
TheREAUl ,
HTll FEMININE
-1'
..a a .11 - . ..M kU Kt,f i.M.f lta han4l.an f m I thlna ,M - M n . I V" - .u iu u.iuyuitui ,
ivu.vvv wwit vi an iu" I ' " - r i - """" "v- Tfti ti Thtr riAnW Anr th lmnlKin tnlnlaf. . n.wi.. 4
iutiix-(i bepseaentativi I nnt flf work, not countlna hoboes. A 1 capitalisation It cannot keen pace In ' Introducing the ; pr-frentlal . . 1 "7": V""-. ".r" v. . ''
aacv. V." "i. . hinaHi .t BrMoarlt- with the New York Ca.Mng system Into our prtmarv law In wr eye oy AmnC.u cnurcn people m supporx Ot oriental
Mriiwirt aiuTiinf; w rifta ao. k. ' : ...VV. ;;. c..r -(- election wbichna.i mwsions was worm io m actnai returns to the commerce of the United
V.irat TrltXM BulldlM. Cllf
I $1 a day got 10 P replies. The aame tral or the Pennsylvania.
Butrlplo Tn br Q "T eSdreei I "
la IM L'nltrS SuUa. (Inxta or Vula.
PAlLt.
One Mf t One anemth. . . . . . .f
8CXUA Y. -
One nt.A. .. .tlM ) Oa mmtB..
DAILY AKD SONPAT,
Om Tr.......i7.to I One aioatk.
all large or 'Industrial cities. The
M mind Is appalled In attempting to
FACETIOUS ORQAXS.
fee.. iS 4&W'K Zi&ZJAl BUtti.-. While the missionary Is not a "drummer," and while extension
joriiy rule, in the eUte fhere were of trade Is the last thing he thinks of, the history of the orient shows
fcri'. alway. follow, the crow. ; , - ; y. ' '
dreadfully. But It Is a fact that Into
whatever . towns the mlaalonarlee went,
the demand for cnalra nd tables was
Baeeee"Me"1
Our doubts are traitors;
And make, us lose the good
. 'we oft might win, .
By fearing to attempt
"Shakespeare.
mum is appaueu m -neuiu-a R:sn R.,-tiir narhana MletrloU and in each cue the euceeeaXuT '' The 'direct relation bet
Contemplate the Consequent misery T1"11 EUgane Register, perhaps candidate w.. nominated on a minority lv an cl work of he mlaalor
. . . t. . nnrnnirinniiT. nacnmaa nnire i voie. in Muiinomen count mere wtrt ..i. i.i
ana injury m auco b penuu. " . J,L.'T". sl randldats for eonatabfe. ihrie for .r 1.".' T"'. 'Vl
Tes. time, are Improving, are I J. " .f-J-?-?I .ft benefit fi
rradnallr Decomina normal, ana OUll j ""lai.r T " w ..--w i nireci. ini government in japan in
h webavT.uffe'red but little; but "toggle in which the wUl of the SfTWt ama"orit5 Swi7hra w!ntBint5 WnsS
t. it At tha btialn-aa ftf atateaman- People a. expressed at the primaries I "teet tola parly. Take the oaae of the money market and borrowed I50.0u0.000.
ship, of political economy, of pra will be htiwM. gSS Jj !nXl? S31
tical sociology, to examine constant- " ,0BUlv n n I TJi. .V.n so , P,nt ln'h B' ' railroad
ly. deeply, and thoroughly into the powerful manipulation of machine XV' j'vouwli eh.i.Vri: 10' Jgm" W'th
causes of such a great natlonalca- Politic, can accomplish the work." ofh'V r??-"-. !S.t,.V.5! wa.oth
lamtty, and possible mean, of pre-
ELECTRIC RAILROADS COMUfGlTentlonT Surely, when a million I chine
' SOON. jmen can find nothing to do to earnlduce some 20,000 or 25.000 Repub-
the barest necessities
OR . several year. The Journal I other men have
has been confidently predicting I dollar, a month
the building of several lines of I considered anarchistic, or socialistic 'Besides, 'the will of the people,'
electric railroads In the near lor even too radically democratic, tola, to who should be senator was not
Where, what, and who 1. the Hfib,.
Ine" that 1. going to force or In- Ji! ito?. tht Tomp Utor' WM tnoney the United CtatV. was due
not more than about 700,
solely to the faet that the Japaneae en-
I . . - 7 t i aineera in cnara-e or tne wart had been
or We, and Ucan. to Tote tor- Chamberlain? i.rlV...ph.r7-i mZ.HZ lJl.?Z.3L Educated in the united sut at the e-
Income, of a million Where doe. -machine politic.- coma hh.me.iv. fff .i.f. .fn, tt i KHaSShb;T
. It OUght not to be I In lereT . ' 0 !r.?Jn.Ln 1l 1?'?tr..c"'"! which made It Imooaelble for them to
F
future through the WlUamette Tal-j.uggeBt that aome change, are need- "expressed at the primaries." as with a atron minority, but unpopular o I60.ooo.o from miaaion
ley, on both aide, of the rlrer, and It I ed somewhere In our political and J some of our facetlou. Republican J Jh"hTOtJ ?s"&tur& evenly amona; io I The ntiaalonary outposta are th sklr
DOl
It. favored eaadhtate. . eVfa thouah hi VX'JiS! toSaffu
be sen.rally unpopular with the reat of 'CAiL?,, J, rllrS . aI
the nartv A nin mv ha vara nnmiiar ewoop American commerce reaped a di
in.?t,,ry;A mr7 . "? v.,r Popular ..- . mnnnoana tVnm miuinn.
TIIE NEGRO VOTE.
seem, that these predictions, which I sociological systems and customs.
needed no great prescience to make,
are soon to be fulfilled. - It stood to
reason. that this great valley cauld
sot be much longer neglected by cap
italist, seeking Investment There Is
no Question that these railroad, will
pay good Interest on the actual In
vestment almost from the start, and
It Is certain that their income and
value will Increase from year to year
for a good. while to come.
aklr-
contemporary. Who are calling on man V candidates it 1. only neceaeary "J'-n ' J " ttST"?
means opening new territory to roreijrn
rV.mKl.l. .ilh... ..... aome one lo aeoure rew more voim
vy""'""T-' w ""' I than any one of them to carry the nom-
s
ENATOR BORAH'S great speech
Monday is said. to have clar
ified the atmosphere in the
The Primaries were not held for that I Inatlon. aa the law now atande. . There,
r.nrr,W Vr n..r b.lf th. total thn. openln for a modified form
r r . i or -noaa rule, wnicn ir not remedies.
the atmosphere among tne colored
voters of the country with resDect to
quarter, perhaps we might wy not aWalr Tnere tre a mniion of
TOte Of the State was cast at the prl- I will, in time, become well underatood
,-i. .. prv. i ....i, I ana manipulated by tnoae. intereated.
marles. The people were only Tht onfr wt.y to remedy this trouble
Svotn sw v miAAm ftrtvr wvti I K I I a arl va thaa ettaa aa nha na t aa v ttraai at
.J later they woufd" make a final choice. &JZX&SZ" That i.
. . PreBlaen" a"1""" .. . Thousand, of registered voters Who choice among all candldatee, Hated for " European had ever lived In that seo-
COlored troops at Brownsville. It Is ... . . , a riven office, and then require the con- llon- The people came In to aee the
of more conseonence to ltr Roose- d,1 DOt TOt ,n . 6 Prtnitr,eJ w111 currlnr Indoreement of a majority of foreign house and Its furniture juat as
,f Z X: .. -i?.. vote the June election, and some those vetln to aecure the nomination, they rnht crowd Into a museum. They
.v a v ; av . I thousand, more Will register for thlS vo... m.rkln. hi. r.nrtlri.t l. i and their curious buttons. Thv were filled
Influence, and hence a new market for
foreisn aooda. no one can deny. It la
Interesting - to study the methods by
which these results are accomplished.
For inrtanca, one missionary came to
japan years aco ana went to uve in
remote town in the Interior. This
man and his family could not buy the
simplest artlclos for household use, aa
Land of Heart's Desire. :
N THE land of the heart's deal re
It Is always .summer, the aun
never' seta on a slnsla regret,!
and the days are of pleMuro and '
peace. , . .- - " - . . f )
"It la a queer land.' Thbse who-live,
there are never disturbed by the dreams'
Of others. The land Is densely fnhab- "
Ited, thought there la room for all. , Kor
In this dear land there la never any of v .
the grasping that is to' be found In, the
valley where poor mortals live. t
"It' Is a land of beauty and. content,
None ever willingly go away from, the
land. And these who come brlnrf no
unpleasant Ideas with them. Indeed, it
la a land where all Is invisible save thac.
which the aoui cravea. , . i ,
"Thoae who enter are filled with Joy;
and apeak softly aa they g. for tuy
would not disturb a neighbor. Time
lialta, and none grows any older. 'While
above there is tne curtained canopy of '
ineffable love, the veil behind which la
the divine." , . ,
Bo wrltee Charles Stevenson tn the
Ttrn tnrtamotte ran ta tint n J . 7: , " . T I Purpose. . II, In order of hla preference. Then If ltw'M aamiraiion wnen tney gnaea upon
Tne YVUiameue valley U not One voters Of the country With reBpect to :.,0..., , .. happens that tha voter votes hrs flrat themotal washbasin In -which the. for-
BUpporter. Of Otatemeni INO. 1 ana choice for a low candidate, his vote will elgn barbarlana washed their faces and
nnn tunth snttlAil tin anrl iit!llA1 nt I " .v " Of election Of .enator. Dy fllrect TOt I not pe loat, out will count for tne can- ine nrei-anowieoge mat .came
, -r - , bucji voters, ana bo m&uy vi tnem nrw . ,v. , . aiaate or hla second cnoica ana ao on. 10 tne missionary tnat ne waa a "arum
It can sustain a population and pro- tn hath1 statoa that thev ronld 01 lM PoP'" propose lO carry OUl However, we cannot have such a law mer".Jn disguise was when a delegation
rfnr MimMriM nt Ufa man iimM ueuatauie aiatea taa iiiey . euuiu prtmary law as a whole, and are aa thla untn the constitution In amend- of prominent cltiaetvs waited upon him
due necessaries or lire many times eMllr determine the, result In the ; r" 'A.ZJA " ,V. ed so aa to allow it. and this la one of anf reguuated him to send to one of the
and. as The Journal ha. often point-f- A natIon4, polItlcal convention of "ij" " l" Ill liH. SS' "
negroes met In Philadelphia recently antiorgang
ed out, these railroad.' will aid In
this ' development a. nothing else
could possibly do. J . ' , -' ;
' There Is always - danger of such
TUB 00NY7CTI0N OP ROSS.
T
HE celerity with . which ; ex-
Banker Ross wa. tried and
convicted, after he wa. at fasti
forced to trial. 1. gratifying to
Banana tot tradarclotlilag.
1 At it, -A and Tras-ltnriA : . I nen roiiowea tne aemana ror unaer
AAiitcae ana Aongiinae, - .. - i ci0,hin- with button. hi-h 1.
To the Editor pf The Journal Please I feature of occidental dreaa oulte rener.
publish In The Journal tha position f ""r aaor-tea now, even in rural Japan.
latitude Bl degrees 17 minutes north J,rw,Thi,Tn.I.eihlhfln.ii
Itl west. Also the system of figuring !fLU !L ilKS" VlJiSP
it n -. ma K-rt aiiM I sionarv imported a supply of them.
(Point referred to lies In the North '"V" f fZTn t.w-VCh.r55:
Pacific ocean about 800 miles sooth- mn.d or ,'orelgn gooda that ha per-
east of Unlmsk ieland. one of tho ViJT a -Jl
Aleutian group running southwestward !"r'Kn to'J- A tock. w" purohased
from the mainland of Alaska. Longl- ot ih P" SnL l.h 8 ,
tude Is figured east or west of Green- Pn0- FJ that litUe beginning
wlch. EnKlnd. and latitude north or J" n ?' ih,Tr'"t T.f conPan-
map contains the longitude and latl- Ja of inland .Japan, handling many
may containsUhe longitude and latl- thousands of dollars' worth, of gooda
tude lines, the degrees being shown at "nua''l'i wpt.aii or this traae goes
tha. tnn .nil hnttnm mnA .IHU. VAi fnr I abroad, for the COISDIHT hflS 1WO fC-
' toriea. one ot which makes rnf tal wash-
Vntlna in Cirftrnn . , .1 n ounu uienaits, ana ine outer
. v , Js 7 . ' . .1 spins and knits cotton underwear.
Kamela, Or April ft. To ; the Editor! The conaervatlam - of the Chlneae la
01 ine j ournai euvuia iiaa o anow proverbial, but even they sometimes
lnlttloa Ka ra.At-aiol laa a. IV. . 1 I " . I I "w a mail nu w .'ivP ,U I lagO Kindly 10 SQ Innovation. A mlS-
.vaiaB w-.M-vw. . Mjr. mC VUu. . w.- It may he remarked. Without UJ m ' voie, ana u ne can vote aionarv family In the interior managed
Investors, are to be congratulated on ored publication, which .ays, "we .etlment .avorlne of -oersecutlon Ski.-1-" -flr,t v91- p,ea,Vn,w;Wnd provided with a stock of con
the 'determlfiatlon to iro ahead' with nr Ltnrm heard ao many negroei f!""?" 5 Jf" 1' oblJf;'-t,..,-I- -.Q. L8 1.!.. U ."- " to large quantltlee
. . .... . m . .. I . ... . : ituat me cuuvicuon vi nuas, u ioi- Ycr . . i- au..v once or twice a year rrora tne distant
the building of several hundred miles .wear that they will vote for Bryan I hxt !,,, wih hv rfSHTf ii l..".1?. J!.! . .m".I.c"!l op" port Although the use of milk
f oWrln MllriMd.ln this rrMft I If T.ff t. nmlntrl And thnv . . . "T . .7 . 1 1. " iV Ji- .r" vi 'as unknown tin Chinese, the aer-
.- . -- . . j a very
ur at leusi i icuem, .airesi nuu uiubi i mean lu ; 1U8 commua , aegrv is i . a
xarorea vaney oi tne racnic coasc
and "resolved'' to swing the negro
vote to the Democratic party If Tart
of Roosevelt- be nominated. The
road, falling Into the hand, of a big convention consisted of delegates
monopolist, Harrlman In this case, I from 25 states and a result of Its de-
end of. stock being watered and the liberations was the launching of a
people charged too high rates, thus I movement to defeat the nomination
mlnlmlitng their benefit to the peo- of either Taft or, Roosevelt. One of aU except gympathlsers with dlshon
pie. wui, BTen u mia uappena mey me resolutions auopieq says ot est and criminal methods of han
wlll be a great help, for It will be to Taft, ' "he, ha. Justified ; President dnn- other people, money. The de
the Interest of owners to develop the Roosevelt's ' rash, outrage In die- jense was based wholly on legal tech
country and so Increase, the traffic charging our soldier, without honor ncamies. which Judge Burnett swept
though Mr Harrlman seems blind I and .without trial.
and deaf to this elemental fact. I has not done this."
Even Tillman I
away, and the jury had no difficulty
and took but a brief time In deciding
However,, both, the people of the I - The same sentiment Is expressed jthat tne defendant was guilty.
.ii o tuuntuuu vi iw, uriui-i --" -.v.; r-, w wict r iu.'i itir i rum in
by due punishment, will have ft VeeftKi" Sow 3tn?.?
T good effect in tills city ana "fl". V.JLOI.? vnt" Pread ajes of its wonderful
The lesson will have beea kT. ,TJ iZU i.. . Quiitis. rom timet to time the mia-
ine lesson ww u a ve oeenippera must have been issued at leaat .innnrv irave i.iv n th. r.n. tn
THE tTVEMPLOTED.
THE terrible tragedy of the un
employed , In' .eastern cities Is
? but little considered out here,
v We : too,' have had. And ; still
have our unemployed, but of the bar
rel Qf woe during. -the "past six
months ours has , been but . a ( few
drops. ' A great earthquake and fire,
- lauaiw. , i uc icbbuu nut mbto uwa i pepera must have been issued at leaat iionir W iw.v iomi of ihi rini
arousea. ye nas no nope, oi.omce, Jearned that a man who'assume. to yer hafore the date-of the election. hl, ciiintse neighbors. The result waa
ana is noi.ior bbo.. no wvura m a bjti.ki,i - MiatMlan and truat. !- -',..-..- I tnat a local mercnant put. in a stock
soon be Imposed upon by.Yardaman caanot Bafely rmake.dnck8 and ; bmall Change 4
and Tillman asby Roosevelt" i dri,wa nf thA monpr of th atata. . ; -
The Philadelphia Tribune, ahother and of other depoaltors. Punish-1 register,1 if you didn't before.
trrn rirran .-ava.-VFor this One I . - . a ... -T- -,.T.-.e -
KVa hat 4n Can MVanaloaA 'iw,. n a t .
ago, startles andjshock. the whole and treat wltn indignity :10,000,000
couBtir. and at ;once ;mllllonaof negroes,' as has been done by the
money begin to' pour.; in to aid the Roosevelt administration." I t ; '
sufferers. - But this Inability of bun- ; 6,r statea between the MIsbIsbIddI
dreds of thousands of men to obtain and tne Hudson contain a sufficient
work, for montha on end," If all the negr0 population to exercise a large
negro organ. - says, x or wis ment on due conviction In .uch a case
time, ll never oeior. tue negro Js more e88entla, to the Bafety land.
unuea against any man ruuKUv ouv d ,fare thftn that of Mme ob. t peoul. are bigger than a
by the administration. The negroes thlef who teali onl a ew dol. u P1. br th'n
will vnta for anv candidate in Dref-I. . I e
LmZ. n,-ai Taft VrdJ,ar lromBm,nal:la.?BV .. .. r Swallowed pride and eaten words are
yivuw w - - - i -it la to be nopea mat tne otnerinot eaaiiy digested.
aman ana -i iuman . uoi . c&veyieu. n
that
of condensed milk, the first time In the
history of the. place -that any forelrn
gooda had been offered for sale. The
business wa good from the start, and
In the covrse'of time a big trading con-
i-arn aart mm nn Ia InvAaitlcraita, Ika
Metcalfe aeema bound to.-knock port- strange orders for condensed milk which
legli
: .maa natkaW awaa I n n taaaa nttA ItfaV aflflUllaTAa I
dantrerou. Drecedent-to Insult a i.-l What a fair In New York. aUtefroni
will us buccuui uibuwcu vi, auu iuu ti Man ti "lrinarv- c-nnnora!
1 i.aiffniia n nnn nan 1 - i - m
Justice, as ascertained and meted out
by court and Juries, will be done, for Uot thVymettS
tnis win ne creanaDie to tne state, double,
and Is due to all concerned.
Within tha next five years' thepopu-
vauey aiicuiia
came from a town hitherto unknown on
commercial maps. The result waa the
establishment of a regular business In
many ' lines of foreign wares notwith
standing tho almost Insuperable diffi
culties or aistanoe and transportation, :
: . : ' aUSBloaaxy S rummers. "
In Japan the missionary haa"been-a
successful furniture drummer.- without
knowing It. The advantage of Bitting
on a chair anseala to the Japanese mind.
although the sitting posture tires him
created. It haa now reached the stage
mat wnerever tnere is a Christum com
munitythat la. where tha missionaries
nave been at work, almost every family
not actually poverty stricken has at
least one '.foreign room" in the house.
This room alwaya haa a carpet, a few
chairs, a table and sometimes even a
bed. The presence of these things
means that the missionary created a de
mand by bringing the existence of com
mon western conveniences to the minds
of tha Japanese. At first these articles JUouls liepubllc, and many will echo.
were an importea. put now most or l his kindly words about the land of
them are made In thla country, but with I heart a dealr. - .
Imported, machinery. v I Only the extreme rationalist, the tnan" '
The missionary in Japan haa not only I who veraiata in caiim anana a. anait. .
carried the 'light" to the Japanese in aland who refuses to look beyond the
spiritual sense, but In the actual phya-1 little clod that it upturns, questions the
leal form of a kerosene limn. Tha an-I validity and tha beautv of Imagination.
elant lama of Japan, a vessel filled with i?" what uae la ItT" aya euva apne.-
vegetable oil-In which floated a rude "What good will It dor
wick, was nt only to ahow how dark it 'Thla la one of lta uses.' That It lifts
waa, To read by It waa to invite blind- Wis weary spirit out of tha narrow-rut
neaa Tha mlaalonarlaa tha flrat for. In which tha commonplaces of life lead.
eignere to get to the Interior, carried u to a purer air, a more ra rifled at
kerosene and lamps with them. The nioaphera than that of thla; duaty earth.'
practical advantage of thla strong, clear! V t .. . . . ' " :
a peace that passes all our restless
Imaginings. There a calm descend
upon the spirit and all pretenses flea
away. There th sorrows of the heart,
the wearlnesa of th fleah are not
known. In th dream world all ar
strong and young and fearless. ' ' i
In that happy realm w walk With '
those flu spirit whom in th earth
Ilea ara narhana Ihmiaanaa n mIU. '
aw. l . . M-t I . . . I r .. . " v . -a . a...vw
' wysmusi v tfapon w .uiviBn iwaa a way perhapa paasea . altogether from
even If there had never been a mission- our ken, Into th fay beyond where w
ary. but th fact that th missionary shall some day Join them. .With them
waa to years In th Interior before the w hold aw eat converse and soul an-
forelgn tradera war permitted to go swere to soul unheeding th passing
there, means that tha Immense bualness of time, careless of th future, forgetful
of today wa built up SO years sooner of Infirmities. In th land of heart's,
than It would have been bad tbsr been dealr all our deformities fall away and
po missions. w bare the heart to one another.
av." Chiasm mi. . : . , tha i.nd there Is ioVe, of "a
In China, where verybody wears cot- eompletenea that in this Imperfect
ton, there waa no auch thing as a coj- WOTld we cannot know. Th perfect
ton roll! until a missionary built a small lor for which our hearts hunger ao be-, '
pinning mill to give employment and low, a love that bold complete forglv-.
support to his band of Chines atudenta. neas for all our faulta. In which 1 an
Out of tbla beginning baa grown a con- infinite understanding that passes mare
alderable number ot aplnnlng mills In speech. ' . , . : .
China. Missionaries In tha New Heb-1 Into th land of heart S dealr w -rldea
discovered th arrowroot of whiohloaaa on bv one. alona. It mar b In -
the natives knew nothing, -and th an- the solitude and stillness of a summer -nual
trad Is now worth several hundred day When all nature broods with a moth
thousand dollars. . How trad haa pen- erlng tenderneaa, It may be beside th
t rated into darkest Africa through the fire when th wind burl themselves
opening made by tha great missionary, vehemently agalnat our sheltering walla.
Livingstone, la known to all tha world. -H may be Only In th allent mld
That the Interior and remote reachea of lht whan th soul stands alone under
China are being broughtfcloaer to tha '! tar studded heavens and hears
porta by trafflo In foreign supplies, la of natur, ap much mora elo-.
directly due to th missionaries, for by Quent than speech. Alone, fearless, aol-
their agency alone was th demand for "mnly happy, th soul of a man travels
forelggood. of-ated in thoa. Inland WUU.. $1
light waa Inatantly recognlied by the
people and they as Red how they could
have iampa, too. As a result, tha kero
sene lama la almost aa universal in i
rural Japan aa it Is In rural America,
while In th cltlea It ia -ovary where
Tho Standard Oil company haa a tre
mendous business In Japan, aa have also
the Japanese oil concerns. This busi
ness undoubtedly would hare followed
' Trad follows th eroaa That fact n'-irnE V !
cannot b disputed, but at th samo SrM' p,2 T i,nJ TWnmL.Ch.lw
time tha commercial set and tha mis- Winrn5h.!Lt
elonary set in any oriental port hav P i"" lrZl., 4,W,11Jt,i 2
an entirely different point ot view i"-f-n'j.rI,-!w wn,Jnw lll.1?' k
and are often at loggerheads en local ni7Hef tima thaTSLf h. 52?.Ci5tv
question. The mlaslonarlee In Japan, I" ft r2tJr. JIT i th.'.
for inatajlco, ar nealy all bo tho '72" -lt-IlL?ll,2Si; -?t5i? V JSL-tTi-
oughly p?o-Japanea that tbey parUge 'burden. hhifort
of the fanatic loyalty of ih natlvoa tt.1' mf.an rdnJ,r-Jl .."a mere
themaelvea to th Imperial govern- iJf' roPIL "m"y..f". ,.mV?
merlal aovern
tne.. commenc.iai roreigners in nMM. 'Ti1, fmita n th.
Tn fhiiV j?nl aplrlt are iTentleneaa, humility, peace,
l"J. h:ir JSll c,lV???. -ii1?: and these fruits th haajt reaps In , thai
DirnoQ iana.
Pity the man vr woman' who has no
land of heart's desire Into which to re
treat for a little when the burdens are'
grievous, and the war la long. Blessed,
beautiful, beneficent land of heart's ds- .
sire! , ''. ' " '
, .. .. ;r, st it H " ; '.v "- .
Simple. Diamond Tests.
But tha councilman can write letters
to the people too; at least, some of!
them -can write, surely.. '
.- . - - ',-'-' a e ;''.:; 5 .-..I.-,:.;"'
. The University Appropriation. ,
' From the Oxnard, . (Cat) 'Courier. , :,
irv. .UA.. -' a.; iiiM than .i I them .can write, surely. I The citizens or the state or Oregon
consequences could .be figured np. Is influence in the finM vote on the L,ctoi- for v. , ' : . hav held up th Oregon sute university
i.: ,'8 Presidency.
i - s-AMne- Tn thafM la tititn iriararaj . i uum ia w. i uui d aa aavvv a a a, via aw vw w
rredit thorn-1 -. .... 7 1 . A. ..:t..i,
e .. ... . - imeni on in nav aiaio to pass. in nut
The annual downpour at Xos Angeles over thla- objection, and lt Is certainly
calamity. .Yet nobody does muchjto S .gainst the administration knd m' cdT
relieve the altnatlon or alTfivlntfl rh I m.j,- u. .... ni.i,t v. 1 la"w 6l . .
AidtM... h an.ei.-"--n7iTi cauuiuaio no wiw,.i.iiinui for is due to a rew earnest ana vig-
dlBtress;; the authorities, national, termlnatiye. That It may not. how- orooB Republican, who led the oppo-
"tJZ ever, go ,lldly vindicated by an- 6E to the . machine there, chief
2.r2S rnorl of it h.n W Jb- in pre88,on rom YoT M' whom wa. Colonel E. Hofer.
ecarcely more of it than of the pity- leadlng organ of the colored race.-ln edltor ot the Capltal jonrnal. It
?? oa e thli countir. It eay. "While .ome was withi difficulty that-Statement
aireeia. &f.. f ? .'..'$ --i'---: .. ara aAvialnr the neero voters, to bolt .ta' ,. it j.... i,a..a
This Is not Wfill! thn unamnlnrarl ' "I Jll I ,-V , w
t. - - --- ' "-'r'tne ttepuoucan pari aiiu ouun a
in such a great, rich, prosperouscoun- Democrat, President Roosevelt ls
uy mw, wuea wiey oecome very 1 r6cognltlng the negro in a way that
numeroua, as they have the past nA other nresldent has l ever done.
No president has ever appointed so
many colored men to prominent, fed
eral positions in northern states;
usually cornea as a SDoilsoOrt. and doea I hnnnd that it will "be aecomDllshed. The
about as much harm as good. ,; luniveraity of .the state is Just now be
winter, . constitute a great eoclal
problem, from which, statesmen, so
ciologists, publicist, and other prom
inent people have no right to turn
away unfeelingly, or; in answer to I AN OLD RAILKOAD'S TROUBLES.
say with. Mr. Taft, ."God knows; I
don't." ' . , .
. This "lack of work" on the part of
a million or half a million men
means, as one writer has said, "the
T
rHE Erie railroad, lately saved
from bankruptcy by . , .Har
rlman, according to-' reports-
possibly only-to meet a worse
wrenching and squeezing and tearing fate is handicapped by the frenzied
of the strengtn and faith and hope financiers who have long since
and opportunity and; lighting spirit turnedto dust.'It consist. 'of a line
of hundreds of thousands of men, from New York to Chicago, with
women and children. . It means vi- branches to Cleveland Buffalo and
tallty used up,t diseases" surrendered
to, standards lowered, ,. eelf-respeet
n-eakened"-i-and v he - might, have
B,!ded, loss of ' moral -courage,- and
f a!th in God and man, a .moral as
v eil as a physical retrogression. :
Chicago is the great center of the
unemployed, and it has a municipal
lodging house for penniless men out
of jobs, which furnishes the follow
lag figures. On November 1, , 22
!n-n slept there; on th nineteenth.
121. The end of the month showed
2,513 iu all, as against S48 for the
same period the year before. In De-
cember, 1906, 1,099'were lodged and
tod ; In 197, 1 1,1 0 0. In January,
1608, there were 19,474, and in Feb
ruary, 20, 1G6 as compared with the
of laBt year. That is to say,
?!;, i o were elngle nights in February
j -1 ?.! arch when as many men' were
: ' 1 as were skeltered last year in
1 Iro nvnth. -lost of' these
v : 0 t .t hoboes,1 but men who j
Rochester. . It .-1. capitalized at
$186,000 a mile, and earn. $23,800
a mllej while the Penneylvania rail
road is capitalized at , 152,268 a
bile, and earns $42,719 a mile from
operatidn, beside, much onv invest
ments. The New : York Central Is
capitalized at $114,807 a mile, and
earns $26,010 from operation. These
figures show the Erie's disadvantage
as compared with the big roads on
either side of it; :.-r; '
The Erie went into the hands of
receivers at the outset of the pa.nlc
in 1901, and emerged in -1905. It
had . been In "receiver's hands three
times before in 1841, when but a
little ot it was built, in 1859, and in
1875.- Lately it has greatly in
creased its earnings---from $38,000,-
000 In 1853 to.151. 000.000 in 1907.
on' the" same mileage and la the
same period has expended much for
betterments. ;, p J, . 4 :C '-
But its recent trouble is" explained
e e ; :. ...-.f ia-innlna: to take on a new lease or iiie.J
I 3f ... . .........
Uaa ilnaa Mnhann ilara lalea Waah. I lta l&rfer rrOWtn HBS Deen nOilceea OT
Ing-ton. whll war with several countries the other large institutions of the Pa
ls liable to break out any night . clfle coast, who have looked . fofward
i , . ,r with no little pleasure to the time when
rmmrllman ftnker'a rlvlf virtue la of It Will take the place In the north that
5'""n5Jima!, "a.?.'r ".."yi0 J.1"?? "V tha University. of California and Btan.
run, and those consented .were R 'XMT?
not debaters, while the antls were ona.. - f-i - needa a T champion who will educate the
well organized ana naa lunas, ana , "Now be.ln the 7 party orrana to votere ana legislatures or in ' aiiiereni
able politician, to manage their cam- .SfM.i2 ?4a?lS
paign." Mr. Hofer began the fight k. ju Stevenson. - - s , , v cation of tha youth of our country and
rn Htatemint Kn 1 ilmmt nlnno hnt .. . . . proper supply. ''.'"""
- -"- - , - , . , . ...i uriMM. - l- aim- i i nivarflitv or urea-on is louay in a cru-
pleaain. to -many,,and. In fact, foolish, loal position that may. make or mar its
but it won't do to suppreaB free speech future aa a, "great in"""10;1.' 1'"?
on that accpunt. In the west The poopIeoMb state of
, e. . California, who have known whatsit
The trouble with Japanor, rather, a mans to fight for proper support -for
lot of Japanese lingoes la that, tney tneir nignesii ineniuuu w
want to iick tne wnoia wona ana uon i
know where to begin.
.- A Btory " In an exchange says many
people "stopped to witness the unusual
epwpecata gnialtof ln-ddnathtoolf ewe
spectacle." ' No doubt.
..:',.:''. -i'''! "ii, f'-if,h'i.-.5-.-ii:i'''-V. (
Possibly if the English' government
ment
Japan,
unanimous
anese methods and practices. . it was
the missionary influence which wis
largely responsible for' tha revlaion of
treaties which In 1889 brought JaDan
Into the "moat favored nation" class.
'ihis revision waa bitterly ODDOsed by
many of the commercial class.
But differ aa .they wilL tha mis
sionary reallsee and admits that com
merce haa Riven him the means to
omii a th Ian, lvhara ha la vorkrtna
ror uie aavanoement or nis noiy causo, i rvv hebe a zew persona, - remaraea .
. V. A W L .MM, MUM, . I B . ... . . .
ut. iiiaiv lias j n r m hi u. ii u, .! uivn-i . i.waia. -wnn airai an a1, rn.
enca of the foreign commercial apiric " .... ' m 5
The buslneaa man. also, if he be fair, purchaae a diamond on the.
will confess that it waa tha missionary sVangth of ; their. . own knowledge
who first created the tiny demand for an(j observation and without placing im-'
ouUt"h.TrLtUuDe'r2turaa'of IT, Pc confidence- In the' man who sell.
imDort buslneaa of the JaDan of to-1 the stone. It is a fact that even pawn-
day. , And moal . business men In the Dr0Ir, havo often been Uken in by
eaat wlir say that the money epentl. . ,.i. vii, ai.
on missions 4ias been more than repaid 1 7 . ; .
In adwantare to commerce, leavlnr outltnougn It taxes many years-oi aciuui
of the question the results in educa-1 observation and experience before' one
tion. clvillaation and Chrlatianlty. h-m-- -lamonrt emert. there are
a few slmDle testa which wIlLconslder-
ha haa -been dean of the denartment I ably, aid a buyer of . diamonds. Ono
of engineering at that institution. Mr.f test is to prick a needle hole through a
Anthony la recognised aa one of the cara ana look at tne noie tnrougii.111-
foremost of American authorities on doubtful atone. If the latter la apurTpua
tho science of engineering and la the two holea will bo visible. Every imlta-
author of several technical works that tlon atone which reaemblea a diamond
nave oeen accepted aa text "books :n I gives a aouoi renecnun. wmu
leadlng technical schools. I mond's reflection Is single, i . ,
l nis is a oeiicmia lvbi,, wum iv
difficult to aeeoven a. sharp and de
fined object throngh a diamond.- , Ther
single frefractlon of the diamond alao
allows one to determine an uncertain
atone.' If the finger, la placed behind it
and -viewed tnrouga tne stone witn a
Painting Appear, on Church Wall.
From the London Standard,
" Tha Rev. T..D. Gray has communicat
ed to tha Cambridge. Antiquarian society
particulara of a curious picture which I watchmaker's glaaa, the grain of tha
v.n. .,. ... .11 1 skin will be olainly aeen If tha atone ia
uaa vvwtv auav . r vh iiiiviiui R.n I . . . - . . , - . . . . . . . -
E.Jl, -i.-iKiIV..71 -C": the grain of the akin will not be lls
gregatlon -aaaembled f or worahlo - on al.i Vi.v..j ..a -n . i i. .n
Siar,rt.mnrnln- ware urnrll't I . ".,';:" Y" .
shadowy Jooking, f pure facing Jhem nnneV.u If genuine, the setting at tho
JHSIin i!li:-,.-eliil0K8ch : back cannot bi discerned, but if it is a
hi. energy, persistence and , ability
won. large and growing eupport, as
the returns showed.
The article, on the orient by Fred
eric J. Haskln, now running in The
Journal, will prove interesting and
Instructive to many readers, especial
ly as the eye. of the world are turned
upon the far east as never before,
and It Is likely to be the scene of
great event, in the comparatively
near future... Mr. Haskln 1. a noted
observer, Investigator and commen
tator, and The Journal has the ex
clusive right in Oregon to publish his
articles. , . :ffi:
' 'The authorities In Guatemala , do
not wait for any long, hair-splitting
trial, when would-be assasaine of the
president of that country are caught.
half a dozen or more of them; young
cadet.,,. were executed. within a few
minute, of the attempt.
certainly hope to, eee tha University of
nramiti ansorded Its orODer ) appropria
tion,; wiucn WOO Knows w wi'Miyiw
. ' This Date In History?
'i KKSlnnuncii "of Trent Brorogiied.
1704 First issue of the Boston News
Letter, i tne rirsc American newspaper.
1 7ftfAlHAil mntrllsh. - Dutch ' and
would f double Poet Laureate Austin's Phrttirnam , forces -defeated by :the
pension he might agree not to publish I French and Spanish at . battle of , AI
any more alleged poeme. , . ;. . . . . . j iiansB, !'-:.-i: ;'r'''-'-'-..V." '
''-;. .!'' .I;- v;;:t:?.c;"v ' 1 , 1764 Thomas A. PllMi, eiaer urom-
11 ; vnnM anmhil Innruu Pat. I er nf Robert Emmet, Inu 1 nimscll vi
dent Boosevelt'a popularity In Portland noted Irlah patriot,born in Cork. DIed
if ho would give gecretary Metcalfe a in exllo (in New -:Tprk, . November. 14,
amart whack with the bis stick , 1827. -' . -Lu ' '! -1
171 Benjamin arnson. one oi im
It rained the other day down in Call-
vVtrnla mrA all ih twinla want . wll
with joy over the unusual event. There f In 1726,
ia no jici iuw uuu via vregon.
An evangelist aaya "hell is full of
algners of the American Declaration of
Independence, died. Born in Virginia
ISIS Anthony Trollope, , novelist.
born. - Died December. ,- :
ia United States rovernment con
WIUl . UN
', Congressman Hobson ' is out on
this coast telling us our need of na
tional . defense but why doesn't he
etay In Washington and talk to his
fellow lawmakers? ',. 1 . .
The constitution of Oregon pro
vides that "incompetency, corruption,
malfeasance or delinquency in office
may be tried In the same manner as
criminal offenses, and Judgment may
be given of dismissal fri office,-and
FreBbVteriana" Then members of all ciuaea a- treaty o
other denominations must hav hn m. I 8ux jnaians.
eluded, from that interesting place.
Alton B. Parker, will be an antl
Rrvan delegate to tne Denver con vn.
tlon. . He ahould take with him for ref
erence figures showing tha popular elec
toral vote in ivut,
- A z 5-year-old y elephant . In' Central
Park, New York, Is one-kind ot an ele
phant Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
and Sundays, and quite another kind
tha remaining days of the week, which
suggests to the New ' York American
that a somewhat parallel case is to be
observed in the case of the Republican
elephant, which ia 1 "a Roosevelt , ele
phant rart of the time, and a Taft ale-
fhant on political convention days. It
a tariff elephant In Pennsylvania, and
a revision elephant in Illinois. .. It Is a
radical elephant In the west, and a vv
conservative elephant in "W'aU' street.' j
UUA V I1U1KII0,
lftaft ftnntn declared a State of war
existing with the United States. -189
Richard J. . pflesby,, ex-gover-
norjOf.Jliinoia, dieo. worn iti.
, Garnder O. Anthony's Birthday. ;
Gardner Chaco Anthony, a noted en
gineering ; expert and dean - of the en
gineering, school -of Tuft's college, was
born in Providence; Rhode Island, April
24. 1866. He received hla education
In Brown univeralty and Tuft's college.
For a numoer of years after his gradu
ation he was connected. In an advisory
capacity with several of the great loco
motive,, steam engine and . other en
gineering works In his native city. In
1885 he became-director of the. me
chanical -department- of " the - Rhode
Island -(School of Design, and two year;
later he - founded the Rhode Island
Technical Drawing .school. In l"3 -':ei
went to ; Tuft's coiiege ana unw i
ject had been known to exist before.' It
would Appear tnat, tne picture .bad been
covered by a thin layer of plaster, and
that the damn had caused it to show
darkly through the coloring above.. On
attempting to . peel ' off i the piaster It
was- round that black,, red and yellow
made stone tha foil or setting will be
aeen.' .There ia no acid which -haa
any perceptible effect upon a genuine
diamond. - Hydrofluoric acid, if dropped
on a stone. made of glass, win corrode,,
It. ' hut will not affect a diamond nno
way or the other. A trainee!, eye- can'
uia.uv -rrabaa eavaau B-4av7 ,-' au) VLV
of the figure is in three, quarters or pro
file, with a beard and curly hair.- The
neaa 'dress was apparently, a , crown
The left hand grasped a wand -16
inches- long, surmounted' with a fleur-de-ly.
; The clothing, in a long robe of
ermine.-over wnicn waa a cloak, waa
open In front. - The wall, la of the flf-
tfie imitations appear soft to the vision
qf; the experts.". .
at -k
The Daily Menu.
s BREAKFAST, t" '
Creamed codfish.
teenth century, ' and- the figure ia be-1 Wheat -acakea.5 Maple syrup, Coffee,
lievedto represent either Edward ftha
vomesBor,- or tarfiyi...-yi-
thrifty Pyrenees Giants fwS t ;
rvm - me j-aiuiinuer. , . -
Bvery now and ' then some; one ! an
nounces himself as tha "tallest, man,"
one of the last being Senor Flrmin .Ar
rudl, a native of. Salient, In tho Span
ish Pyrenees. - He Is 7 feet 8 inches tall.
-Naturally, moat of these blsr. fellows
go about the world , exhibiting them
aelvea. that ordinary mortals may won
der and Incidentally pay for their won
derment) Senor .Arrudi made , a tour of
South America, where he made in one
year more than 12,000. . ? -
He was .'wiser than "many freaks, of
nature, however, and after accumulat
ing hla monev bo returned to hla native
village, where he went into retired life,
married and Is living on tha Interest of
ma earnings. - . .
John D. Doesn't Sign Checks.
From, the Cleveland Plain Dealer.-7
"I don't, believe it's generally known,"
remarked J. O. TVY Cowles. agen t for
John iD. Rockefeller.: tha other dafy,
"that Mr. Rockefeller never, signs any
personal checks. - .
"He frequently ' puts bis O. ' K. on
bills, but he has signed no checks for
several years. Even a check for e-rn-
ceriea used at Forest Hill during his
summer stay, or for aome small local
philanthropy la not signed by Mr. Rock
efeller. Everything goea through the
regular ' channel and is made out by
some of the-titaildard Oil neonle at 20
Broadwayr" . ;.;'.'" .-"--' I
Ragout of lamb. Cheeaefondu.
Stewed - apricots." Hot gingerbread. -hr-rJ"k
t Tea. - .t
r ' dinner. -: ; . 5 ' '
Tomato soup. ' j Veal Bteak breaded.
' .Boiled rlco. ' - . Asparagus.
,-j-r Lemon Jelly. ! f ? Macaroona, ,
:'i':' 'k f ::': Coffee. , .
Cheese fondu--Make in one large dish
or In -small portions in individual cas
seroles. For ono portion allow two
egga.' half a aaltspoonful of aarCf a
heaping Ublespoonf ul of grated cheese,
two of milk. and. a few gralna of
cayenne. Melt a teaepoonful-of butter ,
in the dish, and when It bolls, pour in
the cheese and egg, and ; cook slowly
until set, It la served -in the dish
in which it la cooked, and should be
eaten at; once.--"-: i-,s-..v?i :-l rn- .j..---
Gingerbread One"Cup of butter Or
butter and drlDDlnir. one cup molasses.
one cup brown sugar two teaapoonfula
ginger, and one each of clove, allspice .'
and, mace, one teaepoonful 'salt,-, and
one bf sods dissolved in half a cup
of hot water, one. egg, three cupe of
pastry flour.- Stir together shortening,
sugar,- molasses and spice. Add tha '
soda and -, the beaten - egg, -and lasti7
the flour. Bake in buttered tlna. '
Lemon Jelly One bog gelathie, five t
lemons,; Juice and rind, one quart toil
ing water, one pint white sugar. ..Soak
the gWlatine in' one cup cold water-for '
half , an' hour , Add the yellow rind
of- the lemons cut very thin, and boll
one : minute. . Strain, add. sugar, - and -pour
into molds wet in cold water to
harden. To turn out wrap hot' clotha '
about mold for a moment or set in .a
pan nut wai, -ociug .vareiui to re
move oulckly, .-
l.
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