The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-08-06

national peace conference where you
agreed to arbitrate everything Of this
character and you as the supposedly
greatest nation in ihe world have no
right to refuse a request TO arbitrate
with the syrians, or Beers, and as your
most Christian majesty has made a vow
TO arbitrate, here's yonT chance to prac-
tice what you preach and refer the ulti'
matum Of little one.h horse republic
that wants arbitration TO The Hague
peace tribunal. But the 400 tooters for
Jehovah who lived on crumbs from
Ahab's throne, and wanted a pull for
chaplaincies knew as we'll az Abab, or
the King Of England did, that the de-
mands he was making Of the smaller
nation would not be conceded by arbi-
trativn, and 90 they all urged him to 90 to
war. But there was yet one prophet and
the King didn't want to hear him,
because he always told Ahab
the truth, but Jehoshaphat wanted him
hrought, in and he told Ahab that the
Lord had put lying spirit in the
mouths OF his prophets to entice him TO
90 to war, and that il he went out to
battle with the Syrians his armies would
come home like a flock without a shep-
herd. For his plain spiel the old prophet
Micaiah was sent 10 prison and fed on
the bread OF aillction made OF graham
and bull-thistles chopped fine, while the
king went TO war. A great many peopl,
think II 10 sinful 10 90 TO a theatre but
this single chapter Of Second Chronicles
Is as fine as any Of Shakespeare war
plays, and no longer than one act
drama and II you can grasp its story and
most.any one can, even aMissouyian, you
will see that the King didn't have the
utmost confidence in his 400 brevet-
chaplains. lie went TO battle but dis
guised himself while he let his cousin
wear the royal robes and the Syrians did
most OF their heavy fighting against
poor Jehoshaphat. But one fellow let an
arrow fly that got into the collar OF King
Ahab and that was the end Of him. Tie
story stops right there. Its black eye
for the 400 false prophets, and II this Is
all true and inspired history the King Of
England will not live 10 see the run on
bis bank stopped that was started when
he went TO war with the Beers. OF
courte. his mother didn't want the war
but was oyerpersuaded by the false
prophets who wanted soft jobs and con.
tracts Ia the army and navy. This chap
ter OF the Bible is not often taken as a
text by the preachers. II isn't exactly
popular with the popularity,
pothunter but IL is the grand
est chapter In the old testament Just the
same aud It ought 70 be read by all hold
ing high Office every Monday morning
before they begin their weeks work IL
proves that the greatInternatienal Peace
Conference was fraud, because the fret
nation that had chance 10 put II Into
effect with a smaller nation preferred to
follow its own selfish aud shortsightcd
interests TO following the ways OF pace
Snd justice. The Uuitcd States has done
nearly a. badly in the Philippines and
We have nothing 10 brag on. IL wouldn't
hurt President Mckinley to have bii
chaplain read that chapter TO him once
in while just 10 show him that man
may be awiully popular and yet
nightly mistaken,
q e q
For about two months now the news
papers have been fllled with articles
about tuberculosis and sputum and
discussion whether animals could eatcl
consumption from animals or animal
from people or people from sputum an,
vice versa. About hall the scientist
hold TO the sputum theory aud the othel
half 10 the orthodoS idea that il wa
inheritable. IL has been Dr., Keel
right aud left, and il wasn't much OF 1
metropolitan paper that didn't spute 4
| column or two ON tuberculosis each day