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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

as OF OW-m1ndedneSS. SYM
pathetic insight is the outcome
of a knowledge of human nature
and of that higher education
which should begin at home and
never be discontinued. The
members of certain families have
been noted for generations for
social qualities of the finest
kind. In these families the best
books on all sorts of subjects
are constantly being read aloud
with visitors and friends and
discussed. There are families
in the depths of the country
where the most sparkling con-
versation is heard at every meal.
The keenest interest is taken in
art, literature, politics and hu-
man nature. Books have been
read, not skinned, and the
superficiality of semiculture is
put out of countenance at once.
Unfortunately the practice of
reading aloud is dying out.
The cant of individuality has
broken up the family circle, and
the friends who were wont to
bring a change of ideas have now
no center to attract them. Let
tiers and memoirs of old days
TEEN with descriptions of de-
lightful gatherings made memoir
able by the grace and wit of the
conversation; nowadays it is
exceptional to find anyone noted
for this charming accomplish
ment. There are, of course,
numbers who possess the gifts;
but it is not now mentioned as an
addition to their attractions; in
fact, in these days, when a
woman's charms are publicly
catalogued item by item, this
ng of all is usually only advanced
II L
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST.

81 count all things but loss for the
excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus our Lord" (Phil. 8 81. The word
Christ" what meant it to Paul? Is
there dictionary that tells out it's sig
nif1cance in a single line? Can you faith
ON it's import to him at the beginning,
midway and at the end of his journey?
Throughout his life the meaning was
deepening and broadening and heighten-
ing, comprehending all questions, peopling
all realms, and filling as a central sun the
whole universe of his being with it's radi-
ance. No one eye can see the whole
ocean at once, so no soul can see the
whole Christ. Truth" says Schiller,
never is, it is always becoming" Not
at once and by one glance of the eye do
we behold all that Christ is, but incor-
porating Him, and living out His life,
we see more and more with ever-increas-
ing distinctness.-Dr. John Clifford.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
READING THE WORD.

While there may be no Philip at hand
to explain the Scripture, ii we read with
inquiring minds and eager desire to know
the truth, with a purpose of heart to en-
brace it when found, greater than Philip
is always ready to help us to right un-
derstanding of the Word of God. An Old
Testament prophet speaking of the way
Of holiness, the true religious life, said:
"The wayfaring man, though a fool, shall
not err therein" The humblest the least
gifted the least favored in this earthly
life, need not fail in the christian life.
That is the meaning of the evangelical
prophet, whose lips were touched with
fire, and whose Old Testament prophe-
cies read so much like New Testament
history. The Holy Spirit helps every
receptive student of the Word of God.
Hear the Masters own words: ASK, and
it shall be given you: seek, and We shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you: for every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened" There
can be no eXcusable evasion of the duty
Of using this means 70 grace There can
be no possible failure to any who thus
obey.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
FROM DAY TO DAY.

Let me but do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom,
In roaring market-place or tranquil
room;
Let me but find it in my heart to say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me astray,
This is my work. my blessing, not my
doom;
Of all who live, am the one by whom
This work can best be done, in the right
way"
Then shall I see it not too great, nor
small,
To suit my spirit and to prove my pow
erS;
Then shall l cheerful greet the laboring
hours,
And cheerful turn, when the long shadows
fall
At eventide, to play and love and rest,
Because l know for me my work is best.
Henry van Dyke.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
YESTERDAY.

Yesterday now is part of forever,
Bound up in sheaf which God holds
tight,
With glad days and sad days and bad
days, which never
Shall visit us more with their bloom
and their blight.
Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful
night.
Let them go, since we cannot relieve them.
Cannot undo and cannot atone;
God in His mercy forgive, receive them,
Only the new days are our own
To-day is ours, and to-day alone.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
QUIET HOUR.
PRAYER OF DIR. THos. ARNOLD.

o Lord, l have a busy world around
me- eye, ear and thought will be needed
for all my work to be done in this busy
world. Now, ere l enter on it, 1 would
commit eye, ear and thought to thee Do
thou bless them and keep their work
thine, that as through thy natural laws
my heart beats and my blood flows, with.
out any thought of mine, so my spiritual
life may hold on it's course at these times
when my mind cannot consciously turn
to thee, to commit each articular thought
to thy service. Hear God my prayer,
for my dear Redeemers sake. Amen.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26

Let us cultivate and reverently cher
ish the honest indignations of our ma
ture, for they are the life and fire that
is in us. God has given them, and the
man is most happy who has them the
warmest, the truest the least wrenched
by prejudice, the least dulled by sense
and sin.-Phillips Brooks
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26

The soul is made for Cod and never
finds rest till it returns to Him again.
When God and the soul meet, there will
follow contentment. God, simply consid-
cred, is not all our happiness, but God as
trusted in, and Christ as we are made one
with Him.-Sibbes.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
MINISTER'S PLACE NOT INFALLl-
BILE

MINISTER'S PLACE NOT INFALLl-
BILE.
The visitor was large and aggres-
slve man who represented very worthy
cause in a very authoritative way.
Brother" said he to the rural pastor
whom he had honored with a call, 81
was at loss to know to whom to ap-
ply for collection, but last night the
Lord told me to come and present my
cause before your people. / could not
do other, he continued, than to come"
"Of course not" replied his host.
You did quite right to come, and when
the Lord tells me to let you have my
pulpit, you shall have it. You could
not expect me to do other than wait for
message, could you?" And the re-
suit was that the collection was not
taken up. Was Il not Dean Stanley
who said that the people who were most
impressed by the Holy Spirit speaking
through themselves were least anxious
TO hear what the Holy Spirit said by 9th
ers? We have before us a leafet issu-
ed by the stated supply OF a small West
ern church who has been invited to as
sumo the paStOrate. The pastor elect
laws down ten or twenty conditions to
which he announces he will rigidly adj
here, nearly all referring to trifting de-
ails of pastoral conduct, petty opinions
exalted to the place of fundamental
principles of life. Frankly we would
not care to sit under the preaching of
any man so positive that he was insprr-
cd and so certain that his brethren had
no revelations of their own The one
thing every servant Of God needs TO
learn is that his convictions are no more
positive no more of the Holy Spirit no
more infallible, than those of his brethren.
He will call no man lord. That is good.
Now let him bear himself as one who
does not expect any one else to call him
lord. Let him be as positive as he
chooses to be, so long as he gives to
others the right to convictions eoua11v
pronounced and u1,~lterable!
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
DAILY HOME READINGS

S.-Psalm 14S.
Our lessons for 1907 will all be Old
Testament studies; we begin with crea-
ton, and continue the studies to
Samuel, the Judge. We will study the
characters OF men who have had Gods
approval as Enoch, Abraham, Joseph,
Moses and Joshua and hope to get
Inspiration and cheer from suc.l biogra-
phes.
Our first lesson is, creation-and yet,
our critical notes say: Its theme is
not creation, but God. Note how God
is everywhere to the front in this
chapter. I'm the beginning God" God
created" God said," God caused
to divide" God called" Goa saw"
God made" so at every step it is God
that is thrust upon the readers atten-
ton. Its purpose is not primarily to
open up to us the secrets and the de-
tailed processes of the origin of the
universe, but its prime purpose was to
Introduce the covenant people to their
coyenant Cod Gin His full sublimity
spirituality and goodness
Moses. was the author of Genesis and
Bible students believe that his object in
writing 1t was to pave the way for the
Exodus of Israel from Egypt The
children of Israel had been in Egypt
somewhere between two and four hun
dred years; they had been living among
a PEOPLE who served gods many and
lords many" who did no, believe in one
living and true Gcd, with every object
and power of nature absolutely sub
ject to His will. During this long
period they had become so familiar
with Egyptian deities, that they had
lost any vivid conception of the God
of their fathers.
So we see the need of Mosess attempt
to inspire Israel with confidence in,
and enthusiasm for it's God.
In introducing God to Israel, Moses
has performed a needful service for
every generation of men since. Clear
conceptions of our God should be the
ground work of our religious life:
THE Scriptures principally teach what
man should believe concerning God, and
what duty God requires of man.
In this lesson we see the triune God
taking part in creation. John tells us
in regard to Jesus Christ, the Son, the
second person in the Trinity: Call things
were made through him; and with
out him was not any thing made that
hath been made.
1t is stated, "The Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters.
This record destroys the view of the
Pantheists by asserting an intelligent
personal Creator separate and distinct
from all created things it DESTROYS
the view Of Evoluicnist by stating Gods
separate commands that the earth shall
bring forth grass and fruit after their
kind: living creatures after their kind
cattle, and creeping things, and beasts
of the earth after their kind; and it
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-26
Sunday-School Lesson.
GOD THE CREATOR.

January 6, 1907 Gen /: 1-5.
Golden Text.-"In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth" -
Gen. 1: l.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
ALL LINES
INVOLVED

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.--
President Cornelius Of the Interna-
tional Garments union this morning
presented to the Geary and Califor-
mia street lines the same demands
made on the United Railroads, of
So for an eight hour day. Any act
at tonig' rs meeting Of the carmen
will now apply to every line in this
city and If strike is ordered 1t
will tie up the town.
Independent lines will undoubted.
ly follow the United Railroads in
refusing or granting demands of
employees Refusal of the carmen
to await the arrival of President
Calhoun of the United roads for
an answer to their demands widens
the breach and makes the strike
almost inevitable.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
SET
FOR TRIAL

Judge Poindexter this morning
set criminal cases for trial next
month as follows:
September 4-Ernest Stout, at
tempted statutory assault; George
Shurduk. burglary.
September 5-Orvis Walker, forg-
cry.
September 6-Charles and James
Schmidt. attempted burglary.
September Ben Weaver, forg-
cry.
September 14-James Mayo, for
killing Crane
j. H. Curtis, charged with lar.
ceny from the person, declined to
plead AMI the court ordered a plea
Of not guilty, putting the case over
for the term.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
E0UAL|z|NG board
SWAMPEO TODAY

up of this morning came as it did
is true, then there is little chance
of the requested reductions except
in unusual instances.
There are rumors of a political
significance, in that a game may be
played to discredit the assessor and
to pull pap for the county ticket by
a wholesale reduction of country
mems taxes just in time to save
the informed favorites. This might
be done today or II might be done
by appeal to the general powers of
the commissioners for the county
after adjournment of the equalizers,
provided the records show that a
kick had been recorded adjourn
ment tolay.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
they WANT The
RAPID TRANSIT

Businets men along North Mon
roe street, with two exceptions,
have signed a petition to the city
council requesting that body to
grant the franchise requested by
the Spokane & Pend d'Oreille Rapid
Transit company. Many residents
have also signed the paper, until
nearly 200 names are on the list
The petitioners take the position
that suburban railway lines con.
tribute generally to business activ-
ity all over the city and that nc
favoritism should be shown the op
position of any one concern to the
establishment of a competing one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25

The Press intends to keep on
turning up the bridge question until
there is some safe assurance that
citizens may cross the river without
taking their lives int their hands.
That such Is not the condition
now will not be disputed unless the
administration discountenances the
report of it's accepted bridge ex-
pert, G. T. F;rsyth.
1t rested On the Washington
Water Power company's expert UNI
til compelled to another view in
regard to Howard street by the col
lapse Of portion of that structure.
That inciden. could scarcely be
hidden even by the liberal coat of
whitewask applied. The ruins in
the river were uncomfortably evi.
dent anc the rotten spots, like
murder, would out.
Forsyth is something of a mys.
terry as bridge expert in this city.
He came from the o. r. & N, vol,
unteered in fact, and went to work
apparently foi the purpose Of do
ing something.
AS bridge after bridge fell under
the ban of his investigation the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
C0UNCI[MEN ROAST
MAYOR AND BOARD

surface symptoms Of big upheav-
al in city hal' affairs became elo-
quent o. promise.
And then Mr.. Forsyth has bust
ness elsewhere and his exporting
has since languished. He came
back and stayed just long enough
to pronounce the lofty Monroe
street bridge unsafe and vanished.
If the administration wants the
city BRIGGS exported why isn't
the man selected for that work
busy. or why hasn't he finished the
Job and filed an official report?
Has he been made to understand
the futilitv of such course SO long
as he finds any cause of complaint?
1t certainly looks that way.
What magic Is the Washington
Water Power company, the most
interested and implicated bridge
party, using at the CITY hall? Is it
holding out any other Inducements,
such as future good things for city
officials in the political arena? And
will it be able to deliver the goods ?
Indications point to some such a
deal. Commissioner Roy and Ono
stick to the proposition that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
WANTS 28 YEARS
OF WEDl 0Ck
SEVERED

/ Elizabeth Gordon, who was mar.
ried in 1878 in Minnesota, wants
to be free of Earl w. Gordon, and
alleges assault in years gone by
and fear of disposition by her
husband of his property. The
.eosDle have not lived together for
a nu&sber of yeavs, but the husband
has paid her grocery bills and other
accounts, while she has in part sup,
ported herself. She Is now sick
and unable to help herself and she
wants a restraining order forbid
ding him to sell any of the proper,
ty of which she may need her
share.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
W|LLUNL0AD
4 BRIDGE

The Havermale street bridge
which now lies on Great Northern
cars at an expense Of $40 a day
will be unloaded next Wednesday
On Tuesday night the council will
meet and perhaps this question OF
what shall be done with the bridge
will be settled for all time. If the
council takes no action Commits
sioner ONO, head of the city bridge
department, will take the respon
sibility upon his own shoulders and
have the steel unloaded.
you may say" said Mr.. ONO
that that bridge comes off the
cars next Wednesday whether the
council acts or not"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25

terribly man5led. Much damage
was done by fire before the blaze
was ext:nguished.
Stolypin Is reported to have wired
the car this afternoon: "Pm in
tact"
Thirty were wounded by the
bomb at the StolypIn reception.
Four revotutionists were arrest.
ed at the premier's residence this
afternoon in a coach. Two were
uniformed as officers, one as a
coachman and the fourth as a citi.
zen. The office entered under
pretext Of making an important re-
port.
One th. ew the bomb into the re-
ception room. The hrower was
among the killed.
A daughter of stoIypin was
wounded, both legs being broken.
Firemen arrived Immediately and
found many mutilated eorpses.
Colonc; Stein, chief Of police at
the palace during the sessions of
the douma. was also killed. The
general killed was stolypin's priv
ate secretary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
SMASHED by
BEER KEC

DR.. George Gray, city physiciaa,
was called last night to attend A..
Morgan, porter at the Spokane bar,
who had allowed a full key of beer
to roll over him as he was putting
II into the cellar. BY the time the
physician reached the place the
man had lost more than pint of
blood. lie was very weak when the
flow was stopped and today he is
somewhet improved at Sacred
Heart hospital.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
GREAT ARMY
HOSPITAL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The
war department is preparing to
build near this city, on Brightwood
road, within the district limits, a
large army general hospital, which
will be the lest equipped institu-
tion Of lis kind In the world. The
best ideas Which prevail anywhere
will be used in the new hospital,
which VII cost little less than
100000 To this institution army
officers and enlisted men from all
parts of tie country and the Philip
pines will be sent when they are
in need CT special treatment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
CITY OFFICIALS CHASED
OFF RESERVATION

large party of horsemen with guns
going over their lands. shooting
their pheasants and grouse, they
got busy ami told the Indian in
structor about it.
BY the time the instructor got on
the trail Chief Myers and his party
was going towards the Columbia
river ant making more breakneck
records han Gid any scout of the
early days They beat it out across
the Coluu bia river and onto neutral
territory, all hut Millius, and he
didn't make it before the pursuer
swooped Town and confiscated the
shotgun
Legal advice has been secured to
the effect that the instructor had
no right to capture the artillery and
Millius Will epdeavor to force the
reservation bcss to give it up.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25
WELCHERS'
BLACKLIST

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.-
Professor Whitney of the chamber
Of commerce said today that the
authorized list Of welching insur-
ance companies would be completed
In about a month. He ana Ipsur.
ance Commissioner wklf are work
ing with all haste to complete the
report, which will be given wide.
spread publicity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25

Harry Mill,us of the city en-
gineer's Office, is going to raise all
thunder with the United States
government AID a certain Indian in
structor on the south half of the
Colville reservation, if that certain
Indian farmer don't give up his
shotgun
Some lays ago Harry Myers,
chief Of TIE fire department;
Boomer" Weeks, also of the fire
department; Mr.. Lundie and Millius
went on hunting trip.
To safeguard themselves they
got hunting permits reinforced by
a letter of introduction from the
sheriff of Ferry county and hit out
over the trails of the once warike
savages. These savages are farm
ers now and when they saw this
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-25

Washington Water Power company
shall not pay but half the expense
of rebuilding the collapsed Howard
span-the bridge 1t warranted to
keep safe and sound--because they
made an agreement with the com.
pany, or the company made an
agreement with them, to that ef-
feet.
The city council passed a resolu.
ton ordering the board Of public
works to collect all the expense
from the Washington Water Power
company.
What influence has the company
used on Roy ard ONO so effectively
as to cause them to disobey the
orders of the city council?
And what's the mayor doing all
this time. He knows what's going
on. He's supreme in city political
affairs. He names all the men for
their jobs. names the commission
ers, the members of the water de-
partment, the health department.
and all o.her departments. He's on
the tnside to the negotiations be.
tween the commissioners and the
! Washington Water Power company,
yet he allows the company to han.
die his board of public works in
such way they seem to hold of.
fee mera'y as the company's board
of control on public salary.
Is the mayors administration
getting 10 be as rotten as some of
its successors?
1t has become question Of
whether the city council is running
the city or whether it Is the board
of public works. Is a resolution of
the city council worth anything?
1t don't seem to have been in this
| case.
But Joseph Phillips, councilman
from the Fifth ward, says:
"The board Of public works gets
its instructions from the legisla-
tive body of the city and the Pratt
resolution instructed the board to
collect all of the expense Of that
span from the company. II the
members Of the board don't adhere
to those instructions they should
| be thrown ont of their Jobs. A
two-thirds vote of the council can
do this without the mayors help.
The trouble is the members of the
board think themselves secure.
Backed by the mayor they think
they can do as they please. The
mayor got upon the floor of the
council chant ers twice already and
tried to tell the council what to do.
I'll tell the p'embers of the board
or the mayor to their faces that
thy're not right. The mayor has
not brains enough to run a wheel
barrow straight"
Captain Join Gray. councilman
from the Second ward, says:
THE Washington Water Power
company must pay all the expense
'of the fixing up of the bridge It
knocked down. The Pratt resolu-
ton hollis good. 1t looks to me
like this board is getting too friend.
ly with the company"