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PAGE SIX
SUCCESS THROUGH MERIT
SEXTRACT FROM SUNDAY MORN
ING SERMON PREACHED BY
REV. MORTON GREGORY.
Urges the People to Seek for Merit,
Worth, Character, Manhood and
Womanhood.
Choosing as his subject "Merit,"
■Rev. Morton Gregory, Sunday morn
ing addressed a large congregation at
the Christian church. An extract from
the discourse follows:
Merit.
"Tf God be for us, who can be against
us?"— Rom. 8:31.
" —and their works do follow them."
—Rom. 14:13.
Since the universe has for its author
■God and He a being of supreme
righteousness, infinite wisdom an-1
eternal justice, it follows that real and
final success can be attained by man
only through merit. "One is in the
majority when He is on the side of
God." Thousands have thrown them
selves on the side of right when the
outcome looked dark, but never yet
has failure attended such an effort.
Looked at from the standpoint of the
final outcome right does prevail. Were
this not so it were impossible for the
•■universe to persevere. If the opposite
•were true the wrong would always
succeed and the wrong is self-de
structive. Hate would be victor over
love. Ugliness would banish beauty.
A lie would overthrow truth. Not
only is this impossible in fact, but our
sninds cannot even conceive of such an
absurdity. Even the men who lead
false lives expect sometime to change
and take fellowship with right. To
the man of limited vision it might ap
pear that error prevails but to him
who sees, error perishes. You know
that it is impossible for wrong to tri- j
umph finally. A seer has spoken:
"Right forever on the scaffold, wrong j
forever on the throne,
Tet that scaffold sways the future, and
behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
keeping watch above His own."
Or the words of Charles Sumner:
-Nothing from man's hands, nor law r ,
nor constitution, can be final. Truth
alone is final."
And we all remember Bryant's im
mortal statement:
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again."
There is a profound psychology in
the warning sent to Pontius Pilate by
his wife:
"Have nothing to do with the con
demning of this just Christ."
There is profounder logic in the
words of Gamaliel when he reasoned
that it would be useless to oppose the
Christ and his followers, for if they
were out of harmony with truth they
vould not succeed, but if God and
truth were on their side all the powers
of the universe could not overthrow
them. The fact of the matter is that
110 matter how corrupt one becomes
he fears the truth. He realizes that
wrong must finally give way to truth.
Perhaps we wonder at times why
men act contrary to this known law.
'The query is not a difficult one to
It is natural for us to desire
to gain a point as quickly as possible.
.Since this is true and the reward of
"merit being slowly gained a resort is
taken to that which will give a speedy
xeturn.
Every man would assent that he
■would be able to accomplish more by
making a preparation for life's work,
but all do not so act. You can easily
•convince the young law student that
-he will be able to reach greater heights
"Toy making an adequate preparation
■for his profession. He will not deny
the fact, but he may Ignore the ad-
A'ice and gather some individual rea
sons for so doing. He may desire to
the goal quickly. Still he will
realize that he limits himself to mod
erate success. The trouble lies in the
fact that too many of us plan for to
day only. This desire, to gain in a
day what legitimately may be gained
only through time, is the cause of
much mis-stepping. There is some
thing wrong when we live for the
hour only. Why be in such a hurry?
Divinity is never in a hurry. God
works slowly. He can afford to take
time. We are like him only when we
do likewise. Man should expect sev
enty years of life. You are not an in
ject that you should flit and fly and
tYie.
I -am convinced that this is one of
Vhe reasons why man is given length
of days, that he might accomplish
things. Education takes time. Cul
ture comes slowly. Christian charac
ter is not attained in a day. It is
an insult to God and man to work on
a narrow basis. The whole world feels
lack of wisdom in this respect.
Doctors, lawyers, business men, min
ister regret too late that they were
in too great a hurry to lay a good
foundation for a life's work. How
much less suffering—fewer mistakes—
greater efficiency—would there be were
it not for this misleading desire for
quick, though false returns. Each
new year lays more bare the folly of
impatience.
It is a mistake to conclude that our
usefulness is impaired from wealth of
experience. Time should lend value to
one's life. But such is not the gen
eral thought. Even Shakespeare does
injustice to mankind and unintention
al insult to both man and God, when
he puts into the mouth of Jacques the
words:
I
"The sixth age shifts.
Into the lean and slippered panta
loons."
It is not true. You will find few
really great men who thus shuffle out
of life. Why, the great Gladstone was
an intellectual giant at eighty-nine.
At the very most Shakespere's satire
applies only to the life mis-spent.
Sons of God grow until death. Ange
lo reaches his greatest at ninety,
when he wrote the sane words:
"Borne to the utmost brink of life's
dark sea.
Too late thy joys I understand, oh
earth!
How thou dost promise peace which
cannot be
And that repose which dies at birth!
The retrospect of life through many a
day,
Now to its close attained by heaven's
decree,
Brings forth from memory its sad ar
ray
Only old errors that follow me."
And Tennyson was at his greatest
when he sang:
Sunset and evening bell, and one clear
that the dark,
And may there be no sadness of fare
well, when I embark.
"Sunset and evening bell, and one clear
call for me,
And may there be no moaning of the
bar, when I put out to set."
Life must be looked at as a whole
if rightly to be judged. It must be
related in mind to the future as w r ell.
What I am trying to get before you is
that God has a great purpose with us
here, and only as we meet that pur
pose are we able to make permanent
success. This earth is a great shore
where we may walk and gather up the
jewels of virtue—power and character.
Oh! the shore is strewn with these
jewels. They are for you. Don't
waste your time gathering worthless
bits of folly and remorse. Merit,
worth, character, manhood, woman
hood, search for these.
But you do not know them when you
see them? Ah! this is the purpose of
the Christ. He is the standard —the
touch-stone —by which all are totaled.
He is the true standard and measures
him as such our lives are true or
false. "Truth is the summit of being."
IRONCLAD VESSELS.
The First Ones Seem to Have Been
Built by France In 1855.
The idea of protecting ships by means
of armor appears to have originated
in the United States, but the French
were the first to adopt it. Five floating
batteries were constructed in France
with oak sides eight inches thick, pro
tected by armor four and three-eighths
inches thick. In March, 1855, the first
of these, the Tounante, mounting six
teen guns, was launched at Brest, and
the other four were all launched ln the
same year. These vessels were first
used at the bombardment of Kinburn
in the Black sea on the 17th October,
1855. Two English vessels—the Erebus
and Terror—were at once built on simi
lar lines, but did not arrive at Kinburn
till the 24th of October, too late to take
part in the bombardment
The results of this experiment were
so satisfactory that the French govern
ment fitted a wooden frigate, then
building, with armor of the same thick
ness, and in November, 1859, the first
ironclad frigate, La Gloire, of 5,600
tons displacement and 800 horsepower,
was launched.—Pearson's Weekly.
When We Did Not Care For Japan.
When the first embassy from Japan
arrived in Washington a member of the
senate rose and said: "Mr. President,
the first ambassadors from tbe venera
ble country of Japan are about to ar
rive. I move the senate do now adjourn
to meet and welcome the Japanese."
Immediately another senator was on
bis feet, not to second the motion, but
to say sharply, "Mr. President. I hum
bly trust the senate of the United
States of America will not adjourn for
every show that comes along." That
settled lt—From Mrs. Roger A. Pryor's
"Reminiscences."
Aarreed With Both.
Horace Greeley was the author of a
style in editorial writing which had
been often imitated, but probably never
equaled. During his editorship two
newspapers, neither of which was
friendly to Greeley, became engaged in
a violent altercation. The argument
grew warmer until each paper openly
called the other a liar. It was the op
portunity Greeley had been waiting for.
He announced in his paper that "he
had the honor to agree with both of
his distinguished contemporaries."
Pianos for rent. Judge Taylor, No.
9 N. Sixth Street.
THE EVENING STATESMAN MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1905.
TALKS ON JERUSALEM CORN
A. HABERSTOCK SAYS IT IS IDEAL
FOR LIGHT LAND
COUNTRY.
Produces From 35 to 50 Bushels to the
Acre—Especially Adapted for
Poultry Raising.
A. Haberstock, residing two and one
half miles east of Walla Walla on R.
F. D. No. 3, believes that the farmers
of Walla Walla county are not suffi
ciently conversant with the virtues of
Jerusalem corn, which is especially
adapted to lands of a semi-arid nature
and which he declares is the finest
chicken feed in the world.
Mr. Haberstock called at the States
man office Saturday evening and re
lated his experience with Jerusalem
corn. "I obtained samples of Jeru
salem corn in Klickitat county eighteen
years ago and since then have raised
small crops of the grain every year,"
Mr. Haberstock said. "Unlike any
other corn Jerusalem corn grows in
bunches and there is an average of
about 1500 kernels to the bunch. The
kernels are small and white ln color
and make the finest chicken feed
imaginable. It is excellent feed for
horses and once they taste it they pre
fer it to oats. Jerusalem corn thrives
only on semi-arid land which must
be free from alkali. Land that is ir
rigated or sub-irrigated, is fatal to its
growth, which makes it especially val
uable to the light land country. My
experience in raising Jerusalem corn
is that it obtains its moisture from the
air instead of from the soil. This be
ing the case it takes no strength from
the soil but instead imparts strength
to it. It is especially valuable in put
ting summer fallow land in condition
for a wheat crop.
"My methods that I have followed in
raising Jerusalem corn is to plant the
seed along in May. It is not necessary
to place the seed more than two
inches deep. The hills should be about
three feet apart with four to five ker
nels to each hill. The corn matures in
this valley along late in September
and October, although in a warmer cli
mate such as in Klickitat county, I
have known it to mature in August.
The average yield of Jerusalem corn
I find is from 35 to 50 bushels an acre.
The stalks grow from 5 to 7 feet in
height. For chicken feed I would pay
as much per bushel as for the finest
wheat. The corn is very nourishing
and being of small size it is peculiarly
adapted to poultry raising."
Mr. Haberstock will have several
bunches of the corn on exhibition at
the Statesman office in a few days, that
farmers who are interested in its cul
ture may examine it.
WAR ON THE BIG FIVE.
Independent Packers Create Big Fund
for Fight.
CHICAGO, March 20.—1t is to be war
to the knife between the "Big Five"
of the beef combine and twenty-six
firms and corporations classed as in
dependent packers. The fight for
standing in the courts and before the
public will begin in Chicago, March 30,
when the special federal grand jury
begins its investigation of the affairs
of the alleged beef combination. A
fund of $3,000,000 has been raised to
carry on the fight against the beef
combine and set the claims of the in
dependent packers squarely before the
American public.
The largest of the so-called inde
pendent concerns, Schwarzchild &
Sulzberger, is concerned in the move
ment to place the independent crowd
in a right light and fix the responsibil
ity for monopolistic manipulation
where it belongs. The principal
plants of the Schwarzschild & Sulz
berger company are in Kansas City,
but there is a large plant operated by
the same company in Chicago, and a
branch in New York as well.
Defense Is Planned.
The independent packers are under
stood to have held meetings in Kansas
City the latter part of last week. These
conferences were called to devise a
plan, offensive and defensive, so that
when the federal grand jury takes up
the subject one week from today they
will be in a position to defend their
business interests against any allega
tion which may be charged against
them by "the trust," which is said to
be seeking a means of shifting re
sponsibility for present infraction of
the anti-trust law.
The Kansas City conferences of last
week were transferred to Chicago Sat
urday. The leaders of the "independ
ent" coterie met in the First National
Bank building. Max J. Sulzberger, res
ident vice president of the Schwarz
schild & Sulzberger corporation, at
tended the conference. When ques
tioned, he refused to 'discuss the sub
ject of the government investigation.
Not Disclosing Plans.
Joseph Weissenbach, attorney for the
Chicago house of the Schwarzchild &
Sulzberger company, when asked for
details concerning the conference,
"It is a matter with which I am not
acquainted."
"How about the story that the
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger company,
have been offered $22,000,000 by the
trust for their business?"
"I know nothing about that," said
Mr. Weissenbach; "see Mr. Sulzber
ger."
"Is the Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
company in direct competition with the
big packers—the trust?"
"The Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
people have opened independent com
petition with the so-called 'Big Five'
in many places throughout the United
States, and they do business independ
ently of what is commonly called the
combine.
BLESSING THE WATERS.
Unique and Solemn Annnal Cere*
mony on tbe River Neva.
Midwinter in St. Petersburg each year
6ees a unique and solemn ceremony
called "the blessing of the waters." A
chapel of ice, richly decorated with or
naments from the palaces and churches
and dedicated to St. John the Baptist,
)s erected on the frozen surface of the
river Neva. The river is then called
the Jordan, and religious services are
conducted in the temple by the metro
politan or high priest of the national
church, attended by the emperor and
all his court. The ceremony is in mem
ory of the baptism of Christ and is
supposed to be a safeguard against
dangers from floods as well as to bene
fit those who make their living on the
sea.
A hole is cut In the ice in the center
of the floor of the chapel. From this
the people are baptized by sprinkling
by the priests, and the faithful mem
bers of the Greek church go ln vast
crowds to get their share, while reli
gious devotees often plunge into the
ice cold flood through the hole. If they
catch cold and die, as tbey often do,
heaven is secured for them. On the
evening before the ceremony devout
churchmen make crosses on their
thresholds to prevent the evil spirits
that are driven from the water from
taking refuge in their houses.—Chicago
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BOARD APPROPRIATES $5000
WALLA WALLA COUNTY EXHIBIT
AT LEWIS AND CLARK
FAIR ASSURED.
Commissioners Hold Up Matter of Ap
propritaion to Walla Walla
County Fair Associtaion.
After an informal discussion with
the Lewis and Clark fair commission,
appointed Saturday morning at a
meeting of taxpayers held at the court
house, the board of county commis
sioners late Saturday evening appro
priated $5000 for a county and school
exhibition at the Lewis and Clark fair.
Dr. Blalock, Mord McDonald and
Charles Whitney appointed a commis
sion to handle the appropritaion met
with the commissioners and the meth
ods to be pursued in gathering the ex
hibit were gone over in detail.
The commission will employ several
persons conversant with the work to
visit every community in the county
where exhibits of merit might be ob
tained. Extreme care will be exercised
in disbursing the appropriation and
every bill contracted will first be
audited by the commission before it is
presented to the board for payment.
Vouchers will be demanded for every
expenditure no matter how small an
amount it may be.
In view of the fact that so short a
time remains in which a creditable ex
hibition can be gotten together, the
committee will proceed at once to order
jars for the fruit and grain exhibits.
Mr. Whitney was of the opinion that
several hundred jars would be needed.
It will be necessary he said to get the
orders in early at the factory as there
would be a big demand for jars this
year.
Before bringing the matter of an ap
propriation to a vote Chairman Mor
row stated that he wanted it under
stood that every community in the
county was to be represented. He did
not want the exhibit to be merely a
Walla Walla, or Waitsburg affair but
something that would be a faithful
representation of the resources of the
whole county.
Dr. Blalock who had
Washington exhibit at the Col *
exposition said the commute! 3
mind the following out of pla
were inaugurated at Chicago , 3
exhibitor's name would be att ' *N
his exhibit. If a grain exhibit
exhibitor's name would be sho 5
variety of grain, where it waTij
even to the section, township
range, the average yield p er acr J
any other information that 3
thought necessary to interest the 3
lie. Fruits and any other exhibits 2
handled in the same manner, tjj
ing fully understood the hoan 1
an order appropriating $4000 as
recommended. **
Held Up Race TrackAAp r0 p riatitll
As was foreseen the WmmiafcJ
failed to take action oa the rec
mendation that $2000 be appropSj
for the Walla Walla County Faj
sociation. The liberality of the T
zens' committee rather stag*
commissioners, and the matter wflUj
laid over until the next regular mm
ing of the board. According to
commissioners they have no J2
right to appropriate any sum f or 3
relief of the local association. Ana
was passed by the 1902 legislature ife
ing boards of county commission
the power to levy a half-mil] taxf or ,
fair associafon after such association
has held two successful f a i rs
Walla Walla association has hold twt
such fairs and the commissioners h ay ,
the power to levy such a t ix but M
funds would not be available unt&
next year until such time as the M
taxes are payable.
NOTICE.
I desire to inform the public that I
have purchased the Arlington Hour
I have thoroughly renovated the samt
and changed its name to that of tin
Farmers Hotel. It is my purpose to
conduct a clean, comfortable and re
spectable lodging house and I
a share of your patronage. jJJ
forget the location, corner Fifth an!
Main streets. J. M. Graham.
Armory Hall can now be rented for
any and every occasion. The hail ia
been newly renovated and ls suitable
for public meetings, dances, receptlosi
and entertainments. For terms, applj
to A. Schwartz, manager, Tel. Mail
226.
Pruning trees, digging wells; also
repairing cisterns. J. A. S., 359, corner
Chestnut and Sprague.