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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MOJTOAY, NOTBMBBR 12, 1900. Olds & King VvryVeVMrMwVMI Meier & Frank Co. Meier & Frank Co. Meier & Frank Co. THANKSGIVING SALE OF KITCHEN UTENSILS. Basement. A Clean-Up Sale of Portieres paTf one and two-pair lots ia TAFES TKT AJKtD CHENILLE. All are. fringed. A nice assortment. 12.15 Portteres tt..m.L. $2-5 C?5 Portieres at. ...... $2.85 VBQ Portieres at. J3.6S Grades to 58 CO equally reduced. Small lota, so don't delay. A Handkerchief Extra Ladles' fine, jyure lines, bemetttehed TTaninwrhtfr at the prices ot ordinary sorts. In Lots of 3 Only 3So Handkerchiefs now..M. SGe Handkerchiefs now..... 20o Handkerchiefs now.... 26o Handkcrchlefs-now.--... Low Price for (Fine Kid Gloves A. reliable make ot S-dasp French K3d SLOT Gloves. sura Black, browns, tans, grays t '"-' end pearl. This week...... PAIR Equal Tatues cost L78 elsewhere. LOOKMO TOWARD THANKSGIVING A Dinner Set Sale jtiaastds-otteairoeasirred by Its setting. Dainty dishes are not necessarily expen eiTe. Quite the contrary here this week. TfisYlIand China Decorated Dinner Sets SK lor... 60 for... ..107-piece set ..... .HB-piec set SAJao, reducttonin, SemMUeoua China and' Boys' Golf Caps In plaids, nary, red, brown and phnnj flne allkllned. SSo. 25e to 75c each. DISPLAY ES SECOND AISLE. A Few Reasons Why Our "Princess Is the Best $3.00 Shoe for Women: They are allTiand-lasted, Insuring a perfect fit. The leathers are all selected by experts. None but oak sole leather is used in bottoming' them. And the large quantities we buy curtails the price to the lowest notch. For fit, comfort, style and durability, we'll pit them against any $3.00 shoe in existence. Of the many styles we mention three. "Princess" Dress Shoes "Princess" "With black serge tops, flexible turn RalnV-DaV SIlOCS soles, hlrh Spanish arch and Cuban IXcl,ll7 "ay ouuc heels. Same in-alLkld with heavy soles. ALL ARE PAPA WAS PLAYING GOLF BVTTDA.X SCHOOL. lie Related Paps' Experience at t Game to the Boy Across the Street. "Willis was swinging on the front gate when the Boy from Across the Street came walking home munching from a bag of candy, surreptitiously purchased by the nickel he had substituted a penny for In the collection for home missions. Teacher asked for you, Willie, was he balling remark. "Said you were such & nice boy, too. Never missed a Sunday, .nd always looked so very nice and dean." "Aw, glong, said "Willie, blushing fct Che disgrace. "She didn't." "Cross my heart and hope to die If she didn't," solemnly answered the Boy from Across tho Street, "Where was ydu and wots de matter?" "Willie looked worn end weary, and had on his khnkl suit, 'With brass buttons. "Well," answered Willie, 'Til teU you If j ou'll promise never to breathe a word And '11 swear by de oath of de Bloody (Avenger of de Spanish Main you know the time he was a-going to make Dick Daredevil walk de plank?" The Boy mumbled the oath with appro jjrlate gestures, and listened with inter est to Willie's tale. "Tou know Paw comes home every Bat mrday night with something new. Well, last night guess wot he had? A bundle of golf sticks you know, with ends on 'em like shinny clubs and a new suit ot does. He showed 'em to Maw. She aid, Wfell, John, what is It now? Last week It wuz hare on' hounds, an you know you can-hardly walk yet after your talL "Paw said: 'Now, Miranda CF always alls her Miranda), It's gawf, as don't xcu forget It.' " 'An' are you going to wear those knickers? Tou ? years old end weignln' COO pounds r " "Just watch me says Paw, an he put t-m on. rav ttie sort a. ilk rannvsack doth, and de atocklns wuz red an green. ttna sees. There are no quiet mo 1 lafCed. an he said: 'Willie, you go to ' nients on the stage, as John. W. Jess tied. Mitw cried. An' that's reason num- i always has something doing. Noisy In jer one. spots tho play has always been, and the This morning he was feelln fine. He I noise under the skillful manipulation of aid. "Willie, my lad, here's a nickel, and the management of this year's company you don't have to go to Sunday school is of the agreeable order, rather than today.' Maw looked shocked an asked 1 the horse play. why. We're goln gawflng we are, toe John W. Jess, as Mooney, the Hlber cald. We're goln out an breath in de nlan expressman, repeated his last year's gicrles of Natur and commune wid our, , success, his grotesque make-up being the ouls on de hills and vales.' funniest Irish character on the stage. "Paw, how do you spell "gawnng"r I oked. An' he said: G-o-l-f-l-n-g. Every tool knows that. There, look at the pic ture,' an' he showed me a magazine he bad in his pocket. There, he said. that's drivln off de first tee. - "Why. John, you haven't Joined the 1f niih1 aaV-D.1 Maw. Oolf ClubT asked Maw. "Not on your life. said Paw, but Pm. Kola to, after a littlo practice. Why, I Toad a letter from Jim at Yarvard. an be sa3s he's the champion gawfer of tha links. An' he can't beat his dad at co thin'. Paw. what's links?" I asked, an he aid. -Willie, my lad, you Just come wid your old dad, an' 111 learn you a few cricks. You'll be caddie. Well, we started, an Maw come, too. She looked foolish, but Paw he walked as straight as a nail in his new does, an' I carried the olubs In a red, green and fclua baseball bat case. We looked swell, as Z wore my Rough Rider suit. We Akated out ter Wllamet Hltes, an' then climbed a big hill, wid a pastur down b'Vow. Dis Is de fust teeln grouns said Paw. Willie, me boy, will ou please to look behind, awnd If yew pleas to hawnd sna xny drlvah. Aw, thank yew, me boy, thank yew.' "Maw laffed, an' he looked at her. Miranda' be said, "will yew nevah learn fio be fimoffttenableT It's too hawd, I Great Wrapper Offer Autumn weights and colors In new Flan nelette, Sateen and Percale; $2.00 to X50 "Wrappers At $1.74 Each Extra full skirts, flounced, with fitted waist linings. New, tasty designs. The price leaves nothing- for making. Special Sale of Black Taffeta Silks . These were bought under price. We'll sell them the same way: c yard for. ...lMnch 50c Taffetas E6c yard for .19-Inch 66c Taffetas e8c yard for. 19-lnch 75c Taffetas To SLOT yd. for 86-inch J0.35 grades. Fall Novelties In Colored Goods Reduced Choice patterns and dependable mate rials; all wool or silk and wool. 80o yard for....... .H.00 and $1.25 grades $1.09 yard for $1.60 and $1.75 grades $0.48 yard. for.......$2.00 to $2.60 grades American Semivitreous China (Next to Haviland in weight. Small red rose and gilt decorated. 100-plece Dinner Sets now.. S.75 108-pIece Dinner Bets now...- 4U.50 KngTIsh fiemi-Porcelaln Dinner Sets. Little Boys' Caps Blue or light gray, with gold bands. SSc and 60c. 99 on dox can, wun o-men tops ana ceavy solas. Good weather resisters. $3.00 PAIR rweauy, for me ah to upport aU. th honawhs of me -f awmily. "He took de club an yelled to me to get a bit of 'plxins.' I did and 'plxed' the ball fine. He yelled: Tourl' I got four. He kicked 'em away. I yelled: 'Vent dubs!' an' he took de club an swung her in de air a few times, an' den landed on de ball. "Do crack It wus er corker, like wen de teacher hits you with a ruler 'down your back. The club wua broke. De ball only rolled a few feet in er hole. Maw an' I kept quiet. Paw said things. All I heard wux, 'Helen Blar.es, ding my sister's black cat, enny how.' "Den he cooled down, said, "Live an' learn,' an' picked up another club. He swung It In tho air like he was beatln' carpet on a cloesline. Down she camfl, and de ball wus berled In de groun. He dug her out, and yelled, 'Four!' again. Only two, father, only two,' Maw said. Paw growled: 'Will you be quiet, Miran da! You always do spoil my plays by talkln' at de isrong time.' "Next time he had blood In Is eye. He grabbed his club like a cop does er billy. An' he glved the ball an awful swat. Away it went, plum out er sight an' landed in er creek a block away, and his stick floo, too a-flyin' an a-flyin' way down In some trees, where a gang of picnickers wuz a-watchln' us and laf fln fit to kill. They wuz de Montmoren cles, next door, wot Paw won't speak to cause they're 'aristocrats and we're tru borned Americans, who voted fer Bryan. 'Then Paw said: 'Condemn the bloomln', blasted, blasted British game, ennyhow.' An' we come home. I'm tired. An' we haint had dinner. An' Maw's sick. An' Paw won't talk. So there's the whole thing." "What's that noise in the back yard?" asked the Boy from Across the Street. They peeped around the corner. It was "Paw" breaking the rest of his "gawf" clubs. "A HOT OLD TIMB." DelljrToted tr. Packed Homo At Oor dray's Theater. "A Hot Old Time" came Tery nearly breaking the record last night at Cor dray's Theater. Cordrays Sunday-night crowd is almost at the overflow state, and the show last n,lght taxed the roomy playhouse to the limit. And well the patrons were repaid. Warmth In the standard set by the present company. H13 double, Dan Baker, as Treadwell. came so near counterfeiting the original that it kept the audience guessing until his voice was heard. Should Baker culti vate just a little of Jess hoarseness of voice ine comeay would be Increased. iHowever, they make a funny team, and i 1. ..!.. , . - . :v laughter is the rule when they appear. ana tney appear witn bewildering con tinuity at all stages of the game. Bra Allen, as Mrs. Blazer, was an imposing figure and ruled Blazer (John W. Iach), the undertaker, with a very fine hand. Among tho specialties, the artistic dancing team. Bertha and John Gleason, were decided favorites. Their clogi and soft-shoe dances received recalls numer ous. Another team that made a decided hit was a new feature this year, Frank Hayes and Anna Suits. Their specialty Is not a novelty, but Hares legs did won derfully quick work In his Taried dances. ChoruBea are numerous and the dressy girls fulfill all the requirements of farce comedy soubrettes. "A Hot Old Time" win be the attrac tion every evening -this week, with the usual Saturday matinee. The State Dairy Association win meet at HlHsboro January 8-4. President Paul sen, of Washington County, and Secre- tary &.ent, 01 uorrams, are preparm? the programme. 1 Sale of Finest Garments and Costumes Automobiles, Imported Velour Blouses, Silk and Broadcloth Dress Skirts, Opera and Long Cloth Capes, Imported Costumes of Broadcloth, Silk and Crepe de Chine. EXT7&MELY LOW PRICES We are prepared to make this sale the most im portant and extensive and attractive sale of fine garments and costumes ever held in Portland. Wo also place on sale today the latest style Tailored Blouse Suits Made of black and navy cheviot, all silk lined, value S35, at $25.00 Emphatic Silk Bargains Colored Taffeta Silks, leading cloth shades, our 75c quality, at 55c yd. Dress l Heavy Black Pebble Cheviot Everybody knows how popular this fabric Is. We show a splendid quality at $1.50 yd. This $1.50 heavy Pebble Cheviot, as a bargain, today and Tuesday only, $U8 yard NOTION STORE o J2 Sale of Cutlery and Kitchen Needs 10-lnch fine steel Butcher Knives, riveted hard wood handles, special IZC Iron handle Mincing Knife, extra strong, special at. . . . I C Wooden handle, small size, . Mincing Knife, special .... 4C Wooden handle Kitchen Par- Q mg Knife, special oC Emery Knife Sharpening .. Steels, special IC Lee's Knife Sharpening Q Steels, special J-siC Fine riveted Cake Turners, -. special DC Fine riveted Cake Turners, 0 large, special iJLC Large hard wood handle, Ice 0 Chisel, special ISC Wood handle New Can . Opener, special 4C Bread Knife, hard wood A handle, special 20C Long handle Cook's Forks, Q special OC MILLINERY STORE Velvet Shapes Tomorrow we offer 250 fine black Velvet Shapes, all the newest shapes, large, medium, small. The price special. . $ 00 INSTINCT OF COMMERCE OAPTTAIj POWEEI.E8S AGAINST IT m looatiox oir ports. Tiot One Instance Can Be Wnmed In Which, the Natural Lavr Has Been Successfully Opposed. By Major Alfred P. Sears, O. 3. May I be permitted a preliminary ob servation concerning the letter of Mr. Sholes, of Butte, Mont., printed in The Oregoiilan of last Saturday; namely, that I am unjustly Interpreted as antagonizing Mr. Hammond, of whose letter, printed the same day as my article on "Com mercial Cities," I could have no previous knowledge. I had no intention to serve any other purpose than the severest sci entific truth. It will amuse those who know Major Sears to hear him spoken of as a "the orist" in contradistinction from such "practical railroad men" as Messrs. Hill, Hammond and Mellen; considering the fact that he has been engaged, in the management and construction of railroads for more than half a century. If, as Mr. Sboies thinks, there is special virtue In a Montana practice. Major Sears may claim some of It, since he built, as en gineer in charge, 86 miles of Hal's road down the Prickly Pear Canyon and the Missouri River In that interesting state, where be counts a good many friends. Will Mr. Sholes pardon mo for ven turing the beUef that he is not very well Informed on the subject of which he has written. Otherwise he would have been less ready to fling himself Into a discus sion for which, evidently, he is not armed, except with a sincere loyalty to his friend; a noble quality, no doubt, but not an Inducement to the investment of cap ital. He has yet to learn that science Is the logical deduction from classified facts and that only such deductions can be called science. Arguments like his. that pro ceed from assumption, are simply theory, and end In nothing higher than scholas ticism, of which Just now there are some interesting examples In the school of men called "capitalists and practical railroad men," struggling with a theory born of the assumption that capital has only to will things, like the Divine Power. These "men of genius" are eternally besetting us with opinions; they tell us what they "believe,": they are superior to facts and yet these are the only obstacles opposed to them, there bethg hosts of them at hand. Unhappily, every fact militates against their theory. Not one single In stance can be named of the successful attempt of capital to establish a com mercial port In opposition to the trading Instinct of commerce. If the gentleman really wishes to study the subject Intelligently and qualify him self to give advice to Portland, let him send a dollar to the secretary of the Amer ican Geographical Society in New York City, for a copy of the society's Bulletin No. 4 of 19$! In which he may read a full treatment of the question, returning from which he will be a wiser if a sadder man. As it is, he is Indulging In a blunder of capital, which is beinj: conUnually re peated and with the same result of fail ure. "It is a condition and not a theory that confronts him." As to the omnipotence of tunnels In low ering grades with which Mr. Sholes so J grandiloquently threatens Portland, he I may study the experience 01 a tremenu- -A,ously rich city like Boston, which, pierc-1 ? S? ? The Arnold, Constable & Co. guar anteed Black Taffetas (For which we are agents for Port land.) To make these celebrated silks still more popular, we offer today only: The $1.10 quality at 95c The i.25 quality at $1.07 Goods In Colored Dress Goods Mixed Venetians, mixed Zlbellnes, mixed Cheviots, In grays, tans, modes, Oxfords, regular price $i.75,'wldth 56 inches, special, J $1.29 yard I Carving Sets 8-Inch stag-horn handle Carving Sets, made of best American C1 steel, special Ipl.l o-lnch stag-horn handle Carving Sets, made of best American steel, special Fine stag-horn handle Car ver, special Finest quality warranted Carvers, with Lee's steel, special 1.25 2.25 2.95 We have them again THE MONK. The Monk Match Holders are in. Four styles special 23c. JEWELRX STORE Sale of Souvenir Spoons We show this year a grand assort ment of Oregon Souvenir Spoons, engraved In many appropriate styles. 200 tea size sterling Spoons, engraved wltn Mt Hood, -. special $1.00 100 tea size sterling Spoons, engraved with Web Foot, - v special 1.00 100 salmon handle sterling o SpooHs, engraved with Mt A rtv Hood,spedal 1.00 New Things We are now showing a new line of men's gun. metal Match Boxes, CIga- o rette and Cigar Cases. lng theHoosoc Mountain, was to turn the West from New York into the Eastern port, making Boston the great depot for European steamers. Has It been so ac cepted? Suppose Astoria and Portland were made the "common points" so fiercely demanded, would the man from tho Interior pass by Portland to buy his goods in Astoria? If not, then Portland .and not Astoria must be the jorfc o the region. But Mr. Sholes is no exception to tho average intelligence; there are lots of them who- still believe that the world was made in six days, and is the center of the universe. Astoria will one day get the railroad de manded by its vital Interests, that, name ly, by which It taps the Nehalem "Val ley. When, it has made an opening .Into the Interior it will make Itself a center pi trade and not till then. It may also make Itself, like San Francisco, though In a less degree, a coast system market. Its railroad to Portland was a necessity of Its existence but has not, nor can it ac complish what the Invested capital de mands. Some ports on the lower Delaware were to blot out Philadelphia; Port Royal was to lay out Charleston: Savannah was to bo eradicated from the map by Bruns wick; Fernandtna, Fla., was selected by the wisdom of Senators- and capitalists to ruin the up-river town of Jacksonville; all these and more on the Atlantic Coast are the ruined works of the inspiration of capital, which knows it all and has ac quired only experience ior its Interest on the Investment. St. Helens. Kalama (ty), FHvel, Ta coma, Falrhaven and a, multitude of oth ers on the Pacific oughjf. to produce some sanitary effect on those ''wise men of Gotham, who have gone to sea in a bowL" The sooner Mr. Melleu and his strik ers realize that Portland is not a Sunday school Infant class, the sooner the stu pidity Invested In the loss of useless haulage will give place to common sense and profits. Mr. Mellen's people have Invested mil lions In combating- natural law to make commercial ports at tho fag end of their railroads. They have Jn every instance failed. They were forced into Seattle against their most strenuous efforts to kill the place In favor of Tacoma. They ought to have learned that railroads can not make ports but tha. ports make rail roads. If It prove an interesting fact to these gentlemen to raise freight a half mile into the air at the Columbia River and then lower It another half mile to Puget Sound, as they are now doing, rhen they may let ft sildelown the gentle slope of the river, 200 feet, to the docks of Portland, who will complain If they are spending their own money and enjoying themselves? It lis a graad spectacle of financial stupidity wrestling witn tne csiscaae mountain range, an experiment in physical eco nomics, only less interesting than the airship and much less practical. Trade Is like the rain, which, com ing from the sea, is returned to it by natural channels. Portland has only to keep Its 'channel open from the sea and commerce will do the rest Naturally, one feels great diffidence in discussing the questions -of commerce with men who live behind a 'hill In the heart of Montana. It is useless for science to struggle against revelation, though the medium be. the gentle beast of Balaam. Portland, November U. BUSINESS ITKMS. It Baby Is Cuttta Teeth, Be sure and us that old and well-tried remady, fclrs. Wlnslow's Sooth Inx" Syrup, for children tdthlnr. It coothes tha child, softens tha sums. undiyj btuacr allays au pain, enraa wina couo ana aiarragtx. Kitchen Utensils Thanksgiving Sale Family Roasters of sheet iron, sizes 9x18, 10x15, 13x18 Note prices 25c, 29c, 35C S-qt. Granite-ware Coffee Pot 7-qt. Granite-ware Tea Kettle 29c 58c Rinsing Pans, 9c 8-quart tin rinsing pan at 9 cents Ornamented Japanese Teapots 7c, 10c, 13c Tinware and Woodenware at Low Prices (Basement) vfc.'v4'''v&'rv',v,&, ON FOREIGN MISSIONS CHIKESB BO MORE THAI MER.EIA' IjISTEW TO WORDS. They WntcH Missionary's Action and Scan His Life Gospel Great ly Needed in China. Rev. C Newton Dubs, son of Bishop Iubs, and superintendent of Chinese mis sions of the United Evangelical churches, spent yesterday with the United Evangelical churches of the East Side. He preached at 11 A. M. In the First Church, East Tenth, at 3 In the German Church, East Yamhill, and In the evening at the Second Church Fargo and Klrby streets, Alblna. His sermons commanded great attention, and large congregations. At the First Church, In the morning he gave a comprehensive re view of the foreign mission work, saying In part: "We of the East have always looked toward the great "West as a Held of mis sionary endeavor. "We wanted to bring the gospel here, but we find upon vis iting the field that others are before us and have already implanted firmly In tho hearts of the people the undying prin ciples of Christianity. "Christ regards us as his representa tives, his teachers here on earth. The life as he lived It should shine and be reflected In our lives. Tou have proba bly heard this before, for every mlnls-r ter says It In some way; but, as a good story bears repetition, so will this state ment. I wonder if we all realize what a great responsibility rests upon us by virtue of this trust endowed In us by Christ. He does not reveal himself as a Savior of mankind except there where his disciples have gone, directly or indirectly, and opened the way. Thus we know that If there Is a nation steeped and sunken in Idolatry, which has not been reached by Christianity, It Is be cause wo have failed In our highest duty. Is the heathen nation, that knows not of God, then held responsible to Him? No, it is on the people of the civilized nations, who, knowing their duties and responsibilities, fall to heea them. "All professed followers of Christ wish to obey their Master and do in the main, but there Is a command, uttered by Christ near the latter years of his life, which ha3 long lain dormant and Ig nored by us. Chrl3t said: 'Go ye, there fore, and make disciples of all nations and baptize them in my spirit.' Clearly, this Is a command for all nations profess ing religion, to do missionary work. This Is the one command he gave the church and. In his wisdom, he left the minor details to us. "This missionary duty Is the greatest duty we, as Christians, have to pet form. It means not only the home field, but the whole world, which includes many privations and dangers on the part of the missionary. Tou ask, "Why go out to China, where he will be per secuted, reviled and even killed, as the late uprising shows Is often the case? Why go there? My friends, aside from Vio mntlvAa TxrVilnli T hnvfl TITVV? mislv given, China is the most extensive mis- slon Held at the present time and In the present century. There Is no place where the saving grace of the gospel Is so greatly needed as In this heathen land. China has a million and a half more square miles than the United States and contains one-fourth the popu lation of the globe. In no country, save England has civilization reached so high a state as in our own, yet here Is a country so much larger that Is in the lowest condition Imaginable, as regards moral and spiritual life. Think of these millions of human beings who bow down dally to Idols and live the lives of ani mals, and then ask the question. "Why go to China? If it is not our duty to go there, even in the face of persecution and .possible death, what was the mean ing of Christ's words, Go ye? To be sure there are heathen at home to be looked after, but their degradation Is not so great as that of the Chinese masses and they are more easily reached. "Missionaries labored In China seven long, discouraging years before gaining a single convert, but now the field Is open and the men engaged in this work go all over the vast empire. True, a re action has set in against them and tho work has apparently been unsuccessful, still the blood of these martyrs Is the seed of the church, and God will finally rejgn there. The missionary labors un der terrible difficulties In this Oriental field. He must contend against super stition, heathenism and degradations of the worst type. EVen the language pre sents an almost insurmountable diffi culty. It seems as If It had been In vented by Satan himself for the express purpose of keeping the missionaries cut. The empire is a veritable babel, of dia lects and each one must be learned by the missionary If he attains any degree of success. "The Chinese do not listen intently to the mere words of the missionary. They scan his life and watch his 'dally actions aand compare them with their limited knowledge of the Holy Scrip tures. Thus the life of the man who labors In this -vineyard must be an ex amplo of Chrlstllke holiness, and may the Lord give these men the ability 'to live so that their lives shall be a means of drawing the Chinese to God." Special Cntxrcb. Service. At the Suunyslde Methodist Church the congregations are increasing every Sun day. At the Sunday night services as .hlgh as CO are turned away. Extra chairs M R Silverware Chinaware Rogers Bros. Ai Knives and Forks Rogers Bros. Al Dinner Knives and Forks, 6 knives and6 forks, - c per set 4jjZD Rogers Bros. Ai Teaspoons Assorted Patterns --.-, Per set VVC Silver-plated Cake Basket Carving Sets Stag-handle Carving Sets, knife and fork 79c Cut Glass Jelly Dish $1.73 Genuine cut glass Jelly Disn, with or without han dle, for $1.73. & FRANK Buy Good Clothes We sell a strictly all-wool, well made-up Suit or Overcoat for $1Q and $12 Contains no shoddy. We are the MANUFACTURERS v Don't buy a spurious article when you can get the genuine for the same price. SALEM WOOLEN MILLS STORE C. T. ROBERTS, Mgr. are brought in, but all who come cannot he accommodated. Dr. Elworthy, the pastor, preaches plain gospel sermons, and the fine choir renders the old tunes In an attractive way. The members aro beginning to discuss the matter of erect ing a new auditorium. The church owns two lots, and It is proposed to erect an auditorium on one side of tho present building, as soon as the matter can be gotten In shape, leaving the present building as a lecture and Sunday school room. Rev. Frank E. Coulter, pastor of the First United Brethren Church, East Fif teenth and East Morrison streets, an nounced yesterday that he will open a series of special services for worklngmen next Sunday. His sermons In the evenings will be for wage-earners. The subjects will be, " Labor as a Curse and a Blessing, ""Labor vs. Capital, the Conflict and Remedy, "Employment as Culture," "Riches, a Curse and a Blessing," and the "Tru Life for a Worklngman." Mr. Coulter Is not an agitator, but he seeks to help the wage-earner to a higher lfe. Every worklngman In tho city will be welcome. The Paullst Fathers have been con ducting a very successful mission at tho Church "of the Immaculate Heart, on Williams avenue. Upper Alblna, for tho past ten days. Testerday, the congrega tions were large, the music most excel lent and the sermons strong expositions of Catholic doctrines. Beginning next Wednesday evening, the Paullst Fathers will begin services especially for non Cathollcs. To these services all will b made welcome. Questions will be an swered. At the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, East Side, yesterday was de voted entirely to foreign missions. At the morning hour. Dr. Dalton spoke on an appropriate topic bearing on that sub ject. In the evening an interesting and instructive programme was rendered, consisting of papers, recitations and mu slcal selections. At all the services tho congregations were large, and much In terest was displayed. Dr. Dalton, the new pastor, Is well pleased with the work In the church since ho came to Portland. SHEEP TOO HIGH. McKlnley Prices Too Much for a "Wyoxalnc Buyer. J. X. Carson, a well-known sheep dealer of Wyoming, who Intended to buy 8000 or 7000 head of lambs this Fall In Eastern Oregon. Is In the city. Heas given up all hopes of making any purchases, as he says the Oregon sheep men have put their figures away beyond his reach. "They are talking of S a head for yearling ewes," said he, "but there la nothing in it for the buyer at any such prices. They will have to sell In the Spring, anyhow, as the ranges are crowded, and the increase of 1S01 will double the number of sheep to be Sum mertid in the Blue Mountains. There will be no relief over the trails next Sum mer, as trailing sheep to Idaho, Mon tana, or Wyoming is now a thing of tho past. I want to buy some wethers for Winter feeding in Nebraska next year, and I am pretty sure I can get them at much more reasonable figures after shearing next Spring than I paid last Spring." Mr. Carson says he will wait around and see what is going to become of the Oregon sheep market. A Japanese Kindergarten. St. Nicholas. The children are brought to the school In the morning by their mothers, or by an older sister, or a nursemaid named an amah. Before entering the front door they slip off their high wooden shoes, called geta, and put their feet Into straw sandals. There aro shelves fa rthe geta at both sides of the entrance, and when these are full the little wooden shoes are laid in a neat row in front of the steps. This looks very strange to the American visitor. When the children go Inside to the large room where the circle Is marked on the floor, they make a deep bow to each one of the teachers, bending their bodies fin1 ward from their waists, head and all. Chinaware Decorated Syrup Pitcher, nickel top 19c Fancy Colored Water Sets assorted colors nnn per set yC Cracker Jars, silver-plated . tops, glass or &1 Ofi porcelain bottom Pl-w" Nut Cracks 9c each Nut Picks 19c a set Asbestos Mats, each 3C Glass Celery Stands assorted colors... 9c 7c 7c Old Blueware Cups and Saucers, eaoh Blueware Plates, eaoh (Basement) 85 THIRD STREET In the most grave and courteous manner. This Is the Japanese way of bowing, and a child Is taught to do it as soon as he can walk. When, a little later, one of tho girls has taken the gifts to distribute among the scholars sitting at the tables. she makes one of theBe low bows as sho delivers the gift to each one, and receives a bow in return. When noon comes, the children march Into a long room where their lunch or beto boxes are Maid out at each one's place, and beside each of these Is a pair of chopsticks. Each little lunch box con tains several compartments, one on top of the other, and these hae been care fully filled by the mother at home, ona With snow-white rice, one with some littlo pieces of meat or pickles to eat with It, and the third with some tiny bits of sponge cake. Tea is mide at the school, very weak, and served in small blue bowls at each place. This Is without either sugar or milk, for that Is the custom In Japan. No meal Is complete without this tea. When the signal Is given the boxei are opened, and the chopsticks make ery rapid Incursions to all the eager little mouths. STOREROOM LOOTED. Scovrdvf-eller Makes Itnld. a Midnight The storeroom of the Jefferson-street shipyard was broken Into Saturday even ing, looted, the booty hid, the thief ar rested and the goods recovered by De tectlvo Kerrigan yesterday morning be fore the burglary was reported to the police station. Joe Costely, a scowdweller on the water front, was the offender. Ho Is known by the police as having been arrested a week ago for stealing a watch from a G. A. R. man at 'the Jefferson street depot. Costely has admitted his guilt. Most of the booty Is now In tho police station, making It resemble u paint shop with the cans of paint, linseed oil, turpentine and bales of cotton waste heaped up In a corner. Saturday evening Costely had borrowed a boat unknown to the ofwner, and rowed up to the Jefferson-street shipyard. Thero with an ax he tore off almost the whole? side of tho storeroom, and carried a load of supplies to his boat. Then he rowed over to the East Side, and carefully stowed It away. Here his discretion left him. In the morning he met Detective Kerrigan when he was two sheets In tha wind, and, before he knew It, he was under arrest and the whole story was In the detective's possession. The next ride Costely takes will not be at mid night in a boat. Card-Sharps Busy. Again warning signs are posted on tha big. trans-Atlantic liners, "Bewaro of Card Sharps!" More than one vessel ar riving in the past month has taken the special caution to protect passengers from supposed professional gamblers who were on board. The plundering of rich but unskilled tourists at poker Is very preva lent on the Atlantic just now. Scores of instances have, been brought to light re cently of men who lost large sums, but kept the matter quiet rather than start an unpleasant Investigation. On tha Teu tonic last week two men who were sus pected of being card sharps were ordered by Captain McKlnstry to stay In their staterooms under fear of arrest. At tills time of year some pretty swift games are set going in the smoking-rooms of tho Wg boats. Frequently thousands of dollars are lost in a single night. Tho extent to which professionals have been fleecing travelers, however, was only brought to light by one man who had backbone enough to repudiate a card debt he thought was contracted through crook edness. As a rule the victims pay in preferment to being denounced at their clubs. Charles McAllister, of Glenwood, re cently sold to Charles McAllister, Br, of North Yakima, 000 lambs at U per head, 400 ewes at $8 per head and the balance of the flock, pOO head, at ti per head, and 20 head of flee French merino bucks at $35 per head, says the Goldendalo Sentinel. CO.