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m$.mimm9vww'l!g'S pp,rwty"wg;r y THE MOTCNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1901. GOLD IN THE ICY NORTH PERILOUS TRIP -FROM' JTOME TO THE ARCTIC tREGIOX. Portland 3laji Stated Claims Wfcere the Temperature "Was '75 to OS Degree Below. Koine, Nome, sweet, cweet Nome, Be It ever so frosty, there's no place like Xome. The following letter from "Walter G. Smith to Charles E. Smith, his father, will be found interesting. He left here a year ago for Xome, and has been there ever since, except -while making? a trip to the Arctic The letter was -written Feb ruary 7, two weeks after his return to Xome. It follows: T will give you an account of my trip Into the Arctic region, a trip in which a man carries bis life in his hands, and an experience which I will not for get In many years. On November 27 a party of five men, consisting of John W. Sherman, N. Beebe, C. B. Tapp, John Ol sen and myself, left Nome with 12 dogs and two sleds, carrying provisions for six weeks for dogs and men, bound for the Good Hope River, 250 miles due north from Nome over the mountains. A great deal ot rumor and speculation iiad been going around in regard to the country be tween Cape Espenberg and Kotzebue Sound, so we started out for the Good Hope. We were well fitted out with grub, sleeping bags, and footgear, the most Important of alL The dogs were In fine shape and made good time over the ice. We went up to the head of Nome River, crossing the mountains there and going down the Pilgrim River. We ar rived at Mary's, an Indian Tillage, in five days, a distance of 125 miles. Here we met two men, the representatives of the Anvil millionaire, Lindenberg, who had 10 dogs and a good outfit, bound for the same place as ourselves. The next day wo traveled together to the Kongrock. Here -we found a dozen or two outfits, following a Laplander party which was bound for a new creek, 40 miles up the river which they had discovered. We ijooked- up the 10 fastest dogs of the two outfits and took after the crowd. All of our party got two claims on their creek, and another a few miles farther on. "Two days after, we met the recorder of the Good Hope district returning from the head of Noxapaga River, on which we then were. He reported that it was impossible to cross the Good Hope divide, on account of the scarcity of snow, so we camped in an igloo, an Indian hut which you enter by a long tunnel under the snow, and sent one sled back for another load of grub. The sled returned two weeks later, and we started for the head of the river, making a big run. We hired a guide for a big price, but we made the divide the third -day, and on the last day of the year, in a blinding blizzard, we struck the Good Hope River. We staked claims on the Good Hope ana its tribu taries and on the Humbolt and several tributaries of that river. The weather bad become intensely cold, and staking was a job that was recognized as hard work. If we would take our hands out of our mitts for a few minutes to write on the stakes, our fingers would begin to turn white, which means freezing. Be fore we started we thought that there was timber there, but after getting there we found nothing but small willows, which are miserable to burn, being frozen inside and out. 'Mushing (traveling) isn't so very hard, but making and break ing camp is the rub. Unlashlng sleds and tying up the tent necessitates, of course, bare hands, and generally we frosted our fingers a little. To illustrate how cold it was on the other side of the divide, I will give you a few examples. The canned milk, which freezes at 40 degrees below, and which I always used for a pillow, was frozen solid under my head every night in the tent. Whisky, which freezes at 70 degrees below, and pain killer, at 72 degrees below, were frozen in the tent. We had nothing that was hot enough to withstand the cold, and from our deductions the weather on the Good Hope was from 75 to 95 degrees below zero. "None of us was seriously frozen, but all had our noses, ears and cheeks froz en every day. One of the boys had bis toes frozen. We had cached several bundred pounds of grub on the Nome sjde of the divide, and we stayed on the Good Hope so long that we ran out of grub. The last two days' run back for th cache we made on one pot of beans and a slice of bacon. In the two days we made 90 miles, with the weather about 70 degrees below the first day and .a bllz rard the second. So thick was the air with the flying snow that we could not sec the leading digs, and we steered by compass across the tundra. By good for tune we struck one cache a few hours after dark. and. although we were half frozen and dead from fatigue, we felt perfectly satisfied with ourselves and had no kick coming anywhere. A few days later we made another long 'mush' of 50 miles to a little roadhouse, where we Intended to stay that night We arrived there at dark to find the 10x12 cabin full of frozen people. There were 14 men and one woman, all frozen more or less, and some very seriously. We had to travel a few miles farther that night, and pitch our tent in the dark. The next day we recrossed the Nome divide, and the sec ond day reached Nome and home. The weather here, though from 30 to 40 de grees eteWy-seems mild, after staying in the Arctic country a few weeks. "The condition of the camp is not the best, owing to the scarcity of work. Next Summer will see great changes in this country, and a few years will place this part of the world in the lead for the pro duction ot gold. The power-of-attorney business has put the camp back several years, and until we get rid of It there will always be trouble. The country for miles around is full of gold, but there are so many stakes in the ground that no one can take it out. For example, a prospector finds gold on an unprospected claim staked by power of attorney. The owner is too lazy or crazy to look after his property, and Mr. Prospector has to wait until the claim is open for re staklng. A great many creeks and their tributaries are showing up very rich, and a great many people are getting ready for the Spring sluicing." Palace Cars to Siberia. Monthly Review. We read of a train de luxe which leaves Moscow weekly, furnished with sleeping, restaurant, library and bxth cars, and on the Siberian section with additional church and gymnasium cars. A commo dious and luxurious train service cross ing picturesque scenery can frequently create a trade of Its own. Enterprising speculators quickly perceive points of vantage for the erection of hotels and provision stores. Given a country with an interesting topograpny and a good climate, a railroad can soon transform an unsophisticated, primitive hamlet Into a fashionable health or tourist re sort. But Siberia is not such a country, and appears to us too far out of the beaten track for such contingencies. In quisitive millionaires and wealthy globe tourists will look askance at the prospect of some 20 days jolting- at 13 miles an hour through monotonous steppes and dense forests in order to reach their destination in the far East, and will prefer the more pleasurable and health-giving experience of a sea voyage in a trustworthy P. & O. steamer. albeit the voyage may take a week or ten days longer. The traveler who has tried the railway in its present state is anything but enthusiastic as to Its mer its. In a recent article In the Finanz Chronlk, Mr. C. A. Morelng. the well known mining engineer, writes: "I "nave just returned from Pekln by the Siberian route. I left Shanghai for London on May 12, and traveled by steamer to "Vladivostok, and from there to Moscow, via the Amobr River and the Siberian Railway. The journey from Shanghai to London by this route occu pied 51 days. Baron von Goltz, the First Secretary of the German Lega tion at Pekln. accomnanied our party. The journey through Siberia was slow, monotonous and uncomfortable to the last degree. We found the Siberian Rail way in a very bad state, badly construct ed, with very heavy gradients, sharp curves, light rails and generally in an inefficient condition in fact, in its pres ent state the Siberian route as a means of communication is quite Impracticable. . . . It will be a precarious and un comfortable journey for many years to come." o FOREIGN MARKETS INVADED Rapid Development of American Manufacturings Industries. WASHINGTON, May 2L The rapid de velopment of the manufacturing industries of the United States and their Invasion of foreign markets is the subject of a long discussion by Dr. Carl Ballod, constitut ing part of a volume recently brought out by the German, "Vereln fur Soclalpoll tlk," a copy of which has just reached the Treasury Bureau of Statistics. After commenting upon the rapid growth of the manufacturing Industries of the United States in recent years, he says: "It tve peit together the figures of ex- ports .and Imports of the United states, the former figures will show a rising, as cendant column, whereas the latter figures will show stagnation or even decrease. The total commerce of the United States (merchandise only) for the last two dec ades appears as follows: Fiscal year Exports. Imports. 1SS0 $ 835,600.000 $667,900,000 18S5 742,200,000 577,500,000 1890 857,800,000 789,300,000 1895 807,500,000 731,900,000 1896 832.G00.000 779,700.000 1897 1,051,000,000 764,700,000 189S 1,231.500.000 616.000,000 1899 1,227,000,000 697,100,000 1900 1,294,500,000 849.900,000 "There can be no doubt that the in dustrial progress made by the United States during the recent period of eco nomic prosperity has been exceedingly rapid. The United States Is rapidly be coming a country devoted to the exporta tion of Industrial products without, how ever, decreasing the exportation of its agricultural products. Even as late as ten years ago nobody believed that America within calculable time would be able to produce iron so cheaply as to en able it to compete with England in the world's markets. Today this Is an ac complished fact. Industrial concentration and technical Improvements, particularly in the States of Pennsylvania and Ala bama (where to be sure the conditions for a powerful growth of the Iron Industry were very favorable) have made the American iron Industry the leading factor in the world market, with which undoubt edly European competing Industry will have to reckon for all time to come. As late as 1SS9 the imports of machinery and other Iron ana steel manufactures W2,- 400.000) considerably exceeded the exports which amounted to no more than $21,100, 000; In 1S99 the value of iron and steel ex ported was $93,700,000, as agahist $12,100,000 worth of iron and steel imported. "Not less rapid has been the develop ment of the cotton textile Industry in the United States. In 1ES0 there were em ployed In this industry only. 11,000,000 spin dles and 225,000 mechanical looms; in 1890 the respective numbers were 14,188,000 and 324,000; while in 1900 the number of spindles had reached 21,057.000 and that of the looms 490,000. In 1S80 not more than 953,000,000 pounds of raw cotton were consumed in the United States; in 1899, 2,071,200,000 pounds were consumed. The exports of cotton textures has risen from $4,071,8S2 in 1875 to $11.8S5,591 in 18S5, and $23,566,914 in 1899. Since during this year (1S99) the total Imports of cotton and cotton tex tures amounted to only $37,000,000, of which $32,000,000 fell to the share of textures, It would seem that American exports ot cot ton goods would soon balance the imports of these goods. "It is only in the case of woollen goods and silks that the Imports considerably exceed the exports. In these two branches the Americans, It would seem, have not yet succeeded In competing with Euro pean producers in the foreign markets, though it must be said that they have succeeded In gaining a more Important role in the domestic market. The rapid progress made by the silk Industry is best attested by the fact that there were employed in this Industry 718,000 spindles In 1890 and not less than 1,426,000 spindles in 1900. Similarly the number of looms has grown within this period from 20,800 to 48,200. It may be safely assumed that the United States Is now supplying nearly two-thirds of its total consumption of silks." Idaho Notes. It is reported that the Boston & Seven Devils Copper Company Is preparing for extensive operations. It is announced that Philadelphia" capi talists have secured possession of the Brown-Stemwlnder group of mines In Heath district. The Humming Bird Mining Company, which is carrying on operations In Sho shone County, has filed articles of incor poration. The capital stock is $500,000. Modern Woodmen are arranging for a celebration July 4, at Meridian. Special Invitations will be extended to Woodmen lodges at Boise, Nampa, Caldwell and other points. A town has sprung up at the mouth of the Little Salmon River. The place has been named Riggins, In honor of John T. RIgglns, the well-known Salmon River citizen. Already the town contains two stores, a blacksmith shop, a saloon -and a good hotel and feed stable, besides a num ber of dwellings. The ferry across the main Salmon, on the road to Warrens, Is located at this point. The old bridge across the Welser River will be replaced this Summer with an en tirely new structure, says the Signal. Some time ago the old "slough bridge" was replaced with a steel bridge, but the larger one over the main river has been made to last until the present time. Its usefulness Is about gone, however." The new bridge will be located about one fourth of a mile- south of where the pres ent bridge stands. James Scott, employed at the Swan Fall power plant, on Snake River, had a re markable experience recently. Scott was asked by Foreman Conway to go across the river for some tools. Although he knew nothing of handling a boat, he start ed across. The boat went over the falls and down into the water below,. To the surprise of all, the boat, with Scott In It, shot out from the turbulent mass of wa ter Into an eddy. DO THE COLUMBIA RIVER A DAY. IN Ask the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company's city ticket agent at Third and Washington for excursion rates and other details You cannot afford to miss the scenic wonders of the Columbia River, To the Pan-American Exposition. JS6.00 to Buffalo and return, via Canadian Pacific; 30 days limit Tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays, commencing June. For further particulars, call on or address Canadian Pacific, 142 Third street. One cf the special bicycles built for the use of the British troops in South Africa, which went through the campaign with General Ian Hamilton's column, was re cently exhibited in London, where its ex cellent condition, considering the knock ing about it had received, excited general comment. England seems busy with the organisation of cyclist aoiaiers, and many companies of wheelmen will figure in the Easter maneuvers. LEAD TRUST IN THE WAY DISCOURAGES BUILDING OF SMELTER IN PORTLAND. Montana Capitalist Finds That He Must Make a Deal to Dispose ' of- His By-Prodact. J. K. Clark, a Montana capitalist, broth er of Senator Clark, spent several weeks In Portland looking over the field with a view to building a smelter. He is en tirely satisfied with the location, as alL the necessary ores and fluxes can be freighted to Portland on favorable terms, but he has run against a snag In the shape of the lead trust. In operating a 200-ton smelter, from 20 to 40 tons of lead per day would be produced, and as the lead trust owns all the lead works of --- otoot -- DEATH OF AN OREGON PIONEER OF 1850. h'VTOv'naB EDMUND A. PARKER. ALBANY. Or.. May 25. City Treasurer Edmund A. Parker, who died here Thursday night, aged GO years, was bom m Kentucky. He moved to Missouri when youns, and thenoj to Oregon In 1650. taking up a claim In Clackamas County. He settled In Oregon' City, where he was In the drug business nearly 20 years, or until 1874, when ho moved to Albany, where he engaged In the same business for several years, being succeeded by Foshay & Mason. He was The Oregonian's route agent here for about 16 years, or until two or three years ago. He was City Treasurer for 10 years, charter member of the Albany A. O. U. W., its financier for over 15 years, and an old member of the I. O. O. F., an hon orable man and splendid citizen. tM8HMMMMHItHMMMHtOHMttMHOMH the country, this lead can not be dis posed of unless arrangements can be made with the trust. A prominent Portland man who Intend ed to furnish part of the capital for the Clark smelter said yesterday: "The opposition to the building of a smelter In Portland Is a serious matter, and an Investigation of It reveals how hopelessly we are at the mercy of the trust The gigantic aggregation of capi tal Is preparing to construct a smelter in Salt Lake City, with a capacity of 2000 tons per day, and will therefore draw heavily on the dry ores of Eastern Ore gon, which we proposed to bring to Port land for our smelter. There would be no trouble about wet ores those con taining lead but the dry ores would have to be drawn on very heavily, and It would tie unbusinesslike to put $200,000 or $300,000 into a smelter without having previously made arrangements to supply it with these dry ores. "The O. R. & N. has been very liberal in its offers as to freight rates, and has agreed to do everything to make It an object to establish the smelter here, but although the matter of freight is a very important one in starting a smelting works, there are other questions to be considered. We have found that even the railroad companies are In a measure powerless in dealing with the lead trust, which Is backed by a vast aggregation of Eastern capital. This trust has the power to dictate terms to transportation com panies and prevent the lines converging at Salt Lake from giving us favorable rates. The smelter which Mr. Clark In tended to build here would have cost not less than $200,000-, while at least $500,000 more would be needed In purchasing the necessary ores. Dry ores containing gold and sliver run Into money very fast. The gold and silver bullion produced would take care of Itself lir the market, but sale of the lead would not be so easy." EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS Criticism of Methods "With Some Thonfflits on Society. DUNDEE, May 24. (To the Editor.) Gulzot points out to us the fact that re ligious and civil society passes through the same stages of development, and that religious society has ever been several centuries In advance of civil society. At the dawn of modern history when the church was under the absolute govern ment of a single ruler, civil society had scarcely advanced beyond the chaotic state. At the period of the reformation, which produced a state of religious so ciety corresponding to a modern republic, civil society was still passing through the monarchlal epoch. What Luther was to the religious world Washington was to the civil world, and the Catholic church, as well as England has reason to be thankful that men were found equal to the task of pruning them. Various forms of society emerge out of chaos, and pass through corresponding stages. The monarchlal epoch is promi nent in every form of society. It must be acknowledged that religious society has reached a greater degree of perfection than civil society, while educational so ciety is only just now approaching the monarchlal epoch passed through so many centuries ago by both the religious and civil world. There are occasional traces of monarchlal ideas in some churches today, but the great majority of Christians are coming to regard the teachings of Jesus as an exhortation to men to become sons of God, even- as he was also a son of God. This principle brings mankind Into direct communication with God. without the mediation of priest, and makes the death of every martyr as much a sacrifice for sin as the death of Christ. In civil society we find men voting from selfish motives and seldom having- at heart the greatest good to the greatest number. The spirit of monarchlal insti tutions has passed out of civil society, and Great Britain is as much a govern ment by the people and for the people as the United States is. We find the educa tional world today just leaving the cha otic state and advancing toward the mon archlal epoch. If those In authority say "memorize the multiplication tables," they must be memorized. If our educa tional priest says, "Let the pupil form his tables by counting objects," woe un to that teacher who dares do otherwise. If the king of educational society pre scribes a certain formula for the solu- tion of a certain class ot problems no teacher is allowed to use his common sense in the solution of those problems, but must follow the ruts pointed out to him. Sometimes a little educational king says, "Numbers must be represented by undivided magnitudes." All Intelligent voters should look over the questions sent out for testing the qualifications of teach ers and see what proportion of them test the common sense of the candidate and what proportion call for a parrot-like repetition of what is found in some book. Look over the Board of Examiners and see how many of Its members are the most skillful educators In the county and how many of them hold their position, not on account of personal fitness, but on account of nersonal or political friend ship. Get out your old grammar and see what you think of the following questions to test the ability of teachers to perform their duties In the schoolroom: 'Name three Infinitive verbs that are used with out to after them." "Why has a transi tive verb no voice?" Get out your old arithmetic and see what you think of some of the questions given us at the last examination. "How many square feet in a board that is 12 feet long and 9 Inches wide?"- "A lot Is 12 by 9 rods; A walks from one corner to the other by walking along the edge, B.cuts across; B walks 5 rods, while A walks 6 rods; which will get to the corner first, and how many feet dif ference will there be?" The first ques tion Is so easy as to. be almost worth less, while the latter leaves the candi date to guess which other corner is meant. When more than one-third of the can didates are refused certificates on this class of questions. Is It not time for an Investigation, especially when college graduates with an average rank of So per cent are refused a third-grade certificate and their places are from necessity filled with school girls with an average rank of 70 per cent? An Intelligent people will In time rebel against this form of abso lute educational despotism. Who can doubt In this state of things that It will take all of the present century to com plete a monarchlal system of educational society? Those teacners who happen to have a life certificate and entertain no hope of a future state of existence will uphold any system which has a tendency to make teachers scarce. It will increase their own wages and avert the necessity of trying to please their patrons to hold their positions. The exorbitant price charged for tem porary certificates Is a decided -injustice to those remote counties where teachers are scarce. Under present circumstances It Is "hot advisable for a teacher not hold ing a state certificate to go a hundred miles from the railroad to pay so much for certificates and take chances on ca price of the board of examiners. A large part of the teachers who failed at the last examination failed on history, and that list of questions deserves more severe criticism than the teachers who failed. They were questions calling for exact facts, such as the lawyer or Intelli gent business man would keep stored In his library, while he trained his Intellect to act upon those facts. Is it not more Important to know the causes and effects of the greatest civil war found In the annals of history than it is to load the mind with the exact date on which battles began and ended? Is it not more important to learn a practical lesson for present use than to know of past facts? And yet not a single ques tion In history called for any practical application of historical knowledge. Who does not know that America was the last of civilized nations to abolish African slavery? Was not the tardiness of action the cause of its severity? An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure. Other nations are providing against the conflict between capital and labor by making some public necessities, like rail roads, national property. America Is act ing slowly In regard to this question, as she did on the slavery question, and fut ure generations may suffer the results of our negligence. Ambitious men wish laws creating vo cations wherein the skillful may acquire a fortune while the general good would make Government the manager of other enterprises besides the mall service. It Is not policy for any class of people or political party to refuse to consider and investigate questions of such vital Im portance. Neglect of the general good caused Rome to fall. Extreme selfishness brought on the Dark Ages. The only won der Is that so much progress was made bv the ancient world with so little or ganized effort for the elevation of so ciety. All progress was causea Dy sucn lonely lights as Solon, Homer, Socra tes, Plato and Jesus, and even these were quickly snuffed out by those whose lives they condemned. We speak of religious, civil and educa tional society, but the same men should belong to all these 'classes of society. Many people devote all their energies to one sphere of action, but they labor at a great disadvantage. The religious world has been favored by direct revelation, but if they would cultivate intellect and reason It would be a greater honor to the God who has so highly favored them. The educational world has reasoned up to many conclusions, which were revealed to the religious world In prehistoric ages. The civil world needs both Intellectual and religious culture to make It a suc cess. Who can survey the wonderful works of man without exclaiming, "Truly, man Is a child of the living God." I am informed that a successful teach er was refused a certificate with a rank less than 1 per cent too low. The Idea that a board of examiners is nothing but a machine for measuring examination pa pers with the book, and refusing certifi cates to all candidates who fall short by a l,nln -.oltt t. !?f-!ilrMl: AbHitV tO teach'shouldbstaken into account in grant- Ing certificates, and it snouiu oe wm "- : to account In the selection ot meiuucia .. the board of examiners. The most skill- j ..i ..n.n..n ? .vn nmmrv should not be . attending to their work in the school room, while those acKnowieugeu u to be inferior in ability are intrusted witn the arduous task of passing judgment on the qualifications of teachers. While we do not doubt the value of monarchlal Institutions at the stage of progress to which they are adapted, we do object to a monarchlal educational system which only tests the memory of our teachers and makes no effort to test tho common sense. A parrot can be taught to answer questions, and It should be the aim of our common school system to develop something higher than a parrot-like echo of the voice of the king. We censure existing institutions not to destroy them, but to Improve them that they may endure. GEO. M. COLE. CHEAP EXCURSIONS EAST. On May 30 and June 7 the O. R. & N. Co. will sell round-trip tickets for S60, Portland to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, St. Joseph. Leavenworth, Kansas City and Council Bluffj; limit 60 days from date of sale, stop-over privileges en toute. City ticket oflice, third and Washington. PAN-AMERICAN ROUTE Via Great Northern Railway. Buffalo and return, $S6. Tickets on sale first ana third Tuesdays of each month, June to October, inclusive, good for 30 days. City ticket office, 122 Third street. The Pets of Noted People. St. Nicholas. The pride of the heart of Mr. Thomas Bailey Aldrlch, dear to all young folk be cause of his "Storof a Bad- Boy." was a dog, an Irish setter, who, Its owner be lieved, was endowed with more Intelli gence than some men of his acquaintance. Some years ago It was the author's habit to Invite friends to his charming home on Mount Vernon street, Boston, to see his "twins" and his dog. and the visitor often went with visions of being called upon to admire and amuse two babies. The twins, however, he found to be well-grown young men, 19 or 20 years old. The dog, "Grip," was never weary of bringing his master's slipper from his bedroom to the parlor, and of exhibiting his" intellectual achievements so long as Mr. Aldrlch would suggest new tricks. It" Is said that Mr. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) had a black pet cat, which he" called "Satan," and a tortoise shell cat, to which he gave the name of 1SIn." It need hardly be added that Satan and Sin were the best of friends. Robert Browning's pet was a tame owl, Sir Henry Rawlinson's a tame leopard. Bishop Thirlwall was devoted to cats and geese. Southey made pets of his cat "Bona Marietta," and his dog. "Dapper." Ralph Waldo Emerson had no pets. He was very fond of quoting the example of Sidney Smith, who, when asked by a lady to furnish a motto for the collar of her dog, "Spot." jokingly suggested a quota tion from Shakespeare's "Macbeth": Out, damned Spot! The late Queen of England had three dogs, which she had elevated to the high est canine dignities on account of their aristocratic families and their own pecu liar merits. The names of the aristocratic trio, are "Marco," "Roy" and "Spot." Marco was the late Queen's favorite, and his ancestry can be traced back to the Crusaders time. He is what they call in England a Pomeranian, and at one of the dog shows he won the first prize the mug of honor. The other favorite, Roy, is a collie, and Spot Is a fox terrier. Another of the late Queen's pets Is a tlsy York shire terrier, that weighs but two and three-quarters pounds. It is the smallest dog in England. Many forms or nervous debility in men yield to the use of Carter's Little Liver Pills. Valuable for nervous weakness, night sweats. Try them. works in wicks iBSSPiia& , WJM eSSSriWbliJiJCTiHiraBPwm. . i Fl r A OT Cffiftl lLf J !ft Li Lfk I j X LrtO 1 OlLIL LiiUulIICo SER3ION BY DR. aX'USATt ON "THE SACRED TRUST' Services in Oihcr Churches Attended i by Posts of the Grand Army. In many East Side churches memorial services were held yesterday morning and evening. Ben Butler Post, No. 57, G. A. R., Wlnslow Mead Circle, No. 7. Ladles of the G. A. R, the Woman's Relief Corps and the Boys' Brigade of Sunny side, listened to a patriotic sermon by Dr. Elsworthy in the Sunnyside Methodist Church. In the afternoon a special pa triotic programme was rendered in the armory of the Sunnyside Boys' Brigade. Rev. J. J. Staub, of the Sunnyside Con gregational Church, spoke last evening on "The Memorial Day and the Gospel of Sacrifice." Rev. A. L Hawley, of the Trinity Methodist Church, joined In a memorial service In the Sellwood Presby terian Church. Mr. Hawley made the ad dress. Pickett Post attended. Rev. F. E. Coulter, of the United. Brethren Church, delivered a memorial address in the morn ing. Dr. L. E. Rockwell addressed the members of the G. A. R. at the Methodist Church at University Park last night. Sumner Post. No. 12. and Sumner Woman's Relief Corps, G. A. R., attended services yesterday morning at the Third Presby terian Church. East Ninth and East Oak streets. Dr. McLean, the pastor, deliv ered a sermon on "The Sacred Trust," fromthe text, II Kings, 11:9. He said: "Comrades, as I look Into your faces it is hard to realize that the most of you were beardless boys In the yesterday when we marched to the front. Can you recall the last look? Did not mother, having for your sake repressed the tears, hasten In and close the door that she might take her burden to God. while fath er looked after you at the gate until you were lost to view? Do you remember those cherry letters that came to you from the true-hearted girls, strengthening you in your determination to be a man and do your best for the country? What does this age know about the sacrifices of that day? No one who ever entered the soldier's home during those awful rour years of fieri trial could ever belittle either the sacrifice of these soldiers in the field or of the brave ones at home. No hirelings were these, but men, brave, strong, who knew full well the measure of the sacrifices, and were ready to fill it. War to them was not a trade, but the awful way to National honor and peace. "We have, however, a greater mission than that of merely eulogizing the dead. We are dealing not with the dead past, but with the living present. We have passed our old boundaries, and have as sumed new responsibilities, and the dan ger to our system of government has In creased four-fold. Now, as never before, wo must insist upon the strictest honesty Jr. public affairs, the highest reverence for law on the part of those to whom is en trusted the enforcement of law. in Cuba, ahd the Philippines- we are disgraced by the dishonesty of the men la whose keep ing is placed the honor of the Natlop. At heme, yea, even in the City of Portland, the crime of Benedict Arnold is made white by the shamelessness of those to whom we look for the upholding of the majesty of the law. Hevls no successor of Elijah who will let this day pass with out standing before the people, and In the name of God crying out against those who in our fair city are making merchan dise of our rights, debauching the morals of the public that they may enrich them selves. I do not fear prosecution when I say It Is my firm conviction that it is Impossible to enforce law In this city where there is any chance of making money by Its non-enforcement. The bi cycle ordinance is enforced in the out skirts by the police, while- the gambling joints and dens of Iniquity are permitted to run openly and shamelessly In our fair iwiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiHiM -for an eight d clock breakfast An eleven d clock start : x for a one d clock lunch, A four d clock start for a six deiock dinner. This is trie time table of a woman who cooks witl a coal or wood fife. It's a needless waste of time. The woman who uses a gJaSKfly' gs,gj HTn!Ii)Ttmli Hi si T IIIIIkI '3 IIIIIIIIPII lllllllll! !ra ikBII1I I iMjl ) i9 lllllllllllllllll llllllllll 1m piyjfB!IB can do her work in one-quarter of the time and do it with out fuss or muss. She never has to wait for a slow fire ; no fuel to carry; no ashes to take up. Her meals are better because riditlv cooked. Ker health is better because she .m w k. 1 comtort. xier expeuses are iebb WicklessBlueFlame Oil Stove is cneapesr. m Absolutely sale, uurns oruiuaty wiuacut, ana causes neitner smoe, bmcu ml Made in various sizes. If your dealer dcs not have them, write to the nearest agency of STANDARD OIL COMPANY, TTJTJTPT O-ClGiniaJs OF SIX WEEKS Beginning Monday. July 1. will be conducted In one ot the rooms ot the Portland Business College, corner Parte and Washington streets. It will be strictly a school ot study, designed to aid teachers to higher grade3 In the August examination. Full particulars on application. OPEN ALL THE YEAR The Portland Business College Is open all the year. Students may enter at any time, for special .iranches or a regular course, and re ceive Individual or class Instruction, as pre ferred. Call or send for catalogue. Learn wnat and how we teach, and what It costs. A. P. Armstrong. LL. D. Principal. Board of Directors. D. P. THOMPSON. PRESIDENT. D. SOLIS COHEN - - DAVID M. DUNNE. city. To remedy this, meting out to tralt orr to the flag that they dishonor, the doom of all traitors. Is the best way of keeping our sacred trust. God holds this Nation, redeemed at such a fearful cost, responsible for the sacred trust confided, to us. Wives, mothers, sisters, in the time of our Nation's trial there was no mightier power In the land than the loy alty and devotion of the women. God calls to you to guard sacredly the home, to keep alive by your devotion that w$ch has been entrusted to you. America "will be what Its mothers will be. "Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, the grand men who Went before ti In battle have nearly all gone to join the army on the other side.' But" few-are the days that remain for us. Let us re member the days given are a sacred trust. In them we are to Uv our lessons of pa triotism, leading while we still are able to march In the battle of duty to God and to man." The Cathedral at Seville. Modern Culture. The construction of this cathedral, at the end of the Middle Ages, was practical ly the result of a wager; the canons he- rolcally ruined themselves: they wanted to outdo the Christians of Toledo, they desired to surpass the Moors of Cordova; they wanted a marvel for Sevllla, and Sevllla got the marvel. The central nave is of an extraordinary height; Notre Dame of Paris could eaelly be put Into It. As for the four side naves, they could shel ter many churches and steeples in their depth. The main altar Is Immense, with superimposed rows of sculptured panels -and numberless statues. The organ pipes are as large as cannon; everything Is huge, gigantic, overpowering. Thus re ligious ceremonies born In that prodigious edifice break forth Into Sevllla with a character of grandeur and lnvlshnesa; they, so to speak. Inundate the streets of the city. Be it a grave epidemic to be feared or a great joy to be celebrated, all the prestige of a gorgeous ceremonial la resorted to as a means of appealing to all the Inhabitants. Voluntarily organ ized processions tumultuously follow pro cessions, each one larger, richer and more imposing than Its predecessor. On Easter Sunday there Is a procession ot another kind, more cheerful and more noisy; Christ has risen again! In the aft ernoon, strange proof of the Spaniard's logic, everv one finishes the day by wit nessing a bull fight.- The plan of the Central Pacific Rail road to cut off 107 miles by crossing Great Salt Lake, Involves a great engineering problem. The lake has to be crossed at a point where It Is 32 miles wide, trestle work being necessitated for the whole of the distance, except two. miles across tho rocky Promontory Point. The view afford ed passengers over the new route will be novel and picturesque. 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