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1 PART FODR PAGES 41 TO 52 VOL. XXV. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORXING, OCTOBER 21, 1906. XO. 42. wm.gad Stands for Quality and Price In both of the essential features of HIGH QUALITY and FAIR PRICE the Gadsby store is best equipped to supply your wants. The furniture you buy here is the kind you will be proud of the designs are new, elegant and in many cases exclusive with us the workmanship is high-class, thorough and dependable, and each piece possesses that enduring quality that makes it a lasting source of satisfaction to you and a credit to this store. That is the kind of furniture we offer ypu in almost unlimited assortment at fair and reasonable prices for cash or on any terms of payment that may be most convenient and satisfactory to you. K.-.. WJuSiilUHJ Ul'iijUi.MLP I -f.iiaiiT -iii'-iawft:.T',-M-iria-irs!t,t The Great Majestic Range Not Cheapest Bat Least Expensive Requires fewer repairs, uses less fuel. bakes per fectly and gives abundant hot water. The oven is ab solutely air-tight; . neat can oe applied 1 as needed. Water front is separate from oven, so water cannot affect temperature. Patent anti clinker grate is suitable for either wood or coal. Firebox is heav ier than that of any other range on the market. The Majestic has the only oven bot tom which can be guaranteed against warping. All exposed parts are of malleable iron guaranteed not to break under any circumstances. We take your old stove and allow you all It Is worth as part payment for a new one. The Daisy Airtight Heater For Wood. This Is the most satisfactory sheet-top wood air-tight heating stove we have ever handled, a par ticular feature being the small lighting-door, bv means of which the fire can be lighted without soil ing the hands or clothing. The Daisy has screw damper, hinged cover, cast pipe collar and nickeled urn. It has sheet top. Russia iron body, and is lined with heavy sheet iron. Sizes and prices are as fol lows: No. ISO Lined, price S6.SO No. 12D Lined, price T " No. 12a Lined, price 8.50 EXTRA SPECIAL eautifulHeatingStove Better prepare now for cold weather. Don't wait until there is snow on the ground, but buy your heater now. As an indication of the wonder ful values we offer in our im mense stove department we place on sale this week a heating stove, just like cut. Pretty nickel trimmings, screw dampers to regulate fire and all this season's im provements. FOR WOOD OR COAL. No. Diam. Height. Price. 812 12 in. 37fln 8 8 314 14 In. 40 in lO 316 16 in. 42 in 12 Princess Dresser Pacific oak. ash or maple; 33 inches wide 6 feet high; French beveled mirror; Gadfbv's price. .-814.75 it CARPET SPECIALS Bromley's Velvets, with borders . . .,$1.25 Burlington Brussels, with borders '.. $1.10 Tapestry Brussels, with borders $1.05 Dunlap 's Tapestry Brussels 90 Reversible Pro Brussels . . , .95e Brusselette Carpet, 3-4 yard wide. .55 Granite Ingrain Carpets 45 Rug Specials Royal Brussels Rugs, 9x12 $20 Imperial Pro Brussels, 9x12. $12 Ingrain Rugs, 9x12 .$7.20 Smaller Rugs in proportion. Three-Piece Parlor Suit Ji of these splendid Morns Chairs in solid oak. with removable cushions; usually sold at $12.50: will be sold at. each S9.50 MIS Kills lillSJ LssilM-ir '-- Made of solid oak. quarter-sawed and highly polished, has bent glass door, adjustable shelves. French bevel plate mirror, large, commodious dtrsk and the entire case is handsomely carved; spe cial price at 818. i5 Parlor Suit, this style, three different patterns, in birch frames, finished in a rich dark rosewood, upholstered In velour and silk tapestrv; reg ular $30.00. cut to 822. 50 Gadsbys Extension Table special This handsome pedestal Extension Table Is of fered at this extremely low price that we may demonstrate to the buy ing public our ability to undersell any furniture institution in the city. It is solid throughout, has 42-inch top and extends 6 feet. Special at our store -S17.50 Full Size Iron Bed This is one of the handsomest designs In an enameled metal beds we have shown this season. It has massive posts. embellished with massive design chills in a variety of popular combina tions; an exceptional value offering, worth $10.00; spe cial price 87.50 Others a low as. S3.50 The Leader Range s3 'jit? " ? .is. if r-v-...--V---V . '-VIM -4 ' As The Leader Kange is guaranteed for ten years and Is as good and better than most ranges sold for $35.00 Gadsby'B price is only 827.50 Roll-Top Desks Solid oak Roll-Top Desk, golden fin ished; is 30 inches deep, 48 inches long. 46 inches high, and has two pedestals filled with drawers and dis appearing arm rests; drawers in pe destals are 12 Inches wide and 22 inches long, the bottom ones being 11 inches deep, with partitions for books. Roll is supplied with double row of pigeon-holes, as well as drawers, pen-racks, etc. Price. 82 T Same as above, golden finished and having bed 54 inches long. S30.00 Bedroom Suit $25 j Bedroom Suit, all hardwood, finished in mahogany, white maple or golden ash, three pieces; special 825.00 Everything to Furnish Cottage or Mansion In Stock Majestic Ranges, Washing Machines, Refrigerators, Go-Carts WM. GADSBY & SON (INC) WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER FIRST THE STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS FAILURE OF , THE FAINT HEART The International Sunday School Lesson for October 21 "The Parable of the Talents." Matt. 25: 14-30 BT WILLIAM T. ELLIS. DEAL of talent is lost to the world for want of a little cour age." says the wise proverb which at once sets forth the point of the familiar parable taught by Jesus, and shows how the story has given to com mon speech one of its significant words- talent." This ancient picture of how failure, defeat ana disaster came upon a faint-hearted man is especially worth pondering In these strenuous times, which more than ever call for boldness, initia tive and yet more boldness. The fearful man carries in his own heart the seeds of failure, and cowardice is the soil in which many sins thrive. The one-talent man lacked courage first; therefore he came short in respect to fidelity, faith and fruitfulness. The Salt of Life. A few days ago I talked with a trav eler from America who is taking his fam ily around the world. He started with a prejudice against missionaries. Naturallv. he cultivated the European society in the port cities "But." he said, in explana tion of his subsequent association with missionaries, "I found that really the best society in the East, the finest cul ture, the truest refinement, the heartiest hospitality and the most enjoyable good fellowship, are to be found in the mis sionary community." The same conclu sion was reached by 'the author of that keen book, "The Lady of the Decoration." Neither of the foregoing expressed a reason for 'their conclusions. Yet it lies on the surface. Life neds a noble pur pose to bring it to its best. The serious determination to do something for one's fellows, and to accept the Scriptural in terpretation of life as a stewardship, be gets the minor virtues as well as the greater. The frivolous, idle and selfish existence defeats its own aim. The only wise and the only happy are they who accept as talents intrusted to them for use the abilities which they possess. Lack of this moral motive is what has smitten the East with centuries of par alysis. Life does mean something; re sponsibility for it cannot be escaped. The deeply inwrought sense of accountability to one's highest nature, to society and to a Supreme Being is what has made the Anglo-Saxon a world conqueror. Cecil Rhodes died with the cry. "So i much to do! So little done!'" He was a five-talent man. So was Henry Martyn. who cried, upon reaching his mission field, "Now let me burn out for God!" The Jesuits who have dared the perils of the wilderness, and the indescribable loneliness which only a man in an alien land can know, were consumed by this same passion and sustained by the same conviction of their accountability to God. who rewards the faithful and punishes the faithless. ( While WaitingWhat? This parable of the three servants, to each of whom was committed during his master's absence a responsibility equal to his capacity, is one of several lamps set alongside of Christ's tremendous teach ing of a day of judgment. The absent Lord will return again, to judge, to re ward, and to punish. That return may be deferred how often and with what an guish have weary lips cried. "How long! O Lord, how lonar,'" but it Is inevitable. The way to wait and to watch is to work. Expectation excites energy. In tervals are for industry, and not for idle ness. The grace of keeping busy should be numbered among the Christian virtues. Employment Is a means of development; "we learn by doing." and we grow by doing. The master In the 'parable pro vided tasks for his servants: that is part of the work of every good master. The employe who has "a soft snap. with long periods of idleness, is not to be en vied, but to be pitied. Stagnant lives like stagnant pools, breed all manner ot ills and pests. There is warrant and sense in Scripture for the slang motto which hangs in many offices "Get busy." Life is saved by spending it. The five-talent servant and the two-talent servant were happier as well as wiser for their faith fulness; they served themselves as well as their master. The Busy Church. It is rather fashionable and easy to find fault with the Church. Some so indulge themselves who could be more worthily employed. The Church is not perfect; yet she is not an idle servant, wrapping her talent in a napkin. While she waits for the return of her beloved Lord she is giv ing herself diligently to good works. The manifest activities of the Christian Church should be considered by all who are tempted to rail at her. Her ministry among the poor is beyond the statisti cian's power to estimate. Her literary output Is one of the mightiest character- moulding agencies of our df.y. Her world-embracing missionary work is making over individuals, communities and nations. Her increasing part in civic lite is a noteworthy aspect of the times. Her Y. M. C. A.'s. C. E. s and W. C. T. U.'s, and the whole alphabet of subsidiary or ganizations, are keeping a shaping hand upon youth. As for her mothers' meet ings, sewing classes, literary clubs, gyra nasiums. Bible study classes, mission study classes, etc., who can tell the tale? Unquestionably, the Church is an Increas ing minister to human life. No one who studies the situation fairly can accuse her of being a one-talent steward. When her Lord returns, he will find her at least busy. The Ximble Penny. All men are not equal: nor do all men mean the same to society or to God There are diversities of gifts; this truth has broken up. every communistic enter- ' prise that was ever started, and it for ever stands a barrier to the success of ex treme socialism. No one can deny that there are five-talent men, two-talent men and one-talent men. Equal fidelity on the part of all these would by no means accomplish equal results. The little man may be lifted into a big place, but, as the monkey at the top of the highest tree in the forest, is only a monkey still, so the little man is a little man, wherever he is placedJ And the big man may be crowd- I ed into a small lot, but a big man he re mains. A superficial view may incline the reader of the parable to say that the one-talent man did not get a "square deal." But he did. and more; he got all he could carry. As ships differing in capacity may all be filled, so these va rious men were all given as much as they could bear. They were to be judged for faithfulnes. God never ex pects a five-talent Increase from a one talent man. Ey no manner of means could the one-talent man have returned to his lord ten talents. Since the world is made up largely of one-talent people, it is worth remark ing that the nimble penny contributes more to mankind's weal than the slug gard dollar. A man may be rich in me stored gold of wisdom and knowl edge and yet do less to profit his fel lows than- the other who keeps his small handful of silver coins in circula tion. God and the world honor tho man with a little who makes the most of it. Society is debtor less to the brainy and equipped few who give themselves to Indolence or selfishness, than to the mediocre men who are possessed by a spirit of faithful serv ice; and who recognizes their account ability for what they are able to do. A Day of Reckoning: Kipling is said to have interjected in a conversation upon atheism the terse and colloquial declaration, pounding a table with his list as he spoke, "I tell you, there must be somebody some where who gives us all our licks." lha same sentiment has been a monitor to the Anglo-Saxon race throughout its history. The climax of this parable is the return of the lord to hold his serv ants to account. In the loose thinking upon theological themes which characterizes the times. It is common to assume that the truth of a great judgment day, with re wards and punishments, is antiquat ed, and has gone to the garret dis carded. There Is not room here to go Into a discussion of the subject, but even the man of the street, who rea sons from the seen to the unseen, from the temporal to the eternal, knows full well that about the hardest thing in businss life is to secure workers who will be faithful when the boss- back is turned, and who work from any other consideration than that of the pay envelope or the fear of being dis charged. If men were to construct a moral universe that would run for a week they would have to put a judg ment day into it. The faithless one-talent, servant was punished not that he had not already punished himself by the atrophying of his powers. But taking him on his own reckoning, and Judging him out of his own mouth, he was awarded the pun ishment which his defiant and insolent attitude could not avert. And the keenest sting of this bitter fate was that he knew it to be just. They who will not accept the opportunity which God offers them cannot escape the ob ligatlon wfrloh lays upon them. The True Test of the Faithful Terse Comment Upon the Uniform P.rayer-Meeting Topic. B BUSINESS firm was in trouble, and most of Its employes left it. A few. however, stood by the ship. At consider able cost to themselves, they remained loyal to their employers, and thus the firm was able to weather its difficulties. Today, in its new prosperity, that firm gives places of honor to the few faithful workers who were true to it in distress. It feels that its. obligations to them are too great to be repaid. They remained loyal to it when others deserted It. Now the faithful few are being awarded. Yet why go to the business world for an illus tration of the truth which is its own best illustration? Our debt to Christ is great er than we can repay because in the day of our distress he stood by us though all others fell away. The fidelity of Jesus to us. at incalculable cost, has made us forever his debtors. Is it not reasonable that, if he asked anything at our hands. we should freely and gladly grant it? It goes a great way toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so Seneca, Faithfulness can feed on suffering. And knows no disappointment. George Eliot. Worth is highest honor. Indeed, there is no real honor except worth. All the praise that comes to the undeserving Is shame rather than honor. For surely the standards of honor are higher than men's hands; if applause determines merit, then this truly ie and always has been a sadly mixed world. The real standards of, honor are within us, or above us. in God's true heaven, where is kept an infallible record of the worthy. If we would seek honor nd it Is not the end most worth seeking in life let us look for it from our own consciences and from the approval of God. Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable, than fidelity Cicero. Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Confucius. , Faithfulness is better than favor ; pur ity is better than popularity; merit is bet ter than money; and uprightness is bet ter than height. -. Faithfulness is the door to fellowship. They who do God's word know his will and walk In his way. . Sometimes we cannot mend our lot. Our surroundings may be hard to bear; loneli ness and oppression may be our dally por tion. These conditions we cannot change. Nevertheless we' can be beautiful and faithful in them. Even In the hardest lot we can live a lovely life. Disagreeable circumstances need not make us disagree able. As we serve men we get opportunities to serve God also. Faithfulness is a proof of faith. m The average person needs an infusion of strength. He is inclined to weakness. His temptation is to be part of a conglom erate crowd, when he should be an Inde pendent individual personality. Instead of standing out. In sun-crowned manli ness, agaist ignoble tendencies, he be comes a craven follower of them. It is easier for him to be good-natured and compliant than to be right and peculiar. m m m Even though we prove faithless "He abideth faithful." News and Notes From Everywhere There are but 5 per cent of the inhabi tants of Cuba who habitually attend any church. The custom of opening the courts with brief religious ceremony has recently been resumed by France, after a period of omission. According to figures in the Talmud the two tables of stone on which the Com mandments were written are computed to have weighed about 2S tons. The colossal bronze statue of the seated Buddha at Naro, Japan, is the largest one that has ever been cast. It is 53 feet in height and is supposed to have been cast in the ninth century. Rev. Dr. George Matheson. the well- known Scotch minister, who recently died at Edinburgh, became blind at the age of 20 years, when he was tne leading tudent at the Lniversuy of Glasgow. A lecture is such a comparatively new thing in China that with its advent it was necessary to lormuiate a comDina tion of the Chinese characters to express the thought of a public lecture. An enctowment of J.o.OGO has been re ceived by the Slavic department of Ober lin Seminary for the purpose of training missionaries to wors among iior.emians. Slovaks and Poles in this country. The American Bicle Society has received permission from President Roosevelt to translate into tior.emia.3. i-onsn. naiiaa and several other languages his address on the Bible, delivered before the Lor.s Inland Ei'ole Society m lSul. It has al ready been printed in Japanese. Tagalos. Spanish and Arabic. The International Roman Catholic- So ciety for the propagation of the Faith, with headquarters in this country, in the years from 1S22 to 1305, collected and dis tributed more than $70,000,000 for mis sions. During the same period the so- j ciety gave to the work of the Roman I Church In the United States nearly $6,- ouu.uoo. A long statement issued by Dowie de- fends his methods and denies the charges point a successor at Zion City. He closes his defense with an appeal to the faithful to send him their tithes to aid him in his defense against his enemies, and in his effort to recover his old place as leader of Zion. Seven Sentence Sermons I Know thyself and then forget thyself. ; Anon. ... I dimly gues9 from blessings known Of greater out of sight. Whittier. i ... The less a man thinks or knows about i his virtues the better we like him. ( Emerson. Life is an arrow therefore we must know What mark to aim at. how to use the bow Tl-.en craw it to a head ar.d let it go. Van Dyke. . If there be one thing upon earth that mankind love and admire better than an other, it is a brave man It is a man who dares look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil. Garfield. We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by the qualities we possess. Anon. We are not here to play, to dream, to drift. We have hard work to 6V and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle face it; 'tis Ood's gift. Maltble D. Babcock. CHOIR OF MILLIONAIRES Vienna's Remarkable Organization ' of Rich Male Singers. Kansas City Star.' London music lovers have been Hi ' vv Ing recently to what may be describe, the most remarkable vocal organlia in the world, the Wiener Mannerge Verein, or Vienna Male Choir, wi numbers a prince and a count among members, but which is composed pri pally of millionaires. Brief allusions this extraordinary choir, which recei . sang before King Edward, already h been telegraphed to the United Stai but of the romance of Its organizatl Its remarkable record and the curl character of its entertainments practi cally nothing has yet been said. It is no exaggeration, however, to de scribe the Vienna organization as a choir of millionaires, for among its 300 mem bers it probably numbers more men of wealth than any other private company in the world. Herr Krupp. one of its leaders, is a member of the famous gun making firm and is worth $40,000,000 at the lowest Estimate, while there are at least 50 other members of the choir who claim from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 each in his own right. As a matter of fact, prac tically every member is worth not less than $500,000. the majority being nearer $1,000,000 than under it. Here, for example. Is a list of some of the most prominent members of the choir, together with the amounts of their fortunes: Herr Krupp, gunmaker $ 40,000,00i Herr Schneiderholm, straw hat maker 6,500,000 Herr Duschnitz, ropemaker . 6,i),000 Count Metzdorff 5.760.000 M. C. ' Kalafatl, race-horse owner 16,000.000 Herr Herrenfeld, paper manu facturer 6,5O000 Herr von Leonhardt. baker 5.000.0k) Prince Schvenberg, feudal land lord o.OOO.OOO Herr Ehrlich 4,500 000 Herr Antropp, financier S.5O0.0CO Herr tngelhardt. Inventor 8,o00,0r Herr Moser, portrait painter 10.5O0.oOi) One dozen singers: total. $120,000,000; average wealth per man. Slfi.OOO.OOO. As will be seen, however, the foregoing list comprises only members of the Vienna choir who are men worth more than $4,000,000. The opulent singers are known all over Europe as the "Musical Millionaires." Everywhere they go and they travel ex- ' tensively throughout the Continent they are welcomed in truly re?al style. They have the entree at most of the European courts, and their audiences frequently include Kings and EmDerors. When in England recently King Edward was a delighted listener to their music, and yueen Alexandra herself called for sev eral encores. Her Majfsty. who is a musician of no mean parts, took a livelv interest in the company, so much so that she caused personal messages of respect to te sent to several whose voices impressed her most favorably. At their la'st performance before leaving England they were listened to by thts Duchess' of Mar.nester. Mrs. Leopold Rothschild. Prlr.ee Francis of Teck and hosts of society folks. They covered themselves with glory and musical crit ics raved over them. .JJ