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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, FORTXAND, SEPTEMBER 15, 1907. Are Your Tee lo WHWIWWIIWIWMWW'' Sound ? B. E. WRIGHT. SOUND SENSE AND SOUND TEETH Travel Hand-in-Hand (fThe wise man of" woman never neglects his or her teeth. Result sound, strong teeth, good digestion and good appearance. (J Bad teeth means disfigurement' and a number of ills easily remedied by a scientific dentist. JWe place the greatest skill at your disposal in every branch of, the profession. No slipshod work at this office and our prices will be found as reasonable as the best service will permit. Good Set of Teeth on Rubber Plate $5.00. Best Set of Teeth on Rubber Plate $8.00 DR.. B. E. WRIGHT The Painless Dentist 342V2 WASHINGTON STREET CORNER OF SEVENTH Dfintia Mtirt 0110 office houbs;. s a. m. to e p. m. 1 11U11C 1UU111 117 7:30 to 8:30 P. M. SUNDAYS: 9 to Twelve Years in Portland UPROAR First Organ in Presbyterian Church Century Ago. NAMED "KIST O'WHISTLES" Innovation Started by St. Andrews, Glasgow, Was Condemned by the Presbytery, but Decree Is Al most Everywhere Ignored. GLASGOW. Sept. 14. (Special.) The 23d of August, a little over 100 years afro, was a Sunday, and on It, In one of the city churches of Glasgow, occurred a notable event. For the first time In the history of any Pres byterian Church in the country an organ was used In public worship. An Innovation so daring had not long; to' wait for a stirring- sequel. The town was at once In a ferment. But it was not the Chueh courts which took ac tion; It was .yi alert municipality. The Lord Provost instantly brought the matter before the Town Council, and the city fathers. In their capacity as heritors, rose up In wrath and with no uncertain voice called upon the eo cleslastlcal Judicature to exercise Its authority, and for the Bake of the peace of the community, pub an end to the evil thing. The church which ventured on this bold step was St. Andrew's Parish Church. This stateliest of all the city fanes stood then, as it stands (till. In the middle of Its own square. A cen tury ago It was also in the center of fashion and culture, and its congrega tion was largely drawn from the pro fessional classes and the wealthw to bacco lords and Virginia merchants, whose elegant abodes surrounded it. Congregation of One Mind. The minister of the time was Dr. William Ritchie, a man of wide travel and scholarly accomplishments, and of such high reputation in the church that he had already sat in the modera tor's seat of the General Assembly. 'While he was undoubtedly the willing leader In the venturesome and prema ture step of Introducing Instrumental music without leave of any civil or ecclesiastical courts he was not the prime mover in the matter. He averred before the presbytery that for more than 30 years' a wish had been cher ished by St. Andrew's Church to have an organ erected and employed in pub lic worship, and it was only after re peated proposals had been made to him by the leaders of the congregation that he gave his consent with the full ap probation of his mind. At the same time, nothing but his unique minis terial and social Influence can explain the fact that, at a time when publio opinion was quite unprepared to sanc tion so pronounced a departure from ancient usage, there was entire unani mity among his people; for never, through all the protracted and bitter public controversy which ensued, was the slightest difference of opinion In dicated among the members of his ad vanced congregation. Neighbor Was "Whlstlln' Kirk." The exceptional attitude of St. Andrew's parish church to the Question of the use of organs was doubtless to some extent determined by its Intimate relations with its near Episcopal neighbor, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, the oldest church of - the denomination in the city, had for over 50 years employed an organ In Its services, and on that account was locally known as the "Whlstlln' Kirk." As spe cially became churches dedicated to the same patron saint, the two congregations were on the most friendly terms. It was old John Fergus, the Episcopal organist, who, in. the most neighborly fashion, came along from his own "klst of whis tles" and handled the Instrument In the parish church on the memorable Sunday a hundred years ago. The organ which Inaugurated this new departure and created so great a Btlr was in itself a very unpretending instru ment, as thin an end of an organ wedge as could well have been employed. It was a small chamber organ of only two stops, but It was an interesting Instru ment, for it was the workmanship of James Watt. Watt was a former mem ber of the congregation and made four email organs in his day, leaving this one behind him when he removed to Birming ham. The famous relic still exists, not la its original condition, but enlarged and made more organlike by the addition of gilded pipes. Condemned by Presbytery. The Presbytery lost no time in dealing with the call of the Town Council. The case was gone , into at great length and argued with vigor, even with animosity. On October 7 it pronounced a judgment that "the use of organs In the public worship of God is contrary to the law of the land and to the law and constitution of our Established Church, and therefore prohibited in all the churches and chapels within their bounds." This finding still stands unrepealed. The lapse of a cen tury has wrought a change so complete that-not a single congregation within .the Presbytery's Jurisdiction now agrees with the opinion or attends to the prohibition. But though posterity, at least south of the Forth, Is now ' of one mind with St. Andrew's congregation, the fate of their premature endeavor effectively DEATH OF PIONEER OF YAMHILL COUNTY. Ik J. ;' l 4 . -7 I Mrs. J ohm Winters. On September 10 Mrs. ' John Winters, one of the best-known among the pioneer women of Yamhill County, passed away. She came to Oregon in 1852. was married to Mr. Winters In 1863, and her first home was near the summit of Chehalem mountain. Her maiden name was Anna C. Gubser, and she was a native of Germany, com ing to America when a mere child. Besides her husband she leaves seven children to mourn her loss, as follows: Mrs. Joanna C. Davis, F. F. Winters, John W. Winters, Mrs. Clara Speake, L. L. Winters, A. J. Winters and Mrs. Alice M. Clarke. Mrs. Winters was a member of the Oregon Pioneer Association for many years, but 111 health had prevented her at tendance for a few years past. checked all further attempts to erect or gans for half a century. Now, stimulated by indiscriminate and mechanical Ameri can liberality, the smallest churches in the remotest part of the country are striving to be in the fashion. Lords Wreck Scotch Land Bill. The British government followed the only course left open to it by the with drawal of the Scottish land bill, which the House of Lords had completely wrecked. It now remains, not only to find a way for satisfying the just wishes of the people of Scotland, in spite of the House of Lords, but to devise a sure and speedy means for dealing with a cham ber which has become a standing menace to the dignity and efficiency of represent ative government. The Lords professed to be friendly to the creation of small holdings, but on the condition of purchase. If the condition put forward had not been so futile, it would have been revolutionary. It is entirely futile, because there is no de mand on the part of the peasantry to purchase their holdings, and because purchase, when fair rents have not been previously fixed, as In the case of Ire land, would be on an impossible basis. The cost would be prohibitive, as the Lords were well aware. The government bill merely proposed the extension to the whole of - Scotland of principles already recognized In the crofters acts. That soiled pair of silk gloves will look like new if washed with GASENB SOAP. BOYS FROM ETON School Has Turned Out Many . Famous Men.' YOUNG FIELD IS THERE Have your abstracts made by the Security Abstract Trust Co., T Chamber of Com. Is Fonrth Form Boy and Fag for Senior Fond of Studies and Popular With Companions. Some Famous Customs. LONDON, Sept. 14. (Special.) In a few more days the worn quadrangles of Eton College, England's famous school, which nestles almost under the shadow of Wind sor Castle, will re-echo to the merry voices of boys returned refreshed from their holidays. Among these will be Marshall Field, grandson of the late Mar shall Field, of Chicago, who is entering on a third term. Young Field Is a bright, cheery lad, fond . of his studies, enthu elastlo about sports and extremely popu lar with his companions. Nearly all of the 1024 boys on the school list live at houses under charge of tutors, and among those at Field's house are Lord Alnlie and Lord 8. D. Compton. Each boy has a separate room, though It la permissible for two brothers to share quarters. Fag for Senior Boy. Field Is a fourth form boy, and is a fag for one of his seniors. Fags are allotted by the captains of each house, the utmost care, being taken that the system shall not be abused. The duties are not so irksome as formerly, seldom entailing more than running messages. The fag often is rewarded with a share of sausages or other luxuries his lord and master may fancy for breakfast or tea. Lord Rosebery recalled some time ago In a speech of the days when as a fag at Eton to Acland, aiterward his political colleague, he poached his eggs and made his tea. The question of fagging recently has exercised the public mind, but It is sig nificant that old Etonians approve the practice as a disciplinary measure, while the Eton College Chronicle has expressed the opinion that the introduction of the system had brought about the suppres sion of bullying. Before entering school. Field, like his fellows, had to undergo examination in the following subjects for the purpose of determining his form: Translation of easy Latin into English, Latin grammar and . parsing. French grammar, parsing and easy translation, elementary arithmetic, outlines of Eng lish history and geography, Latin compo sition, prose and verse; Greek grammar and translation, elementary algebra, higher arithmetic and elementary geog raphy. .As the accommodation at Eton is lim ited, it Is necessary for parents to enter their sons some years in advance, and at the present time there are names as far ahead as 1930. The college was founded in 1441 by Henry VL and endowed mainly from the revenues of alien priories, suppressed by Henry V. Athletics Are Popular. "Mens sana in corpora sano" always has been a popular maxim of Eton, and it is the duty of the captains or tne houses to see that each boy indulges In suitable exercise. In the Lent term the nastlmes are beagling and football, of which Eton has a game peculiar to it self; in Summer, cricket and boating; at Michaelmas, football and fives. Allusion to the games recalls the Duke of Wel lington's oft-quoted remark that the Waterloo- was won on the playing fields of Eton. New arrivals at Eton always are shown with befitting awe the site of the old mill ing ground, -the scene of many desperate fisticuff battles. Windsor and Slough ' coaches used to stop to allow their pas sengers to witness the combats. Among the famous encounters was that on which Arthur Wellesley, Napoleon's subsequent conqueror, administered a thrashing to Bobus Smith, brother of Sidney Smith. Wellesley threw a stone at Smith while the latter was bathing. Smith landed In purls naturallbus and had it out there and then. Another noted fight resulted fatally, one of the combatants falling senseless after 60 rounds and dying the same even ing. , Boys who select boating are designated "wet bobs," and those who choose cricket are known as "dry bobs." Eton provides some of the best rowing: material in the SALE . New Axminster Rugs 27x54 floral or ornamental patterns; regular $2.75; this week $1.75 . Sedgwick Fiber Carpets One yard wide, reversible ; . regular 75c; 8p1...48 SALE China Matting Four Patterns. The yard . .' 12 The roll 1 $4.50 SALE Rag Carpets Oriental colors, worth 60c per yard. Special, the yard .23 Matting Rugs Three feet wide, six feet long; woven in patterns: Regular 75c; spl' 49 . Pay $1.00 a Week The picture shows the new Monarch Range built to burn wood or coal or gas. We can furnish three sizes of gas attachments with ranges or to fit Mon arch Ranges that have been purchased heretofore. Malleable iron and steel are the only materials used in constructing the Monarch Ranges. All joints, seams and openings are riveted air tight and will never come loose. ' .; v:: ..g- Cook With Gas Pi "Stay SMlsfftctDryltagr There are at least six new improvements on the Monarch Range that cannot be found on any other range made. No other range has any vital improve ment that is not shown on the Monarch. The only reason why other ranges are sold is be cause people do not know about the Monarch or do not realize that the best is the cheapest. Sale of Fine Office Desks We have decided to discontinue six patterns of extra fine roll-top desks. These are as fine as any desk ever shown in Portland, and this sale should be of Interest to any professional or business man who wishes to obtain a real high-grade desk at a saving of about 25 per cent. Knm 911 nnri 924 in SO Inches Inn if. made of bullt-UD L quarter-sawed stock, finely polished golden oak. They T are fitted with pigeonholes, filing cases, letter files and all Improvements generally accompanying mis ciass 01 so. The regular price of these two numbers Is $110.00. For a quick sale we offer them at 878. OO. No. 92S is a desk of almost the same description as those above, but with a few less pigeonholes. On this we have reduced the price from $100.00 to 872. OO. No. 913 Is another desk of the same character, very large and heavy. On this we have reduced the price from $95.00 to S70.00. A first-class quartered-sawed oak desk, 48 inches wide, completely fitted with pigeonhole cases and constructed in a first-class manner, we sell for $39.00. IIIP Willow Clothes Baskets No. 1 Basket, 18x20, regular price 50c; special. .. .454 No. 2 Basket, 19x25, regular price 65c; special. .. .554 No. 8 Basket, 20x27, regular .price 85c; special. .. .654 No. 4 'Basket, 22x30, regular price $1.00; special.. T54 feir4St . . Up-to-Date Beds Empire bir dseye maple Beds.. 822.50 Napoleon Beds, golden quarter sawed oak 827.SO Napoleon Beds, birdseye maple S30.00 Blankets 90e Cotton Blankets, 45 inches wide, two shades gray, with pink or blue stripes 654 $1.00 Cotton Blankets, light tan effects, pink or blue stripes, price ' 754 Full Double Blankets. $3.60 value, Indian color ings 81.65 Medium weight gray all-wool, regular $3.00, now .; ..-81.95 Fine gray wool, double size, very soft and warm.... 83.75 Comforters, Special Sale No. 1595, a large, fluffy com forter, filled with white felled cotton. Size 64x72. This covering is light-colored sateen, with a flower pattern; regular $2.00 value for $1.39 KmwtiniiHlllim!IMmflHf!!nHnntni!l?i7 if iWiWii! mrMniii"' jjrrJiinflnnpinpnn!' Iron Beds $1.75 .We have quite a number of double-siie Iron Beds, finished In red, which we offer at 81.75. Our No.- White Enamel Iron Bed, double or three-quarter, like the Illustration ahown above, finished in white or green enamel, has brass; knobs,' reduced from $4.00 to 83.00. No. 800 Iron Bed, head four feet, finished in blue enamel, 8 . feet ( inches wide, mada from extra heavy tubing, with gilded chills on base and top rod, $5.75 value for 84.15. No. 801 Iron Bed looks like our No. f. has five spindles in head and foot, brass knob on , each post, made from 1 1-lt-inch tubing, a $8.00 value for 84.95. Credit You Are Welcome to Credit Have you ever thought of the convenience of trading at one store and getting everything you required at reasonable prices, where you couldf have It put on your account and delivered at your convenience? This is such a store. .Tou can get your carpers, furniture, crockery, silverware, lace -urtains, range or heating stove in fact every article that ' goes to the complete furnishing of a home. If you once try the easy-payment plan which we offer in connection with our extremely low . prices we are certain you will become one of our regular customers. 1 llll II tt!!!B Mil V 1 i:"lf til Vtl J; ! 1:11 M.W I I Al an : Mill n W tyJ KM imsssmmsamm OOP Piuiom To tirdFI country, and the school never fail to make a good display at Henley. Of the head masters of Eton, who be lieved in the efficacy of corporal punish ment, tne most striking example was the redoubtable Dr. Keate, who flourished at the beginning of U.e last century. On one occasion he flogged SO boys in his library. Amusement has been caused by tl?e theft the night before the commencement of the present holidays of the school swishing block. The perpetrators left no clew, and It has been necessary to pur chase a new one. In 1838 a trio of old Etonians, Lord Waterford, Lord Alford and J. H. Jesse, after giving a dinner to a party of boys, broke into the school and carried the Instrument of torture to London. There it afterward was used as the official seat of the president of the Eton Block Club, for which no one was eligible unless he had been flogged three times at the school. Two snuff boxes were made of the wood with silver mountings and sent one to ' the provost and the other to tne head master. Two other thefts of blocks are on record, one by a colleger and one by an oppidan. Boys Must Be Good. " Eton boys are forbidden to enter the aters, public houses," tobacconist shops or pawnbrokersV places, but an exception la made In the case of upper-class boys, who are allowed to -imbibe mild drinks, such as beer and cider, at a modest inn called "The Tap." There strict order Is main tained by the observance of the few rules drawn up by successive captains of the boats, who wield supreme authority there. For instance, fines are Imposed for swear ing, riotous conduct, smoking, sitting on the table and drawing peer. No lower boys are admitted into the taproom, and anybody rinding one there and failing to report him Is liable to a fine of half a crown. Another rule Is that every one must pay cash for what he receives in the tap. At a hostelry there I saw shown a glass a yard long shaped like the horn of a stage coach guard with a hollow globe instead of a foot. It holds a pint and a half. The ceremony of drinking out of It constitutes initiation Into the higher circle of Etonian swelldom. It is consid ered an achievement to drain the glass without removing the glass or spilling any of the contents. This is difficult, because when the contents of the tubular portion of the glass have been sucked down the liquor In the globe has a trick of coming with a sadden rush over the face. A rec ord Is kept of, the best times in which the glass has been drained, and It con tains many noted names. The practice lately, it seems, has been to drink cider out of the glass and the shortest time is 17 seconds. The celebrated men educated at Eton are Innumerable. Among a few are Sir Robert Walpole, Harley (first Earl of Ox ford), Lord Bolingbroke, Henry Fielding, the great Pitt; Gray, Shelley, Horace Walpole, Fox, Canning, Hall am, Glad stone, the late Lord -Salisbury, Lord Rose bery and Lord Curzon. Canning pronounced the dictum ' that whatever may be the success in after life no one ever again la so great a man as when he was a sixth form boy at Eton. Gladstone described the college as the queen of all schools. He and Hall am were close comrades. They breakfasted alter nately in each other's rooms, and, aa the historian was not strong enough, for boat ing, Gladstone used to scull him on Che river. Gladstone once had a birching experi ence, and it baa been said it was for the taking of wine Into his study. Thla, how ever. Is incorrect. Gladstone admitted be ing flogged, but explained that the offense was that of omitting, through kindness In his capacity of praeposter, the names of three boys from the list of those sen tenced to be chastized. Than Canon Lyttleton,- the little head master, few more popular men have guided the destinies of the college. He Is tactful and has a charming .disposition. It was feared he would prove too revolu tionary for such an old, conservative in stitution, but he has carried on the best traditions of the school and made prac tically no changes in administration. He refused to yield to agitation -by humani tarians for the abolishing of the Eton Beagle. BUILDING FALLS ON THEM THREE PERSONS 1fTT,T,TT BT A COLLAPSE IX CINCTNTTATI. three were reported missing, hut all later were found alive. A number of women in the apartments that occupied the up per floors were in their kitchens prepar ing the midday meal, and to that fact they owed their escape. "Deck" Smith Temporary Warden. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept. 14. J. D. Smith waa yesterday given temporary control of the state penitentiary, and M. P. Klncald was released as warden. The resignation of Kincaid was accepted by the State Board of Control, Thursday, and acted on immediately. James H. Davis, chairman of tne Board, delivered the temporary appointment in person yesterday, and stated that there waa no one in sight for the permanent appoint ment at present. Smith has been em ployed at the institution for years, and has worked from a guard up. The Edison Oxnpanr, of Milan, Italy, Is at the head of tb largest hydro-seneratlna syndi cate ever formed In that country. Old Structure Under Repair Tum bles Down Women Escaped by Good Luck. CINCINNATI, Sept. 14. Two unknown men and one woman were killed and a dozen other persons narrowly escaped death in the collapse of Dohan's four story shoe store, on Central avenue, near Sixth street market today. The building was one of the oldest in the retail sec- , don of the city and was undergoing re- pairs. . building fell forward Into the street, leav ing only the rear sections standing. " An unknown man, passing on the sidewalk, was stricken down, being dead when reached, while a woman within three .feet of him was uninjured. A second man. apparently a laborer, was found dead In the ruins, as was Mrs. Mary Daley, who lived on the second floor. Of h men working in the building. MERCHANTS As soon as practicable this company will be located in its new quarters at Sixth and "Washington streets, the building which it is now converting into a first-class office . structure. When in frill possession it will enjoy a loca tion unsurpassed, and have a banking-room in keeping therewith. We transact a general trust business, receive deposits subject to check, issue our regular and special interest bearing time certificates, and receive savings deposits, on ' which 4 per cent interest is paid. - For the convenience of its patrons, our Savings De partment opens each Saturday evening from 5 to 8 o'clock. Merchants Savings & Trust Company 241 Washington Street ' Capital, Fully Paid, $150,000.00 J. Frank Watson, President; R. L. Durham, Vice-President. W. H. Fear, Secretary. S. C. Catching, Asst. Secretary. - O. W. T. Muellhanpt, Cashier.