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E i nto r i a HI? age ifoTl n p I 1 i 1 PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY", ZPESnUARY" 7," ICC3. THE . O REG a acio " Published every evening- (except , AN INJUSTICE TO MR. '- ''"' i ' i. LTOGETHER REGA.RDLES3 of whether or not District Attorney Bristol has at any time been guilty of professional impropriety the treatment accorded him hafi been both unfair . charges, it appears, were filed against hin in the de , partment of justice but they were toramitle irom-rcrtmym !Ttoirewlpaperrwurc ! Indefinite currency. ' With the air; filled with rumors and a determination apparent to reject the fominatiok:t,1ie ; president yesterday withdrew -it as seemingly the-only ' way that Mr. Bristol might have a chance, to meet the 'tharges preferred against him and be afforded a chance .' to vindicate himself. : .' ."'- VT ", " As the charges, so far as Mr, Bristol is concerned, go far and -away beyond hia mere Appointment and, if snap judgment were taken of him, might unjustly arid disss- trouily affect his professional standing for all time to com it looks as though it had been contemplated to ' take a dastardly advantage of him. The movement of the president in withdrawing the appointment before final action wait taken by the senate gives him the chance 1 to be heard in his own behalf, therefore provides him the opportunity, accorded under the law. to the meanest criminal, to be heard in his own defense before judg ment is finally passed upon him. v As to the charges themseIvei.natevertheyireTtheT are for Mr, Bristol and him alone to meet and disprove. That is a duty which he owes to the president .but even a larger and deeper, sense to himself. But from the 'first he should hare been accorded an opportunity to ineet them openly, freely and fairly and anything short - tl this is tank injustice which every honorable man must present, totally without reference to the gravity of the ' charges themselves.," ' - 'V. .'--v,..- ... . .. COMMON'SCNSE IN RELIGION. I HERE -ARE COOD MEN and try-to do good,. but good, perhaps more harm ; 1 hey are unbalanced, and do not season their seal with ; timely discretion; because they cannot adapt themselves ', properly to time, circumstance, . occasion and an all i. round view; because, in a word they lack that sum ' of wisdom as applied to the commonplace and everyday af fairs of life common sense. -, An illustration of this was presented yesterday in a Vliapatch from an Indiana town situated on the bank of ' n river, 'in the ice-covered waters of which a preacher . endeavored io baptize a large jiflniberof converts He broke through the ice bravely, and called on the can didates for immersion to come ahead. " The first one, a man, after the first contact with the ice-cold water, fled, ' concluding immersion should be performed in the sum , wr season or a comfortable baptistry. A few others, ' mostly women, stood the test, but the rest declined, and " we think very - sensibly, lor -there should be common ( aense in religion as well ss in everything else. There is no real merit in risking pneumonia in order to perform' - this rite at a certain time and in a frozen-over river. The preacher may aay that religious such a test, and so it should if it sentisL if there were any merit in it; ers are happily, rare now who believe this. It is folly -scarcely less than criminal to take children out of a heated church and icy water. Such- an act is not a truly religious one: it rather ranks with the' practices of Hindoos in sacrificing lives of innocent people to their gods. .. - v ., ' , Such baptismal performances were common hslf a century ago, and many a person hss thereby contracted pneumonia and tuberculosis, and died an untimely death, '"" but the practice has become comparatively rare. y. . . :"v;;:; . v . , 1 ... s.:- : 4 ' THE OLDEST MAN IN THE SENATE. ENATOR PETTUS of Alabama is 85 years old, and though his present term three years yet, he has announced that he is a .". candidate for reelection, as it is understood Senator Mor- ' gaa, -who is nearly as old,1 will also be when Jlis term L expires, -r A number of younger Alabama statesmen who "would like to get Into the senate think that when the , present term. of these two octogenarians expire they . should be content to retire. If Senator Pettus should be "reelected he would be 94 years old, if he lived, when his next term ended, and however much he may be respected . a . . f. t . . 1 m and nowevt wen m snay imi trtvni ma state, it is absurd for a man four score and ten years pld to cling to a seat in the senate, or for the people of his state to .permit him to hold it The very fact that a man of that ge thinks he is fit to represent a state unless his be a very rare case of preservation, proves Jiis.unfilnesa. And the same is true of Senator Morgan. Morgan's ' interminable speeches on the isthmian caflal7 though he was in the main right, were evidence of hia decadence, ' for he talked for many days, extending into weeks, in ' the aggregate, without any hope of changing any votes ' and with nobody listening to him, a foolish waste of time and energy, ,.' : The first election of Pettus. to the senate involves,' in t this connection, a humorous phase. During Cleveland's - second term, some 12 years ago, Pettus was a candidate for a federal judgeship, which ambition Senator Pugh, IPettus' predecessor, ridiculed on the ground of Pettus' -. age. The latter replied that he would show Pugh that . "Bible Yell" a Great Success. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. All Columbus Is talking about the Blble yell," Introduced In toe First -Methodist Episcopal church by the pas tor, the Rev. Alfred M. Pitkin. A special service for -children was held in the ehureh auditorium after the regular Sunday school service. Each youngster had been provided with a Hp of paper- on which was printed In foold type: v "Say, my chum, have yon aeea 1 , II Timothy, it, 1; 111, it; I John. I, 7. s ; Trt-rr1 Roniana,''TUl,lr' , ' j T I n'heasalotiians, v, St. I Telle you exactly what to do," The adult members of the con r ra tion had not been Informed of what waa romlnev The Iter. Mr. Pitkin mounted '. the pulpit and announced that the serv ice would open with the "Bible yell" in-'- atead of the usual hymn by the choir, r-d that the corntlatha laarta the strglng-woultf Wd the yell, he having bran taken into the pastor's confidence. . The youngsters bad by this time hearned the mystic symbols, and when -the pastor and coraetlst led tna -way the -nflog-farrry-attooli- with these words rolled out of SOS youthrnl throats, every 'Utile sinner potting all hie voice Into . the work: . ay, my chum, hare rou seen ' ; Second Timothy, two, fifteen; .'. three - fifteen; , First John, ne, eeven,- nine: -"-tomsnerwghr and sixteen? 1 First Theaselonlansflve, twenty-twe. Tells yon eiactly what te do.". ! noma of the older members of the Bmji"9 vUda't know whether to O N DAILY AN INDEPENDENT NEWIPAFEII PIBUSHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Sunday) and every 8unday morning, ! bBl streets, Portland. Oregon. BRISTOL. ( ' he, Petttis, was Push's place, and gan. Pettus is at 00 a man ought and - indecent..' No laid before a "senate IIEMOST has come " published by the Chinese demonstrate the fenseless China everything , asked, ranted If it had not who mean to doejood do harm along with than good, because China, however, A PORTLAND tes ought to Stand were necessary, es- This beneficent person of means but religious teach fore a fund for delicate women and plunge them tinder scarcely think of treatment therein of impecunious patients. 1 THEY DID THEIR BEST. will not expire for, -yesterday cident than lessness on the of its weak spot, The accident Fireman Morgart injured in so doing. ergetically and less then if they feel .scandalised or pleased, but the great majority enjoyed the novelty and applauded vigorously. , After a few trials the children had the "Bible yell" down pat and gave it with true rhythm and proper emphaala; and how they did seem to enjoy HI Ths yell was repeated aa often as an excuse eould be found throughout the Service. .- ' ':-" Speaking of the matter today, the Rev. Mr. Pitkin said: "The Bible yell roused the Interest of the children and fixed In their minds the parts of 1. Scripture -referred to. There probably la not one person, young or old. who attended the service who haa not looked, 'up , the chapters and verses named in the yell, and I assure you If they were read with care every one haa been benefited. L "I am not sura that ' the yell will be mads a part of the regular Sunday school service. That will depend large- ly upon, the sewtlmenS of those besldesT myself who have authority in the church.. It may be a little too noisy for a regular Sunday . feature, but I think It served a good purpose yester day. "No, I" do not object to noise If It Is made to the glory of Qod.? - . A Chance for Carnegie. From ths Kokomo Dispatch. The Carnfgie commission should for ward one of lis haro piedala.al once, to Rllnw Rnry (if Tarklnsville, Indiana, who haa Just-married has mother-in-law. . . ' " The Wenton Leader haa grown Into a sis-page paper end la one of the best local papers la tue state, . , JOURN AL no. r. oasboxx at The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam- ,-, ... . .... ,.! not too old to go-to the senate in he did. although Jie lived in the same little town, Selina,' that was the home of Senator Mor said to be a rather young old man, but to be willing to retire, ' . . ' CHINA. REALLY AWAKENED. - SICNIFICANT - piece :of. news that but of China for many a day was that in Sunday's issue of The Journal . in which a correspondent of the London Times made clear the-higft standard of efficiency 'whicnrhad-beerrTeached army. - 'Nothing could more plainly "awakening;' of that vast and loose jointed, empire. Heretofore China has simply been a plaything for all the civilized nations. If, one nation gouged in dne direction and Infringed the real or sup posed, rights of another the demand for reparation was made- not- upon the, offending nation but upon poor de which waa oftentimes forced to c6ncede however unreasonsble and unwsr been for the United States and Great Britain China would have been torn to pieces,, after the Boxer troubles. But that calamity, for such" it. would have been; was averted-by. the action of these two coun tries and China was left to worir out its own salvation upon lines whose effectiveness has been demonstrated 'by Japanr Precisery-why-theantt-forelgn feellngrfor which, unfortunately, there are the weightiest grounds, sliuuld concentrate itself upon the Americans is not clearly ap parent, though, if official sources of information are to be relied upon, there seems to be Rood ressons for reach ing that unpleasant conclusion. The anti-foreign feeling has long been latent It has found frequent expression in rioting but from this time henceforth China is.ji power to be reckoned with beyond these purely local manifestations. The practical elimination of Russia,- its most feared foe, from the oriental equation, has cleared the atmosphere' for the land of the Msnchut. It can no longer be exploited as it has been in the past. But at the ssme time it is not in a position yet to defy and invite reprisals from "the whole world. A much more sensible wsy would be to place the nation upon pre cisely the same basis as other nations and provide safe opportunities for its development as V can be""' found everywhere tinder civilized flags. . more than ever before, is becoming a factor to be reckoned with in all transactions which af fect its national integrity and the nations of the earth must speedily accept it from this new point of view. THOUGHTFUL. PHILANTHROPY MAN who died recently in Arizona Of tuberculosis left a considerable sum of money to provide tuberculosis wsrds in two of the hospitals of this city, so thst some victims of this disesse who are loo poor to securer needed attention artd comforts would, be provided with them in their last days. It was a good thought and act, and many suf ferers will during the years to come have eauae to bless the benefactor whom they -never knew. action may suggest to some other the idea of providing-at death or be the enlargement and partial support, of the open-air tuberculosis sanitarium near - this city, which, though supported only, by private contributions, is represented to be doing a auccessful work. The weight of evidence supports the theory that if the open air and forced feeding treatment is begun before the disease has reached its last stages, a cure is effected in a large proportion of cases; and a philanthropist could any better Way to do good by pre venting suffering and death than by enabling these institutions, or some one of them, to provide for the HE CATASTROPHE . on the O. R. k N. railway at Bridal Veil was more truly an ac many similar tragedies of the rsils that-ere-ee described. In this ease there was no care part of the train crew, no disregard or wrong interpretation of orders. A bursting injector of the engine rendered the train uncontrollable; the crew did all that mortals could do, and the disaster speedily followed. If anybody is at fault it is the builder or in- pector of the engine, the one who should have known if thst could have been ascertained having occurred, Engineer Swain and apparently , did alL. that .mortal man could do to prevent the fatal collision. In the face of great danger, and even of death they exerted their ut most power to check the runaway train, being seriously That their efforta failed is not their fault: on the contrary that they acted so promptly, en bravely proved them to be heroes, no had succeeded. X a 1 Countess Castellane, formerly Anna Gould, desires, of course, in case she secures a divorce to keep her children, and she is reported as saying that she wanted to come back to America to live and bring them with her. "Let them be made over," she said, "into healthy hearted Americans, like my 'own - family. That is all I have left to hope for from life." Good for the countess. She has come la her senses at last . . Homealck for the Hills. Florenee M. Cooiey In December Out -' .. doora. I'm homesick for the hills, Orcen.-clad with spruces tall, ' .Where golden mists 'come creeping down. And purple shadowa fall. And I long to. alt at sunset On high places that I know. And Watch the rose and crimson flush Upon the banks ef snow. I'm homealck for, the hills. Where life Is full and free. Where the hlr is like a draught ef wine - -..,-There'e where I want te be. And my atralntng eyes look westward And my heart with longing fills; For I hear the plnea a-calllng. And I'm homealck for the hills. a, waiters income. From the New Tork Times, Secrets of New Tork. restaurant wait- era' earnings came to light recently at the-tmartng of the ault of a waiter against the city for damages. The plaintiff claimed that a fall on the aide walk In front of his home Incapacitated him from performing .hia duMea as ac tively as formerly. The Interesting part of the testimony was that relating to his financial condition and -ths amount of hia earnings at the time of the acci dent.' He said hia salary as a waiter was t week, but it was brought out that he made 140 a week, the additional 114 being made in tips. He also made ebont : estra a Week at night baa. queta.. . ... . . SMALL CHANGE The lap ef sprint will have only wee, weak .' little -winter to bold, un- " Whtn some people have no argument or evidence to orrcr in diapraor er plain, true atattmant. they .loa their tamper and yell,. "Tout a liar!" This is also the ease with some newspapers. .'.''. ' e e . '' lfany Republfoaas of this district are hoping that ex-Judge Lowell of Pendle. ton will- become a candidate foe repre sentative in congress." --- Aah!and's death rate, far J0S was only 7.SI per 1.00. . 1 a - ' " Make the country as well as the eitlee attractive. , : .,.., Six big candidates bussing like a hive; One dropped out and then there were -. five. . '. For governor. f. ; a' a It was a ease of much amoks and lit tie lire on the Meade. ..- . .a - e Nobody wanta to be even a cousin to Captain Cousins. m The Countess Caatallana bu - con eluded that she doesn't want her chil dren to be oaunts and countesses. Bhe nae nta experience. . . .. a a The eastern states art gettlna- theirs. winter. e e The Taooma. Ledger - heads aa edi torial: "Portland a Dead One." which snb'wfllninti nightmare In his sleep. . 1 a Policeman Nelson should have known that kissing a woman against her will is eometltmes a dangerous thing to da And kissing a woman while on. duty. even If agreeable to her and in the dark, is not allowable or won't be as soon aa a new rule to that effect can be pro mulgated. a a Since his salary and mileage are as sured Senator Depew might as wall ae ever to Europe and take a needed rest a a "All the world loves a lover.1 but there are limits to a lover making fool of himself beyond which the world Issues Itsejf a license to near, . - - e e Vhat a pity that Alice ean't wear all of ,em at once, and all on the outside. a a Ex-Governor Oeer: "Good lord!". a a -' There are Indications that'the king ef Servla will aeon Peter out. a a If TJnrle Jim Hltl Is so sure that the people of this country are going broke. he mlaht do a little to prevent It by reducing rreignta ana rares. , a a Caatro has a navy of a 'tug, a scow and- a f latboet, nd- an army of ever 16 men and Is prepared to fight all Europe and then If necessary come over and lick Vncle Sam and the asphalt trust - .. e- a Georgia traveling; men demand clean sheets in hotels in small towns. Next they will insist en no bedbugs. Mrs. Terkea-Misner wont he troubled about what to do with her money. It ahe gives her spurt husband free access to It r Nick in a publte speech alluded te Alice, who was listening, as "the eun of my life.". Well, she may make It. hot for him later. - At any rate, we haven't seen any spring poems yet, - a a ' We reserve our final opinion of Febru ary till the Hth. .. ..., The Albany Democrat haa Just heard of a new song entitled, "Nobody Worke but Father." . Everybody prosperous In Canby, says the Tribune, which claims S0O popula tion there. , - - e About 1,099 pounda of butter per week is being made in the CorvaJlle cream ery. Pretty good for winter. a a Over 109 ponies have been shipped from Pendleton to southern California. - e e While looking for Heme last week ths Seaside Signal man obaerved two ladlSa . atandlng down by the ocean throwing stones at It The Inaoeuracy of a woman's aim was again verified, aa, after repeated attempts, neither of them bit It e e The Toledo Leader haa discovered that Al Ice' s Nlok is a Democrat, a nd that she Is marrying him to reform him. e - e Not a prettier town en earth than Aurora, aaya.tha Borealla, e e The Oold Hill Girls' hand ta te give a calico ball. What Joy. . . e , e ' . Laldlaw Chronicle: The first ef the spring flood of settlers are coming In dally. Six arrivals Friday la the record day for the year so far. . -. .. . a e - . . . Sam Davla. a Coos county young man. and engineer. Is supposed to have been one of fie Valencia disaster's vlotlma. a a . Many Bandon people are making gar den and soma have lettuce, radlahes,- etc up, which will soon be ready for the table. - , . a Ironside Item In Vale Orlano: News is scarce but hay will be more ecaree before spring with some. ' a a After twinkling feebly three months. the Focall star twinkled out Sliver Lake Central Oregonlam. The plaintive notea of a bunch of ewan, lost lnlhe JTog were .heardSundaymornlng I OREGON SIDELIGHTS aa ths birds Circled far overhead valnTrrncn w"rMp tmtnrvii ly. endeavoring to find the Iake- North Powder wanta a harneasmsker and an opera house. - " ' - ' - e. e . . A high school for Bend le under con- eldrratlon.'- - . , ., r-r e e . AppKs worth from It to tl a box in Portland bring but tl here. We need transportation facilltlea, saya the John Uay wewev : 7-- : Vale Orlano: A park of coyotes held serenade Juet eaat of town en the night of January tt, end with the barking of the dona In the town the air was noisy, for a while, , Anecdotes o the father of kings ; From Various Papers. . Christian IX waa deficient ln kingly attributes as they are commonly under stood. Though he reigned for 41 years the world, never onoe turned pale e( hia name. After his one disastrous experi ment with war he cultivated the arts of peace and the patriarchal virtues, soak' Ing Denmark a pattern monarchy.-. . Tet aa a king maker be haa eurpassed any other monarch.. lie gave to Qreeee a son for klog aad to Norway a grand eon. Ho gave England a queen and em prtis, Tennyson's "Baa King's daughter from over the sea. and Russia en em press, whose son Is now osar. His youngest son refused, the crown of. Bul garia, By b are thrown Into mourning and six ruling princely or ducal bouses.- besides -the Orleans family tn France. Doubtless never before haa a atraln of royal blood been so widely diffused through Europe aa haa that of this Impecunious son of a German duke, who was elevated to the throne or Denmark in isss. tie came to be known affectionately as "the univer sal father-in-law of royalty" and "the grandfather of ail Europe." The first half of Christian's life was characterised by rigid economy.-Absurd stories about his extreme poverty-used to be spread abroad one of them was that he taught drawing to help earn his living. Though these were untrue. It Is true that the prince and hia wife looked well to the pennies. They taught their children bow to sew and cook and do all sorts of useful things. The queen of England, to this day, la known as an part needle wemaa, The end of enforced economy came with Christian's auocesslon to the Dan ish throne, on July. II, but other and far more serious troubles began. In the ahape of the Schleswlg-Holstein war and the defeat of and loss of territory by Denmark. The humiliation rankled In the hearts of the Danee for a long time, and for It they blamed the king. They 'had named him "Prince Protocol." The very day of. his coronation there were riots In the streets, and the royal family had to ehut themselves up within the palace of Amallenborg until the storm had blown over. Slowly, though. Christian e tact kindliness, simple bear ing and innate democracy won over his people. Since the troubles In the sixties they have lived tn profound and pros perous peace. The king Interested him self In the agricultural puraults of his people and ever sought to advance their Interests.- He took no open part In the aquabbles and Intrigues which have dis turbed Europe In the laat St years. H Influence waa everted In the. privacy of personal Intsrcourse with .his fallow sovereign. His queen was Prlncesa Louise of Hesse-Caasel, who in her way was fully aa remarkable, a character aa the king himself. Bismarck uaed to call Queen Louise "the brightest diplomat In Bu- rbpe," partly because It waa she who engineered the matchea for her children. and partly becauaa her son-ln-Iawr Csar Alexander of Russia, uaed to find her hia greatest source ef comfort and aa alatanc when perplexed by queattons of state. The queen made up In wit and Dm nancy what the king lacked. The royal oouple celebrated - their golden wedding 00 May te. lltt. The queen died - on September It, 18, . at me age of si. .. ...-.-. . -. After the burning of the Christians- borg palace. In 1S8J, the king and queen made their home In the Amallenborg paiaos. . wmen . at neat was rather cramped quarters and not a grand enough home tor a monarch In the eyes or any nut a people among whom so cial lam Is strong. -But the "camping ouv, wnron was aiwaya a xeature or the reunions of the king's children and grandchildren, in after reara formed the cnirr charm about those visits. On such occasions the crowned heads of Europe laid aside their formal manners and be came children again. The kins and queen of England would find themselves consigned to two small rooms and would take It gleefully for the story la that Alexandra, Dagmar and Thy re shared the sains room until they grew up and were married. - Bucn was the almDllcltr of vina- Lnnniini nouaenoia, like a page from ma taies or nana Andersen ("Onoe a king bad three very beautiful dan ah. tare," etc) and the children of Klna i nnaiian , were realty ail uncommonly nanasome. At the last family cenaua there" ware. In addition to the alx children. 13 grandchildren and II great-grandchil dren. , There waa nothing the king enjoyed more than a romp with those young people. Child-loving bo waa in a de gree. The story la told that once whsn he waa strolling through the park near the royal eaatle of Berastorf and saw child lurking near the door, evident. ly Intent on ringing the doorbell and then running away, the. eld monarch himself pulled the bell hslf a.dosen times and hid himself behind a tree, whence he a ha red with the child the enjoyment of the old gatekeeper's be wilderment Democratic, toe, waa the kins: fond of going out In cltlaen'a clothing, not above riding In streetcars and omni buses, not so haughty that he would not atop and talk with his aubjeots on the etreet When he waa visiting In Wiesbaden three years ago, he one day returned to the palace on foot and not being recognised by the eentineL who mis took' blm for a common soldier, waa or dered to enter by the back door. - The king acquiesced mildly, and later re counted the Incident, with huge enjoyment- . The irln waa vey ftrA , vMIm and hia large figure gave him a strik ing -appearance on horseback. He wae devoted -to archery, bllllarde and whtat Many a game of whist has taken place In the royal home with the king and Queen Alexandra playing against the dowager empress of Russia and the Duchess of Cumberland. , - - The king retained his youthful aplrlt to the end. although hia laat years showed evidence of failing--health.- ' At St years he Jumped in front of a streetcar and aaved two- little shlldres from death.-. - .--' President Loubet in 10 J, when the hagan. -complimented . the king on hi youthful appearance, at which tha king smilingly replied: - - . - -"'I am not It, but still 14." At hia silver wedding a committee of cltlsens, representing . sit - trades and professions, waited on King Chriatian to congratulate him. His majesty care fully inquired of each one what was hts business and If tt flourished. One men Informed him that he waa a pho tographer. r- , "Are yon doing welir asked the king. "I can't complain, your majesty; busi ness hse been pretty good lately."- , "And you, my good man. what la your buelneasT" - .'. ... . "I am a miller,, our majesty..' ' - - - . - And how 1 are you "Rather poorly, your " tnajeaty. Tlmea are duo ror my buslnsss Just now. "Is that sot I m very sorry. But I U tell . you what to do. : Become photographer. - I've Just been told that ouaineas is nourishing. On a walk through the streets of Copenhagen one. afternon King Chris tian IX found himself la the middle of a group of -excited workingmen.. They were disputing as to whsthsr ' tbsy should, strike or stay at work. "Let's ask the king," one of tbem shouted when be caught sight ef the unattenooa monarch. And they aaked the king. For half an hour bs stood on the sidewalk and trtedrto pereuade the men not to strike. They -would not agree, with him. but when he .walked away It waa amid cheers. -" From' the New Tork World. "Don't-be human sponges," John D. Rockefeller Jr. earnestly advlasd his Bible class at the Fifth Avenue Bap tist church yesterday. The young men of the elaae listened to Mr. Rockefeller with minds aa re ceptive " as r sponges. - They thirstily drank In his-words. They went to the class in a pleasant flutter .of anticipa tion. They hoped to apply Mr. Rocke feller's teachings profitably aa they did on the - Sunday beforer when he told mem: A man who aoea on the witness- stand swears to tell tha truth, the whole truth and nothing hut the truth. If he does not he not only violates his oath before the court but hie obliga tion to hie God." "Many of ua are like sponges.1 Said the son of America s wealthiest man. when he began hia illuminating re marks yesterday. We ere Inclined to soak up all the good that we can get from the world and keep .It to our selves. we watcn out with carerui eye for the things that will help ua and selfishly enjoy the benefit to the ex clusion of others. ' We are like sponges. 'It would be a much better principle to aid tn the dlasemlnatlon of good In stead, of trying to monopolise it In stead of being sponges we should be like a well from which some good eould be drawn.. . "It Is right te look for the good In Ufa, but. It Is wrong to keep others down when, by exercising a little gener osity or spirit we could help tnem. A man has no right to expect protection of hie property, Ms business, his money, when he gives nothing in return. 'There are men who are getting much out of life and whoss great baslnsss interests -are being protected at -the ex pense of the community, who never think of giving any substantial return in good eltlsenshtp. The Idea of their trying to serve their city In an official capacity-never occurs to them. They never think of running for an office in which -they could be. of service. They are content to allow othara to hold the offices and give tbem the protection their great Intereata demand. Pausing, aa though to choose his words carefully, the young millionaire proceeaea: There are soma man wno are ouiia- Ing . up tremendous business Interests and whose one Idea la te make their en terprlsee successful. They do pot reckon with their God. They do not seek ths spiritual guidance that Is the one essential-to ultimate success. I will say thla to you men," and Mr, Rockefeller emphasised his words with vigorous thrust of his Index linger, "sooner or later such a man muat come to hia doom. No man ean diaregard hl uod ana expect success. "The Bible says. 'Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before fall.' . A man must In time, come to realise this. There s no escape. "This life Is one long, hard battle. We must fight, we must forever perse vere. We must be truthful, bonest and God-fearing. If we are not our Uvea will bo failures. Ws cannot carve out successful, futures without living up to Chrlat-llke principles. The time will come. If we do not heed his teaching, when ws will have to admit the Impo tence- of our own effort Wickedness, deception and disregard of the rights of our fellow man will work out our bitter defeat" LEWIS AND CLARK At Fort Clatsop. February 7. Thla evening Sergeant Ordway and Wiser returned with a part of the meat which R. Fields had killed. The balance of ths party remained with sergeant Uass in order to bring the rest of tha meat to. the point agreed upon. There the canoe la to meet them tomor row morning. Thla evening we had what we called an excellent aupper. It consisted of a marrow-bone apiece and a brisket of boiled elk that had an appear ance of fat about It Thla, for Fort Clatsop, la living in high style. . Country .Women Good Cooks, t. From the Bend Bulletin. " One of the attendants at the recent Laldlaw Institute remarked that a fact worthy ef mention and commented on by many Bend people wae the entire absence of poorly cooked food at the basket dinner. Not a soggy artiole In the entire spread. Not a single cause for a ease of indigestion or the aid of doctor. This wss taken as an indi cation of the excellent class of women who are building homes.' 1n the Des chutes valley. The Bulletin's Informant remarked that these ladlea were .a cul tured, -.' well-bred class of Women. Jt seems good to hear general comment that a woman to Be truly "cultured" muat poaaeas those qualities that tend to make a cheerful, neat and hygtente borne. Tet Is there not much truth tn this view? Where can n woman find a nobler - work-Alien In- making a -true hornet Then why ahould not home- making qualltlaa be needed by the "cul tured" woman T - The basket dinner at Laldlaw speaks volumss for tha future of the- Bend country. Given a bracing climate and such flawless cooks, what more can aeirisn man desire T A Favorite in Coos Bay. m siesta sTa e1 M J. N. Teal, the distinguished Portland attomsy, who has been In Washington of late at the head of a committee from the metropolis, beeeechlng President Roosevelt end Chairman Burton of the rtrera and harbors committee te lend a helping hand to aeoura aid In opening up the mouth of the Columbia, has ai waya had a warm place In his heart for Coos bay. - It wss through Mr. Teal's Instrumentality that J. W. Bennett of thla city was appointed vice-president for Oregon of the National Rivera and Harbors congress, a matter ef signifi cance to 4he people of Coos bay, which recognition Is highly appreciated as well aa the wisdom displayed by Mr. Teal in making the selection. , May air. ,Tral S shadow asver grow less. - "A' miller, ebf making outr ... . r: . . .. -YOUNG-ROCKEFELLER- , :;: as an exhorter : .'-PRANKS OF';4 . WEST POINT CADETS. ' From the New Tork Sun. "From what my boy tells ma," said the general. T Judge that West -Point la pretty much the same place today that It waa 4S yeara ago. It doeaa't make any. difference how Ires the dis cipline 1s. a boy Is a boy, and the steam comes out of the pot no matter how-" tight the lid la screwed down. -. - - - "When I was In the" corps- the reveille gun always had plenty of attention. In my yearling camp we spiked it . and stole the powder persistently that at laat the taotlca! officers .were nearly at their wits' end. y f , "They had -the-gun run-smack up -to the guard tsnt, with the mussle atlcking inside. . The powder charge waa pur in ths daak ol the eflteer ef Hie guaiu. 1 '"For a while this daunted ua, but one day when the detail ran the gun out it was Spiked, clean as a whistle..' Right under the noses of the guard a yearling buck had walked up and aaked a ques tion of the officer of the day. While he was talking he leaned carelesaly ' against the breech of the piece. Jammed a rat-tall Ilia in the touch-hole and broke it off. ,; "After that the breech eover was kept ; ' on up to tha time of firing. But the -schemers were not to bo vanquished. If they couldn't spike the gun .they, were - bound . to get the powder.-. Yet there It lay In' the desk of the officer . of tha guard and he or the O. D. was . always altting by it ... "One evening the O. D. was inspecting pentlnele when a tremendous uproar aroaa In - camp. Bugles were blowing, men shouting and under the moon the ' guard aaw white forma mingled In a jae)eeljLjtheCoinpsny A etreet. . "The officer of the guard grabbed his cap and rushed into camp. At bis ap proach the disorder molted away' like magic. He emailed a rat and ran back to the guard tsnt Just In time to see a ' gray clad form dlaappear In ths dark- .. ness toward the cavalry plain. . Hs burst open hia desk. The powder' sack lay there, aafe. 1. . "The next morning ' the detail pre pared the piece for firing.- The O. O. with a sinister amlle of triumph stood by the guard tent dour, waltlag for-the - roar or tne report "The -first notes of the march rang merrily . out There waa not a aound from the gun. The O. G. glared at the. detail. The primer had snapped In . vain. They were fixing another. - Psf It went The old piece wss silent The march, ended without -inter- . fuptton. " . , . . . This powder's no good, said the corporal, handing It back, to, the O. G. , 1 net wormy spat out an oatn a no ripped open the sack. It waa a sub- , stltution made the night before full of augar;7- a r- ; ; we always naa plenty or contraband In camp. In barracks that waa pretty risky, but camp waa comparatively- aafe. One man In my class, though,. waa tripped up tn a mean way. . "Ha had got. up a great box of boodle." from New York crackers. Jama, lemons, tabaoco, candy, fruit and Lord knowa what not, when' a tacsmelled Ittiut "re3 ported him and made him turn In the whole lot aa contraband. , Another order, waa ' placed at once. It was promptly filled, and, aided by va- Mouo public-spirited R-iends. the luck- .. leas ep'cure .dragged a complete, -new supply up fromlhe river (fa.D k by, night ' and "hid it In the cellar carefully' con- ' structed under his tent floor. . , 'The next morning .between drills a feast royal was held, until. thet good cheer was intsrrupted by a call to tsr- gst practice. The boxea and pots were left open In the tent aa no ,'tao' ever in- apecteU at that hour of the morning. T'ow it chanced that behind the tent lay a aentry post and by the poat wae a tree where a aqulrrel dwelt. -This ,. squirrel, seeing that camp was desrrtsd, , hopped down to explore. "The first thing hs atruok waa - tne broken remains of the feast He caught a large fruit cracker In his mouth, and. wisely, looking to the future, started out of the bsck of the tent with It to carry to hie tree. Juat then, by bad' luck, the aame tac' who bad hived the boodle before - was . passing , down the sentinel's post . ... , "He saw the squirrel. lie saw, tne ... cracker. .In another minute he was in the tent and the new order was gone with the old.. One of the boldest oadet tricks I ever knew of was carried out when I waa In the corpe. We brought In a bil liard table piece by piece at night ana net It up In an old unused storeroom un- der the second division of barracks,: We kept it running for a year-. . "The 'Uoa' knew we had It on the post but couldn't find out where it waa, until one night when the . officer In . charge saw a cadet ateal out of the tenth division and alip across tne area, ' toward the etalre leading under the . third division to tne storerooms. A ' . stsalthy purault brought ths tac' to the bill lard-room door Juaf aa.lt dosed. Ha eould hear within voicea ana tne. click of belie, but no light came through the carefully blanketed ehlnke of - the ,, doorway. Hia first Instinct waa to curat In on the lawbreakera and arreat teem all. But as he hesitated a , Brilliant ; , scheme occurred to him. ' . He planned' a grand eoup ror tne next night; he would tell all the other tees' of his triumph and In a body tbsy would d second on the wretched game. stars. He stole: away as silently aa ne had come, but no mors silently than an uneeen form that observing hint start. . had trailed him downstairs, and now flitted before him and aped acroaa the moonlit area aa he stumbled up the dark atepe. ' v ' 1 The next night the .tees' in , a nooy gleefully crept down to the storeroom. They stopped In the hall- Their leader .. knocked sternly at the portal of the billiard-room, j ' - ' - '" "There waa no reply. He nung tne door' open. The room was brilliantly., lighted. There waa the table with the eues and balls ready to play. A dosen bunting prints -hung .about-the wane. But not a cadet was to be seen. - "The surprise party stood dismayed. Then the eyee of one lit on a sealed let- , ter conspicuously placed on the center . of the table. Tie picked It up. It wae addressed to The Tactical Department, United States Military Academy.' He . tore it open. It ran about aa follows, tn carefully disguised print" and the gen eral read this note: ",! - Dear Old Gum-Shoe Artists: lit token Df our appreciation of your gen- eroeity tn allowing fas to eeptllhT -"- - Hard-room undisturbed) for over a year, we beg yeu to accept tt aa a gift We , ahould be charmed to share It with you, but from the bashful manner of Captain when be turned from our door last night wo tear that you could not feel at eaaa with ua. Tours In gum-shoe bonds, . "THE CUE ARTI8T8." . j. The Price of Liberty. From the Philadelphia Tress.'-' While the members of the legislature do not get. any free railroad peases, the most of them for the first time in years wilt enjoy the free use -of their wo thenghts end votes.. And .that .is aj bigger thing than a free pass. .--' I. V'-