THE NEWS-RECORD
Issued Cadi Thursday
ENTERPRISE.. OREGON
Fair Idm.
) saw ye not fair lues? She's gone Into
the west,
To dazzle when the sun Is down, and rob
the world of nut ;
She took our daylight with her, the smiles
that we love best,
With morning blushing on her checks,
and ix-arls upon her breast.
O turn again, (air Ines, before the fall of
night,
For fear the moon should shine alone,
and stars unrivaled bright;
And blessed will the love be that walks
beneath their light,
And breathes the love against thy cheek
I dare not even write I
Would I had been, fair Ines, that gallant
cavalier
Who rode so gayly by thy Hide and whis
pered thee so near 1
Were there no bonny dames at home, or
no true lovers here,
That he should cross the seas and win
the dearest of the dear?
I saw thee, lovely Ines, descend along the
shore,
With bands of noble gentlemen, and ban
ners waved before;
And gentle youth and maidens gay, and
snowy plumes they wore;
It would have been a beauteous dream if
it had been no more !
Alas! alas! fair Ines! she went away
with song,
With music waiting on her steps, and
shoutings of the throng;
Hut some were sad, and felt no mirth,
but only Music's wrong,
In sounds that sang Farewell, Farewell
to her you've loved so long.
Farewell, farewell, fair Ines! that vessel
never bore
So fair a lady on Its deck nor danced so
light before
Alas for pleasure on the sea, and sorrow
on the shore !
The smile that blest one lover's heart
has broken many more.
Thomas Hood.
Fate.
Two shall be born the whole wide world
apart ;
And speak in different tongues, and have
no thought
Each of the other's being, and no heed ;
And these o'er unknown seas to unknown
lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck, defying
death.
And all unconsciously shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this one
end
That, one day, out of darkness, they shall
meet
And read life's meaning In each other's
eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way of
life
So nearly side by side, that should one
turn
Ever so little space to left or right
They needs must stand acknowledged
face to face.
And yet, with wistful eyes that never
meet,
With groping hands that never clasp, and
lips
Calling In vain to ears that never hear,
They seek each other all their weary
days
And dio unsatisfied and this is Fatof
Susan Marr Spalding.
A Lost Contract.
A pen onco lost me an order. I had
Just worked up the executive of a
largo concern into a desire to buy. I
had my contract form lying on Ills
desk with my finger on the dotted line.
Ho reached over toward Ills pen ruck,
took off a pen and plunged It Into the
Ink well. He turned to me with a
frown on his face the well was empty.
I was ready with a fountain ien.
Tho pen was uncapped. I handed It to
him. He started to write. Tho Ink
would not flow. I took It and shook It.
Again ho made the attempt, with no re
sult. "I will get one," lie said. So he
stepped Into the other room. Evidently
some one stopped him with a question,
for he did not come back for three
minutes. Then he stood at his desk.
Ho looked down at the contract.
"I believe I had better think this
matter over again," he snld. And all
the talk I put up could not budge him.
I had lost a sale because my fountain
pen was empty. Now, ono of my regu
lar morning duties, week In and week
out, Just as regular as my shave and
my checking over of calls to be made
and the making out of my expense ac
count, la filling my fountain pen.
James N. Bowen, In System.
A Striking; Monument.
Nowhere In the world can be found
a more striking monument than that
erected on the shores of Lake Isay.
Kill, In central Asln, In honor of the
Russian General Trjevalskl, a famous
explorer of that region. The tomb is
hollowed out In the summit of a Jut
ting cliff on the eastern margin of the
lake, and the monument consists of an
enormous rough hewn block of gray
granite, twenty-five feet high, over
which Is thrown a chart of central
-Asia.
Foedlun; the llanarrr,
"Afb! Miss Stout Vera" tiegan Mr.
ILovett, "con you not see the hunger In
any eyes? Can you not "
"Oh, of course," exclaimed Miss Vera
Stout, nelf-reproafully, "how awfully
thoughtless of me. Just wait and I'll
get you lib dish of kraut and pork."
Philadelphia Press.
Some men hate bull dogs so they
would censure oue for chewing an
gent.
WANT HALT PAT.
; Volunteer Army and Navy Officers
ito Urge Their Claims in Congress.
Backed by precedents established
after the Revolutionary War, surviv
ing volunteer officers of the army and
I navy of the Civil Wur are to deuinni
of Congress the ennctnieut of a law
providing for their benefit a volunt;ei
! retired list with half pay for life. Ir
the lust Congress a bill was Introduce
providing for such a list, but restrict
ing it to volunteer nnny oMeers. Ii
did not puss, largely because of tin
cry of discrimination tliut was rnlsec
by navul volunteers and tlielr friends
It Is now promised by a committee
of volunteer iiuvnl ofllcers to bnve pre
pared a measure that shall be satis-1
fuctory to the navy and marine corps
Circulars have been sent out to al.
surviving volunteer naval ofllcers .'r
the United States calling upon their
to take an active part in the Interest
of the measure. These circulars re-
view tne History o legislation ror tn ,
benefit of volunteer veteran oflleeii
from the close of the Itevolutlonarj
Wur to the mllourrmient of the Fiftv-
ninth Congress, and it is charged thin
there has always been a systematic At
tempt to eliminate the iiiival volun
teers from the benefits of such laws
i
SKYSCRAPER MENACE.
vThat a Conflagration Among These!
mtfl T 11 TTT 1 1 -mm- I
wm """ vvoum mean.
A catastrophe that will eclinse the
destru'-tion of San Fruncisco is the cheer-
ing prospect offered for the con tem ulation
or .New lork by the nresident of the.
i 1 . . . ...... .
uuuru in ui-u underwriters, says (Jollier i
weekly. And it is not New York alonj
t is threatened, but every great city
mat permits the construction of skyscrap
ers.
The underwriters think that there
is not only a possibility but a very strong
yruuuimuy oi a oiaze starting in the ton
muriea ui a nest oi tnese aerial nives and
leaping across the canyons that separate
them, raging aloft like a fire In the upper thelr Petitions on some definite promise
branches of a forest, and sweeping un- of Ood'8 Word, and plead Ills gracious
checked out of reach of the helpless fire- obligation to bear. This woman did so.
men in the street. When office buildings She- brought her desires to the Lord,
go higher than the Washington monument making mention of some particular pas
all the ordinary methods of protection be- lage of Scripture which warranted her
come obsolete. No hose can carry a , making the request. ' She poured out
on miu iioji wajr tu uivir ruuis. ito mrevi
mains can furnish pressure enough to
send water up in standplpes. Of course
there are satisfactory methods of Bupply-
ing the upper floors in ordinary times,
but they would count for nothing in a She was putting that promise to a be
conflagration. The experience of San lievlng test.
rrancisco has shown, in the opiuion of
President Babb, that "so-called 'fireproof
buildings cannot withstand the attack of
the financial ,iitrief f N vrt K
would cause a loss of from one to two
billion dollars; the Insurance companies
would be hard pressed to nay 20 to 25
cents on the dollar, title guaranty com-
panies, mortgage concerns, savings banks,
and all other financial Institutions would
snffer, and the city would feel at once the
loss of revenue from the destruction of
axuble values
Another menace that hangs over the
skyscraper districts of great cities is the
danger of panic. It Is said that If a sud- Truly, God revenleth Himself unto ev
den shock should send the swarming cliff cry geueratlon.
dwellers all surging to the streets at once
the highways would not hold the human
flood. The streets of our cities were de-
signed to match buildings three or four words of those dear to us ! How mem
stories high. When ten such buildings ory lingers over them, and our hearts
are piled one on top of another, and the rejoice as we recall the words of affec
same thoroughfares are expected to ac- tton and holp ! Bitter Indeed are the
commodate the people from all of them, regret8 If words were left unsaid which
4.0 re...... are ..Keiy ,o oe .taming.
The London (Canada) Labor party
has pronounced In favor of old-ago pen-
,lonHm
A majority of the musicians of Santa
Cius, Cal., met recently and organized a
onion,
Organised labor In Rentlle. Wash., him '
carried out Us proposed plan of obtaining
a coal mine,
Springfield (Canada) miners ask for
another board of conciliation to Investi
gate the system of weighing boxes.
The building trades of San Franelsec
are discussing a proposition to settle on .
, .
The Central Labor Union of 8crantot,
ra.. ha. decided to build a f.W.OOO ten,:
pie for the use of the trade. Union, of th.
The union men of Wllkes-Barre, Pa,!?"- IU 0 wreeK a'"
have .tarted a movement to boycott thi lotter containing the money was near
beef packers a. long as prices remain at . destroyed by flre. But there was
the present high rate. enough of the letter to take It to its
The Federation of Labor at Springfield destination with the money, and Dr.
Mo., has decided to enter politics next(B!onn, In acknowledging the receipt of
year, and will put forward It. president the money, said that It was the first
as a candidate for the General Assembly. J money contributed toward the estab-
The Carpenters' Union of Winnipeg. Ilshment of a theological seminary In
Manitoba, ha. three members who havi' Mexico.
been continuous member, of the organisa-1 8imiy God nad intervened to ave
tlon for more than thlrty-slx yea Thei, offer, for the t
year, of member.h p total about 110 . .
j rn i ci, Am uihuu uciivi ca into nw a. ai-v
ord.
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At a meeting of Engineer.' local No.
of Denver, Colo., Hie finance cotnmittet t and what that pnrt shall be Providence
reported that increased wage, to the mem- sometimes decides, not we. We cannot
tiers of the union during the last yeai'ahvnys select the tasks we would per
annmnted In the aggregate to Jil.lWO. It forra the service we would render The
was reported that conditions in thi. tra j .orlL lndow,t WRnt9 of nK)gt of
sr. very prtuperou.. sjclal work. Possibly, poor sufferer.
The tola number of , killed whll, ,t , need of your patient enduring
m nmg coal In the United State, durlni .,,,, 4, , . "
UHiu, according to statistic gathered b j possibly the example of your waiting
the geological survey, was 2.001. Th trusting Is the very service your
numlH-r of workmen receiving Injuries ii , fellows need most to have rendered
ll.is Industry more or less serious, but not them. It takes all parts In music to
fatal, was 4.TIW during the same period. I make perfect harmony; and your
Miss Marot, secretary of the Woman'i strain, low and pathetic minor though
Trade I'uion League of New York, It lie, cannot be spared from It. There
short time sines delivered an address li Is the light behind your cloud, and
which she urged women to organise in you niny ,pe t jf you wlrl look
ery branch of Industry and cooperate li wrf IL Your paU t emlllm t
V'i ut In tht trade J"ou. In the coming good, depend upon
Clipping" Amf.
They are slipping away these sweet,
swift years,
Like a leaf on the current cast ;
With never a break in their rapid flow,
We watch them as one by one they go
Into the beautiful past.
As silent and swift as the weaver's thread,
Or an arrow s flying gleam,
As soft as the langorous breezes bid,
That lift the willow's golden lid,
And ripple the glassy stream.
As light as the breath of the thistle
down,
As fond as lover's dream
As pure as the flush of the sea shell's
throat,
As sweet as the wood bird's wooing note,
'So tender and sweet they seem,
One after another we see them pass
Down the dim-lighted stair;
We hcnr tlle 80un1 of. their steady tread
In the steps of centuries long since dead,
As beautiful and as fair.
There are only a few years left to live.
Shall we waste them in idle strife?
Sha" we trample under our ruthless feet
Those teautiful blossoms, fair and sweet,
By the dusty ways o ,ife?
Tb(,re Bre ony , fow RwUt yearBLah let
No envious taunts be heard ;
Mnko life's fair pattern of rare design.
And fill up the measure with love's sweet
wine.
But never an angry word.
"T" and "P.",
These are the letters used by one
of God's handmaidens to record her
experience with His promises, "T" and
ti
All Intelligent Christians should base
her heart In humble and believing' pe-
tltlon' and left " wltn IIlm' n,akl,lg ln
the margin alongside the promise the
letter "T." By this she meant "tried."
When God answered the desire of
her heart she added to the marginal
recor(, p By tf,8 ghe meant
nnl Proved." This simple and beautl-
ful treatment of God's Word Is full of
suggestion to us.
It will awaken a desire to know more
of the promises; and when a Christian
jjas not only prayed in the right spirit,
out na8 watehed for and found the an-
. and thu the effl of
, . ' . . ,.., .
hla Prflyer he w111 experience a grow-
ln deslre to have more and more of
the Joy and power of "T" and "P."
The Parting; Word.
How tenderly we cherish the parting
ni,ght hnye ,.llwred flnJ oomforted the
loved one, and we fuln would live over
Just one day that each moment might
be laden with tenderness and sympathy
and love. We lay flowers on the grave,
und every word of unklndiiess that
pare pain to the one sleeping there
rises ln Judgment against us ; while
every word of love, of help, of cheer.
t comes back laden with sweetness and
inspiration, vying In beauty with the
" "" '
covered mound. Precious heritage Is
the memory of kindly words and deeds
88 we "ar llle uoruenanu or ure. xne
("inasmuch as ye did it" will gild the
evening of life with the beauty of the
wttlng sun and the glory of the resur-
rectlon morn.
Saved for Service.
Dr. W. S. Sweet, missionary at Hang
show, China, lends a class of young
moll fnntlvpsl In mission Rtudv Uium
,lls , studying the subject of
missions In Mexico, they took up nn
',, tll ., ,,. .. , , ,
; Jfer,n' Jf ?1,can work' Wl,lel
, n,l,0""t t0 ' J" 9 n,1M? was swlt
iu jr. sioan m oiexico, ana en route
Do Your Part.
No life Is wasted that bears Its part;
It, you shall have your place; for, as
much as the bravest and the strongest,
you will have done your part to bring
It. Kev. A. W. Jackson.
And 1 Away.
One winter day a gentleman, riding
on horseback along a Kentucky road,
met an old colored slave plodding on
through the deep snow toward the
house of God, which was four miles
from his home.
"Why, under cried the gentleman,
"you ought not to venture out such a
distance on such a day. Why in the
world don't you stay at home?"
"Ah, massa," was the answer, "I
dnrn't do dat ; 'cause you see, I dunno
when de blessing gwlne to come; an'
spose It 'ud come tbis snowy mornln,
and I away! Oh, no, da 'ud nebber
do."
Would God's service ever be dishon
ored by empty houses of worship were
all Christians possessed of such faith?
"A l.Ktte Child Shall Lead Them."
Attracted by the children's singing,
a man came Into a mission Sunday
school room and remained till the close
of the session. He came again to the
evening prayer meeting nnd found
Christ. He said to one of the work
ers, "I feel that I am a saved man,
and I owe It to your children's sing
ing this afternoon:
"Jesus loves me; this I know,
For the Bible tells me so."
MUD TAKES UP THE OXYGEU.
Air In Cold Storaice Plant Too Poor
to Support Comlinstlon.
It was recently noticed In a cold stor
age plant that candles or lumps began
to burn with a feeble flame as soon as
they were brought Into the room and
that ln many parts of It they were ex
tinguished. A match could be lit, but
the wax would not Ignite.
In the corner of the storeroom was a
disused well from which gas Issued
and It was at first supposed that car
bon dioxide was being distributed into
the air from this well.
But this was not borne out by analy
sis of the air In the room and from
the well, for the amount of carbon
dioxide was only slightly more than is
present ln normal air and was quite
Insufficient to have affected the com
bustion of a candle.
Samples of the air taken from differ
ent parts of the room contained only
17.5 to 17.7 per cent of oxygen, or from
3.2 to 3.4 per cent less than is present
In normal air. The oxygen in the air
In the shaft of the well amounted to
no more than 8.6 and 8.9 per cent and
other experiments confirmed the con
clusion that the air In the storeroom
was ordinary air containing less than
Its proper proportion of oxygen, owing
to admixture of air deprived of Its'
oxygen which Issued from the well.
The source of the impoverished air
from the well was finally traced to
tunneling operations close by In which
compressed air was being used. The
air must have found Its way through
the soil wherever It was sufficiently por
ous and so Into the shaft of the well
and on Its passage through the soil
must have been deprived of part of Its
oxygen by contact with some substance
such as pyrites.
Evidence In support of the correctness
of tills conclusion was furnished by the
analysis of the mud from another well
shaft near the first. This mud was
found to contain pyrites and air left
In contact with It for some weeks was
deprived of almost the whole of Its
oxygon.
TO SEE THE MAN AT THE TOP.
Hake Sure Yonr Calling; Card Will
Iniprran Ills Secretary.
"Did you see that man who Just
went out " asked the secretary of one
of the large corporations ln New York
of a visitor. He has a wise head on his
shoulders.
"You know one of the hardest thing?
a man is up against is to get ln to see
the man at the top. The ability to talk
well Is all right In Its place, but you
must get Inside the office before tt Is
of any use.
"Nowadays when man wants to see
the president of a large business house
he seldom sees even the secretary.
"Ills card Is sent In by an office boy.
Now, the seeertury does not know what
the man looks like; all he has to Judge
from Is the card.
"Usually the card tells the whole
story. Most of them are cheap affairs.
'Mr. Smith, with Brown-Green Paint
Company,' or something like that The
chances are the secretary does not feel
In the mood to see a paint man and
passes out word to call again later.
"But that chap who Just went out Is
different He sent In a plain calling
card of the projier size, engraved In
old English script It was the best
that money could buy.
"When I got the card I had never
heard the name before, but I did not
dare turn him down. I sent for him
and then It was all his.
"He started a flow of flue English
and ln a short time I had him In the
president's room. He Is pretty sure of
landing a big order, I believe. It Is
an Investment of a few dollars, but I
tell you It pay high Interest" New
York Sun.
No Rearalar Par.
une tells me he's a professional ac
tor now.
"Not exactly. He's merely a semi-
professional."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, a professional Is one who Is
paid for hla services; he's only half
paid." Philadelphia Tress.
Lovers In the story books alwaya
have strong arms, although their ac
tions frequently Indicate a weakueM
ln the bead.
CHURCH AMONG
'"' ' J.'-' -M.,-'.N,I. I,j .U..JMH..I . . . ,J i ,,
TllINITY C1IUHCII IN WALL STREET, NEW YOUK.
Trinity Church ln Wall street, New York, once an Imposing building, has
been entirely dwarfed by the huge skyscrapers that hem it ln on every
side. The Wall street brokers have recently had the honor of a visit from
the Bishop of London, who has been preaching special sermons to New York
busluess men.
WESTON'S GREAT WALK.
Aged Pedestrian Who Tramped from
Portland, Me,, to Chicago.
Remarkable Indeed was the endur
ance shown by Edward Pnyson Wes
ton, the aged uthlete who at 09 repeat
ed his feat of forty years ago In walk
ing from Portland, Me., to Chicago. He
tramped tho 1,234 miles in 24 days, 19
hours and 15 minutes, breaking his for
mer record by 24 hours.
His longest day's walk on the recent
trip was 95 3-10 miles, while on the
t.UWARD P. WESTON.
former journey the best day wns only
eighty-two miles.
Weston's stride Is almost a shuffle.
He takes two or three steps of ordi
nary length and then falls into a dog
trot. But It Is not a dog trot. It is
a little trick to relieve the strain upon
the leg muscles. And It gets him over
the ground amazingly fast He walks
with as little effort as possible, leaning
slightly forward and frequently ilg
zagglng. At times he Is apparently
forced ouward by his weight, falling
from one foot to the other without visi
ble effort.
Weston gives this advice to young
men: "Don't smoke cigarettes; smoke
cigars or a piie if you must Eat
prunes dally ; take a cold sponge bath
each morning; walk to and from
work ; dou't keep late hours. If you
would be old and feel a youth. When
I left Portland to begin my walk the
future oppressed me. I had a task to
perform. I felt like a man of 90.
When It was concluded I felt like a
man of 21. Walking is the best thing
for man or woman, done In the open
air. '
The finest thing In tne world Is a
comfortable home. Why not devote
more attention to a comfortable home
and less to billiards, and beer, and
dabs)
ft. .TV
hi, xmj w?h
SKYSCRAPERS.
HE WAS A JUDGE OF -TEA.
Thoosrht He Had Got the Best .
Ill Wife.
A certain suburban resident who Is
somewhat of a gourmet discovered one
day that Ills wife was giving hlra tea
at Is 4d to drink. Although he had
never made any complaints about tho
quality of the tea, no sooner did he dis
cover the price than he detected all
sorts of shortcomings ln the article sup
plied and when he went down to busi
ness that morning he dropped Into a
tea store and bought a pound of orange
pekoe at 3s 6d, snys Answers. This he
carried home In the night, and, taking
the opportunity of the kitchen beln?
empty, he hunted around till he found
the tea caddy, which was nearly full.
The contents of this he threw away and
replaced out of his own package. It
had not been his intention to say any
thing about the substitution, but next
morning be could not help referring to.
the Improved qunlity of the beverage.
"This is something like tea this morn
ing," he said. "Don't you notice the
difference?" "No, I don't," said his wife. "It
tastes to me exactly like the tea we
have been drinking for the last months
and so It should, for it Is the same tea.'"
The husband laughed.
"That's Just like a woman," he said.
"You never know what Is good and
what Isn't unless we tell you. Now, I
could have told you with my eyes shut
I hat this tea Is better thnn what wo
have been drink' ag."
'.'It is h k! haven't been drink
ing ft un oui- eyes shut nil along," re
torted the lady. "Anyway, It Is the
snme tea."
"Now, I'll just prove to you," said
her husband, "how defective a woman's
sense of taste Is. Yesterday I bought
a pound of 3s Cd tea, threw out whnt
wns lu the caddy, and put mine In It
place. And to think that you never no
ticed the difference!"
"Which caddy did you empty?"
"One on the upper shelf of the pan
try," wos the reply.
"I thought so," said the lady, quietly.
"That was some special tea I keep for
special occasions. The caddy with the
cheap tea Is In the cupboard ln the
kltchen, and this," she added, with an
exasperating smile, as she lifted the
teapot, "wns made out of the selfsam
caddy as It has been every morning
Whnt a blessing it must be to you to.
possess such a cultivated taste ! I have
heard that tea tasters get very high sal
arles. Now, don't you "
But he cut her remnrks short by leaw
Ing the room. ,
Vindicated at Last.
An up-State correspondent has found
In an old scrap book a bit of verse that
bears out the theory advanced by Con
gressman Roberts of Utah, that Adam,
was the most chivalrous of all men.,
nnd only ate the forbidden fruit be-'
cause he would not be separated from
Eve. .Seeing this mentioned In last
Tuesday's Nosegay column he sent on
a copy of the verse. It reads :
Daughters of Eve, your mother did not
' well.
She placed the apple in your father'
hand.
Adam was not deceived, nor yet could,
stand;
For love of ber he gave bis throne.
With ber could die, but could not llv
alone.
Philadelphia Record.
When a man Is called to the tele
phone by a woman the conversation
from his end of the line Indicates that
he Is trying to bring It to a good-bye-and
break-away.
A crank Is a person who think yo
axa a crank.