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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1910)
je?W,R,jr,t'jprr.iJ- 4- -- IMTO. v-atrv ' V r,f i- j.tWh H i I , ti .' '! t it U II h! ii: if H lit, ft l H IS VSAAAAAAAVtf The Open Wlmtatr- Tho last notes of "Lead, Kindly -Light," faded softly away, and only ccntlo summer sounds tho llRht stir ot Uio old elm bos I do the window, tho flno hum of tiny wnyalde voices broke tho stillness. All the windows wore wldo open, nnd n golden shaft of siunllght foil across tho foot of the coffin. Tho minister was looking at It as ho began to speak! "Dear friends, 1 know wo aro alt thinking how beautifully fitting It Is that our songs should bo full of light When wo pay our last trlbuto to tho beautiful soul who has left us. In the three days past, I have been think Jng orcr her llfo here, and It seemed to mo that tho lesson ot It was ono lor nil of us to take to heart It can Jk put Id a sentence: Her windows twere always open to the light "Think ot her life, as the oldest ot you bare known It through sixty years. She was always poor, she had mo education, she had missed the .great joya ot womanhood, she had no peculiar gift ot personor talent, no Influence, we might lis lit ly bave said. Hut tho presence ot all ot you hero to-day, and the sorrow and Joy that look out of your eyes,- eorrow for our low, Jor tor her gain, proro how hastily nnd untruly such Judgment ould hare been pronounced. "As I have looked back orer the twenty years I hare known her, I fears been astonished to And how much ot what we hare won In theso Tears has been due to her quiet stead fast loyalty to the light "You will all recall scores of In stances. I can mention only one or two. I came among you a young man, new to my work nnd to you. It Isnl Asy to begin a task or any sort with the skill ot an experienced worker. I was often discouraged, often perplex ed and disheartened. "One day I was calling upon this -woman, and the talk fell upon ono ot these perplexing thelites, and before I realized It I had told her my trou ble. It concerned a certain man who liad lost all the respect and confident of others, and seemed hopelessly com mitted to a drunkard's life. I can hear her answer sow. "'Don't you be discouraged. I never ma.tr a human being yet that wouldn't -show you what you looked for It you looked long enough. There's' three of us looking for the manhood ot Joe Tremont, his wife and you and I, and wo'll find it yetl Thoso of you who can look back twenty years will remember how splendidly her faith was rewarded and how we found that manhood. "Nor was It toward humanity only that she kept her windows open; she opened them no less toward new ways and customs and thoughts. I happen to know that one or two ot the inno vations in our church life were per sonally difficult for her to appreciate, -but her attitude nerer changed. 'I'm nn old-fashioned body,' she. would say, "and I can't quite keep tip, but you go right on; 111 follow the best I can. I -won't let you get out of sight' And xnoro than once or twice that open ness of heart unconsciously to her, nnd at the time unconsciously to us, lias been tho means ot winning for us some of our greatest bletstngs. "Better than any , gift of earth Is this which we may all make our own such passionate loyalty to the Cod "Who is Light that nil tho windows ot our houso of life may always stand open to Ills truth." Youth's Compan ion. -TIm. Secret Plaeei Where Ie lit JIe that dwellest in the secret place 'et the Most High shall abide under the shadow ot the' Almighty." The secret place of the Most High where Is It? Where Is this abiding place, this safe and sure refuge, this srtrong and Impregnable fortress? This place In which I shall be delivered from the snare of the fowler, and from tho nolsomeneas and danger ot every pestilence? This blessed place where I shall be covered and protected by 2IIs presence as the chickens are pro tected by the brooding care of the -mother? 'Where Is the secret place of -the Almighty, and who has found It? The place where no pestilence ot the night or terror of the day can disturb the soul? The place where all danger is absolutely eliminated, where a thou sand may fall at thy side, and ten .thousand at thy right band, and yet tthou mayest know that thy soul is se cure, that it shall not come nigh thee? O, where Is this refuge ot the Most High, this secret place of the Lord? "Where can It be but in the secret chamber ot His blessed will, the place where life Is hid with Christ In UodT The Counlrr Preacher. The city pastor who Is really a suc cess Is deserving ot great admiration ; .and verily be generally gets It Out the country pastor who Is a suc cess Is also deserving of admiration, for he a well as "the city pastor has Ills problems and hindrances. The country church has limited financial resources; the pay of the country church Is small, but even to, this Is often due not to stinginess, but to the real poverty of the congregation. And a fair support Is so necessary to effl eletacy that many a country pastor be cdme restless and if so, the effect on fete inner life and upon his sermons shows itself in ways which oaralyxo his mftuenco for good. There are ta Connecticut eighty-five Congregational 1st pastors who get less than six hun dred dollars nnd no house-rent. U works out In unrest, discouragement, sourness, collision and resignation. Hut there Is another aide: There Is tho chnnco to study; to put behind inero fluency ot speech which Is apt to bocccno unendurable troth the sub stance ot real thought Mossed Is the man who Improves his years In tho country by making them days ot tro mendous energy In devouring, digest ing, assimilating and organising great thoughts from great books, and from sustained meditation, Tho country pastor can get near hU people. lie can dig Into tholr respect by his sound counsel. Ko can gel the oung fellow oft to college He can bring Information to tho whole circle. There Is such a chance tor personal work In the country charge. The country pastor has room. Ho has room to thlnk,"and room to grow. He has leisure to study and think and grow. He has opportunity to touch aouls one by one. The country pastor ought to bo the most widely-read man In tho ministry, and the most cogent thinker. 4 vj im ? 1 THE PUMA AND ITS PREY. -' v" Tho puma Is so fond of horso flesh that In Patagonia It Is difficult to breed horses, as tho colts are killed by this American Hon. A natlvo told the author of "The Naturalist In La Plata" that on ono occasion, while driving hts horses homo through a thicket, a puma sprang out ot the bushes to the back ot a colt following behind the troop. The numa alighted directly on tho colt's back, with one forefoot grasping IU shoulder, while with the other It seized the head, and giving It a violent wrench, dislocated tho neck. Tho colt tell to the earth as If shot Next to horse flesh, tho puma pre fers mutton. Ho does not llko veal, although he will kill a calf upon occa sion. A cunning puma, which on cloudy nights raided a sheep ranch, used as a place ot concealment the pen whero a dozen calves were kept, while It was waiting to attack the sheep. But It did not Injure n calf. Pigs, when In large herds, defy the puma by massing themselves together and presenting a serried line ot tusks. The ass also resists successfully the puma's attack. When assaulted It thrusts Its head between Its tore lege and kicks violently" until the puma Is driven or thrown off. Ono day an Indian, while riding, saw a young cow watching his ap roach. Her manner showed that it was in a state ot dangerous excite ment and the Indian conjectured that somo beast of prey had killed Its calf. He began searching for the calf's body. While thus engaged the cow repeated ly charged him. Presently he dlscor ered the calf lying dead among the long grass, and by Its side a dead puma with a large wound Just behind the shoulder. The calf had been killed by the pu ma, for Its throat showed the wounds of large teeth. The cow bad driven one of Its long sharp horns Into tho puma's side whllo It was sucking the calf's blood. CRIME mSTOBY OP LONDON. Only IflO Conlee. Prlnleil loin rae- almllea of Hare- fllil Print. A book which cost more than 1C.000 to produce will be published next week. The edition will consist of only 160 copies and nearly every ono of them has been subscribed for by pri vate Individuals or the trade. Each copy will cost 140. It Is a book which will become rare from the very date of publication. The volume Is called "The Central Criminal Court of London," and It Is Issued by Messrs. Gyre & Spottswoodo to commemorate the opening of the present court by the king. A Pitts burg Oazette-Tlmes letter says: It deals with the history ot the court and ot Newgato, the Fleet and other Jails. It is not merely a record At the central criminal court, but a history of the crime, roguery, law and Justice In London from a distant period to the present day. The author Is W. Eden Hooper, who Is already famous as the producer ot sumptuous editions de luxe. The Illustrations are exact fac sim iles of rare old prints by artists of all periods. They were specially photo graphed at the British museum. Some of the plates cost $200 each to produce. There are fifty in all, in seven different processes, Including etching, collotype in colors and photo gravure. The white vellum binding of the volume is blazoned with the city arms In heraldic colors, and the book welghr ten pounds. Tliir Pictorial Mulle, "I wish I could always see people smiling and trying to look their best," said the sympathetic person. "That's easy, Go into business as a photographer." Washington Star. A aire, A May, She The educated woman ashamed to admit her age absurd! He All the same, I never saw one who put her college .year after her name Boston Transcript It is easier to learn to talk than it Is to acquire the ah of saying some thing. Men are seldom sc hopelessly deaf that they cannot hear money talk. ilkbvcience I sftxra an0,. lssgstnvennoni' After about eighty shots tho rifling it the presdnl twelve-Inch gun ot 2,000 forty-seconds velocity becomes so bad ly worn as to destroy tho accuracy, In tho case of tho now tourtecn-lnch gun tho erosion Is much tews and tho gun will bo serviceable for about 300 discharges, Arrangements will shortly bo made by tho Austrian government for the public snlo of radium for medical nnd experimental purposes, Tho total quantity of radium which has been thus far recovered for scientific uso throughout tho world Is estimated uot to exceed a quarter of a pound. Moving pictures ot the flight ot In sects have been made with exposures ot 1-42,000 second. Another photog rapher has made a klnomatographta study ot tho action ot weapons and projectiles employing for Illumination electric sparks ot a duration ot one ten-millionth of a second, and obtain ing pictures ot 400 successive phases ot the operation of tho flrlng mechan Ism ot an automatic pistol, although tho entire operation occupied only about one-tenth ot a second. Prot C. Matlgnon ot the College of France recently described his experi ments wth ancient medals, vases, and so forth, ot lead, which are gradually disintegrating In the Museum ot Cluny. After a certain number ot years they tall Into dust. Tho causa, he says. Is the presence ot rnlnuto traces ot saline matter, with which the objects hare become Impregnated during their long burial In the soil or under water. These mtcroscopla chemical Impurities play the part of bacteria and microbes In living bodies. In other words, tho lead Is "sick," and unless the noxious matter can be re moved, will Inevitably perish. Curi ously enough, he finds that If traces ot salt are Imparted to a fresh mass of lead. It Is attacked, and eventually falls to pieces like the objects In the museum. In bis address to the British Asso ciation at Winnipeg, the president ot the geological section. Prut. A. 8. Woodward, said that he wished to era phaslzo the Interest and significance of the persistent progress of life to a higher plane, which Is observed throughout the geological periods. Paleontologists, he added, are now gen erally agreed that there Is some prin ciple underlying this process much more fundamental than chance varia tion or response to environment, how ever much these phenomena may have contributed to certain minor adapta tions. This Is shown by Jthe rise of the great backboned family ot ani mals, which, during the successive ge ological periods, has been effected not by a uniform and gradual process, but In a rhythmic manner, periods ot ad vance alternating with periods ot rela tive stability. At prosent said Pro fessor Woodward, we cannot explain tho phenomenon. The perfected earthquake recorders now In use detect many curious move ments ot the crust of the globe, which, while they escape our senses, may nevertheless play an unexpected part in the economy of the planet Two kinds of mlerosetsmlc oscillations have been discovered, one having a period ot from four to nine seconds, and tho other a period of about half a minute. The former Is often observed simulta neously over largo portions ot the earth. Dr. Klotz, In Canada, has ob served that whenever a center of low barometric pressure, after, traversing the continent, reaches tho ocean, these strange oscillations appear. Professor Wlechert suggests that they may be due to tho Impact of ocean waves, the force ot which varies with tho state of the air. A special observatory is to be set up on the west coast of Ireland to study them. The mlcrosclsmlc os cillations of a period of half a minute appear to be due to local winds, which set up a wave motion on the land simi lar to the vastly greater motion Im parted by the wind to tho surface of the ocean. WHEN EAST MEETS WEST. lletVof ftlnarapore'e Pleturetxiue and rahlunabla Kaplan-.de, In this article on Singapore, In Har per's Magazine, W. J. Aylward gives a brilliant picture ot the varied life ot the city. "It was late In tho afternoon when we reached the mouth of the river, the hour when everybody that Is any body is out driving on the esplanade, and every one who is not Is there to see. Along the broad, tree-shaded river the fascinating show trots by, and one cannot but admire the genius of the people who made It possible in this little peninsula for which John Bull gave the whole Island of Java to the Dutch, and where but a gener ation or two ago Lord Cavenagh found but a few plrato huts. "Across the road, with your back to tho sea, you can easily Imagine yourself at a large week-end party in England. On a broad smooth lawn which years of experiment coaxed to grow in alien soil, scant-clad figures work bard at soaker, cricket and rounders. Women In fluffy white nnd Paris bats sit languidly In wicker chairs, attended by native servants who keep guard over the blonde ba bies, while their mistresses watch tho game. Through a ncn, dark curtalc of heavy foliage a pocket edition of Mt English cathedral piers and raises I Its delicate splro against a ftamlni sky, "Under tho tree-shaded road, be tween the lawn and water, a parads ot nations goes on brown man, black men, yellow men nnd whlto; Hindoo, Mnlny, Jnvnnesa and Kllng, nwliool or afoot, with hero and there In tho mot' ley, gaudily costumed throng the snowy garb ot tho helmelod master mind. Next to him In Importaurt aro tho Chinese men ot wealth, the rcAl merchant prlnco ot Slugaporo, who giro a fairly good Idea of how a Chinese can rlss It given a chance On the sent ot tho most fashionable dogrart one goes by, behind a high stepping, docked sorrel driven by n Hengnll lad In livery, with a dtipll catn as footman behind. In his serene dignity he gravely enjoys his dally drive and clmtn with his son Just home from Oxford. "Following him, n sober equipage contains an English mother with three marriageable daughters; l lien n hlgh-casto Hindoo In his low carriage reclines on rich cushions, his crlnky whlto frock and silver buttons setting off magnificently his dark, bearded face, crowned with fathoms and fath oms of soft white stuff In a care hilly laid turban; a skittish horse, with an officer In the Lincoln green uniform ot the Sherwood Koreslers at the ribbons, his bull pup beside him and a little baboon In barefooted liv ery sitting astern; n shabby gharry and a Portuguese priest; a rickshaw with a Chinese womau In flowing blue, surrounded by her little brood; a barouche full ot French girls all pass through a chattering throng ot Tamil men In skirts, with little velvet, cut broldered skull-caps on their heads; turbaned Klines In loin-cloths; savage-looking Javanese; a Manchu lady In yellow silk limps pitifully on hob bled feet after the musical clink ol her lord and master's wooden clogs; Bengalese, Mohamedans and Pnrseea," WHAT MOVED HIM. Tho extrovagaant hata which the la dles have been wearing this year have little to recommend them, but they have at least proved a boon to the comic artists and the funny men of tho newspapers. Here Is a Jcu tl'ttprit taken from the Chicago Tribune: The rain, which had come suddenly and unexpectedly, was falling In tor rents. Among the persons who had taken shelter under a friendly awning was a tashtonably dressed woman. "I beg your pardon, madam," said a plainly 'attired man considerably past middle age, stepping up to her and lifting his hat "but I want to offer you my sincere thanks." "What do you mean, slrf she said. Thanks for what?' "I never expected to see It again," he went on. "It has been nearly thirty years since" "8lnce what, sir? What are you talking aboutr "Pardon my emotion, madam, but I used to tire In Salt take City and" "I bave nothing to do with Salt Lake City, sir. I never was there In my llfo." "But I was. That was my home for mnny years. And when I saw" "When you saw whatf That hat of yours, madam. It brought back the old thrill. It's an exact reproduction ot the great Mor mon Tabernacle, which my eyes have bc-n aching through all the weary years to seo oneo more before I die My longing has been satisfied at last nnd I thank you from the bottom of a grateful henrt!" Agnln lifting his hat, h stepped forth Into the pouring rain and strode rapidly down tho street Which? A Justifiable rebellion was that of Isabel, She was on the grass In front of the house, playing with the baby, aged 2. Isabel herself, not more than three times the othor's age, was act ing the part of mother to perfection. Presently along came a young man, who thought he understood children. "Good mornlngl" he said, elabornt ly, taking off his hat "How are you ladles tolayH Isabel looked at him with dlgnlt) and replied, "Good mornlngl" and went on attending to tho baby. The young man stooped down. "Ah," he said, "nnd which is whlchr "I'm Isabel," replied the older girl, "and that's which." Harold C'noea the Kacler Way. Maynard had been naughty, and his father, after showing blm his fault, had sent htm up to his room to ask Ood to forgive him for being a bad boy, Tbree-year-old Harold was pres ent, but seemed to take no notice ot tho conversation. It was hts turp, howevor, before many days to receive punishment, and bis father took him across his knee. "Oh, don't, papa," ho said. "I would rather go upstairs and pray." Delineator. Jnhn'a Areat Iom, "For goodnuw' sake, Harriet, why so sad?" "The cook's left, but that Isn't the worst of It She took with hor tho recipe book for all tho things John's mother used to make," Brooklyn Llfo. Our Idea of a born diplomat Is a man who can make a homely woman believe that her mirror lies. All that glitters Is not gold: some , ' blondlnod. WBSRG WASHINGTON'S HISTORIC msmmt tu cut ittn m ti ! Tho first question that Is generally asked by persona arriving at Wash ington's Chain bridge for the Ilrst time Is, "Where are the chains? Iliero nro no chains, nnd them havo been noil" for the last half century or more. But there were chains at one time that particularly designated the bridge that crosses tho Potoniao river at tho Little Fall, soveral miles abovo Oeorge town. Tho chains, too, were tho all-Important part of tho bridge, says the Washington Post, for It was borne entirely by chains. The first bridge over the llilomaa at Little Fulls, the head of navigation of the river, was built In 1809, It was built by a Mr Palmer, and lasted only a short time, when It fell to pieces during a violent spring freshet. A sec ond bridge took Its place, but that only lasted even a shorter time, about six months. What was known as the Chain bridge was erected In IBID. It was a suspension bridge, supported entirely by chains thrown over the piers erected upon tho abutments, which were about twenty feet high. TIimo chains were four In number, Thn pendents were hung on them alternately about five feet apart, so that each chain received a pendent In every ten feet Tho bridge was Invented by Judge Flndley, who lived near Unlontown, Pa., and whore he had erected a similar chain brldxe. which performed very good service for many year. The span of the bridge was I2tt feet and tho width sixteen feet. Its weight was about twenty-two tons, which was regarded as a heavy weight In the bridge linn In thoe days, On March 3T, 185J, Congress passed an act appropriating a sufficient sum of money to repair tho bridge, and Incidentally took the corporation of Oeorgetown out of the transaction, the t'nlted States stepping In as Its owner, a transaction which was perfectly satisfactory to all concerned. This repaired bridge was still practically a chalrf bridge, though In the tepalrs Iron In other forms was considerably used. The brldue covered only the river channel proper, there being a dirt roadway that approached the bridge from either side. It waa the washing away of these approaches more than Injury to the bridge. Itself that put the Chain brld.e out of commission so frequently, for It Iwcamn almost an annual occurrence, particularly during tho spring freshets, though In two or three years the washouts also occurred during the fall storms, The Chain bridge, besides being famous for Its chains and equally fa. mous because It has no chains, played a very Important part during the Civil War. At one time one end of It was In possession of the Confederates, while the other end waa guarded by Union troops. In the military campaigns In which the famous army of the Potomao took such a prominent -nrt the larger part of the transportation took plneo over the Long bridge and thn Aqueduct bridge, several miles down the Po tomac. Still, the Chain bridge was a place of great activity and Interest throughout thn entire war. It was surrounded by fortifications for Its pro tection In case nn effort was msde by Uie enemy to ute It as an approach to Washington, nnd was nt all times a very busy locality. The Inter when the army was camped in nearby regions of Virginia brought a good deal of traffic to the Chain bridge In 1872 Congress put nn end to thn Chain bridge, erpt In name, by appropriating J 100.000 for the present Iron bridge. Though there was noth ing In tho net Itself suggesting It, the old name still bangs to the bridge, though It has no semblance to chains about It "SHOOT OP' At Knglovnlr. N I) two cowboy fa tally shot Iouls. Maxwell, n farmer, took possession of the town for twelve hours, and finally departed with armefl citizens In pursuit. The cowboys, known ns the (I ant brothers, escaped. In a pool room light Maxwell was shot by one of the brothers, The Gants, who recently came from Texas to work on a ranch, then took Kssesslon of the town, Firing volley after volley with largo revolvers, the two paraded the streets and forced evory one to do their bidding until long after midnight. They then galloped off, much to the relief ot the Inhabitants. CIIirrtCH'S REAL HAIlVESt. To Clear a llelit the I'lrM Christian ii f Heaver, OUIa., HaUeil (,'iirn, The congregation of tho First Chris tian Church of Beaver, Okls, a Kan 'as City Tlmos correspondent says, planted and reaped forty acres of broomcorn last season to ralso fundt for reducing the Indebtedness on Its new church building. Tho Itev. It It. Coffey, .the pastor, led his cousreMUau In Ue work, men dnd womci iiimiir Hill, ft1!" 4WM,lilfc l-lll MUM terprlse. Ami nl.l. Iai-iI.... .will. It I ,-" UT UJaMj Tho land used belonged' Crabtree, a farmer, living" west of Beaver. As the ressed the "church eld" tb derfully. Whenever thora IJsswiorl to do willing hands were .fsjJJM ,H?o ll. I no time oi ripening c-e -mwi corn grow yellow and goMei U'Jj sunshine. There was mucb'4k-M (ha nrosiicct of blah nrlcis ftsrlWeow corn, nnd as tho season ad.t-Vh-mJby urn m-Knii buutia hum. - kots to tho broomcorn ela;M'1Nverj County. I, ifft Finally tna nay or nwr rived and the congregnttasjiuf Itnavoi. Phrlatlnn nhlirr)A.lBas early In the morning, mothers, boys and girls isml men and young women, wR Mr. Coffey at th.elr bead? -wtirt.' A TOWN. fiC W I - WmP 1 1 CHAIN RIDdE GETS ITS NAME. u in-, '' ' H-- "church farm" and all day there was laughter and pulling of broomcorn "straw." At noon everybody was called to a !Askt dinner furnished by the housewives who had piled up small mountains or brown fried . chicken, with gravy, vegetables, country-cured ham, llghtbread, Jelly cake, caramel rake, pie and all such things for the hungry workers. When night came the harvesters had "pulled" twenty-five acres of broom corn, and next day the work was fin 'shed The straw was hauled to town and baled and was then ready tor the market lluyers were asked to bid for the "church farm" crop, and when the price went up tp MM a ton, the corn was sold five and one-half tons of It -wh'loh turned f8S0 In the ehureh treasury and oame near lifting the church debt What a Hollar li( Pan ll. A man In a nenrby rlty bought for his wife and child a yar age a dog, for which .ho pair a dollar. It was obviously nothing wonderful In tho eanlne way merely a mongrel, with the bulldog strnln predominant The owner was a man In humble circum stances, and the dog In his modest dwelling was tho principal asset aside from a few sticks of furniture. The other night Tom was tied to a leg of the kitchen sink, ns usual, and the family Went to bed. They were awak ened by tho tfog at midnight scratch ing at his master's door. When hi master came out to see what was tho matter the dog, with a remnant of chewed rope hanging from his collar, whined and ran to tho head of the stairway. The houso was on fire, and shortly . after woman and child and man and dog made their escape their poor dwelling was n mass of glowing embers, Tho owner of tho dog has been urged to part with him for n large cosh consideration; but, though he Is penniless, ho will not part with tho four footed savior of hi family. Neither has the dog at any time had thoughts of leaving them for luxurious kennels. New York Times. Nut quallneil. 1 Two men wero trntllmr .., ...- . simple dlfforoncs of opinion. , Thoy turnod to the third man. ' "Isn't a homo-made strnwberry shortcake hotter thnn a cherry po?" demanded ono of thuin. '' "Isn't n homo-mado chorry plo bet ter than any shortcake?" Inquired n.a othor. 1 Tho third man shook hi head. "I don't know," ho -mid. "i hoftrtj m -Cleveland Plnln Denlor. I'nsl ttinl Mum, The Father I learn with sorrow, my eon, that you are getting to be what they torm quite fast, Tho Bon You shouldn't bollovo nil you hear dad. I'll Introduco you to a man who will tell you another story. Tho Father And who Is ho? The Son My tailor. He say I'm tho slowest chap he's -mt on hi books, ' . f k iattf--?-w,r,-r' kctcc: :x .w .. .
