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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1910)
'1 ""IP?;', , '.nw?vrwv' f ',"W V""", 1 (r'" Pi aSSirS s-yew3 W; ' Lr" W? n in umiiisswsussasj W MOW Imfl iiifisttlliMsasssssssM PMfHJ If .' MJJUgf flf J r r x lopics or 1 the JLimes Several other things besides collegia football need reforming. It begins to look as (hough beforo long Dr. Cook can't belong to anything except church. , "Cost of living" mar bo tno Pa" tlently. It U what It costs merely to exist that hurts. Hntlcy'a comet has thus far been overlooked as a cause ot high prices. Vhy this oversight! Tho digit ot 1910 add up 11. This indicates that the prlco ot Ico will advance next spring. When times change men and women should cbango with them. Living In 'be past Is a lonesome lite. A century hence It may bo possible to pick up a newspaper without find ing therein somo reference to Rockefeller. Terhaps that mathematical boy won der can help somo by reducing 899, 999,999 causes for high prices to 57 un derstandable varieties. Dr. Cook's own Arctic club has bounced htm. It appears to bo a repeti tion ot the old story ot the serpent's tooth and tho thankless child. New York playwright became craxy after finishing a vaudeville sketch. Ills case was remarkable chiefly be cause the Insanity developed attar. Ono of tho New York managers says there are too many theaters In this country, but the ono-nlght-stand player will stick to tho theory that the thea ters are too far apart. Dut before Congress can do much about the cost of living most ot the Congressmen will have to deliver some impassioned addresses to be read by tho folks back homo. Mr. Morse says he Is tho victim ot "tho most brutal sentence ever pro nounced against a cltlten ot a civilised country." Mr. Morse, therefore. Is a martyr. Kindly heave a sigh for him. France Is far from being tho child less country that some writers picture it. The recent census shows no fewer than thirty-five thousand families In that country wWch rejoice in ten or more children each, and over ono and ese-tourth million families having at 'east five children each. Both Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Fargo will have new gowns at once. The stock shares ot the Wells-Fargo company re cently rose from 519 to 560 In the mar ket, following the distribution ot a dividend which showed a profit ot 300 per cent on $16,000,000 of capital some ot which Is actually Invested. The composite character of the American people to-day could hardly be shown In a more striking way than by the fact that a leaflet In ten dif ferent languages has just been au thorized by a clothing-makers' union. In order to inform Its members ot present conditions In the trado and the advantages of organization. Not even the strenuous attainments ot "advanced" and "emancipated" womanhood can smother the blessed instincts of sympathy and pity In the feminine heart. When an athletic Chicago girl caught a burglar In her home the other night, she first over powered him single-handed, and then, listening to his pitiful- plea that ha was driven to crime by hunger, gnve him a square meal and set him freo. Cleveland school children bid fair to become the champion spellers ot the country. They are required to learn only two new words a day, or ten words a week. At the end of every eight weeks they are tested' In a spelling bee, and almost every child spells all the words correctly. This system Is based on the truth enunci ated In the chorus of the song, "Every little bit added to whst you've got makes a little bit more." If Swinburne used a rhyming dic tionary and thereby became a great poet, as has been recently alleged, It Is a pity that many of the embryo poets ot the present day could not be supplied with the same brand of rhym ing dictionary. For, whatever the rea son may be, there Is at the present day a dearth of genuine poetry. There is much rhyming, much bright dog gerel, and occasionally ambitious at tempts at blank verse, but the results of the latter are usually dreary. Few modern poets, but Walt Whitman, ap pear to have possessed strength enough to make unrhymed metrical lines a vehicle of expression. The age needs a great poet. In the past 50 years the leading nations have devel oped virtually n new civilization, a sew morality, new standards, a new sociology. What a great field lies be fore a poet with genius enough to be to this age what Homer was to tho ancient world; what Virgil was to the Latins; what Dante was to the me dieval thought; what Shakespeare was to the Elizabethans, and what Tenny on was to the Victorian age. The poets ot tho past, with their wonderful psypfclo powers, antlciuated modern development along many lines: nut there nro Ideas evolved from modern Inventions and discovonle-s, from eco nomic and polltlcat development, and from sociological changes, that the; never could havo thought of, and that nro groaning to bo delivered In ado quato poetic expression. There Is nlsc a morality higher and finer than nny thing conceived ot in tho past, Inas much as It embraces tho wholo human brotherhood. Thero were beautiful theories ot liberty In ancient arid m dloval times, but tho body politic rest ed upon a system ot slavery that gav osly tho favored few leisure for In tellectual development. Tho univer sality ot human rights Is a conception whoso full poetic meaning could tx embodied In Immortal vorsd only by a man ot the ago that has seen It act ually wrought Into human Institutions JMSrUTED DA VINCI HOST. Leopold II., who died recently nt tho ago ot 74 years, was tho second king of tho Belgians. Belgium became In dependent In 1SS1, when It separated Itself from tho Netherlands and elect ed tho prince ot Saxo-Coburg-Ootha, Leopold's father, as Its first king. Since that ttiue tho kingdom hns grown and prospered. With ono-quar-ter tho area ot tho stato ot New York, It contains about the samo population There Is an average of one person for every Inhabitable aero In tho whole country. The growing density ot popu lation early attracted tho attention ot Leopold, and ho began to look abroad for an opportunity for colonial expan sion. After Stanley had failed to In terest Gladstone, and through him England, tn the development ot tho Congo basin, Leopold sent for the great explorer and gave htm $250,000 toward the expenses of his expedition of com mercial Investigation In the Congo re gion. The Congo Free Stato was formed as a result ot the report which Stanley made, and Leopold becamo Its protector and practical owner. In I90S he turned over to Belgium his rights In the state, and It Is hereafter to bo governed by tho Belgian parliament Great abuses marked Leopold's admin istration ot the Congo State, and his reign will be notorious for them; but the fact remains that ho was the only European monarch willing to assume responsibility for tho attempt to civil ize that part ot Africa. At homo the king was a constitutional ruler In the most democratic kingdom In Europe. He was active. In co-operation with Belgian capitalists. In developing the foreign and domestic trade of tho coun try, and was long regarded as a type ot the modern man of affairs In public life. In his private life the dead king seemed to be devoid of moral sense, and outraged atl the decencies. He Is succeeded by his nephew, Albert, who Is loved by the Belgians because he possesses thoso moral qualities which his uncle lacked. ,ttfl Papers peopiX Li Own Voar Oirn Mind. Hare you ever considered the possi bility of doing this? Ilemcmbcr that living In a rented mind, furnished with opinions bought on tho Install ment plan, nerer offers any induce ment with It for the future. Not only this, but you are not saving up any thing. The advantages of owning your own mind will be apparent at a moment's thought. In the first place, you come to tako a personal Interest, which you do not feel when It Is owned by some one else. Then again the natural Increaso In value redounds to your own profit. You havo no one to dictate to you as to the inside furnishings and decora tions. Besides, It makes you more particular with regard to what you put Into It. It you lire In a rented mind you don't care much. You will drive nails In the walls and get gener ally careless about it. But when you own your own mind you are constant ly going about picking It up. You tako real pride in It. Be It ever so bumble, thero Is no place like a mind that you own your self. Life. Coo Ulnar Viiur Goote, The phrase, "III cook your goose for ypu," originated in this manner: Eric, king 'of Sweden, coming to a certain town, besieged It, but, having few sol diers, was obliged to desist. Tho In habitants in derision hung out from the walls a goose on a pole. Later Eric returned with re-enforcements and in reply to the challenge of the heralds observed that be had come "to cook their gooso for them" and pro ceeded to storm the town and make It hot for the Inhabitants. A Hportlnit Clinnee. "Ill teach you to play at pitch and toss!" shouted the enraged father. "I'll flog you for an hour, I will!" "Father," Instantly said tho Incor rigible as he balanced a penny on his thumb and finger, "I'll toss you to make It two hours or nothing." Cas sell's Journal. Appropriate Tendency, "How does Jobblns expect to do this yearr "His business outlook Is a grave one." "WbyT Is he In trouble?" "No; he's an undertaker." Balti more American, Hut a Sound On. "Why did the Smyths go home so early?" "They gave a very bald excuse." "What was it?" "The baby." Baltimore American, The man who gives his business proper attention has but little time for elde Issue !1r riinliv who was rcsmmslblo for tho purchnso of tho ' Leonardo da Vlncl wax bust" thnt has aroused so much controversy, Is tho director of tho Kaiser Frlcdrlch museum, Berlin, and It was for that Institution that tho work was bought for $40,000. Dr. Bodo Is as firmly convinced that tho bust 1st. In virv truth, tho work of Leonardo as aro certain others that it la tho work of It. C. Lucas, tho British sculptor, who nourished In tho middle of thn nlnntrnnth ronturv. Indeed. tho mora tho doctor oxamlncs tho bust tho more certain ho Is that It Is a genulno early sixteenth century work. BASHFUL STANLEY. till Ileeponae to n Jtpeeeti t Kulom At n Ilanquet, William 11. Illdclng telts In Mc Cluro's Magaslno ot a dinner ot tho Papyrus Club In Boston at which Hen ry M. Stanley, the oxplorer, was tho guest ot honor; "Whether ho (Stanley) sat or stood, he fidgeted and answerod In monosyl lablesnot because he was unamlablo or unapprcclatlvc, but becauso ho this man ot Iron, God's instrument, whoso word in tho field brookod no contradiction or evasion, ha who do- fled obstacles and danger and pierced tho heart ot darkness was bashful even In tho company ot fellow crafts-men, Ills embarrasreuent grew when after dinner tho chairman eulogized him to the audience. He squirmed and averted his face as cheer after cheer confirmed the speaker's rhetori cal cbulllenco of iiralae. 'Gentlemen, I Introduce to you Mr. Stanley, who, etc. The hero stood up slowly, pain fully, reluctantly, and, with a gesture ot deprecation, fumbled tn first ono and then another of his pockets with out finding what he sought. "It was supposed that be was looking for bis notes, and mora applause took the edge off the delay. Ills mouth twitched without speech for another awkward mlnuto before, with a more erect bearing, he produced tho object of his search and put It on his head. It was. not paper, but a rag of a cap. and with that on bo faced tho com pany as one who by the act had done atl that could bo expected of him and made further acknowledgment ot the honors he had received superfluous. It was a cap that Livingstone had worn and that Llvlngstono had given him." A Curloua Hxperlenr. Lombroao, tho famous Italian crimi nologist, onco had a curious experi ence. He was In a printing offlco cor recting the proofs In his "Delinquent Man" with the chief render when on reaching a pass which dealt with a young man who. Impelled by Jealousy, had stabbed his fiancee, he ntado a sur prising discovery. The proofreader was this man. "Suddenly," Lombroso said In telling the story, "ho ibrew himself at y feet, declaring that be would commit suicide It I published this story with his name. His face, beforo very gen tle, was completely altered and almost terrifying, and I was really afraid that he would kill himself or mo on the spot. I tore up tho proofs and for everal editions omitted his story." Al the Dnrktotrn Culture Club. Chairman (Including an 'address ot Introduction) An' now, ladles and gentlemen, I hab de honor of prescntln' to dls audience do speaker of do ebon Ing Prof. Johnslng of de Westvlllo seminary who will proceed to define de Indefinable, depict de ludeplctable and unscrew the unscrewtable. Life, A Frequent Iulncerltr "The man's own words provo him a orevarlcator," said Mr. Quibbles. "In what way?" "He writes me an insulting lettei and signs It 'Yours ' Respectfully.' " Washington Star. Tlefore Uleclloii Out West. "Our ticket Is bound to win In Fro n Dog." "All over but the shouting, oh?" "All over but tho shooting," explain ed the native politely. Louisville Cou-"ler-Journal. Tlie Wruuk I'nrly, BUI Congratulations on your mar riage, old man. Will Congratulate my wlfo, old boy; she got tho best of men. Har vard Lampoon. A IlruKuiirt, "Pa, what is a braggart?" "He's a man, my son, who is not afraid to express his real opinion of himself." Boston Transcript. Itlcbes have wings, but poverty bob bles around on cmrr.hwi 0 aMFT SOCIAL LAW WORKS' BY-PRODUCT, lly Dr. Frank Crane. Certain chemical combinations of two sub stances prolines n third. Hydrogen and oxy gon Joined together bring fat tit wivlor. A certain metal brought Into contact with n cer tain acid generates electricity. Throe are physical laws that no one thinks of disput ing. Thero Is no chamo or hit and miss or probability about them. Also, that two and three should make any other thing than five Is unthinkable. The cosmic spiritual laws are Just as nccurato as tho physical laws, That sin brings sorrow la every whit as Inevitable as that starch In digestion brings sugar. Now, there Is a certain spiritual stuff called graft. It Is a by-product of tho social law works, Tho only way to get rid of graft Is to abolish the cause of graft. Tnku the copper out of I lis blue vitriol and tho. electricity will die away. Either make laws that represent the sentiment of the people, or elect officers that know nothing but to enforce tho hlRhly moral laws wo now havo. Wo will do neither. Graft will grow rlRht along. Oc casionally when, some peculiarly atrocious crime is com mitted, or when tho grattsiiien havo a quarrel among themselves about tho spoils, we will havo an eruption, But tho pus Is In our system all the worse when there is no eruption. Htas-spa CHANGING OUR STYLE OF T1UNKINO. lly Ada May Krccker. Our millinery modes come from Paris, but our fashions In thought flow chiefly from Prof. James. He Is the philosophical Worth. He seta tho Intellectual styles. When ho says pragmatism, other folks say It, too. They do not feel mentally clad until they are wearing some pragmatic Idea. Everything Is measured to the standards set by the prag matlsts. Anything else Is unfashionable and debars from polite society. In tho days ot military civilizations consciousness was military. Our language Is still steeped with martial terms, reminiscent of our ancient belllcoso habitudes. In tho era of tho chase we bad a bunting consciousness, as our psychologists In form us. And In Its memory we still use phrases llko "the pursuit of truth." Nowadays wo are developing a scientific vocabulary. When we wish to express our feelings about a thing the erudite portion ot us speak of our "reaction" 6n It After sdenco has run Its course, and after prag matism has been popularized, and after some yet un born mode of thinking has developed, and established, and become obsolete, then who knows but that the old fashioned Bible Christian, nowadays growing Increas ingly antiquated, may find his little- 1'urllnn Krrdtlef and small clothes coming Into favor and setting the fashion? LAW OF LOVE HIGHEST IN HUMAN LIFE. llv Count Lou tohtol. In atl the religious teachings of tho ancient world- In llrnhmaitlsm, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, ax well as In tliu ImcIiIuk. or Greek and Itoiuan sag, alongside ot tlu confirmation of the power of tliow who rulu. by force -another teaching was always ux pressed In various ways, the teaching that mutual love Is the best means of uniting mnii. liir It ilrti t tin tn the sreatssl blessed ...... M'tint tlimisht has been variously ttXlUMsrd, Slid with various degrees of clearness, In the different Ksst om teachings but 1,000 years ago It was itipressoii with striking clearness and dcunltetirs In Christianity i,ri.tti,niiv imwpii mrii not inertly that luvo Is a means of human Intercourse which gives happiness, but I . .. ..... ..,. ,. ,1.. 1. 1. 1.... I.U. , nr.. am) Ilia l iujo i mo uiiiv " All the penplit of tho wurld, though tlioy do not yet acknowledge the law of luvu In Its full moaning, already feel the Impossibility of continuing: to live imw.llug to the old law of foice, and SfW a basis tor their mutual Intercourse more accordant with tho spiritual growth of humanity. And thero Is only one such bails, and It was announced thousands of years ago by tho world' best men. 0 MAKING COAL MINES SAFE. .,. lly P, J. fliidulrt. Coal mines should bo made as safit, In my oplulon, as our modern office buildings, by the usa ot steel construction and reinforced con crete, Had tho Ht. Paul mine had an eUvator sbaft, or asveral of tlioin, wallnd In with re inforced concrete walls and Iron stairs tad Ing from tho lowest level to tho surface of thot earth and several elevators In oach shaft, lu addition to several smalUr air shafts with re inforced concrete walls, having also Iron stairs leading; from tho lowest level to the top, then undoubtedly all tho men In tho mine would have beon saved, And had there been reinforced concrete pillars or posts ot thn same slso as tho woodeu ones used which would prob ably havo cost but little more than wooden one there would havo been small opportunity for a tiro, I am not a miner or an engineer, but It seems to mt that with the proper number ot air shafts and fans oC sutnclent power no black damp or gases could accumu late In sufficient quantity to do any Injury. And with several stairways and slevstors for use In case of emer gency few msn would lose their lives, I hope tho laws compelling such construction of mines will bo forthcoming, The Canceled Debt ArtrfWV I was standing with my back to the fireplace, glancing at tho headlines In the oventng paper. Suddenly I laid It down, and looked across tho room to sfhero my wife sat at her writing table, addressing Invitations to our forth coming at-home. "1)1," I said, "I want to speak to you," "Ono moment, Jack," sho answered, without looking up. All her life Dl had expected to be waited for. "I'm sorry to Interrupt you, Dl," I said slowly, "but what I have to say is important." "Has Charles given notice, after alir She looked up quickly as sho spoke, her pen held over the Inkstand. Charles as my man. "Charles will havo no further oppor tunities of giving notice," I said. "Tho fact Is, wo'vo como to the end. " "To tho end?" Dl repeated with a puzzled frown. "Absolutely." I repllort firmly. "I don't understand," sho exclaimed petulantly, blotting an uuvellpe. "Tbu end of what?" "Our monoy." "Can't wo retrench?" sho said ab sently. "My dear girl," I said .firmly, "It's not a question this time of giving fewer dinners, or even selling tho motor. It's a question of-selling everything." "Jack!" sho cried In dismay, I had her attention at last. "I'm awfully orry, Dl," I said tamely. . "It's rather futile to bo sorry, Isn't it?" she remarked, with careless cruel ty. "It's done now." "Perhaps It Is futile," I rotortod. But It seemed the correct thing to say." "We haven't spent much time latoly In saying the correct thing," sho said with n short laugh. It 'was not a pleas ant laugh. Unfortunately, It was grow ing moro frequent ator flvo years of marriage. "Look hero, Dl," I began hurriedly, "we'vo mode a most Infernal muddlo I'm sorry." "Ob, don't npologuo. I qui to agree; It Is a muddle." I bit my lip. Her face woro an ox- presston I hatod to sco. Sho was too young to bo cynical. "Dl." I said oulckly. "thero oughtn't to be a muddle. It's only because wo each go separate ways, and thoy hap pen to bo rather expensive ways." "No moro oxpcnalva than other peo ple's," she replied. "Perhaps not; only other people mny manago to pay for theirs; I can't," I said dryly. "How long have you Known iuiit" "I didn't know till this morning thnt things wore hopeless," "You must have known something beforo this. Why didn't you tell mo?" Since sho asked for tho truth, sho should havo It. "I didn't tell you, Dl," I said slowly, "because In tho first place, I was a fool; and because, In tho second placo, I thought that In tho midst of your bridge and dancing, and and flirting," I hated myself for saying It when I saw her wlnco, "I thought that you wouldn't understand." Five years before, wo had spoken exultlngly together of tho perfect un derstanding between us, Dl was mak ing aimless Utile lines with her pen. "Well,te'vn had our day, like the dog," sho said shortly. "What do you propose to do, now It's over?" "1 shall go abroad, anywhere Can ada, probably and work," I said reck lessly. Dl laughed. Perhaps It did sound ridiculous, "My dear boy," sho remarked slowly, "rather preposterous, Isn't It? And MMkJm I HAD IUU ATTENTION AT LAST. might I ask what sort of 'work' you proposo doing?" "Any sort." I replied, still more reck lessly. "I am strong enough, and young enough." "And what do you proposo that I should do?" I hesitated. The pink shade ot tho otectrlc lamp shed mi nllurlug softness ovor her wlilto dress and ifcillcs-teofo-flle. Sho looked eminently 'srnfi; "I had thought of n enifrk4we tho river," I answered, eyes. Sho mndo no reply, certain summer afternoon backwater, ana of our n. riverside cottniro. I her; sho was studying tsjX &J pen, ana tncro was n hi her dear faco I had not-'Utiieforo Perhaps sho also rcmombepstl sit sum mer itftornoon, ' 'ltty "You soo, Dl," I sald'!jny-aBy. thing to tako that look ffo,lMKjrMy "you soo, as soon aa thMutS' you might como out; or wa clde to llvo somowhuris contlnont. I've been wo)ru tppm I'4MtrHC'0l i'A TMWAS VSTstfB $9 Hswc'on jWtor safcide- VS, all out, and I think we, can manago to keep Henrietta." "Oh, of courso I couldn't possibly do without llcnrlclto horo," sho said slowly. I looked up; something In tho ton ot her voice struck me. Hlio could not mean-? But, no that, of course, was Impossible. "I'm most awfully sorry. I wish you'd bellovo It, Dl," I said again awk wardly; "It seems so much mora stu pid when wa both know that If we had only pulled together, It needn't havo happened." "My dear Jack," she exclaimed In a. hard voice, "for heaven's sake don't. say you nro sorry again. Kverytbtns In this world has, to bo paid for, even tho mistakes, and thoy are apt to bo expensive It's one of tho little sweela If life. Unfortunately, our account for mlstakos has " "Hun on for flvo yars," 1 Inter rupled dryly, "and Is not paid yet" "Wo shall llvo through It. no doubt." she said shortly, "you In Canada I In that riverside cottage with llenrletto Tho arrangement Is quite admirable,; sho added, with a slight movement ot her hc.id. "I think It ought to work all rlxht," 1 rejoined, with a forced cheerfulness, I knew It would not Dl looked up. "You will, of course, bo traveling for your health." slut said satirically. "1 shall bo hadn't It let ter bo something of the samo sort. say. a rest cure?" "As you like. I'll leave It to you to put a good faco on our movements." I said, looking across at her. "Then It's all settled, Dl." I said with n qulek algh. "Wo shall Iwlh bo busy, I suppose. There'll be the salir to arrange aloiit later on. tat mo know any wishes you may havo nbout It, won't you? I'm going to tho club now." She was still sorting her letters, ami I wanted somo sign that sho cared, that sho was sorry. "), can't yoit speak, can't you say something" Sho kept bar back to me, and was) perfectly silent. I walked to tho door, and then paused. "Then there is nothing moro to bo said?" I asked, with my hand on tho door knob. "No," sho said slowly "no, therp'a nothing moro tn bo said except" with a quick movement she switched off tho elcctrlo light on tho tn'blo, and turned to me with n little snh "oxropt that I'm coming with ybit to Canada," "DIP I cried Incredulously. Our flvo years' account was paid, afb or all-M. A. P. Mlerurr I'erlU, "A great deal hat you soo n print nowadays, Is dangerous and mislead ing," said tho conservative citizen "Yes," answered tho dyspeptic, "o. poclally In cook books'-Washlngtou Star, Ono troublo with tho mon and chil dren Is thai they nro always saying to any ono who comes In. "a v.. going to stay to supper?" i i "V s ,' '