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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1910)
7 "" .... M m a j topics or the Times ! 4 "vo am at poaco with Ml tho world." Nicaragua doosn't count. i I, Havo you soon any of Selraa Imager tors books among tho alx best sell ers? Bo far no ono hai gono to ho ct tromo and criticised Dr. Cook'a liter ary stylo. No man should try to nurse nil tha orphan grievances that arc left on hli doorstop. One thing about tho Panama canal, tho mora It costs tho nioro wo want It. It's llko troth eggs. Harry Thaw la getting pretty tired of living among a lot of dull people who noror created a sensation. mlllto&s of people, representing all tho clvlllied nations, wero sent to Popo Leo XIII. for the canonisation of Colum bus. Tho congregation of cardinals took tho matter In consideration, uut mado no recommendation to tho Pope, it Is said that their unfavorable nttl tudo was duo to rorolattons regarding tho not altogether blameless private life of Columbus; but his ndmlrora are not discouraged, and will try again. Invcntlro genius has dono a wholo lot of things for tho laxy man. Tho latest announcement Is a machlno to brcatho artificially. Doubtless there are thoso who wilt keep a diary to tho end of tho year, Just to show that thoy possess re markable will power. It may bo worth mentioning that there Is no record of tho trusts hav ing contributed anything to tho gov ernment's conscience fund. A Pennsylvania couplo applied for a dlvorco becauso they aro "tired of each other,1 and the Judgo turned them down becauso ho Is tired of such cases. Tho world's population is now esti mated at 1,655,000,000. Good Idea for the man who thinks he's tho whole works to pasto thoso figures In his hat for occasional reference. Ono of tho professors says woman's senses aro less acute than thoso of man. Ho probably bases his decision on the tact that a woman can get along all winter with low shoes. Mrs. Hetty Green begins her 75th year In' excellent health and with about $100,000,000 to keep her from the need of an old ago pension. If she Is economical she will dlo a rich woman. Among the books that a member ot "Peary's party took with him for read ing la tho long evening ot tho arctic night was Whittlcr's "Snow-Bound." It certainly was suited to tho sur roundings. A prominent preacher declares that onborn generations will bless John D. Rockefeller's name. J. D., however, is probably willing to call It square It only the born generation will quilt scattering tacks oa Standard Oil's road. , Sosso ot our folks fret about the Philippines as a very heavy burden; the responsibility wo have assumed there terrifies them. How would they be feeling It this country had the 293, 000.000 Hindoos and Mohammedans ot India on its hands? It's well, occa sionally, to think on our mercies. Schoolboy football has fallen under serious suspicion. In tho public schools of New York City It has been wholly prohibited, alter careful study and sharp debate; and school commit tees in other cities hare tho matter under advisement. Of tho serious ac cidents to football players during 1903, the largest number happened to members of school teams. Tho youth ot tho players Is greatly against them. Germany has recently allowed France to erect a monument at Wis sembourg, Alsace, In honor of the French soldiers who fell there In 1870, but It carefully censored the In scription and refused permission for the emblems which were to be placed on the pedestal. The unveiling of the monument was the occasion of a great demonstration ot Alsatian loyalty to France, and emphasized anew tho tragedy of the lost provinces which France mourns with unceasing bitter ness. ..-It Is illustrative of a new view ot rhlstory," and perbsps a new view of 'teaching also, when the University of .Wisconsin sends a professor in the history department across the water to watch tho budget campaign In En gland. The quick appreciation ot the Immense Importance of that moment ous election, and the determination that the Instruction given to their stu dents shall bo as vital and full of hu man Interest as possible, are credit able alike to the intelligence and the scholarship of tho unlverlslty authorises. Another attempt Is being made to have Christopher Columbus enrolled .among the saints. The Congregatloi of Sacred Rites of the Roman curls has jurisdiction over such matters, aud the formalities of procedure, as now .used In the process of canonization and beatification, wero established by Pope filxtus V. in 1587. The proceedings of ten cover many years, as in the case t Joan of Arc, whose name was added last year to the list of saints. In 1892 M, when the four hundredth anniver sary of the discovery ot America was feelac celebrated, petitions signs ov Aro there, after all, any permanent artistic standards, any fixed principles ot esthetics? Most persons will an swer yes at o,nce, and proceed to dig nity their own tastes and likings by these lofty phrases. Rut thoso more deliberate souls who have attended somewhat to the history ot art will not be so certain. Fifty years ago tho women ot Lyons presented to tho city ot New York a copy ot tho familiar Stuart portrait of Washington, woven dexterously on a loom ot their famous silk-mills. It was an Ingenious prod uct, quite a triumph ot mechanical performance; and a generation whlcn was sincere In Its admiration ot the marvels ot machinery hung the plcluro conspicuously In the governor's room ot the city hall. From that placo it has now been removed by tho MunM pal Art Commission on tho ground that It Is not a work ot art. No doubt the commission Is right, but not many ot our grandfathers would have thought so. They had not much use for tho charmingly realistic paintings of tho Dutch school, over which modern con noisseurs rave, and they had tho au thority ot so famous a critic as Ruskln for their opinion. It was little else than blasphemy In those days to speak ot Rembrandt In tho same breath with Raphael They had got over thinking Reethovcn the rank anarchist In music their own fathers had believed him, but they would have stopped their ears In horror at the sounds whtch klndlo the emotions ot advanced musical crit ics to-day. If, In addition to these per fectly dofenslble artistic views, thoy chose to think that things like the silk en portrait ot tho Immortal George or the homely Rogers groups were art.and their own somber and ponderously carved furniture more beautiful than the graceful designs ot Chippendale and Heppclwhlte, Is It qulto sure that they were wholly astray? "It's clever, but U It artr queries Mr. KlpUng In one ot his ballads. The world Is al ways asking that disturbing questton, and It seldom gives tho same answer for two generations In succession. s? jjjB3BSJSr t Opinion of Great Papers on Important Subct. , LONDON'S ONE-BOOK FLATS. Erection at Balldtasta Coatalnlaa Tlar ApartmealB Approved. Dy virtue ot the official action ot the London county council the "one-room Oat" Is to become an actual reality, a London dispatch says. Heretofore tho averago human being, even the expert who bos attained proficiency In folding his physical body so as to accommo date himself to the compactness ot a Harlem flat, has held the opinion that the term could not be made to apply to any residential base smaller than two rooms. But the London county council has demonstrated the fallacy ot such belief. The latter body has Just declared for the erection of fourteen of these one- room flats in the development ot the municipal housing scheme which hat to do with the council's estate at Old Oak Lane, Acton. These slngle.roora flats by formal proclamation are to be devoted chiefly to the use of single pe sons, but the council's members also have promulgated the following: "That a young" married couple with no children, or with one infant shall be eligible as tensnts for a one-room tenement on condition that they shall And other accommodations when the Infant reaches the age ot 3 years." The estate at Acton Is a large one and the total cost ot Its development bss been estimated at no leu than $1,700,000, with the work covering a period of ten years. The present de velopment scheme entered upon con templates the erection of 338 shops, cot tages and flats, the cottages to havo not more than five or less than two rooms. It Is the Intention to mske this par ticular estate suitable for workmen earning from $6 to 17.50 a week, and the rents In consequence will rangs from 87 cents to $2.50 a week. Tammy la tba Ilesraa. Remedies are unfortunately soma times worse than the disease which they are made to cure. Tommy's mother, says a writer In Llpplncott's Magazine, had made him a present of a toy shovel, and sent blm out In the sand-lot to play with bis baby brother. "Take care of baby, now," said his mother, "and don't let anything hurt hi" Mesently screams of anguish from baby sent the distracted parent flying to the sand-lot. "For goodness sake, Tommy, what has happened to the baby?" said she, trying to soothe the walling Infant. "There was a naughty fly biting htm on the top of his bead, and I killed it with the shovel," was the proud reply. lllRrrml 'Want. "What we want," said the attorney to the reporters, "Is Justice." "What I want," said the client to the attorney, "Is a verdict In my favor." Life. Inroataatabla Tratb. This world Is a hospital of Incur ables. At least, I never knew anyone to go out of It alive. Father Bernard Vaughan. Occasionally the human race Is run over the course of true love. "She talks twlco as much as tho oth er girls I know," "Yes, she has a dou ble chin." Cleveland Lender. "My husband whs n very high-strung person." "Yes. l'vo heard ho was hunar on Tike's Peak," Harpor a Week ly. Sister Well, Harry, how aro you getting along with arithmetic? Harry Oh, pretty well. Wo'ro In dismal tractions now, "Mrs Jones has a new hat." "Well, you look mightily pleased about It?" 'You just ought to seo how It looks ou her." Houston Post. "What do you thln? Mrs. ?.lxzel, who never goes to church, has won the first prize In tho church lottery!" Meggendorfer Hlaettor, "They say Harold Coddlngton has brain fever." "Impossible. Could an angleworm havo water on the knee?" Chicago Record Herald. Novice They tell mo that a man can't go Into politics and remain hon est. Old Stager Yes, he can. Uut It Isn't necessary. Chicago Tribune, "Why don't you give your wlfo an allowancor "I tried that once, and sho spent It before I could borrow It back." Louisville CourlcrJournnl. "What do you figure Is the result ot a college education?" "Tho young man learns to yell for tho money, and the old man to wblstlo tor it!" Puck. Blobbs Harduppe says ho owes ev erything to his wife. Blobbs Hard uppe Is a double distilled prevaricator. He owes 110 to me. Philadelphia Rec ord. Inquirer Did Miss Howell's votes (HI the hall? Critic Well, It filled the lobby. Nearly everybody went out there when she sang. Huntington Herald. "Havo you heard that poor Flrmln U dead?" "No. He wasn't HI long. surely." "Ah, you see, medicine has mado great progress lately." Bon VI- vanu Ted Isn't Tom thinking rather seri ously of getting married? Ned He couldn't have thought very seriously about It, for ho has gono and done It Brooklyn Life. "I wonder who the people are In that machine who look so haughty?" "Probably the poor relations ot the owner, who Is taking them for a spin." Buffalo Express. Wlfey You 'promised that It I would marry you my every wish would be gratified. Husband Well, isn't it? WIfey No; I wish I hadn't married you. Illustrated Bits. "Sir, your son has Just coined a col lege fraternity. Theso college fraterni ties " "Never mind about breaking It gently. What hospital Is ho at?" Louisville Courier-Journal "My good man," said the kind old lsdy, stopping before the prison cell. "what are you In for?" "Bobbin' de guests In a hotel, mum." "Ah. were you the proprietor or the head waiter?' Wlfey You were late last Light. Hub Beg your pardon, my dear. As I came In the front door the clock struck II. Wife But what time did you ar rive at the head ot the stairs? Boston Transcript. "And why," the teacher continued, "should we hold the aged In respect?" "'Cause It's mostly the old men that has all the money," Tommy answered. And the teacher wasn't able to offer any better reason. Bessie I gave Charllo on Christmas a beautiful necktie of my own make. Tessle Was 'be pleased? Bessie Im mensely. He said Its beauty shall bo for no other eyes but his own. Wasn't that lovely ot blm? Jones Green bought a second-hand automobile three weeks ago, and he has been arrested six times In It. Smith For exceeding the speed limit? Jones No; for obstructing the street. Chicago Dally News. De Artist You say you walk a great deal? De Actor Yes. De Artist When you are playing golf? De Actor Sometimes when 1 am playing golf and sometimes when I am playing Hamlet. Chicago Journal. "Old Moneybags Is afraid that prince he bought for his daughter Is a bogus one." "Why so?" "When It came to settling up he asked for the prince's debts, and the fellow told him he hadn't any." Baltimore American. "Your glasses," she said, "have made a great difference In your appearance." "Do you think so?" he asked. "Yes. You look so Intelligent with them on." "I can't understand why Brown should hare failed." "Nor can I. I al ways thought be was doing finely. IIo often came to me for advice." "Johnnie, It I gave you two cents and your father gave you threo cents, how much would you haver "8ven," promptly replied Johnnie. "You can't have understood me, Johnnie. Now listen, and I will repeat the question. If I give you two cents and your tam er gave you three, how much would you have?" "Seven," said Johnnie again, and with some promptness. "I'm surprised at you, Johnnie," said the teacher, "How on earth would yoa have seven H "I got two la my pock et," said Johnnie STOP FUNERAL EXTRAVAGANCE. YOUNG business man died unexpectedly. i I leaving a widow and tliuo small children. " I For two years ho had worked hsrd to cs- luuiivii n imniiirns, muni wn juai uvaui nlug to pay well and gave promise of be coming highly profitable during the com ing spring and summer. But his cosh re sources wore small, his Insurance was almost nothing, and, with his ability and hard work taken away, the business ho left offered precarious support for the widow and children. All Hits his widow knew. Yet, with rent overdue, the doctor to pay, and her chlldrrn aud herself to look out tor, sho burled her husband's body In a 1150 casket, and tho undertaker's total bill ran more than 1 260. The desire of the living to pay final tribute to the dead frequently outweighs the dictates of common sense and prudence, even to tho point ot violating the known wishes ot the dead. Extravagance along this Una Is encouraged by undertakers, who suggest expensive fu nerals and offer long-time credit, as mauy a family knows to Its sorrow. In other countries societies, the members ot which agree to keep all funerals under their direction wlthlu a certain cot limit, have done much to check extrava gance. There Is room for organizations to reduce fu neral expenses In this country, and a movement In that direction should bo encouraged. Chicago Journal. T rjCrENSIVK ERRAND SOYS. HE American farmer In 1909 received $300, 000,000 for the egg crop. Tho American consumer paid 1540,000,000 for the same eggs. Who got the difference ot 1310,000, 000? The farmer raised the hens, took care of them, fed them, housed them, and paid about CO cents apiece for the care of each one. It cost htm not less than $75,000,000 to keep the hens satisfied and prolific. So, all together, his earnings were reduced to $2:5,000.000. Uut some body else got $2(0,000,000 which Is $15,000,000 mora than the farmer received. From the time the eggs left the farmer to the time they reached the consumer the price on them was almost doubled. And the consumer, of course, paid. Somewhere there Is a leech In the egg market and the butter market and the meal market and the grocery mar ket, and all the other markets, that Is sucking away at the American consumer's pocketbook. Until this leech Is fouul snd beheaded prices of living will be tremen dously high, and wilt grow higher, Just so long as there remains anything In the pocketbook to be sucked out It has not yet been shown that the leech Is not the rail- m road and the express companies. In 1P09 the traction companies Increased their Indebtedness by f 1,015,000,000. The Interest that Is to be paid on this, of course, comes out of His public's pocketbook. And tho x press com panics during the year paid dividends that ranked among the highest on the whole list of Industrial In stitutions, They're expensive errand boys, tliu rnllroads aud the express companies. Cincinnati Post. COST OF L1VINO. N THE current number of Vogue Is a most pathetic essay by Maria Hcott on the sue ressful management of a small Income. Maria ndmlls-though reluctantly that a young couple may venture to begin life lu a simple manner on $5,000 a year, lleallx tng that this Is a drastic saying and ono that may be received with Incredulity uy tne mass ot the people, she goes on to apologise even for hinting that really "nice" people could live on so meager a sum, but Is obliged to admit that by dint of a great effort It may be done In a way, Hhe asks what denials are necessary for those who contemplate living on $5,000 a year, and thtn, seeing no body rising to answer her, answers It herself by saying that great self-denial will be necessary to keep the wolf from the door. The one consideration that forces Itself on tho mind aftsr perusal of Maria's reflections Is the tremendous amount of self-denial that Is being practiced all over the country by persons who are living nobly on this small amount, not able to havo more than one automo bile and one short trip to Europe annually. BU Paul Dispatch. A ROAD THAT STANDS tfBAR, BW JEI1HEY claims to have discovered that Nl bituminous roads cost less thsn macadam I and stand the wear of automobile traffic I ,iiii-h toiler Tha State has elchtr five miles ot this road already aud announce that It will lay no mere ot tho old faab IoiimI kind. The objection to macadam Is that It Is picked up by the wheels of automobile and scattered to the four winds ot heaven. The wear on the good roads leading out from automobile centers like all of the large cities shows conclusively that aa Improved malaria! Is urgently needed. Tho bituminous road stems to serve the purpose because It bas sufficient resiliency to meet the needs of traffic and at tho same time Is compact enough to prevent the particles from being picked up by rubber tlrss, Nebraska Uut Journal. VfiTSftittfffSfweeft4 WHAT HABIT WILL DO. 1 "B,''"kaWWW "It waa a cold, misty morning In Llrerpool, and urgent business re quired my presence In Sheffield at once, so I was In a hurry," says a young American girl who lately re turned from England. "I expected the unavoidable delay of the custom house, and sighed resign edly. An official openrd my suit case, ran bis hand hurriedly about, closed It with a snap, and returning It to me, said politely. Thcnk you!' All In about two minutes! Joyfully I hailed a cab, and was driven to the railway station. As I paid my fare tho cabman said distinctly, Thenk you!' with emphasis on the 'you,' When I bought my ticket, tho man at the window said emphatically, Thenk you!' - "This time I noted the oddly rising inflection and long drawn lingering on the last word. The guard who examined my ticket closed tho com partment window with a bang, but I caught a faint Thenk you!' as tbo 'train started. "Arrived In Sheffield, I registered at the station hotel, and tho young man at tho desk said Thenk you!' as I signed my name. I look a tram car up-town, and gasped In amaze as the conductor collected my fare. Thenk you!' he said, earnestly, as he punched a little ticket receipt for the half-penny which I gave him. 'Let me off at High street, please.' 'Thenk you, I will,' ho repllsd. Presently I thought he nodded as bo looked at me, and as I started to my feet, I asked. 'High street?1 'No, thenk you,' be answered, 'not yet.' "I Inquired the way of a passerby, and as he directed me he said, Thenk you, good afternoon.' This was really making me dizzy, and my mind re verted to an entertaining habit ot my childhood, when I would repeat the same word over and over until It lost all meaning to my brain. "As I stepped out of the creeping thing which they call a 'lift' over there, the elevator boy fixed me with a penetrating eye. Thenk you!' he said softly, and -I hastened onward. "In the shops It was horrible. En tering a draper's, the tall man In a frock coat who stood by the door would pouncu on me and thank me before I could possibly ask for what I wanted to buy. I dou't know what I was being thanked for much of tbe time, but those two words were thrown at me so often that it finally got on my nerves, and I felt like shouting, Don't don't say It I' The salesgirl 'tnenked' me before I made my purchase, and 'tnenked' me afterward; the cash boy 'tnenked' as as he passed me by, and If, as I hurried out, I collided with any one walking down the narrow aisle, I might beg their pardon In the clraretl tones, yet ever the answer given to me was, Thenk you!' "It waa beyond analysis or explana tion, and questioning was utterly of no avail. Once or twice I ventured to Inquire as to the whorefore of the thing, but the answer made me shud der, and caused mo to forbear. 'It has always been the custom, thenk youl' And coming bark across the sea I found relief at home, but some times even yet I toss feverishly In my sleep, and waking with a start. I think I hear, as It from some dim 'bo, 'Thenk youl'" OUElB England's first Sunday newspaper appeared In 1780. It has been found In Nova Scotia that the lobster's chief enemy -Is not the dogfish but the lobster. One ot the tricks In the fur trade Is to Insert white hairs In foxes and subles to make "sliver foxes," Tbe Industry of msklng lebkuchen. or honey cake, !s worth to tbe German city of Nuremburg about one million dollars a year. In Louisiana the law permits a widow to marry again only provided she bas waited ten months sftor the death of ber husband, Sand Is tho curso of Portuguese East Africa. It blocks the rivers and har bors and stretches In a vast sea to ward the interjor, effectually cutting off tbe coast towns from the high land. Besides, It makes the problem of transportation the bugbear of the planter. Nearly $1,000,000 worth fSUmber was Imported Into Natal. Jsrl0rThe country is practically JsfeksxKfsr as there Is any commerces! vrsli?" In 4 r . tffiUttrftk. Af VTam. Vnl .It.. ...VTtiJf- w ,ww turn ,, ""'iBS fttrt nnw Pai-V rkw Tl'. -.-., ...... . n, p. aMn carted about the sold from carts. jftftafim the timber. Up to 1789 tbe chletZwwtar W& .TfiiTieatef'was cltyWiYafiW'gnd rj It was so cold In Xew of the winter of 17731 Mm In the vicinity were i IliTi'isBM't, j.. .v.. ... ti . .i jiin.'ii.- uuiru uc .ati ifcca iiibj Is now the head otV make kindling wood, f ' Yaddo, the Saratoga which 8pencer Trask! fstal trip to New show plsces ot tho rives Its name from a little daughter of tte TMska. When she crossed for the ftm't-UiM rustle bridge over tbe pIcMresMa atatei ot asksJJi-Ud'Whts YorfoiW.-Vr the o sf4twai. it de im'twUerMcd of water which lire near tho home, sh pointed nd saldt "Yaddo," which ss aa near aa her baby tongue could it to the word "shadow," and she did not know that the childish utterance bad given a name to the place. "If I had my way," Dr. Maenamsra once confessed to an Interviews, "I should bo singing In 'Cjirmen' Instead of making speeches from the treasury bench. Uut, unfortunately, the Brit ish public thinks a great deal more of a man who can make a bad sprrth than a man who can sing a good song." Westminster Gazette. Curious customs are noted among the MIJus, a little known Asiatic rsrt, by an explorer, who writes: Though living on the borders of Thibet, no trace of Buddhism Is found among them. Their religion Is animistic and consists In the propitiation ot the vari ous spirits to whom sickness, failure of crops and such like calamities are attributed The propitiation takes the form usually of thi sacrifice of a fowl or a pig. a small portion being set aside for the spirit, ths rest going down the throats of the offerer snj his family." Mr. U'i llult, fur Uinaally, The delightful Mr. Wu Ting fans. lately ambassador from China to the United States, Is described It, Miss Juliet Uredon's book on her uncle, Sir Robert Hart, as having certain theo ries concerning one's diet and one's mental attitude toward life which bare had much currency among Occidentals of lata years. Wu Ting-fang prided himself upon his alert manner, which mado him sp pear much younger than he really wu, and his favorite boast waa that b meant to live to bo two hundred. Fur thermore, he would explain bow thi frat was to be accomplished. The first thing, naturally, was dltt. The msn who would cheat time shoull live on nuts, like the squirrels. I'ndtr no conditions should he touch u't, and he should begin and end est meal with a teaspoonful of olive oil "I have hung scrolls In my bed room," Wu Ting went on to explain, "with these sentences written upoa them In English and In Chinese- 'I am young, I am healthy, I am che- fut.' "Immediately I enter the room CI eye falls upon these precepts. I uf to myseir, 'Why, of courso I am. aol therefore I am,'" Was ever simpler or saner method discovered for warding off old age? Aa II Nlruck Pal, Father Flynn Your daughter seem. far from robust. I notlro iirirv Shi looks rather fan-faced. O Brlen Begorra, yer rlvlrence, sa la It two-faced ye'd want her to N lookln'? Boston Herald. Even a truth-loving detective gtts I shadowy reputation.