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FAIREST OF THE MIE x . REV. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. The Kloqucnt 1'aMor Discusses tlm Attrl butcs of Christ Tim Grrnt, tho Good, the Tnlr, tlio Sublime A Cliornctcrlntlc Ker-jnnii- I'mlso From 11 TIioumuhI Voices, Brooklyn, April 22. Mrs. Prentiss' hymn, "Moro Lovo to Thee, O Christ,' was never moro effectively rendered than this morning by tlio thousands of voices in the Brooklyn Tabernacle, led on by orjan and cornet, while by new vocabu lary and fresh imagery Dr. Talmago presented tho gospol. Tho subject of the sermon was "l1 arrest of tho Fair," the test chosen being Solomon's Sougv, 16, "Ho is altogether lovely." Tho human raco has during centuries been improving. Fornwhilo it deflected and degenerated, and from all I can read for ages the wholo tendency was toward barbarism, but under tho over widening and deepening influence of Christianity tho tendency i-i now in tlio upward di rection. Tho physical appearanco of tho human raco is 75 per cent more attract ive than in tho sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. From tho pic tures on canvas and tho faces and forms in scnlpturdfftf those who were consid eicd tho grand looking men and tho at tractive women oi! 200 years ago I con clude tho superiority of tho men and women of our time. Such looking peo ple of tho past centuries as painting and sculpturo havo presented as flno speci mens of beauty and dignity would bo in our tiino considered deformity and ro pulsiveuess complete. Tho fact that many men and women in antediluvian times woro 8 and 10 feet high tended to mako tho human raco obnoxious rather than winning. Such portablo mountains of human flesh did not add to tho charms of tho worjd. Tho Hi Meal Christ. But in no climato and in no ago did theio ever appear any ono who in phys ical attractiveness could bo compared to him whom my text celebrates thou sands of years before he put his infan tile foot on tho hill back of Bethlehem. Ho was and is altogether lovely. Tlio physical uppearanco of Christ is, for tho most part, an artistic guess. Some writ ers dcclaro him to havo been a brunette or dark complexioned, and others a blond or light complexioned. St John of Damascus, writing 1,100 years ago, and so much nearer than ourselves to tho timo of Christ, and henco with moro likelihood of accurato tradition, repre sents him with beard black, and curly eyebrows joined together, and "yellow complexion, and long fingers liko his mother." An author, writing 1,G00 years ago, represents Christ as a blend: "His hair is tho color of wiuo and golden at tho root, straight and without lus ter, but from tho level of tho ears, curl ing and glossy, and divided down tho center after tho fashion of tho Naza lenes. His forehead is oven and smooth, his faco without blemish and enhanced by a tempered bloom, his countenance ingenuous and kind. Noso and mouth, aro in no way faulty. His beard is full, of tho same color as his hair and forked hi form; his eyes bluo and extremely biilliant." My opinion is, it was a Jewish faco. flis mother was a Jewess, and thero is no womanhood on earth moro beautiful than .Tuwish womanhood. Alas that ho lived so long beforo tho daguerrean anil photographio arts wcro born, pr wo Eiight havo laiown his exact features. I know that sculpturo and painting wero born long beforo Christ, and they might havo transferred from oldon times to our times tho forehead, tho nostril, tho eyo, tho lips of our Lord. Phidias, tho sdulptor, put down his chisel of enchantment BOO years beforo Christ came. Why did not soino ono tako up that chisol and givo us tho Bido faco or full faco of our Lord? Polygno tus, tho painter, put down his pencil 400 years beforo Christ. Why did not somo ono tako it up and givo us at least the eyo of our Lord tho eye, that sov ereign of tho faco? Diohysins, the litora ry artist who paw at Iloliopolis, Egypt, the strango darkening of tho heavens at tho timo of Christ's crucifixion near Je rusalem, and not knowing what it was, but describing it as a peculiar oclipso of tho sun, and saying, "Either tho Dei ty suffers or sympathizes with somo suf ferer," that Dionysius might havo put his pen to tho work and drawn tho por trait of our Lord. But, no; tho flno arts wero busy perpetuating tho form and , nr.n 11 111- a la.-.,. .... 1m uiJjx.ur.iuceoi UlOWOrm smvuruesumj, i peasantry, among whom Christ appear eo. rortralts of Christ. It was not until tho fifteenth century, or until more than 1,400 years after Christ, that talented paiutors attempted by pencil to givo us tho idea of Christ's face. Tho pictures beforo that timo were so offensivo that tho council at Coustau tmoplo forbado their exhibition. But Leouanlo da Vinei, in tho fifteenth cen tury, presented Christ's faco on two can aes, yet tho ono was a ropulsivo faco ami tho other an efforainato face. Raph ael's face of Christ is a weak face. Albert Durer's faco of Christ was asav J?efaca Titian's faco of Christ is nil expressionless face. Tho mightiest rtrt Ms, either with pencil or chisel, havo wade signal failure in attempting to givo tho forehead, tho cheek, tho eyes, tho nostril, the mouth of our blessed wnl Bat about his faco I can tell vousome-! thing positive and beyond controversy, I am sure it was a soulful face. The f is only tho curtain of tho soul. It was imposhiblo that a disposition like thrifts should not havo demonstrated taelf iu his physiognomy. Kindness as w occasional impulse mnv give no illu- Nation to the features, but kindness " tup lifelong, dominant habit will Produce attractiveness of countenance u rrinu . .i. .ui.. . . Produces flowery Children are afraid of "Kowliugorbardylsaged man. They '- 4i 11112 BUlllllllf Ui LJ1U BUil vui u tie proposes to tako them. than kiss. All mothors know ' rrtv lrd ' is to not thoir children tr. l,o 10 a ninn or woman of forbidding np- peoraiicc. Dut no tooiicr did Christ ap. re t in tnn ttonicstio group than there was an iufantilo excitement, and tho join g-itera began to struggle to get out of their mothers' arm. They could not IfM tho children back "Stand back vlth tbon children!" scolded somo of tin di ciples. P.ihaps tho littlo ones 1 1 y have lcen pluyii.g in tho dirt, and I'-Kr facr: may not havo been clean, or Uty uy not havo been well clad, or tho Vdsciples may havo thought Christ's ro- utrioii was a religion chiefly for big 1 Dlks. But Christ made tho infautilo ex citement still livelier by his Faying that 10 liked children better than grown pco Pic, declaring, "Except yo becomo as a Jittlo child ye cannot enter into tho ) kingdom of God. " Alas for those peoplo who do not liko children! They had better stay out of heaven, for tho placo is full of them. That, I think, is ono reason why tho vast majority of tho human raco dio in . infancy. Christ is so fond of children that ho takes them to himself beforo tho world has timo to despoil and harden I them, and t-o they aro now at tho win I dows of tho palacn and on tho doorsteps i and playing on tho green. Sometimes Matthew or Mark or Luko tells a 6tory v- vu...-i, ,.n jiij vmh tuna 11, UUIl Matthew, Maik and Luko all join in that pictmo of Christ girdled by chil dren, and, I know by what occurred at that timo that Christ had a faco full of ril' ( IflBt Hill nilln Mim fnlln i K..4- geniality. nnb'.M of Chrl t. Not only was Christ altogether lovely in his countenance, but lovely in his habits. I know, without being told, that tho Lord who mado tho rivers and lakes and oceans was cleanly in his appear ance. Ho disliked tho disease of leprosy not only becauso it was distressing, but bocaus'o it was not clean, and his curative words were: "I will. Bo thou clean." Ho declared himself in favor of thor ough washing and opposed to superfi cial washing when ho denounced tho hypocrites for making clean only "tho outsulo of tlio platter, " and ho applauds his disciples by saying, "Now aro yo clean," and giving directions to thoso who fasted, among other things, ho says, "Wash thy face," and to a blind man whom ho was doctoring, "Go wash in tho pool of Siloam, " and ho himself actually washed tho disciples' feet, I supposo not only to demonstrate his own humility, but probably their feet needed to bo washed. Tho fact is, tho Lord was a great friend of water. I know that from tho fact that most of tho world is water. But when I find Christ in euch constant commendation of water I know ho was personally neat, although ho mingled much among very rough populations and took such long journeys on dusty high ways, iio woro ins Hair long, according to tho custom of his land and time, but neither troublo nor old ago had thinned or injured his locks, which wcro never worn snaggy or unlccmpt. Yea, all ins habits of .personal appearanco wero lovely. Sobriety was also an established habit of his lifo. In addition to tho water, ho drank tho juico of tho crape. When at a wedding party this beverago gavo out, ho mado gallons on gallons of grape juico, but it was as unliko what tho world makes in our timo ns health is different from diseaso and as calm pnlsert aro different from tho paroxysms of dolirium tremens. Thero was no fitrychnino in that beverago or logwood or nux vomica. Tho tipplers and tho sots who now quote tho winemaking in Cana of Galileo as an excuse for tho fiery and damning bovcrages of tho nine teenth century forget that tho wino at tho Now Testament wedding had two characteristics the- ono that tho Lord made it and tho other that it was mado out of water. Buy all you can of that kind and driuk it at least threo times a day and send a barrel of it round to my cellar. You cannot mako mo beliovo that tho blessed Christ who went up and down healing tho sick would create for man that btylo of drink which is tho causo of diseaso moro than all other causes combined, or that ho who calmed tho maniacs into their right mind would creato that stylo of drink which docs moro than anything olso to fill insane asylums, or that ho who was so helpful to tho poor would mako a stylo of drink that crowds tho earth with pauperism, or that ho who camo to save tho nations from sin would crcato a liquor that is tho 6onrco of most of tho criino that vow stuffs tho pcuitentiaries. A lovely - . jt nil nrw hi firfl. bottom of tho bearded chin. Christ the l'liynlclan. Domesticity was also his habit Though too poor to havo a homo of his own, ho went out to spend the night at Bethany, two or threo miles' walk from Jerusalem, and over a rough and hilly mad that made it equal to six or seven ordinary miles, every morning and night coins to and fro. I would rather walJc from hero to Central park, or walk from Ediuburgh to Arthur's Seat, or in Lou don clear around Hyde park, than to walk that road that Chrifct walked twice n day from Jerusalem to Bethany. But ho liked tho quictudo of homo life, and he was lovely in his domesticity. How he enjoyed handing over tho res urrected boy to his mother, and tho res urrected girl to her father, and reccai' structing homesteads which diseaso or ilnniVl lfia breaking upi as me eoug "Home, Sweet Home" was written by a man who nt that timo hail no "owe, so I think the home sncss of Cliribt added Uihis appreciation of domesticity, Furthermore, he was JoveJy in m nyrupathies. Now, dropsy i a niost dis- trcssful complaint. It inflames ana swells and torture any limb or P W organ it touches. As soon asacaseoi that land is submit ed to Christ he, without anyuso pf diap noretIcf c?; M.,,imn And what an eyo doc- torbevttS for opening the long osea gattsuf sight to the bluo or A . - . l mm uw yww TmJmCMUt t ' was for cooling, foversswithout so much as a spoonful of febrifuge, and straight eniug crooked backs without any pang of Burgery, and standing wholo choirs of music along tho silent galleries of a deaf car, and giving healthful nervous system to catalcpticsl Sympatlvyl Ho ditl not givo them stoical advice or phi- losoplnzo about tho science of grief. Ho sat down and cried with them. It is spoken of as tho shortest verse in tho Bible, but to mo it is ubont tho longest and grandest, "Jesus wept." Ah, many of us know tho meaning of that! When wo wcro in great trouble, fjuio ono camo in with volublo consola tion and quoted thoScripturo in a sort of heartless way and did not holp us at all. But after awhilo somo ono olso camo in, and without saying a word sat down and burst into a flood of tears at tho fight of our woe, and somehow it help ed us right away. ' 'Jesus wept ' ' You see, it was a deeply attached household, that of Mary and Martha and Lazarus. Tho father and mother wero dead, and tho girls depended on their brother. Lazarus had said to them: 'Now, Mary, now, Martha, stop your worrying. I will tako caro of you. I will bo to you both father and mother. My arm is strong. Girls, you can depend on mol" Comfort of Tears. But now Lazarus was sick yea, Laz arus was dead. All broken up, tho sis ters Fit disconsolate, and thero is a knock nt tho door. "Como in, " says Martha. "Como in, " says Mary, Christ entered, and ho j ust broko down. It was too much for him. Ho had been so often and so kindly entertained in' that homo beforo sicloiess and death devastated it that ho choked up and sobbed aloud, and tho tears trickled down tho sad faco of tho cympaOietic Christ. "Jesus wept" Why do you not try that inodo of help ing.' You say, "l am a man or tow words," or "I am a woman of few words. " Why, you dear soul, words aro not necessary. Imitato your Lord and go to thoso afflicted homes and cry with them. John Murphy! Well, you did not know him. Onco, when I was in great bereavement, ho camo to my house. Kind ministers of tho gospel had como and talked beautifully and prayed with us and did all they could to console. But John Murphy, one of tho best friends I ever had, a big 6onled, glorious Irish man, camo in and looked into my face, put out his broad, 6trong hand and eaid not a word, but sat down and cried with us. Lam not enough of a philosopher to say how it was or why it Was, but somo how from door to door and from floor to coiling tho room was filled with an all pervading comfort "Jesus wept. ". I think that .is what makes Christ such a popular Christ. Thero aro so many who want sympathy; Miss Fisko, tho famous Nostorian missionary, was in tho chapel ono day talking to tho heathen, and sho was in very poor health and so weak sho sat upon a mat whilo sho talked and felt the need of some thing to lean against, when sho felt a woman's form at her back and heard a woman's voice saying, "Lean on mo," Sho leaned a little, but did not want to bo too cumbersome, when tho woman's voico said, "Loan hard; if you lovo me, lean hard." And that makes Christ so lovely. He wants all tho sick and troubled and weary to lean againsthim, and ho says, "Loan hard; if you lovo mo, loan hard." Aye, ho is closo by with his sympathet ic help. Hedley Vicars, tho famous sol dier and Cliristian of tho Crimeiui war, died because when ho Was wounded his regiment was too far off from tho tent of supplies. Ho was not mortally wound ed, and if tho surgeons could only havo got at tho bandages and tho medicines ho would havo recover d. So much of human sympathy and hqpefulncps. comes too lata But Christ is always close by if wo want him, and has all tho medi cines ready, and has eternal lifo for all who ask for it. Sympathy! A Sublime Self Sacrifice. Aye, ho was lovely in his doctrines. Self sacrifico or tho relief of tho suffer ing of others by our own suffering. He Was tho only physician that ever pro posed to euro his patients by taking their disorders. Self sacriflcol And what did ho not givo up for others? Tho best ell' mato in tho universe, tho air of heaven, for tho wintry weather of Palestine, a scepter of unlimited dominion for a prisouer's box in an earthly courtroom, a flashing tiara for a crown of stinging brambles, a palaco for a cattlo pen, a throno for a cross. Self sacrifice) What is moro lovely? Mothers dying for their children down with scarlet fover, rail road engineers going down through tho open drawbridge to save tho train, firemen scorched to death trying to help 6omo ono down tho ladder from tho fourth story of tho consuming .house. All these put together only faint and insufficient similes by which to Hlnstrato, tho grander, mightier, farther reaching self sacrifico of the "altogether lovely. " Do you wonder that tho story of his self sacrifice lias led huudreds of thou sands to dio for him? In one series of persecutions over 200,000 wero put to death for Christ's sake. For him Blan diHa was tied to a post and wild beasts wcro let out upon her, and when, life continued after tho attack of tooth aud paw she was put in a not, and that net containing Tier was thrown to a wild Lull tliat tosNHl her with Its horns till lifo was extinct AUforChribt! Huguo- nots dvintt for Christ I Albigenses dying for Christ! Tho Vaudoid dyiug for" Christ I Smithfield fires endured for Christ! Tho bones of martyrs, if distrib uted, would mako a path of molderiug life all around the earth. The loveliness of the Saviour's sacrifice has inspired all tho herohuns and all tho martyr doms of subsequent centuries. Chrifct has had moro men and women dio for him than all the other inhabitants of all the ages have bad dio for them. Furthermore, he was lovely In hu 6ermous. Ho knew when to begin, when to ktop aiul jnt what to ay. The longr est wnuou ho ever preached, so far M the Bible reports Mm namely, tne ser tbemoant was about 10 niln' ntes m delivery at the ordinaiy rata o ipowb. Hw Fyer WfCfWi coinm6nlycalled'"Tho Lord's Prayer," was about half a minute. Timo them by your own watch, and you will find my estimate accurate, by which I do not mean to say that sermons ought to bo only 10 minutes long and prayers only half a winuto long. Christ. had such influito power of conprcssion that ho could put enough into his' 10 minnto sermon and his half minnto prayer to keep all tho following ages busy in thought and action. No on i but n Christ J could alioril to pray or preach as short lis that, but ho meant to teach U3 com I ression. Christ's Sermons. At Selma, Ala., tho other day I was shown n cotton press by which cotton was put in suclrshapo that it occupied in transportation only ouq car whoro threo cars wero formerly nccc'Eary, and ono ship whero threo ships had bca re quired, and I imagino that wo all need to compress our sermons and our prayers into smaller spaces. And his sermons wcro so lovely for sentiment and practicality and simplic ity and illustration. Tho light of a can dle, tho crystal of tho salt, tho eluok of a hen for her chickens, tho hypocrite's dolorous physiognomy, tho moth in tho clothes closet, tho black wing of a raven, tho snowbank of .whito lilies, our ex tromo botheration about tho splinter of imperfection in somo ono elso's charac ter, tho swine fed on tho pearls, wolves dramatizing sheep, and tho peroration mado up of a cyclone in which you hoar tho crash of a tumbling houso unwisoly constructed. No teclinicalities, uo split ting of hairs between north and north west side, no dogmatics, but a great Christly throb of helpfulness. I do not wonder at tho record which says, "When ho was como down from tho mountain, great multitudes followed him.," They had but ono fault to find with his' sermon. It wa3 too short God help all of us in Christian work to get down off our stilts and roalizo thero is only ono thing wo havo to do thero is tho great wound of tho world's sin and sorrow, and hero is tho great healing plaster of the gospel. What you and I want to do is to put tho plaster on tho wound. All sufficient is this gospol if it is only applied. A minister preaching to nn audienco of sailors concerning tho ruin by sin and tho-rcscuo by tho gospol accommodated himsolf to sailors' ver nacular and said, "This plank bears." Many years after this preacher ww called to sco a dyipg sailor and asked him nbout his hopo and got tho suggest ive reply, ' 'This plank bcara. ' ' An Appeal Tor Love", Yea, Christ was lovely in his chief lifo's work. Thero - wero n thousand things for him to do, but his great work was to get our shipwrecked world out of tho breakers. That ho camo to do, and tuat no uni, and ho did it in threo years. Ho took 00 years to prcparo for that threo years' activity. From 12 to CO years of ago wo hear nothing about him. That intervening 18 years I think ho was in India. But ho camo back to Pal estine and crowded overything into three years three winters, threo springs, threo summers, threo autumns. Our lifo is short, but would God wo might sco how much wo could do iu threo years. Concentration! Intensification ! Threo years of kind words Threo years of liv ing fpr othors! Threo years of solf sacri fico! Let us try it. Aye, Christ was lovolyin his demise Ho had a right that last hour to deal in anathematization. Nover had any ono been so meanly treated. Cradloof straw among goats and camols that was tho world's reception of him! Rocky cliff, with hammers pounding spikes through tortured nerves that was tho world's farewell salutation! Tho slauchterof that sccno sometimes hides tho lovoli ncss of tho sufferer. " Under tho satura tion of tears and blood wo sometimes fail to seo tho sweetest faco of earth and heaven. Altogether lovolyl Can" coldest criticism find an unkind word ho over spoke, or an unkind action that ho over performed, or ou unkind tliought that ho ever harbored? ' What a man-el it is that all tho na tions of earth do not rise up in raptures Of affection for him! I must say it hero and now. I lift my right hand in solemn attestation. I lovo him, and tho grief of my lifo is that I do not lovo him moro. Iu it on impcrtiucuco for mo to ask, Do you, my hearer yon, my reader, lovo him? Has ho becomo a part of your na ture? Havo you committed your children on earth into his keeping, as your chil dren -in heaven aro already in his bosom? Has ho dono enough to win your confi dence? Can yon trust him, living and dying and forever? Is your back or your faco toward him? Would you liko to havo his hand to guido you, his might to protect you, his grace to comfort you, his sufferings to atouo for you, his arms to welcome you, his love to cncirclo you, his heaven to crown you? . A Gruml Thought. Oh, that wo might all havo something of tho great German reformer's lovo for this Christ which led him to say, "If any ono knocks at tho door of my breast and says, 'Who lives thero? my reply Is, 'Jesus Christ lives hero, not Martin Luther. ' " Will it not bo grand if, when wo get through this short aud rugged road of life, wo can go right up into his jrceeiico and live with him world with out cud? And if, entering the gate of that heav enly city, wo should bo so overwhelmed with our niiworthine&s on tho one side, and tho supernal splendor ou tho other Mdc, wo get a. littlo bewildered and should for a few moments bo lost on tho htreets of gold and among the burnished temples aud tho sapphire thrones, thero would bo plenty tofchow us tlio way and tako us out of our Joyful bewilderment, Mid perhaps the woman of Nain would &ay, "Come, let mo tako yon to the Christ who raised my only boy to life." And Martha would nay, 'Come, let mo take you to the Chrbt who brought up ray urother jizarus irom iuq town." And ono of tho disciples wonld say, "Come, and let mo tako you to tho Christ who saved our sinking ship In tho hnrricane oa Ceniiesaret, " Aud Paul would fay, "Come, and let ma lead yow ttw ChrUt for whom I died ou tho road to OstiaPi,-And- wholo groups of martyrs would say, "Come, let us show you tho Christ for whom wo rattled tho chain and waded tho floods and dared tho fires. " And our own glo rified kindred Would flock around us, saying, "Wo havo beon'waiting a good whilo for you, but beforo wo talk over old times, and wo tell you of what wo havo enjoyed sinco wo havo been here, and you tell us of what you havo suffer ed sinco wo parted, come, como aud let us .show you tho greatest sicht in all tho placo, tho most resplendent throno, and upon it tho mightiest conqueror, tho f saltation of hoavon, tho thcino of tlio immortals, tho altogether great, tho al together good, tho altogether fair, tho altogether lovolyl" Well, thotlclishttul morn wl'.l como When my dear Lord .lil bilng rno home, And I til till see Ills faco. Then, with my Saviour, Brother, Friend, A blest eternity I'llnpcnd, Triumphant In his grace. The Spring Medicine. "All ruu down" from the weakening effects of warm weather, you need a cood tonic and blood purifier .like Hood's Sarsaparilla. Do not put of! inking It. Numerous little ailments, II neglected, will soon break up tho sys tem. 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Knight, Principal. MOTHER'S CLASS. Meets Friday from 2 to" 4 p. m. with trainlotr class, conducted bv Mrs. Knight and Miss Ballou. For terms or information apply at Kindergarten rooms, corner Court and Liberty streets. WANTED AGENTS -to sell-' BROWN'S NRW FOUNTAIN WASHER. ltrst steam Wnshor known. Sample Wander with fall Instructions seat to Agent, express charges prepaid oa receipt of t&GO Address J. U. llrowa, Ilox Sua, Balem. Or KW-tP THE WILLAMETTE, SALEM, OBEGOM Rates, $2.50 to $5.00 per Day The best hotel between Portland amd Ban PranciBco. FIrit-clag in all IU appointment. Its tables aro nerved With tho Choicest JB"ruit8 drown In the "WlUameHe Valley. A. I. WAGNER. Prop, GEO. C. WILL DEALER IN Hteinway, Knahe, Wehberj Emer son and other pianos. Storey & Clark and EarhefF organs. All first claPB makes or sewing ma chines. Smaller makes or musical Instru ments and supplies. Genuine needles, oil aud new parts for all makes of machines. Sewing machines and organs re paired aud cleaned. Two doors north of nostoftlce. Salem. Oregon. W.A.Cusfrr. I'utaeat. J.JH ALBrtmr. Cubler. OK SALEM. TransacU a general banking, boslneat. i'romul attention i attention paid to collection, lxttnj Biehange bought and aotd oa the made. Kichanxe principal title of the world. 1. Van Duvw, J. M. Maktik, K. M. CIIOISAW, W.A.CCBICKY W, W. MAKTJK, J, H. AUIBKT. II. V. Matthews, Director. TREASURER'S NOTICE, HlflUiof OrefOB, lul, i-nw iuii Treasury IMu'tmeat. J"",tw"iiw'' NOriOK U hereby tve that tbera an fund on hand wltk wtaieti ta radaeca all outstanding warrants, (with the ezaapMoaor luuuuniws sfoa ia munrr maaieaaotn. "freaeuitd.audaonwKI for waat nt '' prior to, and laclHdlag, referawy . UM.aad Uni aald warrants wreerly edeMtd, will f iMitdupoflpresHabilloaMtMsaale taler thereof) eaaatBg from. a4 saw. the Aat this nolle. rmh.MKmMAH, i 21 w Ma4 TrUfar. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. NOT1CKH HKKKflY GIVKN t In tax . pay ol Marlea couaty uU ( tax Fr the year It). ar now da. dalluoueacy WIU b. added kfeMar tot. mi, Taxrfrtrt Myixia tH aald 4aAriirKiva JIG for aokt. jiiuw vsitiu-r VJMJWKWM liiliidtl sar.r, aad lax ouer or Manas (XMuitr. Of. law MBaMteHHtaAKkk-ftk - .1 . ! " ." W t IRA i rv HPAHCl 7 J v n . .j .KiFwiTO stv v inSf"THwJ IwJHB I SSSSSBSMwa ".rourdramruteaaaolnnfttyjeafead (Knot tone and a Sr?ar70rorW,0t ptl0e' 0S?b5TOWS THR SKYWlimri jaSS-Hj815 Vt Hanth wvvwwwwwflhr Ed. C; MbbbbWP"'VmK m l-7 'o;m S. W. THOMPSON & Co., .Alwaya Keepon hand a large stock of looso and unmounted Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires and imported Opals. 221 Commercial Street. l6l Through li pi OnfiM Imp! Tickets TO SALTiLAKE DENVER. OMAHA, KANSAS CITY, CHICAGO, STLOUIS I AMD ALT. EASTERN CITIES! 3 DAYS to CHICAGO BOW'S e n"'c'e4st to Chicago and uiO tast- flniirnj Quicker to Omaha and Kan mm sas City, Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers, Fr' Reclining Chair Cart, Dining Cart, H II. II. OfjAHK, ) TL, Dor rate and general Information eall oa oraddreM, 3M Washington u. UonSd 1V.KTT.AKB, (JKKIOK, nwj8s .! IIVUM UlltflHIIgl Oan glva gooa refer aox. Kstlraat furnish ed. Addrtw, Ueo. Kuctutrulh. Malem. Kl den e on Kulem Motor Hail war, North Balem Leuve order at Htelner Hlooirrs, l-ed NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, VTOTIOK HlillKUY OIVKN THAT received by the xja KlatA Itotiirin 11 nld uroroaaii il will be tlotrd of Trustee ot the Oregon arliool, kt slate capital, Halma, Oregon, until n uciooa noon, April f, jwi, lor the erection and completion of a combined industrial building aud waUr tower. Kich bid must boaccoiupanledbaeerUlled elite ftr VAU. -lanMnilpocinoatlonieaa be seta at the oe nt W, U KulKbton, architect, mlm. Oreaon I Tii Board of Triiln arv the rlffbttoj rajvet nur uu mi, uium ihrhiii ta, Hil.Vtc.lfM I'KNMUYKK. Ooveraor, t), W. WcHHIUK,H'yof Wati, ' K. II Mel.LHUY.MuB'tl'ub.laat'a! ' (Mem, Orrgon, April V,rl. iftm, To Milk Consumers Oi eaon Hcbool for Df M ul. 1 Sulelll. Urraoa. March SO. Um. I To Wwow II Mar Uoara 1 have much plaaaua la tetUtyla thai Mr, ala l4lfyla;t HHd tt iMtH I tw yea, 'la laaa aad tevasW iaitU MMMaaaasi fi,flmfiii u luniflM ran tHewiM-iHNi with uilk lurth fbtt tw yea. '! ak 'K beta rich "rriT rnm nuTln-fifShJTTt miTLzJ?.:Z W.ZTy 2W.,L"!,iu" z:rryrm7"7m'". - "Tf-L1 ' .'." 'm.m Havs to Ub yml U Un Hrtfiiisss irf aay wlMwhsj, mr .VUWAV,WWWVWW wtJ?.tHe(,ltIS yM? Is yor Uc dry, , te5 wtt,? D H ftftftt at the ends? Has It a i I" .PPrce? Does It fall out when combed or ' .HH f "arun e imm your scale itch ? winwtt in imm eryoH will become haM' SfcookumRoot Hair Grower Ji S?if J0U5d. lM PrtieHoB is not aa aceldtnt, but the result of iclontlfla "! Knowledge ot tfic diseases of the hair and aemiVuSiSrlXRVSS fry or now to treat ttaem. "Skookom " contains neltbsr mlniViiVVriWii. i . tbfoUlcles, it Hope ulMtg' hair, curs dandrny.Hu erot?. TtoSroWfcSa Will fATWtrll ." .- " fcoap.Wo. , nrUVT HATt-k nnnttrtm. Iriftl. A... v. --.i t v CO., Cross, Wholesale trad Retail Dealer In Fresh, Salt ami Smoked Meats ot a IKtads 93 Court and UO State Streets, Choice louts. Forest- Grove Poultry Yards. Established in 1877. EGGS FOR HATCHING FROM THE VERY BEST VARIETIES. Slock Finer than Evor, hi Prices Same as Usb! Get tho Best and thon you will be satisfied. Send for Catalogue. Address J. M. GARRISON, Lock Box 835, Forest Grove, Or. East and South via ; THE SHASTA ROUTE oijthe Southern! Pacific Companvr OAMVOKNIA. XXPBRBS TBAIH-KDN DAILY BF TWKKH K5BTLAMD AMD 8. IT, Houth. 0:15 p. m. V;C(l p, m. 10:45 a.m. Worth. ' Liv. IiY. Ar. Portland Balem Biiu Fran. Ar. liV. LV. &3B a, M 7:00 p. ra Above trains itop at all station from Portland to Alhanv fnelualvo! filiin ntTanraat lnc Hhedd, llaliey, JlarrlRbure, JunoUnn City, Irving. Eugene and all oUtlbui from Kosebure ure, ftUor. to Amland Inclusive. HOSKllUlMiMAllj DAILY, t:VO a. in. 11:17 a. ra yJiQ p.m. "TorTKnd Halem losoburgr Ar.T 4:H0 D. m LV. Ar. I. i: p. m. M t.V. 7.WO.M Dining Cars on OgdcR Knt PDLLMAN BUFFET SLEBFBaS AMU i Second Class Sleeping Cars Atucnea to an through traim. iVestSiie Dimi.i, Between Foitltii and Comllis; PAII.T-(KXCHT SUNDAY). 7:Wa. m, Ufclft p. m. i'ortland ' Corvalll Ar. LV. b'M P. IB. 1:00 p. a. Ar. At Albany and Uorvallla couaeet trains ofOregon l'anlflo ltatlroad. Vita KiygJHHTKAIM (DAILY EXCXKTBUWBAV 4:48 p. ra. 7rasp. m. Lt7 Ar. "i'ortlahdT Ar. McMlnnvllIe &M)a.ia TUROUOH TICKETS To all point la the Kastero HUtes, Canada and Murepe ean be obtained at lowest rata rum vv. vv. aainriKK, Agent, Baiem, K.P.ROUKHB, At.U.y.aBdl.Ac't B. KUKMUUt. Maaaawi HERCULES GiSerUniKS A MURE POWER M lUBTRtfl WlTKAMtAf tm . mnu WMf MLWAY sum jsaAA ULmm m 9w9m ftWm UllU HIUIJ, rW4 HVrTV MAKrUMh N0 tMiHMf TlWMraMtVW RtAfr rr, WItW lrw lit lawltaMkaCal. tttitmi, U JrTi w Id a I -jD MKICHAKT TAILOR- 272 Cowiutftol ( laktti, Owj(W, Votumly ot Methm at. Vpttlmait Oftfoii, I n 1 - 1 . , jA yitui3i&SMJ& JmhHu.'. "-"jrv-