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- OREGON FRIDAY, AUGUST 28. 1891 LOCAL AM) fKRSON'AL. Mr. R. B.' French of Grass Valley was . in town Thursday. V. C' Brock, of Wasco, was seen on the streets Friday. , . Judge Bradshaw returned Friday from a trip to Tillamook. Four loads of wool were delivered Fri day at the Wasco warehouse. " , V. C. Brock, county clerk of Sherman county, was in the city Friday. One by one the "lone fisherman" is ' returning. Plenty of tan and freckels, but no fish. A marriage license was issued Thursday to J. T. Gibson and Mary Gordon, both of Wapinitia. Nine cars of beef cattle were shipped from the stockyards Saturday for the Portland market. The mercury stood last night at 11 o'clock at 82 degrees, the hottest night of the season. Mrs. C. P. ' Balch of Dufur returned . - .Thursday from a few weeks visit to friends in Portland. . The Wasco warehouse distributed 2000 grain sacks to the farmers of this county, up till noon Saturday. .. - i ii ttt i -r J team 8 were loaded with freight for the Antelope and Mitchell country. Messrs. John Grant and Phil. Brogan, of Antelope, and Lem Burgess, of Bake Oven, were in the city Thursday. H. M. Pitman of Dufur came into . town Friday. His reports of the crops around that neighborhood are not flat tering. Mr. James Hanraban, who has been - in the city for the past three or four days, left for his home at Kingsley Wednesday morning. The state board of agriculture has the thanks of the editor . of The Dalles Cheoniclb for a complimentary ticket to the Oregon state fair, v.." Mrs. Leon W. Curtis of Rockland pre sented her liege lord the other day with a brand -new lump of feminine . sweet- . ness, weighing ten pounds. A mysterious hog disease is killing off the hogs in Union county. Butchers say there is scarcely a bond in the - countv that is not infected. A number of persons have gone from the. neighborhood of Eight Mile, on a prospecting tour, to the mountains in - the neighborhood of Mount Hood. There is being built on the conpany lot north west corner of Union and Main - a bill board for Forepaugh's circus, which ' is due here on September 16th. ine merchants of forest Urove, are making the merchants of Hillsboro hum p themselves, in a business way. There is great competition between the two towns. Color Sergeant W. O. Bently, third regiment O. N. G., returned from his ranch near Fossil, Saturday. " He . ici lis biic uxvpa lu vuab owuva its in first-class condition. Two thousand six hundred head of mutton 'sheep, purchased from Fred Dee of Klickitat county, Wash., were shipped Saturday to the Troutdale Meat packing company. Mr. X. Harris, of Harris A Co., of this - city, today presented the new steamer Regulator with a magnificent Dair of antlers which will decorate the pilot THK . JKJLI.K9. ... house of that handsome new craft. The new steamer Regulator is now the centre of attiation in The Dalles and has got to be quite a fashionable fad among the gentle sex to visit the wharf every evening and discuss the fine points of the new boat. Mr. J. W. Rogers, of Summit Ridge, Wasco county, left some very fine sped mens of wheat and barley in the Chbon- clx office Friday. ..The grain was raised en his ranch which is situated oa the big bend of the Deschutes. Sam Stroud of this dty received tnti nation Wednesday that his application for a pension, as a soldier during the late rebellion, has been successful. He will receive $12 a month from Jane 1890, We congratulate Sam on his good luck, Frank Perrv. lata foreman of the water works gang, of this city left for Portland . hat Friday. He has accepted the pos itioo of foreman of construction on the - Great Northern railroad and will be in Spokane Falls Monday next to assume his new duties. : Mrs. Dr. Rinehart, banded to Major Ingalls Friday, for exhibit in "Oregon on Wheels," the product of one volunteer addition, without care or cultivation, which weighed thirteen and a half pounds. Who can beat it? Freight engine No. 558 came in from the west Wednesday with freight train No. 28 looking as if she had been struck by the business end of a cyclone. One of the cylinder heads was blown out and the engine had to make part of the trip on one leg. Strong efforts are being made by the world's fair committee to have the nu- senger rates to and trom the fair cnt down to one cent a mile, on all the rail roads of the United States. If the com mittee succeeds even newspaper editors will be able to attend. E..M. Harriman brought in a load of oats, Friday morning which he sold to C, L. Richmond for $1.25 a hundred. Just as Mr. Harriman had got about twelve feet from the place of unloading the off hind wheel of his wagon broke down He considers himself lucky that the break-down did not occur on the road. X letter received Thursday from the president of the Board of Immigration, by Major Ingalls who has charge of the arork of gathering and shipping to Port land all the products brought to him in tended tor ,the exhibit, "Oregon on Trheels'containslieolitoiFing: "There vUl be bat one car and we will try and make it for Oregon, It is not far foftr land, although Portland stand? .the en tire expense, . You aaeha otrfy gentle man who has volunteered to any work on it at all, and we will see ht The Dalles is not negleeted. We gi?j our time, our money and our attention to this thing; we do it for the public jjood and not for' any single individual Uics car ouccooo Luiive iiiive i"i at all that it will be successful." Mr. J. Harvey Smith of Sherer' bridee came into the city Thursday and left again' for home Friday morning, An exchange says the total wealth of the country is now seventy-one thousand millions or over a thousand dollars for everv man, woman and child in the United States. We wonder who has got our $999.75 1 . The Dalles, Portland and Astoria Nav igation Company intend giving an ex cursion to invited guests at the trial trip of the Regulator. It is intended that the trip will extend to the Cascades and hank. It is also contemtlated to snve erand through excursion to Portland and back when the whole line is opened to that dty. Come mud Ge Tour Patent. Patents for the following named per sons are ready for delivery at the United States land office: Cash Patents Hush Fraser. Ben jamin F. Hailey, Caleb Ames, David G Grabill. Edward Merritt, Edward B Smith, Byrd Davidson, Hazel Dean Lavina Loveladv. Solis R. Hartzell, Ed' ward Fagan, John H. Putnam, Mary L. Toney, William .bads, Julia A, Thomas, Thomas R. Smith, John O Powell. Leroy Powell, NichoUs J. Lam bert. Thomas A. Wright, W. Hosea Wood. John B. 'Brown. Georee Smith Hugh J. Lister, John B. Wallace, Wm, P. Slater. Jobe a. taton, rump Ouillin. A. Morgan Walker, Thomas Highlands. Ambrose Beard 2. Louis E, Beaulien, Henry Pannings, Caloway Hedgpeth, Jeremiah M. .bads, bamuel B. Holmes, Eliza A. Masteis, Donald McRae, Mylon E. Handys, F. F. W, Moar, David Elliott, John W. Depuy, Ddwin D. Pool, Melettus S. Hatfield Edward G. Worth, Sylvester S. Kirk Joseph S. Meyer, Henry Padberg, Henry T. Propst, William F. Ritchard, Samuel . Kogers, .fcJisha u. e perry, jonn a Berger, Kate Lister, Julia A. Jfarnsn John T. Mulkev, Edward E. McBreen Joseph L. Weaver, Charles S. Emery, Jere J. Seauer, irancis M. Hampton Kenneth McLennon, John P. Buskirk Edward G. Conant. John Van Bnren Miner Swich. James M. Shannon, Zeb V. Swarengen, Isaacs N. Hughes, David Stroud, Fleming Goolsby, John M. V, Billyen, William R. Fowler, Marian J, Nelson, Monroe W. Smead, William H, Hailey, James Stewart, Mary 51. bordan, Columbus fried, Jonn roster, Aiex ander McDonold, Andrew Lytle, Frank P. Vauehn. Bemamin Iremonser, I bos, J. Brown, Peter Peterson, Mathias Lichtenthal, Columbus L. Avers, R. H Hailey. Miles B. Potter, Annie M, Loder, John A. Wood, Sylvester L, Knell, toward . Harbin, Kobert J Palmer, Albert Masterson, Eli C. Of ficer. M. C. Fnqua, Charles Berberick Conrad Mowery, Sarah C. Heady, Byron Tracy, Jos. (J. .nglisb, Jobn T. Spray Josepb Mornssey, Albert fcmitn Walter C. Hunnewell. Isaac H. Stock' dale. Urv P. Ridzeway, Thomas J. Mote Lewis J. Jonnson, Aitred race, xiwm S. McKinnev, Meivin A. Yanover Reuben E. Wilson, Jane E. Sturtevant, Phil N. Beardsley, William T. Maxwell, Robert F. Campbell, James W. Bailey, William C. Wren. Lawrence H. Carter, Charles D, Sears, Wm. B. McCoy, John O. Kelly, John w. Lawson, Cbarles a Smith. Zephmiah B. Offott, William J Fox, David M. Smith, John W. Collins, Melvin Jb. Mcblvaw. ' Hemes tead Patents Thomas P. Gra ham, Eharles Filkins, George C. Vintin, Cbarles i. rloren. Patent for Military Bouuty Land War rant, No. 114, 905, in favor of Conrad Moverv. Owners of the above and of some 600 other patents now crowding the pigeon holes of this office are requested to come forward promptly and get tbem. . , The Bobber Got Little. A interview with Charley Adams, the stage driver, who was held up on the Deschutes hill on Wednesday last,' re veals little new to the Chboniclx beydnd the fact that it is now pretty certain that the thief got away with no valuable registered matter, and, outside of money enclosed in ordinary letters, of which comparatively little passes through the mail, he can not be much richer than he was before. The three mail sacks were brought in on the stage last evening. They had been cut open and rifled. The third sack was found in Buck Hollow and beside it was the greater 'portion of the mail which bad been opened and left-there. There is yet so evidence that the robber had an accomplice be yond the fact that two masks were found near the scene of the robbery. It is believed the thief had a horse cached in Buck Hollow during the time of the robbery and that as soon as be had gone through the mail he left for parts unknown. It is known that the day before the robbery, at least one registered package, containing $500 in greenbacks, was mailed from this dty for man in Crook county; but the thief was too late to catch this by one day. The package, addressed to the Baldwin Land and Live Stock company that Mr. Fairchild suspected to contain greenbacks, was found with other rifled mail and was a package of dry goods. A Good Appointment. Mr. S. L. Brooks has been appointed agent, at this place, for The Dalles, Port land and Astoria Navigation company. No better appointment could have been made. - Mr. Brooks has liberally contri buted to the enterprise and his interest in its success as well as his native energy And familiarity with, the wants of the Community will insure efficient service to the company and obliging accomoda tions to its patrons. ' The office of the company will be in the. rooms over the Chbokicie office and any enquiries as to rates and other matters connected with freights and transportation will be promptly answered by Mr. .Brooks. Beat Batata Transaction. Mattie A. Winans and husband to A. Blowers, lot 2 in block 6, Hood River; consideration, $500. ' ' L J. Norman and wife. to Geo. Krauss, part of the claim of The Dalles Metho dist mission, containing 36 74-100 acres ; consideration $200. The Eastern Oregon Land company to the Prineville Land and Live Stock Co., Fractional section No. 19 township 8 south of range 19 east, containing 622.98 acres. Consideration $778.72. Edwin Beckford and wife to L. J. Klinger W) S EJ and S S WJ S 20 tp 4 8 of K 13 E, containing 160 acres. Consideration $600. Death of Mlu Etta McKay. The sad intelligence reached as Satur day, from Hood River, announcing the death, this morning, of Miss Etta Mc Kay. Diphtheria was the cause of her untimely demise. Miss McKay was a jrjBry popular school teacher, in Hood River, nd had made hosts of friends by her ladylike and agreeable manners. Deceased was 22 yea pi age. The nneral will take place at Hood Rivpr, Sam. I'rjincJsco Wheat Market. San . Fbakcisco, Aug. 24. Wheat buyer '91, 1,15 ; aeaapn, 1.8JK. Some Interesting- Gonlp Gathered From Various Source. Do your Duty bravely, You will never rue ltl -If you have a weary task Go to wort and do it! Life is full of sunshine If you only knew It Strive to find your duty clear Then go to work and do it Fill your heart with love, By the wayside strew it! Joy will crown your work at last If you gladly do ltl Labor with a will! Indolence eschew It. Make your life a useful one, Go to work and do it! Harriet Francent Crocter. Dr. Chalmers, alter listening to an eloquent address upon the evils of in temperance, is said to- have exclaimed, "Sir, we know the evils well enough ; in God's name give us the remedy." For years we have been working for the remedy to answer this wail, which comes from thousands of hearts and homes. Of all the remedies yet given none is more practical than the use of the public school, where the children of all classes and nationalities are instructed in the physical effects of strong drink. Preven tion through education. In the public school are found the children of the na tion ; the only place where the children of foreigners can be reached. These children should be taught just as thor oughly the nature and effects of alcohol upon the bodies as they now are spelling, geography or history. No teachershould be granted a certificate to teach in the schools who has not passed a satisfactory examination in physiology and hygiene, with reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics upon the human system. Dr. Holland once said: "The more thoroughly we can instruct the young concerning this dominating evil of our time the better it will be for them and the world. The women of our land are wise and practical teachers of childhood and youth. They have secured for our young the best idea of Germany's most excellent teachers, instruction in regard to the effects of alcoholic and narcotic stimulant, in our schools. Next week we expect to see our teach ers in council in our city. We hope that parents and all interested in the welfare and improvement ox the rising genera tion will make it a point to attend the sessions of the institute, and so encour age those who have charge of the most precious material we have in our homes. Miss Willard says "Do not let it be said that our schools are Godless while they teach health, which is physical holi nees." This teaching is made obligatory in thirty-four states and in all of the ter ritories. Liquor dealers and anti-prohibitionists who are constantly harping on the blighting effects of prohibition upon the prosperity of a city will not be able to draw much comfort from the experience of Des Moines, Io. Des Moines is a city of sixty thousand people and has not an open saloon within its limits nor within the county in which it is situated, and yet it is just now enjoying an era of the most remarkable prosperity. Sach a thing as a house or store room to rent cun scarcely be found at any price, while more than a thousand new residences and more than a million dollars worth of new business blocks, some of them the finest in the west, are in process of erec tion. Bank clearances run from twenty nve to ntty per cent, higher than a year aero ; its manufactured products tor law exceeded those of 1889 by more than $5,000,000. Every kind of business is extremely prosperous, and the actual statistics of the transfer companies show that the population is increasinor, by new arrivals alone, at the rate of a thousand per month. A-good many other cities would like to be killed in the same wav that prohibition has killed Des Moines. The recent yearly meeting of New York Friends passed these ringing reso lutions : "As there is a law in New York state with a penalty, protecting our chil dren against the use and influence of narcotics, we feel the importance of en' deavoring to have thia law maintained. and to extend our efforts in educating our memDers in regard to tne injurious effects of narcotics, both physically and morally. Realizing the terrible curse of the liquor tramc, we again indorse the position of the yearly meeting of last year, as unalterably opposed to license in any form, and we believe that abso lute prohibition is the only way to deal with this gigantic evil. Whilst we grate- tuny acknowledge the decieion of the supreme' court in the original package law, we desire to express our sorrow at the recent action of the state depart ment in its efforts to extend tne interests of the brewers in foreign lands." Archdeacon Farrar in his address at the recent Band of Hope adniversary in London, urged the temperance workers to be of good cheer, for theirs was the most Christlike -work" undertaken - in these days. The ' best patriots were those who did most to defeat the power ful machinations of the enemies of their country, and that was their- work. " The great Moltke had said that beer was a greater curse to Germany - than the French. Wellington used to send men forward to the villages throueh which his men would pass and bny cp the liquor that his soldiers might be kept sober, and Prince Leopold bad said that tne great thing England bad to fear was, annx. Eau do Cayenne. A short time ago the Chronicle rec ommended its readers to try the effects of cayenne pepper on trees and vines in fected with lice or bugs. The other morning a lady on Fourth street deter mined to profit by the advice, and she plentifully dusted the handsome vines and flowering shrubs in front of her residence with the scarlet condiment. Just as the operation was over and the lady had closed the front door behind her, a peddler, dressed in a gorgeous plug bat and immaculate linen duster walked up the front steps and while waiting for response to his knock, thought he would sniff the fragrance of the lovely flowers. One sniff was all he asked, and when the lady came to the door all she saw was the coat tail of the peddler swaying in the breeze as be huurriedly closed the front gate and managed to stammer ont between conghs and sneezes, "I can't speak." Portland should not lag in the work for an open river. The business men of Portland . could well nfford to build, through their chamber of commerce, a portage road around the obstructions in the river at a cost of $250,000. It would prove to be the best investment they ever maae. ,at uregonum. . . Chlcigo Wht Hackrt, ; ' Chicago, Aug. 24. Clowe, wheat rm. .Cash $2?iU- September -SIM. December iH$K: OR. TALMAGE'S SERMON ON THE MEETING OF BOAZ AND RUTH. A Discourse Especially Appropriate to the Season of the Harrest Time It Includes an Exhortation to All Regarding the Duty of Life. I buswooo, isoio,, Aug. a. a. sermon, redolent with the breath or the vast bar- vest fields of the west, indicates that Dr. Talmace has found in the scenes through which he has been traveling and in his present surroundings, suggestions of Gos pel lessons. His text is taken from Ruth ii, 8: "And she went and came and gleaned In the field after the reapers; and her hap was to light on a part of the field belong ing nnto Boax, who was of the kindred of Kliroelech." Within a few weeks I have been in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Canada, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and they are one great harvest field, and no season can be more enchanting in any country than the season of harvest. The time that Ruth and Naomi arrive at Bethlehem is harvest time. It was the old custom when a sheaf fell from load in the harvest field for the reapers to refuse to gather it np; that was to be left for the poor who might happen to come that way. If there were handf uls of grain scattered across the field after the main harvest had been reaped, instead of raking it, as farmers' do now, it was, by the custom of Jjje land, left in its place, so that the poor coming along that way might glean it and get their bread. . But, you say, "What is the use of all these harvest fields to Ruth and Naomi? Naomi is too old and feeble to go out and toil in the sun; and can yon. expect that Ruth, the young and the beautiful, should' tan her cheeks and blister her hands in the harvest field?" Boas owns a large farm, and he goes out to see the reapers gather in the grain. Coming there, right behind the swarthy, sun browned reapers, he beholds a beauti ful woman gleaning woman more fit to bend to a harp or sit upon a throne than to stoop among the sheaves. Ah, that was an eventful day! LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, It was love at first sight. Boaz forms an attachment for the womanly gleaner an attachment full of undying Interest to the Church of God in all ages; while Ruth, with an ephah, or nearly a bushel of bar ley, goes home to Naomi to tell her the successes and adventures of the day. That Ruth, who left her native land of Moab in darkness, and Journeyed through an un dying affection for her mother-in-law, is in the harvest field of Boaz, is affianced to one of the best families in Jndah, and be comes in after time the ancestress of Jesus Christ, the Lord of Gloryl Out of bo dark a night did there ever dawn so bright morning? I learn in the first place from this sub- ject how trouble develops character. It was bereavement, poverty and exile that developed, illustrated and announced to all ages the sublimity of Ruth's character. That is a very unfortunate man who has no trouble. It was sorrow that made John Bunyan the better dreamer, and Dr. Young the better poet, and O'Connell the better orator, and Bishop Hall the better preach er, and Havelock the better soldier, and Kitto the better encyclopedist, and Ruth the better daughter-in-law. THX VALUE OF TROUBLE. I once asked an aged man in regard to his pastor, who was a very brilliant man. "Why is it that your pastor, so very bril liant, seems to have so little tenderness In his sermons?" "Well," he replied, "the reason is our pastor has never had any trouble. When misfortune comes upon him his style will be different." After awhile the Lord took a child ont of that pastor's house, and though the preacher was just as brilliant as he was before, oh, the warmth, the tenderness of his discourses! The fact is that trouble is a great edu cator. You see sometimes a musician sit down at an Instrument, and his execution is cold and formal and unfeeling. The reason is that all his life he has been pros pered. But let misfortnne or bereavement come to that man, and he sits down at the instrument, and you discover the pathos in the first sweep of the keys. Misfortnne and trials are great educators. A young doctor comes into a sickroom where there is a dying child. Perhaps he is very rough in his prescription, and very rough in his manner, and rough in the feeling of the poise, and rough in his an swer to the mother's anxious question, but the years roll on and there has been one dead in his own house, and now he comes into the sickroom, and with tearful eye he looks at the dying child and he says, "Oh, how this reminds me of my Charlie!" Trouble, the great educator! Sorrow I see its touch in the grandest painting; hear its tremor in the sweetest song; I feel its power In the mightiest argument. Grecian mythology said that the foun tain of Hippqcrene was struck ont by the foot of the winged horse, Pegasus. I have often noticed in life that the brightest and most beautiful fountains of Christian com fort and spiritual life have been struck ont by the Iron shod hoof of disaster and ca lamity. I see Daniel's courage best by the flash of Nebuchadnezzar's furnace. I see Paul's prowess best when I find him on the foundering ship under the glare of the lightning in the breakers of Melita. God crowns his children amid the bowling of wild beasts and the chopping of blood splashed guillotine and the crackling fires of martyrdom. It took the persecutions of Marcus Aure- 11 us to develop Polycarp and Justin Mar tyr. . it took the pope's bull, and the cardi nal's curse, and the world's anathema to develop Martin Luther. It took all the hostilities against the Scotch Covenanters and the fury of Lord Claverhouse to de velop James Renwick, and Andrew Mel ville, and Hugh McKail, the glorious mar tyrs of Scotch history. - It took the stormy sea, and the December blast, and the deso late .New England" coast,' and the war- whoop of savages to show forth the prowess of the Pilgrim fathers . When amid the storms they sang. And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of tbadim wood Bang to the anthems of the tree. It took all onr past national distresses, and it takes all our present national sor rows, to lift np our nation on that high career where it will march along after the foreign despotisms that have mocked and the tyrannies that have jeered shall be swept down under the omnipotent wrath of God, who hates oppression, and who, by the strength of his own red right arm, will m&kell men free. And so it is individu ally, and in the family, and in the church. and in the world, that through darknwis and storm and trouble men, women, churches, nations, are developed. THX BEAUTY OT FRIENDSHIP. Again. I see in my text the beauty of un faltering friendship. . I snppose there were plenty of friends for Naomi while aha was In prosperity. Bnt of all her aeonaiift. ances, how many were willinz to trudzs on, witn ner toward Judea, when she had to make that lonely journey? One the heroine of my text. - One absolntelv one. I suppose when Naomi's husband was liv ing, and they had plenty of money, and all things went well, they had a great many callers. Bnt I suppose that after her hus band died, and her property went, and she got old and poor, she was not troubled very much with callers. All the birds that sang in the bower while the sun shone have gone to their nests, now the night has fallen. Oh, these beautiful sunflowers that spread oat their color in the morning hour! ont tney are always asleep when the son goes clown! Job had plenty of friends when be was the richest man in Uz: but when his property went and the trials came, then thero were none so much that pestered as Eliphaz the Temanite. and Bildad the Shuhite and Zonli.ir the Naam- atblte. Life of ten'' seems to be a mese came. where the successful player balls down all the other men into his own lap. ..Lei sus picions arise aboct a man's character, and he becomes like a bank in a name, and all the imputations rush on him and break down iu a day that character which in due time wpnld have had stremrth to defend itself. There ere reputations that have been half a century in boilding which go Bulphurous match. A hog can uproot a century plant. .''.' In this world, so full of heartlessnessand hypocrisy, how thrilling it is to find some friend as faithful in days of adversity as in days of prosperity! David had such a friend in Hushai; the Jews had such a friend in Mordecai, who never forgot their cause; Paul had such a friend in Onesiph oruH, who visited him in jail; Christ had such in the Marys, who adhered to him on the cross; Naomi bad snch a one in Ruth, who cried out, "Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy peo ple shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me." FROM DARKNESS TO DAT. Again, I learn from this Bubject that paths which open in hardship and darkness often come out in places of joy. When Ruth started from Moab toward Jerusalem, to go along with her mother-in-law, I sup pose the people said: "Oh, what a foolish creature to go away from her father's house, to go off with a poor old woman toward the land of Judea! They won't live to get across the desert. They will be drowned in the sea, or the jackals of the wilderness will destroy them." It was a very dark morning when Ruth started off with Naomi; but behold her in my text in the harvest field of Boaz, to be affianced to one of the lords of the land, and become one of the grandmothers of Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. And so it often is that a path which starts very darkly ends very brightly. When you started out for heaven, oh! how dark was the hour of conviction how Sinai thundered and devils tormented and the darkness thickened! All the sins of your life pounced upon you, and it was the darkest hour you ever saw when yon first found out your sins. After awhile you went into the harvest field of God's mercy; yjpu began to glean in the fields of divine promise, and you had more sheaves than you could carry as the voice of God ad dressed you, saying, "Blessed is the man whose transgressions are forgiven and whose sins are covered." A very dark starting in conviction, a very bright end ing in the pardon and the hope and the triumph of the Gospel! So, very often in our worldly business or in our spiritual career we start off on a very dark path. We must go. The flesh may shrink back, bnt there is a voice within, or a voice from above, saying, "Yon must go," and we have to drink the gall, and we have to carry the cross, and we have to traverse the desert, and we are pounded and flailed of misrepresentation and abase, and we have to edge onr way through ten thousand obstacles that have to be slain by our own right arm We have to ford the river, we have to climb the mountain, we have to storm the castle, but, blessed be God, the day of rest and re ward will come. On the tiptop of the captured battlements we will shout the victory; if not in this world, then in that world where there is no gall to drink, no burdens to carry, no battles to fight. How do I kno-F it? Know it! I know it because God says so "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on them, nor any beat, for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall, lead them to living fountains of water, and God shall wipe all tears from their eyes." It was very hard for Noah to endure the scoffing of the people in his day, while he was trying to build the ark, and was every morning quizzed about his old boat that would never be of any practical use. But when the deluge came, and the tops of the mountains disappeared like the backs of sea monsters, and the elements, lashed np in fury, clapped their bands over a drowned world, then Noah in the ark rejoiced in his own safety and in the safety of his family, and looked out on the wreck of a ruined earth. THE SUFFERINGS OF JE6U3. Christ, hounded of persecutors, denied a pillow, worse maltreated than the thieves on either side of the cross, human hate smacking its lips in satisfaction after it had been draining bis last drop of blood, the sheeted dead bursting from the sepul- cbers at his crucifixion. Tell me, O Geth semane and Golgotha! were there ever darker times than those? Like the boom ing of the midnight sea against the lock, the surges of Christ's anguish beat against the gates of eternity, to be echoed back by all the thrones of heaven and all the dun geons of helL But the day of reward comes for Christ; all the pomp and dominion of this world are to be hung on his throne, uncrowned heads are to bow before him on whose bead are many crowns, and all the celestial worship is to come np at bis feet like the humming of the forest, like the rushing of the waters, like the thundering of the seas, while all heaven, rising on their thrones, beat time with their scepters: "Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth! Hallelujah, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of oar Lord Jesus Christ!" That song of love, now low and far. Ere long shall swell from star to star; That light, the breaking day which tips The golden spired Apocalypse. Again, I learn from my subject that events which seem to be. most insignifi cant may be momentous. Can you imag ine anything more unimportant than the coming of a poor woman from Moab to Judea? Can you Imagine anything mora trivial than the fact that this Ruth just happened to alight as they say just hap pened to alight on that field of iJoazr xet all ages, all generations, have an interest in the fact that she was to become an an cestress of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all nations and kingdoms must look at that one little incident with a thrill of unspeak able and eternal satisfaction. So it is in your history and in mine: events that yon thought of no importance at all have been of very great moment. That casual con versation, that accidental meeting you did not think of it again for a long while; but how it changed all the current of your life! It seemed to be of no Importance that Jubal invented rude instruments of music, calling them harp and organ, but they were the introduction of all the world's minstrelsy. And as you hear the vibra tion of a stringed instrument, even after the fingers have been taken away from it, so all music now of lute and drum and cornet is only the long continued strains of Jubal's harp and Jnbars organ. It seemed to be a matter of very little importance that Tubal Cain learned the uses of copper and iron, but that rude foundry of ancient days has its echo in the rattle of Birming ham machinery and the roar and bang of factories on the Memmac BEADTT OF FEMALE INDUSTRY. Again, I see in my subject an illustration of the beauty of female industry. Behold Kuth toiling in the harvest field nnder the hot sun, or at noon taking plain bread with the reapers, or eating the parched corn which Boas banded to her. The customs of society of course have changed, and without the hardships and exposure to which Rath was subjected, every intelli gent woman will find something to do. I know there is a sickly sentimentality on this subject. In some families there are persons of no practical service to the house hold or community, and though there are so many woes all around about them in the world they spend their time laneuish- ing over a new pattern or bursting into tears at midnight over the story of some lover who shot himself! They wonld not deign to look at Ruth carrying back the barley on her way home to her mother-in- law, Naomi. All this fastidiousness may seem to do very well while they are nnder the shelter of their father's house; but when the sharp winter or misfortune comes, what of these butterflies? Persons under indulgent par entage may get upon themselves habits of indolence, but when they come out into practical life their sonl will recoil with dis gust and chagrin. They will feel in their hearts what the poet so severely satirized when he said: Folks are so awkward, things so impolite. They're elegantly pained from morn till night. Through that gate of indolence how many men and women have marched, use less on earth, to a destroyed eternity! Spinola said to Sir Horace Vere: "Of what did your brother die?" '.'Of having nothing to do," was the answer. -."Ah!" said Spinola, "that's enofcgh to kill any gen- be ailevialvd, so much uaruness to be en lightened, and so many burdens to be car ried, that there is any person who cannot find anything to do?" TES BOAST OF MADAME DE 6TAEL. Madame de Stael did a world of work in her time; and one day, while she was seated amid instruments of music, all of which she had mastered, and amid manu script books which she had written some one said to her, "How do yon find time to attend to all pf these things?" "Oh," she replied, "these are not the things I am proud of. My chief boast is in the fact that I have seventeen trades, by any one of which I could make a livelihood if neces sary." And if in secular spheres there is so much to be done, in spiritual work how vast the field! How many dying all around about us without one word of comfort) We want more Abigails, more Hannahs, more Rebeccas, more Marys, more Deb orahs consecrated body, mind, soul to the Lord who bought them. Once more I learn from my subject the value of gleaning. Ruth going into that harvest field might have said: "There is a Btraw and there is a straw, but what is a straw? I can't get any barley for myself or my mother-in-law out of these separate straws." Not so said beautiful Ruth. She gathered two straws and she put them to gether, and more straws until she got enough to make a sheaf. Putting that down she went and gathered more straws until she had another sheaf, and another and another and another, and then she brought them all together and she threshed them ont, and she had an ephah of barley, nigh a bushel. Oh, that we might all be gleaners! THE 8TRAT PRIVILEGES COUNT. Elihu Burritt learned many things while toiling in a blacksmith's shop. Aber crombie, the world renowned philosopher, was a physician in Scotland, and he got his philosophy, or the chief part of it, while as a physician he was waiting for the door of the sick room to open. Yet how many there are in this day who say they are so busy they hare no time for mental or spiritual improvement; the great duties of life cross the field like strong reapers and carry off all the boars, and there is only here and' there a fragment left that is not worth gleaning. Ah, my friends, you could go into the busiest day and busiest week of your life and find golden oppor tunities, which gathered might at last make a whole sheaf for the Lord's garner. It is the stray opportunities and the stray privileges which taken up and bonnd to gether and beaten oat will at last fill you with much joy. There are a few moments left worth the gleaning. Now, Ruth, to the field! May each one have a measure full and running over! Oh, you gleaners, to the field! And if there be in your household an aged or a sick relative that is not strong enough to come forth and toil in this field, then let Rath take home to-feeble Naomi this sheaf of gleaning, "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubt less come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." May the Lord God of Ruth and Naomi be our portion forever! The Dalles Exhibit. The exhibit from The Dalles is rapidly growing. Of that which was shipped Saturday for "Oregon on Wheels" we noticed from Chas. Sandoz of Mill creek, French and Spanish squashes that will not be fully grown tor thirty days yet, but the specimens will weigh nearly eighty pounds. Last year Mr. Sandoz had them, when fully ripe, that weighed 135 pounds each. Mr. Sandoz' collections also includes a fine display of carrots, Yellow Denver, White and Bed, Tripoli on.ons any one of which is enough for a meal for a good size familv ; also Vel- low Crawford, Belle Mignonne and Mt. Hood peaches, Italian primes and Brad- shaw plums. Victor Mesplie contributes a lot of very large Yellow Crawford peaches. rom Col. J. A. varney, some very superior Hungarian praxes and several clusters of Violet Eose grapes. The members of the board of trade are assisting Major Ingalls in every way he suggests to make the exhibit a grand success. The collection, being a new one each day, attracts great attention and hundreds of our cititzens and strangers visit the rooms in Max Vogt's building daily. Major Ingalls will go to Hood River Mondav, leaving Mr. Sand ers in charge, during hia absence. We commend Major Ingalls to the fruit rais ers of Hood River, and hope that section of Wasco county will do herself credit by her display of fruits, in "Oregon on Wheels" ana with our exhibit prove that Eastern Oregon has something be' sides the finest climate in America. BRIEF STATE NEWS. Hugh M. McMary died at his home near Salem last Monday, aged 64 years, He was one of Oregon's pioneers having come to Illinois in I84. The Oregon Pacific company's 6teamer Three Sisters on the last trip up the river got stuck on the bar at Lincoln, She was gotten off after some hard work The new eewer bonds for the city of Eugene are being lithographed in the east and are expected this week, when the money will be forthcoming as soon as the bonds are duly executed. While Frank Brannon and Robert Hiatt were trying a horse at Albany Monday evening, the animal ran away throwing both men out of the cart. Hiatt was uninjured but Brannon was badly bruised and cut. The Albany Democrat calls attention to the fact that the sheriff is charging 65 cents cost and 50 cents a line for adver tising on a delinquent list which the county refused to pay for, and on prop erty that was never assessed. Sunday afternoon at Astoria a buggy horse belonging to Ben Young attempted to jump out of a lot and ran a picket six inches into his abdomen. The wonnd was sewed up and there is a good chance for the animal to live. R. L. Heninger, a farmer five miles north of Salem, records a freak that will interest those stock growers who are tak ing notes on the sex problem in breed ing. A sow has brought a litter of eleven female pigs, no males. This is a wonderful occurrence iu the annals of hoe raising, as generally the sex is evenly divided. . The Baymond Excursion Party. We came, we eaw, and were de lighted,!' were the remarks of the Ray mond excursion party that visited The Dalles Friday. The party was com posed of representative business men from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn, Providence, New Haven, Bal timore, Buffalo, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, St. Paul and Minneapolis and consisted of fifty-two persons. They came here direct from Alaska and are extravagant in their praises of their trip. They report perfect weather during the entire journey. The ladies were particularly enthusiastic with The Dalles and pronounced it one of the most beautiful little cities in tlie Union. The pnrtv took the boat this morning for Portland and will have the pleasure of viewing and admiring the grandeur of the Columbia's scenery. Rejected the Treaty. Panama, Aug. 24. It is announced j that the Venezuela congress rejected Oie reciprocity treaty, proposed by tbe United States- ' " -Manufacturers Minnesota Chief Separators. V . pant & Stillwater Plain and Traction Engines, . ' "CHIEF" Farm Wagons. Stationaiy Engines and Boilers of all sizes. Saw rills and Fixtures, Wood-Working. Machinery, Wood . " Split Pulleys, Oils, Lace Belts and Belting. Minnesota Thresher ftlfg. Co. IDSGet our Prices before Purchasing. 267 Front Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. FISH 3t DEALERS T2ST Stoves, Famaees, Ranges, . 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