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'OIL In Ipsvleh nights ire o4 nto f ; r, Auv the "voice -u-.it count, f i u the yonder tea Ship quaint old funnslona there Of "tn tint, Hi tlm that used ito be." And the quaint old mansion mi (ukI groan, Ami hey wm to say la an undertone, With Itatf algh nud half a immn "It Was, but tt WW lgllJtl will be." In Trwwleh wktclie weave fit night Their inngle sisals with Impish nice. They nhriok ami iaugh lu their demon night Fwm tlto old Maine House to tho frlghtem! iseti. Ami shouts of old wine out to weep Over the town Mint Is fust wdeep. And they nob and they wall as on Uwy reen "It was, but It never again will ls" In Ipswich rUoth Heart llmik hill . Over against the culling nut, Aud through (the itlKbt so deep aud chill WaMmtli a maiden constantly: Walvltoth alone, nor seems to tieiir. Ovwr the roar of the waves n-near, The pitiful day of a far oif year-- lt was, but It never ttgalu will be." la Ipawlch on a witch I knew An awless Saxon witch was t ho. By that flaxen balr and those ryes of blue. Sweet ww tlie shU she cast en mo. Alas! but tlie years have fought me HI. Aud tlto hoar that to old and battered ami ehlU BoekoUi again on Heart Break hill What Wi, bui never again eau be. Dear Anita, I would not conjure down The gltost Hunt cometh ito solai-e nie. I low to think of old Ipswich town, Wber somewhat letter than friends were we, For with every thought of the dear old place Cometh again the tender grace Of a Saxon witch's preM faoe As tt was aud te and ever shall le. F.tigeue Field. Ifow She Eloped. JIK first time I over aw Mollle t was hanging f out the ckt.ln on Monday morning. No. 47 was im lint along ptvtty lively through the outskirts of n lltrle fannliw town that lav next to the one wU re our .trip fnded. I had ofuni notleoti tlw fanihoUt. ThH iikmiIus I saw a, young gh'l eome ott of t he it;wa Bkle dour with a iMwket of ebu. 'Itird pull for young wio," fays I to myself and uk another 1 A at Ler. iShe 1d on some kind of s bl" frotk. with the sl eves rolltnl up, and her hair was brown, shining go'.dLki lu tlw sun as she hem to 4 he U.fket ikjw on the groui d ami drew out a sheet and b ;tn to put It on the i:m. Well, p'rap you wonhlti't 1- !;."' . sir, but I ki'p' thl: kins btait ;lu Kir! all lav, !fd wl:on 1 made in return trip I trtared wl:li nil my inlghi at th t-lotlu-s hanging then. But !hw Just tVipl""' ynu'V.. fe'vd of dW.ilnful, anl t didn't einh a glimpse of AvlnW I .waiilwl to I was waking then a round t !p and a half a day, so 1 arayed i ve y i ths'r night In 1tewlor,. the town iwl tliat In which niv girl l:i H'u 1 -ed. Well, tluit lln my tlir.i Iki-o cv, ning, I walked six mil sml bark t i paw the old gray fn milium. I rjiw her, hx). ftr as 1 w is vl'tlna on tlie utoiMi Aval! opisisite the h rv ( reKtiug mid sisM'ulitting ns to wii.t In' was he nne to tlie wlt.d w ai;d luoketl out at tlie moon. All .the ls'Xt day I keit ih'nk ng how pretty she looked with Ii.t inmv r.nlsed to hang the sheet, and hw tin' light glistened on her liair. ar.d how she had leaned forwaid to look u; tit the moon, and that night tiu t w:ix my Boston n!gltt-I spent In ri'cuii.s,' mr from the eoils of u loti emistriitur, only to find her the next minute lu danger of being enished by a f re, slit vr. Tin; heroie nets 1 pel formed ili ti night would make u volume. Tlie nrxt day, on my seeund t'-lp. 1 thought I caught a glimpse of th.n blue gown flying around it conn r. Says I to myself: "This tiling must stop, K m, or you'll lie getting into trouhle some d ) . You'll lie forgetting to slow up o.er thflt trtle, nd there'll Isj b s If. d Um in the pajier, 't)wing to the Caie lessuess of the KngliM-er a Score of Souls Hurled Into Ivternlt: !' "So," says I, "this won't do. EIUmt the girl's worth fretting atwmt or sin Ain't, aud the liest thing for you to Io, Sam, Is to find out which right ff." So that evening at supper I opetnd kinder gently with the laiwllady: "Good fiinuing country rott; d here,' says I. You sfe, I hadn't ls n on Unit brunch very long, so the remink seemed natural enough. "Urn," says Mrs. tirubl), hard at work on a piece of bwfsUtik to set a good example to the lxiardcrs. "I notice sme line tiws along by Oliewlwro," sajs 1, mentioning the rwn where my blue girl lived. "Urn," from the landlady. uRa'u hanl ;t work. "Tliere's one espeiclally luiid-i ime one In front of an old house beyond the trestle on the right; ever notice It?" says I as carelessly as 1 could, but waiting quite breathless fo1 her answer "Ieacon Stack pole's, yes." "StsickpolcV" I repealed abmil, "I used to krwiw some StackpolcH." wlilcli was tnii enough, only they we e two young kids in the poorhouse d iwn in Maine. "-Htackpole, Stackpob-! What's the doacon's family?" "Nothing but his wife and grand daughter." "Oh, yes," says J, nulla cureless. "Seems to me I've seen a 1'nle girl playing round." "Little girl!" shouted Mrs. Krubb, forgetting her lsyfslwik in h r cagei' nefss. "She's 17 If she's a d.iy. and a gctod tall girl f(' her ge, nrd a great fcelp to her grandmother, J can I ell yfou." At which for roinu unknown ivhhou I felt much p'etsed. "She's nil fired piKitty," mld'd .IIiu Stokes, the ingineer on 11!), at which I felt an equall sudden dmlru to kick him. I put on my other suit and a new blue jwx-kit.le the girls used to s;iy J looked prutty well In ia blue necktie mud I started out for . my six mile trainnp. I ihadn't mi'ade all hee p 'opriratjotis for nothing, you inay Iks sure. I pro posed to lo Bomolihlng inore than sit on the totu wall Mint evening. lllnwe was a light In (the sitting roi-m Wlwn I came in sight of the house. and I plucked up courage mnd knocked at (the bor. I don't mind tolling you that while I wiis 'waiting for somebody to come I Mt klil of weak about it he knees, and when rtiho door ojsnw'd nnd there fitxMl Mollle holding tilic lamp up high aiul looking out ilnro the darkners, with ber cflii!;l(s as pretty as a peach, well, lihen I was clean gone. I managed to wuwiiiner out the speech I'd inade nlwut being out walk ing mind being itlred, and might I rest ami (have a drink of water? (Joudnei-s knows I needed balb, for I mm that shaky I was fit to drop. MolUe :told tne to walk In nnd called Iter grand father. I told hi in who I was Sam Thorpe, eiigineor on 47, the lst engliwj on the iroud, too, Jr and lie trtado line woUiome amd treated me hearty. - "ThLi lis my wife," Hiild be, "and this Is my granddaughter, Mollle," he jr. addetl sis tie ntme In wunylug o )ltch er (if elder and some gl,Ms, aud with a pivtty Hush on Inf cbwks. 1 lent' down and bad n real pleusant ewwhig, tied H wHu't i he last, 1 H)snt there either, for h course of thms wlKuwver I spmtt the night In Ohowbvrtx which wca vvory other tdeht. ,on remember, 1 sintiit tho eve ftbut with Mollle, tne evening I got to talking tdnait names, aisl iy 1 : "Your name's a iptor oiu-Ktack-Mtlo. I nev-r met with It lsfore ex wpt when I was a Ihv, lovn lu M.dne wlnw I llvinl there www two Imys who had hmi left on Hie pmr house ti me night, anil who wew brought up (there. 'Ini nml UIJc their nantivs wein, 1 ismoiu!ior. and we hoys uxtsl to Ciill them luyliaeks fir fun. Mollle bad given tt little cry of sym pathy for the orplukiu. 1 supposed, but nsfictl tiiiruptly as lur graiuiraner gkimt(l at her seveivly. He was n staMti man uid dlsllktHl ull d!ply of Ktt htHi!lsl!hS. The iwiine Isn't umoinmon In some pans," said ho, and that was nil, lo you kmiw, after that tin1 old man would hardly sieuk to nie and gave me to uiideivtsuid by his nmnuer that 1 wasn't us welcome w t usiil to tie, It made us uwd. S" at last I ujs ta Motlio: "I tell ou, Mollle, 1 ciin't stand this. I must see you as much as I have done, and I can't d It with your grandfather nctlmr as If be owed me moiwy. New, t don t want to no iiuy tililng' umlerlKiud, und I know your hiKnwt little heart wmuhln't h't you elttior, so the only thing for us to do Is .to get married right otr. nnd I'll and ask your grandfather now," You see, wil'd made It all up Mwerti us .some time boftuv, but we'd aui'ced to -wait ye.tr, liwunw .Mollle vwui u .voting. Mollle said "Yea." nnd off I went to Interview the old man. I didn't cv n--t a very cortllttl ixsi'iMhm, but I didn't cxiH't auyisUlug mvuiy so warm as I git. t was ctKMilgmd to a snt not tit In b -iiient toned liofiwv bnlit-s llet mlu u'e I made my popos-liUon. and the old gentleman usd language that cer tainly didn't hel-nig to a deacon, Them 1 got mad. ami sjiys 1: Have you anything against my character, iMteou Stackpote," miys 1, "or my prospects?" "No." ;tys lie; "I've looked them up prnity 4',-ut'ful!)' when I guesssl what you weiv hanging round bote for." "Thou what Is jour objection?" says I. But hi wouldn't have anjllihtg to sny hi i te hut "No no. no," and wouldn't IMtn to nnytelng I said, ho 1 otr to Ibid Mollle rr lug under n't apple tree, for she'd Itc.ud our niisjry VoiciS. I dhlu't ' her the next evening but one, fori f omul at mj lm dim,' lmus a long letiter from !u-r: "Sain, ditir, grand fat her Is very de termined, ami you'd better not conic over this week. "It's all about iths two little Itojs you knew lu Maine In the p.M'riiuu-ie, You see, I -kid an 1'in-le Tola, w ho was grandfather's -oldest son, lie turned out to he very w lid and a yrcit trial to WrtHidfatiier, and he neavly broki :r.i!tdr:!itlii''s hejirl. After awhile he marrhHl tin actress, nnd they went away and neor weiv heaid of for yiaiN, "tumlfat'her Is an awfully proud man, aiul he was mortltlitl to deatli at the way t'nele Tom bad tulcd. He had Im ! ep '! it feoni the church, and ' h.-1 was a it bfow, and tllial ly, vtici I.,, t hi- ! ! Iiotae bin wife, '.' t w s t! e ll!ih'tig ton'!i, ''. ' is hi i k It tl d and she red it e-i-d her i-hivks, aiul nl.e wus rattier h-td miii', Inn loud talking and noi ':'' t,-r:iluliilotlier. iti'iuitliiHither trbtl to bear wl,h hf, but one day siie was liiitideat, and I'ncle Tom stotwl up fee her iitfatnxt his mollier. and grandfather gut iiiigry ami turned them lmilt mi! of ihwnn, "In tliree or four years n 1 tier crsui" to grandmother fnun Itnele Tein, written from Maine, saving unit his wife had died, nnd that lie was very ill himself and didn't cp-. t to the long, tuitl that lie had two little be, wl, m ho Inul eallisl Tom and Ahljah, tf:-r blae'elf ami grt i'dt'al'ter, i.nij htnit they'd 1'iive to .. i to tl'e poor-!niii-!i it' S"iiie"i!ng w ;i -ti"f d lie fl tlteiu soolt. Illll Would u 'allillliol'iei tell g.MIIilfa-l'iei' !,W milters hPhhI and how l iiele Tom rieutcd of whtit he hud done. "Urn ml umrttcr nettmlly didn't date to tell g-amir:i.ther. tiioui;h !mr lie'Mt .K'fcil for Iter boy, no she copied It nil down and sent It to him tiuim.Mnotisty. He was as untrry as be could be and cursed I 'nele Tom's wife fur brhilng liie name of Staekpole to the poor liotiH., and t'liele 'J'oin fo being not only bud, but; weak spiel'ed, "'I disowned Ill's wh'ti I sent him from the lion.",' he n i'I, 'end IiiH dill ibeii nod 'ie may die if tins p .rboin-.e lefo'-( I'll r.i'si a ilngci' to In l)i tl:eni.' "In jit, out, a week she saw lu the neiV'.jiaj.H' the neei(it of liie lu.i.i found dead, and lib" iciute, TlmiuaH St:i(JkMde, wax fotiml In h!s Jee-Uct. "( int mliiiol her pluckc I up (enrai,'e and 1 ; I "I to li.no Hie cliildren hrouubt Inline, but. grandfather wouldn't listen t her aiul forbade any one mentioning the uilije:'t tivtiit. "lie Keeins to grow worse as time goes on, so when you Hpoko of your knowing two hoys nann-d Si lekpale in tiho pnoi'lioiMo be began to hale you, and li" haled yon ever Kiice. Tit it's the only reason he lias for not letttiitf im tn irry. "I exclaimed wlc'ii you tnld me Choir names, because I knew I had Komow'hni'i! two cciiliis, Tom and l!IJe, but. I didn't 1nov then till tlie story as I hiive iluld if, to you. "Sain, dear, gi'.'indl'uil her Is going la neiid im.' to hoarding school rihl away, so I ctiu't see you." Then came some tt-toler words from the dour little girl's loiing heart, met 1 dcichled 'that some! h'ng ,,lnns, ,e done and .thill, at otice. The next day ithait I w is in town I received a mole from M .l e telling nie I he imriietilars. She wan to go to tl boarding school 100 niihm away the next, day on the ." o'clock train, ami her grandfather runs to go avIHi her, I had been thinking till night over a plan, and I resolved to put In in() ex ecution, for sis to Mol lie's going away mo far from mo It was utterly out of the (iichI.Ioi), Ktrst, I ,wroJ a lung letter to Mol lle, describing !!lie vhoh plan and giv ing her iniliutn d!ii'e',tlotis as to her pti'itt In It, This 1 dispatched liy u llliisHenger wlioni I crtilld ti'llKt, with (tlriMtthcis to give It to Mollle herself. Thou I traveled nil over town to get leave of absence for the next day, I was gonig to tcike the next day off anyway, bint I thought I'd nather get It liouiistily If I could. I got sniilss'il(Hi Cor .Toe McDntnild to nut his engine on my train, and th:!,t SUltid me, I ncienled n loenino tive In ninnryliig out my plan, and of (oiti sc 1 knew my own best, Tlie rcr. of the night I spent In some neceswiry ctijrpeiiitier work, A hung day lihe next was. I obtained a miMTiago license, tnd with tliat In my pocket 1 felt, it hat I could defy a dosseu cross-grained grandfal liern. j'wriy m tne at ternoon I. got up Jitea.m In 47, and It seemed as If I lie minutes wro hoiu'S uiittill H o'clnek, I'd haxl to tell iflie RclMHim to uiy Ilre- imun. I d got, lrei.ve for ihiin too. I was geittlng pretty nervous when we 'Started out, tl little before 5 o'clock, We ran slowly up (the iroad, aud then got onto ft side liraick tliail: extend ed nlimigNldo flic main road about ten miles and luckily waM Just then free from irs, At last wo Jieaird the rumble of the express J ri ilho dlHtance. Then 1 pulled tilne tlmxtJlle, Kind wo ibegtiu to lnako a good swcd, o tliat our gnJt Just t'fjuitlud tlitut wf the express, nnd wh ran side by fide, IIi-n(, ntwuil, tthliM me. That, was the one I bad told Molllt) to be lu, nnd on the farther side, so that her grandfather should not see my eitglm. V lell kick a little nnd ran even with the rear platferm of th vtr, Vould tiho Iwvo the courage to do It? Such n slight Htllo thing u she wan, nnd It would need such pluck. tVuhl she esiHtpe the old iimu' vlg llanii? Ye, there she was on the pliiiforni! Quick iuw: thciv wus the result of my night's carpenter work, n plank h.ng wmuuh to kmicIi from the call of my hM'oumilve to the pint form of the ear, pro lihd with a Kill, so that the portions walk inlghl be nimh' s safe as jiotslblo. It wm. lined In place, and she otoppiMl upon It bravely, tbuiigU her ehiH-ks were detilhly mle. How nnvlously 1 watched every step, keeping one hainl oil l-lie inrei.te lent oiiLlH'l' 4'll!4l!H' .tncmU-f of slilckeit Its speed nnd the idunk be shaken or leut from the straight line! Halt way across! A Utile faltering as nlie glitneed down at the tljlug guivcl. ,t'ur!ii', my darling! I cthd, Teeple were b'gtttn.lug to crowd to Hie windows, and out uisiti the phu r,wiu niKiied the brakeiuiiu and a half oten piiiusiMigerH and among them Unuult'atln'r Slnckae. No ih dawil to spiik for fetir tied Mulilo wottld lose her balauee. I h" r bnikmnan uhsidhsl that end of the bridge, ami the deaeou wrum; hU 11,'tmU lu in serv, ,Uno-U over, Two Stepn llU'll1, dud more, find smotlieivdV ln tlri'iuiiti I ptaycl en Mum 1 milled Iter In it ml sm her w l! h kisses, while tl .,t.,.,l ..,i.ul ,,,,, iul nti.l lit; "W"""" ,-'' "C -- I j ..I.... ... r ... t.il , Tin plunk, Molttei d.uigeroim Icldire, fell to the giinind as the i x itnv.n untied ahead, nnd WC noticed that the feat h id ts-eu aetonipllfdud Jut! hi time, f.M- 1 lskcl out and saw ', oitlv a three iptarter tulle stretch of the wide track Ih foi-e us. We iwewed (lie engine dear old -17 chat had won me a wire-wind withlit till hour I was tlie husband of the sweetest little woman tlml man ever loved itty Mollle here. f "What bieaui" uf grandfather?" lie soist f,g.ne Motile find h is nlwaya leen kind to us, but bis heart ts still f d.-irkettut to Tom's sous, whom Moliiej, liixbt.d on hunllusj up In Maine. ; We found them lt, pr,,KMroiiH farmer, who hint no Heed of Ki'.'iml father's help, nnd this fact seemed te ' eol'tlrm his dfteruiiu:,thn til Imvef nothing to do with them. I'lMttdmoUuv his v (sited them, m, and I dd lady. ( she Is the same kind benrtiil old ilovotedtv fond of Mollle nnd attached trt our two h,ys. Ham and Abljah -I Ilattfonl Times, ALASKA'S rilANTtiM CITY. Air. White Saw It In Thinks It May He n Mirage mid Settlement, Some one revives cv"y few ycittt the legend of the Silent City, seen H a mirage over the .fiilr jthtcirr. In illaeler buy. Alaxkn. l.V tiiihs above Itineatl. Wlit't p'Hifeses lo be a dio, bsmgiMvluit f the city with ttilld.ivlt tit Inched was publish"! and sold sonic yt.trs ago, and at least half a il.weii white men pnifi " to have Sr'ti (he city, while the nativis of the Ahmknii eo.tst eherbli the trtldlt'loii of Its c Isionce. The utlnige Is usually visible nt titu! this time of year. One man hvlMvs limit he s!iw tt on July ", Ihn;, and tw others. It Is dit'lai'i d. have made atlidivlt tliat tlu-j mv It three days iMfure that date, .f.diu M Wliltc a Virginian, who after ten or lifted, years spent In various pans of tin West, lias settled dowu In I'llShldel phia, solenmty d'sl.trefi tliat he saw it on June LM some yottrs ago. Mr, White's account of the pheitoitt. cuott li clii'iiurJt.'ititial In the highiiu degree, and he Joins tl It n theory it;' to what the city Is and where tt li. . lie dii-lali-i that he studh-i! the mir age for nine hours thtough it power ful ghtSH as It was spread nbive the irl.ieler on the side of Mt. fair WVnth. cr, lie nlllrms that the city Is walled, llt.lt Its houses are blt'b menled, and the chimneys nuruiousited by chlliliie; pots; that, within the walls llu-rc is a t'-l! iineiuuicnt surmounted by the ;riili!it!td llgnre of an Indian In full h-vuhlre s and feiifherx. Ills glass re vealed to hint seine of (he Inhabitant!!, men In kins' breeches and jackets. The only benst visible wits a ilotk" like eretttuif, with n btsly as huge as that of a I torse. The mirage appeared at llrst nlmiit ll ::io a. m, as a mist, and nut of tlih ro-.e the towers find battlements of tin) city n illd tlirme of nncleni Troy, liy no.m lh" city was ns clearly out lined :is New York Is from the .Iivracy Heights, Mr. While rejects Die various guesies that the phantom city Is Ant. we p, Montreul, or Salt Uike Cily, lis! iirehkt'H-in.iti Is liltb'kc that of any olli or c!tv he has si-en. That It Is a real city lie U certain, from lle fact Hint ho has Moeii throe photographs taken of t'he mirage, one of -which shows a tower rng amid Hie houses, and a in.t or on.' 1 ,! 1 1 same lower llnl.-ihed. lie believes Chat II Is u inlmgc f the city fit the .North pole on the edge of tie' tradilioiial iip.li Polar sea. lie Im lieves (that when the kiiii Im at Its hh'ttiwh iioefhoi'ii point, as ill in on June HlKt, till mirage of tlto Arctic IlieliMpidls Is (reHet-itctl to the point where It; trppeam over the Mulr gla cier. Tlie legend of the Chlleatis of A la-1, i Mippnrts this llieory. They say Histt uniiiy -eiitiirles ago, when Al' i'-k.i was ia warm mul ditiscly ss- pled couitl.i'y, there riinii' from the north, through 'the Ice barrier, a sav age people, fully armed, who laid wast'o the 'region and put Its Inhabi tants to the sword. These savage WMi'i'ior-t, lie liellevcis to luive been the .'inrcMiiKi's of ililie A inerleaii Indians, fit i 1 he Is eonvinced that lu coming thcoitgh tlie Icii huiiM-ler it ley left lie hind a. warm ireglon about the pole, Where the ireninant: of Hiell' peoiile colulinili'd to develop m 111 III leligUi built, tint incliropoIlM ceit ,ou SI. John's day in -mirage mhove the .Mulr glacier, The pictures purporting to have been made from piiolngiiiphle negatives of tlm .mlriige ciiiri sent, nit ordinary niodei'ii elty without, walls or battle ments, but ;wlHi K.paeloiiH, :ciunl'orliibl.e liwddng hottscM, iiriiuiuiiil(il with bniail 'htnitH"lH and iliil''i'spersod with itrecH, lu fact, they look like photo giupliH of w.'inli dun wings made by an iuul:Ut, I hat. was not too careful to fol low the details of the legend, Tn IsiTi i KittTT Horsea I'.rovvn, I lie only survivor of tlie war of 1H'J on the I'acllle coast, will celebrate bis lo.'ld blrtluliiy nt the home of his grandson, Orr brown, near Wlldervllle In this count v, on the ISLh of Ibis iimnlli. The old gentle man was born In New Hampshire-mid caiiKi west into Ohio when about. I'll years of age. He was only some twenty days lu actual service, In our neeotid war with Johnny Hull, but tint government grunts him a pension of .$.10 a mouth, lie has been helpless for about eight, years nnd when llart'l Sull was elected In 1N.H8, Ilosea WilH brought lo the polls In n chair to vole for him, being preceded by a blind nf miiHlc This wus at Drain, 1n thin Htiile. The cenleniuirlan, nil hough very deal', lows to talk of old tliucH when he was a boy nnd has n, memory its perfect as In childhood. lie was never iimriled but once, and his wife leaving bliii for tin great beyond at the nge of (!", somo Ho years ngo, Grants Puss Courier, SinVKUToN HAUVKNT ldOSTlVAL There will he a grand rural harvest festival nt Sllverloii July aoi.h. United States Senator Mitchell and Slate Sen nbor Itrovvncll will be jiresent nnd do liver ' nddrcsses, Two bunds have been engaged for the -occasion, OltKUO.N ON YIIliliL8. 8, P. Kxiiiiilnei'! The train which hits been advertising the iidvtiutjigeii or Katun flam coimty ttiroiidhoul the Kant bus created n sensation whore ever It ha gone. It seem Incredible to us that then nhould be eny part of the I'uited Mlnte In w hich the iiatiut or f'nutit ChirB I unknown, but such regions oklNt. iiml have Iss-u pctietiiit cd bv the Intrepid explorer of Hit) t'ullforuut Introducing company. The Ueorter f Klrklitud, lit., deseilbrit the Invitation tn visit the Unlu and (trtloMly tibsei'vo! Curiosity wits at once aroused lis 4n wltiit Kama t'hini tiiuuiy had Unit ws better titan our own, and why they took the trouble to place It en it ttitlti and carry It nil over the country, Of course nil of us have read descriptions of t'lilirotiihi. tu Han i rancisco, or t,os Angeles, Kan l'h'gti and l-'resno of raslu fame: hut Ktiu Joso lu Hnntil t'larii cotintv was u new one to us, mid whether Hie exhibit would con .tint cr oraiiKes, inluemU or lutiiher none of lis coitd delcrmlne, t '!'), ., )" i" xi'owti tint display of ki. is even in i.i.o v gnu to touch the I'aUitcril markets for California products. Improved nieih ods of rale lu the large cities will do Hindi, hut It Is Hie education of each -Individual fitfully lu the merits of .ttr fruits that will lay a broad and deep fmtiidnilon for n prodiabh) trade. It is surprising that Oregon cniinol see enough hi this scheme for her to jtwrify the state In ecudiujj out on "Oregon on wheel," MILK I'1!),M AT Alt. About n ,r,"ir n go a sinall farmer near tiotteuliUrg. Sweden. 'nliciVcl i idea of feuding n snmll iututity of finen milk to Knglittid, The scheme proved so em .-.smi that lie extended operations, formed a company, linind a creamery Into n froer.er or faetory t',.r prapatlng the milk, cuter-si Into .iii'tingemeiits with Hie rarmers of the neigliiiorhood for stitplylng hint with milk, ami Is imw ilcHvcrlng several PoiH f fiiiy.eii milk daily to Miim-heii. le,', Newcjistle. Hull. Leeds Hlld l.ell don. Matty Htotcauds of gallotts "f ire .tut have aha been shipped lioth for use ns cream aiul bullet' making, Tlie iu-occks hy which the mllli Is pre pared for iniusp oriatloii cuiinist in tkilm.' tt aud then frecsslng with loitti oia. Ab.iUl otMl pounds of the tV. eit milk me nlacc.t In a buii'et made of white nine and ."'Hi puttll more ef linfro.eti mlik are ilitded. The bitrrct ts titled up very full, si that there mnv he no churning lu trails. I, mot Hie mlik. tl IS Mid. Will deep tl no. nth. The question of summer irae-'P'iriaiion Is provided fr liy cov ering the barrel with sawdust. Th mi s ef Hie elilerprpe lill (.tiled forth II luiKt f devices for pro- tvrving the milk, and other eoiiiilrics are eager lo purtlciimte in Hie trade, SMiitiient have already been made fr..ltl Deliliiitrk, which enjoys the tld vantage of closer proximity to ling Saint, and it is proposed lo establish a ft xor n Ireland. The discovery of the fensihlllly of -itilpilng milk from n distance will prove a great boon to both Sweden and Deiiiunrk, which have suffered greatly from the eotius'tiliou of Aus tralia In the butter trade. The latter country litis doubled her cxhiiIs In the Inst two years, mid during the lirst two mouths of the present year sent to IhiL-l.lud oixmhiO tubs. ngtllllM ,!SU,INMI tail's front Helimatk. This new nut let for cream ami milk will overt the threatened disaster to Swedish find l -atilsh dairymen, but lis effect on the Kngllsh milk pnwlncers, wlm have hitherto believed Hint one brunch of the Industry could never be taken from them, 'must of necessity he very serious. HOW TO MA KM rt'l'.I.IC A Nil MAINTAIN" ltoADS. The following address was dellverei before a t'otlil convention by J. II, Mel will of Steednulll, Mo.! l-'or niiifiy yeiits to comethe dirt mud must be tlie common road of tliecoun- I iv, How to iiitike it iiI iimlnlalii It In the best possible condition the greater part of the year Is the prominent I pro, none to lilseiihs. Cry intiny tenph' forget, Hint the public road is puhlh properly nnd ought to receive lliesaiiu care lit lis use ns a school house or any either piece of public property. Tin rule is in Hie location of school nnd court houses In locate I hem where l.hev will be most convenient to those who use them most, We also through our representatives 'prescribe how they shall be used. The same ought to be true of our public roads. Outside our larger towns Hie rotids cost about ns much annually to build ns Is spent in building school houses In ten years m more than the cost of an average Mis souri court house, yet there Is not a lino prescribing what kind of vehicle shall be lined or what kind of a load If hIiiiII carry. This Is clearly tlie right and duly of those lu whose care public property Is placed to have some rule" to govern Its use, Missouri spends two million dollars per your on hei public roads nnd yet she ullowa lliein to be used In such a manner Hint this uiotiey Is practically lost. The llrst thing to secure In order tn have n good wild Is a good location, Our natural watercourses furnish Hie routes, grades nnd inalicrlnl In greater abundance Hum can bo found tiny where else, buy out your roads so ns to avoid cttlH nnd tills ns fur as prac ticable. They-lire cosily to niiike find iiiiiliilaln. If there Is n wet or spouly place over which the road must jiiisn llrst uiKlerdralii by putting tiling di rectly under I ho center of the wad; al ways bearing In mind that under drains, are not for the purpose of catching siirl'neo water but Hint which rises from below, Do not allow any surface, water to enter your under drains or II: will surely till tlictu up. Tim under drain catches the wider ns It rises mul prevents it. coining lo the. HlllTneo Hof letting I lus road bed. Crown up the surl'iiee so Hint the rainfall will j run from the center of the rond lied to the ditch on cither side; the object be ing 1o allow the smallest ficcunmla tloti on the fond surface. Six Inches lu twelve feet: Is ample crown, The wild bed should bo twenty-live feel wldo from ilitcU to tlltflj; If umclil traveled flu- feet wider, The dltchrs dumb! be from fUlis'll t() twenty Indi ct dn p .1 lint bottomed wherever I heie l.i t th full. The road Mirfne ten.,', be .,.tmlll, leaving no blimps. It would Is' better If It were carefully rolled so as tu make each part ullU II rm. Now cotneii the pnrt to which I re ferred In the beulmiliitf, to wit: tin! protection of the road tssl. If your court house or school house were given a new coat uf piilnt the janitor would turn Hm key in the door and tell you Unit you must wait for the paint tu dry In-rare Using It. Yenm of patient study leads me to only one (iucIuhIou, itlul Hint Is Hint the peo ple have tlie right tn sny what kind of a vehicle chilli be used, and the amount of loud It may curry, Itcgu litto the use nnd soli hnvo prnctlciilly si Ived the jiialnteiiauee problem, (iood earth roads cannot be malm tallied tu any other way, or for Hint mutter rock minis Wilier. Wagon tires proportioned lo the load, double trees and ueekyoke of such length Hint the liciid of tlie ten in and the front wheels Will been Hie same line, nnd yoti have Hut oucMiinii nf Hie making ami nulla ) mining of a good earth road pMell f cully solved. The proposition to icgip flute- the milliner of using the public Jt'oiid Is the first tiling iieeesmiry to f ward securing better rotids. Allow me tto regulate the milliner of lilt'dilug 'the leant and the width or lire, and I ? will make good roads Ihrntuho'it Mis . jsotirl lu ten years w ithout one dollar , more for road purposes th in Is now (expended. I Veiled naiiiHf lh pro posed cuiiMiliiitotiiil fHiioioluiciit last November thoruiitsiily convlu'ed that wn ought not to have mure money ttn (tlt wo hunt! to pioperly ue wind we !now get. and prevent the iti.riielloii s uf our public highways with pitrrow dire wagon loaded with creitjcr loads t tut n limy should curry, s How would 1 prevent this? I'uss a , law lieeim!tt;i every vehicle used on the 'road. Hltite the kind of elilc!. and - the load It Should be pcn'tiUed to e.ury. It wmild work tu liinlshlp. ThoKo who deeiroy our ni cts must pay die least toward their m.iint-maiice. Idieluidt the poll bttf tn one dollar lu ' -n.-.h, and colled it license from lhnc who ue vehicles, nnd (bin wliere a Villlih' Is loaded heavier limit lil.otted "Ui the licence. Not a steiiiii. r cr mid refuel t inics a patsettger or I'oods ui utti' rivers cr lakes wu'etut a II en( showing Its enpaciiy, If the ,,'eiienil goveiiiiiu uf take such cure to prelect life aiul property why not pro. .ted our roads which lire in universal Itisn nnd which couiilbitit lu u large t degree to our hupplm" and general ",' welfare. Apply the old .iitage, "U-t shofte w hiMtcce pay Hi" il ldter," find we have gone n imu way I'l the sobi- Ion of the win! rjti (um. Tim WAY TO ! IT. An Agent tlie I bx-s In Columbus, Ohio, Interest of Oregon. In The Oregon ColniilMtlnu society Is branching out vigorously, find ndiu' work, under thorough nrgnuiraition, i being waited lu the Ktlst. S, l I html wait ha been nppoliited general Knst ern agent for this society and hits gone to Columbus, Ohio, On arrival lu I'titt elty lie will open nil othce mid proceed w ish the work of oigitiil.Ing parties to e.tuo it the Pacific Northwest during the .Mining winter find spring. He will hunt up person w ho are Interested In this country, nnd who lire likely tu eollie lo any scclletl of it. For Hie purpose of aiding In the work' of nt I met Ins piuple. lltenilure iH-rtalitlng t the resources and advnttt age of any section will li carefully mul y,:ieimitiettliy distributed by Mr. Itnimwalt, It Hhoitld be remembered that no pei-:.timl Intercut Is being sttlwerved In tills work; Ihsil the single aim Is to tiling people here tllld Settle litem lit Hie rural district to their best ml vantage, , Speaking of the tun Iter, Fugene 1, While mijs: "In thc;i lime of vlgorntis strife and comiM-Jltliill between bitsine:' firms, corisifitiii'tis and others, there Is also a like activity and competition between the various spntelv settled leotinti nf this country, all seeking lo obtain population and the resulting advantages, and unless the people of the Ciieltlc Northwest gel In iitidsiand i.igelher and keep everlastingly nt li, i his sec! inn of America Is likely to lie itg.llil distanced lu Iho nice. That Htcse Nni'th I'lti'llie slates should have doubled their population to sustain iind assure pwsperily pi lm Wiles find tuw us already laid out, no stunt person will question, nnd tliat the resource and all the conditio!!, If fully and fairly put before the people of the pop ttlotis if niers lliiotighoiti the Interior and the Kast, are such ns lo Justify and attract nnd bring people here, mt one familiar with the situation doubt." thi: ui'ssian tihstlh. Ureal Interest wti taken In (he fact licit the so railed Uiisshlll thistle WHS found last summer, lu several stales In which lis presence had not been proved Itcfore, There Is n danger that ,t like Interest will imt lie taken this season until so late that It Is possible seeds may hnvo been matured, In most agricultural papers nnd In bulle tins of most experiment sttilloii de scription nnd pictures of the plant have nppoitretl. It Is a utniter of coin inoii prudeiiee for farmers to be on the lockout for the young plnnts nnd de stroy these. Almost Invariably the places In which the weed lias been dlseovcred have been near railroad lines. As yet Hie weed has not been found lu Illinois, Indiana, or Ohio, ex cept In Hie northern parts of these ttat'-s. Keep lu uiliid Hint the plant Is n u u mil. If one Is pulled up before it has produced sect, Hint Is an end f lis possibility of Injury, If ne glected tills one plant nuiy produce I'hoitsiinds of seeds nnd, possibly, scatter these widely, ltallwad unite tgers have iiinnlfestd a hearty will ingness to do what they can In the way of having the plants destroyed on (Mr rights of way, but farmers In regions where Hie plant 1ms been found or whew It may be reasonably expected will do well to examine the rail nnd public roadsides carefully. It Is vastly eiisler to destroy a few plnnts than to successfully light the further spread of ninny thousands. 1IOI' 1NTKLLIUKNCR. The condition of the yards In this slate has Improved under more favor able wen t her, but no one nt nil convcr 'taut, with the matter places the yield at. over 7." per cent of last year's crop, and some csllinnteH run down to (10 per cent. There Is unfiling new from the I'acllle const, In most sections the crop Is coming on nicely, and the only drawback Is lint pmbnblllty of n short age of money to pick the hops, N. Y, ITleo Current, In general the vine Is doing well hut nothing lins occurred to lead growers to expect more Hum about Im If a crop, There are still very conllictlng reports from the hop yards In this stale. He rmit rn ins 'have undoubtedly done con- slilefiiblo good, but the vines have made a weak growth Hits season, nnd have not armed out In n manner Hint will be productive of a good yield, Neglect In ctilllvnllon Is apparent on nil shies, and our newspaper exchang es, ns well ns rciiuiiin corrc'spoiKietien put the crop nt only a Utile more 1 linn half of flint of lust yenr. "We hear n little mow tnllc of Ilea in Oregon, but the general outlook on the l'ticllle coast Is exceedingly favorable. The only trouble, seenm to be the uncer tainty ns to whether sulllclent jtinney can bo obtained to pick the crop, Ii'rmn abroad there are no reports that Indi cate, nny ehnnge In the general pros poets. Wfltei'vlllo Times. AN K(JH rilllslCKVINH l'MID. Prof. P. I WnshlMirn, of the Ore gon exsrlunsit iHaHon, glvm a clpe which be ho fuiwl most vxM lent This ws'ljs I well known to uuaiixMu fiwt ha Jsmhi fnihlisJnsl yet tltorw tuny b tuan.r who would im glad to km.W it Vtvt, Wnshlmrti Mt.ti"i f lmt he ha knt 'Bgs for year, and found litem xs'lhiit for cooking tut the expiration of Hint time, Another was kpt for tv years, and tlmn alsutt twMbbds uf them, or about Hint prosirthn. wcrn found c eeptable Im lute du the klh'hcn, In this mcoihI H Hie gsl itg wre t II.ii xttoui of the Jar, where, itfltuml Iv. Hie liquid wiik stronger, whlhi Kim j'olks of Hm eggs lsv bud shrlvclisl iind IcudisMsl, 1-eudeWng them Ultllt for ue. Tim recipe In nt follows; JMmhoIvp oimi pint f wdt In one Kill bu of water; stack t wo jwutiids of quicklime In three gallons of water; when entirely slacked, Hr find allow It Ui eHle two or three limes and then pour Jhn clear Ihpild off Into n ciis k. or mny nssidiu le that can ls eovomsl, mid mid (the salt water, iimk. leg lu till four gallons or Ihpsid. Hggs tIacd In tttls iiiimt ls lMSj'feet Iv fiivh, clcin, and not cnu kisl, They iinet lie lowered Into the liquid find dot. allowed to drop tn the britoin of the muck, (hereby ruituliig Hie risk of being broken. No Iwtiluwsit of eggs Itcfore put ling In brine Is iim'nry, KUKI'IXtl A-JIKN IM itOD (JUN IUTIOX. opinion differ mi Hie prop way Pi feed hens to keep theiii In giss! con dition, nnd we horowlth give, by wny of variety. Hie advice of the Farm er Uuhb't To kcp n ben hi gtssl condition for laying mm should never hava n full crop during tlto day. it Is not wrong to give a tight meal of mlisl r.xsl, warm, lu the morning. In Iho trough, but siu'h iiHfd should bt one-fourth the quantity tlm lu'tis require. They should go uwny from lit' trough utis-'ttilsiled, iiml then diotlhl so-k their fond, deriving It grain by gmbi, engaging In healiby exeivtse In older to otrtnlu H-und lu such clrruiiistitne the foml will In pit! Into the glwuird slowly nnd l ltlr dJgcited. Umdually (Hie ben will fuvuniuliito sulH4nt fsl to pw vide fur he night, going on the rooW wIMi a full crop, xvb-re she ail leis urely forward It from the crop tn the glrwird. Feiillng soft fool lends (o many rror on the fsirt of the Isgln tier, eaiHlug him to ovisrfitnl nnd ptiin P ltts hens, and by It Hw-y will rwu li i.Hlf to laying. It Is iutn li Is-Hcr ti f,sd Im ii itraiii only tl.tin lo foil from a I tough, mil" tne soft fond Is r:ivfnlii inensurit. A quart of mined ground grain, molHt-tMd find In a eruui'ily condition, sliouhl bo nitllcli-nt for forty lins ns n VUarter' for Hie morning, but two quart of whole grain should then le sentiewl In llt-u-e for thefti to sts k nud ms'Utx fot themselves." A (oltNKH ON CIlFltltllX The Olyinpiti Crop Nought I'p for Slilpmcitt Faisi. J, U, Cliapiiell. a Imitl conimlssloit man, rciuniisl from olyutphi yi-sierdiiy and reri that aSuuwt the i-nilw tlterry crop of Hint seerioii tin Iss-u bntgltt iqi for shipment Kast. Mr. Ch ippell Ktild: owing to the fact that olyinpia supplies a great amount of Hie cherries cnisnmisl along the Sound, this will cause a seardty of the fruit In the lo. cnl fruit market and a consequent ad viineit lu prhx'. Not iii!y hnve the i ily uipla cherries been bought up, but nil crop of any imporianre lu west-ei-u Washington. The Ulack Hepubll '.in, Itoyal A line nud Ithuk Turtiirlau are Hie prlnttpal variolic, "Tim priiv paid for the cherries range, fwiu It lo 4 cents per pound. They wilt be packed In 10 pound tsixes and shlpjs il by tlm car bsnl. "The big shipment will not begin f r a few ila.ut, as lite sblppem wish V get the lied of lite cinp, and when it Is nf Its fullest," Mr. Chiippcll nlsii says: "The black berry crop along the entire Sound has been rng.'igist for tdilpmciit Kttst. 'lutring liie strawberry season Just cloned elgltl carload of Hie fruit were shipped I'm ni from Western Washing tun. In this way farmers were en abled to get between $t nud $- per crate for HiWr betrles, whereas tliey would hnve received only ,'iU cents or Hiercaboiits for ih i -iii In the home markets. "There ha been n scarcity of ber ries In the Middle and Haslcrn suites tills yenr, which has caused it big de mand for fruits from Hit) Hvergrceu stale."-Titeonm New s. UriHF.H IN CIIOOSINU MKAT. Iteef, when young, has a Hue ojs'ii grain nud nied color, nnd the fnt tihoidd bo white, for when more oMcss yellow the meat Is sehloni of the best, Iteef, of which the fat Is hard nnd (Skinny, nnd the lean meat of a deep red with course fibres, Is of nu Infer ior quality, nud w hcu the meat I old It can be told hy a line of horny text ure, running through the nicnt of the rib. Mutton must l chosen by the firm ness and llneiiess of the grain. Its color, nnd tlm tlrm while fat. I.nmb Hint lias been killed too long can be dbteovorcd hy cxnmlunlton of the veins In the neck. These nre bluish when the meat Is fresh, but green when It is stale. In the hind-quarter, the point to exnntlne Is the knuckle, which Is not tlrm when the incut Is not perfectly fresh. Venison, when young, will haveelenr nnd bright fnt which should be of eon- shlernblo thickness. Partridge hnve yellow legs nnd thick colored hills when young, tjntill nre greatly Im proved by wrapping them In very fnt larding bacon before cooking. MAUKFT FOR DAIRY PItOIH'CTS. Wllllii'iu I'l. Curtis, ,ln writing from Toklo to it lie Chicago Heetml, men tions n fuel Hunt seems very pertinent tin W'tisttorii Oregon. He says very few cows are kept In Ja pan, it he grass of Hint country nut lwiing suitable for dairy food and hi consequence u great deal of coudiwod nillk Is shipped Into Japan! from itilm Unified 'States wild Swlitswlnnd. ItiiMmr Is Imported from Hie Fultied Stskiies, Holland iiml Den mark. 'Mr. Ciuitls also ways tlm grass Is uiiiMUiliablo for cows, iui(l as a con sequence, a man lu Toklo who keeps a cow Is coinis'lled to Import his hay from hlils couulry. It Is possible that this silaito of nlTiilrs In Japan niny open itihe way for Hie development of -a market for Willamette TOlley dairy pi'islucts. AVits-tern Owgon is priMniilniciiiilly llttcl by initura for n great, dairy cinmhry mul the business bus Iwv'ii develoisil to quite nn extent. It Is foi'luntiile Hi'iit we have n new falling nnni'lcdt for dairy products so ne.'ir ins .1 iiiiMin. iSalie-iu houhl have n creamery to hWp ftupply tlie demand thai: will spring up with the develop ment of the Orient. GOOD liOADH AGAIN. Oonncrtleint Is the laitesit stale to cti act: a, good roads law. The net Is u liiipl( one. It ipnwldes for a eoninils islou of thireo members tn ls appoint ed by tt 1 vi governor, whoso duly shiill bo to overseo the work of mncadnin Mng iroads, nnd inssess the cost of tiho iliupruvimnetiit In thceo cquul pnrla on the town, tiho county nnd the state. The stale's miUny Is limited to $7.V (ii)O, This is a modeist stiin, but suill--lieiiit to 'permit a valuable experiment to be trl(il. The wad Improving Js to be Initiated by ttio towns themselves; after tiho ixwnls iare selected It is far tiho eoniinlsshinei's to seo Hint the work Is properly dauo mud the cost duly ppponloiied, IS m IMMORTAL? Logic of the Belief in a Future Life. The Question Discussed by Dr.Briggs. The Illslhiirulslictl l'muyltrliiH The vlugM't Tlioiiglit on tlil luteruittliiar rfu'ij'tet. Th weli known dis-trim be Im rtulliy of the noul savors timr of ilrcck phllosoidiy (ban f Hie ndlgloii of the Old and New Tcslituicnls, I cannot find In Holy Hrrlplure any slniomciit Hint liuplbn Hint Immortal liy lultcr.'S lu the nature of the oiil or Unit It Is a chtirneferistlc of the ''' ns distinguished from the body, Tb bcrtiitlful pisin relating fls story of paradise ri'iuesimls Hint our llrst par--it u were driven forth from paradise est they should eat of tlm tree r me and live forever, u wottm mn. . -rore. Hint the author UniuKlit that long coiitlnmiucM in life was conditioned upon Hie reception of vital energy from something exterior to limn. 1 be development of Hie fbs trllie of f" ture lire lu Hie HIM bt entirely de-pi-mleitt iifioii the dis-tiiiin of redemjf Hon. Tin ancient lb-brews shtred tin opinion of oil the aiu-h'tit Jiltfhly or Biuilisisl rellloiis that when umn ex pirs there wcut forth from him shitibi wy limine ,f himself knvlng Hie snitte shape, hut without tts flesh and bones and hhwxl of tlie physical orgnii Ism. This shade dcsicitdcil Into nbed, which was conceived as a ibs'p nud dark cavernous region beneath the earth very much like th Greek hades. In the old Testament, In the other niiclcnt rtdlgloits, all the de parted went to sltcol, when flsy live! as clionts a similar life tn that which they lived lu Hits world. The He brews In their later literature thought Unit there wiis a darker nud dsp.r pin co In slice! called Abaddon, wher the wicked were acitt for punishment. This was a phu e of ruin ami desinn tloii. There Is no evidence lo show that In !ld Testament times there was any thought that there was ever lusting life there for the Individual. The more favored ones among the riiihteomi enjoyed the furor of Jl even lu sltcol nnd found a path of life liter of blessedness and glory. In New Tcrtiimctit t tinea the place of the righteous was called paradise and Ab raham's bosom. Hoih of these ternm am used by Jemrn la the fmspel of l.uke and are Illustrated III the para bl of Iilrca and I-azarua and lu the promise to the dying robls-r, "Thl day shalt tlmu be wltk me In para dise." The doctrine of an ultimate rcmirree Hon from Hie dead first appitirs In the ol I Testament In the Mnecnhcan tHMik of Hanlcl. ltut the prophet eoncelvo of only a piiriinl rosurrerilon, Mine to cvcrlitstlng life, ot hei to ihniue and everlasting abhorrence, I he reiiiirre' Hon of Hie dead Is connected with lh ultltimte Judgment at the end of the age of the world. lu tlie New Testament the universal resurrection ts certainly latieht by Je sus In the gospel of John and by the author of the lS)k of Itcvclatlon. I 'a nl dwells upon Hie resurrection of the rliihteous, but It Is not no evident tliat he tcticltea the resurrection of the wicked. The synoptic gospels cer tainly know nothing of a universal rcmirrcction. The resurrection of the dead In the New Testament la attached to (he day of Judgment and the sec ond advent of Christ. The HtMleal doctrine of (he fttoire life h.ia there fore two pnrts-tlrst, the life In the middle atnte between denih and the resurrection, nnd, nccond, tlie life la the ultimate slate tuilnaspieiit tu the resurrection. The New Testament does not leach that the soul ts Immortal In Itself any more limn Hint the body will rise from the dead of Itself. The life of the res urrect tun Ts entirely dependent npm the. resurrection of Christ. It Is re- dempilve In lis character. There Is no resurrect Inn of the Imily except so far ns Christ has identified hlmsoif with the race of man am! secure! their resurrection by Ids quickening energy. Christ himself liases the ar gument for' Hie resurrection on the statement Hint "liod is not the God of the dead, but of (be living" It ts Im- cnuse of Hie vital relation of Gml ta ins oiTspriug, man. that innii lives. it is usual among theologian to nuii pose Hint immortality Is Involved In the creation of man In the Ininge of God. This Is doubtless true as a log Icnl deduction from the Idea of the Image of God. Hut 1 can Hud no di rect lllbllcnl support for this doctrine. The ltlblleal ths-trlne Is rather Hint stated by Jesus to his disciples, "He cause I live, ye shall live also," Tlie couiinunnce of the life of man is k lr'Udent upon bin continued inil.m with the fountain of life, the over liv ing (u. -m nun we live tun! move nnd nave our being." "For we are aiso urn offspring." Hut what of those whose life Is cut off from the living God? if (i,iP fo were uuogeiiier cut off from God. tbcv would certainly die. They live only mi tui- as nicy nave 1 re In li in i.ut suffers Hie wicked to live In order that UU-.V niny ne redeemed, or Hint tbcv may be punished for the redemption of others. Will this minlslini.no dure forever? So says the church. So snys Christ In the gospels. Jtiit It Is not. (o,cieiir unit forever In Christ's wonm menus nie unnndhiB duration of modern theology, ,rr m eternity either of life, or of death can extend beyond tlto hounds of the sovereign will of God. Eternity ("11 hnot: I)mji rt any more tlinii so long ns God wills to sustain the wicked lu life for the con tinuance of their punishment, nnd we may Im sure Hint this will ho g0 long ns the good of the universe requires and not a moment longer. For those unit mul nun nnu try to serve him so far ns their knowledge goea what ever may be the relighm they prefer, horo Is sure hope of Immortality ftlul bhvssolneSS u their loving relation to he 1 ving God ,Nlthw death nor fo shall lie fible to separate ns from tho lin o of God." The living God will i f file. Iho loving tlod will not lot li s oflsprlng pass out from hi8 i,ve Iho omnipotence and omniscience of Goil will overcome nny couoelvnbl.. perils to their contlminnee lu life Tho lllbllcnl religion guarantees Hie eontlnunnoe of !lf after denth. The nvsuri'oetlou of Christ Biunn u should nnyono doubt (t? Men do not bt fact, doubt It. We niny p,, ; ourselves ns a speculntlvo opl ,on that wo will perish. Hut It la not natural or nnniml for nny one to Inline tlm ho will censo to exist. Men may be ilowlvod by lllustoim and delusions Z to tlto future. Hut It Is extremely Im probable Hint mankind hns been de ceived In Hint universal f.nii, i i, . afiter ibinth which is expressed In oil ,..h.u.,s r,,i,c utu jew inter ones which had a speeulatlve origin. Man's body misses tw,.,,!, . nnl development which hns in Bine clearly marked. The higher nature of man roaches a certain elevation in hi tcllcctuiil and morn relnnn ... ". wheu ninn Is nt his hesi m. u.i i" him, aud he pusses out of tho wor d I If man eon Ul bn tifca n,tt V Jew and dlo only to l.VTil" " more youthful frame, or lie uowu in tlta fnt0 and after a brief period fj, again io n" i-iiirwi i, ..1.1 . (l. I, .... 't on to ila t-oal. but wa know ilmt 2 bisly Is Idd il forever and U Ht, IMrNl lu all nature. The mif bio com lituliy Ia In the ghost lu a euilHslled atafa, Tha a'iai!fl.- trina of Ilia peritnca if firrf urj to tha peralatenee of that higher Uf. which haa left tha body In tuuUm Issly aulted lo I ha WW enrlniom, Th Ideal which man only pirtton. attained In Ihla world be will pnnql and attain In lh n-st world. Tha !. tellcclt.til, aetlteile, moral and ioua aide of our itatura win ttnfoj mora richly, mora rapidly, nnr at4 Ily and ronsla'entljr toward the Uitti nt mini, wlih li can ( no otlwr Hin th, Christ of glory, I ha U1 of Mltm and love. la It credible that man alnmhl , clearly ace hi Ideal, aud, striving bit nt limit, never attain It? la failure lh lot of mini forever? Have alt ih of holluesa ami virtue, Hie projihrt I he reforiiiors, Hie hcris-a of i,tir rv followed an Ignis ramus ami maiilty for all Hwse cinturhn in pvt. suit of an liitpoasibillty? .Suthlng (ta In so Incredible as mu tt a tuilvenml delusion, We are brought by Ihkw by hlsiory aud by philosophy fa, face with lite sttiiss rnult tliii Paul clearly aiaiist, "If In Hd lif i,y have hos'd In Chrlsl, . ar (rf t men most pltlabb'. lather futuwljfa lu f'iirlst or Kpb urcaii m dllshnwui an4 suit hie. Man and nalure Imvc iif goal in tl. ghiry of (!ol. 'Hh living lbs! Inn Ida ldial 4a I he glory of tu creature. The two cmU culiH-klt. The chain of grace l linki-d la tbt original purjse of f ?sl, and we knnr that lo I hem that love God nl! thing work Petls'r for gfl." -For wtwaa t... ...l..,... .. 1.. . M ... . im iuithiu'w- aiii i"rii)rui,is-ij to lw couronts'! to tne imnge of kin t lot L no IliiKOl ih tin- iimiiioru ailnrtig many brciltren." TIicm man hrHh. rn i,r i nnsi are m rorniiiitoti during a tiiti i nie in uim worm, ijejr win go mi in iiu-ir u'vciojiiH'iii in a middu Kuiut nun urciy reacn iiu-ir goal In inn in iioiiie maie, j ne oelng or tho older of nature, the eomrtituttoa of Itil nim:! V. ull i-iiiisiilri, liv ,m,u. nun ii.Ktc hi a glorious nuur for fba n m in ii? universal ainguisii or fiimt C. A. ISKtGGfi. A VKTKRAN OF VETKHAXS. imt fouowmg, ltiotign fKCtirring In hi, nuiy in- to (Mir nsuH-r and nl i nitl .H IUTI4Ullg. I Ual U in van weu mmwn f,vt th immi nrymn iiou sn-oniTisl Uii via IH.U1II innieiMy tuuee lw pmnas nm oiw? mimtriiui -wir, iy a puhlie ilitinof mul liu iiiildWl..! ,,.-..i ..... wi ditiii n, -worm-wi!' Biiulrti tad len -alUil to tlx niH-init man: "-'i'"- uim buuii rnn-4tHf am age HiUO UtllHUiy a (OUgtJlMWM f M!itU. turn which tfiuiiipu wit injurl tnat wsfkr tuuur cniMia am-vir. I lie uutuiMv of f lu i ..! i ,.t.. . ,, hum . ihj, luntiHis new iu ji'ttiiu-Kiina' nitKiKW on tills isjint m nig. j J- HBUf -1-U (n pituii mt; m t ia g of m Ida Xiily tt isil T iron i ,,r crti. I.. ,iiii ,. i. ....... ,i, unn-ij Kriiutfl ITOV),- IMlt U i;i.tnii-Llll WIM ttlflinsbsl jiiiu Kl,-tty nnv oil UHI r"p!ut tlM? old itriius inuiy iimwanen m nmty lutjf ,tl,, ,,i,....,4 IV,.., fi..J... i t i on iiiiwsmkv oi n mis Uttu tl.tt i wir in, isk tusmw to Imve bsen tM'VTiiitm ' Htiiiaiuti4..tu r !..... at "h-1 nmm-m xin I iiiii lu It'lal lio aii'att.4. t .li . tt nj iiiifiiniin inuu f ! I MVI IMt 4ja t,lu .l t... .... nKi-u kmuu'J waff uumw im mm or ft titJiii n iKjiiJ, with a nwiKiit-i a 1 1 ii i ar in aa auttiai rut '"si. uim tm (H bg nocui ta on mou nusMifti(i iirBv fc ding mm HKBie uurtug tita last luiwxs. The a -n KiKLi -y -wins tom-irtu nl. Thtwe wan u t')Tt tu ttn livt'r. Hie !nrt i:nny. a -in wiiuH g tne aorta orw wvnjr im-ii.h.huiI liy aeventl nl ..-.,. ma turn miv tail ., t.i. ., , 1 1 , .. ... . ... iNinuniKV, HO uM t3Hy jtHt U WUiilj -tn w-mji intsifcas. itin it it I Ike - , h nu uaivt imt ciitera miii m ..m unHicnt clown -. a emigtoawu of the Iuiilh wtikh ti i-iiiinuiiM vr MiKnure to a Rtrm. r nun umi 'ouipl.tiiK tie w:t Kiowly n.n-i-uig. wjn-ii inKes fornasl in loninsi kit rm n-Ot of fittsc-ss. Aii.l ,. a..... .. . "'uijinii iMHH-vt m niui lvera wn toniwn; llilN iirovisl too much of a uram uim n tiitnii. aud lie died oi iiKU'ienm, i. e gtMtuf il.-bt tv. Aa nu watt U shihr lite Fitwt .ais4 iwitt iu. a... - aaiu. JW17 IIIDIIIII uuti L'l'tyi us Lunous roiiKirk tUsng tin' lVniu fucir nw.- -iniai utT in my extnrn- it tu out my ure.'-vN. y, Tcilsaic, A (51IBAP UKMRItY FOR UCH l erMfin tiwect powdsHT k ssm1 tail IIVluwulnu .....I . . i Yi-iiriit-, tutu mr 3iu ttfison many niv iiiwwti rroui wsunr It fmHr imgo w tire-mit h ravages of this " to ismitry. twls ami chicks. wnen keit tn goKlly atuuilsn huddhsl lOKxstter, wm tseoiiw husv. and sttfe. kiuiiiin tin ini fuii i v iiniuAriitwi tiai j.hivi - j.-tm iin-i n in V"'tK ic n fTtM- tl fidlowiug jviiwuy, wiwi nut iWNitruujre tleit tt ii-iu .......... ... . .... . . i'kmc iiictni, ami want is mom ii ts eiKvin: -run i,uhi,1m ,,r m,tiKiu- ima wmen ur m'-fMtrtii ttrat-hui of liquid etii'tsaie dekl juul one onuee of situ ou; tir wliih ii athk nuttl the- Mum ur uik up nil of the two hutT icgei uiei ra, ant tlie ikwut Is nudy u cimiesi way t applying is ti im eacii rowf, .fu.r It luis lsvx-hed 4 or i tie mgm, noni it by r1 h-ra with ww imim, nai down ward: seitw I'liwiK-B or mo mwlr lHuwn tie iiuunu ami linger of th vHhvt hauil luiu rno it down the iwok. shkvs ami umierntw mi. rrom i tnfl to itlie bend ttltwu ....1 i... i uih'k fi wie msren etire- i uuy to avoUl ttuttwlugii so that It may sin nut ttirough tl fcnthera. .-t iiHWJiiiiB a kwjso caumit be lomwi. j-rrnt tn(( n1X4lHl iml simifcu tv mm tno ciiu ica wu tret euomrh uf the isiwfier rtxmi 'her tliu-ing tlie nUrht neisxnt tins every tjwo wwks. and utoti rejoice to s liow ftis tlie ehleka triMVV Illlit ..1.. A... M c--.. ..11, l,v 1U1W 11IUI jiiu-im nan.- vhho I'outtry Joiumuu. TUADE WITH THE ORIENT. ti i u nns wen (bi-IdtHl that the O. It. & V1 1 t . ... . w) s uireet Hue of steamsiaiw from const ports to Ch na shull reach out i . ... .... mio oilier new of emutueree than union ami j;u;in. ami lioito ti u nas i, i . ihcii added to tho iorts to lie towehisl ni. tuts move has Ih'cii determined "y rue agents on nmnint of the large quivmnies of freight offered bv Seattle ami t'ortlniul shlimers for tlie Sand wlCh islnmls. Mionid the new nrramrement meet uu une encouragement it deserves, each stunner of the O. H. & N. China line will herenrter call at Honolulu in stead of steaming straight across to Hong Kong and Yokohama. A mar ket is Hius opened for Oregon staples which 'heretofore it has been only nblu to reach bv fihlimlm? to Sun tVum-Ism nnd tin nsf erring to Australia orChbiSf fn-iutioi-s jrom aunt port. It la De lievtxl by fshipplng men that the new venture Will nrovp r simi-na lMth foe Hie stenmshlp company ami the iner chants. , FRUIT FOR LONDON, California Is rerv Imruvfiil nf flndine a market for her fruit in Iondon. Ve wish she could, and for every particle Of it. OlIB nf till ililamtt-nnifflmia fll-P- pon fruit-raisers have had to contend wltih has lieen, and Is, the overproduc tion lu California, making competition In the Interior states disastrous to our Hlllimors. When thn VIahimiohiji mnill Is built, snn Francisco can land Its fruit lu London within two wojks, wtcn no re-Shlping. When that enn a il . wit n Amv,.AH mI.I.. ail , n no dllttcuWy in finding a market. Th Dalles CUroulclo.