THE. MORNING OREGONIAN, MO.ND.AY. AUGUST 12, 1001.
IN THE CITY CHURCHES
SERMON OX COM3IOXPLACE CHRIS
TIANS BY DR. M'LEAN. -y4
Average Men and Women Coani In
the World, tor It la Upon Them
That God Depends.
Rev. Robert McLean, pastor o the
Third Presbyterian Church. East Ninth
and Oak streets, preached yesterday
morning: on "Commonplace Christians."
the text was from I Corinthians, 1:26:
"For you see your calling-, brethren,
how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
are called." Dr. McLean sa!d:
"This morning- I have a message to the
common people, the average men and
women. Here are the circumstances un
der which Paul wrote these words. In
his church there was grave trouble. It
had crept in from the terribly Immoral
condition of the great city. The feeling
among the Christians at that time was
that It was not wise to stand too strongly
against the common practices of the peo
ple in that city. So their immorality
crept Into the holy church, leaving its
taint there. Paul sought to meet this
by reminding his people that they were
called of God to be the temples of his
word and law and must keep themselves
flt for that duty. The most effective
way to meet this evil is to give people a
realizing sense of their dignity, their
worthy and when that Is done It is possible
to work reforms. Also, in Paul's church
were dissensions. He showed them that
they were one In Christ and should be of
the same mind.
"The people of the city were generally
of a cultured, Intellectual class, very
learned In the fine arts. But the mem
bers of Paul's church were common,
unlettered people, and they probably
often felt that their beloved church had
no Influence socially or otherwise with the
cultured class. This was disheartening
and Paul called attention to the fact
that God had not called the wise, the
noble men of the day, but had selected
the unwise to confound and astonish the
learned.
"We are glad that the world isn't
made up entirely of great things, and
that It Is not all mountains. We like
to see the quiet valleys that He half
hidden In the shadow and the broad,
reaching plains. The Generals do not com
pose the army. The rank and file
fight and win the battles. So It Is the
fommon, the average men ana women
who count In the world and whom God
depends upon. It is the mind, the soul,
the motive that makes the things we do
of value. God takes men from the com
monest walks of life to do his service. If
we can get the common Christians to
recognize their value and appreciate it
we have gained a firm hold on them.
This is the way to stop the waste of
human souls.
"Notwithstanding the discouraging
signs much progress is being made along
Christian lines. The reports of the mis
sion fields are encouraging and the in
terest is increasing as statistics show.
Sometimes we wonder if the world Is
drifting backward, but when we see the
common Christians coming forward with
their strength we feel our enthusiasm
renewed."
WORLD'S GREATEST NEED.
Christ In the Human Heart, Not
Christ In History, Will Bless.
In the union services of the First Bap
tist and Grace Methodist Churches, at the
Baptist Church, yesterday morning, the
ermon was preached by Rev. D. R.Mac
Gregor, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, of Marlon, Ind. He took his
text from John xv, 9: "As the Father
has loved me, so have I loved you; con
tinue ye in my love." He said:
"Beginning and finishing are very dif
ferent. Solomon's career was Inaugurated
In wisdom and culminated In folly. The
continuance! This Is the rub. Christ en
couraged the Apostles to continue and
showed them the way to abide in his
love. What the Apostles needed 1b the
need of all followers ot Christ. What Is
needed by all the churches in all the
cities to make the Kingdom of Heaven
stand out In all its greatness, is the
greatest thing In the world the love of
God. Being charmed, being moved by
Christ as the most perfect among men,
will not answer. Not Christ in history,
but Christ in the human heart will keep
and bless."
The speaker spoke of the old fashioned
watch with Internal chain, and key for
winding, and of the evolution of time
pieces up to stem-winders, and self-winding,
self-regulating clocks. He said that
too much of the Christian living is on the
order of the watch run down, or key lost,
which ought to be like the self-winding
clock, steady-going, because of the cur
rent of electricity passing to it
"What that current Is to the time,"
said Dr. MacGregor, "so is the love of
God to the Christian. Continuing In this
love, makes the life thrifty and useful
for God.
"But how continue in God's love? By
obedience. If ye keep my commandments
ye shall abide in my love. All of them?
Yes, all as summed up by the Master In
love to God and neighbor. To do good,
to be charitable does not fill the require
ment. Thl is part Says James: 'Pure
and undefiled religion is to visit the widow
and fatherless In thedr affliction, and to
keep himself unspotted from the world,'
"The former can be accomplished, but
who can succeed in the latter? None in
their own strength. Monks tried it in
solitude, but failed. The only way to suc
ceed is In the obedience of His love. But
men fall. They are weak, and get dis
couraged. A lame invalid and traveler
succeeded well In her Journey. All she
had to do was to show porters and pas
sengers her lameness and she was abun
dantly helped. So In the Christian life,
our lameness is seen in our burdens.
Ehow them to Him. and when wo are
weak then we aro strong. In His love
continue by the endeavor to serve.
"But the purpose? Why continue In
God's love, why try to obey Him in order
to continue? It is not to take from us,
but to give. These things have I spoken
ttnto you that my joy may remain In you,
end that your Joy may bo full, This Joy!
Significant when he was so near the
cross, when Calvary's breath was already
upon Him. But Christ had joy. 'An
ointed with the oil of gladness,' Is the
Psalmist's version of it. His sorrow was
more on the .surface. His Joy was deep
and abiding. This Joy he promises His
followers, till they aro filled with it. Did
you ever know of any one being filled
with Joy by society? They may be filled
with envy, with jealousy, with -the desire
to outdo some one else, but not with
Joy. This Joy may be had, just as other
things are secured. Who would leave the
miasma and malaria microbes, for the
ozone and life-giving breezes, must leave
the swamps for the mountains) Whom
would get out of the narrowness and
pettishness of life for the goodness of
grace, must leave the selfishness of the
world for the love of God.
"How men mistake and flee from their
blessings. Senator "Vest tells the story of
a chief In one of the departments at
Washington who was about to render a
decision of much importance. The press,
with Its usual persistence, besieged him
at everj' opportunity for two weeks. Re
porters met him everywhere. They were
at his front door before he would get up
In tbe morning. He was ingenious and
left his home by the back door, went to
his room at the, Capitol, where his faith
ful clerk shielded him till noon. In the
afternoon he took long drives Into the
country so no to escape the omnipresent
reporter. One afternoon as his victoria
was" rolling along, he saw a man on horse
hack coming after him at a furious rate,
waving a paper. Faster -went the vic
toria, till the race was finally ended in
victory for equestrian. 'What do you
want? asked the chief with a sickly
smile. 'It will do you no good for I,jua
determined not to say one word to you
newspaper men.' 'Newspaper men? ;-I
am -not a reporter. I am a law cterlc for
the firm of B. & B. Did you notgrub-
slake. a"man two or three "years ago to
the Klondike?' 'Yes,' replied tbe chief.
" W.eH, here is a check for the stake,
with Interest and a handsome bonus. I
have been trying for two weeks., to gfve
It to you, but could not get near you, and
came' very near losing my position on acl
count of It. ''
"Running away from a check! He does
not ao so any more. Many are running
away from what God would give His own
love."
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' King's Qnarrel With Princess.
Philadelphia American.
London. There Is an extremely acute
quarrel between King Edward and his
sister. Princess Beatrice, over the pos
session ot certain brlc-a-brap, books and
pictures now in the various royal palaces.
The Princess claims that these were
given to her as gifts during the lifetime
of her mother, Queen Victoria. Beatrice
was a favorly. daughter of the late queen,
and after the death of her husband, Prince
Henry of Battenburg, was the constant
companion of Her Majesty. -,
King Edward never liked his sister's re
lations by marriage, and it Is known that
the Battenburg children have been badly
snubbed by him since the death of their
grandmother.
PEST OF THE FARMERS
CANADA THISTLE GROWS FAST AXD
IS HARD TO KILL.
Though a NoxIohs Weed, It Docs Less 1
Damage to Farm Products Than
Pigeon Grass or Ball Thistle.
The Canada thistle, brief mention of
which was. made in The Oregonian a short
time ago, has been made the subject of
a 14-page circular, Issued by the Divi
sion of Bojany of the United States De
partment of Agriculture. It Is Illustrated
with several cuts, the most Important of
which Is one showing the manner in
which the thistle spreads by horizontal
roots. In all the history of weeds In
America none has been more complained
nf than thp. Cnnnda thistle. A century
ago It was regarded by the farmers of i
New England as the greatest pest ot
their fields. When the sons of these
farmers moved West the Canada thistle
went with them. It grows vigorously,
sometimes spreads rapidly, and Is always
difficult to kill by ordinary cultivation.
It forms dense patches, sometimes to the
complete exclusion of other plants, and
its abundant sharp spines make it dis
agreeable to handle. To these charac
ters are 'due Its traditional reputation in
the Northeastern United States as the
worst of all weeds. With little doubt,
however, it causes In the' aggregate' less
real injury to farm' products than does
bull thistle, ragweed, or pigeon grass,
and its distribution is confined to a
smaller area than that of any of these
weeds. .
The plant received the name Canada
thistle In this country soon after the war
of the Revolution, as It was supposed to
have been Introduced from Canada. This
name is now used generally in both Can
ada and the United States. In "England
the plant is known by the names corn
thistle, green thistle and creeping thistle.
In Australia and New Zealand It Is often
called California thistle. The names boar
thistle, "cursed thistle, dog thistle, field
thistle, and waste thistle have also been
applied to it
Canada thistle is usually first Introduced
into new localities by the seed. The seed
germinates and a rosette of leaves ly
ing almost flat on the ground Is first
formed. These leaves are prickly on the
margins, somewhat woolly on the under
surface, but green and nearly smooth on
the upper. The following year a flowering
stalk branching at the top grows up to
a height from one to three feet, rarely
higher. The stalk Is more slender than
that of most bther thistles and bears
very few spines. Uusually a compara
tively small number of the flowers produce
seeds (strictly, akenes) and in many lo
calities no perfect seeds have been found.
The abundant white, feathered pappus
or down Is usually formed, however, even
though the seeds are not developed. The
running root extends horizontally at a
distance of three Inches to three feet
below the surface of the ground, the
lower depths being reached usually where
the soil Is deep and porous. It will send
shoots to the surface through at least
three feet of hard-packed soil.
The Canada thistle was a troublesome
weed In the fields of Southern Europe
as early at least as the beginning of the
16th century. By the middle of the 18th
century It had spread throughout the
greater part of Europe, and now it Is
found In Western Asia, Northern India,
Australia, New Zealand and North Amer
ica. In all regions where It has become
naturalized it has the same reputation as
an aggressive and pernicious w.eed. It is
said to have been Introduced into East
ern New York with the hay and camp
equipage of Burgoyne's Army in 1777. It
probably reached Vermont- at the same
time or previously, as It was recognized
as a troublesome weed In that state
earlier than In New York. As early as
1S50 It had spread throughout New Eng
land, Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio,
and had gained a foothold in scattering
localities In many other states. During
the war Its range was extended southward
all along the line east of the Missouri
River, and in more recent years it has
been extending westward. -It Is now found
from Maine to Virginia andswestward to
NorUi Dakota and. Kansas, and on the
Pacific Coast from Washington to North
ern California. .
Methods of Distribution.
The Canada thistle spreads over large
areas or travels long distances by means
of Its seeds. It spreads Into patches
through its perennial running roots. Both
of these means are effective In their way.
Perfect seeds are not often produced un
til after the plants have become well
established and have spread to some ex
tent by the running roots. Every rain
falling on a hillside thistle patch washes
the seed's down the slope. Seeds from a
patch of Canada thistles growing In a
mountain valley are disseminated by
freshets all along the banks of streams
below. 'Transportatlop by water becomes
a special danger in regions where Irriga
tion Is practiced, as seeds of thistles
growing on the banks of rivers or irriga
tion canals will float down the streams
and ditches and be deposited In the fields
under the best conditions for propagation.
The dissemination of seeds by natural
means accounts in part for the distribu
tion of the Canada thistle over limited
areas, but were it not for the unwitting
or careless aid of man Its progress would
he comparatively slow. The seeds were
first brought from Europe to America by
man. They have been transported from
Europe to this country In Impure seed.
The hay or straw used In packing the
cheaper kinds of crockery is a very fre
quent means of introduclrig these seeds.
Thistles are brought to the barn In hay
or grain. The seeds reach the straw
stack or manure heap, and are taken back
to the fields. They are carried from field
to field by harvesting machinery and Irom
farm to farm by threshing machines. In
one county in Oregon the Canada thistle
was first noticed where a threshing ma
chine from the East was first used. It
would have cost less than 10 cents to
clean the machine before it left the thistle
infested region where it had been used
in the East, but it would -now probably
icost thousands of dollars to exterminate
the thistles that have sprung from that
Introduction of seeds.
Methods of Eradication.
A great many methods for killing the
Canada thistle have been devised, and
many have been described in various pub
lications, yet there still seems to be need
of a more widely disseminated knowledge 1
of those which have been tried and found
successful. The following specific meth
ods 'of treatment have been found most
Successful In subduing or destroying the
thistle.
Mowing twice each year, just after the
flowers open, usually in June and August,
will keep the plants In subjection. This
will prevent the production of seeds, and
thus. serious injury to crops may be avoid
ed; but'lt wilj rarely cause the death of
the thistle roots except In good grass land
or in wet seasons, and will therefore need
to bo repeated each year. It Is generally
as effective as pulling or grubbing twice j
a year. Tnis plan is recommended for
roadsides. and waste land, and for mead
ows and pastures where the methods for
complete jefadlcatlon seem to be too
expensive for" immediate application. Can
ada thistle -Pjlants are often killed by mow
ing them just as a heavy rain sets in late
in June or eafly in July, when they are
in bloom and the stalks are hollow. The
fain, keeping the cut surface moist and
filling up the hollow stalks, favors the
growths of fungj, inducing decay, which
often extends dbwn to the rbot system.
A more effective method, especially in
dry seasons, is to go oyer the ground
once during every two weeks after the
mowing inJune and. cut off every thistle
about two Inches below the surface with
a hoe or spud. A spud made of a strong,
sharp chisel 6n the -end of a pitchfork
handle will be found most "convenient for
this work. The second year the spudding
should begin as soon as the thistles show
j in the Spring, and 'should be continued
through the season, although there will be
few to cut after midsummer. If the work
has been well done. The land should be
looked over occasionally each year-afterwards
to detect .and. destroy plants that
may spring from dormant sce.ds. .
Salting thistle plants every week or two
during two successive growing seasons 1n
pastures where sheep have Access to them,
usually destroys them. Small patches of
the plant -have been killed -.by covering
them with straw, tanbark, or apple pom
ace; but these methods cannot be recom
mended. Canada ihlstle roots will live
for three years "or longer in- porous soil
under straw stacks or piles of tanbark,
and they are likely to creep out and send
Up shoots. Apple pomace, applied thick
enough to kill the thistle ruins theJand
for the growth of any crop for several
years; but this period may be shortened
by repeated applications of alr-slakcd
lime.
Chemicals Will XCill Roots.
The application of chemicals or some
substance that, being absorbed Into the
tissues of,, the plant, wilji kill the roots. Is
recommended as one of the best methods
for destroying small patches. Trials on a
small scale, proving the ease and effec
tiveness of this method, may encourage
Its extension to larger areas. The follow
ing substances given in the approximate
order of their effectiveness, beginning with
the poorest, have been used for this pur
pose: Salt, brine, quicklime", kerosene,
gasoline, turpentine, lye, sodium arsenlte,
carbolic acid, muriatic acid, nitric acid,
sulphuric acid. Salt, brine and quicklime
are most effective when applied liberally
Canada thistle, showing: horizontal
roots jonng shoots and niatnre
plant in flower.
to places where the thistles have been
grubbed out. .Brine Is often applied hot
with good effect. Salt and kerosene, are
often used together. Kerosene, gasoline,
turpentine and lye may be applied in the
above manner, or they may be poured
Into the hollow stems when the plants are
cut In flower. This process Is, too la
borious to be recommended, except in
case of small patches. Strong lye and
tbe other substances mentioned will be
found effective if applied to- the tops of
the plants -when they- are growing most
rapidly during May and June.. None of
these substances, except salt, injure the
land to any appreciable extent If ap
plied only In sufficient quantities to kill
the thistles. .Salt must be applied-in suoh
large quantities that in some cases It
may not be washed out of the soil for
two or three years. The stronger acids
and alkalies are somewhat difficult and
dangerous to handle, because of their cor
rosive properties They have to be -stored
and applied in glass bottles. Crude sul
phuric acid, which Is much used In East
ern Pennsylvania, Is applied by means of
a glass "bottle v1th a glass tube or a
clay pipestem running through the cork.
Of these strong chemicals, a few drops
applied to each plant are sufficient. Car
bolic acid and the less corrosive sub
stances, may be applied by means of an
ordinary machine oil can, or a watering
pot with a small rose or nozzle. A tea-'
spoonful of strong commercial carbolic
acid applied to -each plant Is sufficient.
This should be applied without dilution
on the buds and tender upper leaves of
the growing plant. Care should be ex
ercised to prevent the poisoning of stock
from chemicals applied to thistles in pas
ture flelds.
Patches of Canada thistles discovered
In grain fields at harvest time; as they
often are, should be left standing until af
ter the crop Is removed, then .mowed and
burned on the spot as soon as they are
dry enough. This treatment arrests the
distribution of seeds and, in some cases, it
has killed the plants.
In shallow, dry soils Summer fallowing
during a dry season, will destroy the
thistles.
Flow When the Plants Arc In Bloom.
The first plowing should be done when
the plants are in bloom In June or early in
July. If they can not be turned under'
cleanly with chain or jointer, they should
be mowed and burned before plowing. The
land should be alternately harrowed and
cross-plowed as often as any green plants
appear until It Is time to sow Winter
grain. Thorough cultivation with hoed
crops will produce almost the same effect
if the cultivation is continued through the
Summer. In this case a hoe must be Used
to destroy thistles growing in the hills
and others that escape the cultivator. In
wet seasons cultivation generally falls to
kill the roots. After cultivating either In
barren fallow or with hoed crops, the
land should be thickly seeded in August
or September with crimson clover, rye.
or Winter oats where the Winter climate
will permit the growth of these crops.
These may be pastured during the early
Spring and then plowed under. Winter
wheat and other grain crops that will per
mit the thistle to remain undisturbed
during Spring and early Summer should
not be grown. Where the climate is too
severe for Winter crops, cultivation should
continue late In the Fall and begin early
In Spring. Thistle-infested areas ought
to be plowed and' cultivated by themselves
to avoid scattering- roots to other parts
of the field.
Canada thistles that persist In spite of
cultivation on low lands may soon dis
appear when the land is seeded and made
to produce two good crops of hay each
year. On toils hot adapted for permanent
grass lands Jt Is often possible to .raise
good crops of annual grasses which will
choke out the thistles. Millet, fodder
corn, or sorghum are good .crops for this
purpose, and good results have been ob
tained by the cultivation of rape.
Dr. T. J. Burrlll, in Bulletin No: 12.
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station,
recommends "the following Method as the'
best for exterminating Canada thistles
when In full possession of tillable ground.
First Cut the thistles when m full bloom
(July) as close to the ground as possible.
Second Plow about three Inches deep and
sow millet or Hungarian grass, seeding heav
ily; harrow. This may follow the preceding
at once or after jsome two weeks' delay.
Third In September plow under the crop or
save It for hay. as flsstred. At all events,
plow and seed liberally with rye.
F6urth Plow under the Tye in May and sed
aga'ln with millet or Hungarian grass, or plant
to some hoed crop (corn), and give the most
thorough cultivation, with continual searching
for and destruction of every remaining thlslk.
Fifth Continue the" clean cultivation and
sharp lookout for thistles another year.
Although the larvae of several different
Downing,' Hopkins & Co.
ESTABLISHED 180.
WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS
Room 4, Ground Floor
kinds of Insects live in the stems of Can
ada thistles, while others feed more or
less upon the roots and still others eat
the foliage, they seem to .produce com
paratively little 'effect upon the vigor or
productiveness of the plants. The Ameri
can goldfinch, or yellow bird, often called
the thistle bird, Is sometimes unjustly ac
cused of scattering thistle seeds. It, does
scatter the down from which It has de
'tached the seeds. Thistle seeds form one
ot its favorite, kinds of food, and it Is
undoubtedly one of the best natural
agencies tending to keep the thistle In
check.
Among fungus diseases which attack
Canada thistle, the thistle rust Is the
most destructive. This often prevents the
production of seeds, and sometimes kills
the plant to the ground. It Is most ef
fective during wet seasons, but even un
der the most favorable conditions It rare
ly spreads so as to destroy all of the
Rlants In a patch. Experiments made thus
far In New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania, In Introducing the rust into unln
fested patches, indicate that while It may
often aid materially In checking the
-growth of the thistles, it rarely extermi
nates them, and Its action Is too uncer
tain to warrdnt more than a qualified rec
ommendation of its use as a thistle
destroying agent.
Canada thlstlels proscribed as a noxious
weed by the laws of the following 24
states: California, Connecticut, 'Dela
ware, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky. Maryland. Michigan, Minneso
ta. Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Penn
sylvania. South Dakota. Vermont, Wash
ington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
In most of these states penalties are pre
scribed for permitting the thistle to pro
duce seeds. Illinois is the only state In
which the law directs that the plants
be killed and this Is also the only state In
which the law appears to be vigorously
enforced. In Chicago - and some of the
other large cities where there are thou
sands of acres of vacant lots grown up to
thistles and other weeds, neither the
thistles nor the thistle law receive any
attention; but in several counties In dif
ferent parts of the state, Canada thistles
are reported as practically exterminated
through the' rigid enforcement of the law.
The majority of progressive farmers
know that Canada thistle can be extermi
nated on their farms, but they need the
aid of a good law well administered, to
prevent their well-tilled fields from being
seeded by the thistle patches of careless
neighbors. While It is not regarded as
necessary or desirable that the Canada
thistle should be treated In a law dis
tinct from laws relating to other weeds, it
is earnestly recommended that it be pro
scribed by just and comprehensive laws
In all of the states where It Is at present
abundant, and especially in those state"
of the Rocky Mountain region and great
basin where It is now becoming estab
lished. An effort should be made to en
force the laws that now exist unheeded in
some of the older states, and If they are
found Inadequate, they should be repealed
and replaced by better ones.
IN TUNE WUH THE INFINITE
We Must Know God If We Must Be
in Harmony With Him.
At the First Christian Church yesterday
Rev. J. P. Ghormley took for his text "I
was in the Spirit on the Lord's day"
Rev. 1:10 and spoke In part as follows:
" 'In Tunc WJth the Infinite' has been
the theme of poets and philosophers,
while reformers and martyrs on every
field pf human action have been such as
described in our topic. There Is a na
thos and grandeur about this first chap
ter of the Revelation, which to the student
of sacred things must ever be a source
ot spiritual power. John had been ban
ished to the Isle of Patmos for the tes
timony .which he had home concerning
Jesus of Nazareth. The monster Nero
had closed his reign of fire and blood, but
the persecutions continued against tho
Christians, and under Domltlan, John was
banished. It is well that memorial days
occur and recur. John was now well ad
vanced In years, and the great fact to
which he had borne witness was the res
urrection of the Christ, and the day on'
which the Lord rose had become memor
able In the church. All the sunlight of
that first resurrection morn flooded the
soul of th seer of Patmos. He was in
the Spirit. The discordant notes if
earth's conflicts were not heard In the
presence of the voice, which was as the
sound of many waters.
"We must know God If we would be in
harmony with him. He is infinite; He
is a person. His many mansions have
been planned for his people. The re
deemed of earth are the recipients- ot
these heavenly provisions. The harp
strings of the soul vibrate In unison with
the harmonies of this creation. There
Is design In It all, and that design Is
the happiness of the creature. We are
too much In tune with harps of earthly
make. We are still asking, 'Can there
any good thing come out of Nazareth?'
until some clear-vlsloned Philip salth to
us, 'Come and see and hear.' The out
ward form of our Master has no beauty
to attract us until with tired feet and
wearied limbs we reach the mountain's
top and rest In his transfigured presence
and see him as he Is. Then we are ready
to build tabernacles for lawgiver and
prophet, to suffer and to die If need be,
for we have caught glimpses of the In
finite, and have heard eternal harmonies.
"What were chains and dungeons to Paul,
whose soul had been filled with a mighty
purpose .by the heavenly vision on the
Damascus way. He was 'persuaded that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor height,
nor depth, nor any other creature,' would
be able to separate him from the love of
Christ. Paul did not know it all, but he
knew In part, and prophesied In Fart,
and rested secure In the belief that the
time would come when partial things
would pass away. The beloved John
coul(l say: 'It doth not yet appear what
we shall be, but we know that when he
appears we shall be like him, for we
shall see him as he- Is.J It is this faith
which overcomes the world. It Is vic
tory. The soul that is-Inspired with this
faith has a purpose reaching beyond the
trifling things of this life, and is in tune
with the Infinite, prepared to join in 'the
anthems of the holy cherubim.' "
Bride No Lonjrer "Obeys."
Klelne ZeUung.
There is great rejoicing among the Nor
wegian advocates of the rights of women.
The new woman in Norway has gained a
glorious yictory. For many years the Nor
wegian "FeminisTen""have heen waging
war against the use of the word "obey" In
the marriage service of the Norwegian
Church, and their labors- are at length
crowned with success, or at least with a
partial success. The staatsrath in Chrls
tlanlahas ruled that the use of the word
shall henceforth not be obligatory upon
the bride, but "facultative." That Is to
say, the bride Is to bo free either to say
that she will be "fafthful and obedient"
or simply to say that she will be "faithful."
pi
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(JuamcBStoafarry, I'.xliaaKttnff Drains, Varicocele audCennlipnt ion.
Xtstopsall losses by day or iilsht. Prevents quickness of diaonarge, which It notcbecked
liver, thft kldnrVR nnH IhA nrlnnnr
Wid restores small weak; organs.
?5JSs5,1.Paffer.ors r0 '"' c07"1 by Doctors Is became Mpercentaro troubled with Prostatitis.
Sr rD.EI,r th0 2,y kDwn remody to cure without m operation. COCO testimonials. A written
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' Far aale 1- S. G. SKIDMORE & CO., 151 Third Street, Portland, Oregon.
Chamber of Commerce
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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Wmmmm
Tourist Cars
to Kansas City
Through tourist sleeping-cars
for Kansas City, via Billings and
the Burlington Route, leave Port
land at 11:30 P. M. dally.
They are very comfortable cars
and they run through without
change. The linen is clean; the
scats are easy; tho ventilation
amole and the berths are wide
enough for two.
Second-Class tickets are accept
ed and the berth rate to Kansas
City Is only $5 00.
. Tickets at th!s office.
TICKET OFFICEt Cor. Third and Stark Sts.
R. W. Foster. Tioket Agent
Time Card
of Trains
PORTLAND
Leaves. Arrive.
"North Coast Limited".. 2.00 P. M. 7:00 A. M.
Twin City, St. Louis &
Kan. City Special. .,...11:30 P. M. 8:00 P.M.
Puget Sound Limited, for
South Bend. Gray's
Harbor, Olympla. Ta-
coma and Seattlo .8:33 A.M. 3:13 P. M.
Two trains dally to Spokane. Butte. Helena,
Minneapolis, St. Paul and the Cast.
A. D. CHARLTON.
A8St. General Pass. Agt.. '
235 Morrison street. Portland. Or.
p-SWEATNOlffHERWlf
Ticket Office. 122 Third St. Phom 630
LEAVE
No. 4
0;00 P. M.
The Flyer, dally to and
from St. Paul, Minne
apolis, Duluth, Chicago,
and alL points East.
ARRIVE
No. 3
7:00 A. M.
Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining
and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP RIOJUN MARU
Tor Japan, China, and all Asiatic points will
leave Seattle
Abaut August 6th
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES
Depot .Fifth and
1 'Strcet.
ARRIVES
For Maygers, Rainier,
Clatsknnle. Wcstport.
Clifton, Astoria. AVar
renton. Flavel, Ham
mond, Fort Stevens,
Gearhart Pk., Seaside.
Astoria and Seashore
Express,
Dally.
Astoria Express.
Dally.
8:00 A. M.
11:10 A. M.
0:55 P. M,
0:40 P. M.
112:30 P. M.1
Daily except Saturday. )Saturday only.
Ticket office 235 .Morrison st. and Union Depot.
J. C. MAYO, Gen. Pass. Agt., Astoria. Or.
j Record Voyage 6 Days, 7 Hours, 22 Minutes.
BObrjfl ti LlVEKPOJL via QUEEflSlOnM
New England. Twin Screw, 11.(500. Aug. 14
Commonwealth. Twin Screw, 13.000, Aug. 2!
P0RTLM1 ta LIVERPOOL
Vancouver ...Aug. SiVancouvcr Oct. G
Cambroman ...Sept. 5Domlnlon Sept, 14
THOMAS COOK & SON, P. C Qca'l Areau,
621 Market St.. San Francisco, Cal.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
STR. BAILEY GATZERT,
DALLES ROUTE.
. Dally round trips. Leaves foot Alder street
every morning at 7 o'clock, except Monday.
Arrive at The Dalles 3 P. M. Leave Th
Dalles 4 P. M. Arrive Portland 10 P. M.
Landings- Vancouver, Cascade Locks, St.
Martin's Springs, Hood River, White Salmon.
Lyle and The Dalles.
ASTORIA KOUTE.
STR. TAHOMA (Alder-s'-reet Dock).
Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7
o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves 'As
toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon phone Main 351. Columbia phone 351.
ocanfS.s..
NEW TWIK SCREW 6000
TON 8.3. aitHKA,
S0N0VA&VL17URA
SS. SONOMA. Honolulu. Auckland and Syd
ney Thursday. August 22. 10 A. M.
SS. MARIPOSA, for Honolulu. Saturday. Aug.
31, 2 P. M.
S3. AUSTRALIA, for Tahiti.. Sep. 11. 10 A. M.
J. D.SFRECKELS k B80S. CO , Ssneral jnts. 327 UartotSt
9riTi Patangw Clues, 643 Uirtet St.. fur Xo. 7. Pacift St
nrcim n( .11 Imnnrfiln. rn Rtnv VP. iiranrrhim.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
OUFGON
Shoit Line
AMD
THREE TRAIN5 DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
UNION DEPOT.
Leave.
Arrive.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 0:00 A. 21.
4!30P. M.
SPECIAL.
Dally.
Dally.
For the East via Hunt
ington. SPOKANE FLYER.
For EastRrn Washing
ton. Walla Walla. Lew
lston. Coeurd'Alene and
Gt. Northern Points.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS
For tbe East la. Hunt
ington. 0:00 P. M.
:00 A. M.
Dally.
Dally.
9-00 P. M-
.8:10 A. M.
Dally.
Dally.
ocea: and iuver. schedule.
FOR SAN FRAN
CISCO. From
Alnsworth
Dock.
FOR ASTORIA and
way points, connecting
with str. tor Ilwacoand
North Beach, str, Hoj
salo. Ash-street Dock.
8:00 P. M.
G:00 P. M.
Dally x.
Sunday.
Sat. 10
P M.
Dally.
Ex. Sun.
STEA.MER T. J. POTTER.
For Astoria and Ilwaco, dally except Sunday
and Monday. Leaves Ash-Street Dock this week
as follows: Tuesday. 7:30 A. M.: Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday at 0 A. M.; Saturday,
10:30 A. M.
FOR SALEM and way!0:45 A. M.
3:00 P. M.
Tues.,
Thure.,
Sat.
3:00 P. K.
points. str. Elmorp,
Mon..
Ash-street Dock.
Water permitting.
Wed..
Frl.
7:00 A. M
FOR DAYTON. Ore
gon City and Yamhll1
River points, str. Mo
doc, Ash-street Dock.
Water permitting.
Tues.,
Mon.,
Wed.,
Frl.
rhurs..
Sat.
TICKET OFFICE. Third and Washington.
Telephone Main 712.
PORTLAND & ASIATIC
STEAMSHIP CO.
For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calllnff at
Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight
via connecting steamers for Manila, Port Ar
thur and Vladlvostock.
INDRAPURA SAILS AUGUST 23.
For rates and. full Information call on or ad
dress officials or agents of O. R. & N. Co.
EAST via
SOUTH
Leave
IDcpot Fifth and
I I StrcetM.
Arrive
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TKAINb.
8:30 P. M.
8:30 A. M.
for Salem. Rose-
7:43 A. M.
burg. Ashland. Saii-
r a m e n to. Uguen.
San Francisco. Mo
lave. Los Ancelek.
7:20 P. M.
El Paso. New Or;
lrnna and the East.
At W o o d b urn
(daily except Sun
day), mornlnjj train
connects with train
for Mt. Angel. Sll
verton. Browns
v 1 1 le . Sorlsffleld
and Natron, and
Albany Local for
ML Angel and 811-
verton.
4;00 P. M. Albany passenger.... I0:10 A. M.
7:30 A.M. Corvallis passenger 3:50 P.M.
M4:50 P. M. Sheridan passenger.. I8:25 X. M.
Daily. Dally except Sunday.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac-
-.... .nil Can TTrnnnlnrTl ?Ct rn.t4.fl 21.23
first class and $14 second class. Including
sleeper. , , , .
Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA. HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA. Can be- obtained from J. B.
KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent. 140 Third street.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Dpot, foot of JeHcrson etreet.
Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20, 0:40 A. M.;
12:30. 1:55. 3:25. 4:40, tt.25. 8:30. 11:30 P. M.:
and U,0O A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive at
Portland daHy at C35. 8:30. 10:50 A. M.;
1:35. 3:10. 4:30. 0:15. 7:40. 10:00 P. M.; 12:40
A. M. dally, except Monday, 8:J0 and 10:03 A.
M. on Sundays only.
Leae for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at
5'05 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M.
Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon
days. Wednesdajs and Friday at 3.00 P. M.
Returns Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
R. KOHLER.
Manager.
C. H. MARKHAM,
Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt.
CLARK'S CRUISE OF THE "CELTIC,"
THE LARGEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD.
To the MEDITERRANEAN and the ORIENT
FEBRUARY 8 TO APRIL 22, 1002. 74 DAYS
COSTING ONLY $4C0 AND UP.
First-class, Including Shore Excursions. Guides,
Fees. Hotel. Drives, etc. The chaajjest and
most attractive trip leaving the U". S.
next Winter, covering the most
ground and affording the
most sightseeing.
Tho magnificent Whlto Star Llna new, twin
screw steamer "Celtic" (20.8S0 tons), a float
ing palace, specially chartered for the round
trip. Length, 700 feet; breadth, 75 feetj O
decks: 83 single rooms.
SPECIAL FEATURES Madeira. Algiers.
Malta. 18 DAYS IN EGYPT nnd the HOLY
LAND. Constantinople, Athens, Rome, tho
Riviera, etc. A course of eight lectures. Tick
ets good to stop over In Europe and return
later on the "Oceanic," "Majestic," etc. Tha
"Celtic" arrived In New York, August 4 on
her maiden voyage. FRANK C. CLARK.
Ill Broadway, New York.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
For South-Eastern Alaska
Leave Seattle 9 P. M.
Steamships QUEEN. COT
TAGE CITY, CITY OF TO
PEKA and AL-KI, July 0, U,
12, 14. 10. 22. 24, 29: Aug. 1,
3. 8. 13. 14. 18. 23. 25, 28.
For further Information obtain company's
folder. The company reserves tne rignt to
change steamers, sailing dates and hours of
sailing, without previous notice.
AGENTS N. POSTON. 2JI Washington St..
Portland. Or.: F. AV CARLETON. N. P. R. R.
Dock. Tacoma: Ticket Otllee. 018 First ave.,
Seattle. M. TALBOT. Comm'l A'gt.. C.W. MIL
LER. Asst. Gn'l Act.. Ocean Dock. Seattle:
GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Oen'l Agents.
San Francisco.
COLUMBIA
RIVER
SCENERY
The Dalle
Route
;"Y sunset -n
O 0GCEN SHASTA-!)
ynV "Si;5 7;
VcfcJlMy
yRCGULATORX
XSTEAMERS
Steamers dally, except Sunday, between
PORTLAND. CASCADE LOCKS. HOOD RIV
ER and THE DALLES.
Leave Oak.s.treet Dock night -and day at 7
A. M. and 11 P. M,
M. V. HARBISON. W. C. ALLAWAY.
Agent, Portland. General Agent
For Oregon City,
Salem Way Landings
Steamers Altona and Pomona, for Salem and
way landings, dally except Sunday, 6:43 A. M.
Steamer Lcona. for Oregon City, leaves week:
days 8-.30. 11-30 A. M.. 3 and 0:15 P. M.;
Sundays, leaves 8. 0:30. 11 A. M.. 1. 2-30, 4,
5 30. P M.. Oregon City, round trips 25c
Office and dock toot Taylor at.