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X.KADI2H AND HUMl GUARD.
ar Joi"! nora let. o. d.
Tho LorJ will go before you, nnd the
God of Israel -will bo your rear guard.
Isaiah, xllL, IS.
Thcro la somewhere tho story ot
crystal stream whoso water forever
flow over rockB tundo red with humau
blood, and although this stream has
flowt-i ou and on for ages It cannot
wash away tho crimson stain, for n
martyr here gave up his llfo and his
blood roniatns as nn eternal witness
to Uh truth. And men approach this
stream, It la said, and clasp each oth
er's hands above tho blood-stained
rocks and renew their vows to heaven.
This strange story has Us fulfillment
now In our Memorial Day, when re
llglon and patriotism clasp hands
above tho graven of tho departed
heroes, North and South, and renew
their vows to God and man. To-lay
wo place the garlands on the graves
of the soldiers who gavo their lives
for our country, and It Is well we do,
for there are throngs of people com
ing dally to our shores from over the
seas who do not know the matcnicss
price paid for our liberty, and who do
not know the rule of this land to bo
The Lord will go before you."
We bow reverently at the graves of
this silent army, whoso lives still
speak to us of sacrifice and triumph.
' We come not to look for scars and
wounds. As nature In this springtime
chastens to heal the blemishes of win
ter, so gentle time has covered tho sor
rows and sins of forty years ago, and
there rises over all the glory of divine
leadership, for "the Lord will go be
fore you and the God of Israel will be
your rear guard."
The man who sxamlncs tho blade of
grass will soe the plan of God written
there. The man who studies history
of the past will see the divine plan un
folding with precision and grace, and
will never doubt God leads tho Indi
vidual and the nation. Thank God,
our days of doubt are past, for we
have come to know that Christian
manhood rises triumphant over alL
JIoW, then, will the Lord go before
you?
Not In visible form surely, for that
would discredit man's mission. God
does not come to earth to prepare
everything for man plan, path and
all and then lead him as though he
had neither sight nor sense. No, God
teaches man to use what lie has given
him. God leads by tho preparation of
the past. We travel the highways laid
out years ago by our forefathers. We
enjoy the liberty purchased for us by
the patriots of former days. Wo tako
up the work prepared for us by tboe
who have finished their Journey. Wo
possess the heritage of Christian cltl
senshlp, purchased by tho blood of
fallen heroes. We dig In one moun
tain, because there Is In it the pre
cious gold, and And the diamonds, for
God attracts us by His treasures.
Now, tbeso are all the leadings of the
Lord, though they seem so natural.
The Lord will go before you then,
not In Ilia dazzling form of majesty
nor by a voice of thunder from the
sky, but by the beauty of Ills truth
revealed In Ills word, by Ills Imme
diate and divine Influence, which we
often think U of ourselves, by the
grandeur of Christian manhood, by
the sweetness of forgiveness, by the
Infinity of Ills love, by all things good
and beautiful which can remind us of
our neavenly Father. He goes beforo
always If we love Him, unfolding
with unseen bands the map of our
lives and seeing that we fill the parts
necessary to completeness. Yes, He
goes before us even In His death
of i sacrifice, as tho soldiers whom wo
honor to-day went before us preparing
the glorious way. Let us ever follow
Htm as obedient children, saying:
"The way that leads from banishment,
We go the way our fathers went,
Tho king's highway of holiness."
But wo are told also that "tho God
of Israel will be our reward." There
nro dark deeds In tho past of almost
every Hte deeds which we fain would
forget, which, If unforglven, will caHt
their shadow across our path. Tho
future docs not disturb us much; the
present conflicts are soon over, but out
of the past come the monsters of other
days to wound and kill. To know that
the everlasting God will bo our rear
guard If we will permit Him, and that
He will settle ull the past, Is a source
of Infinite comfort. To know thai God
will forglvo the past If wo will permit
Him, so-that It will never come up in
Judgment to condemn us, Is enough io
brlug the bloom of youth to the check
of old age.
Now God works by human agency
whenever Ho can. He rearguards by
pqmt
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Uls power transferred to man. God ex
pects each man to bo tho providence
of his own little sphere up to tho limit
of his knowledge and ability. See b.ow
well the Puritans guarded their past
by taking care of the present: see how
William Peim left no enemy In his past
to tako away his reputation when ho
was gone. If then there Is to be a glo
rious past, In family or In nation, fol
lowing these days In which we live, wo
must see that tho present Is full of the
means of defense. Wo must see that
wo have n surplus of confidence In
men and of faith In God to mako up
the scales towards the right. For every
Iguoraut man who lands upon our
shores you must add a little to your
knowledge and Influence, to balance
tho scales towards the dlght. For every
murder or other awful crime, such as
have been committed In the past few
days In Hussta, you must Increase your
rlghtrousne as much as possible. For
tho doubting, the faltering and the dis
couraged wo need men of strong faith
who will work out Joyfully the great
decrees of providence.
We rejoice In this our quiet confi
dence In God, which secure to us n
settled past nnd a glorious future. We
are glad to hear to-day this voice
which In tho Incident of the text was
spoken to God's peorle when In slav
ery In Ilahylon. Do not hurry, take
your time, 'do your work well, you are
safe, for "the Lord will go beforo you
and the God of Israel will be your rear
guard."
AMERICAN rATIUOTIBM.
Br Dr. Jon rlerrllt Drift.
Well do I remember the day when
the Sons of Veterans on parade follow
Ing their fathers were greeted with
Jeers and ridicule and hailed ass "tin
soldiers." Hut the war with 8paln
came on and then tho conflict In the
Philippines, and every son of every
veteran proved himself to bo a genuine
chip of the original block; that the
heroes of Santiago and Ban Juan. hill,
of Manila Hay and of old Pekln wero
worthy of the sires who fought at
VIcksburg and Sblloh; at ChlcbAtnauga
and Chattanooga; at Gettysburg and
Peach Treo creek; at South Mountain
and Malvern Hill, and that the sons of
"Johnny Iteb" and "Ullly Yank" were
Americans all, true to the old flag,
true to the inseparable and Indivisible
government nt Washington, equally
truo to every high and noble instinct
of deathless patriotism and humanity.
When nobbon wanted eight men to
Join him In sinking the Merrimsc, in a
very tempest of Spanish bullets, at the
mouth of Santiago Day, and Admiral
Sampson Called for volunteers, the
men of tho entire fleet stepped to the
fore.
When the legations of the world, our
own Included, were beleaguered In
China's capital and "Iloxer" flends
were gnashing and lapping for their
blood and re-enforcements were order
ed from Manila the only dread of each
regiment was that some other regiment
might be ordered to the arduous task.
And when tho transports sailed away,
bearing the favored troops, those left
behind bewailed their Inability to show
the world of what sort of stuff they
were made.
Thank God for the brave, worthy,
magnlflcent youthful yeomanry and
soldlerhood of our blessed republic, but
beforo another war comes may tho
busy decades lengthen Into centuries
and the long unfolding centuries ripen,
like golden grain, into the glid harvest
time of universal and eternal peace,
when all our swords shall be beaten
Into plowshares and all our spears Into
pruning hooks.
Hut let us not forget, my youn
friends, that great problems confront
us to-day, problems as great and mo
mentous as those that confronted our
fathers In the antebellum days.
The negro problem yet vexes us; the
trade unionist giant, refusing to Incor
porate and as a corporation become
accessible and amenable to the law,
qnd sometimes carrying on a bush
whacklngand guerrilla warfara against
the most vital agencies of material ad
vancement and prosperity, utterly In
different to the comfort, well being and
downright losses sustained by an Inno
cent and generous public; tho liquor
demon, as deadly and more delimit
and strongly Intrenched behind legal,
commercial and political breastworks
than ever; the widespread corruptions
In political llfo and particularly in
municipalities and State legislatures;
the deadly miasma of official mulfca
sance; the Invasion "of a vast horde
from France, the Philippines and other
countries, many of whom havo lceii
expelled for Immorality and treason,
expelled to prevent them from destroy
ing tho government; tho continual en
croaclunent of tho church upon the
public school and the withdrawal of
tens of thousands of our children from
tho one universal Americanizing and
patriotism-begetting Institution these
are problems that will test our pa
tience, our wisdom and our loftlesl
statesmanship for many years to come.
DAnTER AT THE Cn088 ROADS.
Two of the Natives Tutk Two Days to
Make n Deal,
At Carter's eros roads I came upon
two imtlvo Tetiiiessewuiii who sat on u
uutniiil whittled whllo they talked. Olio
of them had an old silver watch nnd
tlio othen. owned tho poor old mule
hitched to a post. They had eomo to
gether to make n tradu nnd hud been
talking for an hour and na I rodu
o(T oiio of them said:
"I'll trade yo' oven up, Jim, and If
that don't hit yo' It's no uso to talk
furder."
"I can't do It, Tom," replied the
other. "That there mewl la wuth two
slch watches."
It was dark when I returned nnd
there sat the same two men and there
stood tho same old mule. They were
talking trade as vigorously as over
and ns I rode away tho man with the
watch was saying:
"It's oven up or uothln', Jim; J 1st as
I told yo' before."
"Tom, I can't do It cau't possibly
do It." replied tho other.
Along toward night next day I rode
over to tho Mine store on an errand
for Mrs. Williams and thcro sat tho
very same two men. I couldn't see
that they had moved an Inch. They
weren't saying a word, however. Ou
tho contrary, both had their legs
swinging over tho edgo of tho plat,
form, their chins In their hands nnd
were looking down on tho ground. I
saw tho old mute lying dead on tho
ground and between the two men lay
tho watch. It had stopped dead still
and both hands were off the face.
"Do you know that your mute Is
dead!" I asked the owner ot the ani
mal. "Of eo'se." he replied.
"And your old watch has gone to
wreck?" I said to the other.
"Yes. sab."
"Did you sit here all nlghtr
"We did," they answered In chorus.
"Hut if the mule Is dead and tho
watch busted you can't trade."
"Oh, that trade was oft at midnight,"
said tho owner of tho watch, "ond
what we are dickorln about now is
that yere saddle again my dawg."
"DIXIE" CHEERED EVERYWHERE.
Worth No L Kathualastlc Than ttis
South on lUarlnic It.
"A singular thing about the tunc 01
'Dixie,' " said a Washington roan who
does a good deal of traveling, "Is that
It arouses quite ss much enthusiasm
when It Is played above. Mason and
Dlxou'a line far above that line, In
many Instances-as It does when It Is
played down 803th. I havo often no
ticed this ami wondered over it. In
the Southern towns and cities, or even
In Washington, whero Southern sen
tltncnt predomliates.. It is the natural
thing for tho thrcrs nnd the hand
clapping to begin when, for example.
n theater orchestra or musical per
formers on a stage strike up the tune
of 'Dixie,' but precisely the same thing
happens In the Northern cltle. An or
chestra never gets Into the swing of
'Dixie' In a New York theater that
tho audience doesn't nlmost come to Its
feet. They cheer 'Dixie' vociferously
every time It Is played In Han .Fran
cisco. They yell In approval of It In
DstroU. and Ht. Paul, nnd Cincinnati.
and In Chicago they hum It along
with the band or orchestra. Kven
lu chilly Ikwton they wake up and,
give a hand to 'Dixie.' it's a lively
and Inspiring tunc, of course, but I
don't think that fact exactly explains
why It Is that It arouses enthusiasm
lu communities In tho North, whero a
Southerner would scarcely even expect
to hear It played, much less cheered.
Maybe It's because there's 11 lingering
love nil over tho country for tho old
South, and maybe It Is Itccause there
Is a pretty general and wholesome
sentiment all over tho laud for the
section that camo out of tho big fight
n good deal like tho under dog; but.
ot any rate, 'DIxloV tho tune that gots
tho biggest hand nD tho wildest ac
claim, no matter whero It's played,
from Michigan to the Gulf, and from
tho Atlantic to tho Paclflc." Washing
ton Post.
Forgot Nothing,
Walter Hem er haven't you for
gotten something?
Farmer Hams Oh. no. I guess not.
I've et everything clean up.
Cotton Mill t Quito.
A cotton mill to bo built at Quito,
tho capltnl of Ecuador, must be car
ried on the hacks of mules through
tliu AmIcm, pusslng u point 10,000 feel
In ultltudc.
When two women talk tho subject of
their conversation is conspicuously
absent .
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
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LAND LUUUUUS WANT RAIN.
Millions of I'cet ot Logs In thcSmall
Streams,
Loggers In I.mio County nro having
moro dllllculty thla season than usual
trying tu got loga down tho mountain
streams. Tho spring has been no dry
that millions of feet ot logs that were
cut on tho streams tributary to tho
McKonxlo and tho Willamette during
tho winter havn hung up nnd cannot
do driven out in tho usual way. Us
uallx In tho month of April thorn nro
rnlns that rntso theso creeks so that
tho logs con bo driven out, hut this
year tlioro havo boon nn rains ot con
Bcquonco nnd the stream havn not
had slnco February sumclont wator to
run logs.
On Lost Creok. Wlnhorrv. Mir nnd
I.lttlo Fall Creeks, tho llooth-Kolly
Company has. millions of root of logs
that they nro badly In ned of nt tho
8pflngflold mill. For weoks thoy
kcpi men rcauy ana nan tiiu logs in
tho crook. Intending thnt tho moment
tho wator was sufficient they would
start them to deeper water. Hut the
rains that woro hoped for did not
come.
Finally giving up hopo of running
tho- logs In tho usual way, thoy began
constructing dams to aid tho work by
artificial means. Thousands of dol
lars woro expended In building flood
dams In theso small streams, Theso
havo been of somo assistance, and tho
logs aro bolng slowly worked down to
wards the river, hut It Is n slow and
oxpenslvo process. As yet It lino beon
Impossible to supply tho big mill at
8prlngfleld with sufficient 'oga to keep
tho saws at work,
Tho logging business Is very Im
portant In this county, and greater
this year than ever beforo. Thcro
are at tho present ttmo no leas than
3S.000.000 feet of logs In tho wator to
supply tho various mills In tho coun
ty. Tho UoothKolly Company alone
has 23.000.000 feet afloat, whllo othors
have no less than 13,000.000 feet.
Tho mills all havo greater difficulty
getting logs than they havo getting
orders.
Official Count.
The ofllolal canvass of tlio voto for
congressman at the election in tho First
district on Juno 1, 1103, shows tlio
following result:
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Marlon County Wool Pool Sold.
Tho wool pool of tho Marlon Coun
ty Woolgrowors' Association was Hold
(o tho hlghost bidder In Halom. and
was bought by A. H. Jarolm. repre
senting tho Oregon City Woolen Mills.
There worn upwards of 100.000
pounds of wool In tho pool, and tho
prlco paid was 1C cents per pouiM for
tho coarso grado and 1014 cents for
tho medium and finer grades. Tho do
livery of tho wool began at onca
through tho warehouso of W. M.
Drown & Co., of this city. This Is tho
highest price, by 1 cent per pound,
that was over received by tho Marlon
County woolgrowors,
Copper Property Sold.
Lou Simmons nnd William Myers
havo sold their copper property on
HIe Creok. Eastern Oregon, consist.
Ing ot eight claims, to a syndicate
financed by Indiana capitalists for
I7G.00O. This deal has boon ponding
for some tlmo, hut was finally closed.
It Is understood that tho now ownors
will begin tho work of developing tho
proporty .at once. A considerable
sum ot monoy Is to bo expended for
surfaco Improvements,
Incendiaries Set PI re.
Firo destroyed tho resldenco, barn
and blacksmith shop of tho Warnon
Valley Stock Company In Wurnor
Valley 0110 day last week, all tho
housohold goods and n largo stock of
supplies wero lost. It wan undoubt
edly ot Incondlary origin, iih two mid
dles and 'all tho horses wero taken out
of tho barn, Tho parties who did it
aro under suspicion, and will likely
bo approhondod.
Trouble In Lake County,
A report comos from Lakovlow that
squatters on land of tho Warn or Val
ley Htocx uompany nnva mirncu mo
Buildings on tho ranch 40 miles east
of that pluco. Tho squatters rofuso
to bo dispossessed and utato that they
will resist, by forco of arms, tho or
dor of tho court awarding tho land to
tho Warnor Valley Stock Company.
President Lee Is RcHlcctcd.
At tho annual meeting of tho board
of trustees of Albany Collogo, Presi
dent Wnllaco IIowo Leo, who linn boon
connected with tho collogo for many
years, was unanimously ro-olectod
president ot tho institution. It Is
largoly due to hla managomont that
Albany Collogo has attained Its pres
ent high degroo of efficiency,
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IKKUIATION AT KAI.AMATII.
Dredger Machinery Arrives for Dredg
ing the Canal,
Tho machinery for tho drodgor of
tho I.lttlo Klamnth Ditch Company I
bolng put In plneo on a now boat,
38x08 foot, and will bo ready for oper
ation In Lower Klamath Lako In
three wooks. Tho machinery wolghn
100,000 pounds, ami 2G teams wero ro
quired to haul It from tho railroad to
tho lako last week,
Tho first work of tho dredger will
bo to dig a cut, four miles long, 30
foot wlilo and four foot deep, from tho
lako to tho head of tho company's
ditch, thus assuring an abundance of
water at all times of tho year, Hith
erto Will to I-ako hns beon depended '
on for supply, hut has been Instimo
lent to ticcnmmodato tho demand for
Irrigation during tho dry weather of
midsummer. Tho cut from tho lako
will cont 10000. As noon an that work Ih
finished, reclaiming of land around
Lower Klamath Lako will ho under
taken. It Is estlmatod that tlioro aro
CO.OOO aoroa contiguous to that body
of wator, capable of reclamation by
the uso ot tho drodgor.
Coming Uvents.
Annual mooting of Plonoers, Bona
nnd Daughters, Portland, Juno .17,
Western Orevnn nivUInn h.nn
Statu Teachers' Association, Port-
muu, j una zwv.
Christian cam 11 mnatlnr 'Turnup
Juno 19-28.
Sixth Annual ro-unlnn of Ijinn Pnnn.
ty veterans, Kugeno, Juno 16-18.
Carnivals flranU Itaia Tun., ti.nn.
Ashland. Juno 1C-20; Uosehurg, Juno
.-. iiungn urovo, juno s-J7;
Bnlem. Juno 290uly ; Albany, Juno
iUMuiy 1.
Ninth nnnunl reiratln Aalnrln An.
gust 10-21.
Wltlnmetln Vallnv r'liniifhnn.i
Gladstone, July 14-20. '
Kncamnmnnt of tho Grand Armr or
tho Republic. Portland. Juno 21-27.
First Oregon Cavalry and First
Oregon Infantry rc-unlon. Portland,
Juno 27,
Another Contrsct Finished.
Major W. C. I-angfllt has completed
an Inspection at tho Cascade Ix)cks,
whero tho contract of II. W. Taylor
had Just been finished. This contract
Included the rlprapplng Tit tho north
wall of tho upper lock, at a cost of
$26,000, which has taken about six
months to carry ouL A largo number
of stono cutters nnd laborera were
employed. Theso locks, which havo
cost tho government 3,7G0,000, nro
not yet finished, and an appropriation
of $160,000 will bo necessary beforo
the final details will havo been at
tended to. At tho prosont stago of tho
wator the locks aro out of commls
slon ami boats will have to wait on
each side until tho freshet Is over.
Improvements at the Penitentiary.
Governor Chamberlain has dcolded
to havo nn mtillilnn imin ,.. i.
.... -.... ...... .,,...t .... mn
south ond of tho dining room arid
kitchen at tho penitentiary for tho
purpose of providing n plaro to con
duet executions. The nddltlon will
no constructed or brick, nnd will bo
two stories high. Tho Improvement
Will bO llinilll flu nlltllnn.l anni, llr...
ago by Superintendent James. Work
will soon bo commenced on tho con
struction of i sower to connect tho
prison with tho now stato sower built
a yoar ago to a point west of tho
n"y''"n. This will glvo tho prison
hotter drainage.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 7no7.l. ..1.
ley, 77c,
Parlor Food. S'JO.nn nnr n, .-
ing, $21.
Flour Heat irrsdea. t.i.nn tm 1 m.
grahsm, $3.4633,86.
MlllstulTs Ilrsn, $23 per ton; mid.
dllngs, $27; shorta,'$23j chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, fl.ip (8 1.18;
gray, $1.05 percental,
Hay-Timothy, $20Q21; clover,
nominal; cheat, $16I0 per ton.
Potatoes Host llnrpanks, 60Q7fle
nor sackt ordinary. HRffltiKn n,,. ..,. t
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.60 por cental.
Poultrv Ohlcknna. mlrn.1 11Ato...
-..-, .via, V,ti
young, ISQHoj lions, 12o; turkeys,
iivo, misuoj ureaiHxi, su2Zoj uiirks,
7.00(37.60 ter dozen: dmmi. in nn
0.60. ' " ' y '"'"
Gheoait Full rnrnm 4.ln. ikia
lCfl! Ynimir Amnrlrn IftrialKL,.. f...
ory prices, Idjlj-Jc less.
liutte'r Fancy creamory, 2020c
per pound; extras, 22o; dairy, 20(2
(i.uj aturo, jucusio,
Kflfcs 17Q20o per doron,
Haps Oholco, 18(320o per pound,
WoolValley,12J17oKaBtorn Or
ogon, 814c; mohair, 8637Jtfo.
Boof Grors, cows, 3J44o, per
pound; steers, 65tfoj dressed, 8&c.
Voal 7K8o.
Mutton Gross, $3.60 per pound;
(1 reused, CQOc. .
Lambs Grots, 4o por pound;
droeesd, ?c,
Hogs qross, 00c por pound t
dresstd, 78e.
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