WAX CANDLES IN DEMAND.
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Bnt'Thry Are Not Stud of Wnx lit All,
Uaocarltc Heine the Cnmjiooltloii.
There 1 a popular Imprvwhui that
wax candles ure innnutHi'tiuvd from
beeswax. No doubt wime of thoe oa
the tnnrkct can lip traced to the busy
little Insect, but Hot many. Wweer
He, n prefluet of the enrth. Is the eotn
liaaltlon of which the bulk of them art"
"formed. In the United Stntes the mm
oral la due In Utah and tn California,
the Bnropean beds being lor ted In
Wales and Gallcla and Itoumnula.
"When found In Its natural stale ozo
cerite appears In translucent dark
brown, thin films, which, upon being
refined, resembles beeswax cleel.v.
The wax mines of Eastern Gallcla,
leased and operated by a syndicate of
American capitalists, form one of the
most curious fields of Industry Imag
inable. They are located around Bory
tdar, which Is also the center of the
eastern oil district of that part of Aus
tria. The entire wax fields are but
fifty acres In extent, but more than a
thousand shafts have been sunk lu
that limited area, and almost G.00 men
are at work on the tract The veins of
the mineral frequently are sixteen
Inches thick and It Is dug with shovels
and hoisted from the shafts by wind
laswis. Many um are made of this
wax besides molding It Into candlefl
and fortunes have been' made by the
men Interested In these curious mines,
the value of the crude product being 8
cents a pound at the mouth of a shaft
The wax candle or, speaking more
correctly, the ozocerite candle Is again
becoming fashionable In the hornet, of
the wealthy. In the mansions of the
wealthy as well as In the rooms of the
poverty stricken, candles may be found
to-day, though for widely different rea
sons. To the poor candles are indis
pensable because science never has
discovered a cheaper mode of lighting.
And to the rich the flood of light emit
ted by a forest of candles U a boon
because science has not and probably
never will discover a softer and more
mellow light than that shed by the
yellow flame at the end of the ancient
wax cylinder.
Both health and comfort are other
points taken Into consideration by
many city folks who burn candles in
their bedrooms and In other places
where brilliant light Is not essential.
-In tbe-flfst place, what little odor Is
caused by a candle flame Is uelthrr in
jurious nor Altagrevabte, and la the
second, the flame requires but little
oxygen to keep It going, nor does it
beat a room to an appreciable degree,
a double advantage too obvious to be
dwelt upon.
But outside of our big cities the can
dle Is' used extensively. In country
Jiomes where gas Is net available aud
where oil lamps most be used the can
dle .Is found frequently as an agree
able and safe substitute. The wax
candle of to-day. however, is a widely
different thing fran that of idea
times. The bury bee may bam and
collect honey uud tarn out all the wax
bhe likes, except that her product is
used for the candles la Itemau Catlieltr
and "Ugh" eburchc, Kite ewrtrHwIes
llttijxtr nothing to tbote feued ta the
markets. Chicago Ckrontel
There 1Vas No Jlncore.
No right-thinking person can have
auy admiration for a "nuart trick"
that smacks of rascality, but there
may lie cant In wjileh sympathy far
tbewctftus of tatch a trick wesdd lie
waited.
A traveling dramatic troupe -ann 'tree-.
ed a perferuMttee in a certain atttiil
ilou jUjUBj- city. It "was itxyrvtiy
. fcUUud.ua Jiii the bttlo thai "Owtoj to
IWgifJanwgth of the prograiu and
the BMny siecialty iierfannaucet. n
eHobres will be ptirwMted.'
The evening of the eHtertatoMteMt
brand the bout well flUed. the aadl
'en'c consisting largely of youHg wen
and bays beut oa barlRg a good time.
r The flnit song was the occasion for
a prslosged outburst of cbeerlnje. After
it had contiuued everal minutes the
manager came to the trout of the cur
tain to ask them to desist They ouly
bowled, the louder, and he retired, dis
comfited. But the cheering, stamping and
i whistling went on, and tHwtiUHed for
naff, an hour, the curtain remaining
obstinately down.
At the end of that time the ratlins
I iasin bad spent itself aud the din
ceased, but the curtain did not rise.
Then a young man ventured to go be
hind the Bceue. He returned presenter
with the announcement that the com- j
pany bad left the building, bag and
.baggage.
Jt was true. They had packed up
everything, paid their bill at the hotel,
caught a train out of town, and got
safely away; and the general verdict of
the townspeople was that they bad
nerved their unruly audience Just
right
Interpreted,
-Father,' said the youth, "what is
your understanding of the saying: 'The
race Is not always to the swift'"
"Practically, my son. replied the
wise father, "it means that in the
tici of life the fast men don't usually
come out ahead." Philadelphia
Press.
Every thief would like to keep him
self unspotted.
ntJILDINU A CHRISTIAN HOME.
By Her. raeodor U Carter, O. D.
"I never let fool or bairns ace my
work until It U done," said a fameus
Scotch painter; he knew that no pro
duction of human art could be rightly
Judged until It was completed. 1 re
member that when 1 first saw Cologne
Cathedral nearly fifty years ago. It had
a stumpy and unimpressive appear
ance, for It was tewerlw.. The next
time 1 saw the edifice It was disfigured
by scaffolding on which workmen
were busy. Hut when. In the summer
or 3WU. I beheld the completed towers
lu their flashing splendor, 1 felt that
It was a mighty and magnificent poem
written In marble.
That illustrates the way In which
the Master builds a true Christian.
The Bible declares that the Christian
is "Christ's workmanship created
anew unto good works." Any one who
looked at a company of church mem
bers in a prayer meeting or at a sacra
mental table might say that seme of
them were quite Imperfect specimen
of workmanship, as he could testify
from Intimate acquaintance. Very
true; but if that same person wished
to purchase a melodeon he would not
go into the manufactory whers the
different parts were being fashioned;
he would go into the salesroom and in
spect the completed instrument This
world Is the great workshop In which
Jesus Christ by bis Spirit eonirtrnrts
Christian character. "Ye are Cod's
building." wrote the Apostle Paul to
his brethren at Corinth. Of himself
he wrote at another time. "Not an
though 1 have already attained, either
one already perfect" He was still In
the banda or his divine and loving
Architect. The scaffoldings were nut
yet taken down, and the work of
grace was not yet ecunptand.
It l easy t tBacaver some flaws in
even the best men and women; but
the critic mutt consider what materi
als our Master baa to work with In
frail and fallen human nature, so often
disfigured and defaced by lunate de
pravity. Napoleon used te say that
"he bad to make his marshal out of
mud." Certainly no power less than
that of the Holy Spirit could have con
structed such a conscientious and ef
fective Christian as Joau Newton out
of so hardened aud desperate a sin
ner. A vr eloquent and spiritually
minded minister once said to me, "Be
fore 1 was converted I wonder how
any a oauU live In the bout with
ma." DoeLsc ury forty-four years or
justorate. when I received converts
into the church, I often recognized the
fact that one candidate fer member
ship had been reared In a frivolous and
worldly family and another had a
naturally vtolrnt tempts- and another
was constitutionally timid and Irrcee
lute and still another had to contend
with hereditary sensualities of tem
perament or practice. Borne of the
overhasty had to be beM back and test
ed, and same desponding doubtlena bad
to be encouraged. A study of the ex-
peiienceor OHr bltoaed Lord In buttdtag
twelve dcdples out or the material
that came to his hand Is full of Milcren
suggestion, and one ef these twelve
tumbled Into rain under the very eye
of the Master BuBder.
Character building Is like cathedral
building a gradual process. No Chris
tian Is born full grown, else there
would be no sense In the divine in
junction to "grow in grace" and to
"pre towards the goal of tb high
calling of God In ChrUt Jesns." The
corner-stone of every truly regenerated
character Is the Lord Jctux; other
foundation can no one build on with
out rlsklnr a wreck In this world and
eternal ruin in the next world. The
first act of saving faith is the Joining
of the new convert to the atonlni;
Savior. Then upon that aelld founda
tion mus( be added the courage, the
meekneaa, the patience, the conscien
tiousness, the bonesty, the loving kind
nefts and the other graces that make
for godliness. Let tio young beginner
be dUbeartened. Oaks do not grow
like hollyhocks. A solid Christian
character cannot be reared in a day
nor la it to be done simply by Sabbath
services or by sacraments. Some poor
pumice atone has to be thrown out,
and not a little bad timber rejected in
aplte of t! varnish on it
The Bible 1 the only plumb-line to
build by; and It must be used constant
ly. All the showy ornamentation that
a mau can put on his edifice amounts
to nothing. If his walls are not perpen
dicular. Sometimes we see a fllmny
structure whose bulging walls are
abored up by props and skids to keep
them from tumbling Into the street I
am afraid that there are thousands of
reputations In trade, in politics, in so
cial life, and even in church life, that
are abored up by various device. No
Christian ran defy Cod's inexorable
law of gravitation. It la a mere ques
tion of time how soon every oharacter
will "fall in." It It Is not bad on the
rock, and built according to Jrsua
Christ's plumb-line. It may go down
In this world; It Is sure to go down tn
the next. Let every oun, therefore,
take heed how he or she bulldeth; for
the laat gTeat day will teat the work,
of what sort It la.
Finally, let us all bear tn mind that
If we are Christ's worktnannhlp, we
must let our wise and loving Master
take bis own way. We must allow htm
to use his awn tools. Oh, bow much
cutting and chiseling we often need!
Haw keen. too. and Kharp Is the chlqel
which be Kiiini-tltu.ii urn! The wnnul
of his hammers Is constantly beard;
and with It are also heard the won
derlng cries T some sufferer who ex
claim, "Why are yeu applying to mo
the file, the saw and the hammers?"
Be still and knw that whom he lov
eta he chastcacth! lr we are Christ's
building, then let htm fashion us ac
cording tn his divine Ideal of beauty,
at whatever cot to our aelflfdineMi or
pride, or Indolence, or vainglory.
Chrbrt working In us, aud upon us
and we working with Christ and for
him that Is the prows that produces
such atrncturra as be will present be
fore his father and the holy angela.
Nothing U too small and nothing la
too great, that Involve a Christian's
Influence before a sharp-eyed world.
We are to bt his wltncmca; Jesus
Christ builds Christians to be looked
at and to be studied. He rears a 1o
be spiritual llthtliouwo In a sin-darkened
werld. Michael Angelo said that
be "carved for eternity " In an infin
itely higher sense Is every blood-re-deemed
Christian caned and fashion
ed and upbuilt to lie a habitation of
God through his Spirit to bis praise,
and unto his everlasting glory.
AN UNSOLVED WORLD.
Br r. tr. A. Bmrtlttt. D, D.
We keep hearing this word problem
until we are Impressed that ours is
an uasolvad world, Thar la tb prob
lem or the ftegn, and the problem or
the trusts, and the problem or munic
ipal government and clean streets. No
two voices sugrest the same solution,
although the dominating tone is re
course to the law.
But Jesus solved all these problems
there by that little Lake or Galilee.
When 3,000 people Intruded on His
privacy He had "compassion on them."
To His sympathetic vision they wrre
not wolves, but sheep unchepherded.
When men have earapasslon on the
multitude and use th4r enormous jhiw
ers te bring coal and bread and meat
cbmpb t all who need them th trust
prWea will be Halved. When city
olBrtaii taLt the view of JeuM and
forget their peHtles and rhoir own sor
did aabttlMa. and tax dodgers pay
what is their drbt and there Is a
common civic pride, the problem nf
good geverament and clean streets will
be solved bat not till then.
The disciples said: "Send the multi
tude away to buy food." Jesus said:
"Give ye them to eat" Then He
shewed them bow it could tie done.
Selfishness says send the negro away,
scad the poor away, send anyone away
who troubles ns and makes a problem,
Jesus says teach them and ferd tbem.
and those yea hare thought were
wolves will appear to be sheep after
alt
SERMONETTES
Suicide. We are living In an age or
suicide. Old and young, for cause and
without cause, are laying violent bands
on themselves. Every day witnesses
a new tragedy, and prognostics are
favorable to forebodings concerning
our moral condition In the immedlato
future. Her. G. C. Lorimer, Baptist
New York City.
Two Typea of Itellrlon. History
has been a struggle between two typeu
of religion one which make the Deity
a convenience, and the other which
makes him a sovereign. The time la
come fer some stout epen denying of
these superstitious notions, which have
gathered like barnacles around Chris
tianity. Rev. W. B. Thorp. Congrega
tlonallst Chicago, lit.
The True BevlvaL A true revival
of religion would mean the smashing
of many programs, the breaking
up or many cherished places, the aac
rlflclng or many personal Interest.
Theaters and card parties would have
to be abandoned and buslnesa now con
ducted upon dishonest principles would
bare to be given up. There would have
to be a general cleaning up in all
our churches and all the ritualistic
tomfooleries and red tape religion
would have to go. God wants none of
these things. All these things ere in
the way of a true revival of religion.
Ber. A. tt. Holderbr, Baptist, At
lanta, Ca.
HAPPENJNGS HERE IN OREGON
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WMDItn ARO TltQ UUIM1 MOAKUSV
taw Say Road Supervisors Shall I'loce
llicm.
There Is on iwtlon of the mail law
whMi Is morn Imperative In Its require
ment aud which is tuut dltregurded
than Utat which make It a dutr of
roud suHrvlsor to erect guide boards
at the fotkt of every highway. It the
law worn strictly followed no nupsr
visor could draw IiIh palary until ho
bud erected guldutiourria wherever roads
unite or emus, jet it 1 remarked by
everyone who travels in tlui country
that there are ury few such board In
evidence.. Newcomers In particular
notice the aucente. of slgnlioards. The
law ou the tubject Is section 30 of the
la ted edition of Oregon road laws and
reads a lollows:
Hvvry Uirvlfot shall erect andktvp
up at the fork til every highway aud
every tirofsing of public roods within
his road district n guide nr finger
hoard, loutalnlne an lntcxlptlon In leg
ible letter directing the way and sjwv I
fj'lng the distance tn the next town or
public pluw situated on each road re
spectively; provided, that the road su
iwrvioors rlmll not he paid after sub
mitting their reiiort to the county
court until they havo rbown to the
satisfaction of the court that the pro
vision of this hectlon have been com
piled with.
HARVEST PROSI'nCTS CXCQtLQNT.
Lion County Crops Have Decs Helped by
tb Shower.
Linn county farmers are elated ovar
the excellent proxpects lor good crops.
Ihe damage dune by the few days of
hot weather early In Jnne has been
overcome by the cool weather aud
rains of the past week and the Indica
tions are that almost a full crop will
bo harvested.
Just now the rain Is doing soma
damage to hay. A considerable
amount nf clover hay has lieeu cut and
will he Injured some bv the rain. A
week a good weather would see a large
portion of the hay crop safely liar-
veeted.
The frnlt outlook i excellnet, al
though the crop of appies and pears
will be light, there will lie an extraor
dinary yield of prunes, which consti
tute by far the greater portion nf nuxit
orchard. The prune tree in this mo
tion will be loaded with all the fruit
they can possibly bear, in some In
stances a part nf the fruit wltl havo tn
lie shaken of! to save the trees.
Lands In a Tangle.
A large stuck of disapprovals uf lieu
land mdetitlnn whloh lay on the dek
nf th state laud agent a few day
agr show the wholesale manner In
whluh the general land nMee and
the department nf the Inturlaar are
turning down Orrgon lieu land.
Thousand nf acre wilted have been
selneted by the stole and Hold after jt
prcval by loeal land ufilnm have been
rejected recently by the general laud
office, and the end Is nnt yet Apieals
are being takun to the wcietnry til the
interior, hut if thatoflUiul adheres to
hi rrtment poller there la rmall
chance of a chance in the decisions.
Beyond qnentinn the state land depart
ment la involved in the worst tangle
ever known in It history, and it will
be a long time before the kinks are
iitraightenod out.
Crook's Population Increases.
Crook county is getting its share of
the newcomers into the state. Four
hundred and forty-eight claims of differ
ent kinds have been proved up since
July 1, 1002. Beginning abont July 1
the land eomml'sloner says that there
will he made at his office here from 10
to IS proofs a day until October 1.
More than 1,000 settlers have come In
to the county In the lai.t year and
every stage from Sahnlko to l'rlmvlllo
is crowded with people looking for
laud.
Scarcity In Brick and Masons.
The rtate hoard of capltol building
Commissioners has recently let con
tracts for three new brick buildings, an
addition to the prleon, a "new indus
trial building at the reform echool and
a dowd cottage at Ihe asylum As a
ronxequence, there is immedlato de
mand for a large quantity of brick and
the prison brickyard will be kept work
ing at It full capacity for nearly two
months to rupply them. The contrac
tors all wish to begin work at once,
and hence each wants brick first
Articles of Incorporation riled.
Only two now companies filed arti
cles of incorporation in the office of the
secretary of state last week. They
were; Davis Lake Irrigation com
pany, Rooehurg. $25,001); Huitro Lum
ber company, Linnton, f 25,000.
Baker WIU Pay the Taxes.
Sheriff Colhath, of Marion county,
has been notified that ex-State Printer
Frank Baker will pay the taxes duo on
the state printing plant. The sheriff
had advertised the sale of the property
to take plana this week.
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ARID LAM) HOT IN IMlAUNI).
Department of the Inlrrlur Approved
Two Applications fur Hctlimstlon.
The rush which was inadu a year ago
fur land under th" arid land law la not
In eviuViire this year. Only n tty few
applications fur arid fund contracts
have been received In the Isat six
months, and all of theie are for small
tracts which will he occupied, reclaimed
and cultivated by the applicants. Only
two of the application for lariro tat
havo been approved hy the department
of the Interior. One of lhee Is Ins
application of the 1'ortlaud company,
organUed by W. K. burke, whloh ootn
pauy has a contract for the reclamation
of about 0,000 aores northeast of Mai
heur lake. This tract Is entirely In
eluded within tho rulgon recently with
drawn from entry hy the department
with a view to examining it to antir
Ulnnhether a suitable site exlrts fer
tho cotiktruotlon of large Irrigation
works by the government
The other application approved Is
that of the i'llot Jtutte development
company, which ha secured some 67,
000 acres near the headwater of the
IVihRhuWo, fiotn which stream the
water for irrigating the land will he
taken. This I the coinjny organised
by A, M. Drake. Among the applica
tions 'tending are Ihoee of tho Oregon
development company or 78,000 sore
near tho headwater of the Deechntess
tho Three Sisters company, for 27,000
sores lietwren the Deschutes and the
Cascade moentalns, and the Harney
valley improvement company, fur Oil,
DI'S acres near Malheur lake, In Harney
eonuty. A utrt ef the application of
the Oregon development company has
been rejected on the ground that the
laud I timbered and cannot I projer
ly classed as arid land.
Mrs. (Iter Mad PrrsUtat.
The Oregon federation nf women's
clubs completed a most suecesfi'Ol three
days' session at Astoria Ian week by
the election of tho following officers to
serve during tho ensningyoar: J'reel
dent, Mrs. T. T. Gerr, f-aletn ; first vice
president, Mr. Samuel Klmore.Astorla ;
second vice president, Mrs. A. Bern
stein, Portland; recording secretary,
Mr, flattie Young, Grants Pass; ow
renpondlng secretary, Mr, hamuel
White, Baker City: treasurer. Mia
Olive Slater, La Grande auditor, Mrs,
rlortinca Sheldon, Lugniin, Tim feder
ation will tuent at Itaker 01 ty next
year.
Horses Sent to Canada,
A shipment of i! car of horseeof nil
alms and kind went from La Grande
lait week. They will go via Spokane
to Out Bank, Mont, and he driven
Iron there to Method, Albert. There
are nlwut 700 horres, ami the parehase
prleeiabiHilri,0OB, of whloh 117,
1)00 was paM te ne hone grower mt
Eautern Oreg With freight and tt
per .pent duty, the purchaser ri m
in about 1 30,008, and will fell oat Ia
the loeal dealers of their section, and
eonie again, shenld the venture pay.
rrjee ranged irem 110 to lSd dollara.
ChrUtUa Convention a Succcaa.
The convention of the Christian
churches of Oregon, held at Turner
last week, was a great sucvcm. There
wero nearly 40 ministers in attendnnrn
and over 200 delegate and very many
visitors.
PORTUND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 70rt7.A, ..1
ley, 77c.
Barley -Feed. 120.00 iter iimi.)ii.
ing, $31.
Flour Beit trades. IS. Oft i rt
graham t3.4BOI3.8S.
allllltufls llran. 19.1 tuir Iaii mM.
dllngt, 27t shorts, 21 chop, 118,
OaU No. 1 white, 11,10 rj 1, lBj.
gray, 1 OS percental,
Hav Tlmnlhv. 13(1,51 1 !..,
noaalnal; cheat, 1 16(416 per ton.
Potatoes Beit Hurpanks, 60,flo
per sack, ordinary, afwatlo nr nt.l
rrowsrs' nrlcest Marred ! ma.
S.50 per cental,
Poultry Chickens, mUed. 10llei
young, 13ftHet hens. 12oi turksva.
lire, lfl(U7c: drersed. 20a9?Ai .inrW.
7 O0iJ7.60pordoien geese, f 0,003
0,50, '
Cheese Full cream, twins, 15,(
10c: You mi America. lRratnu.,, i.i.
ory prices, lfill!c Ism.
Butter Fanev craanmrw. 4naQ4Lf..
per pound) extras, UJo dairy, 20
7ici iwrn, media,
Kggt WfiilOo per donen,
Hops Ohqjce, 1820o per oiind,
Wool VaiUy,13iai7oKailorn Or
egon, 814o mohair, 3B37)o.
Resf-qrosi, cows, SlfrjHo, por
pound steers, B5.foi ilraie.,'sUe.
Vol-7J,'8c,
Mutton-Gross, $3,00 Per pound t
dressed, OCtOKn, '
a Ln,,b,-7"". 0 per pouiul)
Hofs-aroi, fltiflo psr pound (
urssted, 7(i8,
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