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80METHINQ ON HIS MIND.
T1IK IDEAL I4FK.
Br Kr Joiepn 3lrermari.
And lie said, Go forth and stand
upon the mountain before tho lAird.
I. KIhk xls., 11.
There are times when we who hnve
Hved constantly In tho valleys become
dissatisfied with our surrounding,
with the commonplace scenery, the
narrow liorlron and contracted vision,
and look wlta euvlous eyes to the few
who have succeeded In climbing to the
mountain top. Then, under some cud-
den spell, we summon up courage,
gather our feeble, strength, and at
tempt to ell in h the steep and nigged
nsccnt. And when nt last, after iiiiiny
trials and failures, we reach the sum
mit we are. fully rewarded for our ex
ertions by tho glorious sight tefore us
and by the exhilaration of the upper
air.
Those In the valley can see only a
small part of the world's wonders
here a field, a garden; there n cavern,
a river, or lake. Upon the mountain
top the sublime and awe Inspiring
prospect of tho world's wonderful de
sign, beauty, majesty, and iwwer
bursts full upon tho eye. From be
low we saw only a few peaks; from
ntwvc hundreds of peaks come Into
view, hundtyils of smaller mountains,
separated by undulations of green for
ests or by sliver threads of limpid wa
ters. From below we had a limited
outlook, saw only our own conllncd
surroundings a few peasants, villag
ers, or conceited townspeople; beheld
only petty affairs of mundane life,
which seemed of such paramount Im
portance to the denizens of the valley.
From the heights we have, compara
tively speaking, an almost unlimited
horizon and can see at a glance many
cities and villages, and In the distance
bills and vnlleys, rivers and lakes, and
beyond the mighty ocean embracing
all tilings. From above all great cities
seem but as toy villages, men and
women ns tiny miniatures, and our
seemingly vast enterprises as the block
houses of children at play. Standing
there on the mountain top. In the very
presence of the Lord, as It were, upon
tho throne of creation, we seem to
realize n sense of our greater selves
and our larger possibilities, and to
feel that the people and the things
we have left below ore but the chrysa
lis from which we have escaped; that
the world In the valley Is but the step
ping stone to the higher world above.
There are luminous hours In our
lives when the soul yearns to eman
cipate Itself from the limitations un
der which It was born nnd has con
tinued to exist, and seeks to rise to
some higher estate of manhood or
womanhood. We have at times vis
Ions of men and women who have
risen to spiritual heights which we
aspire to reach. They seem to live on
the mountain tops of life and enjoy u
greater and broader view of human
affairs. They are men of unusual wis
dom, profound reason, of uncompro
mising convictions; men who stand on
the vantage ground of truth, who lore
righteousness, execute Justice, and
walk humbly before their God; broad
gauge men, full of sympathy and love
for humanity; wliolesoulcd men and
women who can smile benignly and
speak graciously, yet wisely; philan
thropists, lovers of mankind, who tem
per Justice with mercy, Judgment with
charity, and who. like divinity, are pa
tient, long suffering, and abundant In
kindness and mercy.
In our better moments we seek to
stand upon such a lofty plane. Our
ordinary lives seem commonplace,
"stale, fiat, and unprofitable." We go
constantly through tho same routine
of eating and drinking, sleeping and
waking. Tho great massed seem like
thousands and millions and myriads of
molecules and organized cells that
contrlbuto to tbo mechanism of the
universe. We seem often to be only
ns the small teeth on tho cog wheels
of human and cosmic life, rotating
upon one another to move some other
set of wheels, and thus transmit pow
er, vitality, and growth to an infinite
number of revolving wheels. Now and
then some of us rebel against n cruel,
at least an undesirable, fate or destiny.
We aspire to some higher existence
than that of the beast; we want to be
something more than merely a part
of a cog wheel; we have an ambition
to bo n power that moves tho wheel,
to be a conscious and active directing
force, not a mere passive piece of
meclinnlsm. We wish to be not the
cluy that Is molded but tho potter who
designs and executes the plan. In
our better hours wo reach out to such
an Ideal life that Is far above our ma-
While Sheriff Told u Htory tit Jail
l'rlaoitira Kacuiivd.
1 found the sheriff uf mi Alnbnmn
town sitting under u shade tree neiir
iliu postotllco and after it it Introduction
i ml sumo general conversation tho tnlk
fell upon n negro who hud stabbed n
m mi In (own that day nnd escaped to
leilnl. worldly existence, with Us ion the mvniiiu..
stunt round of toil mid euro, coupled no otnclnl was telling how ho
with only ti modicum of pleniure tv"M Phiuiilug to go nboul next day
At such n time the words "(Jo forth !fter the ntnn, when a negro luiy came
nnd stand on the iiiouulu u top before U nnd, addressing him by his title,
the Lord" nppe.ll to us with a wonder- ld ' wanted to speak to him.
fill force. tJet thee out of the slough "Don't you know better than to In
of dcsiHilr, out of the valley where IUnrPt me, Joe?" exclaimed the
dwell the narrow and the evil minded, Hierlff and after a growl or two re-
i'y i latiyii'' '."
ZXUK
HAPPENINQS HERE IN OREGON
mined his tnlk.
The boy retreated In confusion, but
Ave minutes later he res.ppea.red to
lay:
"Mars Green, I duu waut to speak
nnd stand on the heights of the Ideal
life, with the great and the good, be
fore the Lord. This Ideal fortifies the
soul. hruhes aside the brooding cure,
drives awnv the lowerlm: clouds, and
sends n my of sunshine Into our dark ' yu
surroundings. We begin to feel that "You n""e sgnlnl" shouted the
what we have lost Is not nil of life. !norlrr "Tii yourself off and I'll
there are still health, happiness nnd;t0Ach J0" manners Ister on."
fortune In store for us; that the sen Is I ''" disappeared, but the story
never drained: that new friend ran j1" not "lf nA wh''" '" "turned
Ik nuulo In place of the old; that sill1""1 "ltcdly Hammered:
truth nnd Justice, all appreciation nnd "Mnr" "rven, If you don't come
sympathy nre not destroyed; that new vny ...
love can grow even from the grave of I,n"B l ,,ut w,mt, do ?u
n .lend affection. The ideal gives new ' ' Uiundcml the sheriff as he
zest to life, a new hnlo to our stir-, .f, ro,i
roundlngs. It spells new opportunity l ' "ttltiiUe was so menacing Unit
and undying how. ttu Ml 0XfT Wmrtf to Pt ?
I nd ran across the street. We noticed
UCCOOMTION HKHBAKIKIL , hlu' tlnK '" 'or ' 'J"1 '
minutes, but It was only when the
,.,., ...! "', V"V6.?:: ry i nnlsl.nl that ho slowly cross-
It is I Myic.lf.-St. Luke, xx'lv., part of "J"'
30,
The above words suggest the sub
ject of our recognition of departed
loved ones In the world to come. This
subject Is of Interest at all times, ami
ken 1 speak to you
now?"
"That you. Joe. What Is Itl"
"I'zo blu wnltln' to tell you' bout
de Jail. Mth."
"U'.ll .!,. .luiil Hi. InllT V,m
touches well nigh every one Hardly fc fc tha n,prrll
any there are but have burled their irentlemnn"
ui-nu, LlUy j urn un.v mh tm .,.,, ... ... -,,-, ,,.,,, -n, ...
from the dally activities of their souli h-)f -n hmf Mh , wj(lrU 0
a consecrated void; hardly any but at
times are earnestly asking: "Shall we
tell you, but you "
The sheriff was off like a wild loco-
see these dir absent ones again, and moT(, but ,1(J Ktn Joo ,, ,, wtm
will thiTo be some bond of recognition
between us?"
Hut we are not left to mere Infer
ences snd Implications. The Mble ns
sorts directly the doctrine of mutual
recognition hereafter. "Many shnll
come from the east and from the west,
and shsll sit down with Abraham and
prisoners had died the bars nnd gone
out by tho window,"
NOTED LECTURE MANAGER.
Major J. IU Pond Waa Asaaclatni wllu
Maajr Varoan I'araonagta.
MaJ. James Iiurton l'ond, who died
Isaac and Jacob In the kiitgdom of it his borne In Jersey City, the other
Hod." Of course, there would be no day, of blood poisoning, was well
significance ta this statement If the
patriarchs are not to be known as
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Again
"Ye shall see Abraham, Isaac and Ju
cob,, and all the prophets In the king
dom of God." Kays St. l'aul to the
Thmaalonlans: "Whst Is our hope or
Joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not
even ye In the presence of our Iird
Jesus Christ at his coming?" Again
he says to them: "Now we beseech
you, brethren, by the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering
together unto him." A'nd once more
I would not have you to be Ignorant,
tfnJ&aV'aW
UAJ. J. b. rcxi).
known throughout
the country as the
tiuumger of many
noted lecturets.
Ms J. I'oml was it.',
years of age, ami
h I s life, which
had beguu us a
printer's "devil,"
wus rich in adven
tures and reminis
cences. Ills birth pine
was Allegany Comi
ty, this Htate, and
NIIW LAND LAW Dlll'UCTIVI!.
State llminl llcllcws Old Act Still In
Operation,
Appllcntlou Iiiih been Hindu to the
state liiiul bimrd fur the piircliuso uf
a trncl of school I ii ml located within
the boumlnrlos of one of the ptoposed
forest riMorvi'H In Kustern Oregon,
This liiiul has been withdrawn from
imlo by tho statu hind board for the
reason Hint If tho reserve should he
created the liiiul would piohnbly be
more vnliiahlo for "bnso" than for
snle ns school Iniid. Tho iippllennt In
this rime contends, however, that the
board has no right to refuse to sell
any school laud when tho legal price,
a.r0 per acre, tins been tendered.
The state land honril, In considering
the question, tins discovered thnt
there Is n defect In the tllle of the
net of the Inst legislature whlrh
makes It doubtful whether the legisla
ture raised the price uf school land
to 92.R0 per acre mill required the
board to sell at Hint price. The title
of the net refers only to Indemnity
hind, while the net Itself upplles to
both, Indemnity and school limit.
The board Is Inclined to the opin
ion thnt so much of the act ns
nppllen In school land Is Inop
erative, nnd Hint tho old Inw Is
still In force on Hint subject. The old
Inw aiithnrlzcd the bonrd to sell
school land nt any price not less than
J 1.25 per ncre. Under Hint law the
hoard rould withdraw the laud from
sale, or rould fix the price nt -.0,
which was Intended by tho legisla
ture. If the land should be placed In n
forest reserve, nnd could be used ns n
hnse. It would be worth IT. nu ncre
For that reason purchasers are nnt
Ions to get It. ami the state land board
Is desirous of holding It. The ques
Hon of law Involved will be submit
ted to tho nttorney-genornl for his
opinion. '
Work tlcglns on Uppcmlvc llarn.
Work has commenced in the new
nnd in odur n $7000 hnrn to be erected
on the grounds of the Kastern Oregon
experiment station nt Union. The
first story will be constructed of cut
stone, and the superstructure of wrswi.
Twclvo men nro now employed laying
the foundation. The building Is lo
cated on the southern part of tho G20
arm farm owned by the state, nnd
not far from the mnln linn of the O.
II. & N where It rounds Hutchinson
I'nlnt. The building will hnve cement
floors nnd will be of n very pleasing
architectural design, nnd will be used
for experimenting In tho development
of thoroughbred livestock.
brethren, concerning them which ore he writ west at a Under age. He swut
asleep, that ye sorrow not ns others his early life on it form In Wisconsin,
who have no hope." The hope refer- later became a printer In Kansas, slid
red to here Is obviously that of meet-, when the Uvll War broke nut he or
Ing again. Many more allusions of gn nixed Cotapsny C, of the Third Wis
like character might be drawn from consln Cavslry, nnd served through
the Kplstlen of St. Paul. Hut It will the Civil Wsr as captain and finally as
suffice us to tum from them now and major In tu regiment. He was one
to consider only the further state- of 17 survivors of a band of 118 In the
inent of our text. And were that state- Ilaxter Springs massacre, executed In
ment alone It would be enough, for 1 1803 by the guerilla chief, Quautrell.
It tells us that the glorified lody of' In 1S73 MaJ. Fond was working on
our Lord was recognized, snd he was I the Salt Lake Tribune, the first Gen
Crops In Lana County,
While there tins been much com
plaint nbout utifnvnrnhle weather and
tnnnv fftrrnnr., Iinv, nTtif,iiiajt tin, lin.
illof Hint crops of nil kinds would be
light, there Is now n change to the il
trulstle view of I lie situation In Iine
county Conditions nre turning out
much better than anybody believed i
few weeks ago. I'rnbnbly the most
elated of all the producers are those
who hnve orchards. Conditions for
venrs past have been rnoro or les
discouraging to the horticulturist and
only tho strong hearted have been
nble In bear up against the. rencated
failures of prtiuo crops especially,
AI'PUOPKIATION SIIOKT.
Monty to 1'iiy Indian War Vrterani Has
llcen lUhniintcd,
Tlio appropriation or S 100.000 mmlo
by tlio Inst legislature for the payment
of tho Indian War veteniiiH Will nil be
exhausted by the payment of elnliim
already filed, mill over 300 cliilmnntH
must wall until the next legislature
appropriates money before they can
get their pny, Tho unpaid claims will
aggregate some f(i0,000, no that the
total amount paid out on this account
will bo $160,000. Ah It had become
apparent In the Inst few days Hint the
appropriation would noon he nxhnust
ml, Heeretnry of Htnto Dunbar asked
tho nttorneygeuornl for advice ns to
the tourso ho should pursue with re
gnrd to the claims thnt come In after
the 1100,000 hits been expended,
Attorney General Crawford litis roi.
dered nn opinion In which ho held
Hint tlio secretary or statu lins no au
thority to audit tho claims or Issue
warrants after the ntinronrlntlon Is
exhausted. This menus Hint until the
legislature makes another appropria
tion, those whose claims are not nl
rendy on file lu the office of the see
retnry of stnte will have no legnl
clnlm ngnlnst the stnte,
Hecllon 2398 of tho rode provides
Hint tho secretary of slate shall tint
Issue n warrant except when an ap.
proprlntlou Is available for tho pay
ment of the same. It also provides
Hint where a clnlm has been Incurro
in pursunnre of authority of Inw, hut
no appropriation has been made, or,
Is made, lins been exhausted, the sec
retary shall audit the clnlm and Issue
a certificate as evldenco thnt the
clnlm has been allowed. Tho attor
ney.Keneral holds Hint the Indian war
claims do not come under nnv r
these classes and thnt, therefore, the
ri-i rcinry uns no power to issun war
rants or even certificates. Un ran do
nothing hut receive the claims nnd
keep them on file until the ncit legls
Inture meets, when he will report
them iu thnt body for their consider
atlon. The Indlun Wnr veterans' elnlms
were not Incurred In pursuance of
any law of tho state of Oregon, but
were Incurred under the territorial
government. The United Htntes gov
ernment assumed all the (nihilities or
the terrltnry when tho state was ad
milted, and for Hint reason the vet
enns hnd no legal claim against tho
tate. Tho appropriation Is held,
therefore, to lie the measure of I In.
amount for which the secretary may
ninlli claims.
our first fruits, and as be rose so
shall we rise. There was. Indeed,
about hist au unearthly luster, but the
wounds were yet visible, the same eyes
looked out upon the apostles, the same
lips spoke to them, the same hands
blessed them, nlbelt a wondrous glory
tlio paper ever published In Utah. It
was as manager of Ann Kllcabeth
Young, one ef Ilrlgbam Young's wives,
who lectured throughout the country
opposing tbs Latter Da KulnUi, thnt
be first became prominently connected
with the managerial field, For ,10
Illumined all. There was that nbout 'years hs bd been a lecture manager
him which dazzled and bewildered.
Not at first did Msry and bis dis
ciples know him. While they sotfght
the gardener or would go a-nsblnjr. or
walked sorrowful and hopeless by tbs
wayside their oyea were darkened; but
when they turned their splrlusl gaze
upon him then they knew him. Then
Mnry said, "Itabbonl;" then St. John
cried. "It Is the Lord;" then doubting
Thomas believed; then repentant Peter
sank at his feet. In like manner II
shall be with us and ours. We shall
be changed. For corruption there shall
be Incorruptlon; for wenknese, power;
for dishonor, glory; for the natural, tho
spiritual body. And mayhap, too, the
unseen struggles and sufferings of the
past shall be registered upon our facee,
and thus our real characters express
themselves; tho things which were hid
den come abroad, nnd tho good deeds
done In secret be forever rewarded
openly. Hut our Identity, our iippear
ance, our Immortal Individuality shall
yet remain nnd we lie known to each
other by many Infallible proofs. Abra
ham shall remain Abraham, Daniel
shall still be Daniel, the Good Shep
herd shall still call bis sheep by name,
and they who have met in this life
shall meet again In that. An Isaac
shall rejoin Itebeccn, a David shall go
to the child who could not como to
him, a Mary and a Martha Hholl greet
their brother, and the tears of n
Itachel weeping for her children shall
be wiped away.
Hlcssed aro the Joy-mukers. Willis.
and among those whom he toured at
different times were Henry Ward
lieecher, Wendell Phillips, Ralph Wal
do Kmerson, John II. Cough, Hunan II
Anthony, Kobert G. Iugersoll and Sir
Edwin Arnold.
MsJ, Pond was. rich In reminiscences
of tbs great men and women with
whom be was associated. A few years
ago be wrote a book, "Eccentricities of
Genius," In which he related Interced
ing Incidents of those with whom he
had to do lu the course of his profes
sional career.
Fashionable Chairs, 1'erliapa.
Squire Hanson's language seldom
lacked vigor, but was often wanting In
strict accuracy and sometimes In con
sistency.
"I've been over to talk with Alvlra
Pond about selling that comer lot,"
he said one day to his wlfo, bis ruddy
face mottled with purple from soras
recent exertion, "and I'll never enter
her parlor again, nevcrl Not a chair
In the room but what Is Impossible to
sit down In, out of the question to get
up from, and leaves you with such a
cramp you can't move band nor foot
when you standi"
Iluled Out or Literature.
"You say ho thlnku bis poems very
fine?" said tbo man with tho cold,
steely eye.
"Ho considers thom unsurpassed."
"Then there Is no chance for him.
no hasn't even Judgment enough to be
a critic" Washington Star.
Smoky Pall Hsappcsrs.
Tho pall of smoke which annunlly
visits tho Houtliern Oregon moun
tains, screening the plno-eovored
ranges from vlow and shadowing tho
entire Southern Oregon country. Is
making Its nnpearnnrn. A few minor
fires have nlready been observed In
the surrounding mountains, though
none of them have occurred In the
heavily timbered districts. A strict
er vlgllanco will be kept this year
than usual, and It Is not likely thnt
tho dreadful fires of last summer will
be repeated.
Coming Events.
Ninth annual regatta. Astoria. Aug
ust 10-21.
Htnto Fair, flalem, September H-l.
Hemml Southern Oregon district
fair, Eugcno, September, 29-Octobcr 3.
Summer Association of the North,
wost Indian agencies. Newport, Aug
ust 17-27.
Lane county teachers' Instltuto, Eu
gene, August 4-C.
Watermelons Late.
From nil Indications Joseplnn coun
ty will mnlntnln Its widespread rep
utation or being n great watermelon
section. Tho melon season will he
snmn Inter, thorn thin yenr thnn usual,
but tho grownrH sny tho luscious fruit
will ho ns much In evldenco this sum
mer ns over bororo. Melons nro grown
In the bottom lands bolow Grants
Pass by tho CO and 80-ncro fields,
Assistant Postmsstcr Warned,
Postmaster Moomnw. of linker City.
has received an order from tho nont-
ofucn department at Washington, di
recting him to dismiss Assistant Port
master Gcorgo II. Tracy. Thin In thn
sonuol to the loss of two registered
letters sent through thn Raker City
ofllco on Mnrch 17 last, which woro
not received by thn peopld to whom
thoy woro addressed,
Plsx Will Have to Do Cut.
After having trlod for mpro thnn
two wooVh to sneuro men to pull flnx,
Eugono Hooso, proprietor of tho flnlom
flax plant, has been compollod to
abandon tho offort to gather thn cron
In thnt manner, nnd much of It wlff
bo cut with mowing machines.
New Mine fer dalle Creek.
Gnllco ereok, which has already bo.
como noted ns n rich placer mining
region and producer of plarer gold
thrnimh (he Old Channel mini. nt
that district. Is to hnvn another great
hydraulic placer mine. Thin now
mine will he one of the largest nnd
best equipped hydraulic pincers In the
West The new hydraulic mine Is
blng equipped by the Gallcu Creek
Hydraulic Mining Company. This
company has hnd n largo crow of int
at work for tho past bIk months pr -paring
the plncer fields to be operated
upon, for the Installation of mi ex
tensive hydraulic plant.
Sawmill Humid.
The Llembaugh sawmill, six miles
from Cottage Grove, on Mosby crock,
caught firo while tho crow was nt din
ner. Tho entire plant wns destroyed.
Tho valuation was not given. Thero
was no Insurance.
Collected by PUh Commluloners.
Fish Commissioner II. O. Van Dm.
on has deposited In tho state treasury
$3303.815. which sum was collected by
him during the month of June.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Wall Walla. 70l78et vat.
ley, HOc.
Rarley Feed, flO.OO par ton; brew
Ing. 20.
FlourHest grades, f 4.10 5.(10;
graham 13.30(33.76.
Mlllstuffs Aran, 123 per ton; mid.
dllngs, 27; shorts, $5!3; chop, 118.
OatsNo. 1 white, II.07K d 1.05;
gray, $ 1 OS per conUl.
IUy Timothy, 122(924 clover,
nominal; cheat, f 16(310 per ton.
Potatoesnest flnrbanks, 7076e
per sack; ordinary, 85rjHlo per cental,
growers' prlcesj Merced sweets, ISO)
3,60 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, llQ12o:
young, lft17Xc hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 10(312o; dressed, U3Jfic; ducks,
(4.0035,00 per dozen: mm. iu.OOra
fl.BO.
Cheese Foil cream, twins, 16K
lOot Young America. 16AlfiUo fart.
ory prices, 11Kc1mi.
Hatter Fancy creamer?. 20(92911.
per pound; extras, 22oj dslry, 20
22Wcj store, 10c17.
Eggs 20sj21o per doxen.
Hops Oliolre, 18(20o per ponnd.
Wool Vnlloy,124'17o;Kaitorn Or
egou, 8fll4o mohair, 3537tfo,
Heel Gross, cows, 3)Q4o, psr
pound; steers, BQSJtfoj dressed, 7&c.
Veal 7ijQ8o.
Mutton Gross, So per pound i
dressed, 0K7o,
Lambs Gross, 4o por pound;
dresesd, 7c.
Hogs Gross, flautfo per pound
dressed, 0(97e, j