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JSVENINQ OAPITAl. JOTTKNAIj, WEDMSDAY FEBRUARY .4, 1894.
RUBIES SUJtgASSED.
AN ELOQUENT SERMON BY REV. T.
DE WITT TALMAGE.
Comparison of Wisdom With ttio Most
Precious Stone Tho Vnluo of ItellRlon.
Words of Solomon Contrasts Rroitcht
Oat by the Text.
Brooklyn, Feb. 11. IhtheTabernnclo
tiiis forenoon Rev. Dr. Tnlmage preached
t a crowded atulience that filled tho
(,-reat building to overflowing, the sub
ject of his (sermon being "Rubles Snr
pivwd" and tho text Provorbs viii, 11,
'Wisdom is better than rubles."
You hare all seen tho precious stone
coin'nonly called tho.ruby. It is of deep
red color. The Bible makes much of it.
It glowed in" tho first row of the high
priest's breastplate. Under another
n.irae it stood in the wall of heaven.
Jeremiah compares tho ruddy cheek of
tho Nazarites to tho ruby. Ezekiel points
it out in tho robes of the king of Tyre.
Four times doos Solomon use itasasym
bol by which to extol wisdom or reli
gion, always getting its value as hotter
than rubies.
QUALITIES OF THE HUBY.
The world does not agree as to how
the precious stones were formed. The
ancients thought that amber was made
of drops of perspiration of the goddess
(Je. Tho thunderstono was supposed to
have dropped from a stormcloud. The
emerald was said to havo been made of
the firefly. Tho lapis lazuli was thought
to have been born of tho cry of an Indian
giant. And modern mineralogists say
that the precious stones were made of
gases and liquids. To mo the ruby seems
like a spark from the anvil of the setting
nun.
The homo of tho genuine ruby is Bur
mah, and CO miles from its capital, whero
lives und reigns tho ruler, called "Lord
of the Rubies." Under a careful gov
ernmental guard are these valuable
mines of ruby kept. Rarely has any for
eigner visited them. When a ruby of
large value was discovered, it was
brought forth with elaborate ceremony,
a procession was formed, and, with all
bannered pomp, military guard and
princely attendants, the gem was brought
to tho king's palace.
Of great valuo is tho ruby, much more
so than diamond, as lapidaries and jew
elors will tell you. An expert on this
subject writes, "A ruby of perfect color
weighing five carats is worth at the pres
ent day ten times as much as a diamond
of equal weight." It was a disaster when
Charles tho Bold lost the ruby he was
wearing at tho battle of Grandson. It
was a great affluence when Rudolph II
of Austria inherited a ruby from his sis
ter, the queen dowager. It was thought to
havo had much to do with tho victory of
Henry V,-as ho woro it into tho battle
of Agincourt.
It is the pride of the Russian court to
own tho largest ruby of all tho world,
presented by Gustavus III to tho Rus
sian empress. Wondrous ruby I It has
electric characteristics, and there are
lightnings compressed in its doublo six
sided prisms. What shall I call it? It
is frozen firet It is petrified bloodl In
all the w6rld there is only one thing
mora valuable, and my text makes tho
comparison, "Wisdom is better than ru
bies." But it is impossible to compare two
things together unless thero aro some
points of similarity as well as of differ
ence. I am glad there is nothing lacking
hero. The ruby is more beautiful in tho
night and under the lamplight than by
day. It is preferred for evening adorn
ment. How the rubies glow and burn
and flash as the lights lift tho darkness!
Catherine of Aragon had on her finger
a ruby that fairly lanterned tho night.
Sir John Mandeville, tho celebrated
traveler of 400 years ago, said that tho
emperor of China tand a ruby that made
the night as bright as day. The proba
bility is that Solomon, under some of the
lamps that illumined his cedar palace by
night, noticed tho peculiar glow of tho
ruby as it looked in tho hilt of a sword,
or hung in some fold of the upholstery,
or beautified tho lip of some chalice,
while he was thinking at the same timo
of the excellency of our holy religion as
chiefly seen in tho night of trouble, and
he cries out, "Wisdom is better than ru
bies." WHAT THE WOULD NEEDS.
Oh, yes, it is a good thing to havo re
ligion while tho sun of prosperity rides
high and everything is brilliant in for
tune, in health, in worldly favor. Yet
you can at such time hardly tell how
mnch of it is natural exuberance and
how" much pf it is the grace of God. But
let the sun set, and the shadows ava
lanche the plain, and the thick darkness
of sickness or poverty or persecution or
mental exhaustion fill the soul and fill tho
house and fill tho world; then yon sit
down by tho lamp of God's word, andun
der italight tho consolations of the gospel
come out; tho peaco of God which passeth
all understanding appears. You never
fully appreciated their power until in the
deep night of trouble tho Divino Lamp
revealed their exquisiteness. Pearls and
amethj'8tsfor tho day, but rubies for tho
night.
AH of tho books of tho Biblo attempt
in some way the assuagement of misfor
tune. Of the 150 psalms of David at
least 00 allude to trouble. Thero aro
sighings in every wind, and tears in ev
ery brook, and pangs in every heart. It
was originally proposed to call tho pres
ident's residence at Washington "The
Palace" or "tho Execntive Mansion,"
bnt after it was destroyed in the war of
1814 and rebuilt it was painted white
to cover np tho marks of the wnoke and
fire that hod blackened tho atono walls.
Hence it was called "Tho White House."
Most of tho things now whito with at
tractiveness were onco black with dis
aster. What tho world most needs is the con
solatory, and here it comes, our holy re
ligion, with both hands full of anodynes
and sedatives and balsams, as in Daniel's
time to stop mouths leonine; as in Blind
rach'a timo to cool blast furnaces; as in
Ezeldel'a time to console captivity; as in
St John's time to unroll an apocalypse
over rocky desolations. Hear its sooth
ing voice as it declares: "Weeping may
endure for a nieht, but joy coiueth in
tho morning." "Tho mountains shall
depart and tho hills bo removed, but my
loying kindness shall not depart from
you." "Whom tho Lord loveth ho chas
teupth." "Tlioy shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more, neither shall the
sun light on thorn, nor any heat, for the
Lamb which is in tho midst of tho throno
Bhall lead them to living fonutains of
water, and God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes."
Tho most wholcsomo thing on earth is
troublo, if met in Christian spirit. To
make Paul what he was it took ship
wreck, and whipping on tho bare back,
and penitentiary, and pursuit of wild
mob3, and tho sword of decapitation. To
make David what ho was it took all that
Ahithophel and Saul and Absalom and
Goliath and all the Philistine hosts could
do against him. It took Robert Cham
bers' malformation of feet to make him
tho literary conqueror.
It was bereavement that brought Wil
liam Haworth of Wesley's timo from
wickedness to an evangelism that won
many thousands for heaven. Tho world
would never havo known what heroic
stuff Ridley was mado of had not tho
fires been kindled around his feet, and
not liking their slow work ho cried: "I
cannot burn. Let tho fire come to mo.
I cannot burn." Thank God that thero
are gems that unfold their best glories
under the lamplight! Thank God for
the ruby I
BOLOMON WAS RIGHT.
Moreover, I amsuro that Solomon was
right in saying that religion or wisdom
is better llun rabie.n, from the fact that
a thing is worth what it will fetch. Re
ligion will fotch solid happiness, and the
ruby will not. In all your observation
did you over find a person thoroughly fe
licitated by an incru&tment of jewels?
As you know more of yourself than any
ono else, aro yon happier now with
worldly adornments and successes than
beforo yon won them? Does the picture
that cost you hundreds or thousands of
dollars on your wall bring you as much
satisfaction as tho engraving that at the
expense of $3 was hung upon tho wall
when you first began to keep house?
Do all tho cutlery and raro plato that
glitter on your extension dining table,
surrounded by flattering guests, contain
more of real bliss than the plain ware of
your first table, at which sat only two?
Does a wardrobe crowded with costly
attiro give you more sat'faction than
your first clothes closet wuu Us four or'
five pegs? Did not the plain ring set on
tho third finger of your left hand on tho
day of your betrothal give moro gladness
than the ruby that is now enthroned on
the third finger of your right hand?
If in this journey of lifo wo havo learn
ed anything, we havo learned that this
world neither with its emoluments nor
gains can satisfy the soul. Why, hero
como as many witnesses as I wish to call
to tho stand to testify that before high
heaven and tho world, in companionship
with Jesus Christ and a good hope of
heaven, they feel a joy that all the re
sources of their vocabulary fail to ex
press. Sometimes it evidences itself in
ejaculations of hosanua; sometimes in
doxology; sometimes in tears. A con
verted native of India in a letter said,
"How I long for my bed, not that I may
sleep I lie awake often and long but
to hold sweet communion with my God."
If so mighty is worldly joy that Julius
n, hearing his armies were triumphant,
expired, and if Talva, hearing that the
Roman senate had decreed him an honor,
expired, and if Dionysius and Sophocles,
overcome of joy, expired, and if a ship
wrecked purser, wailing on tho coast of
Guinea in want and starvation at tho
sight of a vessel bringing relief, fell
dead from shock of dolight, is it any sur
prise to you that tho joys of pardon and
heaven rolling over the soul should
sometimes bo almost too much for tho
Christian to endure and live? An aged
aunt said to me: "De Witt, threo times I
have fainted dead away under too great
Christian joy. It was in all thrco cases
at the holy communion."
An eminent Christian man whilo in
prayer said: "Stop, Lord; I cannot bear
any moro of this gladness. It is too much
for mortal. Withhold! withhold!" We
havo heard of poor workmen or workwo
men getting aletter suddenly telling them
thatafortunehadbeen leftthem.and how
they wero almost besido themselves with
glee, taking the first ship to claim tho
estate. But, oh, what it is to wake up
out of the stupor of a sinful life, and
through pardoning grace find that nil
our earthly existence will bo divinely
managed for our best welfare, and that
then all heaven will roll in upon tho
bouII
Compared with that a spring morning
is stupid, and an August sunset is inane,
and an aurora lias no pillarwl splendor,
and a diamond has no flash, and a pearl
no light, and a boryl nonquamarine, and
u ruby no ruddiness. My gracious Lord!
My glorious God I My pnwioiiB Christ!
Roll over on us a few billows of that
rnpturo. And now I ask you, us fair
mfnded men and women, accustomed to
make comparisons, is not an oh joy as
that worth more tluin anything ono can
have in a jeweled casket? Was not Solo
mon right when he said, "Wisdom is bet
ter than rubies?"
MARTYRS TO DUTY.
There is also something in the deep
carmine of the ruby that suggeste tho
sacrifice on which onr whole system of
religion depend. While the emerald
suggests the meadows, and the sapphire
tho skies, and the opal tbe wa. the ruby
suggests tho blood of sacrifice. The
most emphatic and startling of all colors
hath the ruby. Solomon, the author of
my text, knew all about tbo crtfice of
lamb and dove on the alUra of the tem
ple, and he knew the meaning of sacri
ficial blood, and what other precious
stone could he so well aw to symbolize
It as the rnby? Red, intensely red, red
as tho blood of the greatest martyr of all
time Jesus of the centuries! Drive
the story of the ornciftxiou out of the
Bible aud tlie doctrine of th atonement
out of our religion, and there would bo
nothing of ClirwiauUy left for oar wor
ship or oar admiration.
Whv should it be hard to adopt the
Bible theory that our redemption was
purchased by blood? What great bridge
ever sprung its arches, what temple ever
roared its towers, what nation ever
achieved its independence, what mighty
good was ever done without sacrifice of
life? Tho great wonder of the world, tho
bridgo that unites these two cities, cost
tho life of tho first architect. Ask the
shipyards of Glasgow and New York
how many carpenters went down under
accidents beforo tho steamer was launch
ed) ask the threo groat transcontinental
railroads how many in their construc
tion were buried under crumbling em
bankments or crushed under timbers or
destroyed by tho powder blast.
Tabulate the statistics of how many
mothers have been martyrs to the cradlo
of sick children. Tell us how many men
sacrificed nerve and musclo and brain
and lifo in the effort to support their
households. Tell me how many men in
England, in France, in Germany, in
Italy, in tho United States, have died for
their country. Vicarious suffering is as
old as tho world, but tho most thrilling,
tho most startling, the most stupendous
sacrifice of all time and eternity was on
a bluff back of Jerusalem when ono Be
ing took upon himself tho sins, tho ago
nies, the perdition of a great multitude
that no man can number between 12
o'clock of a darkened rioon and 8 o'clock
in tho afternoon, purchasing tho ransom
of a ruined world.
Dive in all tho seas, explore all the
mines, crowbar all tho mountains, view
all tho crowned jewels of all tho emper
ors, and find me any gem that can so
overwhelmingly symbolize that martyr
dom as tho ruby. Mark you, thero are
many gems that are somewhat like the
ruby. So is the cornelian, so is tho gar
net, so is tho spinel, so is tho balas, so
tho gems brought from among the grav
els of Ceylon and New South Wales, but
there is only one genuine ruby, and that
comes from tho mine of Burmah. And
there is only one Christ, and he comes
from heaven. One Redeemer, ono Ran
som, one Son of God, only "ono namo
given under heaven among men by which
wo can bo saved."
Ten thousand times 10,000 beautiful
imitations of that ruby, but only one
ruby. Christ had no descendant. Christ
had no counterpart. In the lifted up
grandeur and glory and love and sympa
thy of his character he is tho Incompar
able, tho Infinite One! "Tho only wise
God, our Saviour." Let all hearts, all
homes, all times, all eternities, bow low
beforo him! Let his banner be lifted in
all our souls!
TRICE OF TIIE GOSPEL.
Ill olden times Scotland was disturbed
by freobooters and pirates. To rid the
seas and ports of these desperadoes, tho
hero William Wallace fitted out a mer
chant vessel, but filled it with armed
men and put out to sea. Tho pirates,
with their flag inscribed of a death's
head, thinking they would get an easy
prize, boro down upon tho Scottish mer
chantman, when tho armed men of Wal
laco boarded tho craft of the pirates nnd
put them in chains nnd then sailed for
port under the Scotch flag flying. And
so our souls, assailed of sin and death and
hell, through Christ aro rescued, and tho
black flag of sin is torn down, and tho
striped flag of the cross is hoisted. Bless
sed bo God for any sign, for any signal,
for any precious stone, that brings to
mind the price paid for such a rescue!
I like tho coral, for it seoins the solidi
fied foam of breakers, and I like tho jas
per, for it gathers 17 colors into its bosom,
and I like tho jet, for it compresses tho
shadows of many midnights, and I like
tho chrysopraso because its purplo is
illumined with a small heaven of stars,
and I like the chrysolite for its waves of
color which seem on fire. But this morn
ing nothing so impresses mo as tho ruby,
for it dopicts, ittypifiea, it suggests "Tho
blood of Jesus Christ that cleansoth from
all sin." Without the shedding of blood
there is no remission." Yea, Solomon
was right when in my text he said, "Wis
dom is better than rubies."
To bring out a contrast that will illus
trate my text, I put before you two last
earthly scenes. The one is In a room with
rubies, but no religion, and the other in
a room with religion, but no rubies. Yon
enter the first room, where an affluent
and worldly man is about to quit this
life. There is a ruby on tbo mantel, pos
sibly among tho vases.- Thore is a ruby
in the headdress of the queenly wife.
On the finger of tho dying man thero
is a ruby. Tho presence of these rubies
implies opulence of nil kinds. Tho pic
tures on tho walls aro heirlooms or tho
trophies of European travel. The cur
tains are from foreign looms. The rugs
are from Damascus or Cairo. The sofas
are stuffed with ease and quietude. The
rocking chairs roll backward and for
ward on lullabies. Tho pillows aro ex
quisitely embroidered, All tho appoint
ments of the room are a peroration to a
successful commercial or professional
life. But the man has noreligion, never
has had and never professed to have,
Thero is not a Bible or ono religions book
in the room.
The departing man feels that his earth
ly career is ended, nnd nothing opens be
yond. Whre he will land stepping off
from this life is a mystery, or whether
lie will laud ut all, for it may bo annihi
lation. Ho has no prayer to offer, and
ho does not know how to pray. No hopo
of meeting again in another stato of ex
istence. Ho ia through with this life
nd is sure of no other. Tho ruby on the
mantel and the ruby on the wasted flu
Sferof the departing one say nothing of
tho ransoming blood which thoy bo
mightily typify. So far as giving solace
or illumination to a dejrting spirit,
they are n dead failure. Midnight of
utter hopeleseness drops on all the scene.
JiBTTBR THAN ItUBIBS.
Another room of mortal exit. Religion
and no rubied. She never had money
finougu to buy one of theue exquUitea.
Sometimes aha stopped at a jeweler's
show window nnd 6aw a row of thom in
carnadining the velvet. She hod keen
taste enough to appreoiate those gems,
but she never owned one of them. She
was not jealous or unhappy bectjfwoth
ars had rubied while she had none. But
bJie had a richer treasure, and that was
U groee of God that had comforted her
olong the way amid bereavements and
temptations ana persecution n '
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nesses nnd privations and trials of all
sorts. Now she is going out of lifo.
Tho room is bright, not with pictures
or Btatues, not with upholstery, not with
any of tho gems of mountain or of eoa,
but thero is a strange nnd vivid glow in
tho room. Not tho light of chandelier
or star or noonday sun, but something
that outshines all of them. It must be
the presence of Supernaturals. From
her illumined face I think sho must hear
sweet voices. Yea, sho does hear sweet
voices voices of departed kindred,
voices apostolic nnd prophetic and evan
gelic, but all of them overpoworod b)
the voico of Christ, saying, "Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit tho king
dom." From hor Illumined face, I think she
must hear rapturous music. Yea, she
does hear rapturous music, now soft as
solos, now thunderous as orchestras
now a saintly voico alone, now tho hun
dred and forty and four thousand in con
cert. From her illumined face, I think
sho must breatho redolence. Yea. she
does inhale aroma from off tho gardens
whoso flowers never wither and from the
blossoms of orchards, every tree of which
bears 13 manner of fruit. From hor
illumined faco, I think sho must seo n
glorious sight. Yes, she sees the wall that
has jasper at the base and amethyst at
the top and blood red rubies between.
Goodby, sweet soul! Why should you
longer stay? Your work all done, your
burdens all carried, your tears all wept!
Forward into tho light! Up into the
joy!- Out into tho grandours! And
aftpr you have Baluted Christ and your
kindred, search out him of tho palaces
of Lebanon cedar and tell him that you
hayo found to be gloriously true what
thousands of years ago he asserted in
this morning's text, "Wisdom is hotter
than rubies."
In those burnished palaces of ourGod
may we all meet. For I confess to you
that my chief desiro for heaven is not the
radiauco, or, totako thosuestion of the
text, not tho rubescenco of tho scene.
My one idea of heaven is the placo to
moot old friends, God, our best friend,
and our earthly friends already trans
ported. Ayo, to meet the mi'lious whom
I havo nover seen, but to whom I havo
administered in tho gospel week by week
through journalism on both sides of the
sea, and throughout Christendom, and
through many lands yet semibarbaric.
A MIGHTY AUDIENCE.
For tho last twenty-three years every
blast of injustice against me lias multi
plied my readers all tho world over, and
the present malignancy printed and ut
tered because our church is in financial
struggle after having two great struc
tures destroyed by fire and wo com
pelled to build three largo churches I
say tho present outrageous injustice in
somo quarters will multiply my audionce
in all lands if I can keep in good humor
und not fight back,
A gentleman tapped mo ou theshouldor
summer beforo last on a street of Edin
burgh, Scotland, and said, "I livo in the
Shetland islands, North Scotland, and I
read your sermons every Sabbath to an
audience of neighbors, and my brother
lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and
hd reads them every Sabbath to an audi
ence of his neighbors." Aud I hear aud
now say to tho forty millions of tho earth
to whose eyes these woids will come, that
one of my dearest anticipations in to
meet them in heaven. Ah, that will bo
hotter than rubies.
Coming up from different continents,
from different hemispheres, from oppo
site sides of the earth, to greet each oth
er'in holy lovo in tho presonco of tho glo
ripua Christ who made it possiblo for us
to get thoro. Our sins all pardonod, our
sorrows all banished, nover to weep,
never to part, never to die! I tell you
that will bo better than rubies. Others
may havo the crowns, and tho thropes,
and the scepters; give us our old friends
back again, Christ, "tho friend who
stickoth closer than a brother," and all
tho kindred who havo gone up from our
bereft households, and all our friends
whom wo have nover yet seon, and you
may havo all tho rubies, for that will bo
"better than rubies."
Instead of tbo dying kiss when they
looked so pale and wan and sick, it
would be tho kiss of welcome on lips ju
bilant witli song, whilo standing on
floors paved with what oxquisitoness,
under ceilings hung with what glory,
bouuded by walls fucing us with what
splendor, amid glnduoss rolling over us
with what doxology far bottor, infin
itely better, everlastingly bottor than ru
bies! An Knerjretlc Maine Woman,
One of tho representative women of
Portland is Mrs. Saniuol Augustus Sto
vens, Sho is tho president of two wom
en's clubs, an energetic member of sev
eral others and is well known through
out all the eastern states for her ability
and willingness to do such work. She
is also prominently identified with many
philanthropies. In person Mrs. Stevens,
who is still in her twoutien, i of a charm
ing brunette type, with a cordiulity of
manner that lias undoubtedly done
much to forward her sucoew hs n leader.
She has written two novels And several
short stories aud ut prevent is engaged
in editorial work. Portland (Me.) Let
tor. Vie of tlio I'ork and Spoon.
An absurd aud inconvenietit dictate of
the present fashion is the almost com
plete banishment of the teasjoon. ffhe
multiple fork lias gradually eueroached
npon the spoon's domain until oven tho
various grains and vegetables of tlie
more elusive sort, which wero once wont
to occupy little dishes aud have a tea
spoon apiece, are now amalgamated
with the rest of the dinner aud disposed
of as best one may with a foqr tiued im
plement. For the present teaspoons are
still permitted for stirring and sipping
beverages without luearriug the odium
of greenness and vulptrfty, Boston
Herald.
Il.r rut.
"Oh, Maria. I'm so glad to w yen. I
haven't mm you for ever so long, Where
are you boarding?" Maria ottilyh-"l
don't board. I am married, awl have
taken a flat." "You doo't soy set What
Is his nomer New York Clipper.
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TODAY'S MARKET3.
Prices Current by Telegraph Local
and Portland Quotations.
Salem, Fobruary 14, 4 p. m. Office
Daily Capital Journal. Quota
tions for day nnd up to hour of going to
press wero as follews:
8ALB.M l'KODUOE MAItKKT.
fruit.
Apples 30o to 50c. a bushel.
BUTOHKH STOCK.
Veals dredaed 5 ots.
Hogs dressed 6.
Live cattle 2 to 3.
Sheep all vo $1.60?2.
MILIiPKICE3.
Salem Milling Co. quetes: Flour
in wholesale lots $2.60. Retail (3.00.
Bran $14 bulk, $15 sacked. Shorts $15
10. Chop feed $10 and $17.
WHEAT.
39 cents per bushel.
HAY AND Q RAIN.
Oats new 2530c.
Uav Baled, new $8 to $10: old $10 to
12. Wild iu bulk, $6 to $8,
FAItM I'KODUOTS.
Wool Best, 10c.
Hops Small sale, 17 to 18o.
ISirgs Cash, 15.
Butter Best dairy, 2530; fancy
creamery i.'025.
Cheese 112 to 16 cts.
Farm smoked meats Bacon 10;
hauls, 12; shoulders, 8.
Potatoes 2530c.
Oulous 2 cents.
Carrots, $0.00 per ton.
Beeswax JHo. Caraway seed, 18o.
Anise seed, i'Oo, Ginseng, $1.40.
LIVE I'OlJLTItY.
tPoultry lIous,6pc; roosters, 45c;
ducks, S; turkeys, slow sale, choice,
lUe; geto 0 to 7c. Market overstocked.
l'OKTLAND QUOTATIONS.
(Irixln, Food, etc.
Flour-Standard, $2.75; Walla Walla,
$:1.00; graham, $2.40; uuperflno, $2.25
per imrrel.
Oats Jvi'Wwhite,31o per bu. ;grey,32o;
rolled, in bags, $5.760.0U; barrels,
$0 00C2 "i; case, $3 75.
Hay Btwt, $1012 per ton.
Wo'ol vallev, 10Uc.
Millstuil'M Bran, $.10.00; shorts, $10;
ground hurley, $18; chop feed, $15
per ton; whole feed, barley, 70 cts. per
cental; middling, $2328 por ton;
chicken wheat. 051.16 per cental.
Hops- Now 12 to 14.
llidfs green, oaltcd, 00 lbs. 3o, un
der 60 ibs., 23 ; sheep pelts, 1000o.
DA1KY PltODUOE.
Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 27 J
30'-; fancy dairy, 22J25e: fair to good,
i517.Jo; common, llto 12o per lb.
t'nee.te Oregon, 1013; Young
American, 1215opor pound; California
14c; Swiss imp., 3082;Dom., 1018.
Eggs Ort'Kou, 1516o per dozen.
Eastern 15(7 10.
Poultry JNonnnnl; chickens, mixed
$3 003.50 per dozen; duckB,$4.605.00
geeso, 18. turkeys, live, 10c;
dressed 12q
Beef Topsteers,23cper pound; fair
togood steers, "21c; No 1 cowb, 2c; fair
cows, ljo; dressed beof, $4 005 50 per
Mutton Best sheep, $2:50; choice
ewes, $2:2-i.
Hogs Choice, heavy, $4 004 25;
medium, $4 004 60; light and feeders,
$3 004 00; dressed, $0 607.
SAN FHANCISCO MARKET.
Woel: Oregon Eastern choice, 10
12c; do inferior, 70o; do .valley, 12
15o.
Hops 1C to 18c.
PotatoeH Enrly Rose, 4050. Bur
banks, 3040o.
Oata-MUIiug, &1.1501..22J
Regeneration.
To necuro n normuUind regulur tissue
change throughout tho body use
BraudretliB Pill's. This tissue metamor
phosis consists In constantly proceed
ing wasto of tissue aud its regeneration.
Brandretb's Plllaaro tho best solvent
of disintegration of the tissuo and In
creases their elasticity. Thoy aro an
ulefatlve and ollmatiye remedy, which
allay irrntionaud removes obstructions
by aiding nature and are of great bene
fit iu cases of tomporaiy and habitual
constipation, torpid liver, biliousness,
headache, indigestion, rheumatism
and diseasen arising from ,nu impuro
state of the blood,
Brandrotli'B Pills aro purely veget
able, absolutely harmlesH and safo to
take at uuy time.
Park's Cough Syrup.
Has been an highly recommonded to
uathatuo took tho agency for It and
now ask our friends who are suffering
With u cold to glvo it a trial and If ft
does not give Hutlsfuctlon your money
will bo refunded. Every bottle la Bold
on a positlvo guarantee Price 60 cents
atiUl.OO. Hold at Capitol Drug Store.
GF IHEh
Easily, Quickly,
Permanently Restored.
WEAKNESS,
NERVOUSNESS,
DEBILITY,
auil all Uhi (rain of Hi
miiiMirlyrrorbr latr
eit , tka rmulti ut
nroik, ilcktivii,
worry, ric Vull.treiigtli,
6 ii ! pinout nil iod
Khtn tu mrtry ornn tod
t rtliiu of (he bndr.
fifrnnlt naturalmetliccfr.
Imme'lUtflliniirovcment
wn. Kllurlinxlbl.
2fll) reference Hook,
uxiiUuMlon and proof
"54 walle4(lnfr.
ERIE MEDICAL CO.
BUFFALO. N.Y.
THE INDEPENDENT BTEAMEU
LWOOD,
Leave Portland for Halero and Cor
yallis on
Sundays & Wednesdays
6. A, M.
Ltav Wftlein fur Portland Tuer-dayu
aiMi attiuroujru hi u a. m. raseu
gvr w ilm to Portl'd, 50c.
ItEDUCSD KATE8 to Ban FraonUoo
F. J. Hniltb, AgL,, Trade fit. Docki
wflgi
C--i v
vjwKSP
aViAWaVAV.AVVyVirVV'
t.
s J3ir iL-tfJLJ
What Is tlie fcondttion
Iiarsli, brittle? Docs
mcicss appearance c docs u ran out wncn coniocu or
brushed ? Is It f u'l of dandruff? Docs your scalp itch ? ,
Is it dry or in a heated condition ? If theso aro somo of i
your symptoms be warned In timo oryou will become bald.
SkoofamiRoot Hair Grower
I vluityjuriPCKL itspmlnctton lnotannecldent,riuttlierMultof selcnttfla
r'nuKU, Kimwledce of tbe dlcase of tlie hlr (inil scalp led to th dlscor.
cry of how to treat them. 3kookum"contalnsrielthermlnralsnorolls. It
lannf al'o. Imt fift11ffhthi11r annllntf and refrefthlnir Tonlfi. Itr atlmul&ttnv
the follk'.-d, ft itont Jailing hair, curtt dandruff an grotct ftafr on bold
lira J).
,. t JT" Keen tho scalp clean, healthy, and (res from trrltatlne; ernptlons, by
thauso of jSI-ooItum film Soap. It destroy sjxmuttfo Ousels, wMe ! on
and iiMsroi; tli hair. ...
If 5 out dnifcirut cannot supply yon send direct to us, end wo will forward
prepmJ. oiv,recrlpt of price Grower, tUX) per bottlo t OXorti.00. Soap, Cite
pcrjwitrcr$i50.
THR SKOOKUri ROOT HAIR GROWER CO.,
TflATlP UAMIv
07 Houth
i:ms'rt (
From Terminal or Interior Points the I
:lB,thellnoto take
To all Points East anil South.
It Is tho dining car route. Itruna through
vostlbulo trains, every day In tbo year to
ST. PADL AND COICAGO
, (No change of care.)
Composed of dining cars unRurpfwRcd,
Pullman drawing room sleepers
Of latest equipment
TOURIST
Sleeping Cars.
Heat that can bo conrtruoted and In whloh
accommodations are both tree and lur
nlshcd for holders of Unit and nccond-olai;
tlcltctfl.and
ELEGANT DAY COACHES.
Acontlnuots lino canncsllng with all
Hues. allordlu t illroct aid uninterrupted
service.
Pullman !l(rrw rwotvV long can boee
cured In adVLt tc tnroaj'j any ageut of
tbo road.
Through tickets to aud from all polntB
In America, England and Kuropo can bo
purchased at any ticket oflleo uf this com.
pany.
Full Information concerning rates, time
of tnUnH,routoyandothcrdotallnniruUhud
on amplication to any ncent or
A. D. OHAUIiTON,
A-islstant General Passeugor Agent, No,
121 first street, cor. Washington; Port.
land.Urezon
Shaw & Downing, Agents.
East and South
-VIA-
THE SHASTA ROUTE
of the
Southern Pacific Company.
s
CALIFORNIA EXPRESS TRAIN HUN DAILY J1K
TWKBN POUTliANn ANU H. 1",
Houth.
North"."
0:15 p. m.
U:CU p. m.
10:45 a.m.
Liv. Portland Ar. j K'M it. iu
iiv. Balern I.v, I frill a, 10
Ar. Han Fran. l,v. 7:(X)p. ro
Above tralufi stop nt nil stations (rotr
Portland to Albany luoluslvo; also atTangeul
Hhedd, IlaUey, llarrlsburg, Junction Ully.
Irving, Kukcuo and all millions from Itoscburg
to Ashland lncluslvo.
nomc hit no maIi. daily.
H:M a. in. I Lv.
11:17 a. m Lv.
-:60 p. m. Ar.
Portland
Halom
Itoseburg
Ar. I 4:u p. in.
Lv. I 1:10 p. m.
I.V. 7.00 a. in
Diiiing Ours on Ogdcii Route
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS
AND
Second Class Sleeping Cars-
Attached to all through trulus.
tfest Side Division, Between Portland
and Cervallis:
PAILY (SXCBFT 8UKDAT).
7:80 a. in. I lv.
lifclS p. m.JAr.
"Portland
OorvallU
Ar.
LV.
feii&p.iW.
lsXl p. in.
At Albany and Oorvallls connect
trains of Oregon Pufllflo Itallmad.
with
KXl'UEHHTUAIN (DAILY KXUKHTHCNDAY
4:40 p. in.
7:25 p. m.
Portland
McMlnnvlllo
Ar.
Lv.
MS1 a. h.
60 a. ro
Ar.
TUIlOUUll TMJflKl'S
To all points In tho Kattern btatcs, Canada
and Europe can be obtained at lowest rate
from W. V. BKINNKU, Agent, Hulem.
K.P. KOUKItfl, Awtt. G. r and Pass. Ag'
K. KOKHLKIl. Manaottr
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD CO
CIIAB. CLARK, Receiver.
SHORT LINE tu CALIFORNIA
OCEAN STEAMER SAILINGS.
a U. UEt, NOIITK.
1eavcsHun Krnncigco, Jan.Sth.
I.uvc4 Yuqulna, Jan, 7th.
HMMJIAL HATE 'W MID-WINTKH KAIlt.
Yor freight and pasnger rat apply to any
aent or purser of tliU company.
J. h MITOIIKM,, k ISO., Agent.
ORlco New llolmun lliocH Salem.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES
(Horthim Pacific R. R. Co., Uiim.)
LATEST TIMD CARD.
Dally Through Trains.
12:45pm
&2Spin
7: Hum
1... Mlnu... a
Muxm
MUiin
ll.lllim
M l&nir
HtPau a
4Nptii
7 18pm
I.. DuliiUio,
i . Asniani. u
a..tfblAvo. I
7.16am
lo.oia
6VMpm
Th
Wltennsiu CeulrM lluMruu two fciti
trains daily ritwfnht Paul. Illiinajpolin and
Chleugo It IWMUkeeandall point lu WUoiv
lu', makinif oonurctltm In Culengo wltn aft
)lnM ruunlntr rati and south.
Vtakfeti told and Iukkok obeoked ILmujcb
to all poln a In tho United hmi and lVmfl
UMmnuMtlottmade ), uttlcaxo with all
train eolny Btwt and ulh.
rot lull information apply to your ntrasl
Uckot agent or JAM. a. POi.
Uu.Ps4,aodTkt,A5t.1 uilvrauioc, VU.
5nAry'w,ww.. .sVafvvywrVwwvvvyvi,,v,ikvrf
rrra
SjMpui
io 40pm
f
U
n of you're? Is your hair dry. "
It split nt tbo ends? Has It' a, K
Fifth Avenne, now York, N. Y.
Cpi0T0fV
ri
TO
SALTLAKE.5 DENVER,
OMAHA, KANSAS CITY, '
CHICAGO, ST.10UIS' ; j
' ' AjfDAfct.ai
EASTERN CITIES-, ;. --
3
I DAYS, to' '
2' CHICAGO
flOlirS e Qu'ckst Chicago and-
flours- Qu'cker t(? Cma Kfy!"J
Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers, Free
Reclining Chair Cars, Dining Cars,
H II. H. OLAIUC, 1T)nn:.U.n
K. EI. UKU Y ANDEf tSOtt , ) U ' Vla '
tor rates and) general Information o&U oat
ir addrosa, , '
W. H. IIOm.HUnT, Asst, O. P. A.
M Washington BU, Cor.3d
PruVTiAwn. Onuaow.
The CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL
RAILWAY.
Travelers "make nnote ont."
i 't
This Great Railway System Connects.
at 01
ST. PAUL and OlilTAHU
With all' transcontinental lines', giving . '
direct and swift communlea. .. ,;
tlon to all
ICAHTUHN mid BOUTHKIINI'OINXO. .i , ,
' ' AND IS THH " ' ":
::: ONLY LINE::: ,"'
running
Kleetrlo Lighted nnd Bleniu Ueated '
Vestlbuled train of elegant Sleeping, ,t
l'arlor, Dining and Duffel
Cars, with
JPreo Itcallnhiff Chairs,
Making iu service second to none In the
world."
Tickets aro on sale at alt prominent railroad
tloknt ofllces. "
For further Information ask the nearestralN
road agcut, or Address ' '
C, J. EDDY, General Agt. -J,
W. CASEY, Trav. Pass Agt.
PORTLAND, Ofe on.
Geo. Fondrich, Proprietor,
CASH MARKET.
Hotit mert t n'j i tree delivery.
136 State Street.
j.T:. MUJtt'JfY;
BRICK -:-AND -:- TILE
y
r
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. NOllTII BAXOai.'
l ii rm m i
SMITH. BROS.,
CONTRACTORS "A PLABTJ5RERB
I itn ve ordum nl QoIUe-l'aik hu rst h)'ock,roora
6, faii'in,Ongi'H.
HOWARD, .
TheHouse Mover,
451 Mui-Jon Street.
Iltu the tt rurlll(lt for inovlnw. n rat,
lui; Iioum. lave or d era ut Uruy Jlrot., or
HQdrwwiHiiMin.tlrxon
Thoroughbred Poultry foe Sale.
Iiuve h foloMsleiWrwwrtbltbbr4
( inifrrtfiri; mityiivw" " Py JPlfii
I WV " . V.WWi M.W
,'o.MntrTJ s KaeiuOr .
r hi wnue itiiiprnx cxMareis, tottou.
ffU lf.iMiijliuii,
"Mfk i4i)lhlJrr. 4 Jo 5 months old,
iiiovn lUorn III. HpsnUb. Jnd.,0m,
Ii.iln.hma rntt:UN Pt MUw. Ba4 fcf
catalog, 11. IloUf.
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