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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

KANSAS CRY, Nov, a-Cattle - Receipts,
1855; calves, 202 market steady to l0o higher;
shipping and dressed beef steers, S3,151495;
Texas and Indian steers, 1890; COWS and
heifers, ~ 75l400; stockers and feeders, is 500
450 Hops-Receipts, 1879; marltet to 100
higher at s30oD360 Sheep-Receipts, 1888;
market strong; sheep s2OOG4 35; lambs, 1850
$50
ST LOUIS, Nov. a-Cattle-Receipts, 5000;
market steady; native shipping and export
steers s4OO5aSO; light and dressed beef and
butcher steers, 3.4OQt4S S.; stochers and feed
ers, S24Ofl425; cows and hefers, T. 201425;
Texas and Indian steers s320@400; cows
and heifers, IL 251a2a Hogs-Receipts, 5000;
market Be higher; light, s2500a 90; mixed So 4S
0l255; heavy, s3 4Ga265. Sheep-Receipts 1000;
market strong; native muttons saa014 10;
lambs, 49, 9OG560
CHICAGO Nov. 3-Cattle-Receipts, 4500;
market steady to stronger; beeves, A.O064S5;
cows and heifers, e200046 90, Texas steers, s2.S
@a9O; western, Ea35G4S5; stockes and feed
ers IS OOl450 Hogs-Receipts Is 000 market
active and &c higher; light IS 4OG275; Mixed
sa40a7b; heavy, &25I2 75s rough, &250aS
Sheep-Receipts, l20OO market strong and
shade higher native, &.O0A6O; western, IS 10
GAS; lambs, A0O05S0
Grain and Provisions
KANSAS CITY. Nov a-Receipts Of wheat,
1874 cars year ago, II cars Sales by car lots:
No hard. s4hc; No hard s3Gs5c; No 3hard
79assc; No hard, 7oG7Sc; No . soft %
l94c; No 8 soft, Ss196c; No soft $50. Re-
ceipts Of corn. 80 cars; year ago, 80 cars
No, Q mixed, 2Skc: No mixed, 22022Ac;
No mixed, 2lxc;No 2 white, 2Sc; No Swhite.
22nd22kc; No 4 white, 2lA@22c. Receipts
Of oats, 5 cars; year ago, 10 cars Nc mixed.
i9nc; No. mixed, isGiSHo; No 4mixed, 1910
l7c; No. white, 20c;No & 1e120Ac;No 1 INC
Receipts Of hay, q cars; timothy, choice,
n 30; No 1, 800; choice prairie, &DG7N
Eggs, 1910 per doz Poultry, hens Sc per
lb.; springs, 90 per lh broilers 7Mc per Id;
ROSTERS, i2xc EACH turkeys, &c; ducks 50
enc; geese, 5xG8ic; pigeons, Go per doz
Butter, extra fancy, 2sc; dairy, fancy zoe;
choice. l6c: store packed, lSGl7c Potatoes,
home grown, 40G5oc per bu. Sweet potatoes,
bodeOc per bu Apples, fancy Jonathan and
BelleHeur, ss5oa450 per Dbl; fancy Wine
Saps and Willow Twig, $3.50; fancy Missouri
Pippin. 81 90; fancy Ben Davis, s225a2SO; No
grades Of the same varieties, 6OcGsLO per
Dbl less; No grades sLsG200 less Cab.
bage, sOa50c per doz Onions, 5oc1tiO0 per
bu Beets, e5(5iOc per bu Tomatoes, $1,000
LES per bu Turnips, 25G30c per bu Carrots,
e5aSOc per bu Green and wax beans, sl.S
per bu
CHICAGO Nov a-Wheat-0ctober. go:
December. s54a9sHc May s2hGsskc Corn
Nov.rher a.. December M&da6ke. Nav
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He had stolen money from the stage
coach. 1t was, again, the penalty of a
changing human law; il was the last
instance of a capital punishment in
fiicted for that offense. l saw another
sight; it matters not when-myself, a
sinner, standing on the brink Of ruin,
deserving naught but hell. For one
sin? No, for many, many sins, com
mitted against the unchanging laws of
God. But again 1 looked, and saw
Jesus my Redeemer scourged in NV
stead and dying on the cross for me.
I looked, and cried, and was forgiven"
And so we exclaim once more, in the
noble words of Richard Hooker: Yes
let it be counted folly, or frenzy, or
fury, or whatsoever, it is our wisdom
and our comfort; we care for no knowI-
edge in the world but this; that man
has sinned and God has suffered. that
God has made himself the sin of men.
and that men are made the righteous
ness of God" One mighty revelation
there is one God; a second mightier
revelation-God came down to us in the
likeness of sinful men; was a third
even conceivable? Can there be any
thing nearer in the presence of God
even than this? Yes, thanks to his
mercy But for Christs gift of the
Holy Gnost, the Comforter. men would
soon have begun to look on the life
and death of the Lord Jesus as a far
off event, a dim and distant picture of
which the vivid hues had faded; some
thing merely historical; something
which had ceased to affect the heart
or touch the life, because it happened
so far, far away, and so long, long ago;
far off in that now lorn and misera bic
Syrian village, and long since in the
dark backward and abysm of two
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streamed out on the tessellated walk.
Voices, too, f1oated through the lace
draperies and came on the pulses of
the air to the man and woman under
the tree.
In one corner of the elegant parlor
stood a Christmas tree, the limbs of
which were but lately bending under
wealth of wonderful fruitage. On its
topmost bough, under the shining cleo
trio star, hung tiny envelope, and the
girls thoughts involuntarily reviewed
the scene as the jolly old Santa Claus
carefully detached it and in gruff tones
read the name. Mr.. A. r. Winslow."
Then he turned it over quizzically,
and held it aloft, with a searching
glance around the room. The children
shouted gaily, Here he is, Santa" and
pushed forward a handsome, earnest
faced young man, who had been stand
ing in the shadows of the draped
doorway. He had been leaning there
all evening, silent, yet eagerly watch
full, with eyes which had only left
the dainty envelope, conspicuous by its
position, to rove over the face of girl
who was the life of the company; girl
whose eyes were feverishly bright and
whose frequent laugh had a nervous
ring in 1t. AS the envelope was de-
tached and the name read aloud she
sprang suddenly from her place at the
end of low divan and darted through
the hall out to the seat under the
graceful tree, whence she leaned
forward, with hands tightly clasped.
peeTing anxiously toward the lighted
parlor.
Gus Winslow, with face flushing and
paling alternately, extended his hand
eagerly for the missive which Santa
Claus held beyond his reach.
You may have it on one condition. %
Santa Claus said, merrily.
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gether forget God, lest we should mere
ly trembIe in abject terror before him,
when the fullness of the time was come
God sent forth his Son, to empty him
self of his glory and go down to the
lowest step of the unspeakable descent.
God became man; human language
can utter no truth more precious than
this, nor more stupendous. God might
seem distant, but God in Christ could
not We had fallen; and he redeemed
US. We had sinned; and he forgave us.
We were lost, and he found us. We
were prodigals, and he welcomed as.
We were lepers, and he cleansed us.
We were dead, and he raised us. We
were ruined, and he restored our souls.
We shall not merely sink at death INTO
some tremendous sea of darkness, o,
be consumed in some dazzling blaze Of
majesty, but a face like our own face
shall receive US, hands like our own
hands fling open to us the gates of
everlasting life. Think of it, God be-
came human that man might become
divine. God died that man might live.
Oh. it is 50 easy to say this; but how
difficult for the frail and polluted hu-
man mind to grasp the truth Let me
illustrate it in the words of a man
Of genius, one of the greatest scientific
5enefactors Of this our century. when
1 was a little boy at school," says this
great physician, II saw sight 1 never
can forget-a man tied to a cart, and
dragged before the peoples eyes
through the streets of my native town.
his back torn and bleeding from the
lash. It was a shameful punishment.
For many offenses? No, for one of
tense. Did any of the townsmen offer
to divide the lashes with him? No.
He who committed the offense bore the
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men, for all times thenceforth, If they
would receive it, a still deeper and
more inestimable boon, which made it
even expedient for them that Jesus
Christ should go away:-even the in
dwelling, abiding presence of the Holy
Ghost, the Comforter. That life of
Christ on earth was a physical pres
ence; this indwelling of the Spirit in
our hearts is a spiritual presence. That
was external contact, this is inward
union; that was for a time, this is for
ever; that was God with us, this is God
within us.
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Name it quickly" young Winslow
cried, his hand outstretched and
trembling in the intensity Of his emo
ton.
THAT you tell the gist of its con-
Tents
81 will, provided" the young man
paused hesitatingly, Provided 1t con-
tains what 1 hope 1t does" The tone
was so intense that the laughter
ceased and Santa Claus placed the let
ter silently in the outstretched hand.
The young man vanished, to reappear
almost Immediately, joy shining on
every feature. 81 am ready to report
His voice vibrated with happiness.
When he spoke again there was that
in his voice which commanded silent
attention. You have not been blind. -
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penalty alone. 1t was the penalty OF
a changing human law, for it was the
last instance of its infection. When I
was a student at the university 1 saw
another sight which 1 can never forget
"a man brought out to die; his arms
were pinioned, his face was already
pale as death. Did any man ask to die
in his room? Did any friend come and
loose the rope, and say: Put 1T around
my neck; l die instead? No, he I'M
derwent the sentence OF the law. For
many offenses? No, for one offense.
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he said. You
have all seen
that 1 loved
Vivian. You
C o u | d n o t
X n o w h o W
much; l don't
believe any
one could I'M
derstand that.
When father
died a n d 1
was told there
W a S nothing
for me, and,
in spite of the
fact that my
studies were
not finished, L
would h a V e
to face I h e
world without
any prepara-
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THE DEAD SEA
CHRISTMAS TREE,
A STORY OF THE DESERT.
BY Emma Sickle Marshall.

BY Emma Sickle Marshall.
TT HEY stood under the droop-
ing branches of an arbor-like
Australian foliage tree in the
- grounds surrounding one of
the stately homes on the fair
est Of the many fair streets of that
California city.
Around and about them the crystal
moonlight shimmered with a radiance
that seemed more than earthly and the
broad, pinnated leaves of a fan palm
waved lazily in an atmosphere redo
lent with the fragrance of fiowers-a
fragrance that was almost intoxicat-
ing.
From the open windows of the man
sion the brilliancy of many lights
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son of her womb, he will neither leave
US nor forsake US.
And this revelation, so supreme ana
so blessed, was supplemented by an
other: In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word became flesh" Our in
EQUITIES tend to hide God from US, and
then to make US go astray after
strange gods; were 1t not for the ad-
vent Of a redeemer our whole race
would have sunk into the condition of
having no hope, and being without Goa
in the world. But, lest we should alto
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thousand years ago. Besides which, It
would have been too immense boon
and prerogative to one generation only
if they had possessed the exclusive and
infinite privilege Of being with Jesus,
of hearing and seeing. and their hands
handling the Word Of Life. But God
is no respecter of persons. The gift
Of the living Christ was not intended
only for the publican at Capernaum
and the harlot of Magdala, the Phar-
isee at Jerusalem, and the fishermen Of
Bethsaida. God in Christ gave to all
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ana dSkeO Ian ~ e~
company him, a plan Ga
which the sturdy guide MN. X
fatty refused to consent WYS 4
to. vs. %R
So they parted, Dan taking %ZsSsA
the blackboard, horses, a SS
enough grub horse feed and N
water to enable him to reach the w
town. from which they started, ~
while Winslow retained the mules "
and the balance of the provender.
Dan drew a map with minute direc-
tons as to the location of springs anc
the abiding places Of the whit
Arabs" who inhabit that sterile re
gion-men whose wives have chung t
them through all the changes of thei
shifting lives.
Winslow watched Dan drive ava
with regret. He did not relish tn
thought of future days without com
partnership. How the days passed he
did not know; he forgot to note then
in his eagerness to make a find.
Finally he lost all clew to his where !
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Climbed to tho TIp TOP.

Last week party from The Dalles
consisting of DIR. Hollister, DIR. Stur.
devant, Fl. 81. Riddell, Grant Mays,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Peters, Miss Hol-
lister, Miss Enright, Misses Ursula and
Mona Ruch, Mary and Minnie Lay,
Miss Wykoff, Mrs. French and Mrs.
Lytle left The Dalles for Cloud Cap
Inn and the summit of Mt. Hood.
They arrived at the inn Friday even
ing, and utter sPeudiug the nIgnJ at
that popular resort started for the
summit at day brake Saturday morn
ing. Four of them. Miss Enright,
Grant Mays, DR.. SturdeVant, MIR. Rid
dell, together with the guide and two
ladies from the east succeeded in reach
ing the summit, while the remainder
of the party remained 1000 feet below
and viewed the surrounding scenery
with glasses. The top of the noun
tain was reached without incident
and the party spent two hours
most pleasantly inhaling rarified air
and admiring the beauties of nature,
but when it came to descending one of
the party balked. Mr.. Mays refused to
make customary jump from the sum-
NIT to the snow below, protesting that
death from starvation was preferable
to deliberate suicide, but the ex.
perienced guide would listen to no
such foolishness, and bodily hurled
Mr.. Mays over the precipice. He, like
all the rest, lighted safely, and the re-
turn home was made without further
peril.
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DANCING.
It Has Had warlike Significance Among
Peoples of All Ages.

lt Has Had Warlike Significance Among
Peoples of All Ages.
Dancing, with which word civilized
people are won't to associate pleasure
and peaceful enjoyment, has had war
like significance with various tribes of
people throughout all ages of the world,
anditis still in vogue among the blanket
tribes of red men in America. The ia
nous Pyrrhic dance represented the
ovcrtaking of an enemy. and doing hat
tie with him. To-day, among the Zu-
lus, grand dances are merely the ac
compartment to the colloquial war and
hunting songs, in which the women put
questions which are answered by the
men. There are mimic fights, which
go by the name of war dances, almost
universal among tribes to which war is
one of the great interests Of life. The
bravery dance of the Dahomeyans, and
the Hoolee of the Bhil tribe in the
Vindhya hills of India, are the most apt
illustrations. Nearly all savage tribes
have regular war dance, SO that it is
scarcely possible to select one as having
more warlike significance than tho
rest. All the performers appear in
fighting costume, handle their weapons
and go through the movement of chal-
lenge, conflict, pursuit or defeat. There
is one very picturesque dance of the
Natal Kaffirs which probably refers to
the departure OF the warriors for battle.
The women appeal plaintively to the
men, who slowly withdraw, stamping
IN the ground, and darting their short
spears or assegais toward the sky.
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exhaustive discussion of the subject
has been had. Apparently there was
majority in favor of the change in
assessments. The principle OF the
classified plan of the A. o. U. w. was
indorsed by the national fraternal
congress nearly one year before its
adoption.
The complete list of officers, elected
and appointive was as follows:
Grand master workman, $. A. Me-
Fadden, of Salem: grand foremen, D.
C. Herrin. OF The Dalles; grand over
seer, F. Berchtold, of Corvallis: grand
recorder, Newton Clark, of Hood
River (re-elected); grand receiver, R.
l.. Durham, of Portland (re-electedl:
trustees, William Armstrong, of Salem
for three years; W. II. Beharrel, OF
Portland, two years; representatives
to supreme lodge, E. Werlein, w. NJ.
Colvig, E L. Smith.
Mrs. Mamie Briggs, of this city, is
the new grand chief of honor of the
Degree of Honor lodge, having been
elected Thursday evening The other
officers for the year who were elected
are:
Mrs. NJ. A. Armstrong, of Corvallis,
grand lady of honor; Mrs. Mollie
Keller, OF Portland, grand chief OF
ceremonies: Mrs. Maggie Houston, OF
Junction City, grand recorder ire
elected): Mrs. Anna Bewley, of Nc
Minnville, grand receiver ire electedl:
Mrs. Katie Thornton. of Grants Pass
(re-elected); Mrs. Dora England, oi
Portland, grand inside watchman;
Mrs. Josephine Garrigus, of Heppner,
grand inside watchman.
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LAY PREACHERS.
English Lords Who Deliver Sunday Dis
courses.

English LOr06 w no DeilVeE Sunokty Okb-
courses.
Emperor Williams taste for preach
ing, even where there is a duty quail
fed ecclesiastis within reach, is far
more common fancy than most people
might be willing to imagine. Under the
circumstances it is difficult to under
stand the surprise which has been
caused by his insistence in delivering
the Sunday discourse during the recent
yachting trip in the Mediterranean, al
though he had on board with him the
chief of the court chaplains.
Thus in England there are at least
a dozen secular members of the house
If lords who, not content with preaching
to their own households and tenants,
actually travel about in England and on
the continent preaching wherever they
can find either congregation or pull
Pit at their disposal.
Several of them, such as, for instance,
Lord Radstock, have incurred the wrath
of foreign governments in consequence
of their religious zeal.
The young Earl BeauchamP is an
other of these lay preachers, but he con-
fines his ministrations to the East end
of London. Then there is Lord Bopnet,
married to an American wife and heir
to the earl of Tankerville, who has been
arrested for street preaching on several
occasions.
The present duke of Hamilton does
little in the preaching line, chiefly
among the poorer classes of London.
But none of these peers come anywhere
near the late earl Of Shaftesbury SO far
as pulpit oratory is concerned, the earl
being known by the nickname of "the
lay bishop"
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Mondays Work at the Institute.

The third week OF the normal insti
tute opened with very encouraging
canditions. But one member of the in
stitute was missed from his place, and
three names were added to the roll
T. Miller, of Cascades; r. D. O'Brieu
and j. M. O'Brien, of Dufur. Visit.
ors: Mrs. M. 2. Oonnell, Mabel
O'Brien, Milton O'Brien and Millie
Sexton.
The literature class began reading
snOw-bound, the grammar class con.
sidered the classes of pronouns, and
the bookkeeping class legal forms,
bills, notes, etc. The general history
class began the study of modern his
tory.
An historical game, conducted by
Miss Melissa Hill occupied the time
usually given to general discussion.
The leader described historical char
acters and the institute guessed the
name of the person described; as 1 am
a fisher boy of 2S0 pounds. Who am I?
The examinations which follow the
Institute will be the best test of the
work done, but it is the verdict of the
visitors as well as of the instructors
that there never has been a better
class OF working teachers in any other
institute OF Wasco county, than the
one now working at the high school
building. And so it should be, each
year should bring new powers to every
profession, and we hone and expect
that whenever the next institute is
held still better work will be done.
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Have Got the Fever.

The C1ondyke fever is prevalant
throughout tho Northwest, and The
Dalles and vicinity has not escaped the
contagion. 1t is quite probable several
people from this section will take pas.
sage on the ship Elder for Alaska and
will cast their lot with the miners of
Clondyke. DR.. Sidall, one of our
staid old citizens, has signified his in.
tention to open dental parlors in the
new Eldorado, and Fin Batty, night
clerk at the Umatilla House, will also
seek his fortune in the gold fields of
the north. Will Langille, manager of
Cloud Cap Inn and one who is familiar
to every Mazama who has asscended
Mt. Hood, having piloted over so
parties to the top of that pinacle, ami
James A. Wilson, of Hood River, will
take passage on the Elder for the new
mines. While William Langille is
seeking wealth in Alaska, his brother
Doug. who for some time past has
been mining on Mccoy creek. will
have charge of the inn at Cloud Cap.
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Good News for Depositors.

The Dalles National Bank will pay a
dividend of twenty-five per cent as soon
as the proper schedules and checks can
be prepared and returned from Wash.
ington. 1T will be necessary for every
person who has a claim against the
bank to prove such claim and receive
a receivers certificate therefore before
he is entitled to dividend. 1t was
thought that no dividend would be
declared until the time for proving
claims had expired, on Sept. 9TH, but
the controller of currency has already
declared dividend and other large
dividends will be made in the near
future, provided the debtors of the
hank are prompt in paying. If the
persons owing the. bank will make a.
special effort to pay this season very
large percentage will be paid to credi-
tors this year.
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All the fruit In a six.acre peach
orchard of Zierolf brothers, 10 miles
south of Corvallis, is total loss as the
result of what is supposed to be an at
tack of black rot. There was every
promise of an abundant yield, and the
fruit was fast maturing. Within a
few days black rot, beginning at the
core and eating outward, destroyed
everything. The early varieties were
the first attacked, the later peaches
yielding in turn to the disease. The
orchard is situated on low land be-
tween the Long Tom and the Will
lamette rivers, and very near their
junction, and is protected on all sides
by heavy timber. No other peach
orchards in the vicinity, 80 far as
have been similarly affected.
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The Oregon Lumber company re-
Gently had boat built at Portland to
be used for towing purposes at their
lumber mills at Vinto. and last Satur.
day it was brought up the river by
that veteran of the Columbia, Capt.
McNulty. The little vessel which was
given the name of "Pearl," is steam
propeller 20 feet long, II foot beam
and has engines 7x8. 1t is trim and
neat, and plows the waters like bird,
coming up the rapids below The lock 8,
under the skillful management of Capt.
McNulty, with the ease of a vessel built
especially for plying turbulent streams.
The Pearl is licensed to carry passen-
gers and when not required in the SER
vice of the company at Viento may
be used for accommodating excursion
parties on the middle river.
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GrOCers

can't compete for the two
s15o prizes for the largest
number of ScAsz2aMe's Best
yellow tickets sent in one
envelope before August
3Ist.
Reason other people
wouldn't have a ghost Of
a chance.
Everybody has a chance
at the thousand dollars.
It's a matter of thought as
well as of how many tickets
you send.
Rules of contest in iargea
about first and middle of the m.