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In tlia old drown acliool limur,' over-bailowi-il liy apiilo tnw ami alitfllcred, on thw went by a Iuiik. twp hill, where tin team ami wild nr- ATi-w. Mary Howaril tAiittht a llttln Mwk of twmty Ave. uoaalnif tiimc, nridnu othera ami tarhin tlii'in all by bar kind wnrda ami wliia.mii. waya to love her a tlu-y bad Bir Iwfiiro loved m liiatructnr. When Hrat aha waa pniiioacil aa a twiehur In Illi-a Ciiriirr, Widow Tt-rkina. and a li-w oiIht. who had no children to artid, held ni their hnnda In Ainaaeutettt, woudiTlnif "what tha world u comln' to, and If tlia eomuililei'iiiiin, Mr. Knight, I'poaed they waa (culu' to b rid oter tiHtxbabod by a town paupar; but . ahe couldn't get a atlftYiit, tut tb orthodox mliiiater wmitiln't ttlra her one; and If ha did, Ilia t'nllnrlnu mlnlater wouldn't!" AtH-onlinKly. when it waa known that th ordeal bad bwn pHaaml and that Mary bad la her paeaioo a pier of pa per about tbroa liu lu'i aquarv, authorla ln her to tearh a pommon dlairiet aebool, Ihla worthy rmii lava ronrlnried that "Ither everrlmdy had tout their acmea or la Mla Moaon, who waa ptwaeut at the aianilnatlon, had ant by and ma nured In her car tha auawera to All hard qneatlona." 'In all my burn daya I never amn any- thlnf like It," aald tha widow, aa aha dla'.rlliuled her frrtn tea, awoeteued with browu aiixar, to A party of ladlea, wbk'b aha waa enterialiilnii. "But you'll ae, aha won't keep her tlin niof'n half out Sally Ann, paaa them nutrakea. So body 'a loin' to aeiid their ehitdren to a pauper. 'I'hero'a Miaa Kradley an.va ahe'H take har'n out the Drat tlmi they get licked. Ilrtva aome aiorc aaaa, Sll odfa. I want It eat up, for I believe Ifa A-worklu' but I teiled ber that wara't tba trouble, Mary'a too aoftly to hurt a mlakeeter. Anil ao young, too. It'a KorernmriH ahe'll Inek in. It any body'll bave a pleo of tbla dried apple pie, I'll cut It." Fortunately, Alary knew nothing of Mra. I'erklot' iliapleaaure, and never dreamed that any feeling exluled toward ber aav that of perfeet frlenilahip, Hineo wa laat aaw her, ah bad grows Into A Rue, health? looking girl. Her far and figure were round and full. And ber com pletion, though still rather pale, waa clear aa marble, eontraaling well with her dark-brown hair and eyea, which no lunger aermed unnaturally lame. Ht 111. aha was not beautiful, it la true, and yet Billy waa not far from right when b failed her tha Aneat looking girt In Chiro pi and It v na for thla reaaon, perhapa, that Mra. Campbell watched with jeal nay. Krerr noaailda palna bad been taken with Kila'a education. The beat teach era had been hired to inatruct her, and ahe waa now at a faahfonabla aeniinary, but atill ahe did Dot poaaeaa one-half the eaae and gracrfuiiieae of manner which eeetned natural to ber alater. The two glrla had aeen but little of each other; and oflentliuea when Klla mot Dor alater ah merely acknowledged her preaence by a nod or a alrople "bow d ye tloi' When abe beanl thAt Mary waa to be teacher abe aald "ahe waa glad, for It wee more respectable than going into a faetorr or working out." Mra. Campbell, too, fejt In duty bound to expreaa her plenanre, adding that "abe hoped Mary would give aetiafaetioa, but 'twaa ex tremely doubtful, ahe waa ao young, and poaaeaaed of ao little dignity!" I'nfortunately Widow I'erklua' red cot tage alood directly oppcalte the ecbool house; and aa the widow belonged to that atlrring few who alwaya "waah the breakfast dlahea and make the beds be fore Anyone la up In the house," ahe hud ample leisure to watch And report on the proceedings of the new teachvr. Now, Mrs. Pcrklne" clock waa like Ita mla tress, always balf an hour In advance f the trua time, nd Mary had acarcclj taught A week era Mr. Knight, "the com mitteeman," waa duly hailed in the atreet and told that the "echoolmarm wanted lookln' to, for ahe didn't begin no morn In' till half-paat nine, nor no Afternoon till bAlf-pnst one! Besidea that," ahu Added. "I think ahe given 'em too long a play apell. AnywAve, aeema ef aome on 'em was out o' doora the hull time." Mr. Knight had too much good sense to heed the widow's coniplalnta, and be merely replied: "I'm glad on't. Five hours la enough to keep little ahavera cramped up In the house glad on't." The widow, thin foiled In her attempt! at making disturbance, finally gave up the atrlfo, contenting herself with qulx slug the older girls, and Asking them If MAry could do all the hard aumi in arith metic, or whether ahe took them home for Mrs. Maaon to aolvel Io spite, however, of these little an noyances, Mary waa contented and hap py Hhe knew thAt her pupils loved her, and that the greater part of the district were satisfied, ao she greeted the widow with her pleasantest smile, And by al ways being particularly polite, Anally verceiu her prejudice to a conaldcrable extent. ' . 1 1 n . One Afternoon About the middle or July, Al Mrs. I'erklua wsi seated by her front window engaged lu "stitching shoes." A very, common employment in some pert! of New Kngland, her atten tion was suddenly diverted by A tall, stylish-looking young man, who, driving bis handsome borse and buggy under the shadow of the apple treee. a! gated mid entered Into conversation with A group of little girls who were taking their usual recess. Mr.. IVrkl...' curiosity wa. housed, .ud Bally Ann wa. called to ve who the itranger wa.. But for s wonL Sally Ann didn't know though .be "guessed tha boss was on. of the B."S":;ddy Knight." .aid .he, .t the .nine time holding back the Surtaln and .teuplng asUam .. not to be visible herself. , . , "Trv if you can hear what he . .aym , whispered Mrs. IVrklus; but A class of C, IZ the school house Just then struck luto th. multiplication table, tbus effec uaMy drowning auytldng which Sally Ann might otherwise have beArd. , 1 1 tgsgr fo PALACE J. HOLMES "I know there children will apllt their throats. Can't they hold up a minute," pxclulmed Mra. I'erkinA, greatly annoyed at being tbua prevented from overhearing A conversation the natu.s of which she could not even guess. The atrauger was at that moment amll Ingly saying: "Tell me more about her. Hon .ha ever scold, or baa abe too pretty a mouth for that?" "No, .he never scolds," .aid DellA frost, "aiiiI she', got tha nicest white toetli, and I guess she knows It, too, for she shows them . great deoA." ; , "Hhe' real white, too." rejoined Lydla Knight, "though p. say a ahe uaed to be yaller aa saffron." Here there was a gentle rap upon the window, and the girla, starting off, ex claimed: "There, we muat go In." "May I go, too?" aaked the atranger, following them to the door. "Introduce me aa Mr. Stuart." , Lydla bad never Introduced anybody In her life, and, following her companion, to tier sest, .he left Mr. Stuart standing In the doorway. With her naual politeness, Mary came forward and received the stranger, who gave fail nana a. Mr. Stu art, saying "he felt much Interested In common school, and therefore bad ven tured to call." Offering tha seat of honor, Msry re sumed ber usual diitlea, occasionally casting a look of curiosity at the atranger, wboae eyes seemed constantly upon ber. It waa rather warm that day, And when Mary returned from her dinner Widow rerkina waa greatly shocked At aeeing her Attired la a light pink muslin dress, the short sleeve, of which .bowed to good Advantage ber round, white anna. A nar row velvet ribbon confined by a amall brooch and a black .Ilk apron, completed her toilet, with the exception of a tin locket, which wa. .uapended from her neck by a alender gold chain. This laat ornament Immediately riveted Mr. Sm art', attention, and from some strsnge cause sent the color quickly to bis f Ace. After a time, as If to sscertaln whether It were really a locket or a wstch, he Ask ed "If Miss Howard could tell him the bourr "Certainly, air," aald she, and stepping to the desk And consulting a silver time piece About the site of a dining plate, she told him that It waa half-past three. When achool was out Mr. Stuart, who seemed in no baate whatever, entered In to A lively discussion with Mary concern ing achoola and book a, adroitly managing to draw ber out upon all the leading top ics of the day. At last the conversation turned upon Bowers; And when Mary chanced to mention Mra. Maaon'. beauti ful garden be Instantly expressed great desire to see It, and finally offered to Ac company MAry borne, provided she bad no objections. She could not, of course, say no, and the Widow Perkins came very near letting ber buttermilk biscuit bum to a cinder when she aaw the young man walking down the road with Mary. Arrived at Mra. Mason's, the atranger managed to make himself so agreeable that Mrs. Maaon Invited him to atay to tea. Whoever he was, be seemed to un derstand exnctly haw to And out what ever he wished to know; And before teu was over be bed learned of Mary a in- tintloo to attend the acAdemy In Wtl- brnham the next autumn. Finally he aald good-night, leaving , Mary and Mrs. Mason to wonderthe one what he came there for, nod the oth I er whether he would ever come Again. J The widow, too, wondered And fidgeted aa the sun went down behind the long ! hill. "It beats all nater what' kept him ao long," aald she, when he at last appear- mi an.t. iinraatnntna Ma hnram. Hl-nVA nff 1 at a furloue rate; "but If I lire I'll know all About it to-morrow;" And with thla conaolatory remark abe returned to the beat room And for the .emainder of the evening devoted herself to the entertain ment of Uncle Jim and his wife, Aunt Dolly. That evening Mr. Knight, who had been to the poatottlee, called At Mra. Ma son's, bringing with him a letter which bore the Boston postmark. Paasing it to Mary, he winked at Mrs. Mason, saying,' "I kinder gueaa bow all thi. writin' works will end; but hain't there been a young chap to see the ichoolT" "Yes; how did you know Itf returned Mrs. Maaon, while Mary flushed mora deeply than .he did when Billy'i letter was handed her, "Why, you ace," answered Mr. Knight, "I waa about at the foot of the Ulauch ard hilt, when I sea a buggy coming like Jehu. Just as it got agin me it kinder slackened and the for wheel ran off amnck and aclasora." "Was he hurt?" quickly Asked MAry. "Not A bit on't," AAld Mr. Knight, "but be was Beared aome, I gueaa. I got out and helped him, and when he heard I'a from Itice Corner he aald he'd been Into achool. Then he asked forty-'leven ques tions About you, And jest as I waa settln yon up high, who should come a-ranterln' up, with their long-tailed gowna, and hats like men, but Klla Campbell And a great white-eyed pucker, that came home with her from school Either, Ella', horae was acary or .be did It a jiurpoae, for the intuit ahe got near It began to rare, and she would have fell off If that man hadn't catched It by the bit and held her on with t'other hond. I Alius waa the moat eanguinary of men, and I was building caatle. about him And our little .chool mnrm, when Klla came along, end I gin it up, for I see that he waa took, and ahe did look hsndaomo, with her curia A Hylu' Wall, aa I wasn't of no more use, I whipped up old Charlotte And come on." "When did EUa return V Asked MAry, who had not before heArd of her aiater'a "Ydon't know," nid Mr. Knight. "The ftrat I lea of her wa. cuttln" through the street, on the dead run; but I muatu't atay here gabbln', so good-night, Miss Mason good-night, Mary hope you've got good newa In that ar letter." . The moment he was gone Mary ran up to her room 'to read her letter, from which we give the following extract: "Vou must have forgotten George More- ST. HELENS, OREGON, JTKIDAY, land, or yon would have mentioned him to me. I like him very much, Indeed, and yet I could not help feeling A little Jealous when he manifested so much Interest In you. Sometimes, Mary, I think that for A brother, I Am getting too selfish, and I do not wish anyone to like you except myself, but I surely need not feel ao to ward George, tbe best friend I have In Boston, He Is very kind, lending me books, and has even offered to use bia In fluence In getting me a aituatlon In one of tha beat law offices In the city' After reading this letter Mary .at for A long time thinking of George Moreland of the time when she first knew him of all that William Bender bad been to her since end wondering, a. glrla some times will, which she liked tbe best. Bill unquestionably bad the strongest claim to ber love, but could he have knowr how much satisfaction ahe felt In think ing that George .till remembered And felt Interested In ber be would have had soma reason for fearing, aa be occasionally did. that she would never be to him aught aire a .later. . " , . CHAPTER XII. The summer was drawing to a close, and with it Mary's achool. Shs had suc ceeded In giving satisfaction to tbe en tire district. Mr. Knight, with whom Mary waa a great favorite, offered her the school for the coming winter, but she had decided upon attending school her self, and after modestly declining bis of fer, told him of ber Intention, "But where', the money coming from!" aid b. - Mary laughingly asked him how many bags of ahoei he supposed she bad stitch ed during the laat two year. "More'n two hundred, I'll bet," aald be. "Not quite aa many is that," answered Mary; "but .till I have managed to earn my clothes and thirty dollar beside.; and this, together with my school wages, will pay for one term and part of another." "Woll, go Ahead," returned Mr. Knight "I'd help yon If I could. Go ahead; and who know, bat you'll one day be the president', wife." When Widow Perkins heard that Mary wss going sway to school ihe forgot to put Any yeast In th bread which ahe wa. making. And, bidding Sally Ann "watch It until It rlx." .he posted off to Mrs. Ma son', to Inquire th particulars, reckoning np i. she went along how much fourteen weeks' wage, would com to at nine .hil lings per week. But with all her qulzsing and "pump ing," ai Judith called It, she was un ibte to ascertain anything of Importance, and, mentally styling Mm. Maaon, Mary, Jndith and ail "great gompheada," ah returned borne And relieved Sally Ann from her watch over unleavened bread. Both Mr. Mason And Mary laughed heartily at the widow's curiosity, though, a Msry said, "It was no laughing mat ter where the money wss to come from which she needed for ber books and cloth ing." Everything which Mra. Mason could do for her she did. And even Judith, who was never famous for generosity, brought In on Ssturdsy morning balf-worn merino, which she thought "mebby could be turned And sponged, and made into somethin' decent," addiug, in an under tone, that "she'd had It out alrin' on tbe clothes boss for more'n two hours'" A few days afterward Jenny Lincoln cam galloping up to th school house door, declaring ber Intention of staying until achool was out, snd hiring A good time. "I heer you sr going to Wleban said she, "bnt I went you to go to Mount liolyoke. We nre going, a whole lot of us that la. If we can paaa examination. Boa lan't pleaaed with th Idea, but I am. I think 'twill be fun to waah po tatoea and scour knlvea.- I don't believe that mother would ever have aent ns there If It were not that Ida Selden ia going. HecfAther And her Aunt Mar tha nsed to be schoolmate with Mioa Lyon, and they bar lwys intended that Ida abould graduate at Mount Hoi yoke. Now, why can't yon go, too?" "I wish I could." said Msry, "but I can't. I haven't money enough, and there la no on to give It to me." "It wouldn't hurt Mra. Campbell to help yon a little," returned Jenny. "Why, laat term Ella spent Almost enough for candles and gutta percha toya to pay the expenaa of. halt a year's achooling at Mount liolyoke. It'a too bad that Ahe abould have everything and you nothing." (To b continued.) Cum Vlotlni of Drug. ' A church anion now exists In New York for the moat remarkable purpose on record. Its avowed: object 1. to cure tba victims of the morphine and other drug ha bit a and a moat Impres sive Hat of well-known clergymen bave registered themselves la support of the scheme, whlcb Is conducted by Dr. W. N. Richie. Tbe plans of Dr. Richie's work and the means by which he hopes to make it effectual are to be made public as soon as possible.' All that is withheld from tbe public Is tbe elements of the mysterious compound, which Is, Dr. Richie alleges, an absolutely Infallible panacea. Men and women who hive sunk to the loweBt levels of degradation have, It is claimed, by the use of this cure become perfectly regenerated. Physi cians of established reputation private ly indorse the cure, and the testimonials appear so convincing flint the clergy men who have formed a union on the strength of It feel absolutely sure of Its efficacy. Dr. Richie says that he obtained the cure from a friend of his, who In turn obtained It from a German savant. The friend referred to. having once become the slave of morphine nnd having but 5 cents left In the world, converted It into a 6-cent stamp to address a letter to the German who bad originated the cure. The recipe came, was made use of, and the man, when Dr. Richie knew him, was enjoying an nonorea om age. A committee has been formed to re ceive donations for the cure of such pa tients as are not able to pay. - "Could Not Be Repeated. "I met Hlgglnbee and be stopped me to tell me wbat bis little boy said, but I'll bet one thing." "Huht What's that?" "I'll bet he didn't tell his boy what I snld.' Indianapolis Press. If Satan ever gets short of fuel be ought to be able to use excuses. JUNE 21, 1001. EVCI1TS OTJIIC DAI From All Parts of the New World and the Old. Of INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprthtaiivs Review of th Important flap poikift f th Past Week la A Condtnted Form. Philippine customs revenues ar increasing. Six frame buildings were burned at Monmouth. Cullies will surrender liis entire force at Santa Cruz. Incoming ships report passing quantities of wreckage on the ocean. Boers surprised a force of Victoria mounted rifles near Middlesburg. and captured two pompon. r It is exepcted that negotiations at Pckin will be settled this mouth. Ten persons were injured by a tor nado in Soath Dakota. Two Indians tried to murder the Umatilla chief of police. Von Waldersee will be created a prince on his return to Germany. Only one body has been recovered from the wreck of the ferry boat North-field.- . . - : '. '-; ' '; i Tbe Harriman interests have se cured control of the Chicago, Mil waukee St. Paul road, , Lulu Prince-Kennedy was convict ed of murder in theaecond degree and puniBltment was fixed at ten yeras' imprisonment. An extensive syndicate is buying up eastern street car lines with the intention of forming a complete mon opoly. The Chief of the forestry bureau of the Philippines has issued a circular in which it is stated that the timber supply in the Philippines is almost unlimited. , , Negroes about Leavenworth, Kan sas, are arming themselves with re volvers purchased from the troops at Fort Leavenworth, and it is thought they intended to avenge the recent burning of a Negro. Eleven hundred butchers are on a strike in San Francisco. The Cuban convention has accepted the original Piatt amendment. The new battle ship Illinois , is the fastest vessel of her class afloat. Americans were again successful in the international trap shoot. ' Extensive commissary frauds have been dicovered at San Francico. - Another name has been added to the Port Royal, Pa., coal mine horror. Thirty-four students graduated from the Oregon Agricultural college. Insurgent general Cailles refuses to surrender, except on his own terms. Extensive German influence In the Yangtse district alarms the British press. ,.',.''-' . : ..'..,"''. : Donald McPhial, a prominent Eastern Oregon Bheepman, was found dead by the roadside. . , The Washigton legislature has ad journed after amending the capital punishment law and passing three vetoed biiils. . The governmnet is preparing to fire three and one half tons of dyna mite under the Narorws between Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth. ' v v The war department has issued a set of regulations clearly defining hazing and strictly prohibiting the same. Any cadet found guilty ol infraction will be dismissed from the academy. Many Filipinos have applied for civil service positions. Sruger claims to know nothing of the peace negotiations. Washington senate has repealed the Sands capital punishment law. , A rich ledge of gold has been dis covered near La Grande, Oregon. A small town in Minnesota was almost entirely destroyed by a tor nado.. . . . Officers of the Forty-third regiment, in the Philippines, are accused of bribery. The battle ship Oregon has arrived at Honolulu on her way hoine from the Orient. Zurbano has proclaimed himself governor of the Philippines as succes sor to Aguinaldo. President McKinley has stated that it is his intention to visit Hawaii in the near future. Three women were injured in Chi cago, two probably fatally, by the col lapsing of a stairway. . Owing to fear of fresh trouble in Corea for Americans, the cruiser New Orleans has been ordered there. McKinley announces that he would refuse to accept the nomination for a third term if it were offered him. The date of the Rough Eiders' Association convention has been changed from August I to August 3. There are 14,000 oysters to a ton. River Jordan water is now exported regularly for baptismal purposes. In Georgia it is estimated that 30, 000 Negroes have boon graduated at a cost of 1100,000,000, which colleges are supported by Northern money. The first mention of stamps , is in the letters of the old Bishop Syuesius of Cyrene, on the Greek coast of Africa, 400 years after the Christian ra. SURPRISED BY BOERS. rlctoria M ousted Rifles Overcome By a Su- perl or force.. London, June 18. Lord Kitchener has cabled from Pretoria under today's late aa follow: ' . Near Welmansrust, 20 miles north af Middleburg, 250 Victoria mounted rifles from General Beaston'l com mand were surprised in camp at steenkoolspruit by a superior force of Boers at 7 :30 p. m. June 12. Tbe jnemy crept up to within short range and poured, a deadly fire into the camp, killing two officers and 16 men ind wounding: four officers and 38 men, of whom 28 were only slightly wounded. Only two officers and bu men escaped to General Beaston's ;amp. xne remainder were laaen prisoners and released. Two pom pos were captured by the f enemy. Full details have not yet been re vived. The serious reverse which Lord Kitchener reports is tbe first accident ol the kind that has happened to tbe Australian contingent, and it is sup posed to be due to neglect of proper picketing. Although it is offset by the defeat inflicted upon Dewet, the losa of the guns is regarded as a serious matter, which will encourage the Boers to continue the struggle. More or less fanciful accounts are published on the continent of alleged peace ' negotiations, but there is nothing in them and nothing has come of the interview between Mr. Botha and Mr. Kruger. beyond re vealing the fact that Mr. Kruger will listen to no proposals unless they are accompanied with a guarantee of in dependence of the republics. The Daily Mail's Cape Town cor respondent says that Cecil Rhodes, jpeaking at Buluwayo (Saturday, predicted that a federation of South African states would come in three or four years, but he contended that rto grant self-government to the repub lics before federation would render federation impossible. JAPAN'S WAR ON RATS. Energetic Measures Takca to Suppress th ' Plague.. Yokohama, June 1, via Victoria, B. C. June 18. Much consternation baa been awakened by the escape of a rat at Tokio. The medical authori ties of the Imperial university were ;ngaged in experimenting on some rodents in the introduction of plage bacilli into their veins, when one of the animals eluded their vigilance, ind aa a consequence several have recently been discovered in the hos pital infected with the disease. As a result the war against . inem nas assumed huge proportion. The Tokio municipality haa voted 30,000 yen, rat traps by the thousand are distributed among the people, and a bounty of 5 sen each is offered for their capture. With all this evi dence of consternation there is no need of fear that the the disease can gain a foothold . in the country in which such measures for prevention have been taken. While sporadic cases : appear here and there, they are instantly isolated, and the spread of the contagion is rendered practi cally impossible. The authorities do not hesitate to adopt tne moat drastic measures in each instance, and as a result the empire is today in a better sanitary condition than any other nation in the world. ' The cabinet muddle is not only still unsettled, but it becomes every day more complicated and hopeless of solution. The source of trouble, while dignified as ' a strife between the principle of a party minsitry and that of an independent cabinet, responsible only to the sovereign, is almost lost sight of in the pettiness of the political squabbles which have come to the surface, making it im possible for . any statesman without complete loss ot selt-respeoi, to un dertake the task of forming a minis try, ;y: - ,. STRIKE OF TRACKMEN. Employe. f th Canadian Pacific will Co "' Out la a Body. " ';''. Vancouver, B. C, June 18.A11 of the Canadian Pacific trackmen will go out tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, the demand of those in the eastern division for an increase in wages of 20 cents rer day not having been ac ceded to. Officials of the road state that the granting of this demand would mean an additional annual expenditure of $400,000. Men are being secured to take charge ol bridges and portions of track where surveillance is necessary, and it is announced that all trains will be run tomorrow as usual. CaliforalA Trala Wrtck. Santa Cruav Cal., June 15. The narrow gauge Southern Pacific pas senger train from San Francisco was wrecked today near Kincon. tungv neer James Stanley and Fireman Henrv Coyle were seriously injured. The locomotive, tender and baggage car were badly smashed. The wreck occurred on a curve. Th passenger car, containing 40 people, did not leave the track. Battla on th Tonkin Frontier. ' Tacoina, June 18. The steamship Tacoma brings news from Hong Kong that the French forces in lon kin lost four officers and 17 soldiers in a fight along the Tonkin fiontier with marauding bands of Chinese, aggregating over 500, The Chinese forces include 1,000 regulars who preferred robbery to soldiering. Many Chinese women were killed and the Chinese were driven into Kwang Se province. NO. 27. oioiispitw Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. . COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review f th Growth d Improve- asente ef the Many Industrie Through. r Mil Our Thriving Commonwealth. Eugene will have a two days' Fourth of July celebration, - , :f Tbe Whitney council now meets twice a month instead of once a heretofore. Fourth regiment. O. N. G.. will go , into camp at Eugene June 27, and remain until after the Fourth. Reports from along the Columbia river show a - much better run of salmon than in the past few weeks. Commencement exercises are in progress or about to begin in most of . the colleges and universities of the state. ,, .' The Rogue River Mining A Milling , Company ha about finished cleaning up at its mine on the left hand fork of Foots creek. - A new electirc light company haa been formed in Salem. It will also operate a system of street railways, Capital stock, $130,000. The new military code regulating ' the 0. N. G. will be ready for distri bution in a few days. The new set is much stricter than the one now in use. ''' " The Lakeview Water Company has a crew of men working on. the im provement which , will convey the company's water in tiling direct., from the spring to the summit of .the hill overlooking; Lakeview. Smallpox at Westfall haa been eradicated. Ontario has arranged to observe the Fourth of July. Athena streets are being improved with crushed rock. People of Quartzburg have peti tioned for a daily mail. Coquille City is preparing for a Fourth of July celebration. The treasurer of Marion county had on hand June 1 the sum of $24,959.23. The Linn County "W. C. T. U. con-. mention will be held the first week in August. ' . It is reported at Prairie ; City that "rustlers" are stealing stock in the vicinity of Grub creek range. ' The question of bonding n-shool dis trict No. 8, Malheur county, in the sum of $3,000, to improve the school ' building, will come before the voters June 15. . J. H. Timon has discovered a 14-' foot vein of coal where he has been opening, up a mine on Lampey creek. Coos county. The mine is located within 200 yards of the river. There is some talk of moving the school house in district 92, Umatilla county, to Missouri gulch or Stage gulch. The district is nine miles long and a number of the children live so far from the school building that they either stay at home or are put to great inconvenience during bad weather. There is also a sentiment for dividing the district. - . Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 6162c. ;val ley, nominal; bluestem, 6162c. per bushel. "... Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $1.321.35 percen tal; gray, $1. 301. 32 M per cental. , Barlev Feed, $17 17.50; brewing, $1717.50perton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12.50 14; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild . hay, $67 per ton. Hops 12(9 J4c. per lb. Wool Valley, 11 13c; Eastern Oregon, 7llc; mohair, ' 20(3 21c. per pound. Butter Fancy" creamery, 15(3 17 Xo.; dairy, 1314o. ; store, 11 12H'c. per pound.1;, . , Eggs Oregon ranch, 12 120, per doxen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12e; Young ' America, 1313ic. per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00; hens, $33.50; dressed, 810c. per pound; springs, $1.50 3 per dozen; ducks, $33.50; geese, $45.50; tur keys, live, 810c; dressed, 910c. per pound. Potatoes Old, $11.2Q per sack; new, l?2e. per pound. Mutton Lambs 4c. per pound . gross ; best sheep, wethers, with wool, $4.254.50; dressed, 6!7o per pound. - 1 Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75 6; light, $4.755; dressed, 7c. per pound. . Veal Large, 6X7c per pound; small, 7)8o. per pound. Beef 43iros8,top steers, $4. 25 4. 60; cows and heifers, $3.754.00; dressed beef, 77Js'o. per pound. Since Mexico's mining law of 1892 went into effect, more than 9,000 mining titles have been issued. In Atchison county, Kansas, a farmer's wife sold $1,000, worth of butter InBt year. Another one sold , $564 worth of butter and eggs, , The United States leads all other nations in the matter of fruit grow ing. Strawberries were valued at 180,000,000 last year And grapes at ,100.000,000.