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CHAPTER XVir.(Contloiid.
Herbert Uulcjr ud Hyilnvy Wealrrflcld
looked at th woman whom (lipr hut out
: red. Tb woman wbom tliy bud out'
rased pauad ana lookml back at lliom,
Tb hol.O servant waa surprised at their
ant akina tu rat-It other, li was a
atuplil luau; ho thmialit tha gentlefolks
with atrauticly unlike aeiitlefolk In avu
trali they aeemed not in know what to
eajr. Herbert Iiiiih.i,h1 to b standing
nearest to him; hi thought It would be
lily civil to th gentleman tit offer word
of eiplanatWm.
"Tb lady had Iheae rooms, air. Hhe
as com back from tha atation In look
for a book that baa been left behind."
Herbert IkiiihI tit bliu to go. A th
man turned to obey, ha draw bark. Hyd
ey had moved to the door bcfor hlui. to
leave tha room. Herbert refused to nor
wilt it. "Htar here," b aald gently; "thla
room ia yonra.
Hydney hraitated. Herbert addtvaard
hir tgaln. II pointed to Ma divorced
wlfi. "Voti iw how that lady la looking
at you," ha aald; I fordid you to aubniit
to Inault from anybody,
fljdney relumed Into th room.
Catherine' vole waa beard for tha flrat
time, 8b ad Iree-ted heraelf to Hydney
with quiet d unity far removed from
anger, further removed atlll fro-o con
tempt.
"I do you Jiiatle," abe aald. "You fan
atlll feel aenaa of ahania."
Herbert snatched np th bonk. It waa
only a momentary outbreak of anger. The
ait moment b matched Catherine a eelf-
control; he apok to ber with aerniiuloua
remieii. "Iter la your book, madam.
Bha atlll kept her eyea Died on Hydney
-atlll apoka to Sydney .
"Tall blui," aha aald, "that I refute to
aee tha book."
Bydnay attempted to obey. At th flrat
worda aha uttered, Herbert checked her
eaca mora.
"I have begged yon already not to tub-
lit to Insult," Ha turned to Catherine.
"Th book la youra, madame. Why do
you refua to tak lit"
8b looked at blot tor th flrat time. A
fraud aenaa of wrong flaahed at blin Ita
eenly felt ludignatlon In her flrat glance.
lld hi worn face, hi waated figure,
plad with herT Thoa ye that had o
often looked love at hint, aofteiied with
aorrow. She algned to blui to lay th book
down. "No," ah aald; "not from your
bauda, and not from bera. I leave tb
book; I leav you." Hhe moved to the
door god looked bark at Sydney. "I'our
creator!" ah murmured to heraelf, Th
faint Bound of her dreaa on th carpet
waa beard In th perfect ctillueaa, aud loat
gain. They aaw her no mora,
Herbert approached Sydney. It waa a
moment when b waa bound to assure her
of hi aympathy, and even of his respect.
Ita fait for her. Iu his lunioet heart he
felt tor bar. A b drew nearer, he saw
tear In her eye; but they Beamed to have
risen without her knowledge. Hardly con
arloua of bla presence, ab stood before
blm--lost In thought.
II endeavored to route her. "Did I
protect' you from Insult V h asked.
She said absently: "Year
"Will yon do aa I do, dearT Will you
try to forget T"
Bh aald: "I am trylng"-etl!l, aa it ap
peared, thinking of something else.
"Would you like to II down, Hydney,
nd reatt"
"Yea."
Su took hla arm. II led her to the
door of ber room. "Is there anything else
1 ran do tor youT" ha asked.
"Nothing, thank you."
Kb closed th door and abruptly open
adjt again. "Cue thing cior," ah aald.
"Klaa m."
He kissed her tenderly. Returning to
tha tilting room, ha looked back arroea
tha pass. Iter door waa shut.
Ilia head waa heavy, hla mind felt con
fused. II threw himself on tha eofa, ut
terly exhausted by tb ordeal through
which h bad paaaed. In grief. In fear.
In pain, tha time atlll comes when Nature
claims her rights. Tha wretched, worn
out man fell Into rent less sleep. II waa
wakened by th servant, laying the cloth
for dinner. "If lust ready, sir," th man
announced; "shall I knock at the lady's
doorr
Herbert got np and went to ber room.
He entered softly, fearing to disturb her
If she slept. No sign of her waa to be
Bern. Sba had evidrutly not rested oil
bar bed. A morsel of paper lay on the
smooth coverlet. There waa only a line
written on It: "You may yet b happy
and It may perhapa be my doing."
tionel
CHAPTER XVIII.
Th garden of tha hotel at Sydenham
htd originally belonged to a private house.
Of great extent. It had been laid out In
excellent taste. Flower bed and lawns,
handsome fomitaln, seats shaded ly
groups of fins trees at I heir full growth,
completed th pastoral charm of the place.
Catherine waa alone in tha garden. Mhe
quietly seated herself under III trees uud
wutrhed In solitude the decline of the aim
in a cloudlesa aky. The memory of the
happy years of her marriage had never
been ao sadly and persistently present to
her mind as at this time. Suddenly she
, observed soma one approaching hera
"Woman.
In the dim light and at the distance be
tween them recognition of the woman waa
, Impossible. Strained to tha utmost point
it tension, Catherine's nerve quivered at
be sight of that ahadowy, silent figure.
In tones that trembled she said: "Who are
JoiiT What do you want?"
The vole that answered was, like her
wn voice, faint with fear. It aald: "I
. want a word with you."
Moving slowly forward stopping mov
ing onward again hesitating agaln-the
woman at last approached. Ther wii
light enough left to reveal her face, now
that she waa near. It waa th far of
Sydney Westerfleld.
"I am amaaed at your audacity," said
Wr. Lluly.
Ther waa no resentment ther waa
y patient aubmiaslon in Sydney's re-
', "T"i I hat aw retched th how ia
''Hi
which you are living; and twice my cour
ago has failed me. I have gout away
galii-I have walked, I don't know
where, I don't know how far. Mlm me suit
fear wem to be Insensible to fatigue. This
I my third attempt. If I waa a little
nearer to you I think you would sea what
tne effort has cost mo. I hav not much
to ssy. Mar I ak von to hesr me'"
"Does what you wlh to say to me re-
laia ouiy to yourself 7 "
"It relates to another person aa well aa
to niyseir,"
"If that other person mean Mr. Hcr-
iwrc i.iuiey "
Hydney Interrupted ber In words which
sne was entirely uniirenared to hear.
"I shull never see Mr. Herbert Unley
sgain.
"Ilss he deserted you?"
"No. It Is who bar left him."
"You!"
Th emphanis laid on that one word
forced Hydiiey to assert herself for the
nrst time.
"If I had not left him of my own fro
will," she aald, "what els would excuse
me for venturing to com ber? II haa
been all that Is kind and considerate," the
added; "he has doti everything that
man In his unhappy position could do to
set my mind at rase. And yet I bav left
hi in. (Hi I I claim no merit for my repent
aoce; bitterly as I feel It I might not hsv
hsd the courage to leave him If be bad
lovea me a a be once loved voii."
"Mis Westerfleld! You force in to tell
you that you are the last person living
wno ougnt to amine to my married life."
"You may perhaps pardon tb allusion.
ma (I sine, when you hav beard what I
bav atill to aay. I owe it to Mr. Herbert
l.inley, if not to yon, to confess that hia
life with me has not been a life of hsnol-
m sa, He haa tried, compaatlonately tried.
to geep ins secret aorrow from discovery.
and ha haa failed. I had long auapectcd
the truth; but I only aaw It In hia far.
wnen tie rouuil the book you left behind
yon at the hotel Your Image haa, from
llrst to last, been the one living linage In
bla guilty heart. I am tb victim of
nian'a passing fancy. You hav been, yon
are atill, the one object of husband's
lore. Ask your own heart if tba woman
Uvea who could aay what I hav Just aald.
uulrss It was truer
('atherluu'a bead sank on ber bosom: her
helpless nanus Isy trembling on her Iso,
for the nrat time slue tb beginning
or tu interview oydney allowed tu Im
pulse of tb moment to lead her aatrar
In ber eagerness to complete tb act of
atonement, she failed to appreciate the se
verity of the struggle that, waa passing In
Catherine's mind. 8 lie alluded again to
Herbert l.inley, and she spoke too soon.. -
"Will you let him ask your pardon?" ah
said. "He expecta no more,"
Catherine's spirit waa roused in an in
stant. "He expecta too much I" ah an
swered, sternly.
Hydney saw ber mistake aud tried too
late to art it right.
It la my misfortune If I bav takeu a
liberty," the pleaded; "pray don't treat
ma as If It waa my fault. 1 dare not ask
you to alter your opinion"
"Jo you dare look tb truth In th
face?" Catherine interposed. "Do you
remember what tacred ties that man haa
broken? What memories he bss profan
ed? What years of faithful love he has
cast from him? Must I tell you how ha
poisoned his wlfe'e mind with doubts of
his truth and despair of his honor, when
he bsaely deserted ber? You talk of your
repentance. Ia there no aympathy for m
In your repeutance?"
Hydney silently submitted to reproach.
silently endured the abame that finds uo
excuse for Itself.
Catherine looked at ber and relented.
The nuhle nature which could stoop to
anger, but never sink to the lower depths
of malice aud iersecntiou, restrained it
self, and made amends. "I ssy it in no
nnklnducss to you, she resumed, "but,
when you ask me to forgive, consider
what you ask uie to forget. It will only
dUtresB us both if we remain longer to
gether," she continued, rising as she
siMke. "Perhaps you will believe that I
mean well wheu I ask it there ia anythlug
I can do for your
"Nothing."
All the desolation of the lost woman told
its terrible tale in that one word. Invited
to rest herself In the hotel, she asked leave
to rrmaiu where she was; the mere effort
of rising waa too inutli for her now. Cath
erine snld the parting words kindly. "I
Mlere In your good intentions; I believe
lu your repentance."
Keller in my piiuisiinientr After
thnt reply no more was said.
Heliind the trees thnt closed the view at
the further end of the lawn the moon was
rising. Aa the two women loat sight of
each other, the new light, pur and beau
tiful, begun to dawn over the garden.
CIIArTEtt XIX,
When a servant at ber lodgings an
nounced a vlaitor, and - mentioned hia
name, Bydney'a memory recalled It as be
longing to a brother of ber dead father,
mil ltonilal l.tnloy I emu rrieuu, uapiaiu
Heunyderk.
"My fear, how Ilk your father jrou
are," he aald, "You have hia eyi aud
hit smile; I can't tell you how pleatantiy
you remind mo of him." H took her
hand and kissed her aa he might hav
kissed a daughter of hi own. "Da you
remember me at home, Hydney, when you
were a child? No; you mutt have been
too young for that."
Hhe was deeply touched. In faint, trem-
niixn innia. she an id. "I remember your
name; my poor futher often spoke of you."
A man who focis true gympaiuy is uer
, u .lonirur of mistaking his way to a
woman'a heart when that woman haa suf
fered. . .
After sneaking of the bygone usys at
home, he continued:
"I have been Becking yon for months,
and from Uaudnl Lluley I hav learned
.ii ...... .a.l Binrv. Krom today, my
dear, we. begin new life and a happier
life. Have you any plans or your own ior
the future?" ,
Perhaps, if I could nnu neip, oyunej
said, resignedly. "I migni uiigrsie.
Pridt wouldn't aland lu my way I bo hon
est mploymant would b beneath my no
tice, Besides, If I went to America, I
ungnt meet with my brother." .
"My dear child, after the tlm that haa
passed, ther 1 no Imaginslile chance of
your meeting with your brother: and yon
wouldn't know each other again if you
did meet, Cllv up that valu bop and
atay bare with me. lie useful and be
happy In your own country."
"Useful?" Hydney repeated, sadly.
"Your own kind heart, Captain Benny-
deck, le deceiving you. To be useful
means, I suppose, to help others. Who
will accept help from me?" ; .
. "I will, for one," th captain anawered.
"You?"
"Yea. You can be of the greateet use
to me you shall bear how."
II told her of tb founding of hla
Home, and of the good It had done. "You
ar th very person," he resumed, "to b
the good titter-friend that I wsnt for my
Poor girls; you can aay for them what
they cannot aay to me for themselves.
Iu silent sympathy and respect Hydney
klsaed the band that be offered to her. It
waa th on way in which she could trust
herself to answer him.
Htlll ncoursgiug her to see new hopes
and new interests in the future, the good
captain spok of the thara which ah
might tak in the management of the
Home, if abe would ilka to be hla tecre
tary. With this view he showed ber
some written reports, relating to th in
stitution. Hhe resd them with so interest
and attention which amply Justified his
confidence In ber capacity.
"These reports," be explained to her.
"are kept for reference; but, aa means
of saving time, the anbstanc of them is
entered In th daily journal of our pro
ceedings. Come, Hydney I venture on a
flrat experiment in your new character.
se pen. ink and paper on tha table; try
if you can abortea one of the report with
out leaving out anything which It la Inv
portant to know."
Proud and pleased. Sydney obeyed him,
She had made her little abstract, and was
reading It to bim at hla request, while he
compared it with the report, when they
were interrupted by a visitor. Itandal
l.inley ram in, and noticed the papers on
the table with surprise. "Ia it possible
that I am interrupting business?" bs ask
d.
Bennydeck anawered with an assumed
air of Importance which waa In Itself
compliment to Hydney: "You find m en
gsged on the business of the Horn with
my new secretary."
Kendal at once understood what had
happened. He took his friend's arm and
led him to the other end of the room.
"You good fellow!" he aald. "Add to
your kindness by excusing me If I ask
for word with you In private."
Hydney rose to retire. After having en
couraged her by a word of praise, th
captain proposed that sh should get ready
to go out, and should accompany him on
a visit to the Home. He opened th door
for her a respectfully aa it the poor girl
bad been on of the highest Isdiea In th
land.
"I hav seen my friend Barrasin," Ban'
dal began, 'and I have persuaded him to
Irust me with Catherines present ad
dress. I can ti nd Herbert ther at once."
CHAPTER XX.
Th front window of Brightwater Cot-
tsg look out on quiet green Isne tu Mid
dlesex, which Joins the high road within a
few mile of th market town of Ux-
bridge.
Within two daya of tb time when they
bad left tha hotel at Sydenham, Catherine,
and ber little family circle had taken poe
sesslon of the cottage.
Lingering here and there to gather flow-
era from the beds aa ahe paased them,
Kitty wa stopped by shrubbery, with a
rustle seat placed near It, which marked
the limit of th garden on that aide.
Choosing flowers and then rejecting
them, trying other color and wondering
whether ah had accomplished a change
for th better, Kitty waa startled by the
sound of a voice calling to ber from th di
rection of the brook.
Hhe looked round and aaw a gentleman
crossing the bridge. He asked th way
to Brightwater Cottage.
There waa something in his voice that
attracted her bow or why; at her age, ah
never thought of Inquiring. Eager and
excited, abe ran acroaa th lawn which
lay between her and the brook before ahe
anawered th question.
The gentleman approached her and sud
denly stood still. Kitty said, "This ia the
cottage, air; do you waut to see mamma?"
Hla sorrowful eyes rested kindly on her.
The child ventured to say: "Do you know
me, air?"
He answered in the saddest voice that
Kitty had ever heard, "My little girl, what
makes you think I know you?" ,
Hhe waa at a loss how to reply, feariug
to distress him. Hhe could only say, "You
are ao like my poor papa."
lie shook and shuddered, as if she bad
said something to frighten him. lie took
her hand. On that hot day hia fingers felt
as cold aa if it had been winter time. He
led her back to the scat that she had left.
"I'm tired, my dear," he said. "Shall w
alt down?" It waa surely true that he
was tired. He seemed hardly able to lift
one foot after the other. Kitty pitied him.
"I think yon must be ill," she said, aa
they took their places, side by side, on
the beueh.
"No, not ill. Only weary, and perhaps
llttl afraid of frightening you." He
kept her band in his, and patted It from
time to time.
"Come near to be," he said. "Don't be
afraid of me, my dear." She moved near
er and nearer, and showed him that ahe
was not afraid. The poor man seemed
hardly to understand her. Ills eyes grew
dim; he sighed like a person in distress;
he 'said: "Your father would have kissed
you, little one, if he had been alive. You
aay I am like your father. May I kiss
you?"
Hhe put her hands on bis shoulder, and
lifted her face to him. In the Instant
when be kissed her the child knew him.
Her heart beat suddenly with an overpow
ering delight; she started bark from his
embrace. "That's how papa used to kiss
me!" she cried. "Oh, you ar papa!" She
flung her arms round his neck and held
him if ahe would never let him go
again. "Dear papa! Poor, lost papa!"
His tear fell on her face; he sobbed over
her. "My aweet darling! my own little
Kitty!"
Tb hyaterlcal passion that had over
come ber father tilled her with piteous
surprise. How strange, bow dreadful,
that h ahould cry that he should b so
aorry when she waa so glad. She took
her little handkerchief out of the pocket
of her pinafore and dried his eyes.
They had forgotten ber mother, and
Kitty only diacovercd It uow. She caught
at on of her father's hauds hanging help
lets at hla side. With sparkling eyes,
with flushed cheeks, she pulled at bis
hand, aa If her little strength could fore
mm to bla feet. "Com," she cried, "and
mak mamma a happy as I am."
II hesitated. She sprang on hia knee;
n pressed her cheek against hla cheek
with the caressing tenderness fsmlllnr to
him in the first happy days when she waa
an infant. "Oh, papa, ar you going to be
unkind to me for th first time in your
life?" . ,
Ilia momentary resistance was at an
end. He was aa weak In her banda now
B if he bad been the child and she the
man.
Laughing end singing and dancing
round mm, Kitty led the way to the win
dow of tb room that opened on the gar
den. Mom one bad closed it on the Inner
side. She tapped imoatlently at the class.
Her mother beard the tapping; ber mother
came to tb window. '
And they saw each oilier again. . Since
tn miserable time wbea they had left
Mount Morven, alnc the long, unuatural
eparatlon of th parents and th child,
those three were together once more.'
(The end.)
NATURAL QUESTION
Now Is, Do 1hs ftnbborai Welsh
Talk FpaoishT
A very long time ago the British
Government ordered that English
hould be taught lu Welsh schools. Aa
result, In 1005 colony of persecuted
Welsh miner fled from the British
tyranny and settled la the deserts of
Patagonia. Tbese men were heroes,
nd with most magalfleent courage
they dared to live In a desert where
not s plant would grow, where the
water waa brackish atd the heat Intol
erable. Tbey were surrounded by wild
tribe of hostile savages, and made
them warm friends; they were ruled
by a foreign government and became
loyal citizens. Through long years of
want and famine tbey never despair
ed. They have turned the desert Into
a beautiful fertile country, have be
come rich, number 8,000 people, have
extended their string of settlements
right across South America, own a pay
Ing railway, and chip large crops of
wheat, wool, ostrich feather and
quauaco skins.
They left Waleg to escape the tyran
ny of the English language, and now,
rather than talk Welsh, they converse
largely of tbclr freedom In excellent
Spanish,
A Quarter of a Ton of Lion.
"What doe a Hon weigh?" Ask that
question of any acquaintance, and see
what he will aay. Those who know
the look of the king of beast best, oud
bow -small his lithe body really la, will
probably come furthest away from the
truth. About 300 to 850 pounds la a
usual estimate. But thli la below the
mark. A full-grown lion will tip tba
cat at no leas than 600 pounds. Five
hundred and forty pound la the rec
ord for an ordinary Hon. His bone hi
olid and heavy aa Ivory.
The tiger rung the lion very close. A
Bengal tiger, killed two years ago by
an English officer, scaled 620 pounds,
A tiger of this atae baa, however, con-
alderably greater muscular strength
than the biggest lion. Few people
know that a grlzxly bear can glv
point to any other carnivorous animal
In point of atrength. A grizzly bear
weighing Juat four hundredweight baa
been watched carrying a heifer of
more than two-thirds Ita own weight
for two miles up the moat steep and
rugged mountain aide, and tht with
out pausing for one instant for rest
The grizzly bear la the largest and
most powerful of all the bear tribe, but
hla cousin, the cinnamon bear, run
blm very close; and. the big white polar
bear, though not really ao dangeroua
a customer, Is capable of performing
the moat extraordinary feats of
atrength. A polar bear has been seen
to niove with hla pawa a bowlder all
men had with difficulty put In position
to guard a cache of provisions. Boston
Traveler. ;
From a Selfish Point of View.
It pay to keep your temper. By self-
control you gain and malutnin an ad
vantage over peppery folk who ore con
tinually In hot water. Yon are accu
mulating a capital of popularity and
good report, which may be used to good
advantage, pt rbapa at a critical time.
Good temper Is a great factor tn suc
cess. Bad temper, on the other baud, may
prove a fatal handicap lu the race of
life. Nobody la so poor or iusignincunt
that you can afford to give him or hor
causeless offense. Exhibitions of Ill-
temper may seem to do uo particular
harm at the moment, but they often
Inflict wounds, the scars of which are
not easily healed. A man possessing
every other element requisite for suc
cess, good temper excepted, may have
bis whole career marred by that lack.
Keeping one's temper does not cost a
cent. If you value your success In life,
keep It. -
Pour Mrs. Btven.
When Col; Bryan'a eldest daughter
waa 4 years old she waa sent to Sun
day school. The Infant class teacher
talked to the children about the death
of Stephen.
The next day Mrs. Bryan went out
calllug, accompanied by her little
daughter. After several calls bad been
made the child asked: "Mamma, where
are you going next?"
"To see Mr. Steven," waa the reply,
"Oh! I am so glad you are going to
see Mr. Steveu," the child aald, In a
sympathetic tone.
"Why do you gay poor Mra. Steven J"
the mother Inquired.
"Why, mamma, don't you know they
have stoned Mr. Steven to death?"
Pittsburg Dispatch.
An Interesting Invention.
A Parisian haa Invented a machine
by which, among other things, be can
split a human hair lengthwise -into
thirty-two atrlps.
Never give up unless It's In a lonely
spot and the other fellow haa a sand
bag or a revolver. . ;
EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
4 Comprehcntivt Review of th Important
Mapptnlnj of the Past Week Presented
la a Condensed form Which It Most
Ukely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers,
American'stiip Iroquois diamasted
Dining car robbed of $4(XTat Ash
land. "
Colombia haa a cabinet crisis on
hand.
Heavy increase in visible grain
supply.
Several minors killed in a mine ex
plosion near Victoria, B . C.
Official investigation begun of the
alleged Manila hemp combination.,
The Duke and Duchess of York
were royally entertained by Vancou
ver, B. C
Sentinel was deceived in thinking
there were intruder at the tomb of
McKinley. .
A r.cw branch of a society to
slaughter whites discovered in the
Philippines.
Venezuela's finances are in bad
shape.and the feeling against Presi
dent Caatro ia growing..
Benjamin J. Goe confesses the
murder of Edward Mclntyre, in Cow
lit! county. Wash., last week.
Admiral Evans, Captain Jewell and
Commander Miller were the new wit
nesses before the Schley court. "..
Officers did not escape in the dis
aster at Samar, as at first reported.
Two Boldiers from the fight bring
tne news.
Prince Chun haa started for home.
Boosevelt waa brevetted a brigadier
general.
The London autumn season is in
full awing.
The Chicago elevated railroad strike
was a failure.
American theatres in London are do
ing a good business.
Prowlers attempted to stab the
guard at the McKinley vault
English yachtsmen admit that
the American yacht is a marvelously
good one.
A bloody fight occured at Beirut,
Syria, between Mussulmans and
Christians.
The secretary of the American em
bassy at Paris has written a work on
Columbus.
Police and strikers fought a pitched
battle in can Francisco, and seven
men were wounded.
The fight between bulls and mata
dors mounted on automobiles at Paris
waa a failure. The bulls would not
attack the autombiles.
Forty-eight Americana were killed
by insurgents in Houthern bamar.
The troops were attacked while at
breakfast, and lost their ammunition
and stores.
United States transport Rosecrans
arrived from St. Michaels with 427
soldiers. Stowaway on the Bosecrans
gives gloomy aocount of conditions
at Cape Home.
Natal does not fear an invasion of
Boers.
China's apology ia satisfactory to
Japan.
There are 12 casea of plague at
Naples. -The
port of Bio, Brazil, ia affected
by the plague.
Mrs. McKinley continues to im
prove in health.
Gompera and Mitchell challenge
ShafTer to prove his oharges.
Genera Corbin found conditions in
the Philippines satisfactory.
Ten Boer leaders recently captured
have been permanently banished.
The steamer Sierra arrived from
Australia with $2,500,000 in gold.
Particulars are received of the kid
naping oi Miss stone, tne mission
ary.
About a dozen persons were injured
in a wreck on the 0. B. & N. at Fair-
eld Wash.
"Inhabitants of Samoa are much
displeased at their treatmmet by
American authorities.
The Anaconda Mining company has
declared its regular semi-annual div
idend of $1.25 per share.
It is announced by a leading Chi
nese paper that the court will not
return to Pekin for two years. ,
Kruger will not send a mission to
America.
Emma Goldman was released from
tha Chicago jail.
. Czoleosz waa convicted of murder
in the first degree.
The Duke of York and party left
Ottawa for the west.
tk niTA nt PnvhurvbA who la be
ing spoken of aa a possible husband
rr,. Ulan iitnr la btnt SB ve&rs of aa-e.
and returned recently from South Af
rica, where be iervea witn oisuncuou
as a lieutenant in the Royal Horse
Guards.
a nartnt et flva aAconds between a
flash of liahtnins and a thunder means
that the flash is a mile distant from
the observer. Thunder has never been
heard over fourteen mllea from the
flash, though artillery na oeen neara
at 120 mllea.
PRO-BOERS IN BERMUDA.
Aided Dutch Pritonert of War to Eicape from
the British Camp.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct, 3. The
pro-Boers in Bermuda are excelling
themselves over the escape cf some
prisoners of war whom they made
very effort to aid in their attem pts
to regain their freedom. Last Satur
day night three men a nephew of
the late Commandant Joubert, Alfred
Martinas Joubert, and two brothers,
named Indemar made their escape
from tne prison at Darren's Island
and swam over to the Princess hotel,
where they dressed themselves in
clothing carried over, tied in bundles,
on a plank. Then, making their
way to a livery stable in Hamilton,
they hired a trap and drove to the
residence of Dr. Outerbridge, at
Bailey's bay, and then retired to a
place of concealment in the neighbor
hood. The search continued for two
days and nights, soldiers, sailors, mil
itary and civilians taking part in it,
before the men were captured. The
affair has caused great excitement
here, not merely because the men
succeeded in making an escape, but
because of the apparent exhibition of
the pro-Boer spirit here.
CABLE TO PHILIPPINES.
Proposed Scheme of John W. Mackay Is Dlt-
cuwtd at a Cabinet Muting;.
Washington, Oct. 3. Five of eight
members of the cabinet were present
at today's meeting. The principal
subject disc ssel was that of a cable
to Hawaii, Guam and the Philip
pines. A proposal has been made to
lay a commercial cable from San
Francisco to connect these islands,
and the question under discussion
was whether, under our peace treaty
with Spain, the United btates could
authorize or in any way encourage
tbe laying of such a cable by private
persons. The question now at issue
is whether permission to land the pro
posed cable at Manila or some other
Philippine port would be a violation
of the terms of the Paris treaty.
The attorney general will prepare a
statement for the president covering
all the questions involved.
STRIKE ON 8CRANTON ROAD.
Line Covering; the Entire Lackawanna Valley
Is Completely Tied Up.
Scranton, Pa., Oct. 3. The strike
of the employes of the Scranton rail
road company is now on, covering the
entire Lackawanna Valley from Pitts
burg to Forrest City. Not a car
started. The men refused to accept
the offer of Gen.. Manager Stillman to
leave the question involved in the dis
charge of the two Carbondale conduc
tors to the arbitration of Bishop Ho-
ban, or one of the priests of the dio
cese whom he might name, because
the offer did not give the employes
the representation they demanded.
Nearly 600 men are involved in the
strike. Besides the reinstatement of
the men discharged, the men demand
the forming of a new agreement in
place of the one they claim has been
violated by tne company, and a uni
form scale of 20 cents per hour.
Defaat of Invaders Confirmed
Colon. Oct. 3. Arrivals here from
the coast bring no news from Bio
Hacha, but they confirm the news
previously cabled to the Associated
Press of the defeate of the Venez-
uelian invaders at the peninsula of
Goaiira by Colombian troops, unassist
ed by Venezuelian invaders. Sev
eral guns, some mitrailleuses and
ntles and a large quantity ot am
munition were captured. After this
defeat, the Indians who inhabited
Goaiira captured the returning Ven-
ezuelians, among the prisoners being
three venezuelian rebel chiefs. The
invaders lost many killed. General
Orbis, who formerly served under
General Alban, was also killed.
Cotta Rica's Neutrality.
Washington, Oct. 2. Eeferring to
news in regard to the Colombian re
volution in which it is said that the
liberal party has organized in San
Jose, Cofta Bica, for the purpose of
carrying on the revolution now in
progress in Colombia, tbe Costa Kican
minister states that his government has
observed and will strictly observe the
laws of neutrality.
Oil In th Kitchen Stove.
Pittsburg, Oct. 3. As a result of
using oil to hurry along the kitchen
fire, Mrs. Barbara Sturgent is dead,
her husband and their son are dying,
and two other children are very badly
burned. The Sturgents lived in a
tenement house. The building
caught fire and other families had to
be rescued by firemen.
Textile Workers May Strike.
Fall Eiver,Mass.,Oct. 3. At a meet
ing here today of the textile council
at which every union in this city was
represented it was unanmously agreed
to order a strike effectve October 7,
if the manufacturers refused to grant
the 5 per cent increase in wages de
manded recently.
Disorder! In Yangtse Province.
London, Oct. 3. -"Disorders have
arisen in the Yangtse province, ow
ing to the ravages of the floods . and
the diversion of the relief funds by
corrupt officials," says the Shanghai
correspondent of the Standard.
"These threaten to culminate in
rebellion. Th situation is very grave
and the local authorities have been
ordered to raise troops and place the
districts in a state of defense."
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF- OREGON.
Commercial and financial Happening of Im
portance A Brief Review of th Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industrie
Throujlwot Ovr Thrivtrie; Commonwealth
Uteri Market Report
Knighta of Pythias of La Grande
will organize a uniform rank.
The steamer Altona made her first
trip of the season to Independence.
The Golden Standard mine on Galls
creelr near Ashland haa been sold
for $40,000.
Machinery is on the ground for a
10-stamp mill for the Gem mine,
near Sparta.
John Hart, aged 22 years, waa
killed by his horse falling on him
near Ashland.
The Aurora flouring mills were to
tally destroyed by fire, supposed to
be incendiary.
Oil prospectors in Southeastern
Oregon report unmistakable evidences
of oil in abundance. ,
The total aaseased valuation of Polk
county is $3,771,447, or $641,656
greater than last year.
Close investigations reveal that the
feed prospects for the interior stock
districts are very poor.
A Salem man 78 years old commit
ted suicide by taking carbolio acid on
account of losses at gambling.
A deputy game warden arrested a
man near Ashland while shoot
ing quail out of season. The fellow
had 13 dead birds on hia string.
Many specimens of gypsum, lignite,
salt, mineral oil, fresh and salt water
shells, pre-historic bones, etc., are be
ing found by oil prospectors in Mal
heur county. .
There is considerable excitement
over a rich find of copper in the
Siskiyou mountains on Elliott creek,
where a whole mountain of copper ia
said to have been discovered.
The salmon run continues good. '
Wheeler county haa total equalised
assessment of $957,551.
Oil lands in Malheur county wil
be filed on by Portland syndicate.
Ninth and tenth grades have been
added to the Wood burn publio
schools, v
The county treasurer of Yamhill
is under indictment for a $1,800-
shortage.
Tbe old Mason io hall at Boseburg,
now used by a steam laundry, was to
tally destroyed by fire. ,
Baker City owns a placer mine
which it ia estimated will bring a
royalty of $2,000 a year.
Work is being pushed on the
Nehalem coal mines and some coal
may be shipped this fall. ,
Stone is being shipped ffrom Forest
Grove for the stepping of the new
normal school at Weston.
Anthrax, a fatal cattle disease, ia
killing many horses and cattle in
Marion and Klamath counties.
The erand iurv recommended that
the city authorities of Astoria enforce
the city ordinances and preserve bet
ter order.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, nominal
53a53c; blueetem, 54c; valley, 54.
Flour beet grades, $2.65(33.50 per
barrel: graham, $2.60.
Oata Old, 90$1 percental.
Barley Feed, $15(815.50: brewing.
$16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 18: mid
dlings, $2021; shorts, $1920;chop,
$16.
HayTimothy, $11(313; clover.
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $58 per
ton.
Butter Fancv creamery, 25(3 27 We:
dairy. 1820c; store, 1215o per
pound.
Eggs Storage ZOc; fresh 2325c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, Sih
13c: Young America, 13X(3l4c per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.O0(S
4.00; hens, $4. 00 4. 60; dressed, 10(9
11c per pound; springs, $2. 00 3. 50
per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $3.00
4.00 ior young; ; geese, $6(39 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 12(3 15o; dressed.
10lz)fcO per pound. :
Mutton Lambs, 3 wo, - gross;
dressed, 66o per pound; sheep,
$3.25, gross ; dressed, 6o per lb.
Hogs Grose, heavy, $66.25i
light, $47o5; dressed, 77)io per
pound.
Veal Small. 8(Sc; large, 7
7c per pound.
Beef Gross top steers, 13. 50(84.00:
cows and heifers, $3.00 3. 50; dressed
beef, oeia per pound. -
Hops 8X94o per pound.
Wool Valley, 11 13 Uo ; Eastern
Oregon, 8 1 2 Xc; mohair, 2021o per
pound.
Potatoes $1$1.15 per sack.
Keats commonly wrote short
poem in a single day, taking two or
three more to polish and complete it.
A South Oranire, N. J., man. who
has just succeeded in eating 420 clams
at a sitting, inw offers to eat 500 on a
wager. . , '..
Oliver Stevens, of Boston, has been
the county district attorney for 27
consecutive years. He ia a democrat,
but has been twice re-elected by the
republicans.