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Newspaper Page TextOREGON VOL. XX. ST. JIELENH, OUEGON, Fill DAY, FEUllUAItY 27, 1903. NO. 11. MIST VnOFESSWXAL. lScrAHY Yy,w, UintvavAmisu. J. B.GODFREY. ATTORNEY-AS-LAW. Heal Estate and Timber Lands Sold AIIHTHAOTH MADKl FT. HELENS, . ORE'lON ATTOUXE Y-AT-LA W. with K K Quick, HT. .S( t ! OHK'ION. Will lv bl iMrMnml attt'tiMmi to ftll Uk"! trtNtlrr fMniaitM to nit. W i'l prttUUo life .) llio Muto Mtnl t-uliod Htulvt Cuiltt. W. II. POWI'LL, ATTaEXE Y-AT-LAW. imri TV iiimkict ArtHHi;r. HT. IIKI KSH. I I OltKUON. Or Mil Nawaona II i ik . Nntaav rum.io W. C. Fischer, ATTOUXE Y-AT-LA W. K AIMER, ! : OltEUON. U. P. (iu.tlMM. T. J. Ci-amm. AUonieys-at-I.un'. '.MA Maiiinui lullHnii. Port laud Uigun. r,,luml,la I'nui I) tiu.iuou will ri'i'vh. prompt aileiithill. 1. W. I'AY W. II. lirl.l.AKl DIUiAIII) & DAY, ATTOUXE YS-AT-LA W itti(rn1 imriirp In (infl of Onitn or W"h Dr. Kdwin Koss, riiysivian and Surgeon. HT. HELENS, OREGON. lr. II. K. ( liir, Vhysivian- and Surgeon. hit. HELENS, OKEUOS. 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They inti'rvlowi'd at-orea of the i'ii red and tried it out on ita meriw hy putliiiK ovrr throe doren raara on the treatment and waU-hing tlirin. They also gut phvaiciana to name chronic, in curable t-na, and aduiiuialerpd it with the phyaiciana for judges. Up to Au guaf.'fi,' 87 per cent ol the teat casea were either well or progreasing favora bly. Ttiere being hut 13 per cent, of (ml urea the partiea were aaliatied and Hoard the trananction. The proceed inga of the invealigating committee and the rliniral reporla of the teatcasps ware ptihlialied and will be mailed free on ap plication. Address the John J. Fulton t'otntiany, 420, Montgomery atrvvt, Hun Kruncii.ro, l alif. Your Title? -lalitr Remember that It la the t ia our tiii.lneHa tu avarvh th wo.i ,nf.T ruiiiaui III rviauun lu laua CHAPTER XXII. "I do not eueuevt you of auytlilng." anid June, with a quiver In her voire, "but I kuuw Hint hateful woman baa T"t a'iiie dreadful lutlueuce over you, and ia al wnya pluttitiK to cauae unliaiiplm-aa l tween ua. Here I have tieen away and waa routing back happy aud dclikhtcd to you, and I am iimde wretched the limtiint I aet foot iu the houae, and all thnrtiKli herT' "No, Iio,"aaid Tom. "He Juat. Put the anddle on the riirht homo. All throui-h Mada-v. If ahe hadn't come aneaking and apying up here thia uiorning abe wouldn't have got my hack up and made me aay what 1 did, and -which ahe moat richly dcucrvcd. Aa for the other poor girl, no one waa ever more niiatakeu In thia world than you are about her. Why, ahe Bix-aka of yon In the ktndeat way." "And," proceeded June, working her aelf up more and more, and teara auain ruablng to her eyea, "now you have de prived rue of my only friend here, and the only person I have to atutiae me, I hope you w ill tie happy." At thia laat atab, given merely in nauahtlneaa of temper. Tom rose, tnlftbt- lly grieved and wrathful. He never aald anything he did not mean merely for the momentary pleasure of wounding, but, on the other hand, he rarely could be brought to retract anything he had once aald. Then." he said, "if that la tire caae. heaven help your huahand and child!" And. with tbat, be atroue rrotu me room. leaving Juue with a aickeuing aenae of general miaery. June bad aotue Bound good aenae wnen It waa not obarurcd by temr, aa the aky in blue though the elotida hide ita color. And presently ahe told hentelf that thia atate of things rutiat be atopped, and stopped at once. So. auddenly ahe rune, and fled down- ataira to Tom's room. He waa sotting a'aring gloomily in ike6re, atatorbed. no doubt. In rcflectiona aa miserable aa thoae in w hich ahe hail been indulKiug tipatairs. nit he had a refuge and reaouree which ahe had nothia pipe. June had not come to argue, to figlit. the quarrel over again, and poawibly to make a worse ending than before; ahe had brought a flag of truce, and left all eiplanationa for a future ttnie. She eat herself down on bla knee, took the pipe from hia mouth, put her pretty anna round bis neck and her red lips to hia, and aald, with a faltering voice: 'My darling, don t let ua have any more miatiudenitandinga!" And. with that, Tom clasped her pas sionately to hia heart, and a sob rose in hia throat, snd for the moment they forgot everything but that they loved each other. When June paid Iter promised visit to Madge next day, she felt rather perturtiod ml uncomfortable In her mind. Madge would of course eipwt to bear that she had vannulshed Tom in aingle corobat, ml hml come to take ber back in triumnn to the Hall, from which yesterday she hnd ' been ao igmtniiiiioualy turned away. Rut I June was painfully conscious that It was ahe who had lieen vanquished, for, fear-1 fill of any rupture of their new-born har mouy, ahe hnd not mentioned the name of , either cousin to Tom. She knew instinc tively thnt he would not give lu: if he made auy atm'ttdc to Mndge, it would only Ire on eonditiou of hia w if e doing the . same to Agnes. Her Indyshlp. therefore, waa forced to answer Madge's eager crosa-questloning aotnew hut lamely and haltingly, and grad nnllv there came Into that shrewd youna- Indy'a face an expivaaion of profound di-! apxint nieiit. "Thou," she aald, in a mortified totie, "you did uut take my part, and you have not been even with Tom!" "My dear child," replied June, desper ately, "if you are married to a man, it ia ImiHisslble to live In a atate of atrife and quarreling with him, Unless you want to break your own heart. What Is to be gained by my being on bad terms with Tom?" "Well," replied Madge, "I don't under stand it. I should bare thought you, who are fifty times cleverer aud have fifty timea more spirit than Tom, would have turned him round your finger. Why, any child could do it." Two days passed, and, though Sir Thomas and Lady Nevll were apparently on the beet ot terms, neither waa really at eaae. June missed Madge aud wanted to have her back at the Hail, but wwa afraid to broach the subject, and Tom knew that she missed her cotialu, aud felt vexed about the misunderstanding, but waa convinced that he would be doing wrong to Amies and conniving at an in justice If Madge returned to her old rela tione at the house while Agnes was left out in the cold. On the third day June, feeliug the hope lessness of the situation, said, in a matter-of-fact voice at luncheon, In the pres ence of the servante: "Shall we ask them all at the rectory to come up and dlue to-morrow V" And Tom responded moat heartily, and with an enormous souse of relief: "Ay, my dear, do," Her ladyship was the more disposed to rutike the concession in thnt her husband had met her wishes about taking a house In Loudon In the kindest manner. That he did not like the idea waa evident, but so far from combating the proposal, he had given in to it at once, and agreed that hia mother should tnke a house aud make all ueceasary preparations. He would not give any promise about going up much himself, but If June came down every week he and the boy would manage to get along for the rest of the time. I.miIv Nnvll wrntA sir ikrT.totlnnute note to Mr. Bryan asking them all to dine the following evening. She thought it not improbable that her cousins would refuse to come. ISut both had reasons for not wbthing the estrangement from the Hall to Ik prolonged, and were, heidcs, anx ious that their parents should be ki-pt ip ignorance of the unpleasantness which hnd occurred. Thia, however, contribut ed to make the evening a thoroughly un pleasiiiit one for their host and hostess. Madge met Tom in the most auprrcilious manner, scarcely deigning to give him her linger tips, awl behaved afterward as though he did not exist; neither shaking nor hsiking hia way all the evening, but devoting herself to June. Agnes, on the contrary, redoubled her attentions to Torn, and hung on every word with a pert ina eious affection which nearly maddened Juue. Frequently, too, Agnea would smile at her with an expression of mingled sweetneea and triumph which her ladyship understood only too well. The weeks passed. Easter was at hand, and June looked joyfully forward to hav ing visitors in the house, I'allaa among them. She felt his cheery face and voice would bring light and life to the Hall, which certainly waa not very lively just at present. Madge came up eomettmea, but avoided Tom aa much aa possible, or, when ahe met him, treated him with Ul conrealed hostility. Agnes came, too, and invarlulily aet every nerve in June's body tingling with Irritation. CHAPTER XXIII. Mrs. Ellesmere and Dallas arrived to gether Just at the propitioua moment that ia to say, three-quartera of an hour before dinner, lu time to exchange greet ings, to have five minutes' chat, and then to go off and dress for dinner. The dinner waa of the merriest. Jnne waa in the highest spirits Dallas the same Mrs, Ellesmere in her very best mood. The dinner waa perfection, and conversation never Bugged for a moment. Totu'a perceptions were not particularly quick, but they must have been slow in deed had he mat observed the transforma tion in his wife. She had been so quiet lately, and dinner had been rather a sol emn performance, not enlivened by any very brilliant conversation. But to-night her ladyship's charming face was dimpled by smiles, ber eyes were full of light. He supiHed she wore a different sort of gown, for she looked, somehow, even pret tier aud more elegant than usual. Dallas had the old manner which Tom had been wont half to admire, half to be amused at. His mother waa a good talker, and the three seemed to have topics of interest and amusement which were Greek to Tom. The talk was chiefly of people, mu tual friends, and it was evident that they found it immensely engrossing and alworb- ing, aud all took equal pleasure in it. The two following daya there were more guests at the Hall, for June took the op portunity of Mrs. Ellesiuere's visit to give dinners to their country neighbors, and some who came from a distance stayed in the house. Dallas waa invaluable in helping to entertaiu them, and Madge brought her services from the rectory. Rut Dallas confided to hia hostess that he was perfectly delighted when they were nil gone, and expressed a hope, couched in defereutlol though emphatic terms, thnt she would never consider it necessary to uk any one there for Ins benefit, as it only prevented his enjoying the society of the lady from whose presence he derived the most pleasure. It was now the fourth day after his ar rival. The omnibus had departed with the last batch of gueets; the morning was wet, and they were wondering how they should amuse themselves, when her lady ship had a happy inspiration. Battledoor and shuttle-cock. These were found after a search; the battlcdoors were dried by the hall tire, and the ahuttle-eocks had their feathers rearranged, and Dallas and June begau their game. Now, to thor oughly experienced playera, there ia not very much excitement in the game of bat tledoor; the playera stand still In the same place and the shuttle-cock takes its flight regularly and unbrokenly between them; but to beginners it Involves a great deal of nulling and tearing about, violent dashes forward and backward, aud ia pro vocative of a great amount of laughter. At the moment when the game was at its height, and peali of mirth were issuing from the llpa of Dallas and Juue, Agnes, arrayed In her waterproof, arrived at the hall door, and the same Instuit Tom hap pened to issue from hia den, and proceed ed to let her In. "Ia that June'a voice T" she asked, put ting on the most surprised and shocked expression her puritanical face was ca pable of. "What la she doing V "She and Dal are playing battledoor," answered Tom, and then, for the first time, the Idea occurred to him, or rather was forced upon him by Agnes' face, that their mirth waa rather exuberant. "Oh!" she uttered, putting a volume of expression Into the word. Juue had just sunk, breathless from laughing and running. Into a chair, and Dallas leaned against the wall In much the same condition. Both their faces were becomingly flushed from excitement and exercise, aud, to unjauudiced eyes, they would have seemed the picture of two handsome, happy and innocently amused young people. But not to the en vlotia eyes of Agues, and she allowed them to express to June how very much scan dalised ahe waa by auch levity. In a mo ment June read her cousin's face, and a thrill of auger and defiance shot through her breast, which the previous moment had been a harbor of peace and happi ness. "How do you do?" she said, nodding, aud tnaklirg her battledoor an excuse for uut shaking hands. "I am quite exhaust ed. Would yon like to have a turn srMi Torn?" "No, I thank yon," replied Agnes, frig idly. "I did not know it was a gams grown-up people played." "Did you not?" said June, lightly. "Ah, thnt comes of living in the country. One sees and knows so little." , . "Perhaps one ia the better for that," returned Agnea. In her most achoolmls-trens-llke manner. "I doubt it," retorted June. "Now, Dal, 1 have recovered my breath. Shall w go on?" It was the first time she bad ever called him by his Christian name, and she would not have done it now but that Agnea had Inspired her with a furious desire to do something that would give her cousin cause to be allocked. "May I go and we darling boy?" said Agnes to Tom, with a glance of deepest commiseration, and he replied cheerily thnt be would go with her. The game no longer had any charm for June; ahe felt aa though the serpent bad entered paradise, and, after five minutes, she declared she waa tired. "1 must go and write some letters," ahe said, and Dallas pleaded tbat he might be allowed to occupy himself in t). same way in ber company. So they be took themselves to her ladyship'a boudoir, where she supplied him with the requisite materials, and then sat down to ber writ ing table. Dallas had come for the inside of a week, and sorely sorry waa his hostess to see him depart on the Satnrdny morning. It waa like sunshine going out of the house. Juue went to the door to se- her guest off, and returned to her room v. i;l. it de cided sinking at her heart, knowing that hia bright face and voice would make themselves terribly missed, and auddenly burst into a tit of crying. Agnea pass ed the window, and stnptied for a moment to look in. Aa ahe reached the ball door, Tom was coming round from the stables. "Oh, Tom," she said, with well-feigned anxiety, "there is nothing the matter with darling boy, ia there?" "No," he answered, atartled "certain ly not But why?" "Why, I Just came round past the morn ing room," returned Agnes, Innocently, "and I aaw poor June crying so dread fully that I thought I was afraid " "June crying!" exclaimed Tom; and then he paused abruptly, aa a moat un pleasant thought smote him. Dinner that night was a very different sort of function from what it had been of late. A gloom seemed to have fallen on the party. "How silent we all are!" observed Mrs. Ellesmere, aa it was drawing to a close, "and how dreadfully I miss that dear boy! Don t you, my dearr to June. "Yes," answered June, and at that mo ment ahe caught Tom's eye fixed on ber in a manner she neither quite liked nor un derstood, and was deeply mortified to find herself growing crimson. (To be continued.) THE GREAT AUK. Eones of a Fine Specimen Recently Found In Ireland. Slowly but surely a number of crea tures are disappearing from the fauna of the world, and the process has be come more rapid during; the last hun dred years. Among these lost or mori bund species is the great auk, which Is now only known from specimens lu collecttoiv. or from the occasional dis covery of Its bones in circumstances which In themselves often help to ex plain the cause of its disappearance. It has Just been announced that some bones of the great auk neve been found In a kitchen midden In the north of Ire land. The phrase Is Indirectly an epi taph: "Killed and en ten by man" was the end of this bird. A kitchen mid den Is nothing more nor less than a primeval refuse-heap. The term is the translation of the Scandinavian namo, for, as It happens, theae refuse-heaps are particularly large and abundant on some parts of the Iunlh coast. Prac tically, they are shell-mounds. Prime val man, when he lived upon the sea coast, made full use of the food which he found ready to hand. To be a fish erman requires some skill; but to gath er mussels from tbe rocks may be done by the lowest savage. So 'She first oyster" was an experiment of such a remote aurrliiulty that we know not by what manner of men 1t was made. Per haps they had not even gotten so far ns to chip a rnts Into shape; at any rate. In all probability their handicraft was very primitive, their notions of dress rudliueurary. In Denmark, oa ths easitern coast, heaps of shells, of which the contents have been eaten, are by no means rare. Sir John Lubbock de sTlles, in his "Pre-hlstoric Times," one of the largest, at Mellgard, In northeast Jutland, as a great flattlsh mound, about ten feet thick In the mid dle, composed almost entirely of shells. These usually belong to four species he oyster, fire cockle, the mussel aud the periwinkle, the first being the com monest at that particular place. All, It will be noticed, are still eaten, though the oyster, from an ordinary article of food, has become a luxury. Besides these, as might be expected In a refuse heap which, no doubt, was formed close to a settlement, other odds and ends are found, though much mora rarely, suh as bones of various beasts and birds, dripped flints or other stons Implements, and fragments of a very coarse pottery. These relics belong to the Neolithic age that Is, to a time when men were suttlcleDtly advanced to bave acquired tbe art of making weapons of polished stone, though they were Ignorant of the use of metals. Such refuse heaps are met with In oth er countries, more especially on the coasts of Wales, Scotland and Ireland, though they are usually smaller In size than those of Denmark. In them, more than once, the bones of the groat auk have been found. Time has brought about its revenges. In those days the bird was, no doubt, valued, but sim ply because It was good to eat, and there was plenty of it. A hundred years ago sailors took exactly the samo view as man in the Stone Age. Now H is difficult to imagine what price a specimen In the flesh would command; for In April, 1808, a bid of 350 guineas was refused for a skin, aud at the same time an egg sold tor ISO guineas. THE LEGISLATURE WHAT THE LAWMAKERS OP OREGON ARE D0INQ AT SALEM. Bills of Importance That are Being Intro disced and Acted Upon la Both Houses Measures Signed by ths Governor Progress of the Balloting for United States Senator. Friday. Final ballot Fulton 4A, Oeer 3, Wood 17, Scott 21, scattering and ab sent 3. The senate To appropriate 1 100,000 for Indian war veterans, passed. To make taxes payable in tbe fall, passed. To require that tbe polls at general election be kept open antil 7 P. M., passed. ' The House For bureau of mines, passed. To provide great seal for the state, paired. To provide for licensing of plumbers, passed. Thursday. The vote FuRon 33, tieer 27, Wood 17, Wiliuuis C, scattering 5, absent 2. Tbe Senate To repeal scalp bounty law, psssed. To change natno o! Re form school to Industrial school, passed. To create a bureau oi labor, psssed. The House To change boundaries of Washington and Colombia counties, reconsidered and passed. To fix salary of state printer, passed. To extend terms of assessors to four years, passed. Wednesday. The vote I niton 33, Geer 27. Wood 16, scattering 10, absent and paired 6.' Tbe Senate To pat initiative and referendum into effect, passed. For creation of a bureau of mines, pissed. To appropriate $ 10,000 per year for state fair, passed. F'or the construc tion of a bridge across tbe Willamette at Portland, passed. The House A resolution was adopted allowing the widows of the three peni tentiary guards killed by Tracy $1,000 each was adopted. To fix boundary of Washington county, failed. To ioiii pensate Indian war veterans with f 100, 000, passed. Both houses adopted a resolution to adjourn Friday night at midnight. - Tuesday. - Tbe vote Fulton 33, Geer 25, Wood ' 15, Williams, 6, scattering 6, paired 5. The senate To create office of state examiner of public teeords, passed. To authorize Indian war veterans to .bring suit against the state upon their claims, passed. To repeal law exempting pub lic officers from garnishment proceed ings, passed. The senate adopted a resolution to adjonrn Friday, February 20, at 12 o'clock P. M. The House To provide tor flat sal ary, passed. To change name of Re form school to Industrial school, passed. To fix boundary of Wallowa county, passed. F'or new bridge across Willamette at Portland, passed. Clackamas county school teachers will bold an institute at Oregon City February 28. Labor anions of Oregon City blame Senator Brownell for the failure of the eight hoar bill to pass. TtlA mnnnmanf fn btt ILuv,nJ OMmn dead has been placed in position at ttiverview cemetery, rortiana. Work on the lewis and Clark fair grounds has commenced. Professor James M. Martindale, pres ident of the Weston normal school, died last Sunday after protracted illnesc. Another rich strike has been made in the old Virtue mine, near Baker City, a pocket being found which will yield tbonsands of dollars. The Marion county tax roll for 1902 baa been placed in the handa of tha sheriff for collection. The roll repre sents a total of $22,604.69. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 75077c; blue- stem, 88c; valley, 78(8 80c. Barley Feed, 23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24. Flonr Best grade. I4.30a4.85: irah- am, ,3.453.85. Millstuffs Bran. 118(319 tier ton: middlings, 123 9 24; shorts, I1920, chop, 18. Oats No. 1 white. 11.15 1.20: gray, ,1.1201.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $11(312; clover, $8(39; cheat, $9(310 per ton. Potatoes Best Eur banks, 60075c per sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $23 2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12c; yonng, 11012c; bens, 12c; turkeys, live, 15316c; dressed, 18320c; ducks, $7(37.60 per dozen; geese, $78.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16, V (3 17)ie; Yonng America, 17,(318ic; factory prices, ll4o less. Butter Fancy creamery, 30332Ko per pound; extras, 30c; lairy, 20(3 22,c; store, 1518c. Eggs 22K24 per dosen. Hops Choice, 22(3 27c per pound. Wool Valley, 12i15c; Eastern Oregon, 8(314)ic; mohair, 26328o. Baef Gross, cows, S3)ic ,pei pound; steers, 44Jic; dressed, 7tC Veal 7M8Jic. Mutton Gross, 4c per ponnd; dressed, 7Kc. Lambs Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 7e. Hogs Gross, OJe per pound; dre8el737Xc.