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Newspaper Page TextOREGON MIST H VOL. XX. ST. II 13 LENS, OREGON, FItIIAY, MAKCII 13, 1903. NO. 13. PROFESSIONAL. NllfAUV I'lllll.lll, CUMTIYAMOIM. J. B. GODFREY. tTTOllXEY-t'Vi'-rl)V. Real Estate and Timber Lands Sold AHHTHi KT. IIKI.KNS. UTS MAIltli ORKOOM S. II. GKUHEU, A TT011NK F- A T-1 A Y. liniM Uh K K Quick, ST. II Kt.K NM, ! : OKIt'ION, Wlllna beai faraotial aitantlnn lo ill laial Inallrra anlin.lr-d In ma. Hill liraulltv In all tlia Mala and United ftlatva (.until. W. II. POWELL," ATTQilXEY-AT-lAW OKri'Tt KIM Hlft Al'TlillNIIT. ST. IIKI KNH. t ! OIlKllUN. Orritt Mwaosia Huh a. Notasv rusuo W. C. Fischer, ATTOUXK V-AT- Tl IP. RAINIER, : i OREliON. It. T, Ukaiia. T. J. &.SKTUM. Attonioynat-Luw. jus Uanjnnm HullillnK, r.irilawl Orcun. C.lumlila 1'uui.lf biumo will remit .,iuH eilvlllluU- 1, W. PAY W, U. ll'I LAKU ; IULLAKI) A DAY, I ATTOllXE YS-AT-Ll IP Ufflr tti'.t lMr tu t'niirih'iUMl, HI. llhl.KMt. llKl.lillN. 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OREGON ft, to Cookey'i Home Journal, la American Musical Association. the newest designs In hats and coitumis. wear. inii.ma mnw l n.A-raJ tha In'ormatlnn it,. ! .m....... .l. cent. any addreu on request CHAI'TKH X X V.-tCoiitlnued.) At luat a battle 'was Imminent. There hail been terrible Kinlings In the papers at the limit delay; all aorta of diaasters were irnihealed; the Intreiiehnienta were Imiirfjfiialile llmuaanila of tronpa were mari'lilnjr to the aid of Aralii a battle, even If we were stieeeaaftil, niuat Inevit ably lie attended with fearful loss of life. On the ulitht of the 12th June did lint I'loae her eyes. All liiulit lung ahe aaw the pit-tore ahe had seen that filjcbt when 1 'alius was trying on bis belt ami waving hia awnrd In the air. That had been a 1 preaeiitimeiit, ahe felt sure. On the mor row, or the dHy after, ake would take up the paier snd read his name amone the dead, she had done Mn fancy a hun dred times. ijt All the morning of th 13th she went attit looking like a ghost, with pate lips and hollow eyes. At noon Tom brought the newa to her. Even hl was elated and Interested this time, "t.lorlous newa! a tremendoiia victory; our luas couipara lively trilling." A mnmentary semap of relief came over June, to be crossed Immediately by a mis giving. "A roinparatively trifling loaa" to a nation may mean hundreds of strick en homes, hundreds of broken women's hearts. Klie must aak the qtteatlon. "The (Juarda'r" ahe faltered. Tom did not know; no particulars had arrived yet; this was only a telegram from the station. Hut he would ride over him self at once; for, even If he bad been jeal ous of Iisllaa, he did not forget in the mo ment of danger that be was his cousin, snd was really sniious to hear of bla safety. The time until Tom returned scenied like eternity. Even then the news was meager. - The brunt of the loss had fallen on the Highland regiments; it was thought the (iiianla bad not been active ly engaged. Mrs. Trevanlnn was to srrlve thst even ing. She would be sure to know. Mrs. Trevsnlon ram, armed with the latent intelligence. 8 he had called In 1 'owning aireet before going to the sta tion, and had beard the laat Intelligence from a personal friend. Foot Guard un der fire, but in second line. The third week of Mrs. Trevanion's viati was urnwiug to a close, it was a dull, gray afternoon. June was cower ing over a lire; she had a fit of shivering, and felt more than usually unwell. For the laat few days a llatless feeling had crept over her; ahe had no appetite, and felt ill and depressed. She bad refused to have a doctor, but to-day Mrs. Tre- vsuion hsd Insisted, aud a aervant had la-en dlapatched to summon htm. "1 wonder," said Mrs. Trevauion, "how Pallas Is gcttiug on? I don't think his last letter wns quite so cheery a usual. He bad hmked forw ard so much to Cains hut It seems they are aU disappointed and disgusted with It, and would rather be In the desert. "Oh," exclaimed June, suddenly, with her eyes fixed on the window, "there Is Agues. 1 am getting positively to hate the sight of her, "Iicave her to me," observed Mrs. Tre van Ion. A mlut aunotincei face than vauion. "I will talk to her." ute later, Alias i-llcaniere was need. She came In wltji a longer lim, nuiil b.iH l.i l,. I.a..i4 .1... lnL4 an orange envelope. As June saw It. a deadlr chill look ! posseaalon of her; she shivered violently her telb chattered in her head. ... t . I have some dreadful news," said Ag ues, fixing her cruel eyes on June's face. "Ibis telegram csme for mamma from Aunt lolet. She Was out, aud papa ocd It. Mr. Hroke died of fever last night In Cairo." Mrs. Irevaulon uttered a cry, then. starting np, ran to June. bhe had turned white aa death, and was falling back aenacleaa In her chair. CHAPTER XXVI. I.a.ly Nevil was carried upstairs to bed, snd It wns more than a mouth before she wss able to he moved from it again. The doctor pronounced that she was sickening for a fever typhoid, he feared. From the moment when Agnes told the cruel news, she never perfectly 'recovered conscious ness, but was either Insensible or deliri ous. The day after June Was taken IH little Tom began to sicken, and lu five days he died. Sir Thomas was like one stunned; but bis lutensc anxiety about his wife made the loss of the child perhaps less agonising. If only June were spared to him, he felt he could bear that other grief, awful though It waa; he realised once again how he loved hia wife, aud what her death would mean to him. Ilia remorse was grievous to witness. He made no attempt to conceal it from Mra. Trevauion, Indeed, it was the only thing he could talk of. He clung to her. Im ploring her not to leave him. He seemed to hang on her presence as the only chance of saving his darling. To Mrs. Trevanion's relief, the name of DnlUia never crossed June's lips. During those dreadful days of her poor little child's lllneiw, death aud burial, June wss happily unconscious. She knew nothing of Tom's agonised face, aa be came In with hushed steps and haggard eyes from that other chamber where half hia hopes lay dead from the little waxen figure that it would have broken June's heart to see. This anguish at least she was soar ed. When the funeral waa over poor Tom naed to creep up to the nursery and sit with his face In his hands. Sometimes he would take up one of little Tom's toys, and then, poor fellow, he would burst Ilnto a terrible passion of dry solm. When he casae down he would go on tiptoe into his wife's room and look at her In dumb deapair. After the twenty-first day June took turn for the better. For the first time she looked at Mrs. Trevauion with recognl lion in ber eyes, and put out a wasted waxen hand to ber. "Have I bcn ill'" ahe asked, in a lan gtiid voice. "You will aoon be well now. dear child,' answered Mrs. Trevanion, in her cheeriest tones. " here I Tom?" she asked, presently. "n ould you like to se him T June made a gtwture of assent, and Mrs. IrcTaniou went to fetch him. "Rut," ahe said, as be was preparing with alacrity to obey the summons, "not lu these clothes," looking at the mourn ing garments he waa wearing for his lost heir. "And if," he voice faltering, "If she asks for the poor darling, yon must try lo command yourself, aud say that he has gone away to stay. Tom arrayed himself hi an old shooting suit, ami went on tiptoe to hia wife' room. What an eager light there was in bis honest face aa be approached the bed and once more saw recognition In the eyes of bis beloved! She smiled faintly and held out ber hand to him, and he took it in his as tenderly as though it might melt away at a touch. "Where Is little Tom?" asked June, faintly. "I wsnt to see all the family, Mrs. Trevanion saw the convulsive working of Tom's face, and hastened to intcrpoae. "He is with his grandmother, darling, she said, thinking sadly of June'a dead mother: but June understood, aa It was meant she should, that he was with Mrs fcllesmere. "fancy Tom letting him out of bis sight T' she murmured, and then sank back tired, and said no more. That night, as Mra. Trevanion was sit ting by her bedside, thinking she waa dos ing. June suddenly opened her eyes, and, witn a nveii look, said: "la It trneT "Is what true, dearest?" "Dallas:" uttered June, in a low voice. Mrs. Trevanion hid her face in her hands, and the tears fell thick and fast through her fingers. "How hard!" said June, and then closed ber eyes and relapsed into silence. The doctors now gave every hope of her recovery. When she was well enough to be moved, she was to be taken to the sea side, ana, as Mrs. trevauion could no longer be spared from borne, Mrs. Bryan was to tie Installed aa head nurse. "Oh," said Tom, in a melancholy voice. as they sat together after dinner on the laat evening, "what shall I do without you? I don't believe my poor little girl would ever have pulled through but for you. hen she is stronger, you must tell her," answered Mrs. Trevanion. with tears in her eyes. "And when you talk about your dreadful loss. It will be heart- orcaamg ai nrsi, nut It will draw you closer together afterward. And now, looking very kindly at his grieved face, "do you feel sufficiently friendly to allow me to take a liberty r At this Tom jumped up, and, coming round to ber, ceixcd her hand and held it fast. "What in the world might you not say or do?" And he took the chair beside ber. "You know," said Mrs. Trevanion, af ter a slight pause, "when our poor darling wns so ill and we did not know which way It might turn, I would not allow you to reproach yourself in any way on her ac count; but, now that she is going to get quite wen anu strong again, you must tie all in all to each other, just aa you were wnen nrst you married. Mra. Trevanion paused a moment: then looking at him very kindly and speaking in a low out resolute voice, she proceeded: "No third person ought ever to be al lowed to come between a husband and wife; The cause of most of the misunder atanding between you and dear June has been the interference of Miss Ellesmere. "1 cs, yes," said Tom, heartily. "I am sure you are right. But I think, with poor Agnes, it was what you would. call want of tact more than anything else. How ever," seeing the expression of dissent on his friend's face, "it shall never happen again. No one nothing shall ever come between my wife and me. Please God she gets well, she shall have It all her own way. Mrs. Trevanion smiled. "I think you will una," sne said, "that June ia less like ly to be spoiled by too much kindneea than by the other method. And I am quite sure that a mau as good and kind aa you are ought to make any reasonable woman happy, aud will do so when left to your self." 'Oh," cried Tom, deprecatluaiy. "don't say anything about mel I'm a very poor sort of chap, I'm afraid!" "No, you are not," aaid Mra. Trevan ion, smiling and putting out her hand to him. "But you are none the worse for being modest, and when I come to stay with you again I know I ahull find you the happiest couple in the world." And we will be, thanks to you!" cried Tom, fervently, still grasping her hand. "It will be thanks to the natural good qunlitics of both of you, and to there be ing no one to Interfere," answered Mrs. Trevauion, kindly. CHAPTER XXVII. It was the first week in January. Sir Thomaa and Lady- Nevil were ataying at their place in the North. Extensive al terations were being made at the Hall, and, Indeed, both its master and mistress shrank from the idea of returning to the place where such terrible calamity had befallen them. Jane had uTmoat ed her health, though not ber spirits. Her child's death had been crushing blow; It seemed to her a sort of divine retribu tion for having thought too little of him in hia lifetime. Six months ago anyone might safely have predicted that the boy's death would have fallen with ten times more severity on Tom than on June; but such was not the case. Tom was almost cheerful, while his wife was a prey to the deepeat grief. Now Tom only bad one object in life to devote himself to June, to heap love, affection, caresses upon her, to prove to her beyond ail doubt how thoroughly and entirely she occupied his heart. And June, if she remained sad, thoroughly ap preciated his kindness and tenderness, and was alwaya ready to reciprocate it after a gentle and subdued fashion, very differ ent from her gsy, coquettish manner of old. Time would doubtless bring that back, but It would have been strange and unnatural that she should so soon forget. Her heart had returned to Its old alle giance. Tom was sgain the one man tn the world whom she loved, and wboae existence wss necessary to her. When she thought of her dead yonng hero, it was with the tenderness of a sister's love, snd she could thank Uod, oh, bow fervent ly! that no word had ever been spoken lietween them that might tarnish ber memory of him or cause her a single pang of self-reproach. Mr. and Mrs. Carslake were their only guests, and thoroughly congenial ones. Madge's brightness and gayety, tempered by her sympathy for her cousin'a distress, made her presence most welcome to June, and Mr. Carslake, who poaaeaaed a very kind heart ami considerable tact, waa ex cellent company for Tom. He waa, more ever, an excellent sportsman, and, with bis host, enjoyed the capital eport which the place afforded. Madge was exceed ingly happy. Being neither quite so sen timentally Inclined nor so exacting aa her cousin by deposition, she was In no dan ger of Buffering disappointment or disil lusionment, and was perfectly satisfied with the very real If undemonstrative-in- pnblic affection of her lord. "I am sure," she said, laughing, to June, "any one might think that you and Tom were bride and bridegroom rather than Robert and I. As for Tom, I believe he must have been taking lessons in the art of love making, he does it so well." Tom and Madge had made np their dif ferences and were on the old affectionate terms again. One morning as the fonr were sitting at breakfast, the letters, unusually late, were brought in. Presently the rest of the company were startled by a whoop in the old style from Madge, as she started np and executed one of the pas seals dear to the daya of ber youth, but which she had relinquished since she hsd arrived at the dignity of the marriage state. "Madge" remonstrated her husband pretending to look shocked, but Inward ly amused. 'This letter," cried Madge, waving it in the air, "containa the most delightful news in the world news that will fill each of your separate and all your collective hearta with joy when you hear it. I will not take up your time by asking you to try and guess, because you never would. Our dear Agnes is about to become a Biahoocsa. But do not. my loves, be too elated by the grandeur of the connection. He la only a colonial bishop. Listen to mother's letter. ' 'It seems that Agnea produced a great impression upon him when he saw ber a year ago at the Marstons'. He thought her so very sweet, and waa so struck by her earnest interest in mission work. So he begged Mrs. Marston to invite them to meet again, and proposed to ner the oay before yesterday. She Is to accompany him to Africa in the spring. It will be a great trial to part from her, especially aa we have already lost one of our near coil- dren. but. if it la for her happiness, we muat not consider ourselves.' "Fancy Aggie BuLopess of the Canni bal Islands!" cried Madge; "perhaps they will eat her some day. I wonder if a sweet woman tastes better tnan an ordi nary one? I remember quite well meeting the bishop at the Marstons' and thinking him one of the most odious and domineer ing wretches I ever saw. He is very small. with coal-black eyes and beard, and a com plexion of a decidedly liverish hue; he looked as though he might have unproved it with soap and water if he cared to, but don't think he did care, lie had a de lightful conviction that ninety-nine out of every hundred souls would go to a naughty place, and he looked aa if he had fiendish temper, so Aggie a aweetnesa will have full scope." Madge uttered her tirade with such mixture of drollery and malice that even Tom burst out laughing. Late in the afternoon, when he was sit ting in his wife's boudoir before dinner he had resumed this old affectionate cus tomJune said, leaning her head against bis shoulder: We must give Agnes a very handsome wedding present." And then, with some thing akin to her old playful manner, "It will be a thank offering." "We will give her whatever you like, my darling," answered Tom. "It is just aa well, perhaps, that she is going away, but," with emphasis, "whether she goes or stays, no one shall ever come between my wife and me again." Do you swear it?" said June, looking earuestly into his eyes. I swear it. So help me heaven," he answered. And, to ratify his bond, he took her in his arms and kissed her sweet, pale face fervently again and again. (The end.) How to Tell Pore Water. A simple test for ascertaining wheth er there Is any Impurity In water Is to take a glassful and add. to It a few drops of sulphuric, acid and a few drops of a dilute solution of potassium permanganate. A perfect pink color will be produced, but If the water con tains decay-tog organic matter the pink color will at orx-e become faint and finally disappear. Sometimes ferroue sulptuite, hydrogen sulphite or other reducing agents are present tn water and produce similar results. An ex pert can always distinguish the differ ence and for this reason the experi ments of a novice cannot always be relied Uion. But when water shows an excess of chlorine and bleaches pot assium permanganate It Is certainly suspicious and should be analysed by an expert. Atlanta Constitution. Scott was fond of riding, and by day light would be out with bis horse and dogs. Most of his work was done be fore dinner. NEWS OF OREGON ITEMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. New Crsaana ry at Pleasant Hill Stock ' men's Convention at Mcdlord -Money for State Convict Labor Polk County Mohair Pool Fruitgrowers Organize 1a Rogue River Valley. A creamery association has been or ganized at Pleasant Hill, Lane county. For the first time in tbe past four months Eugene is entirely free of every contagions disease. Tbe Loewenberg-Golng company last week paid into tbe state treasury $1, 79O.04 on account of convict labor in tbe prison stove foundry for .November and December. Tbe destruction of a large barn on tbe Theodore Staiger farm, two miles from Salem, resulted in a loss of (8,000. Eight Taloablo horses were burned. Tramps are supposed to have started tbe fire. Toe fruitgrowers of the vicinity of Mad ford held a mass meeting there and perfected an organization, which is known as the Rogne River Fruitgrow ers' union. Tbey adopted a constitu tion and by-laws. Tbe stockmen's convention, held at Medford last Saturday, was attended by 60 of tbe most prominent cattlemen in Jackson county. Addresses were made by a number of well known speakers. A temporary organization was made. Another meeting will be held March 21 and organize perma nently. Tbe Polk coanty mohair association met in Dalles last week to transact important business and to set tbe time of the sfle of the pool of tbe associa tion. The pool at present is the fleeces of abont 12,000 goats, and will amount to abont 50,000 or 60,000 ponndv. The severe winter in the bill districts will cause tbe clip to be somewhat lighter than nsnal. The office of the Linn county sheriff is a very busy place these days. Taxes are being paid qoite rapidly by citi zens of Linn county, who are anxious to take advantage of tbe 3 per cent re bate for prompt payment. William Moore, tbe postmaster at Greenville, and the proprietor of a gen eral merchandise etore, was held op by two marked men with drawn pistols and robbed of (110, (91 of which was fnnds belonging to the poetoffice. Hon. J. M. Church, of La Grande, who is a member of the board of re gents of the agricultural college, has re ceived notice that a farmers' institute will be beld in La Grande March 20 and 21. Several members of the Cor vallis faculty will be in attendance. Final arrangements have been made for tbe holding of a street fair and car nival at Grants Pass from June 16 to 21. Tbe Woodmen of the World of that city are at the head of the under taking. It will be a Southern Oregon affair and all of the towns in tbe state south of Roseburg will participate. Tbe efforts to organize a real estate exchange in Albany have proved suc cessful. The constitution provides that the executive board rhall have three members not engaged in the real estate business, and that there shall be harmony between tbe members on all questions of sales and commissions. W. T. Nolan has been appointed reg ister and Miss Anne M. Lang aa re ceiver of The Dalles land office. Preparations are being made for be ginning work upon tbe new buildings at the state asylum for which appro priations were made the past session. At the farm there will be another closed cottage similar to the one bnilt last year, at a cost of (18,000, and an ex tension will be built upon tbe kitchen and dining room, for which the sum of ft,000 has been provided. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 75c; blue- stem, 87c; valley, 7880c. Barley Feed, (23.60 per ton; brew ing, (24. Flour Best grade, (4.30(34.86 ; grah am, (3.45033.85. MillMuffs Bran. (19 per ton: middlings, ( 24; shorts, (19.50020. chop, (18. Oats No. 1 white, (1.15 ffl 1.20: gray, (1.12)t(1.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, (llai2: clover. (899; cheat, (9(310 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60(3750 per sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, (20 2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed. Ilai2c: young, 11312c; hens, 12c: turkeys. live, 1516c; dressed, 18020c; ducks, (7(37.50 per dozen; geese, (78.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16K3 17Xc; Young America, 17S18tc; factory prices, 1(8 Die less. Batter Fancy creamery, 30(332)0 per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20a t2)c; store, 15018c. Eggs 15016 per dozen. Hops Choice, 2325c per pound. Wool Valley, 12X15c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 260 28o. Beef Gross, cows, 33Jfo per pound; steers, 404c; dressed, 7&c. Veal 7X8o. Mutton Gross, 4c per dressed, 7)c. pound; pound pound; tamos uross, 40 per dressed, 7c. Hogs Gross, 6Jje par dresseit,707ic.