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EVENTS OF THE DAY
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Ten deaths are reported as a result
of the storms in Northwestern Arkan-
ftir r * —
Reaoova Amartcau Basil
Correspoadeats Quarters.
Niu Chwang, March 31.— As a result
of the proclamation o f. martial law at
Colorado m ilitia has thrown three this port the Atherican flag which the
miners and two business man In the American correspondents had floating
bullpen.
over their messhouse was hauled down
French deputies haga p ass ed the b ill today. They are very indignant over
to Supprees teaching by religious the incident, and are expected to send
s protest to the United States embassy
orders.
at Pekin at what they term the “ grow
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report that the railway merger is
indignity” placed upon them.
seeking refuge in Cuba is a surprise to
The Russan regulations are exceed
Rfospident Palma.
ingly strict and are designed, it is
The Angift-Americau league of Lon­ openly stated, to compel a ll foreigners
don favors Ü6 AffisridM-British arbi­ with the exception of the French to
tration treaty.
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vacate the town*.’
A Frenchman named Kreautlar, an
Thedtood situation in Michigan is
■ore hbpeful, but ,14(QPO people are employe of the Russo-ChiWeee bank,
has been .appointed French consular
Still in distress.
agent at Niu Chwang. He has hoisted
An alliance between R u s ia and the French flag over the bank build
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■ ediary, is again broached.
this is the forerunner of a movement
The government has offered to ad­ to fly the tricolor over all the Russian
vance money to build an irrigation government buildings at N iu Chwang.
The commerce of the port has been de­
dam for Wallowa county settlers.
stroyed by the new rule.
The general
The Vladivostok squadron ia re- opinion among the foreign residents is
ported to have returned to the- harbor ' ,
should R uw ia’a action be permit-
w ith a n u m b e r of captured Japanese- ,
stand by the powers without
v im s is, among them a Warship.
protest, it w ill be tantamount to a com­
The captain of a Chinese junk arriv­ plete surrender of a ll rights of foreign­
ing a t Wei H al Wei reports seeing the ers throughout the whole of Manchuria,
R u s ia n and Japanese squadrons ap­ and w ill be very costly to/foreign capi­
proaching each other off Port Arthur tal which is invested in numerous iu-
and believes IT decisive battle has been dustriw throughout the province.
fought.
NONH KNOW SIZE OF ARMIES.
■oDiltsatton of tne Manchurian army
Is new eoaplete.
Cerrespoadeato' Veratoow at the Ca n.
pelga to Corea Differ.
The South has just been visited by
the greateet etorm since 1S7S. * ’’
Ixmdon, March 31.— No Jaap near re­
General Kouropatkin h w arrived at port of the land operations in Corea
has yet been received here, and there
Mukden and assumed command.
ia much speculation as to the siw of
The sundry civil appropriation h ill the opposing simies, regarding which
w ill leave a good surplus for the yeaf. there is no reliable information.
A correspondent at the Russian head­
Tba senate committee has reported a
M il to p.onlsh ■»■■■ins of presidents.
quarters at Mukden telegraphs that ac­
cording to reports received there about
The house committee h u completed
he report od^ tKe 1906 fair b ill and 10,000 Japanese have crossed the river
at Chin Changau and 6,000 have ad­
recommends 1476,000 be given for an
vanced north from Chong Ju
exhibit.
The Chronicle's Shanghai corres­
The R u s la n fleet at Port A rthur pondent asserts that practically the
made a trip out of the harbor to locate whole Japanese army in Cores, cdhsist-
the Japaneee fleet, but could find no ing of 100,000 men, is concentrated at
trace of the enemy.
Pak Chen and Anju, only small detach­
London la horrified by the deeds of a ments being left in Southern Corea to
modern Bluebeard. Eight women are maintain communication.
A St. Petersburg special wys that a
known to bear hia name and twedif
Russian division of 26,000 men from
them were murdered.
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Southern Usauri ia advancing in two
Fire in W all street caused much ex­ columns through Corea.
He reports
alt >ment«hd t e r * time thieatened one that the Japanese are advancing north
ef the largest commercial centers in the from Gensan, and that their advance
world with destruction.
guard is encamped at Chong Ping. I t
is probable, however, that none of these
Russians are strongly fortifying the
reports can be accepted as authentic.
ooontry about Antung.
Japanese continue to rush forcee from
Oblnampo to Ping Yang
Floods folio’ ring the gale la the vieill­
Ity of Chicago es used heavy property
China h w been given new assurances
that Russia w ill d lw rm the gunboat
M aadjur.
Almost ell of the Panama troops have
keen disbanded. Only one battalion ia
bow under the colors.
A report to the Coraan government
shows that R usian troops began crow
tog Into Oorea tour days bStora Japaa
made her first attack on Port Arthur.
Much property was destroyed and
several persons Injured in a tornado
n w r Fort Smith, A rk.
United States Minister Dudley re-
parts that bubonic plague h w broken
set in three porta in Pern.
Senator Hanford declares th at t£e
railroad lobby is back of the move- to
repw l the present land law*.
The dowager emprew of China h w
rejected the propowls of generals to
make an open alliance with Japan.
Colorado m ilitary is agal
striking miners.
deportlag
Newell is anxious that irriggatian
works be begun ia Oregon.
Tbg houw has again voted against aa
investigation of the poet office depart-
Russia (tobies that one of her war
vaowle was blown ap by coming ia
contact w ith a floating mine.
Damaged Russian warships are Mid
to have been repaired w ith each baste
that they dare not venture oat.
w
The senate hasjiswad the Indian ap­
propriation h ill carrying funds for the
Obewewe school and decidw that
Abakan students may enroll there.
The Planter’s Daughter
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
St. Petershury, March 31.— General
Konropptkin, In his first report to the
emperor from the scene of war, an­
nounced that offensive land operations
had taken place against the Japanese
upon »lie sixth anniversary of the oc­
cupatio* of Port Arthur by the Rus­
sians. These operations took the form
of a cavalry attack yesterday by six
companies of Coesacks, led by General
Mishtchenko against four squadrons of
Japanese cavalry which the general be­
Russia ia found, technically, to have lieved to be beyond Chong Jn, but
which be found to be in occupation of
fired the first shot of the war.
John Mitchell w ill come to Colorado that town.
Despite a trow fire which General
to conduct the miners strike.
Mishtchenko cleverly directed against
The Lewis and Clark exposition b ill the enemy, he pays a tribute to the
tenacity and bravery of the Japaneee,
received a setback ip the house. •
who only ceased to fire after the com
I t is estimated that the damage from . ,
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floods in Michigan w ill reach »5,000,-.]
wh“ h
Before the Russians could follow -up
000.
their advantage, three Japaneee squad­
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galloped toward the town. Two
port for 1903 shows a profit of »1,369,- j oi tj,eix» succeeded in entering, while
the third was driven back in disorder,
630.
Admiral Makaroff is expected to as­ men and horses falling.
The fire maintained on the town was
sume the offensive at the first oppor­
so destructive that the Japaneee were
tunity.
unable to make an effectual return.
Foreigners believe m artial law at
Further Japanese reinforcements ar
N iu Chwang w ill cause a ll save the rived an hour later, and in view of the
French to vacate.
superiority of the enemy. General
The Servian government w ill remove Mishtchenko determined to retire, do-
from office a ll who were implicated in ing so without emba<rasement
(ieneral Mishtcheriko'a Cossacks have
the assassination of the late king and
been endeavoring for some days to come
queen.
ia contact with the Japaneee petrols,
M a n y tow ns i a In d ia n a a lo n g tb a but tin latter refused to combat.
tributaries of the Ohio and Wabash
The skirmish w ill have the effect of
rivers are still suffering from the encouraging the Russians to retard as
floods.
much as possible the advance of the
The French textile workers' strike is Japaneee army.
becoming serious and is liable to in­
IA M B PLAÛ DOWN.
volve a ll of the large factories of the
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country.
Britain to Restrict liamtgratloe.
OBANT CATTLE ARB DTINO.
Drupe to Zara.
w ar* the W ork.
John Day— A snowfall of more than
Eugene— A meeting was held at the
a foot occurred last week in. the higher
courthouse which was well attended
valleys of this county. The storm ia
and bad for its object a consolidation of
quite general, but the fgll la jn o t so
interests and enerigee in the direction
great in the larger vsJJeys. This tem­
of road improvement in thia vicinity.
perature fell to 14 below aero at this
About 160 interested citisens were pres­
place. I t is almost aero in the colder
ent, and the meeting organised by the
sections.
W ith very few exceptions
■lection of M. Svsrverud chairman end
thia ia the coldest weather of the year.
F. M. W ilkins secretary.
Ia
some of the higher val­
Professor J. M . Hyde of the uni­
leys the stock situation is decidedly
versity, who has long made a study of
serious. Bear valley stockmen are en­
road engineering, made the first ad-
tirely out of feed. Although cattle are
| dress on the subject and gave much
generally strong, grave fesis are enter­
valuable information for consideration.
tained.
President Campbell also made a good
A disquieting m m cr has been grow­
address, as did a number of others.
ing, started by messages over the tele­
A committee on organixatiop, made
phone. In some places, herds -being
its report, and the Good Roads associa­
moved to better feeding grounds, have
tion of Lane county took tangible and
been overtaken by the storm and are
A constitution was
strung along the public row!., ! Permanent form
BOW
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staggering and" falling dead. In one
cured at once.
instance the road supervisor found it
I t is the intention of thia association
necessary to give orders to ownere to
to take active steps toward the securing
remove carcaeeee from the road.
of first-daw highways in a ll parts of
Stockmen are grim ly whetting their
skinning knives, preparing to save the the county, and to work in the direc­
hidea. Only a speedy raise in the tion of securing judicious and scientific
temperature can eave enormous loeees. returns for the money annually ex­
Sheep and horses have not suffered pended for road improvement. The as­
much low jrpt.
sociation declared itself in support of
the Brownlow good roads b ill now be­
BAKER QBTTINQ OUT OF DEBT.
fore congress and w ill uw its influence
Eceaowy la ExpeadNares Brings "’W a r­ in h s behalf.
rants Nearly to Far.
Most Fay Taxes.
Baker City— Baker county is fast get­
Astoria— A ll the holders of large
ting odt of debt. Four years ago the
timber tracts in Clatsop county, with
bonded and floating debt of the county the exception of three, have paid their
was over »260,000.
County warrants taxes on the 1903—r«U. - Represents
were way below par and*, the county Dyes of these three syndicates were
here, and tendered the sheriff 60* per
burden was increasing fast.
cepto of the l»xr tbut the tender was i
By practicing economy and caNing a fused,although the sheriff said he
halt on reckless expenditure, the float­ would accept 60 per’cent as a first pay
ing debt has been almost wiped out. ment, as ».allowed by the state law.
A t the present rate the entire indebted- The timber men now assert that they
w ill appeal to the county court for
new w ill be discharged next year.
reduction, although the chancw of
County warrants are now worth 90 getting a rebate are small.
cents on the dollar, which makes them
practically as good as cw h, because in­
• Eastern Oregon Sheep Softer
Pendleton— The cold, wet and stormy
vestors do not care to handle them on
weather of the past few days is causing
a email margin.
the sheepmen of the southern part of
Last w w k the indebtodnew of the the county a great deal of worry. F if­
county was reduced about »30,000 by teen inches of fresh snow has fallen in
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tbs payment to Union county of the the vicinity of Ukiah and the sheep
amount due on account of the “ Pan­ which have been sheared and the young
t u u u
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handle” annexation.
A portion
of lambs are suffering with the cold, and
Panhsn-j wil1 P«» >«1‘ unlew a thaw sets in in s
Union county, known as the
Feed is getting scarce in
die” was annexed,Ao Baker county by i few days.
the legislature four years ago.
Baker 1 this district, and part of the stock is
county had to pay Union county about being driven into the more sheltered
»40,000 in settlement of various claims. parts of the county for better protec­
tion. X
All this debt has now been paid.
Flak Price
Salem— Six hundred horses, afflicted
with contagious diseases, w ill bd
killed in Morrow county in pursuance
of aa order made by the domestic ani­
mal commission. » The horses are
owned by Indians living on the Um a­
tilla reservation and are afflicted with
mange. The state board h«s made re­
peated efforts in the lw t two or three
years to induce government authorities
in Washington or at the reservation to
take stops to stamp out a disease that
threatens to spread to all parts of the
state.
A ll efforts proving fruitlew ,
the board h w at last determined to
take radical measures, and the state
veterinarian has been ordered to k ill
the diseased animals and bury them.
The horses are declared to be valnelew
because of their diseased condition.
W arner Settlers Prepare to San.
Salem— J. L. Morrow and other set­
tlers in Warner valley, Lake county,
are in Salem perfecting their papers
preparatory to bringing suit to regain,
if powible, the lands which were
swarded to the Warner Valley Stock
company by the department of the in­
terior. The suit w ill be brought in
the federal courts and w ill raise the
question whether the lands were swamp
in character ia 1880.
The Warner
Valley Stock company holds under
deeds from the state, while the settlers
claim as homesteads.
Ixmdon, March 31.— The alien im m i­
grant b ill was introduced m the house
of commons today and passed its first
reading withpnt division. The b ill fol­
lows the recommendations of the”'to-
port of the royal commission on alien
immigrations issued August 11 last,
that the immigration of certain classes
of immigrants into the United King­
dom be subject to state control. Home
Settlers Crowding late Union.
Secretary Douglas, in introducing the
Elgin— Notwithstanding the fart that
resolution, referred to the increase of this particular section of Union county
crime during the admission of a claw has enjoyed a good healthy increase in
of aliens In this country.
population for the past several years,
the present indications are that this
year w ill far surpass sny previous one
Washington, March 31.— No provi­ in that respect. The vanguard of East­
sion has been made either by the Dem­ ern emigration is now coming in, and
in addition to this a number ef families
ocratic or Republican national conven­ have recently arrived here from West­
tion to seat delegatee from the P hilip­ ern Washington, having become tired
pines. In the calls issued by Chairman of the almost continuous downjlour of
Hanns and Jones, neither the P hilip ­ rain which prevails in that section -of
pines nor Porto Ri&g^.included among the country.
the states and territoridF entitled to
representation.“' However, should del-
Fallen Trees Per tbs Rro.
gates from these islands present
Salem— The heavy wind storm last
themselves to the convention it is week is likely to increase the amount
within the province of the committee of cordwood cut in this vicinity this
on credentials to swt them.
year. Timber enough to make many
thousand cords of wood was blown
Flood Stm Im perils C ity.
down and the farmers w ill cut much of
Faginsw, Mich., March 31.— Flood the fallen timber into cordwood. A
conditions in this city sod vicinity to­ thousand cords of fallen timber on
night are no( improved. All industrial single farms has been reported in a
plants on the river are shut down, and number of cases. So far as timber is
6,000 men or more are out of work. concerned, the wind w w an advantage
The financial low in thia country w ill to farmers.
probably reach »760,080. - Between
Faginsw and Ray City the ice on the
Saginaw river is over two feet deep in
La Grande— A petition has been
places, and dynamite has had ilttle
filed with the county clerk by Recorder
effect in clearing the channel. Reports
W illiam M ille r, to be presented at the
toll of much suffering.
next meeting of the county court, Bak­
ing the court to make the petition an
Large Machine Sheps Barns«.
Pittsburg, March 31.— The machine issue for,_tbe June election that the
shops of the Pittsburg Valve Foundry county s w t be removed from Union to
A Construction company weis destroyed La Grande, its former site. Thia peti­
by fire tonight.
Low is probably tion wae signed by 2,670 of Union
county residents.
»200,000.
Be the Same.
Astoria— Judging from present indi
r a t i o n s t h e opvistana
p r ic e
of
O oli
th e
coming eeaeon will be the same w dur
ing the past few years— 6 cento per
pound for thoee under 26 pounds and 6
cents for thoee weighing 26 pounds or
over. The cold storage men are now
endeavoring to reach an agreement
among themselvea to increaw the
weight lim it of what are known as
“ cold storage” fish from 26 to 30
pounds, but with little succeM.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat— W alla W alla,
stem, 81c; valley, 81c.
76c;
Barley— Feed, »23 per ton;
»24026.
blue-
rolled,
Flour— Valley, »3.9003.96 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, » 4 0 4 .2 0 ;
clears, » 3 .8 6 0 4 ; hard wheat patents,
» 4.4004.80;
graham,
»3.6003.90;
whole wheat, »3.8604.06; rye flour,
»4.6004.76.
Oats— No. 1 white, » 1 .1 6 0 1 .1 7 X ;
gray, »1.1O 01.12H percental.
Millstuffs— Bran, »18» 19 per ton;
middlings, »24.600 28; shorts, »190
20; 'chop, »18; linseed, dairy food,
»19.
Hay— Timothy, »16018 per ton
clover, »10 0 11; grain, » 1 1 0 12;
cheat, » 11012. r
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 17)^e.
Butter— Sweet cream butter, 80c per
pound; fancy creamery, 26027t^c;
choice creamery, 23024c; dairy and
store nominal.
Batter F a t— Sweet
sour cream, 26j^c.
cream,
if you want it," and taking froiu his~"
poclwt the dreaded reckoning, he laid it
upon the table.
"Your master knows that he will lose
nothing by us!" exclaimed the woman,
indignantly: “ M r. Burgess will pay ev­
erybody some day or other.
Yuu can
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By MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON
certainly extend aur credit for a morsel
of bread."
I “ You needn't blame me!” retorted the
Author •< " A W aif from the Bee,” “ H er Brightest Hope.
boy; “ I haven't wasted your mouey. llu t
the aid.man h w ! Rhame on him. I say.
"Wayward W innsfrod,“ stc.
for kia gambling and hanging round bar­
rooms day and sigtat.“
I “ I t is not trua!” cried Martha, a con-
l scions flush mounting her pallid cheeks.
“ 1 w y Itda!" awwered the boy; “don't
terrupted Gresham; “ were I to tall you I aw kirn with my owe eyes I ” 1-,
C H A P T E R V U I . —fCootinued.»
Conscious that ha apoke the baleful
But the sight of him recalled all her that within easy walking distance of thia
misery end degradation, and in a tremu- house there dwells a fam ily upon the truth, the woman said In a conciliatory
s
loas voice she cried: "You have been to verge of starvation, a woman and her tone:
“Oh, well, we muat make allowance«
Louisian«: W hy did you not tell me daughter slowly dying of poverty and
before she came? Ah, It is si) over now, disease, would you not hand me your for a discouraged man; he i^as his faults,
purse and request me to give it to them? bat he is honest.'” / ,
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and there is nothing left mo but to die!
"W hy don’t he work dike the rest of
“ Bylphide!" he exclaimed, advancing And if I should add that the father and
husband of thia fam ily hears an anblem- asT ’ cam« the matter-of-fact demand,
towards her; but she waved him baek.
which caused M artha to give a start of .
“Oh. Lucian,” she wailed: “ she wlahee ished name, as high ia tj^ a e c is l
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to separata us— you and ms. Ob, my aa your own—
dismay.
“ 1 should triple the sum.”
“ W ork!” «he exclaimed, “a born gen­
liaad reels at the thought. This is more
"You would have to increase it an hun­ tleman, and at his age!— but hush,” with t
than I ran bear!"
She flung herself upon the sofa, dry dred fold, my dear b ej.” said the doctor, an apprehensive glance at sd Inuer door,
sobs reading her bosom with cruel vio­ sa ha rose and set back his chair, “before "Miss Claire may hear us!"
lence.
Oourtlsndt went to her and I would undertake to offer It. Can you
“ H ew is M iw Claire nowadays?" in­
not see that by marrying the young girl quired the boy, with a sudden softening
strove to raise her.
«
vou
would
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at
once
secure
her
comfort
“ Bylphide,” he cried, piteously, “ Syl-
of his bard blue ayes.
phidsl Listen ta me! Suffer ma to ex­ during her declining days and a compe­
“ Sick, vary sick.”
tency for her parents In exchange for the
The honest fellow drew his sleeve
plain!”
name which It lire ip her power to give «crow his eyw so that ha could see to
“H ave you not been to Louisiana?"
your son?"
withdraw the cloth that covered hia
"Yea.”
Lucian stood in the center of the room, bread.
“ W ell, what did yoe leant f
with hia hands pressed tightly upon his
“ Poor Mias Claire!”
he muttered;
"Bylphide-------"
“Oh, yon may apeak the truth! Tour throbbing temples; and when ha did net “ wall, hare’s a loaf for bar. Oh, yon*
mother has forestalled you.
Am I a answer, Bylphide aroea and crept to hit may take It; If the master kicks, i'll
side.
slave?”
settle for it myself. 1 ray, how is the
” L a fla n ,” aha murmured, "by aiding okt lady getting along?”
— “ Yea— your mother was a slave.”
them
.you
secure
your
mother’s
happi
To hia surprise, she rose calmly and
“ Poorly, my good boy,” replied M a r­
ncas, and— and mine, perhaps.”
Then tha, taare shining lu her
laid her hand upon his arm.
eye«: "«he
turning
to
Graaham,
she
added,
quickly,
“ I have refused to separate from you.
watches over her daughter, and ia aa
>
W ill you condemn ma sa she does? Do “Doctor, ha consents!"
brave as brava can ba; «he’s a regular,
“ No. no, no— w ait!" cried the half des­ m artyr.”
you believe I do not love you?”
' “ No, but 1 know my mother; habitu­ perate man. W ith the headlong haste of
“ Is that so? Then I'm going to give
ated to being obeyed in all things; she one whs fears hia rhanoe may arcapa you this 60ceut piece I ’ve been saving
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will have her way. There will be a ter­ him, Gresham saJd:
up, and you con divide It between them.”
"A ll that remains bow Is to know
rible struggle.”
And throwing a bright new coin upon
“ You will resist hoc—Swear to mo that whether they w ill consent. I can sound the table with a cheery ring, he seized
them
easily
enough
upon
the
subject
if
you will.”
his basket and waa out of rha door and
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"But our child— what w ill bacon» of you give ma laare.”
down the atalre, before M artha could
Absolutely
handing
her
husband
hia
Mm? Oh, Byiphlda, 1 fear the devotioa
falter bar thanks.
hat
and
leading
him
to
the
door,
Byi­
Is on my mother’s side; the selfishness on
B ut whet her lipe were not permitted
phlda exclaimed with forced eagerness: to utter, her eyw oxpreosed. when, « nx>
ours.”
“H u rry, Lucian! Go, go and make ment later, lir a . Burgess entered ths
“ Enough! I see through this subtar-
fuge! You know the woman you are your peace with your mother. T ell her kltcheu with a small basket upon her
that you have convinced me that I muat
to marry— speak, who is shs?”
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arm.
"Bylphide, will you believe me when give you up! Bay whatever you wish."
(Te to eoettauad l
Then, as Lucia a Courilandt returned
I tell you that I do not know? As God
Is my judge, I do not know. Bba broach­ reluctantly to the table for the gloves
A VANISHED RACE.
ed the subject tho moment she learned which in her haste she had forgotten.
Bylphide
breathed
In
Gresham's
ear:
D is c o v e re d W h i le E x p lo r in g
TrS
the result of my Journey to Louisiana."
"Doctor, are you sure, vary sure?"
teuton a n d Q a a te m a la .
“ And you agreed to It?"
"Perfectly sure,” replied the doctor
- Amoug tho rolloft photographed Ity
“ You are mistaken.
I left her ab­
ruptly and came to you. In that first mo­ with a reassuring smile; “ you may rest H arr Toobort Maier during his trips
ment I could not and would not lisesn easy; the poor girl has not throe months up tha Usumatalutla River, In South­
to Hve.” .
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to her.”
ern Mexico and Northern Guatemala,
They had , separated before Lucian
“ But now— now you have changed
are carvtngu of gods or prlcote holding
your mind," she exclaimed bitterly. “Oh, turned to retrace his steps, and aa ha
Lucian," she cried, flinging her arms came slowly down the room, bo said to a In the right hand a short staff which
ends below to a ■lake’* head and
about hia neck, “how can I part with forced, unnatural tone:
"W elt, doctor, where do tbew people wetna to support s small idol w|th a
you?, bow see you married to another
liv e r
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for all eternity?” .
peculiar snout, or it may bo merely s
“ Borne marriages are not for ail eter­
“ In a semi'res pacta b la tsnamant house monkey.
I f monkey, certainly tt Is
In Sixth avaoua near Eleventh street;
nity!"
conventionalised enough. The a tti­
The words were uttered by a third the number hat escaped me, but you can­
tude is generally one of offering wme-
.tec
voice. Bylphide turned with a atari of not miss the pjade."
thing to a deity, but not always. The
“And the name?"
surprise, to find a man whom shs had
manlktoa usually have miniature hcml
“ Bargeaa— Philip Burgeaa.”
never before seen, a complete stranger
Courilandt paused thoughtfully.
dreooes w ith busby plum w like the
to her, standing within six feet of her.
" I th in k -I kava heard that name be­ gods and priests and warriors; per­
fore, ’\ > e mattered; " If I am not mis­ haps they .w w r masks having long
C H A P T E R IX .
The momentary pause of amasemenF taken. I have heard my mother mention noaea or snouts.
was broke« by Conrilandt.
Loosening It."
A liutol found at YsxchiUui appear'
"Very
likely,”
returned . Gresham;,
Bylphlde’s arms from about his nack,
“they are people who have awn better to repreoeot an Interview between the
he advanced with outstretched hand.
“ Dr. Gresham!” ha exctalmed with a days— days as prosperous ae you are god Quatsslcoatl and his priest. In the
right band o i tba god there 1« ill*
puzzled hair, “ what brings you here? now enjoying.”
.. L ad sn went to Bylphide and took her curved stick or support ending In *
you come from my mother T'
hands
In
his.
“ Yes."
onakefa hw d , and this stick seesns to
"Good-by, Byiphlda.” ha abeid, with
“Then you do not come here as a friend
connect
w ith a bolt around the waist
constraint; “ whatever happens, remem­
to us,” with a glance at Bylphide.
The latter BAT
“On the 'contrary," was the quiet re­ ber that you have counseled thia stop.” of tho email figure.
“Oh, Lucian, Lncisnl” she cried, in a anklets, wristlets, tight-fitting, pat
ply, “ I came aa a friend to both sides."
And turning to Bylphide. ha added, “ I snddan access of alarm; “ what do you terned clothes, or perhaps merely dec­
orations like tattooing on the limbs.
trust, madam, you wilt-pardon my enter­ mwn? W hat can happen r
" I do not know.”
ing your apartments unannounced, but
The oddest thing of all is the fact that
"She cannot live! Tba doctor haa-
I feared that had I sent up my name,
ths priest has a manikin almost Iden­
“ Hush!” ha exclaimed, almost roughly
you would refuse to receive me. sod the
tical which ho holds up to the god'«
object of my visit is of th t utmost im ­ putting her from him; “this compact is
hideous enough without forcing Its details manikin so that they seem to be shak­
portance at this moment.” ,
As he cessed speaking, Conrilandt upon me; unless I sea my mother at ing hands or boxing with each other
promptly introduced the alender, keen­ once, I shall weaken and never be able with raised hands The effect Is that
of two pigmies or monkey« wearing
eyed. gray-haired gentleman to 8ylphlde to go through with It!”
"Then go. go to her st once!” urged masks, held by broad girdles, and
as his family physician, a man who had
been present st his advent into the woeld. Bylphide, at fever heat la her anxiety; tbow supported by curving staves
and in whom ht reposed the moat Impli­ "and do not forget that, though 7<>o san-
I l this sculpture Quetxalcoatl baa a
cit confidence. They then seated them­ rlflced yourself for our child, I have to
helmet and plum w nearly as high as
selves. Bylphide and Ladsn side by side hear the blttereet part!”
H e left her then, without
another himself, composed of the convention­
upon the sofa, while Dr. Gresham took
a chair so as to be able to face the pair. word, without so much as a backward alised h w d of a serpent, and the gor­
glance, and as Gresham followed him, geous feathers of ths quetzal. H e has
Bylphide was tbs first to speak.
“ Doctor,” she said, “ what meant the he preeeed Bylphide« hand warmly and w hat seems a trsnoveree now orna­
words that you uttered when you w - whispered:
ment, necklaces^ a shoulder decoration
"Keep up a brave heart, little woman!
teredT’
<* cape with medallions having faces,
I
am
with
you,
heart
and
soul;
and
with
“They signified that I am ignorant of
a broad breast ornament, a still broad-
nothing that has taken place. Mrs. Court- heaven's help we shall come off victori­
w girdle w ith three large mask deco­
land! left me at her house when she ous!”
Then he, too, left her, and the door rations, a skirt of seashells, and a long
came here.”
"Then you are «wars of what she was closed upon them. As their footsteps flamboyant girdle pendant falling al­
earns to propose, and what I refused to echoed down the silent staircase, and most to the ground between his feet.
the street door closed as they want out. About opposite bis thighs, which , are
comply with?"
“ Yea," replied the doctor, '1»ut per­ s stifling sense of the reality, of her ioae- pertly bare, this pendant ta k « f7the
haps you would have accepted the con­ llnese and desertion overpowered the shape of a florid.cross. A ll the spaces
ditions. had my visit preceded Mrs. young mother.
"Gooe!” she murmured; “gone to mar­ not occupied by the two large and two
Courilandt’s, lnetssd of following IL ”
ry another! W hat am I now? W hat small figures are filled with hiero­
"W h at do you mean?"
“ Mrs. Courilandt came here, I be­ ahofild I ba If she lived sod he learned glyph« no one haa yet deciphered.
Purely as decorations these glyph«
lieve, to propose a means of securing far to love her!”
The entrance of Diana roused her eurpew anything known In other parts
her son the right to recognise hie child.
Lucian lovea yon. and you love him In re­ from her awful gloom and despair. S tart­ of the world. Thoee cwrved by the
turn. Now, i f by chance you should be ing to her feet, she exclaimed, te .th e Egyptians, for example, are certainly
a free woman some day, do yoa not wish blank astonishment of the woman:
"Quick, Diana, my hat and cloak! I f handsome, and are technically more
that he should be free to marry you then,
my life pays the forfeit. I must see her." polished work, but In artistic effective
according to the law?”
"i
And with a wild laugh on her lips, she nem they muat yield the palm to tbe«e
“Certainly.”
“ And if I were able to assure to your cast a thick veil over her face and w w mysterious records of by-gone civili­
son the right to the name of CoartlandL gone, out into the summer sunlight— goon sation, owing to the symmetrical
without depriving you, madam, of your to meet her fate!
rounded forms of the latter and the
chances-------"
solid ranks which are massed In var­
CHAPTER X.
“D r. Gresham!” exclaimed Lucian,
ied squares. Theos afford a ' most
The
same
Sunlight
which
illumined
with Impatient anxiety, “ what mean all
pleasing contrast to the sweeping
the
sumptuous
apartments
of
Bylphide
these mysterious words? Bines you w y
plum
w of the bead dresses and the
you esms hare sa a friend, what can you Courilandt fell in at a southern window
and warmed the tiny kitchen of a hum­ ornamsota suspended from the collars
da foe us?”
“ Listen," continued the doctor. In the ble tenement la Sixth a venae with Its and girdles of tha figures.
When on« Imaplnw tbew extnkordl-
same calm tons; “suppoaa this lady hare, genial rays. The place waa scrupnloasiy
whom you married in good faith, should nest, bnt painfully tore of those neceasl- nary ctevar carring«, brilliant with
be made free within the year by the abo­ tlea which render life comfortable and colors and the private preforming ttielr
lition of slavery. Suppose that In the worth tho living. Before rto assail stove «oleum danew around the share. wUh
meantime I were able to find for yon a knelt a pale, brave-faced woman, labori­ the Idol standing or squatted In the
wife who wonld recognise your child, and ously coaxing t few chips and billots of
dim niche behind, one can understand
at the same tlms aaaura you your liberty wood Into a blase!
This woman was Martha Dunn, the tba power of this race of warrior« and
before the opening of another year!”
lung-euffering sod faithful servant of «rtlsto must have exercised over the
“I fail to understand,” said Luataa.
“ I number among my patients a poor tha Burgeaa family. Bha had Hvod with population that once animated one of
young girl, a perfect angel, and heirees them through their time of affluence, sod the most fertile sections of Mexico and
to one of the beet names In the land, new In the season of their adversity sha Guatemala.— New York Times.
Brava M artha
who for the past two yean has been la had not deaerted them.
A l l T h e y Canid R aise.
Your heroism, Ilka that of ao
a gradual and hopslew decline from an Dunn!
The old colored man was wading
many others. Is none the loos noble
incurable lung trouble
■"
Abruptly interrupting tho speaker, La- though it has ne»Jr haefl cried In tha slxiat his Inundated farm In the flood
world's oars.
r.
rian Conrilandt sprang to his feet.
district.
Thia morning there were tears la the
“ Doctor,” ha cried, impetuously, “thia
“Look here, bow,” he said, rubbing
woman’s eysa, tear* in her voice as she bis brow, "do nature make eberytbing
Is frightful! I will hear no more!'’
W ith never a glance at the excited murmured:
to suit Ito surround In'a 7”
“This Is the last ot onr wood, and
man. Gresham fixed hia searching eyes
“I suppose so. fa c te Thad, replied
there
1«
only
a
handful
of
coal
left!
upon Bylphide.
“Speak, madam,” ha said; “ what think H w vo a only knows what we shall do to­ the tourist. “W hy7”
“Nuthln* much, only I was tbinklp'
morrow !“
your
A t this pioment a quick step In the del nature should hah supplied de peo­
“That It Is frightful, aa Lucian aaya,"
faltered Bylphide. “ and yet— yat perhaps outer to ll arrested her attention, and ris­ ple down hw h wld en appetite fob
ws ought not to dismiss tba idea toe sud­ ing hastily Sto threw open the door. A wstsh llH to ." ______________
denly. Oh. think, Lucian, thia ia not sa lad from a-neighboring bakery with a
♦foe M a e e f L a e e t ■ e e te ta a e e .
much a marriage as aa opportunity of well-Alled basket upon hia arm stood
"W ell. I sw that famous authoress
upon the landing of the stairs.
righting our child In the world's ays-
"fltep in hare a momaoL pleaw." «aid msirled. after sB.”
“I repeat, doctoe," rejoined Courilandt,
reaolutaly, “that 1 find your proposition tha woman; sad whan tha toy hesitated
“Yea, I f proved water to find an affin­
horrible, and I am astonished that yoe to comply with her request, «he added. ity than a publlahar. 1 tanoy.” -v,
" I will not hasp you: coma to.”
< 25 FATE’S REVENGE
OOOD ROADS FOR LANS.
■ vy Saew Fafftog
DISEASED MORSES TO BE SLAIN.
“ W ell,” M artha said. “do you bring u»'
ao bread thia morning?”
“Horry,‘ marm, hut your credit is dcsA
and the master qpM ayjhow^ I wasn't tfr
28j{c;
Poultry — Chickens, mixed, 1 2 H 0
13c per pound; springs, small, 1 8 0
17c; hens, 13014c; turkeys, live, 160
18c, dressed, 18020c; ducks, » 8 0 9 per
down; geese, iive, 8c.
Cheese— Full cream, twins, 12013c;
Young America, 14016c.
Vegetables— Turnips, 80c per sock;
carrots, 80c; beets, »1; parsnips, »1;
cabbage, lS <02c; lettuce, head, 2 6 0
40c per dow n; parsley, 26c; tomatoes,
»202.26 per crate; cauliflower, 76c0
»1 per down; celery, 86080c; squash.
2c per pound; encufebers, »1.7602.26
perdoeen; asparagus, 8 X 0 11c; peas,
9c; rhubarb, 9c; beans, 10c; onions.
Yellow Danvers, »202.36 per wck.
Honey— »303.60 per case.
Potatoes— Fancy, 9Oc0»l per cental;
common, 80080c; new pots tow, 3 X c
per pc trod; sweeto, 6c per pound.
Fruits— Apples, fancy Baldwins and
Spitsenbergs, > 1 .6 0 0 2 .6 0 . per box;
choice, »101.60* cooking, 76c.
Hops — 190J ' crop, 23036c per
ponnd; '
.fc
Wool—.Valley, L701&C; Eastern Ore­
gon, 12016c; mohair, R t036e.
Beef—Dreaged, 6 0 7 X c per pound.
Mutton— DreaShd, 6 0 7 c ; lambs, 8c.
V w l— Dreaaed, 708c.
Pock— Dreaaed. 7 0 7 X c .
“
T t o boy stopped Into tho k lte b w w ith
“Pardw aw aw
it, Lwtod," M- rvld ast reloctabee and rleaed the dew.
BrsaUlan tobáceos oftoffl «ontoin 10
par suat of alcotta.
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