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DAYTON
WEEK’S POINOS
penigs Presented In a Brief and
Russia resents pstce talk and regards it
a« a moot inopportune time to broach
it.
A
CbjMfaoppoeitfoa to tho treaty of
Greet u>t ain with Thilo may upset
British pale iation«.
General Kuropatkin LA* abandoned
h s bo*dq i-it r> at *iu- e , reu.i i ling
with tbe tr< opr in tbg field.
. Since the fighting bea*an south of
Mikden the hua-iau loeees have never
been lor a than 2,000 per day.
JOY IN RUSSIA
■V
the Offensive.
Bt. Petersburg, Oct. 20 —Them I»
jubilation throughout the city over the
news that General Kuropatkin haa re
sumed the offensive, and the holiday
which began with little heart closed
brighter. The erowda in tho streets
and the illuminations in honor of the
czarevitch’s nameday gave a tinge of
brilliancy to an evening otherwiae de
pressing, through a constant drizzle of
rain. Newsboys up to midnight raced
through the thoroughfares with evening
extras, shouting “Great Russian vic
tory,’’ and the erowda bought the pa
pers greedily. Groups of men in bril
liant uniforms, or in evening drees at
the hotels and restaurants, discussed
the change in the fortunes of war, but,
aa a whole, the population was slow to
take Are. News of the earlier*reverrei
“had been received, .stolidly, and the re
po^ts of Russian successes and the cap
ture oi guns were quietly accepted with
satisfaction, but with considerable re-
I ueed of them. If I attempted to defend
my honor and my Ufo it woo because I
hoped that Madeleine would bo restored
OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST
«fritti»»*
A
COST or ALIEN’S LIVING.
Chinese
Spend >7.40,
>0.30 Per
DUTY or COUNTY
judges .
durât Mamed alarmed.
Japanese British Consular Officers to be In
formed of Sofaect’s Death.
Belem—Tbe cost of living of Chinese
and Japanese laborers form a part of
tbe biennial report of Labor Commis
sioner O. P. Hoff and It ie shown that
the expense of the former is |7.4O per
month and of the latter (0.60 , per
month. I be information waa derived
from numerous reliable sources and
estimates received.
Though the total difference
in
the
Salem—Governor Chamberlain baa
received from the secretary of state ol
the United States a copy of a treaty be-
tweed the United Statee and Great
Britain, wheroin it ie agreed that in
com of tbe death oi a subject of one
country while residing in the other,
and leaving no heirs or testamentary
executors in the country where he died,
it shall be tbe duty of the local author
ities to inform tbe nearest consular
officer of the nation to which the de
ceased person belonged of tbe eircum-
stancee, in order that the necessary in
formation may be immediately foi-
waided to persons interested- v
Acting Secretary of State Loomis
Mys that tbe British ambassador com
plains that tbe local authorities have
failed to carry out the provisions oi
this treaty and that it baa sometime*
been iound impossible to obtain reports
from administrators in regard to the
distribution of the interstate estates
The duty of giving tbe notice specified,
falls, in this state, upon county judges,
who have charge ol probate matters.
two nationalities, there is a great differ
ence in the proportion of the money
expended for American goods. A com
Tr *opo and ban lite engaged io a bat
The emperor marked the day by ap parison is thus made:
tle tor coco
it ' ( Th oj t. at weie pointing his youthful heir chiei of the
Of the total coat of living for Japan-
killed and a number wounded.
' , cadet CHfe and by a ukase pensioning cee, 85 per cent ie for food and of thio
Fire <*e troyed the work« of th»* the survivors, widows and orphans of 87 per cent ie American product and 13
Arabov Rubber Tiro company, at Set tbe Turkish-Russian war and promoting per cent foreign. The expense for
all the retired captains of the Turkish- clothes is 15- per cent of the total, and
ae ke , L. 1. Jo »,
UuU.
Russian war to the rank of lieutenants all of this is for American goods.
romBhangl at sa va that eblooel
Of the total coat of living fot Chi
It i- go^urtad be Jspanew) , halte have
nese, 81 per cent is for food, end of this
sunk the Rm >iaa cruiser Bayun in the
, x
I 25 per cent is for American goods and
Arthur.
Japanese Retreat Cut Off.
I 75 p^r cent for foreign. Tbe expense
fafe iv»r in the *««e of Fillip W b in I Mukden, OgL 30.—It to reported I
clothes p 19 per cent of the total,
(
seimer on trial in New York f6r a.
‘hat the Ruas an army is advancing and all of thia ia for American goods.
reco »,000 sheep .
Mptiwabr.be to —4»te -trik«.. r.1 Ratn ta hindering everything.
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taraeda verdict uf gui*ty.
I rivers are bankfull and the fords ar.
FULL REGIMENT AT CORVALLIS.
Rugg Bros. Decline to Sell Any of
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, I impa«sabte.
There are, no bridges
Their Holdings.
A general fallm*r off from thaatt• nd I-tapplies of all sorts aie delayed,
Growth of Attendance Make* a
at cs of test year is shown by the offie-1 Newa haa juat
sieved that th.
Pendleton—Rugg. Bros are prepar
Change Necessary.
ial enrollment fig.ne* at Harvard uni I Japanese'left flunk haa twen driven
ing to feed their 9,000 sheep through
varsity. Tbe authorities attiibnte th. ^k with heWyloft and its retreat
Corvallis—An almost complete reor tbe winter. Five thousand will be fed
decrease to some extent to the in* reas Lnt off. A Russian regiment is now
ganization of the cadet battalion, and on their farm east of thia place for
ing rivalry of Western colleges.
I
hurried to the e-ene in tne hop»
A treaty of pence has been signed be I'd completing the ront.
There ws> its evolution intok regiment, is a eon- spring mutton and will be sheared just
tween Chile and Bolivia.
fighting today on both aides of the grea* wquence of tbe largely increased at before turning on the market. The re
Mandarin road.
tendance of students at the Oregon Ag- maining 4,009 will be ranged on their
Russia still realizes that the pnsitioi
I-icultura) college.
Instead of about farm east of Pilot Rock and will be
of her Manchurian army ie critical.
250
men,
tbe
ranks
are now swollen held over the next season for wool.
THOUSANDS NAY BE LOST.
Fire destroyed a large rai> in plant
The Rugg brothers have nearly 13,-
vith
about
380.
and
instead
of the bat-
near Fresno, burning 299 tons uf seeds
090 acres of tend in the mountains on
Emigrant Ship With 2,200 Deopl« alion of two small companies in vogue tbe bead of the Giand Ronde river in
raisins.
Reported to Have Gone Down.
। few years ago, tbe regiment will now Union county for summer range and
English war experts agree that th
London,
Oct. 20. — The Standar*
-omprise four full companies of infsn- 8,000 acres between Bircb creex and
temporary euc -ees of the Russians ca
prints a dispatch from Vienna in thi-
ry, a detachment of artillery, a signa) Butter creek, where th^y feed during
have little efl.ct in the end.
the winter. Snow M-srCely ever liea on
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,
.I morning's issue, stating a rumor i
•*>rps and the regimental band.
4 Hurters are reported to have kilte „revalent at Flume, on the Adristi
The infantry companiea each com- the ground at the tetter much, and lit
• Mtnber of elk In the m..dntlne of tt V
that a Cunard liner with 2,20* i*riee 64 men, or two more than in the tle hay needs be fed during the- winter
IRgiera pattbf Linn county, ;0.ego* L„li)iranls
which left the
regular United states service. Mounts months.
The game uwidenje. tavesiigHtiiig
I -ity test week, has svnk uff the Span
Mr Rugg says they have no sheep to
ire provided for the cavsliy detac *•
Accoiding to a Japanese official th I *»b coast in a rt*,rm.
ment, comprising 24 men in addition Sell this fall, although they would have
Cdnri<lerable ei< Pemmt has be»-
Ruraian forces engaged in tbe banl
o oflScera. Two field pieces with as- no trouble in disponing of them should
gnments of horsea and 16 men and h»-y so desire. Old ewes are selling
south of Mukden coneiated of abo*c created here by the report, although it
tticero constitute the equipment and from »1 upward and young ewes as
200,000 infantry, 26,000 cavalry ai»' is believed if etch a calamity' had oc
*’urred, Landon or Liverpool wonlo personnel of the artillery detachment. high as »2 75 a head, with a market
950 gune.
t.ave received news oi it f.om a point The signal corps numbers in men and lor every sheep. They wilt keep theit
J. E. Bennett, of Portland, haa ant*
.
iearer the alleged eceiie of the diear-t»-
»ttieers over 30, and the regimental sheep until spring.
mitted tbe lowMt bid 'o' tbe conetiin
than Fiume.
' and, under command of a lieutenant
tion of the government buildings a
Telegraphic inquiry made at Liver
■olonel, the officers being newly elected
Cordwood Must Find New Market.
. 'the 1905 fair and he is likely to b>
■ool, where the Cunard line has it
inder the orders providing for the or-
Oregon City—The Oregon City man
awarded the contract.
•litiab offices, elicited no further newr
ranlzation, and issued by Lieutensnt
ufacturing company has compleetd the
A field party cent oat by tho reels Due of tbe officiate declated he had re Quinlan.
installation of oil-burning machine)y
motion service to investigate the poM • ■rived no such report, and aa far as h*
at ita woolen, mills in this city and will
.new, none oi his colleagues was 11
bility of diverting tbe walers of t(
Athena Wheat Crop Shipped.
ilse this more satisfactory and econom
><«eeMion of more Information tha
John Day river t<> the Umatilla "Ian 1
Athena
—But little of Athena's im ical fuel in the operation of its large
vas given to the world by the Btan*i
ia Eaetern Oregon, says it ia too coetly
<rd. The standard is a reliable paper mense crop of wheat remains in the mills in this city. —The substitution by
A r>ngh estimate places the expense a
both of tbe paper mills and the woolen
It prints the rumor without comment
11 «00,0» for a Canal.
«^rehouses, with tbe exception of that mill of crude jetroleum for wood as
ing cn it, simply giving ft for what
:>nrchaaed and stored here by the mill, fuel reduces to a large extent the de
Prominent Oregon men are likely t
* worth.
\
be indicted for land frauds.
ke the greater part was sold early in mand for cordwood in the vicinity and
Kuropatkin ie fighting doggedly t
the reason and shipped before cars be dealera will t^ave to find another
MINERS’ STRIKE ENDED.
market for their produce. Fully 5,000
prevent an utter rout of hie forces
came scarce, there remains but a small
cordr of wood have been required an
Tbe Montane mineral di play will b-
Colorado Men Looking for Situation.' part of tbe crop to be shipped. Tbe nually tor the operation of the manu
transferred from Bt. Louis to Portland
Pieston-Parton. Hilling company pur- facturing institutions that have within
Wherever They Can Get Them.
.hasrd about 120,900 bushels at the last six months arranged to uee
All hope of relieving Port Arthu
Denver, Oct. 20 —The strike of **11 \dams, Eastland and Athena, and have
this season has been abandoned by th* miners of district No. 15, Unite I * heir warehouses flllel to their ca|>ac biV~*»
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Russians.
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Mineworkers of America, which ha I *ty. The elevator eould not be used
A Massachusetts commiMionet ha
smarted for Portland to select a site Io
1905fair building.
A number of torpedo boats bsllew
to have been built tor Japan have be> i
shipped from Newport News, Va* •
A mortar battery exploded at For'
Banka, on the Atlantic (neat, killini
throd artilglrymen and injuring eigi.v
others.
.
Tbs losses of the Russian army it
tbe week of bettie south of Mukden ii
placed at 40 000
The Japanese hav<
lost half aa many.
Tho Fourteneth infantry, now in th*
Philippines, will be brought back t<
thia country next February and sta
tioned at Vanouver barre* ks, succeed
ing the Nineteenth, which will be sent
to the islands.
King George of Saxony, ie deaad.
CHAPTER X.
Raoul shook Prosper’s hand, closed the
doer after him and hurried up the atroet.
leaving Prosper standing Immovable and
overcome by disappointment. He was
aroused from his gloomy reverie by bear
ing the red-whiskered man My, in a ban
tering tone:
“So theM are your friends?"
“Tea,” Mid Prosper, with bitterness.
"Ton hMid him offer mo half of his
fortune T”
’That was very stingy on hie part;
why did he not offer the whole! Offers
coat nothing, although I have no doubt
that thia sweet youth would cheerfully
give teu thousand franco to put the ocean
between you and him.”
“For what reaMuT*
“Who knows? Perhaps for the same
uncle's houM for a month."
“But that is the truth, moneieur, I am
sure of it”
“Naturally," Mid M. Verduret with, a
provoking smile. “But," he continued,
with a serious air, “we have devoted
enough time to this Adonis. Now, be
good enough to change your drees, and
we will go and call on M. Fauvel. It Is
necessary; so come on. You must have
confidence, put on a brave face.”.
Prosper had hardly passed into his
I bedroom when the bell rang again. M.
I Verduret opened the door. It waa the
porter, who handed him a thick letter,
and said: ,
. "T^is letter was left this morning for
M. Hertomy. I waa m flurried wheu be
came that I forgot to band it to him. It
is a very odd-looking letter, is it noL
master?"
It was. Indeed, a moat peculiar mie-
eive. The address was not written, but
formed of printed letters, carefully cut
from a book, aud pasted on the envelope.
M. Verduret went into the next room and
closed the door behind him.
"Herb la a letter for you,” said M.
Verduret.
Prosper at once tore open the envelope.
Borne bank notes dropped out; be counted
them; there were ten. His face turned
purple. The letter, like tho addres* was
composed of printed words cut out and
pasted on a sheet pf paper. It was short
but explicit:
"My Dsar Prosper—A friend, who
kuows the horror of your situation, sends
this. There is one heart, bo aaauned,
tha( shares yens sufferings. Go away;
Ies'?» France; you are young; ths future
is before you. Go, and may thia money
bring you happlnoea!”
“
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“Everybody wishes mo to go away,”
cried Proaper; “then there must be a con-
aplracy agalnat me.”
"Now,” aaid M. Verdnret, “we muat
take advantage of thio evidence, gained
by the imprudence of our enemieo, with
out delay. We will begin with the por-
He opened the door and called out.
The porter entered, looking very much
surprised at the authority exereieed over
his lodger by this stranger.
“Who gave you this letter?" Mid M.
VsrdoreL''
“A messenger, who said he waa paid
for bringing IL Ho Ie the errand runner
who etanda at. the corner of the Rue Pi-
«•Do.”
_
"Go and bring him here."
After the porter had gone M. Verduret
read the letter over several times, scan
ning the MntencM and weighing every
word.
“Evidently thia letter was composed
by a woman," he ^finally Mid.' “Never
would one man doing another a Mrvice.
and sending him money, uee the word
'happiuees.' Now let ua sm If we, can
discover whence tho printed worts were
taken to compoM thio letter.”
I hie season owing to its unfinished con- Exhibit Prom Clnckamas Schools.
He approached the window and began
I lition and lack of machinery. As soon
Oregon City—H. 8 Lyman, superin- to etudy tho pasted words with all tho
I is power can be obtained a part of tbe tendeht of tb. educational exhibit for terupiiloua attention which an gntiqua-
Mus will be filled for immediate ue .
the fa v s and Clark fair, will meet the
wouW <l«™‘s to an old palimseat.
’teaciie a of Clai'kamaa county at the I "Bnrsll type,” Mid he, “very elender
1
court bouse in thio city when details' “?
‘h?
‘■.^in and glotey.
>een on for a year, has been piacn
eally closed np, according to a di»
natch to tbe News from Irinida.i
olo.
s
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The com mb ear 1 ea are closed, m*K
of the tents have been taken down an.
Good Road to Blue River.
he men are looking. for situation
Eugene—W. T. Can o'1. who has
>herevt-r they can get them. All th
•teen in charge of the improvement
nen wjio were <>n strike up to Octol»-
work on the road hading to Blue river.
2 are given union clearance carda.
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It is nndersto<id that thoee^t tl. r“"'■,,n,P
l f
Or< *"d T“""'*1
-trikwa who de-ire transportation t* 11 ' Ewne- A force of men and teams
lute been employed for two months and
■itber fiehis will be so provi led.
< large amount of good road along the
William Howells and<dohn him;
McKenzie river is the result. Team-
«m, president and aecretary, respe*
oere hauling over the road report that
'->vely, of district 15, will not be can
he work has been d >ne in a most sat
■ I Ida tea for re-election for their 'reepec
-factory manner,-and that it ie now
ive offices at the Mineworkers’ ele*
ion, which occurs by referendum vot* «n excellent mountain road. The cost
> the county and people contributing
taring this month.
Robert 8mit>
a nearly (6,000.
■reme to lie in the lead for precider
sriif Harry Donthwffite for secretan
Lane County of *05 Fair.
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Brings GoM From Nome.
I hE",ww,-th* ^'‘1
All official advices are withheld a<
o ,.i
a»
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Eugene Commetcial club, the mat-
Seattle,
20.
The
stramr*
I
teF nf an eMhibit for Lane county was
BL Petersburg and the people are pre
■teronne arrive1 at midnight (ran Lroazht np a„d dl.cnsw1. It U. tba
pared for the worst.
^ome with 529 paasrngere add f. 0 » I unaniuioue expression of the members
The BL Petresburg Vovoeti admit* 0)0 in gold. The entire trip ».mth
Hhe chlb that lhi, coun,
ghoo,d
edi or! illy that the Ruasiana have suf waa excep ionally stormy, tLere h-lm Mke an „blWt at ,h,
fered a telling defeat.
no letup at anv time
Th. .to.m grew
wilB ita rewn„, and that
so fie.ee on the 14th that a num» r ol in maki
,
,howing. better
Russia will rush men to the front
waitets were thrown down in th. din I inderatail<Jln!<
the variety o! r^
military authorities believe 150,000
ing room and several of them sustained I ^,nrcet *nd the excellence of each will
can bo transported by April.
•w
.v.
, i^nfnl injuries
Passengers were
di ,
w
the
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Ktiu”?1*
"XTn
'h’Tn
5rrth\1‘”t
ot ‘he
in a more effective
bility for tbe advance, aa it ia officially I «aa injured. The steatter Olympi 1 is I ___ (u-n otii-rwise
denied that he waa ordered to advance | loe to arrive here from Nome to nor-1
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row.
Looking Toward New Rostofflce.
According to Tangier ad ricca evidence
imm < ueon uonwvw** uuis
u’ulul11Aisaka —__ _____ . . * a I Oregon City—Postmaster
Randall
Raiauli intenda to attempt to capture
" srer or swasoa tommeMorateff. haa recajTe<i frnR) the office of tbe enp-
another European.
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, *• «'•“In commemoia- erviaing architect at Washington a let-
....
tlon
t"e 37th annisermry of the tH inquiring as to tbe amount of space
Telephone operators at Portland are tianefer of the territory of Alaska to tbat is now occupied by thepoetoffi. e
oa strike. Both sides are confident I the United States. Alaaka day at the Ln(j the land office and asking the
and In the meantime the public ia suf- world’s fair was observed today. One amount of rent that'is being paid for
ferin < many inconevnienceo.
>f the features
of tbe ceremony wa> the quarters so occupied. Tbteb con-
A senMtion has been caused all I
P*viHon of Mdered locally to bean indication that
through Russia by tbe presistent ram- * J””* °.
*ec' the government anthoritiMat Washing-
ore that the Ruwian teaeury Intends to r
wh*" *** purchase waa loa are investigating the actual needs
draw upon Russian church property in m j
T ?.e P’**®l',*tioo speech was of a government building,
order to replenish ist war cbmt.
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of
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. . , ..I New York city, to which Governor
Goats Take Pair Frizes.
The Rus.Ians are goring hbnlou. joEn
* Ataafca,
to •?? p" 10
^ri Arthur AddresBee were made by several.
Monmouth—Riddell Bros., who are
with'kupplies.
I
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breeding pure bred Angora goats, took
President Francis says the St. Loa is I
Withdrawn From Entry.
I-ome of their stock to 8t. Louis and un
fair lost 11,000,000 by being fotped to
Butts, Oct. 20_ A Miner naria) lM*d *h*,n *■ the contest for premiums,
elora an Sunday.
from Gmt Falla rays: Tbe loralland
•wanterd °“« flr,t •we*P-
Fire at Kansas City destroyed prop- oflfce today received instruction
«“<*«* kid and fourth on bdek
arty valued at »100,000.
withdraw from all forma of entry 27fi.- kid‘, Tb*F,1«’«
y*1* »**n im-
r. u J
. „u .u -
u
„ 480 m re. of land, ia eonneciton with
tb/lr
•*!dltion 01 *»’F
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pur.
bread, the
until
have a model
It U
baa
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a pouch
of mail
Mii they
k
p.,,
for tbeJJnited Btatescmiasr Cincinnati,
( u t
t withdrawn lire noilh^rt
wbteh »to aboard
„tiXg Irre^ta^y from
will lie errang»^] for the making ol an.
exhibit of t-duca|iUD*l Wl rk form tbit
county at tbe 1905 exposition.
It ia
propoeed to have an eiucal tonal exhib
it from thia coqnty at the Lewis and
Clark fair. In the display in the edu-
ational department at the 81. Louis
lair the exhibit from this county com
pares favorably with- that of other
county represented.
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u* criffu,
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ukiv
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These words are all euLfroi» a prayer
book. We will look, at least, aud then
we shall bo certain."
He moistened one of the words pasted
on the paper with hie tongue, and when
It was sufficiently softened he detached
It with a pin. On tho other side of this
word was printed a devout Latin word,
Deue.^
“Ah. ha.” he said, with a little laugh
of eatisfaction, T knew IL But what
haa become of the mutilated prayer book-
Packing Houses Closed.
Can it have been burued? No, because
Freewater—All fruits with the ex a heavy bound book is not easily burned.
ception of winter apples are disj>oeed It Is thrown In Mme corner."
M. Verduret was interrupted by the
of, and all ef the packing houses except
the Walla Walla Produce company are porter, who returned with the mesMo-
clos d. This c *m;a* y ie pack in < a fen
winter apples for Fargo, N. D.
Low
prices are being reteived for these ap
ples, as they are inferior in quality, be
ing quite wormy.
Growers sprayed
faithiuliy, but conditions were such
that there are more wormy apples than
usual thia season.
Bette« prices than
usual were received' " by growers, and
all realized good prices.
Punhasc Entire Output.
La Grande—Attoiney Olliver, of Lk
Grande, baa completed a contract
wbreeby D. M. W. Browne, o( Alaska,
and H. H. MCcartby, of Portland,
have purhaaed tbeentire product of the
pine needle factory at Rnmmei vHle, 1«
miles from thia city. This is now tl»e
only factory oi the kind in the Unit- d
States, and the fibre is ueed for stuffing
mattresses, pillows, etc., and an oil is
also extra* ted which is used for medi
cine, snd a powder, aa an- insect de
stroyer. This mill wili be in operation
by January 1.
Fix Irrigation Ditches.
Ml ton—Since the larger part of tbe
fruit haa been marketed growers iq this
vicinity are engaged in doing work ne
glected during tbe rush of the fruit
season. A force of men is at work ex*
ending the Hudson Bay irrigation
ditch into the Hudson Bay country
northwest of here and wil’ h veit com
pleted in time for are next reason.
Another force is eggaged in making a
ditch west of here to drain < ff the waste
water from the ditches.
°^n’
Northern to tbe
ed white ia kbo bands of tha Russian |Bt.rnatioi»al
boundary, comprising
Adams—The paot few days of rain
Albany— A new spot of the Ccrvallia have enabled farmers to commence
■?bT‘"?Ur
,D<J •“‘Ipart of th. chain of lakM, rerervoir
A
Eastern
railroad
is
being
constiacted
seeding and harrowing. Fully as Targe
on to its destination.
sites and lands aionfi Milk river.
above Detroit. It will run from a lit an acreage of wheat will be fall sown
The Rio Grande le etill rising in
tle above Detroit ahmoat to the Breiten-
New Mexico.. The river is now the
bush river and will bo one mile in
Pit tabarg, Pa., Oet. RO.
highest in 20 years. "
length. It will ran through splendid
Northwest Wheat Mortela.
ore at the Allegheny Coal comi any timber and in being constructed for the
There is renewed anxiety regarding | have decided, to oespMd opezationa in- benefit of tlie Curtis Lumbering com-
wtUnd— Walla Walla,
«l«82c;
the dfalitioo of King George, of Box- definitely at their Haiwiek mines next pony, wbicb will setabliah logging
ony. whose difikuity in breathing and Saturday. This will almost depoplate a camps along its extent and secure lege
•enaral weakness ars saarked.
' vlllaaa nt 1 JIM mab I s
Colfax—Club, 70c; bluestem, 78e.
for its
ita milk
mille at win
Mill n«.
City.
satisfaction. At ths other end of the
vacant space he saw Cavallloa, who was
bareheaded and running. Ho was so ex
cited that ho did uot even atop to shake
bands with Prosper, but darted up to M.
.Verduret and aaid:
'They bare cone, monsieur.
Tbvf
weqt about a , quarter of an hour ago.
a “• m
_
Then we have not an Instant to I om .”
and he handed Cavallloa a note he had
writtea' Mma hours before at Prosper's
house,
_ ___________ __
“Here, send him this, aud then return
at once to your desk; you might be mim
ed. It was very raah In you to come out
without your hat”
Cavaillon ran off as quickly as he had
come. Prosper was stupefied.
“What!” he exclaimed. "You know
Cavaillon ?”
"80 It se«^L” answered M. Verduret,
with a smile; “but wo have no time to
talkcome on, hurry!" And he Mt the
example by striding rapidly toward the
Rue Lafayette. He euddenly stopped
before a door bearing tho number 81.
“Wo are going ia here,” ho Mid to
Prooper; “come."
They went up the stope, and stopped
on the second floor, before a door over
which waa a largo algn, “Fashionable
Dressmaker.” A handrome bellrope hung
on the wall, but M. Verduret did not
touch it He tapped with tho knuckloe
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
UNAPPRECIATED BENEVOLENCE. I
opened as if Mme one had been watching
for hie signal on the other elde. The
door was opened by a neatly dressed
It happened early Sunday morning
woman of about forty. She quietly fish- on one of the New York cross streets,
ered M. Verduret and Prosper into a where block after block of brown-faced
nent dining room with several doors dwellings with high steps dally pre
opening Into it M. Verduret asked, in
sent their row of heaping ash cans and
a low tone, pointing to one of the doors:
garbage barrels upon the front pave
"In there?”
“No,” said the woman, in the same ment. A thin, sour-faced old man in
a frayed and shiny alpaca coat waa
tone, “over there, in'tho little parlor.”
M. Verduret opened tho door pointed turning over the contenta of one ot~
out, and pushed Prosper into tho little these receptacles just as a plump,
-parlor, whispering as he did so;
benevolent-looking woman chanced to
“Go in, and keep your presence of be paaslng.
mind.”
"My good man," she exclaimed in a
But this injunction was um I om . Tbe
instant be caat hie eyes around tbe room voice full of pity and eollcltude, "that
into which he had m unceremoniously is the trash can you have there! You
bMn pushed without any warning, Pros won’t find anything to eat in IL Don't
| you know the ordinancea compel sep
per exclaimed, in a atartled voice:
“Madeleine!”
aration? Thia is the food can, and
It waa indeed M. Fauvel’a niece, look hereC poking a half-loaf of bread out
ing more beautiful than ever. Standing of the heap with the point of her um
in the middle of the room, near a table
brella, “is a" fine bit, hardly discolored
covered with alike and Mtine, she war
arranging a skirt of red Velvet embroid even.
““Oh, don’t think I mind doing this
ered In gold. At eight of Prosper all
the blood rushed to her face, and'her tn the least!” she rattled on, catching
beautiful eyea half closed, as if sho were eight of an inexplicable expression on.
almut to feint. She recovered from her the old man's face. “I shall be only
momentary weakneM,. and tho soft ex too glad if I can help you. I’m just on
pression of her eyes changed to one of my way from church and I haven't
haughty roMutment. In an offended tone
any change or— Now here’s Mme-
she aaid:
thing else,” spearing a limp banana
“You promised me upon your honor,
monsieur, that you would never again with tbs end of the umbrella. “Ob,
seek my pretence. Is this the way you yes, I haven’t a bit of false pride!"
By thia time the old man had found
keep your word?"
/ "I did promise, mademoisaMe, but m bis voles. "Madam," be. sputtered,
many things havs happened since that “madam,” his excitement and ihdigna-
terrible day that I think I am excusa tlon reducing him to voluble explana
ble in forgetting, for one hour, an oath tion, “I’m not looking for my break-
torn from ms in a moment of blind weak
fasL madam! And I'll have you to
ness. It Is to'chance, at least to another
will than my own, that I am indebted understand these are my own barrels
,tor the happlnoM of once more finding I you’re poking your umbrella into. I
myself near you. , Alas! the instant I
saw you my heart bodbded with Joy. I I
“Then why--- ” began the good
did not think—no, I1 could not think— I woman, in amazement.
that you would ptyyajnore pltileM than I
"Because a fifty-dollar bin was
strangers have been, and east mo off ) swept up with some rubbish last night,
when I am m miserable and heart
broken.”
“Oh, I beg your pardon!” stammered
“You know ma well enough. Prosper,
to be sure that no blow can strike you ths woman, with heightened color, as
without reaching me at tho Mme time. she withdrew. And then to heroelf,
You auffef, I suffer with you; I pity you ‘That's Just the way! When one tries
aa a Bister would pity a beloved brother.” to do a little good in tbe world It's so
“A sister!” said
Prosper, bitterly. apt to turn out to be the wrong per-
.“Yes, that was tho word you used tho
son!”—Youth’s Companion.
day you banished me from your pres
ence. A sister! Then why during throe
years did you deluds me with vain
ORTHOGRAPHY IS FAULTY.
hopes? Was I s brother to you ths day
whqu, at the foot of the altar, we swore Old-Fashioned Spelling B om Would
Be a Good Thing.
to love each other forever, and you
faatenod around my neck a holy relic,
There is much complaint that the
and said, ‘Wear thia alwaye for my sake, rising generation can't spell, says the
never part from It, and it will bring you Albany Argus. True, there was com
good fortune!’"
plaint that some of the forefathers
Madeleine attempted to Interrupt him
could
not spell. George Washington
by*a supplicating gesture; ho would not
hood it, but continued, with increased bit- Andrew Jackson and other men eml->
nent in our history conducted a spell-
terneaa:
“Oue month after that happy day—a as-you-please. Ancient men of letters
year ago—you gave mo baek my prom wore poor spellers, in many instances.
ise, told mo to conalder myself frM from Still, the average has gone downhill,
my engagement and never to eome near It appears. Perhaps the memory of
you again. If I could have dlaeoverod
in what way I have offended you! But tbe tingling chMke, and the ready
no, you refused to explain. You told ma I
*n
teacher's hand, which ac-
that an Invinclbls obatacls had ariMn companied a “spell-down,” makes us
between us and I believed you, fool that children of an older growth think that
I was! The obstacle was your own I we iMrned to spell better than do
heart, Madeleine. I have alwaye worn I these youngsters, nowadays. Usually,
the medal, but it has net brought mo wlth the old methods, it did not pay
happinMS or good fortune."
mla,
Mm# word twJee
CHAPTER XII.
*j
“Why *• U‘" th* question used to
“Ah, hero you are," he said, encour
agingly. Then he showed tho envelope
of tho letter sad Mid:
“Do you remember bringing thia letter
here this morning?"
“Perfectly, Monsieur. I took psrtieu-
As white and motion lore as a statue, *0, “H*** a11
spellers become
far notice of the directions; wo don't
Madeleine stood with bowed head before *1(D painters?" Ie It because of the
often sm anything like ft"
I strict union rales, nowadays, that the
“Who told you to bring It, a gentle- the storm of passionats reproach.
"Prosper, my brother, my friend, if bad epellers have deserted sign paint-
•"
ing and overflowed Into the other oc-
“Neither, moneieur; it wss a porter. y°u only knew
“Very well; I will give you ten franco
a day If yon will walk about the streets
and look for the porter who brought
this letter. Every evenlng'st eight o’clock
dome to the Archangel, on the Quay
Baint Michel, give me a report of your
March and receive your pay. Aak for
M. Verduret If you find the man I will
give you fifty fraaies. Don’t I om a min
ute. Start off!”
“Monaleur,” Mid Prosper, when the
porter had left the room, “do you atlil
think you sm a woman’s hsud in this
affair?”
“Moro than ever, and a pious woman.
could eat np one to write to you.
Como on, then; we have certainly earned
our breakfast to-day."
CHAPTER XI.
The visit to M. Fauvel was very stiff
and formal. Only a few worda wage ex-
rhangsd between tho banker and M.
Verduret, who waa introduced aa a rela
tive of Prosper, and then the two left
the office.
:
“I hope you are satisfied, monsieur,”
Prosper Mid. In a gloomy tone, when
they reached the street, “you exacted
this painful step, and I could only ac-
qulooce.
Have I gained anything by
adding thia humiliation to the others
which I hsve suffered?”
M. Verdnret “I eould find no way of
gaining acceso to M. Fauvel. save
what 1 yi““4 * kaow. I am convinced
that Menerei had nothing to do with
the robbery.”
pod to talk more at their eaM near the
corner of the Rue Laitta. M. Verdurst
ly looking around as If he expected some
one. He soon uttered aa exclamation of
.1. » ia
< that you uo longer lovw me. and cupatlone?
Have
that
..
. . . modern methods of *
that I. love you more madly than ever.]
overlooked the desirability of
Oh, Madeleine, heaven only knows how trafb^g the boys and girls spelling
I love you!"
I xnd the three Ra, in order to cram
He was silent' He hoped for an an- their little heads with ornamental ac-
swer. None came. But suddenly the si- compltehments?
lence was broken by a stifled Mb. It I. There has been a widespread belief
waa Madeleine’s maid who. Mated in « that
of th. old-faahlon-
corner, waa weeping bitterly. He turned .a -n.iiin_ k ™ ••■„. ii
.„.n
tu ailrpriM, and looked at.the weeping I . «P«ung bees, spell up and spell
down,
”
would
be
a
good
thing.
The
woman; this neatly dressed waiting maid
Brooklyn Eagle thinks so to such an
was Nina Gypsy.
Prosper was so startled that he became extent that it has offered prises, on
perfectly dumb. He stobd there with condition that the public school prin
ashy Ups. and a chilly Mneation creeping cipals will let their pupils take part
through hie veins. Meanwhile Madeleine In a series of spelling matches. But
had succeeded in recovering her usual
without success. The principals do
calmness. Slowly 'and almost unconsci
ously she had pnt ou her bonnet and not take kindly to the notice. Tho
shawl, lying on the sofa. Then she ap Eagle says:
'The nub of tho matter la Just thio:
proached Prosper and aaid:
“I wish to tell you that I have for The public school children cannot
gotten nothing. But, oh! let uot this epell.
Tbe prlncipala of the high
knowledge give you any hope, the future •< bools know that they cannot spell,
Is blank for ns; but If you love me you as does everybody else who has occa
will live. You will not, I know, add to
my already heavy burden of sorrow, the sion to receive letters from them. If
sgony of mourning your death. For my s aeries of competitions were held thia
I most troubleeomo tact of tbe school
sake live; live the life, of a good mau,
and perhaps the dsy will come when I | Situation to tboM on tbe Inside might
ckn justify myself in your eyes. And be revealed to tbe greet body of par
now, oh, my brother, oh, my only friend, ents and taxpayer* Then there might
■adieu! adieu!”
I arise such a hue and cry for common
8he pressed a kiss upon his brow, and
I num and the fundamentale of educa
rushed from the room, followed by Nina
Gypsy. Prosper wan alone. He seemed tion aa would annoy tho authorities
to be aweklng from n troubled dream. who new make out our scientific and
He tried to think over what had just pbllooophical course of study, which
happened, and asked himself if he were slights spelling for general informa
loelng hie mind, or whether be had really tion about everybody from Confucius
spoken to Madeleine, and seen Gypsy? snd Buddhs down to Admiral Togo.
He wee obliged to attribute all this to If the school should once begin to -
the mysterious power of the strange man
make time enough fw fundamental*
of which spelling to tfrtiy first, there ’
is no toiling bow many fade and frills iff
little parlor.
I
+
“No, unfortunately I am not. Made
leine has ceased to love me, aud of whar
importance is anything o I m T'
“Do you suspect nothing? you did not
sm what was hidden beneath her words t
Perhaps It was not a delicate thing to
do. but as long as the object is good we
, need not look too closely st the means.
I listened, and I am glad that I did.
i ' because aovw
now • I vmaa
can My tv
to jvu,
you,' Tako
! courage. Prosper; Madeleine loves you;
- has never ceased to love you.”
she
Like s man who, feeling himself at
the point of death, puts faith in the doc-
tor’a promises, Prosper saw a ray of
hope in M. Verduret’a positive asMrtions.
“Oh,” bo murmured, suddenly calmed,
“if I could only believe------ ”
“Believe me. I am not mistaken. Ah,
you have not guessed, as I did, the suf
ferings of this generous girl, struggling
between her love aud what she believM
to be her duty. Did not your heart bound
at her worda of farewell? She ia not
free. In recalling-her promise to you
she obeyed a superior, irresistible will.
Sho sacrificed hereelf, for whom? W»
shall soon know, and the secret of her
»elf sacrifice will reveal to ns the secret
of tho plot of which you are tho victim."
(To be continuod.i
V