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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1909)
! BY HAWLEY ciiAPa'Kn xxni. Thp clnasip hnnth Is cmwdwl : ftv. ov rowdod. The carriages stand four or- fivo deep nest tlie ropes. In n carrirRO very close to the cords nro Harold Denlson, Mnude nnd nrcnvllln Urwc or rather. I i-bould Kay, wen', insomufth ns they had arrived there together; but though uent Eon had' for some years eschowed the creenswnrd and 5tn fatal seductions, of course there were numerous old friends whom he had known well in the dnya that thd Sky blue nnd sliver braid was proml Inent at most lnrce race meetings. He had nnturnllv drawn off to chat over old times with some of them, and left Maude In charge of her cousin. The girl was in n state of the greutcst excitement. She had never before seen t race of any kind. It was a bricht day huf not vnrm. nxmnt In thn Julv tneetlnc It never Is on Xvmnrkot Heath. Thanks to' her father's experience, Maude was hcAvily 1 shawled and thcrcforo comfort able.- In the last few minutes Rose had confided to her what a big stake bo stood to win on Coriander, "Though, Maude, recollect, I shan't bo a penny tho worse If he loses." "Oh, Gren, how can you stand still? I can hardly, un it Is, though it is you who are to win, and not me." , "My darling, you are as much Interest ed as I am. I never did bet before: I never shall again. Can't you guess why I have this time?" "I think so," she replied, as her face flushed. "It's for me, is it not.'' "Yes. Mniiilp? If Coriander wins. I can claim you from your father at once; if ho don t well, you will wait wmio work, won't von?" "You know I will. I'm yours whenever you come for me, whispered the girl; "and as long as we may write, I shall never " and she paused. "What?" inquired her cousin. "Don't a6k me ! well, never be as un hnnnr ns I Imvn been." Grenville pressed the little hand that rested in his, but said nothing; In whlcti ho Bbowed great discretion. In love-making, silence is often more effective than conversation. But the noise, of the bursting cork Is hushed in Jarvls the ring Is deserted. Flys and horsemen tear across to where the cords, placed in funnel shape, Indicate the finest of the Rowley miles. Every one is anxious to see the result of the first great three-year-old race of the sea son. Carefully have the horses been scru tinized In the Birdcage and elsewhere, and the scattered rine. from the foot of the Jockey Club stand ond from amidst tho carriage, still shriek forth spasmodic .offers against outsiders. urenville nas never left his cousin's side. As he has ftlrpnrir nld. the turf was a great mys tery to -him. Air he knows and this Is derived from Dalllson Is, that Coriander is first favorite, and. that Fauxpas and Th Saint aro each backed for a great de&l of money, and that the Lightning Colt is a dangerous outsider. r "Now, Maude stand np on the seat. Are the glasses' right? Try." "Quite; I can see beautifully." "Very well; now repeat what I have taught you. What are the colors?" "Coriander, black and white hoops; Fauxpas, green and white braid; The Saint, cherry and black cap; and and, oh, dear, I forget that Lightning thing." "Mazarine blue; don't forget again. I)o you see those two bushes? As soon as we hear they are off. bring your glasses to bear on those. Wtlt'tUl you catch the horses In their field, and then follow them till you don't want glasses." "Yes, Gren; but my band shakes so. I wish you hadn't told me about all that tf Coriander wins. Oh, dear, why don't they start? What are they wait ing for?" Ah, me! Faces are a study, the flvo minutes before the flag falls for a great race. The teeth will go through the lip, or the mouth will twitch, and the hand that holds therrace glass will shake a little on these occasions when the possessors are involved in high stakes on the result Once over, and as a rule It would be diffi cult to tell whether a man had lost much or little. Winners look Jubilant, losers bland at the hoisting numbers. To study faces, use your eyes while the horses still duster at tho starting post. CHAPTER XXIV. Suddenly is seen tumult amongst the distant horsemen, who have gone down gome way to witness the start, and almost before Maude can realize that they ore all tearing towards her, the fierco shriek of "They're off!" announces that tho race for the Two Thousand has bosun. She has barely time to get tho bushes within the field of her glasses when half a dozen of tho gay silken jackets passr them. Flushed, panting, excited, and utterly un accustomed to the thing, Maude grinds her little whito teeth in her agitation as uhe finds they have passed the point more like the glimpse of a kaleidoscope than anything else ;4 -then, fpr a second, she can't find them ng&in. "Oh, Gren!" she gasps, "which is Coriander? I forget! Was it blue, p'r, black and whjte hoops? I've lost tb'era. Oh, dear, that green thing will win! Oh, which is Coriander?" And there was a slight gurgle in Maude'i throat, "Tho Saint wins! No, he don't he's beat! Fauxpas wins! No, the Lightning Colt; Fauxpas" when, sharp and shrill as a clarion above the Babel, came Earn Pearmau's cry of "Coriander wins fur a monkey!" Coriander wins, Coriander in a walk, ond the black and white hoops glide past the Judgo'a chair a clover length in front Grenville draws a big breath. "Is Jt true?" and he glares anxiously at the telegraph board. From whero he is it is Impossible to tell (or certain, though he thinks the favorite won. Hurrah! Hp goes the mystla 7 that represents Cori muter on the cords; and, with a yell, lv'"" (gads bis hat iato thd air. Bran .f 5 Wife 1 SMART ns ho does so, ho feels that Maudo leans wondrous heavy on his shouldor; he turns just in time to hear a low gurgling Bound, nnd catch his cousin in his arms. Sho has fainted. Ho lays her back in tho carriage, and sends one of tho Innumer able lads that infest a race course in hot pursuit of water. Meanwhile he, In iits Ignorance nnd confusion, bathes her torn pies with sherry from ft big flask. It has the desired effect, ns If'it Wero a more sci entific, or, at all events,, more generally recognized remedy, nnd ere thp myrmidon returns witli water, Maude has como to her self with a choking sob or two. "Oh, Gren, I didn't I don't I shall be well in a minute." And nftcr drinking, first a little sherry, and, then a llttjii wnicr, .uauuc, wun rnuiur pnie cnceKH, began to wonder how she could have been so foolish.- "I got so excited about it Gren; I couldn't help it. You shouldn't have told mo what a lot of money you might win Besides, I never saw a rnco before." "Hevcr mind, you are all right now. Well go home as soon as we can cntcli your father ; there's nothing else to see not for us, at least, darling. I've won you now, Mnude!" "No," said the girl, with a smile, and a slight pressure of her little hand ; "you did that before.. But whore's your hat?" "I don't know," said Grenville, looking very confused. "I threw it up In " thd air when the horse won and then you fainted, and I never thought of it again. Looks nwkward, don't It?" "Oh," laughed Maude, "I'm so glad. Why, , you were as bad as mo. I think we had better go home, Gren ; wo are not fit to go racing. We haven't the requi site control of our feelings, and make shows of ourselves." But though tho hat, a little the worse for its aerial excursion, was speedily re turned by some jackal of the heath, Har old Denlson was not so easily come at, and the cousins were perforce doomed to see the day out Though I doubt whether they ever saw another race, they bore themselves resignedly, and I fancy passed n tplerably pleasant two hours. A gentle man on a neat hack, after a moment's hesitation, pulled ep at their carriage. Lifting his hat to Maude, he nodded cheer ily to Rose, nnd leaning over, murmured: "No end of congratulation. I'm rery well satisfied ; but, Gren, you have played for high stakes, and I suppose I may say have Won them. Adieu!" And with an other glance and raising of his bat to Maude, be cantered off. "Who was that?" she Inquired, "Dalllson, who did all my betting for me." "And did he know?" "He knew what that 5,000 meant to me. He's right, Maude. I have been play ing high stakes, and to think that I should win all." Mr. Denlson turned up in tho most jubi lant spirits. He had had a delightful day, and won a hundred nnd odd pounds, he told them. "Don't think I am going on with it, Grenville, but as I had come to see The Guineas' run for once more, I determined to risk my pony on It, and backed the horse that had already been such a good friend to me-; and as that was successful I Invested two or .three more ten-pound notes on the strength of my first win, so that my gains mounted up, my selections having proved successful." Within twenty-four hours Grenvlilo Rose had had a. long confabulation with his uncle, and succeeded in convincing him that he was, thanks to tho additional 5,000, In a position to marry his cousin at once; be could make up now 000 a year, and be was sure business would shortly come to him. Denlson demurred a little, but be certainly was under some obligation to his nephew about that mort gage. The domestic current, too, ran strong In Grenville's favor; so, after a little, he yielded, saying that "If thoy thought fit to begin the world on that Income, be bad no more to say, further than that they could expect but iittlo help from him in his lifetime." Maude and Grenville recked little of that, and in three months' timo they were married; and one of the handsomest wedding presents Maude received was, ttrange enough to say, from 8am Pear man, with a very correct note, to the ef face that, "Forgetting all tho past, he trusted Miss Denlson would still consider him ns a friend and well-wisher." Moreover, so Immensely struck was that gentleman with Grenville's acuteness in tha prosecution of tbe herlot claim, that he threw a considerable amount of bis own and friends' legal business into Rose's hands; and three or four years after that memorablo Two Thousand you seldom saw a horse case in which' Gren ville was not employed. Briefs, too, fell thick from other sources; tho Cojlandqr story was bruited about, hnd "the! atoi uovs pronounced it smart, clever very. and-endorsed their opinions frantically. xno picture oi mat aisunguisnea raco horso niny bo seen in the dining room at Mnnners'ey, nnd Pcarman often contem plates It, and soliloquizes as be, does. so, "Yes ; you cost me 10.000 hard cash, and the' prettiest girl In England ! but you won the Guineas and the Derby you did." f . . Over Rose's -study tnantelpleeo hangs a print of that same celebrity, Decn Irv bis paper in tbe evening, soractimps, when work is so plentiful that it becomes bard to grapple with, Maude will glldo softly in, and say "Come, Gren' ted Id In; Come and drink Coriander's Je<h-rthe dear old horse that gave as to each other," Aud bo yields to tbe volca pf the charmer, and. to the benefit of bis health, enjoys a sturdy little boy of some three years old or eo, who, having been once taken by his mother into Court, has determined on being a judge almost immediately, It is a solemn compact, between .Maudo and Mr. Poarman that when ' anything happens to Coriander who, having uiuch aistlurulshed himself, has now retires to , k donestlo life one of Ids illustrious teat is i bo placed at hor disposal. t ThoVsnulro is still muddling on, but, - thanks, vto an occasional lookup . from Grenville, Mid a change of bM,!.Ks c$ul Unties lb about make both end ni&t.f for Mrs! Denlson, with hortompcnrant, cannot you fancy tho delight flU8 lifts In a visit to or from her darling ilnuRiuor, and with a couplo of grandchildren to wt nnd spoil? (The EiuL) BLAZE 1,800 FEET HIGH. Above It n Colli in 11 of, Smottw A fomlori n n llnitrtit of 0.000 Iet. Tho crcntost oil lire In history I supped- to -unyo ; boon Hio llrb; wlitoli by n conservative cstlnSnte uatroyel inoro Hum 5.000,000 barrels of oil last year in tlio Snti Geronlmo field near Tnninleo, Moxleo. The oil stratum was struck nt r depth of l.S-18 foot in ft slx-incli cased well. Tho torrent of oil burst forth nnd was milckly followed by n blow out of gns which opened ft big orlfW In the enrth's surface, swallowing up tho derrick and wliolo drUHug outfit, including tlio engine and boiler. Tho gas. nnd oil woro Ignited from tlio flro under the boiler nnd tlio grout fire was In this manner started. It burned for sixty-two days. The vortex or crater through which tho oil poured was gradually cnlurged until it wns tnoro Hum 500 feet wldo. A rim of roeks unci earth was fornicd-nround its outer edge resembling a volcano's era tcr. According to the Technical World tho blnzo extended to a height of from 1,400 to 1300 feet and the column of black smoko roso above It to a height of about 0,000. feet. On toji of tlio smoke rested n greut whlto cloud of vajxir which was cstlmatetl to extend skyward to an additional height of 7,000 feet. Tho blaze could bo seen 200 miles. The great oil flro was extinguished by means of six centrifugal pumps which wero kept constantly busy for two weeks throwing mud nnd wntcr into the crater. Heavy discharges of dyrinmlte around tho rim of tho orlfleo also aided in the extinguishing work. Shortly after tho flames were put out the oil burst forth nguln in. greater vol nine than ever and its output was est! mnted nt 150,000 barrels a day. It has been a dllliailt problem to care for tho oil. Tho Mexican government sent sev ernl hundred soldiers to the pceno to assist tho owners of thp well In build ing earthen reservoirs for temporary storngo of the product. Tho oil over flowed these reservoirs and lnrgo quan tities escaped Into tho San Geroniiuo River nnd Lake Tamlahua. Lcnrn to Vmo the Telephone. "Only about one person In every ten knows how to properly uso tho tele phone," said n district manager of ono of tho local companies. "Yes, sir, I'll stand by my guns on that assertion; and I. think I can prove my point Nino out of every ten persons talk entirely too loud over the telephone. They actually shout nnd mako so .mticli nolso that they drown out nil semblance of clearness. Then they can't hear, nnd tho first thing you know there is n complulnt about poor connection and faulty service. The correct way 'to talk over the telephone Is to talk as you do in ordlnnry conversation, or erven a tri fle lower. People can't seem to real ize that the telephone vwIH carry a whisper even. No, they must talk loud enough to be hoard from 10th nnd Chestnut streets to Germantown, If those be- the connected points. Just try yourself. Try the low, well modu lated voice, and see If you do not get infinitely better service out of your telephone In the future." Two men sat In tho hotel lobby glow ering at the smoke which they blew toward the colling. At Intervals' they broke Into argument which involved personality. "What's the matter with them?" asked a salesman. "One Is tho proprietor of this .ho tel," answered the accommodating clerk, "tho-; other owns the only . newspaper in town. "Last night both went to tho theater where a magician asked for a handker chief. A man jokingly handed him a big square of muslin. "The magician studied the cloth for A few minutes, nnd then said, dramatic ally: " Thank heaven, there's at least ono clean .sheet in this town.' "And now tho publisher snya the ho tel bed clothes wero alluded to,' told tlio other insists that was tho town's iiowb paper." . Couldn't Fool FlltllLT. Stern Parent (ns daughter comes up stairs at midnight) What makes that young man stay so late. Trctty Daughter Why, wo orgot to discussing polities', and didn't notice tho flight of time. Stern Parent That story doesn't' go, young ady. Peoplo' who discuss poli tics mako a lot inoro nolso that you two did. I'vrlinps. Mr. Stubb (rending nd,)-I 'boo tho "Lives of the lliiiited" advertised ddwn at tho book salo to-day. Mr. Htulili "r.Ives or Hin TTnntrvir'. Gracious, John, I wonder who wroto that book? ' Mr. fitubb Ob, somo bachelor during leap year, I prdsumo. T T' 1 Didn't aienn If. ."I saw such n funny old fossil in tho museum today, pi'ofcssor. I thought of you np ouco." Oar pp.wers ,owo much pf their aa- tXB U our hopes. jQbDsotu XTING WOODEN This machine, which can cut 240,000 wooden blocks lu ten hours, con sists of a scries of circular sawn fed with wooden bnttens. These nro kept In the right direction by the frame, which in the picture Is mined In order to show tho sawing apparatus. Tho batteiiH move up ati Inclined piano to wards tho sawB and tho finished block are delivered down n similar plane at tho other end. The inotlvo power Is electricity. Through an official act of tho Church of tho Brethren In Pennsylvania mom bcrs of tho sect who wear gold rim mod spectacles nud eyeglasses are vir tually called heretics. Tho Brethren, or Dunkards, as they are commonly called, hayo always been opposed to all forma of oHtontatlouH display. In tho rural districts tho members of tho church adhere faith- C08TCMK8 Or T1IK Df.MCAIlOS. fully to tho old-tlmo regulations, es chewing all ornatb features of dross or architecture. Those wlio go to tho cities and es tablish churches thero havo discon tinued many of theso customs. Tho men wear nqcktlqs and watch chains, which tho oldor rural members re. garded as abominations. Tho cltv churches have organs and stained glass windows, which are not tolerated In tho rural churches. In matters touching tho conduct of tho momberB tho Dunkurds nro not govorned by set rules, but merely by tno genoral sentiment of the church WASHING TUB 1CEBT. oxpressed from timo to tlmo in its con ferences. Tho only authorized weed of tho church Is tho Biblo, and upon thp Utoral interpretation of various passage of Scrlpturo oro based tho ya rlous customs of tho church, euch aa tho baptism of adults In n running stream, tho opposition to warfare and litigation, tho wcarlnir of ttm t,ini garb, tho lovo feaaUthe feotwaalUng 1 y PAVING DL00K3. ceremony nnd tho kiss of charity ex changed by mcmboni nt church serv' Ices. Sometlmon tho district confcrcncci attempt to enforce stringent rules, ol conduct under pain of oxcommunlca tlon. Tho Ohio conference has decided that all members shall bo expelled un less thoy agroo that tho "wearing ol hats by sisters, tho mustache alono by brethren, all fashlonablo dressing, wearing of Jewelry, gold nnd unncccs sary ornamentation bo discontinued and that tho sisters wear tho prnyei cap during religious services." Tho question of n paid ministry hat been a source of much porplexity tc tho church, Originally ministers wcr chosen from tho membership q the congregation and served without pay, continuing their previous employment Tho city churches found such method! impracticable and to maintain' tholt work wero forced to pay their paatora Officially thin Is termed a supported ministry and under that designation has been tacitly permitted, Anit-rlon'n Cocoit Conaumptlon. The Imports of crude cocoa Into the United States In tho calendar yeat 1903 amounted to 97,41,0,700 pounds valued at (12,909,830. Tho Imports the year provlous wero 912,147 pound loss, but tho total value was $2,155, 743 greater. In other wdrds tho mar kot valuo of the cocoa Imports dropped from 17 tj ccntB per pound In 1907 tc 13 1-3 cents In 1909. Tho United States Is the largest consumer of co coa, tho world output of which It about 340.000,000 pounds. Tho leading countries supplying tho American mar kets are tho British West Indlos, which sent 27,045,371 pounds In 1908. while 17.020,110, pounds camo from okowhero In the Went Indleii and Ber muda; Brazil furnished 10,301,524 pounds, whllo 18,773,980 pounds came from elsewhere In South America. Crudo cocoa ranks ns twenty-fifth In Importance of merchandise Into thf United States. Trnliilnif Ml, Ilrrnnrtl !lu Tho training "of th6 rcscuo dogs ot tho Hospice of St. Bernard, on the AlpB Is really very simple. During the summer months, whon tho monks aro not no busy, some of the assistants at tho monastery tako tho young dogn out, Into tho vnlloys or hollows, whore thero Is nlwayH snow. Ono mnn will go and Ho down in tho nnow nnd bury himself in it, nnd then n dog Is sent to look after him. Tho animal Ib taught to bark when ho hna found him, and also to rouse tho man up If ho Is asloop, Whqn tlio man wakes up and stands, on his foot tho, do.loado'Jitm to tho hospice, running along in front to show him tho way. Nolo, . . ' Tho 1 note is not tho smallest Is sued by Uio Bank of Hngjand,, By oil tako n noto of tho valjio of 6no ponhy was mado and,lBquort ,n-l$2fr j JKwn In circulation for many yoars, a source of nnnoynnco to tho cashiers In mak ing up tholr accounts. At length the holder of It brought It to thojbnnkj and aftqr considerable nrgumont per suaded tho authorities to gvo him 5 for It. llllndiittxw from VnM ntf Fair Client I wondor .whother It U posslblo for ft poraon to becorho blind from fi full 7 JSxport Lftwyor Yes. PorBOiifl often bocouio blind from falling. i?i-' Jove, Judge. 1 1 ' 1 1 ' " ' Hit U !!; Tho Fat Ono ."p'on't yotf think travol broodons qno7 . " Tho Thln'-'tthe Oh,, yes. You've been on a Idngjouhoy, haven't you? YonlrtM.JUtwimaa.' fei,vmiti 1" WflllKliv m m w ss .m - T-JJrjssssssssssssssssssssssssssssm .'i . r -r , a sSBSSSSSBSSSSSSSSb T9 II lC35rIlonry Ullll( lh9 lOU-nichard DrtlinT wal governor 1no ....... '"'"WttttHi Pint' wun Paper mantf tm , 1750 A bankrunt iu,.d. uSir - SUIUIT. U70-Cltv nt D ' !, mlngo. drr," quake. 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