The l3oetor'$ ?)ilemma
By Hesba
CHArTEtt X.-Contlnucd.)
Without o llsht I went up to my own
room, where the moon that hail shone
upon mo In my Inst night's ride, was
gleaming brightly through the window.
I Intended to reflect and deliberate, but
I was worn out. I Amis myself down on
the bed, but could not have remained
nwnke for a single moment. I fell Into a
deep sleep, which lasted till morning.
When I awoke my poor mother was
sitting beside me, looking very 111 and
sorrowful. She had slipped a pillow un
der my head, and thrown a shawl across
me. I Rot up with a bewildered brain,
and a general sense of calamity, which
I could not clearly define.
"Captain Corey's man brought a letter
from Julia just now," she said, taking it
from her pocket; "he said there was no
answer."
Her eyelids were still red from weep
ing, unit linr voice faltered as If she
might break out Into sobs any moment,
As soon as my mother was gone
opened Julia's letter. It began: -
"Mv Hear Martin I know all now,
Johanna has told me. When you spoke
to me so hurriedly and unexpectedly, this
afternoon, I could not bear to hear an
other word. But now I am calm, and I
can think it all over quite quietly.
"It is an Infatuation, Martin. Johanna
says so as well as I, and she Is never
wrong. It Is a sheer Impossibility that
you, in your sober senses, should love
a strange person, whose very name you
do not know. A Dobree could not make
an adventuress his wife. Then you have
seen so little of her. Three times, since
the week vou were there In March! hat
Is that compared to the years we havo
spent together? It is impossible tbat in
your heart of hearts you should love her
more than me.
"I cannot give np the thought of our
home, Just finished and so pretty, it
was so pleasant this afternoon, before
you came in with your dreadful thunder
bolt. I was thinking what a good wire 1
would be to you; and how, in my own
house, I " should never be tempted Into
those tiresome tempers you have seen in
me sometimes. Vou could not know how
much I love you, how my life Is bound
tip In you, or you would have been proof
gainst that person In Sark.
"I think It right to tell you all this
now, though It is not in my nature to
make professions and demonstrations of
my love. Think of me, of yourself, of
your poor mother. You were never self
ish, and you can do noble things. I do
not say It would be noble to marry me;
but it would be a noble thing to conquer
an ignoble love. Uow could Martin Do
bree fall In love with an unknown adven
turess? "I shall remain In the house all day to
morrow, and If you can come to see me,
feeling that this has been a dream of
folly from which you have awakened, 1
will not ask you to own It. That you
come at all will be a sign to me that
you wish It forgotten and blotted out be
tween us, as It it had never been.
"With true, deep love for you, Martin,
believe me still
"Your affectionate
"JULIA."
I pondered over Julia's letter as I
dressed. There was not a word of re
sentment In It. It was full of affection
ate thought for us all. But what rea
soning! I had not known Olivia so long
as I had known ber, therefore I could
not love her as truly!
There was no longer any hesitation in
my mind as to what I must do. Julia
knew all now. I had told her distinctly
of my love for Olivia, and she would not
believe it. She appeared wishful to hold
me to my engagement In spite of It; at
any rate, so I Interpreted her letter. I
did not suppose that I should not live it
down, this infatuation, as they chose to
call It. I might hunger and thirst, anl
be on the point of perishing; then my
nature would turn to other nutriment,
and asslmllato It to its contracted and
stultified capacities.
I went mechanically through the rout
ine of my mornings work, and It was
late in the afternoon before I could get
away to ride to the Vale. My mother
knew where I was going, and gazed wist
fully into my face, but without otherwise
asking me any questions. At the last
moment, as I touched Madam's bridle. I
looked down at her standing on tho door
step. "Cheer up, mother!'' I said, at
most gaily, "It will all come right."
I found Julia standing by the fireplace,
and leaning against it, as If she could
not stand alone. When I went up to
iter ana tooK ncr nana, sne nung her arms
around my neck, and clung to me. In a
passion of tears. It was some minutes
before she could recover her self-corn
mand. I had never seen her abandon
herself to such a paroxysm before.
"Julia, my poor girl f I said, "I did not
think you would take it so much to heart
as this.
"I shall come all right directly," she
sobbed, sitting down, and trembling from
head to foot. "Johanna said you would
come, but I was not sure."
"Yes, I am here," I answered, with a
very dreary fceliug about me.
mat is euousu. said J una; "you
need not say a word more. Iet us forget
It, both of us. You will only give me
your promise never to see her or speak to
her again."
"Olivia quite understands about my en
gagement to you," l saw. "I told her at
once that we wero going to be married,
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uuu mm i uui'cu duv nuuiu uuu u ineuu
In you."
f'A .friend In me, Martini" she exclaim
ed, In a tone of Indignant surprise; "you
could not ask me to be that!"
"Not now, I suppose," I replied; "the
girl is as Innocent and blameless as any
girl living; but I daro say you would
sooner befriend the most good-for-nothing
Jezebel In the Channel Islands,"
"Yes. I would," she said. "An Inno
cent girl Indeed! I only wish she had
been killed when she full from the cliff."
"Hush!" I cried, shuddering at the bare
mention of Olivia's death; "you do not
know what you say. it is worse man
useless to talk about her, I came to ask
you to think no more of what passed be
tween us yesterday."
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"But you are going to persist In your
Infatuation," snld Julia; "you can never
deceive me. I know you too well, un, i
sec that you still think tho same of hcrl"
"You know nothing about her," I re
plied. "And I shall take care I never do," she
Interrupted snltcfullx.
"So It Is of no use to go on quarreling
about her," I continued. "I made up
my mind before I came hero that I must
see as little as posslblo of her for tho
future. You must understand, Julia, she
has never given mo a partlclo of reason
to supposo she loves me."
"But you are still In lovo with her?
Martin." she contluued. with Hashing
eyes, and a rising tone In her voice,
which, like the first shrill moan of tho
wind, presaged a storm, "I will never
marry you until you can say, on your
word of honor, that you love that peraou
no longer, and are ready to promise to
hold no further communication with her.
Oh! I know what my poor auut has had
to endure, and I will not DUt up with It."
"Very well, Julia," I answered, con
trolling myself as "well as I could, t
have only ono more word to say on this
subject. I love Olivia, and as far as I
know myself, I shall love her as long as
I live. I did not come hero to give you
any reason for supposing my mind Is
changed as to her. If you consent to be
my wife, I will do my best to be most
true, most faithful to you. But my mo
tive for coming now Is to tell you sotno
particulars about your property, which
my father made known to me only last
night."
It was a miserable task for me; but I
told her simply the painful discovery I
had made. She sat listening with a dark
and sullen face, but betraying not a spark
of resentment, so far as her loss of for
tune was concerned.
"Yes," she said bitterly, when I had
finished, "robbed by the father and jilt
ed by the son."
I would give my life to cancel the
wrong, I said.
"It is so easy to talk," she replied, with
a deadly coldness of tone and manner.
I am ready to do whatever you
choose," I urged. "It Is true my father
has robbed you; but It is not true that
I have jilted you. I did not know my
own heart till a word from Captain
Carey revealed It to me; and I told you
frankly, partly because Johanna insist
ed upon It, and partly because I be
lieved It right to do so. If you demand
it, I will even promise not to see Olivia
again, or to hold direct communication
with her. Surely that Is all you ought
to require from me."
No, she replied vehemently; "do you
snppose I could become your wife while
you maintain that, you love another wom
an better than me? lou must have a
very low opinion of me."
Would you have me tell you a false
hood?" I rejoined, with vehemenco equal
to hers.
You had better leave me," she said,
'before we hate one another. I tell vou
I have been robbed by the father and
jilted by the son. Good-bye, Martin."
"Good-bye, Julia." I replied; but I still
lingered, hoping she would speak to me
again. I was anxious to bear what she
would do against my father. She looked
at me fully and angrily, and as I did not
move, she swept out of the room, with a
dignity which I had never seen In her be
fore. I retreated towards the house door,
but could not make good my escape with
out encountering Johanna.
"Well, Martin?" she said.
"It is all wrong," I answered. "Julia
persists In It that I am jilting her:"
"All the world will think you have be
haved very badly," she said.
I rode home again, Sark lying In full
view before me; and, In spite of the dark
ness of my prospects, I felt Intensely
glad to be free to win my Olivia.
Four days passed without any sign
from Julia. My father had gone off on a
visit and my mother and I had the house
to ourselves; and. In spite of her fret
tings, we enjoyed considerable pleasure
during the temporary lull. There were,
however, sundry warnings out of doors
which foretold tempest. I met cold
glances and sharp Inquiries from old
friends, among whom some rumors of
our separation were floating. There was
sufficient to justify suspicion my fath
er's absence, Julia's prolonged sojourn
with the Careys, and the postponement
of my voyage to England. I began to
fancy tbat even the women servants
flouted at me.
CHAPTER XI.
One morning we received word that
my father was lying 111 at a hotol in Jer
sey. Captain Carey at once went with
me in response to the message. Julia,
too, had been sent for, but she reached
the hotel in a separate car.
The landlady received us with a por
tentous face. Dr. Collas had spoken
very seriously Indeed of his patient, and
as for herself, she had not the smallest
hope. I heard Julia sob, and saw her
lift her handkerchief to her eyes behind
her veil.
Captain Carey looked very much fright
ened. He was a man of quick sympa
thies, and nervous about his own life into
tho bargain, so that any serious Illness
alarmed him. As for myself, I was In a
miserable condition of mind.
Wo wero not admitted Into my father's
room for half an hour, as he sent word
he must get up his strength for tho inter
view. Julia and myself nlono wero al
lowed to seo him. He was propped up
in bed with a number of pillows; with
the room darkened by Venetian blinds,
and a dim green twilight prevailing,
which cast a sickly hue over his really
pallid face. His abundant whito hair
fell lankly about his head, Instead of
bcjng in crisp curls as usual. I was
about to feel his pulse for him, but he
waved me off.
"No, my son," he said, "my recovery Is
not to be desired. I feel that I have
nothing now to do but to die. It is tjio
only reparation In my power. I would
far rather dlo than recover,"
I had nothing to say to that: Indeed. I
I had really no answer ready, so amazed
was I at tks tone ha had taken. But
Julia began to sob again, and pressed
past me, sinking down on the chair by
his side and laying her hand upon one of
his pillows.
"Julia, my love," he continued feebly,
"you know how I havo wronged you; but
you are a truo Christian. You will for
give your undo when he Is dead and
gone. I should like to bo burled In
Guernsey with the other Dobrees."
Neither did Julia answer, savo by
sobs. I stepped towards tho window to
draw up the blinds, but ho stopped me,
speaking lu a much stronger volco thau
before.
"Leave them alone," ho said. "I havo
no wish to see the light of day. A dis
honored man doe not caro to show his
face. I have seen no ono since I loft
Guernsey, except Collas."
"1 think you ore alarming yourself'
needlessly," I answered. "You know
you are fidgety about your own health.
Let mo prescribe for you. Surely I
know as much as Collas."
"No, no, let me die," he said plain-!
tlvcly; "then you con all be happy. 1 1
hnvo robbed my only brother's only child. '
who was dear to me as my own dough- J
ter. I cannot hold up my head otter
that. I should dlo gladly If you two j
wero but reconciled to one another."
By this time Julia a hand had reach!
his, and was resting in It fondly. I
never knew a man gifted with such pow
er over women and their susceptibilities
as he had. Mv mother herself would
appear to forget all her uuhapplucss, If
ho only smiled upon her.
"My poor, dear Jullal ' ho murmured;
my poor child!"
"Uncle." she said, checking her sobi
by a great effort, "If you Imagine I should
tell any one Johanna Carey oven wuat
you have done, you wrong me. The name
of Dobree Is as dear to mo as to Mar
tin, and he was willing to marry a
woman he detested In order to shield it.
No. you are quito safe from disgrace as
far aa I am concerned."
"Heaven bless you, my own Julia!" be
ejaculated fervently. "I knew your no
ble nature. But will you not be equally
generous to Martin? Cannot you for
glvo him as you do mo?"
'Uncle, sho cried, "I could never.
nover marry a man who says he loves
some one else more than me."
'I should think not, my girl!" he said,
In a soothing tone; "but Martin will very
soon repent. He Is a fool just now, but
he will be wise again presently. He has
known you too long not to know your
worth."
"Julia," I said, "I do know how good
you are. jlou have always been gener
ous, and you arc so now. I owo you aa
much gratitude as my father docs, and
anything I can do to prove it I am ready
to do this day."
" ill you marry her before we leave
Jersey?" asked my father.
es, I answered.
The word slipped from me almost un
awares, yet I did not wish to retract It.
She was behaving ao nobly and gener
ously towards us both that I was willing
to do anything to make her happy.
"Then, my love," he said, "you hear
what Martin promises. All's well that
ends well. Only make up your mind to
pnt your proper pride away, and we shall
all be as happy as we were before."
"Never!" she cried Indignantly. "1
would not marry Martin here, hurriedly
and furtively; no, not If you were dying.
uncle!"
But, Julia, If I were dying, and wish
ed to see you united before my death!"
he Insinuated. A sudden light broke up
on me. It was an lugentous plot one at
which I could not help laughing, mad as
I was. Julia's pride was to be saved,
and an Immediate marriago between us
effected, under cover of my father's, dan
gerous Illness. I did smile, In spite of my
anger, and be caught It, and smiled back
again. I think Julia became suspicious,
too.
"Martin," sho said, sharpening her
voice to address me, "do you think your
father Is lu any danger?"
"No, I do not, I answered, notwith
standing his gestures and frowns.
"Then that Is at an end," she said. "I
was almost foolish enough to think tbat
I would yield, lou don t know what this
disappointment is to me. Everybody will
be talking of It, and somo of them will
pity me, and the rest laugh at me. I am
ashamed of going out of doors any
where. Ob, it Is too bad; I cannot bear
it."
She was positively writhing with agi
tation, and tears, real tears I am sure,
started Into my father's eyes.
"My poor little Julia!" he said; "my
darling! But what can bo done If you
will not marry Martin"
"He ought to go away from Guernsey,
she sobbed. "I should feel better if I
was quite sure I should never see him, or
hear of other people seeing him."
"I will go," I said. "Guernsey will be
too hot for me when all this Is known."
"And, uncle," she pursued, speaking
to him, not me,, "he ought to promise me
to give up that girl. I cannot set him
free to go and marry her a stranger and
adventuress. She will be bis ruin. I
think, for my sake, he ought to give her
up."
"So he ought, and so ho will, my love'
answered my father, "When he thinks
of all we owe to you, he will promise
you that."
I pondered over what our family owed
to Julia for somo minutes. It was truly
a very great debt. Though I had brought
her Into perhaps tho most painful posi
tion a woman could be placed In, sua
was generously sacrificing her Just re
sentment and revenge against my fath
er's dishonesty, in order to secure our
name from blot.
On the other hand, I had no reason
to suppose Olivia loved me, and I should
do her no wrong. I felt that, whatever
It might cost me, I must consent to
Julia's stipulation.
It Is the hardest thing you could nslt
me," I suld, "but I will give her up. On
one condition, however; for I must not
leave bur without friends. I sUull tell
Tardlf If he over needs help for Olivia
ho must apply to mo through my moth
er." There could bo no harm in tbat," ob
served my father.
How soon shall I luavo Guernsey? 1
asked.
"He cannot go until you nre well again,
uncle," she answered. "I will stay hero
to nurse you, and Martin must talto caro
of your patients. We will send him
word a day or two bcroro wo return, and
I should like him to be gone before, we
reach home,"
(To be continued.)
The bird on n woman's hut has the
wines of riches.
COAST STATES ARE UP AND DOING
REPORTS OF INDUSTRIAL. DEVELOPMENT IN THE
CA8CADE MOUNTAIN REGION FROM
CANADA
flax a ProlllabU Crop.
Tho llnx crop ot Idaho thin season
will bring Inrgur returns to tho glow
or thiui thoy would rocolvo for 1.250,
000 tmsliols of whoat. Tlio Industry
which In of such ruennt dnto nn to nt
most como undor tho bond of now
business tins proved so successful this
season that In many ensos It linn paid
tho growors a greater not profit than
tho coat of tho land on which It wan
Brown. In No Perco County over
35,000 acres of flax was contracted
I for at about ?1 par bnshol guaranteed,
i with tho further proviso that tho grow-
or was to havo tho nddltlonnl benefit
of any mlvanco In tho Chicago mar
kot. On this basis, somo of tho early
arrivals wore sold aa high as $ I.B3
I per bushel, tho growors realizing; over
, $122 por aero for his crop. In addi
tion to tho 35,000 acres contraeiou lor
thero was about 1C.000 acres produced
by othor Rrowors.
Waildnjton Leadt In Wheat.
Tho current Issuo ot tho Ornngo
Judd Farmor gives somo Interesting
statistics showing harvest condition
ot tho Unltod States winter nnd spring
wheat by ctiitos and tho avorago rate
of yiold por aero, as shown by such
threshing results as havo beon receiv
ed. From this table it Is son tnnt tno
average ot tho entire United States
winter Is 92.3 por cont. In which Wash
ington Is 100, whllo tho spring crop
with a total avorago of 83.4, glvos the
stnto of Washington an avorago ot
95. Tho winter yield hns a total avor
ago of 1G.1, in winch Washington is
25.0, and out or a spring yiold ot 16.0
Washington Is rated at 29.0, tho wheat
condition of this stato being not only
ahead of any othor stato In tho union,
but far ahead ot tho general avorago
as well.
A Rich Copper Discovery.
An extensive copper mlno, or rather
mountain, has boon discovered by Mc
Vey & Co., on tho west side of Sis
kiyou mountains, California, about 8
miles from Garrotson's medical
springs, 22 miles from Oak Bar. 5
miles south of tho Oregon lino ofJo
sephlne County, nnd 24 miles from
Jacksonville, Orogon. Tho ledgo
ranges from 300 to 350 feot In
width, and Is claimed to bo more ox
tenslvo than tho fnmous Iron Moun
tain mine at Keswick, In Shasta Coun
ty, with tho likelihood of making Sis
kiyou take ,tho lead of Shasta In tho
annual mineral output when thorough
ly deroloped. Tho discoverers havo
been offered $150,000 for tholr pro
perty. BIJ Timber Silt.
A. B. Hammond, of Portland, con
summated tho purchaso of tho largest
unbroken tract of tlmbor land still
remaining in first hands In this state
tho first of tho month. Fifty thousand
acres wero involved In tho deal and
the land Is all situated In ono body
on the Tualatin and Trosk Itivors.
The land was purchased from the
Southern Pacific and whllo tho consid
eration was withheld, tho prlco Is re
ported to bo In tho neighborhood of
$500,000.
Town Loti at $14,000 Each.
O. A. Kjos, a local morchnnt of
Lewlston, Idaho, completed tho pur
chaso of CI feet frontage on Main and
Fifth streets from J. Elchonborgor,
tho consideration being $13.600 Mr.
Kjos also paying a streot grade as
sessment tax, making tho total con
sideration $14,000. A handsome thrno
story brick storo building will be
erected on tho corner next spring to
cost $65,000.
New Railroad In Eaitcrn Oregon.
Articles of Incorporation havo been
granted to L. K. Moore, J. B. Hob
ford and J. O. Etrod, to construct a
line of railroad from Arlington on
the Columbia Iliver, duo south, to Con
don, county seat of Gilliam County.
The capital stock Is $500,000 divided
Into shares of $100 oach. Tho right-of-way
Is being obtained as fast as
surveyed. Tho line will bo forty miles
long.
New Smelter at Darrlngton.
The deal for the site for tho smelt
er at Darrlngton, Wash., has been
closed, and It Is now only a question
of getting the buildings up and tho
plant Installed, whon work will bo bo
gun extracting precious minerals from
tho rich ores of that region. Tho
cost of the smelter will bo $75,000,
and tho dally capacity will amount to
250 tons. Denver capital Is behind
tho proposition.
A Rich Cargo.
Of tho 3300 tons of genral cargo on
board the Tosa Maru, recently in from
China, the silk was tho most precious,
That was valued at $385,000. Tho
costliest cargo of silk ovor brought
over ran up to half a million. For the
first time a shipment of concctratos
was brought ovor from Leigh, S. J.,
Hunt's mines in Corea, This ore was
consigned to the smolter at Tacoraa
and was valued at $25,000.
Indication of Proiperity.
The roport of tho condition of the
national banks of Washington recent
ly published, tells Its part of tho story
of tho present unexampled prosperity.
Their total rosourcos roso from $27,'
098,277 to $31,280,108 In a llttlo moro
than twelve months, and tho individu
al deposits In theso banks during tho
snmo period havo increased by $3,
000,000. To Irrigate a Garden Spot.
Articles of Incorporation of tho Aso
tin Land and Irrigation Company hnvo
been filed with tho county auditor nt
Asotin, Wash. Tho object of tho cor
poration is to Irrigate lands, generate
power, buy and sell land and maintain
and operate irrigation canals. Tho
capital stock Is $40,000, shares having
a par valuo of $100 each, Tho com
pany Is at present constructing a
canal in Tho Forks or Lake district
and oxpects to have several thousand
acres undor water by next spring.
TO MEXICO.
Wotld't Ur$Mt Trult Drier.
A prune dryer thnt Is oxpoctod to
dry 30 car loads ot i-urod prunes this
sermon, that will afford employment
to probably 100 persons; nnd In snld
to bu tho largest prune drier In tho
world, In to be put In operation next
week nt the orchard ot thu Corvallln
and llonton County Pruno Company,
nix miles north of Corviillln. About
$6,000 hi cash ami thrco months of
time hnvo boon devoted to the build
ing of tho drier, and Imrrlng a few
minor detnlln, It Is now ready for
work, it has boon warmed onco or
twice already, and has behaved satis
fncorlly on ench occasion. Its con
struction and Its operation nro mild to
bo mnttern of koeti Interest to pruno
gtoworn nil ovor tho stnto.
Tho now plant will rocolvo 2300
bushots of green prunes nt ono time.
It consists of 10 tunnels,1 or, moro
properly speaking, five twin tunnels,
Knch ot tho.ton tunnels Is SO feet long,
44 Inclios wide nnd 44 Inches from
floor to celling.
Tho fruit Is cnrrlcd through tho
tunnels by a minimum rnllrond, tho
car wheels of which nre four Inches
In height and have flanges thnt run
along n mlnlnturo track. Each car
platform Is 30x42 Inches nnd Is four
Inchon above tho floor. Ench car ac
commodates ten trays ot fruit, nnd
each tunnel holds thirty-two earn at
a time a total of 320 cars In all or
3200 trays of about throo-fourths of a
bushels or fruit each.
The plnnt In houcod by a main build
Ing 110 feot long nnd 40 feet wide.
An L nt on end In 20x30, nnd nccom
modntcs tho onglne and boilers. A
22x32 room at tho othor end shelters
tho dipping nppnratun, whore, by ln
genlous contrivance prunes nre dip
pod four or flvo tlmon and spread on
trays rontly for tho drier without Inter
vontlon by the hand of man. 8o far
ns known, tho dipper Is tho only ono
In ubo In tho country. It was used tho
first tlmo at this orchard last year,
with great success. Tho pnines nro
dumped Into a vat. and In n short tlmo
a screen tilts from tho bottom and
throws tho fruit Into another vat
Tho process Is repented until nil tho
vnts nro passed, whon tho fntlt In
spronii automatically on a tray, ready
tor the tunnel.
New Route to Gray'i Harbor.
Thoro Is now nt work on tho Hooul
am axtonslon of tho Gray's Harbor
ornncii of tho Northern Pacific Itn
road a forco ot about GOO men and a
largo numbor of toams. It Is tho In-
tontlon to havo tho work on the 30'
mllo oxtcnslon finished beforo tho wot
weather sets In, nt lenst so far as tho
grading Is roncernod.
Track laying hns nlrendy beon bo
gun nnd tho contract calls for tho com
pletion of tho lino Into Uio Qulnlault
Indian reservation within a year,
Three surveying parties nro at work
north of tho reservation and thero Is
no doubt but that a right of way will
be secured to tho Straits by tho tlmo
tho track laying on tho prcsont lino
In finished.
Anthracite Coal li Found.
A party of prospectors has locatod
thirteen coal nnd Iron claims In tho
Cascades about 60 mllos west of North
Yakima, Wash.
Ooorgo Wolkel has brought out n
load or the coal and submitted It to
a test In tho furnaces of that city. Tho
coal Is said to bo tho host of anthra
clto and burns frooly without smoko
or flamo and loaves no cinders. Flvo
veins of coat havo been locatod. Thoy
range from three feot to thlrtoon feet
in thickness. The coal covers largo
doposlts of Iron ore which has been
traced for eight mllos.
Spoclmons wolghlng 100 pounds
show tho grado of coal dlscovored.
To Build SairLake" Line.
. Sonator W. A. Clark of Montana will
call for bids this week for tho con
struction of tho first thirty miles of
his San Podro, Los Anglos and Salt
Lako liallroad. This now pleco ot
road will extend from Los Angles
to Pomona.
Tho total longth of t,ho road from
Los Anglos to Salt Lako Is to bo 713
miles. The cost of constructing this
mlleago will bo paid for by a bond
Issuo of $20,000,000 nt 4 per cont and
tho salo of a consldernblo portion of
tho company's $25,000,000 ot stock.
The Santa Fo Is having built 450
oil tank cars for tho California and
Toxas petroloum oil trado.
Will Burn Oil.
aonoral Managor Knittschmltt, of
tho Southern Pacific Company, who
has just returned from an extended
Inspection trip ovor tho line from San
Francisco to Now Orleans, has an
nounced that all of tho company's lo
comotives will bo equipped for tho
burning of oil Instcnd of coal as ex
peditiously as posslblo. To that ond
Btorago tanks with a capacity of 30,
000 barrels each will bo eroctod at
Oakland, FrjOBno, Mendocino and
other points south and east on tho
line.
Pacific Log Rafting
Thn mnmmnMi Inn- rnf unnt r.f f
' - " - - - O WWb Hum
tho Columbia Iliver rocontly arrived
last wook at San Francisco Intact.
Thore aro 620,000 lineal foot of pil
ing in tho raft, somo of tho sticks
running to 120 foot In longth, and ns
groat as 22 lnchoa thick nt tho but.
Tho raft Is 025 feot long and cost
$30,000 to connrinpr. It lu natlmntn.i
to contain 7,200,000 foot of lumbor.
This Cow Will Do,
A COW Which Is bollevrwl to ail
records for Increasing a hord Iirh timr
added to hpr famo by giving birth to
tnpiots. ,
Thren tlmnfl nhn tina rtmrlii.mil t..t
and on that nrnnnnr. Imr munn. a'
Podosto, says ho would not part with
her ns all but ono of tho calves wero
porfoctly formed nnd lived. His ranch
Is located near Stockton, Cal. This
last act of tho cow has attracted much
attontlon, and many pooplo call at
tho place to seo tho trio of calves.
Wotnon Msssi
Avoid Norvoue Prostration
If you nro dangerously stole what , li
thu ilrst duty of your phynlelnn 7 no
quleln tho nervous system, lio deadens
tho lmln, nnd you sleep well.
Vou ought to know thnt when you
censed to bo regular In your courses.
irrow Irritable without cause, anil
puss sleepless nigiiis, moro buhuuh
Mna. ItAitri.KY,
troublo somewhere, ami norvoun pros
trntlun Is sure to follow.
You ought to know thnt Indigestion,
exhaustion, womb dlstilnceiueiiU.
falntlnif, (llzrlnchs, licndnche. ana
backache sent! tho nerves wild with
Affright, and you cautKit sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, of 231 W. Congress St.,
Chicago. III., whoso portrnlt wo pub
lish, suffered nil thr agonies, nnd
was entirely cured by Lyilln E. l'iuk
hnin'n Vegotnblo Compound : her cni
should bo n warning to others, nnd
her euro enrry conviction to the minds
cf every sufferlntr woman of the un
falling efficiency of LydlaE. Plukham's
VcfeUblo Compound.
No Seaihorc Engagement.
She Yor proiKisal ot inurriiigo was
quite ttnexjMHitetl.
lie So much tire letter.
She Why, prnyT
He llcciiuso It is the unexectel
thnt usually lmpons. Ghioitgo News.
A Natural Query.
Mamma (who is expecting the mill
iliter) Willie, wo will have it very
uico old pcntlomnn to ten this even
iiifr, nm! you must bo very good whito
he's here.
Willie Why, Is ho Santa Clutis?
Philadelphia Press.
till Preference.
"Would you rather hnvo something
clue than u piece of nioT" aketl the
kind neighbor ot llttlo Freddie, who
hnd run an errand for Iter.
"Yes, ma'am," said Freddie,
promptly; "I wu'd rtither havo two
pieces." Ohio Stato Journal.
Tact and Paihlon.
"Thofco troticors nro very much
worn this sensou," suid thu tailor dis
playing his goods.
"So are the ones I hnvo on" replied
tho poet sadly.
A SUCCESSFUL MAN
How Ho Obtained His Present Envi
able Position,
"Honesty, aggressiveness ami health
aro tho requisites for success. "
Thcso nro the words of John II.
Uiley, of Ciuenovia, N, Y., who hns
attained the main thing that all men
de.nl re. "Tho first two qualities I
mention aro necessary," lio contin
ued, "if a man or woman wants to rho
in lifo, but they aro of little ttso if tho
third is not in your possession."
In respoilso to questions lie said :
"About two years ago 1 was taken
down with inllammatory rheumatism
and was Hut on my hack, racked with
pain anil ns helpless as a child lor
foil rt con wcoks. During those weeks
I stifTored as only thoy who havo
inflammatory rhoumntism can suf
fer." "Didn't you havo any medical at-
tondanco?' ouoried tho reporter.
"Yes, I had tho host that could bo
procured, hut tho doctors did not help
me."
"Hut how did you hecomo cured'"
"lleforo I was taken sink I had seen
advertisements of Dr. Williams' 1'iuk
Pills for Pule Peonlo whioli stated that
thoy wero good for rhoumatisni. I was
willing to try anything for rolief so I
got somo mid was benefited almost im
mediately, I had taken but six boxes
when I was nbto to return to my work,
but I continued taking thorn until
nino hoxoa wero used up. I was entire
ly cured and have had no return of tho
trouble since. I consider I)r, Williams'
Pink Pills for Palo I'conloa wondorful
remedy, and I havo recommended
tliein to n great many peoplo,
Rheumatism hns hcon cured in
hundreds of other instances by Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pnlo People.
Thoy are a sncoilla not onlv for that
disease hut for all ailments arising
from a divordurcd condition of tho
blood or shattered norvos, such as
locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
St. Vitus danco, sciatica, iiouriilglu,
nervous headaolio, tho after cllects of
tho grip, palpitation of thu heart,
pulo nnd sallow comploxions and all
forma of weakness either in mnlo or
loinalo.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pnlo
Peoplo aro sold in boxes at GU cents a
box, or six boxos for $2,150. and may
bo had of nil druggists, or diroot by
mail from l)r, Williams Mcdioino Co.,
Sohonectady, N, Y,