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Patiwy looked at the couple in front of
her rapidly vanishing over the hill's
oreet, saying to herself:
“ Spec dem two be much better pleased
’ clout me 'an wid m e Anyway I ’m
[ gwiun back. Mias Dare dee called me ter
keep dat man Cm sayiu she want him
[ tar court her, when do good Lord knows
[ hit ’pear lik ’ he des er dyin ter do hit,
1 1 gw ine gib ’ im one chance ef he
| d on ’ t nebber git no yuther one. ”
W ith that she trotted back, follow ing
I leisurely the track of the other party,
I and so it came about that when, an hour
I later, Dare drew rein after climbing
■ along a sharp hill she found herself in
| its high solitude alone with Royal Cleve.
Upon the very crest of it a little
letearing made a sunshiny cup in the
Idark forest. On one hand the ground fell
1*0 sharply away that through the rift in
I the trees you could see miles and miles
die, she dung the reins loose upon her
tired horse’s neck and ran forward, call
ing eagerly
"A u n t Mel, Aunt Mel, did you think
we were lost? 1 am sure we have been,
though Mr. Cleve would not say so, ”
The noise of hoofs made her turn sud
denly to see Cleve lash both horses so
sharply that at once they dashed away
into the dim woods beyond.
COUNTY
[ enough at best 1 most see to it that it
gives yon all the shelter possible. ”
Without speaking, Dare unfastened
the belt of her heavy riding skirt, drop
ped it upon the floor and stood revealed in
a close frock of dark w ool that cam e just
to the instep. Still in silence she went
up to the rough table, where some fo o l
bad been spread, and though all uncon
scious of hunger forced herself to eat
HATCHET.
OUR SUNDAY SERMONS
A PEW S U B JE C T S FOR ALL TO
PONDER OVER.
T h e ftevereet Teat o f M an ’ « O r e a tn r e i
l e H u m i l i t y —W h o I e t h e I c e C o l d
C h r i s t i a n ? —L i g h t o n
the
O rigin
of
whosoever belleveth In Him might not
perish but have everlasting life Aye.
God's goodness extends to even the anb
„ml creation. He has made “ the high
bills as a refuge for the wild goals, and
the rocks for the conies ’’ “ He ,',ilu^ “th
the grass to grow for the cattle.
Go
sendeth the springs Into the valley*
which run among the hills. I hey g
drink to every heuxt of the He Id; the
wild asse* quench their thirst.'
»veil
might the Psalmist sing: "The earth
Is full of the goodness of the Lord.
"W h y did you do that? What do you j Cleve looked at her, half in compas
B u ddhism .
mean?" cried Dare, now thoroughly ! sion, w holly in worship, but came no
aroused. Cleve stood with folded arms, nearer than the door, against w hich he
In G o o d S tan d in g .
looking at her from under darkling still leaned. After a little he said:
T h y W i ll B e Done.
HE Ice c cold Chrls-
HF*
brows.
"Dare, if you do not, cannot love me.
of We see uot; know not; all our way
tlan Is a member
:
"O h, noth ing!" he said quietly. | 1 wish 1 had never seen you. 1 know
hurch “ in good If night; with Thee alone ia Jay.
the ebure
“ Come, let us look for our frienda ”
what I am doing— how intolerably vile
From out the torrent'« troubled drift,
and regular stand
Dare darted before him into the open it all is. W ith you in the balance, the
Above the storm our prayers we lift—
ing.”
Yes,
Indeed,
Thy will be doue!
door, to find herself facing vacancy in a shame, the vileness has not a feather’s
he Is, and he is a
huge desolate room, where for more than 1 weight. Tell me now truly, do you love
contributing mem The Hesh may fall, the heart may break,
20 years the spiders had been spinning any other man?”
ber. too. It may be But who are we, complaint to make.
undisturbed their tapestry of ruin.
Dare's only answer was a qniok,
iie contributes real Or dare to plead in times like these.
Why, they have gone and left us! | scornful look. She went ou eating, swal-
liberally. Moreover, The weakness of our love for east* i
We must follow them at once, ’ ’ she said, lowing slow ly and with such evident
Thy will be done!
he attends church
standing up very tall and straight, her difficulty that Cleve came forward, say
quite
regularly
—
eyes full of contemptuous light. Royal ing:
wheu
couvenieut, We fake with solemn thankfulness
Cleve came close and said in a repressed
“ W ill you drink a little wine?“
It
may
In*
he slugs Our burden up, nor ask it less;
voice:
Dare shook her head.
And count it joy that even we
in
the
choir.
Wheu
“ That will not be easy, for they have
“ N o,” she said. “ Conspirators stop
May suffer, serve, or wait for Thee.
lie
gets
his
“
Sunday
not been here. ’ ’
Thy will be doue!
at few things. I know you do not moan
best”
on
he
looks
quite
like
a
Chris
“ Where are they? Take mo to them to harm me bodily, bat drugs are potent,
tian.
But,
says
a
writer
In
The
Avvak-
at on e«!“ Dare said, with a little stamp and I have no doubt you would like to
Though dim as yet in tint and line,
ener, looks are sometimes deceiving. We trace thy picture’ s wise design,
o f her foot. Cleve smiled faiutly, saying: 1 keep me quiet until tomorrow. “
And thank Thee that our age supplies
H
ow
does
he
live?
Let
us
see.
“ As nearly as I can estimate it, they i In spite of himself Cleve’s e y e s fell.
The dark relief of sacrifice.
No daily Bible reading.
are about leaving the old forge, 15 miles
“ There is no harm in tho w in e,” he
Thy will be done!
No blessing asked at the table.
as the crow flies from where we stand, protested. “ I w ill drink with you if you
No family prayers.
and 50 at least if you count hills and i doubt it. ’ ’
No Bible instruction to the children. Strike, Thou, the Master, we the keys,
windings of tho road. “
“ I w ill take your word for it ,” Dare
The anthem of the destinies:
No religious conversation in the home.
Dare’s heart gave a wild leap, but her said. “ In return, as I really am very
The minor of Thy loftiest strain—
No private closet prayer.
blood, neither the bravo Overton strain thirsty, w ill you not let me go outside
Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain.
No audible prayer iu the prayer meet
nor the hot tide of the Dares, had no for water? There must be a spring close
Thy will be doue!
ing.
taint of cowardice. Unquailing, she look at hand. ’ ’
—«John G. Whittier.
ed at the man who held her so entirely
No attendance at the prayer meeting.
“ I w ill show it to you if you w ill take
L o y a lt y to Ch rist.
in his power and said, low and hard:
No attendance at the Sunday school.
my arm ,” Cleve said, unfastening the
Loyalty to Christ involves loyalty to
“ So it is as I feared. You purposely ! door and w aiting for her beside i t “ W e
No Christ In his business methods.
misled me. May I ask what you hope or must hurry, ’ ’ he went on. ‘ ‘The storm
No Christ in his choice of reading man us man and brother, man of every
clime and condition and nation. A lit
expect to gain by it?”
is almost upon us. W e shall barely have matter.
“ The thing I care most for in all the time to go and come before it breaks. “
No Christ in his favorite amusement. tle boy without father and mother was
sent ou the cars alone to a distant
world— yourself, ’ ’ Cleve said, drawing a ; Holding Dare’s hand close to his side,
No Christ in his inmost heart.
pace away and continuing: “ I do not he led tho way to where a cold stream
And only a little o f Christ in his head. .State to an uncle who offered him a
Bay ‘ fear not. ’ I see there is no need for | gushed from under mossy rocks at foot
Well, what has he, then, which the home. When asked how he expected
to reach his destination without any
it. Upon my life. Dare, I never loved of a huge hill. The house they had just commonest sinner has not?
you so w ell as now, when I see of what ! quitted stood at the head of a long val
First—He lias his name on the church one to care for him, he said: “ My «Sun
day school teacher sewed the directions
superb mettle you are. Any other worn i ley, narrow, w inding and crisscrossed roll.
A '
an so placed would be vixenish or hys
with tho stream that here had head.
Second—He has his name on the list ou my coat, and showed them. They
d re w re in af t er clim b in g along a terical. You only look at me with the
were these: •Inasmuch as ye have done
This had been the storehouse and su o f contributing members.
sh a rp hill.
eyes of an insulted goddess. I am sorry, perintendent's quarters. Lower down
Third—He has a pew or an occasional it unto one o f the least of these. My
woodland ridges lying all Bummer
more than sorry, that you forced mo to came the furnace itself, the stack o f it sitting in church. Tiles"* three things, brethren, ye have doue it unto Me.’ ”
* in the shimmering heat, with lap-
this extremity. You might have escaped fallen half way, the sheds and outbuild and nothing more, to entitle him to the Christ was traveling in his person and
lings and folding« of palest soft haze
was served iu serving him.
it hail you given me the merest shred of ings utterly ruined.
glorious name of Christian.
[long the far fading lines that ran down
hope” -------
Dare glimpsed it all faintly through
If he should suddenly die, he would
the river’s brink. A wild world it
C h ristia n Life.
“ Excuse me. I must be going. I can- ! gaps in the thick growth about her. be given a Christian burial, and these
aed, full of savage, untouched Ix auty.
Christian life is to be active. Christ
not listen longer,“ Daresaid, making as Cleve took a silver drinking cup from three things aliout him would be sure
a studied it long and eamostly, then
was busy. He went about doing good.
if to pass him whero he stood.
his pocket, filled it from the spring’s to be mentioned in the funeral sermon, He led His disciples ou many a Jour
: away her eyes, with a shiver, say-
A t once he stepped into the door, j head and placed it in her hand, saying: and held out to the bereaved fam ily as
ney. He was on a search for lost souls,
spread his arm across its space and said, j
“ Pardon me that I did not think of reasons for a blessed assurance that
“ One might fancy all the giants of
and He made Himself often very
with an undertone of thick tremor:
this
sooner.
I
shall
not
soon
forgive
m
y
he has gone straight to glory, with an
fairy tales were dead and buried
“ G o back. Dare. Don’ t force me to self, though, for letting yon go thirsty abundant entrance. And yet there is weary. The zeal of Ills mission was
i under these long leafy graves. “
like a fire, eating and burning Him up.
touch you. Even if I let you pass, you | with water
close
at
hand.
“
not a sinner living within ten miles o f The Son of Man was seeking to save
Royal Clovo caught the hand that lay
would but go to your death. This place
Dare dropped on her knees beside the him who cannot do as much for the
ghtly upon her pommel, laid his lips
is the farthest of the outlying works. In | w ell head, flung off her hat and said church, as much fo r the Sunday school, the lost. The disciples who followed
i it and «aid in a shaken voice:
Him about became busy men, tireless
ltr. _ *
.
. .. ,
,
i the broadest daylight you would starve coldly:
as much to advance Christ’s kingdom
Dare, darling, is not a living lover , -
i
1 beforo yon could find your way out.
“ Stand back a little, please. I want on earth as he does without ever once workers all, we may well believe.
orth os much in your eyes as a dead
W ith night and storm approaching, yon ! to bathe my face. ’ *
being suspected o f being a Christian.
T r u t h M o r e a n d V i c t o r y Lean,
ant?”
would indeed have small chance. Bo as- j
Cleve drew a little away, but kept his
“ In proportion as we love truth more
“ It depends, “ Daro said breathlessly,
H u m ility *
sored, when wo do not return, they w ill ■ eyes full upon her, while with quick,
and victory less, we shall become anx
tning hex horse away, a quick flush
I believe the first test o f a truly
seek for us and find us tomorrow. “
impatient motions she dashed the water
ious to know what it is that lends our
aining her neck and brow.
“ When, I suppose, you think I w ill hither and yon. A t last ho said courte great man is his humility. I do not
opponents to think as they do. We
In a flash Cleve was beside her, but
mean by ‘‘ humility” doubt of his own
marry yon?” Dare said, with cheeks ously:
shall begin to believe that the perti
I, not attempting to touch her:
aglow.
“ Pardon me, but really wo must get power, or hesitation in speaking ids nacity o f belief exhibited by them must
‘ It depends upon what, Miss Over-
own opinions, but a right understand
“ You must. Your fam ily w ill de to shelter. It has begun to rain. “
result from a perception of something
? Nothing impossible, I hope?”
mand it, “ Cleve said, looking at her
Dare got slow ly to her feet, took up ing o f the relations between what he we have not received. And we shall
‘ Upon w ho he was, whether I cared
can
do
and
say
and
the
rest
of
the
with kindling eyes.
her hat in one hand and walked toward
|r him and the way he told his love, “
aim to supplement the portion of truth
For a minute Dare faced him in si him. Just at his side she dropped it, w orlifs doings and sayings. All great
L seJare said spiritedly. “ I am sure I
we have found with the portion found
lence, then came close to where he stood j apparently by accident. A gusty wind men not only know their own business,
!'fl iould not care what befell him if he
by them.”—Herbert Spencer.
and said, looking up at him with fear- | caught it and sent it w hirling along the but usually know that they know it,
(r.^ok advantage of— o f— circumstances
less eyes:
A C h r is t ia n o f th e F i r s t O rder.
path. Instinctively Cleve darted after it, and are not only right in their main
thrust unwelcome declarations upon
“ Mr. Cleve, I never thonght you a caught it 20 yards away and turned to opinions, but usually know that they
it
For one to lie a Christian it is often
ruffian. Please show me that I was not find himself alone. Dare had vanished are, only they do not think much of necessary that he be loyul. but to be a
A h ! Then they are unwelcome now?
mistaken by letting me pass. “
themselves on that account. They do Christian of the first order lie must be
as if by magic.
ill they alwuyx lie so?" Cleve asked
Cleve caught his breath and said hur- j
dot expect their fellow men to fall down mystical. Jesus still comes to us iu
ietly, with a dark flash rising in his
riedly:
CH APTER X X
and worship them; they have a curious our outer Jife, and blessed is the man
“ I cannot. I dare n ot Don’ t you seo j
under-sense o f powerlessness, feeling who arises and follows him whitherso
Royal Cleve got white to the lips.
Dare looked him full in tho eyes and
it is too late? It would be madness to
“ Dare! Dare!“ he shouted. “ Come that greatness Is not in them, but ever He goes. Jesus still comes to the
d slowly:
venture together even. I could not find back! Come! Yon are mad. Come! I through them. They do their work, door o f the soul, and that man is most
" I hardly know what yon mean, or
tho way back on fo o t W e must wait for w ill take yon out o f this. I w ill, on my feeling that they cannot well help do- blessed who receives the Lord into his
yon mean anything. Let us agree
soaL Come! For G od’s sake, com e! It Ing it.—Buskin.
guest-chamber,—Ian Muclaren.
yon do not, Mr. Cleve It is a pity
is murder to let yon go thus. Only
it anything shonhl come up to spoil
B
u
d
d
h
i
a
m
.
D oin g R i?ht.
come, and I w ill take yon wherever you
i day’s pleasure for either of ns. "
Dr. Führer, archaeological surveyor
To do what «w ins right may involve
w ilL ”
‘ But I do mean something, mean that
in
the
northwestern
provinces
of
India
ail
extra
struggle
sometimes, but one
A ll in vain. No word came bock to
« — that I am mad ulxnit you, as 1
him from tho dim, tangled depths. No has made a discovery which seems to may lie sure tlint in the long run it will
been about no other woman alive
; stir o f bush or brake, no noise of foot on carry the origin o f Buddhism much bring the most happiness.
since I saw you 1 have tried to tell
rock or pebble gave him hint of her further bark than the accepted date iu
to. You slipped away from tho sub
Bits o f T h in g s .
presence. Spite of his calling, his crying the fifth century before Christ.
laughed at, flouted me until in
.Study your duty, not inclination.
In the village o f Nljlva, 111 swamps
out, his w ild running to and fro, he
desperation I am forced to speak
No yoke is as heavy as a sinful habit.
within the borders o f the state of Nepal,
i found no trace o f her.
to take the ’advantage o f circnm-
he found an Asoka pillar, .surrounded
Christ appealed to us not only by his
Daro
was
lost
to
him,
to
the
world,
that you fling in my teeth.
3
, it might be to life itself. At tho spring’s for half a mile by vast brick ruins of life.
Dare, bo pitiful, bo kind, for your
Great things are done by continually
; brink she had noted a blind path run monasteries and o f a still magnificent
lake oven more than m in e!" the
ning down the jnngly hillside above it denied tomb o f Konakanmna. The por doing little ones.
man entreated, sinking from an
As Cleve for a second took his eye from tion o f the pillar which is still erect lias
The best preparation for the future is
to pleading.
her she had run sw iftly toward it, gain an inscription establishing tile fact the present well seen to.—Macdonald.
fine faint scorn touched Dare's lips
ed it and was crawling upward, safe hid that the Buddlm commemorated Is the
answered:
The preciousness of God s promise* I*
by it* overhanging growths. Face dow n same as the Kanakamaua of the Bud
‘ I have been taught, Mr. Cleve, that
dhists o f Ceylon, who was the twenty- proved by the Joyous experience of his
ward,
flat
upon
the
earth,
she
drew
her
irs o f this sort a woman’s w ill is
children.
self painfully toward tho hilltop, with third mythical predecessor of the his
a gentleman's pleasure. Believe
Our possession* are lo he measured
Y ~ - *
torical
Buddha.
The
Nepalese
speak
of
the
w
ild
adjuration*
o
f
the
man
she
had
it is my w ill that the subject be
not by what we have, hut by what we
the
pillar
as
the
smoking
pipe
o
f
Bbima
balked
falling
full
in
her
ears.
again mentioned between u&
know how to enjoy.
She had no thought of going back. Sen. their giant hero.
me now, please, by riding on. I
When we know what a man thinks of
The
native
durbar,
or
council.
Is
to
he
Better
a
hundredfold
death
or
madness
anxious to gut back to my aunt,
I acknowledge I should never Unquailiny the looked ai the man toko than to feel herself onoo again helpless asked to sanction a scientific Investiga Christ, we can judge what he think.* of
held her to entirety in hie power,
in kis hands. The fitful rain had ceased tion o f the ruins o f this once great set all vital questions.
left as I did. Mo doubt you mis-
The grave Is heaven’s glorious portal.
roo, thought that that licensed you reocuo. It w ill surely come. Meantime It came out of a broken cloud that had tlement o f the Aryan tribe of Sakyas,
you have dona I pray let me mako you comfortable a* may be deluged the lower valley, but here sent who settled 112 miles to tlie northwest " '* °nly follow Christ through It to a
down
only
a
scattering
falL
The
air
was
o
f
the
city
o
f
Benares
at
a
date
hitherto
Come,
Bit
on
this
bench.
There
most
be
glory to be revealed In Ids chosen.
to pardon me if I misled you and
hot and hum id The wind came in long only conjectural. Gen. Cunningham,
food and wine somewhere."
me hack at onoo. "
The smallest thing which you know
gasps,
heavy
freighted
each
with
the
"A
h
t
Yon
prepared
for
all
this.
It
U
who,
under
Lord
Cunning,
began
the
I w ill some day, " Royal Clove said,
to be a duty is important. That God
presage
o
f
further
storm.
The
night
like
a
romance,
’
'
Dare
said,
walking
archaeological
survey
o
f
India,
long
ago
n g through hard set teeth
has given it to you has settled that.
away to the window at tho room ’* far would doubtless be wild, but there were Identified Kapilavastu. In this region,
“ It isn't how many years we have
end and peering through it* email dusty still some hoars o f daylight If they did ns the birthplace o f the historical Gau
CH APTER XIX.
ld e by side, with set faces, with pane«. Hoary wooden shutters hung flap not suffice to take her to safe shelter, tama. and the capital o f the Sakya clan. lived, but how much we have accom
Bing eyes, neither speaking a word, ping outside, the freshness of their inner they at least made it possible to put a It Is In the sub-HImalayau district now- plished that was worth doing, that o n -
i two rode for hours through the surfaces showing that it was but a little long space betwixt her and her so v io called Bastl. and must have extended stitutes our age.”
1 o f the wilderness, threading dark while since they had been flung wide. lent lover.
Friendship Is a plant o f slow growth
northward Into Nepal, which is still sec
The sash likewise showed signs of re
lo w s where the fern either side o f the
an.l must undergo and withstand the
ond in sacredness only to Benares.
[OONTINTTXD, ]
gle track brushed the saddle skirts cent opening. No donbt the place had
Nepal has now a serious dispute with sh.s-ks of adversity before it is entitled
i rank green fronds; skirting perilous been made ready for her detention in
the Llama government of Ishaaa on Its to the appellation.—Washington.
C u t t i n g l > e t h a t S p Y e n tj- M T p n .
caen
she
dared
to
balk
the
conspiracy
rides, where a single nnsstep might
When a man does right because even-
Mrs. Hannah Masonhall of Sedalia, hands, and Is alw ays jealous o f Britlsli
against her house, for conspiracy it must
1 you instantly to rocky deeps below
or foreign visitors. Btrt should the gov one else Is doing so. he deserve* no es
Mo.,
77
years
old,
is
cutting
a
fa
ll
set
be. This man would surely never have
[ cloud hail risen and veiled the sun
ernment o f India not discourage its pro pecial reward of merit. The test eomes
.. mntterings of thunder came up dared to offer her so great, so terrible of teeth, upper and lower. For ten years posed campaign in Thlliet. the durbar in walking aright when iu the midst of
she
has
not
had
a
tooth
in
her
head,
and
|pthe south. The wind sank to fitful an affront had ho not felt snre that his
may be willing to help Dr. Führer to evil.
l nobbing through the tree tops Not villainy would be glossed over until it this queer action on the part of Dame dig on a sufficiently great scale. Nepal
Nature
is
the
marvel
of
all
who
are
ac
An excellent definition In answer to
ing. A curi ous reson an t sti 11 ness oonld bo effectual. Clearly Hawkins was
la almost as little known as Thibet, al
the question. “ What I* religion - ’ has
in league with him. He would delude quainted with Mrs. Masonhall.
ver and possessed tho world,
though It Is a protected state o f the
recently !>een given In the following
length Dare stopped her horse her aunt into letting him bead the
government o f India, ami it seems time
A b o u t P o lit ic ia n s .
words: ’-Religion Is the life of God In
search and *o manage that they should
saying
that
It
waa
opened,
as
Kasmir
has
been,
About the worst feature in a states
the soul o f man.” Where this spiritual
Mr. Clove, yon have miamd he found exactly as had been planned
to
the
savant
and
the
traveler.—Edin
man getting on his ear is his thns in
life is evident there Is religion
ray! Yon said wo coaid easily got Even had she felt fear, the flame of
capacitating himself from bearing both burgh Scotsman.
i old forgo by 19 o'clock. It moot anger in her most have hom ed it away
The dying melt Into the great multi
G o d '. G o o d n e * * .
In the strength of it she felt able and sides— Philadelphia Tim e*
' 9 now, and I see no sign of i t “
tude o f the departed as quietly as a
The
goodnee*
o
f
God
is
infinite
and
n’ t yon? Look ahead there to the w illin g to defy the conspirators, the ele
drop o f water Into the ocean, and It
B lo o d M r d lc ln o .
extend* to all men. He sendeth His
Cleve naid, indicating with hi* ments, the wrath o f heaven itself.
"T h e dnke's marriage to the Aroeri rain upon the Just and unjust. He may he. are conscious of no unfamlllar-
clang
the ■
door
made her
turn
f an opening at one side of the road ^ The --------
- o — f —
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-------WM
a
bitter pill for his fam ily to alike, “ for In Him we live and move Ity with their new circumstance* but
[w a s inexpreaslbly relieved to see to see Royal Cleve carefully barring it sw- o n_ >•
immediately become aware o f an in
and have our being.” and He sent His
sing onttine* o f a big weather In place.
"T h a t is the way with medicine for Son to exhibit that love for the world. sufferable strangeness In the world
I building. Springing down before
" I t 's com ing on to rain and Mow. ’ ’
impoverished b lood .1 '— Detroit Tribuna Hence It ta w ritten: “ God so loved the which they have qnltted. Death ha,
TOild 3VrtVS fi'JdSI from the sail
be said
This old barrack w ill be damp
not taken them away, but brought them
w«.-id that He sent HI* Son to die that home.—Hawthorne.
J
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PORTLAND
M ARKETS.
The salmon oatob baa been rather
light for the past few days, but the
July run ought to be along aoon, »n ^
with what w heels are catching at the
Cascades, w ill help to sw ell the pack to
fair proportions.
O ld potatoes are very
scarce, and, as the new ones are al«o
scarce, the price has gone np with a
jum p.
Butter has advanoed.
Egg,
are firm and source.
Chickens, ducks
and geese are d u ll, w ith receipts much
iu excess of the demand.
W h ea t M arket.
There is considerable uneasiness ex
pressed over the safety of the wheat
crop, and this im pending trouble to
our greatest staple is bound to have a
bad effect on businesa. Quotations are:
Walla Walla, 49 to 50o; V a lle y , 52 to
53c per bushel.
P rod u ce M arket.
F lous — Portland,
Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, |2.86; Benton county ami
White Lily, $2.35; gralmiu, $2.50; su
perfine, $2 25 per barrel.
Gars—Choice white,26(328cper bush
el; choice gray, 24@26c. Rolled oats
are quoted a* follows: Bags, *4.25@
5.25; barrels, $4.50(37; cases, $3.76.
ti a y — T im othy, »11.00 per to n ; cneat,
$i>.50@7 ; clover, $6(3 7 ; oat, $6.60 ; wheat,
$5.50(36.50.
B a u l k y — Feed barley, $13.50 per ton;
brewing, $14(316.
M illstuvfb — b ran , $14.50; shorts,
» 1 8 (32 0 ; rye, 90c
$15.50; middlings,
per cental.
B c t t k b — Fancv creamery is quoted at
30c; fancy dairy, 22>,c; fair to good,
1 7 ; c o m m o n , 12>*c p e r ro ll.
P otatoks — Burbanks, 40@66c per
sack; Carnet Chiles, 40@45c; Early
Rose, 50c; new. $1.40 per sack; sweets,
best, i,kffl6>ac per pound.
U nions — New, $1 per eacg.
P ocltk y — Chickens,
m ixed . $2.50(3
3.00. bioilere, $1.50(32-50: geese, $4.60;
turkeys, live, 12)*c; dressed 15(317e
per pound ; ducks, $2.50(3.350 per dozen.
Enos— U re g o n , 12>se p e r dozen.
C ukkbk — O regon,
10c; C alifuinia 9e;
Young America, 10c per pound.
T r o p ic a l
F r u it — C alitornia
lemons,
$3.90(34.00; choice. $3.00(33.50; Sicily,
$6.50; bananas, $1.75(33.00 per bunch;
California navels. $3.25(32.75 per box;
pineapples, $3.50(35.00 per dozen.
URKuoN
v b ur ta b lk s —
tiarlic, new, 10c
per pound; artichokes,
35c; green
onions, 10c; hothouse lettuce, 20c per
dozen; Oregon peas, 2c; new cabbage,
It per lb ; tomatoeB, $1.75(32 per crate;
rhubarb, l ' g ( 3 2 c ; asparagus, 6c ; striug
beans, 5@6c per lb ; ra iish e s, 15c per
dozen; cauliflower, 70(376c per dozen;
Oregon, do, $1 per dozen; cucumbers,
50 c (3$1 per dozen.
F kbbh F ruit — T. srnania apples, $2.50
@2.75; California, do, »1.60; Oregon
chi-rriea, 50c(3*l per b o x ; gooseberries,
2 @ 2 V per pound ; currants, 6c per
pound; peacnes, $1.15 per b o x ; apn-
cois, 75c.
terRAWiiKRRiEs —5(3 7c.
Damn F ruits — Apples, evaporated,
bleached, 4 @ 4 k c ; sun-dried, 3 k (3 4 c;
pears, auu and evaporated. 6 (3 6c - plums,
pitless, 3@4c ; prunes, 3@5 per pound.
W ool — Valiev. 10c, per pound ; East
ern Oregon, 5<37c.
H ops — Choice,
Oregon
2 @ 3 c per
pound; medium, neglected.
N uts — Peanuts, 6<37c per pound for
raw, 10c for roasted ; coroanu s, 90c per
dozen ; walnuts, 12 k ( 3 1 1 c ; pine nuts,
15c; hicsory nuts, b o 10c; chestnuts,
17c; Brazil, 12c; pe, ans, large, 14c;
Jumbo, 16c; filberts, 12>%c;fancy, large,
14c; hard-shell, 8c; paper-shell, lu<3
12j,c.
P rovisions — Portland pack : Smoked
hams are quoted at lU ialO k c per lb ;
picuic hams, 7c; boneless hams, 7}%c;
breakfast bacon, 10c; bacon, 7 c ; dry
salt sides, 6c; lard, 5-pound pails, 74,c ;
10s, 7!-jc ; 50s, 7lae ; tierces, 7c per
pound.
H idks .— Dry hides, butcher, sound,
per pound, 110312c ; dry kip and calf
skin, 1 0 @ l lc ; culls, 3c less; salted, 60
lbs and over, 5 c; 50 to 60 lbe, 4 @ 4 k e ;
40 and 50, 4 c; kip and veal skins,
10 to 30 lbs, 4 c; calfskin, sound, 3
to 10 lbs, 6 c; green, unsalted, lc
less ; culls, l-2c less ; sheepskins, shear
lings, 10@ 15c; short wool, 20(330c;
medium. 30(d4hc; long wool. 50@ 70c.
B e e sw a x — 2 0@ 2 2 p e r p o u n d .
T allow —Prime, per pound, 3(§2'jC ;
No. 2 and grease, 2h§c.
M erchandise M a r k .«.
S almon — Columbia, river No. 1. tails,
$1.25@ 1.60; No. 2. tabs, $2.25(32.60;
fancy, No. 1, flats, $ 1.75(31.85; Alaska,
No. I, tails, $1.20(31.30; No. 2, tails, $1.90
@2.25.
B kanb — Small white. No. 1, 2c per
pound; butter, 3 c; bayou, l k c ; Lima,
3k@ 4c.
C ordaqk — M anilla rope, l k 'i n c h , i*
onoted at 8c; White sisal, hard twisted :
Rope, l ' 4 -in. cir. and upward, OQc;
rope, 12-thread, 034c.
( sugar — Golden C, 44ac ; extra C , 4 j^ c;
dry granulated, 5c; cube crushed and
powdered, 6c per pound ; k c P*r pound
discount on all grades lor prom pt cash ;
half barrels, t4 c more than Barrels;
maple sugar. 16(316c per pound.
C o r n * —Costa Rica, 20(323>*c ; Rio, 20
@ 2 2 c;
Salvador,
1 9 @ 2 2 c : Mocha,
27@31c; Padang Java, 3 0 c : Palembang
Java. 26@28c ; Lahat Java, 23(325c ; Ar-
bnckle’s Mokaska and Lion. *20.30 per
100-pound case; Colum bia, $20.30 per
100-pound case.
B h x — island, $3.50(34 per sa c k ; Ja
pan. $3.75@ 4.
C oal O il — Cases, 2 0 k c ;
barrels,
1/ l2c ; tanks, 15lac per gallon.
W heat B aiis — Calcutta, $ 4 .2 5 @ 4 .3 7 X
for July and August deliveries.
Meat M a rk et.
— Gross, top steers, $ 3 .2 5 ; cows,
$2.25(<t2.50; dressed beef, 4<36>4C P*r
poun d.
M utton — G ross, best sheep, wethers,
fô.UOj ew es, |I.50@2,75; dressed m ut
ton , 5c p er p o u n d .
V * al Gross, sm all, 4 k c ; large, 3(3
3 k c per pound.
— Gross, choice, heavy, $3.00@
3.25-, light and feeders, $ 2 .5 0 a :2 .7 5 ;
dressed, 3)*(g4c per pound.
SAN
FRANCISCO
M ARKETS.
F lour — Net cash prices; F am ily ex
tras, $3 . i 5@3.H5 per barrel; bakers’ ex-
trw , $3.5.) 3 3 .6 6 ; superfine. $ 2 .8 6 (3 3 1 ».
B ari .* y — Feed, fair to good, 7 1 k « !
choice. i 3$4 c ; brewing. 8 6 Wc.
^ Shipping. No. 1, 1 1 .0 7 k !
choice, »1.10; m illing, $ 1 .1 7 k ® l - 2 2 k -
hoiî U T u I I Ü 'Y l . 75® h2* « :
r a -p n M ,
9U«t9o; fancy feed, 82k@H7W : good to
enmee, ,5 @ 8 0 c ; poor
to fair, 6 7 k #
« 2 k c ; gray, 7 2 k « * 0 c .
P otato * » - S weets, $2 5 0 * 2 .7 5 ; Bur-
b*nk i, Oregon, 6 0 « 8 0 c .