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CHAPTER I Continued.
Sherlock Holmes warned delighted
at Uia Ha of aharing room with ma.
"1 have, my eye on a aulte In Raker
street," he said, "which would ault u
down to the ground, iou don't mind
the mU of strong it banco, I hope?"
"I always amok a 'ahlpV myself," I
answered.
"That's good enough. I generally
hir chemical about, ami occasionally
do experiment. Would that annoy
youT '
"By no means."
"It nn see hat are my other
ahortvoinlnjj I get in the dump at
times, and don t open my mouth for
day on end. iou niunt not think I
am tulky whan 1 do that. Juxt lot mo
- alone and I'll anon b all right. What
have you to rontons uowT It'a juat ai
fwel fur Uo fellow to know the worxt
of each other before they begin to live
together."
I laughed at tltla cross examination
"1 keep a bullpup," I aaid, "and ob
Jed to rowa, IxTanao my nervea are
eliaken, and 2 u-t up at all aorta of uu-
It'Kily hoora, and I am extremely laty
1 have another aet of vice when I am
well, but thoee are the principal onea
at prt'tent."
"(Hi you Include violin playing in
your category o( rowa?" be anked, mi
iotialy.
"It depemla on the player,"
anerl. A well played vtolln lit a
trvat f'r the god; a twdly played
one"
"Oh. that'a all right," he cried wllh.
a merry lauirh. "I thin we may con
alder the thing a aettled that la, if
the room aro agreeable to you."
"When phall we ree them?"
"Call for me here at noon, tomorrow,
and we II go together and aettle every
thing," anewrrml.
"All right-noon exactly," aaid I,
ahaking hln hand.
We lft him working among lii
fhetnlruln. and we walked together to-
ward my hotel.
"y the ar," I aked mddenly,
"how the deuce did he know that 1 hail
come Irom Afghanlatau?"
My companion rmlled an enigmatical
amlle.
That'a Juat hla Utile peculiarity ,
he anil. "A gotxl many people have
wanted to know how he find thing
out.
"Oh, a myntry, it It?" I cried, rub
bins my hand. "Thla I very piquant.
I am much obliged to you for bringing
u together. 'The proper itudy of
mankind i man, y o know."
"You mufit attidr him then," Ftam
ford paid, a ho bid me good-by.
"You'll find him a knotty problem,
though. I'll wngor he learn more
about you tlian you about him. Good-
by."
"Good-by," I anwaered; and (trolled
on to my hotel, considerably interested
to my now acquaintance.
CHAPTER II.
We met next day, as he had arrang
ed, and Inspected hla rooms at No.
221!) Haker street, of which he had
apoken at our meeting.
They consisted of a couple of com
fortable bedrooms and a single, large,
airy sitting room, cheerfully furnished,
and Illuminated by two broad win
dows. So desirable In every way were the
apartments, and ao moderate did tno
terms seem when divided between us
that the bargain was concluded upon
the spot, and we at once entered into
possession.
That very evening I moved my
things round from the hotel, and on
the following morning Sherlock Holm
es followed me with several boxes mid
portmanteaus.
For a day or two we were busily
employed In unpacking and laying out
our property to the best advantage.
That done, we gradually began to set
tle down and to accommodate our
elves to our new surroundings.
Holmes was certainly not a difficult
man to live with. He was quiet in his
ways, and his habits were regular.
It was rare for him to be up after
ten at night, and he had Invariably
breakfasted and gone out before I rose
In the morning.
Sometimes he spent hla day at the
chemical laboratory, sometimes In the
dissecting rooms, and occasionally
In long walks, which appeared to take
him Into the lowest portions of the
city. Nothing could exceed hla energy
when the working fit was upon him;
but now and again a reaction would
el.e him, and for days on end he
would lie upon the sofa In the Bitting
room, hardly uttering a word or mov
ing a muscle from morning to night
. On these occasions I have noticed
such a dreamy, vacant expression in
hla eyes, that I might have suspected
hl.rn of being addicted to the use of
some narcotic, had not the temperance
and cleanliness of hla whole life for
bidden such a notion.
As the weeks went by, my Interest
In him and my curiosity as to his alms
In life gradually deepened and lncreas
ed.
. His very person and appearance were
such as to strike the attention of the
most casual observer. In height ne
was rather over six feet, and so exces
sively lean that he seemed to be con
siderably taller.
His eyes were sharp and piercing,
save during those Intervals of torpor
to which I have alluded; and his thin,
hawk-like nose gave hla whole expres
sion an air of alertness and decision.
His chin, too, had the prominence
and squareness which mark the man
of determination.
His hands were invariably blotted
with Ink and stained with chemicals,
yet he was possessed of extraordinary
delicacy of touch, aa I frequently had
occasion' to observe when I watched
SCARLET.
him manipulating; hiatfragtl phlloso-
pmcai instrument.
ine reader may set me down as a
hopideaa busybody, when I conf'
how much this man stimulated my cu
riosity, and how often I endeavored it
break through the reticence which he
ahowed in all that concerned himself.
Itarore pronouncing judement. how
ever, be It remembered how objectleaa
was my life and how little there was
to tngage my attention.
My health forbid me from venturing
out unless the weather was exception
ally genial, and I bad no friend, who
would call upon me and break the mo
notony of my dally existence.
Under these circumstance, I eagerly
hailed the little myatery which hung
around my companion, and spent much
of my tlrno In endeavoring to unrve)
It
He wa not studying medicine, lie
had hlmaclf. in reply to a question,
confirmed Stamford- opinion upon
thnt point.
Neither did he appear to have pur
sued' any course of reading which
might fit htm for a degree In aclenre
or any other recognized portal which
would give htm an entrance Into the
loerned world.
Yet hla teal for certain studies wa
remarkable, and within eccentric lim
it hla knowledge wa ao extraordinar
ily ample and minute that hi obser
vations have fairly astounded me.
Surely nd man would work ao her
to attain snch precise Information un
less he had tome definite end In view.
Desultory readers are seldom remark
able for the exactnes of their learn
ing.
No man burden hi mind with small
matters unless he ha some very good
reaon ror doing so.
Ill Ignorance wa as remarkab'
as hi knowledge. Of contemnorarv
literature, philosophy and politics he
appeared to know next to nothing.
Upon my quoting Thomas Carlvle.
he Inquired In the nalvcst way who he
mignt te and what he had done. My
surprise reached a climax, however,
when I found InrldeptHlly that he wa
Ignorant of the Copornlcan theory, and
of the composition of the solar sys
tem
That any civilized human being in
thla nineteenth century should not be
aware that the earth traveled round
the sun appeared to me auch an ft
treordlnary fact that I could hardly
reanxe it.
"You appear to be astonished." he
aaid, amlllng at my expression of sur
prise. "Now that I do know it, I shad
do my bet to forget It.
"To forget it!"
"You see." he explained. "I consldei
that a man'a brain originally Is like a
little empty attic and' you hove to
stock it with uch furniture a you
choose. A fool takes In all the lumber
of every ort that he come across, so
that the knowledge which might he
useful to him gets crowded out. or at
best Is jumbled up with a lot of
other thing, so that be has a diffi
culty In .laying his hands upon It. Now,
the. skillful workman Is very caref'.il
Indeed as to what he takes into hU
brain attic, He will have nothing bul
the tool which may help him In do
ing hia work, but of these he ha a
large assortment, and all in the most
perfect order. It is a mistake to think
that that little room has elastic walls
and can distend to any extent De
pend upon It. there cornea a time when
for every addition to knowledge you
forget something that you knew be
fore. It Is of the highest Importance,
therefore, not to have uselenB facts el
bowing out the useful ones."
"Rut the solar system!" I protested,
"What the deuce Is It to me?" he In-
terrupted. Impatiently; "you say thnt
we go round the sun. If we went
round the moon It would not make a
pennyworth of. difference to me or tc
my work." : ,
I was on the point-of asking him
what that work might be. but some
thing In his manner showed me that
the question would be an unwelcome
one.
I pondered over our short conversa
tion, however, and endeavored to draw
my deductions from It. He said lh.il
he would acquire no knowledge which
did not bear upon his object. There
fore, all the knowledge which he pos
sessed was such as would be useful
to htm.
I enumerated In my own mind all
the varloua points upon which he had
shown me that he was exceptionally
well informed. ' I even took pencil
and Jotted them down."
I could not help smiling at the docu
ment when I had completed It. It ran
In thl way:
SHERLOCK HOLMES -His Limits.
1. Knowledge of literature Nil.
2. Knowledge of philosophy Nil.
3. ; Knowledge of Astronomy -Nil. .
4. Knowledge 6t Politics Feeble
5. Knowledge of botany Variable.
Well up In bella donna, opium ud
poisons generally. Knows nothing of
practical gardening.
Knowledge of geology Practical,
but limited. Tells at a glance different
soils from each other. After walks
has shown me splashes upon his trous
ers, and told me . by . their color and
conBlstenoe in what part of London he
had received them. 1
7. Knowledge of chemistry Pro
found.
8. Knowledge of anatomy Accu
rate, but unsystematic,;
9. Knowledge of sensational litera
ture Immense. He appears to -know
every detail of horror perpetrated In
the century. .
10. Plays the violin well.
11. Is an expert single stick player.
boxer and swordsman.
12. Has a good practical knowledge
of British law. ,
When I had got so far In my list I
threw it into the fire In despair.
"If I cannot find what the fellow Is
driving at by reconciling all these ac
complishments and discovering a call
ing which needs them all, I said to
myself, "I may as well give up the at
tempt at once."
I see that I bate aJluded above to
his powers upon the violin. These
were very remarkable, but aa eccen
tric a all his other accomplishments.
That he could play pieces, and diffi
cult piece, I knew well, because at my
request be bad played me some. of
Mendelsohn's "Lloder," and other fa
vorites. .
When left to himself, however, he
would seldom produce any music or
attempt any recognised air.
leaning back In his armchair of an
evening he would close hi eye and
crape carelessly at the fiddle, which
was thrown across his knee. Some
times the chords were sonorous and
melancTloly. Oecasslonally they were
raniastic and cbeerfuL
Clearly they reflected the thought
which pooed hlro. but whether the
mualc aided theae thoughts, or whether
the playing was simply the result of a
wiilm or fancy, was more than I could
determine.
I might have rebelled against these
exasperating solos bad It not been
thnt be usually terminated them by
playing In quick succession a whole se
ries of my favorite airs as a slight
compensation for the trial upon my
patience,
During the first week or so we had
no callers, and I bad begun to think
that my companion was as frlendles
a man aa myself,
Presently, however, I found that he
had many acquaintances, and those In
the most different classes of society,
There was one little aallow, rat-faced,
dark-eyed fellow who waa Introduced
to me as Mr. Lestrade, and who came
three or four times In a single week.
One morning a young girl called,
fashionably dressed, and stayed for
half an hour or more. The same sfter
noon brought a gray-headed, seedy
visitor, looking like a Jew peddler, and
who appeared to be much excited, and
who was closely followed by a sllo-
snod elderly woman
On another occasion an old white-
haired gentleman had an Interview
with my companion; and on another a
railway porter In his velveteen uni
form. When any of these nondescript
individuals put in an appearance Sher
lock Holmes used to beg for the use of
the sitting room, and I would retire to
my bedroom. He always apologized to
me for putting me to this inconven
ience
"I have to use this room as a place
of business," he said, "and these peo
ple are my clients.
Again I had an opportunity of ask
Ing him a point blank question, and
again my delicacy prevented me from
forcing another man to confide In me.
I Imagined at the time that he had
some strong reason for not alluding to
It, but he soon dispelled the Idea by
coming round to the subject of his own
accord
It was upon the 4th of March, as I
have good reaon to remember, that I
rose somewhat earlter than usual and
found that Sherlock Holmes had not
yet finished his breakfast
The landlady had become so accus
tomed to my late habits that my place
had not been laid nor my coffee pre
pared.
With the unreasonable petulance of
mankind I rang the bell and gave a
curt intimation that I waa ready.
Then I picked up a magazine from
the table and attempted to while away
the time with it while my companion
munched silently at his toast
One of the articles had a pencil mark
at the beading, and I naturally began
to run my eye through it
Its somewhat ambitious title was
"The Book of IJfe." and it attempted
to show how much an observant man
might leorn by an accurate systematic
examination of all that came In his
way.
It struck .me aa being a remarkable
mixture of shrewdness and of absurd
ity. The reasoning was close and in
tense, but the deductions appeared to
me to be far-fetched and exaggerated.
The writer claimed by a momentary
expression, a twitch of muscle, or a
glance of the eye, to fathom a man's
Inmost thoughts.
Deceit, according to him, was an Im
possibility in the case of one trained
to observation and analysis.' His con
clusions were as Infallible as so many
propositions of Euclid.
So startling would his results ap
pear to the uninitiated that, until they
learned the process by which he had
arrived at them, they might consider
him as a necromancer.
(To be Continued.)
Tha Marrying AgtT
The marrying age, according to sta
tistics, is steadily advancing. This
accounts, perhaps, for another, fact,
that women are beginning to look
younger and more girlish in the shady
twenties and the early thirties than
they used to do. Twenty-five yeais
ago a woman of 32 who was unmarried
would have been regarded as a hopeless
tld maid. Now she is quite a git 1 at
that age and her marriage is still
thought of. If we continue to grow
old in this leisurely fashion the very
name "old maid" will disappear from
our vocabulary, if indeed it has not
done so alieady.
Plrtt Woman to Win Scholanhlp.
Mies Helen E. Wallace! a l.rillUnt
student at the Melbourne, Australia,
university, has been awarded the
Shake'sneare scholarship of IRA
This is the most important scholar
snip in,uie gift of the university, and
it has never before been won by a
woman.
In Memory of Dr. Johnson.
Dr. Johnson's long association with
the Strand, London t is vto be com
memorated by placing a beautiful
stained glass window in St. Clement's
Dane chapel.
Beth' Surprise.
Beth was delighted with her mmf
new changeable spring gown. "Oh,
mania l" she exclaimed, excitedly,
"the colors of Aunt Marv'a
dress are all exteinporaneouI"Judge.
A Wit ClrL
Alice How long shonld a slrl know
a man before becoming engaged to him?
uraceUh, long enough for him to
propose.
EVENTS OF TUE MY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTER8 OF
THE WORLD.
A CemprtluAsiv Review t the tmpaftant
Happcabgi el tU fact Week, Pretcnted
la a CeaaWd Term. Kkh I Moat
LXwry te Frev W lattrut U Our Maay
ttui$r$
Ten fishermen loat their lives in a
gale on Fraaer river. B. C-
Cholera has broken out afresh in
Manila, a number of new being
reporuM. .
James Jeffries knocked out Bob Fit'
slmmon In the eighth round in a fight
at Han iranciaco.
Chicago messenger a went on strike
lor more psy. Telegtams are being de
livered through tlie mail.
Alx-la-Chanoelle. a town in Ger
manv. will hereafter celebrate Ameri
can independence day by .ousting the
American flag.
There is much anxiety among British
cabinet officials over the king s con
d it ion. Many believe he will not be
able to stand the coronation.
Acting Pet-retary Ryan has ordered a
temporary withdrawal of the tract in
Eastern Oregon recommended by com-
miiwioner Hermann and Superintendent
Ormsby. -
Two hundred persons swere drowned
by the capwizing of a steamer on West
river. China.
mere is not a great aeai oi interest
being taken in the coming coronation
of King Edward.
The bodies of the Cebu, Philippine
teacher have been found, thus on firm
ing the fears that they bad been mas
sacred.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the joint navy and army ma
neuver at the entrance to Long laland
sound.
The secretary of the interior fhaa re
ceived sample of an alleged core for
leprosy, wnicb will be lowarded to
tionoiaiu tor a test.
Tracy has again disappeared and, as
a result, reports are being sent to the
officers from various places as to bis
whereabouts. One repoit has him at
balem.
From Fehrtiarv 4. 1899. to Ar.ril 30
Hr0, there were' 2,156 engagements, of
more or less eeriouuiess. between
American troops and the enemv in the
Philippines.
The" United Stales cruiser Albany has
sailed for Stockholm, Sweden.
Serious religious riots are reported in
several French cities. More trouble
is expected.
Colonel Thomas Ward, chief of staff
to General Miles, has been appointed
brigadier general. " .
Cardinal Ledochowski. prefect of the
congregation of the propaganda of the
Koman church, is dead.
T1A trvilBlirv iWorlmunl vill In a
few days, call for bids for the improve-
Orders have been received at theRew
York navy yard to Droceed at once with
the building of the battleship Connec
ticut. The general managers of the railroads
entering Chicago are" considering vari
ous means of preventing strikes in the
future.
An Ohio doctor is under sentence fof
death in Nicaragua. The state depart
ment has taken active steps to secure
nis release.
Secretary Root has srone td Europe
for a short vacation.
Fifty-six persons were drowned in a
ferry boat accident in Russia.
The complete unofficial abstract gives
Chamberlain 276 plurality for governor
of Oregon. '
General MacArthur has assumed
temporary command of the department
of the East.
The height of the flood has been
reached in the Mississippi valley and
the river is falling slowly.
Japanese fishermen on the Fraser
river are having trouble with the
Indian and white fishermen.
The war department is preparing to
build many new quarters and barracks
throughout the United States. -
A Philadelphia telephone company
has made arrangemetns to install an
alarm system. A subscriber in the
evening tells central what time he
wishes to get up, and at that hour the
telephone bell will ring. It is neces
sary for " the subscriber "to take down
the receiver in order to stop the bell
ringing.
Cholera is raging in Upper Egypt.
At least half of the cases are fatal.
The widow of Lord Panncefote will
be granted a much larger pension than
is ordinarily given.
" A steamship sunk on the Elbe river.
Germany, and only SO of the 185 pas
sengers were saved.
.
Capt. M. I. SYnith, the first man who
stretched wiros across the state of Wis
consin, is still living in Topeka, Kan..
Chicago chemists have invented a
process for making wall paper stronger
that promises to revolutionize the in
dustry.
The largest stockholder 'n the United
States Steel Company, "Mr. Cutler,"
Is John D. Rockefeller, not Andrew
Carnegie: his dividend is (1,000,000
nnually. J
DI80R0ER8 AT PARIS.
Mart Rieting Follow Attempt to Clou the
Church Schools Maay ArrtiU.
rails, July 20. Disturbances con
tinue a a sequel to yesterday's clerical
outbreaks as protest against the gov
ernment's en freemen t of the law against
unauthorized congregations. It now
sppears that 300 arrest were made and
numerop prosecutions are pending,
although the majority of the prisoner
were released. Fresh meetings to
protest in favoi of the religious orders
are expected to be field, while the Rad
ical and Socialist papers are urging the
Republicans to meet at the Pantheon
as a counter demonstration.
A aeriona disturbance occurred at
10:30 o'clock this evening from the
terrace at the Cafe de Mufee de Clonic.
The police cleared the cafe. Sereial
person were injured and 25 arrest
were made. Some disorderly meetings
of Catholics were held during the course
of the evening, resulting in scuffles and
the making of arrests.
The aaitation recalls to some extent
the scenes enacted when M. Ferri, then
premier, expelled the Jasui, in 1880.
Demonstrations in favor of the nuns
and of the teaching friars are taking
place in Paris and many places in the
provinces where the prefects presented
themselves at the schools and nrdn?
that the institution be closed. Tp to
tiie present, however, no serious inci
dent has been recorded.
Ihe Nationalists have ioined tbo
Clericals in engineering the agitation,
ana tneir leaaers are in the forefront
of the effervescence in Paris. Much
sympathy has been worked up on be
half of the nuns, and their schools have
been made particular objects of demon
strations. The Clericals called
their sympathizers to meet outside of
the school conducted by the Sisters of
St. Vincent de Paul, in the northeast
quarter of Faris, which was closed,
and a great crowd gathered there, com
pelling a large body of mounted muni
cipal guards and police to form a cordon
in the streets leading to the school. A
few trifling collisions occurred between
the Clericals and counter demonstrators.
who replied to the Clerical cries of
"long live the good Sisters" and,"Vive
la libeite," with "Down with the
priests" and "Lona live the rennhiir "
A Nationalist member of the chamber
of deputies was arrested while trying
to force his war throueh the notice cor
don, but was subeeqtientlv released.
Anti-Clerical meetines in the Latin
quarter this evening led lo some effer
vescence, but no noteworthy disorder.
Trouble of s similar nature occurred
at several other points.
Against these incidents. hnwevAr.
must be set off the addresses in support
of the government voted by many mu
nicipal councils. While much sym
pathy is felt with the Sisters nersonal-
ly, Premier Combes undoubtedly feels
that he is supported by the mass of the
people, and is not likely to recede from
the position he has taken.
MEXICAN TRAIN HELD UP.
Darinj America Robber Make a Big Haul
Escaped in the Darkness.
EI Paso, Tex., July 26 A daring
holdup took place on the Mexican Cen
tral about 12:30 oclock yesterday morn
ing, just after the train left Bernijillo.
At Bernijillo three Americans boarded
the train, two secreting themselves on
the blind baggage and the other enter
ing the thiid class coach. Aa soon as
the train polled out the two riding on
the blind baggage entered the express
car, and, covering the messenger with
their guns, ordered him to throw up
his hands. The express messenger
offered no resistance. The robbers
then went leisurely through the safe,
securing $50,000 in currency, con
signed to the Banco Minero, at Chi
huahua. They also took what other
money packages were in the safe, and
stood quietly by until the train stopped.
mating a nasty exit, and .diopping off
the train as it was slowing down.
After alisrhtine they disappeared in
the darkness. -
About the time the robbein entered
the express car the conductor of the
train became engaged in an altercation
with a passenger who refused to pay
has fare. Finally the conductor had
the train stopped and the nas-encer
ejected. The robbeis alighted at the
same time. . It is now believed the
troublesome nasseuirer was a nartner of
the robbers, and his action a ruse to
secure the stopping of the train.
Union Pacific Machinists' Strike
Omaha, July 26. The Union Pacific
Railroad today brought in 38 new men
tq take places in Omaha shops, but the
strike leaders say 21 of them deserted
without going to work. The railroad
officials say this was not unexpected,
and that the greater part of those who
did not go to work were men who were
found incompetent and released. Mr.
McKeen, superintendent of motive
power, said today that piecework would
soon be introduced into other parts of
the shops of the system, and that it
will soon be used exclusively.
Proposed Reduction In Pay.
Elwood: Ind., July 26. Renewed
efforts were made here today to have
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel workers accept the 25 per cent
reduction vx wages in order that the
American Tinplato company may secure
an order of 1 ,500,000 boxes of tin from
the Standard Oil company. The
meeting tasted for four hours, and de
spite the fact that President Shaffer ad
vised the men to accept the reduction,
tfiey refused to do so.
NEWS OP TIIE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial rUppcnlngs of Im.
porttA Brief Rtvkw af the Growth
aad Improvements of the Maay Industrie
Throejhoitt Our Thrivmg Gmrrwmwc!-!
latest Market Report.
1 A project is on foot to put in a first
ciass waterworks at Dallas.
Marion and Umatilla counties repoit
a decrease in tbe school population
J. A. Beattie, president of the state
normal school at Weston, has resigned
to accept a position in the East.
Benton county farmers are now cut
ting their fall sown grain. Both tbe
fall and spring sown wheat will yield
well.
Tbe state" fair this year promises to
be one oi the most successful ever held.
Manv special features have been se
cured. The French bark Aaie. which ran.
sized at Portland last January, has
-een completely repaired and has sailed
from that port with a full cargo.
The annual report of the public
rcnoois oi lamhill county shows a
total school population of 4,775, as
compared with 4,826 a vear ago. The
average attendance also fell off.
Portland Elks are working hard"for
the carnival to be held this fall. Re
duced rates over, all transportation
lines have been secured and everyone
in the Northwest will be able to attend.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has made arrangements to place a
large clock on one of tbe principal
streets of Oregon City. The clock will
be connected b wire with the one at
Lick obervatory, and will have a dial
30 Laches in diameter.
A salt war is on at Portland. Whole
sale men, in order to fight the trust,
now have tour vessels en route loaded
with salt, and one is discharging her
cargo in that port. The effect is al
ready noticeable, 14 per ton having
been sliced off the price within 30 days.
The Pacific Coast Lumber Company,
of Albany, has been incorporated with
140,000 capital stock.
During this warm weather about 600
patients of the rtate insane asylum en
joy a picnic twice a week.
Several attempts have been made the
past week to burn Fort Stevens, but in
each instance the flames WArA riionnv..
ered in time to prevent serious destruc
tion.
Placer mining on the Snake river is
proving very profitable in some places
this season. The clean-nn from nn
bar for the season is. estimated at 110.
000. '
A representative from a Nebraska
firm has purchased 1.000 hd nf e-rt
fine horses in Crook count v and will
ship them East during August and Sep-
toiuoer.
Considerable difficulty is ri
perieneed in securing labor to pull flax
in the fields around Salem. The work
is exceeding tiresome and hot and the
pay email.
A big led lie of nickel, cold And fvmnv
has been found in Josenhine ponntv.
The new vein is one of the largest
bodies of ore ever uncovered in South
ern Oregon.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 63c for n
crop; 6464c for old; valley, 65c;
bluestem, 6566c. .
Barley-117.75 for old, $16.50 for
new crop.
Flour Best erades. 13.05(33 .60 Mr
barrel; graham, 2.953.20.
Millstuffa Bran, $1516 per ton;
middlings, $21.50: abort. .18:
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, $1.151.20;gray,
$1.051.10.
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Burbanks, 75 85c
percental; ordinary, 50c per cental.
growers prices; sweets. $2.252.50
per cental ; new potatoes, lc.
Butter Creamery," 2021cj dairy
16 18c; store, 15 16c;
Eggs 20 22c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12
13c;YoungAmerica, 13K14ic; fac
tory prices, 1 lc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.50; hens, $4.005.60 per dozen,
llll,Mc per pound; springs, 11
ll)6c per pound. $2.5004.50 ner do.
en; ducks, $2.603.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 13 14c, dressed, 15 16c per
pound; geese, $4.005.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross. 2ffl 3c nernonnd-
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6 Jc; dressed, 77&e
per pound.
Veal 78c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 83)r; steers.
3K lc; dressed, 78c per pound.
Hops 16l7c; rew crop 1718c.
Wool Valley,1215:Eastern Ore-
gon, 814C: mohaii. 2526c pound.
The body of Jesse James is to be ex
humed at St. Joseph, Mo., and buried
in the family lot at Kearney,
The Burlington & Northwestern rail
road, 105 miles long, will be shifted
from narrow to standard gauge in ten
hours. One rail is to be moved.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland is
about to publish a book on ethics of
fishing. He declared in an interview
that fishing is the besf means he knows
of to preserve health.
CREST OF THE FLOOD.
tilth Water Mark m the Mississippi Is Now
Reached at Qulncy.
Keokuk, la., July 24. The treat of
the Mississippi ri ver flood 1 now at
Qnincy, and by morning will be still
further south. The river reached the
maximum at Quincy at noon today,
and has been stationary there since. A
stationary gauge is expected at Hanoi
bal tomorrow morning. The Lima
lake levee, extending north from
Meyer, 111., 20 miles north of Quincy,
developed danger today, and a large
force of men were employed to patrol it
and earth tools were Mattered along
its length. The Li.na lake and the C.
H. Hunter levees destroyed corn valued
at several million of dollar. Levees
on the Illinois side of the river, below
Quincy, are standing and saved most
of the country there. The Mississippi
river fell several inches here during
the last 24 hours, and there arenoigns
in Iowa rivers of anv more flood ap
proaching. A gradual fall for two
weeks will end the flood In the vast do
main south of here. Several hundred
tenant farmers are absolutely penniless
and with no chance of an income this
year. Each community seems to be
taking care of its own refugees.
Tbe same conditions obtain along the
75 miles of the Mississippi river on
the Missouri side and 100 miles of the
De Sloinee river lowlands. The popu
lation of the villain nf Sr Tn,.-;ii
Mo., has been nearly doubled by the
refugees of the flood d
absolutely everything.
The Illinois river at Peoria reached
21 feet above low water last night, and
at 10 o'clock this morning the dikes
on which the tracks of the Peoria fc
rekm Terminal railway are built gave
wav. Over 1.000 feet nf traot ...
and the water is pouring through the
crevasse, flooding hundreds of acres of
grain.
BROKE THROUGH THE CORDON.
i-dronc Chiefs and Most of Their Followers
Escaped to the Mountains.
Manila. Julv 21. lYin fa 1 Irm an A
Felizardo. the ladrone chiefs, have
broken throueh tha
don in Cavite province and have es
cape- to the mountauis. The cordon
encompassed the leader and
of their followers. The latter, when
trapped, made a succesion of bieaks to
escape. The constabulary withstood
the first attacks, killing 14 and captur
ing io men. ine ladrones finally
massed under cover nf tha Hiring.
and forced their way through a weak
spot in me cordon, near Dasames,
killing one and wonndinp nnA nf tha
constabulary. The latter captured the
papers and effects of the leaders and
destroyed quantities of supplies.
An extensive drive, with the object
of capturing the ladrone chiefs Mon-
- 1 1 r, i .
union ana reuzardo and 50 of their
followers waa organized in Cavite
province. Twelve hundred constabu
lary, commanded bv Can tain tutor
formed a complete anele shared
covering -60 square mile. Patrol
launches guarded the rivers, and it-
was expected to close the cordon yes-
l. 1 m . . J
leruay. ine entire male population of
the towns and farms WArA fn ha In.
eluded in the concentration movement.
When complete, the ladrones were to
have been arrested and the othAra
to'have been released.
OUR SHIPS KEPT BUSY.
By Activity of Rebels on Shores of the Car-
ribbeaa Sea.
Washington. Julv 24 TTnnnnal in.
surgent activity in the West Indies and
on the shores of the Caribbean sea are
taxing: the resources of the naw dennrt.
ment in the matter of ships to look
after American intergsts. A cablegram
receiver at tne state department from
oiimswr rowen at uaracas states that
the Marietta is proceeding to ascertain
the facts connected with the alleged
blockade by the Venezuelan govern
ment at its own port of Carupano. An
attack on Puerto Cabello, which is
about 70 miles west of the capital, is
expected by the government and the
president may go there from Barcelona
instead of to Caracas as he originally
intended. . The three United States
warships on the Venezuelan coast are
kept moving with celerity to put in an
appearance at the port where disturb
ances are threatened.
Meanwhile a cry comes for a ship at
Hayti in the shape of a cablegram from
Minister Livingstone at Cape Haytien.
who reports that troops and Haytien
warships are approaching to attack and
bombard the cape. There is a good
deal of apprehension among the for
eigners for their safety.
Peary Relief Expedition,
New York, July 24. Provisoned for
several months and all equipped to
withstand the rigors of the Polar seas,
the Peary relief ship Windward will ,
start today for the far north, says a
Sydney, C. B., dispatch to the Tribune.
ADoara are Mrs. reary and little daugh
ter Marie. The wife of the explorer is
confident of finding her husband at
Cape Sabine and that his return to civ-"
nization win De signalized by the news
that he has discovered the long sought
for pole. - ;
German Situation Improves.
Berlin, July 24. The Cologne Ga
zette today concludes a page survey of
the business situation by saying that
production and consumption are coming
nearer to balancing each other, that ex
ports are slowly increasing, that trade
is showing a hopeful expansion, that
I rates ior money are easy, and that the
j symptoms indicate a return to normal
.times. The journal, however, warns
I syndicates against raising prices. ,