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NUbU Itt Stv4ir W C. ntHKH IJfertaJ Fnpfcte Sshatptioa Kitui rn $.5 Nr liz moatiu. i.oo Tm tim aoatkt 75 SPRAY COURIER. b lnW klWId Mm rf SWEAT ass wIBUJsT. CHRl TbtttwilsttMa f sat of tab Mctta k iivaHk VOI VII. SrilAY, OREGON," SATUEDAY, MARCH 7, 1908. NO. 23. BY MISADVENTURE :BY F R A IN K B A R R E T T CHAPTER I. My name Is Keene Anthony Keene. I am a lawyer ; Bixty-four years is my age. Sou may see what kind of man I am by my portrait ; not over pleasant with any one. George Flexmore and I were friends. He was my first client when I set up In Coneyford, a small town just large enough at that time, as I believed, to keep a law yer of its own ; there are a couple of us now, and we have as much to do as. we need. Flexmore had just then come into fortune and he did not know what to do with it. I prevented him from losing It, as he certainly would have done with out proper directibn, for he was an easy going man, of a credulous disposition, such as your needy adventurer and shifty peculator love to take in hand. For ev ery man that has money there are ninety' nine who are anxious to spend it for him, "If any one asks you for money, Flex- more," said I, "don t refuse him ; send him to me." And he did so. with this re sult he never lost a penny by these good natured friends. He had a great respect for me-more than 1 deserved doubtless. He Beemed to think that whatever I did must be right, and I believe it was the sheer force of ex ample that kept him out of matrimony so long; because I did not care to take a wife," he thought It best to keep single. But the conditions were different. 1 am not an easy-going man, and marriage would have been purgatory for me or my wife, and the result must have been equal ly bad for both of us in either case. But Flexmore bad nothing to do from morning to night that might not very well be set side to attend to the wants of some body else. He saw that he ought to have some other object in life than to eat and sleep and kill time that his life was in complete in fact. Rut be still made pre tense of being content with a bachelor's 'xistence. One day I caught him singing his old song, "When a man's single be lives at his ease," but In such a lugubrious strain that it would have made me laugh if it had not Irritated me. "That's humbug, Flexmore," said I, "and you know i(. A man's bapplnT. - consists in making other people happy unless he's a lawyer. You're not a law yer, and you ought to be making some body happy. You'd be more at your ease if you had somebody else to think about, nd somebody else to think about you." "Do you mean that I ought to marry, Tony?" be said, blushing like a girl. "That is exactly what I do mean, George. There's little Miss Vaughan, who has been waiting to be asked these three years; there are dozens of girls to be chosen from. "Do you think she would have me?" he Interrupted eagerly. : "Well, the best way of deciding that point is to go and ask her this afternoon," aid I. The result of this advice was that flexmore married Miss Vaughan just six weeks after. She was much younger than he, as ivife should be. A happier couple I never saw. He lived to please her, and she to please him that was the chief object of their lives. A year after their marriage they had a fhild, and a nice fuss they made about it. She grew up a pleasant little thing, shy and timid, with a clinging affection for lovable persons and things. I never saw anything like the passionate attachment that existed between her and her sweet- tempered mother. Poor Mrs. Flexmore had never been a robust person, and well, to cut short a story that is too pain ful to dwell upon, she died when little Laure was eleven years old. Flexmore was then sixty-two, but he was not too old to suffer. The loss un manned him completely. He took on like a woman ; and he would have been less a man if he had not, perhaps. "My poor old friend," said I, "it would have been better to let you live on an Did bachelor. "No, no," he replied. "After such hap piness an eternity of suffering would find me still a gainer." - "You have your child your little Laure," said I; and then, to turn his thoughts from the past, I talked about the future, and what he should do for the child's welfare. Indeed the child's grief gave me almost as much concern as the father s. It was not a passionate out burst, that spends Itself like a summer shower and gives place to peace and miles, but a continued fruitless yearn ing for that loved one to come back who was gone forever. "You must have a woman here to com fort her," I said to Flexmore. He agreed to this, and sent for his de teased brother's widow, who had married gain and been a second time left a widow, as being his nearest female rela tive, and she came readily enough a woman of fifty, hard as nails, and stringy is an old crow. She looked upon little Lanre's distress as unnatural in a child, ind her morbid condition as the result of defective education; and she set about correcting all this by setting the little thing to read some instructive and moral books which no conceivable creature could nd interest or pleasure in. After she had been there three days Dr. Awdrey had to be sent for. Laure was feverish and couldn't "hold herself op properly." Dr. Awdrey ordered her to be pnt to bed at once, gave directions respecting treatment, and sent physic to administered every two hours. be Mrs. Yeames had studied medicine from a shilling handbook that she carried with her as if it were an amulet ; she diluted the physic and administered doses when she thought fit. Little Laure was very much worse when the doctor called the next day ; and It was not long before he discovered the reason. He came down into the library where I was sitting with t lexmore. "Your child is in a very dangerous con dition," he said firmly. "Heaven have mem nnnn mat" claimed my old friend, clasping his hands'. 'What's to be done?" hhe must have a Droner nurse, tn he- gin with,' said Dr. Awdrey. "I can get you one whom I can relv on Imnltilt-lir nnH k j " .. "-J. - u, mure man an my pliyslc ir me poor criild. She is in the hospital for little children at London, and I be lieve she would come at once if1 I asked uer. "Then for mercy's sake, telegraph for uer at once. vnen the doctor was gone Flexmore in some embarrassment turned' to w "It will never work, Tony," said he de spondently. "1'he nurse will never able to put up with Mrs. Yeames." ies; sues turned the whole place ivptuue mrvy in putting things in order, ana lert not a bit of comfort anvwhere "Yes, yes; all the things that my darl ing loved she has packed away the lit tle trines w.tn which she made these rooms so bright and- nleainnf. I Dear to see the place altered; and those trines, tony, I miss them I miss them well have 'em all back airain In twn. cy-iour hours." I asked her to come anil II he how can I get rid of her?" ' Don t bother about that. Oenrire. Ynn leave her to me. Give me full authoritv to act In your behalf, and stick to mv uirecuous. . He gave me his word most imnreasivelv that he would. I . went into the sittina- room ana sent at once for Mrs. Yeames, men we had it out. She was a touirh one to deal with, but not nearly so touah as I am. I tried to be polite, but I fear insulted her. She vffinlv said did. and went into the library to know if ner Drother-in-law would tolerate such a want of respect on the part of a mere at torney ; and the Question belnr out direct. ly to Flexmore whether she or I were to leave that house at once and forever, he repuea tnat he telt convinced, taking all th.ngs into consideration, that he .could Doner afford to lose her than me. After that there was nothing for the indignant widow to do but to Dack un ana pacs on wmcn sue did, happily, be- lore ner tury gave place to more pruden tial considerations. CHAPTER II. I expected to see a comely, motherly, middle-aged woman, and was taken alto gether by surprise when Nurse Gertrude presented herself in the person of a slight young woman of twenty-two or there abouts. Of course I am no judge of female beauty, but I don't think Nurse Gertrude at that time could be considered hand some, or even very pretty. If I have any predilection, it is for large women with round, full figures; and I think I rather like a saucy eye and a nice little turned up nose. Now Nurse Gertrude, though by no means short, was, as I have said, sliirht and thin. She had a very delicate, fair complexion and pretty, dark hair, to be sure ; but her nose was long, and her eyes were by no means saucy, but calm and deep and thoughtful. Her expres sion was cheerful, and she had a pretty trick of. blushing, but In repose her face was full of intelligence and solicitude. One could not look at her without being impressed with the belief that she was essentially a pure and honest girl, with very earnest purpose, an amiable dis position, and a clear-seeing, rizht-feeliiur mina. ner eyes were so true and frank and loyal, that one was attracted to wards her as to a friend whose fidelitv ana love couia never be doubted. kjub inmg bu-uck me, ena this was that in some peculiarity I know not what she bore a resemblance to Mrs. 1 lexmore as I bad known her in her younger days. And this seemed also to have struck Flexmore, for more than once I saw him, forgetful of the table, looking at ner witn the tenaerest interest on his poor old woe-begone face. Oh, I see how this will end," said I to myself. "Hell marry that girl if she U have him. Mrs. Yeames, like an old buzzard that has missed its prey, hovered about the neighborhood, watching the quarry with the jealous intention of preventing anv other creature of her own species clawing up wnat sne Had railed to secure. She took a cottage at the other end of the town and joined a clique of ladies famous for their ability in picking to pieces the reputation of a fellow-Christian. Meanwhile Nurse Gertrude fulfilled her duties with the calm self-possession one conscientiously doing what she feels to be right What she bad come there to do, she did and as if by magic. vt ltn Dr. Awdrey s nelp she got the fever under in a week, and after that she bronght a smile back to the poor child's wasted face, which was of still greater importance; for when one can smile, one can eat and enjoy food. She gave little Laure something to love, and nourished her keart with kindness. That was what she needed ; that was what she got She had been craving for love since her moth er was taken away, and must have died without it, as surely as a plant must die without sunlight. But how was she to be weaned of this love-food In order that Nurse Gertrude might in time return to her hospital? t-very day her appetite grew by what fed on. All the clinging affection Bhe bad borne to her mother she now exhibit ed towards Nurse Gertrude. The child had recognized the likeness that bad struck me; mother and nurso alike, some respects, were still of the same type of woman and an excellent type, too. After a time it became obvious , that Laure was not to be weaned and that to take away Nurse Gertrude would In flict the same terrible suffering the child had endured in losing her mother. There upon there were consultations between 1 iexmore, Dr. Awdrey and me., - "It Is obvious that Nurse Gertrude is very strongly attached to your child," said Dr. Awdrey. x. . "She is not unhappy here; she looks better tban when she came, sa.d Flex more. "Oh, undoubtedly she Is better," Dr. Awdrey agreed. "The confinement of the hospital and the air of London were telling upon her- in fact, I must admit that in recommending her I was Influ enced by the consideration that the change would be to her advantage as weU as your daughter's." "If she would only consent to stay her as a companion to dear Laure in any capacity, on any terms ! said Flexmore "Do you think she would?" . "Go and ask her," said I. She was asked; but Dr. Awdrey was the negotiator, for Flexmore had not the courage of a mouse. And Nurse Gertrude acquiesced setting aside all other con siderations for the sake of the child whose love had won her heart. So Dr. Awdrey put it ; for my own part I could not see what sacrifice she had made in exchang ing a close hospital ward for a pleasant and airy house, and an ill-paid slavery for a very remunerative position where she was free to do just as she liked. No ; I looked upon it that the young lady, to gether with other very good qualities, had a very clear perception of her duty to herself, and that she foresaw as plainly as I did that sooner or later she would become Mrs. Flexmore. However, to stick to the facts of tie case ; that day Nurse Gertrude came down to dinner without the becoming little cap which had previously distinguished her as an official nurse; and If we had come to think her pretty in her cap, we were bound to admit that she looked still nicer without it her pretty hair drawn neatly up and cu.ied plainly on her head. We have a flower show In our town once a year. The first day Is the best, of course, and, the prices excluding the poorer kind of people, only' the upper sort are there. There was a rumor that titled visitors were staying with the Casely's, and that probably they would visit the show in the afternoon ; wherefore you may be sure that Mrs. Yeames and her superiah" set were all there in full feather. About three o'clock I saw Miss Dal rymple come in with Laure; she never missed any occasion of giving pleasure to the child, or of taking it herself for that matter. She was plainly dressed; but, to my mind, there was no more elegant young lady there. Mrs. Yeames with three of her finest friends stopped them, nd with the most distant patronizing in clination of their heads to Miss Dalrym- bent down to kiss Laure, and ask after ber poor, dear papa. Then Mrs. Yeames, taking the child's band, led her bank of cut flowers, asking her whether she could spell the labels at tached. In the midst of this Instructive displaj of her own acquirements, there was a flut ter amongst the visitors, and word was whispered that Mrs. Casely had arrived and had brought Lord Dunover with her. And there, sure enough, was Mrs. Casely with a tall, white-haired, aristocratic old gentleman, coming right down upon the little party. There was not time to get away from little Laure and that horrid nurse Gertrude, when Mia. Casely met them and introduced his lordship. Dun- over bowed stiffly, but suddenly catching sight of Miss Dalrymple, his face became illumined with a smile of heart-felt pleas ure, and exclaiming, "What, Gertie, my dear, you here!" be took her by both hands and kissed her pretty lips. Then turning to Mrs. Casely, he said : "Mrs. Casely, let me introduce you to my niece a little democrat who almost shakes my class prejudice, for she prefers independence as a hospital nurse to shar ing the fallen fortunes of her family. Then it was known that Miss Dalrym ple was actually the niece of an earl. And she and Laure spent a week at Casely Manor, where Mrs. Yeames and her "superiah" set had never been allow ed to stay longer than half an hour. (To be continued.) OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST II 1 'i LAKGE CLIP EXPECTED. FILING PETITIONS. RAILROADS RETRENCH. Eastern Oregon Wool Industry Looks Candidates for Office Have More tncturaglng. Than a Month Pendleton The fixing of the wool' Salem Candidates, for office have sales dates for Eastern Oregon ia ttie more than a month yet In which to fl'Bt step in what Dromises to he one of procure signatures to their petitions the best years for eheep and wool in the and to file them fn the office of the history of the slate. Owing to the mild sectary of stllte or the county clerk winter all over Eastern Oregon the ?8the se .may b0A. Some of them r?P1P'0mi,ie9 40 U TyL rd th direct primary law and tr-e wool clip will aveiage higher .than ing inquiries as to dates. are not familiar with the details of are mak- eerielOre. It IB estimated that the tlnv fnr flllner iiptltlnna fnr nnml. Fai-tein Oioeon herds will average nine itions for ntflens to b vntpd fnr In pounds or more this year, owing to the the state et large, or In any district constant improvement of the grade of composed of more than one county. or in judicial or prosecuting attor ney districts, is March 27. This class of offices includes state' offices, con gressional offices, joint senators, joint representatives, circuit Judges and district attorneys. There oeti tions are to be filed In the office of sht-ep. Shearing is now being discussed ana prices will be fixed soon. It Is thought the price for shearing will be abort 7$ cents per headland there is a large preference shown for hand sharing, owing to the fact that the machines injure the roots of the wool Ithe secretary of Btate. Dy cutting wo close to the skin of the Petitions for nominations for of- sue-lD. inn Rlcln nf rho mait ntiA nhmn Tlf.pct tn ha vnrprl rnr In nnlv nno slujp being clipped extremely "close, 'county must be filed in the office of eunpums naaiy and this retards the luo uuuu,ly tiera "ui mier man April ffrOWCfl OT the Wnn fnr avmfhai traam x L Wool and sheep buyers are already on tie ground, and there promises to ue Df iTiieu uiuuing ior wool ana mut ton eieep all over this section. Ewes which will bear a lamb this spring and hainj; a heavy fleece of wool upon them are now worth $6 per head in Eastern Oiegm. FAPMERS HOLD THEIR WHEAT The secretary of state will certify the state, congressional and district portion of the ballot to the county clerk by March 30. The primary election will be held Friday, April 17. The general election will be held Monday, June I. . Alfalfa for Cattle. Pendleton It is estimated that the increase in the alfalfa acreage of Uma tilla county this spring will amount to at least 10 per cent. In the Butter creek and Hermiston districts in the Title of Vice Admiral Likely to Be Awarded Hero. Washington, Mnr h 3 In a quiet way naval officers in WaBhinirton are endeavoring to arrange an agreeable surprise ior Admiral Evans when the battleship fleet under his command sails through the Golden Gate, com pleting the Pacific cruise. It is pro posed to greet the rear admiral with a oommiasm as iue admiral of the ' Amercan navy. Of course, the eucoem of thij undertaking depends upon con gress, but the president has done his part in makng a proper rasommendaton to that body for the re-establshment ol that naval grade, and it is not doubted that congress ran be Induced to act upon the recommendation in season to lusure .the . issue o Admiral Evans' oomrriHsino. so that he may bear the title nf vi.m admirnl fnr t.ha fntr mnnftha grain In anticipation of the great de- j rsctors were elected for the ensuing that intervene between his arrival at mana ana the high prices when ac- year: j. n. ou ne, i. u. itaganaie, san Francinoo and his retirement from live operations Degin. The build- wnnam forsy&ne, u. J.. uooaman ana ing of the Snake River Railroad will E. P. Jenson. The union is in eood aiso create a strong marnet lor grain pant ilion and its affairs havn heen ana many or tne ranchers expect to handled in a very creditable manner, ?,,,iJx.ui ;oulra,clor? n B"a- It is the purpose of the union to build are almost sure to" obtain" a B .arger packing house on the price for their grain and to make . V i . , Growers of Baker County Expect to' Get Hiah Prices. West end of the county and also in the combmes among the farmers around H,udson district in the North part Baker City is now in existence and ' the county active work in enlarging it is practically impossible to secure th alfalfa farms is now in progress, grain of any kind. Heretofore they The raw land without water is worth have ,i.l ways been anxious and ready ! but $10- to $25 Der acre, while f ceded to to sell but at the present time it is '' alfalfa and under irrigation it is worth almost impossible for the local deal-! from $100 to $160 per acre. The pro ers to supply the demand of the peo-1 p03ed erection of the packing plant at pie in Baker City who have stock to Prtiand has stimulated the growing of The' cause of this combine among Sl?' thi" the formers of this section of tht triot very much. country is the building of the Eagle New Fruit Pckine House. vaiiey -railroad, which will employ a. :,,, ... . . .u hiri-eWmtifii- ,.t tenn.' i th nrW ' Miliou At a meeting of the Milton , and the farmers are holdine their Fruitgrowers' union the following di- Will Close Small Stations Because of 9-hour Law. Washington, March S. American railways have made arrangements to comply with the provisions, of the "nine hour law." The operation of the law will mean the employment by railroad companies of several thousand additional operators and the closing ol a large number of small stations on the principal systems. Discontinuing of railway service at many points, it is thought, wllHnduce at least temporary inconvenience to traveling and shipping publio in order to reduce operating ex penses, which now seems necessary. The operating officials of the railways believe this is the only way they possi bly can meet the situation with which they are confronted. During the hearing of applications for an extension of the nine-hour law by the Interstate Commerce commission some astonishing statements - were made by the operating officiate of im portant railways. A good many lines, owing to a reduction in the revenues and to their inability to oommand the cash necessary to meet their payrolls, have been forced during the past four months almost to the point of asking for receivers. With four or five exceptions, no im portant taUroads of the country have indicated an intention to reduce the wages of their employes. SURPRISE FOR EVANS. money by holding it. Fruit Replaces Forests. Grants Pass If the progress of clear ing up raw land and improving it keeps on at the present pace, Josephine county, within Ave years, will be en tirely cleared en 1 planted to fruit. As an instance of this work it may be stat ed that one country store in Applegate valley has placed seven grubbing ma chines within the last month. These mechanical devices dc the work of sev eral men, with greater ease and less ex pense, w imin snore aisiances ot town counties in favor of Pendleton for the wnere neavy macmnery may be used, h and mi rK.ro will h unmwri uuiiHuy uugiuus pmy a prominent pare The new building will probably be three-etory structure and will be con venienttly arranged for the handling of fruit. Afer Federal Court Pendleton The Pendleton Commer rial asociation will send a delegation to Washington to fight for the Federal district headquarters when the date of the hearing with the house judicial committee is fixed. If the Oregon del egation think it necessary, expressions from attorneys of Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and other Eastern Oregon First Aid. - A Washington doctor was recently called to his telephone by a colored woman formerly In the service of hit wife. In great agitation the darky ad vised the physician that her youngest child was in a bad way. "What seems to be the trouble?" ask ed the doctor. "Doc, she done swallered a whole bottle of Ink." "I'll be over there In a short while to see her," said the medico. "In the meantime, have you done anything for herr "I done give her three pieces o' blot tin' paper, doc," said the negress doubt fully. Harper's Weekly. in pulling etumps and brush. Clackamas May GetCannery. Oregon City If the present plans of the members of the Clackamas County Horticultural eosiety are carried out, Clackamas county will have still an other enterprise in the shape of a fruit cannery. A meeting of the society was hold last week. Mr. Britton, of East ern Oregon, addressed the meeting on the subject and stated that he had made a careful examination of the fruit acre age of this vicinity and finding it high ly satisfactory, was willing to finance the scheme. No Arctic explorers have ever haa colds until they returned to civiliza tion. Then, one and all, they arc prostrated by severe Influenza. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 81o; bluestem, 83c; valley, 81c; red, 79c. Barley Feed, $26 per ton; brewing, (32; rolled, $2930. Oats No. 1 white, $27; gray, $27, per ton. Corn Whole, $32.60; cracked, $33.50. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 $18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $2021; clover, $1415; cheat, $15; grain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $12(a)13; vetch, $14. Fruits Apples, table, $l.753.00; cooking, $l.251.50 per box; cran berries, $811 per barrel. Vegetables Turnips, 75c per sack; carrots, 65o per sack; beets, $1 per sack; cabbage, 11 s per pound; cau liflower, $1.76 1. 85 ; celery, $3.75 4 per crate; onions, 15($20c per dozen; parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, 17c per pound; pumpkins. llc per pound; radii-hes, 20c per dozen; spin ach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c per pound; squash, llMc per pound. Onions $2.50 per hundred. Potatoes $2.50 p jr hundred, deliv ered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.60 3.75 per cwt. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per pound Poultry Average old hens, 1313c against them, for the purpose of hav-P' . ,I0U " "O''; ing them bound in one pamphlet, i "P"nK chickens, 1213c; roosters. which wl l be sent to all voters -lutSc; aresaea cnicxens, no lur- throughout the state. This pamphlet j keys, live, 1415c; dreseed, choice, 15 will probably be ready for mailing 17c; geese, live, 910c; ducks, 14 at the end of March, when It will 16c; pigeons, 75c$l; squabs, $1.50(32. De sent 10 an voters wnose names are sent In by the county clerks. Pumping Out Red Boy. Baker City After lying idle for months, the pumps of the famous Red Boy mine have been started again and the mine will soon be in condition for operation. . The monster pumps throw out about 600,000 gallons of water every 24 hours, and at this rate the mine will be ready for opeiatlons in about 30 days. The Red Boy mine was one of the best producers of Eastern Oregon for many years and it is thought that it will again occupy a front rank. Will Issue Pamphlets. Salem The secretary of state has turned over to the state printer all measures to bo submitted at the elec tion June 3, and arguments for and active service. The naval argument in support of the proposed j-e-establihment of the grade of vice admiral is strongly rein forced by a comparison made at the Navy department between the British home fleet engaged in the maneuvers of last fall and the splendid battleship fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Evans. The British fleet, composed of 20 battleships, 15 armored cruisers, nine protected cruisers and 57 torpedo craft, was commanded by one admiral, three vice admirals, seven rear ad mirals and one commodore. SILVER THAW IN CHICAGO. Temperature Rises In Nick Jo f Time to Save Big Damage. Chicago, March 3. Record breaking destruction of telegraph and telpehone property was averted today by a narrow margin. Bleet that covered wires and poles 25 to 50 miles, north and west and south of Chicago, and 100 to 150 miles east, was melted during the day by a rise of temperature just in the nick of time. Ice coated lines, sagging heavily, had already begun to snap to pieces or topple to the ground long lines of glistening overweighted poles. 'Itie worst damage was east of this city and west of Fort Wayne. Trunk system on the Lake Shore and Michi gan Central railways suffered particu larly. In one instance a stretch of nearly a mile of poles boaring dozens of Important circuits to New York and other Eastern cities, went down in a tangled mass of wreckage. With the mercury ascending a trifle, the miles of sleet disappeared almost ae if by magic. Tonight the telegraph officials had re stored the faciliihts to a baris adequate for the upnal traffic and hoped to be able to care for brokerage and other butiness tomorrow without delay. Eggs Fresh ranch candled, 22& 23c per dozon. Veal 76125 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 56 c. Pork Block, 76 to 150 pounds, 6J Oregon Butter Sent Fast. CorvalliB A carload of butter has ":Z.TZT,"ZLl.Z ""a",lPreau,r7c; packers, 66c. comprosed 50,000 pounds and isL Hops 1907, prime and choice i valued at above $150,000. It is stor-.60 P6' Ponl; old8 l2" P6' pound, age butter, and the movement is oc-1 Wool Eastern Oregon wverage best casloned by much better prices for 1820c per pound according to shrlnk tbe product in the East than are ob- age; valley 1820c according to fine talned on the Coast. ness; mohair choice 2930c per pound. Forcing the Use of Phones. Cleveland, O., March 3 The nine hour law for railroad telegraphers is hastening the nse of the telephone in the operation of trains, according to A. 8. Ingalls, of the Lake bhore road, in an interview, "I believe," eaid Mr. Ingalls, "that the new law regulating working hours will bring about in one year what it would have taken ten years to accomplish in the direction of new nse of telephones on railroads. Since October, tests have proved so satisfac tory that railroads in many parts of the country have stirred themselves." Pittsburg Fears Flood Pittobnrg, Match 3. A warm rain has been falling here and at the bead waters of the Allegheny and Mononga hela riven all day. Both streams are rising, and small creeks are already beyond their banks. It is expected the danger line of 22 feet will be passed unless there is sn early change in the temperature and weather.