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ChAFTER XII -<Contloo»<l l
Here Jvtury's remark, wars Interrupt
*4 by th* loud rattling of wtavl*. anl tta
tattoo of many «Urea
Gulag Io th,
door, ah, and Stary saw roaring down
tta road at a furloua ret, tta old bay
earl. Iad*n with young povpln from I'fair
«pre. who had been tarrying In Htur
br14<, and wore n >w returning ham. In
high gl««. Th, borer, wore faataatlrally
trtmnMo! with f,rn, and «vergrreua, wMI*
•ev,r,l of tta girla wore ornomontod lu
tta oamo way. t'.«oplcuoua among tta
u .lay group waa Kila Camptali. Il'ory
i l.lne-o:n • br*>ad brtmmod tat waa reat
Ing <« hoe l>«ig eurla. • HIU tar whit,
•un
waa tlod under Henry*, rbla
Th, moment Jennr appeared th, whole
party oet op a ah.mt ao deafening that
tta Widow Perkin, rem, out In a trtro
tn are "If th, IH.I llarry waa to pay. or
what ** Xo no.MM>r did Henry Idnc.hi get
•Igbl of Mary than »prlnging to hl, feet,
and ewlnging hl, arm around hta head, be
» reamed out "Thrre rbrere foe th»
w hoolma‘am and tar h,u l».*tno lover,
Hilly* Harrah"
■ Waan't that amartF* a,Id Jenny,
when at laet the hay eart dlaapeared
from view, and tta noire and duet had
».nwwhat autald»l. Then aa ,ho aaw
tta tear, la Mary'a eyre ata added. "Oh.
I wouldn't rare If they did toaw mo about
Hilly Render. I'd aa lief bo tea red about
him a, not.'’
"It lan't that.** ,aid Mary, amlllug In
•pit, of berrelf. at Jenny'a frankn.-o, "It
l«n't that I didn't Ilk, to taar Kila otng
«Ith ,our brother, when eta muat have
known bo meant to annoy me."
"That certainly wa, wrong." retaile<1
Jenny, "but Kila fon't au much to blame
a, Henry, wbu reem, to have acquired a
great Influence neer her during th, few
ereka b, ha, twen at home. You know
• be I, entity flattered, and I dare aay
Henry baa fully gratified her tanity lu
that rrepcct. for he aay, ,be I, the only
d.-eent looking girl In Cbbi.pre Hut ree,
there mine, Mr. M,«oO. I gure, ,he
wonder, what la keeping you no long."
The moment Mrs .Ma,on entered the
reboot room. Jenny commenced talking
about Mount Holyoke, her tongue run
amg eo fa,t that It entirely prevented
anyone elre from ,|>eaking until ahe atop
|.rd for a moment to take breath Tb«n
Mr, Maaon »<ry quietly remarked that
If Stary ul,h«yl t.> go to Mount Holyoke
■he could do re. Mary kmked up Inquir
ingly . wondering what mlno bad opcnel
re auddenly al her feet, but aho received 1
no eaplanatlon uotll Jruuy had biJden
ber good by and gone
Then »ho learn
ed that Mre Maaon bad ju,t received one
hundred dotlare from a man tn Hunton,
wbu bad year, before awed If to her hue
band. and wa, unable tn pay It remrr.
"And now." aald Mre Maren, "there I,
ao reaoon why you ahould not go to
Mount Holyoke. If you wl,h to.*’
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*1 lb. what a forlorn tanking placer*
eaclalmod liooe I.lncoln. aa from tbo win
Jow, of tbo crowded vehicle in which
they had ..one f.om the car» »be first ob
tamed a view of the not very haadoomo
village of Month Hadley.
Rooe wa, la the worst of humore. for
by rem, mischance Mary waa on tta
•am, real with bereelf. and consequently
■be wa, very much 4i»treared and crowd
ed
Mhe. however, felt a little afraid <>f
Aunt Martha, who ata saw waa inclined
to favor tta object of her wrath, an eta j
restrained her fault finding spirit until
she arrived at Mouth Hadley, where ev
erything camo in for a share of tar dta
pleasure.
' That the remlnaryV’ anld aho eon
lemptuouely. aa they drew up before the
building "Why, It isn't half aa large or
handsome a, I anppored. Oh. horror! I
know I »han't atay here long '*
Th, furniture of the parlor waa also
very offensive to tta young lady, and
when Ml», I.yon came In to meet them
•he, too, was secretly styled "a prim.
fu»,y. slippery tongued old meld." Jenny,
however, who aiway, aaw the bright aide
of everything, waa completely charmed
with tta sweet smile and placid face.
After some renveraation between Ml»»
I.yon and Aunt Martha It wa, derided
that Roe, and Jenny should room togeth
er. a» a matter of rouroe. anJ that Mary
should room with Ida. Roe, bed fully
Intended to room with Ida herself, and
thia decision made bar very angry; but
there waa no help for It, and she was
obliged to submit.
And now In a few days life at Mount
Holyoke commenced In earnest. Although
perfectly healthy. Mery looked rather
delicate, aad It waa for thia reason, per
haps. that tta sweeping and dusting of
aeveral room, were ■•■Igned to her, a,
tar portion of the labor. Ida and Rose
fared much worse, and
were greatly
shocked when told that they both belong
el to the wash circle!
"I declare,” said li re, "It', too tad
I’M walk hums tafore I'll do It;" and she
glanced at tar white hands, to make aura
they were not already dlaculored by tta
dreadful ooapsude!
Jenny was delighted with her allot
m<nt, which waa diah-waahlng.
"I'm glad I took a Ireem at th, poor
house year, ago.” said eta one day to
Rose, who snappishly replied:
"t*d shut up abonl the poorboMa, or
they'll tbink you tbo pauper Instead of
Madam Howard."
"raupwrf Who'a a panperF* askel
l.uey In.wna, eager to bear eo deelraUe
a piece of new,.
Ida Selden’, large black eyes reetel
reprovingly upon Rose, who uoddel to
ward Mary, and forthwith Miss «towns
departel with the Information, wblcb
wee nut long In reaching Mary's ears.
"Why, Mary, what's the matterF* Bak
ed Ida. when, toward tta cloae of tta
day, abe found tar companion weeping
in ber room. Without lifting her bead
Mary replied. "It's foollab In me Io cry,
I know, but why need I always be re
proached with having been a pauper? I
couldn't help It. I promised mother I
would taka rare of little Allie aa long as
she Used, and if abe went to tta poor
bone, I bad to go too."
"AnJ whs was Little AlUaF* naked Ida.
taking Mary's tat bands between her
own.
In a few words Mary relate»! tar hi,
lory, omitting her acqualntanre with
Georgs Moreland, ami commeoc ng at tta
night when ber mother died. Ida wae
warm hearted and affectionate, and cared
but little whether one were rich or pour
If ahe liked them. From tta first she had
been Intereeted in Mary, and now wind
Ing tar arms about her neck, and kieaing
sway her tears, she promised Io love her.
and to he to ber a, true and faithful a
friend a, Jenny. Thi, promise, which
«•■ never broken, was of great benefit to
Mery, drawing to her able many of the
beet girls In aebooi. who *.«.n lea rue. I
to love her for herself, amt m»t tiecanoe
th, wealthy Miao Melden eeemed ao fend
of ber.
Miion after Mary went to Mount Hol
yoke abe had rereleed a letter from Hilly,
In which he eipreaaed bi, pleasure that
•be waa at school, but adde<l that tta
fact of her being there interfered great
ly with bie plan of educating her him-
eel». "Mother's HI health," said be, "pre
vented me fr>>m doing anything until now,
and Just aa I am In a fair way to accntu
pliah my object someone else baa stepped
In before me. Hut It la all right, and a,
you do not wein to need my service, nt
present I ,ha)l neat week leave Mr Mel-
den", employment, and go Into Mr. Wor-
thington', law office as clerk, hoping that
when tta proper time arrives I »hall not
be defealad in another plan which wae
lortned In boyhood, and which ba, become
the at«« object of my life.“
Mary felt perpleaed and troubled
RlUy'a letters of Ute bed been more like
those of a lover than a brother, ami she
could not help gueaolug the nature of
“the plan formed In boyhood." Hta knew
•be ahould never love him eacept with a
niter's loir, and though abe could not
tell him eo ber ne«t letter lacked tta tone
of affection with which ,he waa accu»
turned to write, and wa, nil the whole a
rattar formal affair. Hilly, who readily
pvrevlved the change, attributed it to the
right rau,e, and from that time hi» let
u-r» I h -< bi » o far' lew cheerful than usual
Mary usually cried over them, wishing
more then once that Hilly would trans
for his affection from tareelf to Jenny,
and It was for tbie reason, perhaps, that
without stopping to consider the propri
ety of the matter, ahe first aaked Jenny
to write to him. and then em'our»g»l ber
In answering hi, notea, which tie. a me
gradually longer and longer, until at last
hl, letters were addressed to Jenny, while
tta notes they contained were directed to
Mary!
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CIIAi'TKR Xllt.
Rapidly the days paare.1 on at Mount
Holyoke.
Autumn faded Into winter,
whose icy breath floated for a time over
the mountain tops, and then melted away
at the approach of spring, which, with
It, »welling bnd, and early flowers, gate
way In Its turn to tta long bright days of
summer. And now only a few weeks re
malned ere the annual examination at
whh-h Ida waa to be graduated.
Neither lloee nor Jenny were to return
the next year, and nothing bnt Mr. toft
coin's fir nine,» and good »-nw had pre
vented their being sent for when their
mother first heard that they bad faile.1
to enter tta middle class. Mr, Lincoln',
mortification waa undoubtedly greatly In
creased from the feet that the <le»pl»ed
Mary bad entered in advance uf her
daughters. "Thing, are coming to a pret
ty pa»,." said ah». "Yea. a pretty pass:
but I might hare known better than to
aen l my children to ouch a ecbool."
Hhe Insisted upon sending for Rose
and Jenny, bnt Mr l.incola promptly re
plied that they should not come home
Still, aa R’>ae eeemed discontented, com
plaining that so much exercise made tar
slue anJ shoulder ache, and a, Jenny
did not wish to remain another year un-
leas Mary did. ho consented that they
should leave school at tta dose of the
term, on condition that they went some
where else
"I shall never make anything of Hen
ry,*' said he, "hut my daughters shall
receive every advantage, and perhaps one
or the other of them will comfort my old
age."
He had spoken truly with regard tn
Henry, who was studying, or pretending
to study, law In the sama office with Hilly
Header. Rut bla father heard no favor
able accounts of him. and from time to
time large bills were presented.
Ho it
la no wonder the disappointed father
sighed, and turned to bia daughters for
the comfort his only eon refuse! to five
For tta examination at Mount Holyoke
great preparation, were being made.
Rose, knowing aho wae not to return,
scetnad to think all further effort on tar
part unneceMary; and numerous were tta
reprimands, to aay nothing of tta black
marks which eta received. Jenny, on tta
contrary, said eta wished to retrieve her
repntatlon for laalneea. and leave behind
a good Impression. Hu. never before in
tar whole life had abe behaved eu well,
or studied as hard aa eta did during tta
last few weeks of tar stay at Mount Hol
yoke. Ida. wbu was expecting tar fath
er. aunt and cousin Io be present at the
anniversary, was eo engroeae.1 with tar
studies that she did not otaerts how
sad and low spirited Mary seemed
Hbe
had tasted of knowledge and now thiiat
ed for more, but It could not be; the
«nods were exhausted, and she muat leave
tta acbool. never |*erha|>e to return egslti
"How much I shall miss my musk, and
how much I shall miae you." she said one
day to Ida. who was giving ber a lesem
"It's too bad you haven't a piano." re
turned Ida, "you are eo fond of It. and
improve so fa st I" Then after a moment,
abe add«»!. '*« have a plan to propose, and
may as well do It now ao at any time.
Nett winter you must spend with me ia
Huston. Aunt Msrtbs an<l I srrsngv.l It
tta laet lima I waa at home, and we even
eelvcted your room, which ia next to
mine, and opposite to Aunt
Martha's.
Now, what dore your ladyship aay to itF'
"Hhe aayo »he can't go," answered
Mary
“Can't go!” repeated Ida. “Why not?
Jenny will ba la tta city, and you are
always happy where she ia. beside«, you
will bars s rare chsaes for taking must«
leaaons of oar bret teachers, and then,
loc, you Will hv in tta same bouse with
Georg», sod that alona is worth going ta
H-»«ton foe. I think."
Ida llttla euspmded that her last argu
ment was tta atrongret objection to
Mary's going, for. much a, she wished
to m~C Georg» again, ata felt that aba
would a«t on aay account go to bia home.
Iret ha »boaId think aba came <m pur-
po»e to »»a him. Ttaee were other rea
sons, too, why ah» did not wish to ga.
Henry end Roe» Idncwln vosll both ba
la tba city, and aba know that neither
of them would aernpla to do or ••/ any
thing which ttay thought would annoy
tar. Mrs Ms» n. too. missed her. an>1
longed to hare tar at bovna. ao ata rvaist»
ad all Ida's ent res lire, and tta next let
ter wblcb went to Auol Martha carried
tar refusal.
In a day or two Mary receive.! two let-
levs, one from Billy and m» from Mrs.
Masm. tta latter of which contained
m<»uey for tta payment <»f her MUs. but.
<M> offering It to the principal, how wae
sb» surprised to leorn that tar lulls had
n»»t only been regularly paid and rereipt-
•<L Imt that ample funds were provided
for the defraying of her expenses during
A faint elckneaa stole
th« coming year
over Mary, for »ta Instantly thought of
Hilly Render, end Ita obtlgatlou *ba
would now bo under to him forever Then
It o-curred to her how impossible it was
that he should bar» earned eo much In
eo short a time, and aa »»'« *• ata could
truet her vol»-« to apeak, ata asked who
It «aa that had thus tafriende»l her.
The preceptress waa not at liberty to
tell, and with a »«H'rrt siiriph'iun of Aunt
Martha, Stary return«*«! to her room to
read th» Other letter, which waa still un-
opened. Iler brail grew dltay. and her
•pirita faint, a, »he read th» pa»« mat«
outpouring of a hear* which ha.l »berlah-
nl her Imag» for years, and which,
though fearful of rejection, w»»uld eilll
t«ll ber how much sta waa beloved. "It
ia no eotlilen fancy." sail he.
thn-e,
Mary. I bell«ve«l my affc-tion for you
returne.1. but now you are chauge l. Your
letters are brief amt cold, eml when I
look arouiel for tta cause I am l»d to
fear that I waa «l.'ceired In thinking you
ever hived me
If I am mistaken, tell
no*
but if I sin not. if ,i'»u (■• never
ta my wife. I «ill a«bool myself to think
<>f you a, a brother would think of aa
only and darling sister."
For »«veral days Mary ha I not I t <» ii
well, and tta excitement produced by
Itilly'a letter tende.1 to Increase ber III-
n»-,« lluring the hours in which she was
alona that dny »he had ample time for
reflection, anl tafore night »he wrote a
letter to Hilly, in which abe told him h >w
lmpo»«H»le it wa» for her to ta the wife
of one whom ata ha»l sl<v.iy, l»*ve<l aa an
own and dear brother Thi, letter cauaed
Mary ao much effort, »nd »*» many bitter
tears, that for several »lays »he continued
i«t gave up ail hope o( be
ing present at the examination.
"Oh. It’s too bad!" »aid Ida. "for I do
want you to ae«» Cousin George, and I
know he'll ta disappointed, doo, for I
never aaw anything like th« interval lie
takes in you."
A few days afterward, a, Mary w,e
I)Ing thinking of Billy, »nd wondering if
she ha t done right In writing to him aa
•ho did. Jenny cam« rushing in, wild
with delight.
Iler father wa, downstairs, together
with Ida’s father. George an l Aunt Mar
tha. "Most the first thing I dl»l," »aid
abe, "wa, to Inquire after Billy Hender!
I guess Aunt Martha wn, ,h»*eke<l, for
George laughed.
she looke.1 ao queer.
and Mr. Melden said lie was doing well,
and wa, one of the fiucat young men ia
Boston."
of
stay at
During :h»
Mount Holyoke Rose managcl to keep
him at her aide, entertaining him occa
sionally with unklti I remark, concerning
Mary. who. »be aabl. wa, undoubte»lly
feigning her aicknes, eo a, n»»t to appear
In her »-IsMe» where sh« knew she could
do herself no credit; "but." »all sta, "as
s»e>n as tta examination I, over she’ll get
well fast enough and tatber u, with her
company at Chicopee "
Io thi, R om » «•■ nd »taken, for when
the exrrvises cloned Mary wa, still too III
tn ride, ami It waa JecldeJ that aba
should remain ■ few »lay, until Mrs. Ma
aon coubl conic for her AA ith many tear,
l.la ami Jenny bade their young friend
g.MMl by, but lt»»»e. sbrn ask»-»! t»> go up
and see her. turned away disdainfully.
amusing h«-roelf during their al>»»»m*e by
talking »nd laughing with Georg»» More
land.
The root» In which Alary
ed a view of tta yard and
after Aunt Martha. Ida and Jenny had
left, she area«, and stealing to tta win
dow. looked out upoo the company ag
they departed. Hhe coniti readily divin«
which waa George Mor« land, for Root
I.lncoln’, shawl ao>! •atihrl were thrown
over hie arm. while How her »elf walked
clr*o« to hie elbow, apparently engroaatng
his whole attention,
time he turned
around, but fearful of taiag observed,
Mary drew bach tahin i the window cur
tain, and thus lost a view of hie fac«.
ITo ta continue»!.) "
/.u n, og the 1tallre>a<!s.
“I»o you know wliat a Zulu Is?" said
au old railroad luau The traveling max
who was waiting for bla iraln smiled
In a nay that waa meant to Indlcats
lie knew all Ibe specie« of Zulus that
ever exlatci«, atal told th* railroad man
alotii the Africans, called Zulus, who
malnlalne»l that continent's rej>nt,ri»n
for tiffining befor« tbs Boers stepped
In.
I.ltlls was doing In th« railroad
mau'e Ila« just then, so he Helmed
■'Well, they may Iv Zulu, all right
enough." be remarkiul. "but they are
not tlie aort of Zulu, that travel on
railroads. There la the kln<! that runs
Into lb»-»»- yards. ' sod lie |>olnted »tons
th« track, where a I kii ear stood.
A atone pipe protrude.I through a
hole In the door The pipe wae at an
angle of about 35 degree«
A cloud
of smoke wae coming from It. Four
blooded horse, ami a man were the oc
cupant, of that. The man waa ths
Zulu. Taking care ot value IM« stock
en route from on« market to another
was hie buslnere. He was a type of a
clam that railroad men on every lino
haev named tta Zulu*. They fit up the
center of the cars for a sort of living
room, ami there In the mhlat of their
animal, live aa happily aa Ibe road's
president who |*aa»es them In bls pri
vate rar.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Cautloo Is often tossed Io tKe wlmla.
but uer/r brought back by tbrm.
NO. 35.
SWEPT
TO DEATH.
NEWS OE THE STATE
Twa Hwwdrsd Uva, toM la a toast
Rain M«na aad flood
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD
Three lives were lost in a storm at
Pittsburg.
All insurgent prisoners on l.uton
will I* released.
Arollio’a f»irre in Hatangas ia ex-
peetvd to surrender.
President McKinley will visit the
northwest next year
Hevcral strikers were
ri»*la al Columbia, H. C.
wounded in
Karl Rusarll will I t tried by the
house uf lords for bigamy.
Th»- tran»|Mirt Indiana »ailed
Manila with <-<mat artillery.
from
Holland will reclaim a whole pro
vince from the Zuydcr Zoe
Cortea, the T vxbji vuxuin,
posed to have l«r«*n captured
iv sup
The Pnimian crop shortage ia the
muat M*riouB in recent years.
^Caillra, the Filipino leader, eurren-
derail hl, forae at Manta Crux
General Chaffee ha, been appointed
military governor of the Philippines.
Public building, at Manila are to
l>e turned over to the civil authorities.
The wretary of stat«* lias addressed
the Russian government on the tariff
quest loll.
Adclliert S Hay, eon of secretary
of State Hay. fell from a New Haven,
Conn . hotel window Md "*» lulled.
State of Oregon has begun a amt
to collect Ismd of ri School Clerk
Hat is, who embcxxled about «31,1*10.
At least il*> |a<riabed by floods in
th*- 1‘re-ahonta«, West Virginia, coal
region
The property lose will reach
|J,000,(l00.
General Corbin has started for the
Philippines.
A new |x>litieal jMrty
launch» »1 in Kansas City
has I tch
A pro-1!»a-r oiecting in London visa
the acene of much disorder.
I’nder the new ruling no duty has
Is-» n collectrel on Kusxlan oil.
Gnc hundred thousand |wraona are
anxious to file on Oklahoma lauds.
Hlnefielda. AA' Va June 24— This
ww-tion has ju,t tarn vi,it»xi by a
tl>»«!, the extent uf which in all proh-
[ ability will equal or exceed that of
Johnstown in l*»y. eo tar u the lore
. of property is concerned
Early yea-
tcnlay morning, shortly after mid-
. night, a heavy downpour of raiti be
gan, acconi|iani«<d by a severe electric
! »tornv. which increased in volume,
¡continuing tor several hours
The
storm continue»!
throughout
the
entire night and »lay and at 10 A A! ,
: though the storm had abated, the
lowering clumia threatened another
terriflc downjiour at any moment
Alany nnl*~< ot the Norfolk
AAd
cm railroad track, bridge and tele-
I graph lines are entirely destroyed
and com tn ii n lent ion ia entirely cut
»■fl weat of Elkhorn. •»> that it ia ini-
jaMaihle to learn the full extent of the
¡»»•a of life and |>r»»|ierty, but officials
i of the coal rómpanle» locate,! in the
>!i»trict have rent out niewacngcrs to
Elkhorn, the terniinu, of both tel»-
graphic and railroad communication,
and have receive»! u report that a Con
rervalive retimat« as to the I»> m of
life will easily reach 200.
Some of
the drowned are among the nuat
prominent eilinna ot the coal flelil».
The little town of Keystone, with
a population of 2,000, acema the
greatest sufferer, practically the entire
town Iwiiig washed away
Tins town
i, the priiM'l|*al one in the Pm-ahon-
las coal Heide, and I, located near Ita
»-enter.
it was to a great extent the
lieaalquartcre from which the millihg
population purchased supplies.
A gr»«t nunilwr of the coal and
coke plants throughout the I'ocahon-
I,« district are re|«>rtcd practically
deal roved and are in some instances
entirely washed away.
Owing to the
high water which has flooded the dis
trict and prevent, cemmunieation,
anything like a correct estimate of
th« I<>«a of projTrty is impvMuuble, luit
from tlie !w»l information obtainable
the I om to the priqw-rty will easily
reach 17.000,000
A rough estimate places the num
ber of bridge, aaslicvl away between
Bluefield, ami Vivian Yanl,. a di»
lance of 2H miles, at from 15 t*> 20.
and from present indication, it will
I t imp.»»«ibl»' to tun trama through
to Vivian and pointe wret ot there
under a week or 10 days. Thia wilt
render it im|s*»,il*le to get relief into
the atricki-n districts, and with th»<M*
who escaped w ith their livre, home-
leas and without food, indcacrilmble
suffering i, inevitable.
FIOHTING IN
All the volunteer, are ex|uv:ted to
arrive from the Philippines by Jun« ferty
liuurgxnls
THE
Killed
re
SOUTH.
Wuurukd
la
Altav-
The .American ship John
aid, of New York, has I tch
for loat.
McDon-
Manila, June 22 — It i, estimated
given up that 40 insurgents were killed or
Forest tire near Olympia, Wash,
destroyed a JIB,mil) I o RKH ir ramp
v<|uipnieiit.
The I'llited State, ia aai«l to have
notilii-d fhuimark to wll it« Weal
Indie, or fortify them.
\ Cuban Committed suicide in New
York Iweitii*«» of the dirtleulty of learn
ing the English language.
The »ale of |s»«tage stamps for th«
fiscal year just closing ha, increased
greatly over any previous jeer.
I’ C Cheney, of Manchester, N.
Il ex governor of that state and also
t-x I'nitrel State, senator i, »lead.
The steamer Ihmtachland croreed
the ocean at an average >|>evd of 23 !W
knot, |»-r hour, breaking all previous
records.
Nome lost flM.IMN) worth of prop
erty by fire.
Gold ha, iieeri discovered near Hpo-
kane, W ash.
Fire destrtvyed a large portion of
Greenville, Month Carolina.
Fire in Buffalo. N Y , consumed
».'ttwt tRMi worth of pro|>erty,
Itusvia ha, imposed a retaliatory
duty on American ream and bn-ycleg.
The treasury de|atrtmriit has put
a couiiti'ivailing duty on Italian > tv -1
sugar.
Telegraph n|a>rstors on the |ju-ka-
»anna railroad arc preparing to go
un a strike.
France has made a treaty with
China f»*r tlw* pruteetiou of the Tun-
quin railway.
Fixe hundred citiicna of Texas are
engagivl in a hunt fur a Land of Mex
ican outlaw,.
Mrs.
McKinley
has la-en pro
nounced out <>f danger, but dortore
say her ailment may return.
Governor Allen has reported that
Porto Rico ia self sup|w>rting
II M. Pingree, >-x governor of Mich
igan, died in I xhk I oii .
If it in |»wail>|e fur President Mc
Kinley to I t present at the com
mencement of Harvard university.ths
degree of I.K l>. will la* conferred
ii|«m him.
A servant girls*
formed in Chicago.
union
ia
being
The I'nited Mln«ra may establish a
clearing house at Manila.
The nmitbern statre plant»! 17,531,-
(MM) serre of cotton Inis year, an in
crease of 1.111,0110 aerea.
Texas fever has l>een discovered
among native cattle of northern Ger
many, and is said to have existed
more than 100 years
The Berlin city mission, headed
by A. Htocker, iaauea each week I0H,-
iwm sermons for threw* who cannot
attend church JO,000 of which arg
distributed in the city.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER OREGON.
Crewman isl and ftaMwial Hap««n<*qa «4 Im
prelam«
A
final
Ravww «f st Uw
tivowlh and ImpvwvanMMli •( Ita Many
lnduWr«i Ttavuxhsul Owr TSmWvg <re»
nMmxaltfi
Ulot Arefiat Rspart.
Two Benton county farmers
purehaaol a »-lover huller.
have
Hherman county will have an extra
large wheat yiehl thia year.
A number of mines in Ilia Robin-
souville district have Iren bolide«!
Four bttndred head of cattle were
purchased near Eugene at an average
price of |17 |»-r head.
<>re from th« Badger mine, Eaatern
Oregon, i, shipjied to San Francisco
at the rate of two car loads every five
day,.
Work ia well under way on tlie new
rafid from Whitney to Alamo
When
completed thi, road will deercare the
distance very materially and bring
more n ines into the shipping list
A new steam launvlry will Restart
ed at Eugene.
The Southern I’aciflc has opened a
down town ticket ..Hi»-*- in Haleni
It ia reported that the fruit in
Eagle and Fine valleys has I tch
killed by the late fr> «t.
Much grain
ia also killed, and thu clover and al
(alfa injured.
Rich quarts claima on tjuarts gulch,
near Alamo, were add last w*ek to a
mining man from Iowa lor |2»’>,l*M>
It i, the intention of the new owner
to put a mill on the property.
Ta »••a collected in Baker county for
the year 1IW0 have I tch turned over
to the treasurer.
They amount to
nearly t.’*’
and the entire amount
'was v-i'lle«-te»l in al- ut tit) days.
PORTLAND WILL CELEBRATE
F-vodvst l>.d Not Com, fiut
“The f owth
li C»*«nin< and Thar, Aaill Ba , fiig T iom
The enthusiasm which Portland ex-
pected to « xjtiu I in the entertain-
no nt <*l th»- |*r>-,i»lcnt »nd party has
I tch l>»ttle»l up and will ta let loom»
in the celebration of the Fourth of
July.
While the committee which
ia engaged in arranging for the cele
bration ia not doing much talking, it
is earnestly ami energetically at work
on its plans, and will have several
very large surprises in store for Port
lander« and visitors un Independence
Day
The fact that cheap railrorei
farce will ta provided on all lines
into the city will doubtle,, prove an
incentive to many resident, of the
neightairing citiea to come in ami
help »elebratc. and they are promiarel
a reception winch they will long re-
mem bur.
Band, front various out»uh- towns
w ill help to furnish the muaie, and
aii wa-ietiea of whatever character are
invited to take part in the |>wra»ie
I. D. Cole, chairman of the adver
tising committee i, working hard to
let the resident, of sister cities know
that they will ta welcome, and he
say, that th« city will probably enter
tain more guests during the relchra-
lion than at any time in her *iiiatory.
woundisl during the recent engage
ments which occurred near Hotsoguii-
in Allutv province
Many ni»iirgi-nta
arc returning to their homes.
Charge, of theft ami «ale of prop
erty are made against a numtar of
the witnerere in the commissary case».
Provost General Davis ha, submit
ted a plan for the municipal govern
ment of Alan I la. Th« I*nited Mieles
Philippine commiMion is modifying
it.
Washington ha. I tch a,k*-»l for an
appropriation of fill) (XX) to defray the
ex|« nre» of 50 Filipino teachers w ho
are to study for a year in normal
school, in the I'nited Blates, these
school, having offered them free tui
Portland Marksts.
tion
Wheat—Walla Walla, fll<4f>2.- ;val-
Two hundre»l soldier prisoners will ley, nominal;
biueatem,
filiRfi-J»-
ta rent to the I'nited States on the ju-r bushel.
trana|,irt Indiana.
Flour—Best gravies, |2 20*9 40 per
barrel, graham, |2 SO
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION.
Oat»—White |l :t2',<dl 15 |wrcen
tal . gray. |l 3D«x I 32 S percental.
Thrs, Mva toars Killed and five Ottarv
Barley — F*»»l. fl7u»!7 50, brewing,
117« 17 50 |«*r ton.
lajareri.
At 111stiiff»— Bran, «17 |,-r ton , midd
Kalama. Wash , June 24 —Threv-
ling», «-‘1 60. aborts, 920.00; chop,
men were killed ami five other, in
»1’1
jured hy the premature explosion of
llay—Timothy, *12 'aMt 14; clover,
a blast on the Oregon A Washington
|7 m V 50; Oregon wild hay, |»5<a7
Railroad
The s»eue of th*-accident
|wr ton.
waa in a deep cut about half a mil»
H<q»—I2id 14c per IK
ninth of thia piare.
Wool — Valley,
lIiSll-; Eastern
The catire of the explosion will prr
Oregon, 7«t lie, mohair,
2lM2lc.
hajw never be known, aa the men who
|Tr pound.
were working at the drill hole were
Butter — Fancy creamery,
i.'xfi
Blatantly killed.
Alwiut 25 inrn were
17 S* ' dairy. 13* lie ; store, 11*
working in the cut, and from the sur
12 Sc l«»r pound.
vivors it waa learned that two men
Egg»—Oregon ranch, 12* 12 (40.
were !i>a»ling a 12 foot drill hole with
P» t dosv-n.
.N>* 2 giant powder, and had put in
Che»••»— Full cream, twin». It««!
about IHH sticks.
It is suppoanl
Young
America,
I3*13(vc.
jer
that they had juat I tch tamping the
pound.
powder with an iron laar, aa they had
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, |3 00;
sometimes done tafore, alien the ex
hens, $3*3.60; drewsrel, Hisllk-
jer
plosión occurred.
pound; aiiringa, *1 50*3 per doten;
duck», $3* 3 50; gerav *4*5 50. tur
AiwarKMt lavad, th. Hand
key, live
H«sllW<; dr.-»««di 9*10t!.
Ixmdon. June 2&.—Tlie Johannes- : jtt pound.
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
PotatvTw—Old. *1*1 20 per sack;
contributes a long letter to his |>a|>er, 1 new. l*g*2e. per |«>und.
in which he dearribra the American !
Mutton — lamia fir
jrr pound
tra»le inavaion of the Itand, aided, lie gm»»; I t »1 sheep wethers, with wool,
alleges, by British a|*atliy. The cor *4 25*4.50,
vlreascd,
0^*70 pgr
respondent asiwrta that Americana pound.
are quietly buying up shares and
— Grnas,
heavy, *.'> 75*fl;
puahing their efforts in every direc light,
*4 75*5; drearest, 7c.
per
tion.
He aay, that practically all pound.
the mining machinery ia already
Veal—I*rge, fl<v*7c. per pound;
American and refers to a rumor to email, 7'i*Hc per pound.
Reef—«irons,top steer, *4 26*fi 50.
the effret that there is an American
■notament to capture all the poorer rnsi and heifers, *!l 75*4 00, dressed
Rand minea
beef, 7*7 <fic. per pound.
lav »»low of Cape Colowv.
London, June 26.—Lord Kitchener
has rent no report of the Wotrrkloopf
mishap.
Recent
events in <*a|>a
Colony aeein to prove the Boer inva
sion of that country to ta serious.
A letter to the Dally Mail, dated
Ca|>c Town. June 5, confirms the
pro-Boer report and says the invader,
number anything from 7,000 to 10,-
000. that they are swarming all over
the eastern and midland districts and
getting recruit, and horres.
Admiral Rogrre will represent the
I'nited Mt a tea at the unveiling of the
Perry monument in Japan
It ia reported that the head of Rear
Admiral Nampfion will appear on
n e<lala commemorating the battle of
Hatiago lay.
Rice, raw eggs ami lioilv-d venison
require only one hour to digest.
At
the other end are pork, roast beef,
cal.tag« am! hard eggs, which re
quire four to five hours.