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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1907)
DOOMED. By WILLARD MdcKENZ.f CIIAFI'KR II. Far away from th« »oft pur» air. th» bright blue sky, an«! glorious »unlight of Cornwall. In Ib» «los» atuxxphrr» of th» gray, baay h»av»n that <-ai. .pi'-s a low Ixudon n»igbborbo«id, on lb» ssuh day. at the sam» hour, another child, a girl, sat In a squalid r>- ru a Strang*. Bbs looking child, with dark hair ami »yra fibs also was gniing upou a picture, but «>n» of another kind to that which fascinated Arthur IVi rhj :«lyn I* •** only a se&ass phet-.-gri’A taken up«m glaaa. It was a picture "f b»raolf; and never did a high torn beauty arrayed tor » ball xv.tyt.nu.l.i. h.r r* (l»’<-i»’«l Image In plate (lasa «¡th more pleased altenti >n than did this child of poverty that mis »rabie Inartistic sun picture. N f ' ■ ’ now obllijuely, now In the full light, and in the sba.hiw ; now she frowned and abe smiled. It wss a Narcissa who fs!l«-n In I.»» b.rs. lf. While sb- was thus engag-'d. hu..i«nlu( a lune all ths time, a st.ijt. dirty Imiking woman came Into tbe room. but «> ab sorbed was th» child thst she *«• on ennacioua of tbla prvwnce until the In trader spoke. "What have you got th»r». F.leonorc?" ' M . | 1 1 ‘ 1 '; i i:i 1 J«.’ i i or« ■ 1 ’ 1 tí? 8 distressed tone; "six's only s pettish. Id. God hlvas you! I shall never forget your kindness to me —indeed, indeed I s*ia*l txt !" “Poor soul!” muttered tto landlady, as she watched th» rob roll away; "she w want it ■ I-.- »« tr -ri ar ; '~«ly mu- h longer. But toaven help them that under tak ra tto charge of that child! 1 wouldn't have bar to be crowned queso. What will six ba if ever eh« Ilves to grow up?" ( HAPlElt lit Wildly shrieks the wind round the gran ite walla of I'l-nrhyddyti, ami the wom I s below sough and gruan. Out of the gulf like heavens dart streams of forked flames, ami the thunder rolls and era alias with a frightful din; and atore tbe at- mosplxrlc war rises tha lx»»m aud tbe roar of tto angry waters. It IS a terrible 11 s'H st w - heaven ■ - .;. ■ :■ ■ ‘ , ■ > ■ - .-•».■ .' .. ■ ■:. — - . .-* ■ixst. Groups of men are up«m the «llffa, and among the rw ka; some with flaring torr.ee inter« with lanterns iuat dot . ' VI eyes are turned seawards. "Tlxre ia a ship out yonder, 1 caught sight of b»r b ythe last flash, and you must all have beard the minute guna.” The speaker »as Nir Ixunrw Penrbyd- dy n. an-l hie son Vr 'hur st-ael ixeiile him. «■-I -mt the lifeleovt . ten |eHiti<ls to tbe man «ho la the fir»! to colon terr" "We must think «if our own wives and 'hiniri-0 at tom». Maater p^rhyddyw," answrrd an old fisherman. “No boat could live for t»n minute« u|«»n that a»a; there's not a man here would venture If out taking her eyes off the beloved obj— t. "Mother had it taken yesterday “ “Mhe bad better Ba' bought Ixrw-lf a . I.» money towards tor rent than have spent It In such rubbish.” retorted th» woman. "Hut I wantel It, end 1 would have It !" crtel the child, «Itb tin- nlr of a duchess who had been reproved tor ex travagance. Another glarv of lightning. The small "You'r» a nies young rblt, you are!” x i , , - • I’d buy you like exclaimed th» woman. If I was your n>ath»t : I'd buy sunk Into a gaping pit. and rising high above, a tottering wall of wave threatens a g-e«l nw for your back." Th. girl au»w»r»«L with » iterisi»» it with Instant annihilation. Again the laugh, "If any or» was to l*at in*. I'd guns boom faintly, and tto bla.kneas put poleon In their tea !\1 smother them cloaea over alt. Nuddeoly a -r, arisiy from the hither with the pillows when they were In bed to silent group. By the flash of the light I'd put plus Into their care!” "Why. you horrible little wretch I" cried I nieg all eyes behold the ship drifting with the woiusn, shrinking lx. k Involuntarily. terrible sp«-«-d towards the shore; above the voice uf the wlmls and waters sounds ■■11« ■ ha I ha ping her hi-.'- i great, big a crash, and then a long, wailing cry of woman, are »franl at Uttte m.-’ Bai many « me« Hj » ■ rdera of Nlr LauAce, »- keta come tore, Mrs Drew," »he went on. changing her lone lo nite of w inning soft are lightisd. I’pwanla they rush, leaving n»M. *rona aa4 iMk *t >»> ptotarai. a firry trail behind, ami fall Into the soa; don't you think I’very |»UtyT sml tto ropes are hauled backwards, but no ahb looked up «üb’*an sreb, ooaxing one la found dinging to them. Ileudrred smile. All ths malice had died out of frarli'sa by strong excitement, maater and her face, which now wore au expression servants veuture do“n among the break •re. of baby Ilk» Innocence. With a blam-bad cbeek, but a fearleaa “What a witch It la!" m<itt»r»«l th« woman, who approached tor shrinkingly. heart, young Arthur elands i-raid« hia as though so« th-) Ig it t-t a thdug "un father, tbe water streaming off hia fair hair, the salt spray almost blinding him. canny." "Quh'k! bring here a torch or a Ian "But am 1 no! pretty, drag Mrs Drew?" rv|xat*'d Eleonor», silll mor» tern." suddenly exclaim-d Nlr Imunro; cosíIngly, and bolding up ths pl«-ture. "1 wimething bad struck against hia feet shall be a fine lady some day. and rid» in more solid than tbe waves, and rrated my «-arrlage, ami have such people u you there. In an Instant two lanterns sod a torch lo wall upon ms.” Here tbe conversation was Interrupted were u|e»tl the spot. It was «something by the entrance of a pale, consumptive human looking; that waa all tbey rouid distinguish iwfor* a dash of »pray struck looking, [eavrly dressed woman. "Mamma." cried Eleonor», running to tbe lanterns out of th» nxn'e hands, and her. "Mrs. Drew won’t tell mo that I am wash«-d «»«it the light of tbe torch. "Il-sr a hand, and let ue carry It "P pretty." "That la tweau»» Mr*, Drew I» afraid on the cliff«.' cried Sir Latinee, and. of th* servant». lifted up of making tny little girl vain," answered slated by acrambied with II up the her mother, stooping down and fondling the tel, rocks. her. of th» waters they Out of lb* __ - reach - “Oh, you'r» as bad as she Is," crle«l Eleonor», pushing h»r angrily away, "1 laid H down and «Itemvered two todies In stead of one a woman, holding a child wish you were dead!" "I haven't pa lie tice with yon. ma'am,' against her breast. In both, Ufa aeeun-d cried the landlady; "you're ruining that to to utterly extinct. Tbe woman’» face »»emed cut and girl. You'll have a heavy hand with tor. and ah» so ungrateful for all your bruised, and crimson marks still rested there but the chllil waa apparently un Indulgence, tie»." “Ob. the darling d-iean't mean It; It la torn bed. When tbe black hair that dung only tor pettlahneaa," murmured the round her feature», waa brushed aside, tto skin was white and spotteM aa mar mother. "I'd soon beat the pettlahneM out of ble. Tbey tried lo take ter out of the her If »he was my girl." muttered the w-.man'a arm«, but they could not releaae tor from that convulaiva death grasp; landlady, aa she went mil of tto room. “I have come back lo you with g>aid and »<» two ««rvanta lai«l the bodies upon news, my darling," said the mother. "Your a litter and carried them away to th« good aunt haa sent ua auttl. lent to lake nearest fisherman'« hut. I »own tbe rocks ag«in went Nlr Ixunce ua away from thia dreary place Into remaining »»rvanta, France, «here we shall find kind friend»." and hl» »on. «nJ "Am! shall I have fine doth»«, an<1 gold to seek for other poor wret.hea that tbe But rings, and necklace«, and silk dreasea, and • avv« might drift upon the shore their lator waa In vain ; the sea diagorg servante lo wait upon me?" "You may not have all these, darling; ««! n«> m»re of Ita vicBma. Before return but you will have a romfortable bom», Ing to th» castle tbey stopped at the fish erman'» but whither the woman and child and pure air." bad been «»nveyed. The woman had evi "The rest. then, will tome afterwards? dently I»»» kill’d aP"n ,h* nKk* before If they do not. I ho,» I shall die I drowning had taken place; ter arms had would sooner ba dee«l than poor, so stiffened that they had difficulty in we shall soon leave this house and releasing the child. To restore tbe lat Drew." ter ever, known nxana had tera used. “Ilush. my darling! She has been very "Have you found any article« upon good to ns. But for tor we shouhl often itxni that might lead to their Identity?" hav» tieen without food ; am! had she !»een Inquired Nlr Ixunro harsh, aa most landladies are. ws ahonl«! "Nothing whatever." replied one uf ths have been turned Into th« streets. servants. "IInly this pursa remaining a Eleonor» mint not be ungrateful." sovereign, and a mark on tbe child's "Hut all thia la over—we want no linen." more favors from her now. Ntw* said ato "Whit mark?" would beat me if I was her child; and “The w«>r<! ’Eleonora.’" she would «"»I '»It ••«* I «as pretty; and Arthur started at that name, and 1 bate her!" crie»! th« child, vlndlitivvly. Madame- Solawins was the widow of drew closer to tbe tod upon which tha a Frenchman, an artist , who, two y-are body lay. In tto contour of that young before, had died, after a lingering III face, framed by Its Jet black hair, be be tie«». In very straitened circunvalamwa. lieved that be could trare a strong re The match, which had been distaareful to semblance to lhe portrait bidden away her friends, had utterly »«trangvd them In th» turret chamber. _ "Take ’em away ! I won’t have ’em from her. A weak mlnih-d. nerveless woman, after here!“ cried a abrill, querulous voice be tor huaband's death she gradually fell hind him. Tbe speaker was an extremely old Into great poverty. A f»w weeks hack, the clergyman of th» ixriah in whi.h she nun, with long white hair, wild looking «aa kxlging. who had taken a «rest In eye«, an<! a fare revered with a network At bls advance tbe two terest In n»r, wrote to M ftuis«M>ns* of wrinklra. friend», who resided in Brittany, to solicit young fishermen who had assisted to bring their assists new In her behalf. The re tbe b-vlles, drew back frmj the bed. •Take ’em away!" reiterated the old sult of the applleatlon »«« the offi-r <»f a boms for herself ami child ; and a »ufl! man yet more shrilly. "If you rob the elent sum of money was sent to defray sea of ita dead. It will pay Itself back at your re«t." their expense« to France. s s s s s s s "Nhame upon your Idle superstition!" "K1«s m», Etovnor», before yo«j go " evelalmed Nlr luuntw, sternly. “Would said Mrs. Drew; who. although by no you commit an act of barbarity that means a refined, was a kind hearted worn wo«t)d dlagrare ear ages, for the sake of the wandering worte of a mailman F* an. “I am no madman.' answered the old Hut the cbiitl. with a disdainful ge« ture, swept past without answering, and man, turning hia fare full upon Mir jump»«! Into the cab that was standing at laone». "Be«*ause you are to-k learned, you think you know all things; but I tell tbe d«w»r. to convey Item to the docks "Pray do not feel hurt at h«r rudeness, you. and I've proved It, the drowned Mrs. l>r»w," said Madams Suiaeona, la a and Ute drowuuig al«ays bring a cures oa the land 'bat eaves them. Issa oar» you don’t tears ’b*’ leoaou one d*». Sir Ixun.*e FenrbydJyu!” -Were there any eigne of life tn either of the todies, I would have tb»m removed to tbe casti»." asld Nlr Lauiii». Then, turning threateningly lo tbe young fish ermen, who stood listening to tto dialogue with sullen broke, be said. "Ilemember. if any irrevereoce lo shown to tbe curpoea, you «lo n«»t r*msm another day upon my land. Daniel, you remain here, and see that my orders are respected, and that tomorrow morning tbe bodies have Cbrla tian burial." "They shan't real tore ttoy »han’t rest tore, f«»r a huiidre«l P«-nrbyddyns ' muttered tlx «»Id man. "Ixt tbe curae fall on him. not on thia roof. I'to o»a abail have lia own back again, if 1 give it back with my own hands!" SCOPE IS tlawwws • «.s • altara. <✓/ Following eltmslve cvjarliiienta In the etTv fa of baud separator and grnv ty ayatrii,a of «reaming, the author of tu Indiana bu'letln draws three euu -huiotis : 1. The use of tha baud aeparator In :!» place uf the gravity systema of ran ml ng will effect a eating of |3 >• ■i S* worth of butter fat frotn owe «v»w >n one year. With the hand separator I richer cream sud a better quality of Tuwarda morning th» rag» of the tvm ;»st had »»hauatvd itself: the wind *>b- l*-d and trwMtxd aa though remoreefiil tor th» «tells it had diirx; but th» IhurnWr »fill growled threateningly. like sou»» ■ated monster, and the lightning flash»«! flf/tjlly <»Y»»r th< turbid but sutelding wave«. In th* tb<* fir*t faint strvak of dawn touched with a livid 2ra) the black gradually volumrs uf cloud that drifting away. at.4 I' ■wld, ghastly light and a firl that lay atarli and at’ff in a narrow <ew about a m»i* fr«*m r«Mir hyddyn Th« t*da wae rising . In a f*< minute« it would lift them In it« rtn- br«<v. and rarrjr tbr« bact «gam to tb« drptha Iwyood. Out of the pile«! up ma»»ea of cloud» dart the first ray« of ‘fee rising eun And the iL-ad are hidton from Ita fa«'», and the foaming water» dance In wild rejoicing over tbe «t»nt upon which they lay. Th« old fi«h«niian had worked hl« wlIL and given ba.fc to tto aea it« own again CHAPTER IV. Ten years h»ve paaeed away since th« night of th« ahipwroh. and tl- curtain riaea upon the dram> Il open» upon the lHtb of Angus*. ihe erra», tto "Star and Garter," Hi'-htnond. The «iramati» ixrnouw. a party of young men. eittlng over their dinner. The> II'-- *'■ • - III «>?•-'- • . ' ■ I; - un miataksbly of th» artist Haa«, light heart «-■I. Jovial fellows, with flowing lock», •baggy m iuatai hea. turn <b»wn collar«, and somewhat fantastic dreaa There la one of tto four, however, who has but little nf itx I».-:-, , ii ’. ■ ,, ar - la -hr r. 1- .1 ,! ths part,, a tall, b 4ul some gbt and taenty years, «uh dark brosra roratnut hair curling < liaxly to hia toad, a pale romplexiou, and an o|«en, generous v-vunlebaatw. Th«- fifth member of the party is a young man In appearamv, totally distinct from his asaoi-iaiea. He is of alight fig urs and «lreaaed with a scrupulous neat- txea 11» Is extremely fair, aith a <T»inr In bls chsak as delicate as that in a w-»m ana, deep violet eyes, wavy, light hair. worn rather long. There is a shadow upon hia face a suffusion of melancholy almost boding in Ita depth ; but. over ell. an sir of rare refinement, that denote« th« g- i.t,. nan by ft. «,< ami by ir(h. It la Arthur I'enrhyddyn. He la tbe host of the small party. Ha left Oxfor«! at :h- end of the last term, and this llttl« entertalument la in aome ll.s sort a célébration of th» event gueata are three young art studenta, Wai tor Brand, i’r'er Jerome and George lx land; tbs fourth, the eld«*»’. Is EdwanJ Stafford, a portrait painter of some fame. Arthur has made their acquaintance in town during the college vacalions. <To be continued ) % %aln«blr «. I. . .. U 1.. .. ■ ■ . Is- pl'-lu --! tian with tlx gravity systema •2 Of tlx gravity uxtfMsls the deep xttlng System Is tlx least objection ibi» It produivie a nvore «vimplet» «epa rat Ion and a better «juallty of r.-.iui th«n either tin- shallow pan or he w st. r 4. lut.-'ti «ystrux 8. Any txgte t to thorodgbly clean be scj.aratvr after each separation re- Itx-vs the skimming effi« ictx-y of the tiai-hlne and lowers the quality of the ream ami butter pftoduced. Wash 11» «•parstor after each eejiaratlun 4 A trembling machine. Insufficient yiccd. roar, cun!tel. slimy or cold nllk. and over feeding tlx separator ■tuerd a 1 ■«» of butter fat In tlx aklm ultk aneitinllng to from eight to twelve pounds of butter per cow In ■tx year. fi. Other thing* being equal, high «l»tel am! a «mali rate of Inflow tend Inauflh'tent •o pn»du«w a thick cream qwed. a trembling machine and a large it., of Inflow result In a tblnm-r ream. Iowa’s I'oy < or a Ilei«. Nearly half tlx |M’ corn consumed In the 1'nJled Mtntee Is raised tn the small county uf Sac. In the uurthweat : P : f of II.» a I here It a klrkrr. has llfijfurk Rrfflm«. strajx on the bind bocks st N. This The Illustrations almw two devltxa la made louaw enough so that the ani for carrying tmek tlx hay fork wtien mal may walk comfortably, but too putting bay In tb>* barn. In the first tight to allow the animal to kick. After lluatrntton tlx n>|« marked 1 la fa»- wearing thia hurnean a while the horse lentxt to tlx end of tlx track and to will cease to try to kick In harness the stake IL Hope 2 la als>ut tra feet and may tw driven wltbuut difficulty. longer thnn tlx track and la attached Tartu and Home. tu tlx pulley E and a weight below (¡railng !<«»*•. la art free Inside the Wlxn tlx fork Cowpeas w'tbout grain hare so far iiani tlx weight l>ek>w K carrh-e It out to tbe end of tlx track. The other de- given better n-sulta. It la stated, than vice abonn la for performing tlx same any of ttx oilier crops tested at the >!>eratl<in by means of the bora». Au Mississippi station. In lt«i3 the cow «•xtra ro;»' Is attached to ttx fork and ¡icaa were grown on thin bill land and ruua through tlx pulley at outer rad an acre produ«vd 380 pounds of pork. of the track. From there It extemla In ll*M the crop was grown on good to a stake fixed In ttx ground ami valley land and produced 4K3 pounds '«ontlnuew so aa to contxi't with ttx of |iork per acre. The pigs were turn ml on the pa »til rag» when the cow peas were ripe and were fed no grain In addition to the pasturage. Alfalfa without grain has baso found “to tie little more than a main tena nee ration for hogs, The pigs used In the test, which covered two years, ranged from three to twenty fuur months In age. !*<»•• «»»*, lüfff. "Yon seem worried," ventured the caller In tbe yellow editorial sanctum, “Yea, very much Bo." replied ttx editor. "You we publiâtes! a anile what exaggerated account of that txw woman's club and now tbe pr.whlent says she la coming up Into this oflkv to uall tbe lie." “Gh. 1 wouldn't be worried." hitching point. Tbe atnkea shown at “Why notr "Bemuse a woffliu doesn't know !i--W the right and left should of course be fitted with pull«-,« Montreal Star. to nail " Apt < url«a An arrangement such aa shown In the rut has lavn suggest««! as rflfe<-tlvc to cure a Iturar which kirks In har ness A heavy strap (P) la attached to live collar and exteixla back under the surcingle, wlwre It ■> a heavy ring. Through this ring la pits«! a ropo or strap' (Ml. which la attached to iiren found that the roll la particularly idapted to Its cultivation. Before th«' stanai I fitNCt •■•ri. r ::.«-r-tenti» t<»'k U up the b- t buttere«! ¡»'p ixirn on 11.11. I. .u i'-’.i; 1 lid - Its ml tlvatlon was re»tri«-ted to a few stalks m the farm that met tbs home de A small quantity might be manti. bought at the store, but it was high In price and the salea were few. The brink fust food manufacturers are now the largest consumer* of pop •orn In the market Nearly half of the ready to serve foods have a «Iderable {«-rcentags of pop «orti, brami la practically all ¡»p corn A tourist In «Gurgle stopped over night at the r«la<v Hotel In a little vlllngr and eiprcaned a dc»lre to taste "Georgia ’possum." A wteile juSMiiu, cooked In g<*uuliie Georgia style, with ’taters on the side, was plated before him. "Two dollars extra for the ’poeaum," said tto laudlord when tie- guest came to settle. “It's an outrage!” said the gueat. “It’e accordin' to the way you look at It, stranger." said tte> landlord, “hut It took me six nights' swamp wadin' to ketch the poanum and wte-n I kotclxd him I kotctwal the rheumatism with him!" Atlanta Constitution. Aw the spring of KM the Xtexle lai and Kvpériment Station derldt-d to de vote an acre of laud to the continuous culture of corn. The roll was partly a silt loam and partly a light aatidy loam, The first two years only rbemh-al fertilisers were u»»d. the maiutenancr of soil hu siua being jilacvd opon the corn stub ble remaining u(wn ths field, The follow log two years half of the area was siwn with crimson clover at the Huie of the last cultivation of corn and half to rye. In order to cvmpar» the merits of s leguminous ami non I «gu mlnous <-n>p aa a lueana of maintaining soil burnus rh-g.nning with 1MM. after the experiment bad ten In progreea four years, the first quarter of the acre plat •*» w»wn to erlassen »)<»»«•» and the third quarter to winter rye at the time of the last «•ulllvafvn of ths corn, while the smvind and fourth quarters rerelired no cover crop. tn i*i«l th» land «as limed to Insure the su of clover Tlx bletory of the laud is given and the fertlltxer treatment ami the reeulta aecur«l in each year ar» recon 1«««L A summary of the rewulta during th«- twelve years the experiment lias I wen •■.induri;»! »!■>»« that Hie gain from using clover aa a corer croi», after de- ducting tlx coat of the seed, was *û<) 24. or an average of f4 10 |xr acre annually, aa C’iii|>arwl with J-l TH. or an average of Sri «-enta an a«T» annu ally from using rye. I Ire um Un<i<«llon. The simplest remedy la to clip th? hair, aa lice will not stay on a dipped Ivors». Tobar»"»! water made by boiling some strong t<»ba«vo In water la rffo-t ual. but Is aotiHtwhat polwmoua If uae«l too freely or made too st tong (hx pound of tobacco to four gallons of water la about tlx ptv>t>er pto|s.rtl«»n. but. aa tobacco varies «»»ualdviably in strength, thia may nut tx quite strong < «ptnrvd ■ (’rise. enough. Coal oil la too bard on the Gunner—Tito gridiron hero la al) akin to use undllut«»d. but made Into am I lea an emulsion by mixing with strong Guyer—Yea, ho haa captured a grid • «¡«u«ta la very g«»o<L In placea where iron heroine. fish <>ll can bo obtalue«! thia Is a gvsid Gunner -A gridiron heroine? remetly, but makes tlx akin greasy Guyer Yea, a college girl who really and dirty for the thix. knows bow to broil a beefsteak. "Tea," said Marryat. "l‘m pretty busy these days, netting ready fur my wedding, you know." “Ab! that’s a reminder of what Washington said,’* remarked Ilraui- peck. "What was that?" “In time of peace, prepare for war.' Philadelphia I’reoa. Fur a llldaboaad Ills lm»r»»tliis. Horta. Hlaeh Teeth iw fl«s. This condition la frequently brought to our attention, but as yet we have no antlafa.’tory explanation to otTor for tbslr preaa-tM’». Tbsy are also found In health, as we have olxrrved In heads at tbe slaughter bouses. t'n doubtevlly too much str.-aa baa hewn laid u|«on this cumlltlon. In young plga, where thia condition la n»»t fre quently seen. V-ng atiarp teeth may tx present which It would b» better to i-ut off. Dentition may alao t«e taking plat's and tbe black tmvth may be a »bell, ami there may tx Irritation of the guma, causing the pig to bold the mouth «»pen. to aallvate and to refuae to eat.—fit Livula Globe IX muera t Millionaire Vail Street Magnates Implicated With Ruel. IKDICTMENT3 ISSUE IS SHEAVES Heney and Burrs Asssrt That They Have Only Begun—Ruel Es- Iact'd to Confess. Han Fmnctoro. March 21Hixty-five Indlcttuenta werv filed by Uve grand jury today against Abe Ruef snd 10 I \ U • * ' Hite I' . -'«al«, •«.- |»,«-«uv cuXsipasy They all charge l iii-ery Assistant Distilct AV- tortxy llrtxy am! Federal Agent Burna ' - a Ì . The total amount rvprvecntai in tbe indictirxnis is |21fi,7M. Wlxn to thia is added tlx ainount wbh'h went to Ruef and N limits, tlx L-tal will reach |l,tMk>,taU tn five dewls CX|>s»ol tetay. There are inure d«-a!s of which tlx public luuv small conceptloa. They in clude md only taeal magna tee, but nxn alio have mansems in New York, who private gwins It is undrn»t«K*i tliat a power In Wall • trect «h" ricetilly teatlfitsl lieb re »he Interstate C’omnierco commission will be given an oppoitunity to defend him- stdf. T night Ruef and Hchmita are atjcct ami forlorn. Tlx entire txwnl of su S’hmita is pervínote lux «'onfrsved. Ruef is awnk- ready to do the name, ening rapidly. By tha end of next «wk tbe Imlictniente which will con- fr. mt I, on «vi i I» n- riu'.nn I, ¡«ili. By that ti'tx it is oipwted tliat Ruef win offer to confess. PU7ER TELLS STORY Admits of Deals With Hermann Steal Land. i to * Washington, Match 21.—Oregon con vict» amiipicd the limelight in the trial • h i . iv * • m« n under Indictment played mlnm odes. S. A. I >. 1‘uter, the government’s heavyweight witness, »»« put on the stand this afternoon and ¡>egHn the narration of his relatione with Her mann in connection with lan«l opera tions that have sulveqtir'nt ly turned out to lx fiamlnlent. Paler wa- preceded by I>an W. Tarp ley, who told In considerable detail the manner in which ho, Horace G. Mc Kinley and I I* Mays attempted to "get rich «prick" through the alsvorp- tion <>f land in the Blue mountain for- i t re«.<-rv< The stories told by I'uter and Tarp ley did not throw any new light on either the Blue mountain or the 11-7 land fraud cases, which were threshed out in Fortland. But the stories of ls>th men were retold today to show their relations with Hermann an«i to aid the government in its efforts to show Hermann's tn> live for deatroying the fateful latterprees copy looks. STREETS ARE FLOODED. All Business in Stockton Suspended by High Water. MtocklOn, tai., March 21.— Water is running through the streets of this city libe a millrncc. In some placte it is six feet deep, while in others it varies from one to three feet, the latter being the mean average. All teuirwes Ir sus pended, as most of the busi nena houses are fintalo! and the people in many parte of tlx cl tjr are afraid to leave their homes. No portion of the town esca [a* I. Main, Hie principal Imalnees street of the city, is the high point, and even here tlx water avi-ragie nearly a foot in -h pth. All the cellars and many of the first tlivirs of the huainera houe «e were submerged and the !<«» in the city alone will tun into hundreds of thous ands of dollars. Roadbed Torn Up by Slide. Ashland. Or., March 21.—The con tinued rains of the past four day's have badly demoralised tlx main Portland- Man Francua-o line of the Southern Pa cific I m a distance of .so miles through the upjer Sacramento canyon region in .Xirthem California. The country neat severely affected lies lietween Sis son on the north arid Redding on tlx south In this section the Sacramento risstlss t »ae«rv»4 Meetetaata. Thorough plowing and eubaulllug are river has played liav<r with the rail even more nwesaary when planting un- road risuils'd at various points, while grnfted reelatanls than when planting st other place slide« of nerioua propor tench grafts, says a bulletin Issued by tions liave added to the difficult its. the vxiwrimeeit station of the I’nicer Prefers Federal Control. alty of California. Thia Is because New York, March 21.—Askol if he good results can tie obtained only If the rvelstanta are grafted young, and this thought the c-inference between the niak>-o It essential to obtain a goo«l railr««d and the government would lie growth the first year. If the stock re beneficial, John 0. Ibckefellet raid: mains In the ground for two, threw or "I cannot nay. It is my idea tluit Fed more y«-ara twfore grafting. It becomes eral control would tie lietter for the romla. Tbey would then understan«! hard and refractory to grafting and the laws atxi plan ahewii intelligently good unions cannot be obtained. The without on«- state’s suddenly demand stocks should make sufficient growth ing one thing and another state la*ing the first year to allow of their being e.|ual)y Insistent on something entirely grafted the spring following the plant different." ing When a burse la hidebound It la usu ally cauaeil by being tn a poor and uuthrtfty condition. A bora« In g-«d physical health la not hidebound. There may 1* a number of «'auras for thia condition In borwa, such as Itllnfa ob IIor»««' !.•••. State Will Pay Their Fare. worms, lack of tire right kind of reed This defect Is probably ths moot no- or the want of either feed or shelter Coocrird, N. If., Mareh 21.—A bill The Num'« TrowblM. or both A horse may bars fairly tlceable of all blamlabea that coms forbidding state officers to use or solicit It la i.ot to the auto bis Tto h-»roe his trouble owaa. good cars and fsed, but, on account upon horses’ legs In tbla couutry. free passes on the railroaiia imased both Bera ime. you ere, hie driver is of bad teeth, may not be able to ae Sometimes tbs apllut must be blistered booses of the legislature bsJay under The source of sll hia "whoaa.* cure nourishment from tbs f«vd. Try two or throe times teftiro remaining anspanaion ■ f the rules, following a re Philadelphia ledger. to determine the Cause and then reme free from lameneaa, and In some i-a««J’|f’ from the judiciary commit tea. dy IL If the horse is run down phya must be fired before a curs Is sffwVeiL 1 By th” bill lhe gov « mm tw authorise«! c. o. n. G yer queer thing about tha truata lea By a small amount of pulverised ltopaat the blister a third time, and ;f ’oeontra- t for railroad tranrpr rtatior. gentian and ginger In feed will stlmn lameness still remains soma other '"r nxmbers of the legislature and My«r What'a queer about them? cauas may be suapw-tad. jh uae cf congMB aa needed. late the appetite and dig sallow. Gyar Tbey avidutu trust auybud/. "Of course, you tollere that polyga my is wrong." »aid tbe man. who was discussing the Murinoti question. "My d»"sr air," answerw! Mr. Meek- to*. "It I" not only wrong. It’s fool- hardy-“—Washington Star. I I 9