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Mosier Bulletin Issued Each M d a y M O SIE R .. OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. Less Important but Not Less Inter* esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. Russia appears to be planning a war o f revenge on Japan. Anarchy is rampant, in London on ac count o f the execution o f Ferrer. Official figures show a total attend ance at the A.-Y.-P. exposition o f 3,740,- 551. The trolley lines o f Vancouver, Wash.; have been extended seven miles toward Orchards. The interior department refuses to recoguize Washington’s claims to reser vation lands. A three cornered fight is on in New York fo r spoils o f subway contracts am the mayoralty. W. I. Buchanan, an American diplo mat on a special mission, died suddenly in London o f apoplexy. The government has decided that horses are better than dogs fo r trails portation work in Alaska. Had the mutiny in the fireek army succeeded, the Duke d ’Ahruzzl would have been offered the crown. Prosident T a ft tells Texas people that he favors irrigation ami a big standing army. He will rest four days on his brother’s ranch in Texas. One convict is dead, two wounded, and two deputies wounded as a result o f a battle between five escaped con victs and a posse near Buena Vista, Or. Tw o convicts escaped uninjured. The Alaska-Yukon-Pncific exposition closed with many ceremonies. The total fatalities in the recent storm in Tennessee number 40. A runaway horse leaped clear over an automobile at Bellingham Wash. Stuyvesant Fish, o f N ew York, is likely to bo the next minister to China. The Oregon Trunk will bridge the Co lumbia betweon Celilo and The Dalles. CALLS FE R R E R T a ft promises to help statehood in Arizona, and sounds warning against fads o f Oklahoma. Charles K. Crane, minister to China, has been requested to resign. Russian officials expelled an Am eri can at the expiration o f his passport. H ill says Oregon Trunk line will build feeders in Oregon, but not extend them into California. A Portland man helped his w ife draw up the papers in her divorce proceed ings against himself. The recent blizzard caused many shipwrecks on the Croat Lakes, and considerable loss o f life. Snow storms and intense cold prevail throughout the Middlo West states. Crowds were so big at the Seattle fair that W. J. Bryan found it difficult to see the exhibits. Ferrer, the alleged revolutionist ar rested at Barcelona, Spain, was refused pardon and executed by shooting. I t is believed that the Japanese g o v ernment, fo r personal reasons, forced the removal o f Crane, minister to China. Socialists and radicals in many Eu ropean capitals have raised a storm o f protest at the execution o f the Spanish revolutionist Ferrer. i ®WbÄt Gold Çaonot ßüy American Federation o f Labor Joins in General Protest. Washington, Oct. 20.— Resolutions fiercely denouncing the murder o f Fran cisco Ferrer, the Spanish revolutionist, who was condemned by court martial and shot in Barcelona, were adopted at to d a y ’s session o f the executive council o f the American Federation o f Labor. Ferrer was referred to as a- martyr. “ We. in our personal behalf, as well as in the name of Am erica’s workers and the whole people,” the resolutions declare, “ express our intense indigna- t !on, horror and strongest protest against the murder o f Francisco F er rer by direction of the Spanish govern ment.” Taken in connection with the action o f the supreme court o f the District o f Columbia in sentencing President Oom- pers, Secretary Morrison and John Mitchell, o f the federation, to serve terms in ja il fo r contempt o f court, the concluding paragraph o f the resolu tion is looked upon as significant. It declares that: “ W e take this occasion o f the m ili tary murder o f a man whose real of fense was speaking, w riting and teach ing humanity to become more wise, more free and more liberty-loving, to remind the people o f our country that liberty o f the citizens is only secure when trial by jury and in open court for any alleged offense involving pun ishment is guaranteed.” The resolutions say: ‘ ‘ The cause o f free speech, free press and free ed ucation has found in Ferrer another martyr, the more regrettable in an age when civilization boasts o f having re placed the tortures and brutality of mediaevalism by freedom and enlight enment. ’ ’ Professor Ferrer, it is declared, will take rank wiTh all those who have done the greatest service for humanity. “ A noble company o f martyrs and a cause in which a man might well give his lif e , ” the resolutions continue, “ did tyranny require it. L ik e Jeffer son, Washington and Lincoln of our own country, ho labored and taught and suffered that t ie people might have wisdom and be worthy o f freedom .” Declaring that, though Ferrer suf fered the ultimate penalty of a shame ful death nt the hands o f those who rule in the doctiine o f the “ divino right o f kings,” the resolutions ex press the b elief t lat the sacrifice was not in vnin. In its preamble to the resolntions, the council says the execution of P ro fessor Ferrer has aroused the strongest indignation o f all just, liberty loving and broad-minded men o f the civilized world. R E B E LS G A IN FORCE. Estrada’ s Nicaraguan Revolutionists on Honoy won the rocount o f votes for Road to Victory. the Democratic nomination fo r district Bluefiolds, Oct. 20.— More than half attorney. o f the republic o f Nicaragua is in the W illie Boy, the California Indian out hands o f revolutionists. Confirmatory law, committed suicide with his lust dispatches have been received here cartridge. that Rivas, Corinto and San Juan del A deputy sheriff was badly woundocf Sur have been taken by the insurgents. in a battle with escaped convicts near Oeneral Juan Ro/es, ex-governor o f the coast provinces, who led two previous Salem, Or. revolutions against Zelava, Oeneral T a ft sternly rebuked N ew Mexicans Mona and Oeneial Fornos Diaz, accom who questioned his good faith as to panied by nearly 100 exiles, have nr statehood. rived here from Limon and Boons del President T a ft exchanged visits with Toro, and probably w ill join General President Diaz, o f Moxico, and pledged Estrada at Rama immediately. Recruiting has been general with international friendship. great success, many thousands along the I t is declared that Ferrer was not a Atlantic coast (locking to the head of revolutionist, but only a promoter of Oeneral Estrada. Vessels left hero to free education in Spain. day on the return trip to Limon for An American aeroplane was wrecked more exiles. Only a lack o f arms pro during its first trial at Doncaster, Mng- vents nil advance. T.opez and Martinez, partners in a land, while an English aviator made the prominent firm o f Bluefiolds, who have longest flight ever seen in England. been enriched b y concessions roccived T a ft was showerod with gifts by from President Zolaya, have been Pueblo Indians. seized by the revolutionists. Senor A. D. Charlton declares the heavy Lopez has been placed in jail, and will be held until he pays $20,000 to aid the traffic from the East w ill continue. ' revolution. Thomas J. Lipton is anxious for an other try fo r the American yacht cup. A L L OO TO B U IL D IN G AUTOS. C ook’s discovery o f the North Polo is officially recognized in Now York Carriage Builders Say Their Business City. Is in Doldrums. I t is now reported that Minister Washington, Oct. 20.— Automobiles Crano is the victim o f political in have displaced carriages to such an ex trigues. tent that carriage builders are obliged Torriblo storm in South kills at to retire from business or devote their least 50, and causes immense property attention to tho construction o f auto mobile bodies. damage. Tn effect this was the statement made President M offatt says the Oregon Eloctric w ill ultimately build on to today by Maurice Connolly, o f Du buque, Ta., president o f the Oarriagn Roseburg. Builders’ National association o f the Superior judge at Washington rules United States, which convened hero in that it is not necessary to declare one’s its 35th annual meeting. politics when registering in that state. W illiam L. Hall, assistant forester of A woman drawn by mistnko as a the agricultural department, said the juror at Los Angeles declares she will supply o f hardwood from which the serve, and there seems to be nothing bodies o f both carriages and automo biles are constructed is diminishing to prevent it. rapidly. A fam ily feud near Lacy, Wash., resulted in the blowing up o f a house Lightkecper Out o f Food. by dynamite, and exposed a whole Seattle, Wash., Oct. 2fi.— Tho tug household o f degenerates. Goliah, which lost its tow. the barge F ive convicts at work on roads near Qnatsino, en 'onto from Nanaimo for Salem, Or., overpowered their two Cordova, with 2300 tons o f coal, last guards and escaped, taking two auto week, arrived in port today. The matic revolvers, $29 in cash and a Green island light was dark and tho horse and buggy. vessel piled up on the reef in the night. Japan is pressing her demand on The lighthouse keeper was out o f coal oil, he having used the last o f his p ri China. vate store o f illuminant the night be K illin g frosts in the South have fore. The Canadian government sup raised the price o f cotton considerably. ply boat Quadra, with stores, was over An ltaliau warship has arrived nt San due nearly a month, and the lighthouse Francisco to participate in the l ’ortola keeper was reduced to cornstarch and bread. festival. A robber who had held up a Chicago bank committed suicide when cornered by police. . .♦♦+4-+4-+4-+++4-4-++-H-++4 M ARTYR. Ross Must Go to Penitentiary. Salem, Or., Oct. 20.— The supreme court today rendered an opinion in the case o f the state vs. J. Thorburn Ross, affirming the decision o f the circuit court for Marion county, Judge George H. Burnett presiding, except ns to that part which savs Ross shall be impris oned In tho Multnomah county jail until the fine of $576,853.54 shnll have been paid. In all other respects the judgment o f the trinl court is affirmed, and Ross must serve five years in the penitentiary for wrongful conversion of state school funds, amouting to $288,- 426.87. STATE TREASURY FLO U R ISH ES. Increase in Taxes and License Money Cranberry Culture Extensive Industry on Coos Bay. Indicates Prosperity. Marshfield— During the season o f bar Salem— I f the business done by the vesting cranberries on C'oos bay, which departments o f the state government, is now coming to a close, employment and the reports o f those departments is furnished to many persons. Indians may be considered as barometers of the and halfbreeds are especially good at general prosperity o f the state, then the work, and some are quite expert. They gather at the cranberry ranches the state at largo is in a very flourish at picking time and come from all parts ing condition. Chief Clerk F. K. o f the county. Lovell, o f the secretary o f state’s o f On tlie William Frazier place, on fice, states that in some divisions the North inlet, b ig bunkhouses are pro work o f that department has increased vided for the pickers, and they furnish their own meals. They are paid 50 over 50 per cent in the past year. A fte r cents a box fo r picking, and some make deducting insurance fees, which have excellent wages. On some o f the been paid to the insurance cominis places patent pickers are used. These sioner since March 1, the secretary of patent pickers consist o f a box arrange state’s office has paid into the treusury ment that opens and shuts with teeth from October I, 1908, to September 30, in front. Tho box is closed over a 1909, fees amounting to $(¡3,334.58, as bunch o f berries and by pulling tho compared to $53,052.06 from October 1, dovice the berries are removed from 1907, to September 1, 1908. the vines and le ft inside the box. A fte r Automobile licenses issued for the the picking the marsh is flooded and first six months o f 1909 reached the the loose berries which may have fallen total o f 1064, as compared to 643 for on the ground float on the water and the same period in the preceding year. are gathered up. Cash statement o f the state treasurer Mr. Frazier bought the ranch o f the for tho nine months ending September late Mr. McFarland, who was the pio 30, 1909, shows a larger balance in the neer cranberry man o f the Pacific common school fund than ever before coast. This is his first season on the in the history o f the state. The first place, but he understands the business, mortgage loans now amount to $1,534,- as he was form erly in the cranberry 434.62; school district bonds, $186,825; commission business in another city. certificates o f sale o f state lands, $548,- The yield from the ranch this year will 586.02; a total irreducible school fund be nearly 1000 boxes, and Mr. Frazier of $5,269,845.64. The agricultural col w ill leave soon for Portland to look lege fund amounts to $189,819.03, and a fter the marketing o f his crop. There the university fund to $95,136.75, a are near Coos bay several other bear total educational fund o f more than ing marshes, besides new one3 which $5,500,000. There was an increase o f have been planted, and which w ill pro first mortgage loans during September duce within a fe w years. of about $54,000. L I N N S H IP S M A N Y SHEEP. The treasurer’s cash summary shows cash on hand January 1, 1909, $892,- 147.44; receipts, $2,392,514.36; trans Forty-six Carloads Go From Albany in fers, $34,874.35; disbursements, $2,657,- Three Mouths. 482.73; cuh I i on hand, September 30, Albany— Though tho W illam ette v a l 1909, $027,179.07; total, $3 319,536.15. ley has never been rated as a sheep country, 46 carloads o f sheep have been shipped out o f Albany in the past three F IS H M O N O P O L Y B RO K E N . months. This figure is remarkable Interests o f Late R. D. Hume to Bo when it is considered that practically no sheep were exported from Linn Sold at Public Sale. county two years ago. Marshfield— The monopoly o f the fish The sheep industry has made most ing rights held for so many years by rapid strides in the W illam ette valley in the past three or four years, the fo o t the interests o f the late R. D..Huinc hill ranches offering a splendid place will soon be broken, as the entire es for raising the animals. The wool out tate is to be sold at private sale this put o f the valley is yet insignificant, month. A fte r Mr. Hume’s death the compared with Eastern Oregon but the fisheries and cannery were closed, but number o f sheep here is steadily in were opened for a short time this fall. creasing. As a matter o f fact sheep On account o f tho approaching sale, the are produced here more fo r sale for fisheries were closed after 400 cases o f breeding purposes than for wool. In canned salmon had been shipped. Since view of this fact, the standard o f the they were closed, the Union Fisheries stock raised in the valley is very high, company is said to have made a haul and growers are meeting with great with seines which netted 1800 fish. success in this field. The gasoline schooner Gerald C., which was form erly owned by tho Hume Sheep A re in Fine Shape. estate, has been sold, and has made her Pendleton— Thousands o f sheep are last trip to Rogue river. She will bo taken to Astoria. now on the trails leading from the sum For over 30 yeers R. D. Hume con mer range in tho forest reserves o f the trolled tho fishing rights, owning both sides o f tho river fo r 12 miles up from Blue mountains to the fa ll and winter the bar. He had his own fish hatchery range on the foothills and lowlands. and canning plant, and made a fortuno They are coming out o f the mountains out o f the business. The people in the ill as good or better shape than they Rogue river valley assert that it is the havo ever come out before, yet despite finest fishing stream in tho country. this fact the prospects for the winter are not as bright as the growers of wool Raise Apples W ith Name On. would like to see. Tho grass in the Hood R iver— To supply one o f New mountains was unusually good this year, Y o r k ’s cafes with Spitzcnberg apples owing to the limitations placed upon with tho c a fe ’s name on tho apples, the number o f animals. Hears & Porter, one o f Hood R iver's largest applo growing firms, adopted a Bend Sends Exhibit. now idea in this locality this year. A Bend— A well assorted exhibit o f the paper label with tho name and tho fig dry-farming products o f the Bend coun ure o f a bird, which is said to bo a try has been dispatched to the forth martin, was pasted on the apples when coming dry-farming congress at B ill they wore green. As the fru it colored ings, Mont. The samples o f the local the words were le ft on the apple in red irrigationless productions are entered with tho background green. About 400 in the congress by the Bend board of apples were treated in this way, and trade, with whom John I. Springer, they will bo shipped to Rae & Hatfield, freigh t and passenger agent o f the a commission firm o f N ew York. The Great Northern railroad, arranged for fruit w ill command an especially high the display. This is the first official figure, ns tho labels were placed on se publicity work done by the H ill inter lected fruit. ests in Oregon, Dike Building Is Urged. Astoria— A petition asking that a district bo created on tho west side of Young's bay to rebuild the dikes in that section has been completed. The ob ject is to have the dike rebuilt from tho mouth o f A dair's slough up to and in cluding the C. S. Brown ranch, on the Lewis and Clark river, a distance o f about eight miles, and the district em braces all the tidelands lying between those two points and- extends to the tidelands directly south o f Warrenton as far as the section line between sec tions 23 and 33. Bourne Promises Aid. Oregon C ity— United States Senator Jonathan Bourne was tho guest here of the Commercial club at a smoker that was attended by all the prominent busi ness and professional men o f the city. The affair was very informal. Senator Bourne promised to do what ho could to bring about desired improvements, such ns the removal o f the rapids at the mouth o f Clackamas river and the con struction o f a federal building nt Ore gon City. Roseburg Signs Contract. Roseburg— A ll members o f the Rose burg committee signed the contract for construction o f the Roseburg to Coos Bay electric railroad. Messrs. Knettner ami Haas, o f Portland, with whom the contract is made, will build the line. They are expected here in a few days, and will then post a bond in the sum o f $100,000 for construction o f the road within two years. Surveyors will be put into the field at once. Irrigation Survey Begins. Weston— A preliminary survey is in progress for the proposed Pine creek irrigation project. It is planned to build a large dam at Rocky ford, three Russia Threatens Finns. St. Petersburg, Oct. 20.— A report miles above town and to conserve flood was current today that orders had been waters fo r the irrigation o f about 12,- 00(1 acres in this vicinity. issued for the mobilization o f the first corps o f the Russian guard, preliminary State Raises Land Price. to the occupation o f Finland. While an investigation proved the report to Salem— At a meeting o f the state be premature, it also established that land board it was decided to increase sueh m ilitary occupation o f the grand the price o f indemnity selection land duchy may take place i f It is found from $8.75 to $10 an acre. The state necessary thus to enforce the wishes still owns about 90.000 acres o f this o f the Russian government. Grand class o f land. The new price goes iqio Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch has re effect at once. turned to tho capital. Large Land Tract Sold. Plague Spreads in China. Oregon C ity— H. A. and ,1. L. Kruse Amoy, China. Oct. 19.— It is officially have sold 140 acres o f land near Wil- reported that there were 87 deaths from sonville to Oeorge McBride, a son o f bubonic plague and 64 fatal cases o f Supreme Court Justice McBride, who cholera in Am or during the two weeks will plat the property into five acre tracts. The price was $125 per acre. ended October 16. BY M A C H IN E S P IC K B ERRIES. PO R TLA N D M ARKETS. Wheat— Track prices: Bluestem, $1@ 1.02; club, 92c; red Russian, 90c; valley, 92c; fife, 91c; Turkey red, 91c; fo r ty fold, 93c. Barley— Feed. $26.50(7727; brewing, $27(f?27.50 per ton. Oats— No. 1 white, $28(7728.50 per ton. Corn— Whole, $35; cracked, $36 per ton. H ay— Timothy, W illam ette valley. $140717 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18(77 19; alfalfa, $14; clover, $14; cheat, $13 (7714.50; g rn ji hay, $14(7715. Butter— C ity creamery, extras, 36c; fancy outside creamery, 33(7736c per pound; store, 22B>(<724c. (Butter fat prices average l'-Oc per pound under regular butter prices.) Eggs Oregon, 34(7?35c per dozen; Eastern, 30(77.31c per dozen. Poultry— Hens. 14(a 14 Lj c ; springs, l i e ; roosters. O olO c; docks, 15(7716c; geese. 10c; turkeys, 16(7?17c; squabs, $1.75(<72 per dozen. Pork— Fancy, 8(779c per pound. V eal— Extra, 10(771 lc per pound. Fresh Fruits — Apples. $1(772 per box; pears, $1(771.50 per box; peaches. 75c(77 $1 per crate; grapes, 90e(77$t per crate, 10(7712'([C per basket; casabas, $1.25771.50 per dozen; quinces, $1(771.25 per box; cranberries. $9(779.50 per bar rel: huckleberries, 9 (0 10c per pound. Potatoes— Oregon, 50(7?65c per sack; sweet potatoes. 2c per pound. Sack Vegetables— Turnips, 75(77$1 per sack; carrots. $1; beets, $1.25; ru tabagas, $1.25 per sack. Onions— New. $1.25 per sack. Vegetables— Artichokes, 85ei77$l per dozen; cabbage, 1(771 tic per pound; cauliflower. 50e(t7$l per dozen; celery. 50(7790e per dozen; corn. $1(771.25 per sack; eggplant. $1.25 per box; garlic. 10c per pound; horseradish. 9(7710e per dozen: peppers. 5(776c per pound; pump kins, loT IU .e: radishes. 15c per dozen: sprouts, 8(779c per pound; squash, 1R|(7? USe; tomatoes, ffOTTfiOe. Cattle— Steers, top quality. $4.50(7? 4.75; fair to good. $4(774.25; common. $3.50 f 3.75; cows. top. $3.25(773.50; fa ir to good. $3(,73.10; common to medium, $2.50(7i 2.75; calves, top, $5(77 5.25; honvv, $3.50(774; bulls. $2(772.25; stags, $2.50(773.50. Hogs Best, $8; fa ir to good. $7.50(77 7.75; stockers, $6(777; China fats. $7.50 (77 8. Sheep— Top wethers. $4.25; fa ir to good. $3.75(o 4; ewes. t£e less on all grades: yearlings, best. $4(774.25; fa ir to good. {-3.50(773.75; spring lambs, $5(7? 5.50. Hops— 1908 crop, choice. 17c; prime tn choice. 16c; prime, 15Hc; medinm, 15c; 1909. choice. 27e; prime. 26c. W ool— 1909. W illam ette valley, 20(77 24c; Eastern Oregon. 20(772.3c. Mohair — 19(19. 23(7724« per pound. MRS ALEXANDER "A Crooked W dow .” A u i hor of P a lt ,“ "M aid. Wile or " U v W n -.a i'» W . t . " " B e a to n 's « > Bargain.” " A Llie Interest,” ‘ 'Nona's ■ > Choke,” " A Woman’s Heart." ! !+ + + + + + + + ++ *4-4-4 4-4-4-4-4-4'4-4--M--i H A T GOLD CANNOT B1JY Is one of the atar stories. It Is rarely that a better one Is offered. Its class Is that of the home circle, and this powerful serial Is rec ommended for Its force ful delineation of every-day characters In connection with simple, yet ani mating, Incidents that form the his tory of Interesting lives. Mrs. Saville Is a wealthy, self-willed woman, whose Imperious nature brooks no opposition. She really be lieves that her money w ill buy her not only luxury and ease, but power. She thinks that power w ill enable her to gain and guide those about her to her own will, but she finds that there Is something that gold w ill not buy, namely, love. In a most Interesting way the ro mance tells how her son, Hugh Sa ville, marries the g irl of his choice against the wishes of his mother. She turns him from her home and he Is sent to war. His w ife determines, during his absence, to win the love of the selfish mother. Under a false name she becomes engaged as the companion of Mrs. Saville. The story of her trials, her patience, her humiliations brings out the nobili ty of her true nature and perfect womanhood. Day by day she wins the love of the lonely old woman, whose false pride and wasted wealth sink Into nothingness In the final reconcili ation with her son, and this charming romance ends In a happiness that has been well and w orthily won by a most captivating and worthy heroine. W C H A P T E R I. Mrs. Sayvllle had stayed unusually long In town, and, at the moment cho sen to open this story, was sitting at the writing-table In her private room, a richly-furnished and luxurious apart ment with yellow brocade curtains and stained-glass windows. She was a small, slight woman, with regular, del icate features, quick, dark eyes, and hair nearly white, combed back and surmounted by a tiny cap of exquisite lace with a tuft of scarlet velvet rib bon. The small thin hand which held her pen was loaded with rings that flashed and glittered even In the sub dued sunshine, while the other gently caressed the head of a small, silky, pearl-colored dog which lay on a chair beside her. She was speaking with a fair, large lady about her own age, who occupied an arm chair at the other side of the table, and who was rather gorgeously attired In out door dress. ” 1 am sure I Interrupt you. You are always so busy.” said the latter, with a comfortable smile, but showing no Inclination to move. ” 1 do not mind being Interrupted this morning,” returned Mrs. Saville, not too graciously; "m y eyes are very tiresome. They smart so when I read or w rite for any time. I really must get an amanuensis.” "Is It possible? I should never sus pect your eyes of being weak. Thejf seem strong enough and sharp enough to see through anything." "Thank you; they have served my purpose well enough.” “ When do you leave town?" “ I am not quite sure. I do not care to go until Hugh returns. He ought to be here now. This scare about trouble with Russia may bring him his ap pointment to a ship any day. and he ought to be on the spot. He has been ashore now for nearly a year.” “ I wonder he chose the navy,” said the visitor. " I should think the arm y must be much the most agreeable pro fession.” "M y dear Lady O livia! who can ac count for a young man's vagaries? My son Is positively enthusiastic about his profession. He Is very scientific, you know, and w ill, I have no doubt, rise to great eminence.” “ Oh, I dare say he Is very clever, but he Is not a bit like other young men. I confess I do not understand him.” "N o ." returned Mrs. Saville, with much composure, “ I don't suppose you do.” "N ot clever enough myself, eh?" raid Lady Olivia, with a good-humored smile. "W h ere Is this bright partlcu lah star of yours Just now?” "W hen he last wrote he was still at Nice. He has stayed on there too long, I think. I trust and hope he does not visit Monte Carlo too often; I am not much obliged to Lord Ever- ton for Introducing Hugh to his gam bllng friends there.” " I don't fancy poor Everton’s friends are generally what would be consld ered eligible acquaintances for the young and Inexperienced, especially when they have pretty daughters who sing like angels—or prlma donnas,” she added, with a comfortable laugh. "P o o h !” cried Mrs. Saville, with a flash of anger In her keen black eyes. "H ugh Is quite Indifferent to all that nonsense.” "Is he? What an unnatural mon s te r!” said I-ady Olivia, rising. “I wish I could say the same of my George! However, he has taken to admire married women lately— which Is a great relief." Mrs. Saville also stood up. and rang the bell. "W here Is Everton Just now? I want him so much to write to his cousin, Captain Brydges. on Hugh's behalf. 1 don't understand how It was he did not do so before on hla own ac count.” “ Oh, nobody knows where Everton Is to be found. He Is coming to us In September at Herondyke.” "L a d y O livia Lum ley’a carriage,” said Mrs. Saville to tha man who an awered the bell. “ Good morning, then, dear E lla » beth. Don't try your eyea too much. Shall we meet you at tha Montgom e ry ’s to-ntght?” "N o; 1 am really sick of society.” "M y dear, you must be seriously 111?" cried Lady O livia, with another good-humored but rather silly laugh, aud the slsters-ln law shook hands, and parted. Mrs. Saville picked up her little dog and took a turn up and down the room with It under her left arm, a look of extreme annoyance quivering I d her eyea. "W h at a fool that woman Is !’ she murmured to herself; "not even a well-bred fool! and to look at her, who would Imagine she was the daughter of one earl, the sister of another? yet there she Is. started by the mere acci dent o f birth In a position which coat me all my fortune, my aristocratic marriage, my brains, to achieve. Still, I do not complain; had these class dis tinctions not existed, there would have been nothing to strive for, nothing to attain. Still, Lady O livia Is a fool; you are a wiseacre to her, my pre cious Prince," she continued, patting the dog’s head; “ you are a natural aristocrat; so Is Hugh, though he has some abominably radical Ideas." H ere the footman opened the door, and said, deferentially, " I f you please, 'm, Mr. Rawson would like to see you." "Yes, certainly. Show him up." In a few mlnuteB the door again opened, to admit a gentleman, a short, stout, well-dressed man, slightly breathless, and apparently well braced up In his adm irably-fitting clothes. His hair and complexion were of that neu tral tint which Is termed “ pepper and salt,” his eyes light gray and tw ink ling with a perception of the ridicu lous, and his air, though It was po litely respectful, showed a certain as sured fam iliarity Indicative of a con fidential position. "W ell, Mr. Rawson,” said Mrs. Sa ville, resuming her seat and placing her small favorite on the chair beside her, "w hat has brought you here to day?" H er tone was considerably more amiable than It had been to her pre vious visitor. "W h at will, I hope, g ive you satis faction. I fancy we w ill succeed In getting that piece o f the Everton prop erty you have been so anxious to pur chase, for your price, and It w ill be a decided bargain. I am to see the vendor’s solicitor finally on Thursday, when I fancy he w ill come In to our terms." **I know you are fond of ftugfc. Mr. Rawson; your regard for him strength ens the old ties that your excellent service has created.” "H u m p h !” said Rawson to himself, "does she think I am her footman?” "Y e s ." he observed, “ your son was a tin e friend to my poor w ild lad. It's owing to him that he Is what he Is now, and has a chance o f a respect able life .” “ I am very glad he was of use to your son." returned Mrs. Saville, with an air of Infinite superiority. "But, Mr. Rawson, do you not think Hugh's answer evasive?” "M r. Hugh Saville Is never evasive. He may have been a little huffed with the young lady." “ Then she was on the track of soma other prey,” said Mrs. Saville, scorn fully. “ I nave an admirable match for Hugh, desirable In every way; so. when I found he had wandered back to Nice and was lingerin g there, I felt not a little uneasy.” “ Did you say the young lady’s name Is H ilton?” asked Rawson, suddenly. "Y es; her father Is. or calls himself. Captain H ilton.” “ Then I don’t think you need dis tress yourself. I saw the death o f a Captain H ilton about a fortnight ago In a newspaper. He died somewhere In France, but not at Nice. I noticed the name because— oh, because I have heard Lord Everton speak of him.” “ H ow can you tell If it be the same?” Mrs. Saville was beginning, with great animation, when the butler appeared, carrying on a salver a large envelope bearing the Inscription “ On H er Majesty's Service” and addressed to Lieutenant Hugh Saville. “ This Is some appointment for my son,” cried Mrs. Saville. " I knew It would come In this unexpected way. Is It not maddening that he should bs absent?” As she spoke, she tore the letter open and glanced at it, and ex claiming, “ Yes, as I th ou ght!” handed It to her confidential adviser. He took It, and read as follows; "A d m iralty. W hitehall, July 20. "S ir— I have the honor to Inform you that you are appointed to H. M. S. Vortlgern. Flag-ship of Adm iral Ward- law, on the W est Indian Station. “ You w ill proceed by the Mall leav ing Southampton on the 26th Instant fo r Port Royal. Jamaica. " I f H. M. S. Vortlgern has left, you w ill report yourself to the Senior Na val Officer, from whom you w ill get directions where to Join your ship. " I have the honor to be, sir, your • " I am very pleased, Mr. Rawson, obedient servant, very pleased Indeed. I must say, you "R O B E R T BROW N. always manage my business most sat "S ecretary to the A d m iralty." lsfactorlly. But you say several farms “ T o Lieutenant Hugh Saville, on the property are unlet. Now, 1 "Stafford Square, S. W .” want my money to bring me In a de "There, that Is Just the opening cent percentage. W hat do you pro Hugh has wished for— lieutenant of pose doing w ith the land?” W here the flag ship on the W est Indian Sta upon solicitor and client plunged Into tion. Why, If this threatened rupture an animated discussion, In which Mrs. with Russia comes to anything, the Saville proved herself to be a shrewd West Indian squadron would most woman of business. probably be ordered to the Black Sea — then he ‘'W ell, Mr. Rawson,” she said, after nothing Is more probable; a short pause, "respecting a smaller m ight have a chance of distinguishing matter, yet not an unimportant one. himself. I want to see my son an ad Have you made any Inquiries about an m iral! How Infinitely provoking that he should be absent!" amanuensis or companion for me?" " I hardly thought you were serious "Y ou must telegraph to him without In the wish you expressed----- ” a moment’s loss o f time,” said Al*. Rawson. " I f he starts to-morrow, or " I am, exceedingly serious,” she In terrupted. “ My maid, who has Just to-night, why, he'll be here In thirty- left me, was really a very superior six hours. Very little tim e need be person, and could read aloud very lost. Shall I w ire for-yo u ? ” “ Oh, yes, please; and reply to this, w ell; now I have a totally different woman. I must have some one who Is too. Let them know he Is coming.” “ W ell, there Is little danger o f your fairly educated, who can write, and keep accounts, and read French— I like son being caught now, Mrs. Saville. French novels; she must be fit to asso If Venus herself had her hand on him ciate with, yet ready to leave me to he must break away, when such a sum m yself at a nod; I cannot be hampered mons may mean fighting. Good morn with any one whose feelings I have to ing. Leave the telegraph to me. and consider. She must have pleasant man accept my best congratulations." Mr. ners and a sweet voice, and look fit Rawson bowed hhnself out. Mrs. Saville m echanically rose and to be seen at luncheon and when she rang the bell. Then she stood In comes out with me.” “ My dear madam, you have Indeed thought for a minute, and rang again. Th is tim e the butler presented him set me a task! You must g ive me some tim e to find out such a treas self. "A tk in s,” said his mistress, " I ex ure." on Wednesday or “ I cannot g ive you much time. You pect Mr. Hugh must find her as soon as you possibly Thursday. He w ill only stay to col lect his luggage, and goes on to Join can. Advertise In all the papers; the ship to which he has Just been ap heaps o f young women w ill apply; pick out one or two, but on no account pointed. I want you to look out hts chest and all his things. Let me know let me be worried w ith an Indiscriml nate string o f candidates; I know 1 whatever you can see Is wanting, and shall be disgusted with them. I w ill order the carriage Immediately after not ask any of my acquaintances; they lunch. Send Jessop to me. ¡»r e a lly always recommend the most unsuita think I m ight as well go to the Mont gom erys’ this evening,” she thought ble people and are offended If you do " I feel so relieved. not take their proteges. Then they (T o oe continued.) l ore you with pitiful stories. No, my dear Mr. Rawson, let It be a purely H o r s e « in A u s tr a lia . business m atter." "A u stralia furnished the American " I shall do my best. Suppose I try arm y In the Philippines most o f Its an advertisem ent In a provincial pa horses," said General Hoad, Inspector per----- ” o f the Australian forces, to a Wash "D o what you like; only remember ington Post reporter. I must have a presentable, well-edu "W e sent hundreds of animals into cated, well-mannered young woman— the Islands, and from all reports they young, mind, who w ill save me trou gave excellent satisfaction. At the ble, not g ive me any.” tim e o f the Boer war Australia sent "T h e labors of Hercules were a trifle 18,000 troops to South Africa, and to this,” sighed Mr. Rawson. "Oh. you w ill do It as cleverly as you nearly all the horses that accompa do everything. Now. tell me, have you nied our soldiers were two-thirds thoroughbred. The thoroughbred horse heard anything of my son lately?” Is probably not adapted to arm y ser "O f which, rnay I ask?--M r. Sa vice, but I firm ly believe that the In vllle ? ’’ jection o f thoroughbred blood Is the "N o ; o f Hugh.” "W ell, no, not for a week. He was secret of the development o f the Ideal cavalry horse. I know that our sol at Nice. I think.” diers prefer a horse that has soma “ I know that, and It makes me very uneasy. W hy does he slay there? It thoroughbred blood in him. " I t Is a well-known fact that in tha is not the season.” "A r e you afraid o f Monte Carlo? 1 C ivil W ar in this country the Confed don't think you need be. Mr. Hugh erates gained a great early advantage because they were mounted on thor Saville never was Inclined to gamble." ” 1 am afraid of something much oughbreds, but after the Federal troops had secured some o f the high- worse— a designing woman." "In d e e d !” And Mr. Rawson glanced blooded horses, they turned the ta curiously at her. bles. In Australia we believe In en "Y es,” continued Mrs. Saville. strok- couraging the Improvement of the | tng the little dog’s head thoughtfully. racehorse, and I regret to hear that "W hen he was abroad some time ago In Am erica some o f the states have he made the acquaintance of a horrid passed legislation that Is Inim ical to old gambling, disreputable friend of the thoroughbred. Our race courses In Lord Everton’s. Th is man has a daugh Melbourne. Sydney and other large ter. and I heard accidentally that cities In Australia are patronised by Hugh wag a great deal with her. When thousands o f people, and It Is not the my son returned I warned him against betting feature that attracts the ma such penniless adventurers. He laugh jo rity o f onlookers, but a desire to ed In an odd. bitter way, and said, see the contests o f speed and stami- 'Don't trouble yourself, my dear moth er; Miss H ilton would not look at me.' B arber-shop R epartee. I at once saw some deep scheme tn this; don’t you?” Customer (h a vin g face steam ed)— “ W ell. I can't possibly say; thers Gee whls! that towel le hotl are so many sides to human nature— Barber— Tee, I know; but I couldn't fem inine human nature especially. hold It any longer — Puck. The young lady must bs rather pecu Two-thirds of the native population liar If she would not look at Mr. Hugh Saville. I should say he was rather a o f Uganda has been wiped out by tho pleasant object.” sleeping sickness ln «even r e a m