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OREGON NEWS
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COST Or.AUCWS LIVING.
Chinese Spend S7.0, Japanese
$9.30 Per Month.
Salem The coet of living of Chinese
and Japanese laborer form a part of
the biennial report of Labor Conimia
eiooei O. P. iloff and it ia shown that
the expense of the former ia 17.40 per
xuooth and of the latter $9.60 per
month. The information waa derived
from nemeroua reliable sources and
the figure given are an average of the
estimates received.
' Though the total difference in the
cost of living ia not great between the
two nationalities, there ia a great differ
ence in the pioportion of the money
expended for American goods. A com
parison ia thus made:
Of the total coet of living forVapan
eee, 85 per cent ia for food and of thia
87 per cent ia American product and 13
per cent foreign. The expense for
clothes ia 15 per cent of the total, and
all of this is for American goods.
Of the total cost of living for Chi
nese, 81 per cent is for food, and of this
25 per cent ia for American goods and
75 per cent for foreign. The expense
of clothes s 19 per cent ..of the total,
and all of thia ia for American goods.
' FULL REGIMENT AT CORVALLIS.
Growth of Attendance Makes a
Change Necessary.
CotvaUis An almost complete jeor-
ganixationof the cadet battalion, and
its evolution into a regiment, is a con
eouence of the largely increased at-
tendance of e'tudents at the Oregon Ag
ricultural college. Instead of about
250 men. the ranks are now swollen
with about SSO, and instead of the bat
talion of two small companies in vogue
a few years ago, the regiment will now
comprise four full companies of infan
try, a detachment of artillery, a eignal
' corps and the regimental band. -
The infantry companies each com
prise 64 men, or two more than in the
regular United States service. -Mounts
are provided for the cavahy detain
ment, comprising 24 men in addition
to officers. Two field pieces with as
signments of horses and 16 men and
officers constitute the equipment and
personnel of the artillery detachment.
The signal corps numbers in men and
officers over 30, and the regimental
band, under command of a lieutenant
colonel, the officers being newly elected
under the orders providing tor the or-
i ganization, and issued by Lieutenant
Quintan.
Athena Wheat Crop Shipped.
Athena But little of Athena's im
menae crop of wheat remains in the
warehouses, with the exception of that
purchased and stored here by the mill
Aa the greater part was sola early in
the season and shipped before cars be
came scarce, there remains but a small
part of the crop to be shipped. The
Preston-Parton Milling company pur
chased ; about 120,000 bushels at
Adams, Eastland and Athena, and have
their warehouses fillel to their capac
ity. The elevator could not be used
this season owing to its unfinished con
dition and lack of machinery. As soon
as power can be obtained a part !of the
bins will be filled (or immediate os
Good Road to Blue River.
Eugene W. T. CarioU. who has
been in barge of the improvement
work on the road leading to Blue river
has completed his work and returned
to Eugene. A force of men and teams
has been employed for two months and
a large amount of good road along the
McKenzie river is the result. Team
aters bauiine over the road report that
the work has been done in a most sat
iafactory manner, and that it is now
an excellent mountain road. The cost
to the county and people contributing'
is nearly $6,000. .
Looking Toward New Postof fice.
Oregon City Postmaster Randal
has received from the omce or the sup
ervising architect at Washington a let
ter inquiring as to the amount of space
that is now occupied by the poetonn
and the land office, and asking the
amount of rent that is being paid for
the quarters so occupied. This h con
eidered locally to be an indication that
the government authorities at Washing
ton are investigating the actual needs
of a government building.
Goats Take Pair Prizes.
; Monmouth Riddel 1 Bros., wbo are
breeding pure bred Angora goats, took
some of their stock to St. Louis and en
tered them in the contest for premiums.
They were awarderd one first sweep
stake on doe kid and fourth on buck
kid, They have for years been im
proving their stock by addition of only
pure breeds until they have a model
herd.' . .
Spur for Logging Company.
Albany A new spui of the Ccrvallis
& Eastern railroad is being constiucted
above Detroit. It will run from a lit
tle above Detroit almost to the Breiten
bush river and will be one mile in
length. It will.,run through splendid
timber and is being constructed for the
benefit of the Curtis Lumbering com
pany, which will establish logging
camps along its extent and secure logs
for its mills at Mill City.
OP INTEREST
DUTY Or COUNTY JUDGES,
British Consular Officers to be
In.
formed of Subject's Death.
Salem Qovernor Chamberlain baa
received from the secretaiy of state of
the United State a copy of a treaty be
tween the. United States and Great
Britain, wherein it ia agreed that in
case of the death oi a subject of one
country while residing in the other.
and leaving no heirs or testamentary
executors ia the country where he died.
it shall be the duty of the local author
ities to inform tie nearest consular
officer oi the nation to which the" de
ceased petson belonged of the circum
stances, in order that the necessary in
formation may be immediately for-
waided to persons interested.
Acting Secretary of State Loom is
says that the British ambassador com
plains that the local authorities have
failed to carry out the provisions of
this treaty and that it has sometimes
been found impossible to obtain reports
from administiatora in regard to the
distribution of the interstate estates.
The daty of giving the notice specified,
falls, in this state, upon county judges,
who have charge of probate matters.
reeo 9,ooo sheep.
RQga Bros. Decline to Sell Any of
Their "Holdings.
Pendleton Rugg Bros are prepar
ing to feed their 9,000 sheep through
the'wioter. Five thousand will be fed
on their farm east of this place for
spring mutton and. will be sheared just
before turning on the market. The re
maining 4,000 will be ranged on their
farm east of Pilot Rock and will be
held over the next season for wool.
The Rugg brothers have nearly 13,
uuu acres oi una in trie mountains on
the head of the Giand Ronde river in
Uuion county for summer 'range and
8,000 acres between Birch creek and
Butter creek, where tbey feed during
the winter. Snow scarcely ever lies on
the ground at the latter ranch, and lit
tie hay needs be fed during the, winter
months'.
Mr Rugg says they have no sheep to
sell this fall, although they would have
no trouble in disposing of them should
they so desire. Old ewes are selling
from Si upward and young ewes as
high as 2.75 a head, with a market
for every sheep. They will keep their
sheep until spring.
Cordwood Must rind New Market.
Uiegon Lity lhe Oregon my man-
ufacturing'company Las compleetd the
installation of oil-burning machinery
at its woolen mills in this city and will
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use mia more eauniaciorT tiiu ecuiiom
ical fuel in the operation of its large
mills in this city. The substitution by
both of the paper mills and the woolen
mill of crude petroleum for wood as
fuel reduces to a large extent the de
mand for cordwood in the vicinity and
dealers will have to find another
market for their produce. Fully 6,000
cords of wood have been required an
hually for the operation of the manu
facturing institutions that have within
the last six months arranged to use
oil.'
Exhibit rrom Clnckamas Schools.
Oregon City H. B. Lyman, superin
tendent of the educational exhibit for
the le r s and Clark fair, will meet the
teachei s of Clackamas county at the
court house in this city when details
will be arranged for the making of an
exhibit of educational work form this
county at the 1905 exposition. It
is
proposed to have an educationaLexhib
it from this county at the Lewis and
Clark fair. In the display in the edu
rational department at the St. Louis
fair the exhibit from this county com
pares favorably with that of other
county represented. '
Packing Houses Closed.
Treewater All fruite with the ex
ceptfon of winter apples are disposed
of, and aU of the packing houses except
the Walla Walla ikoduce company, are
clos d. Th is c mi par y is pack in i a few
winter apples for Fargo, N. D. Low
prices are being received for these ap
pies, as they are inferior la quality, be
ing quite wormy. Growers sprayed
faithfully, but conditions were such
that there are more wormy apples than
usual this season. Bettei prices than
usual were received by growers, and
all realized good prices.
fix Irrigation Ditches.
Ml ton Since tbe larger part of the
fruit has been marheted growers in this
vicinity are engaged in doing work ne
glected during tbe rush of the fruit
season. A lorce of men is at work ex
tending the Hudson Bay irrigation
ditch into the Hudson Buy country
northwest of here and will h.ve it com
pleted in time for use next season.
Another force is engaged in making a
ditch west of here to drain iff the waste
water from the ditches.
Pall Work Begins.
Adams The past few days of rain
have enabled farmers to commence
seeding and harrowing. Fully as large
an acreage of wheat will be fall sown
as was gown this season. ,
Northwest Wheal Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 1 8182c;
bluestem, 85c; valley, 85c.
Tacoma Bluestem, 86c; club, 82c.
Colfax Club, 70c; bluestem, 75c.
LOSS IS 1300,000.
Destroys Three Business
Blocks In Winnie;.
Winnipeg, Man., Oct. IS Fire to
night destroyed three of the finest bus
iness blocks in this city, entailing a
lot of at least f $00,000. For a time
the flames threatened to spread to ad-
oining buildings, and but tor th
plendid woik of the fire brigade a
much larger money damage would have
been incurred.
The fir started in .th new Pullman
block,' which was totally dtstroyed.
The Ashdown Hardware company, on
Bannatin street, one of th largest es
tablishments of its kind in Canada, was
next attacked by th flame. Many
explosions were caused by powder and
cartildge carried In th stock of the
hardware company, but no one was In-
ured. The Rialto block and th Great
Northern telegraph office wr also de
stroyed. There ia no estimate of th
amount of insurance.
Th Woodbine hotel block aud
Dufferine block were also badly dam
sired. The chief sufferers in those
blocks were the Slater Shoe company.
he Gundy Music company, Calder's
photorgaph supplies, and Haver' sta
tionery stock and Connelly, drugs.
he electric light ami power service
waa cut oft owing to the fire, and all
newspaper offices are In darkness.
The Free Press office, in the rear of the
Bullruan block, escaped injury.
JAPANESE GUNBOAT LOST.
tlel
Yen Strikes Mine, and Nearly
200 Persons are Drowned.
Toklo. Oct. 13. The Japanese gnn-
boat Hei Yen struck a mine off Pigeon
bay on the night of September 18 and
foundered. It is officially stated that
197 men were lost. Thoee rescued
managed to reich Chiao Pal island,
from which they were rescued. Per
mission was today granted by the au
thorities to publish the detail of the
disaster.
The Hei Vrn, which was engaged in
guard duly off Pigeon bay, was missed
by the fleet, and a search for the vessel
was immediately beun. The petty
officers and sailors found on Chiao Psi
idand -reported that at dusk on Sep
tember 18 a storm came up. accompan
led by high seas. The Hei Yen endeav
ored to return to her base, when she
suddenly struck a floating mine, which
exploded under her starboard side
amidships. The vessel began to sink,
and an attempt wa" made to lower the
boats. The boats w re swamped and
the ctew jumped into the sea, where,
owini to the heavy combers, they were
quicxly drowned.
Tbo Japanese fleet carefully searched
the patrolled locality, but failed to find
any other survivors.
"An official announcement of tbe
disaster, issued today, says:
It ia highly regrettable that no re
port in any form has been recevied of
the fate of the other survivors. The
sad evert was made worse on account
of the weather, which must have added
greatly to the already awful remit
caused by the explosion of the mine."
CAUGHT WITH HIS MOLDS.
Secret Service Men Swoop Down on
Counterfeiter at Work.
Feattle, Oct. 13. United States Sec
ret Service Agent Bell, of this city, to
day descended upon a counterfeiter's
cabin in the woods nine miles west ol
Tacoma and captured H. N. Stone vir
tually in the act of manufacturing
spurious United State balf dollars,
quarters and dimes. Mr. Bell was as
sisted in tbe raid by a deputy United
States marshal, two Tacoma detectives
and a special secret service agent who
has been working on the case for two
weeks.
One of the most elaborate outfits ever
captured in the' Northwest was seized
together with the molds, wnicn were
discovered in a stove, where they had
bees placed to dry o ly a few minutes
before. Stone confesned his guilt when
confronted with the evidence, but main
tained that he was only "experiment
ing" and had not actually put any oi
the counterfeit money into circulation
Tho cabin in which Stone enndncted
his operations is located in a dense
swamp, entirely removed from Human
habitation. It ia conceded that it
would hardly have been discovered had
not the secret service officers secured
clew in Seattle, where a considerable
part of the layout was purchased.
Admirals of the Baltic fleet.
8t. Petersburg, Oct. 13. The Official
Messenger has anncunced the appoint
ment of Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff.com
mander of the first squadron of the Pa
cine fleet, to be senior admiral of tbe
Baltic fleet, and of Rear Admira
Haupe, naval commander at the Port
of Vladivostok, to be junior admiral of
the Ealtic fleet. Rear Admiral Greve
will succeed Rear Admiral Ilaupt as
commander at the Port of Vladivostok
Admiral Jessen will assume command
of the first Pacific squadron,.
Predicted China Would Profit.
London, Oct. 13 The Times today
publishes the summary of a letter a
leged to have been- written by Li Hang
Chang shortly before his death, pre
dicting that little . harm would come
from allowing the Russians to hold
Manchuria, because it would lead to
war between Russia and Japan,, and
then China, by espousing the winning
side, would be able jto recover Man
churia. ,
Russians Hold Railways.
Mukden, Oct. 13.-r.Tbe battle com
menced this morning along the line of
the railroad with a terrific artillery fire
on both sides. The railway line al
most to Yentai is in possession of tbe
Russians. ' : :
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CHAPrER V.
Rlngwold and Sankala.
"How did yon max It at school
to-
day, my chlldT"
"Just fine, except that Haul Seadog
was tuor rud than aver. My father,
am kind to Hasel. I do not antago
nise her intentionally, and yet ah
seems to displa m. She flaunt th
Lfact In my face that her father owns
many fishtrap and has a cannery and
that they are rich, while my father is
common fisherman, is old and poor
od lives in a cabin, and they live in a
big house with glass window, and have
piano.
"Father, I don't caie for this. I
am happy with you. I don't envy
Haiel, and why should she diuplse me
aoove all others?"
"My child, there 1 an Intuition
sometime that tells us more (ban we
know. There ia often a guilty con
science that is handed down to posterity
and while the posterity know ao
what it ia, it feels it keenly. In the
case between you and Hasel her intu
ition tells her 'hat something is wrong;
that your existence is dangerou to her
welfare and yet she does not know
why. It you knew the facta, child,
you would understand, you would un
derstand!" "Tell me, father. Why does Hazel
feel this way toward me."
'I will not tell yon all now, but I
can tell yon much. I have a long
time rontemp'ated telling you about
yourself, but you are yet young too
young to grasp the meaning of the
things of a wicked world.
'But you are old enough now to
know who jou are, who I am and what
the future may be to you."
"Why, father, I know who I am.
am Sankala, you are Father Ring-
wold and my future shall be devoted
to my dear father, iou know you are
getting too old to pull the boat, father,
and they say it does not look so well
r gins to mingle with th fishermen,
but I shall help you at the oars and
nets until I have completed my educa
tion and tven I will teadi school or
Keep books or do something that girls
should be respected for doing and take
care of my dear old father."
There was a long pauoe. The gric-
tied old man sat in one corner of the
cabin gazing into an open fireplace fed
by pieces of dritfwood cf various sizes
and length. These had been gathered
from the beach by the girl upon her
arrival from school.
As the child busied herself with then
dishes and light housekeeping the old
man sat deeply absorbed. He was
thinking of the past. An inky dark
ness prevailed outside. A stiff w ind
burled sheets of mist upon the roof
which fell from the eaves in heavy
drops.
As the wind arose and whistled
around tbe corners of the cabin the
old man startled aa if awakened
from terrible experiences of the past.
It was a small structure nestling in
the tall timbers near the beach, scant
ily furnished. - A few cooking utensils
on the open fireplace were used for pre
paring the meals. A large bed and a
small couch furnished tbe sleeping
quarters in the same room. Though
the place was much crowded, every
thing was kept as neat as a pin.
The man was nearing his four score
and ten. Tbe girl was a few days
past fifteen. She bore a refined air in
spite of her surroundings. Her cloth
ing was of the cheapest kind, yet it
was clean. Her garments were not
made in the latest style, still tbey were
neat. Her hands and feet were small
though the former showed the marks
of toil. Her eyes were older than
thoee of most girls of filteen, but they
were no less Deautiiui, l ney looted
deep into things with an intelligence
and innocence that commanded re
spect.
"Yes, Sankala, I told you I would
tell you some but not all. The Seadoga
do not like as. .They do not know
why, but there is an intuition that
tells them we . are dangerous to their
welfare.1 'Those letters you have
brought me from the postoffice all
these years are bringing to a consum
mation the plans which have so long
occupied my time. ' It has been
long and tedious duty but it shall be
performed ere the last spark shall leave
me. .
"Sankala, you have been told the
story of the shipwreck by the old
women time and again. I have seldom
spoken of it. It is a link in the story
of your lite tnat is oi toe greatest im
portance to you. .
"I am the only person living that
knows you. I am the .only person
living that knows the facts which shal
some day make you free from poverty
Which shall enable you to live the life
that you deserve will enable you to
complete your education and to out
shine Hazel Seadog and all of the Sea
dog family.
"They are sailing under false
plumes, Sankala, tbey are sailing un
der false plumes. They are wearing
that.which of right belongs to others
"Sankala, I have always passed as
vour father. I love you better than
father ever loved bis child. The idea
prevails among the fisherman that only
your mother was drowned and tiny
your aged father, who had taken
young wife at the ageofihree score and
ten had clutched you in my arms at
the last moment and that fate had cast
y i i si "J J
us ashore.
"W were cast ashor together. It la
tine, you a five-weeks old babe In my
arms, but your mother and father both
went down to a watery srav.
"But yoo are my father now," brok
ia Sankala. "I love you as my father
and shall alwaya lov you as such.'
"That is true, my child, that Is true,
but your real father is dead. It la this
that place a heavy responsibility upon
yoo and m. Your father was much
wronged and it is left to you and me
to right th wrong. Should I continue
to live, Sankala, I will right the
wront, but should I die the duty falls
upon you. You are young, I know,
but you already possess a woman's in
telligence and with the data before you,
yon will be abl to complete the plana
which I have inaugurated, should the
worst come. I am failing rapidly,
Sankala. I am failing rapidly."
"But you will live, father, you will
live," sobbed the girl.
"I Intend to, my child, but should
I tail you must finish the work. Un
del the hearth ther is concealed I
small box. It is a small metal affair,
but contains much of interest to you
It contains evidence, Sankala, that
shall some day make you the queen of
the Aching village. It will do more
Sankala, it will enable you to tiavel
and to see the great world.
"I shall never forget your mother's
dying request. It was on that fearful
night lust fifteen vears ago when the
old ship made such a gallant fight on
the bar and finally went aground on
Sand Island.
"Your father was assisting the sail
ors and had been swept from the deck.
ou were born aboard the ship after
we had left th old country, jue
ship' surgeon had given a certificate
of your birth. Your mcther knew how
mportant that rert ideate was, San
kala. and when all were lost but the
captain and you and I; she came to me
and threw you into my arms. She hac
imbedded the rerliuVate of your birth
in wax and thrust this deep into the
nside pocket of my vest. She , said
calling me by my right name:
'1 have a presentiment. You will
ive and rescue the child. I will be
lost. Upon the very eve of reaching
the place we so long sought, my poor
husband went down In sight of bis own
wealth. I must surely follow. Take
her, my dear friend, take the child and
see that she got what belongs to her
n the name of Him who will reward
you, I beg you to be brave and do that
lor which you are now intended
"In a few minutes all was lost
God spared me the sight 6f seeing your
mother go. I lashed myself to a spar
clutched you in my arms with the grip
of death and became unconscious, as
the sea cut the icmalning timbers
from the vessel."
CHAPTER VI.
Disturbed Peace oi the Seadogs.
"I do not know why it is, husband
but our Hazel, young as she is, is wor
rying a great deal. That girl. Sankala
disturbs her peace of mind, She does
not like her. Tbe poor girl is kind to
our Hazel and all of that but our child
seems to have a most natural antipathy
(or htr.
"Sankala is the most popular girl at
school. The teachers love her, the
girls run after her and the boys wor
ship her. They look upon her as some
superior being and yet she is only
poor little waif that you remember was
cant ashore bre many years ago.
"Old Ringwold, her father, is drink
ing more and more whenever he can
get it, and the child, poor thing, much
as as she disturbes our Hazel, seems
more devoted to the old man every
day.
"It would be better for her if he
should die, but then it would almost
kill her, for the poor thing worshipi
the old fellow. But it would be bad
for the village if Ringwold should die
There would be no one to fill the dlffi
cnlt prescriptions at tbe drug store and
I do not know what poor Gosnell would
do without him:
"Do you know, husband," spoke the
woman more cautiously, "I do not like
that girl Sankala, She is all kindness
and deserving, but I do not like the
child. Her name disturbs me and
when I see her a peculiar feeling comes
over me which I cannot explain. I dp
not wish the girl bad luck, but I do
wish that something would take ber
away from the village where I . could
not see her and where she would not
disturb our Hazel." ,
Thus spoke Mrs. Seadog, the wife of
old Seadog, the ruling power in the
great fisheries on the north side of the
Columbia river near its mouth.
"I do not like the kid either, wife,"
said the rugged old capitalist, who had
made his wealth in various ways. He
had pulled oars through the storm-driven
waves. He had sold goods over the
counters of his great store at enormous
profit. He had dispensed whisky over
his bar that was said to have been of
bis own make and was warranted to
contain snakes to the quart ; he had
thrown Chinamen from his cannery in
to the bay because they did not earn
ten times their wages; he bad robbed
the fish traps of his neighbors, "stolen
their property rights by night, and was
charged with having sent gillnetters to
the bottom of the river. Upon all of
this, old Seadog had built up an im
mense fortune, but it was whispered
about that he had come to tbe wealth
hlch constituted th foundation of hi
tortun through torn foul means th
stalls of which wer ihroudisi In mjs-
tery.
"No, I do not like the kid, el; Vr,"
h continued. "And much less do I
Ilk th old bunch of mystsry who I
known aa her father.
Do you know that when- I learned
that they had drifted ibr from that
vcisel, h4 more than ball dead and sue
but llttl more than spawn, I felt an
noyed by It. In spit cl th fact thai
ther could b no harm In them I
would rather that all on board ahould
have been lost at th time. And It I
remarkabl that th oldest and young
st should hav survived th very one
that under tb laws of nature ahould
hav been lost. Th weakest at ac
counted lost on such occasions under
the law. yet that old duck and the
young minnow brok th record.
"I don't Ilk to think of tho times.
and yet I do. My trial for boarding
that wreck gav ana a do call, in
spit of tb fact that it was shown that
I did not attempt to carry away any oi
th valuable, and I mad th plea that
th boys and I were only trying to save
life, ther was a strong suspicion thai
w had some wicked motive In board-
ng th wreck and th jury hung onl
on th cas until things looked shaky.
"Then it has Its pleasant UI. Up
on that wreck I found th evidence thai
put my mind to rest forever on one
point that is, it should hav don so.
found th evidence of th death of th
only person living who could diatuib
me here. He went to the bottom of
th sea. I knew he wa on the vessel
beyond all reasonable doubt and when
I found his name on th ship s register
then all questions wsre aettled.
"When I lound a woman name on
the register Identical with that of hi
own I did not understand. But upon
Investigation I found that ha was mar
ried a year before sailing and thia
cleared all matter on this point. She
went to the bottom of the sea with
him.
I first had fear tat this Sankala
might hav been of their irue, but I
find from the ship,' register that one
Ringwold and his wife and child were
aboard and since old Ringwold claim
her that set all doubts stialgbt on thia
point.
"Ringwold was very old at th time.
but he appear to have had a younger
wife. Resides the old fellow is half
crazy and does not kuow what be is do
ing half tbe time.
But if this Sankala should have
been the child of the son of my only
brother, she could never prove it. All
records not in my possession ar de
stroyed. But, still I am Ilk you. I do
not like either the old man or hi
daughter. She gives me that same feel
ing of uneasiness or rather unpleas
antness and he, well, he reminds me of
a rival of the olden time.
"That rival was about his height.
but be was slender and stood high in
life. He was even a druggist to the
czar, nut i, a mere commoner, won
out over him and It cost me my conn- .
try. I had to escape by flight and
eome to America. He swore vengeance
on me and I should tremble in my
shoes were I sure he is living today.
This RIngold has eyes Ilk the fel
low and I do not like him for this reas
on. But he as a different kind of man.
He wa quick motioned, bad a springy
step, wore no beard and kept his bair
cut short.
"But Rlngwod is like him in another
chaiacterlstic, though a mere imitator.
While Ringwold is conslderde an expert
prescriptlonist for this fishing village
my rival was tbe best chemist of all
the Russians. The cair prised him '
above all others. No other could fill a
prescription foi bis family. His posi
tion was that of royalty."
"What rivalry existed between yoo
and this man, my husband ?" inqciied.
the interested wife.
"Ob, it is a long story, my dear.
There was not a woman in it. ' Ther
goes woman's curiosity. But, never
mind, I will tell you the story anothei
time.
"But this Sankala and the old fel
low I He is getting old and cannot last
much longer. When he is dead the
girl will .have nothing to keep her
here. , She can do us no harm; Dut
still, I would like to them away.
They seem to be a menace to the peace
of the Seadog family."
(Tot continued) 1
Nothing White There.
Albert, the young man of the fam
ily, was undeniably 111. The doctor
was sent for. He pronounced it a case
of Jaundice, as indeed tbe parents had
suspected, from the patlent'a yellow
ish appearance.
Albert's Utile sister , was explaining
to a caller. ,. ' ' '
"He's got the yaller Janders," she
said. "The doctor says so.'.
"But how could the doctor tell, Ber
sle?" asked the caller. ,
"Easy enough," replied Bessie.
"Anybody could tell it by Jes' lookin
into the the yelks of h'ls eyes."
The Lesser of Two Evils.
Nervous Passenger (as the train stops)
I say, conductor, ar those two men
taking a straw vote?
' Conductor No; they are taking up a
collection. Train robbers, you know.
Nervous Passenger Oh, then it isn't
as bad as I suspected.
All Bet Off.
Miss Lakeside (of Cleveland) You
can just bet your sweet life that I'll be
wearing, an engagement ring before th
end of the season. , ,
Miss Browning (of Boston) Exeas
me, but I do not care to wager my sac
charine vitality. : ( '
How He Got It, ' '
Blnks Queer that Charley Mohter
could acquire such an automobile face.
He never drives his machine over eight
miles an hour.
Jinks I know, but he got it, when his
first month's bill for the repairs Cam in.'
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