HI Jfa Doelor'$ perama
By Hesba Stretton
CHAFTEB IX.
I took crt nt t reach honja bafora
tha hour whin Jail usually waat to bad.
It wii quit Ti to taluk f 1mb that
night. I had idea worksd mjislf oo Into
that itata o); nirroua, witlai agitatioa
whaa on eanaot retrain qulatly la a
roam. About on o'olock I opn4 7
door softly potilble tad itola al
laatly Jowaittry.
I Madam wai r ftrorlto mara, first
rata at ftlioB Whan ih waa la food
taropar, but apt to ura Tlcioui bow aBd
th,a. Sha wM In food tanjpar oplgbt,
and pr!o)4 ha sari aad wMantid
whta I unlocked tha itabla door. la a
Urn miuatts we were going op tha
Qraagi road t a moderate pace till we
Mlchfd tbe oea country,
i It wm !, quilt Bight I May. A
few ef tbe larpr Axed atari twinkled
palaly la tbe aky, but the amallar onai
were drowned la tbe foil moonlight, I
turned oil the road to get nearer tbe ea.
and rode along laudy lanei, with bauki
of turf Instead of hedge rowa, which
were corered thickly with pale prlmrosw,
ehlnlng with the aame hue aa the moon
above them.
i Now and then I came la full alght of
the tea, glittering la the illvary light. I
eroaaed the bead of a gorge, and atoppsd
for a while to gate down It, till my fiosh
crept. It was not more tbaa a few Tarda
In breadth, but It waa of unknown depth,
and the rocki itood bov It with a thick,
hear blackneaa. The tide waa rnahUag
Into Ita narrow channel with a thunder
which throbbed like a pulee; ret In the
Intervale of lta puliation I could catch
the thin, prattling tinkle of a brook ran
8 lag merrily down the gorge to plunge
headlong Into the iea.
I . Ai the iqn roie, dark looked very near,
and the aea, a plain of aUrery bine, teem
ed eolld and firm enough to afford nt a
road ecroai to It. A white mlit lay like
a huge anowdrlft In haay, broad currea
orer the Havre Qoiielln, with iharp
peaks of cllffi piercing through. Olivia
WM ileeplng yonder behind that veil of
ahlnlng mlitf and dear aa Guernaey waa
to me, ahe waa a hundred-fold dearer.
I . But my nlght'i ride had not made my
day's talk any eaaler for ma. No bow
light had dawned npoa my difficulty.
There waa bo loophole for me to eacape
from the moat painful and perplexing
itralt I had ever beea In. How waa I to
break It to Julia? and when? It waa
Quite plain to me that tbe aooner it waa
over the better It wonld be for myaelf,
and perhapi the better for ber. How
waa I to go through my morning' a calli?
I reiolved to have it over aa aoon aa
breakfast waa finlahed. Tet when break
faat came I waa llatenlng Intently for
aome aummona which would give me an
hour'a grace from fulfilling my own de
termination. I prolonged my meal, keep
ing my mother In her place at the table;
for the had never given np her office of
pouring out my tea and coffee. '
I finished at last, and still no urgent
message had come for me. My mother
left ua together alone, aa her custom
.;, for what time I had to spare a va
r .'! quantity alwaya with me.
; waa the dreaded moment. But
ho . was I to begin? Julia waa ao calm
and unsuspecting. In what words could
I convey my fatal meaning moat gently
to her? My head throbbed, and I could
not ralaa my eyea to her face. Yet It
mast be done.
''Dear Julia,' I aald, in aa firm t voice
aa I could command.
"Yea, Martin." -
But just then Grace, the housemaid,
knocked emphatically at the door, and
after a due pause entered with a smiling,
significant face, yet with an apologetic
courtesy.
"If you please, Dr. Martin," ahe aald,
"1 m very sorry, but Mra. Llhou's baby
la taken with convulsion Ota; and they
want you to go aa fast aa ever you can,
please, air."
Was I aorry or glad? I could not tell.
It was a reprieve; but then I knew posi
tively it was nothing more than a re
prieve. The aentence mast be executed.
Julia came to me, bent her cheek towards
me, and I kissed it That waa oar usual
aalutatlon when our morning's Interview
waa ended.
"I am going down to the new bouse,"
ahe said. "I lost a good deal of time
yesterday, and I muat make up for It
to-day. Shall yon be poising by at any
time, Martin?"
"Yea no I cannot tell exactly," I
stammered.
"If yon are pasalng, come In for a few
minute," she answered; "I have a thou
sand things to ipeak to you about."
I waa not overworked that morning.
The convulsions of Mra. Llhou'i baby
were not at all serious. So I had plenty
of time to call upon Julia at the new
house; but I could not summon sufficient
courage. The morning slipped away
whilst I wai loitering about Fort George,
and chatting caelessly with the officers
quartered there.
I went down reluctantly at length to
the new house;, but it waa at almost the
last hour. Doggedly, but alck at heart
with myaelf and all the world, I went
down to meet my doom.
! Julia wai sitting alone In the drawing
room, which overlooked the harbor and
the group of Islands across the channel.
There wai no fear of interruption. It
waa an understood thing that at present
only Julla'i moat Intimate friends had
been admitted into our new house, and
then by apeclal Invitation alone.
There was a very happy, very placid
expression on her face. Every harsh line
eemed softened, and a pleased imile
played about her lips. Her dress waa
one hT those simple, fresh, clean muslin
gowna, with knots of ribbon about it,
which make a plain woman almost pretty,
and t pretty woman bewitching.
"I am very glad yoa are come, nay dear
Martin," ahe aald softly.
I dared not dally another moment I
muat take my plunge at once lato the
Icy-cold watera.
' "I have something of Importance to aav
to you, dear cousin," I begin.
' I aat down oa the broad window sill.
Instead of oa the chair close to her. She
looked np at that, aad fixed her eyea up
on me keenly. I had often quailed be
fore Julla'i gate aa t boy, but never aa I
did now.
"Weill what la It?" ahe aakad curtly.
The lacislvenesa of her tone brought life
lato me, aa a probe aometlmea brlaga t
patient out of stupor
"Julia," I aald, "are you u!U euro you
love me enough to be nappy with aa at
my wlfer
"I know yoa well enough to be aa hap
py at the day la long with yon," ahe re
plied, the color rushing to her face.
"You do not often look aa If yea loved
me," I aald at last
"That la only my way," ahe answered.
"I can't be soft and purring like many
women. I don't care to be alwaya klsa-
ng and hanging about anybody. But if.
tiiiii 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 ii j it j j iti
yon are afraid I don't love yea enough-
well! I will ask you what you think in
ten yeara time."
"What would you aay if I told yoa I
bad enoe leved a girl better than I do
yaur' I asked.
'That's not true," ahe aald sharply
"I've known yeu all your life, and you
eould not hide such a thing from your
mother and me. Yeu are only laughing
at me. Martin."
"Hoavea known I'm not laughing," I
answered lolenjnlr; "It'i no laughing
matter. Julia, tkire Ii a girl I love bet
ter than you, even now."
The color and the gniile faded out of
her face, leaving it ashy pale. Her llpa
parted once or twice, but her voice failed
her, Then the broke out into a ibort
hyaterioal laugh.
"Yoa are talking nonsense, dear Mar
tin," iha gasped; "you ought net! I am
not very strong. Tall me It ia a Joke.'
"I cannot" I reulled. painfully and
sorrowfully; "it la the truth, though t
wonld almost rather face death than own
It. I lots yen dearly, Julia; but I love
another woman better." .
There waa dead silence ia the room af
ter thou words. I could not hear Julia
breathe or move, and I ceuld net look at
her. My.eyei were turned towar'da the
window and the ialanda across the tea,
purple and haiy la the dlatance.
"Leave me!" ahe aald, after a very
loaf stillness; "ge away. Martin."
"I cannot leave you alone," I exclaim
ed; "no. I will not Julia. -Let me tell
you more; let me explain It all. You
ought to know everything now.
"Ge away!" ahe repeated, in a mechan
ical way.
I hesitated atill, aeeing her white and
trembling, with her eyei glassy and fixed,
But ahe motioned me from ber towards
the door, and her pale llpa parted again
to reiterate her command.
How I croased that room I do not
know; but the moment after I had closed
the door I beard the key turn In tbe lock.
I dared not quit the house aad leave her
alone In such a atate; and I longed ar
dently to hear the clocki chime five, and
the tound of Johanna's coach wheels on
the roughly paved street.
That waa one of tbe longest half hours
In my life. I stood at the street door
watching and waiting, and nodding to
people who passed by, and who simper
ed at me in the most inane faahion.
The fools! I called them to myself. At
length Johanna turned the corner, and
her pony carriage came rattling cheer
fully over the targe round atonea. I ran
to meet her.
"For heaven's sake go to Julia!"
cried. "I have told her." .
"And what doea ahe say?" aaked Jo
hanna.
"Not a word, not a syllable," I replied,
"except to bid me go away. She haa
locked heraelf Into the drawing room.
."Then you had better go away alto
gether," ahe aald, "and leave me to deal
! with her. Doa't come In, and then I can
lay you are not here."
A friend of mine lived in the oppoalte
house, and though I knew he waa not at
home, I knocked at hla door and aaked
permission to rest for a while.
The windows looked into the itreet
and there I aat watching the door of our
new house, for Johanna and Julia to
come out. At length Julia appeared, bee
face completely hidden behind a veil. Jo
hanna helped her luto the low carriage,
as it she had been an Invalid. Then they
drove off, and were soon out of my alght
By this time our dinner hour was near.
and I knew my mother would be looking
out for ua botn. I wai thankful to find
at the table a viaitor, one of my father'!
patients, a widow, with a high color, t
loud voice and boisterous spirits, who
kept up t rattle of conversation with
Dr. Dobree. My mother ' glanced anx
iously at me, but ahe could aay little.
"Where la Julia?" ahe had inquired, aa
we sat down to dinner without her.
"Julia?" I aald absently; "oh! she ia
gone to the Vale, with Johanna Carey."
"Will ahe come back to-night?" asked
my mother.
"Not to-night," I aald aloud; but to my
self I added, "nor for many nigbta to
come; never, most probably, whilst I am
under thla roof. We have been building
our house npon the sand, and the floods
have come, and the wlnda have blown,
and the houae has fallen; but my mother
knowa nothing of the cataitrophe yet.'
She read trouble in my fa e, ai clearly
at one tees a thunder cloud in the aky,
and the could not rest till she hid fath
omed It. I went np into my own room.
where I should be alone to think over
thinga. I heard her tipping lightly at
the door, she waa not in the habit of
leaving her guests, and I waa aurpriied
and perplexed at teeing her.
"Your father and Mrs. Murray are
having a game of chess," ahe aald. "We
can be alone together half an. hour. And
now tell me what U the matter? There
la something going wrong with you."
She sank down wearledly into a chair,
and I knelt down beside her. It was
almost harder to tell her than to tell
Julia; but it waa worse than uaeleaa to
put off the evil moment
"Mother, I am not going to marry my
cousin, for I love somebody else, and I
told Julia eo this afternoon. It la broken
off for good now."
She gave me no anawer, and I looked
up Into her dear face in alarm. It had
grown rigid, and a peculiar blue tinge of
pallor waa epreadlng over it Her head
had fallen back against the chair. It
waa several minutes before she breathed
freely and naturally. Then ahe did not
look at me, but lifted np her eyea to the
pale evening aky, and her llpa quivered
with agitation.
"Martin, It will bo the death of me,"
ahe aald; and a few teara atole down her
cheeks, which I wiped away.
"It ahall not be the death of you," 1
exclaimed. "If Julia la willing to marry
me, knowing the whole truth, I am ready
to marry ber for your aake, mother. I
would do anything for your aake. But
Johanna aaid ahe ought to be told, and I
think It was right myself."
"Who ia It, who can it be that you
love?"
"Mother." I aaid, "I wish I had told
you before, but I did not know that I
loved the girl aa I do til I taw her yes
terday ia Bark."
"That girif she cried. "Obi of the
OUlvlenl Oh. Martin, you muat marry
la your own clasa."
"That waa a mistake," I answered.
"Her Christian aame ia Olivia; I do aot
kaow what her em-name ia."
"Not know evea her name!" aha ex-
aimed.
"Listen, mother," I said; and thea I
told her all I kaew about Olivia.
"Oh, Martin, Martin!" wailed my poor
mother, breaking down agala suddenly.
"I did so long to see yoa la a home of
yonr own! And Juila waa ao generoua,
ever looking as if all the money waa
here, aad you without a penny t What to
to become of yon now, my boy? I'wlah
I had beea dead and ia my grave before
thla had happened!"
"Hush, mother!" I said, kneeling down
again beside her and kissing her tender
ly; "it Is still in Julia's hands. If she
will marry me, I thai) marry her."
"But then you will not be happy?" ahe
aald, with freah sous.
It waa Impossible for me to contradict
that I felt that no misery would be
equal to that of loaing Olivia. But I did
my best to comfort my mother, by prom
ising to see Julia tbe next 'ay and re
new my engagement, If possible.'
"Pray, may I be informed ai to what ll
the matter now?" broke In a satirical,
cutting voice the voice of my father. It
roused ui both my mother to her naual
mood of gentle submission, and me to the
chronic state of Irritation which hla pret
ence alwaya provoked In me.
"Not much, air," I answered coldly;
"only my marriage with my cousin Julia
Ii broken off."
"Broken off!" he ejaculated, "broken
off!"
CHAPTER X.
My father stood motionless for a mo
ment. Then slowly be sank into a chair.
"I am a ruined and disgraced man," he
aid, without looking up; "It you have
broken off yonr marriage with Julia, I
shall never raise my head again."
"But why?" I asked uneaaily.
"Come down Into my consulting room,"
he aaid. I went, on before him, carrying
the lamp, and turning round once or
twice aaw his face look grey, and the
expression of it vacant and troubled. Hia
consulting room was a luxurious room,
elegantly ftrniBhed. He aank dowa into
an easy chair, shivering as If we were ta
the depth of winter.
"Martin, I am a ruined man!" he aaid,
for the second time. ..
"But hew?" I aaked again, impatiently,
"I dare not tell you," be cried, leaning
hit head npon his desk and sobbing. How
white bis hair waa! and how agod he
looked! My heart softened and warmed to
him aa it had not done for yeara.
"Father!" I eaid, "if you can trust
aay one, you can trust me. If yon are
ruined and disgraced I ahall be the same,
as your ion."
"That's true," he answered, "that'i
true! It will bring disgrace on you and
your mother. We shall be forced to leave
Guernaey, where she has lived ail her
life; and it will be tbe death of her.
Martin, you muat aave ua all by making
it np with Julia."
"But why?" I demanded, once more.
"I must know what you mean."
- "Mean?" he said, turning upon me an
grily, "you blockhead! I mean that un
less you marry Julia I ahall have to give
aa account of her property; and I could
not make all iquare, not if I aold every
atlck and atone I possess,"
I sat silent for a time, trying to take
in thia piece of Information. He had
been Julla'i guardian ever since she waa
left an orphan, ten yean old; but I had
never known that there had not been a
formal and legal settlement of her affairs
when she was of ige. Our family name
had no blot upon it; it waa one of the
most honored names In the Island. But
if thla came to light, then the disgrace
would be dark Indeed.
' "Can you tell me all about It?" I asked.
"It would take a long time," he aaid.
"and it would be a deuce of a nuisance.
Yon make It up with Julia, and marry
her, aa you're bound to do. Of course
you will manage all her money when you
are her husband, aa you will be. Now
you know all."
"But I don't know alt," I replied; "and
I insist upon doing ao before I make up
my mind what to do."
For two hours I wai busy with his ac
counts. Once or twice he tried to slink
out of the room; but that I would not
suffer. At length the ornamental clock
on his chimney piece struck eleven, and
he made another effort to beat a retreat
"Do not go away till everything ia
clear," I laid; "ia thli all?"
"All?" he repeated; "isn't it enough?"
"Between three and four thousand
pounds deficient!" I answered; "it U quite
enough."
"Enough to make me a felon," he aaid,
"if Julia chooses to prosecute me."
"I think it is highly probable," I re
plied; "though I know nothing of the
law."
"Then you aee clearly, Martin, there Is
no alternative but for you to marry her,
and keep our secret. I have reckoned
upon thia for yean, and your mother and
I have been of one mind ia bringing It
about If you marry Julia, her affairs go
direct from my hands to yours, and we
are all safe. If you break with her she
will leave us, and demand an account of
my guardianship; and your name and
mine will be branded In our own island."
"That ii very cleir," I -id tullenly.
"Your mother would not aurvlve It!"
he continued, with t aolemn accent
"Oh! I have been threatened with that
already," I exclaimed, very bitterly.
"Pray doea my mother know of Ms die
graceful business?"
"Heaven forbid!" be cried. "Your
mother ia a good woman, Martin; as aim
pie aa a dove. You ought to think of her
before you consign ui all to ehame. Poor
Mary! My poor, poor love! I believe
ahe carea enough for me still to break
her heart over It"
"Then I am to be your ecapegoat ." I
aid.
"You are my son," he answered: "and
religion itself teachei ni thit the ilm of
the fatheri are visited on tbe children.
I leave tbe matter in your hands. But
only answer one question: Could you
show your face amongst your own friends
if this were known?"
I knew very well I could not My fath
er a fraudulent ateward of Julia's prop
erty! Then farewell for ever to all that
had made my life happy. I aaw there
waa no escape from it I muat marry
Julia.
'Well," I aaid at last "as yon aay, the
matter la in my handa now; and I muat
make the beat of It GooT night, iir."
(To be contiau '.I
Only Heqntrea . erve.
The Forest and Stream aayi that
nearly every one hat a fear of wild ani
mals, and yet no wild animal will fight
unless wounded or cut off from all ap
parent avenue of escape. All anlmala '
will try and escape If given a chance.
Thli fear It kept up by all aorta of
bear, wolf and snake stories, most of I
which are magnified to make heroes of
hunters. There Is more danger from
natural causes In a visit t wild animal :
haunts than from the an' la. There
la more danger of slipping off a preci
pice or falling Into a river than from
being hurt by a bear or . wolf. Many
more people have been killed by light
ning than have been ran over bj stam
peding buffalo herds, or - kUed by
wounded griztly bears, or by all tb oth
er animals of the prairie put together.
One might almost say that more peo
ple have been atruck by falling meteor
ites than have been killed by panther
or wolves. Aad yet from day to day
th newspaper continue to print bear
stories, catamount stories, and wolf
stories, and probably they will do so
until loag after the last bear, cata
mount and wolf ahall have disappeared
front the land.
S COAST STATES ARE UP AND DOING j
REPORTS OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE I
I CASCADE MOUNTAIN REGION FROM
I CANADA TO MEXICO. I
Flax a Profitable Crop.
Tbe flax crop of Idaho thla season
will bring larger returns to the grow
er than they would receive for 1,250,
000 bushels of wheat. The industry
which is of such recent date aa to al
most come under the head of new
business has proved so successful this
season that in many cases it baa paid
the growers a greater net profit than
the cost of the land on which It was
grown. In Nex Perce County over
35,000 acres of flax waa contracted
for at about f 1 per bushel guaranteed,
with the further proviso that the grow
er vas to have the additional benefit
of any advance in the Chicago mar
ket. On this basis, some of the early
arrivals were sold as high as ii.oj
per bushel, the grower realizing over
S1Z2 per acre for his crop. In addi
tion to the 35,000 acres contracted for
there was about 15,000 acres produced
by other growers.
Washington Leads In Wheat.
The current Issue of the Orange
Judd Farmer, gives some Interesting
statistics showing harvest condition
of tbe United States winter and spring
wheat by states and the average rate
of yield per acre,' as shown by such
threshing results as have been receiv
ed. From this table it Is sen that the
average of the entire United States
winter is 92.3 per cent, in which wash
Ington Is 100, while the spring crop
with a total average of 83.4, gives the
state of Washington an average of
95. The winter yield has a total aver
age of 16.1, In which Washington is
25.0, and out of a spring yield of 15.0
Washington Is rated at 29.0, the wheat
condition of this state being not only
ahead of any other state in the union,
but far ahead of the general average
as well.
A Rich Copper Discovtry.
An extensive copper mine, or rather
mountain, has been discovered by Mo
Vey & Co., on the west Bide of Sis
klyou mountains, California, about 8
miles from Garretson't medical
springs, 22 miles from Oak Bar, 6
miles south of the Oregon line ofJo
sephine County, and 24 miles from
Jacksonville, Oregon. The ledge
ranges from 300 to 350 feet in
width, and is claimed to be more ex
tensive than the famous Iron Moun
tain mine at Keswick, In Shasta Coun
ty, with the likelihood of making Sis
kiyou take the lead of Shasta In the
annual mineral output when thorough
ly developed. The discoverers have
been offered $150,000 for their pro
perty.
Big Timber Sale.
A. B. Hammond, of Portland, con
summated the purchase of the largest
unbroken tract of timber land still
remaining in first hands in this state
: the first of the month." Fifty thousand
1 acres were involved In the deal and
i the land is all situated in one body
on the Tualatin and Tragic Rivers.
I The land was purchased from the
Southern Pacific and while the consid
eration was withheld, the price Is re
ported to be In the neighborhood of
1500,000.
Town Lots ai $14,000 Each.
O. A. Kjos, a local merchant of
Lewiston, Idaho, completed the pur
chase of 61 feet frontage on Main and
Fifth streets from J. Etchenberger,
the consideration being $13,500 Mr.
Kjos also paying a street grade as
sessment tax, making the total con
sideration 114,000. A handsome three
story brick store building will be
erected on the corner next Bpring to
COSt 165,000.
New Railroad in Eastern Oregon.
Articles of incorporation have been
granted to L. K. Moore, J. B. Hos-
ford and J. O. EIrod, to construct a
line of railroad ,from Arlington on
the Columbia Klver, due south, to Con
don, county seat of Gilliam County
The capital stock la $500,000 divided
Into shares of $100 each. The right-
of-way is being obtained as fast as
surveyed. The line will be forty miles
long.
New Smelter at Darrinjton.
The deal for the site for the smelt
er at Darrington. Wash., has been
closed, and it is now only a question
of getting the buildings up and the
plant installed, when work will be be
gun extracting precious minerals from
the rich ores of that region. The
cost of the smelter will be $75,000.
and the daily capacity will amount to
250 tons. Denver capital Is behind
the proposition.
A Rich Cargo.
Of the 3300 tons of genral cargo on
board tbe Tosa Maru, recently in from
China, the silk was the most precious.
That was valued at $385,000. Tbe
costliest cargo of silk ever brought
over ran up to half a million. For the
first time a shipment of concetrates
was brought over from Leigh, S. J.,
Hunt's mines in Corea, This ore was
consigned to the smelter at Tacoma
and was valued at $25,000.
Indication of Prosperity.
. The report of the condition of the
national banks of Washington recent
ly published, tells Its part of the story
of the present unexampled prosperity.
Their total resources rose from $27,
698,277 to $31,280,168 in a little more
than twelve months, and the individu
al deposits in these banks during the
same period have Increased by $3,
000,000. To Irrigate a Garden SpoL
Article of incorporation of the Aso
tin Land and Irrigation Company have
been filed with the county auditor at
Asotin, Wash. The object of the cor
poration is to irrigate lands, generate
power, buy and sell land and maintain
and operate Irrigation canal. The
capital stock Is $40,000, shares having
a par value of $100 each. The com
pany is at present constructing a
canal in The Fork or Lake district
and eipecta to have several thousand
acre under water by next spring.
nqnirea Little Sleep.
The distinction among animal of
requiring least sleep belonsrs to the
elephant. In spite of hla capacity for I
hard work the elenhant Wnm if I
sleeps more than four, or occasionally
five, bourv
Teople never seem to pay much at
tention when your enemy doe wrong.
But how they b0wl when yon do
wrong!
When ignorance wins In.elligenc
lrujs awajr Mow par.
World's Largest Fruit Drier.
A prune dryer that 1 expected to
dry 30 car loads of eured prune this
season, that will afford employment
to probably 100 persons, and Is said
to be the largest prune drier in the
world, la to be put In operation next
week at the orchard of the CorvalU
and Benton County Prune Company,
sis: miles north of Corvallls. About
$6,000 in cash and three months of
time have been devoted to the build
ing of the drier, and barring a few
minor details, it is now- ready for
work. It has been warmed once or
twice already, and has behaved satis-
facorily on each occasion. It con
struction and its operation are said to
be matters of keen Interest to prune
grower all over the state.
The new plant will receive 2300
bushels of green prunes at one time.
It consists of 10 tunnels, or, mora
properly speaking, five twin tunnel.
Each of the ten tunnels Is 80 feet long,
44 Inches wide and 44 lnche from
floor to ceiling.
The fruit is carried through the
tunnels by a miniature railroad, th
car wheels of which are four inches
In height and have flange that run
along a miniature track. Each car
platform ia 30x42 inches and ia four
inches above the floor. Each car ac
commodates ten trays of fruit, and
each tunnel holds thirty-two cars at
a time a total of 320 cars In all or
3200 trays of about three-fourths of a
bushels of fruit each.
The plant is housed by a main build
ing 110 feet long and 40 feet wide.
An L at one end is 20x30, and accom
modates tbe engine and boilers. A
22x32 room at the other end shelter
the dipping apparatus, where, by In
genious contrivance, prunes are dip
ped four or Ave times and spread on
trays ready for the drier without Inter
vention by the hand of man. So fat
as known, tbe dipper is the only on
in use In the country. It was used the
first time at this orchard last year,
with great success. The prunes ar
dumped Into a vat, and in a short time
a screen tilts from the bottom and
throws the fruit Into another vat.
The process Is repeated until all ths
vats are passed, when the fruit ii
spread automatically on a tray, ready
for the tunnel.
New Route to Gray'i Marboa
There Is now at work on the Hoqut
am extension of the Gray' Harbof
branch of the Northern Pacific Rail
road a force of about 600 men and
large number of teams. It Is the in
tention to have the work on the 30
mile extension finished before the wet
weather sets in, at least so far as the
grading is concerned.
Track laying has already been be
gun and the contract calls for the com
pleion of tbe line into the Qulniaull
Indian reservation within a year.
Three surveying parties are at work
north of the reservation and there 1
no doubt but that a right of way will
be secured to the Strait by the time
the track laying on the present line
Is finished.
Anthracite Coal Is Found
A party of prospector has located
thirteen coal and iron claims In the
Cascades about 50 miles west of North
Yakima, Wash.
George Weikel haa brought out a
load of the coal and submitted It ta
a test In the furnaces of that city. Ths
coal is said to be the best of anthra
cite and burns freely without smoka
or flame and leaves no cinders. Five
veins of coal have been located. They
range from three feet to thirteen feel
In thickness. The- coal covers large
deposits of iron ore which has been
traced for eight miles.
Specimens weighing 100 poundi
show the grade of coal discovered.
To Build Salt Lake Line.
Senator W. A. Clark of Montana will
call for bid this week for the con
struction of the first thirty miles ol
his San Pedro, Los Angle and Salt
Lake Railroad. This new piece ol
road will extend from Los Anglei
to Pomona.
The total length of the road from
Los Angles to Salt Lake is to be 713
miles. The cost of constructing this
mileage will be paid for by a "bond
issue of $20,000,000 at 4 per cent and
the sale of a considerable portion ol
the company's $25,000,000 of stock.
The Santa Fe is having built 450
oil tank cars for the California and
Texas petroleum oil trade.
Will Burn Oil.
General Manager Kruttschmltt, of
the Southern Pacific Company, who
has just returned from an extended
inspection trip over the line from San
Francisco to New Orleans, has an
nounced that all of the company' lo
comotive will be equipped for the
burning of oil' Instead of coal as ex
peditiously as possible. To that end
storage tank with a capacity of 30,
000 barrels each will be erected at
Oakland, Fresno, Mendocino and
other points south and east on th
line. - .
Pacific Log Rafting.
The mammoth log raft sent out from
the Columbia River recently arrived
last week at San Francisco Intact
There are 520,000 lineal feet of pil
ing in the raft, some of the sticks
running to 120 feet in length, and at
great aa 22 inches thick at the but
The raft is 625 feet long and cost
$30,000 to construct. It is estimated
to contain 7,200,000 feet of lumber.
This Cow Will Do.
A cow which ta believed to hold all
records for Increasing a herd ha Just
added to her fame by giving birth to
triplets.
Three times she has produced twins,
and on that account her owner. A.1
Podesto. says he would not part with
her as all but one of the calves were !
perfectly formed and lived. His ranch '
is located near Stockton, CaJ. Thla
last art of the cow has attracted much
attention, and many people call at
the place to 8ee tbe trio of calvet.
A SafSotent Desijfnetioa.
A humorist, wishing to test tb Inge
nuity of tha Indian postal authorities,
sent a letter from Bombay to a friend
In Calcutta, addressed aa follows: "So-and-So,
Eq., the City if Stinks and
Statuee." It waa delivered without th
lightest delay.
German Shipbuilding
In the year 18l and 1809 Germany
held second place In shipbuilding, but
for various reasons, American hip
building In 1000 received nch aa Im
petus that It has placed Germany third,
Ar KUVI
SUlcus Gotrox ha a great talent for
making money. Cyulcus That Isn't
talent; It' a bablt.
Old Lady Hullo, little boys! Sliding
down bill? Little Boy-Yes' ni. Can't
very well slide np It
If you can't afford an alarm clock for
every bedroom In tbe house, let In a
fly or two. Atchison Globe.
Flnnlcua You can't Judge a man by
the clothes he wears. Cynnlcns But
yon can by those hi wife wears.
HI Mamma-Oh. Willie, how often
have I told you not to play with that
wicked boy! Willie He was playing
wlf me.
Cahlll Was the shtrike a success?
Cassidy It was! Afther being out tlx
weeks we succaded In glttiu' back our
Jobs. Puck.
J Blobbs You seem to have an an-
pleasant sort of cold. Slobbs Yes; I
never did have luck enough to get 'a
pleasant one.
"This age demands men wbo have
convictions,"' shouted tha Impassioned
orator. "Where shall we rind them?"
"In the penitentiary," replied a man In
j the gallery.
Hibernian Nurse Arrah, wake up,
wake up! Hospital Patient (drowsily)
What Is It? Hibernian Nurse If
time for your sloping medicine, sir, so
It ls.-Tlt-Bits.
"I don't see how be can be such a
popular clergyman when be abuses his
congregation ao." "Easy efiongh. Ev
erybody thiuks be Is talking about
everybody else." Brooklyn Life,
"It sounds funny to hear you talking
that way. When we were at college
you didn't believe in eternal punish
ment at all." "I know, but I didn't
have any enemies. then." Philadelphia
Press.
Schoolmaster Who discovered Amer
ica? No answer. Schoolmaster (angri
ly) Come on, speak up! Who discov
ered America. Small boy Pup-pup,
please, sir, it wasn't me! Boston
Globe.
"Yes, Mr. Bouncer wanted to send
her daughter to Bryn Mawr, but she
decided on Vassar." "What Influenced
her decision?" "She couldn't pro
nounce Bryn Mawr." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
First Enthusiastic Golfer-I say, will
you play another round with me on
Thursday? Second Enthusiastic Golf
er WelL I'm booked to be married on
that dav but tbe ceremony can be
postponed!
"The secret of happiness is to live In
the present." "That' so; but my wife
Is always wanting money for to-mor
row, and bill collectors, you know,
won't let you forget yesterday." De
troit Free Press.
Mrs. Newife I acknowledge that I
have my faults aud am sometime
cross. Jack, dear, but If I had the last
two years of my life to live over again
I should marry you Just the same. Mr,
Newife I doubt it.
Mother What! Have you been fight
ing again, Johnny? Good little boys
don't fight Johnnie Yes, I know that
I thought be was a good little boy, but
after I hit him once I found be wasu t
Somervllle Journal.
The teacher of a Sabbath school class
approached one little fellow who was
present for the first time and asked bis
name. "Well," said the youngster,
"they call me Jlmmle for short, but my
maiden name Is James." Woman'
Journal.
"Just think, my boy, that we are
sending thousands of American shin
gles to the Filipinos!" said tbe proud
American parent "Hully gee, pop!"
said the young one; "do the Klllpiuums
have to be licked some more? Yonk
ers Statesman.
"Have you sent your regrets, Doro
thy?" asked mamma of ber little
da lighter, who bad decided not to go to
a party to wblcb she had been asked. "I
haven't any to send, mamma," answer
ed Dorothy. "I don't want to go." In
dianapolis News. .
Mistress Remember. Bridget we
want dinner served promptly at 6.
What time Is it now? Bridget 'Tls
3 o'clock, Joost. Mistress Well, you'd
better begin to make the frozen cus
tard for dessert in that live -minute Ice
cream freezer. Philadelphia Press.
"Do you see that poor, dear girl over
there? Her cup of misery Is full. Her
love affair has ended most unhappily,
"You exaggerate," said Cynicus. "Her
cup of misery is not really full, unless
she can't go around telling all about
bow It happened." Philadelphia Press.
"1 would like to interest you In the
greatest discovery of recent years," be
gan tbe seedy stranger. "It is nothing
less than a preparation to exterminate
every fly in creation." "Can't Interest
us," said tbe proprietor. "We manu
facture horse netting. Where would we
be If there were no flies?" "Then per
haps I can Interest your neighbor?"
"No; he sells w ire creens." Chicago
News.
Tommy bad been quiet for fully flv
minutes. He seemed to be engaged
with some deep problem. "Papa," he
said. "Well?" "'Do unto others a
you would have others do unto you'
that' tbe golden rule, Isn't It papa?"
"Yet, my aon." "And if ' pufnckly
rlgt to follow the golde rule, Isn't It
papa?" "Yea, Indeed." Tommy rose,
went to the cupboard and returned
with a knife and a large apple pie. The
latter be placed before hi astonished
sire with great solemnity. "Eat It
papa!" he said. San Francisco Bulle
tin. A Holy Brick.
The Italian steamship Reglna Mar
gberlta, lately arrived at Buenoa Ay res
from Italy, ba brought one of the most
extraordinary parcel! that hai ever ap
peared In the manifest of any Teasel,
L e., a holy brick. We do not mean
jolly friar in boly order. II would
not be manifested. We mean a rai
brick, a squared mass of burned clay,
declared to be boly because It was
taken from the Holy Gate In th Vati
can. Tbe pared la forwarded by tb
Pope to Argentina as a mark of special
distinction. Argentina Time,
GEO. P. CROVELL,
(Snccwmof to K. Tj. Smith,
Oldest Established House in the valley.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-established house will con
tinue to pay cash for all ita goods; it
pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but
doea not have to divide with partner.
AH dividends are made with customer
in the way of reasonable prices.
Davenport Bros.
Are running their two mills, planer and box
factory, and can till orders for
Lumber
Boxes, -Wood
and Posts
ON SHORT NOTICK.
DAVIDSON FRUIT. CO.
SHIPPERS OF
HOOD RIVER'S FMS FRUITS.
PACKERS OF THB
Hood River Brand of Canned Fruits.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Boxes and Fruit Packages
DIALERS IN
Fertilizers & Agricultural Implements.
THE REGULATOR LINE.
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation Co.
DALLES BOAT
Leaves Oak Street Dock, Portland
7 A.M. and 11 P. M.
PORTLAND BOAT
Leaves Dalles 7 A. M. and 3 P. M.
Daily Except Sunday.
STEAMERS
Regulator, Dalles City, Reliance.
WHITE COLLAR LINE.
Sir. "Tahoma,"
Daily Round Trips, except Sunday.
TIME CARD.
Leave Portland...7 a.m. I Leave Aatorla 7 a.m.
The Dalles-Portland Route .
Sir "Bailey GatzeH,"
Dally, Round Tripa, except Monday.
VANCOUVER. CASCADE LOCKS, ST. MAR.
TIS'8 SPRINGS, HOOH KIVKK, WHITK
HALMON, LYLK and T11K IMl.LKS.
TIME CARD.
Leave Portland...7 a.m. I lve Dalles 8:80 p.m.
Arrive Theballea 3 p.m. ArrivoHortlaud 10 p.m.
Ma ml Ihm Vmry Stmt.
This route haa the grandest urenlc attractions
on earth. Sunday trips a leading feature.
Landing and oftire, foot of Alder street. Both
'phones, Main 851, Portland, Or.
E. W. CRICHTON, Agent, Portland.
JOHN M. K1LLOON, Agent. The Dalles.
A. J. TAYLOR, Agent, Axtoria.
J, C, WYATT, Agent, Vancouver.
W'OLFORD & W YEHS, Agts.. White Salmon.
PRATHER & BARNES,
Agouti at Hood River
wo IO q Mo
Oregon
Shot Line
t union Pacific
"rl,T Ffm HooS mf.
Salt Iie. Denver,
Chicago Ft. Worth, Omaha, Portland
Special Kanau City, St. Special
11:26 a.m. Louls.Chlctigoaud 3:06 p.m.
East.
Walla Walla Lewls
Bpoka'na ton,8pokana,Mln- Portland
Flyer neapolla.Rt. Paul, Flvar
1:27 p.m. Itilutli. Mllwau- tKio.
kes.CbicagoJtk.Mt
Bait Lake, Penver, '.'
Mall and Ft. Worth. Omaha, Mall aad
Eipreas Kanaaa City, St. Eipreas
11:42 p. m. Louia.Caicagoaud 6.42a, m,
East.
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
FKOM PORTLAND.
IflOp.sa. All sailing datea ;Ma.sa,
subject to change
For San Francisco
bail every I days
Dally Cefvmbla Rlvsr 440 p.m.
Fx. Sunday t tinman. Icgundar
t:0U.TO. ..
Saturday Ta Astoria and Way
m ot) p. m. Land i nil
4:46 a.m. WfflaiMtta llvtr. 4:.m.
ii. Sunday Oregoa City, Naw. Is.kuadar
berg, Salain, Ind-
Knrtrnoe 4k Way
iidlnga.
VOOa-Bj. MmsiHn an- Yaa- I top. m. '
Toes.. Thor. km liwi. Mon w4
and Sat. aad tti.
Oregon City, Day
Ion. 4 Way Land
' tnga.
4 4ia . WHta.Mli. IHsr. '.,
Toea.. Thr Uon.. Wed.
aad 8ak Portland to Corral. aad Frl.
Ua A Way Laud-
tnga.
t. RlparU SAsa RrTia. Lt.Lawletoa
.., m. Riparta to Lewliton a.m.
,. "f datiy
Fof low rates and other informatlaa write to
A. L. CRAIO,
General PaaseRCer 4r.L Parttx n.
I, CA'Jl.BT, 'goat, LUua Itlvor.