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I 1 Tbe Doetor'$ By Hesba CHAPTER XI.-(ContInaed.) That was my sentence of banishment. She had only addressed ma once during the conreraatlon. It wai curious to fee bow there was no resentment in her manner towards my father, who had sys tematically robbed her, whilst she treat ed me with profound wrath and bitter ness. The report of my father's illness had spread before I reached home, and suf ficiently accounted for our visit to Jer sey, and the temporary postponement of my last trip to England before our mar riage. My mother, Johanna and I kept oar own counsel, and answered the many questions asked us as vaguely as the Delphic oracle. I wrote to Tardif, telling him I was goiug for an indefinite period to London, and that if any difficulty or danger threatened Olivia, I begged of him to communicate with my mother, who had promised me to befriend her as far as It Jay in her power. My poor mother thought of her without bitterness, though In deep regret. To Olivia herself I wrote a line or two, finding myself too weak to resist the temptation. I said: "My Dear Olivia I told you I was about to be married to my cousin Julia Dobree; that engagement is at an end. I am obliged to leave Guernsey, and seek my fortune elsewhere. It will be a long time before I can see you again, if I ever have that great happiness. Whenever you feel the want of a true and tender friend, my mother is prepared t love you s if you were ber own daughter. Think of me also as your friend. "MARTIN DOBREE." CHAPTER XII. I left Guernsey the day before my father and Julia returned from Jersey. My Immediate future was not as black as it might have been. I was going di rect to the house of my friend Jack Se nior, who had been my chum at college. He, like myself, had been hitherto a aort of partner to his father, the well known physician, Dr. Senior, of Brook street They lived together in a highly respectable but gloomy residence, kept bachelor fashion, for they had no woman-kind at all belonging to them. The father and son lived a good deal apart, though they were deeply attached to one another. Jack had bis own apartments, and his own guests, in the spacious bouse, and Dr. Senior had bis. The first night, as Jack and I sat up together in the long summer twilight, I told him everything as one tells friend hundred things one cannot put; into words to any person who dwells under the same roof, and Is witness of every circumstance of one's career. . As I was talking to him, every emotion and perception of my brain, which had been in a wild state of confusion and con flict, appeared to fall Into its proper rank. I was no longer doubtful as to whether I had been the fool my father called me. My love for Olivia acquired force and decision. My judgment that It would have been a folly and a crime to marry Julia became confirmed. "Old fellow," said Jack, when I had finished, "yon are in no end of a mess." "Well, I am," I admitted; "but what am I to dor "First of all, how much money bavs you?" he asked. , "I'd rather not say," I answered. "Come, old friend," he said, in his most persuasive tones, "have you fifty pounds In hand?" o "No," I replied. "That's bad!" he said; "but It might be worse. I've lots of tin, and we al ways went shares." i "I must look out for something to do to-morrow," I remarked. "Ah, yes!" he answered dryly, "you might go as assistant to a parish doctor, or get a berth on board aa emigrant ship. There are lots of chances for a young fellow. I tell you what," he said, "I've a good mind to marry Julia myself I've always liked her, and we want a woman in the house. That would put things straighter, wouldn't it?" "She would never consent to . leave Guernsey," I answered, laughing. '"That was one reason why she was so glad to marry me." "Well, then," he said, "would you mind me having Olivia?" "Don't jest about such a thing," I re plied; "It is too serious a question with me. "You are really In love!" he answered. "I will not jest at it But I am ready to do anything to help you, old boy." So it proved, for he and Dr. Senior did their best during the next few weeks to find a suitable opening for me. I made their house my home, and was treated as a most welcome guest in it. Still the time was irksome. They were busy whilst I was unoccupied. My mother's letters did not tend to rsise my spirits. The tone of them was uniformly sad. She told me the flood of sympathy for Julia had risen very high Indeed; from which I concluded that the public Indignation against myself must have risen to the same tide mark. Julia had resumed her old occupations, but her spirit was quite broken. Johanna Carey had offered to go abroad with her, but she had declined. A friend of Julia's, said my mother In another letter, had come to stay with ber, and endeavor to rouse her. It was evident she did not like this Kate Dal trey, herself, for the dislike crept out nnawares through all the gentleness of her phrases. "She says she is the same age as Julia," she wrote, "but she is probably some years older; for as she does not belong to Guernsey we have no opportunity of knowing." I laughed when I read that. "Your father admires ber very mach," she added. There waa not a word about Olivia. Sark Itself was never mentioned, and it might have sunk Into the sea. My eye ram over every letter first with the hope of catching that name, but I could not find It This persistent silence on my mother' part was very trying. I bad been away from Guernsey two months, and Jack was making arrange ments for a long absence from London as soon as the season was over, leaving im charge, when I received the fol lowing letter from Johanna Carey: "Dear Martin Your father and Julia have been bare this afternoon, and have confided to me a very sad and very pain ful secret which they ask me to break gently to you. You must come home again for a season. Even Julia wishes it though she cannot stay in the same house with you, and will go to her own with her friend Kate Daltrey. Your father cried like child. He takea it more to heart than I should have expect ed. Yet there is no immediate danger; he may live for some months yet My poor Martin, yon will hr mother only few months longer. Three weeks ago he sad I weut to bark, at ber own ar ! fjilemma H- Stretton gent wish, to see your Olivia. I did not then know why. She had a great longing to see the unfortunate girl who had been the cause of so much sorrow to us all, but especially to her, for she has pined sorely after you. We did not find her in Tardif's house, but Suzanne directed us to the little graveyard half a mile away. We followed her there, and rec ognized her, of course, at the first glance. She Is a charming creature, that I allow, though I wish none of us hnd ever seen her. Your mother told her who she was, and the sweetest flush and smile came across her face! They ant down side by aide on one of the graves, and I strolled away, so I do not know what they said to one another. Olivia walked down with us to the Havre Gosselin, and your mother held her in her arms and kissed her tenderly. Even I could not help kiss ing her. "Now I understand why your mother longed to see Olivia. She knew then- she has known for mouths that her days are numbered. When she was in London last November she saw the most skillful physicians, and they all agreed that her disease was incurable and fatal. Why did she conceal It from you? Ah, Mar tin, you must know s woman's heart, a mother's heart, before you can compre hend that. Your father 'knew, but no one else. "Do not come before you have answer ed this letter, that we may prepare her for your return. Write by the next boat and come by the one after. Julia will have to move down to the new house, and that will be excitement enough for one day. Your faithful, loving cousin, "JOHANNA CAREY." I read this letter twice, with a singing In my ears and a whirling of my brain, before I could realize the meaning. Then I refused to believe it. No one knows better than a doctor how the most clever head among us may be at fault. My mother dying of an incurable disease! Impossible! I would go over at once and save her. She ought to have told me first. Who could have attended hor so skillfully and devotedly as her only son? My mother bad consulted Dr. Senior himself when she had been in London. "KISSED HE It He did not positively cut off all hope from me, though I knew well he was giving me encouragement in spite of his own carefully formed opinion. He as serted emphatically that it was possible to alleviate her sufferings and prolong her life, especially if her mind was kept at rest. Tbt:? as not a question as to the necessity for my immediate return to her. But there was still a day for me to tarry in London. "Martin," suld Jack, "why have you never followed up the clue about your Olivia the advertisement, you know? Shall we go to those folks In Gray's Inn Road this afternoon?" It had been in my mind all along to do so, but the listless procrastination of Idleness had caused me to put It off from time to time. Besides, whilst I was ab sent from the Channel Islands my curi osity appeared to sleep. It was enough to picture Olivia In her lowly home In Sark. Now that I was returning to Guernsey, and the opportunity was about to slip by, I felt more anxious to seise it. I would learn all I could about Olivia's family and friends, without betraying any part of her secret. Of course there was not the smallest difficulty in finding the office of Messrs. Scott and Brown. There did not seem much business going on, and our appear ance was hailed with undisguised satis faction. The solicitors were two infe rior, common-looking men, but sharp enough to be a match for either of us. We both felt it, as if we had detected a snake in the grass by Its rattle. I grew wary by instinct, though I had not como with any intention to tell them what I knew of Olivia. My sole idea had been to learn something myself, not to impart any Information. But when 1 was face to face with these men my business, and the management of It, did not seem quite so simple as it had done until then. "Do you wish to consult my partner or me?" asked the keenest looking man. "I am Mr. Scott." "Either will do," I answered. "My business will be soon dispatched. Some months ago you inserted an advertise ment in the Times." "To what purport?" Inquired Mr. Sott "You offered fifty pounds reward," 1 replied, "for information concerning a young lady." A gleam of Intelligence and gratifica tion flickered upon both their faces, but quickly faded away into a sobor sod blank gravity. Mr. Scott waited for me to speak again, and bowed silently, as if to intimate he was all attention. "I came," I added, "to ask yon for the name and address, of that young lady's friends, as I should prefer communicat ing directly with them, with a view to co operation In the discovery of ber hiding place. I need scarcely say I have no wish to receive any reward. I entirely waive any claim to that,, if yon will oblige me by putting me into courfectioa with the family." "Have you no information you can im part to ns?" asked Mr. Scott. "NodV I answered decisively. "It Is some months since I saw the advertise ment and it must be nine months since you put It into the Times. I believe it is nine months since the young Udy was missing.' wmm it wj Ills tek if iff I llf ftps fet- lf it "About that time," he said. "Her friends must have suffered great anxiety," I remarked. "Very great indeed," he admitted. "If I could rimder them any service it would be a great pleasure to me," I continued; "cannot you tell me whera to find them?" "We ore authorized to receive any In formation," he replied. "You must al low me to ask if you know anything about the young lady in question?" "My object is to combine with her friends in seeking her,: I said evasively. "I really cannot give you any informa tion; but if you will put me into commu nication with them, I may be useful to them." "Well," he said, with an air of candor, "of course the young lady's friends ars anxious to keep in the background. It is not a pleasant circumstance to occur In a family. Of course. If you could give ns an ydefinite Information it would be quite another thing. The young lady's family is highly connected. Have you seen any one answering to the descrip tion?" "It is a very common one," I answered, "I have seen scores of young ladies who might auswer to it. I am surprised that In London you could not trace her. Did you apply to the police?" "The police are blockheads," replied Mr. Scott. "Will you be so good as to see if there is any one in the outer office, Mr. Brown, or on the stairs? I believe 1 heard a noise outside." 'Mr. Brown disappeared for a few min ntes; but his absence did not Interrupt the conversation. There was not much to be made out of it on either side, for we were only fencing with one another. I learned nothing about Olivia's friends, and I was satisfied be had learned noth ing about her. At last we parted with mutual dissat isfaction; and I went moodily downtsairs, followed by Jack. We drove back to Brook street, to spend the few hours that remained before tho train started for Southampton. "Doctor," said Simmons, as Jack paid him his fare, with a small coin added to it, "I'm half afeared I've done some mis chief. I've been turning It over and over in my head, and can't exactly see the rights of it. A gent, with a pen behind his car, comes down, at that ortice In Oray's inn Road, and takes my number. But after that he says a civil thing or two. 'Fine young gents,' he says, point ing np the staircase. 'Very much so,' says I. 'Young doctors?' he says. 'You're right,' I says. 'I guessed so,' he says; 'and pretty well np the tree, eh?' 'Ay,' I says; 'the light-haired gent is son to Dr. Senior, the great pheeseeciau; and the other he comes from Guernsey, which" is an island in the sea.' 'Just so,' he says; 'I've heard as much.' I hope I've done no mischief, doctor?'' TENDERLY." "I hope not, Simmons," answered Jack; "but your tongue haugs too loose, my man. Look out for a squall on the Olivia coast Martin," he added. My anxiety would have been very great it I had not been returning immediately to Guernsey. But once there, and in communication with Tardif, I could not believe any danger would threaten Olivia from which I could not protect or res.-us her. She was of age, and had a right to act for herself. With -two such friends as Tardif and me, no one could force ber away from ber chosen home. (To be continued.) WHEN JERSEY WAS HUNGRY. One rerlo i During Which the People Could Not Cet Knongh to Eat There Is on record In the annals of the State of New Jersey a season when the people actually suffered for want of food. It was In the autumn of 1(JS7, Then the failure of crops caused a famine that prevailed all over the State and aflllcted the people of central and southern New Jersey sorely. They were driven to eating roots and nuts. The Indians were disposed to be kindly to the people and gave ibein much as sistance and taught them bow to make the best of the natural resources of the country. They showed them how to gather and prepare the oysters and the clams and make the strange potpourri that this generation knows as clam chowder. They taught them the plank ing of all kinds of fish (shad were not then obtainable). The Indians were short of maize and In the same predica ment, but they being native to the for est were more resourceful. Conditions were better In the upper part of the State, because there was more direct trading. There are no records to show that anybody actually perished, during the period of the famine. The tacts of the terrible condition In the Jersey colony reached the sympathetic pilgrims and puritans, and early In the spring. Just as many, worn by the hardships of winter, were despairing, a ship load of cereals and preserved meats came np the Delaware River, and Its cargo was generously distributed. A general thanksgiving followed. The crops of the following summer wore unusually good, and It was never recorded again In history that New Jersey had gon hungry. A Good Story. Tommy Tell me a story, uncle. Uncle A story! But 1 don't know what to tell you story about Tommy Oh, tell me a story about a little boy who bad a good uncle who gave him a quarter. Mirth. China's Kerosene Imports. . Before 1SSO little was known In China of kerosene. In 1800 more than 100.000,000 galluuf were Imported, ACTIVITY IN THE COAST STATES. Industrial Development That Indicates Steady Forward Progress in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and California. Pacific Csble Assured. The Pacific coast was agreeably startled last month by the announce ment from Albany, N. that com pany had been Incorporated there ror laying a cable across the Pacinc ocean. . The route will be from San Fran. Cisco to Honolulu, thence to the Mid way islands, to Guam and to tne east coast of Luzon. The cable .will be 0,912 miles long, completing the telegraphic system of the ntire globe, and making a total of miles, all of which, excepting 16,171 miles, la controlled by private indl- vMii-la At the coming session of congress a bill will be introduced to push through the construction work ot the The estimate of cost by Rear-Admiral Bradford, of the Naval Bureau of equipment, is 110,000,000. The special demands by the gov ernment on this cable will be re duced rates and absolute control over the line in time ot war. Washington Coal at Honolulu. . The purchase of the Sandwich Islands has opened np the coal trade in Honolulu. Large shipments are made there each week from Puget Sound ports. The trade is increasing and the present demand may be doubled the next twelve months. New interest Is being infused into coal mining and many new locations are being made. Several hundred acres have recently been covered by coal land applications In Stevens county, Washington, and the Washington owners of fine deposits In British Columbia near the boundary line are gettlnK lit readiness for the extensive development of their large holdings. California Fruits In Europe The latest American invasion of Europe Is the carrying of fresh Cali fornia fruits to London and Paris In the face of the competition of the Spanish and Italian fruit growers. A Valencia, Spain, paper says: "Cali fornia oranges, peaches and pears reach Paris, after traversing six thou sand miles, in a more appetizing con dition than ours," and adds that her fruit growers can only compete with America by employing America's im proved methods of cultivation. Where They Do Things. During 1900 several young men from Eastern states and some from the fatherland, settled upon land In l.lnnnln and Adams counties. Wash. Some had only a few cents left after paying the government filing lee, $22, but by exchanging work with neighbors, and by working for others, managed to get their land all broke and sown to wheat last fall, and on these same claims the threshers are turning out thirty to forty-five bush els per acre. . University of Southern California. The University of Southern Califor niahas been opened under favorable auspices. The $100,000 endowment fund, to which Mrs. Anna Hough, a sister of the late Jay Gould, sub scribed $25,000, subject to the condi tion that the university raise the re mainder by November 1, Is now com plete. Mrs. Hough has now an nounced that she will give $40,000 toward a second $100,000, subject to the same condition as the first. Big Sawmill Starts. The Simpson Lumber Company's new mill at South Bend, Wash., which has been for several months In course of construction, began op eration Sept. 28. This Is a first-class modern mill and one of the best on the Pacific coabt, having a capacity of 125,000 feet per day. A Juvenile Bunko Man. Tommy bad been quiet for fully five minutes. He seemed to be engaged with some deep problem. "Papa," be said. "Well?" " 'Do unto others as you would have others do unto you' that's the golden rule, Isn't It, papa?" "Yes, my son." "And it's putUekly right to follow the golden rule. Isn't It, papa?" "Yes, Indeed." Tommy rose, went to the cupboard and returned with a knife and a large apple pie. The latter he placed "before bis astonished sire with great solemni ty. "Eat It papa!" be said San Fran cisco Bulletin. ' Shrewd. "I Insist that my daughter shall play nothing but classical music," said Mr. Slrlus Barker. "For what reason?" "None of the neighbors know a thing about it, and she can murder piece all she wants to without tbelr daring to say a word." Washington Star. , . A cabinetmaker Is one of the circum stances that alter cases. A woman may love flattery and yet despise an awkward flatterer. Different Sort of Baldnea. He You don't mean to tell me yon are going to marry that c'd bald-headed professor? She He Is rather bald, but think bow many young men of to-dsy are bald oa the Inside of tbelr beads! Stray Sto ries. As a rule the more a man wants the less ht gets-and the nils Isn't too . m. u io won rear euu ir.ri, either. His Mlsfurtuae. "What la the matter. Tommy V asked the mother of the small boy in tear. "I'm lonesome. Tbt other boys wouldn't play fair." "What was tbs game?" "We were playing United State Sea ate. I resigned and the other boys for got to coax me back." Wash In ft on SUr. Every man has more confidence In bis luck than he should bars. Don't moorn for those wbo are dead; think what tbey art missing. Harvested While You Wait. ' The department of agriculture at Washington has issued a report of the general agricultural conditions in the Pacific coast region. It says that although the tendency for the last twenty-five years has been to ward a gradual reduction of tho area of Individual farms and ranches, they are still of a size much larger than the average farm of the East, or even of the Middle West. This Is pwiticularly true In California. Transportation of the enormous quantity of Pacific coast wheat has been reduced to a science. A large saving Is made by loading ships di rectly from the cars, trains being run from the wheat fields to tidewater at very few hours notice, in wasn- lngton and Oregon, however, the nhoot la fun thrnnph an elevator. where It Is re-cleaned and mixed with other grades of wheat to bring it to the required standard grade, after which it is re-sacked and loaded on the vessels, or cars, for final ship ment. Aiit 91 iko nnn hnshpls of wheat are exported annually on the Pacific coast, with a total value oi bdoui $20,000,000. Useful, Btautiful and Valuable. The chief attraction at the Inter state fair held at Spokane last month waB the magnificant display of pol ished marble and onyx from the ouarries in Stevens county, Wash. There were five different districts represented. These exhibits speak volumes for the possibilities of Wash ington as a' producer of the finest marble and onyx known. The extent of the deposits is very large, and sufficient in themselves to supply a considerable portion of the large de mand for material of this kind. Connects North and South Idaho. The commissioners representing the stato in the construction of the Little Salmon wagon road, in Idaho, have accepted It from the contract ors. The legislature last winter ap piopriated $12,000 for the construc tion of this road and this appropria tion was supplemented by donations of $3000 by the Oregon Short Line and an equal amount by the Pacific & Idaho Northern railroads. The total amount of $16,000 was expended upon the-27 miles of road between Goft and Round valley. The Way of the West. Forty new houses are in course of construction in Pendleton, Or., a town of 5000 population. One hun dred and twenty-five have been built within the last year, and these are all occupied, meaning an increase In population of 500. This is not a boom, but merely a natural growth that is general throughout the WeBt. Taps a Good Country. Articles of incorporation of tha Tacoma Southern Railway & Naviga tion Company were filed last week, with a capital stock of $4,000,000. The new company announces as Its object the construction of lines of railway from Tacoma to The Dalles, Oregon, on the Columbia river. Harney Coming to the Front Harney county, Oregon, is steadily gaining in wealth and population. The cattle sales from that county will amount to $1,000,000, this year, as against $800,000 last year, and the agricultural products are about double what they were last. season. To Build a Big Refinery. The Standard Oil Company will erect the third largest refinery In the United States at Point Richmond, Cal., near Frisco. Over three million dollars will be spent on the new plant. Muslo Hath Strange Charms, "It requires tact and diplomacy to collect little outstanding accounts these days, especially when dealing with city employes," said a Manayunk business man the other day, according to the Philadelphia Record. "It's no use mak ing a bluff or pleading poverty when dealing with policemen. Tbelr hearts are like adamant. You must go gently kind of size them up, as it were. Strike them about pay day before their wives get at the wallet; for, of course, If their better halves get it first you are left and the poor copper has hardly enough let to buy bis tobacco until the next month. "You see, I have an advantage be cause I am a sort of musician. When the officer gets bis money be will re turn to the sitting room of the station, take an account of stock and confer with the other fellows about bow to make the pile reach out until the next pay day. "I enter the room with cheery 'Good-morning, geutlemen,' Inquire Into their various healths, talk quietly of the weather, and then sit down at the organ and sing that beautiful song, Then You'll Remember Me.' By -and by they pony up and I hurry off to the next station and play the same old tuns." ' Iron and Steel Export. America last year exported $120,000, 000 worth of Iron and steel, an amouut greater In value than ber entire ex ports of all kinds In 1890. Wbrn a boy begins to wasb bis face without being told he is passing through the ordeal of bis first love affair. Almost every girl of sixteen has her utnd m,de cp that some day she will hlT. a Mme(j D MountvllU, Of Aa ugMer named Oom Paul a Temperanca Man. Mr. Kruger, every one knows. Is a constant smoker; It Is not, perhaps,' so well nnderstool that be bas only once tasted alcohol In bis life. That was at Bloemfonteln, after tbe signing of the alliance with the Free State. Kroger Is said to have taken off a bum per of champagne, and put down tbe gloss with a face of disgust. "Didn't yon hear about Itr "Na." "Why, the thing happened right dowm la your own neighborhood." "I know; bnt my wife's away for tbs summer. -Philadelphia Press. CORDIALITY OVERDONE. Lady's Poor Memory Led Her Into a Peculiar Position. Whoever bas a short memory for names and faces will be able to appre ciate the experience of a resident of Detroit, whose story Is told by the Free Press of that city. The lady's friends, who reccgulze her Inability to fit names and faces together, say that she usually makes up iu tact what sbe lacks In memory. One afternoon recently, says the lady, who tells her own experience, I was sitting on the veranda when a rather nice-looking young man, carrying a small satchel, came up the walk. He bowed pleasantly, and I returned his greeting as cordially as I could, while racking my brain for bis name. He looked familiar, but I could not recall his name. Here was an old friend from out of town, probably perhaps a relative of ray husband and I must not fall In cordiality. So I greet ed him warmly, shook bands, and In vited him to be seated. I said I was delighted to see him, and knew my family would be equally glad. I regret ted that so long a time bad elapsed since we had last met. I hoped his fam ily was quite well, and of course he had come to dinner. , Thus I rattled on, fearing to let him discover what a hypocrite I was, and hoping all the while that his nnme would come to me. Finally he managed to say: "I'm afraid you don't know who I am." "Oh, yes, I do," I responded. "Of course I know perfectly." "No, I am sure you don't even know my name." "Well," I admitted, "your name has escaped me for the moment; but I am so. wretched on names! Dou't tell me; I shall recall It In time." "Do not try," responded the young mnn, pleasantly. "I am only the sewing machine mnn. I came to repair your machine." Take Out Jocko's Brain: No convincing proof has yet been given thnt any particular portion of the brain Is exclusively coucerned In intel lectual operations. Goltz, the most prominent representative of the dwin dling band who still refuse to believe In the localization even of the motor functions, has lately published an Inter esting paper containing tbe results of observations on a monkey, which was carefully watched for eleven years after the removal of the greater part of tbe gray matter of the middle and interior portions of the left hemisphere of the brain. Tbe character of the ani mal, whose little tricks and peculiari ties had been studied for months before the operation, was entirely unaffected. All Its traits remained unaltered. On the other band, disturbances of move ment on the right side were very notice able up to the time of Its death. It learned agnin to use the right limbs, but there was always a certain clumsi ness In their movements. In actions re quiring only one hand the right was never willingly employed, and It evi dently cost the animal a great effort to use It Before the operation It would give either tbe right or left band when asked for It After the operation It al ways gave the left till by a long course of training, In which fruit or lumps of sugar served as the rewards of virtue. It learned again to give the right Pop ular Science Monthly. Walker Gave the Horse Away. "J. Brlsben Walker has one of the most adventurous nntures of any man of Importance I know," said Harvey Wells, of Denver, who Is at the Savoy. "When Walker was remaking a mile or so of river front In Denver that he later turned Into a fine park a sudden rise of the Platte washed away a lot of things. Including the ground from un der a stable on the Improvement Walk er was making. When Walker came on the scene to look over the damage done a horse that had been In the stable was half submerged and In danger of being smothered In tbe quicksand and rolling mud that tbe . angry waters made of the half-prepared new ground. Walker asked several men to go and help the horse. When they refused he started laying planks along the treach erous ground, Just as they do to get drowning persons from out an Icy river. In a short time he was In a position where a false step meant an even chance for life or death. He got both the horse and himself out of the scrape. Then he turned around and discharged every man on tbe Job, and wound up by giving the horse away." New- York Times. Gets Huge Moose Horns. . Hunters of the moose have encoun tered old fellows with enormous spread of horns, and some of these have been preserved as trophies of the chase. An Indian hunter of the Hudson Bay Com pany bas slain tbe monarch of all moose. Its masslvs antlers, having a spread of six feet two Inches, large enough to take In tbe figure of an out stretched man, now adorn the dining ball of the country bouse of Mr. Olcntt a New Yorker, at Bernardsville. The moose was shot last season at the head of the Copper River region In Alaska, some 800 miles above Cook's Inlet, whence It wss afterward brought on a dog sledge. It was then shipped to a Chicago furrier, who bad the head mounted. The Scholar and His Mattress. A famous scholar, whose hobby was tbe derivation of words, bad occasion to store his furniture while proceeding to the continent In quest of the origin of the term "Juggins." During bis re searches In Berlin be received from the warehouse company the following let ter: "Sir: We have tbe honor to Inform you that the niattrass you sent to our store bad tbe moth In It Since the epi demic would expose the goods of other clients to Injury we have caused your niattrass to be destroyed." The scholar replied: "Dear Sir: My mattress may, as you ssy, have bad motb In it, but I am confident that It had an V In It also." Juvenile Financier. "Father," said Jack, "would yon like me to give you a birthday present?" "Yes, Indeed." "Then now Is tbe time 1o double my weekly pocket money, so's I'll have tbe money to buy It when your birthday comes." London Tit Bits. GEO. P. CROWELL, (Successor to E. L Smith, Oldest Eatabliahed Houae la the valley. DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, -Hardwarer Flour and Feed, etc. This-old-established house will con tinue to pay cosh for all its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but does not have to divide with a partner. All rlividends are made with customers in the way of reasonable prices. Davenport Bros. Are running their two mills, planer and box factory, and can till order for Lumber Boxes, Wood and Posts ON SHORT NOTICE. DAVIDSON FRUIT CO. sinprKRS or HOOD RIVER'S FUUS FRUITS. PACKKR8 OF THE. Hood River Brand of Canned Fruits. HANWACTCRERS OF Boxes and Fruit Packages DKALEHfl IN Fertilizers & Agricultural Implements. THE REGULATOR LINE. Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co. DALLES BOAT Leaves Oak Street Dock, Porttand 7 A. At. and 11 P. M. PORTLAND BOAT Leaves Dalles 7 A. M. and 3 P. M. Daily Except Sunday. STEAMERS Regulator, Dalles Gty,' Reliance. WHITE COLLAR LINE. The Dalles-Portland Route Str, "Bailey Gatzert," Belwnn Portland, Ths Dallas and Way Points TIMK CARD Leaves Portland Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7a. m. Arrlvei Tbe bailea, si ni) day. 6 p. m. Leave! The Dalles Sundays, Wednendays and Fridays at 7 a. m. Arrivea Portland, same day, 4 p. ra. Thin route has the grandest acenlc attractions on earth. Sir, " Tahoma," Dally Kound Trip, except Sunday. TINE CARD. Leave Portland. ..7 a.m. I Leave Astoria... ..7 a.m. Landing and office, foot of Alder street. Both 'phones, Slain Ml, Portland, Or. E. W. CRICHTON. Agent, Portland. JOHN M. FILLUUN, Airent. Ihe Dalles. A. J. TAYLOR, Agent, Astoria. J. ('. W YATT, gent, Vancouver. WOLFORD & WYKKS, Agts., White Salmon. PRATHER & BARNES, . Agouti at Hood River Oregon Sjiopj line amd Union Pacific ffl w&w tLiSo iilo Salt take, Denver, Chicago Ft. Worth.Omaha, Portland Special Kansa City, St. Special 11:25a. m. Lnuia.Chlcagoaud 2:06p.m. - iaht. Walla Walla Iwts- Spnkan ton,8pokane,Mln- Portland Flyer rteapnlia,flt. Paul, Vlytr t:Sl p.m. Duluth, Milwan- 4:80 a.m. kee.Chicago&East Salt Lake, Denver, Mall and Ft. Worth. Omaha, Mail and Kipteaa Kansaa City, St. Kipreas Witt p.m. Ixiula.Chicagoand i.iia. m. East. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE rilON POKTLANIi. Ml p.m. All tailing dates 4:00 b. as, subject to Chauge For San Francl.co I bail every i days Dally Ce:rrt! Rlvtf (MS p.m. El.tiiin.lay tlaaanrt. Ex. ttuadar SOVD.m. ' faturday To Astoria and Way lo w p. m. landings. 45sm. WHIaaatHe Slw. 4:0B.m, kji. Sunday Orefon city, Naw-. Ex. Sunday berg, Saltm, Inde pendence War I andinga. 7:00 tm. WHIaaieKt sad Vast- Wp.ra. Tim, Thar. km Slftrs. Hon., WL ai.d Sal. and FrL Oregon City, Day- ton, A Way Land . inga. 45 a. m. Wutaawde Slaw. 4 S3 p re. Toea.. Thnr Hon., Wed. and Sat. rouiand to Corval- and FrL lis A Way Land- tntx Lt. RlparU Sham Rivia. tT Uwiatoa Rlparla to Lewlaton tarn. , I"T I daily For low rate and other Information writ I A. L. CRAIO, General Paaaenger Agent, Portland, Or. U BAULKY. l(..t, Bh4 Rlvor.