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A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
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I'AIiT II Chapter II Continued.
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In the meantime. Ferrler. having re -
covered now nis pnvuuuun, ''-
Kufsbed himself as a useful guide and
an indefatigable hunter.
Bo raululy did he Rain the esteem of
his new companions, that when they
reached the end of their wanderings,
it was unamimourily agreed that he
should be provided with as large and
as fertile a tract of land aa any of the
settlers, with the exception of Young
himself, and of Stangerson, Kimball,
Johnson and Drebber. who were the
four principal elders.
On the far.m thus acquired John Fer
rler built himself a substantial log
houde, which received so many addi
tions in succeeding years that it grew
into a roomy villa.
In three years he was better off than
his neighbors, In six he was well-to-do,
in nine he was rich, and ' In twelve
there were not half a dozen men In the
whole of Salt Lake City who could
compare with him.
There was one way, and only one, In
which he offended the susceptibilities
of his co-religionists.
There were some who accused him
of lukewarmnestf In his adopted relig
ion, and others who put It down to
Breed of wealth and reluctance to In
cur expense.
Whatever the reason, Ferrier re
mained strictly celibate. In every
other respect be conformed to the re
ligion of the young settlement, and
gained the name of being an ortho
dox and straight-walking man.
Lucy Ferrler grew up within the log
house and assisted her adopted father
in all his undertakings.
The keen air of the mountains and
the balsamic odor of the pine trees
took the place of nurse and mother to
tue young girl.
As year succeeded to year she grew
taller and stronger, her cheek more
ruddy, and her step more elastic.
Many a wayfarer upon the high road
which ran by Ferrler's farm felt long
forgotten thoughts revive In his mind
as he watched her lithe, girlish figure
tripping through the wheat fields, or
met her mounted upon her father's
mustang, and managing It with all the
case and grace of a true child of the
WeEt.
So the bud blossomed Into a flower
and the year which saw her father the
richest of the farmers left her as fair
a specimen of American girlhood as
could be found in the whole Pacific
slope.
It waa not the father, however, who
first discovered that the child had de
veloped Into the woman. It seldom is
In such cases.
That mysterious change Is too sub
tle and too gradual to be measured by
dates. Least of all does the maiden
herself know It until the tone of a
voice or the touch of a hand sets her
heart thrilling within her, and she
learni, with a mixture of pride and
fear, that a new and a larger nature
hps awakened within her.
There are few who cannot recall
that day and remember the one little
Incident which heralded the dawn of a
new life.
In the case of Lucy Ferrler the occa
sion was serious enough In Itself, apart
fiom Its future Influence on her desti
ny and that of many besides.
It was a warm June morning, and
the Latter-Day Saints were as busy as
the bees whose hive they have chosen
for tholr e.mblem.
In the fields and In th ftreets rose
th" sarre hum o' human Industry.
Down the durty h'qhroads defiled
long streams of heavily laden mules,
all heading to the west, for the gold
fever hnd broken out In California, and
the Overland route lay through the
cltv of the Elect
There, too, were droves of the Bheep
and bullocks coming In from the out-
lvlns pasture lands, and trains of
tired Immigrants, men and horses
equally weary of their Interminable
Journey.
Through all this motley assemblage,
threading her way with the skill of
an accomplished rider, there galloped
Lucy Ferrler, her fair face flushed
with the exorcise, and her long chest
nut hair floating out behind her.
She had a commission from her
father In the city, and was dashing In
as she had done many a time before,
with all the fearlessness of youth,
thinking only of her task and how it
wps to be performed.
The travel-stained adventurers
gazed after her In astonishment, and
even the unemotional Indians, Journey
ing in with their peltry, relaxed their
accustomed stoicism as they marveled
nt the beauty of the pale-faced maiden.
She had reached the outskirts of
the city when she found that road
blocked by a great drove of cattle,
driven by a half dozen wild looking
herdsmen from the plains.
In her impatience she endeavored to
pass this obstacle by pushing her
horse Into what appeared to be a gin.
Scarcely had she got fairly Into It.
however, before the beasts closed In
behind her. and she found herself com
pletely Imbedded In the movlne stream
ot fierce-eyed, lone-horned bullocks.
Accustomed as she wag to deal with
cattle, she was not alarmed at her
situation, hut took advantage of every
opportunity to r?e her horse on In
the hope of pushing her way through
the cavalcade.
Unfortunately, the horns of one of
the creatures, either by accident or
design, came In violent contact with
the flank of the mustang, and excited
it to madness.
In an Instant It reared upon Its
hind lega with a snort of rage, and
pranced and tossed In a way that
would have unseated any but a most
skillful rider.
The stuatlon was full of peril.
Every plunge of the excited horse
brought it against the horns again,
and goaded it to fresh madness.
It was all that the girl could do to
keep herself in the saddle, yet a slip
would mean a terrible death under the
hoofs of the unwieldy and terrified
animals.
Unaccustomed to sodden emergen
cies her head began to swim, and her
grip upon the bridle to relax.
Choked by the rising cloud of dust
and by the steam from the struggling
creatures, she might have abandoned
her efforts In despair but for a kindly
Vice at her elbow which assured her
o' assistance.
At the same moment a sinewy brown
hand caught the frightened horse by
the curb, and, forcing a way throngh
the drove, soon brought her to the out
skirts. "You're not hurt. I hope. Miss," said
her preserver, respectfully.
She looked up at his dark, fierce
face and lauehed saucily.
I'm awfully frightened." she said,
eaheljr; "whoever would lave thought (
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I that Ponsho would have been bo Beared
by a lot of cows?"
, ..Xnanlt God you kept your seat,"
the other said, earnestly. He was a
t lnnWnI, Voune fellow
mounted on a nowerful-j-oan horse.
on
and clad In the rough dress of a
hunter, with a long rifle slung over his
shoulder. "I guess you are the daugh
ter of John Ferrier," he remarked. I
saw you ride down from Wb house.
When you see him, ask him if he re
member the Jefferson Hopes of St.
Louis. If he's the same Ferrler, my
father and he were pretty thick."
"Hadn't you better come and ask
yourself?" she asked demurely.
The young fellow seemed pleased at
the suggestion, and his dark eyes
sparkled with pleasure.
"I'll do so," he said; "we've been In
the mountains for two months, and are
not over and above in visiting condi
tion. He must take us as he finds us."
"He has a good deal to thank you
for, and bo have I," she answered;
"he's awful fond of me. If those cows
had Jumped on me, he'd have never
got over It."
"Neither Would I," said her com
panion. "You? Well, I don't see that It
would make much matter to you, any'
how. You ain't even a friend of ours."
The young hunter's dark face grew
so gloomy over this remark that Lucy
Ferrler laughed aloud.
"There, I didn't mean that," she
said; "of course, you are a friend
now. You must come and see us.
Now. I must push along, or father
wont trust me with his business any
more. Good-bye."
"Good-bye," he answered, raising his
broad sombrero, and bending over her
little hand.
She wheeled her mustang round,
gave It a cut wth her riding-whip, and
darted away down the broad road In
a rolling cloud of dust
Young Jefferson Hope rode on with
his companions, gloomy and taciturn.
He and .they had been among the
Nevada mountains prospecting for sil
ver, and were returning to Salt Lake
City In the hope of raising capital
enough to work some lodes which they
hnd discovered.
He had been as keen as any of them
upon the business until this sudden In
cident bad drawn his thoughts into an
other channel.
The sight of the fair, young girl, as
frank and wholesome as the Sierra
breezes, had Btlrred his volcanic, un
tamed heart to its very depths.
When she had vanished from his
sight, he realized that a crisis had
come In his life, and that neither sil
ver speculations nor any other ques
tions could ever be of such Importance
to him as this new and all-absorbing
one.
The love which had sprunsr un In his
heart was not the sudden, changeable
fancy of a boy. hut rather the wild,
fierce passion of a man of strong will
ind Imperious temper.
He hd been accustomed to succeed
In all that he undertook.
He swore "n his heart he would not
fall In this If human effort and human
perseverance could render him suc
cessful. He called on John Ferrler thst nlsrht
ind mfny times arnln until his face
wns a familiar o"e at the frTnhon!e.
John, cooned up In the valley, and
ihsnrbed In hi work, had little chnnr-p
nf leornlnp the news of the outside
world rlnrlne the last twelve years.
All this Jefferson Hone won ahle to
tell him. and In a stvle which Interest
ed Lucy na well as her father.
He hnd been a pioneer In Callfornlq
nrf could narrate manv a strange ta'e
of fortunes made and fortunes lost In
thnr wild, halcyon days.
He had been a scout, too. and a trnn
ner. a silver evnlnrer. and a ranchman.
Whnrpvpr stirring ayppfren were
n be had. jpfforanY) Hope had been
thorp In search of them.
Hp soon became a favorite with the
old farmer, who spoke elomtPntlv of
virtues. On such occasions Lucy
was silent b"t her blnshtnr chek and
her bright, hanpv eyes showed only
too clearlv that her young heart was
no longer her own.
Her honest father may not have ob
served these symptoms, but they were
assuredly not thrown away upon the
man who had won her affections.
It was a summer evening when he
came galloping down the road and
pulled up at the gate.
She was at the doorway, and came
down to meet him. He threw the bri
dle over the fenco and strode up the
pathway.
"I am off, Lucy"," he said, taking her
two hands in his, and gazing tenderly
down into her face; I wont ask you
to come with me now, but will you be
ready to come when I am here again?"
"And when will that be?" she asked,
blushing and laughing.
"A couple of months at the outside.
I will come and claim you then, my
darling. There's no one who can
stand between us."
"And how about father?" she asked.
"He has given his consent, provided
we get these mines working all right.
I have no fear on that head."
"Oh, well, of course. If you and
father have arranged It all, there's no
more to be said," she whispered, with
her cheek against his broad breast.
"Thank God. ' he said, hoarsely,
stooping and kissing her. "It la set
tled then. The longer I stay the
harder It will be to go. They are wait
ing for me at the canyon. Good-bye,
my own darling good-bye. In two
months you shall see me."
He tore himself from her as he
spoke, and, flinging himself upon his
horse, galloped furiously away, never
even looking round, as though afraid
that his resolution might fait him If
he took one glance at what he was
leaving.
She stood at the gate, gazing tfter
him until he vanished from her sight
Then she walked back to the house,
the happiest girl In Utah.
CHAPTER III.
Three weeks had passed since Jef
ferson Hope and his comrades had
departed from Salt Lake City.
John Ferrler's heart was sore
within him when he thought of the
young man's return and of the Im
pending loss of his adopted child.
Yet her bright and happy face re
conciled him to the arrangement more
than any argument could have done.
He had always determined, deep down
In his resolute heart, that nothing
would ever Induce Urn to allow his
daughter to wed a Mormon.
Such a marriage he regarded aa no
marriage at all. but as a shame and a
disgrace. Whatever he might think
of the Mormon doctrine, upon that
one point be was inflexible.
lie had to seal Ida mouth oa the
subject, however, for to express D
unorthodox opinion was a dangerous
matter in those day. In the Land of
the Saints.
Yes, a dangerous matter so dan
gerous that even the most saintly
dared only whisper their religious
opinions with bated breath; lest some
thing which fell from their Hps might
me misconstrued and bring down a
swift retribution upon them. '
The victims of persecution Bad now
turned persecutors on their own ac- ,
count, and persecutors of the moat
terrible description.
Not the Inquisition of Seville,' nor
the German Vehmgericht, nor the se
cret societies of Italy, were ever able
to put a more formidable machinery
In motion than that which cast a
cloud over the Territory of Utah.
Its Invisibility and the mystery
which was attached to It made this' the chief deikt of the country for mak-, a capacity of 5,000 bushels. The fore- of tl,e """"dan possession is the official
organization doubly terrible. It ap- luj the transfer from the producing mnn in charge of the ship loading hud Greek priest of the established church,
peared to be omniscent and omtripo-; points to those where the graius are to nn arrniigenieut for telling how much ' AI1 Russian resources are at bis com
tent, and yet was neither seen.: nor j be j)r(.,,Ured for consumption. gium there was In the bin, which made ' "ml'd and all Russian officials and sol-
heThe man who held out against the' SIo,,t ot'ie Seat elevators of the It unnecessary for anyone to visit the ! dlwy usten to his bidding. Naturally
Church vanished away and none city are located where they cau be bin and see how big a supply It con- lu building the city of Mai kova, the
knew whither he had gone or What reached by both water and mil," for talntd. A rope reached over a pulley northernmost town of the world and
had befallen him. His wife and chll- while the heavy receipts come by rod and Into the storage blu. A heavy , Russian outpost, an Imposing Greek
dren awaited him at home, but no the most of the big shipments out of weight was attached to the end lu the church ' received first consideration,
father ever returned to tell J.hem how tbe t,ty gQ at. If the Chicago el-: blu. The other end of the rope reac h- with all Its details of dTmc and minaret,
he had fared at the hands of his secret vatorg w ere divided Into stories, as are ed to the first floor of the elevator, "'though lumber and timber must come
A. rash word or a hasty act wns fol-
lowed by annihilation, and yet none
knew what the nature might be of
thls terrible power which was bus-
pended over them. ; main portions. These higher portions . ward the bottom. A knot was tied In trol over the souls of of nil the koryaks,
At first this vague and terrible pow- nie uge(i for machinery and grain trans-' the rope and when a test was made by ' other natives, Russian soldiers, officials
er was exercised only upon the recal- forrig devices, so there Is no need for loosening the rope and letting down and laborers of the province of Ama
cltrants, who, having embraced the fl( greflt w,(Uh ftg the ,oww floflrg the wegilt to the surface of the grain ' dyr. He Is personally ncquulnted with
pervertM -to abandon it Soon, how- wht're tne e'11 18 stcred In bins. the foreman could tell Just how much the physical conditions of all under his
ever it took a wider range. ' When a tralnlond of grain arrives at remained In-the bin. By ropes the ! Jurisdiction. On arrival of strangers be
The BUDDly of adult women wrs an elevator the cars to be unloaded I workman could also opeu or close a warns thorn thut they must seek his
running short and polygamy without
. 1 - .n..lnllnH wttUh r
a female copulation on which to
draw was a barren doctrine Indeed.
Strange rumors began to be bandied
about rumors of murdered Immi
grants and rifled camps In regiond
where Indians had never been seen.
Fresh women appeared In the harems
of the elders women who pined and
wept, and bore In their faces the
traces of an unextlngulshable horror.
Belted wanderers upon the moun
tains spoke of gangs of armed men,
masked, stealthy, and noiseless, who
flitted by them In the darkness.
These tales and rumors took sub
stance and shape, and were corro
orated and re-corroborated, until they
resolved themselves Into a definite
name.
To this day. In the lonelv ranches
of the West, the. name of the Danlte
Band, or the Avenging Angela, Is a
sinister and an Ill-omened one.
Fuller knowledge of the ormnlia
tlon which produced such terrible re
sults served to Increase rather than
to lesson the horror which It Inspire!
in the minds of men.
None knew who belonged to this
ruthless society. The names of the
participators In the deeds of blood
and violence, done undpr the name of
religion, were kept profoundly secret.
The very friend to whom you com
municated your mlsrlvlngs s to the
prophet and his mission mlsrht bo one
of those who would comn forth at
night, with fire and wo-d to exact a
terrible reparation. Hence every man
feared his nelphbor, and none spoke
nf the things which were nearest his
heart.
(To be uontiuued.)
AUTHOR SCORES ON PUBLISHER.
Downtrodden Writer Who Oot Even with
His Tyrant.
Only the rattle of the wheels on the
rails disturbed the quiet of the smoking
car on one of the suburban trains the
otiier morning, tav when a proficient
card player announced the uumber to
be scored at the end of a hand. A cer i
tain publisher, who never failed to
travel on that train, for a wonder was
silent, and had no tales to tell of the
enormous circulation of the iait look
he had wheedled out of the author foi
"almost nothing." Afler awhile the
nutl'or, who occasionally travels on the
eame train, got on at a small station.
"Hello, Blank." roar.d the pub
lisher as soon as the author loomed up
in the doorway, fixing the attention of
the car on the twain: "I say, did you
get that check I sent you yesterday?"
"I'm sure," replied the author,
modestly, "I don't know; I got so
many checks yesterday."
"Why I uiuan the Dne for $70 for
that ihort story. of jours I accepted,"
(aid the publisher in a loud voice.
"Oh, yos," quietly replied the au
thor. "I recollect now. Yes, I cot it.
It was for that story I sent you last
year which you returned saying it was
dead 'rot' and paid seventy for this
9 r."
With one voice the company of card
players cried:
"Score onel"
But amid the laughter the hilarious
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nsitA rf tl.A iiiilili. Baa linan1 I
ijwit? ui uix) iiuuiieiin nao uui tiv-ni it
Brooklyn Eagle.
Retribution at Last.
"ThPse ricm mtnmhil nht
be suppressed," remarked the indig.
nant nmn
nant man. .
"Oh, I don't know," replied the
lowly citizen. "I get some enjoyment
out of them." I
"You! Why, you never rode ln one
In your life."
"Of course not, but think how In-
tereeting they are making things for ,n b,M on the floor JU8t below. The
the scorching bicyclists, who have weigher, by a system of levers con
heretofore monopoliied the roads. I .trolling a cutoff, draws Into the In
tell you it looks to me like righteous closed we'ghlng bin as much wheat
retribution." as he pleases. When the yard rises in
A Week's End Party.
Phamliman You don't know how it
feels to have half a dozen mouths to
feed
Batcheller Perhaps not, but I'll
bet yon I realized last night what it
meant to have at least a
feed.
hundred to
Phamliman Suroly, yon don't en
tertain that manyT
Batcheller Mosquitoes.
Small, but nourishing.
Papa Yon were up late last night
daugther.
Daughter Yes, pap- Our fresh ait
club met on the plari.
Papa Who belongs to yonr fresh air
club.
Daughter (slowlv and somewhat re
luctantly) Well, Jack and and
me. Detriot Free Press.
Apricot and Figs.
The apricot, if aoaked In Its own
bulk of cold water for 48 hours, is said
to be almost like fresh fruit. Figs
should be immersed injiot wter for an
hour.
Hard to Rear.
The two most diOhult creature to
keep alive in aquariums are the herring
and the whale.
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J CHICAGO GRAIN
t
City Has
t for Handling All Cereals.... J
.DURING the last days of sum-
JLJ -mer wheat and outs pour Into
' : RrttiB elevators of Chicago
at a great rate. The grain doesn't all
stay there by nnjr, means. There
wouldn't' be room, for it Tralus are
constantly backing Into the eluvato.-s
and botit pulling up to tlietr sides to
take on loadii of the grain and tnins-
port the eeroels eastward. Chicago Is (
ordinary buildings, they would be from
en t0 un stories In height. Most
of thorn have narrow upper sections
only about half as 'wide as are the '
are backed right Into the elevator on
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GRAIN CAR RECEIVING ITS CARGO.
a track that runs down the center of
the building. At frequent Intervals
along the floor there are trap doors
down which the grain may be emptied,
The boxcar Is stopped with Its s.de
door opposite one of the traps. The
car door is entered and a man with a
steam shovel climbs Inside. .A steam
shovel Is made of boards fastented to
gether and Is about three feet wide by
four lu length. Neur the top are two
bandies by which the workman may
pull It about On the opposite side and
near the bottom of the shovel are fas
tened the two ropes which by uieuus of
team power pull the shovel forward
each time after the wcrkmau sinks it
down Into the wheat. As the shovel
lowers the wheat in the car tl.e work
man removes, one after another, the
side boards which were placed cue
above the other In the car door to hold ,
the wheat while It was being trans
ported In the car.
As the wheat Is thus being shoveled
out of the cur and down Into a re
ceiving bin below the floor, the muehln-
that M.a i,k .ki. rt
: t tuut, U1UI lUlVUKU v
-
celvlng bin. The belt Is fitted with
cups which fill themselves as they pass
through the grain. Up, up mount these
cP oa tue belt until they reach ti.e
toP floor of the elevotor. perhaps 100
or 170 feet above the point where they '
nu ie nuure iue point wuere tney
are ""'ted. re as the pelt turns :
ln tue de8eent the cups empty their
"" gram uuo ums w uicu aro to
kold the eereal but temporarily. With
.chutes at their bottoms these tempo-
rery Dins are connected with the welgl
dicating that the amount of grain for
which be gauged the scales has poured
Into the bins be cuts off the stream ;
and records the amount which has been j
weighed.
By another lever the platform of the
scales can be opened and the wheat
dropped Into a chute which leads to
the floor below. Here a unique contriv
ance carries the grain to any of the
storage bins desired. Two wide rub
ber belts, full three and a half feet
broad, extend from one end of the
long building to the other. The chutes
from the various weighing Wns depeud
Just above one or the other of these
belts. The belts are operated on roll
ers which curve op in such a way at
their ends that the belt is made to
curve up In a corresponding way at
the edges. On each side of the belt
on the surface of the floor Is the rail
of a track which extends the full
length of the belt At various points
along the Boor are openings Into the.
bins below. To get the grain, which
uo uvea aroppea iron) cue weiguing
bin chute to these flying belts. Into
the lower bins requires the se of still
another unique device which runs on
this track. This device la a receiver
for the grain, nd tote this receiver
the grain Is thrown from the belt Long
f hutea lead from these storage bins to
CLEVATORS....
Remarkable Facilities
tlie places where the cars or boats
come to be loaded.
In an elevator vlclted by a newspaper
correspondent there were eight mov
able chutes le.'id.ng from as many bins
to the pier of the ship, where the bouts
came aiougxiue 10 receive tneir car-
goes. The elevator had a caimeltv of
almost 2,000,000 of grain, and the
eight bins for loading b.ats each kid
Various marks were on the wnll and
at the side of each, such and Buch a
number of bushels of grain was uiark-
ed down, the larger numbers being to-
valve, shutting off the grain or letting
it flow down the chute from the bin
into a bout When being filled the bout
comes alongside the pier and her
hatches are opened and as many
chutes as can be used-whkh Is, of
course, determined by the length of
the vessel are placed lu operation.
The chutes can be swung about from
side to side, and there have been In
stances in which six of them were
employed at one time In send ng grain
dowu into the hold of a long steamer.
uown ine center or u;e elevator Is
a second track on which Is ruu In the
freight cars to be loaded with grain
Cars are filled In a way somewhat sim
ilar to bouts, but one double-kneed
chute Is used for each car. The car Is
rolled under the bin wh.ch Is to be
emptied. A swinging chute connected;
with the bin Is pulled up to the sl.le
of the car. At the end of t'.e chute
Is a double 'spout, the ends being
slightly turned to one side so that they
will go Into the door of the car, and
pointing almost lu opposite direction,
so that they will spread the wheat n
much as possible.
Hob" Burdot.te s Hcvcnge.
Undoubtedly one of the most accept -
able examples of the "club woman t
husband" Is found in Mr. Burdette-
genial Bob Burdetle, as he Is so hap
plly called for he not only attends nl
pnj cuueu ior ue uoi ouiy uueims an
the biennials, but shows his hum rom
hand from time to time In support of
uis wue.
Not long ngo, for Interesting Instance,
the Atchison Globe, pending a visit of
Mrs. Burdette to thut town, and In
preparation of which the club women
were making much ndo, published a
sarcastic editorial headed, "Who Is
Mrs. Bob Burdette?" When this came
to the notice of Mr. Bob, he Industri
ously set about sending the editor news
paper clippings by the ynrd. Each day
for weeks he posted an article about
Mrs. Burdette's club work or home life.
and finally added a note calling atten
tion to the fact that In the same Issue
with the editorial was a fine write-up
of the lady on an Inside page. "Read
your own paper." was the parting shot
to the editor. "I do."
Thereupon the paper came out with a
second editorial headed, "We Eat
Mud," and ln conclusion said: "If Mr.
Burdette will quit, we will apologize for
our lack of Information about his wife, trellis, where It has stood for thirty
Mrs. Burdette seems to be a lovely ave years. It Is still sound, except
character, all right" The rilgrlm. around the holes near each end, where
": ; rr there are signs of decay;
Every love affair la like a progres- enough material of this
slve game of cards. The player, have kn)1 nM , woulJ
rVel?m J table where gooi idea to construct a track after this
tiey had different partners, but the pattern as a part of the Illinola ex
game they play Is he same, with the blb, gt Kporiton.
same points and the same blunders.!
It differs from a progressive game ofi
cards only ln the fact that the prhte1
isn l as vaiunuie as iue pne given at
cards.
j
her friends'
A
woman has to ask
permission to wear a new style of hat,
and her husband's permission to buy It
After a man tires of amusements he'
culls them foUIee
CREEK CHURCH IS
THE FURTHEST NORTH.
Russian control has pushed Its way
10 ule extreme norm western up or si
t)e,'i"' 1w)0 mil('8 "oltu of Vladivostock
! 1111(1 tl,e Siberian railway. At the van
from long distances. In size It la larger
and 'mure pretentious than all the gov
ernment buildings combined. The Greek
priest at once on' arrival assumed cou-
' advice before association with any na
I 1 t . I I 1 . .
lives In particular or take the conse-
quence of contracting contagious ali
ments, lie keeps a watchful eye on the
subject natives of the Czar, encourag
ing their labors and urging them to be
seulous In their occupations of fishing
and drying fish, collecting eggs of sea
birds for food, etc.
PROFITS OF RICE GROWERS.
Industry In the Southwest Has Pasjed
the Kxperiiueutal 8taice.
The production In the Southwest bus
long since passed the experimental
stage, and the man who wishes to be
come a rice farmer cuu secure an uiuplu
fund of statistics from uny of the vari
ous centers to enable him to calculate
closely on the tilling a tract of 10, 100,
or 10,000 acres, for he cuu find compan
ies who have invested hulf a million
dollars to purchase and prepare
"farms" of the last-named size for the
Industry, but the majority of the grow
ers have confined their Individual effort
to CO or 100 acres. Taking a group of
the 100-acre projects und uveruglng the
results, the expenses are as follows:
Plowing and cultivating, $4 uu ucre;
seeding, $U.50; harvesting, thrashing
and hauling crop to mill or railroad sta
tion, $5. Levee work and other Items
swell the totul cash outlay of "inaklug"
the crop to If 20 nu acre.
The owner contracts with the Irriga
tion company to furnish sufficient wa
ter for the season for one-fiftb of the
yield, .unless be controls his water
works, which for hundred-nere farms
cost from $1,000 to $1,500. The harvest,
of course, varies considerably. It may
be ten barrels of 1U2 pounds each to the
acre. A specially favorable season
may Inertia? It to fifteen barrels. Th
price, too, fluctuates. Busing It nt $3.50
per barrel for the minimum yield, the
farmer obtains $S00 from his rice alone
Deducting interest at per cent on the
cost of his land at $20 an acre, taxes
and Insurance, be nets a profit of $000.
But to this he can udd $500, the value
of the straw and brau left after thrash
lug. Thus 50 per cent of the original
land value may be paid by the pro
ceeds of one year's harvest.
' Usually enough vegetables, perhaps
fruit, ore raised fi r the family supply,
and the tendency to diversity is becom
ing yearly more pronounced; for the
energetic grower has nn opportunity to
produce some other staple during the
half-year when the rice la not under
cultivation. The profit may average
near $25 or $30 un acre. American Ite-
vlew of Reviews.
AN OLD RAILROAD TIE.
Did Service a TrellU After Thirty
Year' Usage.
"I saw an old railroad relic the other
day that was quite a curiosity," said
a contractor. "It was lu the posses
sion of a farmer near Springfield. It
was one of. the ties used In the con'
structlon of the first railroad built In
Illinois, 'The Northern Cross,' extend
ing from Springfield to Naples on the
Illinois Itlver, and now a part of the
Wabash system. It was built, or at
least begun, In 1830, and was of a con
structlon now strange to railroad peo
ple.
"The ties were of red cedar and were
laid farther apart than Is now the cus
tom. On the ties running lengthwise
were laid oak stringers, as they were
called, to support the rails. These
stringers were timbers about six Inch
es square and from twenty to thirty
feet long. They were held In place by
ash pins about an Inch In diameter,
which were driven through boles bored
In the stringers and ties. The rails
were mere straps of Iron about two
and a half Inches wide and a half to
three-quarters of an Inch thick. The
straps were fastened to the stringers
with spikes driven through' tbelr center
and the heads of the spikes were coun
tersunk so that the straps presented a
smooth surface upon which the wheels
revolved.
The tie of which I speak had been
taken from the track In 1800, after
thirty years of use, bad passed Into
possession of Its present owner and
been used as a post to support a grape
- Great la the A mason,
gt river la the Amazon.
It
ta navlgable for ocean
steamers for
2.000 miles from Its mouth. At parts of
Ha course one bank cannot le seen from
the other; the observer seems to
be
Icoklng out upon a sea of freta water.
Duties of other people are always
doubly clear to ua.
GEO. f . GROWELL,
Successor to E. L. Smith,
Oldest Eeublishvd IIoujc in the valley
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries",
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-established house wi I con
tinue to pay cash lor all its goods; it
pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but
does not have to divide with a partner.
All dividends are tnad with customers
in the way of reasonable prices.
Lumber
Wood,
Posts, Etc.
Davenport Bros.
Lumber Co.
Have opened an office in Hood River.
Call and get prices and have orders,
which will be promptly filled.
Regulator Line
STEAMERS
Regulator and Dalles City
Between The Dalles and Portland
' l)aily Except Sunday.
Leavo Dalles 7A.M.
Arrive Portland 4 P. M .
Ix'Hvu Portland 7A.M.
Arrive Dalles 5 P. M.
Leave Hood River (down) at 8 :30 A.M.
Arrive Hood River (up) at 3:30 P.M.
"W. C ALLAWAY,
Gcn:ral Agent.
White Collar Line
Portland -Astoria Route
Sir. "BAILEY GATZERT."
Daily round tripa except Sunday.
TIME CARD.
LeHve.Portlinl 7:00 A. M
Leaven Astoria 7:uo p. M
Throuuh Portland connection with Hteamer
Kahcotta from llwaco and 1-oiitf lleavh pointa.
White Collar l.lne tickets interchangeable
with O. K. t K. Co. and V. T. Co. tickets.
TheDalles-Portland Route
STEAMERS
"TAHOMA" nd "METLAKO"
Daily trips except Sunday.
Str. "TAHOMA."
I.cvs Portland, Mon., Wed., Kri 7:00 A. M
Leaves The lallus, Tuea., Thurs. HaL,7:U0 A. M
Str. "METLAKO."
l eaves Portland, Tues., Thu., bat 7:01) A. M.
Leaves The Dalles Mon., Wed., Kri 7:00 A. M.
1-andlnu and office: Foot Alder Street. Uotb
phones Main oil. Portland, Oregon.
AGENTS.
.t. W. CRK HTON The Dalles, Ore.
A. K. KPM.r-.K Hood Ulver, (Ire.
WCII.KOUU & WYKRS... .White Halim.n, Waah.
HKNKY (tt.MSTKD C'arRon, Wash.
JOHN C. TOTTON Stevenson, Wah.
J. C. WYATT Vancouver. Wash.
A. J. TAYLolt Astoria, Ore.
E. W. CRICHTON,
Portland, Oregon
Oregon
Shoit Line
and Union Pacific
Ho MtWo !i lo
' PortUnd. Or.
Chicago Rait Lake, Penver, 4:30 p m.
Portland Ft. Worlh.Omalia,
Special Kansas City, St.
S:0Ua. m. Loiiis,Chivagoatid
vl haL
Huntington.
At antlo ' Walla Walla Uwls- 8:10 a.m.
Express I hm.Hpokane.Miti
S:u0 p.m. neapolis.st. Paul,
via I Dtiluth. MilKail
Huntington. kte.t.'liicauo.tiKan
1
St. Fatil Rait Lake, Denver, 7;0Ua. m.
Fast Mail Ft. Worlh.Omalia,
S:lp. m. Kansas Citv, St.
via Louia,CaicaguaiiJ
Spokane feast.
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
KOM I-OltTLANI.
i . .
IMip.as. All sailing datesj :n0 p. m.
subject to change
For San Franol.ro -bail
every a days
Dally CelttMDla Rlraf 4 00 p.m.
Ex. fcundajr tteaasrs. Kx. 8,"d.y
a :uu p. m.
Satnrdaf To Astoria and War
Hi UU p. m. Landings.
:45a m Willamette aW. 4:n.m
Won., Wed. Water permit!!.,. Ks. Huadaf
andrri. Oreon city, New f
bert:. Salem, Inde
pendence, Corvai.
lis and War land-
Ingfc
rooa m. Willsswtte s-. Tsai- :.,
Tu;-i J.1""- -. ,"' "'' , ' Hon. .VS,t
andSak Water Krniittln. and Kri.
Oreson .Ur, limy
ton, A War Laud-
lugs.
L4Tn6a!m" "''". LT.Ui,tOB
A. L. CRAIO,
General Passenger Agent. Portland. Of.
A. . HOAK. A gear, Um4 River.