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T 1 rt jiA(j.zixr: rixtiox. LAKE VIEW, OREGON, THURSDAY AU(;UST 2 PAGES 1 TO i wwt (y VkXv aw LX II II II CODHTESS OF WARWICK. A STRIKING Hi: A VTY OF ENGLISH COUNT WHO IS FRIEND OF WORKINGMEN. Ha Accompllnhcd Great Philan thropy, foundling Girl' Hchoola In Dairying, Poultry Lie Prominent in Politic. England lina nt Ion pt one tilled woman whoso wealth unit position have lint proved siilllclciit to lillixl tier to conditions which surround lima for tunate men mid women. Shu U tho Countess of Wnrwlt k, long tho reign ing leu uly of King i.tiwiinl'tt court, mul one of the most famous women In tWO COtltlllClllH. Tlie Countess has recently eomo In to prominence through her pur.. Ipu tlon In tin English elect Ioiim mul la n strong advocate ami supjHirter of Will Thome, candidate of the dock Id Inirera for it wut In tho llou.no of Com iiioiin. Tho Countess atrongly nup port tin contention of tho laboring lenient for labor pnrty In parliament nmt gowned In the luoxt bewitching of I'nrlNliin frock ami In n nil autouio lille she him I .(in stirring thing up pretty lively In tho forty-five purlin iiitmtiiry district In which re.iro sentathe of oik'imls'.eil bilsir were running for tho Hotisu of Common. 8KNT DELEGATION TO AMERICA. Thla very democratic Countess re cently sent a delegation of twenty-five women to the t'nltcd states to study lulior condition hero, Each " ia in trusted with u illlTeri'iit mission. Ono visited stenographer mul tycwrltera, iinulher vent to tailor shop and still u not her to the factories where young iiii-ii nmt women me employed and tho out Ire Inlior Held waa adequately cov ered. The Countess defrayed all ox MuieM of the trip mid la now lining the material which her delegation brought Inn k to her for specche to the lalsirlng classes. Not long ago the Countess addressed A tremendous crowd of workmen. I1T dagc wna a tradesman's wagon and liiindredH of workmen went without their dinner In order to heur her speech. She wna given a groat ova tion, called tho ujvu "comrades and L THE COUNTK88 OK WAKWK'K. friends" nnd wned them lo atraln every effort to tret ft lulwr party In parliament You workers arc tho empire," do dared tho Countexa mid thla with n buccchhIoii of Hplrlted naaertlona alio made were lustily clieewd by the la ' borlnc men. The OouutcHH of Warwick U one of Kinrland'H moxt fnmoua women. He fore the kiiccchhIoii of her huKbnnd to Ihe eiirldoni alio una I.ady linaike and trained thn nickname of "ltabbllux Itrooke" for Imvlnjr told Home t' hk In connection with the fiiiiioiia lmo arnt party at Tranhy t'roft which provtHl ono of tho moat aenaatlonnl news atorlea of tho year. The Prince of Wnlea, now King Edward VII, waa a member of tho pnrty nnd a subao quent wltneaa In the caao. TO TRACT! OAIKY1NO AND CIIICKKN OUOWTII. In the pnat few yenra tho Countenn of Warwick has devoted nearly her entire time to phUunthropIc nnd char ity work. Sho onco mnnnged a linen and lace atore hut the venture proved unaucceaaful. Later alio founded a school and dnlry work and poultry keeping for young girls, a home for crippled children and a technical SCbooL CASDIED FLOWERS. England Haa Begun Strange De manda for Sugared Bloaaoma From the United Statea. One of the lnteat developments of luxury Is Buld to be the candying of fragrant flowers. The notion Is not altogether now, for violets have long been mude Into confections for the pnlate, ns well as Into boquets for the olfactory organs. At any rate, It seema thnt the fash ion has acquired a new Impetus of late, nnd a candled violet Is coming to be regarded as an acceptable "Uuao 1 ' V A. w .". m. ib - v t I louche" to bo presented to a lndy. Thorn la nlao, It la an Id, a dcuinnd for sugared row pot a In, which U being entered to by aouie enterprising nrllata In augur. It can hardly ho pretended that llowora tuado Into "sweets" ore of any medicinal elllcncy, though darunsk roso lenvoa Imvo long held a rwog nlzed phi co lii tho tn liter In niedlca. Whether the violet lion nnjr tliora politic nunlltloa dooa not oppoar, thouirh tho lenvoa (not tbo flower) Imvo juat now aomo reputation out aldu the medlcnl faculty na a euro for ennccr. The iMtat Hint can l liopiil for. If flowera aro to he oiton na well na to ho aeon and amcllcd, la Hint they mny In nil cnnea prove to ho Innociioua. It la a nice nnontlon whether tho perfume la always n nafo guide. , I'crhnpa tho moilern crate l. nfter nil. only a form of luxury. A candled Tlolet or a fllah of roae lea-ea run nlncly prepared for the ten tnhle could not poaalbly enter Into tho cnteirory of chenp aweeta for the million, nnd It la nnderxtood that the auKar truut la not Intereated. BREAKS BY COSGRESS Peculiar Mlatakes Due to Tremen dous Amount of Work Transacted Just Before Adjournment In the hurry and hnath of "get nway" day In t'ongreaa, a few error HllpM'd In to MpMCt the calculations of party leaders. One of thi-ae wna the xlcnlni; of the agricultural approprl ntlon hill by the President lfore that measure contained tho signature of the Speaker of the House of ltcpresciita tlvea. Of course thla oversight win correfied, hut tho question then arose na to tho Importance of having the bill signed by the Heaker and the ce Prealdent. Their algnntnrea merely certify that the bill haft passed their resin-dive houses, the lmortaiit fact Is'lng that they have hiin pusseil by the House and Senate, l'or this rea son It la not regarded ns being abso lutely ludispeiisalile that a bill should Im signed by Him presiding ollicer of the House. All that la necessary la to establish the fact that It has Immu so passed. Another "breuk" was the presiden tial approval of the sundry civil hill containing au Item appropriating Jtf.UMj.ouo for a site for a new de partmental building In Washington. This Item had 1-cu dropped out of the bill In conference hut the enrollment clerks fulled to notice the omission and so Included thla Item In the copy of the hill laid In-fore the President for hla slgnuture. When the error was discovered, a resolution was adopted hy both houses of Congress repealing the feature of tho bill making the (.1.0tJO,J0 appropriation. It Is not strange that these mis takes occur, na all of the employes of lxtu the Senate mid House duriug the last few days of Congress have nn enormous amount of work shoved upon them, so that when Congress actually adjourns many of them are ready to tuke lo their Isiia for several days la order to recucrutc. CANADIAN MECIPROCITT. Northern Sister Would Like Such Arrangement i But Is Waiting Move p This Country. A letter from Ottawa, Canada, states that the question of reciprocity between Canada uud the (Julie Mutes Is by no means deau, us was clearly ahow n by tho recent deuato on tho Canadian budget In a number of speeches, which, while they admitted that the I'niled States did not upicar to care for reciprocity, ll would If It could be brought about on mutually advantageous terms, oe a good thing for both aides of tuo line. Many of the crown ministers and even Sir Wil frid I.aurlcr himself, the premier, and described in Kngland as tho foremost statesman In tho British Empire, aro favorable to Cunudlan-Amerlcnc re ciprocity, If It can be hud. Sir Klchard Curtwright, minister of trade nnd commerce, said receu-y that there could be no better Ilrltlsti Klicy than to do everything possible to encourage good relations will) tho United States. Senator Lougliecd, tho con:.ervutlve leader In the Semite, stated that he thought no higher work could be found by King Edward than to promote the good relations of the two peoples, nnd o bind more closely together tho two iVuglo-Snxon nations. He Knew u happier way of stivngt '.filing tho bond between tho Anglo-Saxon peoples on the North American Continent than for the King and Queen to visit the sliis of North America at the pies cut :Une. If reciprocity la not visibly to tho front to-day It Is because public opinion In Canada reg rds reciprocity as unattainable and tho position of the antl-reclproclty men who are for the moment supreme, ns unassailable. Hence, and for no other reuron, re ciprocity sentiment la put on the shelf until culled for again, and nn ostenta tion:! npH'iirance of Indifference Is manifested In Canada which will bo stltlly maintained as long na tho United States government makes no forward movement that public opinion In the Dominion enn accept us sincere and bused on a spirit of reasonableness and fair play. To those who are able to read be tween the Hues, the announcement of the finance minister that the changes to lie mnde In the Canadian tariff, when revision takes p.nce next session, must depend upon such new conditions ns mny have occurred. Is obvl.msly meant for the people at Washington who stand In the way of reciprocity, and those In London who have blocked a mutual preference between the mother country and Oannda. It Is a warning and may mean much, or little, as circumstances or conultloua dictate, ( A GROCERY IN CONGRESS. HF,VltE&EXTATI'& MASS PLAYS SALESMAN AXlt DRUGGIST TO US MA SK Fit A UPS, Short Weight and Fraudulent Foods the Lure of Many Department fttoree and Mall Order llouaes. Honeat Dealers Handicapped by Deceptions. When tho pure food hill wna hefore Hie Ilouao of UepreMentntlven a few wiH'ka nifo, Intenae latereat wna dla played by tho mcmlxTA of that body In a "Krocery atoro" eatabllahcil hy Itepreaeutatlvo Maun of Illluola. Mr. Mann had been t'lvcn a apoclnl prlvl U'tio hy tho Ilouao coiumllteo havlna Ihe hill In chnrKo to demonatrato the : uiuuuiir In which the ordinary food HEPItKSKNTATIVE MANN, products of ihe country nre ndulter- atcd, nnd how the consumer is de frauded. The apace In front of the speaker's desk resembled a mnall section of ii delicatessen atore and a I corner grocery with cereals, Jama, I Jellies, tins of peas, tomntoea, corn, prepared splcea, bottles of whiskey and wine, lm'Hrted sausages, hrandled cherries and other edibles and drink ables scattered over two tables. J Representative Mann proceeded to demonstrate to the House turougn these various food products the neces sity for a national pure food law. ' One of the first articles taken up by the Congressman was the ordinary condiment pepper which to the lay mind Is considered too cheap for any manufacturer to spend time In adul terating. He rijJ circulars from nu merous concerns offering for sale a certain grade of adulterant which could be used to produce pepper or almost any other of the spices with some alight modification. As he scat tered a package of this over his desk the memlwrs In the vicinity started back In order to avoid the usual sneez ing which follows the inhalation of a amnll quantity of pepper. But they were reassured by the "groeerynian" that It was not harmful, for while It was called pepper It was nothing but ground olive pits. He convulsed the House when he read the price list of adulterants showing thnt they were offered to the trade for $20 a ton In five-ton lots, nud that at that rate they were guaranteed to make the finest black pepper which, as everyone knows, Is sold by the ounce. He made the statement thnt even the pepper berry Itself was adulterated by a cleverly contrived manufacture of tap loco colored wllh lamp black. Possibly the most striking demon stration of the afternoon was one with a bottle of red cherries. These cher ries. It was explained, were picked green, aud that nfter being bleuched out white by the use of a powerful ncld. had been colored the brilllaut red by the use of coal tar dye a deadly poison If used in large quanti ties. Representative Mnnn d!pied n piece of white cloth In the "Juice" of these cherries, mid It partook of n brilliant red ns though It had Just come from a dyers. Olive oil. explained Mr. Mnnn, Is n product which Is in most cases, adul terated. In inauy Instances tho coun terfeit Is merely American cotton seed oil a wholesome and satisfactory dressing for salad, hut It costs alsnit Yi ns much as real olive oil, and the 'American buyer certainly docs not care to purchase a dressing for four times Its actual worth. IIIVKLESS HONEY. One of the freak exlblts was a liottle of "honey" which, In order to complete the assurance of the buyer that the article was geuuine, contained, ns If hy accident, tho body of a real lcc, yet tho whole mess wus pure uud simple glucose, aud had never been near a hive, much less a comb. The hive probably was a ten story fac tory In ono of the large cities. A lsjttle of "Freexlne" was exhibited by Mr. Maun, who explained that this remarkable urtlclo wna guaranteed to preserve meat from the action of the uir and atop decay. While he ad mitted that It would stop the action of nature on meats, he claimed thnt the preservative Itself wns actually jwlson ous, containing sulphide of soda with red coal tar dye and could not be used safely upon human food. The public Is unwittingly defrauded, to a great extent through short weight and short measure In package good, explained Mr. Mann, and he Insisted that the manufacturers should lie com pelled to state on the label the quan tity contained In the bottle or carton. In Hue with this wns a dramatic dem onstration when the Chicago pure food export held up before the House aj a (j rf Uj .' h J , -rpm0 k If t mntj - J ft -t,-.-iin,oiMii )JJ Irnttle supposed to contain a quart of vinegar, which when poured Into a large graduate did not nearly reach the quart mark thereon In fact was three Inches Im-Iow II Raisins, currants and numerous other artlclea of food are apparently put Dp In pound packages nnd so the buyer consldera, Imt In fact few of those ou the market really con talu a full pouud. DEPARTMENT STORE BARGAINS. "It la the department stores and mall order houses' snld the demon strator, "which make profit from short weight cnua and under-sized I Kittles. We are seeking to protect tlie legiti mate grocery and the honest canner from men who are willing to make money by depriving the people of things they think they are getting. AH that we urge Is that an approx imate weight or measure may be put upon each one of these packages and then. If the public chooses to buy a smaller package at a smaller price It may do so, hut the manufacturers aud dealers must not any longer de ceive the people as to how much they nre buying." BREAKFAST FOODS A DELUSION. On the tables where Mr. Mann, ably but silently assisted by Mr. Stevens of Minnesota, acted now as grocery ma u, now as druggist, and now as harteuder, there were a dozen or more packages of breakfast foods with their familiar labels. A reference to table weights and skillful dropping of pack ages uion a balance scale In front of him enabled Mr. Mann to show that In a great many cases the public paid full price for en abnormal amount of pasteboard box. In scarce any case did the prepared food weigh twice as much as the box. and In many In stances food and package were In near ly equal proportion. Everybody knew, as Mr. Mann stated, that 25 per cent of all the coffee nsed in the United States is sold as a mixture of Java and Mocha. He was prepared to show from official CLOSE AT HIS figures that while we nsed last year more that a billion pounds of coffee, and while about 'jrsMMiO.OOO pounds were supoacd to lie Mocha and Java, there were actually imported Into this conn" -.ust year only a fraction over 2 hjc.jOO pounds of Mocha aud 10,000 ooo pounds of Java, or approximately less than 13,000,000 pounds, or only 6 per cent, of the popular blend. It Is staggering to know 05 per cent of the people who think they drink Mocha and Java every day have been de ceived, and yet tbe facta seem to be rather plain. Figures like these, however, al though ordinarily Impressive and con vincing, did not attract so much at tention In the House, because, the members were so absorbed In tlie prac tical demonstration of tbe extent to which fraudulent manufacturers of food products have lieen willing to go in the way of swindling the public. Praise. New Yorker To tell tbe truth, we re proud of this hotel Chlengonn Well, I can't blame you altogether, old man. I honestly think myself that It's the finest between Chicago and London, Copyrighted. l894.By Harper STDopda of preceding chapter at and of tbki Installment. CHAPTER XI. For a time Sir Nigel was very moody and downcast, with bent brtws and eyes upon the pommel of his aaddle. Edriesnn, Ford aud Terlake rode behind Dim. Tbe four rode alone, for tbe archers bad paaaed a curve in tbe road, though AJ leyDe could still bear the heavy clump, clump of their marching, or catch a glimpse of the sparkle of ateel through the tangle of leafless branches. "Ride by my side, I entreat of you," aaid the knight, reining in hia steed that they might come abreast of him "For, since it bath pleased you to fol low me to the wara, it were well that you should know how you may best serve me. 1 doubt not, Terlake. that you will show yourself a worthy son of a valiant fa ther, and you. Ford, of yours, and you Edricson, that you are mindful of the old time bouse from which all men know that you are sprung. And first 1 would have you bear very steadfastly in mind that our setting forth is by no aeans for the purpose of gaining spoil or exacting ran som, though it may well happen that such may come to us also. We go to France, and from thence, I trust, to Spain, in bumble search of a field in which we may win advancement and perchance aorne small share of glory. But what ia this among tbe trees V" "It ia a shrine of Our Lady," sail Terlake. "and a blind beggar who lives by the alma of those who worship there." "A Bhrine!" cried the knight. "Then let us put np an orison." And pulling off his cap, and clasping his hands, he chanted in a shrill voice: "Benedictua dom In us Deus meus, qui docet manus meas ad proelium, et digitoa meos ad helium." A strange figure he seemed to his three squires, perched on his huge horse, with his eyes upturned and tbe wintry sun shimmering upon his bald head. "It is a noble prayer," he re marked, putting on his hat again, "and it was taught to me by tbe noble Cbandos himself. But how fares it with you, father? Metbinks that I should have ruth upon you, seeing that I am myself like one who looks through a born window while bis neighbors have the clear crystal. Yet, by St. Paul I there ia a long stride between tbe man who hath a born casement and him who is walled in on every hand." "Alaa, fair sir !" cried the blind man. "I nave not seen the blessed bine of bea- HEELS ven this two-score years, since a levin flash burned the sight out of my head." "You have ieen blind to much that is goodly aud fair," quoth Sir Nigel, "but you have also been spared much that is sorry and foul. But, by St. Paul! we must on, or our Company will thiuk that they have lost their captain somewhat early in the venture. Throw the man my purse, Edricson, and let us go." Alleyne, lingering behind, bethought him of the Lady Loring'a counsel, and reduced the noble gift which the knigut bad so freely tiestowed to a single penny, which the beggar, with many mumbled blessings, thrust away into bis wallet Then, spurring bis steed, the young squire rode at the top of bis speed after his companions, and overtook them just at the spot where the trees fringe ol into the moor anu the straggling hamlet of Ilordle lies scattered on either side of the winding and deeply rutted track. The Company was already well-nigh through the village: but as the knight and bis squires closed up upon them, they heard the clamor of a strident voice, followed by a roar of deep-chested laughter from the ranks of tbe archers. Another minute brought them up with tba rear-guard, where every man marched with his beard on bis shoulder and a face which waa agrin with merriment By tbe side of the column walked a huge red-headed bowman, with hia bands thrown out in argument and expostulation, while cl"s at hla beels followed a little wrinkled woman, who poured forth shrill volley FOLLOWED A UTTLE WRINKLED, WOMAN. G - JJrotUeT3. of abuse, varied by an occasional thwack from her stick, given with all the forot of her body, though she might have bees beating one of tbe forest trees for all the effect that she seerued likely to pro duce. I trust Aylward," said Sir Nigel, gravely, aa be rode up, "that this dot a not mean that any violence batb been ' offered to women If such a thing hap pened, I tell you that tbe man soall hang, though he were the best archer that ever wore brassart." "Nay, my tair lord," Aylward answered with a grin, "it is violence which - is offered to a man. He comes from ilordle, and this is his mother who hath coma forth to welcome him." "You rammucky lurden." shp was howl ing, with a blow between each catch of bei breath, "you shanimockirig, y a ping, over-long good-for-naugbt I will teacb thee I I will baste thee I Aye, by my faith!" "Whist, mother," said John, looking back at her from tbe tail of bis eye. I go to France as an archer, to give blows and to take them." "To France, quotha?" cried the old dame. "Bide here with me. and I shall warrant you more blows than you are like to get in France. If blows be what you seek, yon need not go further than ilordle." "By my hilt! the good dame speaks ttuth." said Aylward. "It seems to be the very home of them." "What have you to say, you clean ahaved galleybagger? cried the fiery deme, turning upon tbe archer. "Can 1 not apeak with my own son but you must let your tongue clack? A soldier, quotha, and never a hair on bis face. I have seen a better soldier with pap for food and swaddling-clothes for harness." "Stand to it, Aylward." cried tbe archers, amid a fresh burst of laughter. "Do not thwart her, comrade," said big John. "She bath a proper spirit for her fears and cannot abide to be thwarted, t is kindly and homely to me to hear her voice and to feel that she is behind me. But I must leave you now, mother, for the way is over-rough for your feet : but I will bring you back a silken gown, if there be one in France or Spain, and I will bring Jinny a silver penny; so good-bye to yon, and God have you in bis keeping!" Whipping np tbe little woman, he lifted her lightly to bis lips. and then, taking his place In the ranks again, marched on with the laughing Com pany. "That was ever hia way," she cried, appealing to Sir Nigel, who reined up his horse and listened with the gravest cour tesy. "He would Jog on bis own road for all that I could do to change him. First be must be a monk forsooth, and all be cause a wench was wise enough to turn her back on him. Then he joins a ras cally crew and must needs trapse off to the wars, and me with no one to bait the tires if I be out, or tend the cow if I be home. Yet I have been a kok! mother to him. Thrse hazel switches a day have I broke across hia shoulders, and be takes no more notice than you have seen him to-day." "Doubt not that he will come back to you both safe aud prosvrous, my fair dame," quoth Sir Nigel. "Meanwhile it grieves me that, as I have already given my purse to a beggar up the road. I" "Nay. my lord," said Alleyne, "I still have some moneys remaining." "Then I pray you to give them to thU very worthy woman." He cantered ou as ha spoke, while Alleyne, having dispensed two more pence, left the old dame stan i ing by the furthest cottage of Honlll with her shrill voice raised in blHiKS Instead of revillngs. That night the Company slept . St Leonard's, in the great monastic burns, and splcariura ground well known both to Alleyne and to John, for thev were almost within - sight vt the Abbey of - IS?