KLAMATH
KLAMA1H
fbe Doctor’s dilemma
|
By H«aba Stretton
ClIAITUR II-tCostlsued I
. mil* . rumbling path led round (he
ru.X aud •!•■»«
*'«• »<
rtms. It lwsi.se from It I could ere
.11 lb- r.utae'l- shore. I»n ling In * e*ml
toward, (be Isle of Bre. kbuu, with
tta, „nl. dd.n bey*, covered at ibis
bolir With .Illy glittering ripples, end
with all
»»H
'»“''of ebadows of
th. head Isii Is fall!»« arrose them
I ass Just glvlug my last look to tb*m
wbvu th« hi '«* »ton*» on th* crumbling
esth g»’« »•»
•“'* **’
f,„. I .-vuld rei-ovet uty foolhold I found
mtself sllpp "« down lb* elmoet psrpeli
»«Inlx
< , , ,r tli. . I ff
an I
rlulrhlng •( *»»ry bramble end tuft of
grass growing m It* rlefi*
I landed with » sh.M-k for below, end
for *001* dm* lay insensible
A* needy
,, I . .,.,14 mahe out. It w.«ikl I m , high
water In about two hours
Tordlf had
set off at 'ow ^ater, but before starting
he bad »all •■•methlng ulrout returning al
high lid*, and running up bla boat on (ha
b of our littl* hay
If ha did (bat
k« must pass cloa* by m*
It waa Mst
urdsy m .rnlug. and h* was in th» habit
of fotarnlog Mrty
Noturdeya. that b»
might prepare for th* **r»lrea of th*
seat day
At last wl r»h*r year» or hours only
had g.ui* by I • ould not then hav* told
;ou I hear I th* regular and careful !«•»(
of „ar* upon ih* water, and presently
th* grallug of a l«>at a kerl upon lhe shin
gle. I could n»t turn round or rala* my
b«ad. but I «a» sure It was Tardif
"Tardif"' I cried, attempting to shoot,
but my voice sounded very weak In my
u»> vara, and the other evunda about tu*
seemed very loud
He paused then, and stood quila still,
llalinlog
I ran the finger* of my right
ban t Ihrotigb Ike loom pehbiaa about m*.
•ad bla ear caught the alight «olee. In
• nouneut I beard bl* etrvog f**( coming
*rro*s them toward* tn*
Msu> Ir >
he r! Is lined, "what baa
happened you?”
I tried to smile as his bourel, brown
fare bent ovrr me. full of alarm
was e great a relief to see a fa, e
bls after that long, weary agour
"I've fallen down tb* cliff,"
feebly, "and I am burl ‘
The strong man ab<«>k. ant hla bsnl
trembled as be stouped down and laid
It a, Irr my head t-> lift It up • iltf*
Ills agitation tom bed mo to lb* heart
"Tsrdlf." I whlsperei!. "It le not v*ry
murk, and I might hav* been hilled
I
think my foot Is hurt, and I am quit*
eur* my arm I* broken "
II» lifted me In his arme •• ••ally and
teaderly as a mother lift* up ber child,
•nd carried me gently up (he steep al«pe
which led homeward*
It sremed e long
time before we reached the farmyert
gat*, and be shouted, with a tremendous
voire, to bls mother to come and open II.
Never, never shall I forget that night
I could n»t sleep; but I euppoee my miad
wandered a little. Hundreds of time» I
felt myself down on the ahore, lying help
Ivas Then I wee beck again In my own
bom* In Adelaide, on my father’* ah»»p
farm, and he wa* still alive, and with
no (bought but how to make everything
bright and gladsome for m*. and hun­
dreds of time* I saw the woman who
was afterward* to be my stepmother,
igeallng up to tb* door and trying to g*t
la to him and me
Twice Tardif brought me a eup of tea.
freshly mad*
I was very glad when
tb* first gleam ef daylight ebon* lato my
room
It seemed to bring clearness to
my brain.
"Mam'aeUa," aald Tardif, coming to
my eld*. "I am going to f»tcb a doctor."
"Rut it la Munday." I answered faint
ly I knew that no boatman put out to
a*a willingly on * Munday front Bark; anl
th» last fatal accident, being nn a Nun
day, bad deepened their reluctance.
"It will I,* right, mam'aelle," be an
awered, with glowing aye*. "I have no
fear."
"Do not be long away, Tardif," I aald.
sobbing.
"Not on» moment longer than I can
help," ba replied.
CHAPTER III.
I, Martin Dobros, com* Into th*
(■rang*, belonged
to Julia; --------
and .....
fully half
-------------------
of the year's household »»pens** were de­
frayed by her. Our praetic*. which ha
story to tell my remarkable share In Its
*v*nta Martin, or Doctor Martin. I waa
<all*d throughout Guernsey
My father
waa Dr. Dobrre. |{* belonged to on* of
til* oldest families In the Island, but our
branch of It had h*en growing poorer In
•lead of richer during the last three or
four generation*. W» had been gravl
tatlng steadily downward*.
•My father lived ostensibly by hla pro
faaalon, but actually upon th* income of
my cousin. Julia Dobre*, who hsd been
his ward from her childhood Th* house
ws dwelt In, a pleasant one
lu
th*
• nd I shared between us, was not s
• rfh on», though for its extent It was
lucrative enough. Hut there alway* is
an Immense number of medical men In
Guernsey In proportion to Its population,
• nil th* Island la healthy. There waa
email chance for any of ua to make a
fortune.
My engagement to Julia cam* about so
•""Hy and naturally that 1 waa perfect
ly contented with It. We had been en­
gaged since Christmas, and were to be
married In the early autltmer. Wa were
to Set up housekeeping for ourselves, that
»<• a point Julia was bent upon.
A
■ullabla house had fallen vacant In one
°f the higher streets of Nt. Peter port,
•wblch commanded a noble view of th*
••• «nd the surrounding Island*. We had
Uken It, though It wsa farther from th*
• rang* and my mother than I should
have chosen my bom* to lie. Nhe and
Julia were busy, pleasantly busy, about
th* furnishing
That was about the middle of March.
1 i 1 l,**n *° c*1«,r«,h on* Monday morning
with these two women, both devoted to
me and centering all their love and hopee
In in«, when, as wa entered th* house
en my rodurn. I heard my father calling
•Martin! Martin!" a* loudly aa he could
from hi* consulting room. I answered
th* call instantly, and whom should 1
*•* but a very old frlsnd ot mine. Tar
dif, ef (b* Havre Gosselin. HI* hand­
some but weather beaten face betrayed
great anxiety. My father looked ch«
grilled and Irresolute.
"Ileres a pretty pier* of work. Mar
(la." he said, “Tardif want* one of ue tn
go Lark with him to Nark, to eoe a
woman who baa fallsii from the cliffs
sal broken h*r arm, confound it!”
"Dr Martin," crl»-1 Tardif »xcltedly,
"I L*< of you to com* thia Instant even
Nhe has brea lying lu anguish since rai l
day yesterday twenty four hours now.
air.
I started at dawn thia morning,
but both wind and tide were against me,
and I kava b**u waiting here aom* time
Be quick, doctor!
If ah* ahould b*
dred!"
Tbs poor fellow's voice faltered, an l hie
eye* met mins Imploringly
lie and I
had L*rn Fast frivo ls lu my boyhood, and
our friendship was »(III firm end true I
shook bls haul heartily a grip which he
returned wnb bls Anger* of Iron till my
own tingled again
"I knew you'd com*.” h* gasped
“Ab. I'll go. Tardif." I said; "only I
must get s snatch of something to eat
while Dr Dohree put* up what I shall
base need of. I'll be ready In half an
hour "
Th* lid* was with u«. and carried us
over buoyantly
We anchored at the
fisherman » landing place below tb* cliff
ef th* Ha»r* Go«a»lin. and I climbed
readily up the rough ladder which lead*
to the path
Tardif made his boat ••-
cur*, end followed me. he ptse*d ■>•,
end etrod* •a up ths sts«p track to th*
summit or th* cliff, as If Impatient to
reach bls h-un*
It was then that I
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KUMATII COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901
dune? Nhs ws* not likely to get mii'k
real till the bone waa set.
"DM you ever taka chloroform?" I
asked.
"No; 1 never needed It." all* answered.
"Hhould you object to faking It?”
"Anything," ah* replied passively. "1
will do anything you wish "
I west Lack Into th* kitchen and open
*d th* portmanteau toy father bad put
up for u>*. Hpllnte and bandage* were
there lu abunlam*. enough to set baif
the arms In the Island, but neither chlo­
roform nor anything In (he shape of aa
opl*(* could I find
I uilght almost a*
well have come to Merk altogether un­
prepared for my case.
I stood for a few minute*, deep In
thought. Th* deyllght was going, and It
was uaaloae to waat* time, yet 1 found
my eelf shrinking oddly from tb* duty be­
fore me
Tardif could nut help but ***
my chagrin sod hesitation.
"Doctor,” be cried, "eh* I* not going to
diet’
"No, no.” I answered, calling back my
wandering thoughts and energies, "there
la not the smallest danger of that,
I
must go and set her arm at once, i and
than aha will sleep."
1 returned to the room and raised her
a* gently and paluleaely aa I could, Mita
tnoauad, though very softly, and aba tried
to smile again as her eyes met mln* look­
ing anxiously at her. That amll* mad*
me fe*l like a child. If ah* did It again
I knew my hands would be unsteady, and
her pain Iw teofold greater.
"I would rather you cried out or shout­
ed.'* I said. "Don't try to control yeur
eelf wh*n I hurt you. You need not be
afraid of aeernlug Impatient, and a loud
scream or two would do you good."
I felt the end* of the broken bon* frat
Ing together a* I draw them Into thalr
right place*, and tb* sensation went
through and through m*
I had **t
•cor** of brokan limbs before with no
feeling Ilk* tbl*. which was so near un­
nerving me. All the time (be girl's white
fee* aud firmly eel lips lay under my
gaze, with the wide open, unflinching
eye* looking straight at me; a mourufol,
■Rent, appealing face, which betrayed th*
pain I made ber suffer ten times more
then any cries or shrieks could have
don*
I smoothed the coarse pillow» fur
ber to lie more comfortably upon them.
"HE PAUSED TURN.
gave niy first serious thought to tbs wom­
an «bo bad mst with tbs accldrnt.
"Tardif, who Is this person that is
hurt?" I ssked, "end whereabout did ebe
r»;i?"
"She fell down yonder," he answered,
with an odd qusvsr In bls vote*, as be
pointed to a rough and rather high por
lion of th* cliff running Inland; “the
Sion** rolled from under ber feet so." he
sdd»d. crushing down • quantity of the
Ivos* gravel with his foot, "and sb* slip­
ped
Kb* lay on tb* shingle underneath
for two hours before I founJ her two
hour*. Dr. Martin!"
Tardif's mother came to ua as we en­
tered tb* house
Khe beckoned m* to
It waa
follow her Into an Inner room
Small with • celling so low, it se*n>*4
to rest upon tbs four poets of the bed
eteed
l'bvr* were of course non* of tb*
littl* dainty lulurl** about It. with which
I was familiar In niy mother'* bedroom
A long low window opposite th* head of
th* bod threw a strong light upon <t.
There wore rb*ck curtains drawn round
It. anJ a patchwork quilt, and rough,
home spun lm»n
Everything was clean,
but coarse end frugal, such aa I expected
to And about my Hark patirnt. In th*
home of s fiaherman.
But when my by* fell upon the fee*
reeling on the rough pillow I paue*d In­
voluntarily. only Just controlling an ex
clamallon of aurprla*. There was abao
lut»|y nothing in th* surrounding» to
mark her aa a lady, yet I felt In a mo­
ment that »he wee one. There lay a dell
rate refined fare, white aa lhe linen, with
beautiful lipa almoat aa white; and n
mass of IlfiliL •b<“ln« ’llkJ h*lr <o»»*d
about the pillow; and large dark gray
*,e« gazing at me beaeeehlngly. with an
ezpre»«lon thnt mad» my heart leap as It
had never leapt before.
That was what I »aw. and could not
forbear Bering. I tried to rloae my eye«
to the pathetic beauty of the face before
me but It wa« altogether In vain. If I
ha<i seen her before, or if 1 had been
prepared to aee any one Ilk* her, I might
have aucreeded: but I was completely
thrown off my gnard- There the charm
Ing face lay; the eye» gleaming, th* white
forehead tinted, and the delicate mouth
contracting with pain; the bright nilky
. ... i. tosaed
curl»
toaaed about In confualoti.
confusion. I »« » It
now. Just as I «aw It then.
CHAPTER IV.
I suppos* I did not atsnd Still mor»
u five _______
_ that paua«
than
asconda, _ yet during
host of questions bad flashed through
Who was thia beautiful crea
tny brain
lure? Where had she come from? llow
did It happen that ah« was in Tardif»
house? ami ao on. But I recalled myself
sharply to nty sense»; I waa here aa her
physician, •l"' retnnion sen»» and duty
deninuded of me to keep tny head clear.
I advanced to her aide and took tha
small, bln* veined hand into mine, and
f*lt her pula* with ,n? flnfera.
"You ar* In very great pain, I fear,”
I said, lowering tny voice.
"Yes," her whit* lipa answered, and
she tried to »mil* a patient though a
dreary »mile. •» »h» looked up Into my
face;
arm
is -----------
broken. Ar*
race, "my -
— --
-- • you a
doctor?"
"I am Dr. Martin Dobre*,
I eald,
passing my hand softly down her arm.
Th* fracture waa sbova the elbow, and
waa of a kind to make the setting of It
(|va her sharp, acute pain. I could aee
she was scarcely fit to boar any further
suffering Just then; but what waa to be
and I spread my cambric bandk-rehlef In
a double fold between her cheek and th*
rough linen too rough for a soft cheek
Ilk* hers
"l-l* quit* still," 1 said. "Do not atir.
but go to sleep as fast as you can.”
Then I went out to Tardif.
"Th* arm la set.” I said, "and now aha
must get some sleep. There is not the
least danger, only w* will keep the house
as quiet as possible."
"I muat go and bring in th* boat,” ho
replied, beatlrrlug himself as If some spell
was at an eod. ••There will be a storm
to night, and I ahould sleep the sounder
If aha was aaf* ashore.'*
The feeble light entering by the door,
which I left open, showed me the oil
woman comfortably asleep in her chair,
but not so th* girl. I had told her w hen
I laid her down that she muat lie quite
still, and ah* waa obeying me implicitly.
Her cheek still rested upon my hand­
kerchief, and th* broken arm remained
undisturbed upon the pillow which I had
placed under It. Hut her eyes were wide
open and ahlnlng In the dimness. and I
fancied I could ace her lips moving in­
cessantly, though soundleaaly.
The gale that Tardif had foretold cam*
with great violen.-* altout the middle of
th* night. The wind howled tip the long,
narrow ravin* Ilk* a pack of wolves;
mighty atom* of ball and rain beat In
torrents against the window*, an I th*
sea lifted up It* voice with unmistakable
energy. Now and again a stronger gnat
than the olhera appeared to threaten to
carry off the thatched roof bodily, and
leave us exposed to th* tempeat with
only th* thick stone walla about ua; and
the latch of the outer door rattled as if
some one was striving to enter.
The westerly gale, rising every few
hour* into n «quail, gave me no chance
of leaving Sark the nett day, nor for
some days afterwards; hut I was not at
all put ont by ray captivity. All nty In-
tercet* my whole being In fact was ab­
sorbed ili the care of this girl, stranger
as she waa. I thought and moved, lived
and breathed, only to fight step by step
against delirium and death.
There seemed to me to be no possibility
of aid. The stormy waters which beat
against that little rock In the sea camo
swelling and rolllug In from the vast
plain of tho Atlantic nnd broke In tem­
pestuous surf against the island. Tar­
dif himself was kept a prisoner In tho
house, except when he went to look after
his live stock. No doubt It would have
been practicable for me to get as far as
the hotel, but to what good? It would
be quite deserted, for there were no vis
Itor* to Sark at thia season. I was cn
tlrely engrossed In my patient, nnd 1
learned for the flrat time what their task
Is who hour after hour watch the pro­
grass of disease In the person of one dear
to them.
On th* Tuesday afternoon, lu a tetn
porary lull of th* hall and wind, I start­
ed off on a walk across the Island. The
wind was still blowing from vh* south­
west, and filling all th* narrow sen be­
tween u* and Guernsey with boiling
surge. Very angry looked the masses of
foam whirling about th* sunken reefs,
and very ominous the low lying, hard
blocks of clouds all along the horlxon. I
strolled as far as the Coupee, that giddy
pathway between Great and Little Sark,
where on* can se* the seething of the
waves nt the feet of tho cliffs on both
sides three hundred feet below on*. Some­
thing Ilk* a paulc seized me. My nerve*
w*r* too fsr unstrung for m* to vesture
acroea th* long, narrow Isthmus. I turn
•d abruptly again, and hurried as fast
as my l*g* would carry ms back to Tar­
dif's cottage,
I bad been away leas than an hour, but
an advantage had 0*«u taken of my *b-
a*nc*. I fould Tardif seated at th* table,
with a tangle of silky, »bluing hair lying
before
Lafora Mtn.
Um. a tear or two bad fallen
upon It from his aye*. 1 understood at
• (lam• what It meant Mother Kenouf,
whom ba bad ascurad a« a uurse, had cut
off my patient's pretty curl» as »oon a» 1
was otit of tha house.
Tardif's great
band caressed them tenderly, and I drew
out on* long, glossy tree» and wound it
about my Angara, with a heavy heart.
"It la Ilka th* pretty feathers of a
bird that ha* been wounded," said Tar
dif sorrowfully.
Juat then there cam* a knock at the
door and a sharp click of the latch, loud
enough to penetrate dam* Terdlfe deaf
•era, or to arouae our patient, If ah* had
been Bleeping Before either of ue could
mor* the door waa thrust open and two
young ladle» appeared upon the door Bill.
'I bey weft It flashed across me In an
Instant old school fellows end friends
of Julia's. I declare to you honestly 1
had scarcely bad one thought of Julia till
now
My mother 1 bad wished for, to
taka her place by this poor girl's sidy, but
Julia had hardly crossed my mind. Why,
in heaven's name, should the appearance
of these frlenda of hers be so distasteful
to me just now? I hsd kuown them all
my Ufa, and liked them as well as any
girls I knew; but at this moment the
very sight of them was annoying.
They stood in the doorway, as much as­
tonished and thunderstricken as I was,
glaring at me. so It seemed to me, with
that soft, bright brown lock of hair curl­
ing and clinging round my linger. Never
bad 1 felt so foolish or guilty.
(To be continued.*
American Coal th« Best.
"Ever since I waa a t>oy 1 have been
reminded of (be old atory about 'carry­
lug coal* tu Newcastle,' whenever I
performed unnecessary tasks," said
Richard Harker of Newcastle on Tyne,
England. In the lobby of the Shore­
ham last nlglit "To carry coals to
Newcastle was supposed to be as futile
a task as trying to sweep back the
wave« on the seashore. I have lived
to aee coala carried to Newcastle, how­
ever, and. being an Englishman, It
grieve* me to say that the coals lu
question came all the way from Amer­
ica.
"Within the last few years an enor­
mous amount of coal has been shipped
from Norfolk, Vs . to various parts of
England. Home of It went to Ports­
mouth, to the uaval station there, and
many tons were sent to Newcastle, Wa
have better facilities for handling coal
the
there than any other place In
United Kingdom. For many year* it
haa been the center of the coal mining
Industry of our country and conse­
quently the arrangements and appli­
ances for shipping fuel to various parts
of the country are away ahead of those
of other towns.
"The coal that comes from the west­
ern portion of th« State of Vlrgiula —
soft coal. I mean Is the finest fuel for
steamship« that is mined anywhere In
the world. The coal seems to produce
more steam from a small quantity than
any I have aeen. It is now used ex-
teualvely on the vessels of the British
nnvy and from wbat 1 saw a week ago
In Norfolk and Newport News I ahould
Judge that the shipment must amount
to millions of tons per year.”—Wash­
ington Times.
EVENTSOF THE HAY I TO STUDY AMERICAN METHODS. NEWS OF THE STATE
Twelve Workingman Arrive From England to
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A
the
Important
Happening of th* Put Week
Presented
Co-nprehentlve Review of
In • Condensed
Form
Which
It
Mott
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
New York yachtsmen are afraid of
Shamrock II.
Inland Empire farmers are having
a prosperous season.
Sampson will be a witness at
H hley court of Inquiry.
the
Members of the Nome bar petition
McKinley to remove Judge Noyes.
Trans Atlantic freight business out
of New York Is very light.
The expiatory mission of Prince
Chung has been delayed at Basle.
Nicaragua and Colombia promts«
not to mix In the Isthmian trouble.
Rothschilds deny any knowledge of
the recent reported combine in cop­
per.
Tinplate officials deny that negotia­
tions are under way to settle ths
strike.
The worst epidemic of plague in
years Is now rampant in parta of
Canton. China.
One hundred fellows were elected
to the Association for the Advance­
ment of Science.
General Fabius M. Mead, a veteran
of (he Civil “
. .
- of -
War, and a friend
l-ogan, Grant and McClellan, la dead,
While two men were out hunting
in Montana, one mistook the other
for a bear and shot him through the
heart.
The French Minister to Turkey has
art
left
Constantinople,
which
breaks off friendly relations between
the two nations.
E. C. Westfall, chief of the money
order bureau at Havana,
will
be
prosecuted for criminal carelessness
in allowing $4.000 to be stolen from
him.
As a result of litigation over min­
ing claims near Cape Nome, a mob of
70 masked men attacked the holders
of some claims and fatally wounded
one man.
cus-
B. F. Joasey, United States
toms Inspector at Tucson. Arizona,
under arrest for smuggling Chinese
into the United States, was killed by
the accidental discharge of his re­
volver while
looking
for chicken
thieves on his own premises.
Tour ths United States.
■ 1
........ —
TEM3 OF INTEREST FROM ALL
New York, Aug. 29 —On the Anchor
PART8 OF OREGON.
line steamship Ethiopia tonight cam«
12 workingmen, who have be«n sent
to tour thia country and study trades
by an English paper. The men were Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im­
selected by popular vote. They are:
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
H. J. Humphrey, coach builder, Ley-
ton store, Essex; Frank Harris, pot­
and Improvements of the Many Industries
tery and glass
decorator, Hoxness,
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
land; F. A. Scott, electrical and
mechanical engineer, Glasgow; C. J.
— Latest Market Report
Jackson, engineer, Htratford; Thomas
Graham, miner,
Yorkshire;
W. E.
The Florence salmon cannery will
Grant, stevedore, Liverpool;
George
Nutley, painter, Kingston Hill, Sur­ start up next week.
rey;
Thomas
Fleming.
mason,
Prunes are lieginning to move in
Peebles; John «cutter, engine-driver,
Motherwell; Kenneth Kenzie, uphol­ earnest at The Dalles.
sterer, Inverness;
George Ethells,
The Jacksonville public schools
weaver, Slot kport; J. G. Gowan, ham­ will ojien September 2.
merman, Gateshead, and A. Nichol
A race meeting will probably be
Simpson, who will act as conductor
of the expedition. Mr. Simpson said: held in Pendleton this fall.
"We will visit Washington, Pitta-
The Klamath county wheat crop
burg, Philadelphia. Cleveland, East will not he aa large as it waa last year.
and
Liverpool, ().. Buffalo, Ottawa
Hopgrowers at Woodburn complain
Montreal.
We shall remain a few
days In each city.
The
delegates of a scarcity of help to harveat the
came over here to gather information crop.
and study questions In which
the
The wheat crop of Jackson county
British artisan is vitally Interested.
We will inquire into the conditions is turning out much better than ex­
of the American wageearners: how pected.
they sre housed and live; their hours,
The Sherman county Horse Fair
unions and other things of interest
Association will hold a fair at Wasco
to us on the other side.”
SURROUNDED BY BOER8.
British
Lost
O m
Man
Killed
and
Four
Wounded
London. Aug. 29.—A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria
today, says:
"Three officers and 65 men who
I^adybrand,
were sent north
of
Orange River Colony, on the right of
Elliott's column were surrounded on
unfavorable ground and captured by
a superior force. August 22nd. One
man was killed and four were wound­
ed. The prisoners were released. Am
holding an inquiry.
"Have received a long letter from
Steyn containing
an argumentative
statement of the Boer case, and say­
ing he will continue to fight; also a
short letter from Dewett to the same
effect.
"Botha writes acknowledging the
receipt of my proclamation and pro­
testing against it. and stating that
the Boers intend to go on fighting.
On the other hand, the surrenders
lat“ly have increased considerably.”
Another dispatch from I-ord Kitch­
ener siys:
"Since August 19th, 32 Boers have
been killed, 139 made prisoners and
185
have
surrendered.
including
Kruger, a nephew of the ex-Presi-
dent.”
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some time this fall to encourage the
breeding of good horses of all kinds.
The first crop of alfalfa in Klamath
has lieen cut and cared for. The sec­
ond crop, which will be cut next
month, promises to be much larger
than the first.
The following schools in Polk coun­
ty are without teachers, and in each
case a good one is wanted : Concord,
Lincoln, Bridgeport, and the primary
department at Falls City.
The apple crop of the Rogue River
valley promises to be a great income­
producer during the present year.
Not only is the yield a full one, but
the quality is finer than usual.
From several sources cornea the re­
port that Bartlett pears will be scarce
this fall. In many orchards the trees
did not bear at all, while in other*
the trees seem to be drying up.
Owing to the delay in the receipt of
the new text books, it has been decid­
ed by the board of directors of the
Ashland public schools to postpone
the opening of the fall term on* week,
or until September 9.
It is expected that the Southern
Oregon district will ship 275 car loads
ol apple* during the present crop
year, and the fruit will all be first
class.
The unusual demand for
Oregon apples is created by the par­
tial failure of the crop in the middle
states and by the long season of
drought in Missouri.
There is every prospect of a fair
yield of hops in Polk county.
The Ager-Klamath Fall* stage waa
held up and robbed of the treasure
box.
The poetoffice at Ruby, Douglas
county, will be discontinued on Aug-
ti>t 31.
The log raft is still stuck at the
entrance to the Westport slough, near
Astoria.
Eugene has not had such a building
boom in years as is at present being
experienced.
The Polk county grain crop this
year will be the largest harvested hi
several years.
The committees in charge of the
Baker City street carnival, to be held
Septeml>er 3-7, report excellent
cess.
The United States gunboat Machias
FATAL BRIDGE ACCIDENT.
is at Colon.
A large sugar beet crop is expected
Falling of Bridge Girders Caused the Death
is Southern Washington.
of Four Men.
Michael Berry, a noted Colorado
Columbia. S. C., Aug. 29.—An acci­
burglar has been arrested.
dent at the new bridge which the
Relations are still disturbed be­ Southern Railway is constructing at
tween France and Turkey.
Congaree River today
caused
the
Two men were killed while trying death of four men. One other was
fatally and two more seriously in- j
to shut off a new Texas oil gusher.
Jured. The falling of the steel gird- •
Colombians generally expect the ers about seven feet long, weighing
revolutionary movement to succeed. 14 tons each, caused the accident.
girders were hoisted about mid­
Shaffer says the move to settle the The
way of the river above the bridge.
ateel strike is without official sanc­ The rains of the night previous prob­
tion.
ably had caused the ropes bolding
Englishmen are confident that Sir them in place to slip. The crash
came without the slightest warning.
Thomas Lipton is going to win the There
were 75 people on the bridge,
America's cup.
spectators and workmen.
A German Picture of th* Future.
The bridge is being built by the
Howard, who deserted the Amer­
Scene A schoolroom of the twentieth
icans to become a Filipino leader, Phoenix Bridge Company of Phila­
century.
delphia. The structure was not ma­
has been captured.
Teacher (to a new scholar»—"Jack,
terially damaged by the accident,
Cardinal Gibbons was given a though some of the iron work was
are you Inoculated against croup?"
royal welcome on his return to Bal­ strained.
____________
Pupil "Yes. sir."
"Hare you been inoculated with the i timore from Europe.
NEGROES CANNOT BE IN IT.
By the explosion of a bomb in New
cholera bacillus?”
Jersey three men were seriously in-1
"Yes, sir.”
First Cuban Artillery Will Be Composed ol
"Have you a written certificate that jtired and several women and children
Portland Markets.
Natives.
you are Immune a* to whooping cough, slightly.
Wheat — Walla Walla, nomina
meaeles sud scarlatina?"
A vessel was stolen from a dock in
New York, Atig.28.—That Negroes 56 l,c per bushel; bluesteni, 56lt«
“Yea. sir, I bare.”
Maryland and the thieves tried to are burred from enlistment in the 57c; valley, 55K«56.
“Have you your own drinking cup?" escape with her.
They were over­ First Cuban artillery is stated by the
Flour—l>est grades, 92.65« 3.50 per
"Yes. sir."
Tribune correspondent at Havana. tcarrel; graham, $2.60.
taken later.
"Will you promlae not to exchange
Oato—Old, 91.10« 1.15 percental.
Department of justice upholds the One hundred and fifty •‘Cubans” will
sponges with your neighbor, and to
Barley—Feed, 915« 15.50; brewing,
secretary of the navy in withholding be enlisted. All must be 21 years
use no alate pencil but your own?”
the royalty on the Harvey steel-hard­ old or more, and white. Negroes will $15.50 j>er tom.
“Yes. sir.’
not be received as candidates for en­
Millstuff«—Bran, 927 per ton; mid
ening patent.
"Will you agree to have your books
listment. Enlistment will be made dlings. 921.50; shorts, 920; chop, 916.
The overhauling to which the var-' similarly as in the United States, and i Hay—Timothy, 911(813; clover,
fumigated every week with sulphur,
and to have your clothes sprinkled with ious royal palaces of King Edward is will be for the term of two years
$7(89.50; Oregon wild hay, 95(86 per
being subjected, has disclosed vast One of the first questions to arise con­
chloride of lime?"
ton.
treasures
that
have
been
hidden
for'
cerning the enlistment is as to who
Butter—Fancy creamery.22*<«25c;
"Yes, sir."
years.
are “Cubans” within the terms of dairy, 18« 20c; store, 11« 12c per
"Then, Jack, you possess all that
Lord Kitchener rc;»orts that a col­ the order. In the absence of General pound.
modern hygiene requires; you can step
Acting Military Governor
over that wire, occupy nn Isolated seat umn sent into Cape Colony waa at­ Wood,
Eggs—17« 17 S'c per dozen.
Cheese—Full cream, twins, 11«
made of aluminum, and begin your tacked by the Boers and three officer* Scott explained that “in order to be
and 65 men captured. One man waa eligible the candidate must lie a 11 lcc; Young America, 12*<c per
arithmetic lesson."
Cuban citizen by birth or adoption.” pound.
killed and four wounded.
All Named the flame Date.
There seems to l>e some doubt as to
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 93.00«
Boers
resumed
activity
in
Cap«
Hall Well, good by. Come and rob
how Cuban citizenship is fixed until 3.75; hens, |4.50«5.50; dressed, 10«
Colony.
me some time.
the new constitution g:,es into effect. 11c |>er pound; springs, 92.50« 3.JU)
A German steamer and eight sailors
Story Awfully sorry, old boy; but
per dozen; ducks, 93 for old; $3 00
I've got over a hundred engagements were lost.
Miter Starved to Death.
«3.50 for young; geese, 95«6 per
thnt day.
A gale wrecked a number of build­
New York, Aug. 29.—An old tqan dozen; turkeys, live, 8« 10c; dreased,
Hall A
hundred
engagements? ings in Jersey City.
l*r pound.
named Paddy Kearns died yesterday 10(312
Tarrytown, literally of starvation
Mutton — Lambs, 3^c, gross;
Nonsense!
A Tennessee Negro murderer wa* In
and neglect. In the house in which dressed,
Story Fact. Within a few days I've
6«7c per pound; sheep,
burned at the stake.
he had lived alone for more than 50 93.25, gross; dressed, 6«6Jfc per lb.
received over a hundred Invitations to
Turkey will not buy the quays of years, bank books showing deposits
friends' houses and In every case "some
Hogs — Gross, heavy, 95.75(36;
of $7,000 were found. The old man is
time" wm the date mentioned.—Boston the French company.
believed to have had a considerable light, 94.75«5; dressed, 7«7J^c per
Steel workers are willing to mak« amount of ready money and some pound.
Transcript.
Veal — Small, 8«9c; large,
concessions to end strike.
jewelry hidden around the house. He
Invoking tor Work.
came to this country from Ireland In «7^c per pound.
United
States
Attorney
Evans,
of
"Yes. ma'am.” said the ragged fat
1849.
Beef—Gross top steers, 93.50(34.00;
Minnesota, died suddenly.
man; "I'm lookin' fur work. Yon ain't
cows and heifers, 93.25«3.50; dressed
Drowned In the Spree.
got lio odd Jobs o' scrtibbln' or waahlu’
Nogales, Ariz., officials are impli­
beef, 6tf«7^c per pound.
London. Aug. 29.—Lady Smith, wife
cated in a smuggling plot.
ter be did. have yer?"
Hops—12« 14c per pound.
Sir Archibald Lewin Smith, Mas­
"Why. you surely don’t do scrubbing
Striking machinists in Chicago of
Wool
— Valley, ll«13^c; Eastert
ter of the Rolls since 1900, was found
or work of that sort." said the house­ ignore an order against picketing.
dead today, floating
in the
River Oregon, 8«12 %c; mohair, 20«21c pe
keeper.
One hundred Filipino insurgent« Spree. It is not known how she was pound.
"Sure not. I'm lookin’ fur work fur
Potatoes—91«91-1O per sack.
drowned.
surrendered during the past week.
me wife."
Philadelphia Record.
Oldeet Physician.
Gallus Ritter von Hockberger, Im-
perlsl and royal counsellor of the Aus­
trian court, la believed to I* the oldest
duly qualified physician tn ths world.
He wits born on Oct 15, 1803. and Is
therefore 07 years of age.
He haa
been practicing for seventy-one years,
Htid still gives inetllcal advice.
The way of the transgressor ofteu
lends to foreign shores.
Preserved fruits, in a state fit to
have l>een eaten, have been taken
from the ruins of Herculaneum.
English cement manufacturers,
finding their trade threatened by the
American product, decide to adopt
the Yankee methods and machinery.
The Southern Pacific railroad now
has 95 engines equipped for the burn­
ing of oil as fuel. It takes 21 barrels
of oil to run a locomotive a day, but
the cost is small compared with coal.
Munitions of War for Rebels.
New York. Aug. 29.—The Panama
Steamship Company's steamer Ori­
zaba sailed today for Colon, carrying
a
large number of huge
packing
eases, which those who are well In­
formed. say contain munitions of war
for the rebels In the Department of
Cauca. on the Pacific Coast of Colom­
bia. On the arrival of the arms at
Colon, It is said they will be trans­
shipped by railroad to Panama and
sent thence by an English steamer to
Buena Ventura, the seaport of China.
There are 649 1-3 millions of me
anti 633 2-3 millions of women in th
world, giving the men a majority ■
15 1-3 millions.
For the first time during his po
till cate of 23 years Pope Leo recent
entertained eight guests at lunebe
in the Vatican.
George W. Ranck, one of the L
known literary men of Kentuc
was struck and killed by a Lou is v
A Naabivlle train at Lexington,