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CHAPTER XVIII.
It was a beautiful morning almost
ns mild as If It had boon autumn, rath
er than a December day. The sun 'had
advanced just high enough In tho
hoavens to pour down his mildest and
tvarmost beams, and tho near village
end tho distant hills were bathed In
tho golden light, nB, of old, tho fair
Eden spread its beauty forth for
Adam's admiring eyes.
It was a blessed day. Tho most
caroloss heart could but drink In Its
beauty In a thankful mood; tho fresh,
eweot air brought a color to the most
pallid chcok. It was hard to look out
upon tho glorious sceno and realize
that a world so lovely and so fair
should bo tho homo and haunt of all
that was contemptlblo and base that
tho serpont Slander and tho gaunt
fiend Caro, and tho domon of Murdor,
with his red right hand, could fling a
Bhadow over all this beauty and causo
each heart that had loved It once, al
most to curso its memory In after
years.
And yet, ovon tho Blnglng of tho
blltho birds on that lovely winter's day
seomed to say that this might bo so
seemed to say that tho ltttlo childron
Bportlng Joyously In tho vlllago street
might llvo to feel that blighting scorn
which worldly spirits only understand;
that thoso pleasant rustic homes, scat
tered Uko vlslblo blessings hero and
there, might bo tho haunts of fiends in
iuman form, and tho burial placo of
tno heart's best affections.
For tho singing of tho birds, In somo
flirango way, seemed to Bpeak that
morning of ono sorely tried and tempt
ed In hor earthly pllgrlmago, but now
. at rest whoro no earthly malice could
disturb hor of ono whoso sweet eyes
would havo gazed in calm contempla
tion on that lovely sceno, had no false
words over kindled tho flamo of lovo
within her breast, and then left It to
go out in darkness, In bltternoss, in
tears and death I
Yet, on that lovely day, a docd ap
parently unsulted. to tho sylvan love
liness of tho sceno, was about to bo
dono. On that day, tho record of tho
past was to bo rudely searched tho
gravo made to glvo up its Becrots and
its dead.
Having undertaken tho task, Mr.
Cowley was dotormlncd to accomplish
It; and yet, he would havo given
worlds, as tho hour drew nigh, that
ho had never meddled with tho mat
ternever como to Hollow Ash Hall.
His nephew also seemed nervous
and 111 at ease. As for tho ladles,
they scarcely spoke, but sat huddled
together ovor tho drawing-room flro
nil except Rose, and sho was wander
ing over tho houso like nn uneasy
spirit, till at last they missed her en
tirely.
The morning was rapidly waning
away, and at last Mr. Cowloy roso
from his casy-chalr with tho air of a
man who had mado up his mind be
yond tho power of a change.
"Como, Charles, lot us got It over,"
ho said, gravoly.
They wont out Into tho hall. Roso
met them thero, and by her side stood
a tall and handsomo gentleman, with
a forolgn air and appearance.
"Father," said tho girl eagerly, como
back Into tho library for a moment
This gentleman knows tho secret of
tho haunted houso, and is about to
tell it to you."
Mr. Cowloy Btartcd, as well he might.
"And who may this gentleman bo?"
he nsked, somowhat stiffly.
"A friend of tho Vornons," was the
quick reply. "Let him tell you tho
story of tho haunted room."
They went back into the library to
gethcr, and this was the substanco
of tho story which ho told them of tho
dead girl, tho ruined family, and tho
deserted houso:
Marlon Escourt had been a favored
child from tho vory hour of her birth
Truo, her young mother died that sho
might llvo, but a sister of that mother,
good nnd puro as sho, took tho Infant
to hor heart, and cherished it for tho
r;ako of tho dead. Marion's aunt was
ono of earth's saints, and, under her
loving caro tho child grew mild, nnd
good and gentle beloved by every ono
who know hor. Her father was an old
man, nnd, being tho possessor of groat
wealth, ho chose to lndulgo his only
and darling child in every wish she
expressed. Ho seemed but to llvo that
ho might please hor; yot, Btrango to
say, In splto of all this injudicious
fondness, sho was qulto unspoiled.
A slight touch of haughtiness there
might havo bewi in hor mannor, but
she was no more to blamo for that
than that her eyes wore so largo and
dark, or hor form bo rced-llko and
graceful. With tho beauty of hor
mother, sho had inherited tho stately
manner of her father, and though sho
moved amonghorfrlends with the stato
ly dignity of a young princess, no ono
seemed disposed to quarrel with what
became hor so well, and was so sweetly
tetnpored with modosty and gentleness
nnd all good gifts,
Years passed on nnd added tho nrch
fascinations of girlhood to hor othor
charms. Her playmates woro forced
to select their cavaliers from tho list
of hor rejected lovers, aud yet her
heart scorned all untouched.
At lost sho made her choice It aur
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prlsod ovcry one. Hor second cousin,
deorgo Vernon, a graceless, drinking
nnd dlceing Oxford student, won tho
trcasuro for which so many hnd longed
in vain. Won it almost without an
effort on his part won It without
knowing of Its valuo, or knowing how
to npprcclato it.
When by tho advlco of a dear frlond
sho knelt nt her father's feet nnd told
him of her lovo, tho old man burst
Into a storm of anger, threatened hor
with tho loss of homo and friends;
threatened her also with his own
curso; but It was nil in vain! Sho
was his own child. Sho Inherited all
his prldo and hnughtlnoss. though
theso qualities had been kept In tho
background by tho gontlo teachings of
her aunt; and when ho attempted to
thwart her dearest wishes so openly
and determinedly, her prldo and will
wcro nrouscd, and her soul opposed
In all its native fierceness to his own.
That night sho fled I Tho morning
brought a letter from hor, saying that
sho had chosen to sharo poverty with
her lover, rather than enjoy wealth
without him. At tho samo tlmo sho
prayed her father not to cast her ut
terly from his heart, but to think of
her in kindness and mercy, for tho
sako of tho long nnd happy years thoy
had left bohlnd them forever.
Marlon was by no means one to bo
discarded and forgotton whero sho had
onco been loved, and though at first
her stern old father forbado all men
tion of her namo and threatened to
disinherit her at onco, her memory,
gcntlo, kind nnd loving as sho had al
ways boon till that fatal night, grad
ually disarmed him, and by degrees
thoy came to speak of her again around
tho homo hearth, and to send many u
loving wish nnd thought to follow hor
In hor wanderings.
It may bo that her father felt that
ho had driven her to dcsporntlon by
his harshness, for as tlmo softened tho
first sting of agony, ho grew moro kind
and gcntlo, and often encouraged his
faithful housekeeper to sit and talk
for hours with him of her they had
both loved so well. At that time, If
sho had returned, ho would gladly
havo welcomed and forgiven her. But
ah! as tho poet says, "It only tho dead
could know nt what hour
"To como back and bo forgiven!"
They do not know, nor do the liv
ing, till tho appointed time has gono
by, and elfher tho forgiveness or tho
tlmo for receiving It has passed away.
No tidings camo directly from Marlon
her father did not oven know tho
exact placo of her rcsldonco. A flying
rumor reached him now and then;
but all was uncertain and mysterious;
and at last ovon this scanty informa
tion ceased, and her name was spoken
softly and tenderly, as
"Tho household namo
Of ono whom Qod has taken."
Her father mourned for her silently,
but sincerely; and all could seo by tho
bending of tho stately form and tho
silver threads that glistened In his
jetty hair, how tho estrangement, and
silence, nnd separation were eating his
very llfo away!
Hor llfo Bhould havo boon a happy
gentleman who Is supposed to bo
mixed up with tho affairs of mortals,
who must, I think, havo laughed In
his slcovo when chnnco sent n young
widow to dwell In tho vicinity of tho
newly married pair.
Sho was a woman of good birth and
high family, though so reduced In cir
cumstances as to bo obliged to add to
hor scanty income by privato tuition
in the moro genteel families around
Danley. Sho was a flno classical schol
ar, an artist, an nuthoress, and, In
addition, danced llko a fairy, played
and sunk llko an angel, and rodo llko
Dlo Vernon herself. Hor tall, elegant
flguro, her deep mourning, tho easy
graco of her motions and tho dignity
of her mnnnerB had already moved
Georgo Vernon strangely, and though.
sho was a brilliant rathor than a beau
tlful women, with her wondrous unlle,
her flashing eyes, her bewitching
manners nnd easy graco, sho placed
him whoro sho hnd bo olten placed
his betters at her feet!
Tho dusky gentleman of whom I
havo already alluded, having his Im
plements upon tho ground, lost no tlmo
In using them. Mr. Vornon and tho
govorness met often, and it needed no
spoken word to tell tho enchantress all
ho was feeling. His words his sighs
tho long ardent glances of his hand
some hazel eyes, told tho story only
too well, nnd smiling sometimes to
horsolf nt this new proof of her power
of fascination, she gavo him somo
slight encouragement from tlmo to
tlmo. He did not lovo her, and yot,
at last, ho walked up and down his
room at midnight, thinking, whllo she
was sleeping quloMy nnd would havo
laughed heartily at his employment
had she known It. Ho was only doing
what a thousand men havo dono be
fore him what a thousand moro will
do after him flinging hlmsolf at tho
feet of a woman who would lend him
through a tempest of passion and leave
him at last bankrupt of faith, of feel
ing and honesty, and all olso that to
tho noblo heart makes llfo at all worth
living.
CHAPTER XIX.
And all this tlmo what was Marlon
doing?
This houso was oven moro lonely
then than It is now. Thero woro fow
countrv snats around, and oven with
their tenants, Mr. Vernon had little or
no Intimacy. People did not qulto un
derstand him or his position. Thero
wcro rumors afloat that touched his
character closely; and oven Marlon
was supposed to bo not a lady, a rel
ntivo nnd his wlfo but a person of in
ferior birth; como oven thought her
a servant, who hnd consented to resldo
with him without troubling boraoU
about tho formal ceremony of mar
riage. Ho must havo known that this
was tho gcnornl Impression, and yet
ho nover contradicted It In any way.
So no ono over camo to tho Hall, and
Marlon wouderod a llttlo at tho un
social neighborhood and heard nothing
for a long tlmo of tho dangerous inti
macy her indifferent husband had
formed.
At last tho tale leaked out through
tho good offices of her own maid. Sho
was Bhockcd and Indignant, but some
thing Impelled her to seek Mr. Vornon
nt onco nnd know tho truth. Sho went
down Into tho study, whero ho was
lounging In nn easy chair, smoking it
clgnr, and thinking, probably, much
loss of Mrs. Vernon than of Mrs.
Mooro. Ho laid asido tho cigar and
sho sat down besldo him and began
hor hopeless task.
Hopeless how hopoless ovcry wom
an must know. For all men, oven tho
best and bravest, and gentlest, aro
cowardly In tholr dealings with wom
en, and will ovado a downright In
quiry If it is In their power to do so.
It happened, thcroforo, as a mcro mat-
tor of course, that Mr. Vornon told his
wlfo nn absolute falsehood, and mada
her bellevo nt last that sho had boon
slandered, by tho reports sho had heard
highly colored ones, lot us own.
Sho believed him.
Rut the next day both ho and Mrs.
Mooro woro missing.
Tho hnd fled to Australia together.
Tho shock drovo Marlon mad for tho
tlmo. And In hor frenzy sho destroyed
the llfo of hor Infant, which was born
bctoro sho recovered.
(To bo continued.)
TRAMP STEAMER'S CHANCE.
I'.ll Trad Awaiting Development
frcl
America' Inland Forte.
In Lesllo'a appears a most interest
ins artlclo upon tho possibilities of
Chicago as a seaport. Tho author, W.
D. Hulbert, sums up his argumont by
remarking that, when all Is said and
dono, tho facts romaln that transports
tlon by water Is almost Invariably
cheaper than by land, and that at
least a portion of a cargo say from
1,500 to 2,000 tons can bo carried
through tho Welland and St. Lawronco
canals without breaking bulk. Tho lot
ter point Is of vital Importance, especi
ally in shipments of fragile goods
which will not bear much handling,
Tho delays In passing tho canals will
bo counterbalanced to somo extent by
the delays which now tako placo in
New York custom house. It is oven
claimed that, becauso of the longth
of tlmo required to get merchandise
through tho crowded warehouses of
Now York, goods from Europo can bo
delivered at tho lako ports moro
promptly by way of tho St. Lawronco
than by the present routes. As to tho
comparatively small slzo of tho steam
crs, that may prove to bo In somo cases
a positive advantage, for It will on-
ablo them, llko the Worgeland, to visit
lesser European porta which now havo
no direct communication with Amerl
ca cities too small to absorb tho car
go of a larger steamship, or to furnish
her with a load for her return trip.
Even If tho traffic should not bo as
satisfactory as desired In 1901, it may
succoed tho following year. Just now
marlno freight ratos aro vory high
and thero Is a great demand for steam'
ors, especially on tho ocean, but this
condition of things cannot last always
Sooner or later a chango must como
and tho cargo no longer will bo seok
lng a ship, but too ship a cargo. And
then tho owners and masters of mo
dlum-slzed steamers will turn their at
tentton to this fresh water route,
stretching from Montreal 1600 miles
Into the vory heart of tho North Amor
lean continent.
Dlicorered Useful Fccret.
Llko many other useful Inventions
tho art of bottling beer was discovered
by mere accldont. It Is attributed to
Aloxander Nowoll, 'head master of
Woodbrldge school, England, who was
noted for his erudition, his piety and
his penchant for angling. His por
trait In tho hall of Drasonoso collcgo
Oxford, represents him with his blblo
beforo him and his fishing rods on
either side, and bears tho inscription
Plscator Homlnum. It appears that
onco whllo fishing, as his habit was
at Hadham, ho mislaid his bottlo of
nlo in tho long grass on tho bank3 of
tho river Ash. Stumbling upon it somo
tlmo afterward ho found it, in tho
quaint words of Fuller, "not a bottlo,
but n gun, such tho sound of it when
oponcd, and this, as casualty Is tho
mother of moro inventions than Indus
try, Is bolleved tho original of bottled
nlo In England." Nowoll was present
ed to tho living of Oreat Hadham in
1562, and tho dato of his dlscovory
must bo about 1530.
Tom Jolimon Keep IIli Word.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
recently redeemed n promlso to his
schoolgirl daughter by buying for her
n $.1,000 automobile. Miss Johnson
somo tlmo ago asked her father for
ono of tho horseless vehicles nnd ho
agreed to got her ono as Boon as cho
could operato It. Ho forgot all about
tho matter until ono afternoon rocont
ly, when, an ho was walking homo, his
daughtor camo along In an auto at
high speed, Sho stopped in front of
her father and looked at him Inquiring
ly. Ho nodded and noxt morning tho
young lady owned a handjomo horse
less vctftlcla.
5 SOME QUEER 6
J GOODS
Queer as somo kinds of. business aro,
tho work of tho drummers who trav
el In thoso lines scorn qucorer yet It
might not seem odd to know that big
houses deal exclusively in glass eyes
or in telescopic adjustablo coffins, but
when a commercial traveler goes out
on tho road to work up theso lines
thero appears something weird about
his occupation. Tho fascination of n
glass cyo in a person's faco Is remark
able As a ruin it looks as if it starod
at you, whether it does or not, thero
is an unconquorablo deslro to staro
at it. Rut thero Is something still
moro uncanny about tho ono-oyod
drummer who opens his samplo caso,
takes out scores of eyes and fits them
into tho sightless orlilco In his fnco to
show you just how natural thoy look.
Tho drummer scarcely can carry glass
eyes representing nil kinds, because no
doubt his homo houso has n samplo
stock of 10,000 oyes, nnd no two allko.
This, of course, is bocauso tho eyes
of no two human beings aro exactly
alike, and this Is sometimes tho caso
with tho eyes of ono person. So tho
drummer can glvo only a hint of tho
great variety tho trado affords. Tho
finest quality of glass eyes como from
Franco nnd German, principally tho
latter country. America has learned
everything In tho art except how to
glazo properly. Wo get tho ahapo and
tho color, but our glazo Is soft and I
worn through oaslly. Possibly most
persons with natural eyes couldn't toll
tho difference, but an export can,, and
bo can a person whom fato has decreed
shall go henceforth through tho world
with ono glass eye. How tho Gorman
and tho French do it is a trado secret
that is guarded jealously. Tho glass
eye Isn't solid, but a thin shell of
porcelain with tho Iris blown in tho
center. Somo of tho most cxpenslvo
have the whtto about tho iris hand
painted daintily, with ovon tho dollcato
blood vessels showing. Tho drummer
has the most difficulty in fitting gray
eyes, for the markings aro so varied.
Sometimes a houso has to send abroad
for tho correct thing, which Is mado es
pecially to order. A drummer in glass
oyes koops at work pretty actively, for
the llfo of an artificial eyo Is only ttfo
or threo yoars at tho most, and somo
times only as many months. As a burnt
child dreads tho fire, so does a person,
with a glass eye, if ho has had experi
Money Withort Vn'n' !T. "oW,,.$J':
y 500,000 of Uncla.lmd
.OWnerSe FoUl Orders.
Tho numbor of money orders issued
in tho United Statos nnd which aro
nover presented for payment is very
great, Bays an official of tho Washing
ton postofflco department. These orders
disappear in various ways. Somo are
burnod or torn up Instead of tho ro
colpts. Somo aro sent in lottors which
aro not addressed nt all or aro Incor
rectly addressed, and these, together
with thousands of othor ordors, And
their way to tho dead letter ofllco. Ulti
mately most of theso lottors find their
way back to tho remitters or duplicates
aro applied for.
Thoro is today an nccumulntlon of
over ?2,5000,000 In tho Treasury of
theso unclaimed money ordera which
has been gradually piling up year af
tor year during tho 35 yenrs tho gm
ornmcnt has boon conducting a monoy
ordor business. With each Individual
ordor tho government has mado a bpo-
clal effort to effect payment to tho
payeo or restore tho amount to tho re
mitter, and, falling, can do naught but
keep tho amount. Tho fact that 60,000
duplicate orders aro annwrlly issued
would appear to indlcato that tho
American pcoplo aro extremely caro-
lcss In tho handling of theso monoy
vouchers. Whore the originals go or
how they aro disposed of would All
a volume.
Tho government has lsuod $4,000,
000,000 In monoy ordors, and has paid
overy cont of this great sum except tho
12,500,000 I have mentioned. A slnglo
order may bo issued up to $100 in
amount, and tho average Is about $7.50,
tho smaller offices Issuing tho groat
bulk of orders nnd tho larger offices
cashing 95 por cent of thorn.
Traveling men, circus mon, railroad
employes and others, whoso business
requires them to movo from placo to
place, aro very fond of buying ordors
payable to thomsclvcs. They cannot
spend an order as a bill and as no ono
HOW A ROBBER
Tho Duchess of Clovoland, mothor
of Lord Roseborry, tells a good story
of her father, tho Earl of Stanhope
Ono night when tho earl was walking
alono In tho Kentish lanes a man
jumped out of tho hedgo, lovelcd a
pistol, and domandod his purse
"My good man, I havo no monoy
with mo," Bald Lord Stanhopo in his
romnrkably slow tones. Tho robbor
laid hands on his watch;
"No," Iord Stanhopo wont on, "thnt
watch you must not havo; It was given
mo by ono I lovo; It Is worth 100.
If you will trust mo I will go back to
Choventng and bring you a C100 noto
and plnco It In tho hollow of that tree
I cannot loso my watch."
Tho man did trust him. Tho oarl
did bring tho noto. Years after Lord
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Odd Lines Catv
fled by Commcrv
J
cial Travelers ft
ence. Coming from tho cold outdoor
air into a heated houso and stepping
up to tho flro to warm Is likely to ro
suit In tho cyo cracking and dropping
out of tho head. Falso eyes, llko false
teeth, aro taken out nt night, thcroby
Increasing tho chanco of brcakago or
loss. So, altogether, tho business of
a drummer in glass eyes la likely to
bo brisk nil tho year round. Then
thcro'a tho man who sells telescopic
coffins, which will fit a corpso of any
height and width. His ccrtnlnly 1b a
'ghastly calling, but not much moro
bo than of tho fellow who travels with
skoletons and bones for students, hos
pitals and museums. Flea powder nnd
flea traps aro out of tho ordinary lines
of commercial traveling, yot thoro aro
mon who mako a good living by sup
plying 8mnllor houses with such things
and tho same may bo said of "push
ers" for rat and mouso poisons. Down
among tho farmers of Long Island aro
mon who go about with samples of
fish, which, becauso of tho phosphorus
thoy contain, aro guaranteed to bo tho
finest kind of fertilizers for worn-out
lnnd. In Africa American drummers
of certain lines havo tho wholo con
tinent for their field exclusively. It
they got an ordor onco In six months
thoy aro well repaid for their labor.
Theso fow men deal In iron bridges,
llko that which an American Urm ro
contly built ovor tho Atbara River,
taking tho contract for rapid work
when Englishmen would not touch 1L
Thero's a man in England who has
traveled through tho British Isles with
mummies to dlsposo of to musoums at
from $150 to 9300 each. Ho strayed
into this lino accidentally, for at tho
tlmo ho was doing nothing, and a
friend, a civil engineer in Egypt, hnd
n chance to buy a job lot of Ptolomlcs,
which ho forwarded to England with
instructions how and whero to sell
them. Then tnoro aro drummors in
battlefield relics swords and guns,
bullets nnd cannon balls dug up on the
field of Waterloo. Possibly thoy wero
dug up there, but it bo, it was becauso
thoy woro planted a fow weeks before.
Still it's far moro llltoly that they ac
quired their rusty look in boII far from
tho blood-soaked field. Thoso partic
ular relics hnd a ready salo to tho
tourists in Belgium who want to take
something homo with thorn." New
York Pross.
but thomselvcs or tho Indorsees may
secure tho amount of tho orders thoy
nro Just as much ahead whon they get
into tho noxt town, making themsolves
tholr own bankors with tho govern
ment as n depository. Somotlmos an
actor or circus man will present a doz
on orders at tho closo of tho season
which ho has bought from tlmo to
time, nnd tholr amount represents sav
ings which othorwlso would havo been
spent.
Huntoron r.ntrloi for Ceniua.
Tho usual humorous Incidents wero
not lacking In tho recently taken Brit
lsh census. An Immigrant In New
Zealand stated to tho authorities that
his mother was a Kaffir, his fathor an
Irishman who had bocomo a natural
ized American, but afterward sorved
in tho Fronch army, and that ho was
born on tho pnssago betwocn Yoko
hama and Colombo In a Spanish vessel.
"Put him down a Scotchman!" was the
official decision. A man brought up at
Bow street was accosted by olght lin
guists and n professor in sovonty-flvo
languages without a response But
a test oasa for tho census officials is
that of a man in Wales who asserts
that ho was found on a dorcllct vessel
(dato unknown) and knows nothing
about his father or moth or. A house
holder could not toll how many chil
dren ho had, whllo still another en
tcrod two pigs and n sheep dog us
"mombors of his fnmily." A WeBt
Indian entered hlmsolf as a duck
stealer. A high-church clorgyman, who
had a very low-church son (also a
clorgymnn) staying with him, Is nl
loged to havo registered him as a "lun
atic" in tho proper column.
Elbow slcovcs nro Increasing In
popularity for evening wear, and In
any cases deep frills aro addod with
graceful effect.
ROSE TO WEALTH.
Stanhopo was at a city dinner and
noxt to him Bat a London aldorman of
great wealth, a man highly rospoctcd
no anu tno can talked of many
things and found each other mutually
ontortalnlng. Noxt day Lord Stan
hepo received a lottor, out of which
dropped a C100 noto. "It was your
lordship's kind loan of this gum," said
tho no.o, "that started mo in llfo and
enabled mo to havo tho honor of Bitting
noxt to your lordship at dinner."
Tho United States Is now ahead of
Gormany In navnl strength by nbout
3,000 tons, and thus Is entitled to
fourth placo among naval powors.
Nearly all tho organizations for do
bato in Kentucky bear tho namo of tho
"Henry Clay Dobatlng Club."
i in. livl aiuw n
iuuuiiiiiiiR irom son
nnd Knnsm City.
BOl'TII OMAHA.
KiiriTij. nnn urn n rsiaiti, . t ...i
m-iivo nuu iuny menu on nil ivrirab
grnucs. Tiicro wns tho usual largo pro
portion of beef steers Included In tho re
ceipts nnd tho qunllty of tho ottering as
a rule was very good. Packers nil want
ed tho cnttlo showing weight nnd quality
nnn on such Kinds tho market was activn
nnd sternly to strong. As high as $3.75
was paid for n prime lond, which Is tho
highest prlco of tho yenr on this market.
Thero wns a good demand for cow stuff
this morning nnd tho better grades moved
freely nt Rood, sternly prices. In fact,
thero wns very llttlo chnngo notlcenhlo
ii tho prices pnld for any of tho cows
nnd heifers on tho market. Practically
everything wns out of flrst hands early
In the morning, lltills wero also good Roll
ers whero tho qunllty wns satisfactory,
and the market could bo quoted Just
nbout steady. Stags nnd calves nlso sold
n yestcrdny's notches. There wero only
a few Blockers nnd feeders In tho ynrds
this morning nnd anything good sold at
what looked to bo stendy prices.
Hogs Tho receipts of hogs woro very
nenrly ns heavy ns they wcro a week ngo.
but ns other markets were In good shnpo
tho tendency of vnlucs wns upward. On
tho stnrt tho market wns very slow, as
pnekers did not llko to pnv moro thnn
steady prices, whllo sellers wero holding
for nn advance Tho flrst hogs sold mostly
strong to 2Uc higher, tho bulk going at
$3.70 nnd J5.724. Trading wns rather slow
on thnt busts, however, nnd not much
wns dono for somo llttlo time.
Sheep Thero wns a fair run, tho follow
ing quotations being given: Cholco
Clipped wethers, JI.30W1.30: fnlr to good
clipped wethers, J3.90ff4.20; cholco clipped
ewes, t3.05fi3.P0; fair to good clipped
oweii, J3.30fT3.C3; cholco woolod Inmbs,
JI.3W5.60; fnlr to good lambs, J5.10ff5.50;
cholco clipped lambs, J4.75ff4.D0i fair to
good clipped lambs, $1.C0J,4.73; spring
lambs, J5.0OfiG.00; feeder wethers, J3.C0W
4.00; feeder lambs, J4.00ff4.40.
KANSA8 CITY.
Cnttlo Hccf steers, strong; cows nnd
heifers, steady to 10c lower; Blockers nnd
feeders, 1 OH 20a higher; cholco bocf stceri).
J5.45iff5.S0; fnlr to good, J5.0Of5.40; stockers
nnd feeders, J3.75fj5.00; western fed
steers, J4.75fi5.C0; Tcxans nnd Indian.
J4.35OG.40; Tcxns grass steers, JJ.OOfKW;
cowb, J3.33C4.S0; heifers, J3.8OJr5.20; can-
nors, J2.C0tf3.15; bulls, J3.40ffl.93; calvcj,
J4.O0fJG.CO.
Hogs Market opened strong, but close!
UWlic lower; top, J3.95; bulk of sales, 15.70
Jf5.S5j heavy, J5.85fi5.95; mixed packers,
J5.7065.S5; light, J3.COffG.7r,; p!g, J3.W.
Sheep nnd Lambs Market strong; west
ern lambs, JI.75Cf5.50; western wethers.
Jl.OMH.CO: western yearlings. JI.COIr4.30;
owes. J3.75ff4.25; culls, J2.765T3.CO; Texmi
grass sheep, J3.00fN.15; Toxns lumbs, J4.23
iH.'O; spring lambs, J3.00f(5.73.
DIETRICH CHANGES HIS PLANS
Wilt Not do Around the World, but In
stead Htops nt riilllpplnc.
WASHINGTON, Juno C Sonator
Dietrich will not Junkot around tho
world with tho congressional party,
ns it was announced from Washington
last week. Instead ho will go to tho
Philippines this summer, accompanied
by his daughter, who has just finished
tho Bchool year at Dryn Mawr colloge
Senator Dietrich said today that ho
had dotermlned to sail for tho Philip
pines Juno 25 from San Francisco by
tho transport Hancock.
"Tho Philippines hnvo long been my
objective, ' said tho sonator, "for con
gress will hnvo to tako nctlon look
ing to their government at Its noxt
cession, nnd desiring to leglslato ln-
Ulllgcntly for them I hnvo docldod to
go to tho Islands direct lnatcad of
stopping thoro en routo on tho swing
around tho globe Then again, my
(laughter desires to boo tho far cast
and ub wo havo boon soparated for
year I thought It but right I should
lucludo her In my tour Instead of go
ing with tho Btng party. I told Mr. MeV
ccr of my change In program, al
though I Imagine It will bn great fun
for thoso who aro bookod to embark
from Now York on a trip around tho
world."
Senator Dietrich and daughter will
go to tho Philippines In distinguished
military company, with Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln, Surgeon General Stern
berg, Chief of Ordnance A. R. Ruft
lngton nnd others of tho army who go
out to Inspect tho soveral branches of
tho military and civil establishments
in tho islands. It Is Sonator Dlot
rlch's Intontlon to loavo Washington
early next wcok for Nebraska, whoro
ho will remain until Juno 20, whon
ho will leuvo for San I-'rauclsco.
OlmfTfO Arrlvrs at Mitnllln.
MANILA, June C Gcnoral Chaffeo
nnd staff nnd two companies of the
Ninth Infantry arrived here today on
tho United States transport Sumnor
from Tnku. Tho gonernl was received
with a major gcncrnl'B salute Gen
eral Chaifco will bo Qonoral MacAr
thur'H guost at tho Malacanang palace
Cull for Ntntu Warrant.
LINCOLN, Juno C Treasurer Stuo
fcr has Issued a call for state war
rants rclgstered from 07,215 to 09,010,
nmounilng to $100,000, and payablo on
Juno 10.
Pirn In Olilneae Capital.
BERLIN, Juno C. A apodal dis
patch from Pokln, dated Juno 4, Bays
n great conflagration has occurred In
tho Forbidden City. Tho Americans
nnd Jnpane30 aro barring all nccoss to
tho quarter Involved, and dotalls,
therefore, nro not obtainable
llnylng Short Term JlniitU.
WASHINGTON, Juno C Tho aecro
tcry of tho treasury today bought ?3G,
C00 4 por cent abort torm bonds at
113.1952.
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