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Show ' TW BEAVER COUNIY, felADH., w. . warn. rnsv. UTAH NEWS SUMMARY. ; Thirteen parsons were killed kod fourteen otliert injured eeriouely in n Are damp exploeioo In the Pluto corf mink nt YViosa, uexr Br.ux. n l.v.l. VELDT 1 fr j s de j Catb Private advice announee-tha- t olic German mluitonkry, Bishop Hammer, wae first horribly tortured and than burned alive in Tua Taeo. j ! Hampton Jack ton, a colored deputy he riff, who was ahot In tha election riot In Ienver, la dead, Thia ia lha third death resulting from tha rloL Champion Jeffries' propoaition to taUa him on for another fight immediately or nt tha cloa of tbe theatrical aeaaon. .Tb allied fitter rated aevrial boxer villages. Tha Germans took one at Tang Taung and ahot all the boaera captured after a drumhead I sweet-scente- d t l. cu-to- The number of piece of mail matter received at the dead letter oflice last year from all sources wa 7,534,11)1, gainst 6,835,93s for the preceding year The United State -- - transport - dan sailed Frtdey from Han Francisco for Manila with 210 recruits. She also carries a large number of civilian pae-aengera. Barones von Ketteler, whoaa waa murdered by tha Pbiarte in lekln, ia improving slowly at the residence of her fattier, Henry II. Ledyard of Detroit. William Hulliean, the murderer of Spencer Gaylord, the watchman of a Tuolumne county gold mine, ns hanged at Han Quentin, Friday, built-radied bravely. Simultaneously with the passing of the preferred stock dividend by the, director! of the American Linseed com-pe- y the company announced a cut of 10 cent a gallon Ip oil. It ia asserted In Shanghai that the Empress dowager ha appointed Sir Robert Hart, director of Chinese imperial customs, to arrange the indemnity question with the powers. Tbe gelatine mixing house of the Olent lowder company at Hobraute, hut-ban- d n TFriday.twx-John & Iloffelmcler, ep fore man, and twy Chinese were killed. Tip Luck, the Chinese murderer of Chief of l'ulire Main of Htrvensqu, B. C, was hanged Friday morning in the yard of the provincial jail at New Westminster, lie confessed his guilt Mis Cl at Barton and part of the Red Crosa society, who have spent several weeka in tlalveaton managing the distribution of rehef among the storm sufferers, have Teturoed to their homes. An outbreak of bubonic plague is reported among the natives of Hzinyoka, near Kiug 'Villiamrtow n. Smith Africa. Precautiona are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease among tha whites. Persona about the Russian court say of the Emperor's illness that Jt waa merely a mild case of influenza, caused carelessness in sitby bia ting about rooms with the windows wide open. Actual work has begun on the laying of the keels to the mammoth iron steamships to be built at tbe works of the Eastern shipbuilding company at Groton, opposite New Loudon, Conn. They will cost 5,QOU,ouo. weil-Wnow- u Becrelary Ixmg will urge the establishment of a naval reserve to supplant the existing naval militia which is apposed to have outlived its usefulness aa la shown by its rapid deterioration since the war with Spain. It ia a unique testimony to the great individuality of President Kruger, say a Paris special, that Ins voyage to Europe is watched with more interest by tha continental press than is the progress of tha war in China. Tbe women who was found dead in the Boulevard hotel. New York, with Dr. Ahlatrom, waa identified aa Mrs Barry Gardner of 10V West One Hundred end First street, the wife of a men who followed the races The new 1 spares ni'nistry ia looked upon with th greatest interest and favor by foreiguvra, aa itTa without doubt far more favorably disposed toward the latter than any which has been in power for some yekra past. Count Ton VValdcrsee. the commander of tbe allies, is considering the ad- visability of removing hia winter headquarters to Shanghai, and this is taken to indioate that the allies will not to prolong operation in th north. "ti - S , j J e j t - -- I,e.-,ll- e Sheri- Postmaster-Genera- l Th has designated Poeloffiee Inspector John R. Harris, now postmaster at Havana, as of post in acting director-generCuba, pending the absence of Director General Foanea, who ia convalescing ja New York. Bhe bad a TSgne. ground'.esa dread or t'.ift, as" if hi presence denoted danger. I don't like him. she said to herAnd ypk wly should I not? He self. lias done nothing to make me dislik or distrust him. Down-stair- s the two men were sitting together at the table, a decanter of Scotch whisky and two glasses between them. They had been speaking In low tones; bjt now, as the whisky began to take effect, Les'i" rd.ed his. "You are a generous man, Moore'" "And ou areola earnest be cried." when you tell me that this Is the sole return you ask for your extraordinary r generosity? "Tbe sole return, Mooie replied He raic d lis bauds to his Ups, and kept it there for a n.omen', then, dropping it to his guas, wii'eh Lad stood full him all ti e time, though Leslie had replenished his several times, be "But I nn t have that adled sinw'v return, Mr. Lrse- - ih it aud no other. I have set n.y iniuu un n it. be-M- CTIWTER II. i has rejected court-martia- I PASTOR ACCUSED OF MUFJPER. COLORADO RAPIST THE. STAKE BUiiNfcOAT MlnUiPr I hsrgfd Wltk Kill tad fmlM Fortr,1 Who Aoilt4 Moot If. log III ASTORYOFTHE I lMr Old (itrt, bi drrJ A S1 oational murder mvtterjr hat mm Aful Ff BOER CAMPAIGN. develoeii nt Wyoming. I , and the Prcatun Iortr(the lAyear-ol- d u djto ON THE.... C. ia Rev In I) it principal figure rhoaMauUnJ and murdered IN NATAL Stuart, a lot mer paator of the Wy oming j Kroat a I.unou, Colo., recently, Lquiw 1 id.ntl- Baptist Imr li Thvpa.p.r. wifeeii.d ,t lh- - siske On thk By H B. Mzckeoz.e uddenty two weeka ago at tha home of c,j ;lo, committed tbe crime, : I her daughter in Ii.v moult, hbn had $; g,, been married hut three mouth. and, Tb lff ,,f Lincoln county started VtVpf r'ti i V,.' pf Vp .c V yjg Jt JSg7, y$i ;i ; P" p VI waa ill only l.u ds. Her iUneaa wa, uh ,,orlrr u.eeouuty jal' at Hugo. could Bluehi-ll man. ice For th rest, Hot regarded aa aerk.ua and aha dlUbnl b, urJr,t at Limow by 0 Ulr in comdark sonu waa he hat that after her huaband g determined mob of 300 men. who ahortly plexion, wearing a ehort litt'e peaked had earned dinner to her bedaide An tRjk ,,ollrr frm b. ,henff and took beard; but she could not see h!s face with label bottle the 'Varbolie , hlm empty lh tDe of bl4t.nme distinctly. Acid wa. found near the bed, and aui- - j b firmly act in great sU.!dh. bat a pbaaa.it cool-elAn ,ron Makr She went downb'air-- presently. Her waa suggested j waa boand ness ia the air made it delightful after sitting room was a r'easmt apartment, ter pm which groUD(), to Numerous auapiru.ua circumetance with skins of spnngboK and other wild .. ith chain after having koelt-t- n silent the sweltering heat. have been brought to light, and tha' There been no had a for ram Abe animals covering the floor. A lamp around long were piled prayer. Hoards and tha ground waa parched and burned on the tab'e, cn which a sumpj body wae exhumed ami an autopay will and kerosene, saturated wittj be held. The reverend gentleman wae negro, dry. Outalde the pretty homestead tuous supper was spread '1 C two men when all waa in reaJmess, R V. I rest. the red of sanJ the vrldt liy thick and stood by the firep'ate tu'dirg. aaked to arcount for home money be- father of the murdered girl, applied a fine in the As Bluebell eutirei her father diy gra,-- a Inch covered longing to the church, which he failed match. , the wagon track. I it in.nie the grass turned. to do, and he reigued hie paatorate j lighted Porter turned his head and an awful looked green enough. Ftihap it had "Well, my Rlrl, Im back ncain, you and left for Philadelphia. Stuart hue Vtith phang.lTdiia face. received . an artificial rliower. All see. Come and kics me, B! u bell. expression been placed under arrest, the warrant sudden convulsive tugging he stretcaed round the grassy lawn were flower The girl approa-tfd- , and the other charging him with murder and abor- hla head far from tl e rapidly increas- beds, mostly of tropical flowers, among man on the heartlnug sarod at,Jhe ' tion. ing flames and uttered a cry of pain. which the succulent blue lly raised Its dainty white figure as Adam Leslie d but gave her a sounding kiss op the cheek. flowers, Oil, my (.oil, let me go men, I've got Wng, trumpet-shapePROTECTING SOUND CITIES. a Wer were too few "You see I've brought a fr.end with flowers, MeaieJet English trll J to more you! somethin Mr. Moore my daughme, Bluebell. W IT fturtrfti to liter atately 'hoUjhoiTs, forli(letton on in go. Oh. my One!, my Oodr roses, dahlias. Bluebell." ter, queenly the rda, In terriMa Hffwlufs Mr. Moore bowed low," IP tic bell did Beyond tbe lawn an aveAue of blue-guIn Conformity t ith the oteroim-ntlie fir- -t lie tied uttered aloud, came and black nettle led to the veldt the same Sh did not offer her bund, policy lnv the Iseifn nnd to provide from the negro A terrible lugging at without Behind the bouse, which was as her frank would naiuiaily ample protection to Juget sound iu the chains a succession of aeul built of stone, and looked and have led her to do; Ehe hardly knew quaint cane war should result from a disagree aiAul pretty with a veranda rurning round why. groans and scream, the negro nient betw een the jm.w i rs in t lnua, tha hit it, rose some of the highest peaks of down "You will remember ussst lastJjreakiog your native war depart mi ut wilt next year ma. ullrn ro.nposure. Not an oath escip- - the Drakensberg. A little to the left country every t.me you addrers the alrength of the tcrially mert-unIsBe. said the nullioiLiire. turning elnm, but he tagged and pleaded, to ranOnthethisliver Kdp. the sound fortifications IMaus have been be shot too near to his host. aim, evening X' Ifs made at Washington for the construcAdam setting to be hot now, was shining laughed uproariously. No si lent. on waa paid to Fiia appeal, Into the sleepy brown eyes of a Bluebell felt now quite sure that he tion of new battery ruiplnceiiients at and he was permitted to suffer until right who girl lay full length in the shade had been drinking He was usually a porta flagler, t.usey and Worden. One nature came to hia rehef of a gum-trea book on the grass be- - reserved, even tadturn man, stern additional batti ty of sixteen mortar An inquest was held on the aide her. head was supported by enough towards hrs household; but liar ia to be put in, aud six eight and aix bone that were not consumed, the a plump little brown hand, and she alcohol unloosed his tongue and give h gun sre to be added to til verdict waa that Dorter came tO was' smiling a very happy, contented him a certain coar-- c frankness. In addition, th present defenses. his death at hands of persona smile, as if some happy thought passed "Quite right, quite right, Mr. Moore! new fort at the entrance to the governIt was her mother gave her the name through her mind. ment dock at Port Orchard is to I , It was a pretty face, too, with Its a romantic freak, hut It serves Ps POPULATION OF HAWAII. , warmth and healthiness of coloring, purpose here, and makes us remember completed. I.ater fortification are to be erected at Fort I.uwton and point Us Out MQrN Rfffiifd gitlisli contour, its tbe poor old 'mither' country." (niu Burr iIvmieUntU. half-opeDefiance ( ongreas will at the red lips. Its clear, Miss Elizabeth came in presently, smiling, lug ensuing session provide funds for this work, H Pn- - thUu.shly smooth forehead, over and they all sat down to the abundant q he census bureau hss Issued a bull- which hair supper. During the meal the two men Is expected, , tin announcing th population of Ha- shot little curls of the brown with came gold ruddy talked, Mr. Moore quietly and gravely, straying. waii I iv UUnilinnil districts It shows The half-shu- t, were very in a somewhat rich, sonorous voice; Illness rienillsli Missionary Kr.rt smiling ejes to be of Hawaii the total population ( rnrlij. soft and happy Just now; but who Mr. Leslie with loud hilarity. Miss 41 S could say whether they might not Elizabeth and Bluebell ud very little, Under tlie summon smi with the ap- 104,001, an increase of 46,181, or cent over 151, the last census some day be filled w'ith burning and the latter had a strange, uncomproval of the t inted states minister per During the last ten years, from slon, with blinding tears, or with the fortable const iousness during tbe meal nil the officers commanding the Amerthat the dark, eyes of tbe ican troop in Peking, George R 28UO to Ur io, or substantially ths same cold, set expression of McpalrL millionaire turned again and again to Bluebell: Bluebell, been in lias Tewksbury prosecuting her face. She knew not why the look child?" quinet, dictating ft rut ami uriaugiug made her shiver suddenly every time Th vales cam aaroas little tha Indemnities iu the villages around clear and distinct on tbe evening she met it all through her warm, joylawn, Tung t how air; and the girl, rising up from her ous heart and body. Tewkabury'a report asys his investiThe two men talked politics, discusscomfortable position, shook herself, gation brought to light cruellies of ths very much a a wet spaniel might do ing the likelihood of Krugers yielding most hellish and hm hurou description after coming out of the water, and to Britains demands. mi jW-sts- eted Glv in? Not he!" cried Leslie a practiced npon the nut,, at quick run for the house, converts! Ttm Hawaii in by vwwwvHwrnaorriowT A uni anguUri spinster lady stood loudly. "Well, the British know what by the Boxers. to do next, that's title good thing. Well Home of the (.lirisliuns and all their Islands is as follows: npon th doorstep. 46,841 relatives and connections shared in Hawaii What a head, child!" was the salu- sweep th whole race of them from the . 20,561 tation. Have you forgotten we are earth before weve done with them, whatever punishment was meted out Kauai...-- . or I'm mistaken, and its what they 171 to lav company tonight?" to one; some were buried alive, others Nljhau deserve! I do Maal retorted I believe had." 4M Well, 25, turned at the stake, end still others "If It comes to war, of course there Dont be angry with me. 2,504 the glrL were flist saturslciUwTtli kerosene and Molokai and Lanai,, 1 cottbln t can be no doubt as to which side will auntie? will you, Really Oahu 58,501 then set on flr. help 1L Ill never, never dq It again. win," said Mr. Moore, more quietly. All tha island have increased maA Belgian Roman Catholic priest hsd Now dad's going to bring some one "I suppose you have no friends among in population since 1690, with from Strips of flesh cut out of hi limbs and terially Maritzburg, Is he? Who is it, thq Boers or Afrikanders, Mr, Leslie?" the holes filled with kerosene, which tha axeeption of Molokai and Banal "Fk'vnds among sin h people? cried untie? Jfot anyone very great, I hope islands, which sbovy a combined lost oi was then ignited. Mr. Leslie. "Not very likely! 1 would Mr. Rhodes, for Instance?" 11 S per cent. Tlie largest percentagf "Dont talk nonsense, child ' re- not admit one of them into my house! of Itierqnse reported is 87 per rent, lot turned Miss Elizabeth Leslie. No, no! Bluebell spoke almost for the first Mysterious ttesth st Sumpter, Oregoa. Oabu island, on which the city of Hon- lt'a no one so great a3 that, only some time. Her voice was just a little undeath lias strange occurred olulu issituated. The very rich man, 1 believe, who has steady, as If emotion of some kind was city of Honoluls in Sumpter, Ore , which may develop is made his money at Kimberley or stirring It. Honwith ths of district into some very sensational charges "You dont always speak like that. But run away and dress iomewhere.. in. Oaius island, and is olulu, practi gainst s prominent man in that city. father. I am sure we have never reI have a good supchild. yourself, in the Hawaii. Hono only city The woman, whose mime waa St eally per ready, so I hope your father won't ceived anything but kindness from any lulu had a population in 22,907 Johns, died last Wednesday. Hr showing an increase from 1890 to 1904 keep us waiting. He wished us to have of the Dutch with whom we came in sickness was peculiar but the attenddinner; but why should I? We don't contact. And, besides theres a" good of 19,399, o'r 71 5 per eenl. ing physician was not able to diagnose call It dinner when we are alone, and deal to be said for their desire to rule the case. The woman was iu good Mormon why should we change our customs their own republic in their own way. Colony In Mulro Attckd How would we like over in the old for strangers? circumstances, being possessed of a Indian. If foreigners came and settled Bluebell dear." country auntie right, "Quite very valuable necklace and other coatly Official reports were received ,at El down us Frenchmen or Gerjewels which cannot he found st this Paso, Texas, Haturdsy, from Casas patted her aunts bony shoulder with a mans among and compelled us to conform hand. Besides, likely enough gentle time. Grande. Mexico, ITU miles southwest hes some coarse, horrid man! They to their customs? They are only like ,1,1'C .deceased arrived, of-- EJ Paso, saying band Of'Aptitb are always' the" kind that "become mi- their brave Yoref,ethers ln the tlme of Saturday and she states that the dead dians attacked tbe American mormon llionaire. Oh, auntie, I hope father William the Silent. woman was possessed of valuable jew-el- a Her father interrupted her with a colony of Pacheco, Mexico, Friday wont make a great friend of him if he Hhe estimate loud laugh. the value of tbe evening, and tlie redskins were Is!" reDoctor Rothes has provided, you jewelry at !:j,im. "Ws shsll soon see him, dearie, so pulsed w ith difficulty sfter ahiud fight- nysw with use beforehand no quite a number of arguments. therss thinking Twelve Indiana were killed and sevi ashler fxHils Bank. Bluebell. But politics are quite outare. said Miss Elizabhis what ways eral mormons were killed and woundI ulted Mates Bank Examines Tucker . called .. Mus alde a woman's sphere, my. girl, so- - f eths-sb was .always Ahwe-xse- l ' number-- was' not given, Monday took pov.cs.sion of the German ed, advise you not to take them up. Eh, Elizabeth eoothingly. national bank at Newport, Ky., and although said to l t least four. Bluebell ran upstairs to her own Mr. Moore, isn't that soT' The report came to the mayor of room. It was a pretty little room, I think Misa Leslie would even posted a nolle that the bank would in the shape of a disMexico, a convert of me." said the milJuarez, iTom-iT- , make as much but furniture, not containing pen. ling airexamination. lie also announced uuoflicially that patch from ttic- - mavor of Casoa dainty as feminine fingers could make lionaire, bowing gallantly. Agald It was supplemented by a it Bluebell did not spend all her tlnio Bluebell caught his eye, and tbe look Frank M Brow n, the assistant cashier, Granies gave her another shiver. "May I ask request for troops to dt ive the Indians lying dreamily under the gum-trewas miasingnd that a partial investihad Just donned her pretty white he went on quietly, discussing Miss She out of the toBoarding mountains, showed he was abort about that gation ward which they tied after attacking inusltn frock, drawn in at the waist by Elizabeth's Die. who Doctor Rothes tJ01,(K0. Brown is missing. a blue band It was rather strange is? the settlers. A young Englishman over at Ladythat Bluebell should smile and blush KLONDIKE OUTPUT. a little to bet self as she fastened the smith," replied Mr. Leslie carelessly. ORE DOCKS COLLAPSE. We have him here sometimes. A very blue band when the sound of horses' Twenty Mltlhm the yiisrn for the Tast Me Ar Klllr.l in the Arrlden. T hniMtn, hoofs galloping up the avenue drew clever young fellow quite exceptionShe ran to the window, ally clever; but Just a little quixotic, A section of the Minnesota ore docks her attention. Duffeiein Datulfo, chief clerk of th you know, as young fellows are apt to Id th harbor at Buffalo, N. Y.. col- hiding behind the window curtains. gold commissioner' oilice at Dawsoo, "" Presently two riders emerged from be. estimate the past Mason's Klondike lapsed Sunday tinder the Weight of I Just so; understand, said Mr. the avenue, and rode up the graveled output of gold st g.'it, ooo.ooo, as against 60,000 tons of ore. to the hduse. Bluebell could see Moore quietly. He ganced at Bluepath IIT.OOO.ikm for DOO. Next Max Tors snd Thomas Ford wer year's gold bell without appearing to do so, and them distinctly. output of the Klondike, Bntullo thinks, killed and William Burke injured. The first ,waa her father. Bluebell saw that the healthy rose In her will reach !..ooo,ooo. Tbe property loss is estimated at tl$o knew him wejl enough not to require cheeks had deepened almost ImperOf this year's shipment of gold 000. The crash came without warning Ho take a second look at him; yt she ceptibly In tint, and that her long United Mate ( om.nl MeCork hss and 300 feet of the dock distppeared did take a second look. lashes drooped over and demurely hid record of 14 4o0,ooo. beneath the surfaceof the Adam Leslie, Esq., of Tlnlaverstock. her eyes. The millionaire was to stay at New Scotland, who had emigrated to South RIOT BREAKS OUT AGAIN. TUAN UNDER ARREST. Africa 10 year ago, was a man of mid- Kelso thus Mr. Leslie had named his farm In memory of the Scottish town dle age, heavily built, stout, and Chinese Threaten All (hrtsllsn With GTror II n.t.n I AIm s.14 to ln with a heavy chin, a stubborn near which be had lived all night. Oeath OwMody. mouth, and a pair of rathqr cold gray Bluebell did not feel nearly as hospitA dispatch from Refugees who have arrived at CanShanghai sa: I'r.nce eyes. But just now his face was red- able as usual. ton, China. report that Toan ia under arre-- t at Nighsia. Now Kelso was a lonely enough pro. der than usual and there was a alight riots have broken out In the province vince of Hhaa Hte, Hu wart of certainty In hts gait aa he place, being about twelve miles from of Kisng Hi. Tlie oon-- 4 hristisn are Ilaien has been arrested atiiuan nesr sprang from his horse that Bluebell Ladysmith, the nearest village, and the womenfolk sometimes saw no wearing badge and ait persons not so Siao Fu, and that Shenp, the dt rectorf' iored t0 ; decorated are in danger of death, outsider for the space of many His companion, the "millionaire, of telegraphs and railroads, ha Kt. T lie viceroy of the provine has Sv morialized the throne denouncing Yn was not at all what Bluebell had pic- months; they were, therefore, all the tured him. He was an old man; he more disposed to make the most of pointed a deputy to settle tbe French The dispatch adds th Usien, tn atra'.ght-backe- d and alert, and any stray one who did appear. claims at Shun-Taand French gunedict Is expected coudemumg Yu Hin looked But Blubell did not feel that Gerald at on bis horse with an air of negli-genboats will accompany the letter with to death. that showed him a true horse Moor waa going lo be any acquisition the view of enforcing bis orders. ri,ig Ignacio RusUllas, a Mexicaa youth, la a ballroom ba-Ahit iwMtbkkrt wa waluiog with soother lUzMiuraoo . ; wielded - Robert 5 1 LOST aMMMamMMMWm IIAVIR, at-e e, ten-inc- -- softly-rounde- d, n, pas-the- rs slow-movin- g . ! ! -- e. red-facc- d. anti-Christi- Ibst-Govern- k ca y It was a Ill il nl r.uu.g a k w hui tl ro-- s llur, ; e one dii. to Ladysmith, veldt by op1 n litthe wagon path on her tle liite Hover, fchie was a capital hoi ou.an, and nothing daunted her when in the stdd.e. It w?s a vny hot day, and there of eoi ing riu, which made weie Btii hell hurry, Ibr pa'h lay across the dry ve It. C use, parched grass and wHhrmislii ubs made it look like a di ccf t. Tlie ro ul w?.3 a bad and narrow one. It swciki and undulated like an ocean, now d.pping down into a hollow now lisiag to the height of Somea little giei e ovt led kopje. to the river, times she rode elo-- e which seemed almost dry now, so long had been Uip drought; and always she kept in sight of the greet frowning peaks of DrakPiie'icig. above which eagles and vultures circled in their flight Bluebell h.ul met'"es at Ladysmith. birt it was not of her she was thinking as she neared her dost, nation. She w is close to it at last. She saw the little town nestling, as it seemed in the distance, almost at the bottom of Hulwaan, though in truth srpua'ed from it by wide stretches of meadow lands, with the Klip, wtndipg its course through them. Now she priced numerous kopjes of red earth, intnspersed with shrubs, between which grew abundance of flowers, white jasmine and climbing convolvulus, and the rich glory of red and yellow bloom clustered thickly on the low, dwarf shrubs which covered the kopjes. Bluebell had acquaintances in Ladysmith. The Leslies were pretty well known In the country. She was just turning Into the town when some one emerging from behind a sudden curve came towards her. Bluebell started a little and stooped over Rover, a richer color than exercise had brought there coming into her cheeks. In a few seconds the npw comer waa close to her, and lifting his big gray hat from his head, paused by her horse. He was a young man, perhaps nearing thirty, attired in gray khaki, and with a sunburnt face which showed to he was that exposed all weather, lor the rest, be had been originally a man, with good features and an open, frank exprfcMon. His dark gray eyes were clear and steady, but cojild- - look sure-foote- d iC-- n-- mes-sng- - wonderlngly soft and tender. They did so now, though his expression waa one of much anxiety as he held out his hand, into which Bluebell put hers without a word. (To be continued ) Itnrmah'a Amher Mines Is found id a region difficult of access and jealously guarded by thoi-e- , ,wUo .have every. lute rest In keeping their secret. It Is situated In the Hukotig valley, surrounded on three sides by almost Impassable ranges of mountains, so that It Is accessible only from the south across low hills forming the watershed between the Chindwin and the "Tn "one of these" low hill In Burmah amber Irra-wad'd- y.' ranges are the famous and mysterious mines of golden resin. It is obtained in a- very primitive way. After the harvest the diggers go to the hills, and selecting a pliee where there nr no pits dug by previous prospectors, shape with their swoids . a small pointed hoe, a wooden shodel, and a basket of split bamboo. With these they make a hole in the blue clap, removing the refuse by means of th basket, and gradually deepening the shaft. Three men work In company-o- ne below (the shaft not being large enough for more than one at a time), while the others hand up the basket. The amber Is found in pockets, which are generally Indicated by strings of coaly matter appearing In the clay. Stray Stories. . - Tlr-- t tlM In Optic. In looking out of doors, do you notice how bright. Is the green of the grass and the leaves?" asked an elderly gentleman of a little girl, whose home he was - visiting. sir." Why does It appear so m'gh brighter at this time?" he next asked, looking down upon the bright, sweet face with tender Interest. '"Because ma has cleaned the window, and yon can see out better," she said. Stray Stories. 'Tesr Tommy's Only Wish. WiiaT would you like best tomor row. Tommy, on your birthday?" "I'd like to ae the school burnt down," rei plied the lad. , -- |