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Show CLOSED I.N Uii.K-ad- i Trii!.wtliii; M 1 sl to tin- - FIERCE FAMINE CARS. la i H j r,MU k H V ths t It east." "Is this coal going there'.''' 'Von bet it is." eame the answer .juickly. "of course it is not billed hero from here." "This eoal is.wut down to Car roll ton." continued the man. "for instanoe, 1 -- iiud then to some point a little further east. The reason this is .lone is to gradually make it lose its identity.'' The Burlington brought eighty cars of eoal last week. The eoal that is transferred in the company's yards is -- hoveled from Missouri Pacific and Memphis flat cars to Burlington and Missouri liiver and Chicago, Burliug-to,v Qniney box curs. Part of it conies from the Rich Hill, Mo., mines. n J'iie Nortli I'ole. London. .Inly 2,. A special dispatch from Copenhagen says a carrier-pigeolias been caught in the vicinity of Tromsoe island, jiear the north point of Norway, w ith the following btamp-c- d upon its wings: "North pole passed 15th."' A keen intere.it is felt iu geographical circles here as to the result of Professor Andre's expedition and this is greatly increased by the arrival of the pigeons at Soevde and at Tromsoe island, though there is some doubt as to whether either bird came from Andre. It is a curious fact that the inscription "14'.' W. 4.ivy agrees exactly with the geographical location from which the London experts believe they might hear from Andre, at about this time. n I tab t attle. July 23 A strange fatality in a herd of cattle occurred near here, which is puzzling stockAVyo., men. Fifty head of Utah cattle, in a herd of 000 ow ned by Harvey Brothers of Salt Lake and pastured here, died suddenly, with appearances of poisoning. State Veterinarian llalcomb made an investigation and found that the cat-ti- e had eaten the seed pods of a specie of loco weed, which native cattle, it is said, will not touch. 'ire broLsi out Pungkok, July t'ie royal ja1ae at Mam. and for tune there t h re jVtn.l to be a very .serious eiuit'.c.Tatioii. Fortunately there was but lit i K' wind and the Idu.n was l'oii fined to the building in which it started. A quantity of medical stuiTS, 'itio rities and much ammunition was destroyed. The latter exploded and several people were injured. The treasury building was for some time iu da uger. According to the latest native reports from S.eehuan, the famine there is still at its height, and people are dying from starvation by hundreds daily. Large sums of money will also bo needed to start the survivors once more in lice. While returning home from the annual meeting of the American mission at I hingchou to H'Aughiaehuang Lev. A. 11. Smith and II. P. Porter, Mrs. Porter and three children were attacked by a moV. They were traveling by boat and were tied up for the night just outside of the city. Rocks and other missiles wen; thrown at the party, but they kept the mob at bay by firing rifle shots into the air until the officers arrived. Missionary riots are reported tohava occurred in Klangsi province. The last riot iu which three churches were dei st roved occurred June 11. According to the Japanese paper ICokumin, Mi. "tick, the United States minister, has brought with hi in instructions to maintain as pacific an ns possible between Japan and the United States. The paper remarks that this is as it should be, as it would be a great pity to interrupt the friendly relations which have hitherto prevailed between America and Japan, especially over such a paltry thing as Hawaii. at-tu- - 'I- ,.. V'li tu::l : 1; '1"! ::.! a I. , : e l ev vy, '! el, 4 Ett'o; ant .)! , timid .... i i.i a '.: . 1 ic i -h hi:iifP':f fi'uin i. Jtidsoin? ho'l.se, tine d to all n It ::. ji ,i r;n.-Vv..- ;" ti tL.t "J'. H v. i.t ,s IS lived within. If. v. :i C ..ml i hc'i hn.!t: y : o late." "Anything can do for yon is done," said the doctor, cordially. T think, Rodney, your old friends do not uu- maud, as 1 lo, huv foully you have been wronged. Knowing evcrythinjt, have exerted ail my Influence with .'ur uncle in yont favor, but so ir in liii ,;i 1 i .in of rs tor a y a ci'iK-- fate, a parting andy,, constancy iinl faithful loe. 'The man, Iiodne.v Kirke, w;.s a tine looking young l'cllov 0f t wuity-ei-hvlio had been from infuuey the ward r.nd darling of his .Iain. ., Kirke. believing hinue'f a!ta,vs to l.e the t er- tain heir of that gmtlci,,.,,, au,j t.w,,. ais dutiful nephew !r,,ni true, earth.it love and gratitude. His life bad been .1 shadowed one, liaus; ijnle in inlit- ne.-for his uncle for thirty ears had heen invalid sometimes an well enough to move about iu u,s UW1 t.v tensive grounds, but often, mr months together, confined to his room and bed, suffering intensely. Wheu Rodney left, school and would have studied a profession or entered upon some business career, his uinle kept him bound to his chair, letting a tha management of bis large estate fall gradually into his hands, and taking infinite comfort from his gentle care when lie was Buffering. It was a strange, gray life for youth, and Rodney fretted sometimes at merging his own existence into that of the invalid, but the argument his uncle used at such times was a powerful j Now leli m, V.lili. . what can I i!o for Jon?" 1 am si ;( rv inji : 1 will not can not work without some n 1 but there is one Id for. Loiik tiaitiin-,- " he said. bitterly, "has made til" a K"od nurse. Will you J;ive me a nurse's bi:t e and a nurse's wages in the L "hoi-tor- !i,'f. 1 po.-iiio- i -- ness." t 1 s. "Whn I die this whole property will be yours, and you must care for it and control it. It will never be necessary for yon to undertake any other busi- j i t, one. "Oh, Ralph, speak to rne! my dear husbnnd!" raikr.! rdpsl- - at t lice to ,i , e hi!:! i: I:m m o,!ii.il :i,, Ul);. ""uu j:ve Lie ihiu.i.'.i.' iVr asking a fuur" the ouns; man said, irrtel'ul- ly. ' Old friend.-- l.ae not cured to tee ! tl'ui.; r.f..: i rv , tl- f ' !' ' i "Von!" the doctor cri-- d. and then i'iw! to move Rodney from this leso-ht!in- :, tttV'Mdi.K him opportunities to iiiiiy medicine, loans of money -a- uy-t!ns the truest friendship eo.nd Rut Rodney was firm. lb must earn the bread he ate, though he thankfully accepted the doctor's proportion to make the position a stepping stone for the study of medicine and PWfcery. It were far too Ions a story to record all the trials of the next two years. Faithful in the discharge of every duty, the nurse found time for study under Dr. Redlowe's advice, and put in every dollar not needed for actual existence toward the expense of a medical education, lie was amazed himself at the enthusiasm his study roused, and the doctor encouraged him warmly, seems? clearly how lie would be fitted for his profession. Rut over the new hopes there hung a heavy cloud. Six months after he left Fern-dalhis letters to Leila remained un answered so long that he went to seek her, to find the store in new hands and the family Rone. Shocked, anxious and bewildered as he was, he did not. lose his faith. When he could offer her a home he would seek Leila and find her true to him. News from home came to him from Dr. Ledlowe. He was kept informed of the rapid changes the first that Ralph Olney had taken his place in . lie was content, therefore, to lot his life narrow to the limits his uncle dictated, until, about two years before the date when this story opens, Mr. Kirke WATSON'S CALL, being ordered to the seaside, u,ere met lie MaUea a l'lca for the Resignation of Mrs. Olney, a widow with one son very Chairman lSutler. nearly Rodney's age. Looking back, PeoIn his it was all like a whirling dream to the Atlanta, Ga., July ple's part- paper Thomas Watson calls young man to recall how the handsome on Senator Putler to resign the nation- widow took possession of his uncle, al chairmanship of the People's party-H- e flattered him, petted him, coaxed him' and married him. says: Tha return to Ferndaln, James "With Putler at the head of our Kirke's home, was a wedding trip, and his uncle's affections and was a most host, the host is not going to march. from that hour every effort was made devoted Btepson. Later, Mrs. Kirke We had enough of Putler and liutler-isthe bride to thrust Rodncv out of died, but Rodney's letters to his uncle by He has deceived us and is de- his place in his n,, and ceiving us now. He is in collusion home. Misrepresentations nt-rmade with our foes, just as Allen is. We at first in vain; afterwird with more i jR cannot fight fusion with a fusionist in effect. Keeping him out of his uncle's command. There is no sense in try- room, Mrs. Kirke made the old gent leman believe his absence was from voling it. "This party is entitled to a chairman untary neglect. At last a tangible who is in sympathy with this policy as cause of complaint vas found, when declared at Nashville. Populism can- Rodney, lonely and miserable, fell in to success unless a Populist love with Pella Green, whoso father-hor- ror not go of horrors! kept a small drinkleads it a leader who puts principles and whose mother was vulsaloon, ing above the office and who realizes ?i8 e, . e mi deadly mistake of putting our party After Stutc iunoN, into corrupt bargainings for oflice with Poise, Idaho. July i.'.'. Governor its foes. Steunenberg and State Auditor An"Let Mr. 'Butler resign. Let us have derson left for Blackfoot today, where Washburn or Peed for a chairman. they will pratieipato in the Prevail re- Let us have an official head in whom ception. They also have same state busi- the rank and file put confidence." ness to attend to. When the, Punting liri'aeliof Diplomatic I" sag. bank failed the Pingham county tax Havana, July 24. Captain General collections were tied up. The state's Weyler has arrived. He traveled from proportion to this amount to .?',!,; T00. An effort is now to be made to collect from Cienfuegos by train to Cruces and Sagua La Grande. From the latter the county. place he proceeded to the coast, where l.liiruklliiin of Tlit'KMtly. lie took the steamer Adele to Havana. Athens. July "1. The Puropeai mili- The action of the United States Secretary authorities have ordered the sur- tary of State Sherman in giving pubrender of the railway to licity to his instructions to General officials within Greek the railway eight Woodford, the new United Stares minis ister toSpain, in the Ruiz case, isfreely stated that the It evacuation days. commented on and is regarded as a has commenced. of Thcssaly already of of breach from Turkish diplomatic usage and as betroops Light regiments Doniokos passed through Thcssaly to- ing only surpassed by the premature publication of the report of Consul day en route for Klassona. Several have started for Salon ica. Kdhem General Lee in the same ease. of the TurPasha, co"iniander-in-chic- f Dimerous Counterfeit Half Dollar, kish troops in Thcssaly, is expected to Washington, July 2a The most danarrive in Yolo shortly to .superintend counterfeit coin yet seen was gerous t he evacuation shown to the secret service officials. In t'uiorof Cuba l.lliro. It is a silver piece with the letWashington., July "." The labor or- ter "S" under the eagle, which would ganizations of the district held a mass indicate on a good coiu that it was meeting at Typographical temple to made at the San Francisco mint. Only discuss the Cuban question. The meet- the most careful tests revealed its ing was large and enthusiastic. The spurious character. It was slightly j.peakers were Corporal Tanner, Col, underweight, but had the correct ring llinton. Samuel Gompers, President and is evidently nearly, if not quite, Spohn of the Central union and Secre- standard iu the fineness of its silver. tary Keep. Ilesohitions were unani- A coin of less artistic appearance, hut mously adopted demanding the imme- of equal fineness, is iu extensive circudiate recognition of Cuban independ- lation in the west. ence and denouncing the scheme to pay An l:ioier Ste.iU Diamonds. a war indemnity. New Yoi, July 25. James Durrin, ISnltlf Hi! iMhfiWmfd who six months ago, it is said, eloped wo Milwaukee. July Chicago from Salt Lake City, Utah, with tha girls, Dora Manhart and Minnie San- daughter of a w ealthy citizen, was arger were carried I'O miles out into the rested in Plainfield, N. J"., charged lake in a row boat and were rescued with stealing 8M0 worth of jewelry nds from a laundrynian. only after an eight hours" battle with andd'the waves. Tiny were picked up by A hill, Raid to have the the steam barge Joseph T. llurd off. approval ol Port Washington. When rescued the the administration, lias heen introhalf dead from duced into congress providing' for i voting1 women "ere "freight nud exhaustion. currency commission. a ofii-ce- l hi, h Mi i the-lon- Volo-Lariss- BELLA'S AroN KM KNT. By Atl!a , Cheyenne, I i. Kansas City, Mo., .July "S. la tin Hannibal railroad yards three on string--- of fiat c;irs. MadcdTo tli. Lrini v ith soft coal, statu! ou trucks beside, empty box cars. Forty of fifty negroes are at work shoveling- the cuul into line of box cars. It is believed the eoal thus transferred is for win-- t shipment in the closed earn to railways in the fuel famine ri gions of the east. "What does all this work mean'.'"' asked a man of one of the laborers. It means." re pled the man gravely, "the breaking up of the strike iu the I.oco Weeil Kills i blAM. rs r.o-ce- SI.-T- - garity personified. The girl herself had been educated in a good seminary, and came home to find all her surroundings revolting to a dedicate, sensitive nature, refined by study and associations with companions above her in the social seals. She was wonderfully pretty, considering what her parents were, and Rodney's deepest sympathies were roused by her miserable home life. That he met her in the shady lanes and woods was from no desire for concealment, but simply because her home was so noisy, and vulgar that there was no place far quiet or conversation. The story of this "Sow association" was so told to James Kirke that he was furious with anger, and this, added to the other sins attributed to Rodney, so roused him that the young man had put before him the choice of giv. ing up his love at once and forever or leaving his home. All the chivalry tf a sensitive heart, which a life of seclusion had made etill more romantic.was aroused, and Rodney refused obedience to his uncle for the first time. And so, under the great tree in Sam Green's garden, he was taking leave of the girl for whose sake he was leaving luxury and hope, to face a world whose bitterness ho had never tasted. "You will be true to me, Bella?" he said, as ho pressed a final kiss upon d her face. "I will wait for you if it is for twenty years," she said, rlinEing to him. And, keeping that promise for com. fort, Rodney Kirke left ferndalu to try to find employment in L , a large manufacturing town ten miles distant, where his uncle owned property. And every face that had smiled W'ti him for years was turned away; every door that had orencd to him was closed. Ills uncle's influence, wielded by his wife, kept him from even tie lowest position, and he suffered from positlvo t!w first hunger more than once in three months of his exile. The bitter regrets for the easy ohcdljnce to his all uncle which had made him life of a for preparation and there came a were unavailing, winter night when lie stood la the streets, homeless and penniless and even battling the temptation to defy bis Creator by suicide. tear-staine- n'g-f't, tui-vf-- V VtV H till i if it; V "RUN OVER." were returned, and he was Informed in a curt note that Ralph Olney would be his uncle's heir, as he was his "devoted son." "Your uncle is completely tinder that young man's control," Dr. Ledlowe sa'd, "and the mention of your name excites him to a perfect fury of rage. Trust me to do all I can for you!" And having already given up all hope of reconciliation, Rodney only studied more diligently, and gave more faithful attention to every opportunity to advance his practical knowledge. He was in his own room, a tiny cell of a place at the end of his ward, busied with preparations for the day.when a stroke upon the bell over his head warned him that an accident case was on the way to his care. Instantly he was on the alert, and moved to tho vacant bed that must receive the new pabut tender tient. Cool, for all suffering, he helped to lift the injured man from the stretcher to the bed, but his very heart seemed to cease its beating as his eyes fell upon the pallid face of Ralph Olney. "Run over!" the men said who had carried him. "Ain't moved nor spoke since we picked him up. Not dead, is he?" Ho was not dead, but frightNo! fully injured, and the doctors who clustered about the bed shook their heads ominously. It was strongly impressed upon Rodney that the life of the patient hung upon a thread, the strands of which were- largely composed of his watchfulness and strict obedience to orders, and then he was left to watch. Under rrovidence he held in his hands the life of his enemy of the man who had supplanted him, maligned htm, inHe had jured him in every way. unwas over, shock worst thought the of the one physicians an hour later, til, the room, not Dr. Bedlowe-ente- red womsobbing a followed by shrieking, the beside knee her who sank upon an, patient, whispering: d, My hui-L'.ii- d. i. wcepini wife was Telia, Was it that Rodney Kirke .kf t hitii.elf if fce wj in dream ?;iue hiiiKjus nif,htmar pressing upon his l:iu? lie moved to leave them tyUser, hut Leila caught his hand. )!.( a, soblvinif sentences im- p ond him to forgive her to be kind to Uatph and sae his life for her sake and k. r child. It was pitiful to ses her, to hear the story of the web of d"ceit woven about James Kirke, who was ignorant of the marriage of his stepson. Rut at last, when the night shadows were falling. Rodney Kirki was free to colled his thoughts to try to make some coherent story in his bewildered brain. His love betrayed, he felt with ti strange wonder in pain in the fact. The contempt for the deceit that had left him so easily anil taken the new heir in his place had struck his love dead. Even anger was with- ered by the scorn he felt. Rut there opened before his mind afc once the power of revenge in his hands. His rival's life depended on his skill and his inheritance upon his science. His uncle had written to him that this man would be his heir; probably ha had long before made his will and carried out his threat. Yet. if he died, Rodney was his heir at law, and Bella's falsehood removed the only causo of difference between himself and his un- cle. Days passed, and as if he had been his treasured friend, Rodney Kirk? nursed Ralph Olney back to life. He had fought back all selfish considera- tion, and left the results to the future. His duty was to nurse his patient faithfully, constantly, and he exceeded his duty, only leaving him where Hello, was allowed to sit beside him, A deep pit for the woman he had loved filled his heart. It was evident that her in fidelity was the yielding of a weak na ture to a strong one, and that she feared her husband us much as she loved him. When consciousness returned to the invalid it became evident that the mind w;u seriously impaired, and a gentleness, evidently new to her, greeted Leila's tiaiid ministrations. Dr. Redlowe, watching all, urged up on Rodney tho duty of seeking reconciliation with hia uncle, but the young man absolutely refused to make any advances. "You say you have told him of Ralph Olney's marrisige," he told his old friend, "and it he wants me he must send for me." Rut the invalid, too, was obstinate, and while Ralph was Etill in the hospital James Kirke was found dead in his bed hetrt disease having followed a traiu of other ailments. his The will that made his 6tep-soheir was found, and, with a bitterness like death, Rodney one morning assisted in dressing his patient for the last time, and saw him drive away, with his wife and baby boy, to take possession of the home ho had regarded as his own for the greater part of his life. Ten years later Dr. Kirke, a man already known in his profession, was sitting ia his office alone, when his old friend, Dr. Redlowe, came In, his face full of pleasure. "At last!" he Eaid. "At last, I may congratulate you. But I must tell my story first. Before your uncle died, Rodney, he gave me his solemn promise to right tho wrong he had done you. Ralph Olney was not a poor man, having inherited a fair income from his father, but he was grasping, selfish and deceitful until the accident that threw him into your care, and that left him crippled and imbecile. When your uncle died I thought the will that he had promised to make in your favor was one of tho unaccomplished acts dying men so often leave until too late. But n to-da- y, only Mrs. Olney cam to-da- y, to my olfice with the will, which sha found a week ago, quite by accident. Rodney, you must pity and forgive her. n face I have never Such a seen. Five children lie in little graves, and her husband Is only a wearing source of grief and raru. In this last week she has removed all their personal possessions from Ferndale, anil sho asks of you only that you will not seek to find her in her new Lome or to thank her. She was fearful that pride or some mistaken chivalry might lead atone you to refuse what she called her ment, and so brougni mo wtn to me. Your' old home awaits you! May you be very happy there!" heart-broke- I'nonch for tha I'rlr. Mrs Goregular (to lady friend): I was very much disappointed with the rermnn very. Little wntie (who had had his eye on the plate): Yes, mater, but what cau you expect for a pennjiT O'lotl -Tit- -Bits. J out Ihft Thing. "I don't know what ta do with that boy of mine. He's been two years at the medical college and still keeps at the foot of his class." Pcrrins (promptly) "Make a chiropodist of him." Ia (sadly) Tit-Bit- s. Ia tha Counting; Hooin. "Spllklns seems like a nice, quiet fal low." "Spilkins? That man's a regular dictator." "To his wife?" "No, to LL typewriter." Cleveland Tlala DealeA ' |