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had come. VOLTA, it was beautiful! like moth
ing you ever saw She shook her head so in
nocently and then told me like a child that
they were wicked to chase girl. I could
have kissed her feet. Tonnere, how she
fooled them. She said Would they not search
the house? She said all through me. on her
fingers and by signs. And l told them at
once. But she told me something else-that
the girl had slipped out as the last man came
in. had mounted the chestnut and would wait
for me by the spring. quarter OF mile
away. There was the danger that some one
of the men knew the finger language. SO she
told me this thing in signs mixed up with
other sentences.
"Good There was now but one thing to
do-for me to get away. So said, laughing.
TO one OF the men. Come and We will look
after the horses and the others can search the
place with Hilton So we went out to where
the horses were tied to the railing and led
them away to the corral.
''Of COURSE you will understand how did
1t. clapped a hand on his mouth, put pis
tol at his head. gagged snd tied him. Then l
got my Tophet and away went to the spring.
The girl was waiting. There were few words.
I gripped her hand. gave her another pistol
and then we got awav on fine moonlight
trail. We had not gone mile when heard
faint yell far behind. My game had been
found out. There was nothing to do but to
ride for it now and to fight If necessary. But
fighting was not good. for 1 might be
killed and then the girl would be caught
just the same. We rode or-such ride-the
horses neck and neck. their feet pounding the
prairie like piston-rods, rawboue to rawbone,
a ding. dong gait knew they were after US,
though saw them but once, on the crest Of
a divide. about three miles behind. Hour
after hour like that, with ten minutes rest
now and then ut a spring or to stretch our
legs. We hardly spoke to each other; but
God Of Love, my heart was warm to this girl
who had ridden $50 miles In twenty-four hours.
Just before dawn, when I was beginning to
think that We should easily win the race if
the girl could but kold out, II it did not kill
her, the chestnut stuck leg into the crack OF
the prairie and horse and girl were on the
ground together. She could scarcely move,
she was SO weak, and her face was like death.
l put pistol to the chestnut's head and
ended it. At that tie girl stopped and kissed
the poor beasts neck, but spoke nothing. As
I helped her on my Tifophet, put my lips to
the sleeve of her dress Mother Of God What
could man 10, she was 50 noble!
"Dawn was Just breaking oozy and gray at
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ST. PAUL EARNINGS.
They Influenced Speculation in Yestcr'
dns,1s Tra .,caio

They Influenced Speculation in Yester.
days Transactions.
NEW YORK. June 4.-The week opened on
the stock exchange with a fairly active spec
ulation and strong tone to the trading.
London was factor in the advancing ten
dency Of prices, both as a buyer in this mar
ket OF st. Paul, Louisville and Nashville and
others OF the arbitrage stocks, and also by
reason Of the Improvement of American secur-
ities on the London stock exchange. One
OF the principal influences Of the speculation
was the unexpectedly small decrease In the st.
Paul earnings for the month OF MAY.
A loss OF $2C0, 900 at least had been antici-
pated. and when only about half that amount
was reported the short interest in the stock
was a tri1e scared and began to cover pur-
chases. The railway list in general as also
stimulated, but the industrial stocks did not
sympathize in the movement except Tobacco.
Distilling. Lead and Cordage. Sugar was
notably weak. and on heavy sales, said to be
mainly to realize profits ofthe recent advance,
declined 2sS to 1924. The lower figure induced
purchases. which caused a recovery of % but
in the final decline another selling movement
was developed, which resulted in reaction
OF per cent the lust sale being made at a
decline OF per cent. on the day. Both for
eign an local buying was good in st. Paul.
and and improvement OF ~ per cent. was
made during the morning, OF which ss was
lost in the late dealings.
Burlington WAS not largely dealt in, but
was bought moderately for the Boston ac-
count, and rose per cent, reacting u in the
later trading; Northwest gained =. and Rock
Island 5f. large business was done in
Reading, which fluctuated within limit Of
u, with gain OF Is on the day. The buying
in the stock was mainly for the Philadelphia
account
Distilling. after an early decline of one
eighth, sold up to l per cent. on purchases
follower an old short interest In the stock,
which was being closed out In anticipation of
the passage Of the tariff bill. National Lead
declined one-half at the opening, and then rose
steadily ~ per cent. The higher figures
were not long maintained, and reaction of
seven-eighths was made in the late tradings.
In the rest OF the list the volume OF business
was light. but during the greater part of the
day the dealings were strong in tone. Toward
the close, however, an easier tone prevailed,
and the market closed slightly heavy. Ad-
vances were recorded OF 2 per cent. in To-
bacco, II Richmond Terminal preferred, and
United States Cordnge.. Declines were regis
tered Of per cent. in Great Northern pre-
ferred 81 X. in Canada Pacific. and / in Ma
tional Linseed, Delaware and Hudson and
Tobacco preferred.
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the swell Of the prairie over the Jumping
Sandhills. They lay quiet and shining in the
green-brown plain, but knew that beneath
there was churn which could set those
swells of sand in motion and make deadly
sport Of an army. Who can tell what it Is?
A food under the surface. tidal river-what?
No man knows. But they are sea monsters
on the land. Every morning at sunrise they
begin to edge and roll, and no man every saw
a stranger sight. Bien, / looked back. There
were four horsamen coming on. about three
miles away. What was there to do? The
girl and myself on my tired horse were too
much. They saw also. aud hurried on. There
came to me great idea. must reach and
cross the Jumping Sandhills before sunrise.
It was all a deadly chance.
"When we got to the edge OF the sand they
were almost mile behind. I was all sick to
my teeth as my poor Tophet stepped into the
sand. God, how watched the dawn! Slow,
slow we toiled over that velvet powder. As
we reached the further side l felt tnat Il was
beginning to move. The sun was showing
like the lid of an eye along the plain. I
looked back. All four horsemen were in the
sand, plunging on toward US. By the time
we touched the brown-green prairie on the
further side the sand was rolling behind US.
The girl had not looked back. She seemed
too dazed. dumped from the horse and told
her that she must push on alone to the fort;
that Tophet could not carry both; that I
should be in no danger. She looked at me,
cannot tell how, ther stopped and kissed me
between the eyes. have never forgo item. I
struck Tophet, and she was gone to her hap
piness, for she reached the fort and her lovers
arms.
But 1 stood looking back upon the Jump
ing Sandhills. So, was there ever a sight
like that?-those hills gone Ike a smelling
floor, the sunrise spotting 1t with rose and
yellow and three horses and their riders fight
ing what cannot be fought. What could do?
They would have got the girl IL had not led
them across. and they would have killed me
II they could. Only one cried out, and then
but once in long shrek. But after all three
were quiet as they fought, until they were
gone where no man could see, where mono
cries out so We can hear"
There was long pause painful to bear.
The trader sat with eyes fixed humbly a. Q
dogs on Pierre. At last McAvoy said: "6he
kissed ye, Ferre-aw. yis, she did thasl Jist
betune the eyes. Do yses iver see her now,
Pierre?"
But Pierre. though looking at him, nsds
NO answer.
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Rooms for Rich Students Only.
.ha Narr U,rar m, d., = -,


In the list OF rentals in the Yale dormitories
no change has been made in the rooms tina.
have been occupied, but students have been
watching to see at what prices the accommo-
dations in the new buildings, Vanderbilt,
White and Berkeley, would be placed. Dur
fee has been considered the rich mans dormi-
tory, but Vanderbilt appears destined to take
that distinction Immediately.
Berkely will be cheap-priced dormitory,
as its forty rooms bring an average of
S2.37 per week, with the highest-priced ones,
OF which there arc four, at $3.50 4 week
White will average S411 per week for its
ffty-two rooms, but it has eight at 81 per
week each, from which the price rises to one
at $40.
The cheapest room in Vanderbilt will be
rented at S4.50 week without board. From
that the prices rise to $40 week each, for
sixteen rooms. an average OF SS.15 per week
for the siyty-sx rooms in that building. In
each case the cost will be divided between
two students who occupy the same suite. The
university will receive S19,350 from Wander
bit hall, IS, 120 from White. and S3,420 from
Berkeley for each college year weeks.
The net return from Vanderbilt Hall will
probably be greater than those OF anv other
college dormitory In the country, but it is
stated strongly that the net proceeds will not
exceed 15 per cent. of the cost of the build
ing and land. Many people are wondering
why, in view OF the fact that the Vanderbilt is
evidently to be rich mans home the corpor-
alton did not place the rentals higher, to get
a greater return from the building. The
rooms would all have been taken at whatever
prices were placed upon them, and the cor
poration could obtain larger reyanue from
this building.
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Across fh8 SandhiIlS,
By GILBLRT PARKER.

"Here, now, trader, aisy, aisy. Quicksands
I've seen along the sayshore, and up to me
half ways I've been in wan, wild double and
twist In the rope to pull me out; but a suckin'
sand in the open plain-aw, trader, aw, the
like o. that no, niver a bit, avn So said
Macavoy, the giant, when the thing was dis
cussed in his presence.
'Well, tell you it's true, and they're not
three miles from Fort o'Glory. The COM
pany's men don't talk about it-what's the
use? Travellers are few that way, and you
can't get the Indians within miles of them
Pretty Pierre knows all about them, better
than any one else, almost. He'll stand by me
In Itch, Pierre?' Pierre took no notice,
and was silent for time, intent on his cigar
ette, and in the pause Mowley, the trapper,
said: "Pierre's gone back on you, trader.
Perhaps you haven't paid him for the last lie.
I go one better, you stand by me-my treat
that's the gamer
"Aw. the like O. that" said Macavoy, re-
proachfully, Jaw, yer tongue TO the roof O.
yer mouth, Mowleyi Liars all men may be.
put that's wild wimmin or landlords. But,
Pierre, OF another mans bat like thatl-aw.
pipe!"
Pierre now looked up at the three men,
tolhng another cigarette as he did SO, but he
tSeemed to be thinking of distant matter.
tMeeting the three pairs of eyes fixed on him,
his own held them for moment musingly;
then he lit his cigarette. and, half reclining
on the bench where he sat, he:began to speak,
talking into the fire, as it were:
II was at Guidon Hill at the oompanv's
post there. 1t was the Fall of the year. when
you feel that there is nothing SO good as life
and the air drinks like wine. You think that
sounds like woman or a priest? Mais. no.
The seasons are strange In the Spring 1 am
lazy and sad, in the Fall l am gay; am for
the big things to do. This matter was in the
Fall telt that must move. Yet what to
do? There was the thing. Cards or
course. But that's only for times, not for
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seasons. So was like a wild dog on a
chain 1 had good horse. Tophet, black as
n coal, all raw bones and Joint, and a reach
like moose. His legs worked ike piston
rods. But as l said, did not know where to
go or what to 10. So we used to sit ut the
post loafing; in the day time Watching the
plains, all painting for travellers, like Il young
bride waiting her husband for the first time. y
Macavoy regarded Pierre with rich delight.
BE had an unctuous spirit and his heart was
soft for women, go soft that he never had one
on his conscience, though he had brushed
gay smiles off the lips of many with his own.
But that was ap amiable weakness in strong
man. "Aw, Pierre. he said coaxingly, "kape
it down. aisy. aisy me hearts goin' like a
trip-hammer at the thought av it Aw yis,
aw yis. Pierre
swell, it was like that to me--all sun and a
sweet sting in the air. At night to sit and tell
tales and such things and perhaps little
brown brandy, a look at the stars and half
hour with the cattle-.he same old game OF
course, there was the wife of Hilton, the fac
tor-ine. always fine TO see, Eut deaf ard
dumb. We were good friends, Ida and me.
had hand in her wedding. Holy. knew
her when she was a little girl. We could talk
together by signs. She was good woman
she had never guessed at evil. She was quick.
too, like fash. to read and understand with
out words. A face was book 20 her.
Very good. One afternoon we were all
standing outside the post, when we saw some
one ride over the Long Divide. L. was good
for the eyes. 1 cannot tell quite how. But
horse and rider were so sharp and clear-cut
against the sky that they looked very large
and pecuiiar-there was something in the air
to magnify. They paused for moment on
the top of the Divide, and it seemed like a
messenger out of the strange country at the
farthest north. the place OF legends. But, of
course, it was only traveller like ourselves,
for in half hour she was with US.
''Yes, it was girl dressed as man. She
did not try to hide it. She had dressed so for
ease. She would make mans heart leap in
his mouth, If he was like Macavoy or the
pious Mowley there
Pierre's last three words had touch Of
irony, for he knew that the trapper had
precious tongue for Scripture when mission
ary passed that way and bad name with
women to give it point. Mowley smiled
sourly, but Macavoy laughed outright, aud
smacked his lips on his pipestem luxuriously.
Jaw, now, Pierre-all me little falling
awr' he said. Pierre swung round on the
bench, leaning upon the other elbow, and
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She made everything ready. She knew her
brothers were watcninC--her three brothers
and two other men who had tried to get her
love. She knew also that the five would
carry on the feud against the one man. So,
one night she took the best horse on the
ranch and started away towards Fort Micah.
Alors. you know how she got there after two
days hard riding. enough to kill a mar, and
over fifty yet to do. She was sure her BROTH
ers were on her tack. But II she could get
to Fort Micah and be married to Garrison
before they came sne wanted no more. There
were only TWO horses OF use ut Hiiton's post
then all the rest were away or not fit for hard
travel. There was my Tophet, and a lean
chestnut with long propeliing gait and not
an ounce OF loose skin on him. There WAS
but one way. the girl must get there
Allons. what is the good! What is life with
out these things? The girl loves the man. she
must have him in spite OF ALL There was only
Hilton and mis- wife and me Mt the post and
Hilton was lame from IL fall and one arm In a
Sing. III the brothers followed, we'll. Hilton
could not interfere, he was Il company's man;
but Tor myself. as l said, 1 was hungry for
adventure. 1 had an ache in my blood for
something. l was tingling TO my toes, my
heart was humping in my throat. All the
cords OF my legs were straightening like I
was in the saddle
Pierre sat up. 1t seemed absurd FOR him to
speak rs one who could be hot and shiy er;nc
with excitement. for his movements were al
ways quiet and precise as a hammer. But in
mis- eyes there was a furnace burning, and his
small. iron hand caught the air with a snar.
Macavoy had seen Pierre when dangers
crowded round them both, and he knew that
ths little man was worth three OF himself. in
spite OF his own great height. For the
others. they did not know, and il they had
lived with Pierre all their lives they would
neyar haro understood him
law, Pierre" said Macavoy, admiringly;
Jaw. the ache in yer blood-that's it. Aw,
yis. yis, an yer thighs all bendin' like wire,
an the prairie beyant. an the lady. thers
asleep wild tine hand faIlin' soft where the
heart beats up Ike the swell OF a tide. Aw,
yis. the like O. that-swate, swate: an you
wild the ache in yer blood an the long chest
nut PAWN the ground-sw, yis!''
Pierre nodded at Macavoy pleasantly, for
after his fashion he cared for the giant us he
had once cared for Shon McGann, and little
man loves the admiration Of a large man, as
Pierre himself had said more than once he
knew mans vanity sad his own weaknesses.
But he turned his looks on tho trapper now,
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SEAFARING FIREWOOD.
Thirty Cords That Have Traversed 5000
Miles by Water, and May Go Further.

Thirty Cords That Have Trayersed 6, 900
Miles by Water, and May Go Further.
From the Portland Daily PresaI
The first cargo of salt for the season from
Trapani, Sicily, arrived in the harbor yester-
day in the English bark Crusader. Capt. Rob-
bins. There were 3,l66 salmis, which means
about $50 tons. Capt. Robbins reports a rough
passage all the way, unusually so for this
time of the year, but nothing was lost or
damaged. He also reports that Sicily has
simmered down after the recent insurroctIons.
but that the people are in a wretched con-
dition of distress and destitution as a result
of the extraordinary taxes, and also the over
production of the country. Capt. Robbins
never saw SO many beggars before, and he is,
of course, a traveller of wide experience.
There is a tax upon all fish tEat are caught
and brought to Sicily's markets. Before
those fish reached the consumer tax must
be paid. Therefore the fishermen sell their
catch at the wharves to dealers who pay
very small price, because they have TO pay
tax before they can take them to the markets.
Capt. Robbins himself had an experience
with the peculiar taxes there. He took over
a cargo OF oil from Philadelphia to Marseiles
and had thirty cords of ordinary four-foot
frewood to pack the oil barrels with to pre-
vent their rolling. It is called by the sailors
''oil wood" He paid for this wood $50 in
Philadelphia. He did not sell in Marseilles
because he expected to get more for it in
Trapani. But the dealers there offered him
only Sl5 for the whole Of it. saving that the
enormous tax upon it would not allow them
to offer more. He declared that he'd bring
it back TO America before he'd sell it for that
price, and so he did and il is here in Portland
now. after travelling 5000 miles over the
ocean. and it may go 5000 more, because if
he can't get decent price for it here ne will
take it back to England. where he is going
from here with spool wood. There be can get
about SlG0 forit. England doesn't want cord
wood. She has got enough coal. and less is
paid for cord wood there than here.
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To Reclaim Arid Lands.

The arid land question, about which the west
ern members had much to say when the agri-
cultural bill was before the House. was con-
sidered yesterday by the House Committee on
the Irrigation of Arid Lands. A subcommit-
tee, consisting of Representatives Sweet, OF
Idaho: Hartman. OF Montana; Doolittle. OF
Washington; Pence, of Colorado, and New
lands. OF Nevada. was instructed to draw q
general bill along the lines of one for a survey
of Idaho land introduced by Representative
Sweet.
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MARRIED.
DIED.
BELT-suadeulr. on June ). 1sa,. at 10 I0 %. m

! BELT-Suddenly. on June 3, 1894 at 1880 p. m
| tLEASoR C, wife Of William ~ Belt
Funeral from her late residence, 6li Twenty
second street, to-day at O'Clock. Relatives
| and friends are invited to attend. 1nterment
! private.
KELLEY-on Monday, June 4, 1891. at 10 a. m.
| ELIZABETH, infant daughter Of James and
| Elizabeth Kelley, at 923 Sixteenth street north
Funeral private
| KNOTT-On Sunday, June 3. 1894, at os5 a. m
| CATHERINE NJ. widow of the late John Ii. Knott.
Funeral to-day from st. Peters church, al 9
| o'clock
LEFTRIDGE-on Saturday, June .. 1894, at a.
m. MATTE, beloved daughter of Samuel and
LYBRAND-on Sunday, June3, 1884, at the resi-
dence of his mother, in Gaithersburg, Nd,
GEORGE RASNEY. beloved son of Frances K.
and the late Charles L. Lybrand, formerly Of
Delaware, Ohio.
Interment private. a. Rock Creek cemetery. in
this city, June 5, at l2.30 p IN. Delaware, Ohio,
papers please copyl
McCABE-On Sunday June 9, 1894 at 5 30 o'clock
p. m. JOHN J. AcCABE, of the Pension Office
Funeral from his late residence, 1877 street
northwest, to-day, a: $50 o'clock a. m; thence
10 ST. pauls church, corner OF Fifteenth and
streets, where requiem mass will be said for the
repose of his soul Philadelphia papers please
copy)
MoKENNA-On Sunday morning, June 3, 1894,
at 10 81, ESTHER CATHERINE, the youngest child
Of Catherine Curtin and Thomas Mchenna,
aged IL months
Funeral from her uncle's residence Patrick
Nckenna, i,4 street.. today, at 9 a. m. Rela-
tves and friends invited TO attend.
MooRE-On Sunday, June 3, 1891, at II. As p. m,
ROBERT \ MOORE, husband of Anna j. Moore.
Funeral from his late residence, 501s " street
northwest, June 5, at o'clock p. m. Inrerment
at Glenrood
REEHII-At Deanewood. D. C, on Sunday, June
9, 1894, THOMAS 4 REEHu, aged 43 years
Funeral from St Teresas church, Anacosta,
d. c., Wednesday at p IN. Interment, Nit
Oliret Fredericksburg papers please copy.)
RoSE-on June ., 1885,, Mrs. SARAH B. ROSE, aged
6S years.
Funeral from her late residence, No. 4l7 u
street northeast, to-day at O'Clock p. m.
SoNERVILLE-On Saturday, June ., 1924, ats
p. m, JAiEs A. SoMERyILLE, of Mobile, Ala,
late of this city, aged 50 years and month
THATCHER-At 1925 street northwest, on Fri
day, June l, 1894 at 1.o5 p. m, Mrs, FANNY E.
THATCHER
Intermenta at Pontiac, Mich.
TRuNDLE.-On Sunday morning, June 9, 1894,
ii. NJ. TRrNDLE. in the sd year of his age.
Funeral from Trinity Catholic church. George
town. today, at 10 80 a m. Relatives and friends
invited
UNDERW0OD-On Sunday, June 3, 1894, at 9. 80
O'clock p. m, MARsALISA j. UNDERWOOD. the
infant daughter of William II. and Florence E.
Underwood, aged months.
Funeral from her parents residence, No. 3 {
street southwest, this evening, at 3.33 o'clock
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Columbia Park.

Gem Of Washington Suburbs
Your choice of any lot S25 for 10 days only; on
Pennsylvania X r; also on Chesapeake Beach
4 H. now building; commutaton fare 61H cents;
excursions daily; cash or installments: send for
circular. COLUMBIA PARK CO., No. 623 St
NV 1e4-tf
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New York Cotton.

Customs Collector Out.
Secretary Carlisle has requested the resig-
nation OF Mr.. Van ValkenburS, collector Of
customs for the twenty-first collection district
OF New York
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BUSINESS CEAEcEs.

ENoR SALE-A SMALL WOOD, COAL AND
Il feed business on a main thoroughfare; eX-
coptional advantages now paying running ex-
penses; price complete only 500 cash; good rea-
sen for disposition Address COAL AND FEED,
Times Office my25-2w
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Columbia Park.

Gem OF washington Suburbs
Your choice of any 10. S25 for 10 days only; on
Pennsylvania K R.; also on Chesapea Beach
II X. IL ov building; communication fare 6lS cents;
excursions daily; cash or irstaIments send for
circular. COLUMBIA PARK CO., No. 623 st
NV iei-tf
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New york Stock Exchange

Furnished by Silsby & Co. bankers and
street, opposite Treasury, Warrington, D. C.
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