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Seventh California Regiments. These
troops are now equipped, and could
leave in n short time.
Major General Otis this afternoon Is
sued All order directing that details OF
men be sent to guard transports in the
bay as follows:
From the Minnesota regiment, to
guard the steamer City of Para
From the Idaho battalion. 10 guard
the Morgan City and the ohio.
From the Seventh California Regi-
ment. to guard the Indiana.
The details were given five days ra-
tions.
Eighty-one men from Nevada reach
ed Camp Merritt this morning They
We're placed in the same inclosure with
the Utah cavalry. Nevada's delegation
are not we'll equipped. All except Off
GERS are without arms. They carried
field rations with them, and have
enough to last three days.
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Frightful Tragedy in Alabama.

MONTGOMERY (Ala.), June 10
Near Wetumpka last night, the house
of William Gurden was burned, and he
perished, with his wife and w. A.. Cur
ley. Gurden had the reputation of
keeping hoard of gold, and there is
little doubt that the three persons We're
murdered by robbers and the house set
on fire. Bloodhounds have been put on
the track of the murderers
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The New Comet Observed.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Professor
Brooks, director Of the. Smith Observ-
atory, secured observations last night
of the new comet recently discovered
by photography at the Lick Observa-
tory. The comet is in Scorpion, near
the bright star Antares. The position
last night was right ascension Is hours
IA minutes 40 seconds, declination south
q degrees minutes; motion slow
southwest. The comet can be seen
with a moderate-sized telescope
The record-union., 1898-06-16
CLoUDBURsT IN KANSAS.
Believed to Have Caused the Death
Of at Least Four Persons.

OF at Least Four Persons.
KANSAS CITY (Kas), June ia
cloudburst about IL o'clock in the vicin-
ity of Chelsea Park, a pleasure resort
about three miles south of here. is be-
lieved to have caused the death of at
least four persons, and possibly more.
An artificial lake had been created in
the park by the building of a dam
across Jersey Creek. The flood of
water carried away this dam, and a
torrent poured out over the lowlands
along the creek. Half a dozen houses
standing near Jersey Greek were car
ried away. Mrs. w. Greenlee, living
on Thirteenth street, near the creek,
was drowned, being swept away with
her house. Robert KOknote and his
two children are missing and are be-
lieved to have perished. Their house
was near that Of Mrs. Greenlee. Three
other persons are reported to have been
drowned. butstheir names are unknown.
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Senator Dcnison Seriously III.

OAKLAND. June 15.-State Senator
r.. ). Denison. who holds the news
privilege of the entire Southern Pacific
system, is seriously i'll with cardiac
asthma. and his recovery is considered
doubtful
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Forged State Warrants.

OLYMPIA (Wash.). June 15.-Discov-
cry has been made that there are forg-
ed Washington State warrants in cir
culation. The amount already discov-
cred is between $4,000 and $1,000.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Two Judgments Of the Lower
Court Affirmed.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1.-THE Su-
preme Court has affirmed the decision
of the lower court in the case of Samuel
Davis. the holder of a number of Cal
1fornia State securities, known as In
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The, test was regarded as highly sat-
isfactory, and there is intense interest
in the fleet over this first trial in war
of dynamite cruiser.
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An Office for Fred W. Perkins.

. WASHINGTON, June 15.-The Pres
ident to-day sent the nomination to the
Senate of Fred w. Perkins of Califor-
MIA to be Assistant Paymaster in the
navy.
The record-union., 1898-06-16

WASHINGTON, June 15.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash. balance,
SlS6,G4J.1 .193; gold reserve. S1S4. .776.2 .21l
The record-union., 1898-06-16

NEW YORK. June 15.-The schooner
Gypsum Princess of Parrisboro. n. s.,
was sunk by a collision with the North
German Lloyd steamer Ems at o o'clock
last night. The Captain of the Gyp-
sium Princess, David Merry, his wife
and three-year-old boy Edgar. the
mate. girl of IA and a boy Of 5 were
droWiied
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CUBANS AID
AMERICAN
FORCES.

(.sSed lsIgI uoIJ psnunuoO)
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tress OF Holroyd for Elsie to simply
jump at the chance. and here, to his
intense surprise, was Elsie demurring
to take him because he had said no.
thing OF love.
IF we're liar" he said roughly,
81 should have come and made love
to you. I should have pretended that
had been mistaken in thinking / had
cared for Dorothy. I should have
sworn had never loved any one but
you. And by-and-by you would have
found me out. and then we should both
he wretched. AS 1t is. came and told
you honestly all that was In my heart.
I-I-asked you to help me over this
bad time because l thought you loved
me and would bear with me because
OF your love. AS II is. never mind.
there are plenty of women who will
marry me willingly enough, to be the
mistress of Holdoyd."
David" she cried. as he turned to-
ward the door.
He looked back-his hand still upon
the handle.
"Weil?" he asked. 'is It not so?"
III LudI Out iilOtutDt uOIt1 luOuRQIS
seemed to go crowdIng through the
girls distracted brain-a vision OF HoI-
royd. with its rich red gables, its state
~ avenue of orse-chestnuts, its pret-
ty lodge. its velvet lawns, and wide
spreading view across the great sheet
Of water running up from the sea, then
vision Of Holroyd with a strange
woman as mistress, vision OF that
strange woman's children breaking the
serene stiffness of the place-ahi no.
she could not lose him for the sake OF
the one thing wanting which would
make her cup of happiness full-in time
that might come and even II II did
not. she would at least be spared the
agony Of seeing another woman reign
ing at Holroyd. No. whatever hap
pened In the future. whatever might
come to pass. she could not. would not,
dared not run the risk OF losing the
man she loved. In that brief space
OF time. the true instinct of feminine
dignity. which always lives in wom-
ans heart. called for notice, but In
vain--it was stifed in the pangs of
love which consumed her. David.
don't 60" she cried. in an appealing
voice. as he turned the handle OF the
door. 81 only hesitated because-be-
cause | have always loved you 50. and
and ! thought that ] should break
my heart ''she stopped short there.
ashamed to end her sentence
David Stevenson shut the door and
came across the room TO her sde. You
thought what would break your
heaft7' he asked,
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one moment suspected that his neph-
ew and Mrs. Harris we're married He
Imagined that the little establishment
was kept up in a way which is not
an uncommon one in London, and that
now Dick was safely packed on to In
dia. he could go and make friends with
the loveliest girl he had seen for many
day. without any more difficulty than
that OF starting an acquaintance.
To tell the truth plainly, Lord Ayl-
mer had seen Dorothy with Dick sew
eral months before he carried out the
plan which had got his nephew safe
ly out Of the road. and had left him,
as he believed, poor. conceited, deiuded
old man. a fair field: and to tell the
truth further and more plainly still.
Lord Aylmer had fallen desperately in
love with heri So desperately that he
had put himself under great obliga-
tions to his old friend Barry Boynton.
had set my iady's surpicions working,
and had made Dick detest him more
than ever. in order that he might pos
sibly be able by hook or by crook to
IND favor In Dorothy's eyes. Poor de-
luded old man. II he had only known
all, II he could only have listened to
the young husband and wife discuss-
Ing "ths old savage" and have known
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tn. spoutlns of Whales.

The spouting OF whales is caused by
the act OF expiration in breathing.
They cannot breathe under water. and
have to raise to the surface OF the sea
to do SO. Respiration is effected at
very regular intervals. when the spout
is thrown up from the blow-holes that
are situated at the top Of the head.
This spout is formed of the expired air
forcibly elected through the blow
holes, and acquires white appearance
from the condemnation of the aqueous
vapor thrown of by the lungs. 1t is
projected upwards to a great height
sometimes as much as twenty feet-
and may be seen from the masthead
in favorable weather at distance OF
four or FIVE miles. Immediately after
each spout the head sinks beneath the
water. scarcely a second Intervening
for the act OF inspiration. Ten seconds
are coupled by sperm whale In max
ing one Inspiration and one expiration.
At each breathing time the whale
makes from sixty to seventy expira-
tions and remains at the surface ten
or eleven minutes. When the breath
ing time is over the head sinks slowly.
the small or part between the hump
and the fiukes appears above the water
curved, the fukes are lifted high In
the air, and the animal, having as
sumed a straight position, descends
perpendicularly to unknown depths. 1t
generally continues thus hidden be-
meath the surface for about an hour
and ten minutes.
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| come? And / shall ask for an early
wedding. Elsie; the sooner 1t is over
and we get settled down. the better"
"Yes.' she said. family.
David looked at her uneasily. IT
must get away for an hour or two and
think II all over" he said, half ner-
vously. II must have clear story
ready for your father
yes"
"Then-good-by."
David" she said. in an almost in
andible voice. you have not told me
that you are glad or anything. Have
you not one kind word for me? Has
Dorothy got everything s.ill7"
He started as II he had been shot.
but he turned back at once and took
her in his arms and kissed her pas
sionately half dozen times "Oh, my
poor girl. 1t is rough on you" he said.
regretfully. I'm brute to let you
do It,"
mo, no." cried she. winding her
arms about his neck; mo, no. would
rather be your slave than any other
mans queen. Kiss me again, David. :"
And David shuddered. Why? With
the perversity OF love! The heart that
beat against him was beating for him
alone. The blue eyes looking SO yearn-
ingly into his were pretty and true.
The clinging arms were fond and low
ing. but not Dorothy's eyes; II was not
Dorothy's heart; and he shuddered.
And the next moment he was on his
horse again and tearing homewards.
while Elsie lay In frenzy OF grief on
the floor, just where he had left her
standing looking mournfully after him
Poor child poor childi dimly and
vaguely she realized what she had
done. She realized that II she had held
out firmly against him and had said.
II have loved you all my life. and as
soon as you Will come and tell me you
really want me for myself will glad
ly come to Holroyd: but I will not
marry any man whose heart is filled
full OF another woman-I would rather
live and die alone than that"-that
then she would have had fair chance
of winning his heart as entirely as
even she could wish. She realized this
without actually putting her thoughts
into language. and she dimly grasped.
too. that by fearing to let him go she
had made herself David Stevenson's s
slave forever.
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The Fighting Fi.h of siam.

The Fighting Fish" is a small
freshwater fish. native OF the south
east Of Asia. and particularly of Siam.
the Slamese keep II for fighting pur-
poses In the same manner as the Ma
lays keep the game-cock. Special va
rieties of these fish are specially bred
for fighting. and they are to be met
with In every Siamese town. When a
fight has been arranged, two fish are
placed near each other In glass vessels;
about trying to get ut one another.
When sufficiently excited, they arc
placed together. the result being at
tended with all the excitement of the
prize-rlng. Tho following account Of
| the appearance OF this ish Is given by
Dr. Cautor: When the fish is in a
state of quiet. with the fms at rest,
the dun colors present nothing remark
able. But II two are brought within
sight OF each other, or II one sees Its
own image in a looking-glass. the little
creature becomes suddenly excited. the
raised fms and the whole body shine
with metallic colors OF dazzling beauty,
while the projected gill membrane.
waving like u black frill round the
throat. adds something grotesque to
the general appearance. In this state
OF irritation 1t makes repeated darts
at its real or reflected antagonist. But
the fish. when out of each others sight.
instantly become quiet. The Siamese
are infatuated with the combats OF
these fishes. and sometimes their lib
erty. and that OF their families, Is
staked on the issue. The license to ex-
hibit fish fights is farmed. and yields
considerable revenue to the crown" "
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all that had It's home In Doro<hy,u
faithful and tender heart.
But then. you see. he did not, and -
have longer story to toll you than
! should have had 1t all gone smoothly
and well with our young couple. and
they had started their married life at
the tail OF a marching regiment. on an
increased allowance kindly given them
by liberal and induigent uncle.
The old lord had not found II an
easy matter to effect m acquaintance
with the young lady In Palace Man
sions; and really. when you think OF
u. u Is not always an easy thing to
accomplish. especially when there is no
help on the other sidei However. this
morning. after having spent many
hours reconnoItering the block Of
buildings called Palace Mansions. after
having driven slowly up and down
High street. after making many more
or less useless purchases in the High
street shops. and after fretting his i'm
patient old soul Into fever. he made
up his mind that he would 20 boldly
up to the house. ask for Mrs. Har-
ris," claim a friendship with the de-
parted Dick. and gradually work into
a position OF friendliness with the OBJ
ject of his present admiration.
This admirable plan was. however.
destined never to be carried out-not
because Lord Aylmer changed his
mind. not bit of IT. He carried out
his part OF II so far as to order his
carriage for certain hour. and when
that hour came get into 1t and to give
an order to Charles.
Ito be continued.)
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CHAPTER xxIII.-(continued.) J


She was staring at him in utter con-
fternation. her light-blue eyes filled
with wonder. her white brow wrinkied,
some OF the color blanched from her
cheeks, and her lips parted. II don't
quite understand. David" she said at
last.
He drew long breath of lmpatience.
Look here. Elsie" he said. Il am
young, rich, decent-looking. and not a
bad sort as fellows go. But it's no use
my coming and offering you the devo-
ton OF lifetime; you wouldn't believe
me II ! did-you'd know It was lie.
and / don't want to begin by lying to
you But I can offer you all the rest
OF my life. and swear I'll do my level
best to be good husband to you'll
swear that"
Elsie fairly gasped. "You are asking
me to marry you. David7" rhe cried.
"Of course am" he answered.
There was dead silence for few
moments. David, sore and hurt, des-
perately anxious to get his future set
tied so that looking back would be a
FOLLY. and repining nothing short OF
sin, stood waiting for her decision,
while Elsie turned away to the window
and looked out over the fields. thous-
and bitter thoughts chasing each other
through her brain. It was all over
with Dorothy, and Dorothy had evi-
dently chosen another; Elsie was sure
OF that, though David had not said so.
And David had turned to her in his
trouble-there was comfort in that.
But Dorothy had his love still. she was
certain of that You could see II in
MS haggard face. his nervous manner;
hear II in his defiant voice. Many and
many a time she had pictured him
coming wooing her. She had let her
hands fall idle in her lap, and her sew
ing lie neglected, while in fancy she
had seen him turning in at the gate
or coming in at the door, with his
mouth half smiling (as she had seen 1t
for Dorothy's sake), his cold eyes light
ed up with tenderness as dear as 1t
was rare; but in all her dreams Elsie
had never pictured him. coming like
this. haggard. nervous. brusque, impa-
tient, brutally truthful and Just. to ask
her to make a bargain, In which love
should be left out of the reckoning
To offer her his body-while she knew
his heart was all Dorothy's! Oh! 1t
was a dreary wooing, hard. hard
bargain for her to make or mar.
";7ell.' said he. after a minute or
two what do you say?"
rs Dorothy going to be married ?''
she asked suddenly.
He WINGED at the question. but he
answered 1t readily enough. Dorothy
is married" he said steadily.
"Oh" and then she gave a great sigh
and looked at him with piteous, yearn-
ing eyes.
"Well?" he said. II am waiting"
Il don't know what to say" she
burst out.
moi And yet / fancled you liked
me better than the other fellows round
about"
His tone was half-bitter, half-re-
proachful. as If his last hope was leav-
ing him. The girl was touched by II
instantly. and turned quickly to him
with both her hands outstretched. "Oh,
David" she cried In voice of pain.
you know that have always-always
liked you-but-but--"
But what?" he asked coldly and
without taking the outstretched hands.
Elsie let them fall to her side again.
you have not said one word about
caring for me-" she said, In q trem-
bling, timid voice.
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company has opened new freight ter
minal, with yard facilities. at the foot
OF West 2eth street. on the Hudson
river. In New York city. A large plat OF
ground between 26th and 27th streets,
fronting on 18th avenue. was secured.
and tracks were laid to accommodate 100
cars; and In addition warehouse, 800
x25 feet. was built. Tracks have been
laid across 18th avenue to tho pier.
and a new bridge and other necessary
adjuncts have been built to faoihtats
the handling Of cars from floats to the
land. Tho establishment OF this ter
mlnal enables the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad company to gather business
from the extensive lumber-yards and
the plano. structural iron. boiler and
other manufacturing industries In that
vicinity. The delivery OF freight for
firms In that neighborhood is also IA.
cilitated by the Improvement
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9!tfIl|iEII[IFEg5 9||||l [F5s gk9ET 9;;||{
<,~l,5sy - LIGHT OFT OF
- 1ssa!S1 IL "
INTERNATIONAL pNEss ASSOCIATION.

But Elsie shook her head. Never
mind she said brayeiy. I'VE won't
talk about that. will come to Hol-
royd. and-and help you forget the past
II cam
Then that's bargain" said he.
drawing long breath.
He did not say a word beside. did
not attempt to touch her. to kiss her.
or act In any way different to his
usual manner to her, excepting, per-
haps. that he was less polite than or
dinary custom considers necessary be-
tween persons who are not bound to-
gether by ties OF blood.
"By-the-bye." he said. suddenly. "I
have bought something TO seal our
contract. No. you need not look like
that only bought 1t yesterday. I
went over to Ipswich on purpose
He had taken a little case out OF his
pocket. and now held his hand out to
her with ring lying upon the palm.
1t was beautiful ring-dIamond and
sapphire-a ring ht for princess.
Wont yon have it?" he asked. IN
surprise. as she made no effort to take
It
'yes. If you will give It to me-"
she answered.
He took the ring In his other hand
and held 1t toward her. Elsie took II
with an inward groan. wild cry ris-
ing up in her heart "ohl my God.
will it be like this for always7" and
then she put 1t on her left hand.
whence It seemed to strike cold to
her very heart.
Il must go now" David said. after
looking at her hand for a moment.
"Ill come back this evening. must
go now. VIII you tell your people,
and then I'll speak to your father when
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ASTHMA'S PROGRESS.
From Cold to Cure.
No relief in other remedies.

There are many medicines that pa1iiate
asthma. There are few that do more than
isiieve Tor time the oppressed breathing
o. the sufferer. There are few diseases
more troublesome and more Irritating
than asthma. II iEterferes alike with
business and with pleasure. 1t prevents
enjoyment OF the day and makes the night
4 terror A remedy for asthma would be
th,,hea by thousands as the greatest posi-
nle boon that could be offered them, There
u. ~ a remedy for asthma. DR.. j. c. Ayers
Shetfy Pectoral has cured hundreds OF
Eases OF this disease, and testimonials to
" emcaey from those who have tried the
ITehmedy arc multiplying with every year.
ne cases presented in the testimonials
ma mat follow. may be taken as sexemplifying
remedy.
ABOUT year ago, I caught . bad cold
WHICH resulted In asthma so severe that I
was threatened with sufocation whenever
! attempted to lie down on my bed A
i1end recommending Ayers Cherry Pee
lotal, began to take 1t. and soon obtained
saesiei' and finally, was completely cured.
sihee then, have used t1is medicine in
my lnmiiy with great success for colds.
SyynuEns. and groups. HurrER, Editor
No'ink" !" POLISH, stevens Point, wis.
while on the oasconade River. Ca,
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New Process for Extracting Moisture
From Grain Under n Vacuum.

New Process for Extracting Moisture
From Grain Under Vacuum.
From the London Times: A new
process for artihcially extracting mois-
ture from wheat was put to careful
test in Berlin recently. The trial was
carried out at the instance OF Mr. Yer
burgh. NJ. p. who sent over fifty quar-
ters OF English wheat to be submitted
to the process. The result was en-
tirely satisfactory. over 6 per cent OF
moisture being taken from the wheat
which was u very dry sample in ex-
cellent conditlon--while the heat 20
which II was subjected could not pos
sibly affect 1t injuriousiy. The prin-
ciple Of the process-viz., that of dry
ing under vacuum-has been applied
TO many articles OF commerce. and the
result Of this trial is to show that 1t
is equally well adapted to wheat II
is hardly necessary to point out that
the subject is one OF great interest to
British farmers. who would be greatly
benefited by the provision of facilities
for getting their wheat into condition.
particularly In wet season. The full
details Of the trial will be laid before
the agricultural committee on corn
stores.
The western recorder., 1898-05-05
Smoke a. a Lightning Rod.

On the approach of thunderstorm
French peasants often make up very
smoky fire In the belief that safety
from lightning is thus assured. BY
some this is deemed a superstition.
but Schuster shows that the custom is
based on reason. inasmuch as the
smoke acts as a good conductor for car
rying away the electricity slowly and
safely. He points out that in 1000
cases Of damage by lightning 6.s
churches and s.5 mills have been
struck. while the number of factory
chimneys has only been 0.3.