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The Princeton union., 1899-05-11

ON HIS HEAD.
an went down to see um, an I'm
totin' up dis yer young maussa's trunk"
He put down the burden, and not
waiting for the silver piece that I
wished to give him he made quick
movement in the direction of the fields.
The overseer abruptly withdrew.
The man who was seated had his
back to me, but by the looks of the
overseer he. must have known that
there was somebody beside the truant
negro behind him. He rose and turned
round. 1t was a thin, bent figure, in
howered dressing-gown and slippers.
His hair presented that singular ap-
pearance caused by turning white in
patches and streaks. His face was
hollow and wrinkled; his eyes were
lusterless.
With the most apathetic expression
he looked at me, and seemed to think
that my appearance did not call for
question or remark. At least he made
none.
II beg your pardon, sir" said. lis
Mr.. Pierce Bostock at home? Can see
him?'
''The overseer attends to all bust
ness," he said, peevishly. $50 to him;
there he goes" q.
II have no business that he can at
tend to. I must see Mr. Bostoclx per-
sonally."
"Must you, indeed?" He began to
rouse a little at the word, and show
irritation. ''Where do you come from,
anyway, young man, that you think a
La Fourche planter can be made to at
tend in person at the beck and call of
every interloper who fancies he has
business with him? What,
His own talk, delivered in a feeble,
broken voice, excited him and brought
on fit of coughing. He stamped with
vexation, and sat down on bamboo
settee through sheer weakness
Il am Pierce Bostock," he said, when
he could find voice again. 'What the
devil do you want?"
1 ought to have expected this an
nouncement, and to have been prepared
for it; but felt very much at that in
stant as though had been following
chimera. TO be exact, felt cold and
sick, and the hopes of long years van
ished as puff of smoke. And vet it
seemed incredible. THIS Mr.. Bostock
this the hearty, ruddy, happy planter
who had crossed our stony New Hamp-
shire fields ten years before, and
pushed out my horizon everywhere
this feeble, testy, drooping0invalid?
My hopes were all turned to ashes on
the spot; yet resolved to speak out,
and end the farce. He would not recop-
nize me, or would bid me begone if he
should. No matter-I would see which
he would do, and then tear this cruel
leaf out of the book of my life, and
turn to other scenes.
"Well-are you dumb? What do YOU
say for yourself?"
"Mr. Bostock, I am Dorr Jewett. Do
you not know me?'' .
A very faint appearance of interest
came to his face. 10. ..
"Jewett?" he repeated. II believe
used to hear that name. Why, yes;
Amos Jewett was my schoolfellow
when was boy. Dorr-Dorr? That
was my fathers name" g..ss.: s... d,
saw that his mind was cropping for
memory, andI waited. -
He motioned me to sit down with
him. He looked at me, but was silent.
Amos Jewett was my father" I
ventured. 'Don't you remember COM
ing to our poor New Hampshire home
ten years ago, sir? Don't you remem-
Der how kind you were to us? was
the boy you took so much notice Of"
The Princeton union., 1899-05-11
CHAPTER XII
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.

Down the walk she came from the
house, light of step and graceful as a
fawn, clothed in pure white, with roses
in her raven hair. She was coming
directly to her father, when she saw
me. She looked from me to him; his
smile at once seemed to arrest her at
tention. .N
"Why, papa, what has happened?'
she exclaimed. ''You are almost laugh
ing! When did that happen before?''
'This is Dorr Jewett," he said, ''the
son of my old friend and schoolmate
in the north. Dorr, this is my daugh-
The Princeton union., 1899-05-11

! YVES at Boutel1ier's, in New Or
leans, yesterday. For the first time,
he refused to advance me anything.
only asked him for hundred dollars.
He said you had stopped the account .
ut has been SO long since heard
anything of you
That you thought was dead-eh?
You hoped SO, 20 doubt. If you'd
taken the trouble to send to Boutellier.
he'd have told you that your money
never stayed very long in his hands,
lie Fevre whispered excitedly in my
ear: ~ 3d. --, =
''What the devil does this mean?
Since have been there, the old man
has deposited thousands of dollars in
that bank, and not a cent has he
drawn from there. Who is this fell
low?" ST.. .- w.. .~
''Tell me what you want" said the
planter. "You promised me years ago
that you would not come near me
again. Go, now, and trouble me no
more" -
"Give me two thousand dollars
first"
Mr.. Bostock turned to LIE Fevre.
''Make a check on Jacob Barker,
New Orleans, for the amount payable
to bearer
Nothing that had thus far happened
had greatly surprised me- I knew
| about this man what was not known
| to Coralie or LIE Fevre; and, while she
stood in CONSERVATION by her fathers
chair, the overseer did not cease to
regard the interloper with threaten
ing looks, as if he only wanted.a "a little
more prOvocation to attack him with
his fists. Amazed as he was by the
direction about the check, he went into
the other room, prepared it, and
brought it back on book with pen
Mr.. Bostock signedoit with trembling
fingers.
| "Give it to him."
| The overseer took it and threw it
upon the lounge. The man who lay
there glanced at it and thrust it into
his pocket.
&C.," said the planter.
''Pretty soon; don't hurry me. You
must remember that we haven't met in
many years. All your own fault; you
|
PEELED me to come here to get money,
you've got to acknowledge me-"
''No-no!''
'You will! You're likely to die be-
fore do; and where shall I come for
money then? You know was only a
boy when we moved from here; I might
find it hard to get myself recognized
around here. It would be easier near
Vicksburg; but I want the witnesses
right here, in your own family: Tell
these people who am
"You are one of the devils who has
helped to- make my life miserable"
was the despairing cry of the planter.
evil You tell them?"
s:No."
every well. AL La Fourche shall
know the whole truth tomorrow.
Mark me-the achole truth, say!"
He turned to depart. Again he was
recalled.
''Do you promise to keep that secret?
Do you promise never to return here?"
II will keep the secret. I will not
return here in your lifetime-provided
you keep my account good at LIE Bou-
tellier's. Now tell them!'
'Hold me up, Dorr-Le Fevre, stand
back; this scoundrel must be satisfied
and silenced. He wants me to tell you
that he is my son, Conrad Bostock
That is true, l acknowledge it."
His head fell on his breast; his
breath came hard and labored His
daughter placed her arm about his
The Princeton union., 1899-05-11
CHAPTER XIII.

1t was an evening of early Septem-
Der that the first shadow fell upon my
pleasant existence at this home. Mr..
Bostock's habit was to retire early.
This night he had chosen to remain
up, and was sitting in his easy chair
upon the veranda. Coralie was at the
piano; sat on the upper step, listen
ing to the laughter and banjo-strum-
ming from the negro quarters. lie
Fevre sat lower down, smoking, en-
gagged in his own thoughts. There was
no moon that night, and the tall fig
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
M'K!NLEY RESTING
AT PLATTSBURG
The Health Of Mrs. Mckinley I'm
proving, but She Is Still
Very Weak.

PLATTSBURG, July 29.-President Nc
Kinleys first caller this morning was
George Curtis Treadwell. Governor Roose-
velt's military secretary, who bore a, mes
sage from the Governor bidding the Pres
ident welcome to New York State The
President spent most of the forenoon in
reading the newspapers and in attending
to his correspondence.
Mrs. Mckinley was feeling stronger
than she did yesterday afternoon After
luncheon a two-seated carriage was
brought up with a driver and the Presi-
dent and his wife took a short drive
around the hotel grounds. The drive
proved too much for Mrs. Mckinley, how
less than half an hour. The President
assisted by Secretary Cortelyou, helped
Mrs. Mckinley from the carriage to a
wheel chair, in which she was wheeled
to her apartments.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley both
expressed their sorrow upon learning of
the deaths of two members of the Twenty
first Regiment, which was in the thick OF
the fighting in the last battle near Man
toned at Plattsburg Barracks two years
ago while the President was here, and
each morning a guard mount was held on
the lawn in front of the hotel, after which
they were reviewed by the President Mrs
Mckinley gave the regiment a handsome
silk flag. which they carried all through
the Santiago campaign, and which they
are now defending in the Philippines. The
regiment came to be known as the Presi-
dents Own, and both he and Mrs McKin-
ley take a special interest in the regi-
mentS movements.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
DIR. KILMER'S REMEDIES.
FREE TO SUFFERERS.
The New Cure for Kidney, Bladder and
Uric Acid Troubles.

Almost everybody who reads the
newspapers is sure to know of the Won
derful cures made by DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy,
1t is the great medical triumph of the
nineteenth century; discovered after
years of scientific research by DR.. Kill
mer, the eminent kidney and bladder
specialist. and is wonderfully success
full in promptly curing kidney, liver,
bladder and uric acid troubles.
Swamp Root has been tested in so
many ways, in hospital work, in pri-
vate practice, among the helpless too
poor to purchase relief, and has proved
so successful in every case that a spe-
cial arrangement has been made by
which all readers of the San Francisco
Sunday Call who have not already tried
it may have sample bottle sent free
by mail, also a book telling more about
Swamp-Root and how to find out if you
have kidney or bladder trouble. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in the San Francisco Sunday Call
and end your address to DR.. Kilmer &
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. The regular
fifty cent and one dollar sizes are sold
by all first-class druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
KEEP COOL FROM PROPER HOT
WEATHER FOOD.

People can live in a temperature
which feels from ten to twenty degrees
cooler than their neighbors enjoy, by
regulating the breakfast. This is a
proceeding to which people who care
for physical comfort in hot weather are
giving careful attention.
The plan is to avoid meat entirely for
breakfast use a goodIy allowance of
fruit, either cooked or raw. Then fol-
low with a saucer containing about four
heaping teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts,
treated with a little rich cream. Add
to this about two slices of entire wheat
bread, with a meager amount of butter,
and serve one cup OF Postum Food
Coffee.
If one prefers, the Grape-Nuts can be
turned into the cup of Food Coffee,
giving a delightful combination. BY
this selection of food the bodily energy
is preserved, while the hot, carbona-
ceous foods have been left out. The
result is a very marked difference in
the temperature of the body, and to
this comfortable condition is added the
certainty Of easy and perfect digestion,
for the food is readily worked up by the
digestive machinery.
Experience and experiment in food
and it's application to the human body
has brought out these facts. They can
be made use of and add materially to
the comfort of the user. Price, 10 cents
per package.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

cations, annoyances, acts of retaliation
and attempts on one side to exceed
their own or restrict the other sides
rights under the proposed compromise.
The Saturday Review thinks Canada
ought in no event to surrender her
rights in international law unless she
concurrently receives considerable con-
cessions from the United States on
other questions before the commission
ers.
The Saturday Review proceeds to
claim that Canada now suffices for her
self both politically and economically
and has no further need of the United
States, that only the most factious pol
icy on the part of Great Britain could
revive the annexationist party in Can
ada and asks what possible reason the
Canadians could have for involving
the country in the gravest international
questions. The article concludes as fol-
lows:
with thousands Of Americans
slaughtering the Filipinos, whom they
went to free, while the truth is con-
cealed from the public by methods
worse than Russia's, as an instance Of
external aggression, and with a reign
of terror in Cleveland. where a tram
way strike is conducted with nitro -gly-
cerine bombs, as an example of inter
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
.FUROR CAUSED
BY DEWEYS TALK
Continued from First Page.

Dewey in his cabin on board the Olym-
pia 1 could not help remarking how
much better he was looking, how much
clearer was his complexion and how
much brighter was his expression. At
this he seemed pleased and said:
Il go ashore nearly every day, for
walking or driving exercise. 1t is hard
for me to walk, as 1 have been so long
leading a rather sedentary life on board
ship and especially under the unfavor-
able climatic influences Of Manila. l
walk about the deck a great deal and
am gradually getting back my powers
of locomotion and will soon try and
manage the hills"
He said he was doing very well, but
still felt that he was not fully and en-
tirely right as regards his digestive
troubles. After referring to dinners in
general, he seemed little uneasy about
his ability to dodge banquets in New
York and Washington on his return
home Touching the grand ovation that
is awaiting him, he said:
at will last about two days. Then
I shall go to Washington Immediately
and see the President and receive the
sword that is to be presented to me.
After that I shall be free to go to the
mountains or to the country, where 1
can be absolutely quiet and in COM
plete retirement"
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
HAD DYNAMITE IN
HIS POSSESSION

NEW YORK, July 29.-Francis J. Cur
ran, formerly motorman on the Second
avenue underground trolley line, was ar
raigne1 to-day in the Police Court and
held in $1,000 bail on a charge of having dy-
Mantle in his possession. The detectives
who arrested him alleged that Curran in
tended to cause an explosion on the Sec
ond-aVenue trolley tracks.
City Inspector of Combustibles Murray
said to the police magistrate that he had
examined the stick Of dynamite found on
Curran. 1t was ready for use, being filed
with illuminate of mercury, and would
have exploded if a car had sturck 1t. He
contained in the stick would have blown
up the tracks, wrecked the car and killed
all on hoard.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

nal CONFUSION, there Is realized the
grave question Of what will happen
when the present tide Of prosperity
turns. Therefore, to urge Canada to
go beyond the bounds of reasonable
concession would be good neither for
her nor the empire
In connection with the Alaskan dis
pute Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, for
merly Secretary of State for the Home
Department, in Canadian paper re-
Gently repudiated the remarks which
he had made to the correspondent of
the Associated Press. When Mr.. AS
quith was visited by the correspondent
to-day to ask wherein he had been in
accurately quoted, Mr.. Asquith said:
What 1 said to you was said in the
course of a casual conversation. 1 have
said nothing on the issue about the
Alaskan question and have not given
leave for any utterance on the matter
to be issued. Any interview I always
revise and like to have it in my own
words. uttered no sentiment reflect
ing on Canada at any time. l there
fore could not adopt the utterances
in question, and when my attention was
directed to them I was, as a public
man, bound to repudiate what had evil
IDENTIFY been published as a public utter
ance."
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
DEPEND UPON UNCLE
SAM FOR PROTECTION

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Upon in
quiry at the State and Navy depart
ments to-day I was informed that
neither Germany nor any other foreign
power, as far as is known, has dis
patched a vessel TO San Domingo. This
is very gratifying to the authorities, for
although no objection could be made to
any foreign power having a man-of-
war in these waters to protect its citi-
zens in the event of a revolution they
look upon the absence of such vessel
as an indication that other countries
are satisfied to depend upon the United
States to look after foreign interests in
case of an uprising.
Germany, l am told has not a single
man-of-war on this station, her North
Atlantic squadron having recently been
withdrawn to participate in the au-
tumn maneuvers at KieI 1t was stated
some time ago that a vessel was to be
sent to Guatemala to demand the pay
ment Of debts due to certain German
Subjects but the Navy Department has
not been informed of her departure.
The only possible fear of any undue
foreign interference in affairs in San
Domingo has been from Germany. 1t
- hlDN II lIldI SIle iIdS SOIlle 4HlGI cSl -
in San Domingo, and it has been stated
that some Of the German residents are
in sympathy with Jiminez, who is said
to be heading a movement antagonistic
10 a legitimate successor of HeureauX.
While, of course, keeping a careful
lookout TO see that there is no foreign
interference, the immediate work of the
two men-Of-war to be sent to San Do
mingo viii be TO protect American eiti-
zens. II necessary marines will be land
ed to protect the American consulate
and American property. The moral eff
feet of the mere presence of these ships
will, the authorities hope, be sufficient
to put a damper on any revolutionary
movements. Secretary Long said to-
day that he expected that the Machias
would reach San Domingo city by Mon
day. Her repairs have been expedited
so that she Will be able to sail from
St Thomas tomorrow evening.
The New Orleans will sail from New
port to-day, and ought to reach the
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
SIXTEEN AGREE
TO ARB|TRATE
Last Session of Peace
Conference.
LETTER FROM THE POPE
HE GIVES PROMISE OF HEARTY
COOPERATION.
Baron de staal, in the Closing Ad-
dress, Said That if the Work
Was Not Complete It Was
Wise and Practicable.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

THE HAGUE, July 29.-The Interna-
tional Peace Conference met for its final
sitting to-day, when it was announced
that sixteen states had signed the arbi-
tration convention, fifteen. the other
two conventions, seventeen the dec
laration prohibiting the throwing
of projectiles or explosives from
balloons. sixteen the declaration prohibit
ing the use of asphyxiating gases and ht-
teen the declaration prohibiting the use
of expansive bullets.
A letter was read from the Queen OF
Holland to the Pope, asking his moral
support of the conference. The Pope
reply, which was read, promised co-opera-
ton and recalled the fact that he mad
many times performed the function OF ar
bitrator and assured her Majesty that, IN
spite of his present abnormal position
the Pope would continue to seek the ao-
Vancement~ of civilization.
Baron de Staal delivered the farewell
address, thanking the representatives or
foreign states. He said the work accom-
plished while not so complete as might
be desired, was sincere, wise and prac-
ticable. The great principles OF the SOW
ereignty of individual states and lnterna-
tional solidarity apparently so opposing,
had been reconciled by what they had ac-
CompliShed. He affirmed that IN time 10
come institutions which had tnelr origin
in the need of concord would be the DOM
mating influence and that thus the work
of the conference was truly merltorlouS.
Minister Esteurnelles and DR.. Beaufort
followed, the latter saying that if the con-
ference had not realized Utopian dreams
nevertheless it had disproved pess1mlstlc
forebodings and the moral effect would
more and more influence public opinion
and aid governments to solve the question
of the limitation of ornaments, which
still remains a source of grave considera-
tion for statesmen of all countries.
Baron de Staal then declared the con-
ference closed
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
THE CURE OF
CONSUMPTION
Has Been Reduced to a
Science by DR.. AbOrn Of
554 Suffer Street.

After an absence of many years spent in
the East and abroad DR.. Aborn has re-
turned to this city and resumed the prac-
tice of his speCialties at 554 Sutter street.
DR.. Aborn won considerable distinction
while here in 1869 and in the early seven
ties by his remarkable cures of consump-
tion. His experience of many years in
other cities has enabled him to. develop to
a marked degree his new treatment of dis
eases of the head, throat and lungs. DR..
Aborn treatment gives immediate relief,
builds up and revitalizes the whole con-
sututon, fortiffes. the system against
colds. and catarrhal affections, and by
preventing consumption prolongs- life.
DR.. Aborn was greeted on his arrival
here few weeks ago by several of his old
patients, all of whom he had rescued from
untimely graves. In numerous instances
where consumptives were given up as
hopeless cases by well-known local ,physi-
clans DR.. Aborn succeeded in effecting
permanent cures and adding years OF
health and happiness to the lives of the
afflicted. In his treatment of nasal ca
tarrh, asthma and all bronchial affections,
DR. Aborn's efforts have been attended
with unusual success, and in numerous in
stances the cures effected by him were Of
a brilliant character.
DR.. Aborn has spent over thirty years OF
his life in the study and treatment of con-
sumption, catarrh, asthma, throat dis
eases and all affections of the lungs, so
that to-day he is recognized in medical
circles as an absolute authority on all
questions pertaining to these subjects. His
offices at 554 Sutter street have been
thronged since his arrival and each sue
ceeding day adds to the number and bril-
lance Of his achievements.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
BULLS IN A DUEL.
Stubborn Combat Ending in the
Death of One of the Animals.

SAN RAFAEL, July 29.-James Welch,
a farmland employed on the Fitzgerald
place, near Rainier, witnessed last Thurs
day one of the most desperate conflicts
between two maddened animals ever be-
held by human eyes. A large bull owned
by a dairyman of the vicinity broke down
a fence and wandered into an adjoining
pasture in which was another bull. The
second animal caught sight of the in
truder and rushed at him just as Welch,
who was returning home from work,
reached an eminence where he could wit
ness the contest
For thirty minutes the beasts gored
each other and the clashing of their horns
could have been heard a quarter of
mile, while their angry believing was
blood-curdling. Finally one fell eX-
hausted to the ground. Welch then ran
for assistance to stop the battle. Before
he returned the fallen animal had been
killed by its foe The survivor was badly
injured. One eye had been gouged out, his
flank had been ripped open and the left
horn broken off at the base. The Injuries
are such that the conqueror may die.