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CHAPTER XVII.
PROUD woNAN's ANSWER.


Mrs. Graham"
Alecia was alone in the pavilion on
the following morning. watching the
early lights upon the ocean ere the
breakfast-bell summoned the guests
from their rooms. She was an early
riser, and enjoyed the freshness OF
the morning ere she was called to rs
sumo her quiet pride for her friends.
The voice uttering. her name startled
her, although she instantly recognized
It. In the first moment Of surprise
she turned her exquisite eyes upon
the speaker, with q flush deepening
In her cheeks. Then slow smile or
perfect indifference parted her lips.
Mr.. Winthrop ventures out early
she said
The old spirit Of rebellion, mingled
with that subtle power that held him
apart from hatred Of this woman,
brought this strange culver to his
face like the fash and fading OF
some far-oH lightning gleam. His
eyes smouldered fire into her cool
steady eyes lifted to his. But he
would not be daunted by this one
woman when he had lived his life
apart from The power Of q woman's
face and voice.
he did not offer to be seated, but
stood beside her very still and proud.
but with a stern determination upon
his face that forced from her q feel
ing Of respect for his magnificent
self-command, even set apart from
him as she was In her memory OF his
harshness.
"Perhaps Mrs. Graham will find It
difficult to hear or believe what l
have to say" he said, after q moment
Of utter silence. save for the seething
of the surf upon the sands and the
sharp screaming Of gull swooping
lust over the surface Of the water.
"As told you that day, I try always
to be Just. I advised my client as I
believed from my heart was right. l
might have urged upon him the easi'
er course Of yielding to your wish.
for It was my desire to do so. but 1
deemed It unfair to the man whom
| I was serving. 1t Is always easier to
grant happiness to others. unbeliev'
Ing as Mrs. Graham may be Of this
from me; but I felt that / must not
yield to you. You know the result.
There Is no need of going over that
old difficult ground, that contains only
sadness for Us both"
"For you" queried Alecia. smiling
coldly. "Is It possible that sadness
also sometimes touches Mr.. Win
throp:"
II cannot expect kind words from
you" said John Winthrop. patiently.
though his hands were clenched.
You believe me beyond the pale of
feeling, Mrs. Graham. l will not at
tempt to argue that point with you;
1t would only he painful to both OF
| us"
mot to me-" interrupted Alecia
again, in her steady. cold voice. her
eyes upon the glimmering sails along
the ocean before them. "Mr. Win.
throp can cause me no more pain
than he gave me three years ago. BE
no longer has influence In my life. /
assure him."
Still very quiet and proud the tall
figure stood beside her. with the
clenched hands and stern face and
burning eyes. He was looking down
upon her: she was watching the dis.
tant ships. and her slim hands were
lightly lying. clasped, In her lap.
TO be conti- -ued.)
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Evil Physlcul Effects.

Incucst:onably, one OF the strongest in.
Huences in bringing about the greater
;en1perance in tine use of alcohol which
no:: prevails so noticeably among intel.
iisen, people has been the spread OF
knowledge IL 10 the evil physical effects
of its abuse
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xyorId'x Birrest Lock.

Rotterdam is building the biggest exca-
Gated lock in the world. 1t covers an
area OF 80 acres, with a iourteen'ioot
depth OF water. II will be dredged out
later 10 twenty-five feet.
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Christian Abaininers.

Abstinence from Intoxicating drink has
become the teaching OF the religious COM
mnnions IN which are included the E'a.
jority OF American Christian bel levers. and
in some CT them il is enforced BY drastic
discipline.
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Avoid Temptstion.

What we are taugh, to seek or shun IN
PRAYER We should equally pursue or avoid
IN action. Very earnestly, therefore,
should we avoid temptation, seeking 70
walk cuarIedy in the path OF obedience.
We are not to enter the thicket IN search
of the lion. This lion may cross our pam,
OF leap upon US from the thieket. out We We
have nothing to do with hunting him; ne
that meeteth with him. even though ne
winne,h the day. will find II stern s,rue.
Gle. lie, the Christian pray that he MAJ
Se snored the encounter Our Savlou-,
who had experience of what temptation
meant. thus earnestly admonished His dis
cip:es: Pray ,kat ye enter not into temp
tatioa.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem: Ny Task-ReEret st Not Fsndins
the Secret Of God Needless Sorrow.
To the Christian He 10 Sometimes
Hiddcp-God ~ Silent Presence.
To love some one more dearly ev'ry. day,
To ponder DER a noble thought, and pray,
And smile when evening falls.
To follow truth az blind men long for light,
To do my best from dawn Of day till night,
To keep my heart fit for His holy sight,
And answer when He calls.
-Maude Louise Ray, in Harper's Magazine.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lMTEMPERANcE.

Poem: 70 Arms-"Poor Tom"-Tho Liquor
Interests Apparently Deeply Concerned
For the Comfort Of Hard-WorkinR
CIerks-A Hint TO Cruel Employer.
To arms! against our nations foe,
The cause OF wretchedness and woe;
The author OF the orphan cry;
The source of woman's misery.
To arms! the friends Of temperance cry;
With courage to the conflict fly.
Say, shall the foe destroy our land?
Or shall we join the temperance band!
To arms! though wealth and power urite
Though strong the struggle-sharp tbs
fight;
The vietory's sure, the curse shall cease;
And temperance crown tic land with
peace.
To arms! the scabbard's thrown aside;
Wen fight till victory's on cur side:
And Temperance" shall employ ouI
Until our lips are closed in death.
English Temperance Hymn Book
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No Middle Ground For Physicians.

The middle-ofthe.road physicians who
talk emphatically about the vice Of in.
ebriety and the food value OF alcohol, anu
who express great fear of extravagant
statements on this subject, are falling out
of the ranks in the forward movement OF
science. There is no middle ground con.
cerning inebriety and alcohol; it is .
physical disease, and alcohol cannot be
food and poison at the same time.
Theories OF vice in inebriety and the food
value O: alcohol utterly fail to explain the
obscure phenomena OF inebriety, but rather
deepen the mystery and make the near.
of treatment more uncertain. The as.
sumption that the moderate use Of alcohol,
as in the "canteen." promotes sobriety
and health, comes from profound ignor.
ancc and inability to correctly interpret
the facts. The subject is greater than
any theories or studies of means OF
methods of cure. and beyond the fact Of
disease of inebriety and the poison Of
alcohol stretches a wide field yet to be
explored.-Journal OF lnebriety.
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What the Liquor Man Says.


The saloon wants Sunday, wants by law
what it has already seized contrary -
law.
The reason on which the demand is
based is more insolent even than the de-
mand itself. Stripped to the bone it
stands as follows: Says the liquor man:
We don't believe in any provision of law
that restrains our business, more particu.
larly the Sunday law. We have persist.
emily evaded and violated the law, an
intend to do so in the future. We will be
perjurcrs and bribers il necessary. We
will pay blackmail If necessary. We will
elect corrupt city government If neces.
sary. We will degrade our business to
the level of immoral resorts if necessar..'.
We will stop ut nothing. for We intend
at any cost to sell drinks on Sunday.
Now, II you don't want to be demoral.
lied by unenforced law. and il you want
to get rid OF the vile Raines law hotels,
and if you want an honest government
in the city OF New York. and II you want
to make us good. pious. law-abiding citi.
zens. give US Sunday by law. And to this
proposition the whole people OF the great
State of New York are expected to bow
Alfred Manierre, in New York Journal.
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To arms! the scabbard's thrown aside;
Wen fight till viesorys on cur , side: ~
BREATH
Until our lips are closed in death.
English Temperance Hymn Book
Poor Toms A.Cold.
Cne Of the most intensely dramatic
Lear" Is that in which he describes the
distracted king and the fugitive Prince
Edgar cropping their way in the dark.
meas, while over their defenseless heads
bursts the pitiless storm. The tempest
il the kings mind surpasses that raging
in the sky, but in the case Of Edgar
there is only a feigning of madness and
extreme distress. Is the modern clerk
in much the same plight, socially and
economically as that Of Poor Tom"
According to the Liquor Trades Review
be is, the editor using the following laD'
guage to set forth his lot:
The shaving clerk wields his weary
pen six long, joyless days, and yearns
for the right to be q man, with all q
mans natural privileges, one day ont OF
long and when evening falls, staggers
This is a serious statement, but com.
ing from such a source we suspect that
it is overdone for some Interior purpose,
and indeed, this soon appears. The
editor is incensed at the action Of Jus.
tice Hendricksen for delivering charge
to the Grand Army Of Atlantic City ask.
ing for the enforcement of the Sunday
closing Law, and it is obviously to his
purpose to paint in as vivid colors as
possible the need OF wide open Sunday
for the benefit Of the clerk. To quote
again: ,
the right to momentarily forget that ne 10
q beast Of burden and that day is made
win be done to recruit the ranks of an.
archy than all the vaporings OF Most or
the hysterical gatherings of Goldman
could accomplish. II the rich will ponder
upon this Sunday question but little,
they will be astonished to find that they
are vitally and directly concerned in it. -
Yes, indeed, the ricn are concerned,
but granting for the moment that the
average employer is 80 cruel as to sen
his clerk home at night staggering from
exhaustion (which he would Indignantly
deny), the proper remedy is not to make
the public resort more enticing and there.
fore expensive to the clerk, but to make
his working hours less o terror and more
a pleasure to him, thus leaving him in the
mood for a nationally kept Sabbath. The
louder is the writer's lament, the weaker
is his case. He sees no other fate for
"Poor Tom than that OF the race horse
which is first urged to utmost speed and
then sponged of preparatory for another
"heat." We forget, no, not fog q mo.
ment, that the Sabbath was made for wan,
but 80 also were the week days. Sag.
sering from exhaustion naturally leads to
staggering from another cause, while tn.
Golden Rule in force six days in the
week. leaves heart and brain receptive for
the higher truths and joys appropriate t.
the seventh day.-Union Signal.
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Palmer Earle stopped her as she
was turning proudly away. Even his
cold heart was stirred by her revela-
ton. Had not Harold Graham been
classed his friend until the day OF his
misfortune? Should he not have been
governed by that end the knowledge
Of his perfect uprightness-never a
stain upon the proud name equal with
bis own? Would he not have placed
himself in a better light with the
world. so doing? There was no man
dared breathe O word against him.
but might they not feel that he had
been unnecessarily harsh?
Miss Field"' he said.
He would not speak until he could
command his voice before this slip Of
girl, with her sccrnful eyes and
voice. but be must exonerate himself
from blame.
She paused. turning her flashing
eyes upon him in the darkening pur-
pie falling upon the world Of night.
lighted only by the amber stars IN the
tended heaven.
If this be true. rs you say-and I
do not doubt it-I must not stand In
such q light with you and Mrs.
Graham as now fear is the case.
| Had your sister or her husband made
known this truth to ME that day. l
would have paid the debt owed Har-
old Graham by free gift OF his debt.
and Mr.. Winthrop would have given
me his perfect ncquiescence. 1t placed
me in n hard light most unjustly."
The girl flung out her hands. ms
though she would set them from her
rs far as the world would admit.
were 1t in her power. and q culver
struck her OVID face.
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NCood Roads.%
Maintenance.

? IIE object of maintenance 10
to keep the roads in such a
state that vehicles Of all de.
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place and permanent, it would not
crush the rock satisfactorily. The
cyanide process was a failure owing
to the presence in the ore of small
per cent Of sylvanite, enongh to cause
il to resist the chemical action.
With all these disadvantages. the ore
paid fairly well under the operation
Of the Eureka company. They milled
1910 tons which produced sl4, coo in
free gold, while the concentrates
netted $3.50 per ton.
Last spring the mine was purchased
by the Oregon & California Gold
Fields Company for s6j, 900 and was
rehtted throughout with new equip
ment The roller process for crushing
the ore was abandoned and in its stead
there was installed stamp mill Of 10
stamps A sj horse power air com
pressor was added, with machine
drills and all machinery necessary TO
a thorough equipment The power
is furnished by two boilers Of 90 and
IS horse power respectively, and three
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engines, A first -class electric light
plant is among the features of the
mines equipment. The mine was
fitted up and operations were carried
on under the direction of Walter de
Varila, the eminent mining engineer.
AT the time the new company took
hold of the property, there were 49,
900 tons of ore blocked out. More de-
velopment work was Immediately
begun and 40, tons more were
blocked out in the first few months.
The ore that has been milled had been
estimated to produce Sl2 to the ton.
On being worked, it yielded s25 per
ton. The ore is ribbon structure,
carrying a large percentage of its
values in free gold. 1t carries about
Il of one per cent sylvanite which
renders it impervious to the cyanide
process. About 65 per cent OF the
values are caught in the battery and
plates. The remainder are in the con.
centrates, secured on Whitley tables.
A 40 mesh screen is used A large
percentage of the values were lost in
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jackson County Mines.

Frank Ketchum, who purchased the
Bachelor property on Sardine creek,
mas put a new line OF pipe into the
diggings and is driving mountains
TO the sea "
James Smith who purchased the
Woman property on Sardine creek,
intends to KNOCK as much gravel as
the next one" this year and already
has quite slice of bedrock uncovered.
II. l.. White, Of Ashland, who owns
tho placer claims at the forks Of sar-
d ne creek, has two men at work
with his giant A new ditch is being
used on this property which gives a
pressure Of 2S5 feet through an ll-inch
pipe.
Ex-senator T. b. Dufar has had men
At WORK on his deep race all fail and
managed to &c it in first class shape
before the heavy rains. His giant is
now running night and day. This
mine is another Of Foots creek =
good producers
George Lance and Ice Cook are
blasting the bank in Gold Gulch
diggings on Foots creek and piping
the gravel night and day When the
water failed last spring the boys
were piping ground that averaged
sl.25 per yard. Summer prospecting
proved the bank 10 be an extensive
back channel and portions Of it
averaged 81. 80 per yard. This proper
ty will make a big cleanup in the
spring.
The Black Gold Channel placer mine
on FoOts creek, under the management
Of A. 4. Rubel, who has the property
leased, is being worked with two
giants That is the only mine in that
locality using Rubel elevator Six
men are employed in the diggings
this year and from the amount Of bed
rock uncovered 20 far the spring clean.
up will be far ahead Of the average
which runs into the thousands. Med
ford Mail
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the former method Of working and as
high as Slos per ton has been secured
from the tailings.
There are two tunnels with an aggre-
gate length Of $50 feet The upper
level is run on the vein 400 feet. The
lower tunnel is run ON the mill level
and is $50 feet in. From this tunnel
a Wine has been sunk 35 feet, max
ing the entire depth thus far attained
j02 feet. The ore chute has length
Of 2sj feet. The vein varies from
three to ~ feet in width, averaging
four or five feet. The original forna-
tion was serpentine on tine foot wall
and diorite on the hanging wall
At the depth now attained, meta
morpheus or slate dyke appears, crowd
ing through the formations, in the
form Of horse between two veins,
while the true vein occurs in slate.
A cTosscut shows this dyke to be 80
feet wide at the lowest depth reached
in the workings. Immense ore re-
serves occur in the slate.
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The Eureka is situated nearly due
west Of Grants Pass and about 40
miles distant by the somewhat cir
cuitous route. 1t is about 16 miles
from Selma, the nearest wagon road
point. With no great difficulty a
road could be built to the mine from
Swede Basin, only IA few miles distant
and such road has been projected.
1t would be benefit not only to this
mine and its immediate vicinity, but
to .all the vast country tributary to
the lower Illinois river, field as yet
barely touched by the prospector.
In the opinion of many mining men
of judgment and experience, the
Eureka is destined to become one
among the very best mines of the coast.
The uniform high grade quality of
its ore and the immense quantity OBJ
tainable, the facilities for working,
and better still the magnificent show
ing at the lowest depth, make this
supposition almost undisputable.
The features of ore and formation are
identical with those of some of the
greatest mines of California, and
other states, fact quickly noted and
appreciated by mining men.
With mines in operation like the
Eureka and the Greenback, Josephine
county needs only few more steady
producers to surpass as a mining
country any section of equal area on
Jhe coast.
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History. Development and Equip
ment. One OF the Best
Wealth Producers

One of tie Josephine county mines
which has passed through the several
stages of development by which a
prospect grows into a mine and which
may be said to have come to maturity,
is the Eureka. This mine is now
recognized as one of the very best in
southern Oregon and is being steadily
operated at a profit that should be a
good stimulus toward the development
Of other lodges in this county.
Tie Eureka mine is locat on
S, llicr creek, one If the principal
tributaries Of Triges creeks, con
fluent If the Illinois The mine is
situated near the top Of the mountain
which lies between Soldier creek and
the Illinois riv,r, On the headquarters
of one Of th small tIibutaTi.s OF the
main creek. Il. s.tuatitu j. wild,
picturesque and beautiful. Mineral j
areas 50 often oCcur in the Gly and
dreary desert place of the word that
it is both unusual and r fro shing 10
find country, like southern Oregon,
where nature miuglcs riches and
beauty and where the seeker after
gold may pursue his v,catior b, Meath
the waving hrS If the. evergreen ore
gon forests in the bAlny air Of the
pleasantest climate of he earth.
The story Of the discovery and lr,t
sale Of tie Eur La has been tod and
retold, and aiu.Ost always VIII inju>-
tice to the intelligence Of Miller, its
diseovrrrr. Milltr was a pocket
hunter by profession and lnew his
business well When he struck the
trace which led to the Eureka, he
was "hat broke and the -four was
low in the sack. He camped on the
property and waited for things to
come his way, meanwhile, with a
hand mortar, extracting enough gold
to meet his expenses. Now, where the
ledge was discovered, it lay in the
form of blanket lead. " A strip
several hundred feet across was lying
exposed on the hillside. At first this
was enormously thought to be the
width of the vein and as it prospected
we'll almost all the way across, the
proposition was considered a stupen-
duous one Miller sunk shaft or two
but at the depth of 10 or 12 feet drove
through the quartz into the earth
beneath. His prospecting probably
served TO convince him that the mine
was only a detached mass Of quartz
without any permanent ledge. So
Miller "shut" the holes full again,
would not allow any one eise to sink
on the property, and utterly refused
any and all bonding propositions.
For spot cash he would sell, and no
other way. The reason was that
he had no faith in the permanence Of
the property. He refused bonding
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Oueensware, choice, neat floral decoration
"A piece tea set usually s6. 90 this sale AGO
90 piece dnner,se usually T. so, this sale B. 80
100 piece dinner set usually $l4, this sale $40
Fine Bohemian Glass Fruit dishes red opales-
cent regular 60o this sale S5c
Kitchen Hclps-Scrub bruhes palmetto Fibre
regular 15 to close 100
Scrub brushes, Palmetto Fibre, regular 25c, to close
loo
Vegetable or Egg boiler regular l5c to close, 100
Tin Sauce pans, regular l5c, to close, 05c
Tin bread pans, regular l5c to close, &c
French Fryers or doughnut cookers, regular 25c to
close l0c
Butter Moulds, regular 15c to close, l0c
Coffee Mills, regular csc, to close 100
Sauce dishes, 6-inch, regular 10c, to csoe, 30
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Remnants to close

Seven patterns in all.
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The FAMOUS EUREKA QUARTZ MINE
Rich Ore in Unlimited Quantity at the Mine of the Oregon
& California Gold Fields Co

propositions without number and final.
ly sold to the Eureka Mining Co. for
s2S, 900, cash.
The blanket" portion merely had
little extra dip" and the perma-
nent vein was found in place. The
Eureka Mining Co, fitted the mine up
at considerable expense. They in
stalled a 40 ton roller mill and a SO
ton cyanide plant. The roller process,
it was discovered later, was i'll adapted
to this particular rock. Its operation
on the surface ore, that had been
partially disintegrated by the ele-
ments, was fairly good but ON the
harder quartz where the vein was in
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CARPETS
With Chara Cter.

Here you find Carpets that will
wear, that have good in them, and
that look we'll longer than than the
ordinary. COST IS NOT GREAT,
but the VALUE is there, and the ad-
vantage of buying should be under
stood. We are closing out lot of
numbers regardless O. cost. NOTE
WELL THESE FIGURES:
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Clothes racks 4fold, regular q. 90. to close, 800
Wall Clothes rack, 5-piu regular 25c, to close i0c
Tooth picks-not splinters-6 packages for 25c
Clothes pins, 4S for &c
No double spring steel traps, regu lar &c to close
SOC.
Lanterns, regular 4Sc for 25c
Pipe thimbles, 8-inch, regular SOC for 25c
Horse brushes Rice root regular, CSC for 45c
Horse brushes Fibre. regular 45c for SOC
Linen toweling one line regular 1a<c for 0Sc
Linen towellng, one line, regular SHc for Go
Linen towelng, one line, regular 09c for &c
Linen toweling. one line. regular. Sc for &c
Cotton toweling, one line, &c for $40
Linen towels, regular s5c per pair for 900
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AS in Former Years


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