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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
~rd better go and tell father.

i ''T'd better go and tell rather-'' "You needn't bother; he knows It's a question of honor. Father said he'd buy the horse, and he's gone to make good. How did you get away from the bank, Alan?" she said, changing the subject: T didn't know you were com ing to-day"
 Mortimer was light, and took on my work. He's a good sort"
 Does he bet?"
 The boy laughed. "Mortifer bet? That's rich. We call him Old Solemni- ty' in the bank; but he doesn't mean any harm by it. Do you know why he's doing my work to-day?"
 Because you're away, suppose"
 Because you recited that doggerel about The Run of Crusader" Allan! I've never spoken to MT. Nor timer"
 That's why he choked the butcher the night of the concert-I mean"
 You're talking nonsense, Alan"
 "I'm not. know when mans in terested. Hello. Blest if the boss isn't coming this way-there's Crane. See. Allis? I've notion to tell him that his trainer is crook"
 ''No, you won't, Alan-you're too young to gabble." Philip Crane had evidently intended going higher up in the stand, but his eye lighting on the brother and sister, he stopped and turned in. to where they were sitting.
 Good afternoon, Miss Porter"
 There was metallic ring in Cranes voice that affected her disabreeably. He was almost a stranger to Aer; she hardly remembered ever having spo- ken to him. @" <.. sa5.' He turned and nodded pleasantly to Alan, saying: May take this seat? I'm tired. The cashier let you off for the day, eh?" he continued. Game up to see your fathers mare run, I suppose-I'm deuced sorry she was beaten"
 What are they waiting for-why have they taken the horses numbers down again? Are they trying to steal the race from Lauzanne now?" It was the woman's voice behind them, petu- lantly exclaiming.
 Crane turned in his seat, looked over his shoulder, and raised his hat. ''The impatient lady is my trainers sister," he explained in a modulated tone to Allis. "A trainer is quite an autocrat, assure you, and one must be very careful not to forget any of the obvious courtesies."
 Allis wondered why he should find it necessary to make any explanation at all.
 A man came hurriedly up the steps, spoke to policeman on guard and searched the faces with his eyes. Catching sight of Crane he came quick :, ly forward and whispered something in his ear.
 Excuse me, must go-rm wanted" Crane said to Allis.
 AS he turned, the trainers sister spoke to him. ts. What's the matter, MT. Crane there's something going on up in the 1 stewards stand?"
 'I fancy there's an objection, though don't know anything about it,'' he answered, as he went down the steps with the messenger. A3ssaa slssss Allis breathed more freely when he had goneA his presence had oppressed l her. Crane had said nothing-just an ordinary compliment. Like an inspira- 1 ton 1t came to the girl what had af- fected her so disagreeably in Crane 1 it was his eyes. They were hard, cold, i glittering eyes, looking out from be- 1 tween partly closed eyelids. &s
 CTo Be Continued)
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
OIdext Code of Laws.

The oldest code of laws in the world, promulgated by king of Babylon AZ centuries ago, was found, thanks to the enterprise of the French government, only last year, and though this ancient manuscript is written in stone, 1t is an amazing thing that we can now read, in King Hammurabi's own words, 43l4 lines of the statutes he enacted for his people more than 2,oo0 years before Christ.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

Keeps It's Ancient Appearance.
 Hildesheim (Hanover) town council has decided to preserve the ancient ap- pearance of its streets by ordering that all new private buildings must be in the seventeenth century German style.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
Wear Hair Pompadour.

The wives of Siamese noblemen have their hair cut in pompadour style. It is usually about 11a inches in length, and sticks up straight, like the hairs in a backing brush.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
Few White Elephants.

Few White Elephants.
 A great elephant catcher is authority for the statement that but 24 white ele- phants have been caught since the com mencement of the Christian era.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
HIN DIPO THE NEW NERVE TONIC
AND KIDNEY CURE.

Gleanses the Kidneys and Bladder. purifes tho the Nerves. Clears the Brain. Cures Nervous Debility, Insomnia. Failing Memory Restores the viFns vigor, Vitality and Strength of Youth. in both weak Men and Women.
 This New Remedy works like Magic. but ia at. solutely harmless. Weigh yourself before taking. Price, so cts; ! 2 boxes, S5.o0. by mail. we Will cheerfuily refund the money If you ara Dot benefited. Try it and be convinced
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15
Saw AND LATHE MILLS
RUNNING FULL BLAST

The Sumpter Lumber company
started up its lath mill yesterday,
manned by full crew. The daily
capacity Of the machine is 5000
The purpose of adding this branch
Of industry to the business was to save
large quantities of timber that can
not be utilized for lumber Of the or
dinary dimensions.
II is said TO be the most profitable
department in a saw mill. I'm that the
material used csots practically moth
ing, as 1t would be wasted were Il not
so used.
The Lumber company's saw mill
has been In operation for some weeks
past, cutting up the logs now In
stock on the ground. The manage
ment reports the lumber market very
much depressed and the demand at
the low tide mark, but output can
be produced at present more cheaply
than at any other season, so II IL
considered the wise po Icy to manu-
facture II big stock aud have II on
hand when the demand becomes
active.
The Sumpter Lumber company. or
mt least the same people who control
IL, now own more timber land In
eastern Oregon than any other angre-
cation operating In this territory.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15
VIEWING BURNT
RIVER ROAD
Representative Citizens
Drive Over the Route
This Afternoon.

Mayor McColloch. Messrs. Berg
man, Ball, Case, Schwartz, and
Doane. left shortly after noon today
In two rigs, to drive over the new
road to Burnt river.
As all readers of The Miner know,
there has of late been dera bic
hammering of this proposition In
general, and this route In particular.
+. Il. O'Rourke, who has worked
early and late for the completion of
the road, has been accused by the
Morning knocker, In its usual in
direct, cowardly manner, of being
actuated by selfish motives: 40 he
induced these half dozen representa-
tive citizens to go over the ground,
see for themselves and report whether
or not the enterprise Is feasible, and
also testify rs to the truth or falsity
of the insinuation that he is en-
deavoring to work gold brick off on
this community and the Burnt river
farmers.
II they say II Is all right, money
viii be raised here in Sumpter to
complete the road. II thy report
adversely, the enterprise will he
dropped and the ranchers there may
resume the old custom of putting in
half week making the trip to Baker
City and return. This town Is not
going to play the sucker by con
structing road for the benefit of
Whitney aud the injury of its own
business.
Mr.. Ball went with the party as
the representative of r. +. Strahorn.
who hes always advocated the build
ing of this thurOughfare. has aide,l
1t materially with money donations
and promises to give more, IL the
business men of Sumpter will ex-
tend the range of vision beyond their
noses aud join with him in helping
themselves.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15
With Capital of Two and Half Bill.
lion Dollars He Expects to Control
Entire Mineral Output.

lie, 1t will take the peoples breath
away. When he .discloses what he
controls In the way of mines that
are producing real ore, he will make
the mining SPECTATORS of the world
wonder whether they have been
awake or asleep for the last ten
years.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15

A press dispatch from New York,
dated the eleventh instant says: An.
noupcement will te made soon of a
gigantic new combination Of capital
In the United States and Europe. 1t
is nothing less than an amalgamati OH
of the valuable mines of America.
The man who Is to consnmmate this
stupendous transaction is John ID.
Rockefeller.
Men who have some knowledge of
the work now going on in further.
ance of this plan say the corporation
under which the big mining interests
will be merged will have a capital
of 80, 500, 100000. 1t Is expected to
control absolutely the mineral out
put of the United States, except
possibly that of the Calumet X Hecla
copper mine of Michigan.
Within the last ten days Mr.. Rock
efeller has taken up personally the
task which had been left to his
brohter. w. A. Rockefeller, and to
II. II. Rogers, who has been conspicu-
ous with the mineral interests of the
Standard Oil company for ten years.
Standard Oil millionaires have
been acq quiring mines of America
through their banking interests. In
Colorado David Mofat aud Dennis
Sullivan, of the First National bank
of Denver, have paid out many mil
lions in the last six years for pro-
ducing mines. and are said to con.
troll seventy per cent of the pro-
duction of gold. silver and lead
mines of the middle Rocky mountain
district.
Senator W. A. Clark. owner of
the United Verde copper mines Of
Arizona, and with large holdings in
many of the Amalgamated Copper
company mines In Montana, has been
working with Rogers for several
years. The extensive placer gold in
terests of southern California, con
trolied by southern California
banks, are in such condition that
they can be taken over at any time.
II Is understood that +. a. Heinze.
a. n condition for turning his Mon
tana mining interests into the big
combination, demands that he he
made an officer of the company. In
order to keep certain promises he has
made to labor unions. Heinze will
probably be made an officer.
Senator Kearns. when IN this city
last week, said he had no doubt that
by January. 1905, Rockefeller
would be in a position to mako the
final move in his long cherished plan.
Dennis Ryan of st. Paul, one of
the best known mining men in the
northwest, is in this city at present,
aud is said to have been the means OF
selling to Rockefeller within the
past week group Of gold and copper
mining properties In Washington and
sout bern British Columbia. Ryan
declined to talk of bis own trans
actions, but said of Rockefeller's
ENTERPRISE:
"When be gets the thing In work
inc shane and springs il on the pub
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15

HoF, LOT block NJ, De Roos addi-
tion to laker City; sI6O.
June l3 Robert Donald and wife
to Bake, City, south 40 feet of lot l
block l6 Baker City; $3.50.
June ll--Wm. Sullivan TO Clara
+, Sullivan. lot $ block 81, Wilson's
addition to Sumrter; Sl.
June VIM. l.. Merritt aud witc
to John s. Tucker. IA interest In
Campbell ditch; $3.50.
June l--Wm. Miles to T. Il.
Miles, 100 acres In Secs. "A and 30 Tp.
I Il. III h.; 81.
May % John ID. Best and wife
to John II. Washburn, 100 acres in
Sec. "a Up. q II. 40 r.; 5000.
April 3 PharaRus NJ. Dusger to
A. f. Clark, 40 acres in Secs. ! 8
and l6, Tp. Q X. 45 r.: sl,45O.
May 2i-N. Record and wife to
Lewis Flory. 6Ox6O feet In S. r.. 4
Sec. 3 TIP. X. 40 $50.
June Paul Montalbano to David
Lee, l4U0 sheep. Sl,455.
MINING MATTERS.
DRKps.
June i--Guy T.. Pictson to j. B.
Fryer and r.. A. Case, one third In.
terest In SmugHlcr quartz claim;
$500.
June lO-Jennie Hamilton to Ed
Hamilton, one. half interest In
Triumph quartz claim; 81.
May Is Brazos Nj. aud NJ. Co,
by sheriff To Nat Cooper, Little
Chief aud Rel Chief quartz claims;
e., 1913.
June 3--Nat Cooper to A. Gciscr
aud G.. W. Adams, same as last
above; s5.
June l3-Wm. II. Mead to ID.
Mihills. interest in Aurora quartz
claim: 60
MORTGAGES.
June ed Whitaker and wife tc
Jos Whalgormuth, piano and house
hold goods ut 800 Spring Garden
Aenvue. Baker City; 5000.
June IL Frank PeRrcc and JAS
NJ. Peacer and wife tn Nancy Chris
man, % acres In Secs. !, > AMI ~
Tp. II X. ~ r.; $50.
June III. II. Gentry Jr. to ID {.
l.. Wyatt. block y, McCrary's addi.
tion To Baker City; 800.
June l3-Linnie McMurrcn and
husband to NJ. 4. Hughes. $40 acres
In Secs. 81 and "a TIP. 10 II. II Il;
$3.50.
June l3-J. |. Carson to First
National bank, Baker City, 2,N5
sheep; $4,000.
June IA. Is. Taylor to W. Is.
Vaughan, one half interest In l60
acres In Sec. II TIP. . X. 800 f.;
$3.50.
MISCELLANEOUS.
B0nd-June = Vim. Coles To
Fred s. Jolly, on part of =. W. a y
T.. a See. 10 TIP. 4 X. AZ r.; lying
west of county road, three years;
$500.
Suit-Minnie Wisdom Va. II. W.
Davidson, A. B Brown and VIM.
Gazze, for amount of labor as cook;
s75.
Attachment j. Johns Va. A.
}. Denny, amount Of notes aud
goods; s60S.
Attachment Henry Hewitt Jr,,
W A. j. Denny and John Arht ur,
amount OF note; e475.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15
OFFICIAL RECORDS.


fled at the court house In Baker City
for record Yesterday:
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
May 20-NolaD Skif and wife tC
Isaac England, n. y n. W. a n.
W. "A Sec. Z Tp. Il. 80 T.; $3.50.
June TT. Il. Bennett to Grace
&. Bennett, bill of sale to 100 acre
timber claim on Elk creek. and
800, 900 feet of lumber; 81.
May 3O-Henry Barnes and wife
to John Grossen, 100 acres In Secs.
81 and b Tp. 10 X. 3s f., $4,000.
June 4--John II. Parkinson To A.
II. Vedder. lots 8 and q block 4,
Sunnyside. Smpter; 5000.
May 3l-Jesse Hart tn Ernest l..
Leonnig. 93 acres In Sec. 10 TIP. Z
X. 338 r.; $500.
Jne q, l9OO-U. S. A. to Fred
w. Skillings. 100 acres In Sec. 30
Up. l3 X. 337 II.
March S-Clara j. Armstrong and
husband to j. ID. Hixson, 400xiOO
feet In north part of Sec. 23 TIP. 10
X. Al f.; sl65.
June l3- Erwin liommel aud wife
TO Linnie McMurren, 800 acres In
Secs. ~ and "a Tp. 10 X. Al T.;
$1,000.
Dec. 2i-Wm. Poliman and wife
to Thos, II. Dunphy, +. w. Gertridge
and Clark Snyde, north half of lot
4, block 4, Baker CITY,; $4,000.
June G-John =. Brown and wife
to Orilla Barron, lot ! block 10,
Baker City: s25.
June $50. Barron aud husband
to Robert Donald, lot /, block 10,
Baker City; 81.
June Willena Hsyhurch to
Annie l.. Ward, 8 acres In n. W. a
s. +. q Sec. 8 Up. 8 X. 40 f.; s4OO.
June ll-JOhn Bsrtlett aud Ira
Lennon aud wife to Lille NJ. Fisk
aud Il. Is. Taylor 50xl0O feet near
Red Lion saloon property In Green.
horn; s4OO.
June l4-M. A. Mitchell to Joel
aud Nancy Hewitt, s. +. q block l,
Faults addition to Baker City:
$500.
June 9-Ferdinand Sechtem to NJ.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-15

Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Wright left
today for La Grande, to visit friends
there for Q few days.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-17
COLOR IN BIRDS EGGS.
a Secret of Nature Which Is a Pose,
to Men Of Science.

a Secret of Nature Which Is a Pose,
to Men of Science.
New York Sun: 'If you are interested
III nature problems" said a man who
likes to pore over the cases in the MI
scum of Natural History, here's a
very simple one, but you can find in 1t
all the food for speculation and theory
you want, as scores of very eminent
thinkers have done already. What is
natures reason for the color and mark
ing of birds eggs, and in the process of
evolution how has it worked out? There
must be a reason for their Infinite dia
versity, and 1T can hardly be an aesi
thetic one. q
That looks simple enough, yet the
most advanced naturalists haven't been
able to puzzle it out. All they can say
With any confidence is thai the all-per-
vadlng instinct of distrust and need for
protection Is exhibited in eggshells as in
mor important things, and the main
idea in their color scheme has been to
secure safety In harmony with their
surroundings. But even that has eX-
ceptions.
Take the doves, Their eggs are white
and are plainly visible in the fimsy
nest, though the nest is built in a tree,
and the eggs should be of a darker
tint. to ollow the general rule. Now,
that, l believe has been reasoned out
In this way. The original doves were
rock doves and they laid white eggs In
conformity with the natural law which
ordains that color for most species Of
birds nesting in the dark. so that the
female might readily see them when.
she comes into the gloom. ,
You find traces OF this early instinct
In the fact that wherever there is a de-
serted rabbit warren you Will find doves
taking advantage Of 1T to build their
nests in the abandoned burrows. But
! whether in holes or trees the nests still
contain white eggs. which nature or
dained for their rock dwelling ances-
tors.
owls lay pale eggs for the same e a
son. They breed in the dark.
On che other han the ducks, which,
so far as anybody knows, have always
frequented the most open places, also
lay pale eggs without markings. But
with them you will find a greater tend
ency to revert to olive browns and
sandy tints, the very color of the sand
and shingles on which the eggs are laid.
The eggshell Of the plovers and
similar beach breeders are exactly
sround color, just as the partridge and
~pheaSants eggs are the color of fallen
leaves. And grouse, quail and moor
fowl have eggs matching exactly in
color with the brown stems of heather
and the pine tree scales among which
they lie. But there are blue and white
and spotted eggs you can't explain. At
least I can't satisfactorily. Anybody
may start his w theories on the sub
ject and find the problem endless,
Solve it correctly and 1 think you will
solve at the same time half q dozen
other mysteries which have puzzled
scientists on this queer, problem filled
planet"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-17
OLD WAxWoRkS SHOW.
Removal of Nine. Tussand's Estah
lishment CeIebrated.

~SS1'b
lishment Celebrated.
London News: Tomorrow it will be
Just a hundred years since old Nine.
Tussaud brought from Paris and set
up In the Strand her WaXWorks show,
the world renowned outcome of which
the great exhibition in the Marylebone
road Is now managed by her great
grandson, Mr.. John r. Tussaud. The
event is to be celebrated by a banquet
to her memory.
Nine. Tussaud was already favous
in Paris before she came to England.
1t was with two or her waxen repro
auctions, seized by the people for a
parade through the streets of Paris,
that the French revolution was started.
The soldiery attacked the figures. Two
days later followed the memorable
storming of the Bastile. Modelling wax
had been the fashionable craze Of the
court and the rich. 1t was caught from
a physician at Berne, named Curtius,
who turned to fine art his remarkable
skill in modelling anatomical specimens,
and was invited to Paris by the Prince
de Cont. Nine. Tussaud, nee Marie
Gresholtz, the child of a soldier, was
his niece and adopted daughter, first
his pupil, and finally his master. Theye
were few ~personages whose names are
famous now in connection with the
revolution who did not "sit" to the
young artist in wax. The heads OF
some she had to model after the gull
lotine had been employed upon them.
She gave lessons in the art to the
kings sister, Nine. Elizabeth, among
other illustrious persons, and was i'm
%prisoned with Josephine de Beauhar-
nais, afterward empress. Even in those
early days NJ. Curtius had a "Cham-
Der Of Horrors"
But after the revolution Nine. Tus-
saud left rance forever. Nor did she
at first find times in his country much
more propitious. After trying the
Strand, she moved to Blackheath, then
a popular resort; but at last had to go
on tour from town to town. 1t was
not till 1885 that she was able to set
tie permanently in London, and that
was largely due to the success OF her
model Of the popular singer, Nine, Ma
RE Malibran, who died suddenly at he
Birmingham musical festival in 1885.
Nine. Tussaud died in 1859, at the age
Of 30 years. Both the old quarters In.
Baker street and the present palatial
home of the exhibition have been Wis
tied by many royalties, who have there
admired their w models and those Of
their ancestors, and some nave made
the amusing mistake which many or
binary mortals make Of imagining
scme of the lifelike figures to be real
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-17
a1oo Reward. a1ao.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In all It's
stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is The only positive Cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease. requires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the fouhdation of the dis
up the constitution and assisting nature In doing
ITS work; This proprietors have SO much faith In
It's curative powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any ease that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list OF testimonials.
Address. FL. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O..
FOLD by Druggists, 75c.
Hal'a Family Pills are the best.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-17
OLD AND NEW JAPAN.
The Industrial PIutocrat Not Known il,

iiS i'iaNoSi IdkOCIdl ISOI f\EOWn lt>
Days of Yore.
London Mail: or old Japan there were
few violent contrasts between rich and
poor, and, in fact, the Industrial pluto
crat was unkniwn. The nobly born were
rich, If rich at all, only in land and rice.
and they We're not envied, as they seem
to belong to the natural order of crea-
ton. But today the tradesman and the
manufacturer, who were once almost the
lowest of mankind, infinitely below the
tillers of the soil, are becoming insolentiy
rich and are the real lords of Japan, while
the children of Samurai are glad to get
small clerkships from those whom their
fathers desp.sed.
l. nave been spending much time in.
darkest Toxic of late, and the micro,
scopic misery TO be found there would
make a story appalling to those who
fancy that Japan is nothing but swaying
ianters n softly falling cherry bios
SONS. Buying and selling is conducted
on such an infinitesimal scale among
these submerged wretches that the sum
Of sixpence will provide a handsome stock
Tor a hawker in popular lines OF food.
Among these unfortunates. who often
walk the streets at night for the want of
! half-penny 10 engage lodings on a
damp floor swarming with vermin, one
ears the doctrines of Proudhon and Fer
hinand Lasalle discussed volubly Their
works have been translated into little
pamphlets and read to the illiterate by
the occasional scholar who carries a few
thousand ideagraphs III his brain.
Japan has come so far" they all say
why viii lit not be well to so the entire
route or at least SO far us the ideal
state 2"
Poor, hungry, bedraggled dreamerss
But they are not alone, for the Japanese
of all ranks outside Of the bourgeoisie
and the great mobiles are asking the same
thing. With eminent practically they
ask: Why is 1t not as easy to get a gov
eminent that represents the best concep-
ton of man as to worry along with q
makeshift that Is manifestly Imperfect?
Before japan lies the sinister siladow Of
IN Irresistible conflict.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-17
YOU WILL SEND THIS NOTICE
-----A NrIl-1Aa. IN c,E1 A hInc- -
Beers In Mexico.

Indianapolis Journal: Mexico knows
good citizens when she sees them, and
she is determined to have the proposed
vaneed $4,000 out OF the national
treasury, with which to make part
payment on IN immense tract, and viii
allow the Beers TWENTY-FIVE years LII
which TO repay the loan. Several banks
the City b sMsxico have also cd.
syaaeed large sums. Vii Beers win not
4Neo q nss THESE acknowledgements ana
will probably III hem "