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!OTHER MEN !
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Ey Frederic ™
£ Van Rensselaer Doy, °
® Author of"The Itrotherhood of Si- ®
lenoe," "The Oualitj of u
Sin," Ktc. A
o Copyright, NUI, by Frederic Van o
0 Rensselaer l)ey. O
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[Continued from lvt We -k. ]
"Do you wear a wooden jacket be
neath this one?" asked Lisle, touching
her waist gingerly with the end of one
of his fingers.
She burst out laughing then—Just
a low. rippling laugh that was full o
melody and so replete with amusement
that Lisle smiled back at her.
"Upon my word, you are original!"
she said at last. "No; the Jacket, as
you call it—and It isn't at all a bad
name for It-that 1 wear underneath
this one is uot made of wood. 1 don't
wonder that you ask. though. Did you
never hear of corsets?"
"Never. What are they?"
"They are instruments of torture
which every woman Is condemned to
wear. 1 don't know why unless it is
because our Mother Eve once stole an
apple and ate It. You've heard about
that, haven't you?"
"Instruments of torture," murmured
I.lsle seriously. "You do Dot seem to
suffer."
"Oh, we get used to them. If you
hail been Dice to me out there in the
dark and bad brought my trunk here
on your horse. 1 could have shown you
a pair. 'l'hey are mostly made of steel." j
"Steel! They must be bullet proof, J
then."
"Well. 1 am not so sure about that,
and 1 haven't any curiosity on the
point. Ha >e you unite finished study
lng me. do you think? Are you satis
fied ?"
"I ought to be. but 1 am not. Have
1 offended you? If so. I beg your par-1
don."
"Offended me? Not a bit. You're |
too original to give offense. I'll make ,
papa stay over tomorrow, and you can j
6tudy me to your heart's content. Will j
that please you?"
"Yes. I wish that I might see you I
without"- He paused irresolutely. |
"Well, go ©n. Without what?"
"Without your Instruments of tor
ture."
"My Lord!" she gasped. Her face I
became crimson and then white with '
anger. She turned haughtily away, and !
the next instant disappeared through
the window.
CHAPTER VIII.
A WOMAN I* A WOMAN'S WILES. j
LISI.E rather regretted that h*
had offended this remarkable
prison that is, he felt a de
gree of compunction because
he realized that he had uot conducted
himself exactly as his father would
have desired him to do. He believed
that he had been remiss In his duty
ns a host. Upon the personal part of it j
he did not conjecture. This woman
could resent his curiosity if she chose
to do so and might shoot him the next
time they met it she was quicker with
her weapons than he was.
He shrugged his shoulders disdain
fully, pondered a moment and then
stepped through the window and join- j
»d the others on the veranda.
'i am going to the corral," he said to (
ills father. "Ah Sin will have supper ;
presently."
He would have passed on then with- ;
out further remark, but Erna Thomas
had regretted her anger at something j
which second thought told her was not
Intended as offensive, and she saw in ,
this Incident an opportunity to atone
for It.
"May I go with you?" she exclaimed, |
rising.
"If you like," he replied, not pausing, ,
but slackening his gait so that she j
could catch up with him. Richard Max- ;
well would have accompanied them j
also if he had been given an oppor- !
tunity, but his loquacious guest had j
not permitted him to do anything but J
jsten ever since his arrival, so that he j
was compelled to retain his seat.
"You're not overburdened with polite- j
ness, are you?" said Miss Thomas, over- j
taking Lisle half way down the path.
"I suppose you're mad. Are you?"
"Mad? Not at all. Why should I be
angry?"
"I left you rather suddenly, didn't I?
I'm sorry. You—you ratSer took the
wind out of me, you know."
"1 should think your instruments of
torture would do that," replied Lisle.
"I ought not to have offended you. I
apologize."
"Oh, that's all right. Don't men
tion it. Why don't you offer me your
arm?"
"My arm! What for?"
"To take hold of—to lean upon, of
course."
"Are you lame? Have you hurt your
self?"
"Oh, dear, what a hopeless creature
you are! I keep forgetting that you
never saw a woman before. You are
sadly in need of education. Tomor
row I'll take you in hand. I believe
I'll begin now. Stop just a moment;
crook your arm up so; hold your palm
against your chest—so. Now, 1 take
hold of your arm—so. There! Isn't
that better?"
Lisle did not think it was better, but
be thought it wise not to say so. If
she liked it, she was his guest, and it
should be so.
"We walk together very nicely; don't
you think so?" she continued. "You
are Just enough taller than 1 am to
make it comfortable for both. and. be
sides, you step with me beautifully.
Don't you think that you step rather
short for a man?"
"I do not know. Perhaps so. Here Is
the corral. There are 30 horses in here
tonight. I always come out to see that
all Is secure before 1 retire. Shall we
return now?"
"What! So soon? Don't you think It
Is nicer out here? See, the moon is Just
coming up. It will be a glorious night
after all. I want to ask you something.
Mr. Maxwell. I want you to tell me
how it happens that you never saw a
woman before tonight."
"I don't know. Do you know very
many women?"
"Do I know very many women! Well,
1 should say so! Oceans of them."
"Are they all like you? Have they
all got yellow hair, waists like a wasp
and"
"There, that will do. You'll say
something that you ought not to If you
are not careful. What a queer mortal
you are. Mr. Maxwell! One might pos
itively regard you as quite shocking if
one did not know that you haven't got
it In you to shock anybody. Women
are Just übout as much alike as men
are alike—no more, no less. Your fa
ther and mine are not alike, are they?
And Craig Thompson I know him;
he comes to Kansas City sometimes—
he isn't like any other man you ever
saw. is he?"
"He is one of the best men I evefi
saw." replied Lisle, with enthusiasm.
"I think so too. We're agreed on
that. He says that I am the best girl
he ever saw."
"Does Craig Thompson say that?" ex
claimed Lisle Incredulously.
"Yes. Is there anything remarkable
about It?"
"I think there Is. If he said that. I
shall like you."
"Oh. Indeed! Thank you!"
"Were you ever a mother?" asked
Lisle calmly, remembering that Craig
had assured him that mothers were al
ways good women.
lie heard a quick gasp from his com
panion. He felt that his arm was re
leased as suddenly as though it were a
redhot iron, and he turned toward the
woman in surprise. She had started
away from him aud was standing In
the attitude of oue who wishes to run
away, but cannot. lie saw that she
was trembling, and he fancied that
there were tears in her eyes. He knew
that she was angry. Oue glaace told
him that.
"1 have offended again." he said
slowly. "I do not mean to do so. Do
women regard it as an affront to be
asked if they are mothers?"
The young lady's composure return
ed to her slowly She did not reply to
his questions. Presently she approach
ed more nearly to him and. seizing him
by one arm. turned him so that the
light of the newly risen moon shone
upon his face.
"1 wonder," she said musingly, ad
dressing the words more to herself
than to him. "if you are such an Inno
cent as you would have nie think? Do
i you know what you asked me Just
then?"
"Yes; 1 asked you If—
"Stop! You need not repeat It.l
heard it the first time, and goodness
' knows that once Is enough! It was not
at all a proper question to ask a lady—
a girl -a woman. If you give me man?
more starts like that. 1 won't answer
for the consequences. Kansas City
girls can stand pretty much anything,
j but you are oue too many for me! If
! you have any more questions like that I
; one to ask. suppose you write them
! down and let me read them at my lei
! sure. I'll think them over and reply !
' to them by letter when I get back
! home. Oh, dear! Will you be offended
1 If I laugh? I've got to laugh, or cry,
|or scream, or something!" And she
I did break into laughter, uttering peal
after peal of the musical sound, but It
I was more hysterical than mirth pro
i vokitig. Lisle only stared at her In
amazement. His feelings were hurt,
j but he was far too proud to say so.
' Presently she recovered, and they
walked along silently side by shl«.
"1 feel as though I were In China."
the said at last, possessing herself
again of his arm, which she had to
shape to her uses before taking It."I
have been told that they do cvery
! thing backward there, and here you
are the one who Is offended, while I
ought to be simply speechless with out
raged modesty. You are certainly the
liiost refreshing subject that I ever en
countered. I wonder if It would wake
you up if I should kiss you."
The spirit of mischief was in her
now. She felt that the arm to which
she clung belonged to a child—a child
who was sleeping, who had slept long
enough and who ought to be awakened
! —but she was not prepared for the
calm reply that she received ton
proposition that would have startled
any other man than the one beside her.
i "You may do so, if you like." said
| Lisle, unmoved and with the utmost
seriousness. "1 have never kissed any
' body but my father. In all probability
j I will never do so again. I have no
' objections, if you have not."
She was shaking with laughter,
j Presently the paroxysm passed, and
then demurely she raised her pink and
white face until it hung Just beneath
his. The moonlight shone full upon it,
and Lisle noticed then for the first time
i how delicately formed it was. how soft
) and clear and sweet it appeared in that
mellow light. He saw how round and
blue and perfect were her eyes, half
i plunged in shadow by the drooping
lashes that fringed them, dancing with
mischief. They reminded him of fairy
elfins, peeping out from their rose leaf
j concealment, prepared at the first
I alarm to pull the leaves together and
; hide. He saw two perfect lips, be-
I witchingly puckered, red. like ripe
! cherries; soft, like new velvet, like the
j rose leaves behind which the fairies
llew to hide, and he leaned over and
touched them with his own.
They walked on in silence after that.
"That was funny," she said pres
ently.
"What was funny?" asked Lisle.
"That. Your lips are Just like a
woman's. You kissed me Just like a
woman. 1 wonder if you were not cut
out for one and spoiled In the mak
ing."
Lisle shook himself free from her
arm and leaped away. His eyes blazed
at her. his nostrils dilated with anger,
his lips quivered, and his whole being
trembled in the effort he made to con
trol his rage.
"Y'ou are my guest." he said when he
dared to speak, but his voice was low
and tierce with passion. "I cannot re
sent that as 1 would like to do. Hut 1
will tell you this; A man—a cowboy,
one of Craig Thompson's men said
those words to me once, and I shot
him."
"Shot him! Good gracious! Did you
kill him?"
"Not then, but afterward I did."
"B-r-r-r! Well. I guess you're a man
all right—in some ways. If not in oth
ers. Are you mad?"
"1 am angry."
"Bosh! Because I said that? 1 didn't
mean it. Will that suffice? I'm sorry.
We're even, anyhow. You offended me,
and 1 didn't cherish it up, so you
mustn't. Kiss me again, and let's be
friends."
"You will say that 1 kiss like a wom
an."
"No. I won't I won't say a word.
Here!"
She put her arms around his neck
then and drew his face down to hers.
She did the kissing this time without
waiting for him, and she held Lisle'a
She itnt her arms urrrund his neck.
face against her own until he put lief
from him and turned away, with a
wondering sigh.
"That was better." was Miss Thorn
i as' comment as she grasped his arm
again and led him toward the hou> .
i "Look! There are our daddies still
■ talking It over, and as sure as 1 live
i there is a Chinaman in the doorway
Supper must be ready, aud I'm simply
starved."
CHAPTER IX.
THE TRUTH MADE KNOWN.
r IRAKI THOMPSON' never drew
I I a truer simile—aud he was
rwTjj full of them than he did
|l3>ic| when, while advising with
"Lisle, he assured him that he could not
, throw a loop over circumstance and
i drag It along, a willing captive, as they
did the steer, clinching his argument
with the additional statement. "It's
got a way of slipping out and roping
you Instead." It is the experience ot
j every man sooner or later to be roped
fn by circumstance, and, although Rich
ard Maxwell had battled with and de
fied events all his life, he, like others,
Was destined at last to fall a victim to
that wily foe which knows so well how
to watch aud wait.
As soon as the guests had partaken
af the ample supper which All Sin had
provided they were shown to tlicii
rooms, for the fatigues of the day had
it last forced even the vivacious ener
gy of Erna Thomas to surrender. Then
father and son also parted for the
night.
Both were strangely silent, and nei
ther noticed that the other was so.
The house had not been planned for
entertainment, and particularly had fe
male guests and their many require
ments been left out of the plans of
construction and furnishing. There
was only one room within it that was
at all adapted to the uses of a woman,
and to that one—it was I.isle's the
young lady had been shown. The li
brary couch was roomy and comforta
ble, and upon that Lisle threw himself
after the others had retired. It was a
much softer bed than he required for a
good night's rest.
1 Richard Maxwell's bedchamber ad
joined the library, and the two were
connected by a door, which was rarely
| closed, the portieres suspended from
the frame above it doing ample service
In the matter of isolating one from the
other.
Lisle selected a book and read or ap
peared to read long after his father
had retired. At last he put it down, di
vested himself of his boots, coat and
waistcoat, loosened his belt and, hav
ing covered himself with a Navajo
blanket, went speedily to sleep.
During the night he was awakened.
An unusual sound startled him, and lie
sat erect, listening. Impressed with the
Idea that his father had called. lie
rose and tiptoed to the door, pulled the
curtains aside and peered into the room.
The moon, now resplendent, shone in
at the window and athwart his father's
bed, and Lisle could see him plainly.
"Did you speak, father?" he asked in
a low tone, so that the sleeper might
not be disturbed if he were mistaken,
and, receiving no reply, he returned to
the couch and composed himself to
sleep again. He remained wide awake,
however, while hour after hour passed
by, thinking upon those perplexing
problems which refused sufficiently to
shape themselves for recognition. The
moon passed over the house and set
tled In the west. The heavens took on
a transparent hue in the east. Dawn
was near at hand when he was again
startled by a repetition of the sound
that he had heard before. This time
he was not sleeping. He knew there
could be no mistake. The noise came
from his father's room, was made by
his father.
He leaped to Ills feet and hurried
past the portieres straight to his fa
ther's side and came upon a sight
which filled him with sudden and un
namable horror.
Richard Maxwell was lying upon his
back. His eyes were wide open and star
ing. There was a deathlike, leaden pal
lor upon his face, which in the imper
fect light seemed ghastly. He was
breathing, but that was the only sign
of life that was evident.
Lisle knelt down beside him, chafed
his hands and called to him, but the
stricken man made no reply except to
utter that half articulate groan which
already had alarmed his son. The
young man procured restoratives, but
they were of no avail. He endeavored
to force brandy between liis father's
lips, but Richard Maxwell could not
swallow. He chafed his hands, but
they were cold aud deathlike in his
grasp. Power of motion seemed to
have been retained only by the optic
muscles, for whichever way Lisle turn
ed his father's eyes followed him with
agonized entreaty.
Dawn Increased and developed Into
day while Lisle worked over his fa
ther, but his extremities became colder
and colder, so that at last, with that
intuition whicli Is born of parental
love. Lisle knew that his father was
dying. The eyes that watched him un
ceasingly while he worked became
more dim as the minutes glided Into
the past, and death hovered nearer and
nearer to Richard Maxwell.
Accustomed all his life to being alone
with his father. Lisle had forgotten
the presence of strangers In the house,
but suddenly he remembered. He
Bprang from the room and ran to the
one occupied by Mr. Thomas, bursting
precipitously into it aud shaking the
Bleeping man fiercely.
"Will you come, sir, at once? Some
thing has happened to my father!" he
cried. "He is dying!"
"Good God! What is It? What has
happened? Your father? Dying, did
you say? Shot? Hurt? What Is the
matter?" exclaimed the suddenly awak
ened man.
"I do not know. Please come. I
know that he Is dying."
"That I will. It may not be as bad
as you think. Where Is he?" Mr.
Thomas had leaped from the bed and
was rapidly drawing on his trousers.
"In the room off the library. Hasten,
' please! Hasten!"
"1 won't be a minute. Call Erna.
' Nothing like a woman in a case like
this, and she's worth a dozen ordinary
ones!"
Lisle darted from the room and has
tened to that which was ordinarily his
own. He rapped upon the door. There
was no response. He threw It open
ami entered, arousing Miss Thomas as
j he had done her father.
She started up with a scream, but
1 Llsle's quick words reassured her in
| stantly.
"My father Is dying." he said, with
more calmness. "Mr. Thomas said th.at
you would help me. Will you come?"
"Yes: at ouce. Where Is he?"
"Come to the library."
He hastened then to his father's side,
hut Thomas was there before him,
bending over the bed. When Lisle
would have recommenced his efforts at
resuscitation, the Missourian waved
ilm aside.
"Walt, young man. Has Erna come?"
'T am here, papa," replied her voice
; from the doorway.
' Mr. Thomas raised himself slowly
'l erect and turned so that he stood be-
I tween Lisle and the bed. His kind face
'' 'old what his tongue had not yet ut-
tercd, ;ui(i Lisle crouched half down,
awaiting the blow which was about to
i 'all.
"Courage, mv bor," he said—"cour-
I
j age. You need more bravery now than
, ' ever in your life before."
j I.isle crouched low r ;ii<<i lower. ii in
dark eyes stared wildly upon iii">,i ik
er and then grew dim. lie did not
speak; he waited still.
"Vuur father is dead. He was dead
. when I entered the room. Nothing
j earthly could have saved him. He is
j dead."
, I.isle tried to speak, but his voice
, failed him. He could not utter a sound,
j and he sank down in his tracks limp,
j lifeless, insensible.
t Father and daughter sprung siuiul
j taneously to his side. Hetweni them
, they lifted him from the tloor and bore
j him to the library, placing him upon
I the couch where lit; had passed the
. i night. Water and brandy were near
at hand. One was sprinkled liberally
I over his face; the other was poured,
j drop by drop, between bis lips, and
' } then, while Mr. Thomas industriously
; fanned him with a newspaper, his
j' daughter chafed hands and brow, but
j' unconsciousness still held sway.
t I "Open his shirt, Erna," said her fa
j: ther at last. "Give the muscles of the
. j throat a chance to act."
J She obeyed. Her father bent down
r to assist her. His rude hands and
muscular strength tore the buttons
away, and father and daughter started
back simultaneously, stood erect and
gazed into each other's eyes.
They remained thus a full minute,
neither breaking the silence. At last
Erna spoke.
"Papa, what shall we do?"
! "God knows! What, in heaven's
! name, does it mean:"
"I suspected it last night; 1 almost
' knew it," whispered Erna.
"I did not. Ido not believe that any
body but her father and herself knew
the truth."
"She knew it least of all, papa."
"Do you mean to tell me"—
"Hush, papa!"
"There isn't a woman in this infer
' nal neighborhood. 1 can't imagine"—
"Yes, there is. lam a woman, and I
am in the neighborhood—very much in
i . 1 IP i
j |
Father ami ilnuqhti r stnrlc<l hnch simut
tii in ouitly.
tiie neighborhood just now. I thank
God for it, and so will she when she
knows. I>o you think, papa, that be
tween us we can carry lier to her
room V"
"I can carry her alone. Thank heav
en there are no stairs in this cursed
house."
"Take her there at once, before she
revives. She must never know that
you were with me when—when we
made the discovery."
"She does not aet now as if she ever
would revive," said Mr. Thomas as he
took the unconscious form in his arms
and with some difficulty bore it from
the room. As quickly as possible
Lisle was deposited upon the bed late
ly occupied by Erna, and Mr. Thomas
paused, waiting his daughter's further
commands.
"Sow go, papa," she said calmly. "I
will do all that is necessary to be done
here. This fainting spell will pass
away presently of its own accord, and
I must be alone with tier when she re
vives. There is a great deal for you to
do in that other room. You must rouse
' the servants and send for some of the
men. The cowboys sleep In that build
ing beyond the corral. I'raig Thomp
son was known to Mr. Maxwell and to
Lisle. I think you had better send one
of the men for him at once. There
doubtless are a minister and a doctor
at Belmont, where we came from. I
think another man should go after
them. Lisle would like to have theia
both, I am sure. As soon as she re
gains consciousness and I can leave
IUT I will come to you. In the mean
time you must have your wits about
' you and attend to everything. lam so
glad thut we are here!"
"You are!" exclaimed her father,
j "Well, I'm banged if I am!"
"Yes, you are, papa. You're a little
' rattled just now; that's all."
"Erna," said the father fondly, tak
ing the young girl tenderly In his arms,
I "you are an angel!"
She smiled upon him, kissed him and
pushed him from the room just as
Lisle opened her eyes—the feminine
pronoun is again in requisition—and
| fixed them wonderingly upon the figure
at t' e door, and Erna went immediate
ly to tbe bedside.
(To be continued.)
Wait ted a l)o^.
J Fair Customer 1 live in the suburbs,
and 1 want a good house dog. Healer-
Yes, mum. "But of course I don't* want
one that will keep us awake all night
barking at nothing." "No, muni." "He
' must be big and strong and fieree. yon
know." "Yes. mum." "Yet as gentle
' as a lamb with us, you know." "Yes,
mum." "And he must pounce on every
' tramp that comes along and drive him
off." "Yes, mum." "But he mustn't
interfere with any poor but honest man
looking for work." "No, mum." "If
a burglar comes prowling about at
5 night the d"g should make mincemeat
of him in an instant." "Yes, mum."
"And of course he mustn't molest peo
ple who come hurrying in at all hours
1 ! of the night to call my husband, lie's
'j a doctor, you kno v." "No, mum. I
1 ' see what you want. You want a thought
* reader dog." "Yes. 1 suppose so. Can you
' send me one?" "Very sorry, mum, but
t I'm just out of that kind."—Scottish
America!.
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1 ,
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I Quaint frames c.in be easily made by
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i to one side a spray of dried grasses.
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(i()(.)P liOAIt BENEFITS
SOME ARGUMENTS BY SENATOR
CARLE OF MICHIGAN.
\Vh> Hotter ISf«lMvn>* Are Wanted
ni!«! Why The> »re iteiielieinl—Wlwtt
tbe I'riiilut'iis S:-.te l>? Illiolilltf
Over t.m,i! ICoatlx.
Why are I etter i -Is wanted and
why nr - better roadi- beneficial to the
owner 112 r..rill- el mines, ot maun
facte, ;ag est.ilili.-hmcnts or other pro
due* i - of material to be transported?
That | . much as possible the c.i>t of
tra'i-poi i.ti iii iay I - eliminated, .-.aid
Senator E-rh of Mie'.i- ui in a speech
before a good r id <• i:\ention The
eo ,: t M transportation does not eii-
I ai "e the value of a.iy kind of product.
There is a market everywhere for ev
ery kiln! of produei. where the price is
st t. and what the producer t_t ts for his
product is tic price set at tii's natural
| in.'. *ket h-s> the cost of transportation
! ft"'.! the producing point to the market
si i i aig point.
So tiie farm owners the mine owners
and the owners of factories in Michi
gan are or ought to be interested in
anything that will have a tendency to
i eliminate any portion of the cost of
: production, and ttie co>; of transporta
; tion of a product to its natural market
is a part of the cost of production as
much as are the wages paid to the la
1 borer. If the producers were as eco
: nomical with King Mud as they are
| with King Labor, v.e would have bet
j ter roads, and much of the cost of
| transportation would be eliminated,
and a portion of ihis saving might well
: be handed to King i.a) or. It is a fact
that the carriers are transporting wheat
! from Nebraska to Liverpool for less
: money per bushel than it costs a farin
; er to haul it over a common dirt road
; ten miles to market.
If it costs *1: to draw one ton to mar
ket over a bad road and only ,?li to
i draw two tons over that same road
; when that roa 1 has been made better,
then the better road is the machine to
obtain and use that a portion of the
cost of transportation may be elimi
nated. provided that the machine (the
! better road) and its repairs do not cost
! more than can le eliminated by its
use for the cost of transportation. If
| r ton is a fair average of what is
saved bv tin ll* e of :I good road over
the use of a bad i . ad, it is only ncees
sary to find out how many tons are
hauled o\ • r any road a year to know
whether that road can be improved to
a profit or not. To explain, if a given
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MT'MNit HAY IN MILLJIAMIV, IRANI I,
I [This load w.-ighs upward of lour tons.)
road cost -SII»,t MH » to build, there must
be a travil ol at least !.•»<• • loads a
year over that road at a sa\ing of
a load.
of course, it dot - not cost to haul
j one tori one mile, but the average dis
tanee ti .t farm produce i- hauled is
se\t;i tail's, and a fanner "ill not go
to town twice in one da\ seven miles
away, over a bad r<. id. and going to
town will about u-e up the day. so that
it It: • cost to haul one ton to market
u hate or one man and one team for
one day are worth, or a I tout • v -. ,"»o. If
the road w..s a first class macadam
I road, tine tons «.r more at a load
would be hauled find two trips would
be made, tints delivering at the station
or market live tons more a day than
i could be \ ih a bad road, saving
srj.r.n, a | o, :':on of which the producer
can well ."Oortl to pay for a machine
that lie!; - to eliminate it.
l'ot a locs \ i eld about six tons to the
! acre, sugar beets about twelve. The
: grower can multiply the number of
1 acres by the number of tons and then
multiply the number of tons by ,S2, and
lie will have the amount he can afford
to pay in taxes or subscription to build
a macadam road if scvfct miles from
market that is. If lie is seven miles
from market and has fifty acres of
1 sugar beets he can afford to pay for a
macadam road Sl.li'itt, which is
j times (JIMi tons. But lie won't have to
pay anywhere near this sum. so he
need not go into hysterics at the as
1 sertion.
You cannot save the c >st of excessive
transportati) n over a bad road more
than it costs over a good road until
you have the good road to save It for
you; then you can save, and what you
save, or some portion of it, you can
pay toward the retiring of short term
bonds that you bought the road with,
the same as you did to retire the notes
that you gave for the binder, and there
is no more reason to be afraid of a
I bond than there is to be .afraid of a
note Neither can be afforded for lux
uries. but either can be afforded for
machines which will save more than
they cost, and it is only the timid and
foolish that will continue to cut their
grain with a cradle or haul their grain
through mud to the market if there is
enough to cut or to haul to pay to get
the machine to cut or haul it with.
» I't' lupf rattle*.
! Wood-, n p'.cturt hnun s. u hether oak,
; walnut i r air. «■;» -r polished wood,
may be greatly improved in appear
ance |.\ b. i' i bbe.l with a mixture
! of turp ntine i u 1. ist d oil. The pro
: portion is t„. t •;• -nful of turpen
tine to tli*" •< i lit' -I oil Apply with
a small i i. - i tli or tlannel
and rub tin.i • <lr.i
Salmon !.onf.
Take a can of salmon, four eggs beat
en light, four tnbli spoonfuls of melted
butter and a < up of breadcrumbs; chop
tish line and season to taste with salt
and pepper; stir in butter with a silver
fork until a smooth paste is formed;
beat the breadcrumbs into the eggs;
then work all together, 112. t in iatoa loaf
und steam an hour; - rve cold, sliced
thin.
To Cleanse Milk 1 ennela.
Wash vessels which have contained
milk in cold water first and afterward
scour them with hot water and soda.
The use of cold water first insures
greater cleanliness, for phnigiii,- at
once into hot water is apt t > s-1 the
milk and cause it to halle'nuit the
Jeans and pans to the de'ri'mnt of the
Iniik which is afterward I laced in i:
THE BIRTH OF JAPAN.
t ill :• Ke tl of lli,* I rejitloia '
I ' . T" II L#> tlie .1 A|>N :i
'i ii • foil "• ii.'g is the ctiri <u.s legend
of the ei .lion as it is told in Japan:
t'loud - I ito d I lie bridge on which
once g"d i ::anaghi and his si>ouse
Yza:;ui.:-i .od pondering on tJic rid
tile of i '.istonce, whether the begin
nii!"s of w-aliis and the beginnings of
life i:y sl:;u.tiering in that se:i of
chaos, "i . iglii. apparently more en
ti •' iv uinii philosophically in- !
t<. d. i; d liis shimmering spear !
aml |"li.': il it into the black and '
i i I i.i! : ' Culling it in> again, he
disc-overt d sc. • ti sait drops tin its din- i
i: end ;. iii whe 11. dropping, con- '
tlens. d ai d . •• ■tiled the island of t'uso- |
kor. -ii: a
Tlier up n Y.ai eglii and los spouse
selected the sp»t of earth which had
tins : nil id as their permanent
dwelling pint . i.d petipletl it with in
li i-eral ! • .< is'i of animal and plant
life ai d piriis ol lie elelnetits And
ar i. ! ,I■ i - 'palace of immortality"
fi ■ »•', lit o!!i r i lands Aw.-.dsi, the
'.-■' d ffi . th •ni intain uis ("ho,
Y; I I - d << i fruit: \o, un
sur; -si d in *s Ii .my; the ipiinquan
j .'.' i! :• T-ikousi. J- oio. ricl in copper
and g Id. Y ki. one of the pillars of
hea• t-n, and <>ko, surrounded by three
, satellites
Such was the birth of Japan, of that
c.i i >us la of I'lisiyania. with its
imi able |> • ilatio . ,112 artist artisans,
its gracefu. teaho; .s. giistening
\ silks, its gr itesqiie dwarf trees, its
: white cranes and tlreamy lotus ixjnds.
—Harper's Magazine
1 lie ! «>«>!.
A lady v,: - watching a potter at his
i work whose one foot was kept with a
"never slackening spied tuii.ing .i>
, swifi wheel rouin!" while the , 'lj.r
rested patiently ou tin groand Wheii
. the lady said to hint in sympathizing
1 tone, "How tired your foot must l.e!"
tht; man raised his eyi sand said ' No, ,
j ma'am; it isn't the foot that work*
that's tired. li's the foot that stands
That's it."
If you want to keep your strength,
use it. If y u want to get tirtd, do
notlilng. As a matter of fact. w. all
know that tin- last i.aiii tog ■ a le ;p
I lug hand to liny new unthriaking is
j the man \. h » has plenty of ;inieon his
i hat. is It is the lll. in and woman who
| doing th,' most u iio are always
v. ,ili;;g t i tl i a little more." I'liiladel
phi i I. dger
\inltinK FI«R«LM 111 ltal>.
11l Italy, says Luigi Villari ill Italian
; Life In Town and Country." you are
the slave of the visiting card. If a
gentleman is casually introduced to a
married ladv, even if he does not ex
change two words with her, he must
leave his card for her and for her litis
band, if she has one. within forty-eight
hours. Kvcn a casual introduction to a
man, strictly speaking, necessitates an
exchange of pasteboard, but it is not
so rigidly enforced, if you fail to do
your duty in the card line, you are re
garded as nil ill mannered bore, or the
omission is taken as equivalent to a tit
sire not to know the person you have
met. Moreover, at New Year's you are
obliged to leave cards for Jill your
friends mid acquaintances. Another
rule which you must lie careful to ob
serve is not to be seen too often in the
company of a young gir!. If you -p« nk
to her or dance with b< r too <> r 'e-i
there will probably be rune r- that
you are engaged to her. wh'eh i,ia.\ ' •
awkward. Al-o the subjects o( c.in
versa tion are strictly limit, d. «■ al
though you may tall, to a ■ ed
lady in a far freer matin, i t . .
be considered seemly in rngland. yon
cannot be too careful as to v t.,1 yi>;
say to an unmarried girl, an I yo i a.,
shock her by saying things to \.,ie !
no Knglish girl would object
Sick Headache ?
Food doesn't digest well?
Appetite poor? Bowels
constipated? Tongue coated?
It's your liver! Ayer's Pills
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Want |"tir noutK KM « r Uird .4 kMßttftl
brown or rich blink" 1 IM'II »
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers I
Or 0'
ll.p ;:aul!Hh Ail mi ru I nml the Ocy.
Tl • Moors hold by their beards when
they swear in order to give weight to
their oath, which after this formality
they rarely violate. The length of
beard seems to weigh with them more
than the stock of brains.
Admiral Kcppel was sent to Algiers
to demand satisfaction for the Injuries
done to his Britannic majesty's sub
jects by their corsairs. The dey, en
raged at the boldness of the anibassa
dor, exclaimed that he wondered at
the imoli nee of the English monarch
hi pendim: him a message by a foolish,
beardless I ev.
The admiral, somewhat nettled, re
plied that if his master had supposed
wisdom was to be measured by the
It ii.th oi the I ward he would doubtless
have sent the dey a he goat.
This answer so enraged the dey that
he ordered his mutes to attend with
the liowstrings. saying that tjie ad
miral should pay for his boldness with
his life. Nothing daunted by this
threat, the ambassador ttxik the dey to
the window and. showing him the
English licet, said if it was his pleas
ure to put liiui to death there were
Englishmen enough in that fleet to
make him a glorious funeral pile.
The dev. who wore a long beard,
took the hint from the man who had
none.
Nasal
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quickly.
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over the membrane and IP absorbed. Ke.ief is im
mt'diate and a cure follows. It is not drying-doe*
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TIME TABLE
In Effect May. 25, 1902.
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VVilkeM.arre Iv ' ;1 > . » 1
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A. M. 112 yi •
I'ottM i!le I* 11 ». '
Hailetur. •' .... IJ : 4"> .
Tumhickati " .... 11l ".
Kern Ulrn " I l« l .
Knek I Hen ... ■
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v \l i M P. vt y \t
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K 111.. 'IIMhUTk ■ * II 4 : l
t'at;it»i.>.lA Iv ti I! •; t ' 7
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A. Mr M V >1 !• \|
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A .\l A .VI A M. P "VI
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Pullmitn Parlor a-I KlMptMl t'ar« run «ri
IhruUKh train.' l-etwveri ""irt VV'illia«n-|» ri
and 1 rie let went Sun I'M ry u,' Ml, i.:li'ptna
and Wa«lnnift >n i»n I belwe'n II trr<<t»\,.'* Pitt
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borough id Dunvil!f. ut tin- fuuiiv
tif Montnur .mil «i it.l I' IHKVIVHI
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tilitlersi|{|je«l. Ml p'Ts. n~ ltitlflili il tn
tlio -mil estate art- r»-«11>i 11 tl to ttutk.
payment, ami tin having elinns tir
ilt niamls against the -aid estate, will
niiike km wii tin- - nil- without tlelav
to
MUS HARRIETS MTERLY, bw
utrix uf (iit'fge \N Myerly, Depta-'-tl
Ktlvvanl Saviv tii arhart, Counsel.
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