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<br />The mustard had wedded California
<br />plain to plain, binding them with its
<br />golden bands, when Margie came to El
<br />Rosa.
<br />"You had better go after her,
<br />Frank," said her aunt, Mrs. Graham,
<br />mistress of El Rosa. "You are the
<br />only one of us who can talk with fin-
<br />gers to the poor, afflicted child."
<br />Having nothing to do but Idle away
<br />my vacation, I very gladly took the
<br />ten mile drive from El Itosa, in the
<br />' hilis: to the little board station 00
<br />the track where I was to met Margie
<br />coining out of the north. .1s I drove
<br />along 1 reviewed the signs nue uses
<br />in the deaf and dumb language, glad
<br />that I had learned them on a certain'
<br />other idle vacation.
<br />No child alighted from the long train,
<br />but a young, slender woman with hair
<br />colored like the fields of mustard
<br />through which I had passed. She
<br />cable directly to me, somewhat timid-
<br />ly, but with no indicatiou of nervous-
<br />ness. Sii' caught up a tiny book fas-
<br />tened to her ('111telaine and penciled
<br />rapidly:
<br />"A1'e you fl•utn }•:l Rosa 1'
<br />Instantly my lingers went Into com-
<br />tuissiou, and the lighting up of her
<br />delicate face was well worth seeing.
<br />"I am not It very rapid talker," 1
<br />said when we were driving toward
<br />the bills. Fortunately the horses tvere
<br />fat and Lazy and needs . uo particulp-r
<br />attention, "but with pre _tire I shall
<br />do better."
<br />"You do beautifully'," she /lashed
<br />back, "1 am so glad 1 do not have to
<br />do the writing: it is s.' slow. 1 have
<br />the proverbial wom;w's tougue, only
<br />multiplied by ten. 'c'hat's dreadful,
<br />isn't IC:"
<br />"Terrible. 1 see my finish," I an-
<br />swered tnourufully, oi` it would has
<br />been mournful if toy fingers could
<br />have shown expression. "I wonder
<br />why 1 thought you were a child. I
<br />supposed you would bring your dollie
<br />With you."
<br />Mary laughed. "You meau my Teddy
<br />bear. Dohs aren't fashienab!e uon-n-
<br />'F1IANH—I .1t1—LIIE
<br />days. I suppose you thought I was a
<br />child by the way auntie talks about
<br />me. I get lots of petting everywhere 1
<br />go, and honestly- I like it.
<br />She was very attractive, this silent
<br />Margie. ,'tient is not the word at all
<br />either, for site was auvthing but si-
<br />lent. Site was the embodiment of mo-
<br />tion. graceful, alluring inetiou. Her
<br />vtllow hair blew gently in little rings
<br />about her delicate face, in which the
<br />color cause and went incessantly; her
<br />eyes glowed and laughed and changed
<br />from gray to almost black with her
<br />changing thoughts; her pretty mouth,
<br />though denied the power of speech,
<br />could smile with a score of meanings,
<br />alit her fluttering, slender lingers
<br />spoke graee itself. By the time we
<br />had driven through the mustard fields
<br />and wound around the sweet scented
<br />hills I was regarding this girl with
<br />strange feelings, considering the fact
<br />that I was a confirmed celibate, or
<br />thought I was.
<br />How Margie loved flowers: The
<br />roses whieli gave the house its came,
<br />the pinks. nasturtiums. the red gera-
<br />nium, which Californians are inclined
<br />to dub "common"—she reveled among
<br />them like a golden butterfly. But bet-
<br />ter, I think, did she love the mild
<br />things of the hills. When we came in
<br />from our horseback rides, fragrance of
<br />monardella and southern wool and
<br />"good medicine" mingled their sweet-
<br />ness and floated from her garments
<br />like incense from about some beauti-
<br />ful, golden crowned sun goddess.
<br />We never saw that girl morbid. She
<br />was like a spirit from paradise with
<br />its brightness still touching her. One
<br />day I asked her how she could be so
<br />wheu she had been so cruelly afflicted:
<br />"Nothing' can work me damage ex-
<br />cept myself," she answered. "Some
<br />one has said that the harm we sustain
<br />we carry about with us and that we
<br />are never real sufferers except by our
<br />own fault."
<br />"That; doesn't prove up. Is it your
<br />fault that you are deprived of hearing
<br />beautiful words and staking them?"
<br />"Perhaps your idea of damage and
<br />mine are not quite the same," she
<br />spelled, and her eyes were very tender.
<br />"I have so much that otherwise i
<br />might have missed. I have learned so
<br />much. I have learned to be happy
<br />whether I am happy or not." Here
<br />she laughed?. "Orb that can be done;
<br />but, do you know, I have a little pri-'
<br />vate theory that just around the cor-
<br />ner there is waiting for me so great a
<br />happiness that I won't ever have to
<br />pretend any more. It will be so mag-
<br />nificent a happiness that unhappiness
<br />will be impossible. It's sure waiting
<br />just around the corner."
<br />Another day we sat on the hillside
<br />idly watching birds and butterflies
<br />and creeping things at our feet.
<br />"Are you going to stay here, as your
<br />aunt wishes?" I asked her. .
<br />_"Oh, no!" The answer came quickly.
<br />"In a few days I am going to Work. -I
<br />am to teach in the sdiool for deaf and
<br />dumb at Salem."
<br />"Life would be pleasanter here for
<br />you and safer," I objected,
<br />"What is life," she spelled quaintly,
<br />"but what I am thinking of all day?
<br />I had best be thinking of helping other
<br />people to be happy- and useful, not to
<br />he just day dreaming. You are going
<br />into the world presently yourself."
<br />"That is different. I am`a man, and
<br />a man's place is in the busy world.
<br />You are only a dear little loving child,
<br />Margie, and you should be protected.
<br />Let rue take care of you, Margie, and
<br />let ale begin now. Will you be my
<br />wife, sweetheart? You know how I
<br />love you."
<br />Margie shook her head regretfully,
<br />but with no show of yielding.
<br />"If I were like other *omen, Frank,
<br />I would put my arms around your
<br />neck and say 'yes,' so happily—oh, so
<br />happily—but I should be a drawback
<br />to you always, boy. In after years
<br />you will thank me for hurting you
<br />now."
<br />I pleaded, but pleading was no use
<br />with Margie. Back of the gentleness
<br />was a firmness of will which admitted
<br />no weakening. Se in a few days Mar-
<br />gie went to her work in Salem and I
<br />to mine in Los Angeles. She would
<br />write to me—she would grant me that
<br />consolation.
<br />There came a day long months after
<br />El Rosa was only a memory when a
<br />northbound train was taking me with
<br />maddening slowness to Margie. I was
<br />not going as I had always planned that
<br />sometimes I should go—with happy
<br />thoughts and joyful anticipation. I
<br />was golug to Margie "seriously hurt;
<br />wlil die."
<br />"That's what the cold print of the
<br />morning paper had said, and, oh, the
<br />precious hours wasted when I did not
<br />know! She had been taking her week-
<br />ly walk from the school to the city
<br />when, as she was passing the rock
<br />quarry, an explosion had occurred.
<br />"Seriously hurt; will die." How the
<br />diabolical words burned themselves
<br />into my aching eyes as the train crawl-
<br />edon!
<br />After an eternity of misery I found
<br />myself at Margie's bed, but before 1
<br />had reached her I had found the news-
<br />paper story was false in.,that she
<br />would not die—she would live! Some-
<br />thing else was in the nurse's face to
<br />tell me, hut I couldn't watt to hear it.
<br />I bent over my darling, and my
<br />heart jumped as I saw the joy in her
<br />face at sight of me. Even as I noted
<br />that, a voice sweet as the gentle spirit
<br />of her came to my wondering ears:
<br />"Frank—I,am—like"—
<br />The batting tongue was too slow, and
<br />the weak, eager fingers took up the
<br />sentence.
<br />"I am as other women now, Frank.
<br />The explosion hurt me, but see what it
<br />did—I can hear you speak, and I can
<br />talk, though my hands are still. I told
<br />you thaVsome day I should tura a
<br />corner"
<br />The little hands were forced to rest.
<br />My overpowering joy and the lump 1
<br />was trying to swallow made me fool-
<br />ish.
<br />"I've been standing around the cor-
<br />ner all the time," reproached my silly
<br />tongue, "but you wouldn't open your
<br />eyes and see me."
<br />She laughed, and her mouth formed
<br />a word, "Frank!" Oh, the sweetness
<br />of it! Then the little fluttering fingers
<br />again.
<br />"You are very conceited, and some
<br />day I am going to rumple your hair
<br />dreadfully, but just now I want to go
<br />to sleep. When I wake up"—
<br />The dear eyes closed, and the smil-
<br />ing nurse beckoned me away till she
<br />should wake up.
<br />No Partiality.
<br />The workings of justice as recorded
<br />by Major E. C. Johnson in his "Track
<br />of the Crescent" were a trifle erratic.
<br />An Englishman was traveling in a
<br />wild part of Hungary, and anxious to
<br />see the Institutions of the country he
<br />made an application to a town magis-
<br />trate, asking to hear how justice was
<br />conducted.
<br />The magistrate, gorgeous in a mag-
<br />nificent Magyar costume, received him
<br />cordially and sent for any case which
<br />might be awaiting trial. A gigantic
<br />gendarme In an immense cocked hat
<br />ushered in a prisoner, a plaintiff and
<br />a witness. The prisoner was accused
<br />of stealing the plaintiff's goose.
<br />"Well, sir," said the magistrate to
<br />the accuser, "what have you to say?"
<br />"Please, your high mightiness, tbe
<br />prisoner stole my goose."
<br />The magistrate turned to the wit-
<br />ness.
<br />"What have you to say?"
<br />"Please, your high mightiness, I saw
<br />the prisoner steal the goose."
<br />"Prisoner, what have you to say?"
<br />"Please, your high mightiness, 1 did
<br />not steal the goose."
<br />The magistrate then delivered the
<br />sentence.
<br />"I give you a fortnight in prison,"
<br />he said to the accused, "for stealing
<br />the goose." To the plaintiff be said,
<br />"I give you a fortnight in prison for
<br />not looking after your goose," and
<br />turning to the witness, "You shall
<br />have a fortnight in prison for not
<br />minding your own business."
<br />The Statue of Liberty.
<br />"I wonder if local mariners appre-
<br />ciate the optical Illusion which the
<br />statue of Liberty presents to a man
<br />arriving in this port for the first time."
<br />said the skipper of an East Indian
<br />tramp, who a few days before had en-
<br />tered New York harbor upon his first
<br />voyage here. "I saw the statue be-
<br />fore I got to the Narrows, and it seem-
<br />ed as if it were just about where
<br />quarantine is. Later the thing seem-
<br />ed about abeam of the Kill v6n Kull.
<br />It kept getting farther and farther
<br />away, until I finally wondered wheth-
<br />er I should ever bring it abeam. 1
<br />suppose its great height accounts for
<br />this." -New York Post.
<br />Priest's Orders.
<br />An actor named Priest was playing
<br />at one of the principal theaters in Lon-
<br />don. Some one remarked at the Gar-
<br />rick club that there were a great many
<br />men in the pit every evening.
<br />"Probably clerks who have taken
<br />Priest's orders," said Mr. Poole, one
<br />of the beet punsters as well as one of
<br />the cleverest comic satirists of the day.
<br />-London Telegraph.
<br />NEW FOUNDATION SYSTEM.
<br />Soft Soil Filled With Rubble by Means
<br />. of Pointed Ram.
<br />A new method of maklug founda-
<br />tions, originally- devised for unstable
<br />soils, but now used under all sorts of
<br />conditions, is described in Engineer-
<br />ing (London). This plan, known as the
<br />"compressoi" system, has been in use
<br />in and about Paris for about seven
<br />years. It consists iu making holes
<br />through the soft soil down to hardpan
<br />by means of a tapering ram, which is
<br />forced down like a pile driver, and
<br />then filling these holes with stones
<br />and rubble in successive lay -el -s, each
<br />of which is firmly rammed down. The
<br />result, It ' said, is to produce practi-
<br />cally a .,tonolithlc block of great
<br />strength. Says Engineering'
<br />"By reason of the violent ramming
<br />down of the rubble the foundation
<br />piles are made to adhere firmly to the
<br />FOUNDATION MACHINE.
<br />sides of the shaft, anti their resistance
<br />to lateral stresses is exceedingly great.
<br />No ground Is removed In the boring of
<br />the shafts, and the sides of the latter.
<br />being compressed by the operation, ac-
<br />quire great compactness. It is easy- to
<br />see that a foundation pile thus formed
<br />and resting on a compact stratum can-
<br />not sink In any way and will carry
<br />heavy loads without collapsing.
<br />"When a compact stratum on which
<br />to rest the base of the foundation piles
<br />cannot be reached at a reasonable
<br />depth, these piles offer nevertheless au
<br />rnormons resistance to vertical and
<br />lateral stresses owlug to their bearing
<br />at a number of points against the sides
<br />of the shalt. The piles take roughly
<br />the shape of an inverted mushroom
<br />stalk; their base widens out to a diarn-
<br />eter of four feet to six feet, accorjng
<br />to the density of the soil.
<br />"The system does. away with the
<br />earthwork of the usual kind and ueces-
<br />sitates no shoring up of excavations,
<br />no pumping out and no ventilation. Ili
<br />foundations where wooden piles would
<br />be used, carrying a load of twenty-five
<br />tons, one 'compressoi' pile would suf-
<br />fice where five or six wooden ones
<br />would have to be driven."
<br />CENTER OF EMOTION.
<br />Seat of Sensation Is the Solar Plexus,
<br />Not the Brain.
<br />The sol plexus is the emotional
<br />brain, sa, , Professor Francois (Guyot.
<br />An emotion that attacks us Is felt
<br />there first. Thus if we feel anxiety it
<br />may give us, 1f severe, a positive stom-
<br />ach ache. It may even be productive
<br />of nausea. Grief, such as comes from
<br />bereavement, may produce like symp-
<br />toms. Spasms of hate or terror would
<br />have like effect.
<br />While the brain does the thinking,
<br />Professor Guyot opines that It does
<br />not feel. The cerebrum, the Major
<br />part of the brain, is the intellectual,
<br />but not the emotional, center. The
<br />brain represents the Intelligence. The
<br />spinal cord and the cerebellum, the
<br />latter the little brain not yet well un-
<br />derstood and attached to the brain
<br />proper, govern equilibrium and the
<br />muscles of the body. But the emotions
<br />are located In the sympathetic nervous
<br />system ramifying through the body.
<br />Their chief center Is the great plexus
<br />of nerves which Iles against the back-
<br />bone and embraces the stomach.
<br />This does not think, but it feels.
<br />What it does not feel is not felt at all,
<br />apart from pure intellectual cognition,
<br />and its purely passive and subjective
<br />sensations may often 'be regarded as a
<br />warning of danger or possible mis-
<br />chief well worthy of serious and
<br />thoughtful consideration. - Chicago
<br />k4'ibune.
<br />Comforting to Her.
<br />"Oh, my beautiful vase!" exclaimed
<br />Mrs. Hauskeep. "011, Bridget, that's
<br />the very worst thing you could bare
<br />brokenr
<br />"Falx, ma'am," replied Bridget, "l'm
<br />glad it wasn't the beet" -Minneapolis
<br />Journal
<br />Hopeless.
<br />"He's no good at an argument, is be?
<br />Not at all convincing?"
<br />"Well, I should say not. Why, that
<br />man couldn't convince a woman that
<br />she was pretty!" -Cleveland Leader.
<br />Value. of Humor.
<br />The man who becomes a humorist is
<br />the man who contrives to retain a cer-
<br />tain childlike zest and freshness of
<br />mind side by side wltb a large and
<br />tender tolerance.-Cornhill Magazine.
<br />The greatest trust between man and
<br />man Is the trust of giving counsel. -
<br />Bacon.
<br />Tough Forecast.
<br />"Yon ling Is going to marry the
<br />widow Henpeck."
<br />"W , she's twice u old 'as he is."
<br />"Oh, well, he'll age fast enough atter
<br />the w ding." -Town and Country.
<br />Better the last smile than the first
<br />laughter. -1 fallen Proverb.
<br />NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.
<br />Scientist Advocates Flesh of Tubercu•
<br />bus Cattle For Food.
<br />A new way of curlug and obtaining
<br />immunity from tuberculosis by eating
<br />the raw flesh of animals already af-
<br />fected with bovine tuberculosis has
<br />been discovered, according to Dr. F.
<br />W. Forbes Ross, at one time clinical
<br />assistant of the North London con-
<br />sumption hospital and civil surgeon to
<br />his majesty's guards hospital.
<br />Dr. Ross has written an article on
<br />the subject which appeared in the
<br />Medical Record and which, the editor
<br />of the Record says, is entitled to "re-
<br />spectful attention." The doctor's theo-
<br />ry is as follows:
<br />"To deliberately and willfully pro-
<br />cure and use as an article of diet for
<br />tuberculous persons the raw flesh
<br />(beef) of animals known to be affected
<br />with -tuberculosis with a view to bring-
<br />ing about artificially that which I firm-
<br />ly believe occurs unobserved in nature
<br />and in actual daily life among healthy
<br />persons,"
<br />According to the theory which the
<br />doctgr advances W favor of this novel
<br />treatment, tbe lean raw flesh of such
<br />animals as he meutions contains in it
<br />an antitoxin generated in the blood
<br />which is capable of assisting tubercu•
<br />lous patients in their fight against the
<br />disease.
<br />To begin with, the doctor Indorses
<br />the theory or Professor Koch of Berlin
<br />,that bovlue tuberculosis is not trans-
<br />missible to butane beings through the
<br />eating of flesh. He then goes further
<br />and brings out instances which tend to
<br />prove that the eating of the affected
<br />meat Is of decided benefit. Ile says:
<br />"Those who habitually partake ot
<br />meat in fair quantities. athletes, and
<br />particularly those who are In the habit
<br />of eating beet partly cooked and raw
<br />are not those who are commonly
<br />found with tuberculosis, either in hos-
<br />pitals, to private homes or In sanatoria.
<br />In England, where Infants and young
<br />children are habitually fed on cows'
<br />milk. we find that during the milk
<br />feeding period of life the tendency to
<br />tuberculosis infection Is very blgh.
<br />"Further Investigation shows that
<br />the children of the poor are more !la•
<br />ble than the children of the rich. Why
<br />is ibis? Because the children of the
<br />rich and the better off among the ado-
<br />lescents and adults get meat earlier
<br />and more ofteu thau the children of
<br />the poor and the poorer adolescents
<br />and adults."
<br />RADIUM CURES.
<br />Infallible In Cases of Rodent Ulcer,
<br />Says Sir William Ramsay.
<br />Writing to a London paper whicb
<br />recently published an article saying
<br />that the hopes the doctors entertained
<br />when radium was first discovered had
<br />received no measure of fulfillment
<br />apart from some action on skin dis-
<br />eases, Sir William Ramsay says:
<br />"1 must ask you to give publicity to
<br />the fact tint the rodent ulcer, a terri-
<br />ble disease which chiefly attacks the
<br />face, can 1* cured with certainty by
<br />exposure for a few minutes at inter-
<br />vals to rays emitted from radium bro-
<br />mide."
<br />In this connection 1 may mention
<br />that the authorities of Middlesex hos-
<br />pital, who are pursuing investigations
<br />as to cancer, are extremely well satis-
<br />fied with the results obtained by ra-
<br />dium in the treatment of this disease.
<br />They do not claim it is a specific in all
<br />cases, but say the percentage of suc-
<br />cessful
<br />ne-cessful treatment Is notable. -London
<br />Cable New York Times,
<br />To Tighten Wagon Wheel Spokes.
<br />When wagon wheel spokes become
<br />loose or the tenons are worn where
<br />they are fitted into the felly, lift the
<br />felly from the spoke with a lever (A)
<br />TIGHTENING THE SPOKEN.
<br />and a post (B). as herewith shown,
<br />and either place a leather washer
<br />around the tenon at point C or invert
<br />the wheel and run melted lead or bab-
<br />bitt around It. -Popular Mechanics.
<br />The Enormous Coal Waste.
<br />The federnl experts who are busy
<br />on improvements to effect economies
<br />for the steam engine have found that
<br />the loss in the utilization of fuel to
<br />produce, power in the average manu-
<br />facturing plant Min SO tremendous that
<br />In a ton of coal commuted teas than 5
<br />per cent of the total energy was avail-
<br />able for the neons] work of manufac-
<br />turing.
<br />They have fonn.l, exi. that lu otdlna-
<br />ry locomotives o:;l,: :; to ri per cent of
<br />the fuel ene:gy is Wit:tined for pulling
<br />the tratn.
<br />"This." says it de, eminent expert,
<br />commenting upon the t;li,covery, "Is as
<br />if n bode:- fie 1.,1!; tt barrel of dour
<br />and suce'ee !e 1 1 : toothtoothet but one small
<br />biscuit as the rui!re result."
<br />C v:g Quickly,
<br />"See tne Lest week about It."
<br />"But be who gives quickly gives
<br />twice."
<br />"That's Just the point. 1 don't care
<br />to be held up later for a second sub.
<br />ecription."-Pittsburg Post.
<br />His Opportunity.
<br />He --I'm going to bring Jolt home
<br />with me to dinner tonight. She -Oh,
<br />mercy, dear, don't! It's the cook's
<br />day out, and I'll have to cook dinner.
<br />He -Never mind; I owe Jolt one any-
<br />way. -Exchange,
<br />Good Features.
<br />Mrs. Bacon -Why, that piano has
<br />several keys that make no sound et
<br />all! Mr. Bacon -Yes, and there are
<br />some other good features about it. -
<br />Yonkers Statesman,
<br />He Knew of but One.
<br />Many years ago De Scott Evans, the
<br />artist, took a trip to Jamaica, and
<br />upon his return to New York he ex-
<br />hibited n number of pictures that he
<br />had painted during his outing.
<br />One day a man who had been look-
<br />ing through the studio stopped before
<br />a certain picture and asked:
<br />"What does this represent?"
<br />"That," said Mr. Evans, "is a scene
<br />Jamaica"
<br />"Jamaica?" echoed the visitor.
<br />"That's strange. I don't remember
<br />ever seeing anything like that in Ja-
<br />maica."
<br />"You have been there, then, have
<br />yon?" the artist inquired.
<br />"Oh, yes! I• live there."
<br />"Well, you surely must 1x1 acquaint-
<br />ed with this place tben. It Is a street
<br />scene in the principal town of the is-
<br />land."
<br />The man from Jamaica looked at
<br />Mr. Evans for a moment as if he
<br />thought the latter avast be daft, Then
<br />he emphatically declared:
<br />"I live in Jamaica, and there isn't a
<br />street in the town that bears the re-
<br />motest resemblance to that picture."
<br />The mention,of Jamales as a town
<br />cleared away the mist
<br />"I see," said Mr. Evans, "you live
<br />In Jamaica, N. Y-, don't you?"
<br />"Yes," replied the suburbanite. "Is
<br />there another Jamaica anywhere?"
<br />They Lacked Team Work.
<br />There was small respect In Captain
<br />Maybury's mind for the brains of the
<br />artists whom ho and his wife harbor-
<br />ed and ted during the summer, "They
<br />are a well meaning lot of folks as
<br />ever lived," he said confidentially to a
<br />neighbor, "but when it comes to com-
<br />mon sense every last living one of 'em
<br />needs a guardeen."
<br />"Act kind o' crazy. 1 reckon," said
<br />the neighbor.
<br />"Well, 'tain't so mach that," admit-
<br />ted Captain Maybury,"as 'Hs that they
<br />lack gumption and sprawl. Two of
<br />'em were talking to me about the
<br />'sunset light' last nigbt. 'We work
<br />fast as we can, but we can't ketch 1t,'
<br />they told me. 'It fades so fast, and
<br />before you know it the glow is dead.'
<br />"I've got some used to their queer
<br />talk, but that did seem plumb foolish.
<br />'If two of you can't ketch it,' 1 says,
<br />'why in tunket don't the whole eight
<br />of you set to work together, same as
<br />it you had a fence to paint?' But 1t
<br />you'll believe me, I eoukl tell by their
<br />looks they'd never thought of such a
<br />thlug before. They're simple, that's
<br />what they are." -Youth's Companion.
<br />The Old Time Almanac.
<br />"It is astonlehing what faith the old
<br />school farmer used to put lu his al-
<br />manac," said a farmer of the new
<br />school, a graduate of an agricultural
<br />college.
<br />"My father was au old school farm-
<br />er, and in June he would consult his
<br />almanac to see it' we were going to
<br />have a clear Christmas. What though
<br />the almanac usually went back on
<br />him? Sometimes its 1edlctions were
<br />true, and one accurate :prophecy coun-
<br />terbalanced in my father's mind fifty
<br />miscures.
<br />"Once I crossed the ocean with the
<br />old man. We sat at the captain's table,
<br />and the first night out my father, lay-
<br />ing down his spoon, said anxiously:
<br />"'Captain, hey ye got an almanac
<br />on board?'
<br />"'No,' the captain answered.
<br />"The old man frowned and shook his
<br />bead.
<br />"'Then, by gosh,' he add, 'we'll jest
<br />hey to take the weather as she
<br />comes-' "-Los Angeles Times.
<br />Dickens and His Beard.
<br />Frith painted Charles Dickens' por-
<br />trait when the novelist began to grow
<br />a beard and told this anecdote of the
<br />occasion:
<br />"Well, one day when Dickens was
<br />sitting the servant came up to tell me
<br />Sir Edwin Landseer was below. Dick-
<br />ens said, 'Let's have him up; he hasn't
<br />seen my beard and mustache yet.'
<br />Charles Landseer and Edwin had been
<br />abroad for some time together In Italy,
<br />and they hadn't kj met for months.
<br />Edwin came up and took no notice of
<br />the beard, and at Last Dickens said:
<br />'Well, Lanny, what about all this?
<br />D'you like it? Think It's an improve-
<br />ment? '011, a great improvement;
<br />Landseer said quite gravely. 'It hides
<br />so much of your face.' Dickens wasn't
<br />the least offended. He'd let 'Lanny'
<br />W anything"
<br />All Wer. Prime Ministers.
<br />An eminent surgeon was once sent
<br />for by Cardinal Du Bois, prime min.
<br />later of France, to perform a very
<br />serious operation upon him. The car-
<br />dinal said to him, "You must not ex-
<br />pect to treat me in the same rough
<br />manner as you treat your poor, miser-
<br />able wretches at your Hotel Dieu."
<br />"My lord," replied the surgeon, with
<br />great dignity, "every one of those mis-
<br />erable wretches, as your eminence is
<br />pleased to call them, is a prime min-
<br />ister in my eyes" -Success Magazine.
<br />Tiny Turbine Engin*.
<br />It is reported that a Glasgow en-
<br />gineer has produced a small rotary
<br />turbine engine, little more than a foot
<br />in diameter, capable of developing for-
<br />ty horsepower. Only two blades are
<br />used. The new turbine is to be fitted
<br />on board an experimental torpedo
<br />boat, and the lnventor`apserts that it
<br />will produce a speed hltherto un-
<br />known.
<br />Down In the Depth*.
<br />The mermaid was rummaging the
<br />sunken ship.
<br />"I want to see if 1 ran find one of
<br />those hand mirrors the comic papers
<br />always picture us as using," she said.
<br />For vanity, alas, is not confined to
<br />that comparatively insignificant por-
<br />tion of the earth's surface known as
<br />dry lend. -Chicago Tribune.
<br />The Crowding See.
<br />Youngand beautiful, the wife of a
<br />certain millionaire is alleged to find
<br />her only amusement in stealing. Even
<br />among millionaires we see the tenden-
<br />cy of women to push men out of ,thele
<br />jobs. -London Opinion.
<br />There is a strength of quiet endur
<br />lase
<br />u significant of courage as thti
<br />most daring feats of prowess. -Tucker.
<br />"At Prayers" and a !Seat
<br />The scramble for seats in the house
<br />of commons is regulated by certain
<br />rules. A member present at prayers
<br />has a right to the place he then occu-
<br />pies until the risiug of the house.
<br />Each evening stands absolutely inde-
<br />pendent and by itself, and therefore
<br />the title to a seat secured by attend-
<br />ance at prayer lapses at the termina-
<br />tion of the sitting. On the table In a
<br />little leis is a supply of small white
<br />cards with the words "At prayers" in
<br />large old English letters. Obtaining
<br />one of these cards and writing his
<br />name on It under the words "At pray•
<br />era," the member slips it into a re-
<br />ceptacle in the bench at the back of
<br />the sent and thus secures the place
<br />for the night against all comers. Ile
<br />may immediately leave the house and
<br />remain away as long as he pleases.
<br />The place may be occupied by another
<br />'member in the meantime, but when-
<br />ever the master of the seat, the gen-
<br />tleman whose `autograph Is written
<br />on the card in tho little brass slit, re:
<br />turas to the chamber the temporary
<br />occupant of the seat must give place to
<br />him.
<br />He Tamed the Princess.
<br />William the Conqueror when he was
<br />only the Duke of Normandy had fallen
<br />in love with the Princess Mathlide of
<br />Flanders. She was proud and haughty
<br />and had refused the noble lovers who
<br />were anxious to win her hand. The
<br />wily Norman studied her character
<br />carefully and when he had mapped
<br />out his plan of campaign rode into the
<br />town one day wheu she, at the head of
<br />a party, was going from church. Ile
<br />sprang from Ills horse by her side,
<br />boxed her ears soundly, pulled her off
<br />her steed, rolled her vigorously in the
<br />mud, told her that he loved her and
<br />rode away. The astonished princess
<br />was infuriated and swore all kinds of
<br />vengeance. After her rage cooled
<br />down, however, she said to her fattier
<br />that upon reflection she had come to
<br />the conclusion that the only man who
<br />could treat Mathllde of Flanders In
<br />that manner should be her husband.
<br />They were married, and the union
<br />turned out to be one of the happiest
<br />marriages in the history of royalty.
<br />The Prophetic Gift
<br />That there are persons today who
<br />possess the somewhat uncanny gift
<br />of being able to predict future events
<br />is probably true. The wife of tbe late
<br />Sir Richard Burton, the famous trav-
<br />eler and linguist, not to mention other
<br />instances of her weird gift, announc-
<br />ed the very first time she saw Burton.
<br />at the time a perfect stranger whom
<br />she had met quite casually, that he
<br />would be her husband. At the pres-
<br />ent moment, too, there is said to be a
<br />man who has manifested such an ex-
<br />traordinary faculty of predicting things
<br />that are about to take place that a
<br />number of medical men have purchas-
<br />ed the reversion of his brain to order
<br />that they may examine that organ att-
<br />er death to see if It shows any special
<br />development to account for his won-
<br />derful gift. -Grand Magazine.
<br />A Cane In Defense.
<br />"If you want to keep off hold
<br />men," said an old detective to the our,. n
<br />server, "carry a cane. A. holdup man
<br />is more afraid of a cane than ho is of
<br />a revolver. He's deathly afraid that
<br />the man carrying it will jab It in his
<br />face or eyes or get the end of It in his
<br />mouth. On this account they're just
<br />as much afraid of a small light stick
<br />as they are of a heavy one. There are
<br />so many different ways of using a
<br />cane that a man doesn't know just
<br />which way to guard against it. And
<br />any man can use it. Nine men out of
<br />ten who carry revolvers couldn't hit
<br />the side of a barn with them, and the
<br />'holdups' know it, but it doesn't take
<br />any skill or practice to learn to slam-
<br />bang away wltb a walking stick." -
<br />Columbus Dispatch.
<br />"In A Bad Way."
<br />*any a Hastings Reader Will Feel Grate-
<br />ful for This Information,
<br />When your back git esout;
<br />Becomes lame, weak, or aching.
<br />When urinary troubles set in.
<br />Your kidneys are "to a bad way."
<br />Dun's Kidney Pills will cure you.
<br />Here is local evidence to prove It:
<br />Mrs. M. I). Franklin.rooroer Third and
<br />Vermillion starts, (castings, Minn., says:
<br />When 1 began to use Doan's Kidney
<br />Pills about two years ago, my health was
<br />completely broken down and I felt tired
<br />and worn out. I had suffered so severely
<br />from kidney troubles without finding re-
<br />lief that 1 had despaired of ever getting
<br />better. i was in constant dread of those
<br />tired, nervous dizzy spells which became ,
<br />90 frequent that hardly a day passed
<br />without my sutferiug from thelit. My
<br />bead would ache severely when the
<br />attacks were at their height and I ooticed
<br />that toy kidneys did not act regularly.
<br />My back was very weak and I dared not
<br />du any work that required lifting. Al-
<br />though ikoan's Kidney Pills cured my
<br />complaint, 1 keep them on hand et all
<br />lilacs. 1f 1 notice any symptoms of
<br />rerurteuce 1 will at once appeal to their
<br />oar,"
<br />Por sale by nil deniers. Price ,Sul cents,
<br />Poster -Milburn Co,. Buffalo. N 1' ,
<br />sole agents for the Uutltd Statist.
<br />'Renumber the name-Doan's-still take
<br />no other.
<br />ESTATE (H' 1)ECEI)RNT.
<br />Wale of Minnesota, county of Dakota.—ss. ••lo
<br />dp,,r+ierobateat. court,
<br />la the matter of the estate of Samuel ll,yi-,h,
<br />The stele of Minnesota to Sarah Jane Ranh.
<br />&tine! A. Hersh, Bettie Harsh. John W.
<br />Cary, !faller E. Cary, end all persons
<br />interested in the final account and dl.-
<br />14hutiun of the estate Of said decedent: The
<br />re of le above nnhngtiledb i 11,cuurt his final a0coed ut of
<br />the adtuluistration of the estate of .aid decedent,
<br />together with 1,1s petlt,oa praying fur the
<br />adjustnh'ut and allowance of geld anal eccoant
<br />and for distribution or the residue of said
<br />estate to thereasons ,hereunto entitled. There-
<br />fore., you, tool each of you, are hereby cited and
<br />required t" show c:,use. if any you have, before
<br />this court, atthe probate court room in the
<br />courthouse, la the city of nesting., In the
<br />00110(t' of nakota. 'sate of Mlanrsota. ou the
<br />duh day of February}. 1908, at ten o'clock a. M.
<br />vl,v serld ix'Iltlon should not begranlyd.
<br />Without, the judge of said court, and the peal
<br />of said court, ai.)ls 10th day of Jaauarv,1958.
<br />fi case SzaL'THOS. P. MORAN,
<br />Probate Judge.
<br />11' H DEKAT, Atturuey for Petitioner.
<br />ETATE OF DECEDENT.
<br />sue.. of Mhute,ota, county of Dakota,—ss. in
<br />robste court.
<br />In the matter of the estate of larrict
<br />Barbaras, decedent
<br />Thr state of
<br />abourger,, Julia InBarha uo andm allnper-
<br />0. Interested In the allowance and
<br />tenet. of the will of said de'ceieot. The pea-
<br />rs of Jul a Itarberas being duly sled In
<br />lite Court, representing that Harriet Iter-
<br />ates, then it resident of the county of
<br />h
<br />ay of December, n.mate of ld. 1907,' leaving a last died on the will
<br />till testament. which is presented to this court
<br />iib said petition, and praying that said in-
<br />terment be allowed as the last will and testa.
<br />of
<br />admttttstratio, ,,weoedeobe will aand nnexed d of the
<br />estate of said dAtleaeed be issued thereon to hes.
<br />Nott, therefore, you, and each of you, are hereby
<br />ted and required to show cause, if any you
<br />eve, betore this court, at the probate court
<br />vooms to the courthouse, in Heade1tss, county
<br />t Dakota, state of Minnesota, outbe lith day
<br />f February, Ih08, at ten o'clock a. m., why the
<br />plaver of said petition should not be granted.
<br />Witness, the Honorable Thos. P. Moran, Judge
<br />t said court, and the seal of Paid court, thin
<br />fab day of January, 1908.
<br />ICotrat SaAL 1 THOS. P. MORAN,
<br />Idle Judge of Probate.
<br />W. ft. Gn.Lirr, Attorney for Petltfoner.
<br />ESTATE OF DECEDENT.
<br />Staten( M l n neeola, county of Dakota,—as. lo
<br />rotate court, ,r
<br />In the matter of the estate of Vatter E.
<br />Lary, deoodeut
<br />Letters of administration thla day having been
<br />rated to Samuel A. Harsh, and It appearing
<br />n proof by aflldavit of said administrator
<br />at there are no debts ugainat said estate.
<br />It is ordered that the time within which all
<br />redltors of the above named decedent may
<br />resent olaims against his estate in this court
<br />and the same hereby is. iimited to three
<br />oaths from and after the date hereof; and that
<br />uesdsy, the 19th day 010 May, 1908. at ten
<br />eltmk a. m., lit the probate court room, at the
<br />urthouse at Hastings. In gild county, be, and
<br />e same hereby is axed and appointed as the
<br />me and piece for bearing upon and the ex-
<br />winetiva. adjustment, and allowance of such
<br />gime as shall be presented within the time
<br />rewid,
<br />Let notice hereof be given by the publication
<br />this order In The Hastings Gazette as provld-
<br />ed by 1:, w,
<br />Dated January 10th, 1908.
<br />By the court THOS. P. MORAN,
<br />L. $ j 1Gaw Judge of Probate.
<br />W. Ii. DEBAT, Attorney for Representative.
<br />i STATE OF DECEDENT.
<br />J
<br />state of Minnesota, county of Dakota.—in.. In
<br />t'ohate court
<br />In the matter of the estate of Frederick
<br />etsan, decedent.
<br />The state of Minnesota to all persons Interest -
<br />in the flnel account and distribution of the
<br />tate of said decedeut. The representative of the
<br />bore nem. d decedent having flied In this
<br />ort his flnsl account of the admtnistra-
<br />on el the stere of said decedent, together with
<br />a petition pro, log for the adjustment and
<br />fowauoe of said anal account and for dig- '
<br />ibution of the residue at said estate to the
<br />nous thereunto entitled. Therefore, you,
<br />d each ot you, are hereby cited end required
<br />show cause, If any you have, before this
<br />urt at the probate oourt room in the court -
<br />"use, in the a ty of Hastings, In the county of
<br />aloin, state of Minnesota, on the 8tsl day 0f
<br />anuary, 1908, at ten o'clock a. m., why said
<br />petition should not be granted.
<br />Witness, the judge of said court, and the seal
<br />t said court, this ad day of January. 1908.
<br />SttaL.l• • THOS. P. MORAN,
<br />lIS-3w Probate Judge.
<br />Had to Keep Ideate.
<br />"Why don't you get married?"
<br />"Oh, It would be absolutely fatal to
<br />my literary work."
<br />"What do you write?" �
<br />"Love stories." -Cleveland Plain
<br />1j?ealer
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<br />Good Law. with low Taxation.
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<br />under the
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<br />brother or sister of intending homesteader.
<br />Rntry fee in each case is 310.(0. For pamphlet,
<br />"Last Best West," particulars as to rates. routes,
<br />test time to go and where to locate. npnie to
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<br />e gown which has the
<br />Spot can be made like new, just
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<br />lesson IIs economy.
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<br />are annually oast aside,- they
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<br />ESTATE OF DECEDENT.
<br />State of Minnesota, county of Dakota. -as. In
<br />probate court.
<br />la the matter o1 the estate of Caroline
<br />Mary Runde, decedent.
<br />Letters testamentary this day having been
<br />granted to August F. Bunde.
<br />It is ordered that the time within which all
<br />creditors of the above named decedent may
<br />present claims against hereatate in this court be,
<br />and the same hereby is, limited to six months
<br />from end after the date hereof; and that Fri-
<br />day, the 7th day of August, 1908, at ten o'clock
<br />a. 0,.. to the probate court room at the court.
<br />hosier, at Hastings, lu said county. be and the�
<br />emit. hereby Is axed and appointed as the timer
<br />and place for hearing upon and the etamina-
<br />don, adjustment, and allowance of such claims
<br />as shall be presented within the time aforeasld.
<br />Let reties hereof be given by the publication
<br />•,f this order in Tho Hastings Gazette, as pro•
<br />vided t,y law.
<br />Dated December :Oh. 1007. •
<br />Rt the court. THOS. P. MORAN. le
<br />lSrot..! Ir,lw Judge ot Probate.
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