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E: Myra's Si By LULU JOHNSON. Copyrighted, 1908. by the Associated Literary Press. Myra came to the doorway o sod house and looked wistfully the fields. Far to the southeast a plume of smoke showed a bit of r ground, and presently 8be was a discern a toy train making its pro toward the west, Three puffs of steam sprang from In front of the and presently there were borne t ear three faint blasts of the whis fit proportion to the absurdly di five appearance of the locomotive She slipped the big white apron her trim waist and waved It abov head. Then a single short blast o whistle announced that her signal been seen. Presently the train vanished int other cut in the rolling prairie, Myra did not return to her work. remained leaning against the r hewn doorpost, looking out across dreary waste of land. When summer came and the wa grain covered with its velvet pile gentle undulations, Myra liked to tend that it was an ocean across w her ship would presently come sa to its haven of good hope. Dl against the southern horizon a iin purple against the blue of the marked the commencement of the hills, but to the north, east and w as tar as the eye could see there only the rolling prairie. Myra hated the low, fiat surfacee in the summer, when the ocean grain concealed its nakedness and ga the suggestion of a mystic ocean, in the early spring, with its bro surface and the brown grass of fallow fields, her soul revolted at very sight of the ground. Yet now leaned against the doorpoet and loo across the brown earth to where knew the single line of the call ran. In the long summer days she h two visits from Jim Purdy, for th it was still light enough when be ca past at 6 to wave a signal and to ceive the answering toot that was be heard only when the wind w from the south. At other times o the puff of steam from the whistle to of the signal. These were about the only vis Myra received. Robert Sackett was close grained, self contained egoti and young men were not made w come at the Sackett quarter sectio Purdy had come in spite of the sur reception he had received from the f ther of the girl he loved. There h been long calls on pleasant summ nights and plans for what they woul do when Jim should have complet his probation as engineer and shou be given a regular run. Myra bad promised to marry hi when all this should come to pas They would live at the end of th division, where they was a town 10,000 inhabitants and where th dreary monotony of the plains wa broken by the close proximity of th mountains. Yet when Jim had com to claim her hand, aglow with joy ove his promotion, she had drawn back. "I can't leave dad," she explain simply. "Mother told me to take ca of him, and I promised her that would. Promises to the dead can't broken, Jim." "But she didn't mean that you mus spend your whole life and give u your own happiness just to make M Sackett comfortable," the man denied "She didn't mean that, Myra. Sh only meant you were to look after hi in a way. Your pa would be just well satisfied with a hired cook." Myra shook her head in negatl even while she knew that what JI said was true. In the summer whe the crops were in there were half dozen men to cook for, and from morn- ing until late in the night she toiled in the hot kitchen. In the winter Sackett spent much of his time in the nearest town, some eighteen miles away, leav Ing Myra alone in the homestead. It was of these things she thought as she looked out across the billows of unlovely earth and wondered If per- haps the sacrifice was not in vain. It was much as Jim had said—Robert Sackett would be as happy and as comfortable rtable nn d er the ministrations of a hired housewife. Day after day she had stood in the doorway atter Jim's train had passed, wondering if perhaps she had not made more than the sacrifice that her mother had demanded and seeking some sign by which she might be guided. No sign came, however, and there was only the dreary prospect of an unending round of drudgery, with no compensating words of thanks and affection. Her hands clinched as she thought of the last two years, those years in which she might have been Purdy's wife, when she might have exchanged the dreary round of the quarter sec- tion for a cozy home in a town where the Rockies towered above them and all was not flat and deadly monotonous of outline. She still stood there as the familiar team attached to the heavy farm wag- on crept over the edge of the nearest billow of earth. Sackett, in the driv- er's seat, gave no heed to Myra's sig- naling, but drove stolidly on until at last be had turned into the home in - closure and lumbered down from the Peat, tossing to Myra a couple of let- ters addressed in Purdy's familiar handwriting. "It was late when I got through last night," he said sheepishly as he re- moved with care a demijohn from the wagon box and took it into the barn. Myra nodded understandingly. It al- ways was late when her father con- cluded his simple business errands, too late to make it worth whiles W net back to the homestead that night Be salved his conscience with tbis time worn fiction and spent a roisterous night at the Eagle hotel. She Left him to put up the tired horses, while she hurried into the house to read her letters and prepare dinner. Her soul stirred at the thought of th drudgery before her young life for th sake of a man who left her alone th the sod house while he spent e nl dissipating in town. Jim's pleadln were hard to resist, and as she tuck t the the letters into her workbox she pray for a sign for her guidance. When Sackett came in dinner w smoking on the table, and he pulled u his chair with a grunt of satistactio The meal was enlivened by no gess! of the town. Sackett ate in stony s lence, now and then regarding h daughter from beneath his busby ey brows. Myra's hands clinched untie the tablecloth as she noted the sign. It was a certain indication that h had to confess some indiscretion whit be knew he could not conceal from he The last time it had been the loss o the market phoney in an effort to bea a card sharper at three card monte. Sackett carefully flubbed off a sec and helping of pie, but he did not pus back his chair as a sign that he wa through. The wrinkled cheeks red dened under the tan, and his eyes grew small and cunning. "I got to go to town again tomor row," he announced. "I met the Wid ow Lusk, and she says she'll marry me. She don't think It right that you should be left alone so much with no mother to look atter you." "Are you marrying the widow on my account?" asked Myra coldly. "The widow is n fine woman," de- clared Sackett, a twinkle of apprecia- tion in his beady eyes. "Of course I'll admit that I kinder like her, but she's right when she says you're left too much alone. I'll drive in tomorrow and bring her out." "I'll go In with you," announced Myra as she gathered up the plates be- fore her and rose from the table. "I was praying for a sign, but I didn't think that the Widow Lusk would be the sign." "Sign tor what?" asked Sackett curi- ously. "A sign that it would be right for me to marry Jim," explained Myra. "He wrote the other day that any time I de- cided to say 'yes' I only had to build two bonfires where he could see them and be in town the next night when be pulled the eastbound overland over the division. I'm going out to fix the fires now so he'll be expecting me tomor- row." That night the passengers on the eastbound overland sprang from their seats in alarm as the whistle shrieked demoniacally, and then they braced themselves for the shock of the colli- sion which never came. They could not know that the young engineer had received a sign from Myra and that be knew that her slavery was at an end. e e In nig across faint oiling ale to grecs white cab, o her ase in minn- from e her f the had o an - but She ough the ving the pre- hich !ling mly e of sky foot - est was ven of ve and ken the the she ked she road ad en me re - to as my Id its a st, el- a - ad er d ed Id m s. of e 8 e e ed re be p r. m as on m n a gs ed ed as p n. p l- is e- e b r. t h s Chinese Kites. Great ingenuity Is displayed by the Chinese in the manufacture of kites. Kites of the angular shape, common among ourselves, are uever seen, the designers representing at their own sweet will flowers, birds, fish and in fact anything that may be found on the earth or in the waters under the earth. Many of them are extremely beautiful and do infinite credit to the artistic tastes of the people. Human figures representing historical or myth- ical events are very commonly used, while emblems such as the double fisb and characters of felicitous import, such, for example, as shou (longevity) and chi (good fortune), are favorite subjects. On some of them musical strings are so arranged that they emit sounds of melody as they fly aloft The first ones so constructed are said to have been instrumental in saving an army when in dire distress. The gen- eral commanding this unfortunate force, being hemmed in by the enemy, resorted to the stratagem of flying in the dead of night a number of kites with musical strings so arranged as to emit sounds resembling the words, "Beware of Han." Like the Syrians, at the noise of the chariot wheels, the contending host took flight at the sound and were destroyed—horse, foot and dragoons. Domestic Philosophy. Two apparently well content and jovial benedicts were discussing the infelicities of married life In tones easily overheard as they came down- town in a trolley car the other day. "Now, my wife and I rarely quarrel," said one, "and it is soon over when we do, but I had opportunity the other evening to impress a bit of domestic philosophy. We were sitting at the library table, with tabby comfortably snoozing on one side and a young col- lie dog blinking at the other end. 'Why can't we always live pleasantly to- gether like those two?' remarked my wife suddenly. I didn't say anything, but a thought occurred to me, and, get- ting up, I fetched a piece of string and tied one end to the cat's ear and the other around the dog's front leg. In about two seconds there was a mixup, and If I hadn't stopped It quickly by cutting the string there would have been little left of either the dog or the cat. 'Now, that's n.y idea,' said I, 'why most married people quarrel. They can't get far enough from each other when one happens to feel hurt,' and my wife didn't say a word."—Phil- adelphfa Record. Smugglers' Philanthropy. At Broadmoor and Perth, England, the criminal lunatics have a free sup- ply of the most exquisite pipe tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. In fact, they smoke far finer stuff than the average rich man. Yet all this good tobacco costs the government nothing. The smugglers of England pay for the smoking of the criminal insane. It is from her confiscated smuggled tobacco that England fills the tobacco boxes of Perth and Broadmoor. Not Her Abode. "My income is small," said a rather dilatory lover, "and perhaps it is cruel of me to take you from your father's roof." "But I don't live on the roof," was the prompt re iz. A NOVEL TIMEPIECE. Wonderful Clock That Contains but One Wheel, A unique product of mechanical and horological genius is illustrated here- with. Wer., It not for the familiar looking dial there are few persons in- deed who would take this object to be a clock. Thin wonderful timepiece, which was constructed by C. II. Brig - den, a watchmaker of Los Angeles, Cal., has been made to keep time with a single wheel only. This wheel Is really no wheel at all, but rather a per- forated disk which serves as an es- cape wheel. The escape wheel is kept under ro- tary tension by two weights, very much like the escape wheel of a large clock. In place of a pendulum and CLOCK WITH NO 0SAR WB&8L&, gearing thirty-one quarter inch steel balls are used, which operate consecu- tively. When the timepiece 1s set one of the metal balls Is caused to de- scend in zigzag fashion ou two pivoted plates, one located above the other. After the ball has descended to the tow- er plate its course is directed In such a way that it enters one of the holes at the lower end of the perforated disk, releasing the disk and then proceeding in its rotary motion the space of one hole. As the time consumed by such an operation Is limited to one minute, it follows that the disk must be pierced with sixty holes for one hour's time. The forward motion and stopping are effected by the unlocking and locking of a spring, the former part of which may be done by the percussion of the descending ball. As the perforated disk carries thirty balls on one-half its diameter, the addition of the thirty that ball will change the perpendicular position of ball No. 1 and cause it to roll out on to the upper pivot plate. It will then repeat its original operation. MOSQUITO EXTERMINATOR. Cactus Paste Mors Efficacious Than Petroleum in Hot Climates. Consul William Henry Blahop of Pa- lermo, Italy, transmits the following information relative to experiments made by the chief of the sanitary serv- ice at Gaboon, French Africa, with the cactus as n substitute for petroleum for the extermination of mosquitoes in warm climates: The thick, pulpy leaves of the cactus, cut up In pieces, are thrown into wa- ter and macerated until a sticky paste is formed. This paste is spread upon the surface of stagnant water and forms an isolating layer which pre- vents the larvae of the mosquitoes from comic: to the top to breathe and destroys cm through asphyxiation. It is true that petroleum can do the same service, but in warm climates pe- troleum evaporates too quickly and is thus of little avail. The mucilaginous cactus paste, on the contrary, can hold Its place indefinitely, lasting weeks, months or even an entire year, and: the period of development of the larvae be- ing but about a fortnight, it has the most thorough effect New Icemaking Machine. An lcemaking machine has been in- vented at Grasse, France. The impor- tant feature Is a cylinder in which the chemicals are sealed (the latter not re- quiring renewal and lasting as long as the machine itself) and which, revolv- ing in water, produces the ice. It can also produce cold air. It has no joint piece, no pressure gauge, no suction or regulating valve and no pipe, tap or circulating pump. It requires no steam for fuel and will work in water reaching even 118 degrees F. It saved 98 per cent of cooling water and 70 per cent of motive power as compared with any other freezing system known. It does not require to be fed with chemicals. How Steel Melts. Experiments with a crucible steel fur- nace have demonstrated that steel melts from the ceuter instead of from the ex- terior- In other words, the inside be- comes a liquid, while the outside re- mains a solid up to a certain tempera- ture, when it, too, melts. By withdraw- ing the melting pot at the proper time the pieces of steel, while retaining their shape, will show one or more small openings through which the melted in- terior has flowed to the bottom of the crucible. The cause of thlsphenome- non is the presence of the oxide upon the surface, which requires a greater melting point than does the interior, where no oxidisation can occur. , If the Gun Had Other Color. An Dish astronomer declares that the following amazing results would be possible if the sun were some other color: If it were blue, there would be only two colors in the world, blue and black. If it were red, then everything would be red and black. In the latter case snow would be red, lilies red, black grass, black clear sky and red clouds. There would be a variety, however, it the sun were green. Things that are now yellow would still re- main that color, but there would be no reds, purples, orange or pinks and very few of those cherry hues that make the world so bright and pleasant The temperature of this earth would be very much changed. Fooled. Lazy Lewis—I was told dat de farm- er wot lives on dat hill paid his panda jist de same whedder dey worked er not, so I went an' hired t' him. Tired Thomas—Den youse played off sick, 1 reckon? Lazy Lewis—Yep, an' at de end ov de month I found dat be never paid nobody notbin' nohow.—Cblcago New,. CONCERNING DREAMS. Scientific Theories About Visions Dur- ing Sleep. Dr. T. S. Clouston, superintendent physician to the Royal asylum, Edin- burgh, and a well known authority on mental diseases, recently gave some interesting views on the subject of dreams. "The modern opinion about dream- ing," said Dr. Ciouston, "is that a long series of events do not take place in- stantaneously, as used to be thought. Dreams may go on all night. It may be assumed that a dream sleep is not a sound sleep. "A curious thing is that many mel- ancholy people, whose whole conscious life is oue of misery, dream beautiful and happy dreams. They will tell you in the morning that that was their only pleasant time of the twenty -tour hours and they wish they could sleep always, for then they would be happy - Other melancholy people have fearful dreams eud sent to be more miserable than during their waking moments. "The doctors now, hi u rule, think it is a goon sign when melancholy peo- ple have cheerful dreams. The physio- logical view of dreaming now may be said to be the opening out of a partial consciousness of tbe things that have been heard and thought about and seen by the brain previously. No new thought was ever created in a dream, and It Is doubtful whether the solution of any new problem was ever effected in a dream. "The mental doctors find close analo- gies between the delusions of the in- sane and the dreams of sane people. There are three brain conditions very nearly allied—dreaming, the hypnotic condition and somnambulism." UNIQUE SHELTER TENT. Covering Divides Into Sections, Eaoh Forming a Poncho. A Cailfornta inventor has devised an interesting shelter tent, the canvas covering of which can be divided Into sections and worn as a garment or uniform, says Popular Mechanics, dur- ing the day. Adapted for the use of troops, hunters and campers in gen- eral, the uniform, or poncho, as it is called, somewhat resembles the uni- forms sometimes worn by the soldiers of oriental countries, • The illustrations show a bunter wearing a poncho and two different sized tents ready for occupation. The upper is eight feet high and eleven and a half feet In diameter and 1S made of flue ponchos. The lower is made of four ponchos and Is eight and a half feet high and nine feet in diam- eter. When using a tent section as a pon- cho the arms are passed through the Palo assvrsu T>Qrr. connected edges between the buttons, and a piece of cord or a beat is fasten- ed around the waist The wearer thus has the free use of his arms, and the garment fits with sufficient closeness for comfort and protection from the weather. The tent in position has a triangular shape, with as many triangles as there are ponchos. The main support 1s a center pole, around the top of which is placed a ring. The shape of the pon- cho sections admits of any number be- ing used In the construction of a single tent, so that 1t can be made as large or as small as desired. Automatic Lemon Squeezer, An improved lemon squeezer of the automatic type is designed for use where the lemons are to be handled in large numbers. It comprises knife for cutting, squeezer and strainer and is worked by a handle lever. The fruit, being inserted one after the other, is cut and thoroughly strained of its juice at one movement of the lever, and the liquid is delivered from a spout after it has been properly strained, while the lemon and seeds are thrown out at an- other place. There Is no handling of the fruit after dropping in the hopper, and the preuwnrc bio;'.:, are adjustable to handle lemuu:t of diaerlug slzes. New Wire Wtloi::o Process. A Part:vie-I iuc:.t;;rr•gitul engineer claims to L::. - perfcc ;ed a process of welding coi,,:t'r lo steel wire so as to make t1 noncorrosive cuutlug. Many ad- vantages, It Is sail will result from the use of Ole new a l;c. such as high tensilestree.ab arta eht-':levity combined with small, :• ,arrt-e tx;w-•ed to wind and sleet th::a \:null be the ens° with Iron wire of the same eanductivlty, A Cure For S'-mmering, In a number of English schools stammering in children le now being treated systematically, with breathing exercises, followed by vocal gymnas- tics and then by u combination of vo- cal, breathing and physical exercises, together wltb dumbbell practice. This Is continued daily for six weeks, excel- lent results baying been reported. Unrequited Genius. The world bas never learned the name of the genius who conceived the idea of spreading butter upon bis bread, a combination ot food elements more palatable, more wholesome and more universally popular than any that the combined wisdom of W the professors wbo have ever lived has been able to devise,—Epicure, Finding • Horseshoe. There is a man who has a very poor Idea of the horseshoe u a bringer of rood luck. "I found one in the road some time ago," he remarked. "As a matter of fact, another old gentleman found it also about the same time. We both wanted it, and then was a tussle for it. "I got the shoe, a black eye, a torn finger from a rusty nail in the shoe and a summons for assault and bat- tery. 'It wasn't a very good start, but 1 thought I'd give it a fair trial. Of course in nailing the shoe up above the front door 1 managed to smash my thumb and fall from the stepladder, "Then I sat down and wafted for the luck to begin. That shoe seemed to be endowed with the power to at- tract trouble in every form, "Duna, bailiffs, the landlord, meanies and poverty were rarely out of the house, and my faith was shaken. "Then one day, when the rate col- lector was standing on tbe top step, that shoe came down with a crash"— "Ah!" interrupted the sympathiser. "Luck at last!" "Not a bit of 1t," sighed the unlucky one. "It missed him by a foot."—Lon- don Answers, The Way of Womankind. Women are indefatigable In their analysts of conduct A man accepts a white ray of light for what 1t 1s; a woman passes It through a prism and resolves it Into its component rays, If I pass Mrs, A. In the street without saluting her she conjectures a dozen painful motives to account for my ab- sentmindedness- If she passes me I conclude that she is shortsighted or ab- sentmluded. If I say to my niece Molly that 2 and 2 make 4 she consents, but la uncon- vinced. But if I show her this little formula-11/24--Its+1%+1/4=4—ebs Is at once all alive with interest and sits down to work It out and proclaim in triumph that it Is so. From a hard and dull statement of the fact It has become a problem and an intrigue, and here she is in her element. That is the way of womankind in all relations to life.—"Comments of Bag- shot" The Wild Boar. The wild boar Is a most courageous animal The element of luck counts for a great deal 1n pig sticking, as in most other forms of sport, and It often happens that the foremost sportsman who by dint of hard riding or thanks to the fastest horse has come up with the quarry to deprived of the coveted bonor of "first spear" by a sudden "fink" or turn of the pig. The boar, In spite of bis clumsy appearance, b' not only possessed of a great turn of speed, but is extraordinarily active. He will turn and twist like a hate, putting every obstacle in the shape of bushes, rocks, water, etc., between himself and his pursuers, but all the time mak- Ing for the nearest patch of jangle and safety. The pace atter pig Is faster than the best of runs with hoends, but is sooner over.—Iilustrsted Sporting and Dramatic News. This Makes It Very Plain. The meaning of the word "swastika" is "It Is well," or good luck. The mean- ing of the symbol is more complex Some folks trace It to the sun. "The emblem is the sun in motion," argued Professor Max Muller. "A wheel with spokes was actually re- placed by what we now call swastika. The swastika is, in fact, an abbreviat- ed emblem of the solar wheel with spokes In it, the tiro and the move- ment being indicated by the cramprna. "It is the summary in a few lines of the whole work of creation," said Mme. Blavatsky; "is evolution, as one should say, from cosmotheogony down to an- thropogeny, from the indivisible un- known to materialistic science, whose genesis is as unknown to that science as that of the all Deity itself. The swastika Is found heading the religious symbols of every old nation." The Defect In His Dressing, The professor of surgery in one of England's universities has the reputa- tion of being one of the most painstak- ing and delicate operators in Britain, thoughtful of the patient and careful in the clinic. One day in the course of a clinical demonstration he turned to a student who had just commenced his studies with the question: "Now, sir, can you ten me what is wrong with my dressing?" The Ingenuous youth turned red and preserved a discreet silence. The pro- fessor, however, was not to be put off and repeated the question. After a long pause the youth stammered out in a fit of desperation: "Well, sir, if you insist on my telling you, I should say your tie is not quite straight"—London Globe. The San's Answer. After his son's great success wl the "Dame aux Camelias" Ale Dumas wrote to him as though a stran ger, congratulating him on the and expressing a desire to make author's acquaintance. "I myself am literary man," Bald be in conclusion"and you may have beard my name the author of 'Monte (histo.'" Dumas file was equal to the oceasl He wrote immediately In reply. ex pressing the great pleasure be w have in making his correspondents ac qualntance, principally on account of the high terms in which be had always heard his father speak of the author of "Monte Cristo." th xandre book thea as 04 cold deforms tieing [Isewltere. "Good morning. Mr. Bighpdgr' greeted the friend, entering Mr. High - price's furniture store. "1 saw your ad. In the newspaper saying that you would be pleased to have your friends call in on you before going elsewhere to buy, so I thought I'd call." "Very good!" returned the apprecia- tive Mr. Highpr ce, rabbing his hand& "Now, what can I sell you?" "Nothing. I told you I wu going eisewhera,"—Peanon's. It is the mind that suaketb good or 111. that maketh wretebsdasisa or bap ptness, rich or poor. Low Fares to Chicago June 12 to 16 inclusive. On aeoount of the Republican national convention at Chicago in June, you will have an opportunity to make a trip to Chicago at small cost. Low fare tickets, good to return until June 30th, will be on sale from June I2th to 16th, inclusive, via the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway. $9 round trip from Winona; $10.45 from Austin; $12 from SL Paul or Minucapolis; $1260 from Mankato; $15.85 from Pipestone; $16.95 from Ortonville. Proportionately low fares from other stations. Your local agent will, give you complete informa- tion regarding railroad fare and train service from your station to Chicago. F. A. MILLER, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Kodiak Island's Queer Climate. He Didn't Of the abnormal climate of Kadlak afagistrate—The next person who W- ieland, Alaska, a writer says; "In spite terrupts the proceedings of this court of its situation In such high latitudes :will be expelled from the room. Prig - we find here what may well be de- ! (met — Hoo -ray! Whooper.cei Now scribed as 'the parting of the ways' be- ! lemme go! --Illustrated Bits. tween the arctic and more temperate regions. For, thanks to the moderating You never have to go out of your to walk to the right --Balt Lake which flows along its southern coasts, Ibna Kadiak is favored with climatic condi- tions such as are unknown even in places a few miles north or east of it on the mainland of Alaska. So pro- nounced is the demarcation line that even on the island Itself a traveler In summer will suddenly emerge from amid forests and vegetation of almost tropical luxuriance into a barren, des- olate land of silence, where lofty snow capped mountains tower aloft, brood- ing, as It were, over the past terrors ot an arctic winter, which will soon de- scend once more, enveloping them in its icy grip." Influence of the Japanese current way Prie. The English Channel. One of the most famous bits of water in the world is the English channel, which separates and yet unites the sis- ter countries of England and France and has been the scene of so much of their history. it extends on the Eng- lish side from Land's End to Dover and on the French side from the island of IIshant'to Calais. Its entrance from the German ocean is the strait of Do- ver, twenty-one miles wide, while at the other extremity, where 1t joins the Atlantic, It is 100 miles from shore to shore. The greatest width midway is 150 ranee. Owing to the strong current setting in from the westward, the high winds which frequently prevail and the condguratlon of the shores It hag a roughness which has become prover- bial and few cross it without seasick - ness. It Would Flatter Man. Few men have deserved and few have won higher praise in an epitaph than the following, which was written by Lord Byron on tbe tomb of his dead Newfoundland: "Near this spot are deposited the re- mains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without inso- lence, courage without ferocity and all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise. which would be unmean- ing flattery If inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the mem- ory of Boatswain, a dog,.who was born at Newfoundland May 8, 1803, and died at Newstead abbey Nov. 18, 1808." Woman's Reasoning. Husband (arriving with his wife at the Ascarraga station Just as the train steamed out)—There! If you hadn't taken such a fearful time dressing we shouldn't have lost that train. Wife— And if you hadn't hurried me so all the way here we shouldn't have such a long time to wait for the next one.— Philippines Gossip. At Homs. "He was perfectly at home at the banquet." "Why, be didn't have a word to say." 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The elate of Minnesota to George Drometer, Josephine Drometer, and ell persons Inter- ested la the granting of administration of the toilets) o1 sold decedent: The petition of George Drometer having been Bled In this oourt, rep- resseulloa that Mary Mee. then • res deet untie county of Dakota, elate of Mlueesota, died Intestate on the 28th dsy of April, 1808, and praying that letters of administration of her estate be granted to Charles A. Drometer, and the court having fixed the time and i piano for bearing said petition. Therefore, you, and each of you. are hereby cited and required to show cause, If any you have, before this court . at the probate court room 1n the courthouse, in the city of Hastings, In the county of Dakota, tate of lltnuesots, on the Stith day of June, 1108, et eleven o'clock s. m, why said petition should oat be granted. Witness the judge of said court, and seal of watt, lila 9511. day of May, 1909. Arnolduav ialtst • j T(OS. P. MORAN, w Probate Judge ESTATE Ole' DEOEDENT, — State of Minnesota, county of Dakota.—ss. In probate court. in tie matter of the estate of William Byars, dern,leul. On reading and filing the petition of Mary Ryan, praying that this court determine the descent of certain lands described therein as lelouglug to the above named decedent In his lye time, who died more than five yeas prior to tie date hereof. that ell p er ourhiutt ereateetl in the estate be f the above named decedent be and appear before this Court on the 24th day of June, 1908, at tea o'clock a. tn., at the probate court room to the oourtbouee at Hastings, In said county, and then and there, or as soon thereafter as said matter can bo heard, show cause, If any there bo, why Bald petition should not be granted. Let notice of said hearing be given by the publication of this order in The Hastings Garen., * tdutg 10 Isw. Dated May'4it1., 11111.1* 908 Hy 11., court. TIlOS. P. MORAN, [base 35-3w. Judge of Prolate, ESTATE OD F ECEDENT. suits eat Minnesota, county of Dakota.—ss. In ',rebate court. In the matter of the estate of John M. Stoffel, dtaeedeut. Letteretestamentary this day having been granted to J. P. stoma. It is ordered that the time within which all creditors of the above named decedent may present claims against his estate in this court be. and the same hereby is, limited to six mouths from and otter the date hereof: and that Thurs. aam.,iio$iheatpeobate ccourcrr m at the court- house, et Hastings, las said county, be and the same hereby is fixed and appoints as the time and phos for bearing upon and the examina- tion, adjustment, and allowance of such claims as shahl to preialoted within the time aforesaid. Let uotlee hereof he given by the publication of this order to The Hastings Gazette, as pro- vided by law. Dated May 95th, 1908. Hy the court. THOS. P. MORAN, [Bait..) 36.3w Judge of Probate. ESTATE OF DECEDENT. State of Minnesota, county of Dakota.—as. In probaurt. In tut hcoe *natter of the estate of Prank Ruud, dreceedeat. Ltutses txstatnentaty tbis day having bee. granted to Caroline Ruud. It Is ordered that the time within which all emitter. of the above named decedent may pre- seutclahne against his estate In this court be, and Die same hereby is, limited to six months from and after the date hereof. and that Wednesday, the 9241 day of December, 1908. at 9:30 o'clock a. m., in the probate court room at the courthouse, at Hastin'0. In said county, lie, and the same hereby 15,, fixed and appointed as the time and place for hearing upon, and the examluallou, adjustment, and allowance of such claims as shall be presented within the time aforesaid. Let notice hereof be given by the publication of this order 1u The Hastings Gazette, as pro- vided 6y law. Dated May 1811,, 1908. H the court. THOS. P. MORAN, (Seat.) 969w Judge of Probate. Por Sale by *AU111110s O'>W%.