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SEMI-WEEKLY COBTAULIS, BENTOK COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY., SEPTEMBER 29, 1903. VOIi. IV. NO. 23. UWIOl Ksta. Jaly, X7. ) Ft, ARM Bsta. . IMS. j VU Idilef Fe.., 18?. 1! The Contrabandist: - T I One Life's Secret! pi I CHAPTER IV.MContinued.) "TJose was very proud of her flowers, and she loved them," too. This morning she. had brought the first of the rare white "roses which had opened in the warm sunshine on her favorite tree. She was continuing her way, when a shadow fell across the sunlit path, and startled her. Raising her head, she beheld her cousin Gasparde. "Good morning, Mademoiselle Rose," he said. Carelessly and briefly she returned his salutation, and was hurrying on to es cape from his unwelcome presence, when he laid his hand on her arm. "Stop a moment, Cousin Rose; I want to ask you a question. I came over to the cottage a moment ago, and found neither your father nor yourself at home. I wanted to see him on business. I caught sight of you coming along the road here, and so hurried on to overtake you to ask you where he is." "He is at the house of neighbor An toine, I believe," answered Rose, coldly; "at least, he said he was going there. But let me go, if you please, Gasparde," and she slipped her arm away from his hand, whose lightest touch was disagreeable to her "let me go; I am in a great hurry. I am going to the chateau." "O, are you?" he said, coldly; "then I will accompany you as far as neigrbor An toine's, where I may meet your fath er. One always likes company on so lonely a road as this.". He walked on by - her side, whistling . some gay air from time to time; but he did not speak again for a long while. Rose was in dread lest the subject of dis - cnssion -which had arisen between them ' tha nitrlit tiofnro ctfimilH ho ranvpif '" Rnt he kept on, whistling and meditating by .turns,-without recurring to. It; and hop ing, as they went on, that he did not " mean to trouble her with it again, she began to feel somewhat relieved. - '"- At length, however, he stopped whist ling and glanced down at his compan- , "They say the Count d'Artois has ar rived at the chateau," he "remarked. Rose was silent, though she saw some rejoinder was expected. "I suppose there . will be gay doings there now," he went on, seeing that she did not mean to speak; "for the count is a gay man, and not a very good one, either," he added, maliciously, though character. "People tell" that he is a great spendthrift." -Yet Rose was silent, though her cheeks ."" grew hotter. It was nothing to her what cnaracter tne gentleman mignt bear; . for was she not almost an utter stranger to him? But she had seen him, and con- ceived a good opinion of him, and she was ashamed and indignant at Gas parde'a mischievous, ill-natured remarks. "Report says, too," continued -Gasparde, "that he is about to marry his beautiful cousin. Mademoiselle Helen. The contract was made years ago. What do you think of all that. Cousin Rose?" for he was determined, by a direct ques tion, to make her speaft to him. "I think you are very wicked and very disagreeable, she answered-plainly, "in pulling other people's characters to pieces, and a gossip who meddles with other people's affairs. Fie on you, Gas parde! I am ashamed of you;" and she hurried on, tiara woras rnara woras, Aiaaemoi selle," said Gasparde, speaking in a care less tone, and biting his Uds to conceal theTexation caused by her sharp reproof; . "but coming from such pretty lips, I nev er could take them for earnest in the world. - Do you know. Cousin Rose. I have heard it said that a woman ever treats worst the man she best likes; so I take your hard handling for, so many compliments, and feel quite flattered by them." . " ; - ' Rose grew. a little paler; but she neith- er looked at nor answered him. And still she hurried on, glad that she was so near the end of her walk, for she had almost reached the ascent to the chateau. "Well, cousin," said Gasparde, "I hope you have thought better of the offer which I made to you last night." "No, nor ever shall," she answered, res olutely, though with a slight tremulous ness of tone. ' ' "That is a great pity; for I am resolv ed to have you, at all events, my dear, bo you need not be shy. . And now, there is another question still. Rose. I suppose yon haven't seen this rascally young count of whom we have . been speaking?"' " There was a sneer in his tone. His evil glance, in a sidelong direction, scan ned the young girl's countenance. '"-. "O, you won't tell, eh?" he said. "I suppose if I should ask a closer question, I might get you to talk." Was he at the cottage last night, or this morning?" "I will not tell you," she uttered, trem bling in every limb with fear and indig nation. And she attempted to spring up ',the path; but he seized her hand and prevented her. "Not so fast, my dear. I must keep you a little longer. - Listen, now. I know he was there, although yon have been very careful not to tell me; for the tracks of a horse's feet and . a - gentle man's boots are in the soil outside, the latter belonging to the count, I am pret ty sure. -,1 have his measure. But he won't come there again, mind that! Now, my pretty cousin, you may give me a kiss." -- . " - "Gasparde, let me go!" she cried, in terror and disgust, as he held her hand. "O, you won't give me one, will you? Why, then, I must take it." "Must you? There are two words to that bargain, my man!" It was' a light form that sprang out of the thicket by the wayside,; a resolute voice that uttered these words; a grace ful arm with iron force that laid the ras cal, at one stroke, prostrate on the earth. J nd Gasparde, lying at the feet of his assailant, was almost insane with rage. He had seen that form, beard that voice, felt the weight of that arm, to his cost before. - .-. " 7 -- . -7 And Count Lotus stood there quietly, as Gasparde rose again to his feet, shak- i-ing his clenched hand with muttered menaces, and seemingly inclined to re turn the attack. "Come, you want some more, my fine fellow, I think," said the gentleman. "If that is the case, I can finish you as well now as any time. You deserve a sound thrashing, and I am quite willing to ad minister it. Are yon ready to receive it?" -The. man gave a vengeful glance, an other warning with that clenched hand, and, turning, walked rapidly down the ascent, without uttering a word. - ". . The count looked after him an instant, and then joined Rose, who, with blended fear and interest, had watched this brief scene. - "Ah. monsieur, I thank you - very much!" she said, gratefully, as he ad vanced towards her. - "And I am very glad that I happened to be near," he returned, with a frank smile, "to chastise the insolent fellow. Why, he was' over-bold, Rose! " Who is he?" ,. ; - "A worthless cousin of mine, mon sieur," replied Rose, "who has under taken to annoy me occasionally of late. I hope- his well-deserved punishment will teach him better manners for the fu ture." - - ; "I hope so; but it will be best to be ware of him now. - You must keep, as much as possible, out of his way." - - "That I have ..always done, nfonsieur." But he has never been so daring before." "I think I heard him mention me, Rose. What did he say?" asked the young count. . Rose Lamonte blushed slightly, as she replied. ' - - - " - - "He said that you should never come to the cottage again." "Ah, yes; I heard it; I remember now. And he knew of my visit by the foot prints? He must have been watching -me closely.- Yet, where could he have seen me? - I only completed the journey from Lyons last night." - The good, marquis was standing on the terrace steps as they went up. - 'Good morning, my. child,": he said, kindly to Rose. "Out so early with your roses?" --- " ' ' - She smiled. - r . "Yes, monsieur ; and they are very fine ones. See!" . .. - "-: .: "Yes, indeed. And you have brought a rare supply Of them.- But, after all, ' youwiTFea rryvhack- oose- than roa hrisg; Your, walk has done you good, I see, and he smilingly stroked her- damask cheek, to which the exercise, and a little excitement together, had indeed brought thes.weetest of roses. Coloring still more" deeply,' our heroine," with laughing eyes, ran up the steps, and discppeared within the entrance of the chateau. ' ' . " 7,- 7. ; The young count related to his uncle the incident -which had occurred during his morning's ramble. " The good marquis listened with interested attention, and strongly evinced sympathy. "The rascal!" he said, indignantly, aa he heard of Gasparde's rudeness. "I am glad you gave him a suitable correction. That fellow marry Rose!'.' .."It is to be supposed that her father will resent his insolence." . "O, undoubtedly undoubtedly, Louis. He is a stern man, that Hugh Lamonte, and will teach Gasparde his business af ter this. He is a strange, stern man,' si lent and reserved, and almost a hermit, as one might say. He seldom leaves home;, works in his little garden, and tills the thrifty patch of soil adjoining it from morning till night, or cuts in the forest the wood which is to serve for his win ter's fuel,' and often a load to carry to the town -on market days, with the pro duce from his land, as may not be requir ed for his own use. He has, I think, no enemies; yet he-seems disinclined to court the friendship of any, though the few neighbors about him, among the farm houses, are kindly disposed toward him, and every one of them loves little Rose. He is apart from them a distant character."".- yy: . "And a peculiar one, from your descrip tion." " . - . I "Precisely. He lives a peasant's life, and wears a peasant's garb, and yet he can assume ay, and he does, at times, the bearing of a very king. The humility of his position is belied by the spirit and demeanor of the man. He is uncommuni cative, distant, almost haughty, toward all others; to his child, he is the tender est, most affectionate of parents." ' - . "You interest me, uncle. How long have yon known this man?" - - "He came into the neighborhood some twelve or thirteen years ago, and settled in the place where he dwells at present, remote from every other habitation. His wife, it is supposed, or has been gather ed from some remarks made by him or Rose, was dead. Rose herself was then a little. creature of, perhaps, three or four years.. A peasant he may be by birth, but I cannot treat him like one. I con fess, he. perplexes me.' - " 7 - "I do not marvel at it. What a mys tery the man must be! I have the great est curiosity to behold him." v-:.- "That yon will doubtless do, sooner or later, though it will be with difficulty. I think, that you will obtain communica tion with him. But here comes our Rose of the wilderness." '"V "7" ' - 7- - 7: . - And, as he spoke, ' the, young girl ap peared at the door. - ' - "Uncle." said Louis, "I must go back with her, to see her safely to the end of her way. She may meet that insolent fellow again." v - .. 7 "You are. right, my dear boy you arc right," returned the marquis. - Louis could not help . observing', how much more beautiful, if possible:' looked Rose this morning, than when he had first seen her, although, even then, it was as if he. had suddenly come upon some lovely picture touched with the warmest coloring and most perfect grace of the painter's art,- -i- '- ': :' 7 7, "How pretty she isr- thought the count; 'and she is only sixteen." . :7'7"vr And it was net her face alone that was thus charming,-as he shortly found, nor the innate grace of her manner; for Rose Lamonte possessed quick and deli cate perceptions, a refined love of the beautiful, and a mind cultivated to a de gree extremely unusual in one of her sta tion, yet scarcely surprising in her. For both her father and Mademoiselle Mon tanban bad taken pains to improve a nat urally fine intellect, that expanded daily with the care bestowed upon it; and Louis was more deeply gratified than he could express, on recognizing this mental worth, combined, as it was, with such physical perfection. - ' " " . A brief walk it was from the chateau to the cottage. So at least, it seemed to the count. - He smiled as .they reached the door. : "How soon we are here!" he said. , "I think the distance must have been esti mated incorrectly. . I think we .have been hardly half an hour in coming. Is your father at home. Rose?" He was not there. . Louis did not go in, but stood an instant by the door and looked about him. - -- "What a pleasant little'place thisLis!" said he. "Rose, I should like to take a sketch of it, some day. with you sitting just here in the sunshine in the doorway, at work." : ". yy: '. He paused a moment longer; bent to inhale the fragrance of the mignonette in its box- on the window ledge, and then turned to his pretty companion again. 7 "Adieu, my little friend." He touched her hand in a 'half-assured clasp. - "Adieu, monsieur. 1 You have heen very good to come so far with me." - "It was a pleasure." He smiled, turn ed away, and was gone. . " And Rose, after a moment's thought ful glance at his receding figure, went in, and prepared herfather's dinner against his return. - . - - "I will have no insolence, Gasparde, mind that! You will keep away from Rose in the future. . She detests you, and your language and conduct of this morn ing fully justify her in so doing." I warn you. You know my character; beware of arousing me by a repetition of this.'' Hugh Lamonte, at sunset, had been standing at his door, and Gasparde", 7 re-- turning ; to his home beyond the forest from the village, where he had passed the day, was obliged" to "pause on the path leading past the cottage, to receive the stern reprimand of the former. He feared Hugh; he could not escape, "by a display of his usual bravado, the bitter severity of Hugh's words, and, in these circumstances, his last resort was-a sul len silence, which indicated the spirit in which he received them. : " "Do not come hither again. Keep where you belong, among your fellows. I .shall be there to-night, at the rendezvous. And it will be near the last time, to give you orders. I must clear my hands of this business soon. I am getting sick of it." "Gettingrsick of it, is he?" muttered the fellow to himself. "Good! I shall have a rare sweep of it, when I get af fairs under my management. You will abdicate monsieur, jn m jr. avojv Excel lent!:- " : 7-.-" 7 .. " "Go," said Hugh Lamonte, coldly, at length, as he looked up once more "go; it is sufficient the' lesson which I hear the count has taught you this morning; otherwise, you - would receive from me now something more serious than the re proof I have given you. . Go J" - And he turned and went into the cottage, shut ting the door behind him. , ' "Oh. I will pay yon finely won't I, monsieur?" muttered Gasparde, between his clenched teeth, -and making a menac ing motion towards the direction. "And the count, top. I have a reckoning with both of you, a long one. Never fear but I will pay it well; and then for my pret ty Rose, of whom you are so jealous!" (To be continued.) - - LONG-DISTANCE SIGN TALK. Smoke Pillars aad Fiery Arrows Were , Indian MetboJa of Communication. Talking by. smoke was one of the means of communication upon the American plains in the early days of travel. This kind of talk soon became intelligible to the traveler,- so that he understood the significance of vthe spires of smoke which he sometimes saw rising from a distant ridge or hill, and answered in kind from a different direction. It was-the signal talk of the Indians across miles of intervening country," and was used .in rallying the warriors for an attack, or in warning them of-a retreat when that seemed necessary. 7" ' 7- '.""777 The Indian had a way of sending up the smoke in rings and puffs, knowing that such a column -would at once be noticed and understood to be a signal. and not the smoke from some ordinary camp-fire. . :' V 7- : " r, " The rings were made by covering the fire with a blanket for a moment, then suddenly removing the blanket and al lowing the smoke to ascend, when the fire was "Instantly covered up again. The column of ascending smoke rings said to every Indian within acircle of perhaps twenty or thirty miles ; "Look out, there is &n enemy near." . ' " -A writer in the Chicago. Tribune ex plains that three smokes built close to gether meant danger. - One smoke sim ply said, "Attention." ,7 Two meant, "Camp at this place." ' " 7" 7 7 7 -'i To one 7 who has traveled ; upon the plains the usefulness of this long-distance telephone becomes at once ap parentSometimes at night the trav eler saw fiery u'nes crossing the sky, shooting up and falling, perhaps taking a direction diagonal to the line of vi sion." : :.r -i';- ' ;. "" " .'" ' r. - r If he was an old-timer he might in terpret the signals, and know that one fire-arrow an arrow prepared by treat ing the head of the; shaft with gun powder and fine bark meant the same as the, column of smoke puffs, namely, "An enemy is near." Two fire-arrows meant "Danger." .Three arrows said, "This danger, is great." "Several ar rows said, "The enemy are too many for us." Two arrows shot up into the air at once meant, "Weshall attack." Three at once said, We attack now. Thus the untutored savage could tele phone as well at night as by day. 7 Argentina Wants Immigrants. The Argentine Republic has offered a large tract of fertile land to Japan if It will send her 20,000 immigrants. casta No "New-FanR-led" Farming. Now. the farmer dons his go-to-meetin' 7 suit . - And he hies him to a grangers' institute, "".There to hear, in learned lecturea, Agricultural conjectures -And to. hark to professorial dispute. On the platform ait the experts, wise, sedate, " -Bach with hoards of useful knowledge 'neath his pate, 7 And they tell the farmer how He should milk the speckled cow " ; In the fashion most approved and up to date.: . '.-- .- There are papers on : "Rotation of the Crops," Dissertations on "The Proper Poles for ... Hops," - ' ; "... ' And a long, intense debate - On tiie question, grave and great, "Should the Barn . Be Cleansed with Pitchforks or with Mops?" "How to Trace the Wily Weasels to Their Sources," "Helpful Hints on Painless Dentistry for Horses," "How to Build a Stack of Oats" As a ."Winter Shed for Goats" -There are many more . such edifying ' .courses. ...77 ' 7 7- . ; ---- Now the farmer sagely nods at all they ; say, -. - . " And at sundown, having spent a pleasant - day, - '7 - - - i- Homeward hastens to his toil And proceeds to till the soil In the very good old-fasluoned Jersey way. ' '. ;7 -: . Newark News. 7 -7, 7 Care of 7W or k Horses. - - Food . and care -of work horses In warm weather is a subject that is wor thy of extensive discussion. Ordinal ily farm horses will do.better lf turn ed to grass at night than if kept on dry feed. It i much better for their feet, and the change from dry to green food is beneficlar in' every way. One of the most common mistakes made Is that of overloading, making two horses do the work of three. . This in the long run is not economy. -The majority of teamsters injure their horses by feed ing too much hay, while in the case of road animals mistakes" are jof ten made by driving too hard wjien starting out on a journey. One should start off at aShile'grauai'y:- speed, if this is necessary, after a mile or two has been covered. On the road or in the field, it te usually wellto leraenthe pace somewhat just before unhitching, as , the animal will then get much more good from the food con sumed. Horses should be watered as frequently as possible, and it is much better if they are made to take the bulk of their drink before meals rather than after. During warm weather the horses will do much more work if they are jtiven water some time during the middle of the forenoon and afternoon. Wicoa Lioadlna Attachment. 77 Farmers have a vast deal of hard lifting to do at best, and, therefore, should be quite willing to adopt any suggestions that are practical which will lighten their labors. One of the hard tasks on the farm is loading pro duce into the wagon. -The illustration shows a plan whereby, one can walk directly into the wagon with any bas ket one has" in handi and thus save the heavy lifting which would, be nec- WAOON LOADING ATTACHMENT. essary without; this attachment. - A board or boards the width of the wag on body are cut long enough to give the7 proper slope to make ;the ascent easy. - Across the board cleats are nailed at proper distances,' and in one end are bored two or three holes as shown in the illustration. . In the wag on body hooks are fastened at dis tances to correspond with the holes in the board. When the board is in use simply : lift it so that " the holes, will come over the hooks and it is secure. The cost of making such an- attach' ment to the wagon Is small and after one. has used it .for a while he will wonder how he ever got along without It Indianapolis News. y - Grass for Reseedlnar- - In reseeding meadows and pastures, particularly the latter, orchard grass has 8.1 value that is not appreciated. While there may be some question as to its feeding value as" compared .to timothy, In -reseedmg one does not ex pect to obtain prime hay, the main ob ject being" to make the meadow longer lived. Orchard grass will stand hot and dry weather splendidly, seeming ly doing Its best when other grasses have burned out, growing "and filling the-spaces left in good jshape. Horses like orchard grass fed Just after cut ting and -do well on it, which is.. not the case with other grasses, as a rule. While seed may be sown alone at the rate of three bushels per acre, and wlfl make good pasture, as a rule it issown with clover and other seeds, using one- half to one bushel of the orchard grass. !The writer has experimented with this gracs for several years In connect! with clover for reseeding pastures and has found it by far the cheapest seed ing and the best, results on light and rather sandy soil. It is well worth test ing if you are not familiar with it. A Handy Wagon Rack, The ordinary rack, such as la nsed on a farm wagon. Is very heavy, and while it may be necessary to have such weight when carting of large loads la done, a lighter rack readily handled by one' man would be a convenience for field loading. ; In the upper part of the illustration the rack Is shown in the wagon bo, the latter being indicated by the dotted lines, the lower part of the illustration shows the details of each section of the rack. These sec tions are made, of 2x2 material and held together where they lap with a bolt. Figures 1 on this section indicate where the side pieces are to be attach ed. Each side of the rack Is placed in position in the wagon, as shown, and when not In use can be folded up, tak en from the wagon and stored in any convenient place. The cost of such a rack is very small and all of the work, with the possible exception of placing the bolts, can be done on the farm. Bed and Crimson Clover. - One of the troubles "with crimson clover inthe North 4s that it frequent ly winter-kills, despite the utmost care. Try' the plan of adding one-quarter of red clover seed;l that is, sow eight pounds of crimson clover seed mixed with four or five pounds of red clover seed; the latter being somewhat more hardy will act as a. protection during the winter. It is quite as good for feeding, if the clover is for that pur pose, and will add humus to the soil if it be turned under in the spring. While the usual plan is to sow the clover at the time of the last cultiva tion of the corn, better results , are often had by sowing the seed alone after a thorough preparation of the soil by plowing and harrowing. Natu rally, by this plan, the roots penetrate deeper into the soil, hence the danger who have had trouble withwfnter-klll ing should tTyth lis plan. Crimson clo ver may be sowik successfully any where it may be grown up to the 20th of August. 7 - 7. -7 ; Growing; Potatoes. " . The quantity or seea potatoes re quired for an acre will depend a great deal, upon the size of the potatoes and the size of the pieces each seed potato Is cut into at planting time. As a gen eral rule it requires from ten to twelve bushels planted in-rows three feet apart and eighteen Inches apart in the row. This is supposing that the pota toes are of medium size and are cut so that each piece will have two or three eyes.' The land should be rich. Loam, well fertilized with stable manure, is as good as any soil that can be had. If the potatoes can be planted on clover sod, so much the better. Prai rie sod will grow- good potatoes, pro. vided the sod can he well cut up into a mellow seed ; bed. Ordinarily the second year after breaking the prairie is better than the first. Ground which had no crop last year and was covered with weeds will contain a great num ber of weed seeds, and much labor will be required to keep the potatoes clean. Orange Judd Farmer , :7 . ... Farm Notes. - , How are you feeding and caring for your work horses? .. - . Is blackJ water mailing away 'from the barnyard? Then there is a hole in your pocket. -c' y 'y" .. .7 -'-' " .The milking machine, the grain shocker and the field corn busker are machines that have not become an. un qualified success. . .. : 7 " One way by which neighbors can be helpful is to note the working of a cer tain kind of an implement and, with out prejudice, give its good points to another neighbor. There is a - ten dency among people to think more of "one's own things" Than the things of others and for that reason they do not see defects when talking to a neigh bor. Neighbors should talk "freely about the advantages and disadvant ages of implements. - . r7 " y Farin help Is considered scarce,' yet a call at' the office' of any large city agricultural employment agency shows quite a number of men Waiting for-a Job 'on a Jfarm. In fact, there is al ways help to be had if man and farm er .could be 7 brought together - con veniently. For this "purpose advertis ing Is one of the best means. A line or two In papers circulating in r the country districts la. sure to bring re plies . from the best and : most intel ligent class of farm workmen. . " Potatoes are - ready for digging as soon as thetops fall down. It Is best to dig tbenrearly in the day and allow them -to remain yon. the ground for. a few hours, when they should be taken to..the farm and stored in a cool, dark, dry. place; ht it is not advisable to place too many In a single heap.- All uiseaseu ui jujuicu yuunoes suouia De removed from the Jot, or they will have more or Jess effect upon the whole, as they .will be the first to decay. . Pota toes may be -stored In mounds during 1 - , 1 1 . . . i , . . M the winter-but' are not easily utilized in .that condition. ' Ak' -7 HANDT WAQOX BACK. I'll 1. 1. ,. .. ,. .. j. ., .. ,. ,. .. .. . . H .. Lester's New Game. . Lester was a dear obedient little boy usually, but he did not like having his face washed. To be seized and held firmly - while soapy water crept Into his eyes and made them smart, and up i nto his nose and made him sneeze, and then .after his face' was washed the scrub bing of the chubby bands that were never idle and al ways needing cleaning followed. It seemed unneces sary and useless to the little fellow, and many a lusty protest was heard during the ordeal. One happy day Twes put when try vu.tk Wf Ttay puT 1hlr YittJs 1hy mkc i Lester's aunt came to make a visit at their home, and loving little boye and this especial one very dearly she vol unteered her services. Lester went Into the bath room with aunty rather reluctantly. He felt that he must be good with aunty, but how he did hate to have his face washed! "Now," . eaid his aunt, when " they were alone, "we are going to play a new game." "Play a game to wash your face!" said the child. "How can you?" "Well we will play this little face is a house that we are going to clean. We won't hurry about it, because if we hurry sometimes the soapy water gets into the cracks of the house and makes the house cry." "That is funny. A house crying," said Lester, already amused. "Well, first. we will wash the roof of the house," and the was cloth was passed lovingly over the little fore head. "Now the side of the house," and the rosy cheeks were rubbed. "The two windows In the front of this house are dirty. " Please draw down the curtains tight while I clean them," and Lester obediently shut his eyes, until aunty cried out: "Now the windows are clean! Just ' Seegowl'tortgfrg they are! It is the chimney now that we must- see to," she continued, and the little pug nose came - in for its share- of attention. "Next is a little door, where lots of things pass in through, and some times part of it sticks on the door. We will wash that clean so that it will be sweet enough to kiss." "Isn't that fun ny?" said the little boy. "Kissing a door!" cannot understand. 4I- Vhen UreinBT b so nice- '-- Vhy -4om They spread ItKW co,ke O'er ph fuft (ull of jc "Well, now the door Is clean I am going to taste the kisses. Aren't they sweet?" said aunty. "Now we go down cellar and see that It Is cleaned nicely, and the little man held his chin up while the little throat and neck were washed. 7 "Last of all come the telephones : "Telephones, where are they?" cried the child, with, a little wriggle of de light. "Right here, dear," and the golden curls were lifted and the pink ears washed without the usual outcry; 7v "Just one thing. morer and my little man is ready for breakfast. These little shovels must be cleaned so they can pass the breakfast to the little door," and the dear little hands were obediently held out for their cleaning, - "Now we will brush the curls and be ready when the breakfast bell rings." O - aunty, will you play . this game every time my face is washed?" "Yes, darling, and when I go home you can tell nurse towash the top of the house, and the side, and the win dows, and the chimney, and the door, and down cellar." ' 7 ' " And "the telephones, aunty; don't forget them.;. They are the best part of the game," interrupted the child.- Youth's Companion. - Thought Keadins; Feat. It takes two persons, boys or girls. to perform - this, feat, . which Is very simple, but, nevertheless, mystifying to everyone who has not seen it. One of the performers leaves the room and the door is closed so that he cannot hear what goes on. Then, the company names some object that the absent player is to tell when he turns. 747. ' . .'- . ' . -7 When the object - has been agreed upon the absent one Is recalled and the first performer says: .'7 7 7 "While you were out of the-room I told the boys and girls here that if they would, name some object, no mat ter what, you would guess It the first trial on your return. Did you hear the object named? No, of: course you didn't, for the door was closed and the name,, was spoken in so low ; a tone that you could not have heard. Now, let me ask you: Was it a book?" ,'No." "Was ,lt a vase?" r''No."; '!Was it a chandelier?" "No." 'Was It a chair?" "No." "Wm it a- flower?" 7'Yes." . Now, how did the player know that Life-Nut IT - H - l - H"rMt 11 I i l-H-l tHt Little Stories and Incidents that Will Interest and Enter tain Young Readers it was a "flower?" Simply because the understanding between the two per formers is that the first performer in asking those questions names some four-legged object Just before he names the one that the company has agreed upon. When, therefore, he asked "Was it a chair?" his confederate knew that he would name the real ob ject next, because a chair has four legs. - . 7 ' Indefinitely Postponed. One day my little brother swallowed a marble. My mother ran to a neigh bor's with him in her arms. The next day my little sister called at the same place. "When is your mamma coming over again?" asked Mrs. Marks. "Oh, when Georgie swallows another marble," said the little one. . Sincere Admiration. . 7 Mary Jones Talbot was so fond of Grandma Jones that she often wished she "had been named after her." One day she sobbed out: ; "Why can't I be named after her now? I want my name changed from Mary Jones to Grandma Jones; It's such a sweet name!" " Rather Hard on Father. Miss Grey was quite Bevere in her criticism of Harold's composition, and concluded her remarks by saying: "I shall certainly report It to your father.'? - ----- - "Why," said Harold, "he wrote it for me." . Comparative Measurement," - Four-year-old Norman's mother was reading a story to him one day about a man who. had "a hen no bigger than his "thumb," when he Interrupted her by asking, eagerly: "Why, mother, how big Is a hen's thumb?" . Sesemblance Went No Farther. 1 A. little girl had been naughty and was tied to a chair. She looked at her mother for a while and then said; - "But I isn't any dog now, is I, mam ma?" MAKING OF RAILROAD CURVES. 7 Make Safe Riding. ; .George Pullman once said, when ask ed the secret of " easy riding, that the secrets are so many that no one can keep them. " That is true, but the eas ing of curves is one of them. Curves, no matter how slight, have always -been laid 'as arcs of true cir cles. The outer rail is raised according to the sharpness of the curve and the estimated speed of the trains that are to go round it. A mile-a-minute train on a one-degree curve needs an outer rail five inches higher than the inner rail; a slower train a lower elevation. It is clear from this explanation that a train going faster than the maximum for which, the track is prepared would shoot off the rails. Conversely, a slow er train than the one provided for would grind the flanges off its wheels. Any road must strike a serviceable average for trains of varying speeds, and engineers must nurse their loco motives around the curves as close to It as possible. .That puts an inevitable check on high speeds. The Empire State express once made a burst for straightaway section of track. A heavy curve would have shot the en gine at that top speed a quarter of a mile across country. On most roads, however, sixty miles an hour is quite safe, though very costly. AO permii sucn speeu we engineers of the last few years, in relaying tracks, instead of starting a true cir cle curve with the sudden life of the outer rail that causes the jolt and lurch that travelers know, have laid a light parabolic curve from a point a hundred yards back on the straight track, and have elevated the outer ralljlmpereeptibly along that curve to the maxim.. The result of the device annihilation of curves as regards a passenger's sen8esr, With eyes shut he cannot tell whether the track Is straight or curved. World's Work. -. . Good Friday. -: "Dont you really think Friday is an unlucky day?" '.y - "No, Indeed! Why, It was on Fri-. day that. my husband tried to board a street car and fell and broke Jils leg." ' "Why, that was unlucky, wasn't it?" "Unlucky! I guess not. He had all his doctor's bills paid .by the fraternity he belongs to, got $25 a week from an accident insurance company and the street car people are going to pay him $1,000 to compromise the matter. Un lucky! Well, I wish there was a lot more of such Fridays!" Nuggets from Georgia. -.. 7 A good man never blows his own horn, because he's too poor to own one. :' - ;' " . . ' -Riches don't bring happiness, as a rule, but they pay house rent and the gas bill. : - - . . 77 ' Silence is sometimes as eloquent as a thunderstorm as when, for instance, your mother-in-law looks at you, but speaks not. Atlanta Uonsututioni , - LookVp. -Some men never see anything but mud while they are traveling through life, although the sky Is lovely over- -head. Somervilla Journal. i- .