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A Practical Wife Hunter By ESTHER VANDEVEER MINNESOTA'S NOSE. Old mini Htirtnti wns h hiivit. If nt inlwr. !! iii a wlilnwrr with i on, Johnny, who Ml Wi'pt ho i'Iom o fnr M OPOndlng motipy whs Ml MlMi th.it In- lui'l "" ktgg nl" ft"'" wan rich. How should he bnvp whin till' PI mWt If WM 11 11 III Kilt OdfO lunula hliliiin iiwny In a Imx in the viiults of miivIiibm Htid Investment r-nniiiiiny? The lioy wna sent to school till he wiih Ixtii-n yi'iirn old. thin put to work. (Mm- dn.v whin Johnny wns twenty two BOMB old his fnlhir diisl mid the yonni: iiinii wiih nstiiiinilfd to find him ni'lf In posi'sslon of MCUrttlM worth half it million of ilc.llnrs. I'roin hnv IriK nothing to iptod mpl whut he Iii'idisl for mi I 'II Irs out of fl.tmo II yenr hi- had Bon -."..KM. Though John ns a vary plain young man. with not mm h iilin mlon, and tit trrly uiiri'iin-d to tho wii.vh of 11 (nri tloinan. hi' had gOOfj NMM MM lie ifjilizril mirl.v that no mutter how rli'h n inn 11 Is ho an BBOOjd hut a I I MM sum arlthottl Injury to himself; that to en iy its ri'iitlon QM imist Urn! Work, mid tlml. iih the old BOUg says. "there'H no plin i' like home" Ad ini.' on thi'so prltnlpli-H. ho sot him mdf In tin- task Of (.'I'lllliK II wife who llinl the same iUilllty of sense as him Keif fine who hud I I OffWagM up III iitltuoii' e WflUM he ashamed of him; one who had heeli BTOttght Up In pov erty would mil llliely find herself mar ri.d to ii man with u Infgg InOOOBO Without IohIiii; her In ml ow wiih he to pro.- H He had few. If any. iiiipuiliiiain i-h with yoiiuu' women Hv Batting up an aatObttalh mem he ioiiIiI easily linll.e aiiUllllll nlieeN. hut he wiih mod. it eimuuh to think llm.v would onl.v MM for wlmt tile- i until I' t "ill of him Tho-i' wlm Mli' I.. i ii.l v Mill look gOWH "II hi. n While ipeudlng hi" o :lll'l H Who Wete lint ri'tllllll Would lint Wlnivv OH I" ; i ' I H John had never lieinl of the gMMl -it Mi ! Hamuli nl Has. 1 1 i I . who weni iihoiit gjagnlaod. looking Into the at fairs of ula Mibjo t-. lu order lo rlghl Wt'otiUH, hilt he adopted similar in lie appllel to a l. " wilier Inn n II fin tttrlm: ipiiny fnr a Mltloil iih sales Hill II. I'ni' In. -In : a Inn I and W II nil NUitllli'e t i 111. plll'se. lie Willi iiIm.iiI from boom in bona, - ij i .! i look Ini; fni i iisIiiiihts, hut really looklUH for a vv Iff. Ills i lleiitele werelar 'ely women, mid IIIUHt nf the-e were J IK His nielli mi of mikiiik' in iiiiiiniiiii en pro rod Nvnllahle. True, out of the tunny he Vl-lti'il hi' minle llie in ii i llitau. e of I ill lew . I'm- HM 0 llUmill I " h il none of the girla he vlsiieil wiih on her Blianl. mid he Wiih hiii'pi'IhiiI In nee how in.iny well' selllsh. heiirlleHH mid linainlahle Mam MM (he miiiIin he riselteil. now ami au'alli 11 ulrl tfot Up for flisi IlialitiK plil'poseH HlllllllllillU the il.sir III Ills fine with u harsh "limit want any Iv p vv liter " John iniiid not help thinking how ifcfhMM wnllld he Ills lecepllnll If she klli'W that he was looking for a wife In help him pond H&ooo a II line rnlng bo rnlM at a bouoo while he was v. iiveil at the dOOT I'.v II Iih e looking yOUUg woman, wlm said in him kind!) I MTOUld he Kl.nl 10 hlty 11 I v ew lili-l of ou for two ni-.nis In the llrst pllli e, I iiillhl linll.e Ill') If I owned ilie. mid. Ill the He. nod. I alw.i.vs -vm pilhl.e Willi III who me . ninpi'lled In make their living h.v COnVMOUll I klmw hnw h.ilit II would he fnr me to da tin it kind of work, and i tjaa andM sl.ind Imw In inl il must Is- lm nni " "Tlml k Hie llisl hit of Bjmifalthj I'M tint hllire I heyall this work W'nilld ou ii.l in I lottlug mi' coma In and rest II lew minutes' I've not m.nle I Mile for so long ihni I'm hit dlacooragad " leilalnlv I'miie In " She tnnk . I 1 1 1 1 1 1 Into II UvlOg roolii lllld. dkMPPOOrlni returned with Mime hread and hutter mid COtd meat "ii it pi. ite "Yog Iimii, bnngry." stm s;1id "I'm a'rild voii'vo in( hid a BJUOd meal lotl.iv John offorad la Mil Iho u-iri i Ijrpa writer on aOO) terms, tailing hi'r ill the same tlnin that his oluplnx er paid him Ills i oiiiinl .sl.ni dew ii It nn this desire tn help him that dot idiil her She niuild gal work If she had tin t pew liter t" do H w llh. and the terms OaTorad were all notes no .ash She was sure slie COUld meet the miles ami make MHuathluii baaldaa John nlle. ted the lUOttttJ on the notes lilinelf. ami I BO) w . re all paid at unilur.iv lie IIUKUTeil fit'ipientl whin BWklUII hi olhi'tktiw, and In 'his mil nn inliuni tlew up helween the two V Inn.. . hi. w hen l.'lin led her t li.it he was ilnliiu' mil. Ii hotter thin at his iltsi i.ii i) h,.' and Ihou hi I hill lm w .mid III a linne it she w.ailil help I. lm build II Up The fOUni InP put hint off till she . mud lllld out s,,ni, Inn a'. nit Ii n lie wis vmm iiit'ihiiili' al in the mutter of sn in aii to in sii ml Ihn-e he r. -i'ei r. .1 I l s , n uli IU aboUl hi- means Tho young a on. an on r olM of the loatimouhtla lb il John Hurtoi boio in e e'leiil Ininn t.i i Oliaeiltod to help him bulk a bottle ( iiillutll i , i ii mi' mouth ini o Ibelt marrl'.i John I'llllfewitHl 10 her Imw , ,i for a a Ifo "ii his ,iw u I i .i her to oni. r w nal , r . I" Iil.ll II I Ii l e I .. to 'urn ! tboul . Iinome lllll JU.' . U i i proved , ellenl luodluni f"t i h.ir . i Curleua Hiitory of th Jog In Our Northern Boundary Lin. How did the United Htntes come to iret that small corner of Innd which Juts out from the extreme northern iioinnl.it of Minnesota' History of Hint little "noae" which sticks out Into Cnmidii from Minnesota nnd which constitutes the northernmost point of the United States Is very Interesting. Under the treaty of 1783 the boundary between the lulled States nnd British possessions was fixed. A certain point on the Lake of the Woods was mutual ly nirreed to as one starting point, this being considered the hendwaters of the St Lawrence river and great lake system. At that time It was not known wheth er this point was north or south of the forty-ninth parallel, hut It was known to be close to It. The understanding was that from that point the boundary should go north or south to the forty ninth pnralli'l. as the ease might be. LgMf and more accurate surveys show id that point was about twenty five miles north of the forty-ninth par allel, and ho at this plane the boundary make a Jug ahnve that line A Miser's Hoard By M. QUAD Copyright, 1913. by Associated Lit erary Praaa. Moses Taylor must have been well jTer fifty years old when he arrived n the village of Nnblestown and Drought his reputation as a miser with biro. He bought an old shack of a house and paid spot cash for It anil then opened htiHlness. Onee a WOtk IIOOM bought about 10 cents' worth of meat and groceries. He was surly and had little to say to men. By nnd by Moses Taylor became a fixture and belonged to the town. No one cared whether he lived or died, mill It was neiierally believed that he had no relatives The speculation ilioiit him and his hoard never died out. His wealth had been planed at 12(1.000 in gold when he first came. If it ever showed signs of reduction a wire fence man would come along and I'tinle Sam thus has a little piece of nj.. (ieiitleinen. don't you fool your territory of about a hundred square miles in extent north of the general hoiimlary And the joke of It Is that any one has to go by water In order to rOMfe this little pfOM Of territory unless he wants to go through Canndn. Pathfinder. elves Muses Taylor has at least a hundred thousand In blight yellow boys planted In Ills rellnr." Then thOM would be a higher respect for Moni's, mnl the wire fence man would he looked iihui as a sort of hero The miser's shank was In a suburb The nearest house was forty roils nway. While Its Inmates did not nelirliliot- wPli the Old man. they got i... . ,1... I. .,1.1 aj ...... .!., I....1. ,.r lilt,. How Wngner must loved whon,: J',,"' I H' m M u i- i''i ill'- iiuinvoi inn vuiiii LOVE SWAYS THE ARTIST. Hia Work Showa the Glorifying Power of the Grand Paaaion. he wrote Unit'" e' laliiied "Id King William Of Prussia when he heard "Tristan iind Isolde" for the llrst time We know inw thMOfk the puhllenlloll of Wagner's love letters ami other bio graplih al mid aiilohlographlnal irate rial (hat he was In love with Mnthllile Wi'Heluloin k when he romtoed the ' opera. This passion was warp nnd woof of thai liuiiioral mush' drama. the greatness nf Willi II t tiliipelled Wag tier till thO rest nf his life to hold lllm Nf If ilfi to his hlghi'Ht level of produc tion Trunk Harris has pretty dellnlleh iiofd tlml Shakespeare wrote "An ton anil rieni.itra' under the Itittil em e of a Irani' al and BOPOMMO loii- for Man I'll Ion It has I u denlared by a great illtln Hint "Anions ami I'lisn patra" has In It uver. ohmd "l Shake siaie's Itnlllni! pnwt'i niifl that ns tragedy it antra the aonltfe of kto in lilexeliieiit Ii It Is ilulis-d Mary I'll ton who Is In II she pimseHaea a inoiiu itieiit more glorloiiH than any meiiiorlnl of stime ever raised to il potentate, a saint or a gisl. Not everx man who lives by art Is a ShnkesH'iire or a Wnu'iier. but every iiill-l ureal or small Is snide. I lo llie .alun i in ipn nl tlm m in ItllUJ ""' glolll.Mug pnwel nl loe .lo-epb kid- gar ChnmlM'rliilii lu New York Mall. Menta' Medicine. "Iiniiglnntlnii.' MM " dtstor, "must nl wax's lie risko'inil with In liiedl i hie Hniuetlliies .is a friend, annus times as a foe I know a din-tor who Ilea led an old woman for typhoid, and on eat h i-ll he took her temperature Pi holding a thermometer under her i"iiue Hue da when she hail neaily re omreil I he dOOfM did lint bother tn take her liiiii'i'i ilnre. and he had aardlj got iNI yard from the house w Inn her hoii en I led him back "'Mother is worse.' :,iii thu man 't'otne bunk at oin e ' "The dm lor intiiinetl On his entry Into tin- hi kriHiin the old woman l00h isl up at him with angry mid repronnh fill eves "liontor." she said, 'why didn't you Jve me the llgger under me tongue to. dajrl Thai always done me bmm good than all the rest of your trash ' " - New York Tribune OUR INSECT ENEMIES. Whole Natione Have Been Weakened by THeae Poriloua Foee. Our itistliii't tn kill luaei'ta Is per fisl soninl Out of tho -."Hl.iSlO sp Ohm now' known lo snlenee a BMM lii mil ul me even remotely helpful to man and most of these only by their power ot Ihlug OpOII other and more daOgOmnO InOOOOl On the other hand, thousands of species are actively hos tile I" inan. lo Ids food plants and lo tils dOOMOfta aiiiliiilla Whole tribes have biHn swept but of evlsten.-e li Hie attack of BMOftO earrriag taetlll aa within the last two deoailea In reotral Afrlea. by the ney In Iho morning nnd for the ills nppenmuee of his lean caudle at an early hour In the evening. It was I sort of guardianship without meanlnu' to be It had gone on for years mid years, when one November morning there wan no ihliniiey smoke. Moses hud bisj'ii seen the afternoon of the day ptevloiiH. and It was notleed that he was Very feeble. After a wait of several hours men went over to the shank and BOVhod open the door and found the old mini dead III his i Hull- As If he had plntl msl the thing to he a bit drnniatlnal. Ills stiff Ingei's held a two dollar bill The proper author! tMl were oolMod mni took t'l irgOi Al tho coronort in ipient the ilnntnls gull' II IIH their oplll hm tlmt t! Id man had dlisl from the want of proper f I and nnre. If u Fourth "f JulJ and a tlKH and piesldentlal ehs tlon bad hit Nobles tow ii on the Hiiine day there would hale been no BMM n. itelllnllt than over ho taking off of the old miner Kxi liitiiatlnns mid suggestions and coinmelits tlew fust. "lie must have in.ule a will," ob servisl Itev Borneo, "mid I hnve hopes that he left n letrmi to tny eliun-h to pay off the niotu.ii;.' The Itev Barnes had eolloetwl sev eral fiiiinii.il dollars fnr the heathen, but bail never narrled old Moses mo mueh as a nriuker A snlioolmnster expistisl at leant tnOO bis-ailse he li.nl mine bowed to the old mail. A eertaln widow eXMslis that BMCh or MOM bO)t ause she had lookeil over her goto at him as she passed. Ill f the melnhants had Hold Mosoh a pair of obooa at OOOl upon an mIiiii, mni he imoeil nhoiit w hlsperlng "Those nhl misers never forget one who Iiiih befriended tlieiu. I think I can ."lint on al least ni think I emi " It had gisfii taken tor a nertalntv that Muses had no relatives; but, land nllve. how thev MOM tumbling over eanli other iih BON as the new spa pi is got to work! It took the full forne of the Hherllf of the i utility to hold the 0000)01 "IT while (he proper ollhlala Mean lied the old Hhai'k. A three room shank, almost without furniture. h kwui sear, lusl Of course the llrst thing was to liml the will. No will not even an old letter, not even u lueiuoraniluiii. If will (here was or had been one of the two lawyers in town must have drawn it. as old Moses had never left the town after hi- ar rival Neither of llie lawyers hud drawn a will. There was more talk about graft, and one or two were buhl enough to MJ that the BMM hers had found the will ami pocketed it Now for the hoard It was ostium! ed BJ the villagers al 1100,000 and by the relative at ji'J,"si.iiil Six or seven list), hit tights took plane before the nrowd i ouiproinised on fJ0OjUUU No gold! No ireenbai'ka! dread "sleeping al. knei" carried by1 --1 tn t there must he" veiled the out- tho tsetse ik Whole nations have idels been vve.iK.iied and .'rippled ami whole ,. Mw ,,,.,,1,. ., ,a,eful seamh and civiiintions retarded iv another hMort round onlj the H ho had in his hand home disease, lunairia w linn he died" Indeed I' vent in v est unoi htive ad 1, mi,,, i. u,lden in llie w.iIIm" van ed the tl rv that the historic de- " llieu COIUO and Iind II." cllne ot polk QraOM m 'I Home was1 N, ., ., li(it ,h.,t ,, ,..,. uj,i, largoUf due to toe raagea ot this du OHt u,.itli. ,mml,.,. ,.,n,i ooi a man g..t ease. DTOttghl Into RUMPO bv artulea g,, Ullll Uuimp.sl some more Tim returninc from wars in Asia ami Af-;,,.,,, .,.,., .,... ,,., ,u,,, .,.,,, ,,.,,.. .n,, riii It in av vet come, when we see tliiin.-s In their true pel speviiv e. that the wnrr. rlllaed nations will turn t n s rhterlllf one another to 1 ii :-,. t rnauilaa In Voo,s Hut. In .son lu "(.'oiliunm ' . . v ntgaeuh . nn.uis operatic . s, ii:, it lo ijueeli V into : n . ii ui beard of the i v s i a,. Ulllt : sim.t Poxes linn it w . . o; i . t ii,. bad one lor ever.v da, in tie m . tn your ixille tlon lUlte .oin. is i lu- ,,neeu M IV- apouM "Hera la ithor for bjog jronr, IHMiraou'a Weekly. was torn Hub from limb, ao In m.iv Not a dollar not a tdiilliiii: ev mi a , op el pennv ! "I'.ilt vvlime has It tone:" was gg lauded The -iiswer J !n't . onie tlien. but a year later, when i str.un.i-r vis:i,,l ,, l'list,.wn who had known Uoaea 1 to: i..is in d yean Uoaoa bad about ss,. , ash after buying tl stm k u had llvisl on !n s,U1 H jn,. i,,,u ,,is I ' e ' v. the -i "i it li .v , ihat in had ii .1 'l am i i ahl it I fot Farm Loans On Improved Property At current rates. Any amount. For straight term or with In stallment privilege. Thomas W. Clagett Ontario - - Oregon cSsjEEr? 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