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HOW TO 8WIM. ' Tares many days Willi Bm and JIM , Betore they taught ma bow to swim, i A irlmmlnf collar, (at and wide, Jj. Around my timid neck m tied; I had a lit preserver on, tMu. And buoyant board to float upon And ventured out all (tat or nor From safety and tba bockonlnf shOFst I paddl.4 Id tho shallows tbers With quite a bold, determined at, And rot Hie notion! ta a T, -fa, t A Jin and Bam did both atraa; v. But, some way, spit o( Bam ant Jlts , 1 never muaad Qulta o-w1n, . Ona day, worn out with thaaa atteapta. Dlscerdlnf my accoutrements, i I stood there, Ilka tha (ool I am, , ( All looaa-ttaah, watching Jim and Sets, Whan suddenly Uiay ruihad ashore, ' And, heeding not my panic roar, Tbry caught ma up and carried ma t Indignant, flghtlng to gat (rat, X Along a rustic bridge, to whara Tha deepest, deadliest watara were, Than thrtw ma In with warning grim! "Ton booby Mow lt'a alnk or awlml" And It was swim. A splash! A scream! A frantic struggle with tha ttraaml I waxed a demon In my wrath. But floundered on my watery path. And gaiplng, faint, too weak to it and. And blubbering, I reached the land, Thua, tardy thank to Sam and Jim, I learned at laat tha way to awtm. And now, a I surrender ma To aoma acatatlc, leaping see. Or cleave tha watara dark and cool N. Of heron-haunted (oreat pool, Or through tha ahlnlng of aoma lake My liquid flashing court I take. I tay, while wrapped la that delight: "Well, Jim waa right, and Sam waa light," And often, In thaaa later daya Of hustling twentieth century ways. At from tha thore I watch the tide Of life and labor deep and wide, Where fierce contentlone clash and beat Along the current of tha street. And In the ocean of the town I tee full many a wreck go down, A, bound by timorous despair, ! stand aloof and Idle there, The thought returns of Bam and Jim, And how they made a coward swim. "Jump In!" I bid my .hrlnklng soul. "Nor heed the waves that angry roll. Nor breakers, fierce howe'er they be; A man Is lighter than the sea. Trust in your lungs and muscles stout. And In Qodrs ocean. Out: 8wlm oulIM Then, as I venture to be brave And hurl my body on the wave. And pay n heed to my alarms. But use my feet and use my anna, I And my body Instantly In liquid oneness with that sea. And thanks once more to Bam and Jlnv I learn at last that I can swim. Amos R. Wells, In Young People. AND THE WATER KEPT AGURGLING By DAVID HILL, JOH.V HAWKINS' pasture and mine joined together in a kind of dry follow and wara separated from each other by a high rail fence. That fence, aa well as the hollow, ran due east and west. To the east was Tom Lamkin'a pasture, whose land joined ours, and whose fence ran in directly the opposite direction. The hollow from Lamkin'a land down to the west ern extremity of oura waa quite de scending; and in the lower corner, on John's side of the fence, waa one of tha largest, coolest and moat invigorating .springs I ever saw. It seemed to gurgle, and bubble, and boil up like to much liquid crystal; and when the sunlight flashed acroaa it the suggestion waa that of a cluster of pure diamonds in the bright glare of an electric light. If I do say it, I always envied John that beautiful spring, from the mo ment I discovered it waa on his land instead of my own. Finally an idea entered my head that, if I dug into the ground on my own aide of the fence, just a few rods abore John's spring, I might tap the vein that furnished the supply, and to convert a portion of that water to my own use. So I went at it. And my success) wag greater than my expectations. For, In less than four feet of aoil I struck a vein of water rtiat boiled up tike a miniature fountain. Neither did the force diminish, as I fancied it would after a few momenta. It rose higher and higher, and bubbled and gurgled, until finally it overflowed the hole and went pouring down the in cline like a young spring freshet. I was in ecstesie. The elation over my good fortune led me to steel over to John's spring to see bow the two compared for quan tity and circumference. Well, bless my soul! Judge of my astonishment when I found that John's spring was as dry as the tble lands of New Mexico. I bad cut off the main channel connecting the water ; with his land, and had converted the whole of that manifloao spring into one of my owa. I quick! realized there would be cyclone when John found It out, and there waa. He danced a fisher's Kompfpe on hie own tide of the few a, and twore he would have me prosecuted to the full eat extent of the law. I simply continued to excavate my ( new find, cleaned out the bottom, walled up the aides, wkiatled "Annie Laurie" toftly to myself, and the water kept right on a gargling. John said, compared with myself and tome of my contemptible acts, the : devil would make a good citizen, f 1 invested $2J in cut granite, fitted . the tpring up to the beat of my ability, . and the water kept right on a gurg ling. John said he pitied my mother, but "had more genuine sympathy for the vwife who waa compelled to drag out her existence with such a miserable wretch. , I put a stone curb on top of the 'granite, ornamented it with an iron ; railing, erected a aign called "Crystal '.Spring," which I faced toward John'a atre. and-the water kept right on t;a erurgling. Nid while tMa wm taking place Tom Lamkln, whose land joined oura, stood leaning over hi own fence, smoking hit pipe, and watching us, and saving nothing. At last tha same idea occurred to John that had occurred to me. He went a few rod above my spring, on his own side of the fence, of course, and dug into the ground exactly at I had done; and when he had tiuithed you can ate me for a canceled postage stamp if the water in my spring didn't refuse to "gurgle." Ee had cut off the main channel in precisely the same manner a I had done, and land stolen the whole of that spring beck. Well or or this may seem funny to some; but I could never quite real ize jutt where the fun came in. , In the tint place, 1 didn't tteal John't spring not intentionally it wss a ease of pure accident. But John why what John dons was an exemplifica tion of spite on the face of it. And I told him sol What did John say? Why the the old cripple! He eaid If I would toss that iron paling and cut granite over the fence to put around hit own spring he would give meMcentt for II. Think of that! ' Insulted me right to my face. Said I: "You old hsyteed! If I had you over in this pasture I would mop you aU over it if it killed every apear of grata there was In it." And he replied, juat as sneeringly as he knew how: "Tompkins, I'm a goin' tu wall thit tpring up, an' lock it with an iron kiver; but when you feel so Inclined you kin come over, an' though you can't get at the water you have my full permission to hear it 'gurgle.' " To which I went w-r-r-r-r-r-rh I And when a man goes w-r-r-r-r-r-rh hs's so mad he can't use the Anglo-Saxon lan guage. I watched John wall that spring up. attach his new iron cover, and w-r-r-r-r-r-rh'd all the wsy through tt. And all the while Tom Lamkln stood leaning over hie own fence, smoking his pipe, and watching us, and taring nothing. Finally, after John'a work waa all completed, it occurred to me that possibly I might strike that same rein of water again. So I went a little above John't spring, jutt as he had gone above mine, and began to dig; and I hadn't dug long before the water began to "gush" anl "gurgle" with the tame impetuosity at ever; and I soon knew by the expreeeion on John't face, who had been watching me. and hit own spring at the same time, that t had atolen the whole of that blooming spring back again. It did seem strsnge how. the chan nel of that water wound serpentine ly back and forth under the soil of John'a paatura and mine, and both of ua living in total ignorance of of that fact. Well. I transferred the Iron paling and cut granite from my first tpring and arranged them as artistically as I knew how around the second. John watched the proceedings, bom barding me with numerous ex pletives while the work, waa pro gressing, and of course I let him bombard. 1 flnithed the whole thing up grand, planted my "Crystal Spring" aign so Its front faced to ward John's pasture, then snapped my fingers at John and told him to whistle. "And Tom Lamkln tlooi leaning over his own fence, gmoking hit pipe, and watching oj, nd saying nothing. Then John began to Jvake up and show signs of activity. Hardly was my work completed before he spat on his two hands, grasped his apade firmly by the handle, nd, with the same determination as before, start ed in to steal that spring buck. And he made his work count, too. Hang me if right up In the corner of the fence close to Tom Lamltin's land mid mine, that old eroas-grnined iKhmaelite didn't strike water atraiti; ami when he did and I inspected my own spring, the water begun to gurgle less and less until finally it died out and stopped altogether. I knew it waa then br never with me, so, grasping my spade, I darted into my own corner of the fence and began to dig dirt, too. Holy smokel how the soil did fly. Some of John's mud plastered me, and some of my mud plastered John. And that water, as if trying to please both at the same time, first "jrurgled" on one side) of the fence and then "gurgled" on the other, z It was mud and water flying here, mud and water flying there, mud and water shooting in every conceivable direction, and with John and my self right in the center of attrac tion. And in the end, to Serve ut both right, Tom Lamkin, who at divers times had been leaning over -his fence, smoking his pipe and watch ing us, and saying nothing, went to murk on his own land, found that, amine channel, ent it off, dug a ditch up over the hill and down to his own premises, put in a rem, and took nearly every drop of that blamed water right over to hit own house. I. 1'. Times. atnwers Balld Ckwrekee, fit- James' Beview states that a weU-kaowo brewer is building n eiarcb as a memorial of King Ert l ward's coronation. Dean Swift's cn ; tbedral St, Patrick's, Dublin wan ! restored by the late distiller, Sir jIVnjnmin Guineas. It was a famous idjMtiiler.too, who rebuilt the I'rotett est cathedral of Cork, and another jdisxiller restored Chriat church. i:i Dublin. One of the famous bre-.viu? Kraa in England has erected no less Qua six cl arches at various times. Pittsburg stops more than 13,000, Ct) ton of coal annually. ' . Tralr AstenlshlitsT. , In the prize contest given by E, E, Elliott, for forming the mo., words out of the letters umkI in the words, "Elliott's pharmacy," Crystal Nichols secured the first price with a list of 3151 words. Ruth Fry came next with 8140, Pearl Aldrich third with 2601, Hattie Meniies fourth with 2356 Laura Porter fifth with 2092, Dale Varney sixth with 1560, Lebanon Express. A VI emails Awful Peril. "There is only one way to save your life and that it through an operation" wore the startling words heard by Mrs. I, B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her doctor after he had vainly tried to cure her of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall stones had formed and the constantly grew worse. Then she began to ue Electrio Bitters' which wholly oured her. It's a wonderful Stomach, Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures Dyspep sia, Loss of Appetite. Tiy it. Only 50cts. Guaranteed. For sale by Adamson A Win nek Co. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given that the firm and partnership of White A Campbell, doing business in the City of Prineville, Crook County, State of Oregon, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. John V. White retiring. All accounts due said firm will be collected and re ceipted for by Mr. J. E. Campbell, and all accounts owing by said firm will be paid by Mr. J. E. Campbell. Dated, this 4th day of Novem ber, 1902. Saj-a He waa Tertwred. "I suffered such pains from corns I could hardly walk," writes H. Robin son, Hillsborough, Ills., "but Buck len's Arnica Salve completely .cured them." Acts like magic on sprains, bruises, cute, sores, scalds, burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer of skin dis eases and piles. Cure guaranteed by Adamson t Winnek Co. Price 23c Petition tor License. To the County Court of Crook County, State of Oregon: , ' We the undcnigneJ residents of Aahwnod Precinct, Crook County Oregon, respectfully petition your honorable body that a license be granted to Larry Maloney to sell spirituous, malt and vinous Minors, in quantities leas than one gallon, for a period of one year, at Anhwood, Asbwood precinct. Crook County Oregon. Xames. ' Names. C F Hamiltcn, P 0' Rourke, F W Driscoll, Al Sbenell L L Shrove, G B Heath, George 3 Kibelin, P Lehnnan, Geo M Massajnore, James Robinson, Charlea D Swanson, J M Wood, M H Graff, Jo Bice, T L Childers, Milo Wood, Dan Evans, Y L Anderson, Charles R Duncan, II C Burton, F P Hipe, K E Eiglei,tnn; Frauk Shunbuni, S W Tomlm-Min, Rees Lewis, Letter Bryan, J D Cunningham, W D Walktr, W H Huston, J C Brojjan, W H Grater, C 0 Randolph, W J Sayyeao, John Knight, Elmer Knight, Ram Cariuichael, Win King, Glen Grater, E D Conner, J G Poindexter. Edward Mullarkey, Lee Woiid Hufth Sweeney, Jack Brogan, Frank Doak, W H Ncdy, Patrick iieilly. E C Finnel, A W Griter, Chas L Freer, J H OKelly, Joe Toothmen, Joel McCollum, J W McCollum. Notice Is hereby given that the foregoing petition will be presented to the County Court on the 7th day of Jan., 1803, at whidi time the Maid Larry Maloney will apply to said oourt for such licence to sell spirituous, malt and vinous liquors. LARRY MALOXEY. 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COl'GrlS (AND COLDS jN CHILD- HEN. .oiaastaamstiian ai a Well Kaewa t klcef e Physician. I use and prescribe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for almost all obsti nate, constricted coughs, with direct results. I prescribe it to children of all ages. Am glad to recommend it to all in need and seeking relief from colds and coughs and bronchial afflic tions. It is non-narcotic and safe in the hands of the most unprofessional A universal panacea for all mankind. Mss. Miv R. Mklindy, M. D., Ph. D., Chicago, III. This remedy is lor sale by all druggists. Eetray Notloe. Grizzly, Nov. 6, 1902. Cume to my place about th middle of October. Oije red three year old cow marked with split in right and undt-rbit in left ear, branded big circle on right hip. Owner will please cull and pay charges and remove same from my premises or the animal will be sold according to law. II. L. MON'TUOMERY. 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