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The orange discs which you will see displayed
next week in the windows of the dealers listed
below bring a welcome message a message
telling of relief from the drudgery and discom
fort of summer cooking.
For the New Perfection cooks better than any
wood or coal range, and it does not heat up,
the kitchen. Cooler cooking in summer
more ecenomicd cooking all the year 'round.
Watch for the orange discs next week. Ask
any of these dealers to tell you about the New
Perfection Oil Cook-Stove and how the long
blue chimneys prevent all smoke and smell.
For SaU by
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Hillsboro Mercantile Co.
Hilliboro, Oregon
G. EL Allen, Hardware
Hillsboro, Oregon
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My Guardian
Br RUTH GRAHAM
Mother died when I was still a glrL
I think I bad Just turned seventeen.
During her last Illness she worried a
freat deal as to what was to become
of me after being deprived of her care.
"I wish you were a few ears older,"
Ui in my aecoui) bmup.
The difference between a man of
thirty-eight and a womnn of twenty
la not what it Is between a man of
thirty-five and a girl of seventeen.
When I came home from school for
the last time my relations with my
guardian bad changed. Ills treatment
of me was more reserved than ewer.
I had bo acquaintances among voting
men near my own age, and this seemed
to trouble him. He bunted up aevtral
youngsters and brought them to the
bouse for my companionship. They
seenfcd very boyish to me.
One day one of these youngsters in
vited me to go to a play with him that
evening. ' Mr. Ogilvle came home to
dinner tired and despondent about
out a husband for you. Then there that bad gone wrong during
would be no need for me to be anxiou, i dy' n" ,mothe,r mssnM that
Mr go i suuie pure or amusement, tie
demurred on the ground that it would
not benefit bim to go alone.
about your future."
"Would you expect me to marry sf
man without love, mother?"
T should rely on his pood qualities
to win your confidence nwl respect,
which would be better than a romantic
attachment Certainly it would lie
more enduring."
Mother bad often told me that she
had been engaged before she married
my father, but gave me nothing more
than the bare fact. I often wondered
why she had not married this per o;i
Instead of father. I knew that lie wm
several years younger than s'.ie. and
since a woman prefers u man older
than herself I funded that this might
be the reason of her breaking her first
engagement
When mother died and her will was
opened I learned that her property bad
been left to a certain Horace Ogilvle
In trust for me till I should reach the
age of twenty-one, when It was to be
paid to me. My guardian was to have
"Why not take me?" I suggested.
"I thought that you had an engage
ment," was his reply.
' "I'll break it"
He looked at me, surprised, and said
be would not have me do that on any
account
I assured bim that I preferred to go
with him, but could not muke bim an
derstand that I would choose to spend
an evening In company with an old
fellow like himself to a youu man
near my own age.
Ilalf an hour afterward I received
two tickets v.-itb a note from the donor
stating that be was unavoidably pre
vented from escorting me to the thea
ter and hoped I would find some one
to take his place. I went merrily to
Mr. Ogilvle. waving the tickets over
my bead, and asked bim to be the
substitute.
That broke the Ice between us. Mr.
WAS IT
A GHOST?
By F. A MITCHEL
the legal care of me during my mlnorl- j iiermitted bimnelf to show me
ty, to provide a home for me and dl- J som,ft "wtIon, which I revived so
reot my education. I remember that
a few days after the opening of the
will a very pleasant looking gentleman
about thirty -five years old came to see
me and announced himself as my
guardian. He told, me , that he lived
with his mother In another city and I
wae to go with bim and make my home
with them.
He seemed to take such a kindly In
terest In me and was so sympathetic
with me in my bereaved condition that
I felt greatly comforted. I accompa
nied him to bis home, where I was re
ceived by bis mother, an old lady who
was as cordial as if I were her own.
During Oils first day I spent with
my guardian I constantly found him
looking at uie with a very singular ex
pression. It was as though I was con
nected with something beyond myself.
I fancied that there wan tenderness lu
his gaze. Could it be that lie felt that
be was placed toward me in the posi
tion of a fatln't-V I certainly did not
have for him a t urrespoinllng feeling.
I thought hlii n very interesting man.
Why my mother had appointed Jiim
my guardian I did not know, and I
Was nut informed. Soiueliww since nei
ther he nor h.'s mother said anything
bout the matter I nitiier shrunk
from asking. Mrs. Ogilvle took entire
charge of me. and 1 poon eume to look
Open her as my second mother. Mr.
Ogilvle from the day lie amnined my
lag gnardlanablp treated me with a j
certain reserve, which J did not relish.
I wished that be would not keep a
terrier constantly between him and
me. At twenty I left school and was
certainly not the balf child, half wom
an, that I had been when I came to
cordially that It was rapidly Increased.
To make a long story short, there were
a courtship, an engagement and a mar
riage. I wedded my guardian.
It was not till I hud been married
some time that I discovered that my
husband had been engaged to my
mother. He considered, me the coun
terpart of what she was when he had
loved her, and from the moment we
first met he renewed that love In me.
I have spent many an hour wonder
ing why my mother should have ar
ranged a probable match between me
and the man she disappointed. I have
never found a solution.
For trade: I have G40 acres
of unimproved land . close to
Quincy, Wash. Two hundred
acres of srood wheat land; the
rest is bunch grass pasture.
Price, $10,000. Will trade for
well located acreage, nice cot
tage, or bungalow, in valley,
either close to Forest Grove,
Hillsboro or nearby towns. Give
all particulars in first letter.
This $3 wheat is a good game
to play. Land ready for the
plow. G. S. Gordon, Lock box
368. Quincy, Wash", or James A.
Sewell, Hillsboro, Oregon, R. F.
D. 1. - 12-15
The Woodmen of the World
will give a dance at their hall U
mile west of Cedar Mill, Satur
day night. .June 23. Tickets,
including supper, $1.00. Every
body invited. 13-4
Any boy who. has studied United
States history knows, the story of Ben
edict Arnold's treachery lu bis Inten
tion to surrendta Wesi Point to the
British, bow Major Andre of the Brit
ish army nun captured at Tarrytown
with the paiers in the ease In hla boots,
the horror of General Washington and
cue execution of Andre as a spy.
Andre was executed ou the banks of
the Hudson not fi.r from where he was
capturel The pluie where the execu
tion occurred is of no lnijrtanee ex
cept as to its coiiiiei tloii witb this his
torical event
Mind you, I'm not going to vourh for
this story. It came to me from differ
ent sources, and there are certain dis
crepancies. What I'm goiug to tell is
what I surmised from the whole with
out lugging In any proofs pro or con.
A certain Sirs. Meilweather of New
Tork city, prominent in tne U, A. It.,
bad a daughter, Abigail. Hie ininie be
ing handed down through hulf a dtizen
generations from a Revolutionary an
cestress, wno was an Incorrigible
coquette. The motbel endeavored vain
ly to persuude her daughter to marry
some one or her many suitors, to set
tle down and behave herself. George
Van West was the only one of tbem
w hom Abigail fancied. Uim she really
ioved, but owing to one or" those Incon
sistencies of women for bleb uo man
can account the more she loved bim
the worse she treated him. Indeed, a
certain Ambrose Constable, whom she
did not like and tier mother detested,
was, to all appeurau.es hec favorite.
One spring when Abigail waa receiv
ing marked attention from Countable
her mother took her to farmhouse
in the countiy, hoping that by separat
ing hor from Constable the affair would
blow over. Abigail was much named
at leaving Van Wert, but that contrary
trait in her chsra.'ter prevented her
from telling the truto as to ber prefer
ence, and she accomoanied her mbtber
in the farmhouse unwillingly.
Independence day that year was a
beautiful one. The air was cool, the
sky cloudless. Abigail sat on the jiorch
of the farmhouse watching the country
people dressed In holiday costumes go
ing to a church where eicMses appro
priate to the day were to be held.
Presently a young uian came along
whoso appearance at nn e arrested Ab
igail's attention. He was bundsome,
but very pale. Keelng the girl on the
porch she seemed unable to keep her
eyes off lilui-bw bowed lu a very court
ly manner, -inking off his bat at the
same time with (something of the flour
ish of a gentleman of the old school,
May I a.ski" he suhl to Abigail.
"whither all these country bumpkins
are going?"
To the churcb where the Declara
tion of Independence Is to be read''
"Why today V
"This is the anniversary of the day
it wos adopted."
"By the rebels?"
Abigail wus so puzzled by this refer
ence to (lie signers of the I e; la ration
as rebels that t!ie made no reply, con
tinuing; to guze on the man with a sort
of fascinated wonder. Ueauwhll be
began looking about him like one who
waa visiting a plan with which hu
I bad mice been familiar. Ills gaze
' lighting on a bulldtng further down the
' road, be shuddered. Tbet), seeming to
(grow faint, he caught ut the fence In
(closing the farmhouse for support.
Abigail arose, hutned toward bim
and was ubout to put out bet arms to
(SUpiMMt film when he turned and
I smiled at her She afterward described
that smile an the most beautiful she
had ever beheld. It seemed to be the
I smile of a martyr who had suffered
1 his martyrdom am) hud passed to bli
( reward.
From ths Hiint the Information I
gathered about Abigail's meeting with
this stranger Is contradictory. Some
say that he spent only the day with
her on the farmhouse porch, some that
he lingered In the neighborhood all
summer. The testimony for the former
statement predominated, but I am at
a loss to understand how be could
have produced the marvelous effect he
did ou Ahlgull la a single day. Aa to.
how or where they spent that day ac
counts vary.
Of one thing 1 received positive tes
timony, that from that Indeiiendeuce
day Abigail was greatly changed.
While before It she had been the gay
est of the gay, after It no one ever saw
her smile. George Von .Wert tried to
bring back the smile to her lips, but
signally failed. Indeed, the sight of
him seemed to fill her with a sort of
I horror. As for Constable, she no
longer cared to conceal ber real feel
ings toward him.
Mrs. Merlwentber did everything she
could think of to break the spell that
had been cast over her daughter. She
endeavored to make Abigail forget the
j stranger In a social whirl. She took
' tier on travels, all to no purpose. The
Door girl was gradually sinking into
. the grave. Six month lifter that mem
orable Independence day she died.
Who was the stranger? I am going
to give certain points' that indicate
who he might be, but as I Raid In the
j beginning I only give the fucta and
' have no desire to Influence opinion. In
'the first plai.e the farmhouse where
Ablgal spent that Indoiendcnee day
was In sight of the house In which Ma
jor Andre was tried for his life and of
the place where he was hanged; second
ly, George Van Wert was a descendant
of one of the three men who captured
' Andre at Tarrytown with the papere on
bim Incriminating Benedict Arnold.
Tit For Tat.
He These biscuits ure not like those
which mother used to make. She Of
course they are not. These are Intend
ed to be eaten, not talked ubout.
Richmond llmes-TilNpnleb.
Quick Growing Crsss.
It Is wild that rre-sH Is fhe quickest
growing' of plants. I'nder perfect Con
ditions it may be made to flower and
seed within eight duys of planting.
His Trouble.
Grlmby Does Brown understand the
purchasing power of a dollar? Blinks
es. What troubles him Is the pur
chasing' power of Ids wife!
Some men prefer any load of In
famy, however heavy, to any preasurc
of taxation, however light. Sydney
Smith.
For Sale Ten head of good
milk cows.-Otto Ganguin, l'i
gard, Ore. 12-4z
Wbo'cjl In War.
Tiler Hiv M'vu il fwiiu of wireless
equipment used lu will iiie, und tinder
fiixomble eruditions ii i.m.v of from
Km to iiiKi mile Is pi .vltilo llh one of
them. Tlie motl portable "station,"
however. Is the tuuilry type, which
weighs tilil pounds und Is curried about
lu euuul proporl tons by four hoi sen.
Its range 1 ot u wide one. It works
over a dlstunee of from twenty-live to
thirty miles. The engine und dynamo
are mounted ou opposite sides of a
rigid addli',oii the first horse, together
with four gallon f petrol and u quart
of luhrli-utliig oil, tools, spare purls ami
a telescopic driving sliuft. The second
horse carries the transformer-which
change the current to a lighter or
lower voltsgo- lu u wooden esse and In
another wooden citsw the receiver,
while the third horse carries the masts,
which lu some cusea are. lu sections
and lu others are made ou a telescopic
principle. The fourth horse carries
halyards, stays and the iierlul wtrea,
which are wound round drums and
pack away lu a tlls-r case,- I'earwHi'a
Weekly,
Throwing Hstt Ovorboard.
On all scugolug steuuieis the steam
It condensed by sea water pumped
through the surface condensers. This
ctrculutliig water Is then discharged
overboard. In the proevs of cotiduii
satkui the cooling water taken lu at
temperatures varying from !Ui degreea
to tiS degrees 1'., according to climatic
and other conditions, Is ruined to teui
IH'mtures varying from t to p.H) de
grees and then discharged. This great
kiss of heat is pruetUully unavoidable,
says the Popular Science Monthly,
liven on comparatively siuull steamer
hundreds of tons of hcutcdr water are
uuiuiied overboard dully. This consti
tutes one of the greatest beat losses In J
the operation or sU'iuii uiuclaucry, al
though sometimes a jHirtlou of the
warm water Is used for scrubbing
decks and for bath w atcr ou pucngvr
ships.
Matter and Force.
There Is uo such thing us a loss of
matter or force. The 'so culled "con
servation" of mitltvr and Its forces wus
demonstrated years ago by Joule nnJ
other scientists. When, fur Instance,
a thing "burns up," as we suy. the sub
stances that give out the light and
heat are chuiigcd, not destroyed, Yhe
wish! or whatever the siibstaine hap
pens to be becomes ashes and gas, mid
If we could gather up all (be product
of the burning we should find that they
had not lost it piirtlele of their weight
and tluit the form of them only whs
i ban hi to 1. The eternity of mutter was
a tea hi lie of tin old Greek phlllso-
pher i. or of some of thorn at lewt, mid
the modern teaching of the conserva
tlon or Indestructibility of the stuff of
the universe would seem to corroborate
the ancient Idea
Cssh Value of Succsss.
"While I do not think that success Is
measured by money," says a w riter In
the Ainerl.au Ma.'iinlue, "an esitiuale
of success cannot dlsusxneluted from
the cash value that Is put on our work
It Is the only factor of happiness that
granting material necessities, has to Ik
reckoned In dollars.
"Success Is a variant, und It Is lui
possible to state It in a money limit. 1
know that the r.,is that Is my fu
titer's sitlury as I'lilted States uMornev
brings with It to him a rc-o'-uliion ,,f
his ability that the same salary uiudr
In another way would not have I
know that the small checks I some
times reu'lvp for my own work hiiiut
a glow that really Isn't In the checks."
' Bills Not In Favor.
Greek tnonl.M are called to prujer In
a fashion of their own. IVIN lire le t
regarded Willi too much fuvor In the
Levant. The fart Unit tbey are all In
novation liorrowed, ulbell lu the tenth
eeliturv, from schismatic Venice iuike4
the orthodox doubt their appciil, whlh
the Turks object to them even more
strongly lest they disturb wandering
spirits, says the National Geographic
Magazine. I'or all ordinary pui'isises
the monks use lu their steiul a hanging
wooden plunk or sometimes a smaller
metal bar of which the ticeessary con
comititnt Is ti stout mallet.
THE HILLSBORO
Artoslan Wells.
For over l,um years the 'hlnese have
obtained water through melius of arte
sian wells. One of the most, famous
well In existence Is that at Grcucllc
on the outskirts of Purls, where tin
water Is brought from a depth of 1.7IIS
feet. A well In Pesth was sunk to the
depth of 3, It ) feet In the seventies.
Goliath.
Goliath, the giant of Guth, who
"morning and evening for forty days'
defied the armies of Israel (I Kumiiol
iv II) and was slain by Iiuvld, was "six
Cubits ai d a span" lu height. 'I'm Mi
the cubit ut twenty-one Inches won
make him ten und one half feet high.
Money to Loan Low rates nf
interest; charpres reasonable. E.
L. Perkins, Hillsboro. Or. 44tf
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Shag Nolls wh in tiN.f
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tl.b shop, SDd liow to fliak rnpalra at honin,
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COMMERCIAL BANK
CAPITAL and SURPLUS $70,000
Aa olil, safe and conservative bnuk,
located in the Hillsboro Commercial
block, S. W. corner Main and Second
streets.
Hillsboro Commercial Hank.
FIRST CLASS HQRSE SHOEING
Have installed a first class Horse Slioer
in My Machine and 1 1 lack sin it Ji Shop
at Cornelius, Satisfaction (iuamuteed.
Have installed a heavy lathe and planer,
and can do heavy work of tfiis kind.
Sawmill work a specialty.
L G. WeidcwiUch Corneliut, Oirgon J
) J. W. Connell W. T. Kerr 1
CONNELL & KERR
General Commission Buiinen
1 We Buy Hay, Grain, Potatoes, and (
S Pay the Highest Market Price. Also
I handle Veal and Pork, on foot or
C dressed.
Low Round Trip Fares
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ON SALE VIA CALIFORNIA
Many dates in Juno, July, Au. and Sept.
Liberal Stopovers. Limit 3 mouths
Enjoy a Beach Outing Trip
AT
Newport or Tillamook
BEACHES
MANY ATTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS
Round Trip Fares
On sale every day. Return October 31.
Also Week Kiul on sale Saturday and Sunday
Return Monday
Ask local agent for in formation
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregou
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Chapel and Parlors.
Hlllmboro, Oregon
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G. W. Slevens
Deep Water Well Driller
Phone Mnin 328
Box 54, Hiliaboro, Oregon
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