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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1907)
propos ed Oregon Tax Law . i.i.mnnt 01 w . AA",,r .ouDio, nnu HKio Lnlmfllnt v. ' ...I t.u.ild comtmnv pa i .. innnnu uj " - Aieffluv". ,1.1.. jin. Mtatcu son- i.lf. . f ii. i.nflrn urops 1 ' j.f Mini I1KH o 1,10 UUI" 1 S "d, th?rwi8' -if X fnr tho ncal year TiJiM)flroW7 . . nattier w iijA calendar j. M ' . ii.... Mm TODOrii UOlHK J( Jlliw " l-fAatMN ltt Ei .. - f.jtla flf 1 II 1111 HHIVIl.. F Z t kind as wild board rd " u fnrmof return pre- ifeiV l1'.. t.-i.v riven the power Il'r " 1 ,ctio.., rule nnd to bo flowed In answering i b9 lt calculated to Instil o and uniformity In reporting Lki furnlsl.cl by board-Penalty or neglect to wpor .) :',n0 iilnnkH for making tbo iprovidcl for In notion eight . Jj lm nrov (led by tho "flS PVlc.Vtl" tho renortH provided for shall not relieve PLfmm inaklnK any othor SSrrf by iw to bo made to "P. iv in ii mi nnv company Sorwfoflrttoinako nny statement ,,lt.hnny information required by SS tlXrd shall Inform itnolf StetitnurMtotho n.ntterH ncces- to be known in order to discharge HaticJ with respect to tbo proportv rfpch company. ;iy luli " . ..i.... ni. nni. it. to mnko tbo ro ,. . within tbo fcneciflcu shall bo subject to a pen V.i nn fnr nidi ilnv of tbe contin L...f.i. nnL'lccL or refumil to fllo i M,t in Im recovered In a proper i,p,,Mlit In tho namo of tbo Htnto uiww"- iOrwon in any court of competent fewdiction (Bard to dctermlno valuo nnd prepare Mttmient roll .Mlleago unais oi np airtionraent.) cmnif). Subsoouont to tbo Minn rnmiinul Iii tlui nriHViIint' lir.. I"-"-- o ixtions, and prior lo mo arm inominy jtWober in each year, it shall bo tbe wrr,f tho mid clato board of tnx coin aaionen to prepare nn assessment nll.unrovided in petition Ave (5) of Ik ict. unon which lliey shall assess tt tree cash valuo an of tho first (hiy dMirch t tho Jiour of 1 o'clock a. m., (the year in which tbo assessment is ait. of nil tho properly of tho coin- tuits herein enumerated Hubjcct to bnliMi uii(lrr thin net. which wild .i..i..ii-.-.i ,i. t .ii Hwir.tmtiiian nut in) mini until ru ma u heroin provided. Ior Uio prp of Arriving ut tlio amount nnd (barter and trim caah valuo of the pperly belonging to mild coinpimicH uipptaring upon tho nsscHsment roll tithe purpose of iiPKctument for tuxu fa under thin net, tho wild board may til to said coiniuinies nnd mny take fcto coDjideration tho report filed un ierthis Act, tho rojwrts and returnn of aw companies nied in the ofllco of any pier officer of thin ulato, or any county teof, tho taming power of wild coin- ws, uie imneniHCH una opccuM fnin m owned or used by uaid companicH (aidfrinchlBeaanil Hpecial frnnchiHOH to bo directly iiHsesHcd, but to bo a into consideration in detcrmin- H uib value 01 tlio nthnr nmnnrtvV valuation of any property IlrtJI 11 1 I ... 4w Muniiii-nn ill i iiii ivun -vti ntj ..ii - iiitiiiivi'i 5J7Wt rtHjuired to Imj anHChHed by wCflW ijivnoaAM ....-1 i. -ii . fifrra ai . hi i ... UtV .1.1 i --J oio bcarliiK thereon; provid- H "7, " "u cvbiil eimn any report or 'uaiion iiv n wt.k.i - i j vuiiiii iLnnrnruir. fif "IUIIO DLL IirflV'll liA ZT'T ,n ,irrIvin ut tho "ineof the nroncriv Jin.... ,.i bwmi.1.. . "-o" 'r v LEIIIII'II I ll lRfJ I ' UUB M 00 SJf PTri?0? f ,rt3atl0 l)' ? ward. In dnturminin.. t. brw , w,u rl bhho noiira 01 Km . ' VA1II1 1 CI II IMH I Tl " ci nnminii ...i i nu-H 1... ' " " 1 ' "v lltlli vtuim Mn.l ... i - u ..7'" UV1 TWri W ....L 4l. I ' i i " i hA i.. ? miuiiu Linn niniii. "V Kiiri . . . ------ vi.Iuim . -(til,: iii tVKn.,.1.. i tkl.l . J I IIV I IA IIHAlin.l Ik. I . 1 17 v; I ill inl nn . K . I .. ma ki...i :? uuy iimin. fttim. -"'CB fll til.. ' l1LUt UL IUt 1 ' lllltm I 'fill I r r I I nl a Ai A UUU flUILA 111. I.. il " IIHI'I n ii .. . . . CJ " '"Will TMv Ii RM . nu UJI1I Ttl ln1 s 1... Domain,. . ",vu u uy H.) 10,1 'Proporty locally uhhcbb- "Wtlonli mi . Sfpotoofarriv , Btnl( board, for Uio HLfti M oving nt t in nnd.ni ..0i. LI I It tlk, - :aSa:!yorty aHHoasable by It. (.. "'Camui . I luor ail-nmnKII. Trued) uorrorA ! if -i h7n.: .pwt what ran What tUF tl,. A. lira. nioa alway tdlTr '"bed." Wi,:,"'1 f ying is "Pun. " w a rroanc.- ra hap- author write aid to -Detroit heroin nrovldcd. mnv vniim tu,, M tiro property, both within nnd without no huuo oi urcgon, an a unit. In cao fllinll Valuo tlio ntltlrn nrnnm-lu ... unit, either within or without tho otafo of Oregon, or both. nlr imnni i..n .. . - r nAm niiuii make dcductlono of tho property of iiihu lAiimnmy nuuau) OUIHK10 1110 State, and not connected directly with tho buHlncHH thorcof, aa may Iw Juat, to the ond that tho fair proportion of tlio propony oi aam company In tbla atato may bo nHCortalnnd. If th n unlit lu-tnl w - - unm valuo tho ontlro property within tho atato of Oregon aa a unit, It ahull make deductions of tho property of aald com- jmiiy niuinwj in urogon, ana aaBoacBd hy tho county aaaoHHora, to an amount that ahall bo just; and for that purpoao tho county iwHCBPorH Bhall bo and tboy aro hereby required, If tho aald lmrd ro- (HicBi, uio anino, to certify to tbo aald board tho aaHcaPablo valuo of tho prop crty of paid cornrmnloH nHHOHHnlili. iiv them, but auch cortlficallon of aaRoaHcd or aaaeaBablo values la Intended to bo advisory only, and not conclualvo upon uio huhi ixxiru. (Sufficiency of dcacrlptlon on roll Mlleago to bo stated.) Section 12. Upon auch paspcflfimont roll ahnll lx plnwd, after tho namo of each of tho companies nHKCHPed under tlio provisions of this act, a gcnoral do pcrlptiou of tho properties of tho said companies, which ahull bo deemed to include all of tlio properties of tho paid companies llablo to appoaHment for tax ation under tills act, owned, leased, or occupied by them, whetbor as owner, l0Hee, occupant, or otherwise. The snld description may bo In tlio language of this act as contained In section six (0) hereof, or otberwlpo. But no as pcHsmont shall bo invalidated by a mis take in the name of tbo corporation as sessed, or by an omission of tho namo of tbo owner, or tho entry of a name other than that of tho true owner, if the property bo generally correctly de scribed; nnd provided further, that where tbo namo of tho tnio o?nor, or tlio name of the owner of record, lessen, or occupant of any property usacspablo under tho provisions of this act ahall bo given, auch assoeuicnt shall not bo held invalid on account of any error or irregularity in tho description, provided such description would bo sufficient In a deed of conveyance from tbo owner, or on account of which in a contract to convoy a court of equity would decrco a conveyance to bo made, rending the en id description In connection with tho de finition of property assessable under tbo provisions hereof as in this net contain ed. Upon such assessment roll shall be placed, opposite tho namo of tho company. In a proper column, tho ag gregnto main track mileage as defined In section 10 hereof, miles of wiru, or main pipe line, as tho case may be, within tho state of Oregon. (Ascertainment of value of main and brunch lines and valuo per mile.) Suction 13. Said state board of tax commissioners shall thereupon ascer tain tho value of tiie several branch lines of the said companies situated in this state, nnd the mileage thereof, and shall ascertain the valuo per mile of tlio Haul brunch lines respectively by dividing tbo valuo of each of them by tho mlleago thereof. Tho said board shall thereupon deduct tho total amount so.ascertalned as tho value of branch lined from tbo total valuo of tbo prop erty of tbo said companies assessable under tho provisions of this act so as certained aa aforesaid; and shall there upon ascertain tho valuo per milo of main lino of rail, plpo,or wiroby divid ing tlio remainder, after deducting the valuo of said branch lines from tho to tal valuo in this state, by tbo number of miles of such main rail, pipe, or wire lino in this state, and tlio quotient ob tained as aforesaid shall bo deemed and held to bo tbo valuo per milo of said branch and main lines respectively. (Apportionment of assessment to coun ties according to mlleago.) Section 14. For tbo purpoao of de termining what amount of tho assess ment made under tho provisions of this act Bhall bo apportioned to tbo several counties in this state in, through, acroafl, Into, or ovor which tlio lines of said companies extend, tho said stato board of tax commissioners shall multi ply tbo valuo per milo ns abovo ascer tained of tbe several main and branch lines by tbo nubmer of miles of such main and branch lines in each of tho counties aforesaid, as reported in tho statements made by tho said companies, or as othorwlao ascertained and determ ined by the said board. (Notico of Bitting of board to roviow assessment and apportionment Proof.) Section 15. Tho said board shall glvo tbreo weoks' public notico in some nowsnanor printed at tho stato capital, sotting fortli that on tho first Monday in Octboer it will attend at tho cnpltoi and publicly oxaimno tho assessment roll bv it made, and review tho same, nnd correct all errors in valuation, de scription, quantities, or qualities of property by It assessable and in appor tionment of assessments miulo by it; and It Bhall bo tho duty of the persons and corporations interested to appear at tbo timo and placo appointed. Proof A (bo lleoeptloa. Maude Mr. Hugglns looks unusual ly happy thin evoulng. Elsie Yes; be proposed to me less than an hour ago. Maude Ah, I see and you refused him. InfnnUle DUiIvkUob. Willie (Joe I Do they let you ge to swell parties? Grade Lots of 'em. I'm retting ao- cfeter aad aocleter erery day. of auch notlcn TT1R.V Im Trunin hv nffiildvtk aa by law provided, filed with tho sec- i ... . . ruuiry 0i Haiu nonru, on or before the first Monday in October In tbe vear when auch notico Is printed. (Board to ncct annually as stated In notico.) Section l.t. Tbo aald board ahall meet at tho .nnitol of tho stato ou the flrat Monday of October In eneb vear. as atatcd in tho notico nrcBCrlbcd In tbo nrcccdintr sectlnn hnrrnf. nnd shall then hnvo before it tho assessment roll mudo by It aB prescribed In this act. (Iloview and correction of aescssmont roll and apportionment Omitted property assessed). Section 17. It shall then be the duty of such board to review, examine, and correct tho aaacssment roll by it made, and to increase or reduce tbo valuation of tho property therein as sessed, so that tbo samo shall bo tbo full cash valuo thereof, and to assess omitted taxable property by It assess able in the manner hereinafter provid ed, and to correct errors in apportion ments of assessments therein. If it shall appear to such board that there is any real or personal property which by law it is permitted to assess which has been by it assessed twice, or incor rectly, assessed as to description, quan tity, or quality, or assessed in the name of a person or corporation not the owner, lessee, or occupant thereof, or asscspcd under or beyond tho actual full cash valuo thereof, or which is not assessable by said board, but which has been assessed by it, said board may make proper corrections of tbo samo. If it Bhall appear to said board that any real or personal property which is assessable by it lias not been assessed upon said assessment roll, said board shall aasess tbo samo at tbo full cash value thereof. (Notico of increase or change in appor tionment Petitions to" be written and verified Time of filing.) Sec,' ion 18. Said board shall not change tho apportionment of any as sessment or incrcaso tho valuation of any property on such assessment roll as provided in tho preceding section with out giving to tho company or person in whoso namo it is assessed at least six days' written notico to appear and show cause, if any thero bo, why the apportionment of such assessment shall not be changed, or tho valuation of tbe asscsoablo property of such company or person, or sorno part thereof, to be specified in audi notico, ahall not be increased; Provided, that such notico shall not bo necessary if the person or company appear voluntarily before said board, and bo there noticed by a mem ber thereof that tho property of such person or corporation, or some specified part thereof, is, in tbo opinion of the board, assessed below its actual value, or that such apportionment is, in the opinion of tho board, incorrect. Peti tions or applications lor tho reduction or change of apportionment of a partic ular assessment shall bo made in writ ing, verified by tho oath of the appli cant, its president, secretary, mnnnging agent, or attorney in fact, nnd be tiled with tbo board during tho first week it is by law required to be in session, and any petition or application not so made, verified, and filed shall not bo consider ed or acted upon by tho board. (Board to complete review In one month, sitting continuously.) Section 10. Tho said board, sitting for tho purpose of reviewing tho said roll as above provided, shall continue its sessions from day to day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, until the examination, review, correction, and equalization of tho said rolls shall be completed; but it shall complete said examination, review, correction, and equalisation within one month from tbo timo it is by law required to meet, and, unless sooner completed, at the ex piration of ono month from the time tbe board is herein required to meet tho examination, review, correction, and equalization of tho said assessment roll shall bo deemed to bo comploto. ( Record of action of board). Section 20. Corrections, addittions to, or changes in the said roll shall be entered in a, column therein headed substantially "as roviowed," and tho entries in such column shall bo the rec ord of tho action of such board. Tho meetings, sittings, and adjournment of tho said board, sitting for tho purposes of review, shall bo recorded in its journal. (Boll kopt on filo ns public record.) Section 21. Said roll, when so exam ined, roviowed, corrected, and qeualiz- cd by such board, shall bo kopt on filo in tbo office of tho said stato board of tax commissioners as a public record. NEWS OF TBE WEEK la a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting EvenV of tho Past Week. (To bo continued noxt week) Henl Atlilctlclaiu, An English athletic authority says that 35 Is tho maximum ago for a good athlete. Perhaps most people havo uo ticed that professional athletes wear themselves out young. Prize fighters, sprinters and circus performers quit In early prime. But are theso tho real athletes? How much moro truo an athleto is tho well-preserved farmer, who, at C5, can pitch as much hay as his son or grandson ! The best nthlctlclsm Is that which holds through tho ripe years and onn- blcs a man to sit his horso as erectly at SO as fit 20. Cleveland Press. Alwara a Way. "There Is always some way to over come every difficulty," said the rheory citizen. "Yea," answered the sardonic per son. "If you doubt It you can nslc any candidate Juat before election," Wash ington Star. f The Ltralt. "You ay he la well educated?" "Yes, he can talk every known laa- ruare except golf and baaeball." Hous ton Post. Japanese laborers mobbed a white man in California. Bailway employes threaten to tio up all roads In tho United States, Canada nnd Mexico. Oklahoma towrm aro Buffering from want of fuel. In Homo places oven tho prico of corncobs is prohibitiv. Secretary Hitchcock biuj ordered all fcnceH on public domain torn down. Prosecution will follow refusal. William C. Scllick, a Providence, K. I., clergyman, says tbo biblo i'b not nn inspired writing and is full of errore-j Representative JoneB will endeavor to secure survey of a number of Wash ington Btrcams by government engi neers. V. J. Ifcnoy baa tendered liia resig nation to tbo attorney genefal. Ho will devote his entire timo to tho cases against San Francisco grafters. The president lias offered Philip B. Stewart, of Colorado Springs, tho po sition of commissioner of tho general land office, to bo vacated March 4 by Commissioner Kiclmrds. Recent heavy rains havo caused enormous avajanches of mud to start from tho ton of Mount Vesuvius. Many f inns aro being laid waHto and tho Iosb of life may bo heavy. Six bodies havo already been found. Congress will authorize a new survey of Tillamook bay. A fire in a Cokesburg, Pa., coal mine did $400,000 damgao to the property. Tho government haB won tho first round in tho Standard Oil prosecution Rolief work among tho starving Chinese is progressing very fcatisfac torily. Tho French government has ordered tho construction of four more subma rine boatii. Governor Folk recommended many reforms to tho Missouri legtsluturo in his message. General von dcr Lonitz, prefect of police of St. Petersburg, has been as sassinated by tenor iste. Tho Chicago municipal judge lias de nounced tho mayor and politicians for interfering with justice. Fruit morchnnta will appeal to tbo Interstate Commerce commission to stop competition of express companies. Tho entire Northwest has been swept by a heavy wind storm, acocompanied by snow or rain, according to tho loca- nun. milieu iiimiuu iiiia uevu uuue, e pecially to railroads. Delegates from moro than 50 lumber men's organizations and other largo patrons of railroads will meet in Chi cago to discuss tho car shortage ques tion and devieo ways of relief. PORTLAND MARKETS. Domestic Fruits Apples, common to choice, 5075c per box; choice to' fancy, $12.50; pears, $11. 50; cran berries, $11. 50 12 per barrel; per Bimmons, $1.50 per box. Vegetables Turnips, 00c$l per pack; carrots, 90c$l per sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish. 9fi6 1 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2 2c per pound; cabbage, l2c per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozon; celery, $3.764.25 por crate; lettuce, head, 30c per dozen; onions, 1012)e per dozen; boll peppers, 8cj pump kins, por pound; squash, 2o por pound. Onions 75c$l por hundred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1(2)1.30; common, 7585c. Wheat Club, 0500c; bluestem, G8o; valloy, 00c; red, 03c. Oata No. 1 white, $2520; gray, $24.5025. Barloy Feed, $21. 50 22 por ton; browing, $22.50; rolled, $2324. Rye $1.401.45 per cwt. Corn Wholo, $20; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Timothy, No. 1, $1314 por ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1410; clover, $88.50; cheat, $7.508.50; grain hny, $7.508.50; alfalfa, $11.50; voteh hay, $88.50. Buttor Fancy creamory, 3235o. Butter Fat First grade crating 33c por pound; socond gnulo cream, 2o leas por pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 3032o por dozon. Poultry Average old hens, 1314o per pound; mixed chickens, 12 13c; spring, 1415o; old roosters, 010o; dressed chickens, 14 15c; turkoys, Jivo, 1718o; turkoys, dressed, choico, 2022o; gooso, live, 1213e; ducks, 1510o. Veal Dressed, 5)0c per pound. Beof Dressed bullB, 1 2c por pound; cows, 45o; country steers, 65Kc Mutton DreBBod, fancy, 80o por pound; ordinary, 07o. Pork DrosBed, 08)o por pound. Hops ll14o por pound, according to quality. Wool Eastorn Oregon avorngo best, 1318o por pound, according to shrink ugo; valloy, 2023o, according to fine nesa; mohair, choico, 2028o. THE MAN WHO DOES THE WORK. This life fs a strain and a struggle; We arc born to a world of care, And of nil the scurries and woes and worries Pro had a bit moro than my share. It's Idle to say that It's even, And there's no such thing as chance, Though one has trouble, another has dounle ; Ono scrapes for tho other to dance. And some they whine and they whim per That's tho kind that will never be mlmuvT. B'or honest labor there's always a neigh bor To lend him a helping fist This much I have learned for my com fort; Tt' npvp.r worth while to shirk: Blow east, blow west, the world wags bent For the man who docs his work. Century. Mrs. Small's Doctor r Qrp HERB was nn nasortment of J r widows at Mrs. Lancy's genteel - boarding house. There were widows by the dispensation of Provi dence, and widows by the dispensation of tho courts. The melancholy style was represented by Mrs. Florenz tall, willowy, dleaway, always In deepest Mack. There was Mrs. Ford, plump and comely; Mrs. Terry, black-eyed nnd handsome; a Dakota divorcee Mrs. Small dried up, elderly, cros3 as her own pug; Mrs. Von Glumm. a mountain of too solid flesh, addicted to beer, nnd Mrs. Mnyne, stately and white-haired, with patrician features. "Broken-down Virginia aristocracy, my dear," whispered Mrs. Twltty, the gossiping widow, who was acquainted with the skeleton In everybody's closet. "Her estate has all melted away, and MARBIED QUIETLY TWO WEEKS LATEB. she Is living on the proceeds of the last mortgage, until the little chit of a daughter gets a place as a teacher. Pity she Isn't handsome like her moth er ; she might marry a Jot of money if She was. There were plenty of people who thought Ruth Mayne more attractive than her mother. A "dainty nriel" kind of girl was Ruth, with a wonderfully Hweet voice, a wild rose complexion, aud n gracious manner, touched, liow ever, with reserve. "A china saucer of Ice cream sweet but chilly," was what Harry Todd styled her after he had tried his fasci nating lowers upon her In vain. Ono day Mrs. Small fell sick. Being a disagreeable old woman, with a wheezing cough, nnd fearfully stingy, nobody bothered about her attack, w hich was said to be pneumonia. No body mounted to the llttlo hall room which she occupied because It was cheap nobody but Ruth's mamma and Ruth, Mrs. Mayne was benevolent on prin ciple. It was tho duty of a lady to be kind, she said. She went up co the hall room, which she seemed to till with her stately presence, anil asked Mrs. Small If she could be of any ser vice to her. The sick woman answer ed sharply that she didn't want any service. She wished people wouid let her alone. Whereupon Mrs. Mayne bowed her flue gray head and went out. Ruth was going, too; she looked hack and saw tho poor old creature ninko an effort to bring a glass of water fo her Hps and spill half Its con tents through tho slinking of her fever ed hnud. The girl went to the bedside, wipeu t no coverlet dry with n towel and gave the old lady crushed Ice with a spoon. Sho got no thanks, but she expected none. Sho moved about In a quiet way and straightened things In the disordered llttlo room. She drew down tho blinds, laid a cool cloth on tho patient's bend and sat by tho bed. Mrs. Small foil asleei.) something she had not dono for twenty-four hours. After a while Ruth rose softly to go out. "You'ro In a powerful hurry to get away," said a voice from tho bed. Ruth understood that Mra. Small wish ed her to Btay, and stay alio did. Mrs. Small had for her doctor an old prnctltlonor, solomn and gruff, who had been her family physician In the days when sho had a family. But the day after Ruth was selMnstallod as nurse, Dr. Crosby sent his young partner to look after tho enso In tho De Lnncoy Marno on her knceo dressing a blister with Mrs. Small scolding and declaring thnt tho girl was Just trying to hurt her. Ruth, half crying, looked np n tho doctor entered nnd caught tho comprehending, sympathetic twinkle In his eye. She smiled and they under stood each other nt once. The young doctor got Into tho good graces of the patient. Ho hnd tho sympathetic yet commanding, manner. tho strong face, tho magnetic toucn nna the wholesome physique of tho born physician. "Tell Crosby to stay and send you," said tho blunt old woman after his first visit Wilmot must have delivered the mes sage, for the case was turned over to him thereafter. Ho gave It a great deal of attention. He came twice a day, and be was not particular to cut his visits short He continued to call after the old lady was sitting up nnd had an appettle thnt appalled the land lady. Then he found bis way to Mrs. Mayne's little parlor, and soon all tho house knew thnt Dr. Wilmot was Ruth Mayne's beau, "So this was the secret of Miss Dc mnre's kind nursing," said Mrs. Twlt ty spitefully. "I wondered how It was she was devoting herself to a cross old woman as poor as a church mouse. Sho was laying for tho doctor." One day Mnf. Small ent for Dr. Wilmot and paid her bill. As ho waa going away she asked, abruptly: "When are you and Ruth Mayne going to be married?" The young doctor blushed and said: "Not just yet, Mrs. Small In fact; not for a long time." "Why a long time, pray? Dong en gagements are no good." "Sometimes they are a necessity," bo replied. "I have Just started out In my profession. I must earn and save money before I marry. I would like to take my wife to a home of our own." "Humph! You are sensible there," said the old lady. "But I'll teM you how It will end. You'll get on; you've got It In you, and you'll please the women. You'll come Into a fashion able practice; then you'll marry a rich widow or a wealthy brewer's daughter, ond "Ruth Mayne will be left In tho lurch." "Ruth Mayne will never be left by me," answered the doctor, flushing In dignantly. "We will keep faith with each other until the time when I can" make her my wife" "Hum! We'll see!" sniffed the old lady. "Come back to-morrow, Dr. Wil mot and bring your stethoscope. I want you to examine my heart," she called out after him when he hnd step ped out and waa closing the door be hind him. "As if she had a heart!" commented Mrs. Twltty, who accidentally (7) hap pened to be In the ball near Mrs. Small's door. When Dr. Wilmot came the following day, Mrs. Small had Ruth 'Mayne with her. She had him sit down by his fiancee; then she took a legal looking paper from the table and addressed them. "Since you two have beed idiots enough to engage yourselves to marry, I don't want you to be still greater fools and go nnd stretch tho engage ment out until It's In danger of break ing. His excuse Is he "must earn' a home to take his wife to. Well, I've got a house or two more than 1 need ; so here's a deed to one of them-r a snug little house In a good neighbor hood. It's mado out In your Joint names. Take It and get married at once nnd go to housekeeping. No, don't thank me; I despise thanks; and don't fix your mouths to refuse. People of Bense take nil that comes. Take It. and good luck go with you! All I nBk Is that you'll keep your mouths shut about It I don't wnnt these women here to know I'm not a pauper. They'd bo toadying to me Twltty and the rest and I'd have to leave." One evening, two weeks Inter, Ruth Mayne was married quietly In her mother's llttlo Bitting room, Mrs. Small giving away the bride. They went nt once to housekeeping In the little house, which they found neatly furnished and ready for occu pancy; Philadelphia Bulletin. A SllKht DlMadvantnnre. She was only ten years old. little Margaret, but there were two vnnnir. er children, and she had already taken upon her shoulders some of the re sponsibilities of life, but did not pre tend to enjoy them all. "Where are Helen and Acatha?" asked a visitor, who found Margaret sitting on tho door-step alouo ono nf ternoon, looking particularly sober. "They've gone off to have what mother cnlls mischief nnd they call 'fun,'" said tho solitary one. "Aud you didn't go with them," said the visitor, with a hint of sympathy In her voice. 1 "Oh, no, snld Muriiaret. with n sigh, mother trusts mo so dreadfully! i cairt navo much of nny fun." KuMy- Aimuer. A Liverpool paper tells the nnthin story of ono A., who Is comnellwi tt. grow a beard to ward off pneumonia ana otner ins. xno womnn with whom. be has fallen In love, however. iliwiin. to marry him unless ho will shave. "What." asks our contemporary, "should A. do?" The anawor o.ma easy; Keep tho beard and cut the woman. A fool can talk without knowing whnf he ought to say, but a wlso man's si lenco Is duo to his knowing what Im ought not to say. A pretty girl usually has plain alU pension. Dr. Wllmnt 0und Uuth ; lnu.