Lincoln County leader., January 05, 1900, Image 6

A PATENT
66 5T? VISITOR. Jabez."
Old Farmer Smith rose
from the dinner-table and
picked up his hat from the side of the
chair.
"Who is It, wife?" he asked.
"A young man." she replied.
The farmer's lip set tight as he wit
nessed a glance which passed between
his wife and his daughter.
"I understand," he said, severely,
with a determined look at the anxious
face of the girl. "That London chap,
Leslie Austin."
"Yes, father." she replied.
"I'll settle his business for him," and
Farmer Smith strode Into the parlor,
his heavy boots sounding a death-knell
to the faint hopes in the sinking heart
of pretty, winsome Alice Smith. "So
you're here again, eh?"
The brusque iuterrogatory did not
eeem to crush the courteous, handsome
young man, who arose and faced the
farmer.
"Yes, Mr. Smith," was his reply.
"And on the same old errand, I sup
pose?" "Yes, sir; I came to ask your con
sent "
"You can't have it!" Interrupted
Farmer Smith, savagely. "Alice ain't
going to marry you or anybody else,
just yet."
"But time "
"You've heard me, Mr. Leslie Austin.
You can't have my daughter."
"I love her. Mr. Smith."
"Nonsense! She's too young to know
her own mind. I have said my say,
and the harvest hands are waiting.
Good-day, sir!"
Under such determined resistance,
Leslie Austin retreated. He bit his
lips angrily, as he walked rapidly down
the road to the village hotel.
"It's a shame," decided his friend
Bob Townsend, as he heard the dis
appointed lover's story.
"We thluk so much of each other,"
murmured Leslie, mournfully.
"You ain't going to give up this way,
xv you 7" asked Rob.
Leslie looked up inquiringly.
"What else can I do?" he asked.
"Many her," said Bob.
"Iler father won't consent."
"Suppose ho don't."
Leslie started, but shook his head
slowly.
"I know what you're hitting at, Bob
an elopement."
"You're right."
"But it could not be."
"Why not?"
"Because Alice Is bound to obey her
father, and I am, too, for that matter."
Bob scowled impatiently.
"Nonsense!" he aspirated, angrily.
"See here, Leslie. If you were the Ir
responsible chap old Smith thinks you,
I'd hesitate; but you ain't you're an
honest, well-to-do lawyer, respectably
connected, and only laboring under a
prejudice on the farmer's part, that
because neighbor Jones' girl married a
worthless man from the metropolis all
such matches must end similarly."
"Granted."
"Therefore, being in the right, and
the old farmer being in one of his mad
uomls, I'd outwit him."
"How?"
The query was encouraging.
"Bun away with Alice," said Bob.
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Her father watches her too closely."
"That's the ouly reason, is It?"
"I believe so."
'She's willing?" ,
"Presumably."
"And you?" ...
"O, Bob, you're talking nonsense! I
might as well go back to London and
wait until Mr. Smith changes his
mind."
"And let some other fellow have
Alice. You're a brave lover!"
Leslie wus despondent.
"I have a plan, If you're plucky
enough to follow It out," suggested
Bob.
Leslie's face grew expectant at the
Lint.
"What Is It?" he asked.
"Listen!"
What Bob told the discouraged lover
need not be repeated. The subsequent
acts of the conspirators afford a suf
ficient explanation.
It was the next day that faithful Bob
recounoltered the ground, and found
that Farmer Smith had Indeed taken
due precaution to prevent his daughter
meeting or running nway with Leslie.
But Bob managed to get a letter to
the fair prisoner a letter after rending
which secretly she manifested her ac
quiescence to Its contents by an Intel
ligent nod to the messenger.
It was the afternoon of the day fol
ELOPEMENT.
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lowing, just as Farmer Smith had senl
his boys to the town with a load of po
tatoes, and was seated, resting for an
hour or two, on the front porch, with
Alice Industriously sewing by his side,
that a vehicle driven by a single occu
pant came down the road.
Old Jabez looked In profound amaze
ment as the vehicle came to n stop. It
was a kind of skeleton wagon, with a
double seat, and behind it was attached
a small rubber hose, with several
wheels distributed here and there, near
the axle.
"In the name of wonder, what have
we here?" he said, as he walked to the
gate.
The driver sprang down.
"Jabez Smith?" he asked.
The farmer nodded a dignified as
sent, little dreaming that the bearded
stranger was Bob Townsend In dis
guise. "I learn from Inquires In the village
that you are quite a scientist, Mr.
Smith."
Science, of which old Jabez knew
nothing, but affected much, was his
salient point. ' Flattered by the strang
er's words, he replied pompously:
"1 reckon I know something about It."
"I have come, Mr. Smith," said the
stranger, "to show you a new motive
power for hay rakes."
The farmer's face fell.
"A patent right!" he muttered. "I
don't want to buy one," he said, aloud,
turning to re-enter the house.
"Buy one!" replied the stranger.
"This Is not for sale, sir," declared
Bob, with quiet dignity. "I desire
your opinion as a scientist In regard
to the principles Involved In Its con
struction and operations."
The farmer's face grew pleased
again.
"Happy to give It, sir. If I can be of
any use to the world at large by my
knowledge of science "
"Or make your fellow beings happy,
you're ready to sacrifice your valuable
time eh, Mr. Smith?" insinuated Bob.
"Certainly, sir."
"You can you can, believe me, sir,"
asseverated the wicked conspirator,
earnestly and truthfully. "Have you a
rake?"
"Yes."
"I'll help you bring It out here, and
we'll make a trial trip of this wonder
ful machine."
A few minutes later the farmer's hay
rake was brought out. Bob made
much ado of fastening it by a rope to
the rear of the vehicle, and the farmer
watched him curiously, as he turned
the wheels nnd adjusted the hose to
what he called position.
"This hose is an air brake, sir. The
Idea Is, If we can make it do so, to have
the rake operate as usual. The air
brnke might offer a resistance to the
ground, push forward the front vehicle,
and ventilate the hay. Man nnd brute
creation demand air why not ve
hicles?" "Quite true," replied Jabez, some
what dubious and perplexed over the
apparent uselessuess of the machine.
"Utility and nonrefragibillty, Mr.
Smith," rattled on Bob, recklessly.
"The hypothenuse of the curve of the
diameter of the axle, you perceive, has
a circumferential effect upon the
spheroid concavity of the brake. You
will understand these terms, Mr.
Smith, ns a mathematician and sclent-
' 1st All rendy?"
Farmer Smith, overcome by the lofty
words, obeyed mutely, as Bob requested
him to get Into the rake seat
"I'll drive the preliminary vehicle,"
explained Bob, with a serene chuckle
at the fun of his oratory, "and you will
watch the effect of the air brake If
the friction of the wheels generates air
over yonder stretch of meadow. By
the way, Is one of your hands around?'
"They've gone to town," replied
Jabez, blumly.
He had a vague consciousness that
the stranger was a charlatan, for he
could not for the life of him see what
possible use the clumsy combination
of wheels and hose could be.
"Ah, there's a young lady! Your
daughter, Mr. Smith, I presnme?" said
Bob, raising his hat politely. "There
must be more weight on the seat of the
front vehicle. If you'll let her take her
seat beside me, in the Interests of scl
ence, Mr. Smith?"
He nlmost lost his dignified gravity
as he saw the suspicious look on the old
farmer's face.
The last words, "In the Interests of
science," however, decided Mr. Smith,
"Jump In, Alice," he said, desper
ntely.
The stranger whipped up the horse.
i Old Jabez, in the rake-Beat behind.
clung on wildly as the horae tvas driven
briskly. He almost fell forward as
there was a break caused by the rope
parting. Bob had deftly cut It with a
knife.
"Hold on hold on!" cried old Jabez,
as the new motor-power vehicle dashed
forward.
He stared blankly a3 It traversed the
field, made a aharp turn to the road,
and, gracefully rounded a curve in
the highway, disappeared from view.
What did It mean? The boys had
taken the horses to town, and he could
not start In pursuit; but he grew
white as he discerned a fact:
He had been tricked!
He had cooled down considerably
when, at nightfall, a carriage drew up
before the gate.
He looked grimly up from beneath
his shaggy eyebrows as Leslie Austin
nnd pretty, blushing Alice came for
ward. Bob, following them, was the first
to speak.
"The new motor power took up e new
passenger down the road, Farmer
Smith," he said, shly. "You wanted
to make mankind happy, neighbor
you've done it"
Jabez made a feint to declare hos
tilities, then and there, against the con
spirators, but he sank back disarmed
in his chair as the gentle voice of bis
wife said, pleadingly:
"Forgive them, father they are eo
happy!"
And Farmer Smith had not the heart
ADMONISHING CHILDREN.
Reproof and Advice Must lie Sugar
Coated to Be Heeded.
"The universal frailty of our human
nature which dislikes to be told of
faults must be taken into consideration
when we converse with our grown-up
children, writes Kate tpson uiark in
the Woman's Home Companion. "After
tney pass tne age or rourteen or nrteeu
iney usuany ueiray a greater sensitive'
ness than before to even reasonable
fault-finding. By the time they reach
eighteen or twenty tills tendency has
become a marked trait They have
then become substantially like the rest
of us. Even from the lips of loving
fathers or mothers and In strict pri
vacy they want nothing but the same
sort of honey on which our own souls
love to feed. They wish no allusion
made to the facts that they are acqulr-
lng nasal tones; that their gait Is awk- place) "Why did you leave your last
ward; that their taste in dress Is un- place?" Servant "Once I was caught
formed and even bad; that they have listening at the door." Lady "Oh,
not good Judgment In choosing asso-' what did you hear?" FUegende Blat
clates, and so on. Private discourses ter.
upon the wiles of the world and the "How did you manage to escape hay
weakness of youth and its proneness to fever this year, -Clara?" "1 didn't
wander they wish none of. Whatever papa managed it" "How?" "He said
medicine of that sort is to be given he couldn't raise the money to send
must ue aaminisierec in small closes,
interjected with skill Into conversations
upon ordinary matters, and sugar
coated, If possible, with artful compli
ment, though it should be always de
served. Even the best and dearest of
our carefully-brought-up young people
are likely to have their year or more of
obstinacy and 'plg-headedness,' or their
permanent streaks of unreasonableness
and contumacy. Therefore, they would
better receive most of the telling
strokes that mold Into shape before
they reach the age of fourteen. From
that time up to the age of what Is called
'discretion,' which does not arrive with
most of us before twenty-five (if then),
the youth, in Judgment and sense, Is
really not much superior to what he
was at from seven to fifteen, but he
has no suspicion of this fact."
Business Girls.
I do not mean a girl who has gone dent Yes, and where did John the Bap
into some trade or profession, for the tlst llve? Scholar In the desert Su
most domestic "home bird" of my girl perlntendent Quite right! And what
renders may be one. Indeed, If she do w call people who live In the desert?
helps to carry out her daily duties suc
cessfully she must do her utmost to
become a "business girl" In my sense
of the word. And when. In course of
time, she passes to a home of her own,
she will be at no loss In taking up her
position ns housekeeper nnd mistress,
She will win the respect of those In her
employ by showing them that she un
derstands how she should be served,
and that while comfort Is absolutely
required, no extravagance will be al
lowed. She will cause her husband's
love for her to Increase by showing
him how truly his Interest is hers by
bringing Into play her knowledge cf
"how to spend nnd how to save." To
make home uncomfortable by mean,
unnecessary savings Is no real econ
omy, but to plan with loving thought
how to make every dollar yield Its true
value Is housekeeping In Its best sense,
for such a "business girl" will make a
small Income go further nnd give more
real happiness and comfort than would
one of double and treble the amount
In Inexperienced hands. But to make
my girl reader a complete business one
of the type which I write, she must
alse learn how to conduct her charities
Giving indiscriminately, without in
quiry or thought is often more produc
tive of evil than good, and she must be
as wise over the spending of the por
tlon allotted "to help others." and give
ns thorough consideration to It as she
does to what she puts apart for her,
personal concerns.
. When a smnll boy wnnts a match fifteen dollars; we are now offering
with which to light a cigarette, he them for five." The desired customer
prefixes his request for one with the "And you've got the gall to openly ad
word "please." He then goes home mlt that you've been gouging people to
and saya 'Toss the butter." 1 that extent!" Leslie's Weekly.
"A fool can ask more questions than
a wise man can answer; ain't that so?"
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"I can t answer you. inaiauapons uiuu ws jeim ,-?eii m me tiolv Land
journal. the picturesque environment ' and the
"Help! help!" cried the man who was wnn 1ur and hot , "Prings, are
being robbed. "Calm yourself," said greater to the square yard than any i0.
tho Hohwfivmnn. "I don't need any as-1
slstance." Exchange.
An art criticism: "She'd look better
without so much powder and rouge on."
"Yes. She isn't so bad as she's paint
ed." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mrs. Oatcake treading newspaper)
There are 15,000 Poles In Philadelphia.
Farmer Oatcake Gracious! What a
place to raise beans! Philadelphia Rec
ord. "How long have they been keeping
house?" "Well, I understand they
usually keep one uutil the landlord In
sists on having the rent." Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Freddie It's always In damp places
where mushrooms grow, isn't it, papa?
Papa Yes, my boy. Freddie Is that
the reason they look like umbrellas,
papa? Tld-BIts.
Physician (giving advice) Lastly, Mc
Gorry, don't go to sleep on an empty
stomiich. McGorry (who is ailing) No
danger av thot, doctlior; Oi always
slape on me back. Bazar.
An Explanation. "You referred to
your friend as a dead game sports
man?" "Yes; he always buys his birds
in the market. Dead game Is his spe
cialty." Washington Star.
Muggins My wife insists upon hav-
jng tue
last word. Buggius You're
In the bright lexicon of my
iuciV
wife.s vocabulary there Is no such word
lls last-Philadelphia Record.
The Missionary My erring brother,
have you been Christianized? The Na
tiveNot completely. They have gob
bled all my laud, but I st 11 have my few
clothes. Indianapolis Journal.
"Don't be afraid, Willie! Tigers al
ways roar when It's time for them to be
fed." "Oh, I ain't afrnid, grandpa.
Papa makes a worse row than that
when dinner's late at borne." Jugend.
Lady of the house (to applicant for a
me to the mountains." New York
World.
Bride (throwing her arms about the
bridegroom's neck) You are my pris
oner for life. Bridegroom It's not Im
prisonment for life, love; It's capital
punishment Sydney Town and County
Journal.
Mrs. Wiltby "I am afraid baby Isn't
well, dear." Wiltby "What makes
you think so?" Mrs. Wiltby "Ha
hasn't had anything the matter with
hlni so long that I'm getting real wor
ried." Puck.
An evasive answer: Banker "Before
I accept you as a suitor for my daugh
ter, I should like to know how you
stand politically. Now, I am for gold."
Suitor "That's what I'm after, sir!"
Town Topics.
The Military Obsession: Superinten-
Scholar Deserters. Brooklyn Life,
Tired Tootstrong "Madam, will you
please help a poor, homeless man out
, of his troubles?" Madam (who was
raised In the backwoods) "Certainly?
, Would you rather be shot or hit on tho
head with an ax?" Norristown Herald.
Mrs. Bugg "If you keep on being so
unreasonable I shall just have to go
home nnd live with mamma." Mr.
Bugg "Stay, my dear, I cannot be un
reasonable enough to consign you to
such a cruel fate." Philadelphia Bul
letin. "Jones called up his first wife at the
seance last night, and what do you
think he said to her?" said Smith.
"Goodness knows," replied Brown. "He
asked her If she would give his second
wife her recipe for mincemeat" rick-Me-Up.
The Tartlng: She Henry, dearest,
I have at last discovered that I love
i J'ou' He Ah, you have heard, then,
that my uncle hns died and left me
$3,000. She Sir, nfter that remark we
! must part forever! I heard It was fifty
Judge.
Deacon Blaek-Dls ain't no pussonal
queschun; but If a man steals a chick
ing am It propah fo' him ter say grace
befo' he eats It?' Deacon Johnson
Shnnli! Ain't ha trnt - . -
t.ank de VhTcken an' S
not glttm. cotched?-Puck
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Muuutfiu "inai kind of
coat sir, we have sold up to date for
SALT LAKE CITY.
An Important Factor In Trancontl
lienlal Travel.
No one crossing the continent can
afford to cut Salt Lake City from his
route. The attractions of the place
including the Mormon Temple, Taber
nacle and Church institutions, the
Great Salt Lake deader and iiw.
i.1 1U. TV J L... il .
L """uuc.
The Eio Grande Western liailwo
connecting on the East with the Den
ver & Rio Grando and Colorado Mid
land Railways and on the West with
the Southern Pacific (Central Route)
and Oregon Slwrt Line, is tho only
transcoutinetnnl line passing directly
through Salt Lake vCity. The ronte
through Salt Lake City via the Ri0
Grande Western Railway is famous all
the year round. On account of the
equable climate of Utah and Colorado
it is just as popular in winter as in
summer. Send 2c to J. D. Mansfield
253 Washington St., Portland, or Geo!
W. Heintz, Acting General Passenger
Agent, Salt Lake City, for a copy of
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Saints."
Aru You Oolnj Eimt?
If so. you should see that
your ticket reads via the
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and yon will get the beet.
imuiue tueeping cars, elegant
teoliiiitig chair cms "free," and library
buffet cars on all through trains. Best
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lar personally conducted excursions
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full particulars call on or address any
ticket agent, or A. E. COOPER,
G. A. P. D., C. R. I. & P. Ry., 248
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Climate, Scenery and Nuture'i Bant
tnrlnni.
Scenery, . altitude, sunshine and air,
constitute the factors which are rapid
ly making Colorado the health and
pleasure grounds of the world.
Here the sun shines 357 days of the
average year, and it blends with the
crisp, electric mountain air to produce
a climate matchless in the known
world. No pen can portray, no brush
can picture the majestic grandeur of
the scenery along the line of the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado.
Parties going East should travel via
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world as the Scenic Line of the world.
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C. Nichol, general agent, 251 Wash
ington 6treet, Portland, Or., or any
agent of the O. R. & N. Co., or South
ern Pacific Company.
Los Angeles, Cal., is. distinguished
for the number of pretroliuin oil wells
it possesses. The output for 1898 ap
proximated 1,100,000 barrels, and that
for 1899 is estimated to be about the
same.
When hat is wet with rain it should
be dried with a silk handkerchief,
brushed with a soft brush and when it
is nearly dry with a harder brush.
Live as though life were earnest and
life will be so.
Mr. Beerbohm, a London grain trade
authority, is of the opinion that Europe
will this season require 85 per cent ol
the American surplus supply of wheat,
in which event the reserves at the end
of the present crop year may be even
smaller than they were at the begin
ning of the harvest in 1898.
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