A PATENT
66
VISUTOIt. Jabez."
Old Farmer Smith rose
from the dinner-table nud
ptcked up his hat from the side of the
chair.
"Who is It, wife?" he asked.
"A young man." she replied.
The farmer's Up set tight as he wit
nessed a glance which passed between
his wife and his daughter.
"I understand." ho said, severely,
with a determined look at the anxious
face of the girl. "Thttt 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 interrogatory 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
cent "
"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 nngrily, 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 think so much of each other,"
murmured Leslie, mournfully.
"You ain't going to give up this way,
are you?" asked Bob.
Leslie looked up inquiringly.
"What else can I do?" he asked.
"Marry her," said Bob.
"Her father won't consent."
"Suppose he don't."
Leslie started, but shook his head
slowly.
"I know what you're hitting at, Bob
nnIopement."
"Hu're right."
"BjUt It could not be." J
"WUy not?"
Because Alice Is bound to obey bei
fat:
father, and I am, too, for that matter."
r." jjt
4
Bob scowled Imminently.
"Nonsense!" he nsplrated, angrily,
"See here, Leslie. If you were the
responsible chap old Smith thinks yo
'd hesitate; but you ain't
mest, well-to-do lawy
leeted. and only I
''ce on the far
-'r-'bor Jon?
v . m, "lift r
such rnJymes must ena slmliai
"Granted."
tAn
"Therefore, being In tho rigut,and
the old farmer being in one of hlsmud
snw
noods, I'd outwit him."
"How?"
The query was encouraging.
"Run away with Alice," said Bob.
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Her father watches her too closely."
"That's tho ouly reason, Is It?"
"I believe bo."
"She's willing?" f
i "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 was despondent.
"I have a plan, if you're plucky
enough to follow It out," suggested
Bob.
Leslie's face grow expectant at the
hint
"What is It?" he asked.
"Listen!"
What Bob told tho discouraged lover
need not bo repeated. The subsequent
nets of the conspirators afford a suf
ficient explanation.
It was the next day that faithful Bob
reconnoltered the ground, and found
that Farmer Smith had Indeed taken
due precaution to prevent his daughter
meeting or running away with Leslie.
But Bob managed to get a letter to
tho fair prisoner n letter after reading
which secretly she manifested her ac
quiescence to Its contents by an Intel
ligent nod to tho messenger.
It was the afternoon of the day fol
ELOPEMENT.
lowing, Just as Farmer Smith had sen!
his boys to tho town with a load of p
tatoes, and was seated, resting for nn
hour or two, on tho front porch, with
Alice Industriously sowing 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 a stop. It
was a kind of skeleton wagon, with a
double scat, 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
wo here?" he said, as he walked to the
gate.
Tho 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 Jnbez knew
nothing, but nffected much, wns his
salient point. Flattered by the strang
er's words, he replied pompously:
"I 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 faco 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 sacrillce 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'? aay
rake was AbrouiY' out. Bob, made
much ado It, ; a rope to
the reay
., any tho farmer
usly, as he turned
adjusted the hose to
position.
. an air brake, sir. The
uH make it do so, to have
urate as usual. The air
(t offer a resistance to the
sh forward the front vehicle,
ate the hay. Man and brute
demand air why not ve-
-no," replied Jabez, some
what Uu. i'J perplexed over tho
apparent uselesbuEriU of the mnchlne.
"Utility and nonreivj S5Hty, (Sir.
Smith," rnttled on BobKUle'ssly.
"The bypothenuso of tho curve of the
diameter of the axle, you perceive, has
a circumferential effect upon the
spheroid concavity of tho brake. You
will understand these terms, Mr.
Smith, as a mathematician and sclent-
1st. All rendv?"
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 tho 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
tho way, Is one of your hands around?"
"They've gone to town," replied
Jabez, blumly.
Ho had a vague consciousness that
the stranger was a charlatan, for he
could not for tho life of him see what
possible use the clumsy combination
of wheels and hose could be.
"Ah, there's a young ladyl Your
daughter, Mr. Smith, I presume?" said
Bob, raising his hat politely. "There
must be more weight on tho seat of tho
front vehicle. If you'll let her take her
seat beside me, In the Interests of sci
ence, Mr. Smith?"
He almost 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," ho said, desper
ately. The stranger whipped up the horse.
Old Jabez, in the rake-scat behind,
clung on wildly as tho horue h'os driven
briskly. He almost fell forward as
there was u break caused by the ropo
parting. Bob hud deftly cut It with a
knife.
"Hold on hold on!" cried old Jabez,
as tho new motor-power vehicle dashed
forward.
Ho stared blankly as It traversed the
field, made a ahurp turn to the road,
and, gracefully rounded a curve in
tho highway, disappeared from view.
What did it mean? The boys had
taken the horses to town, and ho could
not start In pursuit; but ho grew
white as ho discerned a fact:
He hnd been tricked!
He had cooled down considerably
when, at nightfall, a carriage drew up
before the gate.
Ho looked grimly up from benonth
his shaggy eyebrows ns Leslie Austin
and pretty, blushing Alice came for
ward. Bob, following them, wns the first
to speak.
"The now motor power took up n now
passenger dowu the road. Farmer
Smith," ho snld. shly. "You wanted
to make mnnklnd hnppy, neighbor
you've done It."
Jnbez mnde a feint to declnre hos
tilities, then and there, against the con
spirators, but he sank back disarmed
In his chair ns the gentle volco of his
wife said, pleadingly:
"Forgive them, father they are fo
happy!"
And Farmer Smith had not the heart
to say uny.
ADMONISHING CHILDREN.
Reproof and Advice Must He SHRnr
Contcd to lie Ilccdctl.
"The universal frailty of our human
nnturo which dislikes to be told of
faults must be taken Into consideration
when we converse with our grown-up
Hillilron." writes Knte Upson Clark In
the Womnn's Home Companion. "After
they pass the age of fourteen or lirteeu
thev usually betray a greater sensitive
ness than before to evcu reasonable
Itv tln time thev reach
- ,
eighteen or twenty this tendency has
become a marked trait. They have
thou become substantially like the rest
of us. Even from the lips or loving
fathers or mothers nud In strict pri
vacy they want nothing but the same
sort of honey on which our own sotils
love to feed. They wish no allusion
bade to the facts that they are acqulr
lug nasal tones; that their gait Is uwk
ward: that their taste In dress Is uu
formed nud even bad; that they have
not cood judgment In choosing nsso
ciates, and so on. Frivate discourses
unou tho wiles of the world and the
weakness of youth and Its proneness to
wander they wish none of. hutever
medicine of that sort Is to be given
must he administered in small doses.
Interjected with skill Into conversations
nnon ordinary matters, and sugar-
coated, f Dossible. with artful compu
ment, though It should be always de
served. Even the best and dearest or
our carefullv-broucht-un young people
are likely to have their year or more of
obstinacy and 'plg-headedness,' or their
normanent streaks of unreasonableness
and contumncy. Therefore, they would
better receive most of the telling
strokes that mold into shape before
thev reach the age of fourteen. Irom
that time up to the age of what Is called
discretion.' which does not arrive with
most of us before twenty-five (If then),
tho youth, In Judgment and sense, is
really not much superior to what ne
was nt from seven to fifteen, but he
has no suspicion of this fact."
Business Olrls.
I do not mean a girl who has gone
Into some trade or profession, for tho
most domestic "home bird" of my girl
readers mny be one. Indeed, If she
helps to carry out her dally duties sue
'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 bo nt no loss in taking up her
position as housekeeper and mistress
She will win the respect of those In her
employ by showing them that she un
derstnnds how she should bo served,
and that while comfort is absolutely
required, no extravagance will be nl
lowed. She will cause her husband's
love for her to Increase by showing
hlra how truly his Interest Is hers by
bringing Into piny her knowledge of
"how to spend and how to save." To
make homo uncomfortablo by mean,
unnecessary savings Is no real econ
omy, but to plnn 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 and give more
real happiness and comfort than would
one of doublo and treble tho amount
In Inexperienced hands. But to make
my girl reader a complete business one
of tho type which I write, she must
also learn how to conduct her charities
Giving Indiscriminately, without In
qulry or thought, Is often more produc
tlvo of evil thnn good, and she must bo
as wise over the spending of tho por-
tlon allotted "to help others," and givo
as thorough consideration to It ns she
does to what sho puts apart for her
personal concerns.
When a small boy wants a match
with which to light a cigarette, he
nvoflyns Ills renuest for one with tlin
word "please." Ho then goes homo
and says' "I'ass the uuuer."
uestlouR than
i IUUI KUU - ,
a wise, man can answer; nln t that so
I can't answer you. -uui'u"a
Journal.
"Help! help!" cried the man who wai
being robbed. "Calm yourseir, sum
the hlghwnyninn, "1 don't need any as
sistance." Exchange.
i ....miui. siin'il look hotter
iVIl Hit dnivio.... " ,(
without bo much powder and rouge- on.
"Yon. She sn't so hail as two
ed." Philadelphia Bulletin.
u irnnilinir newspaper)
'Ph.. nr.. 1R.000 Poles In Philadelphia.
Gracious! What n
place to raise beans! riillmlolphla Itec-
ord.
"How long hnve they been keeping
house?" "Well. I tiiiiieiHtanu wiuy
usually keep one until the landlord In
sists on having the rent."-Phlladel-phla
Bulletin.
T....i,n.vt'ci niu-nvR In damp piuce
' I HI VI IV wot.."""-- '
),,.. iKiiuiir-.innm i?rov. Isn't It, pupal
Papa-Yes, my boy. Freddle-ls hat
the reason they looK nice uuiureuua,
papa? Tld-Hlts.
iMivxl.-liin (clvliig advlcO-Lastly, mc-
Gorrv, don't go to sleep on an empty
stomach. McGorry uvho Is alIlng)-No
danger av thot. doctlior; 01 alwayt
slapu on me buck. Basar.
An Exi)lunatlon.-"You referred to
your friend as a dead game sports-
man?" "Yes; he always buys ins uirua
In the market. Dead game Is his spe
cialty." Washington Star.
Mugglns-My wife Insists upon hav
ing the last word. Hugglns-You'ro
limkv. Tn the bright lexicon of my
wife's' vocabulary there Is no such word
as last. Philadelphia Ileeoni.
Tin. Mtaainnnrv Mr erring brother,
have you been Christianized? The Na
tiveNot completely. Tlioy nnve goo
bled all my land, but I st 11 hnve 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 alu't afraid, grandpa.
Puna makes a worse row thnn that
when dinner's Into nt homo." Jugend.
Lndv of the house (to applicant for a
place) "Why did you leave your last
place?" Servant "Once I was caught
llstenlnc nt the door." Lady "Oh,
what did you heur?" l-'llegendo Blat
ter.
"How did you mnnnge to escape hay
fever this year, Clara V" "I didn't.
Pnna managed It." "How?" "He said
he couldn't raise the money to send
me to tho mountains." rsow lorn
World.
Bride (throwing her arms about the
bridegroom's neck) You are my pris
oner for life. Bridegroom It's not liu-
nrlsonment for life, love: It s capital
punishment. Sydney Town and County
Journal.
Mrs. Wlltby "I am afraid baby Isn't
well, dear." Wlltby-"What makes
you think so?" Mrs. Wlltby "He
hasn't had anything the mntter with
him so long that I'm getting real wor-rled."-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.
Tho Military Obsession: Superinten
dentYes, and where did John the Bap
tist live? Scholar In tho desert. Su
perintendentQuito right! And what
do we call people who live In tho desert?
Scholar Deserters. Brooklyn Life.
Tired Tootstrong "Madam, will you
please help a poor, homeless man out
of his troubles?" Madam (who wns
raised In the backwoods) "Certainly?
Would you rather be shot or hit on tho
head with an ux?" Norrlstown Herald.
Mrs. Bugg "If you keep on being so
unreasonable I shall Just havo to go
homo nnd live with mamma." Mr.
Bugg "Stay, my denr, I ennuot be un
reasonable enough to consign you to
such a cruel fute." Philadelphia Bul
letin. "Jones called up his first wife ot the
eeanco last night, and what do you
think ho said to her?" Bald Smith.
"Goodness knows," replied Brown. "Ho
asked her If she would give his second
wlfo her recipe for mincemeat." Pick-Me-Up.
Tho Parting: Sho Henry, dearest,
I havo at last discovered that I love
you! He Ah, you have heard, then,
that my uncle has died and loft mo
$5,000. She Sir, after that remark wo
must part forever! I heard It wus Ufty.
Judge.
Deacon Black D!s ain't no pussonal
queschun; but If a man steals a chick
ing am it propah fo' him tor Bay grace
befo' ho eats It? Deacon Johnson
Shuuh! Ain't ho got two reasoim to
funk do Lnwd-fo de chicken an fo'
not gittln cotched? Puck.
Nailed: Kunner-In-"Thnt kind of
coat, sir, wo havo sold up to date for
ttftecu dollars; wo are now offering
them for five." Tho desired customer
"And you've got tho gull to openly ad
mit that you've been gouging people to
that cxtentr-Lcslle's Weekly.
SALT LAKE CITY.
An Iniiiorinni i-noior in Trnnconl
iirnlHl Triivttl. mm
Nn nun rroxMn" the Contlhmif.
- - n - wq
afford to cut Halt Lake City from fflj
route. The nuruouoiis 01 tn0 placgg
including tho Mormon Temple, TnliSrS
imole and Church iiiHtltutiouM, the
Groat Suit Lake deader nnd dunjBg
than tho Dead Sen In the Holy LamlHS
tho picturesque environment and B9
warm sulphur ami nut upringH,
irrimtur to tho williiro Vunl thnn unv
n . - j
,,.IIh mi I in. A iii t.ri t'li 11 i-iiiitiniiiif
The HIo uruniio vt omorii Hallway!
connecting on tho East with tho l)Sg
ver & HIo Urauno nnd l olorudo MS
land Hallways and on tho WoHt wi
tho Southern Pacific (Central Hoof
mill DriiL'Oll Short Lino. Ih till, nr
trniiRcnutinutiml lino paHHltiK illrcot
through salt wiko v uy. nie rot
through Salt Ijko City via tho ifl
Cnmdo Western Hallway Ih famnii:
tho year round. On account of t5
equablo ollmato of Utah and Colnrflj
it la ItiHt uu popular in winter ns
nummor. Send 'Jo to J D. MuiiHlloi
258 Washington St., Portland, or !
W. Hoiutz, Acting imneral rasseni
Agent, Salt Luke I ity, for a enpy
"Salt Lako City tho (. Uy oi
Saints."
Aro Von Unlit,; Hint?
If no, you hIioiiU! acii tl!
your ticket rends vm
liroitt 1WI0K INIUIl-l nuif
nnd you will gut tin. lioa
Pullman
jmliioe Hleeping ears, ch-j
teuliiiinK chair cms "free, mi l lihtj
bntTut curs on nil through trams 1)1
limine cur Hcrvico in the world I'od
Inr tieiponally conducted exurnid
onco a wcok to all points Hunt
full particulars call on or a.Hrcm agE
ticket agent, or A. Vj. tuiiri-.it,
G. A. P. D.. O. H. 1. fc P. Ity .
Washington Htroet, Portland, "r.
Clliunt, Bcnimry nnl Nturr'
tnrliun.
Scenery, altitude, sunshlno un-l aj
constitute tho fnctors which nn- nir
ly making Colorado tho health
rili-iiHtiro irrounds of tho worl-1.
Hero tho un shines 1107 day i
nvimu'n venr. nnd it Mends with
r, . j
crisp, electric mountain air to prdt
a climate matchless in the Mioi
world. No lien can tiortrav no t.ro
run nicturo the majestic fran li-url
tho scenery nlong the lino of the Denl
& Hio (irniiilo Hailrosul in -lnu
Parties going East shonl l trawl
this lino which is known nil owr'
world as tho Scenic Line of the worfill
Tor any information renr lin.' ruwSJ
time tables, etc., call on or a-l-'ni'aj
C. Nlchol, general agent, 2-l WwB
Ington Btreet, Portland, Or , or SB
agent of tho O. H. & N. Co.. or boulu
em Pacific Company. fl
Los Angeles, Cal., 1b difitincuii'hgj
for tho number of pretroliuin oil wSB
it nosBCShcs. Tho outimt for lHOSfSB
proxlmatod 1,100,000 barrels, and tKS
for 18UU is estimated to be about fK
sumo. 'H
When hat Is wot with rain it ehoB
hn dried with a silk handken hi
brushed with a soft brush nnd whet
is nearly dry with a harder brush.
Live as though life were earnest i
life will be bo.
Mr. Bcerbohm, a London grain tr
nuthority, is of tho opinion that Eur
will this hoafou require 85 per cent
tho American Hurplus supply of whe
in which event tho rcservea at tho 6N
of tho present crop year may ho oJS
Binuller than they wero at tho begtej
niug of tho harvest in 1808.
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