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THAT OLD SPOTTED COW By M QUAD Copyright, by Anointed Lit- rary I ret s. The vii!Ke of Medina had Ions bwn at peine. No one cuu'.d recall when litre had been a lawsuit or r.ny trou ble lu the church. No I've had taken place, and no oue had l-een drowned in the mill Mind. All this was uot changed In the twinkling of an eye. but in uh ut a week. The Widow Strong moved over there from ;rautvila mid one of the tbiiiRS she brought with her was an old spotted cow. S-he had a moral and leal rifht to do this. S-he n'.to had a moral and lesnl lkht to let that old cow run at laa-o In the utreeis. That U the nstoin in most n ) vi: laces. The cow was sized up, but with no critial eye. She was Judged to be pood tempered and law abiding. She betrayed a becoming modesty and had no quarrels. Hut the town was de ceived In that cow. Deacon I'epratu awoke one morning to find her In his pardon. She had eaten every stalk of his preen corn. He was a pood man, the demon, but he felt it his duty to take a club to that old cow mid thump and pound her and run her out of his garden. Within two hours after he had done so he had a lawsuit on bin hands. The Widow Strong proposed to stand by her cow at all hazirds. Of course the deacon had to bring a counter suit. That old spotted cow broke Into another garden. There was no corn there, but she was not a par ticular cow. She filled up on beets, udlslies and cucumbers and In the morning was found complacently chewing her cud In the onion bed. The garden of a third citizen was spoiled, then a fourth and fifth. At sundown that cow would be lying In the. dusty street with half closed eyes and a look of Innocence on her face. Three hours Inter she would lie play lug the role of devastator. Most of the fences had stood fur twenty years, and she fouhd little trouble in pushing her way through them. When her eccen tric conduct became known dozens of citizens 'sat up nights to get u w hack at her. She did not always come olT a w inner, but with the tater bugs to aid her she did fairly well. Every time she was found lu a garden she was thumped; every time she was thumped meant a lawsuit; every time there was a new lawsuit the town was divided again. Things couldn't go ou that way. The selectmen of the village held a spo l".l meeting and decided to olllclally appeal to the Widow Strong to aell out that old cow to the butcher. "Not If I know myself." was her re ply. "1 have owned that cow for thir teen j ears, and I don't propose to see no butcher make beef of her. It Isn't the cow, but the fences. Make 'em fix up their fem es, and the cow will stay on the outside." Then the selectmen held a special meeting and resurrected an old ordi nance by which a stray cow could be Impounded and held for any damage It inly M do. A delegation waited on the widow to notify her, and she laugh ed In their faces. "No such bluff goes with me," she added.' "There are thirty cows at large In this town. If you take mine you take the others. Go to grass with your old ordinance." Vl'ho minister of the ouly church In tlie village had kept clear of the affair up to now, but things were getting so hot that he was dragged In. He was asked to call on the widow and talk cow to her talk old spotted cow. He didn't fancy the Job, but still he called. Of course he had a lot to say before he got n round to the cow question, and he had scarcely touched upon It wheu the widow's chin was in the air and she replied: '1 tell you I won't have that dumb animal abused; She's stood' by me, and I'm going to stand by her." The good man went away disheart ened. And yet, after all, It was he who solved the problem. He heard that Elder Comstook, widower, had been seen calling on the widow, nnd he sent for him and said: "Elder, are you well enough ac quainted with the Widow Strong to form au opinion regarding her?" "Very set in her ways," was the reply, "You are alone lu the world, elder?" "Yes." "You managed your other wife?" "I did." "And If you were married to this woman I believe you could manage her." "1 dunno atxmt that; I dunno." "And you could sell or trade that cow and bring peace to the town. The church Is threatened with disruption. Something must be done." "You don't mean 1 ought to marry the widow?" "Well, don't you think you'd 1 hap pier T' "1-1 might." tion Isn't It your duty to sacrifice a littler She's a woman that will throw things when she pets mad." said the elder after a long silence. "Hut that old cow U devastating the Tillage. Klder, you'd die for your coun try, wouldn't you?" The elder b k a couple of days to think It over and then called, proposed and was accepted. A month later he and the widow were married. The next day that old spotted cow mys teriously disappeared, and the dove of peace enme back and still hove-s over the town. Suddenly ot a iM stl'.l nearer the a tun T fit TP ft flash heard a crack. and the wolf, raising himself on hind leg, ran away like a deer. his A Man In Wolf's Cloth Am By DONALD CHAM:ERLIN Ccpvright by An-.erican Pres Association election Proclamation. I, the undersigned, John H. Reming ton', mavor of the city of Monmouth, in Polk countv, State of Oregon, do here by certify and declare that at a special I i,nd a good Tlew of the creature s election held in said city on Monday, tne silhouette against a line of dawn, and 5th day of june 1911, an act supple I am a p1 shot on the wing. Tiais- metltary to the charter of the city of in; my rifle. I achieved an excellent : Monm0"uth Oregon, authorizing and aim and fired. The wolf pitched for- ! mpowering said cjty by its common to bring them out. In a few minutes , to purchase or acquire by the exercise thev came running toward me. I of the right of eminent domain real and called to them and joined them. Then ; personal property, and to borrow money we went to the body of the wolf I had .,nd j?sue bonds of said city not exceed I'aln. We found him to be one of the . jng twenty-five thousand dollars in Vuaregs w ho had come Into our camp i amount providing for the payment of a few d:iys before, a villainous look- e prjncjpai and interest of said bonds lng rascal, who seemed to be a sort of ; for management of said water sheik among them. j wQrk was duly subm:tted to the legal We scoured the country for awhile, j for their approva, or but found no one else, in.si u , .;, nf rejei uuM as puvmtu ... Church Directory. Evangelical Church W. A. Gueffroy, Pastor. ftiorning service at u m Evening service at 7-qq , , j iu:00 a , Y. P. A. Meeting at. Z 1 1 Prayer Meeting Wednesday eve CHRISTIAN CHUECH. W. A. Wood, Pastor. Mornincr Service at. n lx Evening Service at 7 30 n Sunday School bit; Y. P.S. .E. .. 6:30 p Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p for finding a place of concealment. I took similar precautions the next said city entitled "An ordinance pro- Jail Leaving Gibraltar. I crossed the atrait and landed In Tangier. The transition from an English army post to an Arab town la about as marked as any that can be made. At Tangier , one finds about him the swarthy na tive, wearing the baracau, a long white cotton garment probably the toga of the Romans, who once con quered, his country, handed down to the present day and of a different re ligion from what he has left on the other side of the strait. If his system of superstition can be called religion. 'At Tangier 1 outlined for a trip to ; the great desert of Sahara, aiming to ; .... ., u..,ifh nu Tiint thence ,,,-h, l. .... .... . ... - j tente.lly nortneastwaru 10 i ripou. i uau f eral camels and a dozen men as serv ants and guards. night and for several nights. , but we : posing ana suomiLung u.c .a. were not troubled again In the same j ters of the city of Monmouth, Oregon, wav. Doubtless the robbers, knowing for their approval or rejection an act that w e had got ou to their game, gave It up. CARE FREE CONVICTS. supplementary to the charter of said city of Monmouth authorizing said city to construct, purchase, keep, conduct, maintain and operate water-works with in and without said city; and to that Lifa In Montenegro a Cheerful end to acquire, purchase, and own real Sort cf Extcnc:. j and personal property; to exercise right Cettinje. the capital of Montenegro, j 0f emjnent domain in carrying said possesses the most reman;, ime plm.u jnt0 effect: to borrow money and il urn. ! r issue and disprsj of bonds ot said There Is no lonelier place on the face of the earth than the desert, though I will admit that on a starlight night there Is a solemn grandeur about it. When wo were not moving at night in stead of the day I established a guard about my camp Just as If we were an army marching through an enemy's country, and, strange to say, this vig ilance was simply exercised against thieves and robbers. The Ingenuity of these lying rascals Is remarkable. They are natural spies. They would come Into our camp In the most frieud- ly way for the purpose of theft, If they : system hi the world, 'lhe jail pre i sents little to indicate that it is a : place of conllneuieiit. There are no i outer prison walls, and in the cells the men bout ten in each -are us con- and comfortably housed as ! their own personal domestic belong ings can make them. Moreover, they I are generously fed. and cigarettes without stint, wine occasionally and no work at all combine to check any desire to escape more effectually than would strong walls, iron liars and an army of warders. When V. J. Still man was in that country in the seven ties all the free men were away fight ing. ni;d he observed how when a mes senger was wanted tjie ollh-ial took a man out of the prison and sent him liff. having no fear that he would not return. One such messenger was sent to Cattaro. in Austrian territory, with i 3,000 florins for the bank and duly I came back. Another asked a Russian BAPTIST CHURCH. W. W. Davis, Pastor. Preaching Service, Sunday School, B. Y. P. Union. at 11 .Aft " -wa.nl. 8:00 p. a. 10:00 a. a 6:9) W. C. T. U. Local Union meets every sec. ona ana iourtn Friday in the E- vangehcal church at 2:30 p. m. could get their hands on anything, and,! Cattaro to Intercede with Prince rvlelioins tor tits release irom prison. "Rut you are not in prison," said the Russian. "Oh." said the man. "I have only come down for a load of skins for So-nnd-so. but I must go into prison again when I ret Iwk r Cettinje." One guard wat' lied all the prisoners when they sunned themselves nut of doors, and If lie wi re called away a prisoner would take bis riS;' and do duty for the time-London Mail. If not, to gather Information as to how they could rob us at another time. One day a band of Tuaregs, as they are called, came into camp for the purpose, I felt sure, of observation. They numbered about as many as we, but as my force was under the com mand of a Kuropeau and well armed they would not think of attacking us. That same night my sentinel I put one man on guard was shot dead. I heard the distant crack of a ritle and, calling several of my men. hurried them out. in different directions after the murderer. I went myself, but saw noth ing, only the n'cat sandy billows. Oneof my men reported seeln;: a wolf running nway, but no human being was found. The next day we buried the mur dered man and proceeded ou our way. j That night while every one except tlu man on guard was asleep there was j another crn k, and a sentry was killed. ! Again 1 deployed my men, proceeding 1 farther than before, but not even a I wild animal was found. There was j ample opportunity for any one to hide j among the sand billows, and by cover- ' lug himself with his baracau he was j uot likely to be seen. At any rate, we j were obliged to give up the search. j I surmised that the party of Tua- regs who had visited our camp were ', hovering near us, Intending to pick off j a man every night till our number 1 should be so reduced as to fender us an easy prey. Then our camels, our j fi.litu i.lir ttiltmll.w .tin nnita ...i.l n ! GRISTLS DHEAD. A Favorite In Mcrway and In Parts of Girmcny. "What is gristle bread? Why. that." said a baker, "is a kind of bread that Is peculiar to Norway and to some parts of (iermany. In Norway it has been made for many years, and hero there are bakeries In which it is made for Norwegian patrons who still pre fer it wherever they may be. "In making ; ristle bread the Ic.ives wheu first formed up from the dough are laid on boards and put through an extra heated oven lu which tin-re is baked ou tliein au outer crust or sl.in, the gristle. Then the loaves are turn ed over and put through the oven again, so that the gristle may be baked all over them. This quick oven makes only that outer crust on the loaves, which are then placed in another oven for their final complete baking. city in amounts, denominations, kinds and form and on terms and conditions as in said amendment provided, and providing for the payment of the prin cipal and interest of said bonds and the redemption thereof; providing for the disposition of the money received from said water-works and for everything convenient and necessary to be done in carrying the powers provided by said amendment into effect; and calling and ordering a special election to vote upon said proposed supplementary act, or amendment." Passed by the common council of the city of Monmouth on the 4th day of April, 1911; and approved by the mayor on the 4th day of April, 1911, and that at said election there were sixty-one votes cast for said supplementary act, or arnendment, and thirty-one votes cast against it, and that the same was duly approved by a majority of all the votes cast thereon at said election. I therefore proclaim that said supple mentary act, or amendment, has been duly approved and that the same does take effect and is in full force on the date of this proclamation, as a part of the charter of said city. Witness my hand this 7th day of June, 1911. Attest: John H. Remington, D. E. Stitt, Mayor. Recorder. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the i dersigned administrator of the estate of Aaron i. cross, deceased, has filed hU f i ,i nnai account in tne uounty court of the C1 4- - C r , T" 11 n ' oiaie w uregon ior i oik Uounty, and 1 4- K 1 J.1 flill 1 M . uiai monuay me zoin aayot June, 1911 at 10 A. M. thereof at the county court room in me countv court hnnoo ot n.i i , , ... ito, vieguii, iiaa ueen appointed as the time and place for the hearing of jections to said hnal account and tie settlement thereof. uatea ana nrst published, May, 27th, 1911. Amos A. B. Morlan, Administrator of the estate of Aaron T. Cross, deceased. B. F. Swope, Attorney. THE CUCUMBER. Originally in Norway gristle bread munition would fall Into their hands, i wns umao r ''' flour ouly. lu this The outfit would be a fortune to them. I concluded that I must stop their game at all hazards. j The next night I planted a tent pole , In the ground, fixed a crosspleee to It, and, tying Rome esparto grass about the two, 1 made the body of a manikin. This 1 covered with a bara can and put a fei on the head. Thus I had a dummy Rontliiot who might be shot to pieces without being hurt I had taken care to fix our camp on the edge of an oasis, where 1 could elimi nate (he approach In one direction, and noted a convenient place of conceal ment a hole In the ground a few hundred yard from the camp. Soon aft'T dark, taking a rltle, I went out to my hole. The moon gave sulhYlont light for me to see any one approach the camp. I had a long WRlt, for It was near dawn before I saw any living thing, and thpn nothing more than a wolf rrowllng around In search of some thing to eat. Rut, having nothing else to watch, I watched the wolf. country there was a demand for a handsomer and larger loaf, nnd wheat flour was mixed with the rye. as has now to some extent come to be the cus tom In Norway also. Here the pro portions now used are about half and half, the result being a bigger loaf of the same weight as one of all rye. "(Iristle bread costs more than or diuary bread because -of the greater time and labor required In making It" New York Sun. her "did His Equivocal Answer. The blushing girl buttonholed flushed fiance, j "Well, Egbert." she murmured. ; papa give his consent?" j Egbert drew himself up stiffly. i "He did not commit himself either i w-ay." he resK)uded. ! "Then are we or aren't wo engaged. ; Kgby?' '1 do uot know,' ! still stiffly. "Hut what happened?" j "This." said Kgby more stifflv than i went lu and said answered Egby, He would slot, here ami th, n,t ,u T ' "tul V" nlul aM-', I wish P the .nnd. then o on. with his uoZ 3 r "ve 1 your to the ground, to another pot an,! dig ! 1 Z ' "f" n,ld again. All the while he was nenrlng ' f,,.,. , " tne the camp. Presently he Mopped d j ' ! he ft-r turning lu . circle lay dow n. He ; t,u, , "i...... . . ?vtT ,Ue " ui-i uc is iu iavor i our engagement or not. Ethelbrlte, u uiu doi say. One Way to Dress It end a Royal Way o Grow It. If ever an anthology of the foods of the earth comes to be-written quite an entertaining hapter could be made out of the cucumber. And some of t lie ex tract.! would provide unite', ial for much mental exeivise to decide whether they are humorous or serious. For exam ple, w hat d.d the Creek poet" mean when he said of a certain woman: She was to me Wore tender than a cucumber? Onlv one meaning would have been taken from that equivocal statement by th it famous doctor who used to de clare that the only way to dress a cu cumber is to cut H into very thin slices, sprinkle it with the finest of oil, popper It plentifully, cover it with vln- egar-aim men throw it out of the window: On the other hand. Thack eray tells how he "had delicate cucum bers stuffed with forcemeat." while Dickens refers to "salmon, lamb, peas, Innocent young potatoes, a cool salad, sliced cucumber, a tender duckling all there!" Roth novelists were evi dently men after the heart of the Em peror Tiberius, who was never with out cucumbers and had frames made upon wheels, by means of which the growiug cucumbers could be moved about and exposed to the full heat of the suu. while In winter they were withdrawn aud placed under the pro tection of frames glazed with mirror stone. Yet two or three centuries ago the vegetable was looked at suspiciously as cold and treacherous.-London Standard. 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