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Of lotcrsSt to TELEPHONE WAIL SERVICE. W ire ( iinnrriliiri W illi the I'oalofnVe I'uliuliir la III Irolral Blalra. A iin'iihurt' cucKi-stfMl for (fXtunUirig tin' list fulticsK of tin? ninil uinll routes of the vniioim sI.itcH 1 Unit of ronwi't Ink f ii rin lioiui'M liy ! j ln with t!i IMiHtnllli'i'H nut of wlilrli rurul frt-e di-iivt-ry is him liiii'il. 'l lic Uli'ii In tliut a '-iiil hi it 11 1 i hIkiiiIiI ! Ihmiii-iI l,y the piVfniiiii iit w liii !i, if iitliu lit'il In a let ter liy tin- Hi'iiiliT, wn.a. niitlmrUe the IiohI niMNicr nt tin- olll'i- nf liny rurul ruiili' nt wliiili It Is riTi-lveil t (iiirn tin li'ttii', iiMi'ii'laiii Its cuiitrnts and tHi'Iili'ilie tlnlil In tin" XTSill tu whom tin1 I'lti-r Is iiililri'Nsiil. This would 'ffirt M s.'ivini; of tiinu 111 tin rei-iiitlou of tln ini'ss.mi', wliirli Is Hourly ulwnyf dislnihli' ii it-i often of itri'iit Importnni'i'. 'Sn'iiilly oh mi 1 1 J tit ilutt! fnrui, wlilrli is ihiwihIm.vh ii tin si id 'mm fi'iitiT, run or, IhihIiii'SM iriiiciili'ri mill rrijilirliiK bilHl lll'KS fill Ililil'S. It iiim':iis that rural trlc'ilmim linen liiivr unnwi i'Iioi'iiiiiiihI.v In iitlinlirr iiml fxli-iit I Ik 1'iiHt tlircL- to llvi yi'ins t liroiiulinii t nlilo, Iniliiniii, Illinois, Iowii, Mlrlilnu iiml llic cintral went ntii)'S. In kiiiiic liiMtnnroH a t -ti ! i in nmti' Is nr. ni) Ii l -til irnl with Unit of rurul frit- delivery, anil tin ioHtinns ter In Ids oiliei cuiilil t'oinniiinlciitt) ill reel I. v dy eleiiinie with imy patron of tln mail roiiii'. In lliesi- i-iihi-h omy tin' Issue of tho niiroiriiiti' Htnmp Wolllil nee n l mi 'usury to I lilt tljliril I o llic iroioMi Kirial Hcrvli'i. Wlirre conni'i't ioii is imt ilireet it rnulil olteii Im hail tlirniili a Heeonil line, niri'Udy exist lin.'. Tin' Inert'iisi' of rural 'teleiliiiiic com lianies, many of lliein nrcniii.eil iiml oierated by (lie fnruifi'S llii'insclvi , litis liroiiKlit tilt' mivlei! lo roinpiir.i- tlvrly Inexpensive rales, Kiinnrrs of Illinois iiml Indiana are hliowliiK i'miio- lilll COlll'I'I'll UN 1(1 till' I'OIII'MI' of till) postal milliurltles and in sunn towns havi' lately ynt toellier In ciiiihIiIit tlii-lr ow n liiii'i-i'sts In iln niatk-r. SHEEP FEEDING. From a Mon limit l'iln( if View Al fitiru u "iliiiiej' Milker. (iiillnliii, .Mont. - .Moiilnuii Is the bun Per sheep Mate of Hie I'liloli, with ri,(KH),IHH) sheep. Flilppers to 1'hlcah'o know that lle stock nre bought Home times on lull weight, Willi a certain per cent nil' lor Mil iukaiie, or they are left without fond ami waler for twelve hours .ind then welheil. A lest made by our st. lie experiment station Is of value In t In seller on lids point. Sheep Were held without food or water for twelve hours. The results Miowcil that the Iniiibs Mira.nk a little less than 2 per cent mid the wethers a fraction over !l per cent lu live weight. Shrink age In wcIl'IiI from llo.eunii to Chi cago is claimed to rnnne between 7 per cent and ! per cent. With plenty of Km id and cheap feed Montana has been feeding and putttiiK a linish on sheep to compare w ith any thlnix thai can be done In other states, and It has been done prolllably. Here Is mi example of alfalfa f Ilntf In the hands of a liulte Miccpiium : The sheep w ere a cross of I lamp "hire mid Shropshire. They were fed exclusively on alfalfa for the last sev enty four da.H and In that time con Sinned about six pounds of II I fulfil eiich per day. The sheep when placed nn feed avi'i-at'ed bH pounds and cos! 8 cents per pound. They Mere sold nt I'l cents per pound and averaged When welched I.'s7 pounds. rent of I.iHiO slu-pp nt 13.31 r..RH 00 I'oMt of M tuns Imy nt t.r l.xifi () I'ohI ef lahnr, salt, lc 1:17 Oil Haniilrlt'H iiml UViitli l.msen DO 20 Total cost $7, &U! 20 Total ii oci mIm i'3 N' t Kiilu 1.027 01 l'mllt kt Blieip 1 27 Many of our feeders llnlsli by ntld Inn barley lo the hay ration and think that It k'Ivcs very ipilck K'dna In WelKht lis well as llrnier llesh. Wheat, on Is, mixed grains and HcreeninKN are ,ollier ciuuuion rations. i S. COTTEIt. BLUE GRASS It la a Native of lite Waltnah Valley In lntllMiin. "A great ninny people contend that blue grass was first found In Ken tucky," said an eminent Indiana geolo gist, "but this Is not so. Illtie grasii Is ii native of the Wabash valley, III I ii I In tut . It was found by William Henry II art Inch's troops during that solemn march to Tippecanoe In Isll. Harrison gathered a small army nt Ohio Falls and started north. At Vlu reiiues the gulhint heroes realized that they could not go 1'iwl miles up the Wabash without feed for their horses, (ielieral Harrison had two cribs of corn at Terre Haute and persuaded tlm men to go on. As they came on with hungry horses and hcaut feed they found the ground covered with blue grass. "Six miles west of Newport, on the Collet t farm, was found a bountiful Htipply of blue grass. Some platvs In the Isittoin It was growing three feel high, and hucIi feed had never been heard of 1 Hie Ketitinkv soldhT. At HI ate Line ''liy more blue grass wan found, and in there to Tl'pccauii' of inarch was covered the whole I X llll blue gr:1 "The seed v tliek V and s... i Hot tnnUe II tin noil, and It tt;'d and rye Mr. s early day thai Kintiiikv iiiiMI carried hack to Ken 'hero but I hey could i nl. me In he w linn t ' e sow u w ith oats an. - I,y t 1 . 1 me In an no i grass grew In a liii It was Imported from Indian t. Tom I ning of Terre Haute was nn ardent i ''nlrer of Hen ry I 'lay mid once went t Islt hlin at hi Lome near .Witiml. Ky. After eclng the Hue f ilm well set In blue jraaa liowning suievted that Mr. Clay let him hive some of the seed to take back to dull net. "Tom, d'Hi't make a elf.' said ( lay. 'The Kentucky blue grass round your houpc and corners of your tlcliN. aeed from Terre Haute die Wnbnsli and after a f..ol of your giiiiuUIre ef Is grow lug In the fence We got the and the mid hard mrugghj got It to grow here In Its present lux uriuUMueait.' "-Indianapolis Journal. Tbe Farnjcr. $ A NEW WATER REGISTER. The lae of Water Ilrnl.HT Ui Vrom In Favor of Lata. For many yours Inventors liavstrlv. en with uiiHiitlHfnctory remits to de slri an automatic rt'tfiilatlnif ttnte to furuiuli a constant illsrlmrKo iiihIit a varying hi-ui, but the dltrh rldt-r In mill conipultal to rend th depth of water flowing over a wi-lr or through u Hume as often bh Mm other duties permit The water register taken tint place of the ditch rider, and Its work Is more uccurute ami Is coiitliiuoiiH. It also gives an Impartial record, "'J'" Field and Fnrni In Illustrating a water stiigo recorder Invented by a Jenver inan, which works lis follows: The rise, and till of water In a reser voir, river, canal or fliiiuo raise and ATTOMATIO WATEII STAOU ItKTOKDK.H, lower o flont and counterpoise con nected by a ftubHtaiitl.il chain which passes over a cut sprocket wheel, mo tion beliiK Imparted by the float A paper divided and ruled Into rer taiiKUlar npaces Is securely fastened to the cylinder and tho time divisions run ning parallel to Its axis and the depth divisions at right angles thereto. The pen or pencil making the record Is moved along the cylinder by the posi tive action of the sprocket chain con nected to the float so as to Indicate the movement from the lloat to the pencil point at all times and under all condi tions of water and weather. The fluc tuations In discharge create a zluzag Hue, and the mechanism la no con trticted that the record can be extend ed to cover Heverul revolutions of tho cylinder, If necessary, with no confu sion of the record. CHILDREN OF THE FARMS. Rdueata Tliem aa Kartnerai Not Kaw of Tb em, but a I vt of Them. A good deal lias been written and mild lately about rural education, but perhaps nothing more calculated to startle the people most concerned lu this subject Into Independent thinking than the opinions expressed by Pro fessor Kugcnc I a vonport at the dedica tion of the first consolidated Heboid In Livingston cotiuty, III., at Seward. Among other remarks, Professor Iav euport Is credited with the following: "The damage done to homes, to Indi viduals, to agriculture, to Ainerlcau country life, to the community In gen eral, by the Infernal practice of 'mov ing to town to ed uea I e the children' can never bo assessed nt full value. I Hay the 'Infernal practice,' because, while the purpose has I n good (and what will a man not Htiffer for his children?!, yet the conseiiieuces have been mostly evil. The home has been broken up, business suspended, false Ideas of clly life engendered, Idleness encouraged, and the product, when It is turned out, ll too often disappointing. It cannot he otherwise. A family transported to tho village or the clly for such a rea son represents neither city life nor country life, and the young people grow up in sympathy with neither and lu Ignorance of both. The (unaelidateil I'nunfrr Sehool. "The consolidated country school is tho only plan proposed that will keep intact tho country home, educate the child within the environment In which lie hi growing up and make hlin the in tellectual Cipial ef Ids city cutis! . "Agriculture Is no calling i ow for the grossly Incompetent or t hope lessly ignorant. It will never be bet ter suited to the inan of lev capacity than It Is today. On the 'rary, It ill constantly demand in .i of Ii I id, a ui public policy will cm irage that nuitiil. "Accordingly our peopl must be cd- en till -educated not op y as tndlvld als and American ell ns, but edil ated as farmers; not few of them, ut a lot of them; no' icre and there ne that has escaped, is from bondage omewhere, but who! communities of eople, men and wo. ai together, bent tot only on getting the most out of nir lands, but also ef getting most out of country life." Oar Farm Animal. Washington, H. t'. The acting statin t Ida n of the department ef agricul ture has completed his estimate of the number and value ef farm animals In the I'nltotl Stntc on Jan. 1, !!-, by separate lit a tea. The totals for Hie country nre allow ti In the following table: f - i - - . t ... ' . - - 1 1 i Avrnf irl' Nnmt'or per hcnt. Value. ItiTnea IB Tal i ft'.T !K1 l.li.liV2l Mulwa S.Tfo.Mlii 7s 217.M:' .MI Milk row. 17.IIH.S17 I'.i i r.Ml,t.9 tulier nu lla 4.1i.4 .11 TlJ.ITH.lM Bhr. p ti Lin iii i n i.ti ;.;! n' swtna 4;.m!i.j7 is nw.s: . t;7 Ruaar lleel I'lae , I lalnt Oae It. According to rrent report, Janes vllle. Wis., lias I .'en trying to make up Its mind wh! !' one isf two $ I.iuhi.iHMI angar beet ! .its It will permit to h cnte within its borders. Janesvllle the center of what Is pronounced by gsd nuthorltles one ef the In'st augur beet growing regions In the country ntid a truly del.vtubU Utul for tha beet sugar Industry. Miller and Maearnal Wheat. While admitting that macaroni w heat Is well adapted to the Kansas climate, oino of tlm miller claim that the Hour made from It is harder and darker In color than rroin the present wheat, that I'"' wheat could only be ns.M In I'ml.ctl liiantitlea If grown and that It cannot ' h.indled In the mills of the Matti wltltoit machinery specially adaptiKl t it . . . t!!t ((ohe Gentleman ITrom Indiana CmpyrUhl, 1699. my "DaumlUay Copyright. 1902. .aaaaaaaaaaaaaeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaaaeaaaaaaaaaaaaj liy Hpttcial rei-iiust we will continue with the aerial stoty, "Tho (ieiitli'iiian Irgiu Indiana." lu orJer tojrusume the thread of tlm etory, tho lirst lew ihui Urs will be reprinU-d. "Howdy' do. Mr. Harklessr culled the man lu the buggy. "Soakln' In the weather?" He spoke In Miouts, though neither was hard of hearing. "Ves, Just soaking," answered Hark- less. "It's such a gypsy day. How la Mr. Howldcrr "I'm glvlu' good Natlsfactlon, thank you, and all at home. Hhc'n In town." "(Jive Mr. Howlder my regards," Maid tie) Journalist, comprehending the yiiilMiim. "How Is llartleyif" The farmer's honest face shad il over for U second. "He's be'n steady ever Hence the night you brought hiiu home, six weeks straight Fin kind of both ered about tomorrow he w ants to come In for show day, and seems If I hadn't any call to say no. I reckon he'll have to take his chance and us too. Seems more like we'd have to let him. long a we got him not to come In last night for Kedge Halloway s lecture at the courthouse. Say, how'd that lecture strike you? Yon give Kedge a mighty tine send off to the audience in your In tnsluctlou, but I noticed you itpoke of Mm as 'a thinker,' without vayln' what kind. I didn't know you was a can ttous a man ns that! Of course I know Kedge Is honest" Harkless sighed. "Oh, he's the best we've got, Howld"r." "Yes, I presume no. but" Mr. Bowl aer Drone orr auoueniy as tils eyes opemsl in surprise, and be exclaimed "I.aw, I'd never of expected to nee you ettln' here today! Why ain't you out at Judge Hrlscoe's?" This speech seem ed to Is? Intended with Home humor, for Howlder accompanied It with tho loud laughter of sylvan timidity risking a Joke. "Why? What's Kolng on at th t'ldge's?" "(ioln on! IMdn't you see that Itrauge lady at the lecture with Minnie llr Incite and the Judge and old Fisbee?' "I'm afraid not, Howlder." "They couldn't talk about anything rise at the postotllce this moriilu' and at Tom Martin's. She come yesterday on the afternoon accommodation. You ought to know all about it because when Minnie and her father went to the deepoe they had old Flsbee with 'em, and when the buck board come through towu he was scttln' on the back Heat with her. That's what Mir red the town up so. Nobody could fig ger It out any way, and nobisly got much of a good look at her then except Judd Bennett. He said she had kind of a new look to her. That's all any of 'em could git out of Judd. He was In a sort of a dreamy state. Hut Mildy Up ton You know Mildy? She works out t Hrlscts-'s" "Yes. I know Mildy." "She come In to 'the tiostofllce with the news this lady's name was Slier wood and she lives at Itouen. Miss Tlbbs says that wastft no news you could tell she was a. city lady w ith both your eyes Mint. Hu Ulldy says Flsbe was goin' to Htay tor supper, ami he come to the lecture with 'em and drove off witli 'fin aflcrwerds. Sol Tlbbs nays ho reckoned It was because Flsbee was the only man In t'arlow that Hrls- ox's thought had rend enough books to be smart enough to talk to her, but Miss Si-liny says If that was so they'd have got you instead, and so they had to all Jest about give it up. Of course everybody got a good look at her nt the lecture they set on the platform right behind you mid Halloway, and she did look smart. What got me, though, was the way she wore a kind of a little il ag ger stuck straight through her head Heomed a good eVal of a sacrifice Jest to make en re your Hat was on right. You never see her at all?" "I'm afraid not," answered Hnrklcss absently. "Miss ItrlsciH stopped me on the way out and told me Mie had a visitor." "Young man," said Howlder, "yon Is'tter go out there right away." lie raised tho reins and clucked to the gray mare. "Well, xht'll be mad I niu't in town for her long ago. Hide In with die." "No, thank yen. I'll walk In for the Hike of my appetite." "Wouldn't encourage It too much llvln at the Palace hotel," observed Howlder. "Sorry you won't ride." He ithered the loose ends of the reins In .Is hands, leaned far over the dash board and struck the mare a hearty thwack. The tattered banner of tail Jerked Indignantly, but she consented lo move down the road. Howlder thrust his big head through the sun curtain behind Ii lm and continued the conver sation. "See the W hite Caps ain't got you yet." "No, not yet," Harkless laughed. "Keckou the boys 'druthcr you stayed in town rfter dark," the other called back. "Well, come out and see ns If you git any spare lime from the Judge's." He laugh. si loudly again In farewell, and the editor waved his hand as How i der finally turned his attention forwnrd b the mure. When the Hop, flop of her hoof had died out, 1 lurk less rcallcd Unit the day was silent no longer; it was verging Into evening. He dropped from the fence and turn m ins lace towanl town and supper lie felt (he life and light about hljn. beard the clatter of the blackbirds above 1) I tn. hoard the homing bees hum by, saw the ista of white road and level landscape framed on two sides by the bt. i n lies tC the grove, a vista of lit ll lit let v stretching Held of green, lined here and there with woodland and flat to the horizon line, the village lying In tl-elr lap. No roll of meadow, no rise of pasture land, relieved thcli serenity nor shouldered up from then; to be called a hill. A farm bell rang In the distance, a tinkling .lining small and mellow from far away, and at the loncsomcm of ; f "Dy Hooth TjHKiStcrosf fcX PJcClu Cm. my McClurm. Thilllm f3L Cm. Ji that sound he heaved a 'long, mournful sigh. The next Instant he broke Into laughter, for another bi ll rang over the lit ttoyptd to achanye ti uord. fields, the courthouse bell In the sipiare The first four strokes were given with mechanical regularity, the pride of the custodian who operated the bell being to pftsluee the effect of a clockwork bell, such as he had once heard In the courthouse at Itouen, but tho lifth and sixth strokes were halting achieve ments, as, after 4 o'riock he often lost count In the strnlu of the effort for pre cise imitation. There was a pause afti tho flxth; then a dubious and I el net ant stroke, Heven; a longer pause, followed by a final ring wltli desperate decision eljjht! Ilarkless looked nt bis watch, It was twenty minutes of (I. As he crossed the courthouse yard to tho Palace hotel on his way to suppe lie stopped to exchange a word with the bell ringer, who, sealed on the steps, was mopping his brow with an air of bard earned satisfaction. "(Jood eveulng. ScholleldH'," he said "You came In strong on the lust stroke tonight." "What we need here," responded the bell ringer, "Is more public sperrlted men. I ain't klckin' on you, Mr. Hark less no, sir; but we war more men like they got III Houen. t'j waiit men that '11 git Main street paved with block or asphalt; men that '11 put lu factories; men that Ml act not set round like that old fool Martin and laugh and pollywoggle along and make fun of public sperrit, day In, day out I reckon I do niy best for the city." "Oh, nobody minds old Tom Martin, observed Ilarkless. "It's only half the lime he means anything by what be says." "That's Just what I bate about him,' returned the bell ringer lu a tone of high complaint. "You can't never tell which half It Is. Look at hi in now The gentleman referred to was stand lug over In front of the hotel talking to a row of coat less loungers, who sat with their chairs tilted back against the props of the wooden awning that projected over the sidewalk. Their faces were turned toward tho court house, and even those lost In meilita tive whittling had looked tip to laugti Mr. Martin, one of bis hands thrust In a pocket of his alpaca coat and the oth tr softly caressing his wiry, gray chin hoard. Ids rusty silk hat tilted forward till the brim almost rested on the bridge of his nose, was addressing them In a one keyed voice, the luelan choly whine of which, though not the words, is'iietrated to the courthouse steps. t tie now ringer, wnoso name was Henry Scholleld, but who was known ns Schotlelds' Henry (popularly abbre viated to Schotlelds'), was moved to In dignation. "I.iKk nt hlin!" he cried. "Look at him! Everlastingly goln' on about my bell! Well, let blm talk. Let him talk!" As Mr. Martin's eja fell upon the editor, who, having bade the bell ring cr good night, was approaching the hotel, he left his languid companions and crossed the street to meet him. "I was only oratln' on bow proud the city ought to be of Schotlelds'," he said mournfully as they shook hands; "but he looks kind of put out with me." He hooked his arm In that of the young man and detained hlin for a moment as the supper gong sounded from with in the hotel. "Call on the Judge to night?" he asked. "No. Why?" "I reckon you didn't see that lady with Minnie last nltrbt" 'No." 'Well, I gueaayoii better go out tber. young man. She might not stay here long." CHAPTER IL riE Hrlseoo buckbonrd rattled nlong the clastic country road, tin' roans setting a sharp pace as they turned eastward on the pike toward home. l'lie.v'll make the eight miles In threo-(piarter of an hour," said Judge Hrlseoo proudly. He turned from bis daughter nt his side tin Miss Sherwood, who sat with Mr. Flsbee behind them. and pointed ahead with his whip. "Just beyond that bend we pass through Six Crossroads." Miss Sherwood leaned forward eager ly. "What did you mean last night after the lecture," she said to Flslee. "when you asked Mr. Martin w ho was to be with Mr. Hurkless?" "Who was watching Mm," be an swered. "Watching lilmT I don't under stand." "Yes; they have shot at Mm from the woods at night, and" "Hut w ho watches him?" "The young men of the town. He tun a habit of taking long walks after dark, and he Is heedless of all renion straiico, so the young men have organ "". M'-n ii ; i I Ized a guard for blm, and every even. Ing one of them follows blm until be goes to the office to work for tbe night It is a different young man each night, and the watcher follows at a distance, o that be does not suspect." "Hut bow many people know of this arrangement?" 'Nearly every one In tbe county ex cept the Crossroads people, tbougb It is not Improbable that they bave discov ered It." "And has no one told blm?"' "No; be would not allow It to con tinue. He will not even arm himself." "They follow and watch blm night after night, and every one knows and no one tells blm? Oh, I must say." cried the girl, "I think these are good peo lei" The buckbonrd turned the bend In the road, and they entered a sijualid settle ment built raggedly about a black smith shop and a saloon. "I'd hate to have n breakdown here, Briscoe re marked quietly. Half a dozen shanties clustered near the forge, a few roofs scattered through the shiftlessly cultivated fields, four or 1 live barns propped by fence rails, some nhiHls with gaping apertures through which tUe light glanced from side to side, a squad of thin razorbnek hogs, now and then worried by gaunt bounds, and some abused looking hens gTrtnj. iiNnit disconsolately In the mire, a broken topped buggy with a twisted wh.vl. settling into the mud of th middle of the road (there was alwayj abundant mud here In the driest sum mer); a dim face sneering from a bro ken window Six Crossroads was for bidding and forlorn enough by day The thought of what might Issue from it by night was unpleasant, and the legends of the Crossroads, together w ith an linshapen threat easily fancied In the atmosphere of the place, made Miss Sherwood shiver as though a cold lira ft hnd crossed her. "It Is so sinister!" she exclaimed. "And so unspeakably mean! This Is ahere they live, the people that bate blm. Islt? Tbe White Caps?" "They call themselves that," replied Hrlseoo. "I'sually White Caps are a vigilance comml'tee In a region where the law Isn't enforced These fellows aren't that kind. They got together to wipe out grudges, a.'d sometimes didn't need any grudge Just made their raids for pure devilment. There's a feud be tween us and them that goes back into pioneer days, and only a few of ua old tolks know much about It." "And be was the first to try to stop IheiuV" "Well, you see, our folks are pretty long suffering," said Hrlscoe apologet ically. "We'd sort of got used to tbe meanness of the Crossroads. It took a stranger to stir things up, and be did. He sent eight of them to the peni tentiary , some for twenty years." As they passed the saloon a man Itepped Into the doorway and looked It tlieni. Ho was coatless and clad in garments woru to the color-of dust Ills bare head was curiously uialforin ed, higher on one side than on the oth er, and though the buckboard passed rapidly and at a distance this singular Inpsldcdness was plainly visible to tbe occupants, lending an ugly significance to his meager, yellow face. He was tall, lean, hard, powerfully built. He eyed the strangers with affected lan guor and then, when they had gone by, broke into sudden loud laughter. "That was Hob Sklllett, the worst of the lot," said the Judge. "Ilarkless sent his son and one brother to prison, and It nearly broke bis heart that be couldn't swear to Bob." When they were beyond the village and In the open rond again Miss Sher wood took a deep breath. "I think I breathe more freely. That was a hid eous laugh be sent after us." The Judge glauced at bis guest's face nnd chuckled. "I guess we won't frighten you much," he said. "Young lady, I don't believe you'd be afraid of many things, would you? You don't look like It. Besides, the Crossroads Isn't I'lattvllle, and the White Cups have been too scared to do anything much except try to get even with the Herald for the last two years ever since It went for them. They're lay ing for Ilarkless partly for revenge and partly because they daren't do any thing an t il he's out of the way." The girl gave a low cry with a sharp Intake of breatl "Ah, one grows tired of this everlasting American patience! Why don't the I'lattvllle people do something before they" "It's Just ns I say," Briscoe answer ed. "Our folks are sort of used to them. I expect we do about all we can. The boys look after hlin nights, hut the main trouble Is that we can't make blm understand he oicht to be more afraid of them. If he'd lived here all his life he would be. If they get him there'll be trouble of an Illegal na ture." He broke off suddenly and nod ded to a little old man In a buck- t'oaru luruing on rroin the road Into a farm lane which led up to a trim cot tage with a honeysuckle vine by the door. "That's Mrs. WImby's husband," said the Judge In an undertone. (To be continued ) Humor on? Philosophy Br DUNCAN M. SMITH l'oi) right. 1 !'!. by Iuncan M. Smith. SPRING'S GREAT ATTRACTION. wonuVr that we welcome spring With pralsca and thankKtvtnn; IVslnrttiK when the Mr. IU- atng That 1 1 to la well worth living. W e praise It when It keepa the data And chaff o'er Its delaying, Ami for Its comliiK scarce can wail. For then the hens are laying. Of ancient strong, cold storage egg I'mli. d up fer winter dining We weary, nn.l our stomach begs Fer lm titer, fresher llnliis:. The longer they are kept In store The less they h.'ld attraction. And so we Ion for spring one mora And for the hen In action. The murmur of the corn fed hen, The music ef her ruckle, Ari melodies that etlr ua when Tlu sloi age eKir we tackle. Imattlimtlen wafts ua hlsh To peak aloft and dlzsv. Where we caji look down from the sky And wntch the hens get busy. Then hall Ihe grest domestic MM, Sweet con.rt of the rocetert Who wouldn't apenk for her a word? ho wouldn't be her booaterT And may she kindly stretch a point And set the works In (notion If gentle sarin la out ef Joint Or tut a IstekwarJ no Wat. Did He Accept 1 THfAwt, The tempter came and whispered In h!s ear. "Here are fame and money If you will J not depart ever so little from tbe straight und narrow path." Of course tbe leader Is ull worke up to know bis reply, but without go ing Into details we may Just remark that be was human und draw tbe cur tain to slonv mugic. A family Jar sometimes sours tbe milk of bumun klndnejs. Call atDonclson's When in town and look over his goods lie fore Inlying anything in the line of Iron JJeds, Sofas, Itocker.s, Lace Curtains' Portiers, etc. We carry a complete line of fine furniture that cannot be heat as to price and quality. T.O.O.F. )ld., Cor. 3rd & Main, Hillsboro. O. M. POPE, The Photographer Coins gallant youth, with lady fair that leans upon your arm ; Come right ulong to O. M. Hope, and let him paint her charms. Come one! Come all! Where you can gut pictures of the best, To leave your friends to look upon w hen you are laid at rest. Best Work Reasonable Prices Hillsboro, Oregon. I Sporting The balance of the Sporting Goo..!.-, formerly owned by E. h. McCormack will be sold at cost. Bicycles, Bicycle Sundries, Base Ball Goods, Fishing Tackle, Knives, Bazors, Shot Guns, Revolvers, Ammunition. The goods are open for inspection two doors south of Postoffice. . y. Baker's Sccq-X The Perfection of Pcle'iitllioalljr prepare.! from a blue of pure Glycerine In combination with pure voce table ull. 1'erht'ily neutral, atitlkvptla lu the kiilu yel without nieiiirullon; itellcati ly Imt not olti'UslTi'lT pt'riuiiieit. Kvery rake ! thoroiifthly aired before utT-t.l to i lie con mnwr. The mHlitltHcturtm of (taker' Heven-X lilvrerine Soap oiler thin exutilmte brand ol hlKh RtMite Hoi'p to Hie public with a linn rotivlrtiou that it l without doubt the piirel and bent aoap on the market. HarnileuaH mnchine, puoe an the brent n of June Kvery article that enter Into iti eoinpoxltlou I aelected with a Tlew lo excellence: the rom-miidiiit- m personally Mirpervlned by Mr. N. A. linker, a lio haa (tlveii yenr ol Hudy lo the nianiilHciiirliiit ol hik'h grade Hoaia. Haker's Keven-X lilvrerine &ob Miftcus and vhiteiii the aktn a no other aoap will. For enative akin uoihiUK could be more heal Iiik and noothini. HathiiiK baby with llaker'i 8eveii-X i.lvcetlue Coup u a luxury lor both mother and the Utile newcomer. Portland Toilet Soap Co., P. O. liox, WIS. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS DAnTI A IVI r r SAMPLE BOX BY MAIL JSC. rVjH I LAND. O Who Fills Your Prescription? If we fill your prescription or re cipe it is filled with the best quality of drugs and full-weight without over charge for honest service. We pay no one to send you to us and therefore, it PAYS YOU to . bring your prescription here. A goodly number of people are al ready aware of this and a trial will convince you. Bailey's Pharmacy. BICYCLE HOSPITAL Jlflcnt for tfie Rambler, fiartford and Racycle Bicycles, Special nttontlon sivon to (Jims, Aiumuiiilioii, am! tliir Sporlinu (iocmK Second liand uheeN For sale cheap Wheels for rent. A neat repair flu-p in connection. F. R. DAILEY, Prop MAIN ST. HILLSBORO, Skating is not half so attract!-. in tbe average boy d'iriiig vacation as It is during tbe school season. A woman U never as young as she says she Is. Soothing- Ilia Laat Momenta. Speaklug of unpleasant surprises, an Englishman told of the one Jonathan Itocbcll got upon bis deathbed: "Jonathan, feeling that the end wag nonr, gave a few words of ; '.rilug ad vice to Ms young wife. lie uad a bach elor frteild named Howard, a steady follow, 4iid the thought en me to his miud ui be was concluding bis farewell tu!k that If Kate, after he was gone, would marry Howard It would be a good thing. He told her ti.: " 'Kate, woman,' be said, 'it would please me dearly If ye was to promise t take up wi' Howard wh; a Vm gone.' " 'lio.i't ye worry about that, Jouty,' says Kate in a soothing vv::y. 'Me and Ilowtxrd buve alreudy settled It bo twlit u!"' 5 m oods al Cos i at the second hand store. PATTERSON & Uy it. P. SIMOX SOX CalycgripQ Soap alt Toilet Soaps. I
