Dakota County Herald
lehnA. Seam, - Publisher
The Japanese do not llko to he called
Jnps, but It Is not likely they will care
to go to war about It.
Dr. Osier's mother la still alive at
the nge of 100, and seem destined to
outlive her son's foolish ta.'k.
When the Chinese authorities cnp
ture a pirate they separate him Into,
two parts, anil he goes out of busi
ness. It linn been discovered that n rat has
sixth sense. Even with that, how
ever, It frequently falls to discover the
proximity of n designing cat.
One of the learned scientists fays
that man Is made of soap. Perhaps
that is why he so often cleans out the
treasury w hen he gets Into olllce. .
That Adnmlcss Eden that Is being
established In Texas will do well to
nail up a "no. hunting" sign if It Is ex
pected to keep Cupid off the premises.
"A traveler dropped n bomb In a Kus
!an railway station yesterday." He
may have been a poll to bomb salesman,
who considered It no trouble to show
goods.
Mark Twain thinks the United
States will eventually become a mon
archy. Well, a humorist who Is 71
years old has the right to think queer
thoughts..
Dr. Dwlght Ililils say we nee;! more
poetry. There Is danger In making such
o statement too public. A lot or
would-be poets are likely to take the
doctor seriously.
An Amltyvllle, :. Y., man has Inher
ited $1,000,000 because he went for
thirteen yean wlthe.ut drinking a drop
of whisky, ft ought to be hard after
this to convince him that thirteen Is uu
unlucky number.
Some scientist has discovered that
the north pole Is moving southward at
the rate of twenty miles a year. Now
it be has the courage of his convic
tions let him go up to Winnipeg and
oion a fur store.
"Blondes will be only history six
hundred years from now," says the
scientists. In the meantime they are
Poetry, romance, fiction delightful,
fascinating fiction. Feel sorry for the
tnen of six hundred years hence.
There is a man In Philadelphia who
claims to have Invented a smoke con
sumer which In two years will save
euo.ugh coal to pay for Itself. The coal
dealers can hardly be expected to en
courage the use of such a contrivance.
J All Americans of the future, accord
ing to ono of the scientists, are to be
like John. It. Rockefeller. In other
words, we are nil to become bald, and
Sprobably there will be a cbaneo for all
of us to get rich selling stuff that wo
are to claim will make the hair grow.
Tradition says that the first loclu
were made In England during the reign
of Alfred the Great, but it was not
until civilization had progressed to the
middle of the fourteenth century thnt
their use became general, and only at
the highly civilized period of the nine
teenth century that steel vaults, burglar-proof
safes and such things be
camo necessary.
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The Immediate and u 11-Important
question Is not why the frequent
wrecks are so destructive, but why
they should be allowed to occur In the
first place. Steel cars, of course, are
letter than wooden, but there would
be uo complaint of dunger from the
latter If the number of wrecks could
foe reduced In this country to what
experience abroad showa to bo the un
avoidable minimum. The mere pros
pect of collision-proof can In the dim
future will hardly divert public atten
tion from tho task in hand, which Is
to prevent the consequences of colli
sion by abolishing collisions.
Young men of an adventurous turn
of mind who lament that there is no
longer any real excitement to bo had
la the Southwest need only to cross
the Mexican boundary line In the
neighborhood of Nognles, Ariz., and
go after tho Yaqul Indians. They will
not have to hunt very long for all the
excitement that they need. The Yaquls
are brave, tierce aud perfect. gluttous
for fighting, as the Mexican govern
ment knows to Its cost Indeed, if there
are any soldiers of fortune out of
work they can secure the contract of
exterminating the Yaquls. They may
not complete the J.-o, but they will
fcave the tlaie of their lives attempting
'.t .
Keep your thoughts on pure air In
the home. Don't be afraid If It Is a
little cold. None of Peary's party
caught cold all the time they were lu
regions away below aero. Pure, un
adulterated cold Is healthful. It Is not
11 the time pleasant, but ono can wrap
up sufficiently to provide against the
discomfort of It. That Is easy. That
la what they do with consumptives
wrap them up warmly aud put them
cut Into tho fresh, cold air. It Is not
(he cold that hurts; It Is the draft
which disturbs the temperature of the
jbody and consequently the equilibrium
of the circulation, which In turn stuffs
up the capillaries, aud there you are
sneezing, wheezing, coughing, hawking,
grunting and making yourself a publle
calamity.
A respected business man killed him
self recently because bis wife' affec
tions had been stolen. What of it?
Nothing out of tho ordinary, perhaps,
save tbut the suicide left a uote to. the
coroner, lu which ho msnnnieiided the
passage of laws making home-wreckers
criminal amenable to a piuilshiueut of
thirty years' Imprisonment. There's
Something- to think about lu that Of
tpuxte, the svlf-tuurdcrer win a cow-
ard. Hut that dos nc.t niter the fart
that the man who entered his home and
filched the wife's affection was worse
than n coward. The Innocent child who
steals n loaf of bread from a bakery to
kopp her brothers and sifters from star
vation Is a criminal In the eyes tif the
law. The crawling thing that betrays
friendship and squirm Into, good
man's homo. Mealing nil that is best and
purest In his life what Is he? Crlml-
nal? In the eyes of the law, no. Scoun
drel? In the eyes of his fellow crea
tures perhaps. A loaf of bread. A
Kood woman's love. An Innocent child.
A ec.wardly scoundrel. The law. The
suicide was right. There Is something
wrong somewhere.
Tho newspaper may be depressing
rending for the young woman whose
ambitions outsonr her conditions. In
a single lsi-ue she may perhaps see the
pb'tnre of a woman who has climbed
several of the world's highest moun
t. tins; may read of another woman who
bus achieved success In musical comis
Kit ion. and of n third who has written
n popular play; and may read the re
port of p.u address by a woman who Is
a dairy commissioner, and w ho Is ready
to throw the light of modern science
o'i the chemical problems of butter and
cheese making. These varied oceupa
tions with their rewards may make
"tile trivial round, the common task"
recm flat and dull to the village girl
whose activities are bounded by her
l.orlzon. She count over her day's
tesks. She has been up betimes to help
with the breakfast, has made an oven
fid of delicious pumpkin pies, and has
J swept bails and stairs. Then she has
gone through the week's mending, and
has ended the day by sitting for two
hours with a sick neighbor, and by at
tending n chojr rehearsal. Hut moun
tains anil music, drama and chemistry
these are all out of her line. Are they
really better than her cheerful house
virclliics3 and kindly service? In the
largest view of life, hers Is the nobler
In.-k. Music, drama, athletics and even
applied science are the luxuries the
frills and furbelows of existence.
Wholesome food, household cheer and
neighborllness are the essentials of civ
ilization. Without them we revert to
barbarism. If we must choose between
the woman who composes a symphony
md the woman who makes a tempting
lJiub stew, the musician shall go, for
tunately, there Is room In modern so
ciety for all talents. P.ut as accom
plishments grow more numerous nud al
luring, we must beware lest we turn
the whole fabric of life upside down
by setting its luxuries above Its es.sen
tin Is.
A great deal of harm Is done by self
drugging for the relief of various real
or Imaglnery Ills.
There Is nothing easier. Tho only ob
jection to the plan Is that what Is good
fcr tho cough may bo bad for tho
cot.gher.
So It Is with a headache. Almost any
pain In tho head not due to actual
brain disease may bo moderated, ir not
relieved temporarily, by some form of
"headache lewder" ; but a frequent re
course to this means of cure may fa
tally weaken tho heart When this
nl ops beating the hendaehes cease to
trotrble, but the patient is not lu con
dition to know or care.
Every man, of course, believes him
self a doctor, and often thinks he Is
better able to attack a cough or a case
of rheumatism or a hoadacho, whether
It bo his own or another's, than thoso
who make the cure of dlseaso a special
fctudy. All he has to do Is to make up
bis mind what the trouble Is and any
ono con tell a cough when he has It
and then to take something that Is
"good for a cough."
Less serious, but not much so, Is the
abuse of tonics. A true tonic Is any
thing that promotes tho nutrition of the
body. This may be done by Increas
ing tho nnetlte and Improving diges
tion, which Is the function of tho bit
ter tonics; or by Improving tho condi
tion of tho blood by adding to it the
lior. It has lost; or by supplying tho
system with some needed substance,
such as fat In cod liver oil; or ilnally
by stimulating the tissues to Increased
absorption, an action which Is ascribed
to arsenic, mercury and others of the
mineral tonics.
Hut these are not the "tonics" to
which peoplo are apt to resort when
they run down. They take to stimu
lants, alcohol usually, and think they
are getting strong because they feel
better after each dose. The alcohol
la the "tonic" Is often disguised, und
the user, perhaps a conscientious tee
totaler, would ls sheked to learn that
what he was taking to give bliu
strength had cnore ak-ohol In It than
has the strongest whisky. If the system
Is seriously run down, a physician
should be consulted, who will be able
to give what Is needed, whether Iron,
or bark, or gentian, or cod liver oil,
to correct the underlying condition that
tenses tho debility. Youth's Compan
ion. The Uualneaa View,
Brown Tho Insolence of that Gold
berger! Il says he'd gladly give fifty
murks to box my ears. What do you
think of that?
Moss If I wero yoo I'd wait a little
longer perhaps he'll give a hundred.
Fllegendo ltlaetter.
Tha Ultter Truth.
"After all, I guess it doesn't cost
much to live lu New York."
"It may not cost much to live," re
plied the man who hnd tried It. "but It
j costs u lot to make people believe you
' are living." Philadelphia Iedger.
We do not like to have uny child
coaxed to speak u piece for us or to
give us a kit.
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
THE PAY OF CONGRESSMEN.
ECAL'SE the House of Itepresentatlves de
feated the bill to raise Congressmen's pay
from 5,000 to $7,500 a year the action Is
attributed to the frightening thought Of
what happened to the "salary grab" Con
gress of 1873. nut the scandal of thirty
three years ngo did not consist in the mere
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passage of a salary Increase bill, but In the making of
the measure retroactive so that Congressmen could col
lect the additional allowance for two years back.
During the two years which constitute a term In the
House of Itepresentatlves a mcmlK-r draws $10,000 In
salary, $2,400 for clerk hire, sl'."u for stationery and
whatever amount his mileage may come to. He spends
about nine mouths in Washington, but there are few
Representatives whose devotion to public life seriously
Interrupts their pursuit of private business. Prestige
conies with a peat In Congress, and service there affords
en education useful In many occupations. The man In
4'ongress usually likes to stay there as long as he can.
Custom in this respect prove that be would rather be In
Congress at the present salary than take his chances
at anything else.
Of course, the cost of living In Washington Is high.
But for a mere Congressman It Is not necessarily higher
there than anywhere else. There Is nothing In his olllclal
position which compels him to cut a wide social swath,
nor Is his public service Increased by his doing so. If
the Congressman uses his position to advance tho social
aspirations of his wife and daughters, that Is his own
private affair a part of the jerqulsite which goes with
the office, not something for the public to pay him extra
for. Kansas City World.
THE WEALTH OF THE
1 1 10 year Just past has been
B A I prosperous years the farmers of this coun
I I try have ever known. The value of tho
I fat-tii rir.kiliK.td 1 tml ml I ntr lit-n atriflr la null
...., r.wau a iil ...... .. iiil '" 1., icy CTll"
mated by tho Secretary of Agriculture at
the Inconceivable figure of $0,794,000,000,
nearly half n billion more than last year
and over two billion more than In 1H!)0. An Increase of
44 per cent in seven years Is cause enough for thanks
giving. Over a million farmers who were debtors ten
years ago, trying to pay the Interest on mortgages on
their farms, ure now looking for Investments for their
money.
The exports of farm products. In spite of Increased con
sumption nt home, have grown to $!)70.0O0,00O. In spite
of the injurious statements printed about the packing
bouses the figures for exports of packing house products
exceed $100,000,000 for the first time. The balance of
trade In favor of the American farmer, that Is, the ex
cess of exportatlons of Amerlenn agricultural products
over Imports of the snme character, was for last year
$43,000,000, as against $.H.",000,000 for all other classes
of exports and Imports. Tuklng the last seventeen years
together tho balance In favor of the American farmer
Is over six billion dollars, while the balance against the
other American producers combined amounts to nearly
half a billion.
The farm Is the strength of the nation. As long as the
THI3 CALLED A 8KY-PIERCER.
Towering Office Building; In New
York 012 Feet High.
The towering office buildings of our
large cities have for a generation been
known as "sky scrapers." But when
a height of C12 feet Is attained In a
human hive of this kind, we respect
fully suggest a slight revision of the
well-known name, making It "sky
piercer" Instead. It Is not bo many
years ago when all kinds of disasters
were predicted for tho tall buildings
In Chicago and New York which stood
ten, sixteen or even twenty stories
above the sidewalks, with a height of
up to 300 feet, nut the troubles pre
dicted did not arrive, at least not on
time, and, on the contrary, the earth
quake in Sau Francisco seems to have
shown that the steel-framed building,
In spite of Its tallness, offered far bet
ter resistance to earthquake shocks
than buildings of ordinary dimensions
put up In the old way. The only rea
sons that these sky-scrapers did, not
defy both earthquake and fire, archi
tects say, were, that the bracing of the
frame work was In some cases not
heavy and strong enough; and their
catching fire Is explained by the use
of wood, for Instance In window-
frames, and by the absence of Iron
window shutters or of means to quick
ly close them. But these defects have
been noted in San Francisco and else
where and will doubtless bo reme
died.
Tho objections then against high
buildings not having been substantiat
ed and high ground rent and exorbl
taut prices of real estate always
standing as a specter at the sldo of
the metropolitan builder aud Investor,
It is no wonder that buildings are go
ing several stories Into the ground aud
higher and higher into tho air. The
latest and tallest structure of this
kind Is the Singer building, corner of
Liberty street and Broadway, New
York. The original building and the
addition will be fourteen stories high,
and the tower will extend tweuty-sev-en
stories above this.
The elevator will be oblong In form
and placed lu the center of the build
ing. For the service of the lower por
tion of tho building there will be six
teen elevators, and, as the upjier floors
are reached, they will decrease In num
ber, until there will rernalu four ele
vators for the service of the topmost
floors.
Though the tower measures only 05
feet square, yet Its height Is so great
that Its floor spuee together with that
of the main building will have a total
area of IH4 acres. With a single ex
ception this Is the largest floor space of
any building In the city. When fully
occupied the building will accommo
date about 0.000 itcople.
The Singer building will be 100 feet
higher than the spires of the famous
Koeln Cathedral, 07 feet higher than
the Washington monument at the Na
tional Capital, and with the exception
Of the Eiffel Tower (1.000 feet, located
lu Paris), the highest structure lu the
world.
Everybody will readily see that the
wind must exert a tremendous press
ure upon the sides of such a high and
comparatively uurrow building and the
RACE
FARM.
one of the most
CAN A MAN
A NT n
Income of the skilled lnborer, and 200 or 300 times the
average Income of successful men In business and the
learned professions. Men are born with very unequal
talents and capacities, but are there differences among
them so great as this? If It be said that there are,
then a case might be made Out against Industrial re
forms aiming to establish conditions of greater justice;
but It would at the same time make unassailable the
cause of loading upon the very rich a larger share of
tho costs of government, as through surplus Income and
graduated legacy taxes. If there exist persons so far
superior to the rest of mankind as all this, they can
fairly be called upon to lend support to Institutions for
the preservation of order and property In the undue pro
portions which their abilities bear to ordinary folks.
Springfield Republican.
problem that the architect and his as
sistants had to solve was, to adopt a
method of construction which would
bo able to Teslst the heaviest storm
sweeping over Manhattan Island. The
pressure is 30 pounds to the square
foot, or a total of 128,000 foot tons.
The total weight of the tower alone Is
about 23,000 tons. The method adopt
ed Is the tower or bridge style of
building In the steel skeleton, with
transverse braces from the bottom to
the topmost story.
The ordinary transverse bracing
could not be used on account of the
windows. So the method was adopted
of building four corner towers, each
12 feet squure, In the four corners of
the building, while the elevator shaft
serves as a fifth tower. This leaves
a space 30 feet wide betweeu the cor
ner towers, which are treated as bay
windows, oud tilled In with gloss. The
columns are anchored to the caissons
lu the foundation of the building.
If this building Is a lluuucinl suc
cess It Is ccrtalu that others ns high,
aud even higher, will bo built lu spite
of the danger to the occupants uf such
an artificial mountain in case of fire,
and the danger to nelghliorliig lower
structures lu case cue of these "sky
piercers" should coll ipse, aud several
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BINUKB BTILblNO IN NEW YOBK.
fartper has work for the unemployed of the cltlea and
money to buy the products of the factories, the cities
share In the good things of life. When crops fall and
the farmer Is hard up the factories must close and the
workmen out of a Job look In vain to the farm for a
chance to share In the harvest The farmer has enough
laid by to stand a year or two of bad luck, but every
body wishes him another year like the last Chicago
Tribune.
SUICIDE" 13 WORLD WIDE.
X view of President Itoosevelfs repeated re
proofs of the American people for what he
calls our race suicide, It Is Interesting to
know that conditions in this country In this
respect are not at all exceptional. James
W. Barclay, In an article In "The Xlneteenth
Ccnlury and After" shown time fh kiwi.
rate in fifteen European countries reached the highest
mark In 1870, and that there has been a steady decline
since except In Kussia. Another fact he records Is that
the world over, the birth rate Is highest In the poorest
districts. Almost everywhere the well-to-do have small
families and the poor have large families. The one
country whose birth rate has not declined Is remarkable
for the poverty of Its people and for Its deplorable social
conditions.
The connection between prosperity and sterility Is es
tablished in many ways and is a matter of common
observation. But few have ever attempted an expiana
tion of It Whatever theories may be held the similarity
of conditions the world over Is the Interesting thing to
observe. From these conditions It Is evident that no
preaching by the President or anybody else will very
materially affect the birth rate. There Is a little conso
lation in the knowledge that our own people are not
committing race suicide any more than are the people of
Europe. Indianapolis Sun.
EARN $1,000,000 A YEAR P
mun tlinn fnll.. .
C- ., ,,, earn ai,uuu,UUU a
I year, or in a manner to confer a correspond
I log benefit upon the Industrial society as a
"uu.cj im is a Dig sum or money vast
ly larger than is commonly appreciated in
our easy manner of talking business. It Is a
thousand times creator Hum tim
other difficulties which suggest them
selves.
METAL IN PLACE OF COPPER.
Aluminum and Sodium, However,
Are Not Wholly Satlafactorjr.
The high price of copper has for
years inspired search for something
which would serve equally well as a
conductor of electricity but would be
cheaper. To a limited extent alumini
um has been utilized for this purpose,
but it is not nn altogether satisfactory
substitute. It now appears that the
feasibility of employing sodium has
been under consideration. Bulk for
bulk, sodium weighs only one-ninth as
much as copper. Its conductivity is
lower, but It is asserted that a pound
of sodium would render three times
the service now performeu Dy a pound
of the red metal.
Just now sodium Is a rather ex
pensive article, because there is little
demand for It It Is alleged, however,
that if manufactured on a large scale
It could be produced for 7V4 cents a
pound or less than half the price now
paid for copper. Apparently, then, the
work of carrying nn electric current
could be done with sodium at one
sixth the cost of doing It with copper.
When the reader's expectations have
thus been raised to a high pitch his
eyes are opened to the embarrassments
that would beset tho use of this partlc-.
ulur substitute. In the first place, so
dium Is so soft a metal that It can.
readily be cut with a knife. Hence
it is hardly suited to the raking of
tejegraph, telephone or trolley wires.
Again, it Is extremely combustible. A
piece of it thrown Into a dish of water
will take fire. Here Is an additional
reason for not stringing it near build
ings In public streets. Already there
are too many fires from defective elec
tric equipment to please the underwrit
ers and It would be folly to Increase
the numlier.
Nevertheless, both this and the other
difficulty might be overcome by Inclos
ing the sodium in an iron tube and
putting it underground. Used in that
manner It might furnish a convenient
and safe means of transmitting cur
rent from the main power houses to
the substations of an electric road. It
has also been suggested that If alloyed
with some harder metal It would prove
less dangerous than if employed in a
practically pure state. After all, there
fore, there is a microscopic chance
that future experiment may pave the
way to the substitution of sodium for
copper, but at the present moment the
prospect of a change Is hardly what
would be caled dazzllngly brilliant
Proof Itradr at Hand.
Casey (after Riley has fallen flw.
stories) Are yez dead, Pat?
Ulley Oi am.
Casey Shure, yer such a liar OI
don't know whither to belav yez ot
not.
HI ley Shure, that proves Ol'm dead.
Ye wudn't dare call me a liar if OJ
wur alolve! Illustrated Bits.
The Dear Glrla.
"Here's news ! You'd never guess It. I'x
Eupnccd to Jack," said Flo.
Said May: "I knew you'd wiu la thus.
Jack never could nay 'No'."
rUlludeli'liia Press.
GUTS.
What hnll I give you now your glvlng"s over?
Blossom, or windfall, or a golden ear
Of wheat, to wither softly with you here?
What shall I give w ho never was your lover,
Who knew not yesterday I loved you, dear?
four hands were always full of help and coura:?.
Your heart brimmed over with the golden wine
Of earthly tenderness and hope divine,
And so, denr heart, I will not bring you borage,
And so I dare not bring you columbine.
Ghall I bring snow-ln-summer to you, sleeping.
Whose going falls like snow upon my way?
I might not bring you roses yesterday;
So. dear, I put my heart Into your keeping
And if it be a weed not worth thereaplng,
The dead are kind and turn no gifts away.
-Pall Mall Gazete.
Henry Goes Riding
HDHOVE rather carefully at first,
when I was once cut of hall of
father's lusty voice, for a rain
had fallen early that morning and I
had no notion of ls-spattering the mir
ror gloss of the buggy's varnish with
mud from the puddles In the road. We
were particular abuut our buggies on
occasions of this sort, and then the
weather wns warm and the mare was
nervous almost ns nervous as I was.
So I checked her and sho trotted
along, her head held high so that the
shortly-drawn check rein swayed llmi
ly from side to side and the martingale
rings held as rigidly ns though they
had been riveted to the lines. The
fonm from the bits flew back on me In
a perfect shower, so that I wns much
concerned for my clothes and would
have tucked the light lap robe In at the
top of my vest, ns I did my napkin In
those days, ouly It occurred to me that
I wns likely to meet some 'one, and
then I needed both hnnds.
"Needed both hands." That
ed something to me something that
ror a. moment set my heart beating
faster than the mare's hoofs struck the
road and almost ns hard. Well, why
not? That was tho thing to do. of
course. Certainly I'd do It What did
"I DON' WANT YOU
a fellow take a girl out riding for,
anyway? And if she didn't like It all
she would have to do would be to say
so and I'd quit, of course. No harm
done. I'd turn It off ns a joke.
But she wouldn't mind, most likely;
and maybe I'd
Still, I dismissed that thought ; but I
did take both relus In my right hand
and extended my left urni slowly and
cautiously along the back of the seat.
Instantly the mare slewed off to the
side of the road hiu! tried to climb a
high bank crowned with sumacs. I had
barely got her into the track again
when I saw an approaching wagon. I
let the little mare have her head nnd
Te flew.
Jerry Bowen. Jerry nnd Mrs. Bowcn
on the spring sent beside him. I went
by them like a flash, but for all that I
had just one glimpse of a grin on Jer
ry's face and I am pretty, sure thnt I
saw Mis' Bowen nudge him In the side.
I supposed that I would bear from
Jerry when I went to his place to get
our cultivator back, as I had to the
next morning.
Another team In sight. It seemed to
me that there was an unusual amount
of travel on that road a perfect con
gestion of traffic. 1 hoped again to get
by with a rush, but alas! there was n
big pool of water ahead of me and just
behind It was Uncle David I 'ax ton. The
old man hadn't the sense to turn out
for me. I hnd to slack up and at that
the old loony pulled his mules to a dead
standstill and I had to stop, too.
"What's the matter, Hen?" he called.
Folks sick?"
I hate to have people call me "Hen."
I naturally despise chickens always
did, and mother could never under
stand it The boy who first called me
Hank" became Instantly my bosom
friend. He Is my friend to this day. .
"No, Uncle David," I replied. "There's
nobody sick. Whoa there, Mollle!"
"I seen you com in' along lickety-spllt
an' I allowed you were goln' after Doe
Ammermans," said the old mail.
Where be you going, Hen?"
"Over to'rds Fairfiix," I replied raad-
Uy, having anticipated the question, and
shot through the narrow opening be
tween his wagon and the pool.
It was gathering twilight when I
got to the house. As I stopped I heard
the dishes still rattling in the kitchen.
They ate their supier later than we
did, or perhaps there were more dishes
to wash. Her father was sitting on the
steps, smoking his cob pie aud pulling
the long ears of the old hound that
was crunching at his feet. He shouted
howdy to me, which I returned, and In
quiries after the folks, which I an
swered. Then the door opened and her
mother came out, carrying a pall.
"She'll be out In a mlnlt, Henry,"
she called, and then went over to tho
well and lowered the sweep In tho
brisk, energetic manner she had.
I Jerked Mollie back from the gate
post, for she was a cribber the one
fault she had and waited, while
Strange emotions welled In my bosom.
Uere was I, Heury SomervUle Bras-
cup, driving up to take a girl out rid
ing! Not surreptitiously, but in the
face of the whole world, under tho
noses of her parents, who neither gibed
at me nor set the dog on me. Father
und mother bethinking it with a calm
ness absolutely astounding! In a min
ute she would come out.
She didn't, though not for a long
term of minutes, during which her
father allowed I'd better get out and
hitch. I' reckoned I wouldn't, however.
He looked harmless, but there was no
telling what be would say If I got out
and sat down with him. I stayed where
I was nnd listened listened so Intent
ly that I could hear the spurt of the
milk In the pall when their hired man
started In on another cow In the yard.
Once I beard, "Oh, maw!" And then,
"Come here a minute." That was all
until nt last she did come.
Shall I describe her? Strange! But
I really don't believe I can. She was
In white, I can say that much,' and
her eyes were blue and she wore some
blue ribbon, which made her eyes seetu
bluer. And did she wenr a "fascina
tor" or was that another time? I
know she .looked sweet nnd pretty and
maidenly, that I wondered the more at
myself ns I saw her at my altogether
devilish presumption and nt the mlrac-
STAYIN' OUT LATE." .
ulous success that seemed to be at
tending it She stopped for a moment)
to speak to her father and then came
tripping down to the gate.
I did not raise my hat I had thought
that over and almost decided to do It,
but us the moment approached It seem
ed n sort of finicky thing to do. I
might have done so If It bad been just
her, but her father was watching us.:
I wonder what he thought? Neverthe--less
I did get out in the manner pre-
scribed by the etiquette book mother'
bad at home and with the reins in my
right hand awaited her.
"Hello!" I said.
"Hello. Henry!" she returned, shyly.
I endeavored to assist her in the eti
quette style, but lu doing so I pulled
Mollle around and spoiled the cramp
of the buggy, much to my confusion. I
brought the fool animal back again and
again turned, but I was too slow. She
laid a lace-iulttened hand on the dash
board and leaped lightly In and seated
herself. I climbed in after her more
or less blunderingly and chpckud Mil
lie's Impatient forward bound, while
my lady settled her fluffy skirts to her
satisfaction and adjusted the lap robe.
"Oh. Sadie! Sa-a-dle!"
"Yes, maw?"
"Now, remember, I don't want you
stayin' out late. You remember that
Henry."
"Yes'm."
"You hear me, Sadie, don't you?"
"Why, yes, maw."
I glanced at her as we started and
her face was touched with crimson. It
may have been the reflected glow of the
sky. where ruby was blending with tur
quoise and where floated a thin, gold
en sickle of a moon with the bright
evening star below It We set our
faces westward and I chirruped to the
mare nnd so we drove at a round three
minute gait Into moonshine. Chicago
Dally News.
Quirk Growlnir Fnna-aa.
In "IJecollectlon of a Happy Life,"
Miss North describes many of her
young enthusiasms and among others
that of collecting and painting En
glish fungi. On one outing, sho says, I
came upon a fungus about the size of
a large turkey's egg. Eager to see it
develop, I took it up carefully and
carried It home. I put It under a tum
bler on the window sill of my bed
room nt night. At daylight I wat
awakened by a horrible crash of splin
tering glass. Behold the tumbler had
fallen to the floor and broken to bits.
The fungus was standing five Inches
tall, having hatched itself free from
Its restraining egglike shell and In
growing bad raised the tumbler and
Cited It sldewlse until It fell over and
to the floor. The fungus had a hor
rible smell, and soon a swarm of flie
were hovering over It.
Common thieves sometimes reform,
but w ho ever beard of a reformed poll
tic! an 7
Other people die that the undertaker
may live.