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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-27

he leaned against the old rail fence
The scent of budding apple bios
SONS came down to him on the
evening breeze. Times horologe
with it's hands of memory, drew
for him that which had ever been
with him-he knew it now.
He ran up to town early the next
morning to attend the board meet
ing and report progress. After
lunch he sat in his uncle's library
for some time; twisted and broken
memories evoked by the past
haunted him with almost an elfsh
pertinacity that left nothing lucid
all was haze, like the smoke from
his pipe. With shrug Of i'm
patience, he Strengthened himself
and idly picked up magazine
Suddenly he bent lower-it was
nothing but reproduction from a
photographs huge civic parade,
held in the city during the last
month. 1t had evidently been
taken from a nearby window, for
few feet away, and jutting from
the adjacent building, ran a balco-
ny full Of people. Over it the
sign, III. Frankenfeld, Jewelerand
Lapidary, No. 1242,' held a promi-
nent space in the perspective; but
this was not what John was look
ing at, not at all. His startled gaze
was riveted on a young woman
who sat first in this galaxy. Her
face, turned partly from him, did
not hide abe rubbed his finger
over the glossy page. l. was not a
stray ash from his pipe, neither
was it blemish from the printers
ink. For once the artist had been
faithful to his art-it was a mole.
And that contour of the cheek
and that little tilt at the tip of the
nose!
He reached the hall in three
bounds, selling top coat and hat as
he ran. Metaphorically speaking,
he pulled stylus and tablets, and
registered a wager of five to one
against fate that John A. Burnam
would find" There!' he ex-
claimed, as he cleared the front
steps, Give forgotten that blamed
NUMBER Spontaneously with this,
a short laugh broke from him, for
there, crumpled in his left hand,
was the pictured page from the
ruthlessly torn from it's
snug place among its fellows.
Catching an uptown car, he left it
fifteen minutes later and strobe
along to No. 1912.
Almost before realizing his sur
roundings, he was standing in front
of a glittering showcase, an ur-
bane and smiling proprietor was
politely offering his services for
the moment. "Well, you see, here
sponded, you see-er-I want"
John pulled himself together, as
plan quickly crystalized into &C
ton. Any excuse would serve now.
There was no mendacity or de-
ceit in his moral fibre, but he lied
that day. and lied like an adept
too, as he found himself moment
later explaining to the still smiling
ieweler of "a very dear aunt-a
penchant for stones. you know"
Meanwhile handsome solitaire
had been selected. Then John
played his little coup, with an as
sumption Of sangfroid that sur
prised even himself. "Advertise-
ment gratis seems to have come to
you lately" he said nonchalantly,
as he tossed the crumpled page on
the glass case. Mr.. Frankenfeld
recognized it at a glance. EYES,"
he replied, with the volubility Of a
man just closing good bargain,
''the cut has given me no end of
trade lata1v I" "And did Won no.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-27

767 run out in the garden
557s7 and pick some peas
51S15E for dinner "Yes'm.'
992 suddenly replied small
freckle. faced boy, who
with the righteousness of an
oriental and the superb noncha-
lance of thirteen. had been sun
ming himself behind the woodpile
for the last half hour; lying on his
back and watching the big white
clouds, as they sailed over the blue
expanse above his head His
meditations had been rudely inter
rupted by this sharp mandate, and
it was not with the utmost alacrity
that he obeyed the maternal order.
The question as to whether he
would go "hshin' or swimin'' after
dinner was still paramount. Re-
volving this doughty problem in
his mind, he slowly picked up an
old pan and wendell his way to the
garden.
Still undecided, he stopped in
front of the first row and musing-
ly said: "Fishin swimin '-fshin' ,
swimin. That's it-for every pod
[ pick, the first will be fishin', the
next swimin', and the next fshin j,
and so on till the last pod on the
that'll be it. Cracky! [ Won
der how it will come out anyway"
He was destined never to know.
Many an abstruse calculation has
come to naught from less definite
interruption than Johnny's. In
close proximity to the end, he had
Just counted "fishin'" for the fifty
fourth time when his eye caught
something unfamiliar in the ada
cent orchard. An old rail fence
separated Johnny from the object
that had so unceremoniously re-
moved his interest to-what? On
all tours, with the stealth of an
Apache, he crept down between
the rows, and nearing the apex of
his advance peeped over the first
rail. The tension of extreme emo
7ion caused the 1.-the limbs to grow
rigid as he gazed in feverish eager
ness. The calm was broken with
a whisper that was almost a hiss:
Gee! amt she a sumner"
All! that explains it-that pro-
noun belongingsolely to femininity;
the finality of every tragedy; the
inspiration or degeneration of
everything great; the betterment
of ife's comedy; idiosyncrasy; &c.
centricity: abnegation: inconsist-
ency that is consistent; an igneous
agglomeration that warns to life
or consumes. Johnny was in
state of collapse by this time: but
a clear silvery laugh of childish
Joy, exultant in its purity, rang
out on the blossom-sc scented air and
caused him to look again. Down
through the framed arbor of gnarled
and twisted branches, lock-em-
braced in a glimmering sheen, with
the golden sunlight playing and
glinting through her fair hair,
danced a little fairy all i'll pink.
Her dainty. feet scarcely touched
the messy sward as she airily
tripped her way over it, and ever
and anon the morning wind that
sang so sweetly through the inter
laced boughs shook the pink aud
white petals in very shower
around her. With arms extended
in an ecstasy Of delight. she madly
caught at them. as she whirled and
spun her way with all the grace of
a danseuse down toward her single
but highly appreciative auditor.
But all dreams and visions must
have an end; and so it was with
.Johnny's. A very prosaic, gray
rail- fence was the cause CT his
awakening and disenchantment;
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-27
SHAKING APPLE BLOSSOMS.

obstruction which had, all uncon
scious of it's crime, barred hel
aerial flight The eyes seemed te
say to Johnny, Rise slave, anc
remove me this fence"
I The servitude that Johnny hac
already fallen into was not at this
moment brought into evidence, fol
this sylph-like queen, as if dis
daining the magic Of her power
seized the top rail and incontinent
ly mounted to her throne. in ar
effort to steady herself, the foot
slipped. An evil geni in the shape
Of projecting post caught he,
dress just below the nape of the
neck; struggling for breath, she
caught at it, and had just sue
ceeded in turning half around
when hatless, bare-footed, cor.
duroyed figure rose up at he1
side, and in a treble voice, thread
ed with a tone of manlin
brought forth prematurely by the
urgency of the moment, it per-
emptorily ordered: "Put your arms
around my neck" Johnny's fairy
queen had not yet arrived at
that age when she might have
stopped even then to discuss the
conventionalities, but placing two
plump arms around his neck, he
swung her up and around and
with straining muscles placed her
on the ground. She sat down
rather hard it must be admitted.
Johnny was no Hercules as yet,
and she was something Of Brun-
hide set in miniature. Looking
up at him, and in a rather shocked
and repellent tone, she queried:
"Umph! where did you come
from?" For the life of him, John
ny couldn't have answered. He
might have come from Jerico, or
near some other place where the
whale swallowed Jonah. "Well.
you see,' he began-then desper-
ately-"I was out pickin' peas for
ma in the garden, and saw you
playin' tag with the apple bios
SONS, and of course 1 couldn't help,
help but watch. and them"
Here she interrupted: "Well you
you might have turned your back,
when you saw lady. in such a
pre- -predickerment.' Oh, un-
grateful! and thus they always are.
Johnny had no answer for this. He
knew something was wrong. He
had not learned as yet the sex S re-
pugnance to false position; but
this little lady felt it intuitively,
tho she never could have named it.
Any qualms of conscience he
might have had as to having done
the right thing were dissipated to
four winds Of heaven: for as she
rose to her feet, Johnny saw right
in the middle of the rosy cheek
turned from him, mole-yes it
was a mole. She felt rather than
saw the amazemento on his face, and
with an apologize smile, said:
Mamma says we. are to have it
tuken off some day" Il wouldn; t."
Johnny returned encouragingly,
you look better with it on. In my
old third reader there used to be
pictures of lot of ladies in Queen
Elizabeth's court, and they had on
moles and patches and things: and
it must be right if they wore 'em.
Anyway" he added dolorously, dig
ging his big toe into the soft turf,
its not half as bad as my free
kles." This consolatory admission
of sympathy was met by critical
stare out of the big gray eyes,
with the adjunct of a very positive,
but drawling:' That's SOP Then
impulsively, whats your name?"
Johnny gave his full name-John
Arson Burnam. She repeated it
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-27
DULUTH

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-27

J
the little hotel office, and, remov-
ing glove, the name Of John A.
Burnham stood on the we'll
thumbed register as a guest at
"Bates's." After supper he strolled
back in the office of this rural
caravarsary, intent on obtaining
certain information Of which he
stood sadly in need. For he felt
his deficiencies, did John, and it
made him cautious. Reticence on
his part was unnecessary, for that
worthy, the landlord, proved to be
veritable tout; open the sluice-
way and out it came: eyes, yes,
yes, the Maynards live up in the
big white house on the hill-old
mans kind of queer-paralytic-
lots of money tho-wife died last
year. Don't know what he'd do
'thout his daughter to take care of
him all the time plenty servants,
but he won't have 'em around"
Well, this was enough for one day,
and John sought one of those re-
nowned beds so peculiar to bucolic
hostelries.
Next morning found him out
bright and early, traversing aim
lessly or purposely a shady street
leading up to the white house on
the hill. Just in front of him a
lady had paused, stopped and
kissed very small boy, who had
been performing a series Of gyra-
tons on a low swinging gate. AS
she passed, he had only time to
remember a slender figure in gray,
a wealth of bronze-gold hair, and
underneath II flmy white veil, the
brown spot that had lured him
hither. Walking directly up to
the urchin, with the air of an
automaton doing stunt, he me-
chanically put hand in pocket,
handed him silver dollar, gazed
with unseeing eyes at the cottage
inside, and said: young man,
what was the name of the young
lady who-who kissed your
''Miss-Miss Elsa Maynard" slut
tered the small piece of humanity
incoherently, now too surprised to
speak. AS John turned away, be
vaguely remembered that the boy
had freckles. Under the smooth,
exterior bark, the slburnum of his
nature held the ideal and aesthetic,
combining those sensibilities which
are ever at a loss in anticipating
an emergency until it arises. How
to introduce himself, that was the
question. Would she remember?
was it not an intrusion? how
would she receive him? What
excuse had he for calling? An
idea came to him. He hastily
pulled his card from a case and
scrubbed on the back, Your SER
want Of the apple orchard at Elms.'
Mounting the broad veranda, he
rang the bell; his card was taken and
he was ushered in. 1t would be USE
less to try to analyze his thoughts
at that moment; they were so
jumbled and varied as to preclude
the possibility. He was startled
out of them, however, by a sweet
voice exclaiming: why! Mr..
Burnam!' and extending cool,
white hand, Elsa crossed the room
to meet him.
They rode, they drove, and
wheeled it over the country roads
together. She had bantered him
a little about the lengthening Of
his stay in Edgemont, and in ques-
ton, had inadvertently alluded to
business; but as he had replied
evasively, she had pushed the in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-27

He arrived home late for dinner,
minus any evidence of vegetarian
labor in his hands, and received a
sound scolding for it in the bar
gain.
They played together through
the long sunny days, and Johnny
shook the apple trees for Elsa.
And then one quiet evening he was
told that Uncle Jack in the city
wanted him for a visit, and was
unceremoniousIy packed off the
next morning to town. Pleasant
anticipations made him jubilant
for while, but as the train sped
on he thought maybe--maybe he'd
rather play in the orchard after all.
Elsa waited for him in the morn
ing with childish Impotence; in
the afternoon, with a certain sense
of darkness, of loss, yelling up
in her heart. Never again would
the old rail fence hold so precious
a message as lay within it's messed
and worm eaten tentacles that
night; kissed by the dew, its secret
stolen by hayward moonbeam, it
read: "Please come and shake the
trees again. [ want you to.-Elsa. ;"
A mother robin carried the mes
sage away the next morning high
up in the forks of a tall maple,
where misdirected and wandering,
it still fulfilled it's mission in way.
Johnny's sojourn was heightened
into days, weeks. years. His Uncle
Jack, who had nothing to do but
haunt the art galleries and fill his
home with curios and bric-a- brac,
wrote home a long letter about
''the superiority of city schools"
and "as the boy had never known
father,'' he would give up some
of his dearly beloved books and
endeavor to make a career for
him. The mother sighed and
shed few tears-bless their hearts!
they always do. IT'S the highest
tribute paid to mankind. Johnny
worked his way through all the
vicissitudes of school life, and
when he entered college for a spe-
cial course of engineering and
mining, he left Johnny far behind
and became Mr.. Burnam. At the
expiration of three years of hard
study, Uncle Jack, the controlling
interest in certain board, ordered
him to Mexico to look after a mine
or two that had been giving them
trouble lately. Two weeks later
John Arson Burnam rode into
the little town of L'Camas and as
sumed charge
Things went well after that.
This big blue-shirted, athletic
American that never took siesta
drove things with an energy that
made the villagers open their wide
dreamy eyes, and exclaim in
breathless undertones. Many
time. in his cactus-corded ham,
mock, with the glorious effulgence
of tropical night shining over him,
retrospection and feet-winged
thought bore him back to home,
and with it. perchance. the vision
of a blooming apple orchard and its
fairy tenant Of long ago. But time
in the interval worked a change Of
scene for him his probation was
over. and a telegram from Uncle
Jack. bidding him come up north
and take vacation, lured him
homeward.
Twas late one sunny afternoon
when he rushed in through the
front door, danced his mother
around the room, expostulating
mid tears and laughter, and after
nearly demolishing the house,
and driving old Ben the
dog half mad with the racket,
he ended I'D In the kitchen. exc
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-27

OHNNY." rang out a
shrill feminine voice in
the summer kite h e n ,
run out in the garden
and pick some peas
for dinner" "Yes'm, -
suddenly replied a small
freckle- faced boy, who,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Board of Hire Commissioners.

st. Paul, MIMI, Sept. IL, 1902.
Special meeting of the Board was held
this day at p. m.
Commissioner Clarkin, Brace,
Freeman, Schweizer and President War
ner.
The president stated the object of the
meeting was for the purpose of preparing
a statement to submit to the Charter
Commission, with a request that an
amendment be recommended to the pres
ent City Charter, granting an increase
in the appropriation of the Fire Depart
ment.
The Board voted unanimously to ask
that a minimum of mills be allowed on
the present valuation of 100000, 600; also
that an amendment be submitted which
will allow any surplus accruing from the
annual appropriation to revert to Fire
Department fund for the ensuing year,
and that all proceeds derived from sale
of department property shall be credited
to department fund.
1t was voted that the members of the
Board act as a committee to present their
request to the Charter Commission at its
meeting on Monday evening, Sept. %.
Adjourned.
REUBEN WARNER JR.,
VIM. O'GoRMAN,
Secretary.
Sept 15-1902-1t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
DIED.

r~~~~~~~rs~~~~~~~s~~N.~~~o
BRANDHORST-NIrs Marguerite Brand
horst died Saturday, Sept 13, aged fif-
ty-tWo years. Funeral at 2 o'clock from
residence, 652 Mississippi street. Ser
vices at lions church, Cortland and
Sycamore streets, at 2:30 p. M, Monday,
WEBER-In st. Paul, Sept IA, Sophia H.
Weber. only daughter of Mrs Sophia
Weber: Funeral on Wednesday, Sept
II, at 2:30 p. M, from the residence, 212
Summit avenue
EIsENHARD-In st. Paul. Mimi, Sept
Is, 1902, Mrs. Catherine Eisenhard (nee
Rebholz),- beloved wife of Frank II.
Eisenhard. aged twenty-s six years ten
months at the home of her mother. 407
South Wabasha street. Funeral Tuesday.
Sept. 16, at $40 a. M, from the above
residence Services at st. Matthews
church at 10 o'clock. Reading and Phil
adelphia papers please copy.
O'DONNELL-In st. Paul, at late resi-
dence, 992 Conway street, Saturday,
Sept. 10, 1902, at $3.50 p. M, Mark
O'Donnell Funeral from above resi-
dence Tuesday, Sept. 16, at $3.50 a. m.
Services at st. Johns church at a. m.
SEENEY-Sunday, Sept. IA. at 1880 a. M,
Barbara e. Seeney, at residence of her
sister, Mrs William Martin. 400 Blair
street, aged twenty-five years. Funeral
at Darwin. Mimi, Tuesday, Sept. 16.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
CITY NOTICE.
Office of the City Treasurer,
CT Do,,I RT;,,,. Co,.4 1r 1ooo

Office of the City Treasurer,
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. Is, 1902.
All persons interested in the assess
ments for constructing sewer on Payne
avenue, from Geranium street to Mary
land street, in the City of st. Paul, in
accordance with an order of
the Common Council of SAID
city, approved February, oath 1902.
will take notice, that on the 9th
day of September, 1902, 1 did receive
certain warrant from the City Comp
troller Of the City of ST. Paul for the
collection of the above-named assess
ments.
The nature of this warrant is, that if
you fail to pay the assessment within
THIRTY DAYS,
after the first publication of this notice,
l shall report you and your real estate so
assessed as delinquent, and apply to the
District Court of the County of Ramsey.
Minnesota, for judgment against your
lands lots, blocks. or parcels thereof so
assessed, including interest, costs and ex-
penses, and for an order of the Court to
sell the same for the payment thereof
OTTO. BREMEN,
City Treasurer.
Sept. 15-1902-10t
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pestered by the horn fly, which depos-
its its eggs about the base of the horn,
later followed by maggots, which de-
Stroy the horn growth. If the horns
were not there this would not occur
Who will maintain that the growing of
horns is not cruel?
The successful farmer knows there
is truth in the theory that quiet, con-
tented animals make the best gains.
During the early autumn months he
makes the arrangements for the COM
fort of his animals The first cold
snap does not catch him unprepared.
When the pasture dries and grows
scant and the cow has to work hard
to merely fill herself, to say nothing
about the inferior quality of what she
eats, why not cut some corn and give
it to her? You will give it to her next
winter anyhow. 1t will go further now
and do her more good and you will
save husking.
What a difference it makes whether
the men folks try to tighten the bur-
denS of the Women-or not. We have
seen some men who never thought Of
bringing in a pail of water or filing
the teakettle. And yet, these same
IlleH WOHUSf WT6n the nedlLn OF their
wives gives way and they have to keep
hired girl and perhaps have to pay
big doctors bill. And the worst part
| of it is that with these folks the doc
tors bill and the bill for hired help
look so big that they cannot see the
suffering on the part of their wives.
Pity it is.
The rooster is a useless expense in a
flock intended to produce eggs for
sale. Only enough hens should be
mated to produce the required num-
Der of eggs for incubation
In trial before justice in Illinois
the court held that eggs were properly
the perquisite of the farmers wife. A
farmer attempted to take a basket of
eggs to town to sell, the wife claimed
them as her own and battle followed.
In the contest with her husband the
wife lost, but in the court she won.
The man was fined SO and costs. Serv-
ed him right.
o wondrous blessing! from the soil
To garner wealth by prudent toll;
The wealth of meadow field and bough
With Natures hand to guide the plow;-
To aid with sunlight's golden ray,
With sweets renewed each summer day,
From gentle rain and dew distilled,
Till every vacant space is hlled!
Laying hens should have a roomy
range, but is is not good to let them
run all over the premises. To get fine
eggs of fine flavor it is necessary to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
BUSINESS PORTION OF SOUTH
DAKOTA TOWN LARGELY
LAID WASTE BY FIRE
HURON DEPARTMENT
AVERTs WORSE DISASTER
Representatives of Almost All Glasses
of Business Are Burned Out, Not
More Than One-third of the Losses
Being Covered by lnsurance-Un-
known Origin of the Fire
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
HURON, S. D., Sept. 14.-Fire this
afternoon destroyed large portion of
the business part of Wolsey, thirteen
miles west of this city, and for time
the whole town was threatened with
destruction.
A telegram to Mayor Cleaver asked
for assistance, and a portion of the
Huron fire department was sent by
special train, arriving in time to save
the town. The Origin of the fire is I'M
known. Among the greatest sufferers
are:
Henry Newton, two stores general
merchandise and drugs, loss, stock and
building, $500; Chenoweth Bros, gen.
seral stock, $4,000 on stock, $1,000 on
building, insurance, $500; Peter My
ers, hardware and general merchan-
disc, $4,000 on stock and $1,000 on
building; J. w. Hopkins, barber shop
and contents, $500; j. c. Connors, sa-
loon, $500; Peter Myers, hardware and
machinery, $500 on stock and 81, 900
on building, small Insurance.; Vermil-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
Through Tourist Cars to California.

On and after September 18th, the Min
tourist cars every Thursday to Los An
geles via Omaha, Denver and the Scenic
line through Colorado and Salt Lake.
Ticket rate only $3.50, and through berth
rate only $500.
Beginning October list, and every
Wednesday thereafter, additional through
car will be operated via Kansas City and
the Santa Fe Route to Los Angeles. This
gives a choice of the two best lines to
California.
For berth reservations and tickets, call
at City Ticket Agent, 1913 Robert ST.,
F. p. Rutherford.
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Special Rates Via "The Milwaukee Road"

indianapolis and return $3.50
Dayton Ohio, and return .......... 2075
Springfield. Ohio and return ........ 81 %
Columbus, Ohio, and return ....... 21.85
Sandusky, Ohio, and return ........ 21.75
Cincinnati and Louisville .......... 21.50
On sale Sept. 9TH 18th and 23rd, good
for thirty days. Similar rates to many
other Indiana and Ohio points.
Special one way colonist rates to Cali
fornia $3.50 during September and Octo-
Ter.
Write for particulars. w. B. Dixon,
Northwestern Passenger Agent, st. Paul,
MINI.