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Edwards Bros. are sole agents for White
House coffee.
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Dsnti,irx.

DIR. W T. Cain over Merchants & Min
trrs Bank Successor to Dr. Quiek. t
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Try the Portland ior e. ms, class srn=
day dinner. soc.
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James Freeman al the First National
bank force. visited 6reciry friends over
Sunday.
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Turkey dinner SUNDAY a, the Portland
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Viii House coifee. Edwards Pros.
sole agents.
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SHORT SIFTINCS.

DIR II. 0. allen, the Dentist.
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Bush a Bonney.
NoTlcEof fIN.L sErILENENT

st.L estate. ~ists AND INSURANCE
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ADessrvins Testimonial.

FIRST y trtoNAL RANKs
IDAHO SPRINGS, colo,
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OLD APPLE TREES.

Renovating old apple orchards was
the next subject. which was taken
up by Charles E. Bassett, of Fem
vile.
An old orchard, the speaker claim
ed, could not be rejuvenated, though
it might be renovated and rendered
valuable if in a favorable location,
with a good soil, desirable varieties
and trees not to closely set, other
wise it was not worth the labor. Good
orchards are now the exception be-
cause neglected for the peach and
grape.
The method of procedure is to be-
gin with shallow fall blowing. so as
to make the plant food available for
spring. Suckers and dead wood are
cut out. but not many large limbs.
and the stubs painted with white
lead. In the fall vetch. common or
crimson clover are sown. the last
preferred. Wood ashes and barnyard
manure may be. used for fertilizers.
The ground is worked with an extern
sion disc harrow. followed by q COM
mon smoothing harrow. Spraying is
done in season.
Spraying Is an important part Of
the work. First. before the buds
open the trees are sprayed with cop
per sulphate solution made by dissolv-
ing two pounds OF copper sulphate in
fifty gallons of water. After the bios
SONS fall Bordeaux mixture is used.
Three sprayings are necessary for the
codling moth and scab. the third time
during the last OF July. The formula
for the mixture used Is six pounds OF
lime. four OF copper sulphate and fifty
gallons of water. One-fourth pound
of paris green is added. Spraying will
aid to put the trees In q healthy con-
diticn and enable them to throw on
the dead. scabby bark But the work
must be thoroughly done.
The best investment for young
man is a good orchard well cared for.
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CHAPTER XIV.
a LITTLE AFFAIR AMONG THE MoKKATAN
HILLS

A LITTLE AFFAIR AMONG THE MoKKATAN
HILLS.
No one can reasonably offer any OBJ
lection to the selection of the ground.
since it is level enough for all prac-
teal purposes, and certainly so isoe
lated that there does not seem to be
any danger Of interruption. The as
ISOLATION with the strange tombs hewn
in solid rock ages ago, by the Egypt
ians, might make some men nervous.
but it does not appear to have any
such effect upon either of the two who
have met here to face each other in
q combat for honor.
Mr.. Grimes, in company with the
French officer. goes over the ground
step by step and announces that he is
perfectly satisfied with the location
chosen. 1t certainly cannot be i'm
proved upon, and might not be equaled,
so they are well content as it is.
''Now for the weapons" says the
American. whose business-like meth
DDS cause the other to suppose he
has figured in duels before.
The French officer has heard of des-
perate ARRAYS happening in the South
and the West. How is he to know
that the participators in these scrim-
images are, as a general thing, the
very lowest scum of society, and that
Southern gentlemen. as a rule. have
given up their former allegiance to
the code as a settler for all difficult
ties?
Picking up the package, he unrolls
it. Within, wrapped in chamois skin.
lie two handsomely made swords. of
delicate but magnificent appearance.
These he draws from their separate
scabbards and holds toward the Amer
lean.
Select which one. you please" be
says. quietly.
Mr.. Grimes crooks his finger. and
when Joe. who is watching, sees this.
he comes at once to the side Of his
friend.
TRY these blades" says his second.
CURLY.
The explorer takes one up, and
makes few movements with it.
Careful. the baron's looking at
you." whispers his mentor just then.
and Joe sweeps the air no more with
the blade.
He bends it double over his knee,
allowing 1t to fly back again. Then
the second sword Is also put through
its PAGES. Mynheer Joe's face is
study, for he finds 1t a pleasure to
handle Such weannns rs these
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mains are taken care OF. In my pock-
1t will be found letter addressed to
rou, Mr.. Grimes, concerning the little
natter we were speaking about last
1ight. You can let the person most
Interested see it. THERE am done.
[ have made my peace, but l want
both of you to understand that it is
lot Mynheer Joe's intention to drop
before tho SWORD of the Russian. ]
hope to snow him how an American
can uphold the honor of his flag even
ut the swords point"
Confident words, these, but they ex.
press the feelings of the man. 1t is
partly this assurance concerning his
own powers that has brought Myn-
heer Joe safely through numerous
deadly perils in the past.
Fear will never paralyze his arm
when face to face with danger. nor
can an antagonist expect to reap any
benefit from such source.
BY this time they see that Sandy
was not far out of the way when he
marked this point as the scene of their
expected debarkation. The leading
dahabeah makes a graceful sweep
and comes about at the point, landing
at rock that seems especially adapt
ed for such business.
Now it Is their turn: the old refs
himself as charge of the tiller, and
gives his order in loud, shrill voice
that strikes the tympanum in a pain.
full way, as though some boy is indulg.
ing in the agonizing delirium of beat
ing upon empty pans. The Arab sail
ors can no longer be termed lazy; they
jump around in the iveliest possible
manner and carry out the commands
of the captain
Not an inch out of the way, they
shade the wind out of the sails, and
the boat brings up gently alongside
the other, to which it II ut once Sc
cured.
The baron and his party can al
ready be seen upon the snore. Under
his arm the Frenchman carries long,
slender package. without doubt the
swords which are destined to occupy
so prominent place in the coming
event. There is a third member of the
party, the man known as Colonel Tay
lOr, and also a short individual who
carries surgeons case in his hand
When our friends join them words
are passed between. The principals
how in a perfunctory way, but Myn-
heer Joe smiles in n careless manner
that must set the Russian duelist to
thinking.
They do not need to go far away:
the ground is right there among the
rock tombs, but 1t is advisable to move
on 81 little for several reasons. 1t is
not their Intention to have the sailors
IN board the boats witness the affair.
md just beyond the rocks they are apt
to find spot where the sun will not
throw his fierce rays into the eyes Of
either causing a momentary blindness
that may prove fatal. So they walk
along two and twos Mr.. Grimes bring
ing up the rear.
In five minutes they come to pause.
and the French officer sweeps his arm
around with dramatic gesture, say
ing:
Behold, gentlemen! The ground Sc
lected for the duelloT
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MAKING COLD FRAMES AND HOT


A cold frame is small plot OF
ground surrounded by boards and
covered with glass, to protect plants
early in spring and hasten growth,
that they may attain good size be-
fore being set in the open. They are
excellent for starting melons and GU
cumbers. These plants are very susr
ceptible to late frosts, and unless pro-
tected in some way, planting must
be delayed until quite late. In the
autumn cold frames are used for pro-
tecting half hardy plants. During
the late fall and even late in the
winter, if properly covered at night
and open during the day, the season
of many of these plants may be very
greatly prolonged.
A cold frame is usually four or six
feet wide and any length desired. The
back part of the frame should be
somewhat higher than the front and
the slope should be located on the
south side of wall or building, or,
at any rate, adjacent to clump OF
trees. Any kind Of board may be
used fer the sides OF the frame, after
which earth should be thrown out
of the inside and banked up around
the outside The interior can then
be filled with garden soil or a mix
lure of compost and soil, as may be
desired, for the different crops. OF
course these beds must be properly
ventilated and cared for. During the
night the sash must be closed down
and Covered with some material to
prevent rapid radiation. During the
day this covering must be taken OF
and part Of the sash raised, to admit
fresh air. When the sun becomes
too hot, partial shade may be neees-
sary.
Hotbeds are made much as cold
frames The only difference is that
instead OF using soil or compost the
earth in the bottom Of the bed is
thrown out and this is replaced with
fresh horse manure. On top Of this
a foot or so Of good soil is spread.
The fermentation of the manure Gre
ates heat, which viii enable plants
to grow during much colder weather
than would be possible with the cold
frame In some of the colder north
err states the hotbeds may be started
early in March.
The preparation Of the manure Is
very simple, but must be very care
fully followed Tt should be placed
I'm the hotbed and allowed to remain
fox 6,ro f.,1c nf
hot water may be poured over it and
when the fermentation is nicely
started the manure should be worked
over. In few days it may be work
ed over again. The violent heating
period will have passed and it can
then be tramped down and covered
with a foot or so of soil. as noted
above Allow the hotbed to stand
for few days and when an even
temperature is maintained level OF
the top Of the soil and plant the
seeds.
A hotbed prepared in this way will
continue to give out heat for five or
come up, must be watched, carefully
watered, and the weeds which come
up pulled out More water is requir-
ed in hotbed than in cold frame.
Also the matter of ventilation must
receive especial attention. At no time
must the heat be excessive, for the
plants will become spindling and ten
der. When planted in open ground
they will wilt and be comparatively
useless.-N. e. Homestead.
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A sENsE OF PROPRIETY.

"Why is the Council summoned?
asked the Emperor of Korea.
"In order that we may be prepared
for any emergency" answered ths
Prime Minister. @We are getting ready
to change the name Of our country
from The Land of the Morning Calm
to The Land Of the Cold Gray Dawn
of the Morning After. -Washingte
Star
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KEEPING HOG HOUSES DRY

Those who have owned hogs thai
suffered with rheumatism during the
winter have properly ascribed the
trouble to the damp floors. 1t is diff.
cult to keep the floors of the hog
houses dry under the usual plan of
pens which are found on most farms
for, while the idea of a bedroom for
the animals saves much trouble. it is
not an easy task to educate hogs SC
that they will not soil their beds. A
hoghouse was recently seen which
was an ideal in it's way. When ID
was built the floor was inclined from
the rear toward the front quite sharp
ly and a trough arranged Just under
the front of the floor boards which
held the liquid excrements going into
it through a number Of inch holes
bored in the planking In the floor.
This trough was arranged so that
Its contents ran of into a barrel
placed for its reception at one end
OF the house. 1t required some care
ful work to construct this arrange
ment, but the plan works nicely and
the floor OF the house, and consequent
ly the bedding, is comparatively dry
or course, the dry floor could be OBJ
tanned by boring holes at frequent in.
tervals through the pIanks of any
level floor. but then the manure would
be lost, which would hardly be profit,
able. Care should be used in bedding
so that the hogs have sufficient to
make them comfortable, yet not sc
that they will destroy too much either
by soiling it or eating it. Further.
r'ore, one should be as careful in
cleaning out the hoghouse each day
as they would be the horse stable.
General opinion to the contrary, hogs
do not like wet, soiIed bedding any
better than do horses. Remove the
bedding daily and treat it exactly as
the bedding for horses is treated.
indianapolis News. ~
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But poor orchards should be cut down
for the good of the states reputation
In the discussion Prof. Macoun was
a. little more favorable to the old or.
chard. 1t was worth while to reno
vate, he held, if. the trees are not rot.
ten at heart. This trouble is caused
chiefly by unsuitable conditions, worst
of all a wet sub-soil.
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WOULD RUIN HIS REPUTATION.

WOULD RUIN HIS REPUTATION.
There's girl coming to see you
today to get her fortune told" said the
youth. "I'1r give you $40 if you'll tell
her the fates decree that she is to
marry me-"
NO." replied the fortune teller.
1--WE worked up a good business by
telling people pleasant things. and
can't afford to break my record now"
Washington Star.
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JEALOUS.

so those multi-millionaires kept
him out of their club?"
"Yes"
"Did they give any reason?
'Of course. They did it because he
Is a comparatively poor man. They
have adopted the theory that It is q
disgrace to die rich and they DIDN'T
want him to put on airs over them.
Washington Star.
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PUNISHMENT BY PROXY.

A mother recently brought her little
boy to school for the first time. and
she said to the teacher:
This little boy is very delicate, as
he is afther At Of harmonya on the
loongs. but If he does anything bould
and I know he will-bate the wan
next to him an twill frighten him."
Chicago Journal.
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ESTIMATING THE POSSIBILITIES
Archie Ito intimate friend)-Pd
propose to Miss Jarvis in a minute II
I wasn't afraid. Do you think ia
stand any chance, old chap?
Intimate Frfend-Why. of course
you would. She'd say either yes or
TO. wouldn't she?-Chicago Tribune.
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ONE OF WHOSE GENIUsEs.

$50 your husband is busy now, Is
hep"
"Yes; Lysander has been working
pretty steady of late"
what is he doing now?"
Hes trying to write the Lords
PRAYER in the least possible space
>dianapolis Sun.
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THE AMATEUR ARTIST.

Amateur-This is my latest attempt
at landscape. May I ask you what
you think of the perspective?
Artist-The perspective is its strong
point. The further away you stand
the better it Tooks.-ChicagO Tribune.
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TAX ENOUGH.

She-What would you think Of tax
on bachelors?
He-Oh, pshaw! Don't We have tc
buy wedding presents Detroit Free
Press
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THE MERRY MONARCH.

There was an old monarch in Thibet
Skirt dancing he tried to prohibit;
His rule was SO strict,
If any one kicked
He ordered her hanged on gibbet
Carolyn Wells. in Life
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ADVICE.

She-You'd better git by the open
window, dearest, in case papa should
come into the room suddenly.
He-But there's fierce bulldog out
side, darling.
II know It. But of two evils. al.
ways choose the lesser."-Life.
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DO WE TREAT OUR HORSES
RIGHT?

RIGHT?
The farmers main help and de-
pendence are, first, his good wife, sec.
oTd, his faithful team of horses; and
when he goes to the field we may
say the latter are first; as a farmer
can do but very little good on farm
without good farm team. The ques.
ton I wish to ask is, do we farmers
appreciate them as faithful servants
and treat them as such?' I think not
II we did some of us wcurd not abuse
them as we do. A great deal of this
abuse is mere thoughtlessness Farm.
ers do not realize they are killing
the horse by degrees. Just let US
stop and consider how we drive our
horses. If We want to drive to the
village three or four miles. or if 1t
is twenty, 1t is all the same, and If
the horse has been idle, or hard at
work, all the same. He must go as
fast as he can put his feet down till
he gets there. Then very often he
is tied up dripping wet for several
hours, as there is no hurry to go
home-then driven home at the same
gait. Often If there is load to haul
to market he is over loaded to haul
more than a neighbor's. This is the
kind of treatment our horses are re
ceiving every day from large mum
Der of drivers of farm horses. If we
were to treat ourselves in proportion
to our strength and health, as we do
our horses, we would not live half
so long as we do; but If we were to
treat orr horses with more humanity
they would lie three times as long,
and feel and look better.-Louis
Campbell, in the Epitomist
CISTERN FOR LIQUID MANURE.
In O. recent issue OF Green's Fruit
Grower l see advice given in regard
to soft or muddy barnyNrds. My
barnyard was thus Objectionable until
drained it by sinking a cistern in
the center Of the ward, into which all
the liquids drained. l provided caves
for the barn so as to keep the water
from the roofs of the barn from en-.
tering the ibarnyard. The rain and
snow which fell all leeched through
the manure into the cistern. The
liquid manure thus preserved In the
cemented cistern applied to my
plantations OF strawberries, raspber.
ries and blackberries. also to vege
tables of all kinds with remarkable
success. The value of this liquid ma
nure will depend upon the amount of
manure in the barnyard and its rich
ness. Surely. IL there is but little
manure in the yard and there is much
water the liquid secured will not be
so valuable. l cannot think that a
farmer is doing his farm justice il he
fails to build cistern in his barn
yard as I have done. How often we
see liquid manure escaping from the
barnyard. particularly in the spring
season, running on into the brooks or
bitches. A large portion OF the better
part of the barnyard manure Is lost
each year in this manner. BY my
method it Is all saved.
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EASILY FOUND IN THE DARK.

EASILY FOUND IN THE DAhh.
He-I think l ought to take hot
foot bath. Where is the mustard?
She-Out in the pantry.
He-Pshawl it's dark out there, and
I haven't got a match.
She-You don't need a match to
locate it. It's, right alongside of
the Limburger cheese.-Philadelphia
Press.
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In the province Of Samara, Russia,
4O5. 900 persons get thor subsistence
from less than three acres Of snd
per capita.
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HIS NEW LIBRARY.

"And what is the main building TO
be used for. Mr. Bryant"
"That will hold the scrap-books con-
tanning my speeches" E -..E e
"And the little annex in the reary'
That's for general literature.S
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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BOW HE LOOKED Avn I'M.

"Yes," said the author, 81 got seven
letters complimenting me on that one
short story"
THAT must have made you feel
proud
1t didn't"
what did it do?"
"Why. it only made me feel that
didn't get enough for it whea sold
lt."-Chicago Post
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@dD@||I;a!
go -
0nDN,'

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
Anything new about the war;"
"An unofficial dispatch has just been
confirmed. Chicago Record-Herald.
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OVER THE BREAKFAST TABLE.

OVER THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Rubber is going up"
Good enough; hope twill get so
high that butchers can't afford to put
1t in the beefsteaks. Cincinnati
Commercial-T
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There are 800 square miles OF coal
fields in Great Britain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-13

tied territory in the middle states. We
may expect to see this fact taken into ac-
count. and the chairman chosen with re-
gard to it.
That this place was included In the
huckstering that went on at St. Louis was
inevitable Everything was in the market.
Here was a man willing to trade the plat
form for his candidate There man
willing to trade a candidate for the plat
FORM A third man had an eye on both
candidate and platform. and was maneu-
vering to land both. And so 1t was that the
air resounded with talk of Taggart. Guffey.
German. Sheehan. Ben Cable and lot OF
others. Taggart's followers were so ag-
gressive they. very Improperly. sought to
take snap judgment and elect him imme-
diately after the convention adjourned.
Although the chairman will not. for the
reason given. be required to sweep the
whole country with his eagle eye. he will.
nevertheless. have job Of large proper
tons on his hands. which will tax him
both physically and Intellectually. He will
be required to work twenty-six out Of the
twenty-fo four hours confer automatically
with all sorts and conditions of men. ex-
tract. at times, sunbeams from cucumbers.
and see with his own eyes and everybody
else s.
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The Democratic Chairman.

II Wis wise in the democratic leaders to
defer the election Of national chairman IA
few days la the first place things were
In too much disorder at St Louis for the
consideration Of 81 important question
In the second place a selection made then
without consultation with Judge Parker
would have been diScourteous The candi-
date as rule, names the campaign man
ager. and there had been no sign that
Judge Parker was willing to forego his
privilege. Temporary Chairman Jones
therefore. acted for the best interests OF
his party in declining to call meeting of
the new national committee until the can
didate's wishes had been ascertained.
The democrats do not lack for good ma
terial Any one of half a dozen men easily
named. and several of whom have been
named. would serve well in the place The
work IL. strictly speaking. not national
The south will need no attention. With the
exception of Maryland and West Virginia
her votes are as good counted for Judge
Parker right now. The battle will be fought
In limited territory In the east and lin
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At Laurel.

The door OF a cyclone cellar rose slowly
and the head of a gentleman, wearing an
anxious expression of face. appeared
James. is it all over?'
The servitor who stood near replied IN
the affirmative
THE convention has adjourned?
Yes. sir. and such of the delegates as
we're able have left for home"
ANY kilograms asking for my views
about anything
Not one sir. And no mail
ANY reporters hanging around?
The servitor swept the scene in every
direction Not foot or hoof. sir. III
sight The coast is entirely clear.
DO you think it safe. James, for me TO
emerge? Think for moment. l want
calm opinion. No risks
James Thought for the stipulated time. l
regard il as entirely safe sir.
And the gentleman emerged looking q
little thin. and showing the cellar bleach.
seated himself the veranda looked on
the happy harvest fields. and began think
ing of the days that were no more.