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CHAPTER ~.
Too Many Cooks.

IL was day or so after that that
see Nate Scudder again. I'd been out
in the sloop with parcel of boarders
they were beginning to get thicker
at the Old Home now, same as the
mosquitoes-and on my way home |
met Nate driving down the Neck road.
He was in the carTyall and / hailed
him as he come abreast of me-
Hello. Nate!" / says. Taking the
air, are you?"
He pulled up his horse-it didn't
take a hard pull-and, while the crit.
ter leaned up against the shafts and
took a nap, Nate talked to me. Ii
appeared that there'd been more or
less trouble down his way. Hubby Ann
and Lord James hadn't agreed any too
well
You see" says Nate. taking calico
handkerchief out of his hat and
swabbing his bald head with it, its
that valet feller-he's too stuck-up to
live"
| want going to fight with him on
that point so he went ahead with his
yarn.
He come parading out to the barn.
says Nate, and give out that he'd
been appointed cook in Hubby AIMS
place. Well. she'd been sort of laying
herself out, as you might say, to
please them two up at the house
giving EN- spider bread and dried APP
pie pie for breakfast, and the like Of
that-and 1t riled her to be chucked
overheard that way. SO she got sort
sarcastic. That Opper man, he"
His names Hopper" | says.
He don't call 1t so, then"
That's all right. Him and / had a
spelling match here tother day and
Hopper il is. / says.
Well, then, this Hopper Teller he
lorded it round. asking where the
double biler was and complaining that
he couldn't cook steak without a char
coal fire, and so on. Hubby took him
down, tell you!
Charcoal your granny! says She
I've fried more steak than you've got
hairs on your head, and a plain wood
fire always done me, she says.
He cooked that steak. and sayl I'll
bet the Iron-Jawed Man see once at a
dime show up to Boston couldn't have
got away with it. fought Why, the
Pesky idiot never pounded IL a Bit
How do you expect to get tender
steak IL you don't pound it? Haw,
haw!"
When he got through laughing he
went on 10 say that him and Hubby had
decided to go over to her sisters at
Ostable for visit
We've been intending 70 go for a
good while" he says. And now we
can do Il without its costing much.
Pay for the house goes on whether
we're there or not, and the railroad
farrell be more than made up by the
saving in our own grub. I'm peace.
able Teller, anyhow" says he. and
thcre'd be no peace while Hubby and
that Britisher was together"
case OF too many cooks spelling
the soup. hey?' says /.
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"Soup!" he says. We'll, you wait
little spell. If they amt chasing
around after a new cook inside of
week I'm Jonah, that's ALL
He was right. Couple of days later
heard from Emmie T. that the Twins
had hired Hannah Jane Purvis to do
the cooking for 'em. Hannah James
late lamented had been cook on a
Banks boat when he was young, SO l
suppose she cal'lated she'd inherited
the knack. But | had my doubts.
was getting real chummy with the
Heavenlies by this time, so one after
noon | walked up to the Scudder place
to see EN-. They were sprawled out
on the piazza chairs with their feet
on the railing and they hailed me as
friendly as if was rich as they was, in
stead of being poorer than Jobs tuT-
key. | noticed Lord James tiptoeing
around in the parlor, so / naturally
mentioned him.
Your valet man, here" says; "he
want quite to the shippers taste as
cook, hey?"
They both laughed, Van Brunt with
his big good-natured "Ha, hal" and
Hartley with that quiet chuckle of his.
James" said Van, sis a glittering
success in the wardrobe, but he dis
likes to hide his talents under kitch-
en- bushel."
James" said Hartley, appears to
apply the same methods to trousers
and steak"
Presses both of 'em. don't he?" /
says, thinking of Scudder's yarn.
Flat as board" says Van. BE
sides which, this is supposed to be
pleasure cruise for Martin and me,
and James serves with the cheerful
dignity of an undertaken. He's too
complex; We yearn for simplicity and
rest"
l grinned. We'll, you've got the
simplicity with Hannah, amt your" /
asked. Il amt saying nothing about
the rest
Both of 'em groaned l knew Han
nah Jane Purvis, and she had the
name of talking the hinges of barn
door
Lord" says Van. Lets change
the subject. BY the way, Martin; it's
odd that Agnes hasn't written"
Hartley was setting out towards the
front of the porch where the sun could
get at him. Now he shifted back into
the shadow of the vines.
rs it time for a letter to reach
here?" he asked.
why. yes. / should think so. She
was to reach New York on the first
and sail on that day She would prob.
ably write on the seamer. II was a
fast boat and. allowing that the letter
came back immediately-well, | don't
know that It is time yet"
He began to whistle. | gathered
that twas the Page girl he was talk
ing about. The valet had told about
her going on trip to Europe. But
IL struck me that, for an engaged man.
Van Brunt was the easiest in his
mind of anybody ever see. I've never
been engaged myself. but judging by
them I've known who was, he'd ought
to be shooting kilograms to Europe
faster than you could shake 'em out of
pepper box.
Neither of EN- spoke for a minute.
Then Hartley asked, quiet as usual.
Have you written her, van?"
"Oh. yes; dropped a line the other
day. telling her we we're safe and duly
housed and so on. Whooped up the
joys of the Natural and begged her to
go thou and do likewise Which she
would like to do, probably, but which
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Greek Architecture.

II is astonishing that students OF
Greek literature and Greek thought
should not be definitely trained In the
knowledge of Greek architecture. He
who knows only the literary express
sion OF ancient Greece. great as that
is, knows but one-half of the achieve
ments of "the supreme Caucasian
mind."-The Builder.
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ON lnspector,s Rsport.

State Oil Inspector Meals report for
the quarter ending September 30. 1908.
shows the inspection Of 4.l54,GS1 gal
Ions of oil. one car OF which was re
jeoted. Fees from oil companies were
ss.395GC. salaries and expenses of
state inspectors and deputies. 81.
l59.IS. leaving a net balance to turn
over 10 the state treasury OF s936.TS
Owing 10 the numerous warm even.
ings during the summer months and
consequently less need for oil for in.
lcor lights. the sale OF Kerosene in
Michigan was over million gallons
less than for the same period last
wear.
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SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. Solomon Pratt began comical mar
ration OF story. introducing well-to-do
Nathan Scudder of his town. and Edward
New Workers seeking rest. Because of
latter pairs lavish expenditure of money,
Pratt's first impression was connected
with lunatics. The arrival OF James
Hopper, Van Brunts valet. gave Pratt
the desired information about the New
Workers. They wished to live what they
termed THE Natural Life" Van Brunt,
it was learned, was the successful sutton
FOR the hand of Miss Agnes Page, who
gave Hartley up.
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flow. was examined again and again
and treated to no avail. and kept get
ting worse. have to praise Doan's
Kidney Pills for my final relief and
cure. Since using them have gained
in strength and flesh and have no sign
OF kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Contrary to orders. Robert Clark.
of Adrian, struck a match 10 light his
pipe while near sewers in which sew
eral men were working. The escaping
- wer gas exploded, tearing mp the
pavement and frightening the neigh
hcrs. Clark was knocked down and
his face signed. No one else was in
jured.
Joseph Keyes. OF Lansing, was run
down by an auto beginning a streak
of bad luck. While the police were
looking after his hurts his house
caught FIRE and burned down. lie
won't be able 10 vote. owing TO his I'm.
iuries.
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HFN = NtII !" "5V VIII
dull backache, which
got so severe in time
that l could not get
around. The kid
ney secretions be
came badly disor.
dered, and at times
there was almost a
complete stop OF the
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KEPT GETTING WORSE.
Five Years Of Awful Kidney Disease.

Nat Anderson. Greenwood, S. c..
says Kidney trouble began about
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you'd turn into beans, you're so fond
of EN- But he never did and"
She stopped for second to get her
breath Van cut in quick.
THAT wasn't the cause of his death,
them" he asks, very grave.
''Who-what?"
Turning into beans? OF course
not. | believe you said be didn't
turn"
Il said he never got tired of EN-.
Course he didn't turn into EN- Who
ever heard of such a thing? Well as
was saying; every Saturday night
we had 'em. and one night--'twas the
last one. poor thing" She stopped
to unfurl her handkerchief and mop
her eyes.
Pray go on, Mrs. Purvis," says Van,
very polite. You were saying twas
the last bean"
Il said twas his last we'll night.
There was beans enough, land knowsl
Well, had 'em on the table and he
set down. Hannah says he, Il don't
feel like beans tonight looked at
him. II want because they want
good beans. I'm always as particular
as can be about cooking beans AL
ways put such to soak over night on a
Friday. and then Saturday morning
take 'em and put 'em in the bean-pot
along with some molasses and a nice
chunk Of pork. You cant be too par
ticular about your pork. Don't
used TO say to the man that drove the
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Banouets In Eiizabeth's Time.

In Queen Elizabeth's time the first
course of banquet is given as wheat
en- f1ummery. stewed broth or spinach
broth. or smallage. Cruel or hotch pot.
The second consisted of fish. among
which are lampreys. poor John. stock
fish and sturgeon. with side dishes of
porpoise. The third course comprised
quaking buildings. black puddings, bag
buildings. white buildings and marrow
buildings. Then came veal. beef. ca
pons. humble pie. mutton. marrow pas
ties. Scotch collops. wild fowl and
game In the fifth course all kinds of
sweets. creams in all their varieties.
custards. cheese cakes. jellies. warden
pies. suckets. sillibubs and so on. TO
be followed perhaps by white cheese
and tansy cake: for drinks. ale. beer
wine. sack and numerous varieties of
mead or metheglin.- York Trib-
une
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FLYING Fish.

/ At one time it was widely credited
that flying fish possessed the power to
accelerate their passage through the
air By tapping their wings as their
enormously elongated pectoral fms are
sometimes called. Had this been prov
ed these fish would have actually shar-
ed with bats. birds and insects Il pow
er which has been denied to all other
living creatures. But men of science
are now agreed that the motion of the
fms sometimes seen when the fish
leaves the water is merely continue
ton of its swimming movement and in
no way aids the passage of the fish
through the air. The method of the
fsh's flight is this: 1t rushes through
the water at high speed. hurls itself
into the atmosphere and. spreading its
huge winglike fms. glides rapidly for
ward until its momentum is exhausted.
Then it drops back again into the wa
ter. So great is the impetus gained
that these fish under favorable condi-
tons will lily" for distance of 500
feet. But when once the impetus is
exhausted the fish is quite unable to
sustain itself in the air by muscular
efort.-Scientiic American.
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Mrs. T. A. Anderson left on Mon
day for Gibbon.
Mr.. Blank of Renyille county left
last week for California.
Oscar Carlson of st. Paul spent
Sunday at the home of his uncle, j.
L. Borg.
Miss Vesta Small of Redwood
Falls spent Saturday and Sunday
friends here.
John Olson returned the fore part
of last week, after spending the
winter in Norway.
Miss Marion Milliken, principal of
the school here, was laid up the past
week with measles.
The M. 4 ST., L. railroad has sent
out Is men here to commence
work in the gravel pit.
j. F. Hobbs and son Teddy of Al
bion, Iowa, are visiting with the
formers daughter. Mrs. L. Leonard.
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Didn't Want to Tell.

The late Professor Greene, author of
Greene's Analysis and the English
Grammar with which so many have
wrestled in their school days. was one
of the most genial and fatherly of men.
During the later years of his life he
was professor of mathematics and as
tronomy in a New England college.
There was in one of his classes some
what slow witted though studious
young man, whom we will call Jones.
On a certain occasion after Jones had
repeated carefully the text book state
ments about the effects of the motions
of the earth and was trying to remem-
Der what came next in the book the
professor interposed with:
Were you ever in the shadow Of the
earth, Mr.. Jones?"
Jones (slowly)-No, sir.
Professor Where do you spend your
nights, sir?
Jones didn't want to tell.-Univer.
SaliSt Leader.
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Where the Joke Lay.

He was an Englishman. taking a trip
on a Welsh excursion steamboat. and
he was watching group of Welsh col
Tiers larking with one another, when
they suddenly seized one of their COM
panions and swung him to and fro.
The victim shrieked in terror as the
ringleader shouted:
"Now, boys, overheard with i'm"
So real was the horror of the collier
that the Englishman jumped up and
interfered successfully. The collier
picked himself up and backed to safe
seat next the Englishman, who sternly
reproyed him for uttering such nerve
SCATTERING cries.
1T was only joke, and you must
have known it, he said.
The collier wiped his forehead.
''Iss, | knowed famous it wass a
joke he retorted, IAN that's why did
screech blue murrdurr Eu don't know
the boys. SURF. The joke with them
wass to chuck me overheard. Thank
en- kindly forr stoppin' 'em.'-Pear-
sons Weekly.
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NORTH REDWOOD

Dick Lindeman was with home
folks last Sunday.
Mrs. Werner was visitor at school
one day last week.
Fire destroyed the barn on the
farm of B. Kuenzli last Friday
evening.
Oscar Simondet and Otis Trade
we'll are busy papering the rooms of
Weiss Hotel.
Frank ALEX and family and Paul
Otto and family visited in Morgan
last Sunday.
Ben Kuenzli was in Morton last
week, employed by the M. & st. l..
railroad on the gravel train.
While working in the granite
works Monday, Guy Ellis had a
piece of steel lodge in his eye. and
was obliged to consult a doctor.
Ed. Stoddard disposed of his house
and lot at this place and started for
Minneapolis Monday. After short
visit in that city he intends to leave
for Canada to make a new home for
himself and family.
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To His Benefit.

A Tennessee congressman enjoys
telling a story Of darby in his dis
trict who in way is something of
philosopher.
Some one was saying to Nose one
day: You're always in trouble, Nose
Why can't you try to do better? You're
likely sort of darby, and you could
get along very well if only you'd behave
yourself-keep steady job instead of
drinking bad whisky and getting your
self behind the bars half the time"
Excuse me. BOSS said Nose, with a
grin. but it looks to me like | makes
more money this way. When / works
hard gets 81 month and my board.
When | gets arrested the jedge he says
to me that it will be $40 or thirty days.
How kin l afford to work for ST a
month when I'm worth So more in de
lockup?"-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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The Concertina.

The accordion, which was a develop.
ment of previously existing aeolina.
was invented in 1929 by yiennese
named Damian and consists. as every
one knows. of small pair of bellows
and range of keys which regulate the
admission of wind to metal reeds. TheI
accordion sounds notes in one key only.
The concertina proper was invented OIL
the same date by Charles Wheatstone,
who later became famous man oil
science. 1t seems curious that a man
whose reputation rests chiefly on his
electrical work and discoveries, who
was one of the earliest men Of science
to make experiments in connecticut
with submarine cables and who, more
over, was an extraordinarily skillful
decipherer of cryptographic writings.
should also have dabbled in musical
inventions. But, as matter of fact,
Wheatstone's musical work preceded
his scientific discoveries. He went
straight from school to the business OF
manufacturing musical instruments,
and it was in 1929, at the age of TWEEN
ty-seven, that he took out his patent
for the concertina. But he was more
interested in the scientific principles
on which musical instruments are con-
structed than In music itself, and bis
acoustical and musical experiments
soon drew him into the path which led
to his many electrical discoveries
London Globe.
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WABASSO.
From The Standard

Mrs. Cores and daughter Hattie
Were Sunday visitors at Seaforth
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Schueller visit
ed with the latter's parents at Sleepy
Eye Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee and daugh-
ter were Sunday visitors at the Lamb
home at Seaforth.
Miss Myrtle Pickett, our hello eirl.
was at Seaforth Monday to spend a
few hours with friends.
Miss Clara Hanson of I,,,can
arrived here. Tuesday for a months
stay at the Mckee home.
Miss Clark, who is teaching near
Clements visited her sister, Mrs. T.
s. Wilcox the latter part Of last
week.
Miss Flossie Longbottom came
over from Seatorth Tuesday to spend
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Channels Maker is MAGICIAN.

Most everybody uses chanois. and
everybody imagines it comes from the
graceful goats of the Swiss Alps, but
it doesn't. 1t really halls from the
cavernous depths of tanneries of Pea
body, in New England. Peabody tam
ners make beautiful feathers of sheep
pelts. The chamois maker is a magi-
clan of the leather trade. To his door
he draws sheepskins from the great
ranches of Montana or their possible
future rivals on the plains Of Siberia.
the pampas of Argentina or the fields
Of Australia. Mary's little lamb, mas
querading as brave Swiss chamois, has
a wonderful career.
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WANDA.

Peter Miller left Wednesday for
Minneapolis.
Supt. Bebermeyer visited the
schools on last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Doepke visited
in Sanborn last Tuesday.
The ditching machine was brought
in Thursday, work will begin as soon
as the machine is set up.
Mr.. Shellhauser left Sunday for
st. Paul to again take up his duties
at the ST. Paul Seminary.
Albert Spaulding was called to
Lamberton last week, on account of
the serious illness of his brother.
Carl.
V. F. Fifer left Wednesday for
Winona, to be gone two or three
weeks. During his absence Joe
Ruddy will take charge of the depot.
School closes Friday Miss Race
leaves Saturday for her home in
Minneapolis, and Mr.. Emerson to his
family at Springfield. Neither will
return for the coming school year.
Miss Race expects to take normal
course and Mr.. Emerson to engage
in business elsewhere.
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Diagnosed the Case.

A successful oculist recently put in
a day or two with his new shotgun in
the marshes. He soon noticed that
when using the left hand barrel he
generally brought down the game. but
when using the other barrel he inva-
riably missed. He finally tackled a
small target to a bush near the rivers
bank and fired at it several times with
each barrel in order to bring the mat
ter to a test The result confirmed his
suspicious. One barrel was all right,
or nearly SO, and the other was all
wrong.
"Well,'' said the oculist to friend
who was with him. las nearly as |
can make out this gun has a severe
case Of stra bismus. with strong symp-
toms Of astignatismp' = Modern So
ciety.
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a day with her sister. Mrs. Frank

q day with her sister. Mrs. Frank
Hensel.
w. G. Weldon and r. "A. Leistikow
were at Redwood Falls last Tuesday
on business. Mr.. Leistikow was to
serve on the jury but was excused
on account Of his mother-in-law's
illness.
Joe Bellig, who has been spending
few days at his home at Shutdown.
returned home the fore part of the
week. Joe says that while he was
away ne trapped 10 days and made
the sum of over $40.
Last Sunday while some of the
little folks were out playing the
little boys of D. E. Bellington and
F. S. Wilcox got away and could not
be found and kept the parents and
friends busy looking for them awhile.
The little fellows were found in the
Presbyterian church.
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Miss Myrtle Barker Of Marshall
spent Sunday with her mother, at
the hospital.
Rev. Jones attended an adjourned
meeting of the Presbytery at Man
kato this week.
Mrs. S. F. Scott returned from
her months visit with her parents in
Minneapolis Friday.
Miss Alice Fawcett came from
Comfrey Saturday for a visit with
her brother and family.
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kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup-the
cough syrup that tastes nearly as good as
maple sugar and which children like so well
TO take, Unlike nearly all other cough
remedles, itdoes not constipate, but on the
otnef nand it acts promptly yet gently on
the ooWcis, through which the cold is forced
out OF the system, and at the same time it
aiays Inflammation, Always use Ken
nedys Laxa i've Cough Syrup. Sold by E.
A. Luscher. ADr
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Natural Anxiety.

A very laxative little boy was al
lowed to accompany his father to a
friends house on the understanding
that he should not speak until some
body asked him question. He re-
NAMED silent for half an hour. "Fa-
ther." he then murmured, when are
they going to begin asking me ques-
tions?
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The Cost For Repairs.

"Why did you sell your auto?"
Cost too much for repairs
"Wasn't it a good machine?"
First rate Never got out of order.
But had to pay for repairing the peo-
pie it ran over Philadelphia Ledger
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WALNUT GROW

Geo. Weeks spent Sunday at c..
C. Miners
H. w. Weeks of Wabasso was
in town Saturday.
Little Katherine Hesnault is quite
ill with the small pox.
D. V. Jones left for the eastern
part of the state Friday.
VIM. Weeks sold one of his lots
to Erick Hanson this week.
w. B. Harwood and w. ]. Me-
Donald were at Milroy Monday.
The play given by the R. N. A.
Friday evening was we'll attended.
Miss Hilma Mattson of Tracy
spent Sunday with the Swenson sis
tiers.
Oscar Werner returned Friday
from visit with relatives at Man
kato.
Lewis Larson moved this week
on to the Lynn farm north of Re
we're.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.. Lantz and Mr..
and Mrs. Axil Wordstrom were at
St. Peter Thursday.
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She Speaks Out.

'You aren't earning very much"
"But, my darling, two can live as
cheaply as one
81 don't yearn to live cheaply, young
man."-St. Louis Republic.
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Public Sale.

District AZ will sell the school
house at public auction May 8, 1908,
Paxton township, northwest corner
of section 26.
SCHOOL BOARD OF DIST. At.
3388-3t. JULIUS TAMsEN, Clerk.
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vESTA.

J. F. Frazier attended court at
Redwood Falls last week.
DR.. F. d. Gray was Redwood
Falls caller last Thursday.
Mrs. j. Kuntz returned from her
visit with friends in Springfield
Wednesday.
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Modern Facilities.

'sWho was dis Rip Van Wrinkles?
Gan old time guy wot slept in de
mountains"
Didn't have no public libraries,
s'pose, in his dayT -Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.