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Greer, Disciplin&riaun By Ethel Barrington Copyright, 1905, b> EtnA Barrington Roxana’s (log was an ill conditioned brute. He was a surly bull pup that had never met his master and delight ed in making it most uncomfortable for those who sought Roxana’s com pany. He was not often docile, even with her, but she was so pcoud of his blue ribbon and ugliness that she en deavored to hide his delinquencies. Nevertheless, there were times when she would not have gone near him for the world. One day he snarled at her before Goddard Greer, and that was the be ginning of trouble. Greer was a col lege bred athlete who feared nothing on earth except perhaps Roxana. En raged, he seized the luckless prize win ner by the collar and bore him to the hallway, where he administered a strong argument, after which he turn ed the amazed animal loose down the back stairs. Goddard returned to the parlor, arranging his cuffs, but other wise as usual. He stopped short as he faced Roxana, who looked like an out raged empress. “A truly flue performance,” she de clared scathingly. “There is your ring. I never wish to see you again.” “What’s up? I don’t understand”— “If you think you can abuse my dog or any animal and keep my regard you are greatly In error. It is fortu nate I discovered your true character before it was too late.” An amused twinkle lighted Greer’s eyes. “Do you think if I let a dog snarl and snap at you I’d be better fitted to take care of you? The beast has been hunting trouble. Come, don’t let us quarrel”— “I shall never quarrel with you again,” asserted Roxana sternly, as though depriving him of some pleasant pastime. “Can’t you accept a hint that I wish to be alone?” Greer stood his ground. He tried to laugh, but not very successfully. “Come, Roxie, forgive me. You know the old proverb: ‘A dog, a wo man and a walnut tree. The more they be beaten the better they be.’ ” Roxana’s eyes blazed as though she already felt the suggested chastise ment. “Oh, is that your theory? Well, I decline to be the woman!” And she left him to meditate on the ingratitude of womankind. They had quarreled before, but never with what appeared to be such finality. When Greer called again Roxana was not at home. He wrote, and his letter was returned un opened. About a week later Roxana, having passed a day shopping and din ing with her friend, Mrs. Vining, de cided not to await Mr. Vining’s de layed return, though he had promised to escort her home. “I’ll jump on a car. I am not afraid,” she declared. “But dear, it’s nearly 10. Phil can’t be long now,” urged her hostess. But Roxana was obdurate. “No, I shall be all right.” There seemed to be a delay on the line, for she hsid stood at the corner some minutes. Then a man joined her. Without looking she knew it was God dard Greer. She was incensed. Had Le followel her? Would he have the presumption to ride on the same car? As the headlight shot into sight she de cided to wait for another car rather thau risk his unwelcome proximity. Greer glanced inquiringly at her, but seeing that she made no move he like wise retained his position on the curb ing. Roxana tapped her foot impa tiently. It was absurd! W T hy had he " not taken his car? When the next car appeared, as one of them must make a move, Roxana hailed the motorman, mounted the step and took her seat. From beneath her lowered lids she saw Greer standing sentinel on the plat form. The car was empty, with the exception of a negro, and Roxana had traveled several blocks before the con ductor came to collect her fare. £he opened her purse and looked hur riedly from one compartment to an other. It was empty. Evidently she had spent every penny during the shop ping expedition. But there remained her w rist bag, into which she frequent ly dropped small change. The conduct or went forward to speak to the mo torman. Roxana pursued the search. In vain she emptied out her belongings from the satchel. She found no coin. Then she unfastened her coat. Surely in the change pocket she wbuld find a nickel. But the pocket was as bare as Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. The con ductor returned. Roxana was fright ened. It was late, and she had quite a trip before her. “I seem to have no change,” she commenced nervously. “Allow me.” Greer handed the fare to the official, who looked questioningly at Roxana. “No! I’ll get off! Please stop!” she decided promptly. Not for worlds would she accept assistance from Greer. She had dismissed him. He had no right to intrude in any way. Heroically Roxana left the car and walked north. She had never been alone on the street so late, and, remembering the distance, the darkness and the lone liness of the blocks, she was really alarmed. She did not fear the pedestri ans she met as much as those who overtook her. She dreaded the sound of footsteps behind, conjuring up all sorts of horrors. As she hurried up the deserted thoroughfare it seemed to her that someone followed. If she has tened, the pursuing footsteps quick ened. When she slackened speed, the other did the same. It frightened her, and she became breathless. With the passing minutes her terror gained. She began to run. Then the dread became a certainty. The other,,one would soon overtake her. What if that negro had seen her gold purse? Across the avenue she saw an alley. She had heard that thieves often evad ed arrest by disappearing in the dark ness of such places. If she cut through might not she, too, escape? Desperate, half hysterical, Roxana made a sudden rush across the road. A trolley grazed her shoulder, the motorman cursed as he reversed the lever. Terrified, she had all but reached the desired shelter when a strong hand grasped her sud denly by the arm. She tried to scream, but no sound came. Lifting her eyes, her glance met Greer’s, looking stern ly at her. “I guess that will do for one night,” he remarked coldly. “Come over to the drug store while I phone for a cab.” Completely unnerved, Roxana fol lowed. The reaction had been sudden. She tried to remember what they had quarreled about, but could only feel relief in bis presence. Greer ordered the cab, then went outside to wait. “Come!” he commanded tersely on its arrival. Gratefully Roxana flayed. Then as he was about to close the door she found her voice. “Don’t leave me.” “I’ve no intention of doing so.” And he mounted by the driver. When they reached her home Roxana’s eyes were suspiciously red. “Well?” said Greer. The bull pup sniffed respectfully at his boots. Greer stooped and patted him on the head. “The dog forgives me”— “Then its mistress can do no less,” she admitted. “‘A dog, a woman and a walnut tree’ began Greer teasingly. “Hush, hush!” whispered Roxana, with her hand on his lips. “You know* I never really believed”— “Of course not,” he agreed promptly. Then, as his arms tightened about her, “But, oh. Roxie, don't let us play that game again.” Such In Fame. The following story concerning John Forster, the biographer of Dickens, was told by the late Sir Wemyss Reid: In the days of his youth Sir Wemyss showed a great desire to embark upon a journalistic career, whereupon an old friend of the family in Newcastle told him that going to London and writing for the papers would bring him no good, adding: “I mind there was a decent friend of mine : auld Mr. Forster, the butcher in the side. He had a laddie just like you, and nothing would serve him but he must go away to London to get ed dicated, as he cubed it and when he had got eddicated he wouldn’t come back to his father’s shop, though it was a first class business. He would do nothing buf write and write and WTite, and at last he went back again to London and left his poor auld fa ther aloue, and A’ve never heard tell of that laddie since.” “It was thus,” concluded Sir Wemyss, “that the fame of John Forster, the author of ‘The Life of Goldsmith’ and the destined biographer of Charles Dickens, was cherished in his native tow*n by his father’s ancient friends!” Point* on PropoMtnft. An old fashioned book of etiquette contains a chapter on courtship that is exceedingly naive. Any young man who miglK be contemplating a proposal of marriage was urged strongly to se lect with care and duo forethought the proper time and place for such pro posal. For instance, he should never propose to a young woman whUe out boating, for if shef should happen to re fuse him It would be difficult to reach shore Immediately, and the situation would obviously be awkward. On the other hand, if she should ac cept him the situation be equally undesirable since too close a proximity and certain attitudes incident to the circumstances are known to threaten the safety of a boat; also said young man was advised never to propose to a young woman just before dinner. Hav ing been without eating for some hours, she would doubtless be in a less ami able frame of mind than usual and might under these conditions refuse an offer which at another time would seem desirable. Robbing It In. “I believed tbat I had collected an outlawed bill the other day,” remark ed a physician. “I met a man on'the street who said he owed me $3 and who promised to pay the money some time. Knowing that there was little likelihood of his doing so, as he is a well known deadbeat, I replied in a bantering sort of way: “ ‘Bet you a dollar you will never pay the s3.’ “Much to my surprise, when I re turned to my office, my wife said this man had- called to settle his account. He had given her a check for $lO and received $7 in cash. In the evening he dropped in, and I gladly paid him my lost wager and thought I was a smart man. Today the check was re turned by my bank marked ‘no good.’ ” —New York Press. Not So For Out of the Way. During Governor Rollins’ administra tion a representative to the legislature of New Hampshire from one of the rural districts in the northern section of the state was presented to the gov ernor for the first time. Being some what unfamiliar with “statehouse eti quette,” he addressed .his excellency as “most high.” The governor informed the gentle man from the rural district that there was but one “Most High,” “he who had made everything from nothing.” “Well, governor,” replied the country legislator, “I’ll give you credit for making a Justice of the peace out of a man up in my town that is about as near to nothing as ever walked on two legs. ’—Boston Herald. RAISING DRAFTERS. Advised by an lona Man ns a Good lnvcstmer.t on High l’riced Land. “Where ave the drafters to come from that are now so eagerly sought by buyers at all the horse markets?” asked Mr. 11. G. McMillan, before the lowa state farmers’ institute. At the same time answering his own question, Mr. McMillan said that the supply of heavy mares is very limited. Farmers who owned good mares a few years ago sent them to market because they believed that the days of profitable horse breeding had passed. Asa result of this unwise policy, before an ade quate supply of drafters can again be grown for market draft mares will have to be produced first from which to raise the supply in the future. This will take years to accomplish, so that it may be reasonably expected that the price of draft horses will continue firm for years. Good Ileturns In Colls and Farm Wo*. While pure bred diallions have been selling in many cases at seemingly high figures, pure bred draft mares can yet be obtained at a very reasonable figure. The lowa or Illinois farnlcr who owns one hundred or one hundred and fifty dollar land cannot make a better investment than to buy a pair or two of pedigreed draft mares. Ai the price at which such mares are now selling, if given proper care, they will bring in a larger return on the invest ment than any stock that can be placed on this high priced land. In addition to producing colts that the draft horse breeders and dealers will gladly buy at $lOO or $BOO when a year old. they will do the work required on ihe farm just as well as or better than mares that produce colts that arc only worth $lOO when fully matured. NOW FOR GRAFTING. March at the North, op When the Leaven Begin to Push Out. Grafting is now in order on all fa vorable days. Varieties of grafting are many, but cleft grafting represents the method commonly in use for the graft ing of orchard trees where the old top Is to be removed during the course of a few years and anew one is to be grown In its place. The ideal time for CLEFT GRA*T SCION —CLEFT GRAFTING —A WAXED STUB. this top grafting is when the leaves are just pushing out, for then the wounds of grafting heal rapidly. But in practice if a large amount of work is to be done It may be necessary to begin from one to two months earlier and to continue several weeks beyond the ideal point of time. The whole operation of cleft grafting appears clearly in the illustration after Bai ley. * SPRING IN THE GARDEN Set shrubs and vine's as soon as the ground settles. Be ready to jump right In and make the best use of every fine day. Those choice seed potatoes may sprout too soon if not kept cool. When warm enough to uncover the rosebushes, a little tine manure or fer tilizer forked In around the roots will tickle them greatly. For perfect roses prune in March. Cut back about one-third of last year's growth on hybrid perpetuals. If you did not blanket the rhubarb with manure last fall, give it a nice top dressing of fine compost now and place half barrels over a few of the plants to hurry them along. For the new potato Noroton Beauty It is claimed that it is “the earliest po tato ever grown, being sixteen days earlier than the Old Early Rose, of which it is a lineal descendant, and the best all round potatc in existence." Use Prizetaker or any of the large globe kinds for the new onion culture. Sow In flats, hotbed or greenhouse and transplant to the open as soon as the ground is in good working condition. Bear in mind that thf‘ new soil inocu lation by artificial cultures is just as applicable to garden beans, peas and vweet potatoes as to field crops. Some wonderfully good things are already told about its work by those who have practiced, it. Onion seed cannot be sown too early. It will germinate and grow even in the wet and cold if the ground has been properly fitted. There’s ihe rub. The soil cannot be made fine till it has dried out. Just here comes in the “new" onion culture, seeds sown under glass and plants set out when the soil is well prepared. ' No better seed tester is needed than this: Place the seed between a fold of cotton flannel cloth and lay it on a plate. Moisten but do not saturate the cloth with water. Cover with anotbei and keep at a temperature of about 70 degrees F. By the end of three days good seed should have ge*> minated 90 per cent or more. WOOD CUTTING AS SPORT. Championship Sawing and Chopping: Matches In Australia. At many of the agricultural shows, which in the up country districts of Australia and New Zealand are fix tures of the utmost interest and impor tance to those engaged in pastoi al pur suits, the tree felling contests provide the chief excitement of the day. Throughout the Australian bush there are to be found axmen so expert that their achievements are the subject of discussion for miles around, and it is at the agricultural shows that these giants of the game meet to decide the local or international championships. The competitors take up positions by the stumps allotted, and when the signal to start Is given the,long han dled, keen edged axes flash downward to the opening stroke. The cooper round a cask is but a sloth to these brown skinned, brawny woodsmen, who with marvelous accuracy and strength strike up, down and straight until the hard wood chips fly in showers from the smitten tree. To him who in the best time most cleanly decapitates the stump the prize is given. The sawing contests, which are hardly less excit ing, depend upon the evenness and speed of the cutting, and for the man who thinks lie knows what a hard day’s work is a share in sawing through a thirty-six inch Iron bark log in a tem perature of 120 degrees or thereabout would be the most perfect disillusion ment imaginable.—London Tatler. A VERDICT IN RHYME. The Suit Won In .Jest, but the- Fine Wn In Earnest. An interesting verdict was rendered in the district court of Travis county, Tex., in 1857. The defendant, Frank B. Rafer, at that time a well known citizen of Aus tin, was accused of gambling, which was not regarded as a very serious of fense in Texas in those # early days, especially If the offender chanced to be a prominent citizen. The prosecution was generally treat ed as a pleasant Jest, but was never theless carried through in earnest, and a jury composed of lawyers brought in the following verdict: We, the jury, lawful men, ' Fine the defendant dollars ten; A guilty man beyond all doubt, Let the defendant pay himself out. Thus we’ve said this freezing morn. Your obedient servant, A. O. Home, Foreman. The composition of tills verdict is at tributed to A. W. Terrell, who at the time of his Service on the jury was a young lawyer. Afterward he attained great distinction in practice, served as a district court judge and was United States minister to Turkey'under Presi dent Cleveland. Other members of the same jury who afterward achieved renown were Charles S. West, who rose to be a jus tice of the Texas supreme court, and F. W. Chandler, who became one of the leaders of the Texas bar. —Law Notes. He Was Loyal to Hl* Friend. Coventry Patmore’s talk, as Mr. Gosse describes it, was apt to be star tling. Behold an example: In the presence of a number of men of letters Patmore mentioned an ac complished writer who was an inti mate friend of his. The conversation passed to the lyrical poems of Herrick, whereupon Patmore, in his most posi tive maimer, exclaimed, ‘‘By the side of , Herrick was nothing but a brilliant insect!” was a univer sal murmur of Indignant protest Pat more pursed up his lips, blinked his eyes and said nothing. The conversa tion proceeded, and an opinion of Goethe's was presently quoted. Then Patmore lifted up his voice and cried, “By the side of , Goethe was noth ing but a brilliant insect!” Whre Coldness Is Cordiality. The bore had gone. The whole fam ily recognized him as a bore, but Mrs. Carter knew wbat was incumbent on her as a hostess famed for her cour tesy. “My dear Evelyn,” she said in a gen tly chiding voice to her pretty daugh ter, “I think you cannot have realized how cold your tone was when you said "Good evening* to Mr. Lamson.” “No, mother, perhaps I didn’t,” ad mitted Evelyn, ‘‘but I’m sure, on the other band, that neither you nor fa ther had any idea how warm your tones were when you said ‘Good night* to him.”—Youth’s Companion. Man and the Universe. Sir William Ramsay, the great Eng lish scientist, said: “All our progress since the time of Sir Isaac Newton has not falsified the saying of that great man that w& are but children, pick ing up here and there a pebble from the shore of knowledge, while a whole unknown ocean stretches before our eyes. Nothing can be more certain than that we are Just "beginning to learn something of the wonders of the world in which we live and move and have our being.” Toed the Mark. Did he actually ask old Roxley for his daughter's hand?” “Yes, and he claims he compelled the old man to toe the mark.” “Indeed!” “Yes, but he was the mark.”—Phila delphia Press. The Explanation. “Oh, no, she isn’t going to accept him.” "‘Then, why does she encourage him?” “Why, because there isn’t any one else to encourage.”—New York Press. When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.—Chester- Held. OPinc;\L DIRECTORY. Countv Officers. Ouunty Juris?© - - - - W. H. Irish Mni?f C J Pa J J , U^ e “ - -A. M. Warden MuniciD.il fudge, Second Muniuloal Court O E. Sau ve CUnrV* " " " H. j. O>ul in ? lerk N. M. Oscar Treasurer .... j ohn Froseth Uegister of D<?eds - - Nets M yhre Olerk of Circuit Court - - F. A. Bel District Attoru ey- - Chas. F. Morris Su'erinteudont ofchools - ttissJ.Snntn Coroner - H, G. Me rten surveyor - Hugo Nelsons City Officers. Mayor - W. H. Irish Treasurer - . . sels Le,- Clerk - R. A. Herinj: Assessor L. H. Lien Chief of Police - - -j o. Wescott School Boards, Olauson yresidoat: R. A, Herine secretary; E. E. Konfleld, vice-president Washburn Public Library Board. N. N. Oscar. president! w v H. Irish, vlce-preildent, C. O. Sowder, secretary; W. H. Irish, Charles Peterson, Mrs. Wm. O’Neil, D. E. Cameron, E. Bryan, Mrs. James a’. Sheridan. CHURCHES, i NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN ItBV. O. K. BOKBAHL. | Services every Sunday at 10:80 a. m. and j 7:80 p.m. Sunday School at 12!00 n Prayer i Service every Thursday at 8:80 p. m. SWEDISH LUTHERAN. Services every other Sunday. Pastor’s Wosi C ° r ‘ PlUe Slreet and *veuth Ave! ST.JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rev. a. La Pla Smith,iVioar. First Sunday in the month; Mornine player Litary and Sermon ut le;80 a uf Evening pmyei. and Ser-' mou at 7 .Jo p. m. Sunday School every Sun day afternoon at 8:15. y oun ROMAN CATHOLIC REV. FATHER OLEIC PETRI l irst Maas I? a. m.; High Mas*, l(*30 a. m. Baptism, 2p. m.; Instructions, 2:30 p.m.’ Vespers, p. m. * riday 7.JJ p. m. Stations and benediction. METHODIST EPISCOPAL. REV. EUGENEjCOOK. W eat Fifth stree t. Services every Sunday at 10:41 a. m. and 7:90 p. m. Sabbath School at 12:00 n. Epwortn League at o:3} p. m. All are invited. GERMAN EV. LUTHERAN. services will be held at 10:oO a. m. except last Sunday of the month. Sunday School every Sunday at 11:00, U. GuraKUNsr, Pastor. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. •/. 1. V :i I'aic ji-. Services every .Sunday at 10:45 a. m. and 7:o p.m. Sabbath School at 12 m. Christ ian Endeavor service at 6:30 p. m. All are cordially nyited. DR. A. O. SHAW, Practice limited to Diseases or the £yi, Eah Nose, Throat and Chbst. Eyes tested and glasses correctly fitted. Officb Rooms 15 and 16, Ashland, Masonic Temple. Wisconsin. H. u. LAMPSON, M. D. PHYSICrAN AND SURGEON. Next to Post Office, Washburn. Wis. A. W. 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