Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1917 — Page 8

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GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST

rOSSUM RUN Charles Parker took dinner with E. A. Merrill Sunday. Mrs. Otha Spriggs called on Mrs. T. J. Parker Wednesday. Mrs. Hurley called on Mrs. Jasper Cover Monday afternoon. Mrs. Otha Spriggs went to Rensselaer Tuesday to see her mother, who was operated on Mofiday. Charles and Everett Parker were Rensselaer goers Monday and brought back a load of shingles. Kenneth Davisson of Rensselaer is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson, this week. * Mrs. T.- J. Parker spent Thursday and „ Friday with Mrs. S. L. Johnson and children of Monon. Jess Wyncoop and family and Henry W r vncoop of near Wheatfield took dinner with T. J. 'Parker and family Sunday. PINE GROVE Roy Torbet was a Monon goer Wednesday. Alice Galbraith “ spent Sunday with Geraldine Dale. Mrs. Warren Galbraith picked cherries at Sam Scott’s Monday. Will Hayes and famliy were Rensselaer goers Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Will George visited ’with Charles Shroyer and family Sunday. Julius Schultz and family called on Will Schultz and. family Wednesday evening. Mrs. Grace Mcßride and daughter Trullis of Chicago are visiting her sister, Mrs. Lewis Davisson. Several of the young folks of this neighborhood attended the picnic in Johnson’s orchard Sunday. Mrs. James Torbet and daughter Creola attended the Ladies’ Aid at Mrs. Emory Garriott's Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ned B. r.kley, Mr. and Mrs. Grover .Brown and Mrs. Grace Mcßride and daughter Trullis spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Davisson. „ LEE Mrs. May Jacks did shopping in' Chicago Tuesday. On Tuesday the Home Missionary ladies and Ladies’ Aid met at Mrs. John Jordan’s. The Misses Eva and Mable Hoult visited over Sunday with relatives in and near Monticello. rf'Uncle” David Culp is in very poor health and is confined to his bed most of the time lately. W. L. Stiers drove to Medaryville Sunday afternoon and called on his brother Earl and family. Mrs. Becky Jacks and daughter Ledna spent Sunday at Rensselaer with Charles Jacks and family. Miss Lural Anderson and Miss Ona Snedeker went to Winona Lake Monday to spend an .indeftpite time. G. A. Jacks and wife and S. W. Noland and family spent Sunday in Rensselaer with Thurston Otterburg and family. Walter Jordan and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Gilmore ’ autoed to Morocco Sunday to visit Clyde Clarke and family. Mrs. Morris Jacks and the Misses Dollie- Jacks, Etha Noland, Helena Lefler and Chide Overton called on Mrs. John Osborne, Jr., Monday afternoon.

VIRGLE John Reed and family attended church at Kniman Sunday riiorning. Charles Reed and Earl Wiseman were Kniman goers Monday evening. W. W. Zellers is remodeling his garage and making it considerably larger. • Thomas Florence and family spent afternoon at Robert Smith’s. W. A. McCurtain and Robert Smith .and family went fishing Tuesday. Misses Marion Meader and Bessie Faylor attended a picnic at Rosebud Sunday. Misses Indus and Esther Wiseman spent Tuesday evening with the Florence girls. The farmers’ meeting was well attended Saturday night. Quite an interest was shown. Rev. Flinger will preach after Sunday school Sunday- morning. Everybody welcome. Mrs. John Miller has been quite•poorly this week. Dr. Gwin is the attending physician. Mrs. Charles Harrington and daughter, Mrs. John Maher, visited at James Wiseman’s Wednesday afternoon. . The F° rtn ightiy club will meet with Mrs: George Kessinger Friday afternoon. They are employed l at Red Cross work. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers, Miss Elsie and Jesse Zellers and Miss .Indus Wiseman were Fair Oaks goers. Sunday afternoon.. James Wiseman and family, W. W- Zellers and family and Tipton Wiseman took dinner with T. J. Mallatt and wife Thursday. Several local farmers attended the oats smut demonstration, conducted by County Agent Learning, at the I. £. Meader farm Wednesday forenoon. Miss Gladys Harrington and John Maher mad 4 a trip to Rensselaer Monday and were quietly married by Rev. McDaniel. The young people surprised them jn the evening by meeting and making a very usual noise to the ears of newly, weds. The bride and groom looked Very nice and were wearing happy

smiles, which we hope will continue throughout their wedded life. McCOYSBURG J. R. Phillips spent Friday with friends at Rensselaer. Mrs. Robert Johns picked cherries at Jacob Ray’s Monday. Mrs. George Johnson called on Mrs. j. R. Phillips Tuesday. Mr. Stewart and wife called -on George Johnson and.,..wife. Tuesday. Mrs. J. R. Phillips called on Mrs. Charles Ferguson Monday evening. Rev. Hensley was. the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Cook for supper Sunday. Albert and Gertrude Campbell were guests of their aunt, Anna Ferguson, Sunday. “Aunt’/ Mary Ann Robinson i 3 the guest of her son Dan at Rensselaer for a few days. John Robinson and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with her folks near Monon. Miss Thelma Johns is spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Arthur Meadows, at Monon. Clarence Nuss and son of Illinois were guests of his sister, Mrs. Owen Barker, ,4 a few days this week. Charles Stultz of Rensselaer was a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Levi Herr, and family Sunday. Mrs. Robert Johns and son and Nella Ross were guests of Mrs. Charles Ferguson and family for supper Wednesday. James Stevens ' and family of Wingate spent from Sunday until Tuesday with his son Paul and family. They were accompanied home by the son and his family, who will make a week’s visit there.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Farmers’ Grain company of Rensselaer to John O’Connor, July 2, part nw, 17-31-6, Walker, S6OO. James B Erwin et ux to Daniel Wolf, June ■ 6, lots 7,8, 9, block 1, Demotte, A. L. McDonald’s addition, S3OO. William 11. Snedeker et ux to Win ford N. Sherill, July 10, lot 19. block 23, Rensselaer, Weston:-, addition, $1,200. Jay W Stockton et ux to Cordelia M Williams, July 11, ne, nVi SC, 8-29-7, Newton, $3,000. q c d. Bannard Blake et al to Charity L Bice, et al, June 8 und 3-12-part ne, 32-28-6, Jordan, $l6O. r Jay- W Stockton et ux to Almira M Stockton, et al, July 11, e l A> w% ne n e, 29-29-7; ne e% nw eJ4 wy 2 nAVy 22-29-7; nw,. 23-29-7; w% wV 2 sw, 26-29-7; w y 2 sw, 2 1 - 29-7; se, 20-29-7; sw ey 2 se sw se se nw, 15-29-7; sw, 14-29-7; se se, 8-29-7; e% e% ne, part ey> se. 26-29-7; part sw ne, part ne ne nw ne, 23-29-7; w% sc, sw ne, 14-29-7, Newton, $17,000. Benjamin S Fendig et ux to BruCe E White, July 11, part outlot 61, Rensselaer, part ne nw, 30-29-6, SI,OOO.

PERSHING VISITS ARMS PLANT

American Commander Is Given Enthusiastic Reception by Throng of Workers. ——- r TvVrts, July i:\—Accompanied by French' Minister <>f Munitions Albert Thnir.cs. Major General Pershing visited the largest munitions plant in Paris. He was accorded a tremendous reception by the workers. American Sammies in troop ’trains were stretching across France during the day en route to their place behind the battle line. The first detachments left early in the morning the “port of France” where they landed. The townspeople sent them on their way with cheers and good wishes. All through the country, as the'- American soldiers passed, townspeople and peasants view to show them attention and express their gratitude to America. At all stops they Were served with coffee and given flowers.

JURY FREES COAL OPERATORS

Brings in Verdict at New York of Not Guilty for All Those on Trial. NewPTork. July 13. —The jury in the case of somibi luminous coal operators and companies in Virginia and West Virginia, on trial charged with violation of the Sherman antitrust law, brought in a verdict of not guilty for all the defendants.

PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING by having them properly rodded. Sixteen years’ experience in the business and never have had a building damaged -from lightning that I rodded. Best and heaviest rods used. Call and see me or ’phone 135 or 568. —F. A. BICKNELL, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL Notice is hereby given that the county council of Jasper county, Indiana, will meet in special session Saturday, July 14, 1917, at 1 o’clock p. m. in the commissioners’ court room, to consider additional appropriations for 1917, and such other matters as may legally come before them. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor. Jasper County. t ?iihscrih< l for The Democrat. Would be pleased to do your Lawn Mower Sharpening. I have installed the latest Improved power-driven Lawn Mower Grinder, at bicycle shop, east side of public square, In Milner’s tire shop.—JAMES C. CLARK, phone 218, **

DEMOCRAT

REAL TRAGEDY IN BIRD LIFE

Story of Long Vigil Kept by ScarietCoated Songster for Missing ' Mate Is Full of Pathos. In the annals of bird lore nothing can be found surpassing In pathos the story which comes from Tarlrouu tit For many Weeks, close to the home of the writer, early and late there cctid be heard the loud, clear call <if * Mid to his mate. With his scarlet cost ia strong contrast with his sprrouii'lings, and his no less decided military tearing, he would perch on the TOpmist twig of a tall apple tree, and from his coign of vantage scan the little world around him with his eagle eye, bojuixg to glimpse the familiar form of his lost companion. His alert ear and eye catching no sight or sound of the absent loved one, he would jxrar out Lis soul in unavailing pleadings for her return. The little singer in his untiring song proclaimed the fact that he was waiting with a hopeful heart. One morning, while in quest of the early worm, he chanced to light upon a bush that stood by a window opposite the window of another bouse only a few feet away, and, seeing his image reflected so vividj.v and so close to him. he flew joyously at the apparition, believing it to be his long-lost mate. HI? enthusiasm knew no bounds. Quick and hard were the blows struck with his horny beak and claws in hi? impotent wrath until nightfulL, when he sank to rest. The next morning at early dawn he renewed his clarion call, and came back to renew the battle of the previous day with Ms delusive image. This little tragedy in the heart of the bird has been carried on for five months. His flaming coat is just as bright and his kingly tearing none the less striking, but a great change has come over the spirit of the bird. He gave no sign of the tettle royal that has raged in Ms breast for weary days and weeks, but Ms. song has fallen into silence.—Cincixtnati Enquirer.

ACTION RESULT OF HABIT

Man Is an* Instinctive Animal and Usually He Acts .First and Thinks Afterward. At least nine-tenths of all human action is the result purely and simply, of habit. Man is an instinctive animal in spite of the reasoning faculties that have been given to him and normally he acts first and thinks afterward. The child is conceived and born se that he may do things and that in doing them he may develop a j*ersonal will and an individual character. He could not even begin to form a character jvere it .not for that universal process of habit formation. Education itself is a habit. It could never have been developed without the mechanical operations of habit. This mechanical procedure economizes the two great essentials of education. The first is time and the second is energy. Ideal behavior, then, involves J**rfect balance and sanity es action. It demands moderation in all things, with every function exercisinx: with every other function. —Mother's Magazine.

Preventing Milk From Boiling Over.

Among the various devices which, are intended to prevent milk from boiling over we noticed one which solves the problem in a very sim*Ce way, says the Scientific American. It consists of a straight tube of say tw o or three inches in diameter at the top and expanding somewhat toward the bottom, where it is provided with a flaring and cup-shaped end of rather large diameter, the whole being somewhat of trumpet shape. Out of the lower part are cut, say, four suitable openings, and we set the device upright in the vessel with the small end just out of the liquid. Should the milk tend to boil violently this action commences at the bottom, and the liquid is forced up the tube, then falls upon the surface again, so that the feoOtoS action will continue in this way and the" milk has no tendency to leave the vessel.

Why Fish Will Fall Upward.

The deep-sea fish are subject to a pressure internally, by gases, and externally of over two tons to the square inch, and under this pressure they are quite solid. When these fish are brought to the surface in nets jhe.r bodies become puffy, their bones loase and their eyes start out of their beads: very often they burst. This is because the pressure is released. When these fish of the deep sea chase their prey or rise for s< me reason high above the ocean bed- the gases of their swimming Madders expand and they become light. The fish whose muscles are not strong enouuh to take it down deeper into the ocean expands more and more until it ns- 1 - 5 upward to the surface and is killed, set that It really “falls upward.”

Eagle Symbol of Power.

From ancient times the eagle, as the king of birds,’ has been looked upon as the symbol of power. The American eagle is the native bald eagle and was firsuadopted on the seal of the United States on June 20, 1752. against the bitter opposition of Franklin. This patriot looked up to it as a Caesarian emblem and wanted to know what was the matter with the wild turkey, as being more distinctly American. Nevertheless the eagle was accepted, not only on the seaL bat <m the first coin issued by the United States in 1795, and on a majority th 9 coins since.

THE AVERAGE REFORMER.

IPWM Crop improvement Service.] Tie average reformer having so I little at stike himself, plunges about rLie a bull in.a china shop, regardi Jess :c£~ she results of,his ardor, As amusing incident is told of the Secretary of Commerce. The can mti-thactarers pat up a howl that rriiwa they could get tin-plate to mxkr xp. no canning of fruits and vegetables could be done, so without in-:* u? over the field it is said that « trier was made that steel was to he divested by the manufacturers i rim other projects and put at the i.- of the can manufacturers, i- wiwot an right on the face of it, fc-: when, the manufacturers of hartfstts machinery demanded steel .wb_-;b they contracted; for, and found that there was not steel for aprons, ;t haring been diverted to cans, a liUriy-np call modifying the order tis issued, so that our harvesting machines could be made in time for the growing crop. This -Iliastrates how many plans are Ignorantly made robbing Peter to pay Paul Every enthusiast via »a pet reform which is always hitting some other business Instead of his owß, never looks a n ini to see what the effect will be before he plunges. The manufacturers of feed and the most successful feeders in the country have a right to demand that delicate machine —-the dairy cow—shall not te wrecked by hasty legislation. Rerotßliodary reforms are seldom ettcucioas. Anything which disturbs lie feed, equilibrium should be handled gradually. Experience has sic vn shat the most efficient way to ian:> cereal products is to remove tie human food first and feed the residue to.- stock. * Any other system is sheer extravagance..;;

WRONG FEEDING METHODS.

. Cwp Improvement Service. | There Is an old story about a ship captahu who had a medicine chest. A sad;r vis sick and he found that No. •Sim his hook was .the indicated remelr. aMs! the* bottle of No. 4 7 vgs em'-Sy. so he took equal parts of N:. s.. which was strychnine, and No. 7. which was carbolic acid, and ai lei them together and made No. 4 7“ —-kiwi tlw- sailor died..'\ The application of this old story is that maaiy Svfeeder will thinlgthat if a little off cottonseed or oilseed meal is g.':>i. a whole lot will be better. And hke the man who put the green snecruefeS" ©a. tbe horse and fed him s icings—just after he got him takAed the horse died. It Is human nature to experiment in feeds*.amd the poor cow has to suffer fog an overdose or an’ underdose laftßr®,; the proper ration is established.

DIFFICULT TO MIX FEEDS

A More Scientific Result Can Be' Produced By Machinery. CrDßt tncKTemeift Service.} As no :*a lots ran alike, it is very dtSißslit to mix straight by-products of ©atm barley, rye, corn, cotton-seed, danseed, etc- by measure, because it is purely gi-ssing. Only a few years ago iPteatik ral fraud or unintentional car- lessaness warn the rale. Before the feet Laws were passed, each manufacturer adulterated all the trade vfeM stand. Every ear of feed sold to the consumer is not analyzed, and the farmer uannic • become • a feed expert because hf- mas no laboratory. Not one.: car ©xt of: sere hundred is ' officially ;• inspec&BiL In the. old- days country millers were throwing feeds together with MO knowledge of feed and were mmimar valuable cows and making the farmer poorer. In those days the feed unities were wrong, the feeds didn’t fit the tables; the digestible analysis saethod was incorrect; feed standards far animals were not agreed upon nor oampaece; the animals didn't fit the standards; tile buyer didn’t know what was in the feeds he bought to mix; and there was an unavoidable Tariatl&a In the concentration of the ieedL conditions’’: have been largely through the joint action of tie government and state experiment stations and .the mixed feed rnanufasetpsprs who have- "every facility for maSntadatng a uniform product. ByJ . nang;". these soigttlfie;ally , prepared if®Ss.- many a herd has. doubled; its -yfeife-.ahd profits.” There are some jafecters- who yah: Buy c lead; oil ’and siyer ami mix and match their o.wn t .Mini','iflgfßUiriy:feet-tie best painters of today have learned that mill-made brands are much better than any-, thing they can mix with a paddle. The same is true in fertilizers to a great extent. In mixed feeds there txk be ao economy in home mixing ieeartse the mixing factories, being sear/;the large, markets,, ran utilize, by-prod acts to the very best advantage. Home mixing cannot be accomplished at one-tenth of a cent per lb., besides the result is ne'ver’twice alike I and catoßOt'te without the help of a " iaLoratory. 1 - ■• ", ' ' ‘ . - '• . . Crag lpgrwe»ei«t Service.] A practical test shows that eight tcess off a first class dairy feed will replsce 13 1-3. tons of. farm grain, making a proportionate saving of about per top it also puts three times as nru-h fertilizer back on the *3.wa as is in. the grain this farmer cpaii ,'pbßl ■. There is no sense in hauling two VsAc off cheap feed when one load of high-grade feed win do the work and costs bat three-fourths as much as the

The Last Hope Mine

How the Miners Were Civilized

By ALAN HINSDALE

“In the early days of the Colorado minin’ camps,” said the old’prospector, “one of the best payin’ hole* in the groun’ before it run out was the Last Hope mine. Its name was given it by the man who struck it, who was much down at the heels at the time and fully intended that if it didn’t relieve his necessities he would hang himself to the limb of a tree that extended directly over it. He sold his claim for SIOO,OOO to a company and retires first off from this here story. “The president of the Last Hope lived in the east and sent out a manager from that region. Mr. Park hurst, among other things, at home had been superintendent of a Sunday school. Naturally he didn’t like the appearance of a Colorado minin’ camp. The cussin’ that w r as going on was just like fireworks. The saloons did a better business than the store. Whenever the wind riz the playin’ cards filled the air like a snowstorm. As for Sunday, there was no work on that day, but instead of services there was gamblin’. There was a few women in the camp, but they was worse’n the men. “Mr. Parkhurst looked the ground overland sized up the situation. "What that camp needed was wives, cHe argued, that men without the restrainin’ influence of women would naturally turn into wild animals, and he resolved to send for some girls. He called the miners together and told ’em that if they would turn out the women there was in camp he would send for a carload of real good, true members of the female sex to be helpmeets for ’em. The miners agreed, and Mr. Parkhurst wrote Miss Amelia Bowers, who had succeeded him as head of his Sunday school, to come out * with a dozen of the best behaved and best lookin' young women she could pick Up. Her influence was far more needed in the west than where she was. Husbands would be provided. “Miss Bowers, a middle aged, conscientious woman, concluded that it was her duty to accept the situation and proceeded to collect a dozen young women who would rather get married than work. She also shipped several hundred Bibles and hymn books. The company paid all expenses and give each gal a hundred dollars to set up housekeepin’ with. “The day Miss Bowers arrived with them twelve gals was a screamer. N6t a man would work, and every one of ’em went-to the tavern where the coach was to unload. While they was waitin’ Ben Huggins, an old feller who was a leader -among ’em, made ’em a speech, remindin’ ’em that they mustn't be in too much of a hurry to wed and that gals liked to be courted. There wasn't enough gals to go round by any means,,but any fightin' for ’em would spoil the whole business. If the men behaved right another lot would be provided; if they didn't those who had come would go back.

“When the coach drove up to the tavern door there was a yell. Some of the sals was on and they was mighty good lookin’. Them miners hadn't seen a nice woman in years—some of ’em—and they wasn’t used to such beauty. It was like angels cpmin’ down from heaven. The men w r as respectful, you bet. There’s no place where a good woman is so reverenced as where she’s a rarity. A way was opened from the coach to the tavern, and the gals went inside, but there was sich a howl for ’em that they come out on to a balcony and stood there, while the men at an order from Huggins, the old feller who had spoken to ’em a short time before, took off their hats. The gals looked kind of funny, as if not knowin’ what to make of the reception.

“If the manager had sent for enough gals to go round in the first place there wouldn’t likely have been any trouble. As it was, several of the most desperate men each saw among the lot a gal he wanted, and some of ’em wanted the same gal. The gals hadn’t, more’n gone back into the tavern before there. was half a dozen fights. Huggins he goes off to the manager, and he says: “ ‘Mr. Parkhurst, I’m afraid there’s a-goin’ to be a commotion in this yere camp. Why didn’t you send for enough for a feed?’ ‘“What do you suggest. Huggins?’ “ ‘The most natural way. the way the men would take to easiest, would be to raffle ’em.’ “Mr. Parkhurst looked glum. ‘You forget, Huggi«s,’ he said, ‘that a woman has the right to marry whom she chooses. To raffle them would be to give them away without their consent That wouldn’t do at ajl.’ “ ‘Well, Mr. Parkhurst. all I’Ve got to say is that if somethin’ isn’t done, and that pretty quick, there won't be enough men left to furnish husbands for this lot of gals.’ “‘l’m afraid we'll have to send the women back,’ said Mr. Parkhurst. "‘I reckon.’ said Huggins, scratchin* his head, ‘we might git the men to draw lots for a chance to git some one o' ’em.’ “ ‘That’s a good idea; try it’ “Huggins went away and called a mass meetin’ of the suitors. He told them that a dozen men must be chosen by lot to offer themselves each to t girl. If a man failed to find any one of the girls he wanted and who

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waited him that left a girl for a second drawin’ of chances. Many of those present would rather have fought for their chance; but, recognizin’ the delicacy of the situation and the plan bein’ the nearest that could be suggested to a raffle, it was unanimously approved. Blanks and ten prize slips were placed in a hat and ten men were selected. Every one of the lucky ten was ordered to black his boots, take his trousers “out of them, w&ar a coat If he had one and report at the tavern that evenin’ for introduction by Mis 3 Bowers. “The next momin’ Mr. Parkhurst called for Huggins. “ ‘Well, Huggins,’ he said when the •Id man appeared, ‘how did it turn out last night?’ “‘iTt„ the courtin’? Tol’able, sir, tol’able. Three men proposed to gals as tuk ’em, four men was too or’nary to go down with any of the gals, two men wanted the same gal and was killed in a shootin’ match afterward. One man got up on his ear with a gal who wouldn’t have him and said he had a wife already in Frisco and didn’t want no more of ’em. This leaves seven gals for the next drawin’ and three men less to be provided for.’ “Seven names were next drawn and presented the same evenin’. This was Huggins’ report of the second pair off: “ ‘Three paired off. One feller was drunk and wasn’t let In to the courtin’. Three men wanted the same gal. They had a triangular fight, the survivor to win; little feller with red hair winner. Gal wouldn’t have him. That leaves four gals for prizes.’ “In this way eleven of the gals was paired, leavin’ one, the purtiest of the lot, to be disposed of. All the fellers wanted her from the first, and most of the men that got killed was fightin’ for her. But she wouldn’t have none of ’em. She’s mighty particular, seein’ she's had twenty men to pick from. She's got snappin’ black eyes, kind of | reddish hair and is purty and plump as a robin. • “Now, if you want to work out a scheme for furnishin’ wives you don’t want nary of the women to be a jim dandy. One purty woman with the old Nick in her will spoil any practical plan that was ever got up, gal, Becky Riggs, bein’ the only unmarried woman left in the camp—Miss Bowers had gone back for another load-%and every man left wantin’ her, set up a conflagration. Every day there was a fight about her, and some one was sure to be killed. The wives begged her to choose some one and stop the fightin’. But she wouldn’t She’d make b’lieve she was goin’ to take one of ’em and then Start in to encourage another. If anything was needed to keep up the list of casualties this filled the bill. “Well, it got so bad at last, so many good men bein’ killed, that Mr. Parkhurst sent Miss Riggs word that he’d be pleased to furnish her a ticket back where she came from. She sent word to him that she’d ruther be an old maid in Colorado than a bloomin’ married woman in the east. Then Mr. Parkhurst Went to see her to reason with her. She jist set there listenin’ to him with her head on one side and her nose in the air and didn’t answer never a word. “Things kep’ goin’ from bad to worse. Some of the men Miss Riggs had refused tuk to drink, and most of ’em Wouldn’t work. It was impossible to git other hands, and the dirt taken out was gittin’ less and less every day. It begun to seem that if Miss Riggs wasn’t married or didn’t go away the mine would have to shet down. The president wrote to know what was up. Mr. Parkhurst wrote to send on a carload of women. The president wrote that Miss Bowers had come back and wouldn’t advise no more gals to go to sich a benighted place. This looked purty blac'k. Mr. Parkhurst called for old Ben Huggins and axed him what was best to be done. “ ‘When I was livin’ with my ole woman, Mr. Parkhurst,’ Huggins said knowfln’ly, ‘I found out that women must have their way.’ “ ‘W T bat do you mean by that?’ “ ‘Well, sir, there’s nothin’ fur a pur--Ity gal'here put to git married. Every ; man here has axed Miss Riggs but j one.’

“ ‘I thought they had all asked her.’ “ ‘No, sir; there’s one left, and the knowin’ ones among the wives say that’s the wants.’ “ ‘Who is he?’ “ ‘I think it’s you, sir.’ “ ‘l?’ " “ ‘Yes, sir—you.’ “ ‘You must be mistaken.’ “ ‘lf I am the women ain’t.’ “He didn’t say no more about it* but 1 noticed that he was sprucin’ up. He'd been wearin’ a flannel shirt, and fust thing I knowed he hid put on a boiled one. Then he went to the barber and got a shave. After supper I Seen him lookin’ at .himself in a glass that hung beside the roller towel at the tavern. Next he headed for the cabin where Miss Riggs was stayin’. “The young woman was perfectly aware that the manager understood the situation. Furthermore, she had brought with her some becomin’ costumes and had put one of them on for his reception. When Mr. Parkhurst saw her to have her for a companion didn’t seem to him hardship, after all. It had been more than a year since he had seen a refined woman'. He passed the evenin’ with her in general conversation and .found her intelligent He might spend years in a minin’ country, and it occurred to him that Miss Riggs would take away from his loneliness. He thought the matter over that night and the next evenin’ made another visit, durin’ which he surrendered. “The visit of the girls to the minin’ camp was a lottery with one prize. Miss Riggs got it But in her case there was more management than lack."