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Show VOL. A AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, MAY III. MOUNTAIN 'Well, IDYL. I'll stay. ull me,' says 1, and see ef I reckon not, says she, still me, mebbe they wouldn't like it! 'Who's they?' says I. She give a little chuckle, and 1 come up to the gate and reated my hands on It to one side uv her'n. 'Pap and mother,' says she. Theyve gone down to the schoolhouse to preachin and won't be back tell g 0 clock. Ain't you kinder lonesome waitin hyer by yerself. Susan? saya 1, half way tryln to pull the gate open, but Bhe held it abet. 1 reckon 1 wuz,' says she. 'That's why I came out and hung on the gate. Its mighty still like in the house. You reckon you wuz? says I. Aint you now ? and 1 chuckled to myself for kelchin her. 'Pr'aps I am p'r'aps I aint, she sniggered, and tossed her head. 1 tried to opeu the gate, but she held It sheL 'Ef you want me to stay, why dont you say so? says 1. genin' ugly. I reckon you kin ef you want to, says she, mighty pesky. Susan, says I, what's the use uv USAN 8TEBBINS wap by all odda the best looking girl on Grassy Lick, without being remarkably beautiful; for beauty Is not a noticeable characteristic of mountain or old women, young, and how she had ever come to marry Lem Skaggs was a wonder to me, for Lem was by all odds the homeliest man on the Lick, and homeliness is a characteristic of mountain men. 1 knew lem quite well, and when 1 asked my estion he blushed and grinned. 'he was tuck by my good looks," be lauf d. "Didn't you court her pretty hard? j Did I?" and he drew a long breath as of relief at the thought of Its being over. "Well, I should say I did. Why, I come mighty nigh mortgigin the farm to git her things she didn't seem to want when I give em to her. What did you give her? Everything, Colonel. It got so had to'rds the last the folks at the store told me ef I'd lump my dealins they reckoned they could let me have em at wholesale prices. She couldnt stand your liberality, Lem. Thats what got her. Not a bit uv it, he continued. AH the time I was takin her all sorts uv things, she wuz makin eyes at every feller that come along, and sorter expectin me to keep up my end uv the swingle tree, Jist case I kinder seemed to hanker atter doin' it that But you kept at it? I reckon not, he laughed. All uv a sudden 1 sot in fer Mary Finnel, and give the store folks a rest on buyin. Then what happened? 1 inquired, with a hope that I would now get some Information. He laughed a low, gurgling laugh,, such as a boy would give vent to when caught in some of his natural depredations. Well, he said, she kinder swapped eends on t'other fellers, and swung round my way, but I wuznt givln a inch, and I didn't have no talk with her for mighty nigh two weeks, and then one evenin as 1 wuz passln her house on my way to Mary's, and she knowed It, I seen her hangin on the gate lookin out into the future, er somethin uv that sort that 1 seen a picter uv onct an agent wuz Bellin. ' ! foolin? Foolin' about what?' saya she. About me and you, says I. I aint a fooliu, says she. You air,' says I. and you know it Ef you don't like me, Lem Skaggs, cays she, bridlin up all over, you kin go long. I didn't ask you to stop, did I? But I do like you, Susan, says I, gittin' skeert. and tryln' to pull the gate open bo's I could git clos't enough to her to coax her. 'I reckon you like Mary Finnel a Bight better,' says she, holdin the gate ag'ln' me. 'I reckon I don't, says I, and 1 could feel the gate give a little. 'You wouldnt talk that ef she wuz in hearin' distance,' says she. Wouldn't I?' says I, and I heaved and sot on the gate, but it didnt move a peg. You Jist fetch her up here ond see ef I .wouldnt. "No, you Jist go down tnar, says sue. Thar's whar you started fer.' I didn't do nothin' uv the sort, says I gittin' despriter every minute. You told me you did,' says she, and 1 could feel the gate give some and then shet up agln. 'You oughter know, Susan.' says I, and I serious, that T was Jist could feel the gate way and shettin' and then givln way agln. An you aint lyin now. Lem! says she, a heap sight softer than any time in her life. 'Course I ain't, Susan, says I. and the gate come open about six inches. Ef I only thought you wuzn't. Lorn,' says Bhe, lettln the gate slip my way a leetle more every minute. 'You know I aint, Susan, says I, givln' the gate the strongest pull ylt. You know It, and you know I never give a snap uv my finger fer any other gal In these parts, and that all the time 7ve been atter you and wantin you for my wife, but you kep foolla with me all along and bustin' my heart mighty nigh, and makin me want to go off and chop a tree down on niyaelf. You know it, Susan, you know it, and she h'isted her hands and the gate swung wide open. 'What about Mary? saya she, standln' thar before me lookin sweet-er- n peaches and roses. 'Hang Mary, says I. clean forglttin' my manners, and I retch out both hands fer Susan. Oh, Lem! says she, and well, Colonel, he laughed, as htn honest face reddened beneath its saffron hue, I reckon youre old enough to know the balance. I wouldn't be surprised, Ixm, I replied, blushing just a shade myself as a memory or two came slowly back from the rosy past. He looked up smiling. And say. Colonel," he said. I wuzn't any purtler that uight than I wuz before." Come off, Lemuel, said I. slapping him on the hack, It was so dark Susan couldn't see you. ay YOU AINT LYIN NOW. LEM? Good evenin',' says I, not offerin' to stop. evenin, says she, "Pears to me you're in a powerful hurry.' Good Kinder, says I, slackin up some. be down to Mary's 'bout this time.' She Kinder looked down at the ground when I told her that, and kicked a little rosk out of the path that wuz layin' thar, and I felt like a dog fer savin' what I had. T reckon youd better by hurryln along then, for Mary ain't the kind that likes to kep' waitin',' says she. 'I s'j. says I, 'that you don't keer ef I stop and talk to you fer a minute, do you? Irlvn Awiijr 1y a lilumt. I ain't korrin what you do, says The town of Shearer. Midi., which she, kinder sullen. only a few years ago was a promising You look like you wuz expectin' and prosperous burg with sawmills, salt ef blocks, etc.. Is now licing abandoned. somebody yerwlf, says I, feelin I'd like i) choke whoever the feller The removal of the sawnrlls and other wuz. the exodus, lull there plants lias cau.-eThat's what.' says Bhe, and I Lit is said to he still another reason. A inore'n ever like chokin somebody. 1 siiort time ago. Ile.gh ,V ICinumi. a Who is it?' says I, waULin the it. A as found dead With 1,'lllet holes streaks uv a laugh 'round her mouth ill his bo.!. Ever since the village, i; and eyes. lias been haunted by his glmt. is That's fer me to know and you to ro said,at lias been the agitation among, gn find out, says she, laughin' right out. iimt n.ny left town i1ip n he I'll on reeke down to 'I goin even before the mil's shut down. Mary's,' s.is I. thinkin' that I wuzn't makin nothin' hangin' round Busan. A cannon ball lircd from one of the .Mehbf you wouldn't ef you know'd great Krupp or Armstiong g".ns travels who wuz eomin', says she, kinder the at speed of 2. '''7 feet per second. foiiehin' over the gate. 'I 'promised to sheep-steali- n' d nor-1:- j j suprr-diti.j'.i- THE OREGON DENTIST. Ila i 30, NO. 188(5. WE ARE FAR BEHIND. 1iwlnl in Modara Appll bat Wu Willing to Try. SWITZERLAND BURIES HER OWN When I was traveling through DEAD. southeastern Oregon last month, said Attorney W. W. McNair, I found myself In a small village and with a large Kloh a ud Poor Avail Themaalvaa of a toothache. 1 found ihe local dentlBt, Law of Advanrail Civilisation Heath resemwith his whirligig cugine-tba- t Makes All Kiiual l.aw Worth Adopt-labled a small lathe, at the livery stable clipping a horse. Do you treat tee.h? I asked. $. NITED States con"Course; what do you suppose Jm suls In Switzerland here for? he replied in a nettled tone. have been investiWell, 1 have one that needs attenthe laws tion. gating , relative to the bur-th- e Want it pulled cr plugged? he dead. asked. 1 want it treated. How do you treat Gifford, the at Basle, rea tooth that Is aching? or Pull It ports: In the canplug It 1 think tbla could he saved if it had ton of Basle .City, the law provides for proper treatment. the burial of the Want it plugged, then. What is it dead at the of the slate. Coinns or tooth he expense and tried jaw gnawer? to forde a finger that was covered with and all olliei necessary articles are furdirtand horse hair Into my mouth. I nished on application to certain underhad grown a trifle suspicious of him, takers designated by the government. so thought I would find out what sort Everything connected with the interment is absolutely gratuitous includof work he did. ing the grave and the service. Rich do I asked. work? yon bridge and poor are alike entitled to the beneNot since 1 been practicin. I did fit of this law, and ail classes avail a across build Cow creek when bridge themselves of It freely. Of the 1.621 I was ranchin, hut I mostly confine myself to draggln fangs, doctorin' horses burials which took place in the year 1893, 1,194 were at the expense of the and barberin'. canton. The execution of the law Is Do you ever transplant teeth ? 'Say. I tried that onct, but she entrusted to an official of the sanitary didn't work. 01' Bill. Robinson had a department. The accuunts of this detooth that was achin' an he wanted it partment for the year 1893 show that the cost to the canton arising from the pulled. 1 got the wrong tooth. I tried to put her back, but Bill hollered an' gratuitous burial of the dead was as follows: CofflnB, $2,388; burial excut up so that I thought I'd try to transpenses, $5,628: salaries, $3,325; care of plant it. cemeteries, etc., $2,300. Total, $13,341. I sawed off the snags and rivited it to Bills plate o' false teeth, but she B The law has been in operation only few years, but has from the first been wouldn't work. The first time Bill bit a bone with it the tooth Bwung around regarded with great favor, even by most on the rivet an' he bit a hole in the those, who, as tax payers, are burdened It by roof o' his mouth as big as a hazel nut. In the other cantons of the country I concluded not to have my tooth great diversity exists, some of the cantreated. The dentist was sorry, and tons not yet adopted the new having told me that if it was holler to heat a AH seem likely to do so, method; kultlln needle' hot pokS It In the consul general, R. Richman, Irving tooth, or hold a chaw V terbacker In says: my mouth. Graves, generally, are only to receive one body, and are not to be opened for WILL VIRTUE BE REWARDED? the reception of new bodies until after A IVnl Point Cadet IV lio Compelled Ills the lapse of such number of years as Is assumed to be required for the comf olonrl to Obey the Regulation. The establishment of tne color line plete decay of the body, which varies in the West Point summer encampment In the different cantons from three to recently gave rise to a good story on twelve years for children and from the commandant of cadets, Colonel twelve to twenty years In the case of adults. Samuel Mills. The regulations prescribe that everyone crossing the color Wherever free burial baa been Introline or passing the colors Rhould salute duced, it was done on the principle that, by lifting his cap with the right hand death making all men equal, there ami placing it upon his left shoulder. ought to be no distinction in the burial Colonel Mills neglected this important of the departed. It is assumed that all ceremony not long ago and the Bentry the citizens and residents, high or low, on duty promptly stopped him and rich or poor, will avail themselves of the provisions of the enactment, and compelled him to obey the regulation. The commandant next day sent for that all the funerals and interments this cadet, a third class man, who, by will be equally plain and unostentathe way, comes fltom Indiana, and tious. talked to him long and earnestly. The The course pursued by the authoriyoung man refused to divulge the subties of the city of St. Gall in each case stance of the interview, but the general of free burial Is given in the following opinion is that the cadet will be given extracts from the mnniclpnl police reg corporal's chevrons in the fall, when illations: An attendant calls at the changes are made in the officers of the house of mourning, after verbal notice battalion. of death has been given at the police office, and receives a further notice in Out on tne Inifnaor, He attends to dressing the Two or three West Pointers who were writing. notice to the coroner, to the body, gives spending a part of their graduation officer of vital statistics, to the clergyleave in Europe, found themselves one the undertaker man, the evening in a Paris hotel. r. The attendant and the While they were at dinner a man must also issue the invitations to the came at the door and asked: funeral, and must he present half an Does any one here speak English? hour before the time of burial. The An attendant engaged the inquirer undertaker and grave-diggmust, af in conversation, and one of the lieuter receiving notice, go at once to the tenants said to the other: house of mourning, measure the corpse, I wish we could see his face. The provide the coffin, and place the corpse voice sounds very familiar. therein. On the day of burial, they That's what I was thinking. re- must see that the body Is taken from plied the other. the house of mourning and placed In In a moment or two the new arrival the funeral car. They must escort the come in. and there stood the West ear to the grave, take from It the cofPointers' French professor. Pittsburg fin, inter it, and cover the grave. The Chronicle-Telegrap- h coffin must he black, and capable of be ing hermetically sealed. The sexton Acute Kleptomania. must sow the grave with rye grass. When I w.m in India,'' said the man In front of the house of mourning an who had traveled. " the native thieves urn must be put, on the day of the stole the sheets from under nte while burial, for the reception of cards of I slept, and I never knew it!" condolence. Yes. and when I was In the Northwest during the boom," raid the man Has Ilia .lnw llrukrn in a Joking Way. who will never admit that America can R. E. iTatt, a prominent grain denl'T be outdone. 1 had to ship in a room of t.h!ea;,o. is known as a practical jokwhere there v ere four re il estate agents er. Ai.ct In an elevator with Mr. and one of them stoic a porous plaster Parker the oilier day Mr. Pratt gave In.; from my b:id: wl'hont : wakening me." friend a little tap on the shoulder arid turned aside with mi innocent look tollnw to xni'i'li'ii flic Itrciitli. ward the lop of the elevator shaft. Mr. Tim see at of onions can he entirely Parker, who is a tall and heavily built lr.lled lv drinking a cup of Mack cofman. was .landing close to Mr. Pratt fee immediately prior eating them. A when the little juke was perpetrated, ciovp or wliitcrgreeii ciecin will remove and turning mddiiily to see who tin? sun'll of winn from tin hre.itli. If touched, brought his elbow around with i lie breath itself is at all impure or a powerful swing. It caught Mr. Pratt tainted, gargle with camphor and directly under the chin ami broke bis iiij rrh. jaw in two places. Waa Not Mnrea, g. .Do bell-ringe- r, grave-digge- er 23. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. May He Tare a a M capon Agalaat All Threatening Danger. American Dairyman says: A short time ago we railed attention to the statement of Mr. Mulhall that the aggregate wealth of this country represented $1,000 jier -- npita of population, and took exception to hia deductions in this matter as not representing the verities of the problem. Since that time our attention has been called to the figures of the census of 1890, and these evidence that Mr. Mulhall is a past grand master of the order of figure Jugglers. The wealth of the country In 1SN9, as revealed by the census, was $(52,082,000,000. Its distribution among the 62,622,250 of population when grouped lmo families showed that 132,-0of these latter owned $43,367,000,000, or 70 per cent of the entire wealth of the country, while the remainder of the population, represented by 12,820,000 families, owned the remaining 30 per cent of the wealth of the country, as exStated In pressed by $18,715,000,000. another form, 13,002,000 families own $62,662,250,000, and 1.4 per cent of them possess 70 per cent of this vast wealth, while 98.6 per cent of time families control only 30 per cent of It. If this body of wealth were distributed equally among the families of the country, each of them would have $4,774.77, while as actually owned, the 182.000 average $237,181.31 each, while the average of each of the 12,820.000 families Is only $1,458.26. These are startling figures, and Indicate that the methods of wealth distribution In this day and country are mule, aa well as faulty. If justice to those that bear the burden and perform the toll of their generation Is to enter Into the problem. The regulation of the distribution referred to Is a question of vsBt difficulty, hut, nevertheless, It admits of equitable adjustment If, however, the distribution of wealth Is permitted to exist undisturbed, as at present constituted, the appearance of an aristocracy of wealth richer than the one that corrupted, cursed aud crushed ancient Rome will appear in this country In the second decade of the twentieth century. To avoid this the broadening of opportunity for the masses Is essentially imperative. The teaching of social economics In the public schools is also a means to lessening the gravity of this coming danger. 00 The New Woman. She's not so excessively pretty. Hut still In the full of her face Dwell all of the blossoms of beauty And all of the roses of grace; Her eyes are as blue as the heavens. Her hair Is as glad as the gold. And plainly I see she is wholly Just like the fair women of old. ller actions are very peculiar; I found a big tear In her eye. And once she just pouted and pouted And did such a thing as to cry! Such strange and unremlnlne doings Filled me with misgivings untold My heart gave a bound, she's a creature So like the queer women of old. I argued, remonstrated, reasoned; Rlie Bhnuld not so lose I spoke of her rights as a woman, I talked of her "mission." her soul; I told her the club would discover. Would chatter and gossip and scold. self-contr- Hut she yawned a little, precisely As did the sweet, women of old. I told her the femaien would cut her. Would say she was shocking, and rave; I scolded, commanded and threatened. While trying to make her behave; Hut nothing would calm her or soothe her. Till ditties I tenderly trolled. And then she forgot all her troubles And slept, like the wemen of old. She has such peculiar ambitions; For home and her husband she lives. She counsels him, loves him and trusts him And him the brightest happiness gives; Ah, me! Atavism is surety To blame for these faults that unfold These follies I love for they prove her So like the dear women of old. Fur I I am sure she's an angl; Her mnll.'S in tln-iblessedness hold The rupture tint dwelt among mortals When women were women of old; The p rfeet, adorable denture 1 worship Ihi'ujgli Dll of my life, Tlie rarest of all (tie m w women. w m.ui my wife! Tills Freeman E. Miller. r swvet-liearii-- il I.lve with n Jlulo In lli llrad William Hluucli.ird, of irairie City, 111., whu killed his wife ami thru shot' himself Iris recovered so that he has been loiiimiited to jail, lie tdmt himself in the forehead, the bullet going clear through his head. 'Tin greatly wise to tn!k with our past hours. And usk them wh report they bore to heaver ; |