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VOL. XIII. LAKE PROVIDENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1900 NO. 28.
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THE MISSING FREIGHT.
BY HAROLD NAEMANSSON.
I,4
Rodney Graham was well thought of ma
in Crescentville. His father, Nelson anm
LGraham, had run the general store unt
there for many years, and was rated we
!n "Dunn's" as "G. S. M. 3.," which alN
cabalistic letters established the Gra- At'
ham credit on a solid foundation mi
throughout the United States, so that sor
whenever a salesman happened to stop anw
it Crescentville, he always made a DIi
tall at Nelson Graham's. for
Crescentville, Illinois, was a flourish- Fo
tg city of over 2000 inhabitants, and, an
0f course, things were just rushing. spl
the city contained two manufactur
ang plants, a brewery, a First Nation- ,at
il Bank of Crescentville, an Electrie b
Light and Power Company, and a rail, dei
road depot. Also. various stores and rai
small industries according to its needs. of
The railroad was a loop of the B. R. & of
C. B., the main line ten miles from op
orescentv ille.
Nelson Graham. as tile proprietor of fay
the general store, was quite an in- di
fuential citizen, and it was under- Di
stood that his son, Rodney, was in a
position to pick the profession of his wo
:hoice. The law, medicine, art, music, In
poetry, stenography, bookkeeping, mo
were all within his reach; he consid
!red them all from different points of
view (very differently from most peo- th
pile) and then deliberately chose the ha
profession of stoking a freight engine. go
The masses of Crescentville resented ne
his choice. They were surprised and
lispleased. They discussed it over tea in
tables, drug counters and saloon bars, pl
Ind decided that Rodney. though an
smart, was born without ambition.
For this reason they voted against a
Nelson Graham when he ran for may- en
r, and defeated him, which shows
low the sins of the sons are visited
upon their fathers. pr
Rodney Graham was peculiar in at
many ways. He came home to Cres- I.
tentville once a week, and in his con
rersation frequently cursed the
!reight engine. Instead of having a sa
sonsuming affection for it-as all well
regulated stokers are supposed to have- le
he shamefully abused and (metaphor- ce
rally) despitefully used it. He said hi
the boilers were bad-the brakes were fa
so good-the engineer was crazy- and le
that were it not for his untiring zeal a
and sleepless watchfulness, fast ,
'rieght Number Forty-Six of the
great B. R. & C. S. R. R. would be con
dnually jumping off the track and R
having to be lifted on again at great al
ixpense of life and money. He said
:hat all stokers were excused from pur- v
gatory; but notwithstanding all the
:hings he said he stuck to his job, and
when his father solicited the votes of
tis fellow citizens for the honorable al
position of alderman, his fellow citi
sens elected some one else.
In addition to running the Crescent
lille general store, Nelson Graham b
was interested in the First National
Bank of Crescentviile. He had always
leposited his receipts there, and as t
they had grown in volume he had in- e
rested what he could spare and was
tow vice-president of the bank. It was
bi the fall of the year that the free
silver agitation burst forth in all its a
rirulence. The Democratic party a
would surely win the elections, and
:he value of the dollar would be cut
si half. The farmers all around Cres
rentville wanted their money before
:he dollar depreciated. The Crescent
rille bank had money loaned out to a
piumber of neighboring manufacto- c
ties on easy terms, and this money
could not be called in. Therefore the
Drescentvllle bank was in diffcuttles,
Imd the farmers came up and.besieged
If the bank suspended, Nelson Gra
ham would go with it. If the bank
pulled through, Nelson Graham would
pull through. The bank wanted $30,
100 to meet the demands upon it, but
so one knew where to get the money
hi time.
These were the circumstances when
Rtodney Graham departed from Cres
tentvllle one afternoon, to stoke fast
freight Number Forty-Six. which he
would join at St. Louis., stoking it to
Dhilcago and back. The station agent
was on the platform at Crescentville.
tand saw Rodney Graham get into the
tab of the train which left Crescent
rlile for St. Louis at a quarter before
six. The frieght agent at Mattoona
saw Rodney Graham in the cab of
Sumber Forty-Six when it stopped for
water. It left Mattoona on time
passed Kalakoka on time. But it did not
reach Dalabeke. It was signalled to
Dalabeke. and the operator there wait
ud for it, Ibecause after it had gone It
was his intention to get his supper.
Kumber Forty-Six was 15 minutes late;
O10 minutes late; 45 minutes late; one
hour late-clearly it must have met
with some accident since it left Kala
toka.
The Dalabeke agent (Dimklins), wired
Chicago that fast freight Number
Forty-Six had met with an accident
mnd was delayed. Then he arranged
with some one to watch the depot,
went home and took a hasty mouthful,
ollected two or three people and a
loctor, and started up the track to
ward Kalakoka. a distance of about
Bve miles.
The doctor's report of the adventure
i as follows:
"'After ascertaining at the depot that
oo train of any kind had passed, we
walkedl along the tracks to Kalakoka,
expecting to discover the wreck of
fast freight Number Forty-Six at any
moment. To our great surprise, how
ever, we saw no signs of the train
anywhere, on account of which Dim
kins said that Tompkins (the Kala
koka agent) must have been mistaken
t, signalling the train to Dalabeke.
"On arriving at Kalakoka we found
the station deserted. We then went to
Tompkins' house and found him in
bed. On rousing him, he stated that
fatest freight Number Forty-Six most
sartainly passed through Kalakoka on
time, and distinctly insinuated that, if
Dinklins didn't see It pass through
Dalabeke, Dlmklins must have Ween the
worse for something-perhaps liquor.
"Mr. Dimklins hotly resented this
lmputation, and the two men were
8ighting before we had an opportunity
to iaterfpre '. IKalai)oks Spispe
man unfortunately happened to be near.
and rushing up, began clubbing us all, Ihor
under the impression, I suppose, that T
we were an organization of bandits can
about to make a raid on the village. eve
After an extended period of general fur
misunderstanding, altercation and per- a'c
sonal injury, the tumult was stilled, T
and we all returned to the depot. Here son
Dimkins wired St. Louis, only to be in- D
formed that fast freight Number alo
Forty-Six had left that city on time wa
and that nothing unusual had tran- ,
spired.
"As nothing could be made of it we the
started back along the tract:s to Dala
beke, where we arrived without inci- Tot
dent of any kind. Part of the railroad
ran through a wood which was fenced dot
off by posts and barbed wire. The rest
of the way the railroad ran through "H
open prairie.
"It was ridiculous to suppose that a Toi
fast freight train could have utterly E
disappeared between Knalakoka and ape
Dalabeke and the only probable hy- tra
pothesis seemed to be that Tompkins no
was mistaken in some way in suppos- an:
ing that the train had passed Kala- the
koka." in
Thus ends the doctor's narrative.
The next morning it became evident DIP
that fast freight Number Forty-Six sal
had in some way disappeared. Chica
go, however, took it as a joke. The res
newspaper reporters went down to a
see Tompkins, who had seen the miss
ing train pass Kalakoka. They wt
plagued and, exasperated him to such the
an extent that he resigned his position E
in disgust. A Chicago paper printed a
a funny article in regard to Tompkins, the
entitled, "The Freight That Didn't Ma- flo
terialise." The Federal Express com- I
pany's representative called on the thi
president of the B. R. & C. S. R. R. an
and was informed that freight Num- ref
her Forty-Six had not yet left St. kn
Louis. The Federal Express com- fel
pany's representative expressed his eel
satisfaction and inquired when fast the
freight Number Forty-Six had not yet him
left St. Louis. The Federal Express ca
company's representative expressed tic
his satisfaction and inquired when I
fast freight Number Forty-Six would pu
leave St. Louls, because she had ro
$50,000 in currency aboard, and the an
Federal Express company was anx- no
ious. th
The president of the B. R. & C. S. pa
R. R. answered that the $50,000 was a
all right, and that the disquieting sa
rumors were nonsense. Then he
wired St. Louis that fast freight Num- pr
ber Forty-Six must be found at once. ar
St. Louis replied that they would im
mediately put on a tracer, and there- ge
after maintained silence. R
At Crescentville, Illionis, there were so
sensational doings. The bank had just
managed to hold its own for the day ti
by the method of taking an unpre
ccdentedly long time over doing every- am
thing. When the hour for clos!ng
came there were certainly over 200 ex- tU
cited clients of the bank waiting their
turn to withdraw their money, and rn
these people camped in the street for fi
the night, making all kinds of treats, bI
and vowing all kinds of vengeance h
against everybody connected with the
bank if they should not be paid ti
promptly the next morning. The offi- re
cers and employes of the bank stayed o
inside and did not venture out. g
About 4 o'clock In the morning an g
extraordinary thing occurred. A posse re
of men rode into Crescentville, well a
armed and wearing masks. They i
rode straight to the bank, were ad- S
mitted after a short parley, and did a
not come out again.
But at nine in the morning the bank c
opened its doors, and the run began i
r anew with great desperation. De- c
l positor after depositor was paid off un
til scarcely any were left, and the peo
t ple stood around and talked about it.
9 There seemed to be no end to the
bank's resources, and at last a large
a and influential customer exclaimed-
- "The bank is all right and we are
t a pack of fools. I am going to de
e posit my cash again!"
. There was a murmur of approval,
t and then everybody began to laugh.
. Right after the influential man fol
e lowed a long line of people desiring
- to re-deposit the money they had only
'e just withdrawn. Such a day of busl
a ness the Crescentville bank never had
f before, and it Is not at all likely ever
r to have again. An enthusiastic meet
- Ing was held at the Masonic hall that
t evening, at which it was unanimous
o ly resolved to nominate Nelson Gra
t- ham as next mayor of Crescentville.
It In the meantime, the B. R. & C. S.
. R. R. people were still hunting for
; fast freight Number Forty-Six. They
e hunted for it in the train yard in and
t about St. Louis. Single cars had been
a- lost in those yards in great profusion
and never found again, but when a
d whole train could get lost like this it
r was evident that there must be care
at lessness somewhere. During the
d search a reporter discovered engine
t, Number Forty-Seven in a neglected
l, looking roundhouse and promptly
a wired the news to Chicago where the
o- information was considered as quite
ut important, although in what exact re
lation no official could say. It was
re 4ulte possible, Number Forty-Seven
havhtng been found, that Number
at Forty-Six might not be far off, unless
we it had accidentally plunged into the
a Mississippi, or strayed to Kansas City
of by means of a misplaced switch.
ny Dlmkins of Dalabeke had accepted
w- the explanation that the train could
in not have left St. Louis, and that
m- Tompklns and others must have been
la- mistaken. On the second night after
en the train was lost, Dimkins was quiet
ly playing his usual game of checkers
nd in the depot with a friend. Dlmkins
to was in a terrible position where one
in wrong move would lose him the game,
bat and he was intently studying the ab
ost sorbing problem, when his friend
on said
if "What's that?"
igh Dimklins paused on the brink of de
the struction and looked up aghast He
r., put his hand to his ear and-there
his was no doubt about it-he heard the
ere slow puffing of an engine coming to
Ity ward Dalabeke. Dlmkins says he
lip.shag sever forget the senmaUin
"It's Forty-Six's shebede," uaid
l)imkins, deliberately, "but it ain't
Forty-Six." Therefore, speaking very
slowly, "therefore, it must be Forty
Six's Ghost!"
Even as he spoke, the puffing of the D
engine grew nearer and nearer, and Ti
slower and slower, until at last it mar
ceased entirely. serr
"She's gone!" whispered Dimkins in bust
horror-stricken tones. far
The station clock clicked most un- thei
cannily loud, and the messages from nav
everywhere but Dalabeke chattered fish
furiously through the telegraph keys and
and sped away.
Then the sound of a yell came from
somewhere. A
Dimkins got up and crept carefully "op
along to the window, while his friend teti
watched intently, as though he expect- fets
cd the ghost of fast freight Number eac
Forty-Six to jump suddenly through smt
the window at any moment. Then- It
"Hallo!" said Dimklns. "Come here the
Tom'" sere
"What fur?" demanded Tom, vwy It
doubtfully. the
"It's Forty-Six!" said Dimkins. or
"Her light's a-burnin'!" sta
"Oh! her light's a-burnin'!" repeats Bla
Tom, dogged and Immovable.
But out flew Dimkins, racing at top
speed down the track toward the ho`
train. When he reached it there was box
no engineer, stoker, brakesman, nor enc
any kind of living soul to be seen. But ski
there was a fearful racket going on the
in the third box car. die
"What's the matter there?" shouted is 1
Dimkins. from what he considered a shi
safe distance. the
"Break open the car and let us out!" im'
responded a number of voices. "Get lin
a rail and knock the-lock off!" loo
"It's us!" shouted another voice, of
which Dimkins recognized at once as we
the voice of Rodney Graham, stoker. ab
So Dimkins followed directions, got
a rail, broke the box car, and found
the entire train crew laying on the I
floor of the car, bound hand and foot. thi
Whether it was sheer bewilderment loi
that caused it, or whether the subtle ck
and pervasive odor of the box car was ch
responsible, Dimkins says he doesn't mi
know, but he says that altogether he th
felt so dazed that he hadn't the slight- go
eat recollection the next morning of sa
the explanations that were hurled at it
him by the imprisoned men as to the ce
cause of their extraordinary condi- wi
tion. m'
Fast freight Number Forty-Six is
puffed out of Dalabeke station en a
route to Chicago shortly afterwards, TI
and was respectfully signalled, and th
notified, and switched, and o. k.'d th
through by operators. The train dis- ar
patcher, thinking he must have made sil
a mistake, altered his schedule and w
said nothing. hl
The next morning the Federal Ex
press company received their $50,000,
and they said nothing.
But a day or two afterwards the
general manager of the B. R. & C. S. st
R. R. fished a memorandum out of t
some forsaken pigeon-hole and said- t
"By the way, what has becom+ of o
this freight Number Forty-Six?" c
The clerk looked up the records bi
and found that it was at St. Louis. is
"Where ought it to be?" demanded
the general manager.
The clerk looked up more recordsand b
I reported that St. Louis was where b
freight Number Forty-Six ought to
be. So the general manager tore up
his memorandum.
Critical persons may talk about the b
i train's way bill and other railroad y
red tape that is supposed to keep track o
1 of trains present or missing. In re
gard to this we have nothing to sug
a gest, except that if one studies the a
e records of some po"ticians there will d
II appear many a hiatus irregularly 1
y filled in. We look askance, like good a
- Samaritans, and pass by on the other
d side.
Dimkins sat in the depot, playing
k checkers with his friend, one night,
n when fast freight Number Forty-Six s
came thundering by.,
SSaid Dimkins-
"That's no ghost!"
t. Said Tom
e "Queer go, that!"
e "You may say that!" responded
- Dimkins.
e "I've heard of ghosts' walks in my
e- time," continued Tom, "but, you know,
that was the first time I ever saw
1, one."
h. "Ah!" murmured Dimkins, resting
- his finger on a checker.
g "Right over behind the pond in Eli- I
ly jah Baker's wood," said Tom, "west
of the tracks, old Walker keeps a
d shooting box, and there's a lot of I
r rails there and a switch."
SDpimkins nodded inquiringly.
t "The mark of them rails is on the
- grass yit!" concluded Tom. "Oh, it's
'a- rank!"
"So it is!" assented Dlmkins. "I
seen 'em myself."-Waverley Maga
sine.
d "nob" and Him Family.
nHere is a new story, fresh from the
n other side, which shows to a remark
able degree the picture of England's
e- greatest military hero in the light of
husband and father. It seems that the
ne most perfect sympathy has existed be
tween Lord and Lady Roberts since
Sthey were married, 41 years ago, and
he ILady Roberts, herself the daughter of
a soldier, has always been able to as
re- sociate herself with the chief interest
as in life of her husband. Her work in
en India in the cause of the soldiers' wives
ber will long be remembered by the Eng
as lish, and among her own sex she is as
he much beloved as Lord Roberts is by
ity his men.
The death of their son at Colenso
ted came all the more severely to Lord and
old Lady Roberts, as they were a singu
bat larly affectionate and united family.
en The greatest affection existed be
ter tween the distinguished father and his
et- promising son. Lord Roberts was most
ers anxious that his son should achieve
ins distinction in the same profession, and
one his valuable experience and sympathy
me, were always at the son's servie.
ab- "Bobs" was very proud of his son's
nd prowess in the saddle. At a race meet
ing some time ago in Ireland Lieuten
ant Roberts rode clean away from the
de- field and won by a dosen lengths. "My
He son must not be encouraged to ride;
ere a soldier has to keep all his abilities
the for the service," said Lord Roberts;
to- and then, with a burst of paternal
be pride, "but in all my life I never saw
snyone ride a bettSr race,"
ret.
Danish Women In the Pilot Service. lab(
There are several women in Den- me,
mark who are employed in the pilot COO(
service as State officials. It is their The
business to meet incoming steamers neqs
far out at sea and steer them into frie
their respective harbors. In Scanda- lve
navian countries women engage in of
fishing on equal terms with the men,
and are frequently expert sailors.
Two Twists of Taffeta.
A novel method of fastening an
"open jacket" across the breast is to
tether it with two twists of black taf
feta silk with machine-stitched edges,
each fastened on the left side with a
small "chou" or bow of the same silk. '
It does not seem to matter whether fac
the jacket Is of camel's-hair cloth, by
serge or only of pique or linen duck. 1
It brings the "fronts" together over wo
the soft blouse front of pale pink silk eni
or mauve batiste, and the fluffiness Ed
stands out between the taffeta twists. ,
Black taffeta is used. ter
Wide Ends to Our Long Sashes. tee
Have you noticed how long and also of
how wide are the ends of the sash rib- 3
bons when worn at the back? The crt
ends reach almost to the hem of the lar
skirt. When made of ribbon, of course, is
the width is the same at the top, mid- fr<
dle or at the end. But where the sash
is made of silk or liberty satin or other the
shining material, it often happens that in,
the ends are decidedly wider and more me
important than above. This is a mil- a
liner's achievement, to make the sash st
look the same length, for at the foot
of the skirt, being further away, it th
would otherwise look narrower than ro
above. ha
he
French Fanclese
French people have one or two ideas e
that Americans would do well to fol
low. They do not make over their cc
clothes so often, follow every little
3 change in the fashion, nor do they in
t make so much difference in materials cc
e they wear in winter or summer. If a S1
gown is becoming, well made, and tr
f satisfactory (and you may be sure that in
t it is, or a Frenchwoman would not ac- P
I cept it from her dressmaker), she will or
wear that gown for winter and sum- le
mer both, and again another year if it
r is not literally worn out. The idea is W
a good one for Americans to adopt. tl
;. They should be sure, of course, that gi
ri their gowns look right-that is to say, at
d that they are sufficiently up to date, L
;- and then, especially in the case of the ti
a silk gown, they can wear that gown w
d without any regard to whether it is bi
hout or cold weather.-Harper's Bazar.
For Stout Women. el
Another effect given by trimming c
e that is decidedly novel is the way the s
stole pieces are put down in front of a
,f the gown. They are on the flap of it
the fichu that starts from the shoulder a
f or that goes around the shoulder and
crosses at the bust, and then falls un
Is broken to the hem of the skirt. This
a is attractive, and adds height, and
d makes an old gown look like new, but
it is too old a fashion for any younpg
,d girl to attempt. It is an exceedingly v
-e becoming and smart one for any one
to who is at all inclined to be stout. t
p A gown for evening, made on these i
lines, that is most attractive, is of
le black crepe de Chine trimmed with
id yellow guipure lace. The lines of lace g
k on the under skirt and those on the
e- waist are the same; that is, they start
g- high and come down to a point. The
waist looks very broad over the shoul
ill ders, and quite small at the waist
line. The gown itself is made with
a train, and is exceedingly graceful
er in design.-Harper's Bazar.
Long Sleeves of Shirred Chiffon.
g The girl with thin arms will rejoice
t* In the gown which has long sleeves of I
'ix shirred chiffon. They are stylish, I
pretty in every detail and immensely
becoming to a slender arm, while,
alas, they must be abjured by the
woman of embonpoint, as they make
her arms look altogether too muscular.
d Crepon of fine weave can be shirred
almost as well as chiffon or sheer silken
D tissues. A slender young girl has the
w, upper-part of her skirt shirred tight
W down to the lining. This is really a
deep yoke over the hips, and the ful
ng ness is all below the yoke. This looks
very stylish with the long sleeves of
li- shirred chiffon or crepon. This model
at is recommended for an evening dress
a for early September or October. We
of have enjoyed wearing our elbow
sleeved bodice in the hot, hot summer
months, but the cooler evenings are at
he hand. A long-sleeved gown is espe
t's cially useful at a hotel at summer re
sort. If your sleevs are long you can
"I step out of the corridor or off the
Sporch and enjoy the evening air, even
if it be rather fresh, or salt. With el
bow sleeves you would probably re
quire a wrap which would hide the ef
the fective bodice.
rk- Two Chinese Women Doctors.
d's Of the four University of Michigan
of graduates now at the city of Klu Kli
the ang, China, where rioting is reported
be- to have broken out and where several
'ce missionaries have already been killed,
and two are native Chinese girls. They
of are Mary Stone and Ida Kahn, whose
as- medical diplomas bear the date of
est June 25, 1896. Both girls were adopt
in ed while children by an American
yes missionary, Miss Gertrude Howe, and
ng- sent to Ann Arbor to school. Miss
s Stone, or Melyl Shie, her Chinese
by name, has the distinction of being the
first native girl in the entire valley
s of the Yangtse Kiang to grow up to
nd womanhood without having her feet
crushed into fashionable shape. Ru
mor that her feet were not to be
bound raised a storm of opposition,
his almost a riot. Miss Kahn was saved
noet by Miss Howe from being drowned
ieve as a "useless child with an evil iu
and ture," so the fortune teller told it.
When Miss Stone was eighteen years
ithy old and Miss Kahn nineteen they en
e. tered the University of Michigan med
iet- ieal department as students. Both
esoon became known as hard students,
ten- with an endurance and a quickness
M of perception that was surprising.
They took an active part in class or
ganization, social and religious life,
frequently appearing before their
Sfriends clothed in the loose, flowing
nal black and white silken robes of their
Wnative land and writing and talking
e coanltiogg there with a wisdom far
b4'ond their years. Miss Stone was
secretary of her class during her last
year in college. At graduation both
girls wore their native costumes at
the request of their classmates. Since
retUrning to China the two girls have
labored incessantly for their country
men. In one year, it is said, over
6000 patients were treated by them. annr
They have the confidence of the Chi- met]
nese to an unusual extent. Their d
friends here greatly fear that their sum
lives have already paid the penalty it to
of their zeal. whi1
to v
w Am De
burl
stra
Patti, it is rumored, will visit Amer so 3
ica unprofessionally this winter. will
More than one-third of all manc in
factured goods are in France madte eal
by women.
Miss Grace C. Strachan is the first A
woman elected associate superintend. letl
ent of the Brooklyn Department of Sta
Education. Ing
Mrs. Davis, John Brown's only sis. rat
ter, the youngest of the family of six- An.
teen children, is now sixty-eight years rat
of age and lives in St. John, Mich. Tb
Miss Helen Gould is a collector oft
crystals and possesses one unusually fee
large and free from blemishes, which
is kept in a darkened room lighted
from overhead.
Mrs. H. L. Greenwald, president of iai
the National Science Club, of Wash. ha:
t ington, is considered one of the best th(
meteorologists in the country and is cot
a volunteer observer of the United He
States Observatory at York, Penn. bol
t Princess Victoria of Wales, who is the
t thirty-two years old, is one of the few a
royal old maids in existence. She has pi
had opportunities of marriage, but bo
her devotion to her parents and tend- of
ency to follow artistic fads have kept to
her single at an age when most prin
cesses have long been wives. iu
e Mrs. Mary Church Terrill, of Wash- hb
ington, is among the most enlightened a
s colored women of the United States.
a She is a graduate of Oberlin and is a
trustee of the public schools of Wash
t ington. She has studied abroad in ple
Paris, Berlin and Lausanne and was by
i once offered a position in Oberlin Col- pll
. lege. ru
It The burial of Mrs. Gladstone in in
Ws Westminster Abbey recalls the fact en
t. that this national distinction has been m
Lt granted to. only two others of her bt
r, sex-Lady Palmerston in 1869 and W
e, Lady Augusta Stanley in 1876. Both pl
e these women, like Mrs. Gladstone, ai
a were ideal helpmates of their hus- T
Is bands. di
A stock company has been formed W
by California women to develop West
ern oil fields. The officers of the al
company are all women, save the con- iII
ie sulting engineer. None of the officials a'
are salaried, the management decid
ing to devote its time gratuitously to
r advancing the interests of the com- L
pany, applying all funds received O
from sales of stock directly to devel
opment. V
S Mrs. Pak, a Korean woman, was u
graduated recently from a medical n
school in Baltimore. She is the first
woman of her nation to receive a f
full medical education. Although in c
se the latter part of her course her stud- tl
of les were interrupted by caring for her
th husband, sick with consumption, she r
graduated with honors. Her husband a
has since died, and she will return f
Lt home to engage in missionary work. I
he flrety
ul a
Laces are going to be used on every
thing this fall, front chiffon to fur.
e Tucks, shirtings, fine pleatings and a
of folds are the fancy of the moment c
sh, in neckwear, and are remarkably(
ly cheap.
le, The foreign arbiter of fashion Indi-*
he cates the double-breasted, tightly-fit
ke ting waistcoat as a coming favorite. 4
ar. It will be trimmed liberally with hand- 1
ed some buttons.
en A novelty is the panne metalllque.
h A special process gives a metallic
ht sheen to the panne and it is highly
a effective. Changeable, striped and
broche panne is also showh.
of A novelty to be introduced the com
del ing season is phosphorized silk, so
ess called because the surface has a phos
We phorescent effect, intended to suggest
the glimmer on the sea.
aer Delicate organdies that are crushed
at but not soiled may be freshened by
pe- sprinkling with water in which a little
re- gum arabic has been dissolved and
a ironing carefully. They will look as
the well as new it properly done.
ten The Persian dressmakers are en
el- deavoring to force the Directoire coat
re- upon the world of fashion. It is cut
ef- to the waistline in front and has short
coat tails in the back. It is tightly
fitting and closed by large buttons.
gan A revival of the old-time postilion
ii- back is predicted, with vest fronts of
-ted every description. There will be triple
eral waistcoat effects, triple jackets, long
led, stole ends and many other fanciful
hey ideas for those who wish to adopt
rose them.
of The Wrong Man.
opt- An Irishman arrived one evening in
can Glasgow, and was obliged to put up
and there for the night. When going to
iss bed he left orders to be called early
iese next morning. He, however, was ad
the mitted into a room with a barber who
hleywas bald, and Pat, noticing it, began
) to to chaff him as to the absence of his
feet hair. This the barber ejdured all the
Ru- time in silence, and as soon as the
be Irishman fell asleep the barber arose
tion, and shaved him completely. Pat was
ived called at the appointed hour and with
ned out the least suspicion pursued his
fo- Journey. After advancing a little
S way he gut thirsty, and meeting a
ears spring well on the roadside knelt down
en- and took off his hat, when to his sur
ed- prise he saw his condition and er
Both claimed: "I'm blowed if they didn't
ents, call the wrong man!"
sing. Salutes That Cost Money.,
A or- A vast amount of money was burned
life, up when President Loubet visited
their Cherbourg lately. The fleet gathered
wing there shot 24,800 salutes. Each shot
their cost about '$20, making the total cost
ing for po: der almost a ha1.. amilnoa of
i far doll ra.
sho:
the
4 4W sharm
One Way to Run a Farm. In cI
Land never wears out if properly shar
handled, and one of the most profitable or hi
methods of handling a farm is running it is
a dairy or raising stock that con- chea
numes the produce raised and returns whil
it to the land in the way of a fertiliser. man
while the finished product is allowed the
to walk off to market. swe(
Destroylng Insects in Asparagu eo dull
Cut off the tops from the asparagus to t
beds before the seeds are ripe and then nish
burn the materials. If necessary place ting
straw on the beds before firing. By
so doing many of the insect enemies Tt
will be destroyed. Before winter sets
In cover the bed with manure and id
leave it until spring. and
A litrogenous Ration the est. In 1
According to the author of a bul- lear
letin pubtlished by the West Virginia and
Station. it was found by experiment- or 1
ing with 100 hens fed a carbonaceous In.
ration that the net profit was $20.59. fret
Another 100 hens fed a nitrogenous covy
ration returned a net profit of $97.90. lea,
This ought to set a few of those who wit
keep poultry to thinking if there is not floe
some improvement to be made in a c
feeding the hens. pla
Covers For Hay Stacks. gar
A farmer of Jewell County, Kan., anc
Jays the covers he made for his alfalfa the
hay last fall cost him $30, and that fo
they preserved more hay than you
E could put in a thousand-dollar barn. v
lHe sawed sixteen foot -2 x 4's in two,
bolted the ends together, placed .
them six feet apart over his stacks
and nailed on siding, making a com
plete roof in six-foot panels. He
bored holes in the down-hanging ends the
of the 2x4's and tied weights to them
t to keep the wind from blowing them ki
)ff. His alfalfa comes out as green
and bright as it was the day it was
put up. He says the covers paid for
themselves this season, and they will apt
Last for years. du
a A Well-Arrauge Apary. h
I- A well-arranged apiary that is sim- ar
n ple and convenient is thus described me
e by an Illinois apiarist: "'UIhe hives are thi
L- placed diagonally in the row which ti
runs southeast and northwest, so that ei
n in each pair of rows the hives front Pr'
it east in one and south in the other,
a making each alternate alley free from ta
r bees to be used as a passageway to f
d work around the hives. The rows areth
h placed seven feet apart on centres, su
e, and the hives four feet on centres. ar
s. The hives are so placed that a line p
drawn from the rear of the first one in
will touch the front of that imme- in
t- diately behind it. There is one wide
t alley crosswise through the centre and be
e. in a large apiary more alleys would be
is advisable." ke
E- Digestion Trials With Chiekens. Ti
to The following extracts are taken or
o- from a bulletin recently issued by the m
id Oklahoma experiment station: st
1- 1. Chickens digested Kafir corn and fa
corn more completely when the grain to
is was fed whole than when the meal ti
al was fed.
st 2. The Kafir corn and Kafir meal tt
a fed in this trial yielded but two per bi
in cent. less total digestible matter than vi
d- the corresponding corn products. at
er 3. Kafir corn was a more suitable ci
he ration, considering only the relative re
id amounts of growth-making and fat- el
rn forming materials, for chickens than ft
k. Kafir meal, corn, or corn meal.
4. Cow peas were digested reason- n
ably well, and are desirable feed for
growing chickens and hens. But lit
Stie gain in digestibility was secured by
grinding the cowpeaa.
To Help Out PFastureS t
' The Vermont experiment station
has for many years experimented with b
nd sundry soiling crops, and as a result -
at of its work recommends to Vermsont
yldairymen the large use of summer
shlage hnd of oats and peas sown at
di- weekly intervals and fed during July
it- and August. Silage is probably the
te. cheaper food; oats and peas somewhat
id- the better. If the former is cq.tem
plated as a steady summer diet, for
ue years, it would be well to consider the
ie erection of a special summer silo, pref
ily erably round, with a small feeding
nd area, a snpll diameter and a relative
ly great depth. Silage spread over a
- large surface in summer, spoils rap
idly and loses largely in feedihg value.
o If oats and peas be chosen they
s- should be sown in successive lots at
et weelfly intervals, the two sown sepa
rately, the peas first rather deeply and
ed harrowed In; the oats two or three
by days later and bushed in. A better
:tle catch Is likely to be secured in this
Lnd way than if sown together. The crop
as may be either fed green, hayed or put
in the silo.--New England Homestead.
S Secintg a Trough,
cut Many pasture and farmyard water
lu ing troughs are half hogsheads set
tl upon the ground. They are in contant
a danger of being upset by the cattle,
Swhich also fight each other away
arly
who
e A TROUGH OB PasTunaFI.
rose from the water. A plan to obviate, in
was part, at least, both of these evils is
rith- shown in the cut Two poets are
his driven beside the tub and a wide
Ittle board nailed across as shown. This
ga holds the trough Afirmly o the ground,
o n and also separates thcattle while
sur drinking. The same plan ca be uased
er e with any shape of trough.-Farm Jour
Idn't aL
Usedth Y.e F1 Weedsng.
If the weeads e eam t when yoang
med and tn a ight hoe is preferabl to
siteda heavy A When the 'ceds us hard
ered and .· a hee with nwre weight is
ot desirable. in eith*.r case. the hoe
iost should be as light as possible, and do
a of tlhe rak. It hioal4 he of the very
bes$ astertCI Tbe han4de .1.0.14 W
light, and of the best wood. The hoe Sta
should always be kept sharp by the
use of a file or grindstone. If there are
stones in the soil a file is preferable to G,
the grindstone, as the hoe can be Li
sharpened in the field when necessary. pinal
In consequence of use in the field,and S
sharpening on the file or grindstone, go
or both, the hoe will wear rapidly,but I V. C
It is well to remember that steel is At
cheaper than muscle. A sharp hoe, Tr
while in the hands of an energetic
man or boy, is death to weeds. At Don
the same time it adds much to the
sweetness of the handler's temper. A 1
dull hoe, in the hands of a boy, tends 2
to utter discouragement, and fur- 8
nishes him with an excuse for get. 4
ting away from the farm. 5
Tunelaei Cabba'e 6
The process of trenching cabbages
for winter is very simple. A trench *
id made about eighteen inches deep "
and the cabbages are pulled, placed
in the trench, leaving on all the "
leaves. I usually put the heads down *
and roots up, and shovel on an inch
or two of earth when putting them
in. Then just before the ground
freeses I shovel on more earth, and
cover them eight or ten inches deep.
leaving a few openings to be filled
with straw in cold weather. Cauli
flowers can be kept for some time in
a cold frame or cellar, if the roots are
planted in moist soil In the market
garden, when beets, carrots, turnips,
and potatoes are to be stored in pits,
the usual way is to dig a pit three or
four feet deep, and about six feet ,
wide, and of the length required. The
vegetables are placed in it in sections
three or four feet wide, leaving a
space of about two feet between the "
sections. The advantage of the see- "
tions, is that a few bushels can be "
taken out at a time without exposing "
the rest in the pit. When covering "
the pit, the top should be rounded. ,
so the water will run off.-W. IIH. Jen- "
kins, in The Epitomist.
S Sprlnw.-Caltivated Strawbrrles.
r Many strawberry growers claim that "
1 spring cultivation of the plants re
duces the yield, while others declare
that the crop will be doubled. Both e
are right. It all depends upon the
d method of cultivation practiced from *
e the beginning. The men first men
h tioned cultivate shallow and little; the "
t second deep and a good deal. The *
t principle involved in each case is the
same. Strawberries produce an abun
n dance of feeding roots near the sur
;o face during the fall months when
the weather is cool and the soil well
B supplied with moisture. These roots
are the ones upon which the plants de
1 pend in the early spring to push them
1e into flower and fruit. Thus hoeing
in the spring would kill them and
Le injure the chances of a crop.
After the fruiting is over these roots
becomne useless and new obes are sent
to lower levels to get water and thus
keep the plant from dying of thirst.
Then the soil may be cultivated with
,n out fear of injuring the plants. The
ie men who cultivate deep during the
summer, and keep it up late in the
id fall, take the roots form at a much
in lower depth than those men who cul- o
al tivate only shallow or not at all. The
result is that they may cultivate in
al the spring without doing any injury,
er but on the contrary doing good. pro- in
in vided they cultivate shallow at this Iai
season. They also provide a mulch to BI
dle conserve moisture. In this way the De
ve roots come gradually from lower lev- 81
it- els, toward the surface, and are o
an forced back only by the hot weather. M
-M. G. Cain, in Agricultural Epito- y
,n- mist.
,or
Ut otestona Prm ses, as
by One of the most urgent needs of the of
beekeeper is a good protection from
stings. I know of nothing that takes
the enthusiasm out of a beginner like
on getting stung about the face. The
Ith best color for a veil is black, as It doe
alt
is the best material. One and a half
ia round elastic just long enough to
tialower edge wel M en can puto it in
op side the vmaest or under the suspenders.
pt I always wear an apron for the pulower
poslad. edge with somhelight materialon, run
whset n little in the top edge apinned yown have
over the veil It is bee proof. Large
pockets are convenient In one I car
ry matches for my smoker, a small
pair of scissors to clip queens' wings
and a-large screwdriver or knife that
has had the blade broken off to pry
or loosen hive covers and frames and
to scrape off bits of wax. The other
pocket is used to hold the wax that
is scraped off. Three yards of denim
or heavy gingham will make the
apron.
I' have tried many kinds of gloves,
including rubber, but have laid them
all aside. For the last six years I have
used mittens made of heavy cotton
C, n sock legs. Take long ones and cut
off just above the heel. Run two or
re three rows of machine stitching
wide around the edge to keep from ravel
This Ing, stitch three rows an inch or more
adlong at the proper places to divide the
while fngers, sew in a short open-ended
e thumb and you have a mitten that will
Jour- not interfere with the use of the fin
gers, will protect your hands from the
sun and bees and keep bees from get
.us ting up the sleeves. A small safety
is to pin will hold them in place. With a
hard good smoker, veil, apron and mittens
t is one can work confidently and the bees
hoe are not so likely to be treublesome
id do- when one is not dodging and showing
very fear.-Mrs. A. J. Barber, in American
4 p AutricUlttris
State Governmell t of Lonisiaa.
Governor-W.. W. H, ar"d,
Lieutenant Gorernor-Albert Esto
pinal.
Secretary of Staie-John Michel.
Superintendent of Education-John
V. Calhoun.
i Auditor-W. S. Frasee.
Treasurer-Ledoux E. Smith.
U. S. SENATORS.
Don Cafferey and S. D. McEnery.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1 District--H. C. Davey.
2 District-Adolph Meyer.
8 District-R. F. Broussard.
4 District-P. Brazeale.
5 Distriot-". E. RBasdell.
6 District--S. M. Robinson.
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