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ambvw ELGIN, OKLA, FARMERS CHAMPION ' ' if p iHBHrSHKr ; v' II It! r laV - '35 faaLHLwdSittaP HNMaaflaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaVKS1' iilfi '! I! JalaKs atJaWraaaaaHi HABITS OF THE ROBIN Bird Prefers to Build Its Nest Near the House. Voting BonQstere Should Hot Ba Handled Until They Leave Nest of Their Own Accord Sparrowa Rob Them of Worm. (lly dlAIO 8 THOMAS.) Of nil tho birds that build In trees tho robin brings Its nest ncorcst tho 1 houso. It prefers to bo nt tho front door, where the members of the family HAT linn becomo of tho Wltltn llotisu brides! Tlicrn havo been twelvo of them. Miss Jesslo Woodrow WlUon will ho No. 13. Hut sho feels no ...i.uIIIIiim. hImKMI fit! Itlllt j um'rniiiiuiin iiiMtiu wii ... core. 13 being tho luckiest or numbers In tho Wilson family. It I IntcrcatlnK to consider tho fnct that three at the round doxon of White House brides, Includ ing the Drat o.'o, Lucy I'nyne. nnd tho Inst one, AtlM HooaeTCu, married conRressmon Also that two, Delia Lewla nnd Nelllo Ornnt, bernmo tho We ef foreigners. Ouly ono president, Mr. -OtVtM,-rM'WTtml In lh White House, al though another, Mr. Tyler, took to himself n ohm during his term of olllco. In earlier -da h While llotisu wedding ern always celebrated In tho circular room, tho Vtatn department, oal In shapo, nhlch Is now called the 'blue room. Hut of Into jears Washington oclety has expanded to such an extent, numer ically apeaklnn, that, with porhaps 1,000 KUota to b,o Invited, tho east room Is nonn too large for tho MaalnR of so Important a spectaclo asa mar riage In the White House. At the wcddlnR of Alice Iloosovelt, which oc curred Kob. 17, 190C. tho cast ruoui wns nlmost uncomfortably crowded. Tho bridal pair wero ned on a raised platform before an cxtcmporlied altar. Tho ceremony was performed by tho Itt. Iter. Henry Y Satterlee, , bishop of Washington, and breaknBt for sixty persons was served In tho stato dining room, a KuSet lunch for tho othor guests being furnlshod In tho green room. Nick Ixngworth, at that time n member of con gress from Cincinnati, Is exceedingly popular. Ho eaa da amusing things with tho piano, Is a first elasa baseball player and has other accomplish ments. At tho datn of his marriage hit wni , nearly forty. Though not rich, ho will eer.tual!y Inherit a considerable fortune from his mother. Ilia wife has spent most of her time since her Btarrlago In Washington, where sho Is a leader ef the young married women's set. Vut tins no children. There was a gap of nearly twenty years be tween tho Hoosoelt ueddlng and thnt of Frances Kolsom. who was married In tho Whlto House Juno 3, 1SSC. to President Clevelnnd Kite was only twenty years old nt tho tlmo and was tho daughter of Mr. Cleveland's former law pnrtncV .On this occasion tho ceremony was scmlptlrato and tho bluo room wns plenty big enough for tho bridal party and a small number of InWted guests. When her hupband died, flvo years ago. Mrs. Cleveland was left very well off. In addition, congress voted her the customary $5,000 a jenr as tho pension of n president's widow. A few months ago she was married to Thomas J. Pretton. When Rutherford 11, Hayes was colonel of tho Third Ohio Volunteers tho lieutenant-colonel of the regiment was Hussoll Hastings. Whence It came about that Colonel Hastings. In Inter jnnrs. made tho acquaintance of l.'mlly I'latt, n niece of President Haes. Miss I'latt was a member of the Whlto Ilonso family through tho llaes ml mlnlut llon, being regarded almost ns a daugh ter When sho became rrgngrd lo Colonel Hast ings It was nrranred that rho should bo married In the Whlto I louse, and tho ceremony was per formed thero on June 19. 1HS, nt 7 o'clock In thu evening It was wholly a family affair Tour joars earlier took plncn tho wedding of Nflllo Oranl, the third daughter of n president to be married In tho While llouao. On this occasion ftbo spectacle was staged In tho east room, then used for tho purnoio for the first time. Tho date wraa May SI. U7I. and tho brldegtoom wni Alger non Charles Frederick Sartorls. an Hugllshman ElleU Wrcnsha!! Ciratit was a handsome girl ef eighteen, with brown hair nnd e)cs. rosy checks and a plump figure. Hartorls, who was tho Mn of a member, of parliament nnd waa said to havo an Incomo of tCO.000 a year, met her for tho rsl time on a Mmner comlug back from Europe. The wooing was rapid, but Henornl Clr&nt dUap proved of the match nnd did ml giro bis consent for more than a ye.-.r. There are plenty of people living today who well remember the popular excitement cnused by this International marriage It was estimated that tho wedding presents represented a value of more than $100,000 Certainly no marriage ever started out with n fairer outlook. Itut unfortunately tho prospect was not realized Sartorls, who was an Idler, like many Englishmen of his class, did not make a satisfactory husband, nnd Mrs Sartorls was eventually compelled to dhoroo him. Her son, named Algernon after his father, recently married n French girl, Ceclle Mntitllnrd, anil Is now resid ing In l'rnnco. Two daughters are married A little over n jenr ngo-.Mr Sartorls hating meanwhile died- .Mrs Sartorls took a second hus band, Frank Hatch Jours, being married to him on July 11)12, nt Cohottrg, Canada On tho e onlng of J.in 31. IK II, Elizabeth Tjler. third daughter of President Tjler, then a girl of eighteen, was mnrrled In lite blue room of the Whlto House to llllam Waller, a member of congress from Wllllnmsbnig, Va It Is not possible In all Instances to trace tho subsequent hlstorv of tho Whlto House brides, -oino of whom, Indeed, such'ns those of tho Jnek son administration, were persons of no proml nenco npart from the fact that they wero married In tho Whlto House Soon after this marriage Mrs Tyler died, and Within n short tlmo thn widow rsl president took to himself n second wife, whoso nnmo was Julia tlardltier. Sho wbs a Now York girl. Returning from abroad with her father. Miss (lardlnor visited Washington nnd met President Tjler. Soon afterward President Tjler becamo en gaged to Miss ttanllncr, nnd they wero married In Now York, thn brldnl party returning Immediately to tho White House, where tho wedding reception was held Mr. Tjler was flfty-slx nnd his hrlde only twenty John 0.ulnry Adams, then In congress and a bitter enemj of the president spoke of tha marriage as a "union of January nnd May" Young Mrs, Tjler did the honors of tho Whlto House for eight months, vntll tho closo of the ad ministration Then r-ho nnd her jiusbnnd went to their Virginia home where thev lled so en teen j ears. When Mr Tjler died his widow took her children to her mother's home nt Carleton lllll, StiUen Island, nnd there spent the rest of her life When Van Huron wns president Holly Madison was still tho lender of Wnshlngton society, and It was she who Introduced to him the beautiful An gellc& Singleton, daughter of a distinguished South Carolina family .Miss Singleton became n frequent guett nt the White House, and tho president's son, Mnjor Ahram Vnn Huron, fell In lno with her Ho mnrrled her In November. 1831, nt her home In South Carolina but the wed ding reception wns held nt tho Whlto House, where joung Mrs Vnn Huron Immediately took charge of nffnlrs as mistress of the establishment, the president being a widower Andrew JncKson wns remarkably devoid of rela thes Perhaps It wns rn this nrmmt and berauso ho was fond of omig people that he made so much of his wlfes relations Two of tho latter were mnrrled In tho White House nt his request during his ndmlnlstratlon A third joung woiuau who rnjoyod the snroo distinction was Helln I.ewts of NnthWllo tho daughter of nn Intimate friend of tho president Tho second marriage nt the White Houo dur ing the JncKfon rrglmn wns that of Mary Kasteu. nnotlior Tennessee- girl, who was n nleco of Mrs Jackson. In this Instnncn the bridegroom was I.uelen It Polk, llk-lso of Tennessee Tho pair went to llo nt Columbia, Tenn where thoy spent the "est of their llos tery happllv Ellinbeth Martin was a relathn of Mrs Jack son's. Sho was married In thn Whlto Ilonso to a joung clerk, Lewis Randolph, n son of Martha ' Jefferson Randolph, who wns tho eldest daughter of Thumos Jefferson , Thti takes us back ns far ns tho administration of John Qulncy Adams, who had three sons. The handsomest of tbo three brother ih John Adams, a graduato of Har vard notoriously hot tern-prr-'d and Inheriting tho nr roirwico of his grandfather, after whom ha was named. At thtf tlmo a joung man tnmi'J Helton from Philadel phia was emplojed In tho Whlto Ilonsfl In a secretarial capacity Ho had a cry pri-'ty sister named Mary, nn I John Adams fell In lovo with her Anally obtaining the consent of his parents to their marriage, notwithstand ing some opposition to start with .Tho ceremony was performed In the circular room, nnd there was dancing afterward, tho pres ident and his wife taking part In tho Virginia reel It has been said of tha Monroes that they made fewer friends In Wellington tusn any presiden tial family before or since They wore verv ex clusive and so formal tint Mr Monroe onco re fused to see a near relitlv-j who railed at tho Whlto House because tho visitor was not attired In the small clothes appropriate to full dress. Mrs Hay. the eldest diughter. would not '-Istt the wives of tho diplomats because they did not call tlrst upon her Thus It cam" about that when the jotingest daughter, Maria Hester Mon roe, married her cousin, Samuel Iiurcneo (lou verneur, then secretary to th president, nobody was at thu wedding except members of the fami lies of the bride and bridegroom It took place In the circular room at noon on March 9, 1S20, and tho clergyman, t'io Rev Dr Haw ley of St. John's church wore knee breeches with sltver buckles on hU low shoes Tho couple spent their summers at Oak Hill, Loudon count j. V.i They lived In New York In winter Kx President .Monroe died In the Now York houso while on a visit to his daughter. They had three children, two of them hoys Maria .Monroe Oouverneur died at Oak Hill at the age of fortj-nfno ind was buried thero Anna Todd of Phlladelphli was married at tho White House In 1S1S to John O Jackson, a mom bar of congress from Virgin! i and a grandunclo of Stonewall Jackson History la unfortunately silent In rogard to sub sequent events In the life of Anna Todd, but It Is known that sho went to Virgin! i with her hus b'ind and lived ihere the rest of her life. Dolly MadUon had two sisters Ono of them, Anna, became thn wife of Congressman Cults of Maine The other and tounger sister, I.uey, was married at ilfteon years of age to George Steptoo Washington, a nephew of the Father of Ills Country Ha died und she went to IHs with tho Madison. All of which merely leads up to tho 'act that on tho evening of March It, 1811, I.ucj tho j widow aforementioned was married nt tho Whlto I House to a Kentucky wld.iwer named Todd, who wns an associate Justice of the Supremo court This was the tlrst Whlto Houso wedding and was celebrated with all the eclat possible In thoso , miiiin i(-itl nil jlm ttl a iliva It will bo noticed that only four of the tw?lvo I ' , Whlto House brides have been daughters of Presidents The tlrst of these was Maria Mon roe, the second Elliabeth Tyler, the third Nelllo Orant and the fourth Alice Roosevelt. Jessie i Woodrow Wilson will ha the fifth Robln'a Nest. are constantly coming and going, and If It enn 11ml n suitable place It will build directly over the walk This 1 makes a number of Interesting facts , sasy of observation. I I,ct tho no:z!o of tho hydrant drip jntil tho ground below It holds a I 'Ittlo pool of water, or by some other means provide a pool somowhoro In 'he yard. To this pool uio robin will :omo for mud to build tho walls of icr nest. Into It sho will souse bill fulls of dried grass before mixing It 1 a lth tho mud. In It sho will wet jersclf before Ujing; to her nest to mould tho mortar wall "of mud and ;rass to lit her body. When tho joung till tho ne3t every ;l.lld in tho family will want to climb dp to sco them, nnd thu older chil dren will bo tempted to lift them out of the nest, hold them In tho hand, and possibly tako them Into tho houso i moment to show mother what bird babies aro like. Hut to do this Is all 'jut suro to result In tho death of tho , toung. A joung bird onco lifted from :ho nest ln.s "found his legs," nnd will never bo satisfied In the nest again. Ho will climb upon Its edgo ind go bumping down on tho lawn ong before ho Is ablo to lly, and tho neighbor's cnt Is Buro to get him. Young birds should never bo handled jntil they lcavo tho nest of their own accord. As tho parcnt-roblna search tho lawn for worms to feed their joung, hopping a llttlo way and then stop ping to look nnd listen, jou will often see nn English sparrow following closo behind and a little to right or left. Ho Is expecting tho robin to pull n worm from tho ground, when ho will divo boldly for it, euntch It aw.-x.j-, nnd niako off with It. In this piratical cnterprlso tho sparrow Is not infrequently successful. Note your robins carefully. DIs i cover upon them It posslblo some dis tinguishing mark, and bco whether they return to jou another year. A malo with left wing drooping almost to tho ground ns tt hopped, returned three successive jears to tho same yard. It has doubtless been Injured In a tight, which Is not an Infrequent occurrence. Ono may not bo certain that plumage markings of exceptional character will recur year after jear, as plumage may vary with moultlngs. Hut any malformation, resulting usual ly from Injury, renders Identification all but certain. CHEAP HELP ON MANY FARMS Besides Adding to Revenue of Farmer by Wool and Mutton, 8heep De vour Many Noxious Plants. (Dy W. A. MNKt.ATEn, Oklahoma Ex periment Station ) It would odd to tho rovenuo of many farms It a Hock of sheep wero kept. Resides being profllablo thoy aro groat weed satera. They wIR ont flvo out of six of our known weeds, v hero a cow or horso will eat only ono out of every six. Ilangc-brcd sheep aro tho right kind for thu avorago farmer to buy. Such will bo graded Merinos and If they carry a crosa of Shropshire, Lincoln and other mutton blood, so much tho better. It would not bo advlsablo to buy Mexican sheop or low grade nhecp jt any othor kind. ho ewes purchased for tho founda tion Hock should bo good, largo nnl- r.iJs from ono to four years old, and weighing moro than 100 pounds. Where posslblo It would seldom bo practical to start with less titan B0 owes, nnd n larger number would bo better still. A Hock of a dozen would require almost as much care as CO or 100. These range-bred grade Merino, should bo bred to a Dorset ram If possible. Tho reason we recommend buying rnngo-brod grade Merino owes Is that thousands of these nro avalli-ldi). while Dorcsta nro not to bo hail In Urgo numbers Thoso fall or early winter lambs, by good feeding nnd caro can bo rondo to weigh 90 to 100 pounds by .May I. when thoy will Hnd a ready market and will nlwnya bo In demand. Such lambs should bring from $3 upward SELECTING CORN FOR SEED Technical Knowledae on Part of Firm er Not Necetaary for Improve ment of His Crop. (Ily J M OIIAT 1 Tho possibilities of Improvement of corn by Judicious selection, nro very great. Ever since man has been till ing tho soil, he has changed the char acter of plants by consciously or un consciously making selections. Tho Improvement of any plant Is consider ed by most farmers a very dltllcult op eration and ono to ba undertaken only by thoso who aro qualified bymatural ability and special training, to such i . -zysJm ..r iweir "VM" vm -aK3L3& ,nv ALFALFA AS MILK PRODUCER Hay. With Proper Kind of Grain and Little Succulence, Will Duplicate June Pasture. A North Carolina Boy and Hit 150 Bushels of Crib Dry Corn Crown on One Acre of Land. work. Yet It does not requlro any technical knowledge on the part of tho farmer to Improvo corn, for the meth ods of selection aro very simple. " Every farmer who is growing corn should plant somo standard arlety which ho knows has been tested and gives tho most profitable! jlclds In bU locality, and from this ho should se lect, .each year, seed that comes near est to his Ideal. It Is necessary to mako this selection each year because, If It Is not dono tho corn will soon revert to tho original tjpo and lose thoso qualities which tho farmer has been striving to got. In jour selections, Instead of look ing for an Ideal ear onlj-, look for an Ideal stalk mado up of an Ideal stem, of Ideal follago and of an Ideal root system benrlng an Ideal ear or ears covered with ideal husks, and support ed by an Ideal shank. Possibly this will bo hard to And; but j'nu can find something which approaches It and from this, with your Ideal In view, you ran select continuously until you havo n plant very nearly approaches that Ideal. J?y HARD TO REALIZE. "Wo quickly accept conditions as they nre It's hard to reatUe that a bald headed mau ever had hair ' ThU's true" "Yet some of them not only had hair, but long, crinkly curls " U U. WADllON Superintendent Dleklnton, N. U., Sub-Station.) Alfalfa la of great valuo as a milk producer, for It Is a well known fnct that an ample milk How requires rich Oood June pasture producos nn nbundanco or milk. It uus ueea I demonstrated that alfalfa hay, whon used with a proper kind of grain, nnd with a llttlo succulence, such as en- I silage, will practically duplicate a I Juno pasture. I When cows aro properly fed, before turning onto pasture they show no Increaso of milk How upon tho pns- 1 ture. If a dairy cow Is properly fed, Inferior Lambs. Lambs of low vitality and owes do ilclcut In milk How at lambing tlmi aro usually the result of Impropei management during tho pregnant period. A DILEMMA. much distressed "I supposo Mrs Smith Is nbotit her husbxnd's death " "I don't know about that Ho was nnd craukv that In one way. It l.s a reilof. Hut then black Is so horribly unbecoming to her." she must havo a ration that contains a larger percentage of protein than U found In common hajs or In most of tho gralue. Protein Is supplied through bran, linseed meal or somo other concentrate. To pay high prices for tluso to Increaso tho milk flow means that tho cost of milk produc tion Is Increased, and In many cases tn t.urh an extent that milk Is nrr- so mean i ., , .. , I . .. , uuuvu ilk a luaa, us ui u il'i; uuwiuut margin. THE 30S3 SPEAKS. "Young man" ssld the boss, "I like to see you arrive In 'ho morning fooling fresh " "Yes, sir" f "Uut tot tt nd thero You havo a habit of keeping your freshness up nil day" Nothing serious. . . -"Waa !(fnt!.tfban you'sa-slr mo list night?" "1 wouldn't like to say tht." "Come on. What waa I doing!" Well, TMjSwtje challenging a lamppost to Cow and Soil Fertility. The fertility of tho coil ca"ii best be maintained bj the libernl uso of barn jard manure, and the dairy herd not only makes this possible, but dairying la also morn remunerative, than nlmost any other branch of farming when It Is properly carried on. Remove Old Canes. Retr.nvo and burn the old raspberry canes Immediately after fruiting. This I DAIPY NOTE'S vfcaaMH.BgggjBjj Not all cow keepers are dairy farm ers. Warm and cold cream ought not te be mixed. Good dairy stock show their possl bllltles early. Many eastern farmers feed grain tc milk cows on pasture. "- Quiet nnd comfort nre what count Ir. dairying, and more especially In hot' weather dairying Successful dalrjlng depends entire ly on right methods In breeding, feed lng and management If there Is no bIIo on your firm, do not let another winter catch you un prepared. Make jour plana right now for one. Oftentimes tho ono who has dairy butter for sale must take lilt pay lu trade, while those who sell cream get nothing but cash. Iu selecting cows, nil signs mav fall. Is tho best means to control anthrac-1 but the Habcock test ts absolutely re nose, which Is the most destructive i liable. It will tell you whether tha i ' disease of the raspberry. i cowa are good or not. a ki rJ h' r