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Holding
Trumps
By W. F. BRYAN.
I
Crpv righted 1>«. by Associated
Laterar) Press.
Hitter Creek cared little for the pres
■ ri.;l race, it was too remote from
ti,f , outer of things to care whiob of
tit- two Williams occupied the Wnite
}i use. it was the tail of the ticket
ti.it iuterested Bitter Creek, aud inter
rto.d it mightily.
Xtie camp had reached a stage in Its
development where a local sheriff was
of greater Importance than a national
ru . r The light was to lie made strict
ly on party lines, but the parties were
tie Colcordites aud the Myilusltes.
It was agreed that either man would
admirably i»erforui the onerous duties
of < he office, but Ben Coicord and Tom
jjyiius both warned the place, and the
<1.1:test would be none the less exclt
because the two men were close
friends.
••This sure is going to be a fight,”
announced Coicord wben he met big
chum after the nomination. "No hard
feeling if l beat you. Tom?"
• If you can.” confirmed Myllus, with
a ,augh. "I think 1 eee myself wear
ing that badge already, Ben.”
Not tf.I-cani.help.lt," denied Col
ei-rd. "l'ee a few Ideas as to how to
run a campaign myself, and I'm going
to try them.”
"Anything-short of shooting,” as
sented My-ttus. “I.hold the trump card,
though. You> wait aud see."
Hitter Greek did not have long to
wait. Coicord. led from the first and
took the first trick by fitting up the
old Bella Union as a picture show.
In between’ reels be made a speech to
the audience, aud the audienee includ
ed most of the towusjieople in the
course of tho evening.
The pictures were changed every
evening, and eveu the barkeepers at
the new Bella Union and tbe Yalta
were iiermltted to take time off to see
the new reel run through.
Business at the faro tables suffered,
slid Coicord would have become un
popular had It not been that at the con
clusion of each performance he led
the audience across the street for a
drink, patronizing first the Bella Union
and then the Yalta.
It was the general opinion that Coi
cord had set a pace too swift for his
rival to follow-, but Mylius only
smiled.
This smile grew broader the follow
ing week when Mylius played and
took the second trick. Bitter Creek
sadly lacked the feminine element
Have for Mrs. Mulligan, who ran the
Golden West ihotel. tlie census of Bit
ter Creek was entered iu the male
column of the-records.
Tbe arrival of Edna Mylius created
nothing less than a sensation, and
that evening the picture show was
deserted, while the voters of Bitter
Creek slowly filed past the Golden
West in the hope of obtaining a sight
of the new arrival.
Edna Mylius was well worth the
trouble. She was a slip of a girl with
a coronet of silky hair the color of
virgin gold. She dressed with an art
ful Simplicity far more fetching than
the latest fashion, and her smile was
simply irresistible. She was just out
of college, in love with the west and
delighted to be one of tbe factors in
an election contest.
Toni fitted up a store near the pic
ture show, and wattles, with real hon
ey, vied with the pictures ns an at
traction. Watties were Edna’s special
tv and with sleeves rolled above her
dimpled elbows, with dainty apron
and a coquetisb eooklRg cap. her face
Hushed from the heat of the fire, she
was a picture—-and a moving one—far
more effective than the product of lan
tern and film aeroes the street. Bitter
Creek decided that of the two Tom
Mylius was better .fitted; .to be sheriff.
< olcord racked 'fete brains for some
thing to counteract the. effect of the
wntflss and brought downs to tbe Creek
half .a ■dozen rninor-pttgmsts. who bat
tled for the benefit, of.a mere handful
of spectators, while :tl»e zest of the
camp watched Edna make fudge.
Coicord .left tbe fight ami-went over
to sve what success the fudge maker
was huviug. The room was packed
with men solemnly masticating the
toothsome compound, while Mylius
made a speech.
They listened, as in duty ibotHjd, but
atII eyes were upon the trine little fig
ure hovering over the stove at tba end
of the hall. She had Impressed Mrs.
-Muiligan as assistant, and tbe (ponder
ous figure of the .elder woman wade
an excelleut foil for the girl.
Edna looked up, with a smile. as.Cvl
■cord entered and made his way tx> the
Stove. It was by no means his first
visit, and £he had co/he to like the
Irauk. breeiy man who at once wtvs
her brother's .friend and .rival.
Tin perfectly happy.” she whispered
*s site offered OJolcord a plale of the
sweets. “When we made fudge In a
• hating aUsh i used to say tb*.t 1 hoped
•s’tae dag to he able to majte all I
warned he. I've jot my wlsfc sooner
than I expected.”
i vnsB % might mine, wji mi
CoUtmL
' You cas't* was tb# prompt rtf»lj.
'I’m giiin^ t# elect Tom as sheriff
fcvrtiaps if jo* are real Jpod I’ll eieet
Y‘*u the next
"It s hard to light fudge.”
r"!<-nrd. with • laugh. “tout there Is
*;iH the home stretch to be run off
Ton wait and see.”
Una smiled as ahs shook her bead
is disapproval of the claim.
"The way to men's hearts Is through
their stomachs.*’ she reminded.
“A lesson you hare taught me." be
animoM. -Ton bar* dealt tue the
trump card-”
•J i bought yon told Tom you held It
a.i along.” abe retorted.
This is a new deal—and a new
trump," be declared mysteriously.
"You wait aud sue.”
He would not explain further, and
presently he made his way back to the
I i lure tbeuter. where the concluding
bout was just over. It had been an ex
[vnaive experiment, aud Coloord re
Cr.-ted that if futile could best fighting
In Bitter Creek he had already lost.
Uis trump card was a burgoo. Col
"srd was from Kentucky, and he bad
Punted his Iasi faith on this savory
few the weapon of the politician, the
dtl.ght of voters for generation*.
Two aged negroes were Itnpofted to
»U[-eriiireud the mating, and Ouicofd
had selected a ftetd on the outskirts of
the town where the crowd. would have
to pass hts rival', boose on the wav
to the grounds.
The day I-of -re election was selected
for the function, ami all business was
suspended by common consent that
every one might participate.
Cotcord watched Mylius sharply for
a counter move, but no announ. ement
rame. and. with a chn. kle. Colcord as
suned himself that at last he bad play
a trump, and played It at a mo
ment when It would save the came
ITe made an early trip to the gmnrds.
where already the great stew was bub
hlins and seething In its caldron.
Edna was In the yard tn front of the
shack her brother had taken when he
had arranged for her coming, and he
stopped to chat and brag a little on
his success.
“I don't suppose that you'd care to
come to the grounds." he said, “hut
you really ought to taste the bnrgoo
There is nothing else like it I'll send
or tiring some over."
"I shall be delighted,” was the de
mure reply, and Colcord rode on rether
S'Try that he had to whip Edna's
brother It might reduce his chnuces
of winning Edna, and that was even
more Important now than the office on
which he had once set his heart.
It had been announced that the bur
goo would be served at 2 o'clock, but
it was well past that time when a sin
gle rkler came to explain why the
crowd had not shown up
“Mylius is giving a lawn party.” ex
plained Colcord's friend. "There's ■
dancing floor laid down In his yard
and a band from Silver City. Ton
can’t get a'man past the place, for
Miss Edna is dancing with all In turn.
I-ooks as though we were beaten.
Ben.”
“I’m rather glad that we are,” was
the unexpected reply as Colcord turned
to give an order.
Some time later the guests at the
lawn party were surprised to see Col
cord drive up. In the wagon box were
the two negroes and the caldron of
burgoo.
"I promised to bring you some.” ex
plained Colcord as be approached
Edna, “and as no one else seemed to
want any I brought all of It It may
help out with the refreshments. It's
rather a cold day for a lawn party,
and the hot stew will be appreciated ”
“Splendid!" cried Edna, 'if you will
drive round the house I'll show you
where you can have It served. We
only have cakes and lemonade."
She led the way to the bach of the
house, where the two cooks unloaded
Colcord’s addition to the refresh
ments and prepared to serve ft. Col
cord made the liest use of his time,
and when he nppenrod In the front
yard again he approached Mylius.
“Tom.” he said, “you can lie sheriff,
for I'm going to fie your brother-in
law. I told you that I would win. but
I didn’t realize that uiv trump cant
would 1* the one you held.”
A Hungry Mexican Shark.
Pursued by a nine foot shark, which
when they aliandoned tlielr boat at the
shore put his front tins on the edge of
the I am t ami ate the fish therein a* a
pig would eat out of a trough until In
its greed it swallowed a big hook
thrown Into the pile of fish, la the
story told by several fishermen and
people who saw the windup of the af
fair. The fishermen were returning to
port with their sloop filled to the gun
wales with fish when they noticed a
great fish pursuing them irml rapidly
gaining on them, although still about
1,000 feet away. They hurried to the
pier, where in terror they scrambled
out of the boat The shark, for such
the fish proved to be, followed them
anil Immediately mounted part way
Into the l>oat. where he liegan devour
ing great quantities of fish la single
mouthfuls. The fishermen hurriedly se
cured a shark kook, which they threw
tn with the fish. The shark, after a
mouthful or two, took the hook Into
his rnauth along with several fish and
swallowed It. A crowd of people had
gathered by this time, and all lent a
hand ta jmlling the monster In.—Mei
Ican Ileratkl
Tbs Meati«g and tha Parting.
They met by chance at Atlantic
City. They .were strangers to each
other, hot be <w*s convinced that she
was a aoutbeMJ girl of high cast*,
and she Is turn ibelieved him to be a
New York man «rf money.
"You at* from New Y'ork, aren't
youV she abruptly asked when they
bad paused for a moswent after a atroll
along the bean-h.
"Yes." he answered, determined to
reveal himself hi his ’true station. “I
live In East Sixteenth street, where I
grovel among r*v fellow rierks on $10
a week. But yoa—you ate a southern
lady of social distinction e«d"
“No,” she coldly rejoined: "1 live In
East Sixteenth street amongithe clerks
also.”
“Anywhere near S»r be faintly
asked.
"Next door-ffl«r
Then they parted -!few Trf>rk Times
•After ■ South African S*orm.
With the breaking of the day I went
onmlde. The country «** uorweoguliA
ble. Tfc* land and the scenery which 1
had fczuewn ^"r Jei>r* W1>r* efirtorty al
tered. The very hill*, piled high with
white hailstone*, were a different
shape, ami torrent* of muddy water
poured down from *11 side*. And whes
the red »ob .rose Into a clear twlght
*tkv the scene .of ruin and desotaiiee
• as awful to look at. Building* had
twe burled to Abe ground and wee*
nothing more that hill* of hailstone*.
A large dam i had .si* nt two year* In
making had been .completely swept
• way. In another darn which had re
mained unbroken the halftones had
•c umulated and piled themselves up
®eer ftveutr feet in height. There wa*
not a sign of water in ttris huge dam.
jnst a huge pH* of froaea b*il*tones
Wlde World Magazine.
Married by Blood.
In the Island of Banqnev there 1« *
tritie of Imsnn* differing widely In
language, religion and dustoms from
other tribes bearing that name. Mar
riage* are performed In the forest In
the presence of two fnin'Jies There
Is no public gathering or feast. I be
rite consists In transferring a drop of
Mod from a wooden knife In the ca
bt the man's leg to a similar cut In
tba woman's leg. After marriage the
man take* the bride to her borne
• here be resides io future as a mem
her of the family.
Farm and
Garden
BLACK KNOT IN PLUMS.
Light on the Failure of Plums In
the East.
F C Sears nf t in Massachusetts ag
ricBitural coil ge writes as follows
•bout black kuot in pluuas:
I have tss'ii interested in looking
through the college orchard recently to
notice the corn pa ratlve susceptibility
of the different varieties and classes of
plums to black kuot aud In comparing
present Indications with past e*i>eri
enee along the same lines
The trie agent who sells plum tret's
which are warranted to lie "knot
I-I-1{-1 '
THU WITH HLAC* MOT.
proof" U undoubted!; a nature fakir,
but If be selects the right varieties
among the Japanese he will come much
nearer than usual to the truth. In two
row* In the college orchard of twenty
two trees each, one of Keil June anil
the other of llurbauk, 1 found In a
reasonably long search not a single
specimen of black knot. And last year
their record was almost equally clean
On trees In adjoining rows of Engel
hart and Bradshaw, however, knots
are all too abundant, though not nearly
so bad as last season. They would
probably average half h down knots to
the tree this season, while last year
the same trees yielded a couple of
bushels of knots from the two rows.
While this Is a little diseouraglag tc
the man who wants to grow the domes
tic plums, as everybody does who
wants high quality, still it is surpris
ing how little time is required to keep
down this disease If it is taken in time
and systematically handled. And It l»
equally surprising how badly a tree
can Is* affected and still Is' recovered
satisfactorily. A few years ago the
writer undertook to revive some old
trees which would ordinarily have
I icon cut down and put ou the brush
heap. They were a mass of knots from
top to bottom. We selected a time
when thp snow was on the ground so
that the knots could lie easily gathered
up and cut out every vestige of the dis
ease, though in some eases this left a
pretty small priqiortlou of the original
tree. In removing a knot we cut at
least six inches lielow it. so as to lie
sure and take out the roots of the dls
ease That year the trees made u lug
growth, often thne or four feet, but a
g,*>d many new knots also eame out
which were removed that autumn, tin
trees also receiving two thorough
sprayings with bordeaux mixture dor
ing the suminer
The following two years we did near
ly all our cutting in the summer and
found it much more satisfactory iu ib
results than cutting during the dor
mant season. To tieghj with, as tin
knots were removed as soon as they
apiienred we snved the crop of sum
nier spore* w hlch would otherwise have
spread the disease. Then, the knots
being young and soft, we could fre
quently shave them off and thua save i
the branch oa which they grew, last
ly. when It tecs me necessary to cut
out a branch altogether, in getting rid
of a knot, the tree, being still In growth
would at once All la the space thus
made, so that by aatansa It csuld
hardly be seen
This work waa due la a mmetkm
where the black knot flourishes Hke the
proverbial greea hay tree, yet we found
It by no means a serious matter te rid
these trees of the disease and keep
them reasonably free. Three cuttings
during the summer, with aa antutun
clearing up (after the leave* were oATl
of the knots which bad escaped thus
far. combined with three applications
of burden11T mixture, did the work
Our sprayings were applied one be
fore tlie leaves o(<eu«i, one after the
blossoms fell and one about two weeks
later. I-est some may think this a pret
ty serious program me, I may say that
tlie summer cutting the third season
took just four and one-half hours for
*n orchard of ninety trees.
Fresh Eggs.
Secretary Wilson says that hereafter
eggs sold ns "fresh" or “strictly fresh"
must lie exactly w hat they are repre
sented to be. Storage eggs must be
.sold as sm-b or under the pure food
daw the dealer Is tin Me to a fine of MOO
or six months’ Imprisonment, or both.
Thousands of iieople do not know how
a “strictly fresh" egg tastes. This will
give thorn a chance to find out
Hauling Crops.
Inquiries .conducted In over 1.000
aoofities of The t’nlted Ktates by the
(epartment of #pri' ulture Indicate that
he average length of haul of crops
>Ter two at r> roads I* 12.1 miles, tlie
average weight *d tlie load 2.002
pound* and the average cost per mile
23.2 cents, or atwut tS i«er load, the
figures iielng baaed on tost of labor,
feed, wear. etc.
For a mild, easy action of tW ho»f «
a single doae of I)oaB'a BjgaVUi*
enough. Treatment cures habitual oon
■tipation. U5 cents a bo*. Aak your
druggist for them.
“Dr Thomas'Electric Oil ia the best
remedy for that often fatal disease—
group.'7 Has been used with auceeaa In
our family for eight /eats. —Mrs. L.
White sere, Buffalo, >. Y._
CASTOR IA
jar T«*sat* and Cfcildra.
m IW Ym lm Al«i|t l"*M
Biguatar* of
DRIED SWAMP MUCK.
Ns Benefit In Chemical Fertiliser* l«
Greatly Exaggerated
Thr pwcllft of u»ir.g dried muck
and peat In mixing chemical fertl!i-er>
put* up a problem which farn-ers ought
to understand Thousaode of ton* o«
IKli muck are ntuxl sold *« “muck
tankage " We learn of one case w hetv
a man startixl quaint celcrv In a
swamp ami l« aaM to hare nearly fll
ed at It Then lu- on. elved the Ilea
of drying and po!vcrtx!ng th" set! of
that swamp ami sr'iie.g It to fertiliser
dealer*. This has brought him a for
tune fume sample* of this dried peal
are said to contain nearly S per cent
of nltroceu: others carry >e*s Tl is ni
rrocen la In an Inert form and I* of
little value as a plant fix'd Fxporl
meets In Illinois showed that sn-h n*
trocen was wi*rth aloui one-half cent
a pound as compared w ith that In dried
blood costing 15 cents Yet flic fer
tlliaer luannfaeturer who s**l!s this
muck mixed with other chemical* un
dertakes to charge It cent* a pound
for It when yon buy It. For example
take a brand of fertiliser which I*
guaranteed to lootaln In each ton W
pouml* of nitrogen. MO pounds avail
nble phosphoric aehl and tOO pound* of
potash. It would be possible to supply
the potash and phosphoric aehl In 200
pounds of muriate and 1.300 pounds
of acid phosphate Then by using Wf
pounds of cottonseed meal and BOC
pounds of dried muck they could pro
vide mope nitrogen than they guaran
teed. The object of using the cotton
aeed meal 1* to color the muck and
thus prevent. If possible, the chemist
from detecting It. But see what a nice
game this la! The muck furnishes
ten or twelve pound* of nitrogen, which
give* the fertlllxer a ruination of from
$1.50 to $2. but which costa perhaps
•JO eenta. A farmer might use such a
fertlllxer on hla wheat this fall. The
potash and phosphoric acid may help
bat it la doubtful if his grandchildren
will see any benefit front the nitrogen
In the muck.
The excuse given for using the muck
Is that It makes n good filler and dries
out the other chemicals. No serious oh
Jectlon can be made to Its use as a
filler, but the nitrogen It contains
should not be milled In the fertlllxer.
for It Is not worth the price It Is near
ly Impossible to detect the muck when
cottonsi**! meal is used with It. The
best way to avoid It Is to refuse to buy
low grade fertilisers or those very low
In nitrogen. It Is impossible to use
large pun'ltitle* of muck In fertilizer*
containing 4 |*>r cent or more of nitro
gen. because materials . ottiainlug more
nitrogen must be used *n order to reach
a high |>er cent. You are most likely
to find the muck In the mixtures with
about I per cent of nitrogen. It doe*
not pay to buy them. Buy the higher
grade mixtures ami use an ec,iml value
ill dollars |»>r acre and you will be bet
ter off. We believe that fanners are
paving millions of hard earned dollar.
uselessly for till* peat nitrogen, many
of them already having swamps on
their own farms. The chemists must
find some way to deteef this |toat nitro
gen. nud then we shall work for a law
oomjicTHng the manufacturer to state
that lie uses It am! that It I* not valued
the same as other forma.
The Magnum Bonum |K>tatoes shown
herewith were exhibited at a recent fair
at the American Institute In New York
Hr W II Jordan, director of the New
Niw English Potato.
York experiment station, says: "At th<
station lu nur variety tents of itotatoc
in IWt'i Magnum tionum. the nets) ol
which was lni|M>rteil from Kughimt
was tested. The variety Is stilt grown
Itj the Arm from whom we pnrehssed
our seed, ami in Its IIMC catalogue I
tint! the following: ‘Magnum It-mu in
iatrodneed by us In 1876, proved to be
the premier of all disease resisting vn
rtettes. 1 Tie re ts scarcely a pariah lu
the Catted Kingdom where Magnum
ftoauia Is not known as an enormous
cropper of good quality, almost free
from disease - The yield at the New
York station of the Magnum itonum
was from l.vi to ltltl Imshela per acre,
while with some other varieties we se
cured a yield of lietween JJUO and ton
bushels. No Kngliah varieties yielded
well In compsriaoa with our beat Ainer
lean varieties.”
— • —
Home Gardes Hints.
Strawberry plants are now making
a suhstantlsl growth showing. Keep
out the weeds, hue frequently, and lu
early fall plants will ha thrifty to act
lu a new bed
It Is none mo early to manure n plec«
heavily for rhubarb. Then cultivate ll
once a week or so to Incorporate the
manure thoroughly through the soil
Rnuharh is a voraefons feeder and re
quires a large quantity of manure If
best results are to be obtained One
plant highly fertilized will jrMd a sur
prising quantity of Malka.
Currant cuttings of the now wnoo
are ea .’ty made and If done In early
fall ought to t*e well moled an as to
be transplanted In spring In some
towns there Is never an overaupply of
currants, while If around 1<I cents per
quart can be realized for them they
par well. The large currants are roost
profitable, amh as the cherry
The asparagus led ought to hare a
good coating of manure before winter
and then be well enlth-sted In
Pick the pears shortly before they
ripen.
Information Wanted
Will any lady or gentleman who
witnessed the accident to a lady pmt
aengt-ron ihe noon train from W 1111
m antic to Putnam, Conn., on June SI,
Elease communicate with Mn. I-. Wli
inaon, «£ Pleaaant street, Worcester,
Maas.
Notice
Bank look Xo. 1M29 issued by the
Putnam (sating* Bank having been
kart the ownerjohn Murdock of Pom
fret, haa made application to the aaid
bank for the amount due on agid book.
(Sotting
Our New Range a Winner!
The new range that we introduced last year has won
all hearts. The old End Hearth is gone — there is more
room on top— the ashes fall into a Hod far below the
fire, making their removal easy and the grate to last
longer. The Ash Hod when emptied is returned full of
coal. Three sites, “Palace, ' “Castle," “Fortress.’'
AS the famoos Crawford features are present: Single
Damper. Patented Grate. Cop-Joint Oven Floes, Asbestos
i Backed Oven. Improved Oven Indicator. Booklet free.
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STATIONERY
Our line of stationery contains supplies for the
business man. the professional man, the student,
and the lady. In buying for this department we al
ways have in mind the store, the office, the school,
and the home. We make our specialty of the best
grades and latest designs, but have in stock the
cheaper grades- Blank books, pens, pencils, inks.
School Supplies for a
Song!
Vacation time has come to a close, and boys
and girls will again resume their studies. They
need lots of little utensils and we have nearly every
sort of helps required, and at prices so low as will
certainly astonish all comers.
Edward G . Wriglit,
Central Block, Putnam
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cool weather by
using a
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Hack Bay ».im, South Station 1».4U a. m.
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New Kniflatid Food Fair, Park Square
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