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THE SPIRIT THAT WINS.
While searching the archives for knowl
edge.
While after the rarest of lore.
While seeking the richest of jewels
In Wisdom's variant store,
Remember this as you rummage
For a mot of the Sage's wit, J®
The best and rarest of lessons t$Wi
Is: Git up, git up and git!
Ages are filled with the dreaming
Of verses the poets have sung,
Filled with the anguish and sorrow
Tragical muses have wrung
From the loom of fanciful musing,
But the essence of all the wit,
The lesson of all the lessons,
Is the lesson: Git up and gitl W0-
From periods primordial
On down to the time we live.
It's simply a matter of Take, my boy
If we can't a question of Give.
.Remember this as you rummage
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For a mot of the Sage's wit,
Tl)e best and rarest of lessons
la: Be just, but git up and gltl*
—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
I During the Cotillon
I
W A S N
1
dreaming, Terry. I
wasn't, really. I was Just be
ginning to get sleepy, and then 1
beard Martha talking to Jane In the lit
tle dressing room, and I got quite wide
awake, I didn't know what she said
at first, and I did not mean to listen,
really, till she said something about
mummy."
"Well?" aald Terry—he was In for It
now. and lie meant to hear It nil.
"Jane was augry with Mnrtba and
said she ought not to say such things
KiSiBSiS?:
iXJ YOU THINK IT WOULD KILL V'ATIIKI'.V
I don't know what It was—and then
Martha said: 'O, you needn't pretend
you don't believe It—It's as plain as the
nose on your face—lie's going to run
away with the missus, and some one
ought to tell the master,' and then
Jane cried out and said: 'It would kill
him'-that was father, yon know. And
then Martha said something about me,
and Jane came Into the roojn with a
candle and said: 'Are you asleep, Miss
Dodo'/' And I pretended that I was.
O, Terry, I had to pretend or I should
have screamed right out. And then
Martha came in and looked at me, and
she said that she hoped that—tlmt
.inununy would die tf the man took
lier away, It was the best thing. And
then-I think they cried, but I kept
the clothes over my face."
A hot word came upon Terry's lips,
.but lie smothered it.
"And when they had gone I ran out
roil the landing—I was so frightened, 1
did want to see mummy, and she was
Just going Into dinner and you were
•with lier and, Terry, I was so glad
that yon were there that I said my
prayers all over again."
Terry was sitting with one elbow on
his knee. Ills head resting on his palm,
niul his face In the shadow. From the
big drawing room came the sound ot
music and the rippling laughter of the
children. He remembered now that
Constance had told him with a look ot
pain that the last few days her little
daughter had been continually hover
ing about her In the bouse and watched
lier to leave It, always with extreme
reluctance, nearly always eagerly of
fering to accompany her—It was al
most as though she bad understood.
And ho bad laughed—laughed. Good
God!
"And I must not tell father—Jane
said It would kill hlin—do you think It
"would kill father, Terry?"
"Not a doubt about It," said Terry,
thickly.
"Then I won't But I had to tell
you, Terry. I've always told you things
since I was quite a little girl, haven't
X, Terry?"
'Always, Dodo."
"Terry, can't you do something?"
Terry puts hls„hands over his earn to
shut out the maddening sound of the
gay music, and groaned.
"Oouldo't you And out tbe kidnaper,
i4
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREAT BEAUMONT OIL FIELD.
AILW IN THE BLAUMON1 OIL FIELD— SPINDLE TOP DISTRICT RECENTLY SWEPT BY FIItE
grpHE remit disastrous fire in the Beaumont oil field again attracts public attention ton corner of the United Stoles
II that Ib now a familinr locality to all newspaper readers, though it ha* been known to fame for less than two years
Oil had previously been found at Corslcana, but it was not till Jan. 10, 1001, that A. Lucia borine on
Spindle Top hill, struck gushing oil at a depth of 1,300 feet. The pressure was mich that a stream of oil shot 175 feet Into
the air. Almost immediately speculators and oil experts gathered from all parts of the country. Land was honjrht or
leased at a rapidly increasing scale of prices. The Beatty well was the second to "come in." On March °9 ami April 3
the Guffey wells struck oil. The lligglna company found oil on April 0. The Guffev company completed a second
well on April 8, and on April 18 the Hoy wood well began to flow. Kneh new well increased the excitement not only in
Beaumont, but in all parts of the United States, and interest in the marvelons wells was soon felt in Europe
It was several days before the Lucas well was got under control, and it was not until the pipe was suuk below the
cap rock that it was safe from being clogged with sand. Some of the wells spouted deadly gas ot first and some of them
deluged the hill with oil before they could be controlled. Up to August, 1001, twenty wells were yielding oil In that
month twenty-five were added and in September nineteen. During the latter part of 1001 and the first part of this year
scores of other wells begau to produce. In the meantime Beaumont has grown into a boom citv.
All the wells were found on Spindle Top within a radius of half a mile. Hundreds of places were tried outside of
this limited area, but without favorable results. Besides hundred# of oil companies, genuine and fake many manu
facturing companies have sprung into existence as a result of the discovery of oil. Pipe Hues were built to the railway
and to tidewater at Port Arthur only sixteen miles distant. A lively demand for the oil as fuel soon arose Manufac
turers used It in furnaces, and steam vessels and locomotives began to use it instead of coal. Companies were onranixed
to extract the illuminating oil from the petroleum and others devoted their attention to the asphaltum. The price of 'oil
at the wells was kept at about 30 cents a barrel. The output of the wells is more than 1,000,000 barrels a day—more
ttian that of all the rest of the United States. Already Texas oil is being delivered in tank steamers to cities on the
Atlantic coast and in Europe.
and make blm stop—couldn't you, dar
ling?"
Terry's face was hidden in his hands
now. Then he raised his bead sudden
ly and looked at her.
"Dodo—suppose—suppose," ho said,
hoarsely, "that I could put my linger
on the scoundrel—what then?"
"O. Terry, you could go to him and
make him stop. You could tell bow
good and sweet mummy Is, and how
we all love her. Perhaps he's got a
little girl of his own, and If yon tell
that I oan't live without mammy he
will be sorry. Perhaps he could tnke
some one who wouldn't mind a bit
some one who lias no little girl, or fa
ther, or you. O, Terry, tell him .I can't
let mummy go. And when I am a
woman father says I will be rich, and
I will give it all to him—I will give
him everything—everything. O, Terry,
tell him that."
Terry caught the little, sobbing, tor
tured creature In his arms and pressed
Ms face tightly against her fair head.
Then lie pulled out his handkerchief
and wiped her eyes.
"Dodo, my sweetheart, listen to me.
Mummy Is quite safe—no one is going
to take her away. If—if anyone
thought of-at least—." lie stumbled
In his speech, and then went on boldly.
"I know the fellow, Dodo, and lie Is
heartily sorry that lie ever thought of
such a thing. You believe me, when I
tell you that mummy Is all right?"
"Yes, Terry." She looked up at blm
trustfully. She knew that her darling
Terry would make things riitiit.
"Dodo, sweetheart, I want you to
promise me this: that you will try and
forget all that you have told me, and
never mention It to anyone, and that
you will bo very good to niumtny, and
love her with every bit.of love in your
warm little heart. Promise me this,
dear."
"I promise, Terry—Terry, darling!"
lie stooped and kissed with a so
lemnity that awed her—It did not seem
a bit like her old luuglilng Terry. But
she felt that never had she loved him
as she did now.
"My little good angel!" said the
young fellow, with an odd break In Ills
voice. "Cio and play with the others.
I'm going to have another smoke."
She kissed him and clung to blm with
a tenderness and trust that moved him
deeply.
"There Is nothing to trouble you now,
dear. I will make it ail straight."
She went away obediently aud quite
contentedly, lie watched the slender,
white figure until It vanished then he
turned away with a mist In his eyes.
And he was miles away the next
morning when his brief farewell was
taken up to Mrs. Garth. Aud after
wards she thanked God that she bad
been saved at the eleventh hour for
the future held much happiness for
lier, and the deep, trusting love of
Dodo's father won hers, so long with
held.—Chicago Tribune.
THE POPULAR HERO.
In Fiction He la Alwaya l?ati»g.
Drinking or Smoking.
When the liero of the popular short
story Is not eating or drinking he Is
smoking, says Martha Baker Dunn in
the Atlantic. Ills chronicler flavors
ills pages with tobacco smoke nnd
punctuates them with cocktails. In
Joy or In sorrow, in the most romantic
no less than the more commanphioe
moments, the hero "lights another
cigarette." Emotion unacompanled by
nicotine Is something of which ho
evidently has no conception.
It Is tile same, too, with the up-to
date young man In real life. lie
knows, if lie has been properly trained,
that while a toothpick should be in
dulged in only In that spot to which
Scripture enjoins us to retire when we
are about to pray, a meerschaum pipe
Is a perfectly well-bred article Tor
public wear and one which enables
him to fulfill agreeably that law ot
his being which suggests that he
should always be putting something In
ills mouth.
At college ball game not long
since, where, as is usual on such oc
casions, clouds of ineetisc were rlslns
to the heavens from the male portion
of the spectators, I amused myself by
observing a young man who sat In a
carrlago near me, and who while the
game was In progress smoked a pipe
three times and tilled In ail the In
tervals with cigars and cigarettes. I
knew something about him and had
frequently heard him referred to as
"a first-rate felllow," but If anybody
had asked him If ho believed himself
capable of a single pure Impulse of
the soul, entirely unmixed with bodily
sensations, lie would have stared in
amazement.
HIE MAN WITHIN THE GlIN.
Here Is tbe lti-lnch gun which Tins
Just been completed at the Wntervllet
arsenal. This view shows the tuuzzic,
with a man In it whose weight is 105
pounds. The gun is immense, when one
considers the quality of the metal con
tained in It, which is, of course, the
best that scieuce aud skill can produce
at the present time. It Is bu. up of
nine pieces of steel forcings, the ilrst
piece being the tube, all in one piece,
4S feet loug. The whole length of tho
finished gun is 40 feet, the diameter at
breech end is Cft feet, nnd at muzzle
2 feet 4 inches. Its weight is 130 tons,
and it Is rifled with 90 grooves. The
breecb-loaillng mechanism is operated
by the one movement of turning a
crank. Twenty turns of the crank
swings the breech block out ready for
the llrlng, which is done by pulling a
lanyard after the primer has been
placed in position and connected with
electric contact. The firing mechan
ism is connected so as to make it im
possible to explode the primer before
the breech block Is properly closed aud
locked.
At llio Concert.
"Is that a dead march they're play
Ing?"
"Why, no It sounds lively,"
"Well, It will lie dead when they get
through murdering it."—rhiladelphln
Iiulletln.
Don't get gay too often the chances
are eight to ten that you will be com
pelled to make It good.
MAUSOLEUM OF A VOODOO PRIEST.
Langlade, Hayti, lias a mausoleum covering the remains of a Voodoo iiriest.
The structure is made of clay, the same kind that the people use for the con
struction of their huts. It is 15 feet liigli and 25 feet long. Curious faces ni:d
palm trees have been painted on the sides of the tomb. The representation of
the coffin is also made of clay and is about the size of an ordinary one. The
priest who lies buried under the mausoleum was the chief "Papa I.oi" in Presi
dent Solomon's time, 1887, and the \ooduo worshipers have frequent gatherings
around tbe tomb. They used to sacrllice children during their religious rite's,
but this custom died out, or rather, was stopped by the authorities, and they
now arc content with killing goats in coancetloii with their eereniouies.
Few white people baTe succeeded in attending Voodoo festivities, but I gained
a clear account of how tliey are carried on through an old negro. The ceremony
Is a long chant. Each singer keeps on one clio-d, and as they ail sing in a differ
ent key the chaut has a weird and unearthly sound. The song Is accompanied
by three tambours (drums), each of which is of different size. One is very
large and Is struck regularly and slowly all tllrougV the clmnt. Another is small
and has a Hat sound. The third, a medium-sized dmo, is played with both
hands and feet. The player moves Ills feet np and dowi. *he sldes'of the drum to
produce either a high or low sound. They end the ceumony by drinking the
hlood of a freshly killed goat. There are stili many adherents of VoodooSsui in
Hayti, which dates back to the time the Spaniards brought uegroes as slaveB
from Attc# to the We.t indies, 7'•: r/'
THE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING
PAST WEEK.
Treasurer of Johnson County—Woman
Shootn Youth on Fair (•round—New
Hartford Iiohhcra Frightened Away
Without I'lundcr,
Accused by tlu* Board of Supervisors of
Johnson County, and by County Attor
ney Ztnunt of misappropriating about
$1,800 of public fund*, former County
Treasurer Dennis Mitlier was victorious
In the District Court at Iowa City. The
prosecution was beaten by the statute of
limitations. The county averred that the
shortage was discovered in 1900, but
that the money disappeared during Mr.
Maher's term (*04-'95). Recently tho
board called on Maher and his bond*mm
to replace the money. The bond was in
the sum of $75,000, and on it were Ilep
resentative George W. Koonts, George
W. Lewis and A. E. Swisher, Judge M.
J. Wade and other prominent citizens.
Tho former treasurer asserted his inno
cence, but the defense was technical, be
ing based on the claim that the statute
of limitations was applicable. In hand
ing down his decision the judge held
that due diligence was not exercised by
tbe Supervisors that they ought to have
examined the treasurer's books and doc
uments rigidly long ago, and thus have
discovered the shortage. He also held
that the statute of limitations began to
run three years after the year of the al
leged diverting of the funds.
Bold Robbers at New Hartford,
A bold but unsuccessful attempt was
made at New Hartford to blow open the
safe in E. J. Dunham's general merchan
dise store. Four charges were placed in
the safe in the attempt to break it opeu.
At half past 8 o'clock in the morning
J. A. Cousins heard a loud report and
suspecting that an attempt was being
made to blow ojen the bank he proceeded
to investigate with the discovery that
robbers were in Dunham's store Instead
of the bank. A crowd soon gathered
around the store and several shots were
fired through the front end of the store.
The robber returned the firing and made
good his escape through a back room and
out the rear door. The safe contained
$200, which remained secure, as the safe
withstood all four charges. About $75
worth of silks and velvets was found near
the school buildings, which leads to the
belief that there were at least two men
in the robbery, inasmuch as the last rob
ber carried nothing with him.
Mother Avenues Dnuchter.
Sirs. Maud Smith, prominent In the
social life of Des Miiines, shot and mor
tally wounded Harry Claris, aged 18.
whom she accused of betraying lier
daughter, a handsome girl of IT. Olark is
the sou of a restaurant keeper nnd was
employed in his father's stand on the
State fair grounds. At 8 o'clock, just as
the crowds were pouring into the grounds,
Mrs. Smith, accompanied by the girl, ap
proached the staud, and. calling Clark to
the door, shot at him five times, two of
the bullets taking efTect. He fell to the
ground and was conveyed to a hospital
In a dying condition. After the shooting
Mrs. Smith calmly handed her empty re
volver to a bystander, and, accompanied
by l-.fi- daughter, pushed her way through
the excited crowds, hoarded a street car
and started for home. Before reaching
there she was arrested. She nink nn
defense of her action.
Truant Husband Forniren-"
After pursuing her husband from Belle
Plaine, for a th»ft of $200 Mrs. Peter
Mattheya located him at Waukegan, 111,
accused him of stealing her money, had
It all returned to her, effected a reconcil
iation and toojcjiir hunbund bock to their
home. The ttiety: took place two -weeks
before. His wife lost track of him in
Chicago. Thinking that she might get a
clew by calling on relatives of Matthevs
who lived in Waukejjan, the woman wviit
there and solicited the aid of the police.
It was learned that Mattheys had started
work in the wire mill. He "was found
in his room at a boarding house and
aroused to see his wife standing before
him. He turned over tho money nnd
the woman cried, with the result that
they made up and left fur Belle Plaine.
Kobs Firm ami Ends Life.
George Jones, who has been the cashier
of the Einstein & Morris clothing firm
in Clinton for the past two years, com
mitted suicide by taking poison, dyiug
at the home of his parents, near Audorer.
According to a confession Jones made to
his employers a few days ago, during
the past twenty months lie has stcrten
Mfl.OOO, although the firm declares It was
robbed of fully $15,*I0. Thursday the
sheriff went to his house to arrest him,
but the young man was dying at the time
and the warrant was never served. He
lied the following forenoon. Jones* meth
od of robbery was to tear up the ticket*
of purchase as they came to the desk and
pocket the cash.
Within Our Borders.'
Ottmuwa claims a population of 22.251.
Blaekhawk County farmers want more
rural mail carriers.
Clyde 15. Hammond has been named as
postmaster at Dows.
Elijah Livingston, a Davis County pion
eer, is dead, aged SO years.
Rev. tJ. \V. Ilertzog, a pioneer Baptist
preacher, is dead at Monroe, aged SI
years.
A pottollice has'beeti established at
Uiflcs* with Samuel Brubaker as post
master.
Mrs. Philip Grimmer's home at Ottum
wa was entered by burglars, who secured
about $20.
Charles Gilbert, aged 1(1, lost a leg
while trying to board a moving train at
Davenport.
The capacity of the plant of the Na
tional Biscuit Company at Davcnjort
will Im doubled.
Public improvements in Mnrshnlltown
this summer aggregate $200,000, with as
much more already assured.
The Council Bluffs high school will
hereafter graduate classes in January
and June of each year.
Bev. T. J. B.issett of Thorntown, Ind.,
a well-known Indiana educator and Meth
odist minister, has been elected presi
dent of Upper Iowa University at Kay
ette.
A. 13. Morgan of Mason City was seri
ously injured by being kicked over the
heart by a fractious horse.
At the third annual reunion of the
Picken family, held recently at Fremont,
210 of the 512 kuown living relatives
were present.
The Davenport canning and packing
company has been absorbed by the Amer
ican Canning Company, otherwise kown
as the trust.
A number of Dubuque capitalists have
purchased a farm near that city aud will
erect a handsome and modem summer
home for the use of the newly formed
Country Club.
Dr. James Edmonson, a former Pres
byterian minister at Marshnlltown, is
dead at Nevada, Mo.
George Willetts aud Gluts. Clark, Santa
Fe trainmen living at Fort Madison, we.-c
robbed of $48 by footpads.
Mrs. James Gaullagher, who was ar
rested for alleged complicity with James
Holada in the murder of her husband,
made an attemptnipon her own life while
in jail, according to the statement "f
County Attorney Zmnnt at Iowa City,
lie says she has to be constantly watch
ed. Her arrest was brought about by
the statement of Holada, who l^us been
incarcerated since fUe ijnjrder five uwuths
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W-
Creston barbers have formed a union.
There are just 1,000 persons of school
age at Weverly.
THE
There is $1,000,000 on deposit in the
banks of Monticello.
Eleven recruits have entered the regu
lar army from Ottumwa.
The postoflice at Clayford has been dis
continued mail to Onslow.
The Columbia Savings Bank at Colum
bia, capital $12,000, has been chartered.
Free delivery postal service has been
established at Washington, effective Dec.
Bev. D. Austen, an aged minister of
the Methodist Church, is dead at Jeffer
son.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
by the AValford Savings Bfink capital
$10,000.
C. W. Stephenson has been appointed
postmaster at Troy, vice J. M. Garrett,
resigned.
The socialists of the Third District
nominated F. A. Lymburner of Dubuque
for Congress.
Tax ferrets have so far turned into
the Jones County treasury about $17,000
in back taxes.
The attendance at the Glenwood asy
lum for the feeble minded is 070, the
largest on record.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ferguson of Mon
ticello have just celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary.
The Waterloo City Council is consider*
ing the feasibility of lighting the alleys
in the business district.
The total premiums paid by the man
agement of the State fair this year
amounted to over $20,000.
The improvements in the Northwestern
yards at Clinton have been completed nnd
the new tracks are now in use.
Four young fellows who robbed a sa
loon at Otoe of a quantity of liquor were
arrested and fined $25 and costs.
Rev. Father Marrlett, pastor of the
Catholic Church at Stuart, has resigned
and will remove to Baltimore, Md.
Plans are being made for a sewerage
system at Washington. The public square
in that city will be paved With brick.
The Council Bfciffs City Council has
passed an ordinance regulating the speed
of automobiles to twelve miles an hour.
It is announced that President Roose
velt will speak at Des Moines from a
stand to be erected in the capitol grounds.
Mrs. Mary B. McKee of McLeansboro,
111., has been appointed a seamstress at
the Sac and Fox Indian school at Tama.
An electric line is now in operation be
tween Des Moines and Altoona. The line
will be pushed on to Mkchellvilie and Col
fax.
Mrs. Amanda C. Wells of Davenport,
who was terribly burned by an explosion
of gasoline, has succumbed to her in
juries.
The strike of electrical workers at Ot
tumwa has been settled. The union was
recognized and an increase In wages
granted.
The business portion of Barnum, which
was recently destroyed by fire, is being
rebuilt with one and two-story brick
blocks.
The home of B. Seavey of Rieeville was
robbed of two gold watches and other
property. It Is supposed to be the work
of tramps.
WilHam Howard and Maude Solt,
prominent young people of Glidden, were
killed by a Northwestern passenger train
at Ralston.
There are large yields of potatoes at
the State institutions this year. At Glen
V0(] it is thought the field will be fully
«JO bushels per acre.
The saw mill and box factory of the
J. II. Ka»»er Lumber Company were
burned at Mnscutlne. The loss Is $40,
000. insurance $15,000.
The Iowa Socialist Publishing Com
pany has incorporated at Dubuque. A
paper will be-issued weekly doevotod to
propagating the socialist belief.
Deposits in Des Moiues banks »how
a decrease for the year of $3,250,000. Iv
is said that heavy investments in lands
In the Northwest caused the drain.
Work on the improvements at the Sol
diers' Home in Marshalltown may have
to be suspended for the time being on
account of the inability to secure labor
ers.
Joseph Murphy, an aged man living
alone, was found dead in his home near
Eldon. The coroner was summoned and
pronounced his death due to heart dis
ease.
The hardware store of Georsrc Clapp
at Muscatine was visited by thieves who
carried away about $300 worth of shot
guns, razors, pocket knives and revolvers.
No clue.
Itockford ladies have taken in charge
the matter of erecting the new opera
house. The delay has been ended by the
letting of the contract and work wiil be
gin at once.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany is trying the experiment of em
ploying girls as mesKeugers" in Des
Moines. The experiment has so far
worked successfully.
Woodson Ragau, Ella Clark's lover, ad
mits that he shot aud killed the latter in
a joint near Diamond. He says he did
it to save his own life. He alleges that
the girl attacked him w4th a knife.
The appearance of thousands of black
birds which feed upon the corn crop is
causing uneasiness among the farmers.
Tho birds tear open tho husks, devour the
upper part of the ear, aud leave the bal
ance to rot from exposure to the ele
ments.
The new law relating to the disposition
of dipsomaniacs is having a ^aluttiry ef
fect upon the veterans in the home at
Marshalltown who are inclined to look
upon the wine when it is red. Two have
already been sent to Mt. Pleasant, and
others are beginning to exercise a little
more moderation in their tippling.
T. G. Wood, a rich farmer of northern
Indiana, came to Clinton a few days ago
and signed a pro-nuptial contract with a
woman who gave the name of Mrs. Dod
son and went to Chicago to get married.
The woman disappeared there with his
money. Wood is now trying to locale the
woman.
Mrs. Emma Poindexter shot and killed
her husband, Emniett Poindexter, at
Itockford, in a fit of jealousy. She shot
her husband as he slept. Poindexter
was 23 years of age. and a member of a
prominent family, lie had been married
a year.
Mrs. M. A. Shahan of Grinncll was se
verely injured by the explosion of a can
of tomatoes which she had just sealed.
It was feared for a time that her eye
sight would be destroyed.
Martha Giesler has sued the Dubuque
Electric Company for $10,000 for injuries
received by being struck by a car be
longing to the defendant company. She
alleges carelessness on the part of the
employes.
Iowa postmasters have been appointed
as follows: Dundee, Nelson Gilbert, vice
Amasa Stone, resigned Freeman, J. F.
Wickham, vice Herman Hnmbliu, resign
ed Tuskeega, Everett J. Teale, vice G.
A. Fosdick, resigned.
A Mrs. Wells of Davenport was badly
burned by an explosion of gasoline. She
was applying the fluid to some furniture,
when a lighted match which she held in
her hand set it on fire.
Mrs. E. Lee. a well-known Marshill
town woman, had a narrow escape from
death. A carriage in which she was rid
ing was struck by a C. G. W. switch
engine nnd demolished. The lady was
not seriously injured.
A woman claiming to be Lottie Stoweil
of Polk County is uuder arrest at Stoke
dale, Pa., where she is suspected of hav
ing committed numerous burglaries. She
was caught by means of a bear trap set
ia a store which she attempted to rob.
warn
trv.
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Slgna of a Good Milker.
When It comcs to buying or raising
a dairy cow too many neglect to con
sider whether tbe cow, from her gen
eral appearance, seems to be fitted to
do good work In the dairy or not. Now,
It Is to be admitted that you cannot
tell certainly whether a cow Is a deep,
rich milker from her general appear
ance but still, so large a percentage
of the high quality cows of the land
have certain external signs thnt have
come to be regarded as the marks of
a good cow that It Is folly to overlook
these marks when selecting cows for
one's herd. One of these special signs
that Is extremely important may be
comprehended under the term "ca
pacity."
In order to turn large amount of
hay, grass, ensilage nnd grain into
A GOOD UlLKEIt.
milk and butter a cow must have a
large, deep body and a large udder.
The cow illustrated shows the great
deep body and the splendid develop
ment of udder that characterize the big
milkers. A cow's body Is a butter and
milk factory. You cannot expect to
make much butter and milk In a small
factory. The "wedge-shaped'' cow has
a deep body where depth Is needed—
where the machinery of the body Is at
work converting fodder into dairy prod
ucts.
Notice the fullness In the fore part
of the udder and how well It runs up
behind, with tbe large, well-placed
teats and Its general appearance of
large capacity. Such au udder, wheu
milked out dry, will fall In loose, soft
folds, like an empty bag. It is a good
type to breed to.
Yet iu a limestone soil we have seen
green manuring work wonders, and so
It will on land recently cleared, where
the bushes nnd brush had been burned
on the ground. Phosphates, potash and
wood ashes may be put ou to grow
the gre^n crop, and if used liberally
will benefit that and the succeeding
crops. Sowed on the surface nnd har
rowed In they do not waste or do any
harm If the amount is much more than
one crop needs.—American Cultivator.
How to 8ct a Hen.
Here's a good way to set a hen. The
nest is made in a roomy box, with a
cover. Nailed to one side of the box
is little slat yard, slats on top also,
In which water and food are kept con
stantly. The hen can go out Into the
yard at any time, cat and drink, and
BEST FPU A BETTEH.
lias no temptation to wander away and
let her eggs get cold. Where several
hens arc sitting, a contrivance like this
for each saves all bother of looking
after them, to see that two do not get
on one nest, etc. You put food aud water
in the dishes—the hen "does the rest."
C. D. YOuug, in Farm and Home.
Success with Poultry.
Those people who do not have good
success In hatching eggs under hens,
usually will not do much better with
the Incubator. They may be divided
into two classes, oue thnt is careless
and neglectful, and the other that
Is altogether too fussy, who wants to
be stirring the hen, or feeding her. or
handling the eggs three or four times
a day. For either of these to suc
ceed with the Incubator there must bo
a thorough reformation a determina
tion to follow the Instructions given
exactly, nnd do no more and no less
than Is explicitly laid down, and to do
It by the clock. This can be done, of
course, but how many can or will settle
down to those rules?
Ideal Animal for Beef.
The first point observed in an ideal
animal of beef type is his form. This
will approximate the rectangular. It
will show a body that is compact, sym
metrical, broad, deep and close to tho
ground. Legs are only of use to carry
the animal around, lie Is "straight in
his lines"—that is, the lines from the
top of the shoulder to the tall head.
and from the brisket back to the purse
are as nearly parallel as possible, as are
also those from the center of the shoul
ders to the center of the thighs, no devi
ation from the horizontal being allowed
the top line. This will give the form a
rectangular appearance.
Qhago Knrichcs Sotl.
tQjr ^everat mouths the $r?uud unt
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MtWi
neath Is not only enriched, but grows
much darker In color. Anyone may try
an experiment as follows: Select the
poorest spot of ground on the farm, lay
over a strip of any length, but about
a yard wide, a few inches of straw,
aud cover with a board, or. If preferred,
lay only a board on the grouud. If
tho place Is seeded to something nfter
tbe covering is removed the difference
iu growth between tbe portion previ
ously shaded and that not shaded will
be very marked.
Status of the Fnrmintr Industry.
There are 10,438,022 persons engaged
In agricultural pursuits, while all oth
er industries engage 18.S45.000 persons.
One-third of the entire area of tills
country is devoted to tilling of the soli.
There are to-day 5,730,657 farms In the
Unitvd States, nnd the value of farm
property, including Improvements, stock
and implements, Is $20,514,001,838. The
number of farms has quadrupled In the
past fifty years, while the value of the
farming land to-day is five times as
great as the selling price of fifty years
ago. More than 1,000,000 farms have
been laid out and fenced In by settlers,
principally in the West, in tbe past ten
years. Fifteen thousand farms were
given away by the Government during
1901. When the Indian Territory is
opened for settlement, about 1904,
8,000,000 acres of fine farming land will
be offered for sale at low prices, and
farming will receive another valuable
acquisition to Its ranks. There are 300,
000,000 acres of unsettled land in the
United States ready for immediate oc
cupancy.
Tlnr total acreage used for farming
purposes is S41,000,000 acres—an area
which would contain England, Scot
land, Ireland, Wales, Trance, Germany,
Austria, Spain, Japan and the Trans
vaal, leaving sufficient room for several
smaller countries to go In around the
edges. None of these countries, or all
of them combined, would make a re
spectable showing with our agricul
tural products. The value of farm ex
ports In 1901 was $051,028,331.—Re
view of Reviews.
Yield* of Chceso From Milk,
With ordinary milk the yield is about
2.5 pounds of cured cheese for each
pound of butter fat in the milk. The
per cent of butter fat In different
milks very nearly determines their rel
ative values for clteesemaklng. Pro
fessor Van Slyke found by a series of
experiments that with milk rang
ing from 3.4 per cent to 4.4 per
cent the amount to each pound of but
ter fat was 2.72 pounds of green cheese,
or 2.5 pounds of cured, live weeks. It
was found that 5 per cent milk made
I but 2.4 pounds of cured cheese for
each pound of butter fat, but the better
Plowing Under Green Crops.
While we advocate plowing under
green crops, when they are not worth quality of the cheese from the richer
more for stock food than for manure,! milk was thought to compensate for
we believe that there are some soils the slight difference In quantity. It
where tills practice may do injury twill be seen that a hundred pounds of
rather than good. If the soil is light 4 per cent milk made ten pounds of
and sandy, lacking nitrogen, or when cheese and a hundred pounds of 5 per
It Is stiff nnd needs to bo made more cent milk made twelve pounds of
porous, then nluiost any green crop Is cheese.
a good manure for It. Where it Is low
and wet, aud perhaps has too much
acid Iu It, a heavy crop of clover or
other green tuanure will usually be an
-Jpjtirv to the succeeding crop, unless
lt^lfSlwn also a dressing of lime in
some form, and wo woidd prefer to
pay more for a good phosphate of Hmo
or fine ground phosphatlc rock, with
/n addition or potash, than to use
either slaked lime or sulphate of lime.
Corn-Uasklng Peu.
Miles R. King, of Macoupin County,
Illinois, writes in Iowa Homestead as
follows: "I have not seen ap illustra
tion of the new
husking- peg:, and
slnoe ii great
a
ail would
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seVid y^m Rkotch
of one fl®f have been using. It will
require a short.time to become accus
tomed to one of them after the old
1'ashloned peg has been used, but when
once a person gets used to them ho can
make good headway In takiug out cpm*
They are sold lu all the markets, and
consist of a stout strap with a hook at
tached, as seen In tho illustration/'
SIiccp.
The shepherd who does not dip at
least once a year Is way behind tbe
times, and two dippings scarcely puts
blm abreast of them, l^ong experience
lias taught us that twlce-a-year dip
pings bring more comfort to the sheip
and more profit to the owner. Enough
more wool can be clipped at shearing
time from the twice-dipped sheep,
cheap as wool now Is. to more than pay
the total cost besides, the great com
fort and thrift of the sheep and pict
ure to the shepherd.
An Ohio man has held his clip of
wool for seven years nnd finally sold
considerable of it far below what bo
was offered for It. Such Instances are
numerous enough to Illustrate the folly
of holding products from year to year
in hope of securing higher prices for
them. Better take a fair price when
offered than to hang on for something
beyond the market or Its immediato
probabilities. The man who held his
wool seven years lost at least 25 per
cent of the selling price on his longest
held wool in interest alone. There is
big difference between idle wool and
busy money that should not be over
looked when the holding proposition is
under advisement.—National Stock
man.
Weight of Horse*
The weight of a horse is an impor
tant Item lu estimating his value for
draft purposes. Tor the fine-boned
horses, with well-developed muscles,
may do as much work as the heavy
luined one for a short time, aud is even
better for road purposes. But In plow
ing or other heavy, steady drawing,
the light horse becomes useless. Then,
In price, the weight is an importaut
Item. If a gvod horse weighs over
,000 pounds he may sell for more than
$1 per pound 1,800 to 2,000 pounds, for
less than $1 per pound. Under that the
price rapidly declines, 1,200 to 1,500
pound grade horses selling at 25 and 30
cents per pound, though it is consid
erably more than any other grade of
stock on the farm will bring.
Buddiui and Top Grafting,
Among Northern nurserymen and
fruit growers budding Is commonly
practiced In July and August. Or
eliardlsts are taking up this system of
propagation aud using it in place of
or in connection with top grafting. If
the buds fall to live, tbe branches can
be grafted the following spring. Tho
operation Is more easily and quickly
done than grafting.
Get After the ISorcrs.
The complete shading of the soil rap
idly enriches It, even without the appli
cation of manure. It may be that shad
ing causes a "deposit of nitrogen from
the air every farmer knows that wher
ever a stafk of hay or straw has stoodJ|loue In August, we do It in September,
In August we get after the borers In
the orchard. We find them by the wood
dust around the stein of the tree. We
go a(£o#-tticm with a sharp knife nnd
a6fiiall wire. If we do not get the Job
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6pys Fsu'ui Jourual,
if&ir
8W r1
He—I am told that your admirer's
name is legion. She (blushlngly)—Oh,
no, Ills name Is Jones.
She—"I am going to play Chopin."
He—"In what fiat':" She—"Why, In
our own fiat, of course."
Wlgg—"Is he a man of Intelligence?"
Wagg—"I suppose so. At any rate, he
has uever served on a jury."
Nell—"Love doesn't seem to agree
with Maude. She Is thinner by twen
ty pounds than she used to be." Belle
—"She has loved and lost, eh?"
Merchant—"I want this ad. where
everyone will see It." Solicitor—"We
charge higher rates for space on the
baseball page."—Baltimore World.
"Have you auy Marconi roses?"
asked the man entering the florist's
"What are they?" Inquired the puz
zled dealer In flowers. "Wireless ones."
Customer (in restaurant)—"Look
hero, waiter, I've found a button In
this salad!" Waiter—"That's all
right, sir it's a part of the dressing!"
-Tit-Bits.
Muggins—I understand thnt friend of
yours is millionaire. Is he one of tho
open-handed, extravagant kind? Dug
gins—Yes, ludecd. Why, he even pays
his taxes.
"I'd have you know that I've turned
away thousands," stormed the heavy
tragedian. "Naturally," sueered tho
comedian "your acting would turn
away anybody."
Dolly—"Your ride in the auto must
have been just lovely and exciting."
Madge—"it was exciting, but not love
ly. Charlie had to use both hands to
work IL"—Judge.
Prison Visitor—"What brought you
here, my man?" Convict—'"Danged if
I remember, but It wasn't an automo
bile, 'cause they didn't have none in
them days."—Philadelphia Press.
"Did yew ever salt sheep?" asked
the farmer of the new hired man, who
came from Colorado. "No," replied tho
new hired band, "but I've had consid
erable experience In salting mines."
"What! you call me pretty? Why, I
am an old woman my hair is turning
white, nnd, look, here Is a wrinkle!"
"A wrinkle! No, madam, It Is a smile
that has drifted from its moorings!'
"What is your nativity?" asked tho
magistrate. "I ain't got any, y'r hon
or," said the blear-eyed Inebriate, feel
ing lu his pockets "the police took ev
erything I had."—Chicago Tribune.
Father—"I thought 1 heard our John
nie say he was sick, and now I sec lies
out coasting. Did you do anything for
him?" Mother—"Yes, I brought In all
the evening coal."—Ohio State Journal.
"I suppose you set a good table," re
marked tho mau who was looking for
board. "Well," replied tho landlady,
three of my regular boarders arc laid
up with the gout."—Chicago Daily
News.
"I'm sorry you don't like the new
nurse," she said to her husband. "She's
so good about singing to baby and
keeping him quiet." "Yes," was the
calm reply "but I'd rather bear the
baby cry."
The little girl was watching liet
mother and father discussing a plata
oysters the other night. "Mn*1*
ma," she said, alter some
"you cat them face iuKJ?#fi*r^5n't jou?"
Mrs. Younihrlde—I've come to com
plain of that ilour you sent in-. Grocer
r—what was the matter wirtflt? Mrs.
IwmiglH'lderi-it was tough. I made a
pie Mth It And it was as much as my
husbatic^cOujP do to cut it.—Philadel
phia Presfc^Kj-
Weary WltHe-'^ )ai*tWriu good
^ayV.work In thirty minutes." Frayed
Fagih^ggxplain yersoif." Weary Wllj.
•Me—""wSlf I'ljfut in six pies, a pan
(loughfiufs ou' ,iour jars uv prcscrvj
1 at's a good day's work fer any woi
an."—J udgc.
Tho Suitor—I wish to marry your eld'
est daughter, sir. Her Father—Oh, you
do, eh? Are you in a position to sup
port a family? The Suitor—I think so,
sir. Her Father—Well, you had better
be sure of it. There are ten of us all
told.—Chicago News.
"What Is the greatest fib that ever
Impressed Itself on your experience,
Snapper?" Well, by all odds, the worst
oue 1 ever heard was tlmt your quar
tette perpetrated last night when they
•'eatftfc-. round to the house and sang,
"There's Mi^lc4a the Air."
"Why is it that t&vCew pejple seem
anxious to talk to Mr. clS^j^|toiiv
seems well informed." "Thais
the difficulty," answered Miss Dimple
ton. "He's one of those dreadful men
who know enough to correct* your mis
takes when you quote.the classics, and
who doesn't know enough not to do It."
Schoolmaster (.turning round sharply)
—Which of you is it that Is daring to
make faces at me? Six youngsters (in
chorus)—Freddy Brown, sir! School
master—Ah! Then you six boys stand
out and be caned. If you saw Freddy'
Brown making faces, it shows that you
were uot attending to your lessons
Fun.
"I am selling a new cyclopedia," be
gan the well-dressed uian who had been
ushered into the reception room on tho
strength of his make-up "would you
care to look at It?" "'Tain no use,"
replied Mrs. Neurieh "I'd break my
neck If I ever attempted to ride one of
them fool things."—Chicago' Daily
News.
Stereotyped Phrase.
Many of our stock expressions. like
"rather late," do not mean anything If
one takes their meauiug literally. A
little dialogue from the Washington
Star Is a case iu point.
"Did any of the Inhabitants escape
with his life?" Inquired the mau who
wants harrowing details.
"1 didn't stop to ascertalu," answered
tho man who is luijrowingly exact.
"It struck uie that if anybody es
caped without his life there wasu't
much use In his escaping, anyhow."
Kusy to Go Off.
"So your former employer is consid
ered a big gun?" interrogated tho
friend.
"Yes, a rapid-fire gun," sighed tho
clerk, who had been discharged with
out notice.
I'uper Clothing in Japan.
The lower class of the Japanese em
ploy hardly any other material thau
paper for their clothing. Where wages
are exceedingly low cloth Is an im
possible extravagance.
When a boy goes to a party, he
doesn't care about refreshments ho
Wflhts something to eat.
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