The weekly chieftain. [volume], December 27, 1912, Image 6

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STATE FARMERS
I We deem these special appropria
tions to lie necessary and advisable,
and urge that they l.o made in addi
tion to a fair and libera! support 'or
ilEKRY FOUND THE GIRL , WHAT SAM THOUGHT
By JOHN CAINE.
fiTinPT niFPnRT " '
nUUl I ML! LI 1 1 I ,,f ti. imp -utanc of the
To the State Fanners' Institute:
We, jour coimuiltee en i :'.-o!ui loi.s, '
bog to submit the following report:
1. Stilwator Citizens and Faculty:
-Resolved, that we otc:.d our fiti-:rc
thanks and appreciation to the citizens
of Stillwater and the Faculty of the
A. & M. College for the royal welcome ,
and Kind, courteous, treatment ten-j
dcrcd us while attending the Farm
ers' State Institute. j
2. State P.oard of Agriculture, A..
,i M. College, Railroads, Corporation!
Commission:-Ri solved, that we com
mend the State Board of Agriculture
and the A. & M. College for their able
and efficient work in all their various
departments, and for their policy as ex
pressed by the. work of the Extension
Division of the College in instructing
and disseminating information to the
people! of Oklahoma .w ho are not stu
dents of the- A. & M. Colege by the
operation of agricultural trains, the
holding of Encampment Schools and
two-day schools of agriculture; the
organization of Hoys' and Girls' Agri-
n v !'..'
w 'i k
now h'-Iug cirri- d on in te- ioy.- ami
GirL' Aunt ullunil (T,;h- by the A. a.
College, we desire to expre.- our
(iitii.il approval of that work, and call
upt.ii county superintend";:)- and
teachers throughout the State to co
operate ( ari: sIy v. ith the Coi
tlinrities in e;nryin.-; tu
into every town and rura
Adopted uuanimous-lj'.
SI iilw aler, Oklahoma.
M'iJ.
au-
i lab w ork
school.
August
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COKED
By BILLY. BACHEL03.
Gerald Underbill drew in a deep "V.e!i. what do you think of this,
for it ! lully . sam .Manm excianueu, a- u: j
I handed me the evening pnper, poisv
lng to a paragraph under th head
j Ing. '"Social Gleanings," which read: !
1 "Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hamilton an'
nounce the marriage of their dauph- '
ter, F'hel, and Oscar Newman, at
Grace church, Oakburn, Tuesday, ,
October 1. '
""What do you think of it, Sam?" I
I Inquired as I tossed the paper back I
to him. i
"It's an outrage, a blanked outrage! ,
What right has Os Newman to marry
anybody but Beatrice Price? Don't
all her friends, all his friends, know-
he is wildly in love with her? Haven t
they known it for ever a year? Hasn't
Six Resulted in Acquittal And One
Was a Hung Jury.
Nowata, Okla., Dec. 19. During the
past year there have been seven per-
cultural Clubs, the instruction offered sons tried for murder in Nowata,
to public school teachers in agricul- There has been six acquittals and one
ture and domestic science, and the hung jurj'. The first cases to be tried
supplying of lecturers to agricultural vvero .those ot jienry wuey, juuu,
and teacher organizations: that we Minor and J;hn Mc.Cusker, who were
urge the Board and the College to .tried for the murder of a negro soc-
continue and expand this work, and ,tlon foreman at Lonapali on a pay day
bnath of the air of Broadway
was me nrsi urne no nan ice;i m
New York for almost eleven jears. I
While he was hesitating which way
to turn, a crowd of people began pour
ing out of the Times Square, subway
station and a hand was.laid familiarly
oa his shoulder.
"Jerry Underbill!" Tom Sandford
laughed heartily. "Well, of all things!,
When did you get In from the Klon
dike?" ;'
"About an hour ago. Gcc. Tom, it
is good to see 'ou again!" Underbill
beamed on his friend. "I only ar
rived about an hour ago and I'm lone
ly already." i
"I'm sorry, old man," Tom gripped
his hand fondly. "I'm late for a busi
ness engagement now or I'd stick with
you all day. But come up to dinner
tonight and we can talk it over. Here."
Tom hastily scribbled the address on
a card and handed it to Jerry. "Then
we will expect you?"
Jerry smiled and thankfully accept
ed the invitation at once. Then in a
serious manner he said:
"You don't know any nice girl who
could marry a miner, do you?"
"I don't." then smiled knowingly,
"but my sister Alice may. We can
ask her about It tonight."
L F. I ADAMS
IS A BENEDICT
PROBE INTO IDE
KHAKI PURCHASE
The W tiding of I r. Felix
and Miss Maine Andrew
of Rig Cabin, took place
at 7 : 1 at the lionie of the
eams Oklahoma City,
Dec. !!. Warden
Rut lor, both 'Robert W. Dick, of the state peniten
last eveni: g tiary, told the seiiatoral committee in-
bride. The vestigating the state board oi anairs
the Legislature to provide liberally
for its support; that we extend our
thanks to tho Corporation Commis
sion and tho railroads for their cor
dial and substantial support of this
work.
;,. Alkia Rill.- Resolved, that we
desire to go on record as uncompro
misingly opposed to what is known as
tho Alkin Hill and the element that
fostered it.
4, Live Stock Quarantine. Re
solved, that we appreciate the great
advantages offered to the live stock
interests of our State through tick
eradication and extension of the quar
antine lines throughout our State, and
commend the live stock department
for Its efficient work in extended those
lines.
5. County Schools. Resolved, that
wo favor the upbuilding of our coun
irv welviols. and wherever it may he
night and later burning the body In a
boxcar. The men were tried separate
ly and all were acquitted. The next
case was that of Fred Rurnside, charg
ed with the murder of Cotton Dyer at
South Coffeyville in tho joint of F. U.
Tatman while Dyer was advancing on
him with hand on pistol pocket. Burn
sido had received warning of threats
against his life. The killing happened
In February, 1912. and the trial was in
March. Rurnside was acquitted. Doc
Frantz, charged with the murder of
Jim Austin, by administering an over
dose of morphine in March, 1912. Tried
in April, 1912, and acquitted. Dora
Gains charged with the murder of Mrs.
Crockett in Nowata, October, 1011;
acquitted. C. L. Harklns, charged
with the murder of Elsie Adams, Sa
frouia Hurst and Arvie Hurst at Dela
ware on February :!, 11)12, by poison
ing and burning the bodies in the
ant In the Gaines case. Attorney Rert
Van Leu ven appeared for the defend
ants in "all of the other cases. The
cases were prosecuted by County At
torney W. V. Thraves.
Roads in Crater Lake National Park.
practical, we favor the rural graded bouse, tried in uctooer, jui, aim ui
school that our hoys and girls of the quitted. Attorneys Campbell and
farm may cope with their neighbors Humphrey appeared for. the defend-
in the towns in the liberal advantages
of our great school system.
6. Education and Moral Interests.
Resolved, that we commend the A.
Sr. M. Colege for its efficiency in lead
ing, this great State in its progres
sive efforts toward tho betterment of
the educational as well as the moral
interests of Oklahoma.
7, Ladles' Auxiliary. Resolved,
that wo give our heartiest support,
commendation and unqualified ap
proval to tho Ladies' Auxiliary depart
ment, and bid them God's speed in
their noble work, now under the su
pervision of Miss Irma'Mathcmws.
8, Representing Farmers. Where
as, there has been unnecessary criti
cism of the State Hoard of Agriculture
for representing the farmers before
That there be constructed around
Crater Lake a road which will be one
of the great scenic highways of tho
world is one of the recommendations
contained in the annual report of the
superintendent o fthe park which has
been made public by the Department
of the Interior. "Upon, this road,"
says the superintendent, "one will be
from 1,000 to S.000 feet above sea level,
and upon the highest jwrtion of the
r'..c.!i.i.. Ainimfiiins It would afford
the State Legislature in securing H -j y,ow of the surrounJ.
passage of needed laws for the pro- t,
south, and the west as far as the eye
can reach. This road when completed
tection of the agricultural interests,
therefore be it
Resolved, that we. the State Farm
ers' Institute, in session, duly and
legally assembled, do hereby authorize
the President of the Hoard of Agri
culture to appoint a General Commit
tee on Legislation, consisting of five
farmers from the State at large, whose
duty it shall be to co-operate with the
State Board of Agriculture in advanc
ing the legislative welfare or the in
terests coming under the charge of
the Board, and be it further
Retelved, that this Committee on
Legislation above provided fur. is hero
byauthorized to appoint as many as
will be about 35 miles long."
Crater Ijike National Rark is sit
uated oa the summit of the Cascade
Range in south-central Oregon. It
has an area of l.'ifl.thiO acres and is lo
cated in the midst of a beautiful moun
tain country, the principal attraction
being Crater Lake, a body of water
having an area of 20 square miles
which is situated in the caldera of an
extinct volcano. The lake is sur
rounded by unbroken cliffs which
range fr.un 500 to nearly 2,000 feet
in height. The coloring of the water
and of the surrounding cliffs presents
ton representative fanners from each sume of the most striking pictures seen
county in the state to serve as an nd-!j the western mountain country.
wh county,
eft ire th
the region now
of Oregon was
Cascade Range existed
included in me siaie
a great lava plateau
They shook hands again and part
ed. Jerry tucked the card Bafely In
his pockctbook and turned his eteps
slowly up Broadway.
Dinner was over at the Sandfords',
and Jerry, with a long cigar, eat lis
tening to the plans being made for
the finding of a wife for him.
"I shall expect you to call every aft
ernoon at 5," Alice was saying, "and
each day you will meet a new girl;
and I w ill give you a month to choose.
Thirty days, and thirty girls make
your acquaintance. Is It a go?"
Jerry removed the cigar from be
tween his Hps and looked appralslngly
at Tom's slater.
"Sure lsr" he exclaimed. "But I
w;t them to be as much like you as
possible."
Alice blushed and Tom coughed
knowingly, while Mr. Gerald Under
bill resumed his smoking.
"I'll do my best, and each day I
shall expect you to remain after the
prospective wife has departed to re
port on progress."
Jerry ngreed to all conditions im
posed by Miss Sandford, and, feeling
thoroughly happy and grateful, he
took his leave.
For two weeks Mr. Underhill, In his
best clothes, called at the Sandford
home each afternoon at 5 o'clock. He
met a new girl every day, as agreed
and among the lot were some of the
noted beauties of New York.
To Jerry they were all wonderful,
but none more so than Alice Sand
ford, who continued to charm him
more as the days passed.
The allotted month had brought no
decision and Jerry, at a loss What to
say, sat awaiting the coming of Alice.
A perturbed frown was on his hand
some face and a great unrest In his
heart.
"I must say, Mr. Underbill, you are
a disappointment to me." Alice, more
vexed than she cared to admit, looked
across the room at Jerry-
he followed Beatrice about like a
nungry uu& tnusm a. uui.u 0... ,(.ouny
ne nrsi ir-er ner; 1 repeat, n.
right has he to marry Ethel Ilamil-
nn? TVhv cho'a n rhllrt a filllv little
butt'erflv of fashion. Oa never can ,H"B was to take place about supper
intra that h-n nf woman, and you . time when
i. . it rm '
"Yes, I know it. What do you sup- '
pose poor old Oscar did it for?"
Sam hitched his chair up closer to
mine, lighted his pipe and took a few
slow inhalations before he replied by
shaking his head Blowly and pro
nouncing tho one word, 'Tlque."
"It looks like it, I must admit." said
ceremony being performed by Rev. Thursday what he thought of the
Talmage of the Episcopal church, Vi- transactioa whereby the state paid Sj
nit.a. in the presence of the family of cents per yard for khaki cloth, which
the bride and immediate friends. Dr.
E. M. Williams of Vinita, acting as
best man and Miss Sue Roberts of
Big Cabin as bridesmaid.
Miss Rutk-r being the daughter of
the hotel proprietor and one of the
most popular young ladies of Craig
realized the difficulty of hav
ing a private wedding under these
circumstances especially if the wed-
nll the "reeulars were
there and also when it had been whis
pered about for a week that a wedding
was going to take place soon. Just
how to get the preacher Into town
without advertising the event was a
problem especially whei he was to
come and eat at tho hotel with the
"regulars."
But Dr. Adams managed this part of
the campaign with a genius that at
once proved him capable of managing
more persons than himself in life. He
came for the license and the preacher
at four o'clock, as late as he dared,
alowing for punctures, etc. He phoned
the preacher to be at the garage. He
planned to glide past a host of Vinita
boys going dow n back steers and past
the gossips of Big Cabin under cover
of darkness, hide the preacher in. the
office at the lumber yards until most
of the "regulars' had eaten; then by
quick action he could swoop down on
his bride like Lochinvar of poetic
fame, carry her away on the Katy
southbound before the unsuspecting
and dumfounded boys of Big Cabin
could recover themselves.
The plan worked. The guests at the
hotel knew nothing of a wedding until
they saw it going on in the parlor.
But things went not so smoothly at
Vinita. Here Dock struck a snag, not
being accustomed to the wiles that
lurk in tho larger cities.
The minister was at the garage at 4
p. 111. sharp. Dock's dog and auto were
there also. The preacher, the dog and
the auto were still there at 4:30 p. m.,
but no Dock. It was pretty cold, too,
but the doctor was warm enough.
Some wise ones over in the court
! house were attending to his tempera
ture about as follows:
(Enter Doctor from Big Cabin, self-
I. "And yet I gave Oscar credit for
too much common sense to ever let
him do a fool trick like that."
"Beatrice turned him down, and ho
swore he would get even "
"Well, of all the! It's a mighty
queer thing, Sam, how men and
women try to prove how little t'ley
really care for the person they once
professed to love so deeply by turn
ing. around and marrying some on
else. How the proving of themselves
fickle-minded should give them one
moment's pleasure, or how, under
such circumstances, they can hope
for happiness passes my understand
ing. "It just goes to show, I think, that
the love such people have Is very
small, not the grand passion, the over
powering devotion of a great, soul, as
they like to imagine It 1b. Hurt vain
ilj', smarting pride and the fiendish
desire to hurt In return are more re
sponsible for the marriage from pique
than any 'heart wtfunds' either man or
woman may feel.
"The man who has tried his best to
win the one woman in the world and
failed; the woman who has given her
best to a man who proves himself
false, will not be in any hurry to bind
themselves by marriage vows to an
other person.
"Such fatal steps and they nearly
always are fatal show suffering self
conceit rather than a broken heart
an error into which those who are
only half In love ever fall.
"The man squares up his shoulders 1
that girl a thing or two!' The girl imposed to over-doing). Hello, Mc
T,t,T, ir,a n a Cullousrh. Want to get some 'r.eces-
saucy little bow of ribbon or dons a
new frock and fares forth, vowing
sary papers.
McCullough:
"Wlij-, is that so,
that she'll just show that man howiJo(.j- (McCullough goes to 'phone,
little she really cared.
"This Is far more dangerous for a
man, especially a man of Oscar's tem
perament, than for a woman. Tho
I woman may come to love her husband
"I know I must be, and I'm truly if he Is kind and good to her, but, as
sorry," he spoke earnestly; "but can you know, Sam, no man ever gives
I help It if I don't love any of the his heart to a woman after marriage."
beautiful ladies?" ! "You are right about that, old man!
"No, I supose not; but." a ray of It hurts, though, to think that Oscar
hope had come to her, "do men al- could display bo much innate mean
ness. I can't understand how any
honorable mar. could allow himself to
commit such a fraud. It Is a fraud,
a He, a cheat! Do you suppose even
silly little Ethel Hamilton would con
ways know when they are In love?"
"Maybe not." He rose, and came
toward her. "You have been so good
to me, I wish I could have wanted
one of them for my wife." He took
her hand. "Goodby; you et, I want
ed a girl, and they all seemed so
worldly, too wise for a western life." wife In order to 'get even' with n
She watched him get into the wait-1 other woman?
ing taxi; then closing the door, walk "Oa has committed not only one of
ed slowly upstairs, and into her mom the greatest pieces of folly In his life,
Jerry told the driver to take him to but has acted in a shameful manner
the park, and to drive slowly. Thev i toward the girl who Is now hin wife,
had been In the park perhaps fifteen j By George! I feel like
minutes, when suddenly he poked th" j But hero I laid a detahMg hand on
driver In the hack, and fairly shouted i Sam's arm and told him It didn't mat
t j,jm: 1 ter what he felt like doing, he must
"Return at once to the house we i not do anything. "If Oscar has been
just left. And. driver, don't ltw anv j fool . enough to marry out of pique.
' tnen niB lire win w puntsnmont
calls Judge Parks and makes inquiry
for one, Billy Byrd. Says he is in
trouble and would not the Judge step
over, etc.) Then to the listening doc
tor: "Dock, we are in one beautiful
mess. The vault is locked and Billy
Byrd, tho only one who knows the
combination, went out hunting at
about 2 o'clock. Mighty sorry to tell
you old man, all the papers are in
the United States government, accord
ing to the senate's information, buys
for 1!) and 22 cents. The r.tate first
agreed to pay 35 cents per yard. ,
Wednesday the board said tney naa
accepted Dick's price as set forth in
his requisition 4"i cents and placed the
responsibility on the warden. Thurs
day Dick said the requisition was only
advisory and the board's duty was to
see that the price was reasonable and
the quality of the goods correct.
Finally, the board and warden agreed
in placing the responsibility upon the
penitentiary storekeeper who is not
attending the hearing.
Warden Dick said that in making
the requisition, he reliod 011 the judg
ment of his storekeeper, who had
talked with John Whayne, sales agent
for the Falls City Clothing Co., the
jobbing house that sold the khaki. Ho
said he made no inquiry into price or
quality, observing that was, what the
board of affairs was "there for." He
admitted that the state had made a
bad bargain and called it "mistake
number one." He said the bargain
was so bad that no more goods would
be bought of the Falls City Co.
Discussin the controversy in which
the board, the warden and the cloth
ing company engaged in before the
price was reduced nine and on-e-half.
cents a yard, Dick said opinions varied
as to what the price should be some
placing it a3 low as 19 cents. He ad
mitted that he had been "lost in. the
shuffle" and didn't "know khaki from
broadcloth."
Questioned as to the clothing com
pany's assertion that the cloth cost
them 29 cents, at the mills, Dick said
he thought the concern was a "pretty
poor buyer."
E. B. Howard, secretary of the board
questioned Dick as to the qualifica
tions of the storekeeper and later
sought his opinion on the general
proposition of competitive bidding.
The warden declared that the plan of
buying supplies by competitive bids
was a farco. He was sure the pur
chase of a sample would be economi
cal, for the state.
There has been a rumor since the
senate recessed last week, that evi
dence was brought out in executive
session, that the Unitod States gov
ernment bought the same class of
cloth as purchased for the penitentiary
at 19 and 22 cents per yard. Senator
Franklin and Chairman J. Elmer
Thomas, questioned both Dick and
Howard as to their information oa
this point.
Howard said that a "certain em
ploye" had wired through Bird Mc-
Guiro to the government at Washing
ton for information regarding the- cost
of khaki to the United States. He
said the ex-employe had personal rea-
low down who came in from Blue
jacket. Won't tomorrow do?"
Doctor: "No, I can't wait till any
sent to'marry a man who frankly ad- I 'old tomorrow,' nothing of the kind.
mltted he only asked her to be his
there and we just turned a young iei- sons lor seeking tne miormauou ana
added that tho board had not been ia
the habit of entrusting the search for
information to the person In question.
"Who is this ex-employe," asked
Chairman Thomas.
"He is Dr. T. C. Heeler," replied
Howard.
Asked what information Beeler had
secured from the war department,
Howard said "Like everj'thing else,
that was entrusted to the emploj-e, it
disappeared with him." Howard ex-
that extended from the Rocky Mouu
tains to the present Coast Range.
Gradually mountain-making forces be-
visory committee for
whose duty it shall be to co-operate
with the Committee on Legislation and
Avlth the State Hoard C Agriculture.
9: Support for A. & M. College. -AVe
respectfully request and urge upon
the State Legislatuie and the Gover
nor the necessity of providing as spe
cial appropriations the following sums
for the work indicated:
For extending the work of the A. &
m ii,.t.w.. lii tin ,i-wivtl ion rf :oMi-
cirtural trains thr.niuhout the State. (were confined to a few high mountains
the conducting of encampment schools, that were built up by the Hows of
the support of the Roys' and Girls' molten lava. In this, way there creat
gricultural Club work, and the work ed Hood, Rainier, and Mazama, from
done in co-operation with the county whose sides and lofty summits streams
ind local fairs of the State, the sum of 'of lava poured across a desolate land.
SI 2 000 per annum. For the additional I Hood and Rainier still lift their snowy
support of the Agricultural Experi- caps to the clouds and fling a defiant
. ....1 ..;n. ti, '.ii!iii..ri.ne to the mou'.ttaineer to scale
llit.tlT .;1I14H1 CUJ11H-. -v . " iv r--
& M. College, including the publica-
tlme."
When Mr. Underbill's card wr (
brought to her, Alice looked at t1-1 !
maid Inquiringly, and without givm-; ,
any sign of her thoughts, descended
r.t once to the library, where he wait
ed. "Alice!" The word was a caress,
the more so as he held ont his arms
to her.
She paused .and then quickly went
to him Into the longing arms.
"Alice." he bent down until hi"
head was close to hers. "hy was I po
life will bf
enough, without any one else butting
In and making things mor miserable
for the girl."
"You're right, old man! Well, fo
long; It's about time to turn in. and
I'm tired."
"Good night, Sam. Don't worry
about other people's troubles. We all
I've got to have those papers. Why,
there's a preacher waiting now and
I've got tickets for our trip and I can't
wait.
(Enters Judge Barks and tew
friends who wink at the audience but
look at Dock in serious surprise, shake
hands all around and say) :
"What brings you in here, Doctor, Pressed the belief that the govern
and so pale? Something happened to nient should be able to buy khaki at a
the asylum appropriation? How's
your health these days, Old Timer?
How's Bull Moose sentiment in Big
Cabin? Been hunting any this sea
son j
And thus did Judge and the fellow
conspirators toy with the gentle and
unsuspecting spirit of tneir friend,
until further tort 110 ceased to be a joy;
have enough of our own."
came operative; the surface of tlio ' (tHnvl ? Here I've been loving you
w hen Billy Byrd, the lost one, appeared
mysteriously and the "laugh" went up
long and loud. The cigars were passed.
And Doctor made a run for the garage.
The bride, and groom will make their
home in Vinita after January 1st.
plateau was arched and there rose the
great mountain system which is now !
known as the Cascade Range. With
the hardening of the crust the centers
eruptioes became fewer until they
id
from the first moment I met you. n" l
yet I never knew it before. You're
such a womanly woman and still a
girl. "Oh!" he f.ighed contenterllv.
looking into her upturned face.
She half pushed him from hr, but
he quickly drew her back.
"You're going to marry me. aren't
you?" he asked, fearfully.
"You are sure that you love me?"
She smiled tenderly.
"Yes. sweetheart, very sure,"
Then as she came closer he stooped
Rnd kissed her.
Explosion of a Flower.
Sometimes the floral spathe of a
great palm tree will fly open vlth a
found like a detonation in a mine.
Such an event occurred in the botan- :
ical garden In Algiers recently. Tho
rpathe. nearly three feet long, was: .., , j-
projected to a great dlsuu.ee. and for BoY Neary Loses L,fe- playn9 lndian-
some moments the head of the palm
price 20 per cent lower than the state
of Oklahoma, could purchase it.
The board offered as an exhibit, a
letter from the Falls City Clothing
Co., received Thursday, offering depo
sitions from its officials and vouch
safing tho belief that the senate in
vestigation of this particular transac
tion was inspired by some disgruntled
wholesaler' who hadn't got desired
contracts.
Oklahoma City. Dec. 1!). While
in Indian cosume and "play
ing Indian. William Aiiaerson, 1.;,
almost completely disembowled Har
old Rosworth, son of O. M. Bosworth,
lion of bulletins and reports, and for
the increased efficiency of the work,
the sum of $1.",000 per annum ; for the
establishment and maintenance of a
modern poultry equipment for educa
tional purposes, to be located at the
A. & M. College, the sum of ?r.,000 per
annum.
their steep, ice-covered slopes. Ma
zama alone is gone, engulfed in the
earth from which it came. In what is
left of its caldera lies Crater Lake.
FOR SALE A good horse, buggy
and harness at a bargain. Enquire of
Miss Hickman. Cherokee building.
Must Have Little Else to Do.
When a man can take time to learn
to wear a monocle, you can put It
down that his other Interests ain't
pressing.
We were meant to be kings to lead
noble, royal lives, governing them and
refusing, eren fo a moment, to let
them govern us. Blanche Elizabeth
Wade.
tree was wreathed with golden dust
:ori::eu 01 me umm m 1 in; ip(issed
run s heat had roasted tne uower 10 1 .
the color of rust. The director of the
garden explained the explosion as be
in e- due to a fermentation in the flow
er caused by the extraordinary dry- cashier of the Oklahoma State Rank.
ncss of tha air. A violet sirocco had I The boys were running across u
just passed. In Algeria ostrich eggs ; uneven lot, when the Anderson boy,
explode in the same way and from a ja au attempt to "make belief" at
'scalping the Rosworth lad, the two
I boys fell, and In so doing the blade
of a large, real hunting knife pene
trated the stomach of young Ros
worth. Bosworth was rushed to a
local hospital, and the wound sewed
up. Attending physicians say that no
Intestines were cut and the boy has
an excellent chance for recovery.
like cause. Harper's Weekly.
Trying His Own Hand.
"John." said the minister of a
Scotch parish. "I fear you are growing
remiss in your religious duties. I
have not seen you in the kirk these
three Sundays." "No," answered
John. "It's no that I'm growin r
miss; I'm just tlnkerla' away wT mj
oul masel." Methodist Recorder.
The extraordinary popularity of
"Madame Sherry" which comes to the
Grand Fridav-, December 27th, ip un
doubtedly due to the infectious melody
"Every Little Movement," so indus
triously employed from the rise of the
curtain to its final fall. It is certainly
tuneful, seductive, irresistible, and it
is worked into the piece with some
skill and builds up many a dancing ef
fect. The dancing, too. is a large ele
ment of the production and is ex
tremely attractive, although at times
it is somewhat suggestive of the sen
sational. "The Birth of the Butter
fly," in the first act, sung, and danced
by Yvonne and a number of j-oung
women, is very pretty and, iu addition
to the various dancing incidtnts sug
fested by "Ev'ry Little Movemest"
there is also an elaborate dance near
the end of the second act used as a
plot expedient. More, dances of var
ious characters are Introduced through
out the piece by the different partici
pants in the coniedj-.