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OWNBY - - City Editor Warring Interests in the Farmers' Union are said to have again harm onized. Kentucky's night riders seem to be the whole cheese in the blue grass state. No man i^s worth much, every man is worth a little—unless he is a chronic politician. Drink Waxahachie mineral water, build sidewalks, improve the streets and get busy generally. Politics may furnish feeders for the \arious pie counters but it won't buy bread and clothing for the wife and babies. Announcement is made that the Philippine republican convention lias selected Taft delegates to the national convention. Japan and Rus sia have not yet been heard from. Don't twist your head off peeping around the corner at yourself. \our ! friends keep an eye on you all the ; time and never fail to tell of all you j do and much you don't do. ] Those who join a known criminal | in conspiracy to defeat the law be- ! come accomplices after the fact in j the crime Itself. But the law against accomplices is not being enforced j very strictly. I The Fort Worth Star prescribes this as a remedy for Johnson grass: "Frequent plowing and a flock of ge<*nt* with a ' titivated appetite for Johnson grass is the next best erad icator for that Texas farm pest And while the geese are nipping the grass in the bud they are growing a crop of feathers worth a dollar a pound. Anyway, it is something new in the way of diversification and helps along the profits of the farm." AS TO TEXAS IjVMIIKR. The lumbering Industry in Texasl Ik on the Increase. During 1907 Tex as produced more yellow pine than any other state t»i the union with the exception of Louisiana accord ing to the statistic!· of the forest ser vice of the department of agricul ture. And within the present month ε furniture manufacturing firm at Grand Rapids, Mich., hegan hauling mesquite logs out of Texas. Today yellow pine, grown only In the south leads all other woods in the amount cut and the lumber cut of the coun try last year was greater than ever before in its history. The enormous amount of 37,550,736 board feet was produced and the mill value was $621,151,388. The figures serve to give some idea not only of the value of and vastness of the industry, but also show how great is the demand, a de mand which is constantly increasing while values are also constantly growing. They demonstrate the op portunity for Texas and other south ern states. With the passing of white pine and oak, the former the great est softwood and the latter the greatest hardwooâ for all puritoses. the demand has naturally turned to yellow pine, which is now in the lead. With the present drain upon the yellow pine of Texas it will only be a question of time when the sup ply shall become exhausted and it would seem to be the part of wis dom by the lumber interests in this state to take steps to keep the sup nlv reDlenished. Our esteemed neighbor, the Den ton Record and Chronicle, thus pla ces a few "hyenas:" "In a letter tp a Texas friend. Senator Bailey says that it is the same crowd fighting him which in years gone by fought the matchless Hogg. Whereupon the editor of the Dallas Times Herald agrees by showing that M. M. Crane was Hogg's attorney general; John M. Duncan wfcs Hogg's boyhood friend and lifelong admirer; that Horace Chilton was Governor Hogg's appointee to the Tinted States sen ate and was supported by Hogg in his race against Bailey; that E. G. [ Senter was the newspaper champion of Hogg and that the Times Herald was the recipient of Governor Hogg's last written message and was his friend at a time when nearly every big paper in the state was fighting him, and so on down the line. There are many of Senator Bailey's friends who wish that he would either write fewer letters or mark more of thom "confidential," as he has done in some well remembered instances in the past." In the language of the Times Herald, "let's keep the record straight." , A majority of the democrats in congress are opposed to the issuance of "emergency currency." Aldrich Bailey measures are eacli committed to the "emergency currency" idea, both reaching the same end through j a slightly different route. Senator ι Culberson's bill provides against an emergency by requiring national banks to keep all their reserves at home, and recent developments in dicate that nearly all of the demo crats will support this measure. Sen ator Culberson's Is purely a demo cratic measure and will receive only democratic support, while some oth er subterfuge may be approved by a considerable republican vote. This from the Denison Herald should be heartily endorsed by all: Frederick Upham Adams has doubtless come to the conclusion by tiiis time that his "disinterested" en deavor to convert the unbelieving in Texas and make them see the error of their ways is a sort of love's labor lost. Mr. Adams is a clever writer but lie has f-ntirely mistaken his calling this time." Mr. Adams is per forming at so much per perform, just as a Texas paper in former years announced that a certain trust was "bowing to the law." The editor of the Uvalde .News wonders if baldness among men is not more prevalent than among women because "fashion requires men to sit with their hats off in damp churches, while the women are allowed to keep their hats on their heads." Perhaps, but how about the bald men who haven't seen the in side of a church since youth? Did they get theirs in those other places also noted for moisture?—San An tonio Light. (îotham girls may now smoke. The ordinance recently passed by the 1 board of aldermen forbidding wom en to smoke in public places in that sity has been vetoed by the mayor. ^ Why shouldn't women smoke, if , they want to? Yesterday pro ided an opportun!- f ty for howl number one from the fellow who failed to pay his 0oll tax. 1 Kipling «t Work. "I have lounged In Rudyard Kip lng's den at Brattleboro. Vt.. before be deserted America for England mid saw him at his work. lie sat at his table in a revolving chair. I had a t>ook in my hand and said nothing un less I was spoken to. for 1 was enjoy ing a great privilege that was granted to no one else but his wife. lie would write for a moment, perhaps for ten or fifteen minutes at a time. If he was writing verses tie would hum very Boftly to himself an air which proba bly kept the rhythm in his mint*. When writing prose, he was silent, bil often lie would lay down his pet . <fhirl round In his chair and chat for awhile. It might lie something relnt ing to the subject he was treating or bear no relation to it. Suddenly h would wheel back again, iind his pen would fairly fly over the paper He can easily concentrate ills thoughts and as easily descend from cloud land to the commonplace of the day. though lu his mind and 011 his lips nothing is ever commonplace. Some of his poems he has written when speediug in a Pullman car at the rate of sixty miles an hour."—Pacific Monthly. Dirux oriui ττιιπ Tïaicr. Shooting a humming bird with the smallest bird shot made is out of the question, for the tiniest seeds of lead would destroy his coat. The only way In which the bird can Ixjjcaptured for commercial purposes is to shoot him with a drop of water from a blowgun or η fine jet from a small syringe. Skillfully directed, the water stuns him. He falls into a silken net and before he recovers consciousness is suspended over η cyanide jar. This must be done quickly, for If he comes to his senses before the cyanide whiff snuffs out his life he is sure to ruin his plumage in his struggles to escape Humming birds vary in size from spec imens perhaps half as large as a spar row to those scarcely bigger than a bee. The quickest eye cannot follow them In full flight. It is only when, though still flying furiously, they are practically motionless over flowers that the best marksman can bring »hem to earth.—New York Tress. The Feeding of Dogs. "No dog kept indoors and indeed very few outside should l>e fed on meat uor should he be fed from the talile at mealtimes, as lie will soon become a nuisance, especially when there are visitors. If he is always fed at the conclusion of a certain meal dinner. for Instance—he will wait pa tiently until the prescribed time. It is a good plan to feed after one's midday meal, giving plenty of green vegeta bles. bread and potatoes, with a very few scraps of finely cut meat, the whole well mixed and some gravy poured over it. II' two meals are given, one should be at breakfast time and one in the evening. One should con sist of only a little oatmeal and milk or a piece of dry dog biscuit. "At no time should the dog have more than he will eat. and if he leaves anything on his plate except the pat tern his allowance should be reduced or a meal omitted."—Suburban Life. The Shoulder Strap. If it were possible to compile such (lata it would be extremely interesting to know to what extent women have influenced the uniforms and equip ment of their fighting states. A little instance in point is the steel curb shoulder strap of the British cavalry. When Sir (îeorge I.uck was setting out for Kandahar during the Afghan operations Lady Luck, knowing prolv ably something of the fighting methods of the tribesmen, whose four foot knife can cut clean from shoulder to belt, sewed a couple of steel curb chains under each of the shoulder straps on lier husband's tunic. As a protection from sword cuts these proved so ef fective that at the end of the campaign Sir George made a report in relation thereto, with the result that they were adopted as a permanent feature of the cavalry uniform.—Harper's Weekly. Seized Her Opportunity. He was not a very rapid wooer, and she was getting a bit anxious. Again he called, and they sat togeth er in the parlor, "just those two." A loud rap came at the front door. "Oh. bother!" she said. "Who can be calling?" "Say you're out." said the deceiver. "Oh. no: that would be untrue." mur mured the ingenuous one. "Then say you're engaged." he urged. "Oh. may I. Charlie?" she cried as she threw herself in Ills arms. And the man kept on knocking at the front door. —Illustrated Hits. A Rejection Slip. "Sir." sail the shivering beggar, stopping the prosperous magazine ed Itor on the street. "I have a long, sad itory"— "Sorry." briskly replied the maga sine editor, passing oil. "but we are inly o[>eii for short, funny stories now: 'ull of the other kind."—Success Maga sine. No Thanks. "I broke a record today. Had the ast word with a woman." "Didn't think it possible, flovv'd it inppen?" "Why. I said lo a woman in the car. Madam, have my seat.' Philadel >hia Ledger Good Trad»· "Oh, o»y business Is good," said the rombone player. "In fact, I am al ways blowing about it" "Well, I'm sooted with miue. too." | aid the chimney sweep. "And mine is out of eight," said the liver. Do one thing at a tlm· and the big hlnga flrat—Lincoln. KILL JOHNSON fJHASS. Simple Way In Which Olio Man Has Kiel Two Farms of IVst. We publish the following artlrle clipped from the Dallas News be cause it will be of interest to the farmers: The News published a few days ago a letter from Mr. Wolcott des cribing his methods, in order that all might have the benefit of his ex perience. This work of such great importance that it is thought best to reproduce herewith the great er part of the article Mr. Wolcott wrote. He says among other things: "A few years ago I bought two Johnson grass farms adjoining my old home place out on the Beckly road, four miles south of Oak Cliff, with a view to checking cotton on these farms to exterminate the Johnson grass. I took this matter up with J. H. Rothel, who for some years had been on my place, and gave him my idea of the checking ovotnm onH Ko α tViof ot'n tem would exterminate the Johnson grass, so I made a deal with Mr. Rothel, renting him these farms for five years, I to furnish the plant ers (in the first place 1 had to re build these planters at an expense of $20), and Mr. Rothel to do the work —he agreeing to exterminate the Johnson grass in that time. The first year Mr. Rothel made about three fourths of a bale of cotton to the acre and he tells me that he was only out $38.40 for the chopping of 130 acres. Then last year as short as the crops were,' Mr. Rothel says that 1 in at liberty (o say that, after pay ing-the rent and all expenses of the crop, and his family were paid, he had $900 left to make a payment on a little farm that he had bought not far from my place; and after only two years my farms are as clear of Johnson grass as any farm in the country. "We understood the checking sys tem mostly from a Johnson grass and economical standpoint, not hav ing any boll weevil at the time; but two years ago the boll weevils made their appearance, and we noticed that they did not thrive as well in our checked cotton, and last sum mer, after some of our drilled cotton was alntvst completely destroyed, we failed to find any boll weevils in our checked cotton. But just at that t'me the weather turned off so ex tremely dry that the boll weevils did but little the rest of the season, either in drilled or checked cotton, but from various standpoints I think that the checked system is far the best from a boll weevil stand point. H should be remembered that the I'nited States eniomologists recommend nlentv of distance he tween rows and hills, and tliev also recommend thorough cultivation. "This checking system gives plenty of room for the sunshine and is much better from a "culture" standpoint, inasmuch as by the old way or the drill system the team knocks the boll weevils off and they fall in the shade and the cultivator covers them up Just deep enough to make them comfortable; but in checking system you plow across the ridges and the cultivator in tearing down the ridges throws the boll weevils out into the middle of the row, where the sun can get a better show at them. "From experience I can say tliat the boll weevils cannot thrive in checked cotton near so well as they can in the drilled, and a crop can be made at half the expense it can be made in the drilled, it being a fact that labor is very scarce and very high at this season of the year and what little chopping you have to do, or thinning,can wait until the rush of the season is over and then be thinned at a Very little expense. "As to the width of the rows that depends largely on localities. For this part of the state I would recom mend three feet each way, but on thin land in some portions of the state the check wire could be made so as to plant three feet one way and, say 18x2 4 inches the other way in checking it. but when planting in this way it would have to be plowed crossways with a sweep, for the rows would be too narrow for a cultivator. In fact the planter can be so constructed as to plant any distance that they want." Artificial Flies. I)auie .Juliana Beruers. prioress of the nunnery of Sapwell. near St. Al bans, England, was the author of the first liook on angling in the English language, printed in 141KÎ. She gives a list of twelve Hies, and now, after η lapse of more than four centuries, arti ficial flies, constructed after her fonnu las, would prove ns successful as any of the up to date creations. Hie SacSolor's Degree. "I'm so happy." said Mrs. Oldcastle "My son is to get his bachelor's degree this year." "Is he';" replied ber hostess. "Well. I can't blauie you for feelln' as you do about it I never thought much of that snippy Wilson gtri be'a been goln' with. How did you get the match broke offî"—Chicago Record-Herald IN MEMORY OF MISS KATK. Miss Kate Criddle has gone home; j Here on earth no more to roam, j We will bear her name in mind. > For she was so sweet and kind. Her parents now are weeping. But Miss Kate is"only sleeping; We will miss her ever more, And ottr hearts will ail be soPe. Let us all hope to meet her there; In (lod's land so bright and fair; May God's kindness and love sur round her, And our hopes all linger around her. —Willie May Ellis. District Court Suits. The following new suits have been j filed in the district court; i F-, E. Short vs. R. S. Walker et al, to cancel deed. Mattie Smith vs. L. H. Smith, di vorce. H. B. HarvlHe vs. Ora Uossett et al, suit for possession. Jim Harvey vs. Vina Harvey, di vorce. Mary Organs vs. Arthur Organ», divorce. Laura Warner vs. Freeman War ner, divorce. Annie Parker vs. Hugh I'arker, divorce. R. W. Guyer vs. Texas Midlard railroad, damages. Millers to Meet in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 5.—It is an nounced that the annual convention of the Millers' National federation will be held in this city from June ι 3 to 5, inclusive. Millers and flour I and grain dealers from every part I of the United States and Canada will ! be in attendance. Read the Advertisements. For Beauty and health for the Spring season you should purify your blood now Spring is the time to do it, and there is nothing that will give yoti a clear eye, a clear complex ion and an elastic step like rich, pure blood, and you make it by using our Hot Springs Blood Remedy. Tnmssmmr =«Crow's —School ==«Shoes for Misses and Children The Kind that give good service and lots of warmth. ;| C R Ο W SHOE CO. iSHELTON OPERA HOUSE J FEBRUARY 7 A SUPERB, SENSATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC SURPRISE A Vivid Portrayal of the Far West Lincoln J. 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