The Chickasha daily express., December 13, 1900, Image 6

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THE SABBATH.
This If
Our falling strength rei.ew;
On weary bruin and troubled breaat
Bend Thou thy freshening dew.
This la the day of peace;
Thy peace mr spirits fill;
Bid tbou the blasts of discord cease.
The waves of strife be fetW.
This Is the day of prayer;
Let earth to heaven draw near:
IJft Ul out
r,eet us here.
breath,
e and praise.
O vanquisher
A Dangerous Courtship.
TRANSLATED BY ALEX. SCHAAP.
(Copyright, WuO: "Dally Story Pub. Co.)
Since Aslaug, Knut Husaby "s pretty
daughter, had grown Into a young and
charming woman, there was little
peace In the village of Husaby. Day
and night the hardy lads of the neigh
borhood engaged in wordy and fistic
quarrels on her account. The climax
Was " reached In the Inn on Saturday
night, when some of the boys had Im
bibed too much.
Knut Husaby would not think In
those days of going to sleep on Satur
day night without keeping hU big
leather boots on. He was also sure to
have a heavy oak cane next to his bed
for emergency, as he called It. "Since
God has bestowed a pretty daughter
on me, it will be my duty to keep her
from harm," he would say.
Thore Naesset was the son of the
butcher, a strapping young fellow, full
of grit and daring. Gosslpers said that
Thore visited Aslaug more frequently
than did any of the other young men
of the village. This rumor did not
please Knut. In fact, he denied it,
saying that he had never see .Thore
and Aslaug together. But the people
laughed and winked at this. They In
sisted that Thore waa a sly lover and
that Aslaug knew how to hoodwink her
father.
The spring came, and Aclaug drove
the cattle to the top of luc Aim moun
tain. As the sun slowly descended In
the horlion and far above the steep,
cool rocks of the mountain, the bel
lowing of the cows, the barking of
the dog, and the yodel of Aslaug re
sounded over the valley, the lads, who
were working in the meadows, felt as
if they would like to cast away their
scythes and pitch forks and rush up
the steep paths to court tho fair
singer.
When Saturday night came there
waa a race between them to reach the
mountain top, but they def&nifcsd
much more rapidly, for behind he
door of the cattle shed a stalwart fyyi
was hidden, who gave each and every
caller a pugilistic reception, and told
them that If they wanted a more se
vere drumming at another time to call
again.
The wooers knew that there was
only one man in all Husaby who could
boast of the possession of auch a
strong fist as that possessed by Thore
Naegaet Some of the rich peasants'
m
m
eons of the neighborhood thought that
it was a shame that this common
butcher was permitted to lord it thus
on top of the mountain and to keep
II wooers away from the beautiful As
laug. Old Knut wa3 of the same opinion
Thore and he boasted everywhere that i
if there waa no one in Husaby who
could conquer Aslaug's favorite, he
and bis son would show that they
could do it in short order.
Knut, It is true, waa beginning to
age visibly. He was CO years old, but ,
despite this he would now snd then
engage in a bout with his son ia the '
bam yard, and prove a formidable an- .
Uconist
Only one path led to the top of the
Aim, and It wended its way across '
Knut's farm. On the following Satur
day night whm Thore wanted to as
cend the mountain and wis pasaiug by
the side of the barn, he suddenly felt
the grip of a strong arm around his
throat
"What do you want of Be?" asked
Thore. He swung himself aroisnl
dextrously and threw his assailant
into the thicket.
"Ton will know soon enough what
we want of yon." said another, who
dealt him a severe blow on his 1 react
This was AMaog's brother.
"Hern cornea the third one,'' re
Joined Old Knut, who had e?aawh!!
managed to extricate kimself from the
bashes, and with these words Thor re
ceived another telling blow
In the face of danger Thor e strength
was doubled. His prowess canst him '
to stead, tor two -nascular giants had
tucked. In the and, bower r, de- i
s;U bis agility and power. Thore got
a hard beating and when blood began
to flow freely Knut called a halt and
aaded:
"Now, Thore, if you can best my
brother, Wolf Husaby, and his son
next Saturday night, then my lass will
be yours."
Thore was so badly Injured that he
had to remain In bed over Sunday. On
work In his father's shop. Tuesday
came. It was a balmy day. ..The sun
shine brightened his room. He heard
the bells of the grazing cattle and his
beloved warbled her pretty Norse
songs and yodels till he thouslit h's
heart would break.
Wednesday came and he still lan
guished on bis couch. He did not be
come convalescent until Saturday
morning, and then he was not well
enough to meet Knut's challenge to
battle with his big brother and
nephew. He looked longingly toward
the narrow path which led to the side
of Aslaug. His sweetheart's yodel
again trilled through the silent valley.
He knew that If he would attempt to
make his way to her that evening he
would receive another drubbing that
would send him to bed for some time
to come.
"I must climb the Aim some other
way," reasoned Thore. Toward dawn
ha unmoored his boat and rowed along
the shore of the almost perpendicular
rock, hoping against hope to find some
foothold and some way of ascending
the Aim from the water side.
After the day's work Afilaug sat on
the summit of the mountain. She did
not anticipate that Thore would be
r
it
Aslaug sat on tho summit of the
mountain.
able to come to her that night, but
she knew that others would come In
his stead. She unchained her fathful
hepheid dog and began to knit She
was sitting with her face turned to
ward the home of Thome, but the mist
began to rise so that she could not
even distinguish the tree tops. She
moved over to the other aide, and
there she sat dreaming for a long time
with her eyes riveted uu the vast sea.
The view filled her soul with unspeak
able peace.
Suddenly she felt a desire to give
vent to her feelings In loud melody.
She sang the songs of childhood, the
ditties of the village, the Norse nation
al song, and her music sounded weird
in the silent night. Then she thought
that some one was answering her.
"What in the world can this be?"
she asked herself. "It cannot be the
echo, for I am facing the sea."
She advanced to the edge of the rock
and swinging her arms around a slen
der tree she searched the wall of the
steep mountain. But it was quiet and
peaceful on the fjord; not a bird flew
over It
Aslaug returned to her grassy couch
and again began to sing. This time
she could not be mistaken, for It was
Indeed a human voice that lesponded
to her yodel.
Again she rushed to tho tree and
took a long look down the Aim. At
last she beheld a boat moored to a
small branch that jotted out from the
rock. Only some fifty feet below her,
she saw a red cap, with a man under
It making Its way up the slippery
side when not even a mountain goat
would dare to tread.
She hurried back to her place, and
dared not utter a note or word for fear
that the Intrepid wooer would be hurl
ed down into the turbulent waters of
the fjord. She knew very well who
It was. though she did not see his
face. She threw herself on the ground
and held the long, heavy blades of
grass with both hands, as if it were
her task not to lose her grip on what
wss once seized. But the grass roots
began to loosen and In her despair ahe
cried to God to aid Thore with His
Omnipotence. Then again she began
to think that such sn act of Thore and
such a prayer on her part were a gross
rather in heaven, only
slung her arms around
t was Thore whom she
save from destruction,
time seemed! At last
Then At
the dog as if It
was trying to i
How long the I
the dog tore hi
to bark lustily.
elf loose and began
"Hush," she warned, but the dog
would not be quieted and when sh?
noise the red cap peeped over the dge
Of tl rock and the next minute Thore
held her in his arms
Tbey kissed and embraced each other
again and again, and Thore could not
utter word, and w'.iat he finally said
lad is worth ?
lay one
REMARKABLE STEAMSHIP.
The Powerful Ioe Breaker "Baikal" Car
ries Three Trains.
The great English firm of Sir Will
lam Armstrong, Whitworth & Co.. ht.3
bult upon Lake Baikal one of the
most remarkable ste tmshipi in tho
world to ferry the Siberian trains
on-Tyne, and put together by English
engineers, who have been living in this
remote and lonely spot for over two
years. The "Baikal," as the steamer is
called, Is a magnificent vessel of 4,000
tons, with twin engines amidships of
1,230 horse-power each, and a elmilar
engine forward, to drive the screw In
the 'how; for the principle of the new
type of ice-breaker 1b to draw out the
water from under the ice ahead by the
suction of a bow screw, when the ice
collapses by its own weight and a pos
tage Is forced through the broken mass
by the impact of the vessel. As will
be seen from my Illustrations, the first
that have been published, the "Baikal"
has extensive upper works, and these
contain luxurious saloons and cabins.
Upon her deck she will carry three
trains -a passenger uaiu in the mid
dle and a freight train on each side.
Her speed Is thirteen knots, and on
her trial trips she ha-i bhown herself
capable of breaking through solid ice
thirty-eight inches thick, with five
inches of hard snow on the top s'lch
snow is much more difficult to pierce
than Ice and has forced her way
Ihrough two tlckneses of ice frozen to
gether, aggregating from fifty-six to
sixty-five Inches In summer her bow
piopeller should be removed, and
large propellers substituted for her
smaller winter ones; but so far the
railway authorities have taken no
steps to build a dock upon the lake,
without which neither of these Im
portant changes' can he effected, nor
tho steamer herself retailed If any
mishap should damage her hull. Laka
Baikal is frozen from the middle of
December to the end of April ami th?re
ia alto talk of laying a railway across
upon the Ice, as Is done e:ch year from
St. Betei sluirg to Kronstadt; but prob
ably all depend upon the success of
the Ice breaker next winter. From
"Russia of Today," by Henry Nor
man. WRITING A TRADE.
Heil.etic.il, ror Ihe lien, lit of Wonld-Ile
Authors.
All the men and women that have
risen to distinction In the field of let
ters have served apprenticeship In the
technics of the art before they reached
the ear of the public. The poets alone
seem to have a gift of speech at the
outset and even they learn much in
the course of years and practice. But
the young aspirant should not model
his line of procedure on that followed
by the acknowledged geniuses. Only
genius can hope to Imitate genius. For
ordinary talent there is no royal road
to literary mastership. The art of
writing must be studied diligently,
painfully, humbly. The use and
abuse of words and phrases must be
considered, not for day, but for
many years. The formation of sent
ences must be the thought of one's
waking hours. The manufacture of a
style la the labor of years. The old
Baying that "style is the man" is per
fectly true, but It has deluded many
a youngster Into the belief that all
he had to do was to express himself
according to the Impulse of the ukj
nient. Just as he would in talking, and
that thus he would be a writer. "Style
is the man." It is not the bo-. It
is the reflex of the mature mind, the
embodiment of thought, which no
'onger stumbles, but walks with sure
feet, and makes for Itself a broad and
beautiful path of words. Let those
that are wondering why their effusions
do not burst Into print at once stop
and consider whether they really have
anything particular to say, and then
whether they have any particular w(ay
of saying it. There are more persons
with something to say (perhaps not
something Immortal, but still worth
saying) than there are with a genu
ine master of literary expression. The
latter does not come toy nature; nor
does It come with experience. it
comes only by practice, and not an
easy practice at that. It was that
most literary of all recent writers.
Robert Louis Stevenson, who said that
the man not willing to spend whole
afternoon in search of the right word
to express an idea is unfit for the busi
ness of literature. New York Times.
Ball-Hearing Watch.
One of the most Ingenious de
vlcs
al the Paris fair Is to be
Swiss watch factory exhibit
lists of ball-bearing pocl
piece. The principle has aire
the
the
winding arbor of clocks. It
tion to a watch, however, w
factory results requires ex
fine mechanism and minute t
In it the arbors ro
two sizes. It is i
'is Bf
com
mon Creaje mm the Flak.
A London servant girl was sent on
the day of Cronje's surrender to the
local fish monger's for fresh herrings
The town mag with the news, bat
Mary Jane minded her business, and
that only. "They've got Oosje," re
marked the flxb monger, as he wrapped
up her "Ave for threepence." Horns
fped the maiden, and laid her pare bass
before her atist-eat. "Here they are,
ma am. she exclaimed; "but I don't
know how they'll dc. The ash ssonsfsr
said they'd got cronjt!"
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some t'p-to-Ilate HlnU Abont CnltlTm
tlon of the Soil and Tlelda Thereof
Horticulture, Viticulture and floricul
ture. Oar Wheat.
C. B. Hoffman says: There are
I four great divisions of wheat In the
United States the spring wheats, the
hard Winter wheats, (he soft winter
wheats and the California white
wheat. Each of these divides and
suudividts Into many kinds and va
rieties. Among the spring wheats Is
the northern hard, chiefly grown in
the Dakotas. The softer varieties
grow in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ne
braska, and, to a limited extent, in
Kansas. The soft or red varieties
are numerous and are grown in
tvery winter wheat growing state.
Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky and Ohio grow a superior
quality. Michigan, Wisconsin and Illi
nois winter wheats are not as good.
The Calfornia white wheat is a spring
wheat and Is grown almost exclusively
In all the mountain states of the west,
extending down to the tropics on the
cool mountain plateaus of Mexico. It
is a white wheat, makes a light flour,
deficient In strength, but excellent for
Graham.
Kansas grows both hard and soft
winter wheat, and a very limited
quantity of a few varieties of spring
wheat. Kansas la the only state that
grows hard winter wheat In quanti
ties worth mentioning. This Is unique
and deserves consideration. In fact,
upon thl3 I think depends the suprem
acy which Kansas t Ids over all other
states, and will continue to hold in
the production of wheat.
Russian wheat, as it Is commonly
called, although it has several otUer
names In different localities, as Tur
key, Hard Wheat, Hungarian, eto., was
first brought to Kansas by the Rus
sian Mennonites, who came to the
state In large numbers 20 or 25 years
ago. For years after Its Introduction
It was disparaged by millers snd grain
buyers, but its hardiness and almost
unfailing yield caused It to be grown
in ever-Increasing areas In spite of the
lower price It commanded. Finally,
about 16 years ago, some of the pro
gressive millers discovered the supe
rior qualities of this much-despised
whet, and adapted their machinery,
which required a general remodeling
of their entire plants, and began the
manufacture of Kansas hard-wheat
flours, since become famous in the
world's markets as superior to any
other grade manufactured In the Unit
ed States, and equal to the world-famous
Hungarian flours made from the
choicest wheat grown In Hungary and
Bohemia. The best variety of bard
winter wheat is tho Crimean.
"What kind of seed shall I sow?"
Is a question the Importance of which
is underrated by many farmers. Seed
wheat should be pure that is, of one
variety. It should be well-matured,
full-grown, and free from smut or
other parasitic or fungoid growths. It
should also be free from weed seeds,
especially chess ("cheat") which, be
ing exceedingly hardy and prolific,
will take the field If It has half a
chance, and Is exceedingly difficult to
eradicate when once it has Infested
a neighborhood. Poor, shriveled
wheat, if sufficiently matured to
sprout, will, under favorable condi
tions, produce a good crop, btt will
surely cause the variety to "run out"
In a very few years If continued sow
ing of inferior stuff Is indulged In. A
farmer should have a seed patch on
which he grows wheat for seed. This
he should give the best care, should
plow deep and early, keep It free from
weeds, use the best varieties and the
purest seed, and from the products of
this sow his larger fields. He might,
with much advantage, plant different
varieties and sow his general fields
only with such as have proven them
selves suited to that locality. He could
at comparatively small cost exchange
seed with Other farmers from time to
time, and In that manner grow the
very best quality and largest quantity.
Changing seed from one locality to
another is desirable; even from on
neighborhood to another; still better
from distant parts; usually from
northern localities to southern is bet
ter than from southern to more north
ern. Abandeaeri Farama.
Every once in while we notice re
ports of what certain men have done
on so-called abandoned farms. Often
the returns from the land are quit
phenomensl. The explanation Is that
some man with both brains and money
has taken hold snd put into practice
business methods. Had these been
put Into operation from the first there
would have been no abandoned farms.
Men that have Investigated the condi
tions la localities where such lands
hsve been thrown or.t of cultivation
bare found that the lands had become
run down through constant cropping
without patting back the manute
necessary to keep up the fertility.
What Is true of the Bast Is equally
true of the West snd unless the meth
ods on some of oar farms charge, the
time is coming when the farms will
cease to give a living. There are two
unfortunate classes of men that try to
ran farms; thoee that have -money and
no brains for agricultural enterprise,
ant those that have -hralbs and no
money. The latter class is. however,
of the two the most likely to succeed.
In these days of gri cultural colleges,
experiment stations and abundant op
portunities there is no rsssnn why tits
msa that has money cannot obtain
the necessary brain develop mr to
kwtip make s success of farming.
Sqaaau Viae Borer.
We present two groups of illustra
tions of the squash-vine borer. The
first shows the larva and eggs. In the
second illustration "a" Is a male moth,
"b" femal with wings folded in nat
ural position when at rest; "c" eggs
shown on bit of squash stem; "d"
full-grown larva, in situ ia vine; "e"
pupa; "f" pupal cell; all about double
natural cell.
The accompanying illustrations
show the great differences between the
newly-hatted larva, the half-growu
larva, and the mature form.
Ordinarily the larva works In the
woody parts of the stem, borine In
; a iff M MM fnm ebon;
fnmUj etuH , a, nlf htti.i Imm. , Mlfimee
Urr, . lei el aw f'oa M p. mmi f eMn lere
torn ibmi a, I, awl a, Bute mlar-M: e. aet f.Jm
MivgM triffiael).
both directions and appearing to pre
fer the portion near the roots.
Ordinary Insecticides are of no value
against this Insect. When once it has
entered the vines, and repellants are
practically useless. The measures
that have been found cf greatest valuo
are not to plant on infested ground,
to plant early varieties for the pro
tection of late squashes; to harrow In
fested fields late In the fall and pioa
deeply In spring, or reverse the proc
ess to prevent the mths from Issuing;
to encourage the growth of secondary
roots by covering the vines at the
Joints with earth; to destroy dead
vines and old plants as soon as the
crop is made; to keep the plants in
vigorous condition, free from other in
sects and diseases; to cut out such
borers as may succeed In entering the
vines; and to capture the moths early
In the morning or toward dusk when
they are less active than In the heat
of the day.
Horticultural Olnerraliona.
A factory la being constructed In
California for the making of what is
to he called ' concentrated fruit." It
is caid that over-ripe apples anu small
ripe apples are to be used and made
marketable In that way. If It proves
a success It will help at least to settle
the question of disposal of unmarket
able fruit
a e
An English horticulturist, speaking
on what to do with inferior apples and
how to dispose of them without Injur
ing tne market, says that the best way
is not to grow them. The answer is
one of those sayings that attempts to
answer a question without answering
it We do not Intend to grow inferior
apples, hut we do grow th?m In spite
of ourselves, and the problem arises
or how to dispose of them without
loss Feeding to cattle is one way sug
gested, as apples have the same feed
ing value as turnips. This Is a good
way to get rid of them If getting rid
of them Is the princlpsl object.
e e
A man In South Haven, Michigan,
his brought suit for $200 against an
other man for damage done to his
peaches by bees belonging to the man
sued. The first man cla.ms that his
neighbor keeps 60 hives of bees and
that they come Irto his peach orchard
and bite thrcjgh his peaches, thus
rendering them unmarketable. It Is
tho old question of whether or not bees
can injure peaches. The question has
generally been answered in the nega
tive. e e e
Southern California seems to be as
joying a prosperous year so far as the
fruit Industry is concerned. Three
years ago the number of cars of fruit
shipped out wss 14.178; last year It
was 9,4(9 cars and this year 16.470
cars. The value of the fruits, nut
and vegetables shipped out of south
era California Is put at $20,000,000.
e e e
It is reported from some localities
that apple growers are finding trouble
in getting barrels for their fruit
Heretofore it has been possible to pur
chase second-hand barrels at 15 cents
each, but for some reason that la now
impossible. New barrels cost Si cents
each, and this Is a factor In the telling
of the fruit What Is the trouble, aa-
The Mst
An agent of I
bureau an-
citizen who has an Interest In this
broad land of liberty and civilisation.
It proves, from decade to decade, facts
which otherwise would be mere eon
juncture, such as the Increase in
blooded stock, the estimated average
cost of production, the availability
and resources of tfee rases to supply
demands for beef, etc.. which go to
snake np the sum of human govern
ment Taken all over the country, the
live stock census is a good move and
Its figures cannot be used by option
dealers for any length of time to ham
mer prices or influence ths markets of
supply and demand."
SOmmm, ea
Ceat of fork.
The cost of pork per pound largely
regulates the opinions In which farm
ers hold swine raising. In some locall-
ties the farmers claim that they can J
buy even their own pork cheaper than
they can raise It Where such opin
ions prevail it Is evident that the
raisers of swine have been unfortu
nate in their experiences in producing
pork or else do no? know what It has
really cost them to produce It At
demonstrated that on certain foods
pork can be made at a cost of 3H
cents per pound. This of course can
be done only under favorable circum
stances and where the pigs are kept
In healthful conditions. If a large per 4
cent of the herd is to be permitted ito
die of the cholera of course It will not
be possible to raise pork at any such
figure. As to the cost of pork produc
tion, everything depends on the cir
cumstances In which the feeder finds
himself, for some have access to cheap
feeds that are not In the reach of other
farmers. Thus some farmers live near
creameries where the skimmilk is not
valued as it should be and Is sold by
the creamery manager at one-half cent
per gallon to anyone that will take It
away. The milk as a producer of pork,
combined with other feeds. Is worth .
far more than this, and of course rts
use by the pig raiser will result la
greatly reducing the coat of his prod
uct It is also a well-established prin
ciple that pork Is produced cheapest
on young hoga
H. R. H
report of
llton, In the fourth biennUl
the Kansas state board or
i, says: "Figure No. 1
position and distribution of
-oots In the soil to a depth
t. and indicate, the oflce of j
the
of 4
each close, and their orderly arrange
ment and development at a certain
time for a certain work. Ths seed
roots sustnln the bud until the first
green leaf appears. The first reot
which first reels ths sun's warmth. '
These are In turn supplanted by ths
first circle roots that radiate from
the butt end of the stalk like the ribs
of an umbrella from tbo shift, and
spread out on a lower level, usually
five to ten Inches below the surface,
and often exceed tight feet In length.
These first circle roots are the mala
food gatherers, and send out numerous
fibro
d are mc
The second snd stibseqiiei
developing one alter an
plant Increases in height
Is warmed to greater dej
subsoil and rarely sprea
surface. Figures 2, 3, 4
such roots, which were i
depth or it fret With
point In sight
Cheap rests
A Canadian breeder claims that he
hat been making pork at cost not
to exceed 2 cents per pound for ths
last ten years. He says his process la
to buy the pigs 'about May first, when
he can get them at cost of $1 each.
He feeds them on skimmilk, corn and
bran with clover, till tbey weigh aboet
$200 pounds each. Then ht sells them
st a profit of shout $4 per bos. We
notice, however, that the man says ht
takes no account of his skimmilk,
which might have been disposed of In
other ways. This Is frequently ths
trouble with reports of great success
in the cheap production of pork, but
ter and ths like. There It no reason; f
whatever why skimmilk where fed
ild i
iart
t be chsrged up to the hogs
il the coet of pork making.
Indeed, ir the same rule wc re applied
to the other by-products of the farm
we could figure out the cost of port
at far less than 2 cents per pound. Not
only do the flgurert forget to take Into
account the cost or the milk, but tat
often forget to take Into account tat
pasture oa which th hogs run.
narvetln K07 Reana.
One of the great objections i
beans has been the lark of si
means of harvesting. The beat
grow so close to the groan d U
sort of grain harvester can b
Pioyed in harvesting them w
losing some beans. 'If hoes or
toy
uy
ds
itbout
sheep
eld a
iafac
beans
eai n
and
ems
onld
the
ielng hard, an
"uu luur- loan ten or iirteen acres
are to be handled It will pay to ass a
bean harvests'. After the bean art
cut they can be raked with a oay
rakt and should be put In small
shocks until dry, when they can be
thrashed or stocked. Thrashing Is
done with en ordinary separator, using
all blank concaves, aad running as
slowly as the machine will permit and
not clog In the shaker.
The wheat yield in many Instance!
In the northwest are reaching thirty
to forty bushels per acre.
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