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FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1914
From Two Prosperous House
A* wives, About Per una.
Mrs. E. T. Gad
dis, of Marlon,
North Carolina,
writes to tlie Pe
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"Before I com
menced to take
Peruna I could
not do any hard
suffering great
pain. I took Pe
runa and Man
alin, and can say
Mra. E. T. Gaddis
with pleasure they have done more
for me than any other medicine I
have ever taken. Now I am as well
as ever. I do all my own work and
it never hurts me at all. I think
Feruna Is a great medicine lor
womankind."
Mrs. Sarah Frye, No. 105 Sylvan
Ave., Asbury Park, N. J., writes: "I
have no words to express my grati
tude for the wonderful cure that
Peruna has done for me. It Is a
godsend to all suffering women. Pe
runa has done wonderful work for
me.'
"I was sick over half of my life
with systemic catarrh. I want this
letter published far and wide, as I
was a great sufferer, but to-day I
feel as well as anybody can feel.
"Nearly all my life I have spent
nearly all I oould rake and scrape for
-doctors, but none of them did me
any good. But since I started on
your Peruna one year ago I have at
last found relief in your wonderful
Peruna. I had begun to think that
was not going to get well, but
God I am well to-day.
"I hope and piay you may live long
to help others as you have helped
me. Instead of being a walking drug
store I am growing
fat
and doing
well. I will never be without Pe
runa."
Those who object to liquid medi
cines ean now procure Rerun*
Tablets.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Per
una Lucky Day Almanac for 1') 14
I. A. MORRIS
Auctioneer
An old-timer at the busi
ness and the man who gets
results.
Address or 'phone
Carlyle, Mont.
Buy your harness direct from the
manufacturers and save money.
Write today for Mew Illustrated
Catalogue, free.
Hegland Harness Co.
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LOCAL DRUGGIST
MAKES A STATEMENT
We always advise people who have
stomach or bowel trouble to see a
doctor. But to those who do not wish
to do this we will
Bay:
try the mix­
ture of simple buckthorn bark,-gly
cerine, etc., known as Adler-i-ka. This
simple' new remedy is so powerful
that JUST ONE DOSES relieves sour
.stomach, gas on the stomach and con
stipation INSTANTLY. People who
try
Adler-i-ka are surprised at Its
QUICK action.
O. Stennird, Druggist.—Adr.
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Washington. D. C., Feb. 12.—Bet
ter varieties and seed are required for
crop improvement in and around
South Dakota where the small grain
crops are one of the chief resources of
wealthy There is now far too much
land farmed by short-term renters, who
care little about crop or soil improve
ment, and it rests largely with the land
owners whether or not the yields per
acre are to be increased. These are
some of the conclusions of the scien
tist* who have been studying condi
tions for a decade at the South Dakota
Experiment Station of the Department
of Agriculture. The information also
should be of direct interest to 'North
Dakota, Iowa and Montana.
Adapted varieties are very important
in a climate like that of South Dakota,
and therefore, as a result of its investi
gation*. the Department of Agriculture
recommend* the following varieties of
wheat, oat* and barley for that state:
I —Wheat—Kubanka durum (S. I.
No. 1440), Hayne* Bluestem (Minn.
No. 169.) Red Fife (C. I. No. 3061.)
and Fife (Minn. No. 163.)
2—Oat*—Swediah Select (C. I. No.
134) and Sixty-Day (C. 1. No. I6S.)
3—Barley— (i) for the eastern dis
trict: Manchuria (Minn. No. I OS)
rnd Odessa (C. I. No. 182). (b) for
ti central district: Hannchen (C. 1.
No. S31 ). (c) for the western district:
Gatami (C. I. No. S7S), Mariout (C. 1.
No. 261), and related varieties.
To obtain the fullest return from the
use of these varieties the seed must be
kept pure and up to a high standard
of quality.
The porduction of wheat during the
past decade has not increased in South
Dakota, although that of oats and bar
ley has doubled. There is usually
sufficient moisture to produce these
crops, though the frequent periods of
high evaporation do considerable dam
age, particularly in the central and
western portions of the State. The
Farmers Mill
At Bismarck
Bismarck, Feb. 10.—Bismarck will
soon have a real flour mill—one that
will grind the farmers' wheat and give
them the finished product, less the
small amount necessary to be retained
in order to defray the actual expenses
of milling the grain.
This matter was definitely decided
at a largely attended and very enthus
iastic meeting of Bismarck Local No.
I. Farmers, Educational and Co-opera
tive Union of America, held last Satur
day afternoon, when it was unanimous
ly voted to incorporate a co-operative
milling and warehouse company for
$ 10,000, stock in the concern to be
•old only to members of the Farmers'
Union, the price of the shares being
fixed at $10, no member to be allowed
to hold more than 20 shares.
An even thousand dollar* worth of
the stock in the proposed co-operative
company was subscribed by the mem
bers attending the meeting Saturday
afternoon, and a committee, composed
of J. W. Burch and W. E. Breen was ap
pointed to solicit further subscription*
among the members of the union
throughout the county, as well as don
ation* from other aource*. Those who
are not member* of the union will be
given an opportunity to donate toward
-the enterpriae, and the material co-op
eration of the Biamarck Commercial
club will be aolicited by the committee
within the next few day*.
That Biamarck need* a flour mill
that will give the farmera a aquare deal
haa long been conceded by practically
everyone who knowa anything about
the local aituattion, and the movement
atarted by the membera of the Farm
era* Union will' undoubtedly meet with
liberal encouragement, both from the
buaineaa men and from the farmera.
The propoaed mill will not be a large
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ENGINES
The Only Throttling Governor
Kerosene Burning Engine
"The smoothest running engine I ever saw/' is the universal
verdict of engine operators and others who have seen the "ENGECO."
Come in and look em over.
We want to show this engine to every farmer in the Valley, no
matter whether you are in the market for an engine or not, and we
don't want you to buy unless you are satisfied that "it's the slickest
von ever saw.
We Also Carry
FEED MILLS PUMP JACKS
FARMER'S MILLS POWER WASHERS
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Better Varieties and Better Seed Required
for Crop Improvement in the Dakotas,
Iowa and Montana
Department of Agricultural Experiments With
Wheat, Oats and Barley in South Dakota
soils of South Dakota east of the Mis
souri river are for the most part well
suited to cereal production. Those
west of that river are extremely vari
able, though some are of value for
grain growing.
Although the figures showing the in
crease of oats and barley are impress
ive, it does not imply that there is no
further opportunity for improvement
during the decade where the total pro
duction doubled. The acre yield* have
remained about the same, fluctuating
according to the quantity and distri
bution of the rainfall. Future increase
in production, however, must come
largely through increased yields per
acre, for there is relatively little new
land available for the profitable pro
duction of these crop*. The present
average yields are:
Wheat, 12 busehls per acre oats,
26.3 bushels pe racre barley, 23.8
bushel* per acre.
These are not enough. Production
mud be increased to keep pace with
the conatant incerase of population. In
•uch a condition the main requirements
for crop improvement are the follow
ing:
I—Better varieties. 2—Better seed.
3—Better rotations. 4—Better soil
treatment. S—Better tillage and culti
vation. 6—Better economic condi
tions.
The first two essentials mentioned—
better varieties and better seed—are
thoroughly dicussed in the new publi'
cation of the Department of Agricul
ture entitled: "Experiments With
Wheat, Oats and Barley in South Da
kota." The new pamphlet gives the
details of the work at the South Da
kota Experiment Station since 1903,
with numerous tables and illustrations.
It may he had free on application to
the Division of Publications, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C.
one, but it will be large enough to
supply the local demand for flour and
feed, the intention being to sell the
product of the mill to members of the
Farmers' Union throughout this and ad
joining counties, and not to place it on
the open market. Any farmer, how
ever, whether a member of the union
or not, will be entitled to the privilege
of having his wheat ground at this mill,
and will get all that is coming to him
in the way of flour and feed. In other
words, the proposed mill will be an up
to-date "grist-mill," and there isn't a
question of a doubt but what it will
fill a long-felt want and be an unquali
fied success from the startoff.
There will be a good-sized elevator
in connection with the mill, and farm
ers desiring to ship or store their grain
will be given an opportunity to do so
at the actual cost of handling.
"The Farmers' Educational and Co
operative Union of America is the
strongest and most aggressive organi
zation of farmers in the United States,'
said H. P. Knappen, secretary of the
Bismarck local, "and the national un
ion, with its four million members,
stands back of every enterprise launch
ed by the local unions throughout the
country, provided they are organiza
tion on a strictly co-operative basis
and conducted along strictly co-oper
ative lines, and that is the way the
Farmers' Union Co-operative Milling
and Warehouse company of Bismarck,
N. D., is going to be organized and
conducted. The Bismarck local al
ready has a membership of more than
120 enthusiastic workers, and the suc
cess of the new enterprise is a fore
gone conclusion."
The next meeting of the local union
will be held on Saturday, February 14,
at which time it is expected that ar
rangement* will be completed for the
formal launching of the new enterprise,
which will mark an epoch in the steady
and substantial progress and growth of
the capital city of North Dakota.
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A Terror
All Crooks
Bowman County's Slieiifi" Who Has
Made Reputation for Trailing
Crooks.
Bismarck, Feb. 7.—Sheriff Jack
Barret, and a deputy arrived from Bow
man yesterday with Lucnard Leady,
who will serve four ye:ns in the peni
tentiary on a charge of arson, having
confessed to setting fire to a meat mar
ket.
M. D. Kirchner, proprietor of the
meat market, is also implicated in the
crime, and he and two others are now
being held at Bowman.
Sheriff Barrett holds the record for
bringing criminals to the state prison
here. He having brought eight men
here the first eight months he held of
fice. He will return to his home to
day.
Regarding the burning of the' meat
market the Bowman County Pioneer
of the 5th. says:
Wednesday afternoon Sheriff Bar.
ret made the first arrests in connec
tion with the burning of the City meat
market of M. D. ICirchner on the night
of December 5th.
After securing what he thought suf
ficient evidence, the sheriff arrested
Leonard Leary on Wednesday after
noon about three o'clock and later M.
D. Kirchner, proprietor of the meat
market. Both men were charged with
the burning of the meat market. M.
Kirchner and Mr. Leary were both
placed in the county jail, but not al
lowed to communicate with each other.
Leary was not in jail, until he was
willing to tell what he knew about the
fire. The state a attorney with a
stenographer and sheriff and deputy
sheriff went to the sheriff's office in
the court house and Leary, it is said,
made a clean breast of the whole
thing, implicating Kirchner, proprietor
of the market. Albert Sehmok, who
was employed at the market, and Joe
Fairbanks, an old frientl of Mr. Kir
chner, was around the market a good
deal.
According to Leary'.s confession he
and Fairbanks and Sehmok were paid
$50 each for doing the joh.
Wednesday night after Albert Seh
mok had been arrested questioned
by the hseriff and state's attorney, an
application was made to Judge Diehl
to admit him to bail, so that he could
go to his home. Judge Diehl decided
that $500 would be sufficient and this
amount was put up whereupon Seh
mok was given his liberty until such
time as the preliminary examination is
held.
Kirchner, Leary and Fairbanks re
mained at liie jail iflf1 night, and If.m-d
Scow, who had been retained as attor
ney by Messrs. Kirchner and Sehmok,
appeared in Justice DiehTs court and
asked that Mr. Kirchner be admitted to
bail, and the same was fixed at $500.
The time of the examination of Kir
chner and Sehmok was set for Febru
ary I 7th.
Joe Fairbanks this afternoon put up
a cash bond of $500 and was relea isd
to appear for examination February
17th. He is represented by Emil
Sv.OW.
Leonard Leary was brought up for
examination before Judge Diehl Thurs'
day afternoon and entered a plea of
guilty. He signified a willingness to
go before Judge Crawford and enter
the same plea, so will be taken to
Dickinson Friday and receive his sen
tence and be taken to the penitentiary
at Bismarck.
Joe Fairbanks was brought up for
examination this afternoon and en
tered a plea of not guilty and asked to
be admitted to bail.
Notwithstanding the confession of
Leary, implicating them in the burn
ing of the City Meat Market, Messrs.
Kirchner, Sehmok and Fairbanks main
tain that they are innocent and that
they had nothing to do with the burn
ing of the meat maiket.
We have not been able to get at
this confession of Leary'*, but so far
as we can learn he state* that some
of his accomplices soaked things with
gasoline and kerosene, and that he
built up a roaring big fire in the stove
in the back shop and left the stove door
open. When the gas from the gasoline
reached the stove thing* started.
Leary was one of the first men at
the fire and worked with the firemen.
One fireman tells u* that Leary took
the nozzle of a hose away from another
man who had a stream directed on the
flames, and turned the stream of water
away from the flame*.
Thi* wa* the third fire within a
couple of months in thi* shop and while
Sheriff Barret had been looking for the
man who started the other two, he
thought it wise to call in the fire mar
shall, *o he sent for Mr. Runge, who
spent several days here, but could not
make anything out of it, although the
indication showed that it wa* of incen
diary origin.
Sheriff Barret continued to investi
gate after Marshall Runge went away,
with the result that one man i* now on
f-is way to the penitentiary to pay
the penalty for the crime, and his con
fession implicated three or four others.
It was as fine a piece of detective
work on the part of the sheriff a* we
have ever aeen and the best part of
't is that the man who set the fire has
entered a plea of guilty and cleared up
mystery which subjected others to
unjust suspicion. The work was done
'n such a way that arrest of Leary war
a* much rf a surprise to the prisoner as
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. FEBRUARY II, 1914
How the Weather Bureau Forecasts
Storms, Frosts and Floods.
Many people have an idea that there
is something mysterious and occult
about the work of the Weather Bur
eau in forecasting the coming of storms
frosts and floods. Not a few think that
the observers must necessarily get their
data by reading the planets, the stars
and the moon. As a matter of fact,
the forecasters of the bureau foretells
the coming of disturbences in a busi
nesslike way, very similar to that in
which a man who has ordered a ship
ment of goods would estimate the date
of its arrival.
Suppose a business man had ordered
a carload of pineapples from the Haw
aiian Islands. He would know the av.
erage time it would take the steamer to
make the trip to the Pacific port, the
average time for unloading and loading
into refrigerator cars, and the average
number of days to be allowed these
cars for their trip across the continent
to New York. His estimate, however,
would be subject to error, because the
steamship might be delayed by fog or
the cars might meet with an accident,
Storms, like pineapples, as a rule, do
not originate in the United States. They
come to us, some from the Philippines,
Japan. Sibera, Alaska, Canada, or the
Gulf of Mexico. The Weather Bureau
gets cable, telegraphic, or wireless no
tice of a foreign storm. Station after
station, or vessel after vessel reports
the storm arrival in its neighborhood,
so that the general direction and rate
of progress can be determined very
early. In fact, the arrival of some
storms can be forecasted 10 days in
advance.
The forecasters watch for the region
of low barometer which is the storm
center around which the winds blow.
This whirl or eddy moves bodily for
ward with the general eastward drift
of about 650 miles a day in our lati
tudes. 1 he forecaster determines the
direction of movement of the storm and
its velocity.
When weather disturbances are re
ported, the forecasters know from ex
perience about how long it takes them
to reach our Pacific coast, and then
how long after they will reach the At
lantic coast. For example, if a storm
coming from Siberia drifts eastward
around the North Pole and reappears
in Alaska, it should appear in Wash
ignton and Oregon in about two days
should get to the Great Lakes in six
days and to the Atlantic coast in seven
or eight days.
Unexpected conditions may delay
storms or divert them from the straight
track, just as a refrigerator car may
be thrown off its schedule or be ship
ped by accident on a wrong road.
Some of these storms deplete themselv.
es by running into regions of high bar
ometer which are of greater magnitude
and extent than the storm itself. Some
of them, however, travel completely
around the world.
To keep tab on cold waves that come
into the United States from Canada
Weather reports. England sends re
ports from Iceland, the British Islands,
and Continental Europe, and daily re
ports come from St. Petersburg on the
conditions in Russia and Siberia.
The same businesslike system used
in tracing the track of a storm is ap
plied in determining the arrival of
rosts.
Flood forecasts are made in much
the same way. information as to the
amount of rainfall at the head waters
of streams that cause floods are cov
ered by telegraphic reports sent by lo
cal observers. As this rain reaches the
main channel, the height of the water
in the channel is determined by suc
cessive gauging stations. Past records
establish how much a height, say of 20
feet at Dubuque, Iowa, will produce at
Davenport, another station 80 miles
down the Mississippi. This plan is fol
lowed all the way down the river, and
at each point full allowance is made
for the effects of water from tributaries
and from additional and local rainfall.
As a result of these observations in the
recent flood the people of Cairo had
warning a week or 10 days in advance.
The Pittsburgh district can be given
only 12 to 24 hours' notice, because
a flood is upon them within 24 hours
after a heavy rain storm.
Nine Out of Ten "Sick" Hogs Have
Hog Cholera.
The Department of Agriculture is in
receipt of frequent inquiries concern
ing method* of distinguishing hog
cholera from other swine disease*. The
specialists in hog-cholera investigations
answer these inquiries as follow*:
Although at first thought this matter
of diagnosis appears to be of prime
importance, in reality it is not so im
portant or so difficult a* it seem*. It
is estimated that at least 90 per cent
of all death* of hog* from disease in
the United States are caused by hog
cholera. Therefore, in the case of any
fatal outbreak the chances are about
nine to one that the cause i* hog chol
era. It is true that other infection*
may do frequently complicate out-
it was to his friend*.
As there are still other* connected
with this matter who will be placed
on trial The Pioneer will refrain at
this time from stating anything further
than that they are implicated in Leary'*
confession.
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ISSUED BY SECRETARY OF
AGRICULTURE.
breaks of hog cholera, but in such
cases the germ of hog cholera is the
primary cause of the disease: and if
we can take care of the germ of hog
cholera the pig will usually overcome
the other ifections himself.
The sympthoms exhibited by hogs
sick of hog cholera are not sufficiently
distinct from those produced by other
maladies, so that a positive diagnosis
can be made only through a careful
consideration of a number of other
factors in connection with the sym
ptoms. From a practical standpoint,
the important thing is to recognize hog
cholera as soon as possible after its
appearance in a herd in order that an
tihog-cholera serum may be applied be
fore the disease progresses too far.
Good serum may be depended upon to
protect well hogs, and even to cure a
large percentage of those in the earliest
stages of the disease, but it will not be
of much avail when used upon hogs
that are already visibly sick.
The following suggestion, to farmer,
are offered as an aid to the early rec.
ognition of hog cholera in a herd:
I. Keep posted concerning the
condition and health of hog. on other
farms in your neighborhood. Sick
hogs on a neighboring farm are a pos
«t.ve menace, for the germs of hog
cholera are easily carried on the feet
or men or animals.
Department of Agriculture to |.,Ue
New Series of Service and Reg.
ulatory Announcements.
A new series of publications to be
known a. "Service and Regulatory An
nouncements" has been inaugurated by
the United States Department of Agri
culture. The object is to issue period
ically convenient form full informa
tion as to rulings, decisions, instruc
tions. etc., in the enforcement of the
food and drugs act, the meat-inspec
tion law, the insecticide and fungicide
act, and the various other quarantine
and regulatory provisions. The new
announcements will be issued separate
ly by each bureau or board charged
with law enforcement. They will be
issued monthly or less frequently as
occasion warrants, and each will con
tain a complete statement of the reg
ulatory activities of its bureau for the
period covered by each issue.
Extracts from letters establishing im
portant precedents, all food and drug
(decisions, notices of seizures and no
tices of judgment will be printed in
Service and Regulatory Announce
ments of the Bureau of Chemistry.
The monthly Service Announce
ments heretofore issued by the Bureau
of Animal Industry will be 'changed
to conform to the new plan and will
cover matters relating to the meat in
spection, live-stock quarantines, and
other phases of the administrative work
of the bureau.
The same procedure will be follow
ed in making public all regulatory and
service announcements of the Insecti
cide and Fungicide Board, the Federal
Horticultural Board, the Forest Service,
and other branches of the department
charged with quarantine or other reg
ulatory matters.
As far as possible the free circula
tion of the Service and Regulatory An
nouncements will be limited to public
officers, persons or firms who have of
ficial relations with the department and
persons whose knowledge of the con
tents will aid in the enforcement of the
various acts. As a rule only one copy
will be sent to each person. Persons
not coming within the foregoing class
es. or who want a large number of
copies or wish to obtain notices of
judgment in individual form, can sub
scribe for the periodicals, or purchase
additional copies or large supplies from
the Superintendent of Documents at
the Government Printing Office, Wash
ington, D. C.
Relation of Shape of Ear to Yield of
Corn.
The superintendent of the Texas
substation at Temple, after a careful
study of the relation of shape of ear
to yield of corn, concludes that slightly
tapering parent ears give the highest
yield. This is in accord with the re
sults of experiments at the Ohio Experi
ment Station, in which extremely tap
ering gave slightly higher results than
cylindrical ears. High yields were as
sociated with comparatively smooth
kernels of slightly more than average
depth and medium horniness. The
yield increased with an incerase in the
total weight of the ear as determined
by slight increase in length, amount of
grain and rather marked increase in
weight of cob.
In experiment* at the Ohio and Ne
braska experiment stations it was
found that the highest yield* were ob
tained with medium to medium long
ears. Poorly filled butts and tips were
more frequently associated with well
filled butts than with well-filled tips.
"The old score card placed much em
phasis on good filling of butts and tips,
but for several years past investigators
have been getting away from this idea.
It has been found that these character*,
when highly developed, are uaually so
developed at the expense of more val­
uable character*, such a* yield, consti
tution, etc." There appeared to be no
relation between yield and shelling per­
centage and circumference and width
or thickness of kernel.
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A Country Doctors
Story
By CARROL H. PIERCE
I doctoroil Farmer Chubbs' family
for years and knew the constitution of
every one ol' 'cm. Hilly, the only hoy
in the family, was a queer little chap.
1 never pave him a (lose of medii-iiif
that he didn't aslc me just how it was
going to ufleet hini, and, if it didn't
act us 1 said It would, the next time I
was called in he would throw it up r.t
me. We doctors don't like that sort
of thing, and 1 took a dislike to Bill.v.
The boy grew up and went ofl some
where, 1 don't know where, but liis
mother said he was going to settle:
tbere and grow up with the country.^
She was sure he would be mayor or
governor or something like that, for lu»j
was so smart.
One day when I was visiting thv
house to .see some one of them that
was sick Chubb asked me if I wouldn't,
buy a draft for him at the hauU lit
Hogersville the next time I went there
and drop It into an envelope lie gave
me addressed to is son Billy, lie
handed me iSHMi for the purpose, and I:
consented to oblige him.
This didn't look very well to me for
Billy. He was twenty-four years old?
and hearty. Ills father was having
all lie could do to get along, and I
didn't see why his l»oy should accept
money from him. Itut I said nothitiK
to the old man altout what I thought,
because it was none of my business.
He asked me not to say anything to
any one else about it. aud 1 promised'
1 wouldn't.
It wasn't long after this, when I wm
called In again for something, that
Mrs. Chubb gave me $50 and asked
me to buy a draft when I went to*
Rogersville payable to Billy and send
it to him in the same way the old
man did. But I wasn't to say any
thing to her husband about It. I
agreed to send the money t'or her and
promised not to let on to Chubb that
1 had done it.
"It heats all." I said to myself, "what
people will do for their children!'*
Hero was I doctoring the family with
out sending in any bill because I knew
they were hard up and they sending
money all the while to a man who
ought to have been sending money to*
them.
You bet when I drove away from the
house I was mad all over. I made up
my mind that the nest time any of
them asked me to send money to the.
man. who was either speculating or
gambling or loating, I would let out:
what 1 thought about it. And I wasn't
goiug to make any more promises not
to tell, either.
But when it came to the scratch I
couldn't do it. Sirs. Chubb sent an
other draft by me. and when 1 asked
her if she didn't think Billy had better
be sending her money she looked at
me so reproachfully that 1 didn't say
another word. She said that Billy had,
invented a machine for getting the
seeds out of watermelons, or some
thing like that, aud what she was
sending him was the last payment for
his patent right.
One day a girl came to my house,
pretending that she came for consulta
tion. What she really came for was
to ask me how she could send money,
told her to buy a draft, aud she ask
ed me if 1 wouldn't buy one for her.
seeing 1 went to Rogersville. where
the only bank was. nearly every day.
1 asked her what name I should make
it payable to, and she said William
Chubb.
I thought 1 should explode. The
good for nothing chap was taking mon
ey from a girl. Howsoniever. if it
doctor learns anything it's to confine'
himself to his pills and keep his mouth
shut. So 1 bottled up my wrath and
told the young woman 1 would be hap
py to serve her. She gave me $18. but
as she didn't know that the draft
would cost anything I paid the ex
change myself.
That was the last draft 1 was asked
to send to William Chubb. His father
introduced the subject of his son to
me one day, but I cut him short and
he saw just how I felt aud didn't press
the subject. Mrs. Chubb didn't say
anything, but it seemed to me she look
ed well pleased about something.
Then one day Farmer Clujbb astonish
ed me by calling for my bill. It had
been running seven years and amount
ed to $250. I made it $235. I was more
astonished than ever to receive pay
ment.
One day I was just starting out on
my daily round of visits when a well
dressed, prosperous looking young man
stepped up to my buggy and accost
ed me.
"Don't you know me, doctor? I'm
Billy Chubb."
"How de do, Billy?" I said, trying to
appear cordial. "Where you been all
this while, and what you been doing?"
"Oh. I've been slushing around. I'v*
picked up something since I've been
away. I've come back to be married.
I want you to come to my weddings
I'm going to marry Sarah Crofts."
Sarah Crofts was the girl who ha#
sent him the $18.
As soon as I saw Farmer ChuMt
again I spoke of his son and let bin*
tnllc all he wanted to. He told me that
Hilly was a natural speculator wonHt
take money from any or everybody to
put a deal through, but he seemed to
have a gift for knowing just what to
take hold of and nearly always won.
And so it turned out. Billy not only
made himself rich, but was enabled to
give his father and mother anything
they wanted He adores his wife, and
his wife is mighty well satisfied with
him.
The Householder—Can't you do some
thing to kill the echo in this garden?
The Landscape Gardener—I think It
adds charm to the spot
The Householder—But 1 spend a
great deal of time here with my wife,
a'ld it doubles everything she says.
Chicago News.
Mugsey the Yegg—I'm golnp to blo\
a fat safe downtown when I tret time
Skinny the Dip—When you set time'
Much chance you'll have to blow a
safe wiifle you are doin' time.—New
York Globe.