Newspaper Page Text
THE REAVER TNFRAin. REAVER. OKLAHOMA w i 1 :. - r FROM ONE YEAR'S CROP Ilcmttrkable ns are tho reports of tho yields of wheat In Western Canada, tliu marketing of which Is now under way, they arc none tho moro Interest ing than nru those that aro vouched for as to the value at UiIb grain crop to tho farmers of that country. Somo months ago tho Department of tho Interior, at Ottawa, Canada, wroto to Hiobo In tho United States who were owners of land In Western Canada that was not producing, ad vising that It bo put undor crop. The high nrlcos of grain and their probablo contlnuanco for boiiAj years should bo taken advantage of. Cattlo and all tho produce of tho farm commanded good figures, and tho opportunity to feed tho world was great, while tho profits wore simply alarming. The Department suggested that money could Iks mado out of tho lillo lands, lands that could produce anywhere from 25 to 65 bushels of wheat per aero. A number took advantage of tbo suggestion. One of these was an Illinois tanner. He owned a large, quantity of land near Culross, Mani toba. Ho decided to put ono thousand acres cf It undor wheat. His own story, written to Mr. C. J. Uroughton, Canadian Government Agent at Chi cago, la Interesting. "I bad 1,000 acres In wheat near Culross, Manitoba. I threshed 34,000 bushels, bolng an average of 34 bush els to tho acre. Last Spring I sold my foreman, Mr. F. L. Hill, 240 acres of land for S9.000, or 137.50 per aero. Ua had saved up about $1,000. which bo could buy seed with, and have the land harrowed, drilled and harvested, aud put In stook or shock. "As a first payment I was to take all tho crops raised. When bo threshed he had 8,300 bushels of wheat, which Is worth In all $1.00 per bushel, thereby paying for all the land that was In wheat and moro, too, there being only 200 acres In crop. If the 240 acres bad all bcon In wheat ho could bavo paid for It all and had monoy left." That Is a story that will need no corroboration In this year when, no mattor which way you turn, you learn of farmors who had even higher yields than these. G. E. Davidson of Manltou, Manito ba, had 3G acres of breaking and 14 acres of older land. Ho got 2,180 bush ehj of wheat, over 43 bushels per Hero. Walter Tukncr of Darllngford, Man itoba, had 3,51 1 buchols oft a CO acre field, or over 58 bushels per acre. Port acres wad breaking and 20 acres summer fallow. Ww. Sharp, formerly Member of Parliament for Llsgar, Manitoba, had 88 acres of wheat on his farm near Manltou, Manitoba, that went 53 bush els per acre. Ono of tho most remarkable yields In this old settled portion of Manitoba was that ot I. Scharf of Manltou, who threshed from 15 acres the phenom enal yield of 73 bushels per acre. Theso reports aro but from one dis trict, and when It Is known that from almost any district in a grain belt of 30,000 snuaro miles, yleldB while not ns largo generally as these quoted, but In many cases as good, Is It any wonder that Canada Is holding Its head high In the air In its conquering career as tbo high wheat ylelder of tho continent? When it Is pointed out that there are millions of acres of the same quality of land that has pro duced theso yields, yet unbroken, and may bo had for filing upon them as a homestead, or In somo cases may bo purchased at from $12 to $30 an aero from railway companies or private land companies. It Is felt that the op portunity to tnko part In UiIb marvel ous production should bo taken ad vantage ot by those living on land much higher lnprlco, and yielding Infinitely less. Advertisement. What a contemptible weakness char ity Is, when It Is shown for the faults ot those we dislike. WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY is her hair. If yours U streaked with ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use "La Cro olo" Hair Dressing and change it In the natural way. Price $1,00, Adv. But U Cover kills a law to exe euto 1L Make the Liver p6 its Duty Nine times In ten when the liver Is tight the etomsch and bowels are right CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gently but firmly com- pel a lazy liver do its duty. Lures Con- tipation, In digestion, Sick Headache. and Diilreta After Eating, SB1AI.L PILI-, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature Z- P1LFS "" trtBt pllc b a mili ' I)npjr tetbo4 without knife or llg VUlCdJ Mure. Inatltutton eatub jlabed a yeare. Write for Hat or patlentv K0U. TWapwa & Mj.n. St J D.tiUu.Wkklu. ,,, PATENTS isrsai-jis'r! t0JWMCARTERS jmUKHm bbitti r Jmrnrnw iivek Mm'. HILLS. r Jqgi'c. i BEAR TURNS PLUMBER PUZZLED BY THE MYSTERY OF CAGE WATER TANK. Animal In Brooklyn Zoo Conducts Pa tient Examination and Has Made Some Progress on Road to the Secret. Prospect park zoo has a plumber bear, and his name Is Ilosco. So far as known, ho is the only plumber bear In captivity. Ilosco's rcsldcnco Is No. 1 Dear place, and ho lives In n great cage, which Is far different from his an cient homo In tho wild Ural moun tains. Ilosco is a Itusslan, a big hulking, qulctly-amhllng fellow, and ho Is a favorite with Head Keeper O'Hrlcn and his men, because he is bo tractable, says tho Hrouklju Eagle. No mattor how tho black bears In tho adjoining en no may snap and growl, or tho other members of the bear family may display their peevishness, Ilosco is always good-natured. Ho has a great wooden ball that ho plnn with In tho most comical manner im aginable. Hut It Is about Dosco's plumbcr-Itke proclivities that you want to hear. Half of his llfo Is spent In play and sleep, and tho other half in trying to puzzlo out tho mysteries of tho big water tank In tho center of his cagu. 'Ho Is moro of n monkey than a bear," said O'llrlon. "Ho is tho greatest Imitator 1 over saw." Dosco first tried to get through his clumsy old bear head what It meant when tho water ran Into tho tank. Ho would sit on hla hind legs, with a lu dicrously foolish expression on his faco and study tho water as he tried to get tho Ins nnd outs ot tho mys tery ot why tho tank was full at somo times and empty tt others. To traco tbo solution of this mystery became tho consuming passion ot his llfo. Sometimes ho would rub his car with a contemplative paw, and you would soo his eyes brighten en ho thought bo had at last struck the right trail. Then ho would rctlro Into his cave In tho rocks, to cogitate at his leisure. At first ho tried to keep tho water back by shoving a paw against It, but this did no good. Then, when tho tank became clogged and the keepers went into the cago to clean It out. Dosco sat by In an attltudo of an alert old man taking in every detail of their operation. Ho saw them lift up tho trap and get down in It. Bo, when they had gono, Dosco or ganized a class In plumbing wltli himself as solo member. Ho first put out a hairy paw and seized thotrnp. It camo up easily enough. Then ho looked at it, to boo what made it como up, and put it back nnd lifted It ngaln and again In tho joy ot his disco v ory. Ho had part ot tho secret, at any rate Tho next thing Bosco learned was to get down Into tho tank and dig around to sea what made tho water stop running. Ho acted just llko a man about it, and performed each act with comic gravity. Ho found a cap down there, and ho used to tako that off. That Is about as far as Dosco has got In tho elementary stages of plumb ing; but he is ambitious, and it ho keeps on ho may bo ready to don a Jumper and overalls soon and start out on a job with soldering Irons un der his forcpaw and charcoal stove swinging. Activities of Women. Many ot the women engaged in in dustry in England havo donned mas culine garb. In a recent efficiency auto run, Miss Eva Cunningham of Haverhill, Mass., took first prize In tho contest with 80 man competitors. Miss Florenco Powdormaker has been mado assistant chomlst in tho Baltimore board ot health, a position nover before held by a woman. Tho Countess Benchendorff, wlfo of tho Russian ambassador In London, Is ono of tho best lady brldgo players in that city. In two Cloveland foundries 300 wom en run great punching and drilling ma chinos, working sldo by sldo with tho man machinists. Miss Ella J. fjlutz, a blind student at tho Ohio Stato university, whllo only a. freshman In tho collcgo, ex pects to finish tho four-year courso on timo. Miss Slutz Is alono in the world and In her eagerness to fulfill her j ambition to secure an education, Is do ing odd Jobs about tho school for which sbo receives room and. board frco. Just the Plate for Him. Tho FrcneH 'sergeant who, as tho result of o, wound In tho head re ceived In 1879, BUfforod perlodB of ab normality, during which ho neither smellcd or felt anything, would bo al most an ldoal man for trench serv ice in the present unpleasantness, it what tho correspondent writes Is true. Courteous Interchange. "Hero's an old friend ot yours, Mrs. Gaddy." "Oh, yes. I refused you when wo wero young, didn't I?" "Yes, madam. So kind of you to make mo remember ono more thing to bo thankful for today." Experience Suggests. "What," asked tho teacher about to oxpatlato on tho domestic beauties of forbearance, "is tho crying evil la evory homo?" "I guess," volunteered a little girl In the class, "It's the babies, mum." PEARLS IN TOY DOG'S TA(L Man From Tokyo Had Gems In Silk Vest and Cigarette Box Worth Large Sum. A llttlo toy dog, with a stubby tall and a pointed noso, which would emit a bark like a grunt when pressed, stood on tho tnblo In tho ofilco of Jus tice Wardcll, survoyor of tho port of San Francisco, surrounded by n, collec tion of cultivated pearls. The tip of his tall was missing, ns was tho end of his nose, both ot which had bcon cut nay by customs Inspec tors. The dog was only ono of many clover contrivances used by Y. Nakanc, wealthy pearl merchant, when he mado a declaration at tho customhouse Ray ing that ho carried only $400 worth of pearls. An Investigation of Ills baggago by Custom Inspector J. D. Ilrosman re vealed pearls alued nt moro thun 15, 01)0. Nakanc arrived In San Francisco aboard the Tcii)o Maru and declared to tho customs Inspector that ho had $400 north of pearls in a small jewel rase. An examination of tho case showed that It had a false bottom, and pearls valued at 11,000 woro revealed with the destruction of tho caso. This was the first lot to bo discovered. Whllo the Jewel caso was being taken apart Nakanc drew from his pocket a dainty Japanese tobacco box and proceeded to roll a cigarctt":. The beauty of tho bo? attracted tho attention of Wardoll, who asked to soc it nt closer range. The box, when ex amined, revealed another $1,000 worth of the precious gems. TCaknne ro moved his coat to assist In tho work of unpacking bis cases Again Wardell was attracted by tho beauty ot a silk vest and made an ex amination and found that in tho cen ter ot each ot tho buttons was set a small pearl, which v-as so near the color of the, shell-llko buttons that tho gems could only be detected by tin ex pert In the bottom of ono of tho mer chant's trunks tho Inspector found a toy dog carefully wrapped In tissue paper. Nakano explained that it was to bu a gift to a child relative here. An examination of the outsido ot the toy revealed nothing; finally tho tip ot tho tall was removed with a pair ot sclssorR and it was found to be filled with pearls. A llko find was mado in tho dog's nose. Nakano then confessed he had tried to smuggle the jewels Into this coun try. 'I ho gema wero confiscated. "Jennie Catfish" Dead. "Jennie Catfish" Is dead. In the northeastern part of tho city Jcnnlo Cutfifeh was as celebrated as the muf fin man ot English fame or tho old chlmnoy sweep ot Charles Lamb's time, states tho Philadelphia North American. Her call, "Any catfish? Any catfish?" has rung through tho streets ot tbo city for nearly half n century. Resi dents of tho northeast say they cannot remember when sho flld not cry hor wares night and day. Many remember it mingled with their childish dreams, tho shrill, piercing, long-drawn-out wall bringing a picture of a llttlo worn nn, who always had seemed old, walk ing swiftly along hack Etrects nnd al leys with a tray balanced on her head. To the children sho was "Jennie Catfish," w'uich was their translation of her cry. To her neighbors she was Mrs. Am ,1a Wilson, eighty years old. Sho had been 111 for somo tlmo and had been tnken caro of by n neighbor, who tho other day entered her home with a postul from a nlcco. Sho found tho old woman dead as tho result ot pneumonia. Public Defender's Idea. "What in heaven's namo Is tho use of sending to Jail a man who ought to bo with his family? What's tho uso of giving a man a bad namo when a good word will set him right?" That's what tho first public defend er to appear In Pittsburgh's police courts asked at tho end of his first day's work. There's no uso following that old method, but wo'vo been a long tlmo finding It out. Sending a man to Jail is a poor way to tako caro nt tho man's family, but it's tho way wo'vo taken for ages. Giving a man a bad namo Instead of offering him tho good word his heart Is aching to hear Is wasteful but It ws easier, we thoughtthan the right v.iy. TLo strange Ihjns about these natters Is that tho wrong way always seems easier. Pittsburgh Leader. Oyster Catches a Duck'. A sheldrako duck, diving Into the bay ut Smith's Point, L. I., varied life's monotony by capturing an oyster and being captured in turn. Of course all that tho residents of Smith's Point know about the remark ablo catch Is what they heard from Will Murdock, who tends tho draw at tho Tangier brldgo, and who admits he has an excellent reputation for verac ity. Will took duck and ovster to tho Smith's Point CoaBt Guard etutlon and exhibited them to provo the r.tory. Where did ho get them? Oh, ho caught tho duck after tho duck had caught tho oystor. Tho fowl pushed Its bjll into tho shell of tho oyster, Murdock said, nnd tho bill stuck fast. Useless Question. "Would your wife vote for you ns a :andldato for office?" "I don't think there's any use of my bothorlng my hoad about that," re plied Mr. Meekton. "I don't believe Henrietta would let mo run In the Urit place." A m pro (Conducted by tho National Womnn'i Christian Temperance Union.) WHY DRINKERS ARE FAT. Tho labor leaders aro beginning to tench through tho pages of their Jour nals tho nature and offects of alcohol upon tho physical organism. Tho fol lowing Is from tho United Mlno Work ers' Journal. - "Not nil hard drinkers aro fat, but tho tendency of alcoholics to obesity is too marked to cscapo notice A well-known doctor says It Is becauso tho alcohol usurps tho function of tho fat, which accumulates. This Is how he explains It: "It la noticeable that tnoso addicted to the uso ot alcoholic beverages often reveal a tendency to corpulence which Is proportionate to their uso of tho drug. The fatness is hot a sign of health. It is not oven an indication that alcohol Is harmloss. It Is moroly tho result of tho comploto oxidization of the substanco ot alcohol by tho human body. Tho body will oxidize a two ounce quantity of alcohol In 24 hours, and will do it so completely that no traco ot alcohol can bo found In any excrotory substanco. This sim ply means that the unnatural heat pro duced In tho body by tho prcsenco of tho stimulant answers, for tho tlmo being at least, for what would other wise be producod by the oxpcndlturo of fats and carbohydrates. Theso lat ter aro the fuol stored up by the body and normally burnod up In tho pro duction of necessary bodily host though not a natural heat and this expenditure Is avoided. Tho fat Is therefore stored up In tho body un used, nnd corpulence Is tho necessary result This, of courso, Is not n nor mal condition nor a proper process. It becomes more unnatural with In creasing uso of alcohol." STOP ALL DRINKING. A handbook recently Issued by tho German government for tho una of field surgeons sounds a nolo of warn Ins against John Barloycorn. Thb articlo Is by Prof. Max Gruber of tho Royal Hygienic Instltuto of Munich. Wo quote: "This is no tlmo for the uso of alco hol. Not only la tho guzzling of all alcoholic drinks to bo stopped, but the use of oven small amounts Is, as a rule, an evil. "It Is scientifically established that even small amounts ot alcohol weaken and paralyze our powers of observa tion, memory and Judgment, tho com mand of our Intellect, our wills and our reason, our ImpuUcs, our brains, our body; cut down .tho gains from excrciso, tho enduranco of hardships, tho ability to resist external injuries. "Ono'a strength and mental power may bo enough to withstand tho mod erate use, but efficiency cannot bo im proved by It. And thoso of us who are small and deficient in mental and physical power act recklessly when wo dlsslpato tho llttlo that wo have, especially when wo are under obliga tions to accomplish tho most that wo can." AMERICA'S GREATEST FOES. "Had saloons nover been discovered, and wore It then In my power to por tray tho effects of such a discovery, all men, without exception, would declare It ImposRlblo to conceive of any moro diabolical plan for tho degradation and destruction of tho human raco. Our greatest foes arc tho manufacturers and distributors of alcohol. Tho stories of Injuries dono by drink aro so written in tho sad llfo history of many of our greatest men; aro so evident throughout our land in Bquntor, pov erty, misery nnd crlrao, nnd ropleto In prisons, workhouses nnd nsylums, as well as in domestic infelicity, that It is Inconceivable that any Intelligent, rational man can deny tho necessity for strong, united action to rid tho land of both manufacturer nnd dis tributor." -Dr. A. Kelley of Johns Hop kins Hospital, Baltimore. BEER WORSE THAN WHI8KY. This Is what tho Homo I.Ifo Insur ance company of Now York has to say about beor: "Of all Intoxicating drinks, It Is the most anlmalizing. It dulls tho intel lectual nnd moral and feeds tho sen sual and beastly nature. Beyond all other drinks. It qualifies for. deliberate and unprovoked crime. In this ro epoct H la much worse- than distilled liquors. A whisky drinker will com mit murder only under tho direct ex ettoment of liquor, a beer drinker Is capablo ot doing It in cold blood. Long observation has assured us that a large proportion ot murders deliberate ly planned and executed, without pas sion or mallco, with no other motive than tho acquisition of property or money, often of trifling value, aro por potrated by boer drinkers." Shrlrie Saved From Destruction. In 1871, during tho commune, Notre Dame cathedral, famed tho world over, was menaced with gravo dangers ow ing to tho fury of tho communists who having iffected an entranco, col jcted all '.ho avallablo chairs and other combustlblo material and, pllinr, it In a hugo bonfire, drenched with oil, in tho center of tbo choir, attempt id to desttoy tho cathedral by tiro. The evil designs of tho Incendiaries were, hbwover, happily frustrated by the arrival ot tho ..National guard. Resourceful Tailor. "nnven't you any largor checks?" "No," said tho tailor, "theso aro tho largest I hnvo." "I fear you havo not a very oxtcn slvo lino ot cloth." "Theso are about as largo ns checks como in cloth. I might possibly ninko you up a vest out of linoleum." Louis ville CourlerJournnl. SOAP IS STRONQLY ALKALINE nnd constant uso will burn out tho scalp. Cleanso tho scalp by shampoo ing with "La Crcolo" Hair Dressing, and darken, lu tho natural way, thoso ugly, grizzly halrB. Prico. $1.00. Adv. The Last Resort. Pat's ono troublo was that ho could not wnko up In tljo morning. His land lady had tried ovcry device sho could think of, but men tho most determined of alarm clocks had no offoct on Pat's slumbers. Ono dny ho returned homo from his work with a largo papor parcol. "There, now, Mrs. JoneB," said ho triumphantly, as ho unwrapped a hugo bell, "and what d'yo think o' that now?" "Goodness, maul" exclaimed tho surprised landlady. "Whatever nru you wanting with that groat thing?" As ho tucked tbo boll under Ills arm And prepared to go upstairs. Pat replied, with a knowing grin: "Sure, nnd I'm going to ring tt nt six o'clock lvry morning and wako mcsllf up!" To Prevent the Grip Col.li cam Grip Lamina Dromo Ontnlne re movra 111. cjuie. llitra li only ana ,lliouio Quislac." B. W. UROVU'S m oatura on boi. ajc New Swedish Expletive for Shells. For many years n superphosphato company in Stockholm has been ex perimenting witlt now explosives, and now scoms-to havo found ono warrant ing extensive manufacture. U Is very powerful, nnd ono of tho prlnclpnl In gredients Is perchlorldo of ammonia prepared In somo special wny. "Kau ollt," as It Is called, has great ex-, ploslvo power and seems especially ndnpted for shells. COVETED BY ALL but rossoHsed by few a beautiful head of hair. It yours is Btreaked with gray, or Is harsh and stiff, you can re store It to Its former beauty and lus ter by using "La Croolo" Hair Dress ing. Price fl.00. Adv. He Had No Kick Coming. "That's awful pitching." "What's tho matter, my dear?" "That'o tho socond man no's given a pans to first this inning." "1 don't sco why you should com plain, George. That's tho way you camo In to boo tbo game." Ootrolt l'teo Press. Piles Relieved by First Application And enrrd In Slo i daj: br 1MZO OINTMENT, Ilia nnivcrial remrdr for all roimi of fllo, LiU(Eiii tefand uioues if It fadi. joo. Professional HabK. "Why do you snub that young don list who calls on you so?" "Bccnuso ho gets on my nerves." His Reason. Weary Always u-grumbllngl Why can't yor be contented wlv yor lot? Walker 'Cos 1 ain't got a lott Happy ii the home where Bed Cro Ball Blue la used. Suro to plcaie. All grocers. Adv. If n fool Is happy In his folly ho should worry. Very fow wlso men aro as lucky. id .' IVomolcs I)iUi--slioii.Ciiecrfnl- nc.ssinilhVst.f.ontaiiis neither Opiuin.MorpfiTnFJioj'WInfnit Not NAitcoTic. JirtMilJI .Cat Jfe I- f0 WJ Kwmoffu CiiuifUa Sitotir QUO htAjrart4n tlmtvrl ft'pvrr.i Remedy for()sTT(55r Hon. Sour StoinndiDwrrluK-i Worms. Feverishncss uruL lOSSOFSUiKIV, ITiic-blmllr Signature of TlIB CCKTAUR CO.MPAJrf, NEW YORK. ?J0 lU.A n u- . m VBH Exact Cupjr of Wrapper Kt Contests JS Fluid Drachma JjlJ jK ALCOHOL- 3 I'RR OHNT. W AYetJclablcPivparallonforAs jiH KinulatlngllierwxlundRcgula Vr ling Hit SlomariM and Dowels of WE WANT YOU TO KNOW That your Intereita are ouri, your succtaa we wuim. iur yuu huu pivuae yuu, we aau mancnt ihlppera and Irltnda. mantel leueri tree, write want inem, TROWER, CHASE & McCOUN "cY&c0 USJV BlUWtt. CA.V.11AX4'JU, UUMUAti ISXTX, -. IT'S WORTH YOUR to safeguard your health against an attack of Colds, Grippe, or general weakness, and a trial of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS will help you very materially. Be sure to get a bottle today. in Willie's Dream. "Wasn't that a funny dream ) hail last night?" said little WUllo to his mother. "Why, what did you dream, Ow?" she asked him. "Why, you know; you wont within everywhere," was his reply. Exceptions. "Lio produces llko." "Not always. Just you try to get any cold cash from & snowbnnk." Mother Knows What To Use To Civ Quick Relief HANFORDTSl Balsam of Myrrh For Cutft. Burnt. Bruises, Sprains, I Strains. Stiff Neck. Chilblains. Lame Back. Olfi Sores. Open Wounds. and all External Injuries. Made Since 1846. fg Price 25c, BOc and $1.00 AH Dealers - m. e BUCK LOSSES SURELY PREVENTEB tij Calttr'i Bllckle, mil. tow. rrtd. frtih. rllu cnf.md bf ,mw.u hruwhi mc.iim lata W ViOl K,.lM ." ." vaailan.lalL I R- B VX"? 'r.lwM ind t'ltlnonUU. I .llaJL Tl ll'i'" ' "iMMtf PI1U I.DO U 41 fKJt M-tM ko. Blukltf Plllt 4.M j .. V" " Inwlor. but Cutt.rl twt, Tna inpnttorltr of Cuurr product! 1 du. to orcrll (ran of p-lilllnj n ttnlnti anil Mramt !. J"'11" Cmr t. If nnobutnaua, onl.r direct. Th CutUr Liagrattry. litrMlty. CU., ar CalctatTllW . PARKER'S HAIR OALSAM A tolUt preparation of tntrlft. Help to eriuiicau dandruff. 1-orKMioriaf color ana autrtoCrarorFadcdllatrJ O 0o.aoMi wt prorrft. W. N. U WICHITA, NO. 1-ttHe. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Casforia Always Bears the Signature. of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA MifT. itm arm la oun. In other wo.-df, it r wo.-df, ii K ut ot rr- jmmmmM . ua you Bwmmg : STOCK. aflaaaaaaaaaaB CO. Pajl one more 10 our nab or per1 TlFJ . VI J aW W mm U sm sif M