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CHANDLER PUBLICIST
vr. H. FRENCH, alitor and Mana'r.
ME3. 0.0. FRENCH, Associate Ed'r
CHANDLER, - - O. T.
OKLAHOMA AND 1VDIAN lEURltOBf
There are eight women's clubs ill
Guthrie.
There is a riding school for ladies in
Oklahoma City.
Garden truck is coming up in many
parts of Oklahoma.
Pawnee and Jennings are now con-
nected by telephone.
The Pawnee Indians have sent a dele-
gation to Washington.
The Stroud state bank will erect a
fine brick building in April.
The burned mill at Newkirk is not
to be rebuilt by the owners.
Norman shipped 400 bales of cotton
during the season just closed.
Glencoe, between Stillwater and
Pawnee, is to have a postoflice.
Stillwater voted for water works
bonds, to the amount of $35,000.
Enid has a dramatic club composed
of sixteen young- aociety women.
A grocer at Ponca City sold a train
load, fifteen cars, of salt to cattlemen.
Tecumseh people had to remove
building's from the Choctaw right of
way.
The Oklahoma Pharmaceutical asso-
ciation will meet in Pawnee, April 4
and ">.
Cotton has reached $9.81 at Stillwater,
the highest priee paid since January
10, 1893.
A Sedalia firm has asked for a fran-
chise to build a street railway in Okla-
homa City.
The first district \V. C. T. U. met at
K1 Reno last week, in its sixth annual
convention.
A vote will be taken on April third
at Ponca City on spending 84,000 for a
city building.
Ten thousand dollars is the fixed
figxire to be raised toexploit the Rough
Riders' reunion.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
Bock Island's new line from Mountain
View to Mangum.
It is a frequent occurrence in Cleve-
land county for a 160 aere farm to sell
for as much as $3,500.
Corn planting commences this week
near Shawnee, and probably qnito
generally in Oklahoma.
If that report about the Pennsyl-
vania system getting the control of the
Frisco comes true, then what!
It is reported that the Augusta road
is to form a link in the Kansas City
and (iuIf of California, trans-conti-
nental line.
r A book reception was held in Guthrie
at which every person attending
brought a book, or money, to form a
nucleus for a public library.
The Santa Fe has purchased 00 acres
more at Guthrie, which makes 00. It
is all for terminal facilities. A pressed
brick union depot is to be built.
Sam Atherton, the peanut king, and
the inventor of the peanut thresher,
says there will be thousands of acres
of peanuts planted in the territory
this season.
The Santa Fe has selected ten para-
graphs from Governor Barnes1 last
report, illustrated them and printed
them separately and are scattering
them broadcast. They cover cattle
industry, fruit growing, grain and cot-
ton, richness of soil, prosperity of the
people, openings for manufacturers,
government and energy of the people
and educational institutions.
Leonard Taylor, an educated Chey-
enne, sued his wife for divorce and got
it. but the judge gave the wife the two
children and their annuities, provided
t hc remains single.
The Oklahoma \V. C. T. U. elected
the following officers: President, Mrs.
Sue Uhl Brown, Oklahoma City; vice
president Mrs. L. Ella Hartley, Tecum-
seh: corresponding secretary, Mrs. A.
T. Wilson, Oklahoma City; recording
secretary. Miss Klda iiarace, Noble;
treasurer. Mrs. Alma.W. Chapman, K1
Reno.
There is a call for a reunion of Con-
federate veterans at the same time as
the Rough Riders' reunion, the first
week in .July.
John McCoy, a boy living southeast
of Perry, noticed a great prairie fire
very early in the morning. He ran his
pony and notified a number of farmers
before they were up, thus saving much
property.
Two young colored u en plead guilty
in Judge. Ituford'M court of attempting
to burn the jail. They were sentenced
to two years at Lansing.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
college of Oklahoma has enrolled 33ft
students, of which number -00 have
come from familiea of farmers.
The University of Oklahoma has paid
otf its warrant indebtedness, down to
$3,000 and it is believed will be able to
make a clean balance by the first of
April.
f The Midland Farmers* Alliance about
K1 Reno has denounced the resolution
of the National Live Stock association
of Fort Worth, favoring leasing the
public lauds to cattlemen
rjf'V!
, -
Profit In the Orchard
Fort Gibson is to establish a cotton
gin.
A. N. Nixon lost his store at Pike, by
fire.
Okmulgee seems bound to become a
smart and lively city.
Ardmore is reducing the salaries of
its officials and policemen.
The jail in Tecumseh is quarantined
on account of smallpox.
The Wagoner grand jury was in ses-
sion ten days and returned 107 indict-
ments.
The Dawes commission treaty with
the Cherokees is drawn along the sain<
lines as the Creek treaty.
Two farmers near Berwin lost 1,200
bushels of corn by fire. It is thought
to have been incendiary.
A city park association at Bartles-
ville is raising money by suppers, etc.
for improving a public park.
6The town of Welch has horse races
every week, attended by horsemen
from the surrounding towns.
It is estimated that the proposed
school tax on non-citizens in Indiar
Territory would raise 8200,000.
Governor Seay is said to be preparing
to lease 2,000 acres of Indian land in
Rlaine county for cattle pasturage.
Students of the Northwestern Nor-
mal have pledged President Anient
that they will abstain from intoxicants.
It is now asserted that the Santa Fe
will put a passenger train on the
Hutchinson Southern road on April L
It is estimated that two car loads of
lumber a day are received at Knid. or
that much on an average for the year.
Eufaula merchants have formed a
company to bridge, the Canadian river
at a cost of 840,000. for trade extension
pu rposes.
The National Guard band of Indian
Territory are on their way to the Paris
exposition. They serenaded the presi-
dent at Washington.
Sheriff Tandy Folson, of lUue county,
Choctaw nation, was fouad dead in his
bed with a bullet hole through hi?
head and his gun lying by his side.
The secretary of the interior has sub-
mitted to congrcss an estimate of $." ,00<3
to establish the boundary lint' betweer
the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations.
Statistics of life insurance companies
show Oklahoma to have the lowest
death rate per thousand, followed in
order by Kansas, Nebraska, Washing-
ton and Wyoming.
According to the figures made by the
interior department the available land
in the Cherokee nation for allotments
will give only about eighty acres tc
each person with a right to a share.
Bridge gangs on the Eastern Okla-
homa railroad object to commencing
work on any more bridges on a Friday.
They say that the two bridges where
there were accidents in the course of
construction, were commenced or
Friday.
The court house square in Perry has
some fine trees. They are being taken
care of. When they were set out, ah
an experiment, one row was left un-
trimmed and these are now better in
every way than those which were
trimmed.
The proposed sehool tax in Indian
Territory is: On each male person over
21 years of age not a member of any
tribe in the Indian territory, 51 per
year. On each attorney, physician,
surgeon, dentist or pharmacist, 85 per
year in addition to the $1.
The Dawes commission reports that
up to date, there has been appraised,
in the Cnoetaw nation, 2,3.">0,000 acresj
of land, or about three-eighths of the
public domain of this nation. Ap-
praisers will be put to work in the
Chickasaw nation about May 1.
The Mountainview postoflice recent-
ly discontinued, is a long way from the
town of Mountain View, whose post-
oftice is called Oakdale. This leaves
the way open to have the oftlce and
town given the same name.
At South McAlester's big convention
it was decided to levy an assessment
on each town of the territory to defray
the expenses of the delegates. Com-
plaint now is heard that several of the
towns have not advanced a cent, and
contributions from the remainder are
rather slow.
Kverett Rail filed on a homestead in
Greever canon which contains the
largest bat guano cave yet found. The
contents of this cj. .e are estimated to
be worth $." 0,000. The ^uano is being
shipped to California.
Rev. A. Norman, who owns a half
section of deeded land live miles south-
j east of Waukomis, was married to Miss
; Mary E. Glick, at Denver. Worth coun-
j ty' Mo,, one day last week. The Rev-
I erend has reached the advanced age of
I 72 years, while his bride is a young
| lady of 15 summers.
| Cattlemen played a game of poker at
i Tulsa recently, where towardsmorning
| chips were worth $30 a piece. At one
time there was 8ir>,000 on the table.
Mrs. Heasley, defaulting postmistress
I of Spiro is serving a 90 days' sentence
j at Fort Smith. Her father was also
I convicted of embezzling from the rail-
road.
The Kansas penitentiary last week
I refused to receive fourteen prisoners
from Oklahoma because of smallpox
quarantine and the sheriff of Lincoln
county had to bring them back
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Romo (Jp-lo-DBte nlnt. Abont Cul-
tlvntlon of the Soli and Yield*
Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture aud
floriculture.
An Affrlcnlturttl Dopartmant for Iona.
A bill introduced by Senator Harrl-
iran to establish a department ot agri-
culture is now pending In the Io«a
legislature and there are Btrong prob-
abilities that it will be passed as it
has the backing of a good many mem-
bers of the assembly and the people
and press are generally favorable to
It. It Is proposed to consolidate under
the one organization all the sta'e
boardB and bureaus related to agricul-
ture. This would give it the super-
vision of the district and county fair
societies, the weather and crop service,
the farmers' institutes, and the state
veterinary and dairy and food com-
mission departments. It would be
managed by a board of which the gov-
ernor, the president of the Iowa State
Agricultural College, the state dairy
commissioner and the state veterina-
rian would be members ex-olilcio. The
regular membership would be made up
of directors, one from each congres-
sional district, from which doubtless
tho oflicers would be cliosen. As there
are only eleven congressional districts
tii Iowa, this would not make a very
cumbersome organization and in thr.t
respect would be an improvement on
tho Illinois method of carrying on tha
same work through four separate or-
ganizations. To the first two of these,
the live stock commission and tho
dairy and food commission no partic-
ular objection can be made since their
membership consists of only necessary
working members appointed by the
governor. The third organization, the
state board of agriculture, is made up
of one representative from each con-
gressional district in the state, and
the fourth, the Illinois Farmers' In-
stitutes, created by an act of the 39th
assembly, and serving in some respects
as a model for the Iowa hill, is under
the supervision of nn ex-oflicio board
of directors consisting of the state su-
perintendent of public instruction, tho
president of the State Dairymen's As-
sociation, the dean of the State Col-
lege of Agriculture, the president of
the state board of agriculture, and the
president of the State Horticultural
Society. The regular membership like
that of the state board of agriculture
is made up of a representative from
each congressional district and from
this membership the oflicers and stand-
ing committees are chosen. As each
of these four organizations is a state
Institution, the expenses of members
are paid by the state for attendance at
all conventions and committee meet-
ings and the expense of the repot
which each issues and circulates is also
paid by the state. This makes a con-
siderable demand upon the public
treasury without in many cases any
compensating advantages to the tax-
payers since the work of the state
board of agriculture and of the Farm-
ers' Institutes is necessarily directed
and carried on by Its officers chosen
with special regard to their fitness for
the work, their experience and knowl-
edge of the needs of agriculturists.
Cern Culture.
Judge S. H. Miller of Mercer, Pa., is
one of the enthusiastic farmers of the
county. Eleven years ago he bought a
poor farm one mile from the town of
Mcrcer, and has made It very produc-
tive. Three years ago I saw on this
farm as heavy a turf of timothy as
seemed possible to any lnnd. His ag-
ricultural faith is pinned to stable
manure, underdrainage, heavy sods to
make humus, and then tillage. At
Leesburg institute he told us that his
cornfield was harrowed nine times last
spring before planting, and he said he
would have harrowed it nine times
more if there had been time for the
work. By this be certainly proves his
faith in tillage. The crop was one of
the best ever raised in the county,
according to the testimony of many at
tho Institute who saw the field. Judge
Miller cultivates level, and keeps the
cultivator going whenever the weather
and other crops permit. Continuous
culture long as possible would suit
him. Tlllige consents moisture and
frees fertility. Whether so much till-
age would pay in cash most years is a
question. I doubt it.—National Stock-
man.
Th« (iraK. for tlio I.a <i.
There is great wealth in the grass
crop, whether it be in the pasture or
the meadow. More attention should be
paid by nearly every farmer to the se-
lection of grasses adapted to his soil,
his conditions and his needs. There
is a very large number of good grasses,
but very few are popularly grown. The
ordinary man seems to think that one
kind, of tame grass in his pasture is
about as good as another, and if one
of the standard grasses does fairly well
he looks for no other. Uut grasses
vary greatly in the growth they make
on different soils. With farms varying
all the way from light sand to imper-
vious clay it is reasonable to suppose
that there are many places where our
commonest grasses do not do so well
as other grasses that might be brought
tn.
Of course we recognize the fact that
for bay to he sold in the market it will
not pay to try any hut the best-known
grasses, for the reason that the buyer
of hay in the city Is not inclined to
experiment with new kinds of hay, at
least not unless he can get the new
kind at a very much lowar price. But
the farmer himself Is not thus circum-
scribed. Ho can prow and feed without
prejudice any new grass.
The work being done by the govern-
ment In bringing in new grasses from
all parts of the world, is destined to be
of great value to the farmer, and the
latter should not be backward In avail-
ing himself of the opportunities pre-
sented. A number of grass plots should
exist on his farm, and in these should
be grown the grasses best reported of
for his locality. Our practices of grass
growing are bound to undergo a radi-
cal change; and tho future will no
more see us sticking to the two or
three kinds of grasses now being
grown than the present sees us grow-
ing the potatoes and cabbages that
were favorites with our grandfathers.
Different grasses use different con-
stituents in the soil, and on exhausted
grass land it may prove possible to
substitute a new variety for an old va-
riety with advantage. Some of the new
grasses have been brought from lands
subject to great extremes of heat and
cold and of drouth, and will prove es-
pecially serviceable on lands that are
so mechanically constructed that they
yield readilytodrouthconditions. Prog-
ress in the science of grass growing
will come only as a result of many
and varied experiments with all the
known valuable grasses.
Salsify or Vegetable Oyster.
Press Bulletin No. 61 of the Kansas
Experiment Station says: Vegetable
oyster, or salsify, is a most valuable
addition to the list of cultivated veg-
etables, but at present is little known
and scarcely appreciated. It is not a
native of America, so far as is known,
but is indigenous to the southeastern
counties of England, where it-grows in
the meadows. Nothing from the ordi-
nary sources of information can be
found as to its introduction into this
country, but it is not well enough
known to indicate that it has been
long in cultivation. Henderson, in his
Gardening for Profit, says that al-
though the consumption is limited, the
prices are high and remunerative, and
that the amount grown is increasing.
Whether or not it should be grown ex-
tensively is a question that the demand
for the vegetable will settle, but there
is no question whatever that it is
worthy of cultivation for family use
in every vegetable garden.
Botanically it bears the name Trago-
pogon porrifolius, Linn., belonging to
the Compositae, and is a biennial
plant. The varieties Long White and
Sandwich Island have been tested by
the horticultural department of the
Kansas Experiment Station. There
was little difference in the total yield,
Sandwich Island being ahead, but tho
roots of Sandwich Island had fewer
laterals and were smoother. Where
a good stand the yield was very nearly
a pound to the foot of row.
Salsify is easily grown, may be cul-
tivated without trouble, and is easily
stored for winter use. The seeds are
sometimes planted with a drill, but on
account of being so sharply curved at
the ends it is rather difficult to obtain
an even distribution in this way, un-
less they are very thoroughly cleaned.
They may be planted thickly, to be
thinned later on, or the seeds may be
dropped from four to ix inches apart
in the first place. Th soil should be
rich, but with well-rotted manure
worked deep and thoroughly. Upon
the perfect condition it the soil de-
pends the straightness nd smoothness
of the roots, there bein a tendency to
branch where fresh ma ure is applied.
The plants should be cu tivated as par-
snips are. They are very hardy, are
not affected by frost and may be left
in the ground all winter without harm.
But to have the roots ready for use
they should be dug in the fall and
stored away in soil or sand where the
temperature is low. If xposed to the
air the roots become shriveled and
tasteless and are withot value.
Coloring Butt *.
The color question is a matter ot
vital interest to the dairymen of the
United States. Upon that line nearly
all the repressive legislation that has
been had against the fr ud oleomar-
garine, is based. For that reason, in
order that in the future deception and
swindling may be prevented, it be-
comes a matter of necessity that all
butter shall come upon '.he table in a
yellow color, says Hoard's Dairyman.
So far as deaths having ever ensued
from the eating of butter that has been
colored, that is tho merest humbug.
Butter is colored simply as a matter
of taste, because in summer, when feed
is green, all butter is yellow. It does
not make poor butter good butter. The
coloring has nothing whatever to do
with the question of quality. No man
need be persuaded to buy poor butter
for good because it is yellow. Quality
In butter is not Judged by the eye, but
by the taste and smell, so color has
nothing to do with quality, but has
much to do with another department
of value, that of appearance ta suit the
eye of the customer.
The aim ot the dairymen and all
consumers who do not wish to be
swindled into buying oleomargarine
when they call for butter, is to force
oleomargarine, by the strong arm of
the law, to appear in the market and
elsewhere In its own distinctive color,
which is white, or nearly so. Then,
if the poor want it as a cheap substi-
tute for butter, they can buy it for
what it is worth. Public sentiment
and understanding Is fast coming to
see the integrity, fairness and wisdom
of such a purpose.
The boarding house or restaurant
keeper who puts white butter on his
table is lacking in good business sense.
No deaths, nor even sickness, have
ever occurred, to our knowledge, from
eating butter colored by any form of
color.
The sooner all butter comes on the
table In yellow attire and all substi-
tutes are forced to appear uncolored,
the quicker will Justice be done to the
consumor and the dairymen.
A sky full of stars predicts rain.
(Condensed from Farmers' Itevlew
Stenographic Report of Illinois Farmers'
Institute Roundup.)
H. A. Aldrich said in part: When-
ever an orchard overbears it' Is in-
jured for a long time. After an or-
chard conies into bearing, no plow
should be put into it. It is better to
cultivate it by means of a cut away
harrow, and follow that by a smooth-
ing harrow. Young trees not in bear-
ing should be plowed deep, 6 or V
inches. That will compel the roots
to strike deeper. Trees so treated get
so well rooted that they can't be
blown over. We should not grow hay
in an orchard, as the grass will alwayi
take the cream of the land and the
trees will get nothing but the skim
milk. Trees in sod suffer from drouth,
and the sod is a harbor for all kinds
of Insects, borers especially. When an
orchard comes into bearing, give it
the whole ground. If your orchard is
not profitable do not lay all the blame
on It. The question is asked, "Does
spraying pay?" There is no longer
any doubt on that point. It costs only
7 to 15 cents a tree to spray.
Q.—At what time should we spray?
Mr. Aldrich.—Three times; Just be-
fore the blossoms open; just after the
petals have fallen; and two weeks
later.
Q-—Do you spray your trees before
they come into bearing?
Mr. Aldrich.—The sooner you begin
to spray the better. Begin the same
year you set them, and keep it up, so
that when they commence to bear you
won't have any scab to fight.
Q.—When the limbs of the trees o!
an orchard hang too low to permit ol
cultivation to what extent should we
prune, to make it possible to cultivate?
Mr. Aldrich.—I cut my trees back
so I can get near the trees or under
them, but I never cut off large limbs.
Wherever you cut off a limb that is
more than an inch and a half in diam-
eter be sure to paint the cut to pre-
vent bacteria from getting in. Pruna
in summer for fruit and in winter for
wood.
Q.—What do you thick about cut-
ting o£E of great limbs sometimes s!i
inches in diameter?
Mr. Aldrich.—I would not do that;
I call that butchery.
Q.—Is not the rubbing of the hogs
against the trees very injurious?
Mr. Aldrich.—Well, that question is
brought up again and again, by men
that had hogs in their orchard and
lost some of their trees, but I do not
believe that the hogs rubbing against
the trees is what did the damage. 1
went into some of those orchards, and
in every case I found the ground
packed hard, and that is, I believe,
what killed the trees.
Q.—Is it a good idea to make a
chicken yard out of the orchard?
Mr. Aldrich.—Yes, sir; if you culti-
vate It.
ODOR OF OYSTERS SAVED HIM
1ft Reminded the Dying Reprobate of
Home and Boyhood Days.
The story was told by a railroad con-
tractor over the black coffee of a cer-
tain Bohemian table d'hote in the old
quarter. "I never fully appreciated
that proverb about finding a man's
heart through his stomach," he said, I
"until a couple of years ago, when I
was doing a bit of construction work
cn tiM Texas and Pacific, out beyond
Alexandria. One day a strapping big
fellow we all knew as 'Chicago Pete,'
who was bossing a shovel gang, waB *
struck by a falling derrick and had
half a dozen ribs crushed in. He was
dying when they brought him to camp
and with the party came a country
preacher, who happened to be riding
by at the time the accident occurred,
I made the poor fellow as comfortable
as I could in my shanty and the par-
son undertook to administer spiritual I
consolation, but he soon found he had
a rather difficult job. 'Chicago Pete'
had been a pretty tough customer ail
his life and had most of the traits
that decent folks can get along with-
out, but he entertained a supreme con-
tempt for death-bed reformations and
told the preacher so with a picturesque
embellishment of profanity that made
the good man's hair bristle on his
head. Nevertheless he stuck to his
task and for upward of an hour he 1
pleaded with the sufferer to repent be-
fore it was too late. Finally, when he
was about to give up in despair, my
cook next door began to fry some
oysters which I had secured th<it
morning as a special treat, and as
their faint odor drifted into the shanty
Pete suddenly opened his eyes. 'Them
oysters reminds me of home,' he said.
'When you were a boy?' asked the
minister, taking the cue as quick as
lightning. 'Yes,' said Pete, 'my mother
used to fry oysters that smelt just like
them do.' 'Then think of her now, my
dear friend!' the minister cut In.
'Think of your poor old gray-haired
mother!' and between the redoubled
odor of the oysters and the earnest-
ness of his appeal Pete was actually
shedding tears in less than five min-
utes. 'Will you join me in prayer?'
asked the preacher presently. 'Yes,'
said Pete, 'if you'll leave the door
open so I can keep on smelling them
oysters,' and a little'later he passed
quietly away in the odor of sanctity
and hot grease. That's a true story,
boys, and wherever may Peter be,
I trust that all is well with him. He
was a good fellow at the bottom and
he died like a Christian and a gentle,
man."
1
Missouri Fruit Prospects.
Under date of Feb. 15 the secretarj
oi" the Missouri State Horticultural So-
ciety sends us the following: From
reports from ninety three counties ol
the state, we cull the following:
Apple orchards, where well cared
for, are In very fair condition and
promise a good crop. Old and neg-
lected orchards are not in good condi-
tion and prospects are not good. In-
Jury of trees by freeze of February,
1899, still shows in many places to be
serious.
Peach orchards, where properly cut
back last spring, have most of them
made a fine growth and will hold a fall
crop of peaches. Trees not cut hack
and those cut back too severely, and
old trees have many of them died.
The very rapid growth on the cut-
back trees has prevented the formation
of very many fruit buls. and hence we
cannot expect a full crop. Some ol
the buds have already been killed, bul
there are left, on most trees, all tha
buds that the trees should have.
Pear, plum and cherry trees, al-
though badly Injured in some localities,
have formed a good lot of fruit bud.i
and the prospect is good for all ol
these fruits.
Strawberries have not made a good
stand and the prospect is that the croj
will be very much shorter than foi
years.
Raspberries and blackberries havt
generally recovered from the freeze ol
'99 and we may expect nearly a full
crop.
Grapes are in good condition and
promise well.
Taking it all in all we can now
safely say that there will be nearly a
full crop of apples, a half crop ol
peaches, a two-thirds crop of pears,
plums and chcrries, a half crop ot
strawberries and raspberries, and a
full crop of blackberries and grapes.
But we still have the most dangerous
part of the season to pass.—L. A. Good-
man, Secretary.
Use. for Old Cork*.
Whoever throws away a cork flings ,
out a substance which is of great I
value. Old corks should never be de- J
stroyed. They have many uses and
are worked up in many ingenious
ways. They are among the principal
items in the manufacture of insulat-
ing covers for steam pipes and boil-
ers. Ice houses and ice boxes are
packed with them. Fine cork shav-
ings are now used in the filling ot
pneumatic tires. Ground Into pow-
der, they are used In padding horse-
collars. Linoleum is made princi-
pally of cork, and bath-room mats ot
this substance are useful and popular.
Home-made or Inexpensive life-pre-
servers are tilled with old corks cut In-
to scraps. When corks are so bad look-
ing that they are not fit for house- J
hold purposes they are still of value
and should be put carefully away for
future use.
Comet History.
The first corset—not counting an-
cient modifications of the Grecian zone
or girdle—was introduced into France
by Catherine de Medici. It was a
strange affair, and fashioned after the
style of a knight's cuirass. The frame-
work was entirely of iron, and the vel-
vet, which decorated the exterior only,
] served to hide a frightful and cumber-
some article of torture. In the days
that followed ladies of the court laced
themselves frightfully and wore tho
dreadful prison night and day In their
efforts to obtain what they considered
a perfect figure.
Some people wonder why more
squabs are not raised for market, anc
say that when pigeons are so very pro-
lific there should be no reason for the
squabs selling at from 25 cents to GO
cents each even In winter. The reason
why more squabs are not produced
la doubtless duo to the fact that the
men that attempt to raise pigeons do
not confine them in covered yards, that
is, yards with wire sides and tops. The
result Is that all kinds of enemies prey
on the pigeons and the constant loss
from this is large and discouraging, II
doves are to be kept for the squaba
they produce It Is evident that the
work to be successful must be scienti-
fically carried on.
A Celebrated Dog; Hospital.
More than 10,000 dogs are treated
every year In the Royal Veterinary
hospital of Berlin. At the head of tho /
hospital are famous scientists, while
the positions of internes and nurses
are filled by students, who consider It
a privilege to work under their in-
struction. Any person who has an ail-
ing dog can take the beast to tho hos-
pital, where It will be examined and
treated at a total cost of less than 8
eents a day.
The Bite of a Pig.—It !s a rather
remarkable fact that tho bite of tha
pig is more dangerous than that ot any
of our farm animals. Why this Is so
Is not easily accounted for; but the fact
remains that Injuries Inflicted by pigs
usually take a much longer tlmo to
heal than those Inflicted by, say, horses
or dogs. However, wounds Inflicted
by awlne ure of rather luro occurrence
From Washington
How a Little Boy Was Saved.
Washington, I>. C. — " AV'lien our
boy was about 16 months old lie broke
nut with n rash which was thought to
be measles. Ill a few days he had a
swelling oil tho left side of his lieck
and it was decided to bo mumps. He
was Riven medical attendance for
about three weeks when the "doctor
said it was scrofula and ordered a
salve. Ho wanted to lance the sore,
but 1 would not lot him and continued
giving him medicine for about four
months when the bunch broke in two
places anil bccnine a running sore,
'fhroo doctors said it was scrofula and
each ordered a blood medicine. A
neighbor told me of a ense somewhat
like our baby's which was cured hv
Hood's 8ar>aparilla. I decided to
give it to my boy and in n short while
Ilia health Improved nnil his neck
lieulcd so nicely lliat 1 stopped giving
him the medicine. Tlie sore broko
out again, however, whereupon I ajrain
gave him Hood's Sarsapnrlllu and its
persistent use has accomplished a com-
plete cure." Jilts. .KTTIL CllASfc,
47 K St.. N. E.
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