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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SHORT STORIES PREPARED FOR
THE YOUNG.
She Won't l'lay la Your YhimI—Chinese
Uahles of Npw York A Simple Story—
Twentieth Century Hoy—At the Doll
Show.
DON'T WANT TO
play In your
yard,
I don't !ike you
any ir.ore.
You'll be sorry when
you §£e me,
Sliding down our
cellar door.
You can't stand In
my pa's hat,
You can't sit upon
his knee;
I don't want to play in your yard,
If you won't be good to me.
—Kate, In New York Recorder.
There are nine colors used In flags—red, 'NICARAGUA IS SLOW.'
white, blue, orange, yellow, green,
brown, black and canary yellow. The '
canary yellow Is used instead of white NO ANSWER YET TO GREAT BRI-
in flags used for signaling. This is be- j TAINS ULTIMATUM,
cause It is found that, when signaling 1
at a distance, a white flag or a device j
on a white ground blends with the horl Meade'® Squadron From Jamaica to
zon and becomes aim st invisible. The
largest American flag made is called
No. 1. It measures 34.86 feet in length
and 13.12 feet In breadth, and is very
rarely used. The size called No. 2,
which Is considerably smaller, is the
one generally used by warships. Cruisers
carry the Stars and Stripes in seven
different sizes, but only the Minneapolis
and the Detroit fly the gigantic No. I
size. The most difficult flag to make Is
that of San Salvador. This flag
H y ti--Yellowstone r«rk Oame Kules—
Hallway I.ands— District and Supreme
Courts.
Washington, April 8.—The answer of
Nicaraugua to Great Britain's ultima-
tum is being anxiously awaited by of-
ficials and diplomats and until it is
made known there promises to be no
further developments In this controver-
sy which luus Indirectly involved the
The leading futurer ranged as follows!
Articles. Open'# lligh't Low't Clos 4
Wheat No. 2—
April 54% M*4 64*3
Mnv 54 V'™ 55VfcM\0V'4 6*
M>Vu 66*? 56'
57V6 67 Vk 67\a
quires all the colors,
runs it close, requiting all but trown.
Our own flag Is by no means art easy
one to make. The forty-four stars In
their blue Held have to be accurately
arranged and the stripes mathemat-
ically exact according to the official pat-
tern. The stars are made of muslin,
folded twenty-ttve times and punched
out by a steel punch which cuts a dozen^
or more stars at each operation. There '
A Simple Story.
She Is a washerwoman aid her name
/s Ellen Johnson. Every Tuesday morn-
ing she comes to the house of the doctor
who lives opposite to do the family
washing. She Is small and wiry and
wears a calico gown, and whenever I
see her whisking around the corner
with quick, short steps, I am reminded
of a small brown sparrow. She has a
little chirp of a voice, also, and she uses
the English language with variations.
I had always taken a great rteal of In-
terest In the house opposite because of
Tangle Curls, the doctor's little uuligh-
ter. Tangle Curls was S years old, fat
and dimpled and merry, with big brown
eyes that were fond of looking across
the street at me In my window. Some-
times she brought her doll to the win-
dow for me to see, or blew a kiss from
her pink finger tips. I had a pet hya-
cinth on the window sill and she watched
every morning when I watered it. One
morning the washerwoman was very
late In coming and her face was full of
woe.
"It is that the little Selma Is seeck,"
she said, wiping her eyes on her calico
apron, "so seeck I fear she die."
When the doctor came In his wife told
him about it.
"She's worried to death, Harry, for
it's her only child. Maybe you might
save the little thing's life."
"I dare say there s nothing much the
matter," said the doctor, easily.
Nevertheless, he found time to go to
see the child. There was no one with
her but the half-blind and childish
grandmother, who could not speak a
word of English and who regarded him
with suspicion and distrust. She was
not an attractive child and not over-
bright, but he did what he could for her.
The washerwoman was overwhelming-
ly grateful and thought It was mere
goodness of heart on the doctor's part
that he hurried her home to her sick
child. lie looked at his wife with an
anxious face. Of all diseases there was
none he dreaded more.
"Diphtheria," he said, glancing at
Tangle Curls where she sat surrounded
by her six dolls.
"Oh, Harry!" The doctor's wife paled
a little.
"I have taken every precaution; I
hardly think there Is any danger."
The little Selma grew better, and Ellen
Johnson was more than ever like a chat-
tering sparrow as she poured out a
flood of voluble and half-intellig%ble
thanks. My hyacinth was growing flne-
fcy in the east window. The waxen
leaves had parted, showing the tight
roll of buds. Tangle Curls was quite as
much Interested In its progress as I
was. Such a little sunbeam, all dimples
and fun. But one morning Tangle Curls
was not at the window and my dismayed
syessaw a white diphtheria card tacked
to the door. This morning the sunshine
comes streaming in at my sunrise win-
dow. It touches the hyacinth's folded
buds and the shining leaves till they
seem to quiver for joy of the warmth
and radiance. There is a softer tint of
blue in the sky; the wind blows up from
the south. But something blinds my
eyes so that I can hardly see the trail of
white flowers that hangs at the doctor's
door.
are used in the navy yard 50,000 yards
of bunting annually, which is all made
In the United States. Before being
made up into flags the bunting is put to
a very severe test. From each lot a
sample is taken and steeped in fresh
water for twenty-four hours. After
that it is thorough?/ scrubbed with
strong soap and then rinsed and dried.
It is then exposed to the direct sunlight
for eighteen hours, and If It shows no
fading in color it Is accepted. The In-
dustry gives employment to a great
many men and women.
and Casta Rica | United States. The answer is due al-
most any day now, althouRh It is an-
ticipated that Nicaraugua will take the
full limit of time accorded by the Brit-
ish ultimatum.
General Barrios, the special envoy of
Nicaraugua, left here about two weeks
ago to confer with his government as
to accepting or rejecting the ultima-
tum. After confering with his govern-
ment, he expects to return to Washing-
ton. It is not yet apparent what the
purpose of these movements is, except
that they probably relate to further ef-
forts on the part of General Barrios to
enlist the co-operation of the United
States in case the ultimatum Is reject-
May
July
Sept
Corn No. L'~
April
May
July
Sept
0 ts No. 2-
May
June
July
Mess Pork
May
July 12 25
La rd, 100 lbs-
May 0 87
July 7 05
Sept 7 25
Short It lbs-
May
July
Sopt
46% 45M, 4f>>
46H 46V" ^ 45%<Mi I
47S, 47% 4(W\ 4tr*«i |
47 Vi 47% 47 47 I
29%
29M,
28%
29U, 29%
2*"*s
28% 28
12 02% 12 02% 11 85
12 25 12 00
6 87%
7 05
29%
6 87U
7 02V4
7 '.5
ed.
Chinese Children of New York.
It is a rare sight to see a real, live
Chinese baby In the streets of New
York city. There are nearly one hun-
dred of these little chaps In the town,
however. Most of them are born and
reared in the Chinese quarter, Including
Mott, i eli and crooked Doyers streets.
More than half of these babies have
American mothers. The others are of J
full Chinese extraction, their mothers. I
as well as their fathers having recently j
come over from the Flowery Kingdom.
These miniature mandarins are not at
all like American babies. In the first
place the characteristic so noticeable In
their parents—the almond-shaped eyes
—seems to be more prominent In their
early life. The Chinese toddler blinks
Its black eyes at the American visitor
to Chinatown, and makes his optics
like two tiny beads above rosy cheeks.
The Chinese baby Is always sleek and
fat. One of the peculiar facts about
these youngsters is that they do not
cry. That passive spirit which their
fathers exhibit seems to spring from
the cradle, If the queer little bed made
on the floor can be so called. The hair
of these babies Is very carefully attend-
ed to by their parents, especially If It is
intended that they shall return to the
land of their birth. It is brushed back,
and at a certain period In the boy's life
his head is shaved in front and the pig-
tall lock is developed. This is an im-
portant function, and is attended with
much ceremony. The children of the
wealthier and better class of Chinese
merchants dress and live in the same
fashion as they do in the celestial em-
pire.
6 27%
u 40
6 52%
6 17%
(1 SO
6 40
6 20
6 35
6 45
The Twentieth Century Hoy.
The twentieth century boy will
just as bright and precocious as
twentieth century girl, who is having
the better of him now In popular Inter-
est. He will not be discounted by his
sister, but he will be the biggest prod-
uct of the kind that has ever humbled
a world. And whatever else he will be.
the twentieth century boy will be scien-
tific. From the moment he rubs his eyes
to let the light fihlne in first, he will in-
sist upon havlnv all the whys and
wherefores In order to start right In his
acquisition of exact and full knowledge.
He will refuse, for illustration, to make
his bowing acquaintance with the Eng-
lish language and literature through
Mother Goose, who never put sense or
reason into what she said. And how he
will pull his bib and tug with the band
fastening Mm to his chair at hearing
"Jack and Jill" told first!
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To draw a pall of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
The story begins in the middle and
does not explain whether Jack and Jill
were brothers, cousins or chums, or
whether either wore boo{s or had a jack-
knife, or whether cither's father owned
a horse that they used to ride bareback.
It does not say a word whether Jill got
mad at Jack because Jack cheated and
got all his marbles, and pushed Jack
down, or whether the pall of water was
so heavy that both could not carry It,
and Jill flunked and let go, and that
toppled Jack over; or whether .lack
could "lick" Jill or Jill "lick'* Jack—
with one hand behind him. And so on.
About the only thing It tells plump-y Is
a whopper; for everybody kuows thvt
water does not run up hill, -it d that no
r>ne goes up hill with any expectation of
getting it.—Boston Globe.
Those Time*.
Pacific Methodist Advocate; We hear
much of these times, but little that i3
good. Men prone to feel and speak
strongly say things that indicate pas-
sion rather than the moderation that is
born of reflection. These times, they
say, are the worst times ever known. A
sort of cynical pessimism Is the spirit ol
the hour, and hard times is the chorus
of its song. These times, however, are
not the worst times. If you go back five
hundred years in the history of the
world we shall see that these times are
far better than those times. The world
has gone forward, not backward.
Everything Is In the crucible. The gold
and the dross will be separated. The
pure gold will come out of the fire un-
consumed. The false and the evil will
be exposed and deposed. The true and
the good will be proven and approved.
The Tower of Ifahel.
The Congregatlonallst: In the dis-
covery and separation of a third ele-
ment of the atmosphere, modern chem-
istry scores one of the greatest of Its
triumphs. It is a brilliant feat of re-
search, but how could so common an
element have been so completely over-
looked? When we are tempted to exult
In man's powers—to think that all the
secrets of nature are being laid open to
his eyes—to dream that searching will,
after all, find out God, perhaps this
wonderful discovery, with its hints of
things still hidden under our very sight,
may teach us that God is still beyond
the grasp of any other human *p°wer
than that of faith, and that the broad-
est generalizations are liable at any
moment to be brought into question by
some new glimpse of his hidden works.
A It eason Why.
About Untie Samuel's Flags.
Before a nian-o'-wnr Is completely
•quipped she must be supplied with a
marled assortment of *he flags ui >J! na-
tions. The flag lockers of a cruiser like
the New York will contain more than
>00 different designs. All the flags for
i)iir navy are mad? in the equipment
building st the Brooklyn navy yard.
The floor of the flngroom Is covered
•vith lines representing the exact meas-
urements of the various ensigns, and It
eno easy matter to run out a flag which
will be exactly according to pattern
fcoth as to design and measurement.
The Outlook: If people stare at you,
look at yourself in a mirror; if people do
not like you, ask yourself If you are lik-
able; if your accounts do not come
light, look to your addition; If your
neighbor Is "luckier" than you, Imitate
his courage or energy or perseverance;
if your children are disrespectful, con-
sider your training; before you stamp a
symphony as dull, Inquire If you are a
competent judge of classical music; be-
fore you criticise a portrait, think of the
characteristics of artist and sitter, of
which you are wholly ignorant. There
Is always some reason why!
Rven T'len.
The oldest prescription In existence
has been found. It was for a wash f.ir
promoting the grow th of the hair of the
mother of King Cata, second king o'
the first dynasty, who reigned about
4.000 B. C. This Is the translation:—
"Pad of a dog's foot, I: fruit of a date
palm.l; ass' hoof, I. Boil together in
oil In saucepan. Direction for use:—
Hub thorough In."
Admiral Meade's squadron sailed to-
day from Kingston, Jamica, for Port
Au Prince, Haytl. All of the vessels
of the squadron accompanied the flag-
ship except the Cincinnati, which went
to Port Antonio, probably for fruit.
This movement Is a radical departure
from the Itinerary arranged for the
squadron, but It is said at the navy de-
partment that no significance attaches
to the change. The Monterey has ar-
rived at San Diego on her way
Callao.
NO NEWS OF WALLER.
The state department officials are
puzzled at the delay In receiving an
official report upon the case of ex-
United States Consul Waller, reported
to be languishing in a French mllltaiy
jail In Madagascar. It Is row nin<-
days since the department cabled to
United States Consul Campbell at Poi t
Louis, Mauritius, the neaiest cable
point, for a report. It is surmised tnat
the delay in the case may lie caused by
the difficulty Consul Wetter Is exp r-
ienclng In getting information from
the Fiench officials, who are not well
disposed towards him on account of
son.e trouble that arose over the grant-
ing of his exequateur.
The secretary of war has detailed
Royal T. Frank. Flist artillery, now
commander of the artillery school ai
Fortress Monroe, to duty on the board
of sea coast artillery fire, vice Colonel
H. W. Classen, Fourth artillery.
Chief Inspector Wheeler of the post-
office department has received infor-
mation of the arrest of John W. Mad-
dox, late postmaster at Gueda Spi ings,
who absconded and was captured
near Winfield, Kansas; also of the ai-
rest of Hugh Griffith for the rob' e y
of the postoffice at Brazil, Indian Ter -
ritory. The latter pleaded guilty and
implicated three others.
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Secretary Smith has made an amend-
ment to the rule governing Yellowstone
Park which will make the enfo,cement
of the law against those killing an#nals
and birds more stringent. Heie ftei
persons ejected cannot return except
by permission and should such persons
return without permission they will be
subject to a fine or imprisonment.
It is stated upon good authority that
the management of the Northern Pa-
cific Railioad company has decided to
withdraw from sale all lands along tin-
entire line until they are classified and
patented in accoi dance with the terms
of the recent acts of congress. The ef-
fect of this policy will be to put an >nd,
for the present at least, to the settle-
ment of railroad lands In several of
the western states.
The supreme court of the United
States today reversed the conviction of
Alexander Allen for murder, by the
United Suites Circuit court for the west-
ern district of Arkansas and remanded
the' case to the court for further pro-
Ii"i;s. This \v;is an th"r <>f the sev-
eral appeals taken from the rulings of
Judge marker in murder cases and the
conviction was set aside upon excep-
tions to the charge of the judge to the
jury. Allen was a colored boy 15-years-
old, and in 18'J2 he shot a white boy,
Phillip Enson, 17-years old, In a fight in
which the white boy used a willow stick.
Judge Parker told the jury that unless
the stick was considered a deadly
weapon the theory of self-defense could
not hold, and upon this the su#eme
court of the United States based' its
action.
TROUBLE FOR MAHONP'.
A suit was filed In the district court
today Involving the property which
General William Mahone has been try-
ing to Mil the government for a print-
ing office site, it is brought by Richard
Windsor, executor of David A. Windsor,
and sets forth that the latter was a
partner of Mahone and that Mahone be-
came indebted to him for $12,500 for
which amount ujdgment has been ob
talned. The pApers filed also assert
that upon the Mahone property Jacob
Tome has a lien of $84,000, and that on
December 1, 1892, severa Imonths after
the Judgment against Mahone was ob-
tained by Windsor, a trust deed was
executed upon the same property in the
sum of $20,000 to Myron M. Parker,
John G. HeaJd and BAgttr Allen. Wind-
sor asks that this trust be set aside and
his judgment be allowed as an attach-
ment upon the property.
Intelligence has been received today
at the office of the American university
that this institution will receive a be-
quest of $20,000 from the estate of the
late Dr. S. R. Birch o tKokomo, Ilnd.
ST AIM II WOKKN lit KM-. 11 I I*.
r, 2va
37%
6 62%
Cash quotations were as follows
Flour—Firm; unchanged.
No. 2 spring wheat, 69tfrtilc; No. 3, nom-
inal; No. 2 red, mvc. \ 2 corn, 45%@
•6c; No. 3 yellow, 44%<Ti'w No. 2 oats.
2t %r; No. 1' whit«. n 33%c; No. 3.
yjurrrnc. No. 2 rve. 55c. No. 2 barlev
No 3. Rlfefvtc; No. 4, romlral.
1 flaxseed, $1.38%. Pr*me timothy
seed, $5.40. Clove** seed, $9 00^9.60. Mess
pork, pel bhl., $11.87^^12.12^. Lard, per
100 lbs.. $ i.77l **>.80. Short ribs s'des,
(loose.) $6.1.*<f 6.20. Pry salted shoulders.
(bo\ed.) 5*4tf|X.V Short clear s'des (boxed)
t8.56CT6.60. Whiskey, distillers' finished
goods, per gal., $1.36. Sugar—Unchanged.
GRAIN MOVEMENT.
Articles. Rece'nts. Shipments.
Flour, barre's 8,000
Wheat, bushels 22,000
Corn, bustle's 95,000
Oats, bushels 230.000
Rye, bushels 5,000
Barley, bushe's 44,000
On the Produce Fxehatnge today the
butter market was steady; creamery. i<*<?
20c; dairy, 8CT18<-. T-Vt steady, li^ll%c.
Cheese; creamery, 9%($10\c.
4,000
9. (xv)
io.ooo
142.000
1,000
12.000
Her
F*. 1 oil *
St. Lou's, Anrll 8.—Re<* °'nts—Flour 4.-
000; wheat, 8.000; corn, 12,0 •; oats, 21,000.
Shipments— liour, 7.<*0; whent, 9,000; corn
120,00; oats. 9.00(1. Flour—Quiet and un-
charged. Whent—Opered dull, % cent
lower, but reacted 'i cent, then gradually
ll • <i % cent, closing ">/'• vi cePt beu>..
Saturday. No. 2 red—Cseh cepts h-i1;
May 54% cents bid; July 54% cents v.*.
Corn—Dull and heavy for the greater
of the session, later shorts began covering
when the price became easy, c'oslrjj at
the bottom. ce-ts below Saturday.
No. 2 mixed—Cosh 431/« cer'ts bid; May,
«-V,; <' • • ts: Julv 4i-e"ts; Septem-
ber 44cents. Onts—Futures we'"V,
suot about stondy. No. 2— Cash 30%T '%
"e Ms; May 2T7(,(?/30 ccts; July 26 cents h'd
Rye and barley nominal. Bran, 69'A < o"*s
"••eked east track. Corn me* l $2.10(^*2.15.
Flaxseed—Quiet, $1.36. Crass s^eds Firm
or; elovor roor to choice $7 50d?8."i0: timo-
thy $1.75(^5.00. Hay—Steady for low grade
f1 rm for better; pra'rle, prime to strictly
choice $S'' <>. th'H s'de: tlmotbv, prime to
farcy, $9.50^11.25. east track.
Quiet, steady and unchanged.
Kansas C'ty, April 8.—\Vh# at— F/ ~
No. 2 hard 54' certs: No 2 red 5VA re
retected 5°. Corr_v0. 2 ml\e«l V, ce"t
'ower; act've 43G/4'0.: No * white dull,
ce*~t lower, 44tfr>44H as'rtJ.
Osts—Firm: No. 2 m^ed tu ce*t : No. 2
white 33 cents. Rve—Firm; No. 2 55 ce-ts
nrn"--K'rm. R7/Pf 9 ce"ts. If"v—Steady;
t'mothy $7.75(^9.00; ora'r'e *7.50**9.00. B«*t-
♦ or—Firm; creamery 15<??>19 c nts; dairy
11@la cents. Eggs—Easier, 9%.
Ft. I «
11U I*'
St. I.oula, .'Tit 8.— fri'ih
10 ce~ts. Wh'skv—Ptcidy. $1.25. T rt°d
—Steady, *2.87%. Sne'ter—Nom'^al, S3 05.
Cotton t'os and backing steady. Pork—
Stard&rd men*, jobbbr. <1010. Lar*—
Prime, steam, $6.70; choice $6.75. Dry s^lt
meats—Boxed shoulders Jj; longs ♦6.37%;
libs $6.87%; shorts $7.12%.
I O'l'lo
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New Yo-k.
New York April 8.—The cotton market
opened at an advance of 4 points wh*ch
proved to be the highest level of the day.
Prices later eased off 2®7 points.
New Orleans, April 8.—Cotton firm;
middlirg 5 13-1:6: low middling 5 17-16 good
ordinary 5%. Net receipts 9.816; gro'/J V
832; sales 4,500; stock 301,190.
MVK stor,
% it lit; r.
Chicago. April 8.—Today's arrivals
were estimated at only 11.000 cattle, In-
cluding 1,500 Texan*, and yet the d •-
rnand was fo m derate Mint prices we*c
barely steady for desir^al lc cattle. For
other kinds prices we"* we"k and sorr-e
sales were made of common canning
: 11111 butchers' stuff slightly lowet
figures. While common to extra na-
tive steers were quotable at $4.15(0*6 50,
very few were choice enough to s 11 ( until
There are 100 bicyclists in Guthrie.
The territorial school fund is 53
cents 1 er cap 11.
Alton has been made a money order
office and Tahlequah au international
money order office.
Miss Mary Evans is now deputy
treasurer of Canadian county
father appointed her.
Probably only 960 quarter sections
of the Kick a poo country will be
thrown open to settlement.
There are 180,000 apple trees in Ok-
lahoma county, about one-half of
these being old enough to bear.
A company with 81,000,000 capital
was orgu ed at Guthrie Wednesday
to build a mammoth telephone circuit
conrecting all the towns in seven
counties of this section. Stock lia9
been sub-crib- d and the line wil1 be
in operation in 30 days.
Harry St. John, ^on of ex-Governor
St John of Kunsws. and a member of
the last legislature, shot and killed his
wife Wednesday nfteri.oon at his
home two miles we-t of Oklahoma
City. Hy t-ome means I10 bad btcome
possessed of a letter addressed to her
and dc-inmded to know the writer.
Wcdne d.iv afternoon about 3 o'clock
he hired a buifgy and drove out to his
piaie. Getting his gun, he confronted
his wife with the letter, threatening
to kill her if she did not disclose the
author. She refused, and, as lie claims,
the ijun was discharged accidentally,
shooting her through the breast. She
d«ed without uttering a word. Mrs
.vt John whs Miss May Felbon. ller
father, Wm. Felbi n, was formerly
county judge of bapuaclie county,
Colorado, and liter warden of the Col-
orado state penitentiary. Sbo leaves
two small children. She was about
28 years of age and her husband is
a I o !t 35, a lawyer by profession, who
has lived in Oklahoma since 1880.
Under date of April 2, James I. Wid-
nieycr, director of the Oklahoma
wi atlier serviie, says: "The sea on
of 18'. 5 oj ens unfavorably, compdare
vt itli loriiicr years. The average rain-
fall for March is over three inches
During the past month tli aveiage
throughout the twin territories was
about .7f> of an inch, most of which
fell on tlic 30tli and 31st. Ili^h wind
Montis occurred on the 1st, 3d, 19th
aud 23d. '1 lie teuiforaturo averaged
s i^lit y below normal the first half of
the month and above normal from the
17th, making the uverage for the en-
tire moi tli 1 degree below normal.
Highest temperature, 90 on the 27th.
Cr< ps: The condition of wheat is very
poor everywhere. Throughout (cen-
tral section) Payne, Logan, Okla-
homa, Cat adian, Kingllslier and Cleve-
land counties, (the heaviest wheat
pr« decing counties) and the northern
and e n ral portions of ChicUasaw na-
t.icr, Irotn 8 to 95 p« r cent of soft
wheat is reported killed and hard
wheat somewhat injured. Fo tv out
of .:.<) correspondents report all solt
wheat killed in and around their lo-
calities. Many lields have Deeu re-
pl 11 ed to oats, corn. etc. Through-
out the central sec ion of the territory
oats was generally sown during* the
ie- ond wt eks in March; it came up all
rljiht but has been in j urea and kept
I ack by drouth. The showers of the
30th and 1st have been beneficial. A
large at re age has been sown. Corn
planting is in progress; the acreage
throughout this section wi l be ^re.it
er ti au last year. Considerable gar-
dening has been done and early pota-
toes p anted, but 'nothing can thrive
neial soaking rain la1 is.
District court convened in Enid
April 2d.
Silver bearing quartz has really
been found in a well on the farm of
Mr. Evans, si* miles southeast of
Chandler. It was discovered at a
depth of 100 feet.
Not ChrUtiunlllte.
Here Is a curious state of facts re-
vealed In a New York court record:
A man who testifies In court that he
made a fortune fiom the manufacture
of religious tracts Is suing another In
court for diverting a portion of It. with
which they were to speculate In whisky
on Joint account.
Mayor Kennedy of Toronto, Out..
oft«n 00 uplen the Methodist pulpits of
that clt*\
Total Lom KchuUn, and a '.Yulrhnmn Vet to
l e Accounted For.
Columbus, O., April 8.—The Amei ican
Starch Works with buildings, covo Ing
ten acres, burned today. The f> mes
were discovered in the dry room on the
fourth floor. The water mains In the
building were disabled before they could
he reached, the pipes being burned off.
Fifty minutes from the tim« the fite
was discovered the bulldlnw as a total
wreck, and $200,000 had vanished In
smoke. The woiks were Insured for
$85,000. One watchman Is missing and
Is supposed to have burned to death
Voiiiii; Woman rccov^r* mini in to Marry
ller Would-be Murderer.
Lowell, Mass., April 8.—Henry Ent
wlstle, who was se-ntenced to fifteen
years In prison In 1892 for shooting
Maria Clegg, with Intent to kill, has
bttn relMUMd from if"' prison through
the eforts < «' Uu young lady and th«y
both will sali for England In a few d -ys
where they will be married. KntwistL-
was in love with the young woman,
but her father objected to the match.
On the afternoon of Oct. 6, 1891. Kn -
wlstle waited for Miss Clegg outside
tli** Massachusetts mills and llied four
ahots from a revolver ol li# *• He In-
uch over several sales of fat 1|
and Missouri cattle weighing fiom 1,300
to 1,445 pounds being reported at that
figure. The hulk of the steers so'd at
$fi.25*j>t>, export lots being s liable at.
$5.50(^)6.20, and cows and bulls went
largely at $3{i>4.
The receipts of hogs were es'lmat d
at only 19,000 head. The scanty supply
on sale and the expectation of still
smaller receipts tor" -ow stalled up
buying at an early hour. Eastern ship-
per* took a good prop'.i tlon of the l> -t-
ter class of hogs and this competition
with local packers resulted In a higher
market, prices averaging f cents hlgh-
The bulk of the hogs went tor
5.25, sales being on a basis of $5<7$5.40
for droves averaging 200 pounds and
upwards. $4.75(7/T . 10 for I'ght, $1.85^/5.15
for mixed nnd $4.25(0)4.60 for p'gs.
Sheep—Steady and fairly ac*'.,"\
Prices showed no change, about 1^.0'jO
head being received, flood sales were
made on the basis of $2.75tfrf , ti e g eat-
er [.art selling at $4^4.f 0 fnr natives
and $4.40(0)4.75 for western. Lambs
were in demand at ?46/)5.85 with sales
principally at $5.25<8>5.r 0.
Receipts—Cattle, 11.000; calves, 400;
hogs, 19,000; sheep, 12,000.
Omaha, April 8.—Cattle—Receipts,
1,100. Market stronger. Steers. $4.75
roG.10; bulk, $5 0(^5.00; cows and heifers,
$1.25^t)4.50; bulk, $2.60(&3.60; stockers and
feeders, $2.50©4.50; bu'k, $'' .00f(T>3.50.
ogs—Receipts. 1,40'. Market opened
5 cents hlgehr; 'ioved firm. Light,
$4.70^1)4.90; mixed, |4.i5$04.86; heavy ,$4.80
$5.05.
Kansas City, April 8.—Cattle—Re-
ceipts, 2,900; shipment*, 1,300. Market
steady to strong. Texas steers, $4
5.35; beef steers. $4.15^6.40; stockers and
feeders, $2.5012)4.70.
ogs—Receipts ,2,100; shipments, 1,000.
Market, strong to 5 cents higher. Hulk
of sales. $4.75^90; heavies, $I.80((f5; pack-
ers, 4.75@5; mixed, 4.60^85; lights, $4.55
©80; yorkers. $4.70@80; pigs, $4<U4.60.
Sheep—Receipts, 1,100; shipments, 800.
Market, steady. __
Kansas City Gazette: We sympathize
with John P. St. John In the terrible af-
fliction that has befallen his fa n.ly
through the crime committed by his son.
St. Louis, April 8.—Cattle—Receipts,
3,500; shipments, 500. Market acti\j
Kxp ot native steers, $5.80
(irass. too, ii very backward for ill s
M'88 -n of ih<j year. Western section;
Tim ughout the c ninties of Ilia ne
Washita and tJ veiy little soft wheat
stood through the winter, hard wheat
looking extra well c« nsidering the
prevailing dry weather. Oats are gen-
eral 'y up but liUe everything else
need rain Corn planting general;
grass growing slowly; no rain thi
I week. Northern section: I11 Reaver
county nenriy all soft wheat is Uiilod;
more oats and barley sown than in
former year*; no tain this week,
'throughout (Jrai.i Kay, Woods, Gar-
field and other ttrip counties liiy'n
wind and high temperature have pre-
vailed during the week. Local show-
ers in Kay county. Wheat on rough
ground stood through the winler
much bet ti r than on smooth level bot-
tom. Eastern and southern sections:
In the southeastern Cherokee, eastern
Creek and Choctaw, and southern
Chickasaw nation, good rains have fal-
len and crops are in fair condition,
with sufficient moisture in the ground
\\ heat in southeast Chickasaw nation
is rep< ried good but very slightly in-
jured by winter freezes; large acreage
of corn and oats p anted. Through-
• ul the entire territi ry the prospects
for fruit are very encouraging. Apri-
cot and peach tiees are in full bloom;
they boom this year about three
weeks later than lormer years, and
danger from frost is at a inin mum.
In lormer years wann weather in Feb-
ruary caused 1 arly Jruitn lo bloom
during the tirst week in March, and
March frosts proved very disastrous
This year the excessive cold during
February «n(i suls qucnt dry
wia'bcr prevented early development,
and at present the ouMook is very fa-
vorable." I
United States Judge Kilgore, after
having been delayed in Washington
>ga—-Uece.pt*, 2,soo; shipments, 1,500.
Market 10 cents I Igher; heaves, $5.00ft
^>5.50; nixed, $4.75& .10; light, $4.70®
5.10. The principal advance was on
good light weights.
Sheep—Receipts, 5,500; shipments,
none. Market active for everything
above common, and prices tror.g with
some sales higher. Natives ranged
tended to kill himself, but was prevn'.- I $4.6005.00; a big bunch of light wight
ed. After a long Illness the young wo- Texan* brought $4.00; snring lambs
mat, rwvered. I range $6.50<7iG f,o
©6.25; good to choice shipping, $4.G0{j) | for several remons, finally left I riday
4.1 >5; fair to med um steers, $4.00(t> 4.65;
feeders, $3JMW4.0o; cows, $2.00(^3.50; fed
Torn* gf « $4.00'7iftr>.F0; Rrass Texans,
$3,064.25; cows, $2.0Q)3.25.
to organize his court in the Indian ter-
ritory. It was Mr. Kilgore's purpose
immediately after receiving the ap-
pointment to go tiist to Texas nnd
then return for the organization of his
court. This was prevented, how. ver,
by urgent business, Mr. Kilgnre
has now so ch inged his plans that lie
will tirst organise the territorial court
and subsequently go to Text s for the
winding up of his affairs there And the
removal of his family to the teriitory.
A party of government surveyors
hns arrived at South McAlester, I. T.
'1 hey will take the field immediately
for the survey of the lands of the Five
Civilized Tribes. The party complete
will number 150 men.
John Trussler and I.ob Wlicaton tei-
ctmc involved in an altercation at
Charter Oak school house near viuth-
rie Thursday night over the settle-
ment of a load of hay. Wlicaton
stabbed Trusaler three times in the
ubdotnen, producing fatal wounds.
Sunday afternoon at the Methodist
church, corner Robinson and Fourth
streets, the funeral services of M. IL
Couch were held The funeral service
was preached by Rev. John Riley, and
Hon. Sidney Clark delivered a short
oration. Payne's Oklahoma colony
took charge of the services. His many
friends with whom he shared the pri-
vations and hardships of early pioneer
life in their attempts to sett e in this
territory followed the remains to the
last resting place in Fairlawn ceme-
tery. The deceased was a man than
whom few if any were better known,
or held in higher estimation by the
settlers all over the territoiy. Ilq
was born in (luilford county. North
Carolina, in 1828. and lived there un-
til he was 32 years old. As a young
man he was held in high estimation
and made inuny friends. When the
war bro'te out, not being in sympathy
with the rebellion, he went through
the lines to Louisville and applied for
admission to the union army, but on
account of an impediment of his
speech wns rejected, lie went to Kan-
sas and located in Hutler county
in the Walnut valley. With his son,
the late Captain Couch, and Captain
Payne he organized a co'ony to sett'.o
in Oklahoma The st >ry of the'r re-
peated attempts to enter the country
is a matter of history. Time nnd
a rain the li ttle colony entered Okla-
homa, each time only to be driven
from the lands by cattle barons and
soidiers. Alter years of continued ef-
forts these "boomers" attracted the
attention of congress, and the coun-
try was opened to settlement. Under
the law in ny of ti em were termed
"sooner" and denied the privilege of
holding claims, Mr. Couch lived to
the time of his death with his family
011 a claim adjoining Oklahoma City.
The fossil skeleton of a huge sea an-
imal was recently discovered by a set.
tier in the Cheiokee strip while
searceing for driftwood along the Ar-
kansas river. The nose or beak was
projecting ".rem the sand and oa
breaking it was found it to be bone.
This aroused the finder's curiosity to
such an extent that he set to work to
exhume the skeleton. The he id.beak
a few vertebrae, some ribs and propel-
lers were in a fair state of preserva-
tion. but the remainder crumbled at
soon as exposed to the air. The dis-
coverer stored it in a shed and
thought little of it. Ry chance Henry
Patterson heard of it. went down and
purchased it and is now reap 11 z a
profit from his investment by exhibit-
ing it in Southern Kansas. A de-
script on of the bones remaining was
9 mit to the directors of the national
musueiu at Washington and the fol-
lowing reply has been received: ''The
matier is of great interest from a
paleontologlt.nl point of view and I
have taUen the liberty of at once sub
milting your I Iter to the secretary of
the Smithsonian institution and ask-
ing him t« write to you in regard to
the matter and send a man to Investi-
gate the discovery. The ske'eton
which you speak of is certainly larger
than any on record anywhere in the
world and it is highly important that
it be preserved in the National Mu-
seum." It has been named by local
'.dentists monocerosichthyos turns and
plesiosaurus. but it evidently belongs
10 neither. Ry camp irrisons with the
d scriptions of those animals and
f -oin reco lections of the larger casts
of fossil saurians. the head and verte-
bra* are of neither of them. The eye
sockets are four feet in diameter, with
a snprcorbital notch, the same us in
huiuf.n cranium with a space of twen-
ty i .«t*hes between the sockeis, making
a skull diameter of 9 feet nnd 8inches.
It has a pointed nose or bill twelve
fe.-t long and a coinparalivelv small
bra n cavity. The vertebras measures
twelve inches each way, and the dis-
tance from tip to tip of transverse
processes is f rt.v inches, and r* hem-
b es those of mammal rather than
those of fish. The ostryodes is 38
inches long. A rib is 13 feet 9 inches
long and 33 inches in circumference,
and two triangular shaped bones, cor-
responding to right and left are 3>f
by 12 feet, the use of which Is conject-
ural, but supposed to be | ropellors or
tins, hcientists who have examined
it and expressed their opinion do not
I r tend to name it, and believe it to
b - h n< to ii ) recorded species. It has
been variously estimated to bj from
00 to 300 feet long. I think the latter
is more nearly correct.—R. L. Patted*
son.
Kx-Congressinan Wm. Springer, re-
cently appointed United States judge
of the Northern district of the Iudiaa
territory, arrived on the field of his
labors Wednesday. Vinita, which it
is thought may become the headquar-
ters for the court, has b« en in holiday
attire, and feasting, speeches and a
reception have been the order. His
clerk. Hon. James A. Winston, of
Springfield, 111., accompanied the
judge.
The Oklahoma Sanitarium company
looking for a location for *ts '"tane
asylum.
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