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THE OKLAHOMA^TATE CAPITAL, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 0, 1905.
THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
By ths State Captal Ccmi «ny.
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No it wasn't a Kannaa cyclone. Ju#t Thorns* law-
ton speaking.
That non-partinan single statehood convention
promises to be a hummer.
The way cotton is climbing the women may soon
t)C forced to wear *ilk.
Rojestvensky was the validictorian of hi claw.
CL'ances are Togo always remained at the foot of his.
While the courts are declaring Delvin a bankrupt,
lis creditors are doubtless declaring him something
ti so
1'ngineer Wallace, according to current gossip, Hill
prefers rather to work for "mere lucre" than to work
frith yellow fever germs.
While Norway and Sweden are getting ready to
fight, and Odesna along with Poland is revolutionary,
don't forget the Kqnitable.
Tn one way the Russian navy i* superior to that of
the fnited State*. Xo American fighting vessel can
wpport a name like the Kniaz Potemkin.
Tlie reason Thomas Lawton is not more frequent-
ly referred to as a reformer, is probably that the people
tre not yet fully convinced of hii« own reformation.
Lam Suey, a St. Louis Chinaman has been lined $.*
for displaying too much patriotism on Indopeuence
Day. Danger of a Chinese boycott of American goodi
is again imminent.
The record of the lost year's bank failures show
that banks that obwrve the established laws of con-
servative finance, wheth r state or national never fail
to open their doors.
The Topcka Journal suggests that perhaps we will
be able o find out for sure which *ide Commissioner
Garfield is on, by seeing whether the government, or
the beef trust, calls him as a witness.
Doubtless Colonel Huffman and (ieneral Hurlingame
would not be aware that there is an Oklahoma National
Guard fight if it were not for the papers. The fight
exists more largely in the press than in reality.
"No, Admiral Krugcr of the Russian navy is no rela-
tion to Oom Paul. At least be has done nothing since
the mutiny aboard the Kniaz Potemkin that would in-
dicate a relationship with the noted Transvaal tighter.
Explorer Pearv evidently believes "Roosevelt" is a
name fo conjure with. The world will join with him
in the opinion if he succeeds in bringing the North
Pole back with him in the ship bearing the president's
name.
Globe-Democrat: Several hundred thousand of Mr.
Rockefeller's millions for education will go to Hook-
er Washington's school. Putting his feet in the Rocke-
feller trough will pay Booker better than putting them
tinder the White House table.
As a result of the failure of the Devlin Bank, Kan-
sas is reported bankrupt. It cannot pay its oflh'vrs as
the remaining funds in other banks belong to institu-
tions under rigid restrictions. The fight to oust Gov-
ernor llocli may now be expected to abat •.
The way principal chiefs Rogers and McCurtain of
Cherokee and Choctow Nations are assuming the au-
thority to call a separate constitutional convention for
the Indian Territory, would indicate that after state-
hood the Indian will be after the "white man's votes"
rather than the white politicians after the "Indian
vote,"
That separate statehood coiistituiowil convention
called by Chiefs McCurtain and Rogers will do no
harm though it will do no good, in so far as the resuIt-
looked for are concerned. It may, however, train
those who participate in parliamentary methods and
better qualify them for participation, n the big cofi-
Btitutional convention that will be held after cougress
unites Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one fctute
this winter.
Reuben Post Halieck of the Louisville, Ky., boys
high school says that less than twenty jnr cent of the
boys entering the high schools of the United States
remain to graduate. Isaac Thomas, principal of the
high school at Burlington, Yt„ says that the predom-
inance of women among the high school teachers is
mainly to blame. He offers as remedies, first, the em-
ployment of fewer women; second a competence se-
cure enough to induce men to enter the profession of
teaching as a calling: third, the education and hurr.an-
ization of all specialists.
UNPATRIOTIC COURSE IN
OKLAHOMA GUARD FIGHT
The**.' newspaper* trying to keep the Oklahoma Na-
tional Guard tight alive are pursuing a very ufij-11rt
otic course, to say the least and already the disinter*
< sted people of the territory are entertaining serious
doubts as to their sincerity. It is improbable that any
of the papers agitating the atlair believe that their ac-
tion can rcHilt in any good to the militia or the terri-
tory. Vet further tluui this it is an lujusliee to Col-
onel Roy Hoffman, who ia in many ways an cftirient of.
ficer. By dragging him into the affa'r his efficiency is
impaired, and he is unfitted to give his best service to
the territory, because of the friction, that will natural-
ly l e engendered whenever authority is vested in him.
Comments on the situation arc largely eoufined to
papers arting presumably through friendship to Hoff-
man, yet in reality seeking to stir up strife. The peo-'
pie of the territory are familiar with the motives of
these papers and their attack*, which on their fsce
display spleen and bias and an improper volition, are
unworthy of an answer.
Vet there are many editors in Oklahoma and thou-
sands of people who would like an unprejudiced state-
ment of the fact". The common error among these
people js in considering the cases of General Burlin-
amc and Colonel Hoffman together, comparing the
acts of tlko two, while the cases are separate and dis-
tinct. Both have been charged with usurping auth-
ority that docs not belong to them. After a complete
investigation it was decided that General Brulingame
had not exceeded hia authority, though it must be ad-
mitted that he stooped to things beneath the dignity
of an ofticcr of his rank. His acts were authorized,
and it can only be said that he was lacking in discre-
tion. In all other ways he has been a remarkably
efficient officer, and this one fault, if 't be a fault,
could be overlooked.
Until the Oklahoma City affair, Colonel Hoffman uu
doubted ly had the majority of the guard with him,
but he so clearly exceeded his authority in that case
that even many of his friends are frank to admit that
he was in error. He relieved Captain Highlcy of com-
mand of Company M, placed Captain Hunter in com-
mand, and appointed Captain Highley adjutant on his
staff. The change may have been a good one. Yet
even though it were, it should have been made through
the proper channel, with the direction of the command-
er-in-chief, the governor.
In military circles it is recognized as a basic law that
an officer shall not assume command'or duties by virtue
of his commission.
In the regular army the granting of a commission
merely makes an officer eligible to perform certain du-
ties; a colonel, the duties of a colonel, a captain the
duties of a captain, and so on through the list of of-
ficers. Yet before the person thus made eligible shall
assume these duties he must be assigned by some prop-
er power. With the regular army the president is the
proper person, with the Oklahoma militia,, the gov-
ernor. To strictly follow military procedure, Colonel
Hoffman could not appoint his own staff, yet as a mat-
ter of courtesy this privilege as a general rule is rec-
ognized. No objection would have been made to the
appointment of an adjutant by Colonel Hoffman, but
in so doing he relieved an oficer l'roin command of a
company, who was accountable directly to the govern-
or, who in turn was accountable to tha war depart-
ment for the property in the hands of the company
commander.
It would take the war department only a short time
to decide Colonel Hoffman's case. He assumed auth-
oritv unassigned solely upon his commission, which is
clearly a violation of military law. Those papers, act-
ing under the guise of friendship for Hoffman, are not
aiding his cause and at the same time are injuring the
prestige of the guard. The people who pay for the ml
lit ia want the internal strife to cease, anfl the prom,
instead of fostering trouble, would be doing the pat-
riotic thing if they should givo the officers of the guard
an opportunity to straighten out the undesirable
tangle. -r «*<!
SHONTS PLAN A TIME SAVER
AS WELL AS A LIFE SAVER
Disease more than engineering obstacles is the
greatest menace to the Panama canal and Chairman
Shonts is proceeding along a line that will doubtless
have the approval of all Americans. He has announc-
ed that his first work will be the creating of healthy
and pleasant conditions on the isthmus. This he in
tends to do bv the erection of suitable houses, the ar-
rangements for proper transportation facilities to and
from work, the providing of nourishing food at reas-
onable cost and the establishment of places for recrea-
tion. Wages on the isthmus are twenty-five per cent
higher than in this country, and carry a six weeks
leave of absence on fulPpay with them annually. When
these conditions are realized by -Mr. Shonts th • speedy
completion of the (anal will be an insured fact, as it
will be an easy thing to secure skilled laborers.
Naturally people in this country are anxious for the
active work of throwing dirt to commence. Yet Mr.
Shont's plan will l>£ a time saver as well as a life saver.
The French were conquering the obstacles in the way
of the actual digging of the canal, but the unsanitary
condition of the country conquered them. American
physicians and American resourcefulness will be
voted to creating a sanitary condition in the canal
zone, and then the work started by the French will bj
taken up and completed.
One shudders when one thinks of the many lives
sacrificed to the "creeping death." Doubtless the re-
cent reports of fatalities from yellow fever on the isth-
mus have been greatly exaggerated, yet under present
conditions the sanitary question would be a constant
menace to canal work, and Chairman Shonts is hu-
mantarian and far-seeing when he refused to be in-
duced to hasten the actual work on the canal proper.
As all of the members of the Holland cabinet have
resigned, it is indead regretable that there#are no
more vacancies in the Equitable.
CURRHNT COMMENT
Harrle-Speed Caae.
Pawnee Times*-Democrat.
Judge Harris (that means Sam Harris,
of Perry. who. by the way. la a mighty
gi>ud fellow*, waa In th* city Monday of
this week. Judge Harris has elected to
take charge of the penwuiimi of Harare
Hi-- , . • Mr 8[ .1 -• vi, -.1 - m —
t k |3".W© In taxes for litis coun-
ty. At a raeMt session of the supreme
court. so we are Informed.'Judge Harris
made an affidavit that ho a as authorised
to represent the county commissioners of
Pawnee county In thla suit. Of course
Brother Harris may have had some after-
night understanding along thla Una. far
that la where .our commissioners rhine.
but we Imagine It will hurry the Judge to
ehow the record of any official art of the
commissioners supporting his affidavit
The most Judge Harris ha a accomplUOied
so far is to Ale a bUI for over 1*00 for
lying awake o' nights and thinking he
wm thinking about this matter. Pawnee
county ha* money enough to pay the
freight, though, eo let'a fpend it. Plow
her in, gentlemen.
The Editors and Statehood.
Times-Journal.
It waa to have been expected, that some
one or more of the editors, who visited
the territory would have gone homo and
written vicioua attacks on the territory
and the people. Among the thousand? «<<
people in the newspaper business a few
evil, ugly-tempered creatures may be
found who denounce everything which
comes within their observation, but In the
case of the vIsH of the edltora to Okla-
homa not a word has beer, written by
them as far aa we have been able to learn,
which could cause the leaat resenim«-nt
on the part of the people of the terri-
tory. Every article written by these m *n
was 1n praiae of the wonderful fertility
of the soil, of the well kept farms and
thriving towns and cities Every article
tell* of the fact that the people of the
terrltoriea ahould be granted fthtebood.
and with this declaration goes a demand
for justice to the million and a half of
people.
It would be hard to overestimate the ef-
fect these articles will have on the
cause for which ihe people flght. The
whole country ia being appraised of the
fact that the p**ople of the two territo-
ries very much desire to enter the union
and stand on the sam<> footing as other
states. The people of every section are
being informed of the fact thai the terri-
tories are settled by people of the Cau-
casian race and that the settlements are
permanent and that 1,600.000 people cry
for simple Justice When they ask for the
right to govern themselves.
These editors are breaking down every
barrier to admission and aa far as con-
ditions bearing on this question from
without are ronc«*nM success Is assured.
Not a congressman or senator will op-
pose statehood unless the poo pig within
the territories manufacture reasons for
such opposition. M a light is sprung In
congress, excuse for the flght must have
ita origin within tho territories. Oppo-
sition from without has been silenced
and If the same harmony prevails within
tho territory as has always held here,
statehood will come before the Christmas
holidays.
Do You Want More Land?
Medford Patriot.
You have a go. d farm of 160 acres of
what ia reaUy virgin foil. Yet you rais-
ed 15 bushels of wheat per acre on It.
where proper cultivation should have
brought 30 bushels. You had 20 bush-
els of oats instead of 40 bushels. Half
of the grass on your place was not cut
fast year and will 'Hot be this. Your
straw stacks made a beautiful light th
other night. You needed the little
ground they occupied so badly that you
burned the straw instead of letting it
ftand to manure the ground.
You get about JT5 a year on eggs and
chickens from your poultry yard when
you should have $250. But your chick
ens roost In tho trees or In the barn on
the mangers or harness pins, and hid
their nests wherever they can find
places for them.
Your cattle are cheap ones, as
cannot afford good stock and it takes ho
much to feed them that you sell them
to others while > oung and lose the little
profit there Is in them. Instead of feed-
ing thorn yourself. Your hogs, the few
you have, are run dtjwn by inbreeding
as you think you can't afford a good
animal to breed from. Your chickens
are served the (tamo way, and you won-
der why they are not healthy. You
have some "general purpose" horses,
neither for the farm nor road.
fact, the only blooded animal you have
on your place Is a shepherd dog that
followed you home from town ono day.
You have a two-wire fence to keep
your cattle In and wonder that they g< t
bre>echy; or you have no fence at all
and depend upon a boy and a dog to
keep them out of that little patch of
corn or cane that you put In where the
wheat did not look well last spring and
has been cultivated once or twice. Put
in on ground plowed three Inches deep
last fall, and you wondef it Is not look-
ing better.
Your plows and that new reaper you
have Just bought and cut ono crop with,
stand out In the fields or yard where
you unhitched from them, exposed t<
the weather, when the straw you burn
ed could have been used to shelter
them.
You remember we met you In town.
You were telling a group of men how
the president should dispose of the
Japan-Russian affair; how the governor
should establish the quarantine lines;
and how the county officers should do
their duties. You know you complained
about high taxes and low prices of
farm products; that what you had to
sell .brought a low price, and you were
obliged to sell It us soon as, or even be-
fore it was flt, as you owed the mer-
chant and your note at the bank was over
due. You blame.l the government for
your own mismanagement and cussed
Rockefeller and other capitalists and
the condition in which you had placed
corporations for taking advantage of
yourself. Could we have passed your
farm at this time, we would no doubt
have seen your industrious and dutiful
wife out in the barn yard gathering
some stalks or pieces of destroyed fen-e
posts to get your .*i4ppt\r; possibly she
was driving the cattle away from the
granary or -ibe ciiickent from the r'oor,
or brushing the flies out of the house,
while the baby was cry ing for her.
'
you wond«r j
Then when you got t
that she is eross and peevish.
Did you take a load of nics manure
home with you from town to put on the
high place from which the *j|l was
washed and where the straw should'
have been at*eked? No; it would look j
too men n! for you. And you could J
not only have gotten th*- manure far j
nothing bin be paid for taking ll away
Yet you want more l.«nd and will
mortgage that which I'ncle 8am gave j
you as a free home to help secure the
payment. You dor. t want anything of
the kind. The more you have tho worse !
you aro off The man who cannot make
m 'isey on !•!'> m n-s of land' in Okla-
homa had better quit farming and work
by the day Ipr ^mc one else.
I .sii'.ul of going in defct for m«re land.
If >ou hav a few' doiiara to spare
buy a thoroughbred animal of beef or
dairy stock, whichever you prefer to
uae. a good Poland China or Duroc Jer-
sey, or some other good male hog; in-
vest a few dollars in cholco Leghorn or
Plymouth Rock cockerels to improve j
your fowls; build some sheds to care
for your farm implements; put up a
g.sod hen house and devote a part of
your own time to the poultry^ Instead
of putting this burden all on your wife;
lay off plecns of ground for the boys to
hove as their own and let them have
the products thereof to s|>end as they
please and Interest them In the farm;
and above aU else each year plant
trees, fruit and forest, for wind-
brakes and cultivate them as you
should com. Set out an acre or
two in black locusts for fence posts and
you will not have to pay 10 to 15 cents
each for posts, but have some to sell to
your less improvident neighbor. Put up
a good silo for winter feed. It will fay
200 per cent on the Investment. Plan to
get the most out of the land you have
and you will soon learn that you have
all ths land you need, and you will get
more real comforts from it than you could
from more acres.
Gambling by Telegraph.
Post-Dispatch.
Tho Chicago police authorities have ar-
rested the officials of a wireless telegraph
company, confiscated the Instruments and
thereby stopped wholesale gambling on a
steamboat, showing by their action that
they interpret the anti-gambling law to
Include a prohibition of whatever aids and
abets the gamblers in their law-breaking,
as well as the gambling itself.
Tho decision of thla case by the Courts
will be of great Interest to fit. Louis and
Missouri. Tho attempt to enforce the
anti-gambing law in this state has met
with an obstacle In the contention of the
Western Union Telegraph company that it
has a right to send messnge which are
notoriously intended for the purpose of
gambling and illegal bookmaking. and
that it is not responsible for the use made
of such messages.
To a layman It would appear that a
law prohibiting gambling must necessarily
apply to all action aiding or abetting the
gamblers. Tho decision of the Chicago
case will settle that question. There Is
certainly a moral obligation upon a tele-
graph company or other corporation or
Individual to abstain from doing anything
which will enable gamblers to successfully
evade or defy the law Gambling by tele-
graph should be slopped.
Lull In Railway Buidling.
Globe-Democrat.
'Hie Railway Age's figures give a rail-
way construction of 12$4 miles in the half
year Just ended, aa compared with 1937
in the Aamu time in 1904 and 2221 in the
first six months of 1003. It is the smallest
half-year's total since 189P. Thirty-six
states and terWtories are represented In
the total. New England had no new track
laid in the half year. Every section of
the count.y had less new mileage than In
any recent half year.
As usual, tho southwest gets more of
the new track than any other region.
Mora than half of the new track is in the
tfouth and SoUtbWML Tbo Southwestern
states arc* credited witn 297 miles of it.
Texas Is the only state which reports
mere, than 1o0 mil's of new work, its
total being 123 miles. Missouri, which had
a largo mileage for 1901. Is down for only
ten miles of actual construction 1n the
first half of 1905. Much new mileage is
projected in this state, but the ten miles
represent tho cxte>nt of the construction
work actually done. The flouthwest Is
growing with considerable rapidity, not-
withstanding the shrinkage In total rail-
way work in that quarter In the half
year. Oklahoma, which has long been
close to the head of the list in that line
and wi^ich sometimes Is at the head, Is
credited with only twenty-nine miles of
new road In tho six months, and the In-
dian Territory with but siriy-flve miles.
The falling o.T in the mileage of the
half year does not necessarily mean that
the aggregate for the entire calendar
your will be only about 2.5Q0 or 2.600
miles. More track is usually laid in the
second half of a year than in the first
half. Commonly the weather is obstruct-
ive in the first two or three months of
the calendar year, as it was In the pres-
ent Instance. At the a^rage rate of In-
crease of the second half over the first
half of the year, the total track laying
for 1905 will l e In,th neighborhood of
3500 miles. There is a possibility that
the aggregate will be more than this
Business throughout the country in gen-
eral la larger than it was last year. Pank
clearings -ire greater. The gross earnings
of tho railroads are higher. Much rail-
road construction is going on which is not
represented In the figures hero given
Double and triple tracks are being laid
on some lines. In the country at large
the railway Interest reflects the general
improvement in trade.
Cotton.
Montgomery. (Ala) Advertiser—Man!
pulatlon may have much to do with the
advance of cotton, but there are good
business reasons for believing that the
growing crop will bring a good average
price. The conditions for cultivation
have been usually aggravating and try-
ing and good cror>s are the exceptions
This statement applies to every portion
of the cotton belt. As stated In a let
ter from one of tho commer i.il houses
We have before us the tftdisputed and
very plain facts that although the move-,
j ment of the crop is larger than last year
! to even date by nearly. 3,000.000 bales
I more than a year ago. showing that 2,000-
j 000 more have gone Into the mills. A
part of this surplus, no doubt. Is still In
the warehouses of the mill®, but we are
I fully convinced that the larger part of
this excess have gone into fplndles to
fill the unprecedented demand for manu- j
factured goods all over the world. Con-
sumption of cotton la undoubtedly on a
record scale and yet we see and hear,
daily of reports frum the dry goods mar-
ket that the supply of gjods if so satis- I
factory that buyer* are frequently un-
able to obtain gooda from prompt ship- '
meni at any price, and thl*. too, with the
greatest war of tha present century in
full ojK-ration..
If such wonderful activity can be main-
tained in the mills of the worUI. with
trade in Russia utterly prostrsted and in
Japan better only in comparison, what
w ill the mills do if this unfortunate, war
ia onoe over and the people in thaw two
countries enter again tho markets of the
world, not only for the normal
auppiy but to make up for wear
and tear during the war. An inkling
of this may be seen tn Japan, which. In
apite of the depressing effect of this
war, has imported nearly JOO.iWO bales
of American cotton more than last year,
and from this it may be imagined what
this country will be able to do with the
war finished and trade activity fully re-
sumed. Russia has taken the minimum'
possible thla year and it requirea no great
foresight to predict great activity and the
maximum consumption In that country
after the war.
OKLAHOMA PAAAOHAPHS.
John MeClanahan haf sold the Cleve-
land enterprise to G. A. Goodwin und
C. W. Henry, who took charge July 1.
The Shawnee city council his instruct-
ed Mayor Aydelotte to call an election
within sixty days to vote on a fao.ooo sew-
er bond proposition.
L. C Simons, has been elected secretary
Of the Enid commercial club and la ex-
pected by the business men of that enter-
prising city to make things hum.
The Canadian county commissioners
have estimated the expenses of the coun-
ty for the coming year at ITOGfti. and
have decided upon a 20-mlll tax levy.
This includes the separate school fund.
Panca City Courier: Harry Ktahl, the
best man the G ithrle Capital ever had
regular rounds. H unything gets away
from him that Is calculated to do hit
paper any good we have yet to hear what
it Is.
An Oklahoma poet h: a sis^d up the
Thobum case In this manner;
There once was a man named McNibb
Who for poor J. B s. scalp made a grab.
J. B. got a-quakln'
When he thought of Aiken
And cried "Et tu brute" thla last stab.
United States Marshal B. H. Colbert
has reached his home at Tishomingo
from Washington. He has the assurance
of tho attorney general that he will not
be suspended from office pending his trial
on the chsrges under which he was In-
dicted at Ardmore.
L. Root, an Armenian, has renounced
allegiance to King Charles 1. and h«s
taken the oath of affiance to the Unit-
ed States before Judge J. T. Dlckerson.
of the federal court at Chickasha. Mr.
Root has been away from the land of hln
nativity so long that it was with difficul-
ty that he remembered the name of the
ruling sovereign.
C. A. NcNabb of Oklahoma City haf
been elected to fucceed J. B. Thobum as
secretary of the territorial board of agri-
culture. This paper, says the Ponca City
Courier, dou't know who McNabb is. but
ns tho secretury is virtually tho who'.e
thins so far as the work of the board is
concerned. It Is hoped that he will prove
at least as capable and competent in the
position as has Mr. Thoburn.
Hon. B. 8. McGulre and wife enter-
tained quite a number of friends Tues-
day night, the object being for all to Join
hands and celebrate, says the Pawnee
Times-Democrut. After tearing tip the
heavens with sky-rockets and >■ indies,
and keeping up a gen rul fugllade for
two hours, the crowd sit down to Ice
cream, cake and punch. All went home
much refreshed by the evening enter-
tainment.
The Lawton News-Republican tells a
OeroTvlmo story: This morning soon after
Randels und Grubb hid purchased the
first load of oats, Geronimo, the Apache,
camo in. He heard of it, and evidently
thinking that to get some of the first
must be a good thing, he purchased the
first bushel at retail out of tho first load*
and paid fifty conta for it. When It comes
to being In the swim and up to date, old
Geronimo stands aside for nono of 'cm.
Henry W. Blair, ex-United States sena-
tor from New Hampfblre and Samuel
Crawford, ex-gjvernor of Kansas, were
both in Pawnee at the same time last
week spending three or four d tys looking
over some of their Investments. Both
served In the same Kansas regiment dur-
ing the war. and spent a pleasant time
together bringing up old memories. Sen-
ator Blair was exceedingly enthusiastic
over Oklahoma and predicted great things
for the new state.
Jake Schnltzler one of Cleveland coun-
ty's most prosperous farmers shot hltn-
self through the heart with a single
barrel shot-gun about noon Tuesday, dy-
ing Instantly". Brooding over a lawsuit
Is supposed to have been the cause. About
Ji'.COO was Involved and Schnltzler won
out In the Oklahoma county court. The
plaintiff, a roul estate company, how-
ever, Instituted a similar suit in the
Cleveland county courts. Tho coroner's
Jury returned i verdict of suicide.
The Enid Eagle romarks that there had
been something doing in the western asso-
ciation during the last week or two. Okla-
homa City held the lead for several weeks
but by a succession of victories. Wich-
ita managed to pass her, and held first
place for several sanies. Finally Okla-
homa City had a streak of good pick
and is now In the lead, with Wichita
i clo e second. The Guthrie Senators
held the tail end of tho procession for
nearly the entire season up to two weeks
ago. when new life was jnfu^ed Into the
players and the team gradually began to
climb. It has passed Springfield. Jopiin
and Topeka. and now occupies fifth place
close on th<^ heels of SedaMa. With good
luck. «nd the fitting out of "boose" it is
beileved tha; Guthrie will yet show good
results.
The Cavalry.
Monthly Uag*«ln« for July).
Now look away, you doughboy man. an'
stick to them trenchas tlgbt.
Peek. If you wanter. over y*r dirt a«4
see a purty fight,
I ok to yer cinches, one sn* all, hen
go** th' flffctin' crow, .
Hoo-kl! Hang onter yer hat—th' csv«
airy s lomin" through!
It s rat-tlty-tat on .th* dusty roa(^
11-'re's whero th' devil 'II git a load—
Hoo-ki! an' th' air if blue
When th cavalry s comin' through.
There'ii > <n-.« wot Ilka th' doughboy lln*
some like? ,h' battery,
Some in stuck on th engineers—for mine •
th' cavalry,
With .«-g- « straddle a good ole horse
—a horse wot'a kind and true,
Then it'f hoo-kl! Hanj onter yer Imb—
th' cavalry's coming through.
CUckety-clack, «pit out th' dust,
Poller yer leaiPr K you bust— • •
Wee-uw-wow ! . There's a hulis-baloo .
When th' cavalry** comin' through.
Th.!s -fight on feet" ain't Juet ray ftyla,
feel f ifer on a horac,
When i fee; him quiver beneath my knee*
hi th' captain fhowa th* course.
Sing, gnn In hand,'an; a yell In my teeth,
then I knows what ter do.
Hoo-yi! Hang onter yer hat—th* cav-
alry's comtn' through!
Ta-ta-ra th' bugle sings—
Fe"l 's/'f you was on wings—
Jec-ow-wow ! An' then* wra-hoo.
When th' cavalry's comln' through.
Tcaat for the Liars.
Let us drink to the lies that preserve
our dlsgulso
Af saints In the eyea of tihe women we
prlfe,
That give us our comforts and flowery
ties.
Drink! Brother*. Drink!
Let us drink to the lies that are golden-
and white.
That we tell our mothers and our sltteri
at night
When they ask what we do wnhen we'ig
out of their sight.
Drink! Brothers, drink.
I,et us drink to the lies that are crim-
son and black.
That we t«*ll to our wlvea who have goni
and come back.
And which they believe. Oh, olaa and
alack!
Drink! Brother*, drink!
Let us drink to the lies that we whisper
ko fair
To ourselves In the darkness when no
one Is there.
That keep us rom spilling our brains In
despair.
Drink! Brothers, drink!
—Town Toplcf.
Tha Gift.
(R. W. Kauffman In Tom Watejn's
Magasine.)
Pale promised me my wish, and I re-
plied:
; "Fortune for t>hem who have no higher
thought.
' And fame for those whose soulf msy
so be bought—
I Hut give me love, and I am satisfied."
j I spoke, and straight one stood there at
my side,
A child of sorrow on whose face grief
wrought
Such misery as nowhere else Is taught
For man's imagining. And then I cried:
"Oh. liar fate, beshrew thee for thy guile!
Thou sendest me this poor and sorry
thing
When it was love that I had a*ked
of thee!"
The grave-eyed stranger smiled—oh. fuch
a smile
Ono sees but on the mask of suffer-
ing!—
And sadly made me answer: "I am
he."
Mud Pies.
(Carolyn Weils In July St. Nicholas.)
The Grown-Ups are the queerest folks:
they never feem tc know
That mud-pica always have to be made
Just exactly so.
You have to have a nice back yard, a
sunny, pleasant day,
And then you ask some boys and girls to
come around and play.
You mix some mud up In a pall, and stir
it with a stick;
It mustn't be a bit too thin—and not a
hit too thick.
And then you make It into pies, and pat
'em with your hand.
And bake 'em on a nice flat board, and
my! but they are grand.
The Salute.
fRlchnrd Burton In tho July Century.)
We. about to die,-salute you kindly—
We, the very old, hull you, the young.
Though the shows of earth wo see but
blindly.
And a leaden weight Is on our tongue.
But our wan old hearts expand in pleas-
ure,
Watching how your spirits kindle
bright;
And we dream us back to spring time
treasure.
Old, dim ardors, ghosts of gone delight.
We relive in you the chances splendid.
All the buffeting* ann all the gains;
O the sense of time and time unended.
Eere t'lie hope dies, ere the wonder
wanes!
IIow you love and fight and taste of rap-
ture,
How your sleep restores you to the sun.
How the sweet of every hoar you capture,
Haughtily, as heroes e'er heve done!
Wo have lived and loved, as you are do-
ing;
We are glad to see you run the race;
Half you seem otherwise—your work,
your wooing.
Your high stakes of glory or disgrace.
Hail! Farewell! nor blame us if a sad-
ness
c Clutches at our throat the while wa
gazo
Brokenly, through tears, upon that glad-
ness
One was ours In exquisite old days.
Not one bliss nor belief would we dispute
you;
Once for us as well the whole earth
sung.
We. about to die, again salute you—
We, the elders, hail our brothers young!
iiiIii it!*.
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