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NORMAN TRANSCRIPT
son MAN.
OKLA. TEK
Never meet trouble half way; let it
(io all the walking.
By another summer it is prophesied
that "gold bricks" will be numerous.
Those Chicago gamblers whose place
was held up by robbers now know how
it Is themselves.
The political nondescript whose
Bole object is seeking the plaudits of
the galleries fails when occasion de-
mands statesmanlike action.
It is said that the music to "We
Won't Go Home Till Morning" is over
7u0 years old. or about the: age the fel-
low feels who sings it when he wakef
up.
Following the example of some other
labor organizations, the Knights of
Labor are preparing to submit to Con-
gress an amendment to the tajlft bill.
It calls for the imposition of a duty
amounting to $500 on each alien labor-
er who comes into the United Stated
In justification of this proposition It
is alleged that foreign laborers are
brought here under various pretexts
because they work cheaper than Amer-
icans.
A number of representative men and
women have given the New York In-
dependent their opinion as to what con-
stitutes the most striking characteristic
of the period and the reign of Queen
Victoria. A response from Gladstone
properly leads the list of replies. No
answer touches a finer characteristic
than that of Francos E Willard, that
the queen has set up and illustrated the
highest standard of personal purity.
To bo royal and yet pure In heart has
unhappily not always been a charac-
teristic of English sovereigns.
Considering: the intense cold of Alaska
It might be well for us to turn to Yuma,
Ariz., for a little relief. It has been
stated for a fact that the ghost of a sol-
dier, who had lived a bad life in Yuma,
came back from the nether regions to
get his army blankets because he felt so
cold down there. Yuma is now a flour-
ishing mining town with a population
of 0,000. For weeks at a stretch the
temperature ranges from 97 degrees to
125 degrees. They remark that It is a
cool day when the mercury sinks down
to 90 degrees. This season Yuma has
had two spells of hot weather, when the
thermometer registered 117 degrees in
the shade. So, if one gets "froze out"
in Yukon he could get thawed out In
Yuma.
Some women are nervy, Mrs. F. G.
Turner of St. Louis Is of that class.
She had a thrilling experience when
she and Miss Sophy Sebenhor were at-
tacked by a mad dog. The animal ran
down the street, foaming at the moutli,
and first attacked Miss Sebenhor, who
turned him about with her parasol.
Then it sprang at the throat of Mrs
Turner and fastened its fangs in het
clothing. She seized the dog by the
back of the neck and ears, forced it
from her, placed it upon the sidewalk
and fell with her knees upon the brute
She held the struggling animal in thl.-
position until her husband was tele-
phoned for and came to the rescue on
l: bicycle, armed with a revolver. The
dog was killed. Mrs. Turner's arms
were almost paralyzed by the strug-
gle.
The dairymen of Illinois have got
their anti-color (batterino) bill enacted
into law. but will now have to push it
in the courts. A Chicago paper last
week said: "Butterine manufacturers
have banded together to test the con-
si itutionality of the anti-butterinc
color law. They will resume manufac-
turing and coloring it in defiance ol
the statute. Three of the largest firms
engaged in its manufacture have al-
ready resumed. They are the Fried-
man Manufacturing Company, Braut
& Fitts, and the W. J. Moxley Com-
pany. They will persist in making
coloring and selling butterine until ar-
rests are made. Then the flglit in tin
courts will begin, ali the firms having
pooled issues in this. The claim of
unconstitutionality is based upon sev-
eral points. One is that butter is col-
ored by the same process as butterine.
and what is lawful for one is lawful
for another. A second point is that
the law is special legislation, in the in-
terest of one industry and against an-
other. A third point is that, the bill
was passed after midnight—the hour
for adjournment of the legislature—
and that the clerk on the third read-
ing did not read from the original bill,
but from a copy. This last allegation
is undoubtedly true, as the original bill
was stolen from the engrossing clerk's
offlce. The new law should be pushed
to its full strength, and no time should
be lost in following up violations of
it. Every transgression should be fol-
lowed by a case at law.
READY FOR A FRAY.
OUR NAVAL COM MAND3R AT
HONOLULU.
(tear Admiral Ileurd ley of tin* lukted
States Navy M v Home Lively
TluieH In (he Sandwich InIhuiN llh
Record mm a Sailor.
_ ^ EAR Admiral Les-
I tcr Beardslee,
*%■''Sr ~ V? who wl" 8a'e8<>ard
V -Tii \ the Interests of the
United States in
Hawaii during the
annexation crisis, is
one of the most in-
teresting characters
in the United States
navy. He is now 01
years old, and is a
thorough sailor. Ho has been in the
navy ever since 1850, when he was ap-
pointed acting midshipman. In 185:> he
was attached to the sloop Plymouth for
service In the East Indies, and in that
year he participated in some of the ac-
tions and in at least one battle with
the Chinese army at Shanghai. In 1850
he was made passed midshipman and
detailed for service on the Merrlmac.
In 1863 he was attached to the Nan-
tucket, and he participated in the at-
tack on the ironclad tleet in Charleston
Harbor on April 7, 1863. After the war
Lleutennnt Beardslee, for that was now
his title, commanded the gunboat Aroo-
stook. Subsequently he was transferred
to the command of the steamer Saginaw
of tho Pacific squadron, and later to
the command of the steam sloop Lacka-
wanna of the same station. In 1869
he was commissioned a commander. He
served a year in the hydrographic of-
fice in Washington. Since that time he
has steadily risen In the service. Now
he occupies one of the foremost places
in the navy. Admiral Beardslee is a
most efficient officer, and is brave, gen-
tle, and popular. He has been a rear
admiral since June 27, 1895.
WAS KING FOR THREE MONTHS |
The l.ui'lt f Sea l' | tntn ffrcrkfd
Near the Carolina**
Capt. Curtis, of the wheat ship Eury-
dice was in the city today, having re-
turned with his vessel to the West Seat-
tle elevator. He has had an experience
within the past twelve months that
might make many a skipper envious,
having ruled as king a group of Islands
in the South Pacific ocean. Capt. Cur-
tis was the first officer of the ship
Flora E. Stafford, which was lost at joa
about a year ago.
"When the Stafford was given up,"
said Capt. Curtis this morning, "we
lowered th boat# and left her at sea.
I had six men with me in one boat,
and the captain Vent In another boat.
My boat headed for the Caroline Is-
lands, and after fifteen days we came
in sight of land. We were royally wel-
comed by the natives, who could not do
enough to honor us. Iklcklkee, king of
the Carolir.as, insisted that he should
abdicate liis throne and make me hit
successor. I did not assume the royal
garments and robes, for etiquette down
there requires none of them, but I took
the sceptre and ruled over those islands
for three months. I wooed and won
the ex-king's daughter, and I also gave
out orders against cannibalism, for I
thought some of the Stafford's crew
might drift ashore. My orders were
Btrlctly obeyed, for I was an absolute
monarch. They allowed me little time
to sleep. Every night I was compelled
to start the hoolah-hoolah dances with
the women, and every day and night
some delegations of natives from other
islands In the group would call upon
me to arbitrate in some murder case.
These fellows were always killing each
other. I would get Into their canoes
and go with them. 1 would hear their
testimony and decide who was quilty.
My decision was final and the guiUy
man would be shot.
"After remaining on the island three
months 1 took passage on the first
steamer that passed. I was landed at
Manila in the Philippines, and reached
there in time to see the execution of
< &i
REAR ADMIRAL BEARDSLEE.
The self-respect of a citizen of tin
I 'lilted States is founded in personal
freedom, which is based on personal
responsibility, and with this, he has
great admiration for the power of (lie
great Republic, always provided that
such power is not directed against his
rights, in which case he endeavors in
that regard to correct It.
The Gardiner, Maine, man who took
off his Prince Albert while mowing tin
lawn, and later clipped off both tall*
with the mower, gets mad when he
tub Jed is mentioned In his present"?.
The Sewing .Machine.
How many women, who day after
day, keep up the rocking motion of
the sewing machine treadle ever stop
to think what this invention means,
not only to them, but to the whole
world? And do they know that ninety-
per cent of all the machines made in
the world are the product of this great
country of ours? Sewing machines
have revolutionized many branches of
business, especially is this the case
in all kinds of leather work from the
heaviest harness to the lightest gloves.
A really first-class machine ready for
market costs about twenty dollars.
From this figure the price drops to
about fourteen, with possibly twelve,
for the uiost inferior grades of what are
considered tolerable machines. Hun-
draos of thousands of persons make
tneir entire living by means of the
sewing machine, and probably millions
are gainers by Its use. During a period
of over thirty years the value of the
| exports of sewing machines was some-
thing like seventy millions of dollars.
I In 1896 they were considerably over
three millions. Three hundred and
j fifty thousand pairs of shoes were
sewed by machinery prior to 1877, and
this product has multiplied almost
belief since that date.
Tilt* <>rlKInn 1 of *)eaul« lu-ttit,.
The stone placed in irongray shurcii-
yard, Scotland, above the tomb of
Helen Walker, the girl who served Sir
Walter Scott as original for Jeanie
Deans, is being chipped to pieces by
relic-hunters, it was this girl who
saved her sister's life by an appeal to
the Duke of Argyle, and furnished
Scott with a heroine for "The Heart of
Midlothian."
(Set t luic Down to HuhIiiphw.
"Have you made any new discoveries
today with reference to that case we're
working on?" inquired one detective.
"Not yet," replied the other. I
haven't had time to read the news-
papers." Washington Star.
11 In Surmise.
She—Why is it, I wonder, that little
men so often marry targe women?"
He—I don't know, unless it is that
the little fellows are afraid to back out
3t the enga gementa. "-^Cleveland
L ader.
four insurgents. They were learned na-
tive doctors. They were led out to a
public park and shot by half a regi-
ment of soldiers. They fell to the earth
pierced by a score of bullets. There
was fighting on the island all the time.
No one was allowed on the streets after
9 o'clock at night. The captain of the
Stafford had landed safely at Manila
eight days after the wreck."
After leaving Manila Capt. Curtis
succeeded in reaching Hong Kong,
where he was at once placed in com-
mand of the Eurydice. He did not tell
his experience until reaching the sound.
The Eurydice broke all records, coming
from Hong Kong in nineteen days.—
Seattle Times.
Selln Coal and Wood.
The death of ner iiusband six years
ago left Mrs. Nellie Russell Kimball
the owner of a large coal and wood
yard at Dunkirk, Pa. The young wid-
ow's health was low, but she bravely
took up the heavy business and ever
since has managed it with rare suc-
corn at Ave different period* of growth
nre given in pounds in the following
table:
3 i
Maturity.
Stag* of
In IMoom...
In Milk ....
( KouUing
( Ear.
Mature ....
Pi
U24
24.80ft 3,Oft8 :161
.27.KVI : .KlO 344 Uft
) 30.'jr>0 5.274 4C>7 !"•> 2.1U-
) UK 1 HI> 5,ot)8 .'tM !•*« 3,IKK
30.108 if, 109 OHU * ry"
224 ft,ft«
tluNt llay.
Much of the baled hoy that comes to
market is musty. Most farmers when
they hale hay think it need not be very
dry, as the bales are smuil. But the and tlie protein nearly doubled. In our
"It will be sen Miat between the lirst
and last cutting the dry matter and nitro-
gen increased about 1">0 per^ c ent, the
•ther extract or fat about _ 12a per
amount of hay packed in them is always
sufficient to Ret up a violent ferment un-
less the hay is properly dried before it
is put into the bale. If there were more
care used in baling hay the price for it
would be much better than it is. as the
hay Itself would be better worth it.
CiriiMM Under Tree*.
Sometimes we see trees which dry up
the grass under them, whila in the same
neighborhood will be trees under which
the grass will grow greener than where
it is not shaded. An orchard that has
long been plowed deep has most of Its
feeding roots below those of the grass.
On the other hand, under the tree where
grass has long grown, the true feeding
roots eome near the surface, and when a
dry time comes the grass under it lacks
moisture and Is very soon killed out.
Tli«> StrniKht Houte to (iotnl llond*.
A correspondent writes that the roads
In the town of Marcellon were never In
such good eondltion as at present and
that In addition to the regular highway
tax of about $1,000 an additional sum
waa raised. With the judicious expendi-
ture of this amount each year It will not
take long to have such highways as the
country districts need, and when once
good highways are established those who
use them will never consent to permit
them to deteriorate. Familiarity with
good roads breeds discontent with any
other kind.
>laniii*iiiK IIMUide*.
Because the level valley Is richer than
the hillside, it is quite uncommon for the
farmers to suppose that there must he
each year a heavy deposit from the hill
side in the valley below. But if any one
manures a hill side with the expectation
that it win appreciably fertilise the soil
xperiments last year we found that the
total feeding value, in the period between
tassellng and ripening, increased ltlo per
( ent, mj that the experiments of this year
conlirm those of last. Further than this.
Investigations at three other experiment
stations have been made in almost exact-
ly the same way, and th- results all agree.
"In the above only the gain between the
lirst and last peiicds Is given, but the
details show that the gain Is continuous
from period to period, and in general
most rapid toward the last. Th * results
of j.II these experiments unite to show
that there Is a large Increase if all the
elasses of nutrients as the corn proceeds
from tavoHrv to ripeness.
"It would seem as though the .-luestlon
of the proper tim« to cut corn for ensi-
lage and to save the fodder was definitely
settled by these e xperiments. An increase
of more than 200 yer cent between the
periods of bloom and ripening cannot be
ignored even though the proportion of the
more valuable albuinenoids Is somewhat
lessened. What gives the matter addi-
tional strength is that these experiments,
including all tho work so far done in
this direction that has come to our notice,
are unanimous in ti eir conclusions.
"The ccncluslons reached In the bulletin
just ncted have in no way been disprov-
en, but have boon amply confirmed by
later experiments of this and other sta-
tions."
The Immature corn used for fodder in
18JM, much of which was sun dried before
being cut. would all come In the 'Mass, in
the above experiment, of that cut "in
bloom." It, therefore, at its best had
less than half the nutrition we would get
from ripe corn.
But some will ask. What do you mean
by "ripe corn?" We answer, ilrst, corn
that stands till the fodder Is white and
farther down the hill he will learn his I dry is not "ripe corn" for cutting to save
mistake. We have several times tried it.
and could never see that the manure had
any appreciable effect moro than two or
three feet below the line where it was
applied.
Kittle FnrniM In .Iiipnn.
Japan, and not France or Belgium,
would appear to be the land of petite
culture According to a recent American
bulletin a couple of acres is considered
a large tract for farming purposes. Most
of the farms are smaller, and on a little
plot a surprising variety of crops Is culti-
vated, a few square feet of wheat, bar-
ley. maize and millet; a plot of beans
perhaps 10 feet wide by 20 feet long, a
similar area of potatoes and peas, and a
patch of onions "about as big as a
grave;" beetroot, lettuee, turnips, sweet
potatoes and other crops occupy the rest
<>l I!..- ,ir«-a.
The farmer examines his growing crops
every morning, just as an engineer in-
spects his machinery, and if anything
is wrong he puts it right, if a weed ap-
pears in tlie bean patch he pulls it up.
Tf a hill of potatoes or anything else
falls it is at once replanted. When he
cuts down a tree he always plants an-
other. As soon as one crop is harvested
the soil Is worked over, manured and
forthwith resown to another crop.
Prospective Wheat I'rieen.
A general summing up of the condi-
tions of the world's 1897 wheat crop
shows that the principal wheat countries
of Furope will have a wheat crop under
the average. This would indicate about
an average crop throughout the world.
At present the visible supply is the low-
est it has been for five years, so the in-
dications are that prices will remiin
nbout stationary. As prices are now con-
siderably higher than the average for
live years most farmers will be satisfied
with the present outlook.
Ilow Minure In \Yanted.
There are two ways In which stable
manure is mopt likely to be wasted. One
the most obvious is the wasting by rains
which will wash away all that is soluble
in it. But the other, less thought of. is
even more dangerous though unseen. That
fs the wasting by the passing away as
ammonia of all the nitrogenous parts of
manure. The ammonia is very vola-
tile. Pour some into a saucer and
leave it exposed to the air. and most of
its strength will disappear after a few
hours. If s >me potash is put with it that
will absorb a part of it. turning it. if the
potash be caustic, into saltpeter. But the
far greater part ol the ammonia is given
off by decomposing manure heaps and es-
capes into the air, where it becomes use-
less as a fertilizer.
The Fx perm en tn I Farm.
The state experimental farm at Crooks-
ton. if properly managed, as It appears to
be at present, should be of great benefit
to the farmers of that section. As show-
ing the direction of the experiments we
clip the following from the Crookston
Tribune:
"It is. indeed, a delight to observe the
result of scientific cultivation. Prof. T.
A. Hoverstad has an accurate record of
tiie growth and development of over forty
varieties of grasses, along which are a
study worthy of close attention. Clover
has made wonderful growth. There are
varieties of clover there ready for the
mower, never before considered suitable
for this latitude, which prove beyond
question the value of our soil and climate.
Prof. Hoverstad intends preserving the
plants until after the gathering of the !
17th. as an object lesson to farmers who
heretofore have considered the growth of
clover as beyond the capacity of the
country. The wheat, of various varieties,
Is nicely headed out, and the earliest va- ;
rleties of oats will be ready for the binder
in two weeks. Here we have crops con-
trasted one with the other in such si way
that an impression of the relative value
of the cultivation is obtained, which, in
itself, is invaluable. There is not a farm-
< r In Polk county who can afford to be
unfamiliar with the experiments carried
on at the state farm here."
\\ lien to Cut t orn for KiimIIiiuc or to
I'renerve the Fodder.
Omaha Cultivator: A great many West- •
ern fanners who in 1801 tried cutting corn
for fod'ler. after 'he great drought, were
not satisfied with the result. Many of
the farmers who had not experience with
mature and properly cured fodder, after
tin single experiment of 1804. with corn
killed by hot winds when the plant was
the fodder. At th it stage you have "dead"
ecrn, an I such lodder Is nearly worthless.
Corn is ripe for cutting when the husk on
the ear begins to turn white and the lower
blades on the stalk begin fo dry. If cut
at this period the grain will cure without
shrinking, and the fodder will retain the
highest possible amcunt of stock food.
Value of the Toml.
The Massachusetts experiment station
which examined with a microscope the
contents of the stomachs of seven toads
in April, thirty in May. sixty-six in June,
twenty-nine in July, ten in August and
seven In September—149 in all. found that
80 per cent of the toad's food consists
of harmful insects and 11 per cent was
of such beneficial insects us bees, spiders,
lady bugs, etc.
The stomach that doesn't flinch at yel-
low jackets, wasps, blister beetles, and
click beetles, or pinch bugs, would seem
to be prepared for anything in the insect
line, and it doubtless is.
The quantity of food that a toad's
stomach can accommodate, Is remark-
able. In one were found seventy-seven
myriapods, in another fifty-five army
worms, in another sixty-five gypsy moth
caterpillars, in another nine ants, six cut
worms, five myriapods. six sow bugs, ofte
weevil and one wire worm beetle.
In twenty-four hours the toad eonsumes
enough food to fill Its stomach four times.
Feeding at the rate above mentioned, a
single toad will in three months devour
over 10,000 insects. If every ten of these
would have done*l cent damage, the toad
has saved $10.
Evidently the toad Is a valuable friend
to the farmer, gardener, and fruit grow-
er. and can be made especially useful in
the green house, garden and berry jrtch.
The Chinch Hiik Prospect.
The entomologist of the Ohio experi-
ment station. Prof. E. M. Webster, has
the following to say about the chinch
hug outlook for 1896: "While it is cer-
tain that the chinch bug has wintered
over in vast numbers throughout many
portions of the state, this fact, of itself,
does not necessarily imply another out-
break the coming summer. Everything
may be said to depend upon the weather
during the breeding season. With fre-
quent drenching rains during May and
early June no trouble need be expected,
but with dry weather during this period
we may look for a reappearance of the
pest. But with the experience of the last
three years upon which to base our ex-
pectations it will he seen at once that no
one can say where the trouble may not
break out. Farmers have reported the
bugs wintering over in the corn shocks,
in the woods among the moss on trees,
and we know that the matted grass and
weeds along the roadside and hedges are
favorite hiding places.
Where corn shocks have been drawn in
or fed to stock in the barn yard or field,
the most of the dormant bugs have
doubtless become scattered out over the
ground, acid it is likely that ; very large
proportion of them will have been de-
stroyed. Millions more may be killed by
burning over the road sides, fence cor-
ners, leaves In the woods and similar
places of hibernation. Besides this there
Is another measure that I have long
wished might be tried, and that Is the
sowing of small plats of millet in damp
places about the fields as early as pos-
sible in order to bait the females th're,
and if possible induce them to deposit
their eggs there instead of in the wheat
fields. I have often observed a single
pair of these bugs about a hill of young
corn and later found the young in the
same locality, and it does seem possible
to enlarge upon this feature of the In-
sect's^ habits and make some place or
places so attractive to them that they
will be drawn off from the fields to ovj-
posite, when these plats of growing mil-
let can be plowed under and tin pest de-
stroyed In this manner.
Cuttle Tuhercn IomIn.
Boston Cultivator: "A letter has been
received from Dr. Austin Peters, the new-
ly appointed chairman of the state hoard
of cattle commissioners, which encloses a
law sikiii <l by Gov. Wolcott June m un-
der which no more compensation is to be
paid from the state treasury for cattle
killed after being tested with tuberculin,
unless the tests are made by the state
board or Its agents. As there is far less
popular excitement on this subject than
existed two or three years ago. it is prob-
able that all the needed tests can be made
by the state board.
The law is a good one. although It Is
tin*d. and their produc* v/thheld from th®
market uniil its wholesomeness was a -
sur d. Such «tit n tends to break ufc
business, while the fact that all milk i«"
put under suspi ion has enormously les-
sened the dem;>i.d for this healthful and
nutritious food.
We have much faith In the new Massa-
chusetts board of cattle commissioners,
and believe that Its powers will not again
be used oppressively to the farming pub-
lic. as they have been in the past. Now
that no other veterinarians, aside from
the board, can test herds and secure pay
from the state for . nimals killed, there
is no temptation to anybody to exagger-
ate the dangers from using milk, which
we believe is not at all dangerous so far
as tuberculosis is concerned, except it 4
be in cows that have tuberculosis In their f
udders, which fact becomes more readily x
evident by physical examination than it
is by the tuberculin test.
Pleklnjgs From the l'aper«.
Regular salting of live stock is as Im-
portant as any other farm work.
We constantly advocate fruit growing
for the farm, not as a source of mon. y
making, but for the enrichment of they
farmer's home life. ^
The size and earliness of tomatoes can *
be greatly improve'd by pruning off ex-
cessive growth. It is worth while to
treat a few vines this way in the family
garden.
It Is a law in vegetable life, that no
plant can survive which Is deprived of
its leaves. Keeping the top cut off will
destroy any plant. Some are more easily]
killed than others, but no plant can long
endure their continued destruction.
To prevent a mustard plaster from
blistering mix the mustard with the
white of an egg. Spread it on pieces of
cheesecloth and put a pUce of llannel
over it, so as to keep the air from reach-
ing it.
The solid droppings of sheep have been
found by analysis to contain double the
amount of fertility cattle droppings do.
and it can be seen readily why sheep are
such valuable soil renovators.
In ventilating a room open the windows
at the top and bottom. The fresh air
rushes in one way. while the foul air
makes its exit the other; thus you let in
a friend and expel an enemy.
It is not wise to plant apple trees over
two years old; nor either is it well to top
nor head them too low. Carefully trim
so as to avoid forks, and grow a center
branch for a leader.
A farmer boy who has gumption enough
to learn to bud and graft and otherwise
propogate and improve fruits has gained
knowledge which will make farm life far
more Interesting, and which will serve to
save many a penny. j
In the Northwestern Farmer for July *
1, A. L. Trow has an interesting paper on
the dairy business. One million dollars
distributed in a single county in one year
shows how much the creamery is doing
for the Northwestern farmer.
Don't sit on a rail fence expecting Ihe
government to cure or stamp out hog
cholera by the methods proposed. It
won't work. Besides, it is more respect-
able to grow sugar beets and other sani-
tary hog food, and to provide sod lots and
clean water for the stock.
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lion u Snubbed Ifllevntor Hoy Got
Even Wltli a Stout Stenographer.
Chicago Record: The elevator boy was
a genius, although nothing of the kind
had ever been charged up ugainst him.
When the fat—th:i t is to say. stout, for
only men and lower animals are fat.
v.omen of that style of architecture being
invariably "stout when the stout ste-
nographer on the ninth floor repulsed the
admiring advances of the elevator boy,
she did not know that she was laying a
i mine for the destruction of her peace of
I mind if not of herself. The elevator boy
brooded upon the snubbing he had re-
! celved and resolved that he shoul'd be
i gloriously revenged.
| But how? as the cheap novels say.
! The elevator boy did not know at first,
but the next time the stout stenographer
j entered his car to ride to the ninth floor
! an Inspiration came to him. ^
j The Inspiration came on Monday morn-
ing.
j At noon of the same day the elevator
boy. shooting downward from the pinnacle
of the building, found the stout stenog-
rapher waiting at the ninth floor to go
: down and get her cup of coffee and peach
! pie a la mode.
| "Nine down!'' piped the stout stenog-
rapher. The lift stopped, and with great
| dignity and politeness the elevator boy
opened the door. The stout stenographer
1 entered. The moment her foot pressed the
I floor of the cage the elevator sank two
inches. The elevator boy closed the door
I without a word, a glance or a smile, and
, the downward journe> was resumed. Tiir
three men who were in the dropping l>ox.
however, gazed about with a wondering
expression on their fac-s. When their
eyes took in the proportions of the stout
stenographer a satisfied look came into
their cuntenances. They understood why
j the elevator had dropped two inches un-
der the pressure. The stout stenographer
colored a rich, autumnal red. and looked
daggers, sabers, broadswords, and other
cutlery at the boy. He said no word—oth-
[ er than, "Main floor—all out."
After the luncheon hour the ?tout sten-
ographer sauntered into the rotunda of
the big building once more. She had
forgotten the incident of the two inches.
"Going up!" (Hed the elevator boy. and
she accelerated her movement toward the
lift. Four men and two women were in-
side. The boy again, with princely polite-
ness. held the door open. She entered.
At the pressure of her foot the el vator
promptly dropped two inches. The four
men. aroused from .ifter-luncheon reflec-
tions by the sudden lurch, looked about
inquiringly. They saw the stout stenog-
rapher and smiled. The two women
smiled with smiles of even greater dimen-
sions and duration. The boy was a hewn
monument of imperturbable dignity. The
stout stenographer glared about her. She
half-suspected, hut could not be certain. -
In the evening ii was th. same way. '
When the stout stenographer ent red the
elevator to ride down to the street she
gave it a two-inch start on the way.
The other inmates looked at her rather
sympathetically, and she knew that they
were wondering how in the world she
managed to stand the hot w. ather. But
nobody spoke. The boy was i pillar of
icy calm.
It was In this fnshion that things con-V
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MRS. NELLIE RUSSELL KIMBALL.
cpss. In addition to a local trade she
has the contract for supplying all the
coal used by five dredges employed by
the government for cleaning the bar-
ber; this means supplying 3.000 tons.
Mrs. Kimball is her own bookkeeper,
weighB every ton of coal sent from the
yards, employs and discharges her own
men and personally watches the care
of ner horses. Recetly she has added
an eighty-acre farm to her cares. The
young business woman has fair hair,
bitie eyes and a delightful manner.
The average cigar Is from 4 to «
inches in length.
vine *d that the corn stalks or fodder has
any great value as feed. Therefore but
little progress can he made toward sav- 1
ing this valuable part of the crop. The ;
fact remains, however, that the corn fod-
der. properly cut and cured, has a feed
value fully as gr it as a hay crop from
the same area.
As helping to xplain the failure of the
fodder crop of 1SP4 to give satisfaction, i
we quote the following report of experi-
ments with cutting corn at different
periods of development, from Bulletin 135. '
New York experiment Station:
"The very rapid Increase in feeding
value of corn as It approaches maturity 1
should be understood by all producers
whether the produc t is to be used for
silage or fodder. The importance of the
subject leads us to republish a portion of
Bulletin lt of this station, in which the
matter Is clearly set forth. From th.
most careful analysis and estimates, the
yield and food constituents of an ucre of
ating a monopoly, it will do no harm
even though the business of testing fo,.
tuberculosis fall into entire disuse. The
more that Is known about these tests, tile
greater appears to be the uncertainty as
to their value. But under the old law.
when any veterinarian might easily inake
$10 to $lf a day testing cows, it became
the interest of many veterinarians,
through scare articles about tuberculosis
in such newspapers as would publish '
them, to intensify popular fears about the
dangers of spreading dangerous diseases J
through the use of cows' milk and other !
dairy products.
The unreasonso!e fears aroused by these
means have injured the lairymen, and
especlall.* milk oroducers. to the amount
of millions of dollars within the last few-
years. for walch th< slight payment for
stock killed after being test d Is only
partial compensation. It has been r.o !
light tiling, even when no disease weis
found, to have cows- givirg milk quaran-
I
boy off his guard and slip
lift when his attention was attracted to
other things—the cigar stand, for instance
—hut all such endeavors were unavailing.
That fatal drop of two inches always
manifested itself. Sin felt that she was
a marked woman and the talk of the
town. Once she resolved to walk up the
nine (lights <«t •''airs rather than submit
herself to ti/ ignominy of that elevator,
but by the time she had reached the ,
lift', floor, disheartened and perspiring,
sl.e rang the bell for the lift. "He will
not expect to catch me on this floor."
she said. But he did. She stepped in-
side. The elevator dropped. An ill-bred
man. who pretended to sell wire f •neing
on the eleventh floor, snickered. Tin
stout stenograph, r turned upon him. but
seeing the quiet, solemn face of the ele-
vator boy, she remembered in time that
she was a perfect lady.
On the sixth day the stout stenographer
capitulated. She caused this advertise-
ment to be inserted In a newspaper:
"Wanted—A position by capable
stenographer: wages not o much a con-
sideration as a position with a firm doing
business on the ground floor."
The next day she went forever out
the tall building. The boy found
advertisement in the paper and pastocT
up In his cag. . where h< could
all day long.
Such is adequate, beautiful glorious
revenge when und'-i .tken by an artist.
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