You Alls Doins. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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He was the bust of Apollo, which
stood on top of the piano. She was
the plaster cast of the East Wind
which hung on the wall opposite. And
they had somehow managed to fall in
love with each other. Perhaps they
had imbibed something of the general
atmosphere of the apartment. It was
inhabited by three pretty bachelor
maidens, each and every one of them
sworn never to fall in love or marry—
and each and every one passing
through that stage of their evolution
when one learns that it is really nobler
to own one's self mistaken and one's
views rather than to wreck the happi-
ness of a fellow creature, even if he is
only a man. So much lovemaking,
open and covert, went on under the
eyes of the amorous plaster casts that
they were certainly excusable in learn-
ing to conjugate the moods and tenses
of the tender passion also.
Phyllis Forrester was the prettiest
and sweetest of the bachelor maidens,
or, at least Angus Macnell believed so.
And Phyllis invariably sat in the big
Morris chair just in front of the head
of Apollo when she was entertaining
company. The big Morris chair form-
ed a beautiful frame for the adorable
little Phyllis. Perhaps that was why
she so often sat in it, although Angus
Macneil didn't think so. He believed
that she was fond of occupying the big
chair because she fancied her insignifi-
cant height and extreme slenderness
were less noticeable than when she sat
up straight.
Angus himself almost always sat
upon the Turkish stool just opposite
the big chair. Sitting on this stool
gave him an opportunity of leaning
forward, and thus bringing his eyes
a few inches nearer Phyllis. He often
found himself dreaming as ho sat there
of the longed-for time when he should
dare to lean still a little farther for-
ward and clasp the little hand which
rested so idly in Phyllis' lap. Phyllis
never embroidered or did fancy work
as other girls do, at least not in the
evening. Her companions in the apart-
ment declared that this was so be-
,
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her plaster heart thus disclosed. Phyl-
lis blushed also, from mere sympathy,
of course. Then the East Wind, torn
between maidenly shyness and a de-
sire to prove to Apollo that the words
of these mortal lovers were true,
swayed on the wire which suspended
her so eagerly that the wire gave way
and she fell violently forward. Had
not Phyllis sprung up quickly and
caught her she would have been dash-
ed to pieces on the floor. As it was
she lay motionless in the kind arms
which had saved her, no longer blush-
ing, but Quite white and still. Apollo,
on top of the piano, flushed more viv-
idly than ever as Macneil took his be-
loved away from Phyllis. And he fair-
ly beamed down on the human lover as
his idol was placed by his side, lean-
ing right against him.
"Old fellow looks pretty happy,"
ventured Angus, calling the attention
of Phyllis to the satisfied air which
dwelt in the attitude and expression
of both casts. Phyllis nodded sweetly,
but said nothing. Macneil drew a lit-
tle nearer and looked down at her si-
lently—for so long that Phyllis became
nervous.
"1 wonder what you are thinking
of." she blurted out suddenly. Mac-
neil swept the Turkish stool over the
carpet with a movement full of haste
and determination. Once more Apollo
winked at the beautiful face beside
him, no longer coldly beautiful with
the icy loveliness of plaster, but
glowing and warmly radiant in the
light of the lire—and love. Apollo
knew what was going on far better
than the mortals themselves. And
lovemaking in the room below him
seemed quite in keeping with the old-
new thrills of passionate admiration
and worship which were pulsating
through his breast of tinted plaster.
He even went so far as to smile kindly
and in knowing fashion when the hu-
man lover seated himself on the Turk-
ish stool and made bold to take pos-
session of h>s sweetheart's hand.
"Phyllis," said the human lover
softly, "Phyllis, dear, I was thinking
how very much I love you. It—doesn't
displease you—that 1 should be think-
ing such thing-, my darling?"
"No," signaled Apollo and the
East Wind together from their station
on top of the piano. Phyllis was silent
and her lover drew both the little
hands into his own.
"What are you thinking of, my
dearest?" he asked, as the gill remain-
ed speechless.
"I am thinking that—that—I love
you, too," was the answer which he
divined rather than heard, and the
East Wind and Apollo craned their
heads so far forward to see what was
happening that they nearly came to an
untimely end by dashing themselves
down to destruction upon the keys of
the piano. And after that—well, when
next morning came anil the other
pretty bachelor maidens would have
separated the plaster lovers and put
the distance of the room between them
again Phyllis wouldn't hear of it.
"They look as if they were making
love to each other," she explained,
blushingly, "and—well, I like to see
them do it!"—Chicago Tribune,
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
cause Phyllis was too idle. Phyllis
herself declared that her hands were
not pretty enough to bring them into
prominence by contrasting them with
bits of dainty needlework, whereat
the other girls laughed scornfully. An-
gus Macneil thought her hands ador-
able anyway, and rather preferred that
they should be idle. The chances of by
anil by taking them prisoner seemed
somehow Increased so long a.s she did
not work.
Seated thus Phyllis, naturally took
frequent note of the East Wind. Some-
times when she found it advisable to
become unconscious of the adoring
gaze of her lover, she studied the cast
with much earnestness. At such times
she was almost ready to declare that
the plaster face was smiling at some-
thing or somebody. Angus, for his
part, had strong suspicions that the
plaster Apollo winked now and again.
One evening he mentioned these sus-
picions to Phyllis, and after that—
well, the plaster casts fared beauti-
fully.
There was no light in the room but
that of the open lire and the East
Wind and the Apollo were flirting
openly and undisguisedly. Angus
looked up suddenly and caught them at
It.
"That fellow is very fond of wink-
ing," he remarked, smiling at Phyllis.
Phyllis smiled almost as sympatheti-
cally as the East Wind she was look-
ing at.
"And do you know, I have been
thinking that the East Wind is smil-
ing," she returned. Angus swung
around and looked at the pretty femi-
nine head, with its long hair flying
forward, and with deep, unfathomable
eyes. Then he looked back again at
the pretty feminine head with wavy
hair caoght up neatly, and with eyes
Which were also unfathomable. He
smiled as though a pleasant thought
had struck him.
"Perhaps she's smiling at Apollo.
Perhaps they love each other," he sug-
gested, while the East Wind blushed
la the fi/ "gh* hare the secrets of
WANDERING IN DREAMLAND.
Sli© Tried to Pay Her Fur© With Sam-
ples of Foulard.
The young woman's mind was
probably 'way off in the land of cut-
on-the-bias, and yokes, and flarings,
and plaitings, and applique, and ruf-
fles, and things like that, whatever
they may mean. Anyhow, when she
got on an uptown Ninth street car the
other afternoon, she dreamily opened
her pocketbook when the conductor
came around for her fare, stuck a
gloved finger and thumb into one of
the compartments of the same, ex-
tracted a couple of foulard samples,
and, with that far-away expression
still in her eyes, handed them to the
conductor. . The conductor was a
a middle-aged man. He smiled and
waited for the young woman to come
out of her trance. But she held the
foulard samples out to him, with her
eyes on vacancy, until the conductor,
still grinning, had to fetch her hack
to earth. "Yes, they're pretty, miss,"
he said, "and I'd like to get my wife
a dress off that piece on top, but
she's " The young woman blushed
like a red-hot stove-lid, dug into an-
other compartment of her pocketbook
for a car ticket, and she looked real
embarrassed when the brutal male
persons across the car aisle grinned, so
she did.—Washington Post.
Drawing: Pa
Parallel lines
on a blackboard
which has a w
with transverse
crayons are in
place by a flat
at right angles,
be held in the h
•alh'l Linen Rapidly.
can be rapidly drawn
by a new chalk holder,
ooden stock provided
grooves, in which the
-erted, being held in
spring crossing them
with a spring grip to
and.
8otne Cp-to-Date Hint* About Cul-
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture ami
Floriculture.
Cat Farm in Oregon.
There is a large cat "farm" In Lin-
coln county, Oregon, and the residents
in the vicinity have obtained the con-
sent of the postoffice department to
the christening of their postoffice by
the name of Angora. The first post-
master of Angora, singularly enough,
is Thomas Tom.
Comparative Varieties of Corn.
The Illinois Experiment Station has
been conducting some comparative
tests of corn. The experiments have
been carried on in the same Held for
three years. The soil is a deep, rich
loam, as uniform as possible, repre-
senting very closely the average char-
acter of soil found over tho corn-grow-
ing section of the state. The field was
manured every spring with a coating
of well-rotted barnyard manure, care
being taken to make this application
as uniform as possible. Most of {he
leading varieties of corn grown in Illi-
nois, together with new varieties ad
vertised by the seedsmen, were tested
the object being to find out the value
of the new as compared with the
standard varieties, and in this way to
furnish as reliable Information as pos-
sible of new varieties. The plat de-
voted to each variety was repeated
twelve times in different parts of the
field, and the following yields are the
averages of each set of plats.
The preparation of the ground and
the seeding during the three years was
about as follows: The land was
plowed with an ordinary three-horse
breaking plow, about six inches deep,
about the last week of April, and im-
mediately disked twice .with a spading
disk, after which it was harrowed
twice with a common smoothing har-
row. The seed was planted the second
week in May, and the corn was culti-
vated four times during the season, to
a depth of three inches, a small shovel
cultivator being used, this cultivator
having four shovels on each gang. The
corn was cut by hand the second week
of September, each variety being har-
vested by itself. The corn was husked
the second week of October, the weight
of the corn and stover being deter-
mined separately. After the corn had
become air dry during the winter the
per cent of corn to cob was determined
by shelling and weighing ten average
ears.
Below are the averages for three
years, 1S97, 1S98 1899. The figures
represent bushels of unshelled corn (70
pounds to the bushel:
Iowa Gold Mine 42.5
Burr's White 62.2
Mortgage Lifter 56.7
Champion Yellow Dent 60.6
Pride of Saline 49.2
Golden Beauty 46.5
Riley's Favorite 59.8
Edmond's Yellow Dent 48.9
Legal Tender 55.8
Learning 61.0
Boone County White 55.8
The following averages are for two
years:
Hickory King 47,4
Prehistoric 25.2
Pride of the North 51.2
Reid's World's Fair 75.5
St. Charles White 60.1
Iowa Silver Mine 40.0
Improved Learning 51.4
Blount's Prolific 54,0
Champion White Pearl 54.6
The following were grown for but
one season, with yields as follows:
Murdock 59.6
Clark's Iroquois 60.2
Beagley's Illinois Corn 37.6
Cuban Giant 66.7
Fisk's White Dent 51,5
Fisk's Yellow Dent 53,3
Fursman White Mastodon 53.3
Imp. Early Golden Dent 42.6
111. Ex. Early White Dent 45.2
Pride of Macoupin 55.7
Burrow's Premium Coin 62.6
Thoroughbred White Flint 14.2
Thinning .Apples.
Bulletin 168, New York Agricultural
Experiment Station: Experiments
have been in progress for four years
for the purpose of gaining definite in-
formation concerning the effect which
thinning the fruit of apple trees may
have on the remaining crop and
whether the practice if followed sys-
tematically year after year tends to
secure greater regularity in bearing or
increased yield in succeeding seasons.
The results show that with certain va- •
rieties the size and color of the fruit
is generally improved where thorough
and timely thinning is done and the
percentage of the higher grades of
fruit is increased, although the total
yield of marketable fruit if often les-
sened. It appears that under certain
circumstances, and especially with cer-
tain varieties, the thinning of apples
in commercial orchards would be prof-
itable.
With mature trees which have come
into full bearing and which are prop-
erly fertilized, pruned, sprayed and
generally well cared for, it is doubtful
whether thinning the fruit in any one
season will materially increase the
yield in succeeding seasons. It should
be borne in mind that young trees
which have not come Into full bearing
may be seriously impaired in vigor and
in subsequent fruit production by be-
ing allowed to mature too heavy crops.
It appears that, with the exception
noted, the principal source of profit
from thinning fruit in orchards which
are well cared for is to be looked for
chiefly In preventing the breaking of
overloaded limbs and in the Increased
market value of the fruit of the cur-
rent season. Thinning, to be most
effective, should be done early in the
season—at the time Baldwins and
Greenings are from three-fourths of
an inch to an inch In diameter. In
New York state it should be completed
in June.
A Desirable Hardy Plant.
Most of us are quite familiar with
the herbaceous Peony, but compara-
tively few seem to know much about
Tree Peony. 1 am under the impres-
sion that this ignorance is the result
of an idea which seems to prevail that
it is a very tender variety, not adapted
to culture at the north. Because of
this Impression it has been overlooked
and neglected by those who would be
sure to grow it if they felt sure of its
adaptation to general culture. While
it may not be hardy enough to stand
the strain of some of our severest win-
ters at the extreme north, 1 think it
can be grown with great satisfaction
in most northern states if it is given
good protection in winter, writes a
contributor to Ledger Monthly.
It is a very beautiful plant. Its
flowers are not as globular in form as
those of tho ordinary herbaceous
class, but they are all the more beau-
tiful because of the open center, which
affords' a pleasing contrast of stamens
and petals. The foliage is delicate and
profuse, and furnishes a charming
background against which to display
the flowers effectively. Because of .ts
stately, bush-like habit of growth, it
is admirably adapted to use among
border plants whose season of flower-
ing is earlier or later than its own.
In fall a liberal amount of coarse lit-
ter should be put about each plant. In
spring this should be worked into the
soil about its roots. Feed the plant
well, in order to enablo it to do Its
best. It likes a somewhat heavy soil
in which there is a good deal of clay.
The best fertilizer for it is cow ma-
nure, which should be lialf-rotted,
neither fresh nor too old. Disturb its
roots as little as possible.
Cra n berries.
There are many varieties of cran-
berries. Over 100 of them, of good
keeping and shipping qualities, were
raised at the state experiment station
at Madison, Wis., in 1898, and ex-
hibited at the succeeding cranberry
convention. The United States con-
sular officers report about an equal
number in the Canadian provinces, the
best of which are being transplanted
to this country. The methods of cul-
tivating, picking, screening or grad-
ing and marketing cranberries are
practically the same everywhere, and
more-nearly uniform than those of any
other considerable branch of agricul-
tural production that covers widely
separated areas. The growers are "'eli
organized, the national association
having its headquarters at Trenton, N.
J., and local organizations existing in
Massachusetts and possibly elsewhere.
They keep a record of acreage and
production and gather for their own
use certain annual statistics. They
also are attempting to secure the
adoption and common use of barrels
and crates of uniform size, sanctioned
by law. What is known as the "West-
ern Barrel," so fixed by law in Wis-
consin, is 25V£ inches high, 16 inches
in diameter at the heads and 18 inches
in diameter at the bilge, inside meas-
ure, and must be officially branded, un-
der severe penalties for failure. The
Massachusetts or Cape Cod barrel Is
slightly different, being 16xl7%x26'/^
inches inside measure, and must con-
tain 100 quarts. The Wisconsin
(legal) or western crate is 22x12x7'^
inches, inside measure, and must be
branded. The Cape Cod crate, in use
also in Connecticut, Maine and New
Jersey, is of the same dimensions.
Whore U'lilpH Are Not Used.
John W. Book'walter: Speaking of
horses, there is a notable law in effect
in most of the large Russian towns
concerning them that deserves special
mention. Among the curious things
that arrest the attention on arriving
in Moscow is the entire absence of
whips among the drivers of cabs, car-
riages, and all sorts of vehicles. On
inquiry I was informed that there was
a law prohibiting their use. I don't
believe there is a single whip in use
in Moscow. The excellent condition of
the horses attests the benefit of this
humane law. Nothing can exceed the
beauty of the sleek and well groomed
horses used in the carriages of Mos-
cow.
It has been announced that the en-
tire output of binding twine manu-
factured by the Kansas State Peniten-
tiary will be sold direct to the farm-
ers of the state instead of through the
implement dealers, who bid for it, but
were believed to be interested in the
trust.
Apple scab fungus on the twigs in
winter has the appearance of a green-
ish mildew.
Sterility among cattle is largely
traceable to in and in breeding
Why Does Some Sorghum Kill ?
The Nebraska Experiment Station
has been unable so far to discover the
reason for the occasional fatal effects
of sorghum when fed green. A recent
report says:
In view of the common practice of
cutting the first crop of sorghum for
hay and pasturing the second crop, it
is not difficult to understand the rea-
son for the prevailing impression re-
garding the injurious effect of the sec-
ond growth. It is very likely that it
the unmatured first growth were fed
as freely as is the second, the number
of cattle affected would be more nearly
the same in each case.
Beyond a doubt the symptoms devel-
oped in all the cases cited indicate the
action of somo sort of poison. The
sudden and violent death, the lesions
produced, and the post-mortem symp-
toms, all seem to point to one cause—
poison. Yet, In the analysis made, ne
poison was found, and so far as could
be ascertained no chemist has ever
found an appreciable quantity of
poison in any sorghums. It is believed
that the suddenness of attack in such
cases does not necessarily preclude
other explanations than that of
poisoning. An animal may be at times
in such a condition physically that
wholesome substances — substances
that are not of themselves poisonous—
will have, when eaten, a toxic action
or even cause death. Prof. Connell
says regarding second growth cane,
"in every case coming under my ob-
servation, death has occurred when
the cow's stomach was unaccustomed
to such food. A small amount of this
crop swallowed quickly into the
paunch may produce a vast quantity of
expansive gas, causing death." An-
other authority, Prof. V. K. Chesnut,
states that "the qualifications involved
in a definition of a poisonous plant
are numerous. It may suffice to say
that death in some cases is attributa-
ble not to any poison which the plant
contains but tu immoderate or incau-
tious eating or to mechanical injury."
Bafore any decisive conclusion can
be drawn in regard to this trouble
somo typical case must be studied in
all its phases. Besides studying the
plant microscopically and chemically,
it will be necessary to consider the
animals more carefully. Their condi-
tion must be noted, the various foods
that have been supplied must be sub.
jected to the closest scrutiny and the
ante-mortem as well as tho post-
mortem symptoms must be observed
and recorded.
It must be admitted that positive
proof is still lacking regarding the
cause of the disease occasionally in-
duced by sorghum plants. Negative re-
sults of an analysis are usually not
satisfactory, but in this case they are
at least quite conclusive. In view of
the analyses and of the collateral evi-
dence given, it seems certain that the
toxic effect of this plant which mani-
fests itself at times is not due to a
chemical poison inherent in the plant
and is not peculiar to the second
growth alone. This last statement is
of special importance. It is in direct
contradiction to the prevailing popu-
lar opinion, but all the facts at hand
sustain the conclusion. The proof of
this once accepted and the prejudice
against the secgnd growth thereby re-
moved, will result, it is believed, in a
greatly increased use of this valuable
forage crop. The greater the number
of cases studied the more evident it
becomes that, this is a matter governed
entirely by local conditions and that
the safety and health of the herd may
be controlled to a large measure by
the herder himself.
The Annual Flower lied.
Givo the water plenty of time to
drain out of the soil before the flower
beds are made. It should be so dry
that when thrown from the spade it
will break apart readily. The soil
should be stirred to the depth of at
least one foot; a foot and a half is
better. It should be thrown up as
loosely as possible, and left exposed to
the air till it is in a condition to
crumble easily before further work is
done; then some well-rotted manure
should be added and mixed thoroughly
This should leave the soil light and
mellow. The ground should be good
and warm before tho seeds are sown.
The design of the beds for flowering
plants should not be too elaborate.
If beds are wanted for producing strik-
ing effects in outline or pattern work,
such foliage plants as Alternanthera,
Coleus and Tresines should be used.
The beds should not be made so largo
or wide that they cannot be worked
without tramping over tlfem. It Is
best not to have too many kinds, if
the space for growing them is small.
After the beds are made, smoothed
over, and the seed is sown, the soil
should be firmed down. This brings
the seed in close contact with the soil,
and they are less apt to dry out and
will germinate more quickly. The soil
should be sprinkled at least once a
day; if the weather is dry. this should
be done either in the evening or early
in the morning. The plants from which
cut flowers are to be taken should be
set out to one side or in a corner of
the flower garden.—W. H. Moore, Kan-
sas Agricultural College.
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