The Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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GROWING PECO AND FERTILITY.
The two-fold problem confronting
many 'farmers Is, how to maintain the
fertility of the soil while growing crops
that are to be gold and removed from
the farm, and how to grow on the
farm substitutes for the expensive pro-
tein feeds now so generally purchased
by dairymen and stock feeders.
The air is a great storehouse of
nitrogen and vast amounts of potash
and phosphoric acid. If we can trap
or coax the nitrogen from the air and
unlock the other ingredients from the
•oil and unite them In living plants,
we can grow crops cheaply, and re-
duce the cost of farm, stock and dairy
products and largely Increase our
profits. While scientists are devising
aome means to combine the nitrogen
of the air with some other substance
that will make it available for agri-
cultural purposes, the best we can do
is to study with care the leguminous
plants that we now know do actually
draw a part of their nitrogen from the
air and store it for usj In their roots,
atems, leaves and seeds.
These plants, clovers, beans, peas,
etc., furnish for stock what we call
protein, a nitrogenous substance, nec-
essary for the making of lean meat,
milk and eggs, that are always salable
farm products. The entire plants, *or
their roots decaying in the soil, add
to it a considerable amount of the val-
uable plant food we call nitrogen, and
leave it In a comparatively stable
form. Even If a par* of thia nitrogen
has been obtained from what was al-
ready in the soil, the legumes have
brought it up from below by their long
roots, or have collected it from near
the surface, where It was going to
■waste. In other words, they have
trapped some from the air and gath-
ered the wastes and have put it into a
form available for the crop that fol-
lows.
It is also characteristic of these
plants that they leave the soil in a
mellow and friable state favorable to
the growth of other crops. We feel
sure from the experience we have bad
that it will be profitable for many of
our readers to experiment this year on
their own account, to learn how they
can make some of the lesser known
legumes profitable In their farming.
Particular attention is called here
to the soy or soja bean, one of the
least known of the legume family of
plants.
It comes to us from Japan, and has
been tested In a limited way by a few
persons here and there. Five years
ago at the Kansas Experiment station
several fields aggregating sixty acres
were planted with very satisfactory re-
sults in every instance.
In feeding the beans they take the
PRUNING MAXIMS.
Prof. Hutt of the Utah Experiment
station gives in bulletin 83 some wise
maxims on pruning, as follows:
1. Start the tree right.
2. Do not cut out large limbs.
3. Keep your tools sharp.
4. Never prune In frosty weather.
5. Frost-bitten wounds are Blow to
heal.
6. Never leave stubs In cutting off
limbs.
7. Prune annually, but never heav-
ily.
8. Wounds heal most rapidly In
spring.
9. Heavy pruning conduces t«
wood growth.
10. Never use a hatchet for remov
Ing suckers.
11. Avoid injuring the cambium in
any way.
12. Don't leave your pruning to the
hired man.
13. The more you understand trees
the better you will prune them.
14. A severe heading-back will re-
new the tops of old peach trees.
15. In transplanting be careful of
the root-hairs.
16. In transplanting cut back top
and root.
17. Do not head trees so low aa to
interfere with cultivation.
18. Drastic pruning strikes at the
vitality of the tree.
19. Do not start all main limbs at
the same height.
20. Keep the tree free of suckers.
21. Summer pruning Induces fruit-
fulness.
22. Torn wounds are generally fa-
tal.
23. Paint over the larger wounds.
24. Trees are delicate structures
and require carerul handling.
25. A heavy pruning Is always fol-
lowed by a heavy growth of suckers.
26. Never silt the bark, bore holes,
or drive nails Into trees.
27. Never allow stock to prune
your trees.
28. Unpruned, uncultivated or-
chards are not money-makers.
29. The orchard is not a profitable
source of firewood
30. Blackberries and black rasp-
berries should always be tipped back
in summer.
31. Prune gooseberries and cur-
rants by the renewal of rotation sys-
tem.
32. Do not decapitate shade trees.
33. Never prune evergreens.
members of his flock, and does not Ig
nore their small tastes and prefer
ences. The two ministers quoted be-
low are wise in their day and genera
tlon, and will reap a harvest of coo
fldence aa their tiny parishioners grow
older.
Not many Sundays ago a prominent
New York clergyman preached an un
usually long discourse, and the chil-
dren In the audience grew uneasy.
last one small boy. In tones loud
enough to be heard In his neighbor-
hood. exclaimed with more force than
elegance, "Hush up!" His horrified
— - mother, fearful lest the remark should
cbards, once profitable, but now have reached the minister s ears, soon
sources of loss. At the same time, made occasion to apologize to the paB
there are men In this state who are | tor,
The true pastor regards the little j -Have you ever been to church?"
folk of bis congregation as important , asked the pastor.
RENOVATE THE OLD ORCHARD.
Prof. John Craig says: There are
many old and some middle-aged or-
Because a firm sends out fine sta-
tionery, soliciting shipments of prod-
uce to be sold on commission, it does
not mean that it is reliable. Scores
of farmers have been robbed by
swindlers who use engraved bill and
„ — — . letter heads. Look out for all such.
place of linseed meal or gluten meal. ! Deal only with men who are reliable.
They surpass linseed meal In the per- j even If they do not make quite so big
centage of protein and fat. In the j promises as the fancy letterhead men.
bean meal there Is 36.8 per cent of pro- j —
teln and 16.2 per cent of fat; In lln- WHY HE FAILED WITH HOGS.
seed meal 33.2 per cent and 3 per cent.
Comparing soy bean hay and dry corn Because he bred from worn-out
fodder, the former has 15.4 per cent
of protein and 5.2 per cent of fat.
while the latter has 3.8 per cent and
1.1 per cent. The green beans are
also twice as rich In these respects
as green corn. Thus it appears they
afTord a convenient feed for balancing
the corn crop to make it a suitable ra-
tion for growing or fattening stock
and for making milk.
stock.
Because he failed to provide ample
range for the sows.
Because the pigs lacked vigor.
Because he had some Utters arrive
early in the winter.
Because he did not attempt to pro-
vide natural conditions for his pigs.
Because his sows furnished scanty
| nourishment for their offspring.
. 1 Because his pigs took the scours
we do not advocate the use of from sleeping In cold, damp beds,
barbed wire, but were we to use It we Because he did not know that the
would certainly have a reel attach- rig's stomach Is small and needs con-
ment to a wagon for handling It. Prim- stant replenishing.
Investing labor and capital In reno
vatlng such orchards, and find It a
paying business. Will It not pay gome
of us who have land occupied by neg-
lected and unproductive apple trees to
give them another and a fair chance?
Let me outline a course of treatment
for such trees for this season.
1. The trees need pruning. This
should be done at once. First, take
out all the dead, diseased and inte
ferlng branches; remove all suckers
and sprouts from the bases and trunks
of the trees. Second, scrape off the
roughest of the old bark with an old
hoe or other suitable tool, being care-
' My dear madam." aaid the clergy-
man, "I wish I had heard the little fel-
low. It Is time for me to stop when
the children are so weary "
The pastor of a town church was
calling on one of his parishioners when
the little four-year-old daughter came
into the room.
"I went last Sunday."
| "How did you like It?"
"Pretty well, only you didn't sing
: my hymn."
i "And what Is your hymn, little one?
j " Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear
me.'
I "Well, little lass." said the minister,
j "you come next Sunday and we will
j sing your hymn."
[ The next Sunday the large church
was full. The little girl sat. eagerly
j waiting, close to her mother, who
[ looked doubtfully around.
"You must not be disappointed, dear,
!f your hymn Isn't sung. There are so
, many people here, perhaps the choir
will not care to sing a child's hymn."
"But he promised, mamma." replied
the Utile girl, in entire confidence.
The grownup folk who filled the
many pews, and who knew nothing of
the little girl, may have smiled when
the choir softly sang. In place of the
morning anthem, "Bless thy little
lamb to-night," but the little girl her-
self wag content.—Youth's Compan-
ion.
HAT) A /i VJVWELCOME VISITOH
John Philip Sousa has had some ex- | the room wag 'all In a mess.' It surely
perlences decidedly out of the ordl- ; was. There were black footmarks
_ °*ry' b"1 he la authority for everywhere, on the furniture, on the
ful not to Injure or expose the live I tIle s,a,en>e,>t that he met with the I carpet, even on the dresser; the bed
parts beneath. | most unusual, and perhaps the most Itself being about the only spot not
Deneatn. I —. . —
2. The trees need spraying The terrlf>ln«- * QU'et little town In
I provincial England.
first spray should be given before the
buda burst. Use Bordeaux mixture.
Consult spray calendar. Continue the
spraying as directed.
3. The trees need tillage. The sod
should be thoroughly pulverized. This
may be accomplished. If the sod Is
not tough, by using a sprlngtooth bar
row or disc harrow. If sod Is tough.
and dense, turn It over with a plow
and work down fine with a harrow
Plow away from trees, and as shallow
as plowlble near them. Till at least I «. nm a iug, ui course,
once in ten days up to the middle of I thou*h once 1 wakened las I recalled
July. I «he next morning), thinking I heard
"It ^as almost as bad as Edgar
Allan Poe come to life," says he.
when relating the happening. "It was
before I opened at the Alhambra last
Spring, and the tour had been most
trying. On the night in question I
had turned In the very first minute
t could get away after the evening
concert, and I remember I was so
tired that I never touched the fruit
and sandwiches always left In my
bedroom. I slept like a log. of course
the plate pushed about on the lunch-
eon table. I think I sat up In bed
and looked around, but I'm sure I saw
nothing, and
I instant later.
the entry of the man with the hot
water, but what brought me really to
my senses was his exclamation that
July.
4. The trees need fertilizing. Fer
tilizers may be furnished through
green manures. During the laat half I """ iuuuu, uui i ui sure i saw
of July, harrow and drill cow peas I nothlnK- «nd I was asleep again an
(Whippoorwill or Blackeye* at the lnstant ,n' >r
rate of one and a half bushels per acre
If drilling ig Impracticable, broadcast
rolling the ground afterwards. The
interest in the experiment may be in-
creased by using different cover crops;
for Instance, cow peas on one part.
Canada peas on another, and crimson
clover on a third.
5. Record your observations. In or-
der to obtain an accurate idea of the
value of the experiment, a profit-and-
loss account should be kept. Charge
the field with cost of labor and mate-
rials used, and credit It with the re-
turns. An immediate response in the
way of a crop of fruit should not be
expected—this should come the sec-
ond year—but the trees will, in the
meantime, take on renewed vigor and
appearance of health.
trodden upon. The sandwiches were
gone; so wag the fruit. As I climbed
Into my dressing gown I had a hazy
Idea of discovering a tramp some-
where about, but a moment later I
had seen that the footprints came
from a big cllmney place and appar-
ently returned there again. 'We'll
smoke him out." said I.
"Before the blaze from the morn-
ing's paper had got a good start there
tumbled down from that chimney
baboon nearly as big as I am. The
way the valet and I got out Into the
hall was a sight to see. We slammed
the door after us and sent in
alarm. Twenty minutes later one of
the keepers from a nearby circus was
unconcernedly leading off the tamest,
meekegt monkey of hlg size in the
world.
"Next morning I was conscious of j "But It was a startling thing to
have happen before breakfast! There
was a little too much of "The Mur-
ders in the Rue Morgue' about It."
STEEL SQX/ATIES F*ROM SAWS
ltlve methods In the handling w.
barbed wire are expensive of time. A
few dollars spent in fixtures facilltat
ing its handling will soon be returned
to the pocket of the purchaser in la-
bor saved.
COVERING WOUNDS IN TRIES.
The wounds made In the atems of
trcea by pruning or otherwise, should
have the wood preserved to keep It
from decay until the new bark and
wood extends over it. but gum ghellac
dissolved In alcohol Is far better than
paint. Put the shellac In a wide mouth-
ed bottle, cover It with alcohol, and
let It stand twenty-four hours, when
It may be applied with a swab or
brush. It serves as nearly as may be.
the substance of bark not affected by
heat or cold or wet or dry weather:
and retains the sap up to the cut,
dealing without a scar. Any limb cut
off square on top will have a dead end
sic Inches to a foot, which will event
ually die and rot off Limbs should
be cut off glantlng—never square on
top—as Is often done
While thorough tillage does not add
-anything to the fertility of the soil. It
doOs aid very materially In making
plant food for the growth of the plant.
It also makes room for the roots to
spread more easily through the soil
for taking up the elements, and gives
natural conditions for restoring nltro
gen and other elements from the air.
During a drouth It aids in maintain
ing a more equal distribution of moist-
ure.
THE IDEAL ORCHARD TREE.
In setting an orchard, my expert
•nee has proven that It Ig best tc
head the tree low, that Is, let th«
tree limb out near the ground. It Is
beat for seversi reasons. It prevent
sunscald of the body by shading th.
trunk of the tree In spring, aummr-
and winter, and by making a health'
body will entirely eradicate the bo1
of the flat-headed borer, one of thr
worst pests In the orchard which has
■ot been properly set.
The common toad It a valuable ad
dltloa to the greenhouse.
Because he did not know his pigs
ate their heads off during the winter.
Because he did not know that sev-
enty per cent of the pig's live weight
Is water.
Because he did not get the pigs out
of the nest and compel them to exer-
cise some every day.
Because he did not go after the ver-
min until the pigs were completely
lousy.
Because he cut away all his woods,
and wag glad he had no tree a to con-
tend with.
Because he never thought that the
disease-proof "rasorback" lives most-
ly In the woods.
Because he boasted that hla hogs
could be grown on leas water than
any others in the neighborhood.
Because he could not understand
why half a doten of big best pigs
perished from sunstroke.
Wood sshes or soot sifted over
young radishes thst have just put
forth their flrgt leaves, protect them
from the ravages of the fly whose
larvae causc wormy radishes later on.
CLEAN YOUR SAVE SPOUTS.
Now Is the time to see that your
eave spouts and troughs are free from
sparrows nests. Utter, etc. Sparrowg
will aometlmeg crawl In beyond some
elbow and build their nests When the
spring rains come you will not get
very healthy drinking water. Take a
piece of acreen and cover up all open-
Ingg. If you are putting up new
ipouts, get your tinner to fasten i
niece of galvanized tic over the open-
'ngs and you will not be troubled any
nore with It.
THE EEED-CORN QUESTION.
"As a bushel of com will plant
"•ght acres, I would rather pay $s
<er bushel for good seed than to plant
ndifferent seed, that was given me."
i the way one succeaaful corn grower
llsposes of the seed-corn question.
The old agriculture consisted of
raising crops and exhausting the land.
The new agriculture conslgtg of rais-
ing larger crops and improving the
land at the game tin*.
Plan to have the whole ground oc-
cupied with a desirable crop all
through the season, and plaut of the
quick-maturing vegetables, like rad-
ishes, peas, beets, etc., to have a suc-
cession as long as desired.
GROWING ASPARAGUS.
A grower of asparagus writes: First
of all, I have to say that, If I had a
piece of warm, sandy, well-drained
loam available for the purpose. 1
would think the best time to start an
asparagus patch Is now. at once, with
out more delay than necessary to se
cure a lot of good plants, after the
spring growth starts Usually I would
prefer to grow my own plants, and
grow them in good, rich loam, and
properly pushed and thinned in order
to get good, large, one-year-old plants
which I think are far better than the
average run of two-year-oid plants
that one can buy.
I make tfy? ground very rich; In
fact, It cannot be made too rich. I
give each plant plenty of room, not
less than a dozen square feet. I
plant them deep, so a shallow run-
ning plow will not injure the crown.
To renew an old plantation, plow It
over shallow, applying manure or any
good commercial vegetable or potato
manure containing a good percentage
of potash. Any of our standard varle
ties may be used.
Palmetto seems more reliable than
others to resist the rust attacks. Co-
lumbia Mammoth White Is good, and
Conover's Colossal ope which can be
depended on.
If you wish to raise your own
plants next year, sow the seed thinly
In drills, the drills being a foot or
fourteen Inches apart, by hand or
with the garden drill. Do this early
In ths spring, while the ground is yet
quite moist The seeds are large and
hard and require a good deal of moist
ure to germinate.
In a dry time the seed may be
soaked for a few hours In hot water.
It will then sprout much more prompt
ly Clipping a corner of the hard
shell off each seed will serve to has
ten the process of germination.—Ed
Have a good repair shop filled with
modern toola to do the mending, grow
all the cattle and chicken feed needed,
raise your own horses and cows and
produce your own beef and mutton, as
well as hog meat.
The first steel square was made by
Silas Hawes at South Shaftsbury. Vt..
ninety-five years ago, and the Indus
try is still carried on at the same
place.
Hawes wag a blackgmith and wheel-
wright and was called upon to do
some repairing to the cart of a ped-
dler. These fellows were always re-
luctant to let any hard coin get away
from them and whenever possible
they paid their bills by makiug some
sort of trade.
On this particular occasion the ped-
dler had in his cart a number of saws
which had been discarded as worn
past redemption and Hawes. conceiv-
ing the idea that he could make use
of them, took several of them in lieu
of payment for the work he had
done. He cut these lengths of metal
up Into suitable sizes and made
squares and rules of them.
The tools became popular at once
| and sold for 5 and 6. most of the
business being done through the ped
dler who had been the means of
bringing the saws to Mr. Haweg.
At first the blacksmith made the
tools only at odd times when he had
nothing else on hand, but the demand
became so great that he had to make
special arrangements for their manu-
facture. and the industry grew into
one of rather imposing proportions
Mr. Haweg had been engaged in
the manufacture of the squares for
several years before It occurred to
him to take out a patent on the new
implement. He did this ultimately
and began the manufacture of them
in earnest, erecting a factory for this
purpose.
The plant has been enlarged sev-
eral limes, but steel squares are now
made on the site where the first one
was laboriously formed by the old
blacksmith.
TLAy TIME OF "BACHELOR -BILL
bachelor.
Our uncle BUI'
| awful aha....
'Ou« he known stories about bear* an'
>wa 'em all by nam**
_ wis '1st llk«* a really one an*
make* you think a hear
underneath th* table, but of course it
Isn't there
An' w'en he tuke* v.m on hla knee h -
talka 'lat like n i.ook
An' aft* r w'lle your \ « get big an'
you're a-acart to look
Wen he saya: "Nen a i-.-ar come out an'
'lat went Boo-
Becus you almoat think a bear la really
after you.
... .. playa wild Indian an' hides
himself somewher«>s
Wile we look In t), uners an' behind
th' parlor chairs.
An' peek in th* dark • loaets an' p'tend
we're on a scout
Till after w'lle he mak *a a hoop an' en'
cornea rushln' out
lat like he's on th' warpath; an* ua chln-
nern run upatalrs
An* hide in mamma s closet an' he makes
us think at bears
Are com In' In to get us an' he growls '1st
like he'a one.
An* my' we're turble s« art an' yet It's
awful lota o' fun.
'en he Is a pirate
chinnerti play
we are In . «hipwr<
An'
an* he makes u
ck an* th* cn
r'ere his treasure
^re^onh " illort an' his name is
iri
Cui he h— . ..m.iiidii,
Pokers f..r a ri
An* artor w'lle he Kill
hurt, an w'en
aila away In his big
to life again
He
r him comin' he '1st
i run.
inisticks for a sword an
all but It don'I
ihip w
i come
'En after w'lle our m<
him nri th* hen
An* says It's time f
an' things to t
An' leads us < hlntx
maybe if w« k
Right still she'll 1.1 t
"eep.
"*ther comes an* tap*
" ■ * eare an' acouti
. Ui M,
in all upstairs an
h' candle burn until
Bill comes up to
'En after w'lle nur unci
say goodnight.
An* se«*a how snug an' warm we are a
all tucked In ao light.
An* 'en he kls«e us goodnight an'
his eyes 1st blur:
I gue a we make him sorry 'at he la
MsrJ
—J. W. Foley In New York Times.
wr. wiLso/rs coot) tha^-eh
Away back In the forties Qeorge
B. Brickett and Moses 8. Wilson were
classmates In college and were also
roommates. In after life both be-
came eminent and highly respected
members of the medical profession
Many thousand people In Maine and
all over New England will remember
Dr. George E Brickett as surgeon in
charge of the Cony United States
general hospital at Augusta. Maine,
during the civil war. Dr. Wilson prac-
ticed medicine in Lincoln, Maine, for
upward of fifty years.
Both Brickett and Wilson were de-
cidedly of the "wideawake" clagg of
students. Wilson, especially, was of
the vortex. But no one gupposed that
Moge Wilson could be affected or in-
fluenced In the slightest degree by
any religious movement.
Brickett one evening strolled Into
the revival meeting, as much out of
curiosity as anything, and. to his great
surprise, saw Wilson there on his
knees, in the midst of a very fervent
prayer, which greatly moved the
hearts of all his hearers.
After meeting was over Brickett and
Wilson went directly to their room.
Wilson's sudden conversion was so
surprising that Brickett. out of dell
cacy, refrained from mentioning the
matter to his friend, snd the subject
was not mentioned by either until,
HrpSip<kiy6uRrtee
Choice
About thirty-four years ago the
Sunday sunrise service collection was
started. Some 3,400 years ago the
following ten thoughts were pre-
pared: First—Thou shalt have no
other gods before me. Second—Tbou
shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of anything
that Is in heaven above, or that is in
the earth beneath, or that Is in the
water under the earth: thou shalt not
bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I the Lord thy God am a
labor, and do all thy work; but tho
seventh day is the sabbath of the
Lord thy Ood: in It thou shalt not do
any work, thou nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy man servant, nor thy
maid servant, nor tby cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates: for
in six days the Lord made heaven
and earth, ti > sea, and all that in
them Is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the Lord blessed the Sab-
bath day, and hallowed it. Fifth—
Honor thy father and thy mother;
that thy dayg may be long upon the
*• « mat. my uiivB may i>e long upon me
Jealous God. vlaltlng the iniquity of I land which the Lord thy God glveth
the fathnra ntuin lha ..... I .« , .. —«. . . ...
the fathers upon the children unto
the third and fourth generation of
them that hate me; and shewing
mercy unto thousands of them that
love me, and keep my command-
ments. Third—Thou shalt not take
the name of the Lord thy God In
vain; for the Lord will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Fourth—Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou
thee. Sixth—Thou shalt not kill.
Seventh—Thou shalt not commit
adultery. Eighth—Thou shalt not
steal. Ninth—Thou Bhalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbor.
Tenth—Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's wife, nor his man ser-
vant. nor his maid servant, nor his
ox. nor his ass. nor anything that ia
thy neighbor's. (Exodus xx. 3-17.)
FABLE BROUGHT UP TO DATE.
Beware of Diacouraging Industry and
Integrity.
A Hawk that had a dexterous way
of throwing three cards about one
day met a Hen and Invited her to bet
on his game.
"But I don't understand It." protest-
ed the Hen.
"Why. all there la about It. I toss
these three cards so and so. and you
bet that you can pick out the ace of
spades, for example."
"Yes. but I don't want to take your
money."
"Oh. as to that, you are quite wel-
come—quite so."
"Then here goes a ten that I pick
the ace."
The Hawk smiled as he thought
how easy it was to throw snuff In a
Hen's eyes, but lo! Biddy picked out
he card she had named and raked
in the sugar.
"I'll be hanged If I'm not completely
discouraged trying to make an honest
living!" cried the Hawk, as he flung
the cards away in disgust; and he
thereupon not only turned robber, but
ate the Hen to boot.
MORAL.
Never discourage industry and In-
'grlty by taking money from a
three-card monte or a faro bank.—
'lncinnatl Enquirer.
— - — uromwiucq uy eiiner until.
a wild, rollicking nature, not In the i Just before getting ready to Jump Into
PIT THE NEW COLLAR.
When the new collar comes from
the shop this spring, don't put it on at
once, stiff and hard. Prepare a tub
of warm water and let the collar soak
till fairly pliable In that and then put
it on the horse that is to wear It and
see how nicely It will shape Itgelf to
that peculiar neck and ahoulder. Be
careful not to pull ths horse too hard
jr long in It the flrst day Then oil
t thoroughly and rontlnue to be care-
ful that the aame horse gets It every
time. Thh simple thing may save a
whole lot of oats and pogsibly some
sore shoulders.
least Inclined to "serious" thoughts.
A revival of religion of more than
usual Interest, was In progress, amd
many of the students were drawn Into
bed. Wilson, with all the solemnity of
an elder, turned to hlg friend with the
question: "Brickett. didn't I make a
darned good prayer."
WHY HE WAS WAITING
If things go wrong In (he farm work
and times seem hard, remember that
It Is a long road that has no ttynlng.
"■tick to the guns" and you will wta
out.
Lawyer Charles F Eddy, a suc-
cessful practitioner of the old school,
hag long enjoyed a reputation for dry
humor and caustic sarcasm, says a
writer in the Boston Herald. He
talkg In a distinct, deliberate man
ner, with a deep bass voice, and has
a high regard for personal and pro-
fessional dignity and Is scrupulous in
his observances of it.
One day a gentleman who was
wont to Intrude himself upon the
old gentleman caught up with him
on the streot. This gentleman had
with him a dog of the Irieh setter
breed. The yeungstcrs about the
streets had taken a fancy to the dog,
and at their commands to "set,"
"charge," etc., he was prone to a>-
tend. The company of th« man or
the dog was therefore not desirable
to Mi\ Eddy.
The undesirable man with the un-
desirable dog having caught up with
the old gentleman, an effusive greet-
ing was extended, but not so enthus-
iastically responded to by Mr. Eddy,
who stood still and. with his chin in
his hand, appeared to be lost In
thought.
After a moment or two the man
with the dog asked: "Aren't you go-
ing my way, Mr. Eddy?"
"Yes. I intend to go In that dlreo-
tion, sir."
"Well, what arc yon waiting for.
Mr. Eddy?" *
"1 am waiting, sir. tor you and your
4—4 «*o* to get up tho street'
An Alleviating Circumstance.
It distressed Miss Willing to find
how much the little girls in her Sun-
day school class thought about dress
and outward adorning. She lost no
opportunity to tell them how slight
was the Importance of such things.
"The reason I didn't come last Sun-
day was because my coat wasn't fin-
ished," said small Mary Potter one
day. when questioned as to her non-
appearance the week before. "My old
one had spots on it that wouldn't come
off and a place where the buttons had
torn through."
"But, Mary, dear," said the teacher,
gently, "you know it's not the outgide
that really matters."
"Yes'm, I know," said little Mary,
but. Miss Willing, mother had ripped
the lining out, so there wasn't any In-
side to look at!"—Youth Companion.
All Depended on the Dog.
Jeremiah Smith, formerly Justice of
he Supreme Court of New llamp-
ihire, add now professor in the Har-
ard law school. Is noted among the
'indents for his keen sense of humor,
well as his sympathetic spirit to-
ward the future legal lights studying
under him. He was discussing with
his class the subject of trespass upon
real estate, when one of the men
asked:
Professor, suppose there was a
sign of 'No trespassing, when the dog
went on the land. Would that make
any difference in the liability of the
master?"
With characteristic brusquenegg
came the reply: "Twould depend on
whether the dog could read!"
His Crowning Argument.
Andrew Carnegie was discussing a
quarrel between two capitalists.
"It Is a case." he said, "of the pot's
calling the kettle black. It Is a case
of Aberdeen and Inverary."
Aberdeen and Inverary?"
"Yes." said Mr. Carnegie. "You
see. two old Scots, one a native of
Aberdeen and one a native of Inver-
ary. fell Into an argument one day
over their respective accents.
"The Aberdeen man was very hard
on the Inverary one. He did not leave
him a leg to stand on. But the In-
verary man answered nobly Aber-
deen, when he wag through, could only
say:
" Weel, at ony rate, I dlnna ca' fuah
feesh.' "
WON BY CHANGE OF TACTICS
Persevering Man Finally Got Things
ag Desired.
"When one method fails." advlged
Congressman Dalzell in an address to
a large assemblage of students, "don't
be discouraged. Try another. If a
bridge is too frail, turn your team into
the stream and float across.
"An acquaintance of mine who trav-
els home each evening on a suburban
train had endeavored for years to per-
suade the railroad company to install
a better system of lighting in its cars
He asserted that his eyes were being
ruined trying to read the evening pa-
per.
"This regular complaint was listened
to patiently by the conductor; the
higher ofllclalg made promises, but tho
dim lights continued to flicker. Fi-
nally the disgusted passenger ceased
to grumble and made no further ef-
forts to read.
"One evening the conductor was
startled to see a complacent smile on
my friend's face, as he sat in the car.
eagerly reading his paper The of-
ficial glanced at the lamps, but noth-
ing had been done to add to their bril-
liancy. He became very curloua and
elicited the following explanation:
" 'When I found that I could not In-
fluence this great corporation I
tackled a lesser one. And I succeeded
In persuading the newspaper publisher
to use a larger-faced type."
Locomotives Charm Cats.
A black cat, lifeless and stiff, lay bo-
side the track on the white snow. Be-
side the body was a bright scarlet
stain. The cat had been run over.
"Considering their activity," said
:he flagman, "the number of cats run
over on the railroad is amazing Dogs
are hurdly ever run over. With birda
nnd rates and cows and hogs It's tho
same thing But cats, right and left,
are mowed down.
"I'll tell you why It Is. It is bo-
cause a locomotive's headlight fasci-
nates a cat. Cats nrowl by night, and
when, on the railroad tracks, they see
the bright yellow splendor of an on-
coming locomotive s headlight, they
crouch down and. with a contented
sigh, they wait for this lovely thing.
They wait for It as a youth waits
for a beautiful girl They think, no
doubt, that It will ing them happi-
ness. It brings them death.''
And, pensively, the one-armed flag-
man gathered up the black cat's re-
mains and laid them in a large woodoa
box.
There s a market for the sking," ho
explained.
Modern Freight Steamer.
Of the very latest type of freight
steamers Is the British ship Bellero-
phon. built without masts, instead of
which she has four pillars, two
abreast fore and aft. for derricks.
The hold is made especially to ac-
commodate heavy machinery and
other bulky consignments tor the Chi-
na and Japan trade. Twenty-six
winches and derricks can be worked
from ths deck.
Lewis Nixon Talkg of Cxar.
Lewis Nixon, the naval contractor,
tells of a recent interview with the
Czar: "I had a private audience with
His Majesty three weeks ago. He
stood erect as a soldier while he
talked for half an hour. He Is In per-
fect physical condition. There Is not
a rrr hair In his head. The general
•don he gave me whs one of
Unexpected.
"Car your wife make as good pies
as your mother did?"
'Yes. indeed; mother uses my
wlfo'a recipe."
Thayer's Compliment in Court.
On one occasion when ex-Congress
man John R Thayer was counsel for
the defense in the Central district
court he was cross-examining a wit-
ness in the case <if the Worcester and
Suburban street railway ticket forg-
ery The witness who was a con-
ductor on the road, had been arrested
for forging tickets
A man named Jensen was employed
In the car barn of the road. He was
not particularly bright, either in ap-
pearance or speech, and the conductor
had attempted to show that Jensen
was the originator of the scheme for
forging the tickets
Thayer asked the witness, by way
of ridicule. If he did not believe Jen-
sen showed lack or capacity for put-
ting up such a Job on tho road, and
closed big croftg-evimlnatlon by say-
ing Doesn't he look like a bright
man?"
The conductor's reply, "He must bo;
he hired a bright lawyer." convulsed
the attorneys and court ao that Thay-
er did not pursue the examination fur-
ther.—Boston Herald.
Memorial to South African Heroes.
Ix>rd Roberts unveiled In tho
Guards' Chapel. I<ondon. recently, a
memorial to the seven hundred and
odd men and officers of the guarda
who fell in South Africa. It consists
of mosaic work that Alls the vaulted
roof of the church in front of tho
sanctuary, and representa six angels
carrying the different parts of tho
"whole armor of Ood "
Addition to National Museum.
George W. Ellis, Charge d'Affalrea
of the American legation In Monrovia,
has sent to the National Museum in
Washington a monogram on the hab-
its nnd customs of the Val-speaklng
negroes of West Africa and a collec-
tion of their work. The Val speaking
tribe Is said to be exceptionally intel-
ligent and has evolved a native alpha-
bet.
thia
Mystery.
"I can't imagine why I havo
awful headache this morning."
"What did you do laat night?"
"TtuU'a Jual It I can't romsmbw
a thing I did."
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