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NORMAN,
O. T
OKLAHOMA AM) INOIAN 1'KKItlTOB*
K<1 Morgan \v;is accidontally shot at
tulsa, receiving' a dangerous wjound.
Hilly Bolton has been appointed re- trit nl tax.
Chickasha has a haunted house
mystery.
Itlackwcll has been declared a city
of the first clues.
Leslie's Weekly has a special artist
in Oklahoma gathering data for a write-
up.
A Wagoner firm will ship thirty car-
load/4 of cotton to Japan by way of
Seattle.
Two stores and a bank at Davis, I. T.,
have been closed for refusal to pay
jent of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college.
Shawnee business men will build a
$35,000 factory for the manufacture of
rot ton cloths.
A Cherokee delegation is being made
jp to accompany the Creek delegation
so Washington.
An Oklahoma court has decided that
narriage under six months after di-
rorce is bigamy.
Arapahoe is soliciting subscriptions
for a Custer county fair, and is meet-
ing with success.
Two United States marshals killed
two horse thieves near Tulsa.
' were resisting arrest.
Woodward was selected as the place
for the next meeting of the cattle mens
convention.
The city council of Blackwell has
ordered two of the main streets of the
town paved.
It is estimated that the acreage of
cotton in lilOO will be 10 percent greater
than in IS!!!).
The Oklahoma territorial medical
board has held a session to examine
young doctors for certificates to prac-
tice.
Shawnee is to have the first cotton
factory. Prominent capitalists are
1 ,u'-v there and the stock necessary is about
subscribed.
An effort is being made to have the rfhe Kansas state boftrtl of i,eaith has
Hegar Indian boarding school changed issuetl nn or(ler ,.ttiRin(f the quarantine
to an industrial school J against Wagoner, South McAlester and
Robert Harriot, a white man. living Muskogee.
In a tent near Ardmore, froze to death I The Kllnsas city journai say8 that
during the late storm. the trade extension excursion from
A bill in congress (ixc£* the pay of Kansas City through the territories
the chief justice of Oklahoma at $j,000 ]lfts i,een called off.
and necessary expenses. J The people of Seward show up the
Charges brought by W. !•'. Ham freight business they are doing with
DAIJIY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
against Judge Hamer, have been turned
down by the president.
The bank of Davis is to be converted
into the First National bank of Davis
with a capital of SAO,000.
the railroad and ask for passenger
trains to stop there.
Judge B. F. Ilainer has appointed J.
II. Williams of Pawnee, I'nited States
commissioner for Pawnee district, vice
Public meetings occur in many Okla- II. W. Morphis, resigned.
homa towns every day to secure rail- Representative Curtis, of Kansas, has
road and industrial enterprises. introduced a bill to incorporate the
Ardmore reports the worst blizzard grand lodge of the Independent Order
of the year as occurring February 1". ! of Odd Fellows of Indian Territory.
The mercury dropped .15 degrees. j Secretary IIitchcoc.k klcked ft hornet's
Mrs. W. L Rhodes is in Washington , w]len ]l0 mftde the statement that
to represent the women suffragists of only a Rmall purt ()f the Kiowa and
Oklahoma at the annual conference.
Indiana people have a permanent or-
ganization in Oklahoma. They will
meet in convention on February
Wind unroofed the Hotel Maine at
Wagoner, 1. T.,aud demolished five
residences. Two children were hurt.
An excursion from Wichita went to
El Reno to attend the cattle convention,
leaving Tuesday to return Thursday.
At Chickasha the Presbyterian church
was blown from its foundation. Other
buildings suffered and freight car#
were blown from the track.
Oklahoma's one militia regiment lias
but nine companies. Several localities
are hurrying to get, the chance to sup-
ply the three other companies.
Since the first of February, Treasur-
er Thompson baa paid out on school
fund and other warrants 8100,021. lie
will pay out on territorial warrants in
'lie next two weeks $10,000 more.
Martin Christenseu of Okeene, dug
the last of his fall potatoes on January
20, and found them in good condition.
It is not everywhere that two crops
potatoes can be raised on the same
ground every year.
The territorial supreme court has re-
versed the lower court in the case of
A. II. Niece, convicted of bigamy for
marrying a second time before the six
mouths had expired after securing a
.divorce from his first wife.
The Baptist church site, which has
been pending at Durant, for the last
eighteen months, was settled in a court
of equity at Atoka, by giving the old
church all the church property, and
giving defendant, John II. Munis, a
judgment for
The statutes of Oklahoma prohibit
merchants from selling any medicines
patent or otherwise, without first em-
a registered phai
ployin
comers who are entering trade
new towns did not know al>
Mw.
Mr. Jay Sherman, one of t ie
county's most successful farmer
season sold 8100 worth of apple;
twelve trees, and from the sami
. New
in the
nt this
Comanche country is adapted to agri-
culture.
Sam Jones said that in all his travels
he never addressed an audience in a
small town that bore the marks of in-
telligence and refinement more plainly
than his audience at Eufaula.
There is a bill before congress to
ratify the appropriation made by the
legislature of Oklahoma of $15,00:) made
out of the Morrill fund for the use of
the university at Langston—a college
for colored students.
Captain llinltley. civil engineer for
the Frisco company, reports the dis-
covery of a vein of coal six feet thick
sixteen miles south of Okmulgee, on
Deep Fork river. It is at a depth of
seventy-five feet and of a superior
quality.
It is said that there are men at
Sapulpa waiting for work to begin on
the Frisco extension to Deriison. The
Frisco has been hauling people in at
very low rates, with the idea of getting
plenty of men anil rushing the work
()f right through.
The Osages have asked for 8700 each
nf their own money and Senator
Thurston has an amendment pending
to pay it to them; to be accompanied
with a provision of that credit shall
not be given the Indians for more than
one-half their quarterly payments.
At Haekett Mrs. Haekett. wife of
Major He:i F. Haekett. is dead. Major
Haekett was the founder of that town
and is at present commissioner at Cam-
eron for the United States court at
South McAlester. Major Haekett and
Mrs. Haekett recently celebrated their
golden wedding.
The three-year-old ton of lioilin
Ivinnisn. near Avoca, was kicked to
death by a taulc while playing in the
yard.
Governor Barnes may not go to
Washington to attend the meeting of
governors on February because of
the absence of Secretary Jenkins.
Cheyenne Sunbeam: One of the
smallpox patients in Day county, a boy
he storm blew
eland
. last
from
trees
obtained fruit enough to can for family
use, besides supplying a large quantity
to neighbors.
The board of equalization fixes the
total valuation of property in Vinita
at 8070,800. The assessors' figures
show 1,008 white men and .V.'.'i colored
people in the town, with 700 school
children.
■Franchise Day," the anniversary of
the passage of the Dawes law. was
commemorated by the Indian pupils at
Pawhuska.
The manager of the Santa Fe reading
rooms at Purcell hopes to induce the
Rev. Mr. Sheldon of Topcka. to lecture
the trainmen.
One J. II. Evaus lias been flooring
his corn cribs with new railroad ties.
Other ties were fo.md on his premises.
South McAlester coal miners support
ix public school for their children by
a monthly as-
miner.
Dunlap, a s<
chief of the P
dead four mil'
the bridge crt
estjnicnl of Si for each
' Wl
ite Eagle,
■as found
,-in-law i
ica India
east of the agency, nt
dug tin- Arkansas riv
Dunlap had been i
for six days. The
is unknown.
ssed from his home
:ause of the death
seven years old. diei
down the tent in which he was held
and the exposure to the bitter storm
killed him.
Two Choctaw citizens were publicly
whipped at the Indian court ground,
twelve miles southeast of Atoka. They
were charged with larceny. One was
given thirty-nine lashes and the other
100 on the bare backs.
A compress at South McAlester is
preparing 500 bales of cotton for export
to Bremen, Germany. Of the 20,000
bales of cotton handled by the compress
this season nearly all has been for ex-
port, mostly to Cnina and Japan, this
week's shipment being the first to go
to a European port.
The Shawnee Herald says land near
that city has sold us high as 8150 an
acre, without ever having had a spade
in it. It does not mention plows.
The supreme court has reversed a de-
cision of the Custer count y court which,
gave a judgment of 8J". for libel,
against <!. T. Lawton, of the Arapahoe
Bee.
The senate committee on judiciary has
reported favorably the lii'.I for the ap-
pointment of an additional i'nited
States commissioner ,n the Northern
district of the Indian Territory.
How Ruccesfnl Farmer* Operate This
Department of tlie Fann—A Few
Hints as to the Care of Lire Slock
aud l'oultrjr.
Dairy No ten.
Every man that brings back milk
from the creamery tc feed to his stock
should Insist that it bo good milk, for
only good milk is fit to feed. Rotten
milk will injure him at several points.
Frequently indeed the bad milk is due
to patrons not delivering it in time,
but that Is no reason why the long-
suffering patron that does do right
should not bring up the question. Per-
haps it may result in reforming the
patrons that are remiss. At any rate
It may secure an improvement.
The farmers are now reaping the re-
sults of neglecting the dairy cows.
They thought when the low price of
butter came on a few years ago that
it would always continue and so be-
came careless of the breeding and
feeding of their dairy cows. Some of
the farmers bred their cows to beef
hulls and got half-beef calves, which
they let run with the cow3, arguing
that since butter brought so low pr^ce
they might as well save the cost of a
hired milker and get a good beef at the
same time. Now that butter is very
high they arc unable to take advantage
of the rise. This is always the fate
of those that are continually changing
their methods.
Attend the dairymen's conventions.
This advice is given to all of our read-
ers that own and milk cows. The as-
sociations of dairymen are not alone
for experts: they are for all that have
Interest In dairy matters. The larger
and stronger these associations the
easier will it be to protect both the
producers and consumers or butter.
Every member of dairy associations
should call on his neighbors and lay
before them the advantage of becom-
ing members of the state association.
The membership of the various asso-
ciations should ramify into every sec-
tion of l*ie respective states. We need
to learn the power of combination. We
need to learn the value of coming to-
gether and working in unison. It costs
but $1 per year to Join any of our
dairymen's associations and the cost
of attendance will be more than repaid
by the good received.
At the recent convention of the Illi-
nois Dairymen's Association this ques-
tion was asked by a defender of the
free and unrestricted sale of oleomar-
garine: "If we had no oleomargarine
how much would butter be worth to-
day?" The answer by Mr. Moore was
fitting and to the point. He said that
if it were possible to suddenly stop
the sale of oleomargarine the price of
butter would be far too high, but if
tuere had never been a pound of oleo-
margarine manufactured the price of
butter would be no higher than it is
today. The high price of butter 13 due
largely to the past severe competition
of oleomargarine, which made it so
difficult to sell butter at even cost,
that multitudes of dairymen went out
of the business. The supply was cut
to such an extent that now that better
times have come it is impossible to
supply the amount of butter the mar-
ket demands.
Reports from the west say that in
some sections the creameries suffered
greatly the past year because the farm-
ers lost Interest to such an extent that
they did not bring their milk oftener
than once in three and four days. The
result was that the milk was in such
poor condition that good results in
buttermaking couid not be obtained.
This is lamentable. It is a hard thing
for a buttermaker to spend years build-
ing up a reputation and have it shat-
tered in a few weeks. It is much more
difficult to build up than tear down.
Every patron of a creamery should
realize that he has to bring milk in
the best of condition if good butter is
to be made out of it. If the creamery
is a co-operative one he suffers at once
for his wrong doing, and, worst of all,
many of his neignuors also suffer. If
it is an individual creamery he will
suffer ultimately, if not till the suc-
ceeding year; for a creamery that, has
a bad reputation for butter will not be
able to pay as go. a price another year
a?- it would had it a good reputation.
The friends of oleomargarine be-
lieve that the men that are trying to
grt restrictive legislation are making
war on the rights of poor people to
buy a cheap food product. Hut that
is in no sense the case. The dairymen
are not fighting to stop the sale of
oleomargarine. They want only to
stop its sale as butter. We will illus-
trate by an incident that actually oc-
curred and is constantly occurring in
Chicago. A man wanted to buy a five-
pound pail o: the best oleomargarine
aud went to the Fair to get it. He
found a big sign over the counter say-
iug "Only oleomargarine sold here."
He purchased a five-pound pail of oleo-
margarine at a cost of 16 cents per
pound or 80 cents. On Ills way home
he thought that he would also purchase
real butter, so he went into a store and
asked for the best butter. They told
him the best butter was selling for 28
cents per pound. He took five pounds
and paid for it f 1.40. When he got
home he found that both lots were
first-class oleomargarine. He had
simply been swindled out of 60 cents
?n the second lot of oleomargarine.
Did he take the oleo back and make a
fuss about it? No. The buyers in
Chicago are so used to being imposed
on in that way that they accept it as
unavoidable fate.
Poultry NotM.
The Perennial Chicken Business.—
Chicken business goes on the year
round. Other kinds of poultry have
their short and special seasons. For
Instance, the buyers try to *nit)rt8S
upon the raisers the necersity of get-
ting in all of their male turkeys by the
10th of December. The reason Is in-
teresting. Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas are the visiting times. The big
turkeys arc in special demand because
the tables will have added plates for
guests. After Christmas the turkeys
suitable for the family alone, the hen
turkeys, will be the ones more in de-
mand. Turkeys are scarcely market-
able in summer. But the buyers take
them and the central plants hold them
in the cold rooms.
Generally speaking the poultry raiser
should let "condiments" alone. Occa-
sionally they may be fed a little pep-
per, but it should be very occasionally
— say once a week. We do not bo-
lieve the birds really need it at all.
The Idea of giving large doses dally
did not originate in a scientific mind,
but can only be the result of guess-
work. Such stimulating things are in
the nature of medicines and no healthy
body needs medicines. Above all the
nostrums on the market that are ad-
vertised to make liens lay should be
avoided. They will do more harm than
good. Good, well-balanced feed and ex-
ercise will provo all the stimulant
needed.
Poultry houses should not be located
on the north side of a clump of ever-
green trees or to the north of build-
ings that will shut off the supply of
sunshine in the winter time. Sun-
shine should be present at all times
of the day; its salutary effect will be
remarkable. In the summer timo the
fowls naturally get all the sunshine
they want without our help, but at
this time of year we must give them
our help. Sunshine will keep the air
dry and will to some extent neutralize
the moisture constantly being thrown
otf from the lungs of the fowls. A few
good sized windows on the south side
will prove of immense value.
On cold days the water for the poul-
try should be given warm and in suf-
ficient quantites to prevent it freezing
at once. It is easier to keep a large
body of water from freezing than a
small one. It will need to be renewed
twice a day and in the coldest days
oftener than that..
There are now over 80 breeds of
chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys in
the United States, aud many more in
foreign countries. In addition every
few years sees some new breed de-
veloped, as notice the White Plymouth
Rocks and the Buff Leghorns.
A Good Kgg Kecorti*
To the Farmers' Review: I will send
you my egg report for the year
1899. It is from 75 hens: Re-
ceived during January, 290 eggs;
February, 251; March, 731; April, 1169;
May, 1270; June, 1105; July, 1131; Au-
gust, 1201; September, 100C; October,
504; November, 140; December, 56.
Total, 8,836. I sold 457 dozen for
$48.15. Prices for eggs here range
from 9 cents in August to 20 cents in
winter. I only sold one lot of 21 dozen
for 20 cents in February and a few
sittings at 25 cents each. We use a
great many eggs for a family of five.
I did not set very many eggs, but
raised about 60 chickens, sOme hens
hid their nests in the weeds and
hatched out broods of chickens. Some
were rather late, but as the winter
is mild they are growing nicely. Sold
II fine roosters at 25 cents a piecc and
killed about 8 for eating. We send
for new stock every two years. We
still think the Rose Comb Brown Leg-
horns are the best fowls in the world
for eggs. Ours have free range of the
farm and are rather too fat just now
as they can get to the pig-pen or corn
crib. We are having fine weather now
and no snow. Rats did not take any
chickens last year, although they are
still about the farm. I saw an article
in the Farmers' Review about hens
not eating broken crockery, and I
would like to say that my hens will
eat anything I give them in that line,
even bits of glass. They will crowd
round me when 1 am oreaking it and
soon pick up every piece, providing
the pieces are small enough for them
to swallow. I keep lime and sand al-
ways round where they can get it.
Perhaps I had better stop for this
time, or this letter will be too long
to print.
VIOI.KT M. JKXNKV.
Shkhi- fleet I'olp us Stock Food.
At the convention of Michigan live
stock breeders held in Detroit recent-
ly, the use of sugar beet pulp as a ra-
tion for cattle came up lor discussion.
F. 1). Wells said that pulp had been
tested near the Rochester factory and
the result had been favorable. It had
been fed as much as a bushel per h?ad
per day without any ill effects, and the
animals had done well on it. Mr. Rob-
erts was having the pulp delivered at
his farm near Jackson from the Bay
City factory. Was feeding it to dairy
cows with excellent results. Prof.
Clinton D. Smith of the State Agricul-
tural College thought the question of
the value of beet pulp was not yet
settled. He explained the process
through which the beets were put in
th? sugar factory, and thought there
could not be much of value left in
them. Still he was aware that in other
countries the pulp was valued quite
highly.
Texas as a Poultry State. —A Mis-
souri pouitryman whose study of con-
ditions is not limited by state lines,
says that one of the interesting devel-
opments is the rapidity with which
Texas is coming forward. Texas has
a place in the list of great corn pro-
ducers this year, with 135,000,000 bush-
els. Said the Missouri pouitryman:
"Texas is going to be one of the great-
est poultry states in the union, Ixits
of places in Texas which used to ship
in eggs for home consumption are now
shipping them out by the carloads.
You see, the Texas raiser has great
encouragement in his climate. He can
have his spring chickens ready before
northern chicks are out of the shell."
Harrowing.
The harrow is one of the tools that
farmers should study with care, In the
light of the needs of their own soli
and its condition when plowed, for
harrowing is one of the most impor-
tant operations connected with the
preparation of the soil for crops, and
is scarcely less so in the case of such
crops as corn, as an element in the
cultivation of the ground after the
crop is in, says Homestead. Every-
body does not see the question alike,
as, indeed, how should they, since the
conditions of one farmer differ so
much from thosa of another that their
several necessities In regard to It will
greatly vary? There are some soils
that are in such a mechanical condi-
tion, and are plowed in so timely a
way with respect to the moisture that
.3 in them, that they turn over under
the plow like a bed of ashes and fall
apart with scarcely a clod in a day's
work. Here harrowing is simply a
question of smoothing the surface, and
a tool that will do this answers gvery
purpose. On the other soils the plow
leaves the ground lumpy and full of
holes between the furrow slices, and
harrowing that merely scratches and
levels the surface does not fill the bill
at all. Harrowing in such cases must
consist in breaking up the clods and
cutting the furrow slices to a sufficient
depth to settle the soil together and
make it a smooth, compact seed-bed
through which the wind will not blow
and evaporate all the moisture It con-
tains, and which will present to the
roots finely comminuted soil from
which they may extract nutriment
presented in an available form. Two
farmers whose soil represents these
two opposite conditions scarcely un-
derstand each other when they talk
about harrowing. An implement that
satisfies all the requirements of the
one is of little or no use to the other,
and results that are. all that are neces-
sary in the one case will in the other
he found worthless.
Outside of plowing matches, where
the best plowmen are on their best
behavior, there is not a great deal of
first-rate plowing done on soils that
are a little difficult. We are in the
habit of cultivating areas so large that
a day's stint is a little too big to do
the work in a really artistic way, and
even the best plowmen fall into care-
less habits, and the result is that most
fields are full of uneven places, cloddy
furrow slices, balks and other imper-
fections, unless the soil should happen
to be of the sort that pretty much
plows itself. The task of making a
mellow, well-pulverized seed-bed suffi-
ciently deep to take the seed at an
even depth and give its roots a chance
to spread themselves without drying
out in the open spaces between clods,
is not only a very important one, but
becomes largely a question of good
harrowing and plenty of it, with a tool
adapted to the faults to be overcome.
The harrowing that is done by way of
cultivation, on the other hand, is quite
another matter. It. is very necessary,
but it is the surface-stirring, weed-
killing, smoothing, moisture-conserv-
ing kind of harrowing that is needed,
and with an entirely different kind of
a tool. The two kinds of harrowing,
in fact, have scarcely anything ifl com-
mon except the name.
The Soil for Sugar Hi-ets,
A man should not attempt to grow
sugar beets unless he knows he is in-
side what is called the sugar-beet belt.
That belt has been largely defined by
analyses made as to the sugar con-
tents of beets grown. But when a man
finds out that his land is suitable for
the growing of this root he must, if
he wants success, properly prepare the
ground. It might also be added that
a man may have a place on his farm
where the muck lies deep and rich and
where beets will make a big growth.
That land should not be used.- He will
get more tops than beet, and the beet
he gets will not contain enough sugar
to make it acceptable at the sugar fac-
tory. The only way he could use such
beets would be to feed them to his
stock. The land used for this purpose
should not contain
amount of liumus, as is th
Bird Asserted to Hare Attack** a Kaa
Near Cincinnati.
Gray eagles are a sca?ce article In
this section of the country, but from
all accounts a very fine specimen, of
that, noble bird made its appearance at
Montgomery, this county, recently, and
created a sensation among the inhab-
itants of that peaceful locality, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer. There can ' s
no question that it was an eagl« Ofa-
timers who were hereabouts win*., ea-
gles were more of a nuisance than a
novelty testify that this was the real
thing. Louis Kuertz is willing to swear
to it. Mr. Kuertz, who is well known
about Montgomery, was up in a big
tree chopping out some raccoons when
he heard a flapping of wings above
him. He glanced around and saw aa
immense eagle. The bird was evident-^
ly intent on a battle, and Kuertz wai
undecided for a minute whether t*
climb up or down. Finally he deter-
mined to remain where he was and do
his share in the fight. He turned hi®
head away from the eagle for a m<K
ment to tighten his grip on the tree,
and the monster bird took advantage
of the position and flanked him.
Kuertz let out a yell that sounded like
a Boer call to arms. Then he sii<ft
down to a lower limb, intending t®
rdrop to the ground and get his gun.
His cry stopped the eagle's attack for
a minute, but Kuertz had no sooner
got seated on the lower limb when the
eagle attacked him again and delivered
and uppercut that brought forth an-
other warwhoop. Kuertz' dog on the
ground beneath the tree took cog-
nizance of the riotous state of affairs
in the branches above by this time and
set up a barking that, attracted the at-
tention of the eagle, and saved Kuerta
from any further attack. But the bird
simply concentrated his pugnaciou3
and rapacious energies on the dog f. am
that moment. Sweeping down from
the tree, the bird tried to bury its tal-
ons in the dog's back, but the dog was
not to be rushed in that manner, and
he gave the eagle such a fierce fight
for a few minutes that the bird gave
up the contest aud soared away.
Kuertz got to the ground as soon as
possible and made aii effort to get a
shot at the eagle, but it was out of
range by the time he got to his gun.
And now Kuertz is wondering if he
could have been prosecuted under the
law for killing the eagle when it at-
tacked him. Several people in and near
Montgomery saw the eagle flying
around in that vicinity later in the day,
and parents are keeping a close watch
on small children to prevent any kid-
napping by the king of the air.
the surface of the soil. For this rea-
son it is not advisable to transplant
beets, as the roots become broken and
are not able to reach the water supply
below. Of course if the year happens
to be very wet, with frequent rains
through July and August, the watei
supply in the surface soil might be>
sufficient for the needs of the beet;
but this condition is not one that cao
be depended on.
A Prize for Ineulmtor I ters.
A prize of ?5 is offered by the Frarjrk
B. White Company, Chicago, for tho
best article, written by an incubatoj
user on the subject, "Buying an Incu-
bator." The company wants to ascer-
tain how current incubator advertising
strikes the average pj. Ury man.
What appeals to you most strongly in
an Incubator advertisement? What led
you to purchase the incubator you tow
use? What claims have the most effect
In influencing your decision? Each
article must contain not less than 300
or more than 400 words, and must, he
sent to Frank B. White Company,
Fisher Building, Chicago, before Feb.
25. We trust some of our readers wili
secure this prize.
fui works.—Upwin's Chap Book.
V
Mattered Ills Kinlmrri «iiient.
Among' the stories told of Charles
Lever, the witty novelist, is one which
concerns the days when he was Brit-
ish consul at Trieste, relates the
Youth's Companion. He had accom-
panied liia daughter to London for a
little social enjoyment and had neg-
lected to go through the formality of
asking for leave of absence. On hia
arrival in London lie was invited to
dinner by Lord Lytton, who was de-
lighted to see him. When he arrived
at Lord Lytton's house his host said:
"1 am so glad you could come! You
will meet your chief. Clarendon"—tho
minister of foreign affairs. The novel-
ist, much embarrassed, began to give
reasons why he must tear himself
away, but before he could make his
escape Lord Clarendon was announced,
and almost at once espied him. "Ah,
Mr. Lever," he said, blandly. "I did
not know you were in England; in
fact, i was not even aware that you
had asked for leave from Trieste."
"No-o, my lord," stammered the novel-
ist, disconcerted for a second, but no
more than that; "no, my lord; 1
thought it would be more respectful to
your lordship for me to come and ask
for it in person!"
Opinions of a Publisher's Header.
Delicate work sells worst, because
rery few people understand delicate
work. In general the great public will
excessive buy anything that is not too individual
case with in its sensationalism, crudeness or vul-
muck laud, nor should it contain too garity. For clever work, not uncon-
mucli of the nitrates. It needs a good ventional in the ideas it brings, there is
supply of potash and phosphates. a fair market. The nervous tempera-
The soil should be deeply plowed, mcnt of the artist is betrayed, to a
and in cases of the hardpan lying near certain extent, by the character of his
the top of the ground, a subsoil plow handwriting. There are certain com-
shoukl be put in. The idea is to get mon forms of commonplace or medio-
the soil pulverized, or at least broken ere handwriting which are never seen
to a great depth, so that the tap root to express delicate or original work,
of the beet may find no obstacle in its The publisher's reader's aim should bo
downward growth. This extension of to let nothing that he holds as good go
the tap root is necessary to allow the unpublished. The expenses of delicate
beet to keep right on growing through and original work, especially of the
the time of drouth, as it will thus be work of beginners, should be paid out
able to tap the water supply far below 0f the sales of the popular and succesa-
Garbled.
"I guess," said the sad-eyed editor,
"we'd better take a few lays' vacation.
His assistant was surprised out of &
week's growth. "I expect the Rev. Dr.
Thlrdly's congregation will mob us it
we don't," the editor continued. "That
'personal' you wrote about him in con-
nection with the water question ap-
pears in the paper thus: 'The Rev.
Dr. Thirdly of Bethel is an expert on
flirtation."—Philadelphia Press.
"A Thread Every Day
Makes a Skein in a Year."
One small disease germ carried by the
blood through the system <wdl co/vvert a.
healthy human body to a condition of in-
validism. Do not <coait until you are bed-
rid Jen. Keep your blood pure and life-giv-
ing all the time. Hood's Sarsapaiill*
accomplishes this as nothing else ca.i.
"j i'ocd6 Si
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