The Sulphur Democrat. (Sulphur, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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RED CLOVER FOR 8EED
KNEW WHAT THE JOB MEANT
SEEING tj‘
"Is He 8ick?"
HEN you’ll do It Illll tor
the sake of old times?”
queried Capt llrundage
anxiously
’’Yes" said the mate
“for old times' sake and
the 25 bucks you prom-
ised Partikerly for the
25 bucks”
The raptain eyed liim
disdainfully
"If 'tvvas me” lie com-
mented “I'd be glad to help out a
pal even if I didn't get a cent That’s
the kind of man I am "
"An’ that's the kind I ain't" re-
joined the mate tartly “S ) mobb
you'll stow this here moralisin' busi-
ness an’ hand over the coin so as
everything '11 bo accordin' to agree-
ment" The skipper of the steamer Arklam
muttered something uncomplimentary
under his breath but producing a
bulky pocketbook extracted several
bills therefrom and passed them to
the mate who thrust them into his
pocket and faced his superior with a
satisfied smirk
"Now that's settled let's run over
your scheme again so as I can get
my right boarln’s" be said pleas-
antly "When we got to Huffaio you fix
yourself up with a phony bpard an'
wig an’ If Miss Antrim comes askin'
for you I'm to tell her Capt Brundage
died worry sudden in Chicago an'
there’s a new skipper in charge”
"Don't forget as I'm supposed to
be deaf and dumb" warned the cap-
tain "If she once heard my voice it
'ud queer the whole game"
"Oh aw right" responded the mate
"Only she must be a bigger fat-head
than she looks If she swallows that
Who'd ever believe as a company 'ud
hire a deaf dummy for captain of a
big steam freighter?"
“She's got to believe it" returned
the captain “Anyway if she sees
me at all it'll be only for a few min-
utes und the nows of my death 'ill
upset her so that sho won't stop to
figure out them little details"
"It wouldn’t upset me” retorted the
mate "Seems like she ougliter be
joyful to hoar it if she's got any
sense"
"That’ll lie all from you" growled
llrundage in high dudgeon "Just hold
your jaw und do as you're told "
Bluntly after the Aiklam tied up at
the Buffalo doiks she was Immded
by a buxom young damsel with a de-
termined (bin ami a pair of snappy
black eyes The watililul mate
gioeted her ut the gang plank uiul
she acknowledged the salutation with
a giuelous smile
"(lood morning Mr Pi out" she
said "1s ('apt Itrunduge around?"
Tile mate twisted Ills features Into
a becoming semblance of grief
"I’m sorry to say that I've got bad
nows for you Mias Antrim" was the
response Hu husltatod and bhouk Ills
head sadly
"What's the troublo?” Inquired tho
girl her fueo a shade paler at the
sight of the mate's dolorous isago
“la 1m sick?"
“Worse limn that miss" returned
tho mate In a hoarso whisper “He's
worry had— that Is I moan he uln't
now lie's gone miss gone for-
ever" The girl drew a sharp breath
“What!" Bhe gasped "you don’t mean
to say—"
“That he's dead miss yes that's
It an' sorry I am to toll you"
Miss Antrim dnhhed a handkerchief
hastily across her eyes “How did
It happen?" she asked “Why he—
he was all right when ho left hero on
his Inst voyHge"
“Step Into the cabin" requested the
wily Mr Prout “an' I'll toll you ail
about It”
The girl followed him and seullng
herself prepared to listen to tho
mate's doleful narrative
In accordance with tho instructions
of hlu chief Mr William Prout gave
a vory affecting sketch of the Inci-
dents relative to the former's sud-
den demlso duo as ho declared to
chill followed by an attack of pueu-
CHRONICLE f°ff ONE FRESH- M TER SALTS
“GEORGE TICXELL
“She'll Never Know
Miss Antrim “Perhaps he could tell
me something more about Jim”
“Not him" responded the mate has-
tily “He didn't know Jim Brundage
an' anyways" he added as an after-
thought "this here Chester’3 deaf an'
dumb can't speak a word”
A look of intense surprise deepened
on his hearer’s countenance
"Deaf and dumb!” she repeated
"Why good gracious! how can a deaf
mute be captain of a steamer?"
The mate's fare flushed “It's this
way" he explained "His uncle's the
main guy of tile Sherlock Navigation
Company an’ he gave Chester the
Job He ain't much of a sailor an'
all the woik falls on me"
Tho gill eyed him steadily "All
the slime" she leuuuked calmly "I'm
hound to see him for I've made up
my mind to go to Chicago oil tho
Arklam"
Mr I’l out uttered a horrified ex-
clamation "Bark on the Arklam!" he repeated
"What for?"
"To Isit Jim's grave" responded
the artless Miss Antrim
"It's the least I can do under tho
circumstances And it'll he a sort of
cons flatlim to sail on the boat he
used to command poor fellow"
"Well Capt Chester's ashoro just
now" declared the mate desperately
"That doesn't matter I'll seo him
later" she said airily "I'm going
homo now to puck my things ana gut
reudy”
Much aghast at tills unexpected
turn of foi tune’s wheel Mr Prout
sought the presence of his chief who
lmd prudently remained in seclusion
during Miss Antrim's visit Capt
Hrundugo resplendent In a false
heard and wig of inky hluckness as-
sumed to deceive Ills ludy love’s pene-
trating optics in case she Insisted
upon u porsotiul Interview received
his otllcer's tidings with a violent ex-
plosion of highly ornamental pro-
fanity "You’ve bungiod the whole business
you ulgger-hoaded swab!" he said
lioutodly "What the blue blazes are
we to do now? If that girl ever
lands In Chicago und finds out I'm
allvo and have a wife and four kids
thore’ll bo the devil to pny"
""Taln't my fault" protested the
mate sullenly "What buslnoss had
you to make love to her? Might
have known there'd he troublo"
“I wasn't all to blame Hill" as-
Me In This Rig"
blasted horse to be doing the work of
two men? Anyhow she’ll be put
wise when she reaches Chicago”
"Well It’ll give me time to think
the matter over" said Drundage
hopefully “You can stand the day
watches and I’ll come on at night”
Mr Prout entered a vigorous pro-
test but In the end his superior's ar-
gument prevailed and he hastened to
give the necessary Instructions to the
members of the crew True to her
word Miss Polly Antrim installed her-
self as sole passenger on the Arklam
and the mate proceeded to map out a
long and difficult course of deception
for what promised to be a memorable
voyage
Capt Brundage in tho role of the
silent Chester passed muster beforo
the girl's eyes in highly creditable
fashion Site made no sign of recog-
nition and he reflected thut the stage
must have lost a shining light through
ilia falling to poreelve that nature had
clearly intended him for an actor To
Mr Prout fell the agreeable task of
entertaining the fair passenger who
exhibited a liveliness of spirit not
wholly in koeplng with tho sorrow of
a maldon whom death had deprived of
a lover In fact the mate being a
single nmn in the -r!y thirties found
himself yielding lu the witchery of
her black eyes and Inwardly congrat-
ulated himself upon the happy clinnco
which had thrown thorn together
On tho socond day Capt Brundage
saw fit to take the amorous Mr Prout
aside and expostulate with him on the
too evident partiality he displayed for
Miss Polly's society Tho mate lis-
tened to his remonstrances and then
Indulged lu a flno burst of longshore
rhetoric liberally flavorod with hursh
expletives
"A nice party you are" he con-
cluded "to come glvln' me advice
Wot Is It to you if the girl's took a
fancy to me? Rog'lar dog In the man-
ger that’s wot you are Don’t want
her yourself an’ can’t hear to see any-
one else get her For two pins I'd
blow the wholo game an' thon
whore'd you be?"
"I was speakln’ for your good Bill"
ploadod the crestfallen captain "You
don't know wot an artful dame
the Is”
"An1 how about yourself?" queried
the mate "You're a fine honest-
heartod Innocent to preach about art-
fulness Anyway the Jig '111 be up
“That Don
when we make port an’ she goes
huntin’ for your grave”
“That's so” agreed Brundage de-
jectedly "We got to think that over
Bill"
"Think It over yourself” retorted
the aggrieved Mr Prout "but don’t
come any nonsense over me for I
won't stand it”
Tho Arklam was nearing Chicago
when Capt Brundage sitting alone
in his cabin and figuring desperately
on some means of escape from the
net fate had thrown around him
looked up in surprise as Miss Polly
enteied and closed the door behind
her with an emphatic Siam That
done sho sat down and surveyed her
quondam suitor with malicious eyes
Brundage stared back with a sickly
smile wondering inwardly what her
visit might portend He was not
left long in doubt
She suddenly stretched forth a slim
white hand and tore the black beard
from his face Then she set her little
foot upon it and spoke with much
unction
"What an awful silly you are Jim
Brundage to think that you could pu'l
the wool over my eyes"
The captain wagged his head dis-
mally “All right Polly” he said "you’ve
got me beat What do you reckon
to do?”
“If I was a man” said the girl
scornfully "I'd thrash you well but I
suppose I must get satisfaction an-
other way What hurts me most
Isn't your falseness but the Idea that
you considered me such a fool I've
found out all about you and unless
you want your wife to know every-
thing you'll do as I say
"When you passed yourself off as a
single man you showed me your
bankbook and calculated that $500
would start us nicely in housekeeping
Now when we reach Chicago Jimmy
dear you'll go straight to the bank
draw $250 and hand it over to me
Then I'll say good by and you can
thank your stars for getting oil so
easily”
The unmasked conspirator swore
bitterly and protested fervently but
Miss Polly was adamant and he finally
agreed to her terms His disclosure
to Mr Prout of the conditions upon
which he had surrendered was re-
ceived by that unfeeling seaman with
a hoarse laugh which was distinctly
aggravating to his commander’s trou-
bled mind
The Arklam lay at the Clark street
dock with MUa Antrim seated In tile
captain's cabin placidly awulting his
return from the bank Beside hor
laughed Mr William Prout smoking
the pipe of peace Brundage entered
with a look of intense gloom over-
shadowing his countenance and sig-
naled the mate to retire Miss Polly
waved her hand In dissent
"Stay wheto you are” ehe said ge-
nially "Count out the money Jim
und hurry up”
The mute grinned broadly as his
skipper lugged out tho well-known
pocketbook and sighing deeply hand-
ed $250 In United States currency to
his female Nemesis Polly beamed
graciously upon the uncheerful giver
"Thut's a good boy Jim” ehe Bald
sweetly "and now we’ll go ashore
hnppy By tho way It may Interest
you to know that Mr Prout and 1
moan to sot tip housekeeping on the
strength of your kind gift"
Tho captain's emotion wag too denp
for mere words to express lie rose
to his feet still staring helplessly as
Miss Antrim leaning on tho arm of
the gratified mate tripped merrily
along the gnng plunk to the wharf
(Copyright by W 0 Chapman)
Editor Appointed Dlreotor-Qeneral
Gen James Evelyn Pilcher editor of
the Mllltay Surgeon la the new director-general
of tho National Voluntoor
Emergentf corps The corps was on
(nnlsed In 1900 to render aid In time
of national calumlty or In the event of
war Tho corps Is now being re-
organised n the lines of the medical
corps of II) i Uultod States army
Method of Growing to Secure the
Proper Results
The ordinary method of growing
red clover Is to cut the first crop as
soon as It Is In full bloom and then
taking chances of getting a seed crop
from the second cutting This is gen-
erally a chance and only a chance
Frequently the condition of the
weather and the press of farm work
delays the first cutting until the beads
are all brown and sometimes dead
and then unless there Is a very
favorable season there Is not time to
mature a second crop before frost
which sometimes happens in the lati-
tude of central Iowa by the middle of
September earlier north and later
south but generally not until about
October 1 Immense ' crops are
sometimes grown in this way but
after all It le a chance When clover
seed is five dollars a bushel or
under the farmer will usually get
more clear money by using this sec-
ond crop for pasture or If the Beason
Is favorable for roughage by which
we mean a second crop of clover hay
When clover seed rUes to eight and
ten dollars off as this year $14 a
bushel It Is worth while to take some
special measures to Becure a seed
crop
Two or three ways have been sug-
gested One is to pasture the first
crop until about two weeks before
It would ordinarily be cut which in the
central portion of our territory would
be about the 10th of June This
while it will not Insure a seed crop
will make it much more certain than
the method usually adopted
When the acreage Is small and the
farmer will give the time and atten-
tion which it requires says Wallace’s
Farmer It is possible at least In the
southern half of our territory to take
a crop of clover hay and add ten
or 15 days to the time allowed
for maturing the seed crop The
ordinary methods of curing this clover
hay will not be applicable at all It
contains too much water and will have
to be cured by curing It first In the
sun stirring It frequently with the
tedder then putting It up In corks
putting on caps and letting It cure out
In the rock The only question is
whether it Is worth enough more for
hay than for pasture and this will
depend on the condition prevailing on
the farm
ROTATING CROPS
Such System Improves the Land in
Many Ways
The rotating of crops Improves the
land In several ways One way is by
adding nitrogen to It If leguminous
crops are grown In the rotation It
Is an error to suppose however that
all kinds of fertility are added to land
by the rotations The rotating has its
limitations but with that understand-
ing It Is a good thing
One advantage of rotation Is to
clean out noxious weeds that may get
Into the land In various ways Some-
times a field devoted to the growing of
wheat becomes filled with mustard
and other weeds Injurious to the pro-
duction of crops of commercial value
Mustard is not a weed except when it
Is out of place
Old hay meadows become so Infest-
ed with worms that the hay crop Is
often greatly reduced Changing to
some other crop for a few years makes
It possible to eradicate the worms
Wireworms especially can be gotten
rid of in this way
There are other advantages of ro-
tation that we perhaps do not under-
stand at this time says the Farmers'
Review Thus sometimes certain
crops are rotated with each other and
show an Increased yield due to rota
tion while the food requirements of
the crops are quite similar
A STABLE SCRAPER
Serviceable Devloe for Use In Hand-
ling the Manure
A handy scraper for cleaning the
stable is enslly and quickly made by
boring a hole In the middle of a piece
of board Tho board should be hard
I1
The Handy Scraper
wood about six Inches wide and IS
Inches long and it must be thick
enough In the middle to hold the han-
dle firmly For a handle use an old
fork handle carefully fitted and wedge
It firmly then bore a hole down
through and put in a wire nail to pre-
vent the handlo from pulling out after
It works loose as It is sure to do In
time
Head Lettuce
For a summer head lottuce there Is
none that surpasses the old-fashioned
Deacon or California Butter says
Farm and Home It has the finest
flavor I have not been able to find
any other varloty that comes near It
It ehould be planted early and thinly
In the row and thinned to stand six
inches apart Tho rows should not be
luss than 18 Inches apart It stands
the drouth well and remains a long
time In prime condition bofore running
to seod If you have never had suc-
cess with head lettuce try the Deacon
Peas Then Alfalfa
An Ohio farmer says he Is plowing
hla old alfulu fields and will grow a
orop of peas for a canning factory
seeding again to Alfalfa when the peaa
are off
Angry Citizen Put Ordeal Up to 8treet i
Car Company
Not long ago there entered the ofllce
of the superintendent of a trolley line
In Detroit an angry citizen demand-
ing "justice” in no uncertain terms
In response to the official's gentle
inquiry touching the cause of the de-
mand the angry citizen explained
that on the day previous as his wife
was boarding one of the company's
cars the conductor thereof had
stepped on his spouse's dress tearing
from it more than a yard of material
"I can't see that we are to blame
for that” protested the superintendent
"What do you expect us to do get her
a new dress?”
"No Blr I do not” rejoined the
angry citizen brandishing a piece of
cloth “What I propose is that you
people shall match this material”-
Harper's Weekly
NEEDED A LONG STEM
"Wot did you do wid dat breakfast
food de lady up at dat house gave
you?”
"It’S in me pipe I'm smokin' It!
WRITE AT ONCE to Dr Chas F
Simmons San Antonio Texas for In-
formation how to buy from 10 to 640
acres and 2 town lots of the best land
In South Texas for $210 payable $10
per month
Germany’s Export of Feathers
Germany Bends 29000000 feather
a year to England for millinery pup
poses
It Cures While You Walk
Allen’s Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot sweating callous and swollen aching
feet Sold by all Druggists Price 25c Don’t
accept any substitute Trial package FRBE
Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
The virtue of prosperity Is temper-
ance but the virtue of adversity Is
fortitude and the last is the more
sublime attainment — Bacon
Set the allowance against the loss
and thou shalt find no loss great
he loses little or nothing that reserves
himself— Quarles
GOOD HOlTSRKEEPUnS
Use the best That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue At leading grocers 3 cents
A pretty woman's smile often wrin-
kles a man's purse
You won’t tell your family doctor
tho wholo story about your private
Illness — you are too modest You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs Pink-
ham at Lynn Mass the things you
could not explain to the doctor Your
letter will lie held in the strictest con-
fidence From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case Such letters as the fol-
lowing from grateful women es-
tablish beyond a doubt the powerof
LYDIAE-PINKHAM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
to conquer all female diseases
Mrs Norman R Barndtof Allen-
town Pa writes:
“ Ever elneo I was sixteen years of
age I hud suffered from an organlo de-
rangement and female weakness) In
consequent 1 had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous My physi-
cian said I must go through an opera-
tion to get well A friend tola me
about Lydia E I’lnkbara's Vegetable
Compound and I took Hand wrote you
for advice following your direction!
carefully and thanks to you 1 am to-
day a well woman and I am telling
all my friends of my experience"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN
For thirty years Lydia E Pink-
ham’s Vegotablo Compound mada
from roots and herbs has been tho
standard remedy for female Ills
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have boon troubled with
displacements inflammation ulocra-
tlon fibroid tumors Irregularltius
period lo pains backache that loar-Ing-down
fueling flatulency indigos
tloudizzinessornervoua prostration
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Hayes, J. M. The Sulphur Democrat. (Sulphur, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1908, newspaper, June 11, 1908; Sulphur, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2082935/m1/2/?q=no+child+left+behind: accessed June 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.