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HOME-TRADE CLUBS
They Should Be O.sa -
and Active in *
Community.
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PATRONIZE HOME MERCHANTS
The Great Danger to Local Interests
That Are Found In the Mall-
Order Systems—Educate
the Public.
(Cops-righted, 1906, by Alfred C. Clark)
Why should we trade at home?
Why should we consider home in any
way more than any other place unless
It pays us financially? First, because
it Is our home. The pride we should
take In the prosperity of our home
town and our neighbors should be suf-
vficient Inducement to give them the
preference. Second, because beyond
all doubt or question, it pays from a
money point.
The greatest menace to the country
merchant to-day is the mall order
business, and with the decline of the
country merchant comes inevitable
loss to the citizens of both town and
country. What at first was considered
a great convenience and an exhibition
of commendable enterprise has grown
to be one of the crying commercial
evils. The success of the mail order
house is the result of constant, ex-
tensive and intelligent advertising. It
is not by persistent swindling as some
tell us, for no business was ever built
up in that way. The home merchant
<~n do no better than to adopt the
same method, the judicious use of
printer's ink.
While the merchants are the heav-
iest immediate losers, and could do
qualnting the community with whal
he has to sell and with the facl
that people could obtain at home
where they could personally examine
them and return them if defective in
any way, goods at as low a price ii
any catalogue house can sell th<m,
every man and woman is to blat
who sends away for goods; and every-
one who falls to raise his voire in
favor of home trade. The editor holds
IS AGAINST SALE
OF SCHOOL LANDS
JUDICIARY REPORi
"Jim Crow", Prohibition Juclclary Sys-
tem and State Prlntery Considered
GUTHRIE: Wednesday wes the *\x-
tleth legislative day of the constitutional
conventiion, and tho last under the en-
abling act for which the delegates re-
ceive pay.
A test vote on the prohibition question
Indicating a slight majority for the ma-
jority report of the liquor committee,
the most responsible position and j to the delegates here and may change the 1 4nti tjie announcement of C. N. Haskell
should be the leader in this move ! plan entertained. The chairman of the | that he wuh willing to how to the will
ment. ' Jud'*'iary committee is Judg
The remedy has been outlined in a of Ardmore. The Jim Crow and other
general way. We will suggest the first j provisions affecting the races were sched-
steps Let merchants buy at home- tiled for action in the convention some
' time this week, it having been the Intcn-
GUTHR1E: Announcement In the pa- [
pers that President Roosevelt had receiv- j
ed a telegram from the chalrmar\ of tho j
constitutional convention's judiciary com- j
mittee in regard to the Jim Crow matter
being in the constitution was a surprise
Ledbetter | jf the majority and abandon his tight on
the fent-
they cannot consistently ask others to
trade with them when they do not
patronize their brothers in trade. The
editors should patronize home, and
even at considerable personal sacrifice
refuse foreign advertising for lines oi
goods in competition with the home
merchant. The editor deserves more
credit than he receives. Many a well-
to-do farmer or city man would think
himself perfectly justified in sending
away for all his groceries and cloth-
tlon to reintrouuee the resolution to the
president and send., the whole matter to
Washington at the same time. What ef-
fect the telegram referred to will have
cannot be told, us it Is not official from
the convention, yet there may be a dis-
position to delay until some reply can
get here.
The situation has been put up to W. J.
Tlryan by disinterested persons and he re-
sponded not to speculate as to what tho
president would do. but make a consti-
ing if he thought he could save ten, tution to suit the people and let the re-
dollars thereby on a year's purchases,! publicans take the responsibility of de-
but most editors forfeit many times fenting it.
The convention Saturday returned to
lh
that much every year by refusing ad-
vertislng from distant firms in the
same lines of business as his home
merchants; and sometimes the home
merchant even then declines to ad-
vertise.
Trade-at-home clubs might be or-
ganized, with inottos something like
Club," or "I Patronize the Home Mer
chants," or "I Buy Nothing from Mall
Order Houses," for members to dis-
play. The acceptance and displaying
of such a card might constitute a per-
so nor member.
Much of the trading away from
home is due to thoughtlessness and
ignorance of business principles
Many persons consider only the first
ORDER
HOUSE
UNEARNED
WCREMENT
he "Jim Crow" question w
ires of the morning session.
Soon after tlie convention met. Has-
<ell ased unanimous consent to with-
iraw the resolution he introduced Sat-
jrday calling upon the president to make
mown his attitutde on the "Jim Crow"
question, so the convention would be in
position to pass upon It without endan-
gering statehood. In explanation he said
that the result of the vote yesterday on
the first of the sections, the one pro-
hibiting marriages between negroes and
the whites and Indians, had shown con-
clusively how the convention intended
to act upon the "Jim Crow" questions.
Unanimous consent was granted after
some discussion.
Leahy of Pawhuska presented the min-
ority report of the committee on the
liquor traffic, providing that at the first
election the questions "for prohibition"
and "against prohibition" shall be put,
and that the section of the enabling art
placing prohibition on the Indian Terri-
tory and Indian reservations shall apply
whenever prohibition secures a majority.
The question may be re-submitted In or-
ganized towns In Oklahoma. Denatured
the committee the provislun creating an
inspector of mines, oil and gas, wlfli In-
structions to make it briefer and eliminate
the legislative features.
The off leal oath was parsed as reported,
with an addition that the officer swear
he will not accept or use any free rail-
road transportation.
Provision creating a state commissioner ,
„ , . , . .. *. alcohol may be manufactured and sold
of charities and corrections, who may be J
either man or woman, to be elected by ! «">der regulations, provided by the iegl -
the people, was adopted and notice given ! J " *
by Mr. Weaver of a day to rcconsider " "
the vote.
Mr. Williams of Durant Introduced for
the constitution the anti-bucket shop bill
now pending before the Texas legislature.
A majority and a minority report from
the committee on school lands were of-
fered in the convention, but on objection
being raised by some members of the
committee, were referred back to the
committee for further consideration.
The majority report Is signed by eight
members of the committee and provides
that sections 16 and 36 granted to tho
TRANSFER
PLUMM
(Copyright, 1907, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
Ledbetter and Hughes.
The first test vote came upon the mo-
tion made by Herring to table the mo-
tion to defer action. The Herring motion
carried on a roll call, 61 voting aye, 47
nay and 13 absent. Though the test Is
In no way conclusive the prohibitlonisti
claim that It shows they have the ad-
vantage while the supporters of local
option point to the fact that most of the
able floor leaders voted no.
Pittman moved that the committee
rise, report progress and ask that the re-
ports be printed. On a viva voce vote.
over
Are you operating the tread mill to pour the wealth of your community
Into he bottomless hoppers of the mail-order house? Are you driving your
'local merchants out of business? If you are you are killing your town and
your own interests.
much toward checking and correcting I cost; if they save 25 cents on a ten
this growing evil, by liberal advertis- j dollar order by buying from a mail
ing and publishing prices, they should j order house they consider that clear
state by the government for the benefit! <"e motion wae declared carried
of the common schools shall not be sold j <he protests of the opponents
for a period of ten years from the date of The committee of the whole then took
the adoption of the constitution and then P the -epor, of the judiciary committee
only when authorized by a majority vote I Copied the first section whlch de-
of the electors of the slate, it Is further ">• 0,1"he '
provided that sections 13, given for the! At the noon adjournment the second
equal benefit of the University of Okla- *< ° «">" dl ™ lon on a mo-
. .1 X' I orwi ♦ .* Acrl- tion by Ellis to limit the future number
homa, the Normal schools and the Agn- . . ,
cultural and Mechanical colleges, white1"' 9"Prem« court J1"*" t0 mcm"
and colored, shall not be sold within a bers-
space of ten years. Until sold these Seven sections of the report were
to be leased for a period | ad°Pted b> ™"""'ttee of the whole
not be expected to do it all. Every
newspaper should preach home trade,
every teacher should instil it into his
pupils in the school room, every min-
ister should preach it from the pul-
pit. The debating societies and po-
litical conventions should discuss it.
The interests of town and country
and newspaper and church, and so-
ciety generally, are so interwoven and
so identical that whatever Injures one
will eventually injure all. When the
merchants are compelled to bring on
smaller stocks, and employ less help,
and pay cheaper rent, they are not
alone the sufferers; the whole com-
munity feels the loss. The price of
real estate Is largely dependent on its
proximity to a good town. Rents are
dependent on the amount of business.
The merchant can move to some other
town and establish himself again more
readily than can the professional man
and many others who have built up
business through years of acquaint-
anceship and establishment of char-
acter. If the farmer, or property own-
sr In town, want to sell out they are
"he greatest sufferers—they can't
nove their property to some place
where people are booming their lown
md country by patronizing home.
The remedy Hps in education and
lubllclty. In many places that edu-
cation will come through bitter ex-
oerlence, but. In other communities,
A-here they are quicker to detect the
approaching evli, and heed more read-
ily the warnings of the press and
friends of home, they may correct the
evil more readily.
Wealth and power are corrupting
Influences Mid the mall order houses
are probably not sending out as hon-
est goods as they once did. They have
learned the tricks of imitation and
substitution and how easy It Is to
deceive the public. But, if the mail
order man is honest, and his methods
of advertising legitimate in every way,
his success is of no interest to us
and will never benefit our community
in the slightest degree. If crops should
fail or sickness render us short of
money we could not expect him to
trust us for a dollmr—we must always
look to the home merchant for credit
in times of adversity.
Who is to blame? The mail order
bouse? Not in the least. We alone
& gre to blame. The near-sighted mer-
cb?nt who has lost trade by not ac-
gain. They should be shown that a
merchant and his family living in
their midst, keeps up a house, pay?
taxes, adds to the social features, con
tributes generously towards public en
terprises, etc. If by buying at home
their town gives support to severa
more local merchants, creating a bet-
ter home market, they get back h lib
eral percentage. Every man and worn
an takes more or less pride in local
affairs and is willing to contribute
something toward home improve-
ments, if the matter is fairly pre
sented. That is why I say the rem
edy lies in education.
Most mail order houses claim they
are enabled to sell cheaper than coun
try dealers because they buy in larger
quantities and get especially low
prices. This is often a base mis
statement of facts; let me cite an In-
stance: A stock man from eastern
Washington was visiting in Kansas
City. One morning, walking with his
nephew, who was a clerk In a lead-
ing wholesale hardware house. h€
asked where Bland & Co.'s store was
located. "Don't think I ever heard ol
them," replied the young man. "0,
yes, 1 do remember the firm; they
have no store, they have an office In
(giving the name of the building),
but I don't see how they can sell hard-
ware as low as your home merchants,
'or while we sell them goods at les*
than retail price, we don't give them
as low prices as regular dealers, be-
cause they buy In Buch small quantl
ties, Just as they get orders." The
stockman was greatly surprised, he
supposed he had been dealing with
one of the largest firms in the city.
The mall order business has devel-
oped so slowly, and works so quietly
that few persons realize the magni-
tude It has assumed nor to what ex-
tent It Is now sapping the life-blood of
many small cities and -towns. Even
now we hear the excuse given for
sending away for goods, that the mer-
chants carry such poor stocks. The
wonder is that they carry any.
lands are all
of five years.
All Indemnity lands selected in lieu of
sections 16 and 36 granted to the states
for educational purposes, and of sections
13 granted for the benefit of the higher
Institutions of learning, shall be sold at
the earliest practical date, under such
rules and regulations as the legislature
may prescribe.
The lands grantert i- the educational
Institutions of the state by the enabling
act, for the benefit of the university, and
the preparatory school and other educa-
tional Institutions, aggregating 1,050,000
acres may he sold at such time and under
tuch rules as the legislature may adopt.
Provision is made in each Instance
where lands are to be sold, that the
amount derived from such sale shall he
applied for a fund and for the benefit
of the institution for which the original
grant was made, and in all cases the
spending of any part of the principal Is
forbidden.
Where any portion of the school lands
contain mlnerl. gas or oil! such lands
shall not be sold by the state prior to
anuary 1, 1915, but may be leased for
mineral purposes for periods not exceed-
ing five years by the board for leasing
school lands.
All proceeds from the sale of public
lands, the sum of $5,000,000 granted by
the government to the state for the bene- |
In the afternoon.
finally referred back to the committee,
Section 7, providing for the appoint-
ment of the clerk of the supreme court,
aroused considerable opposition, it was
along with several proposed amend-
ments, with Instructions to bring In a
section providing for the election of the
supreme court clerk by the voters of the
state.
Section 9. providing for the creation
of 20 judicial districts in the state, was
under discussion when tho convention
adjourned for the day.
A printing plant owned and operated
by the state Is to be established by the
legislature under the terms of a report
from the committee on public printing
submitted to the convention.
All the state printing, Including text-
books for the public schools. Is to he
printed at the state plant. School books
are to be sold to the people of the state
at the actual cost of production.
The report provides for the election of
a state printer who shall have charge
of the state prlntery. lie Is to be elected
for a term of four years and Is required
to Issue quarterly statements of the busi-
ness transacted by the Institution under
his control.
To Examine Discharged Negroes
WASHINGTON: Major Goodyear, as-
ioe government to me «• « i . , ,
fit of the common schools, the proceeds sistant ju Ke a \oca(
of all property that shall fall to the state States army has gone -toFort 8111, Ok a
hv escheat, the proceeds of ali gifts and : after consulting with the official of the
donations to the state and any other gifts war department, to exam ,
half dozen members of the discharged!
battalllon of the 25th infantry now at
or appropriations of the legislature for
the common schools will const.tute the
permanent school fund. This principal
shall be deemed a trust held by the state
end shall forever remain Inviolate. It
-nav be Increased, but never diminished
The state shall reimburse the schoo
'und for all losses which may in any man-
ner occur and no portion of the fund
shall at any time be permanently or tem-
porarily diverted to any other use.
Where any quarter section of school
that place, who have applied for re-en-
listment. It is said that no less than
twenty of such applications have been re-
ceived by the recruiting officers.
WILL PREPARE CASES
Indian Agent to Take Evidence in Re-
striction Removal Appeals
MUSKOGEE: Indian Agent I)ar.a II.
.and lies close to an Incorporated town, | Kelsey has Issued a bulletin containing
and will be more valuable for townslte a list of the towns at which hearings will
purposes than for farming, it may be j be held for the purpose of taking testl-
platted and sold under such regulations ! mony of applicants for the removal of
as the legislature may prescribe. restrictions. The towns with the dates
The permanent school fund shall be in- j set are us follows:
treated only In first mortgages upon good
and improved farm lands within the state,
under such restrictions as the legislature
may prescribe, but In no case shall more
than 50 per cent of the value of the land
be loaned, and the rate of Interest shall
not be less than 5 nor more than 8 per
cent, payable semi-annually.
This report is signed by Chairman Ba-
ker, Humphrey. Harrison, Parker, Cobb,
Teller, Norton and ames.
The minority report provides for the
Immediate sale by tho legislature of all I
the public lands set apart to tl-.o state by
jongress, l.v.'Z fell tskeu in lieu {
thereof, In conformity with the re^ula
tlors of the enabllnc act.
Pryor Creek. February 11: Vinita, Feb-
ruary 12-13: Afton, February 14: 'Grove,
February 15; Claremore, February 1«-1S;
Nowata, February 19: Bartlesville, Feb-
ruary 21; Tulsa. February 23; Okmulgee.
February 25; Holdenville, February 26;
Wewoka, February 27; Ada. February 28;
Sulphur. March 2; Tishomingo, March 4:
Ardmo-e, March 5; Pauls Valley. March
6; Lindsay, March 7-8; Chickasha, March
9-9.
NOT TOO OLD TO LOBBY
The Real Power.
A 17-year-old boy at Worcester,
Mass.. has a lung capacity of 300
cubic Inches. When he grows up and
goes to congrebs he will perhaps
learn that It is not the orator but the
speaker who affects the course of na-
tional legislation.
The Sapulpa city council has ordered
an election to seeuro the Issuance of
$40 000 In bonds for water works and
$15,000 for an additional Bchool building-
NEAT LITTLE RUBBER DOOT3
MUSKOGEE: While it has alwayf
served its purpose as water-proof foot-
v-r- r the wearing of the rubber boot ha3
been confined largely to the mrjcullne
sex. A number.of the young woi'ien of
Muskogee, however, have discover,d that
Muskogee mud Is real mud and that the
shoe will not stand the continual quan-
tity of earth and water which coat tho
streets of the city during the winter, or
"rainy" season. Many of them appear
oil the street wearing neat little rubber
boots. The dress of the girl may be of
the latest cut, and the hat of the latest
style, but peeping from beneath the skirt
Is the rubber boot, plain ar.d sensible.
Secretary to Indians Ninety-two Years
of Age and Still Busy
WASHINGTON: General l.urdlng, sec-
retary of the Kaw Indians, although 92
years of age, arrived here this week to
lobby through some measure effecting
that trihe.
RIDER TO INDIAN BILL
An Appropriation of $#00,000 to Pay the
Loyal Creeks
WASHINGTON: The senate Indlar.
committee tacked $600,000 on the Indian
bill to pay the loyal Creeks In full. The
Creeks put In a claim several years ago
for twice that amount. Another Item in-
corporated In the bill allows the record-
ers of the Indian Territory fees to the
extent of fifty per cent of the recslpts.
This makcB a recorder's office worth
from $8,000 to $10,000 per year.
It was an easy afternoon's watch on
the forecastle as a fair wind came
freshly astern and every sail was
drawing. ,We were just commenting
on Ike Adams' yarn about the finding
of the dead sailor In his own sea
chest, when Pat Cannon broke In.
"Ye can't count anything extraor-
dinary at sea," he said, "I had a
quare experlenc, once, on the brig
Manitou."
"Give It to us, Pat," we cried in
chorus.
"Ye see," began Pat, cramming
down the tobacco In a vile smelling
pipe with his stubby forefinger, "I
was on the brig Manitou and we had
loaded a ca 'go of bones at Rosario on
the La Plata, bound for Baltimore. In
Argentina there's lots of horses and
cattle killed for their hides and tallow
to say nothing of making a pile of
bafe Ixtract which they do at Frey
Bentoe. The bones they pile up on
the pampas until there's a chance of
^hipping them to America where they
grind 'em up for fertilizer.
"We loaded Bome 400 ton all shapes
and sizes and there was nothing out
of the way with the bones save their
nasty musty smell, but by the time
we had pulled up half way to tho
equator we found we had shipped
more than bones. The brig was alive
with cintlpedes. I don't know if they
were sitting In the middle of the bones
hatching their eggs or only taking a
slape, but out they came and millions
of 'em. Whin at first only a few came
up we laughed at the quick moving
things, but when the decks were
smothered with 'em laughing was
stopped and swearing taken up.
"Well, it was mane enough to have
the blooming things crawling over
one's bunk, one'B food and one's hair,
but whin they got to biting thin it be-
came Berious. Although It was blister-
ing hot we were all a wearing sea
boots as If we was a coming to the
north pole Instead of to the equator.
JThln a deppytatlon goes aft.
"We can't stand It, sorr," we sez to
the skipper, "these bugs are biting us
and we'd ask you to put Into some
handy port so we can get rid of 'em,"
we 'sez.
"The nearest port we can make,'
sez the skipper, "is Rio Grande and
I don't want to put In there for it's a
very ixpensive place. I'll smoke the
craytures out," sez he.
"We took some brimstone and set It
afire, thin we lowers It down the
hatch and Bhuts up all the holes and
crivlces we could find but Glory be
there's where we made a mistake. We
drtiv 'em out of the hold Into the
cabin, the forecastle and on deck
The brimstone couldn't kill 'em only
druv 'em out. I very where cintlpedes
nothing but cintlpedes.
"Thin we stopped up the hawBe
holes and rigged the pump so as to
flood the deck and drown the Insects
hut bless your soul whin the water
came they climbed the rigging like
able-bodied seamen and stayed up
there 'till we had to let the water off
"Well, then we didn't know what to
do; the skipper was worried too for
the cintlpedes were all over the cabin
and whin about noon we sights a sail
he ordered the distress signal to be
bent to the halliards and slnt aloft
The vessel, a bark It was, hove to and
slnt a boat to us. Whin It reached ub
we cast a painter to It but the officer
didn't make any move to board us
He gives a squint up at the spars and
asks:
"'What's wrong wld ye? Ye look
all right aloft.'
" 'I'm a suff'rln," sez the skipper, in
reply, "wid a plstilence of bugs and I
want your advice and hilp.'
" 'Bugs,' screams the man In the
boat, 'what are ye a talking about?'
" 'My brig is jist alive wid cintl-
pedes,' answers the skipper, 'and they
worriting me and 'my crew to death.'
"The man got red In the face. I
reckon he thought the skipper was
making fun of him.
" 'I'll tell you how to get rid of
your bugs,' he cries, mad like, 'ye take
more water In your whisky,' and wld
that he casts off the line and orders
the boat pulled back to the bark.
"Now, I'd been standing by to lower
a iadder to the man if he wanted to
board us and I had seen a stream of
cintlpedes running along the line to
the boat. Afore the boat had reached
the barb I saw the man stand up and
shake li s flst at our brig, thin, he
slapped himself mightily about the
legs.
"We' l! a few less cintlpedes aboard,
sorr," K-z I to the skipper, "for a lot
wlnt along the line to yon boat."
"I saw 'em," he winked his eye
whin he said it, "It's put an Idee Into
my head, Pat."
"He calls the mate and the two had
a long palaver on the poop and
thin the mate orders all the top hamp-
er slnt down. The top and top gal-
lant masts were lowered and stowed
on the deck. We were ordered to
leave the rigging In a ragged way just
as if the spars had been carried away
by a gale. We was a wondering what
the skipper was up to, thinking the
cintlpedes had made him crazy.
About four o'clock we sighted the
smoke of a steamer and at once the
old man had a distress signal hoisted
to the stump of the mainmast. The
steamer picked it up and began to
bear down on us and thin the order
came to man the pumps. As there was
very little water in the well we
thought the cintlpedes had turned the
skipper's head but It's obey orders
r.board ship.
" 'Brig ahoy,' sings out a man on
the steamer's bridge, whin she waB in
hailing distance, 'what do you need?'
" 'We've been dismasted In a gale,"
sez the skipper, with a straight face,
'and we've sprung a leal;. We want
you to tow us Into Rio Grande.'
" 'Where did you find a gale in this
latltood?' shouts the man on the
steamer, 'I've not seen wind enough
to fill a ry'al for a week.'
" ' 'Twas a sort of whirlwind,' sez
the skipper; 'now, what'U you charge
to tow me in?'
" 'Well, shouts the captain of the
steamer, 'Hlo Grande will take us out
of our course a heap but I'll tow you
for a thousand pun.'
" 'It's an awful price,' sez our skip-
per, 'an awful price, but what else
can I do? I'll sind you a hawser.'
"We lowered a boat and carried a
brand new maniiia hawser to tbe
steamer which they fastened to the
bltts aboard and thin we pulled back
to the brig.
"The steamer towed us all the even-
ing, but whin It became dark the skip-
per orders brimstone to be put in
buckets, set afire and lowered Into the
hold. Glory be, how thlm cintlpedes
came a swarming on deck. Ye could
hear 'em a-rustlln' there was so many
of 'em.
'The mate slnt a man forrard and
had a thick circle of pitch made
around the bowsprit just beyond the
heel and thin all hands were called
aft. Forrard of the wheel we lay
some sheets of tin reaching clear
across the deck from rail to rail. On
this tin we sprinkled brimstone and
set it afire. There was very little
wind and the stinking Bmoke lay closo
to the deck and druv the cintlpedes
forrard. Slowly we moved the tin
plates along driving the insects to-
wards the bow. They were mighty
excited thlm cintlpedes for they
couldn't go back Into the hold as
the brlniBtone was a burning down
there and they couldn't, as they al-
ways did when we tried to drown
thlm, go out on the bowsprit and
climb the stays. Whin they come to
the circle of pitch they stopped.
'At last they found the hawser and
they started along It towards tho
steamer. We had shoved the brim-
stone pretty nigh to the bow and I
was standing on the forecastle whin
the moon come out a minute from be-
hind some clouds. I'oy*. <Ud -ye
go Into a great factory and see tho
belts flying In time with the tuinlng
of the wheels? Well, that's the way
that hawser looked with the cintlpedes
flying along It to tho steamer. Glory
be, It made my head swim to look at
'em.
" 'Captain,' sez the mate, 'the cintl-
pedes are about all on the hawser;
shall I cut It and let 'em drown?'
" 'No,' sez the old man, 'It 'ud be a
sin to drown thlm Innocent insects
and besides that there fellow wanted
to charge me a thousand puns to pull
me to Rio Grande. Let him have th«
cintlpedes.'
Just afore morning the mate cut
the hawser.
Whin morning broke the steamer
was well off to leeward but she wore
anJl come down on us.
" 'Ahoy, there,' shouts the captain
of the steamer, 'your hawser's parted.'
Yls, bad luck to It,' hollers back
our old man.
" 'I'll sind some men aboard wld an-
other hawser," sez the steamer cap-
tain.
" 'No, I'm obleedged,' calls back our
old man, 'the leak's stopped and I've
found some spars that I'll make do.'
"Thin the steamer captain spakes
out his mind.
" 'Ye dirty Yankee swab, you,' he
yells, 'that floating pig sty of yours is
full of bugB and they've come along
the hawser onto my ship. It's fairly
swarming wld 'em.'
" 'Bugs,' screams the skipper, 'It's
entirely crazy ye are. What d'ye mane
by Insulting a mariner in distrlss by
telling him his vessel Is full of bugs?
If your filthy old tay kettle Is full of
vermin It's no hawser I want from ye
and have the Insects coming on my
swate clean brig.'
" 'I've a bloody good mind to run ye
down, ye plstlllent Yankee,' hows the
Bteanier captain, making an angry
slap at his legs.
" 'I'd have ye notice,' sez the skip-
per, politely, 'that the Amlrican flag is
waving over my brig and it's me that
'ud like to see you run her down.
"Thin the steamer captain jerks the
bell to the engine room and away she
wlnt to the suth'ard, but the captain
was shaking his flst at the brig as
long as the two crafts were in sight
of each other.
"And, d'ye know, boys," continued
Cannon, mysteriously, "that steamer
w«a called the Kathleen and though
I've read the shipping news and asked
lvery seamen I've m,'. I've nlver heard
of her since."
"What do you suppose happened to
her?" was asked.
"It's my belafe," replied Cannon,
"that thlm cintlpedes ate up the crew
and thin gnawed a hole in the ship's
iron skin and wlnt down wid her."
Part of Their Business.
A Wlnsted (Conn.) dispatch says:
"Yankee schoolmarms" are getting
scarce. Not surprising when one
learns, further on, that these teachers
are. as a rule, good cooks.
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