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RENFREW’S RECORD.
J. P. Renfrew, Pub.
ALVA.
OKLA
TERRITORY TOPICS
Horse'* Kick Fatal. — Alfr <1 F
Millar. the 17-yesr-old mm of K«l>ert
U Miller, a prominent iu< -reliant anil
farmer of Ka!imount. who was kick-
ed twice by a viciou horse in the
atnmaeh. is dead.
Bonus for Railroad. — The towns
along the line of the I'aul'a Valley
railroad, which was incorporated thin
week to run from the Indian Terri-
tory coal field* lo Wichita Kail'.
Tex . are evincing great Itilerest In
the line At I'anl'a Valley a Ikjuus
of $2 I.iMMi was raised in twenty one
minutea. and $9,(100 more will be rai
Ml soon.
Ban on Roping Contests. — United
Slates .Indite Dickerson, of the Soulh-
ern district of Indian Territory, Issued
an edict that no morn steer roping
contests will be tolerated in tils dis-
trict. lie bolds I li a I Ilie laws of Ar
kan ns, under which the territory Is
Itovi rued, prohibits hull Halits, and
lie cliil ins that these roping etudes is
art- of the same nature.
To Keep Out Johnson Grass. —
Secretary MeNabb of llo* slate board
of agriculture filed a rispidsl witli tIn*
board asking tliai the quarantine now
existing against tin* linporiittloti of
cotton seed from boll weevil districts
be extended to prevent the illtrodtic
Hon of Johnson grass seed Into Okla
homB. Tills grass Is a first cousin of
the sorghum family and one of the
worst posts In the Southwest.
Charged With Child Murder. — Dr.
K. F. Hell wait/, of Knld, was arrest-
ed on a warrant charging him with
the murder of mi Infant child. It Is
claimed the ddkl was horn strong
and liodlthy and that tho doctor, pat-
ting it In u strip, carried It to his
offiiv wlA re In. allow ed it to die 'J’he
Justice befftre whom "the doctor was
arraigned fixed his hall at $5,000.
which lie eonld not fiirulsli. and lie is
now In the custody of th© sheriff.
Quad Plentiful at Lawton. — So I Railway Survey Started.—PrMtirdn-
plentiful have the quail become this ary survey baa begun on th© Paul's
umnoc that n covey of about twenty Valley railway from the Choctaw na-
tive have taken up their alsste in tht tiou via this point to Wichita Fall
n it 1.1r• of th- city of lavk'ii I lo > J Love Affair Caused Suicide.— Mi s
have not be.-n mob'led by the towti (;racc Ford, despondent over a lov
Iieople. „ I affair, committed suicide at Binder.
Laundryman Released. — Sam Joy in the northern part of Caddo county,
he Chinese laundry loan who was by taking a large dose of strychnine,
held by the coroner's Jury as an ae dying fifteen minutes after the fatal
res nry to the murder of Orrin It dose was taken.
Itugg at Calumet on September 9. ha^ Alfalfa Seed Scarce. — There Is a
been released by order of the county j ,<arcllv of alfalfa seed on the mar
attorney. gets in Oklahoma and Indian Terri-
Now a Curioaity. — A boll weevil" {ory a' ,hiK ,in"' ‘*<nM.rdl
was found in a cotton field near Alfu.s I ,,ary of 'M r ,'"sh‘‘l U b,1,,a
last week, and was considered enough I *,y '*• fa"“‘ra for **•
of a curiosity to lie taken to town for 1
<vhilthinn S. h hav, who found fli< Bacone University Opens. — Thf
wi-ovil. ihinks that dun* ar«* only n I liapilst Indian university at lia<*ou*'
f< w of them, and will try to •*KM,rml j with a yood attendance. The
nat«* thorn at on(*<*. 1 M’hool is conducted under the KU|#«*r
vision of a hoard of directors cornier;-
Indian Dies in Jail.—Willi*- I’ xlco
LICENSE IS REVOKEDI pleas in abatement.
an Indian, ayrd
w ho w as charged
«*<! with the llaptisi rliurrh, and is lo-
cated about three in lies northeast of
with murdering two inrsons, died in j Muskogee
th» (Tilted Stales jail al Muskogee of ,
Gas at Sulphur. I. T.—While drill
ing a well ou the west Hide of Sul*
consumption, lie wuh hound over hy
('(imtnis loner Stanford, of Wewoka.
■ml has I,.,. Hi Jail si,Me November I Hl H of 21" > fl,",
Mow of gas has been found. A insti ll
Would Like to Know.—(i. II. Payin',
who lives near Plaster, Okla.. would I
like to learn th© whereabouts of rela-
tives of .ijti’ti yi ;u‘ i hi bo\ who eaino
to Iji y"'tij two niimths ago
cUtlniltig that III name is Harry Te.'
sou, ami tliat JjJ[s father, John Tee-
son, lived near Hessle, Okla No auch
man can he found ul Hessle. The
boy is a til bn his age. of com
plexioti and seenibr^' of Cenqpu pin ,
entage.
Want Brn^k Plant.—At Paul's Val-
b \ > IS air be.Hi; mil'll IO 111! ate a
In ii , plant. Nft tes - than half* do
• ell hrick Ini ■flier lib eks would begin
construction were it not for the high
price of brick that has to be shipped I
In. Brick and tile clay exists In great
quantities close to this place and n i
brick plant would be a paying thing
from the start. T* I. Hamm, secre-
tory of the commercial club of this !
place, states that liberal concessions
In the matter of site can he secured.
More About Oklahoma Fruit. — T.
H. Montgomery, of Arcadia, has an
orchard that is worth bragging about.
Mr. Montgomery has just sold, bar
reled and delivered to the depot at
Arcadia 2,000 bushels of apples. He
side this he has at least 500 bushels
of late winter apples yet to pick.
These apples were ull sold for 60
cents per bushel on track at Arcadia.
Mr. Montgomery has also sold this
year over 200 bushels of plums nt $1
per bushel, 300 crates of berries nl
$2.50 per crate and several tons of
grapes at $)0 per ton. The peach
crop this year being a failure cuts out
at least $1,000 from the Income of the
Montgomery farm
Quarantine Ticky Pastures.—Score
tnry Thomas Morris, of the Oklaho-
ma live stock sanitary hoard, has no
titled the sheriff of Pawnee county
to place In Immediate quarantine any
pasture in Hint county where ticky
cattle are found, without waiting for
instructions from the sanitary hoard
and to report the matter to the board
when the quarantining Is done. Re-
ports from Glencoe state that several
cases of Texas fever have been found
In a pasture near there, but that some
of the sick cattle bad been treated
successfully.
Big Chiefs Confer.—It Is reported
by Sankadotle. the famous medicine
man and minister of the Kiowa In
lians, that Indian Agent James F.
liandlott. of Anadarko, has called to-
gether representatives of the Kiowa.
Comanche and Caddo tribes to con-
sider the opening of some of the pas-
ture lands in the three counties, and
memorialize congress as to the con-
clusions drawn. Chief Qtianah Par-
ker. of the Cotnanches; Chief Done
Wolf, of the Caddoes, and Sankadotle.
medicine man of the Kimvas. will be
present at this conference.
Causes Much Complaint.—The mat
ter of the New York Tobacco com
pany sending cigarette papers Into
the territory Is occasioning consider
aide comment, and a great deal of in
dlgnation In Guthrie and the terri-
tory.
Railway Changes Name. — J p.
Sharp and IVu-sctt Carter, promoters
of the new railroad formerly known
as the Canadian Valley A- Western,
have announced that the road has
been reehartered and hereafter will
be called the Oklahoma Central.
24, 1904.
Cowbell Brigade Drilling, — Near
Prague Hie Itoldnsnu creel cowbell
brigade Is drilling preparatory to scr
mailing Jim Switiby and his fourth
wife ,|iin i ai l b . Hie muchly married
men s hell. Th© handsome In ro of
four weddings Is only about 35 yeais
of age. Jim's marriage and funeral
expenses look many dollars out of his
barrel.
In the Potato Belt.—Between Mils
koge© and Fort Gibson, ill the Arkan-
sas river valley, there are more than
Tiimi acres of second crop potatoes that
promise a tremendous yield. Connell
Rogers, who Is one of the wealthiest
planter; in that section, says that tils
fields will average 200 bushelr of po-
tatoes to the acre. There are other
fields Just as good as his.
Bank Reorganized. — The Farmers
and Merchants’ hank, of Kiel, has been
r< "organized with the controlling in-
terest in the hands of II. W. Slpe and
R. Puppe. A considerable amount of
the batik's stock was held by the Den-
ver Savings Imnk, which failed re
cently, and proved to he a good asset
for that hank, ns it vvns bought foi* loo
rents on the dollar by the local eapl
tnlists who now have control of the
bank.
Widower Got Lonesome.—l.ee'arlng
that lo was too lonesome, Henry How-
ler. residing near Keokuk Falls, was
married to an Indian widow. Four
'lays ago hi- firs: • Re was buried.
Howler said that ii was awful lone-
was touched to the gas and It burn-
ed steadily. It is believed that the
supply Is sufficient to heat and light
(lie town, and a franchise will lie ask-
ed
Requisition for Murder Suspects.—
Governor Ferguson has Issued u re-
qnlsltlon on the governor of Oregon
for Sam Green and Pete Whitehead,
charged with the murder of Sheriff
Jack Bullard, of Roger Mills county.
In 1902. Mrs. Sam Green, Richard
Green and Oils Slulil were also in-
cluded in the Indictment.
Commissioner Resigns. — AlcxamV
or Richmond, United States commis-
sioner at Wewoka, Western district
tendered Ills resignation and It was
accepted. Don R. Frazier, a deputy
in (ho recorder's office at Kufailla. has
I been appointed lo succeed hltn. The
office pays $1,500 a year. Richmond
gees to Muskogee to practice law.
Indians Suffer, as Usual.—At Law-
toil last week several hoys were
caught climbing on a merry-go-round
which was In operation there and col-
lecting tickets from Indians who were
enjoying n ride, and then jumping off.
They would sell these tickets to oth-
er Indians at a slightly reduced price,
and in that way had worked up a good
trade.
I
Three Charged With Arson.—In the
United Slates commissioner's court
at Ardmore Dr. T. F. Harrison, Asa
Barnes and Tom Godfrey, well known
citizens of Kastman, were given an
exa.qyvgflig trial on a charge of union
....... i I in connection with the burning of a
some In hi- hou after tne tuncral „ , ^
. , store at Kastman recently, comm s
and he induced the widow to declare
that those were her sentiments, too.
The extra hasty marriage caused a
perfect whirlwind of tongue lushing
In the Howler neighborhood.
Territory Mayors to Organize. —
Mayor Watts, of Wagoner, I. T., has j
Inaugurated a movement to organize j
the mayors of all the towns and cities |
in Indian Territory. Jle ha
sloner Robnet held the defendants to
await the action of Ihe grand jury.
Rond was given hy the defendants.'
To Put Lid On.—Mayor Woodslde,
of Chickasha, and Judge Dickerson,
of the Southern district, propose to
enforce the laws against gambling and
the introduction and sale of liquor
here. Judge Dickerson recently ad-
1 Ilt ,l<v ; dressed a letter to the mayor asking
tires to a large number of them, re- Ihat the ft,dera, authorities he allow-
......... •" whlch -'i'" 1 ed to assist In putting the ltd on
will he taken toward securing author j chlckaslia. Mayor Woodslde replied
o\ from congress in collect taxes i (hat any assistance would he appro-
from railroads entering their respec- |
live cities. Under the law no railroad |
lax is ooHoctaMi in Indian Territory Osage Payment Slow. — The Sep-
j tember payment of the Osage Indians
Companies Fight for It. 1 he Wood- aj Pawhuska is being made now. De-
ward Cotton company has been grant fore an In(llnn rnn (lraw hls money
ed a franchise by the city council to ' |u, must show the agent conclusively
furnish the city ol Woodward with I j],at he has delivered his child, if he
has any, to the school teacher fur en-
rollment. The Indian hates to relin-
quish his children under any condi-
tions. So he keeps them at home as
long as he ean. and finally takes them
to the school house, gets an affidavit
showing the same, goes down to the
his
electric lights and power for twenty
years. The Woodward Klectrlc Light
and Power company has also been
asking for a franchise, which will
probably be granted at Ihe next meet-
ing of the council. The real light be-
tween the two concerns is for city
; lighting, and it is being hotly corner j disbursing agent and draws
| money.
Mountain Lions Ate Colt. In the I Negro Separate Staters.—A call has
Wichita mountains a colt belonging j |)e,,„ isslu,d for a convention of the
to I*. O. Milikun. n miner who lives N,,Kro Suffrage League of Indian Ter-
near Mount Scott, was killed by two ,qt„ry, to be held at Okmulgee, rtep-
mountain lions. As Milikan went i tember 28. The object of the meet
home he heard a disturbance among |ri(; js t„ K|Ve the negro citizens i
Ills horses and noticed that all of , chance to express themselves or
them had encircled one of the colts
j to protect it. while the other was
statehood. President Rontie, of the
league, says that the recent suffrage
| missing. In the moonlight he saw league convention held here with
j two mountain Hons devouring the 1 delegates front both territories, at
missing colt
Packers' Atiariays Attack Govern-
which resolutions were adopted de-
claring for statehood with Oklahoma,
does not represent the sentiment of
tho colored people, a majority of
whom favor separate statehood, hut
„ , ..I were outvoted in the meeting by the
it and sell It as the Illinois product I , , ,
, , , . , , Oklahoma delegates
Will Hold Broomcorn.—The dispov-
' cry of the scheme by which Illinois'
broomcorn buyers buy Oklahoma
broomcorn. ship It to Illinois, rehab1
'has resulted in the organization of
the broomcorn growers in Day. Wood
Big Wolf Round Up.
Arrange-
ward and Beaver counties to hold i ments are being made for a big wolf
their crop until a price can he seettr- i roundup in the vlcinltv of Table
ed similar to that which is being paid I mountain, west of Paul's Valley, to
in Illinois, for broomcorn which is ad- j take place about the 15th of October,
milted to be of practically the same Warren Jennings, who has the hunt
quality as that raised In Oklahoma, planning, has arranged In connection
The price there is from $'.m to $100
per toil while here It runs from $15
to $00. What is practically a boycott
has been levied against the Illinois
buyers in some localities.
Held Without Bail.—The preliinin-
and co-operation with several old
wolf hunters, for a big pack of hounds
and letters are being written to hunt
ers over the Chickasaw nation to par
ticiuatP.
To Survey Military Camp.—The ad-
ary hearing of Jackson Greenwood ; jutant general sent orders to Captain
and Luxie Lewis, two well known Krank B. King of the engineer corps
of the Oklahoma national guard, sta
tioned at Lawton, to go on Monday,
October 2. to survey and lay out the
camp at Chandler for the Oklahoma
militia during their annual encamp-
ment. October 5.
Chickasaw Indians charged with the
murder of Newt Wilson, another
Chickasaw w as concluded at Ttsho-
| ttiingo. Jackson was released. Lewis
| was held to await the action of the
J grand jury without hail.
Signing Chickasaw Patents. — Gov-
ernor H. D. Johnston Is busily engag-
ed in affixing his signature to 2,000
patents to lands allotted to Chicka-
saw Indians.
Nine Hour Basis. — The Shawnee
shops of the Rock island railroad
have been placed on a nine-hour basis
, Only a slight cut in wages was made,
j and no inen have been discharged.
Captain Hatvill* Refused tu lend Aid
to Ship la Oistrest.
meal’s Rasltioa.
Chicago,
abatement
ASSISTED PROM OTHER SOURCE.
The Dittreee of the Sylph Occurred
Whde the Veteel Wae Coming up
Coast Frhm Florida, Where It
Been Used by Mrs Roosevelt.
Washington, Sept. 21 The failure
of Captain liotvllh*. as master of Ihe
United Fruit Company's ship Oterl, to |
division of the northern district.
The plea was filed late this after-
lusin with District Attorney C. B
Morrison, after an all day's confer-
ence between Attorney John S Mil-
ler. general counsel for the packers,
and a number of a ociate counsel in
the case. There was no court pro
eeedlngs and the plea has not yet
been properly filed with the clerk of
the district court, but this will be
done at once.
CONFESSED HIS GUILT
Kept 20. — By plea* In
attorneys representing
I seventeen packers and others indict-
ed by the Literal grand jury on
| charge* of conspiring in a trust to
monopolize the meat industry, at-
J tacked the position of the government.
! The attack was made against the im-
i panelling of the Jury; alleged im-
proper service of a summons on John
Murray, one of the Jurors; unlawful
Had **'cr,'oy a* ,h,‘ ,h‘* l,lr>' was
| drawn from the Imx: unlawful pres-
ence of a stenographer In the jury
. ' risun during the hearing and the sub-
! sequent writing of shorthand notes;
that the indictment was returned lu
the eastern division of Illinois, al-
though the jury which found the in
dietnn ut was sitting in the northern
give assistance lo the United Stales j
steamship Sylph, which was disabled |
off the coast of North UuroliliH, on
the night of April 12, has cost him i
In- pusiiAn through the re i neat Inn of
his license hy the United States
steamboat inspection service. This
action was taken by lns|ieetlon off!
eers of Norfolk, Va.. on September 12,
and the correspondence was made
public by the department of com-
merce and labor. The distress of the
Sylph occurred while the vessel was
coming up the coast from Florida,
where It had been used by Mrs. Roose-
velt and the White House children
for a cruise.
Lieutenant Kvans in commenting
on the incident, details the accident
to the Sylph and Ills failure to get the
Oterl to respond to his signal of ills
tress, and says he was “entirely
helpless and the Oterl knew It.” He
then graphically describes the experi-
ences of the nlglil, tfie failure of oth-
er vessels to see the signals from the
Sylph and finally of the rescue on
the morning of the 13th by the Mor-
gan liner K1 Cld. which put about
from her course to New Orleans.
The morning had broken with
nasty weather and falling barometer
and an increasing sea. Lieutenant
Kvans asked to he towed into safe
anchorage In Chesapeake bay and the
request was complied with. The
Sylph was taken in tow, but its con-
dition was so bad that the Morgan
liner was Compelled to slow down to
three knots an hour. The report of
Lieutenant Kvans closed with this
statement;
“I am firmly convinced that bad
not tho K1 Cid taken ns into port the
Sylph and all her people would have
been lost.” ,
The inquiry” adduced the fact that
Captain llotville refused' to slow
down, for the alleged reason that at
the time the Sylph was spoken the
telegraph system on the Oteii be-
came Impaired and there was no di-
rect mariner of sending word to the
engine crew for a reversal of tho en-
gines.
Favors Army Canteen.
Washington, Sept. 2b. — Brigadier
General G. M. Lee, commanding the
department of Texas, In his annual
report recommends a compulsory re-
(Metnent law similar to that of the
navy and marine corps. General Lee
Is positively in favor of the re-
establishment of the army canteen.
SECOND PEACE CONFERENCE.
Russia Desires One to be Held at the
Hague.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 20. It is au-
thoritatively stated that the Russian
government purposes to address the
foreign powers with a view to the
holding of a second peace conference
nt The Hague. It is known that.
President Roosevelt is anxious that
such a conference should he called.
Clerk In Marine And Health Hospital
Took $20,000.
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.
Manipulated Bills by Erasing Names
and Amounts and Secured Money
on Checks by Endorsing Names of
Firms to Which They Were Issued.
Washington. Sept. 20. — James W.
Boyd, a rlerk In the Public Health
and Marine hospital service, was ar-
rested on u warrant sworn out hy
Chief Clerk W. P. Worcester of that
office, charging him with embezzle-
ment. The discovery of facts lead-
ing to the charge was made last
Thursday in Boyd's absence and tho
I Hint abstracted will. «i;eoi ling to
iiiiyd’s Dovd’s own confession, reach
not.less than $2o.b00.
It was Boyd’s duty to prepare bills
for the approval of the surgeon gen-
eral and When checks were signed
they were delivered to him to be
mailed to the persons for whom they
were Intended. It is charged that he
manipulated the hills by erasing the
dates and amounts of duplicates left
in the office and that he secured the
money on Ihe checks by endorsing on
them the names of the firms to which
they were issued. The alleged defal-
cation has tieen in progress for the
past three years, but Boyd was not
suspected until a recent, illness com-
pelled him to be absent and made it
necessary for some one else to as-
sume his duties. When his desk was
opened a number of suspicious docu-
ments were found. This discovery
led to an investigation by Surgeon
General Wyman and Chief Clerk Wor-
cester with the result that the ease
was placed in the hands of the secret
service operatives who made the ar-
rest. Property belonging to Boyd
valued at about $8,000 has been seiz-
ed. Boyd had been in the public
but he is of the opinion that the first I health service for about twelve years
and was appointed from Westchester
county, N. Y. He was well known
about town, and especially so because
of his pronounced fondness for atito-
tnobiling. He was drawing a salary
of $1,SOO a year.
His family is said to be traveling in
Oemands Will Prob3bly be Made at When taken before United States
| Commissioner Taylor, Boyd waived
j a hearing and was. held in $10,000
bail.
step in this direction should be taken
by the emperor of Russia, on whose
initiative the first conference was
held.
EIGHT HOURS FOR MINERS,
i
Coming Convention.
Shakomin. Pa.. Sept. 20.—President
John Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers of America, announced that
the convention of mine workers of the
three anthracite districts at which de-
mands will be formulated to be pre-
sented to the anthracite coal com-
panies next spring will be held here
on December 14. The mine workers |
of the three districts will shortly |
elect delegates to represent them at ;
the meeting. The decision to hold a
convention to formulate demands is
simitar to the action taken before the
great strike of 1902. when a conven-
tion was held here to draw up de-
mands.
The award of the anthracite coal
strike commission will expire March
31 next year. President Mitchell has
been in the anthracite region for the
last two months holding meetings ev-
ery day for the purpose of strengthen-
ing the union. After the 1902 strike
there was a considerable falling off
in membership. As a result of the
campaign the miners’ leader is wag-
ing many of those who dropped out
of the organization are returning.
Among the demands' that the conven-
tion will probably formulate are an
eight hour work day for all classes
of mine workers, recognition of the
union and a yearly agreement with
the coal companies similar to the one
existing in some of the bituminous
coal fields of the middle west.
Boyd was later released, a guaranty
company going on his bond.
PRONOUNCE IT TYPHOID.
Komura H3S Mild Case, Say His
Physicians.
New York. Sept. 20.—It turns out
after all that Baron Komura, the Jap-
anese envoy, has typhoid fever. Ills
physicians agreed on the diagnosis,
but said it was a mild form of typhoid.
This filial diagnosis alters the plans
to start westward with the Baron on
October 2.
M. Sato, the Baron's secretary, an-
nounced the decision of the physl
cians:
"The physicians in attendance on
Baron Komura met in attendance.
They pronounced Baron Komura’s
condition satisfactory in every re-
spect and they expect an uninter-
rupted convalescence. The diagnosis
of mild irregular typhoid fever was
agreed upon."
Emperor Nicholas on Board.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 21.—The im-
perial yacht Polar Star, which left
Petcrhof, September 17, with Em-
peror Nicholas, the empress and their
children for a cruise in Finnish wa-
ters, is anchored in the roads 08
Trausgund, the port of Viborg.
WHEN THE CITY HORSE SHIED
Was Jrsd to Autos But Could Not
Stand Sight of Cow.
A country storekeeper dowr. on
!<ung Island who has had a lot of
trouble because his borne* refused to
ge t used to automobiles came to town
the other day and bought a horse
which had been condemned by a de-
I annum store. Although the ani-
mal wasn't fit for a delivery wagon
in New York, he was all right for
that kind of work in the country.
While the native horses down on Long
Island were doing all sorts of stunts
when they met an automobile on the
road, the New York castoff trotted
serenely hy the biggest and noisiest
machine seen in that locality.
The storekeeper has the laugh ot
his rivals. He was so phased that
he decided to sell Ills other horse*
and put city nags In their place. But
his ju> didn't lust long. The 'r.-t tin©
the ex-department store steed met a
cow he cut up worse capers than ar.y
rative horse did over an automobile.
Ar, there are more rows than auto*
In that part of Long Island, the city
horse has had to go back to the lav-
ing stones.—-New Yerk Sun.
CHAUFFEUR LAUGHED TOO 800N
Forgot that Accidents Sometimes Hap-
pen to Touring Cars.
An antique milkman driving a ven-
erable horse of hatred; proportions
was slowly ascending a hill In the
suburbs when a heavy touring car
of the latest fashion rolled tip behind
him and then whirled by. As the ear
passed the milkman the chauffeur
looked around at the ancient outfit
with a derisive smile, and then saliit-
ed It with three hoarse “honks" of tho
shrillest proportions.
Two hundred feet away the oar
came to grief. A tire blew up with
a startling report and the great ma-
chine came to a sudden stop.
Then the venerable milkman
clucked to hls plodding horse and
urging hint into a trot passed by the
car with head well up and a dose
copy of the chauffeur's derisive smile
»n hls weatherbeaten countenance.
And, us he passed, he stooped .and
raised his milk bell and gave It three
mlehty rings, and jogged contentedly
zlong.—Cleveland 1‘lain Dealer.
Queer Belief Concerning Moon. ,
Natives In Bulawayo, South' Africa,
have a curious belief concerning the
moon. They say that he has two
wives, fie of whom treats him well
and the other badly. During the first
quarter he goes over the hills to
the Zambesi and lives with tho first
wife, whom they call "Keep-the-Door-
Open.” She fei ds hint so well that
he gets fat.Mid full and round. But
on his way back he stays at the hut
of the second wife—“Shut-the-Door-
Tight"—who starves and ill-treats
him, so it Is a very thin and woe-be-
gone moon that finally returns to
start his travels a(rcsh.
Why Russians Like “Paradise Lost.”
A letter from Maurice Haring to the
editor of the Isindon Sphere says:
“‘Paradise Lost’ is to the Russian
peasant a fairy tale having the author-
ity of scriptural writ. The true anal-
ogy of the reason of the popularity of
‘Paradise Lost’ in Russia would be 1he
popularity of Bttnyan’s Pilgrim’s Prog-
ress’ in England, only it is curious
that the Russians should,have alighted
on ‘Paradise Lost.’ The language, re-
ligious and exalted, reminds them, ot
course, of what they hear in church;
but. the thing they like most about it
is that they think it is true—like chil-
dren with fairy tales.”
Metaphor Somewhat Mixed.
There are several interesting bulls
in the following serious paragraph
from the Western News, of Galway,
Ireland: “To rob a man of hls purse,
and then maltreat him for not having
it, would pass muster amongst pitiless
brutal crimes, but to kill and slay
a man to the point of death and then
murder him for not dying quick
enough is one point better in the cat-
alogue of human infamy. It is enough
to make Irishmen set their teeth and
talk silently in groups.”
Economy Carried to Extreme.
A charming instance of feminine
economy is recorded by a district vis-
itor. She found a small child, whose
sight she had previously supposed per-
fect, adorned with spectacles. She-
began to condole with his mother,
when she was quelled by this explana-
tion: “Well, you see, mum, it ain't
that there's anything wrong with BiL
ly’s eyes. They was hls grandmother’s
spectacles, and It did seem a pity to
waste 'em."
Final Chapter In a Nutshell.
The final chapter ot the serial novel
was two columns long, but the editor
had only one Inch of space for it. Ac-
cordingly ho compressed the hero's
tragic end In the following paragraph:
"Arthur look a small brandy, then his
hat, besides no notice of his pursuers,
meantime a revolver from his pocket
»nd, lastly, his own life."
Last Chance to Get Even.
An old Scotch gravedigger was re
monstrated with one day at a funerai
for making a serious overcharge for
digging a grave.
“Well, ye see, sir," said the old man,
in explanation, making a motion with
his thumb towards the grave, “hint and
me had a bit o' a tift twa or three
years syne owre a braw watch I selt
him. an’ I've never teen able to get
the money out o’ him yet. ‘Now,’ says
I to myself, ‘this fc my last chance,
) and I'd better tak’ it’ "—London Tit-
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