4
i
r-
Li
4
had Ttu fer nex’ winter's school, but
we could pay him only eighteen dollars
a mouth, en 1 expec' lie’s a tuakiu'
more'll the) In real estate.
• “Wull, arter nil the preelltninarles
wuz settled, lie called out Dollle
Fudges ell Sallle Homer to choose up;
in they chose up ever' one tn the
By Freeman E. Miller.
bouse. Nary feller tliayre axed to lie
excused, which wuz shore to the great
cr-dlt of Tail holt deestriet. It wuz
Copyright, IWI, by Freeman E. Miller.
funny to watch the gals ez they wuz
a ehoosln’ up. They both seemed to
I wat III!I.E I was visiting my old think thet tbe older a feller looked the
I W] Indiana friend Bill Dodge, on
more p'lnts lie would count up. en the
t b/yM l lipper Connell creek, last win- way they went arter the ole folks wuz.
ter he related a little episode ■i caution. It didn't take 'em long to
that will Illustrate the cosmopolitan
character of the population in Okla
homa better than a whole table of
statistics. 1 will tell the story In his
' imumgi- as nearly as I can. Aft-
^died supper Bill st-irted
THE GEOGRAPHY
MATCH IN TAIL
HOLT DISTRICT
[w]
r er hear wliut happened
ne Tail-holt schoolhouse last
emher?
Wull. its tin- funniest
story ever wuz. strnngellke, en nuthin’
like It ever wuz er could 'a' been aney-
w hay re else than hi Oklnhomy, 1 reck
on."
I had not heard about It. and Bill
accordingly continued:
"Ye see, the purfesser at Tail holt
last winter wuz a jimdamly. Beckon
be ldmse'f didn't even know thet he
knoweil hall' ez much ez In- did not by
tbe dlckahunairy name, am-yhow. But
be wuz sensible, en he had Idees; eu
when a matt with idees gits into a
schoolhouse with boys en girls tliet
ain’t asleep lie makes things git up en
bum fer keeps. We hadn't had aney-
thing new In the deestriet senc-e the
openin’, en several of us leadin’ pat
terns axed him to give us somepin new
en llvelyllke fer the winter souiepin
good fer ole folks ez well ez cliildern.
He kind of thort awhile en chawed Ids
uiusstash, en arter awhile, studilylu’-
like, lie says:
"‘We'll have a jogafy match.'
“ ‘No.’ says I, 'tliet is too ole en wore
out. We bail Jogafy matelies In ole
Indlanny when I wuz Jist a leetle kid.' "Ih r ¡U nix u'tiun’ cl<tr <troun' I.cm llall’s
neck.”
“ ‘But,’ says he. ‘this air a new kind
of Jogafy uiatc-b. 1 know lt air pittili sort out ever’bod.v In the house, old en
new 'cause I've Jist inade it all tip yeimg. Idg en little, male en female,
uiyse'f,' says he. ‘lt conldn't he did clean down to leetle Charley Marvin,
aueywliayre else tlian in Oklaliomy, the humpback.
either,’ says he.
"Things got so quiet ye could hear
‘Let us have It to onct!’ says I, t lu men a-ehawin' tlieyre terbacker, ez
speak In' fer the crowd. En the pur- tile gals en the purfesser begun to tig-
fesser en all on us patterns agreed,
get up the p’lnts. They commenced nt
“Wull. he announced the nex' day tile head of each line. Salile had the
afore books wuz let out that tliayre fust choice, en she took ole Ben Swale
would be a glnyouiue. original Jogafy fer it.
match, strlc'ly pertainin’ to Oklahomy,
“ ’Whayre wuz ye horned. Mr.
at tbe schoolhouse the ilex' Friday Swale?’ asked the purfesser. In Vlr-
evenin' ut airly lamplightin', en all the glnny.’ Ben answered; en Hallie's slde
scholars en patterns eu frien's wuz to got credit fer forty-six p'lnts. en lier
come. He said it wuz to he a new father, who wuz a stan'in’ by me.
fangled sort of jogafy match, sleli ez whispered wliut remarkable penetra
could be got up nowhayre else iu tiie tion thet gal had. fer one so young.
wide world tbmi in Oklahomy. en. says
"Dollle had taken Mrs. Swale fer her
he, ever’bod.v better come en -i-e the fust choice; en Mrs. Swale wuz axed
fun en git akwainted eu him someplu the same question. ’Ill Arkansaw,’
too.
s.lie answered, en a big laugh went up.
"Friday night the ole sod schoolhouse en Dollle got credit fer only four
wuz Jam pack full of folks, eu a good p'lnts.
many on ’em had to stan' up aroun’ the
"En so they went on. whipsawhi'
aiges. But it wuz a purty warm night down the lines, en aerost from one is
—Oklahomy has a good many purty the other, en some amusin' things n
warm nights In December, ye know
happenin' right along all the time. The
en they got along fust rate, en arter women ’ml say ’Indeed!’ Jlst ez sur
he'd let ’em talk awhile, along about 7 prized like, en ’Oh, my!’ ez excitedly,
^k tbe purfesser culled the meetiu’ en the men folks 'nd smile en keep on
:der en lolt 'em The kind of -a elm win tlieyre terbacker. Some curl
match be laid thort out en Ills great oils combinations come to the light of
purposs iu devisin’ It. He said lie no the community fer the fust time, en I
ticed thet a good many people in Okla- reckon tlieyre owners even wuz eolisid
homy didn’t know tlieyre neighbors, al ernbly surprised themselves. Tliayre
though they wuz a-livin’ right dost up wuz ole Joe Biggers, with ills wife ell
ag'ln ’em, en tliet thayrefore some on seven cbildern. They wuz all on Sal
’em wuzn't ez contented eu happy ez lie’s side, en the way theyre birtlqilai-es
they’d ort to be livin' in sich a gelorl- wuz scattered all over creation wuz a
oub country eu with sich a deelightful gluyotllne eye opener. Bill wuz homed
climate. The purfesser could handle In South Cnrlinee; his wife lu Michi
the lingo nice eu straight. 1 tell ye. en gan, the oldes’ gal in Eelinoi. the oldes’
I never heerd a better speech In my boy in loway. theyre nex' child In Miz-
life. He's shore got the gift of gab in zoory. at which Ed Swank, with Ills
great shape. He said thet many a hospitable face, seemed mighty tickled
lime when he wuz a-rovin’ en a-roamin’ (ole Ed wuz from Mizzooryl. the nex’
aroun' iu strange parts en among child in Newbrasky. tbe nex’ in Kan-
strauge people lie alius fergot all about ms, the nex’ in the Injun nation, en
bein’ lonesome when he run up ag'in the nex' In Oklnhomy.
some feller thet wuz from Eelinoi. The
"Tlmyre wuz several fam'lles scatter
purfesser wuz from Eelinoi. en lie alius ed aroun’ somepln like thet, only not
felt like he wuz at home when he could quite so bad. Eu tliayre wuz Jim Swo
shake han's with a Sucker. En be says boda from Bohemia en Carl Schmidt
this here match air not only to teach from Germany en so en so forth, A
the children w hayre the diff’runt states man ’ud be burned in t'aliforny en Ills
»n territories en foreigu countries air, woman in Massachusetts en tlieyre
but It air to teach ye all eggsackly children getbered up on all the roads
whayre one another come from, so ye between the two. 1 found thet my
•kin hunt yer neighbors up en git so neares’ neighbor wuz borned in New
lvable en frlen'ly. ‘I And thet in this York en his wife in Texas. The one
bfere school deestriet.’ says he. ‘tliayre on Hie nex’ quarter wuz liorned in Ver
«<lr men eu women from almost every mont. while bls woman wuz from Flor-
»»ate In the Union er out of It, sicli as idee. En of all the mixed up messes
territories, en many on 'em from for you ever seed our ileestrict shorel.v wuz
el|e:n countries, en we cun lain ii whole when we got through. Tbe whole
lot. about them various places ez well United States en disunited territories
ez ijit akwainted with each other by en several foreign countries wuz repre
this here perceedln’.' says he.
sented by folks with the proper cre
"After tbe purfesser hail fust men dentials; en ez the countin' of p'lnts
tioned the matter to me I kep’ giftin' went on we saw thet the match wuz
oneagy en onensy all the time fer fear to be Jist nip en tuck ez to which of
some feller wouldn't' want to play In the gals won out, fer several of us wuz
tbe game. I have seen fellers afore n-keepin’ tally on the p’lnts.
now who seeriously objected to stiltin'
"Torn Liscomb wuz the last feller
whayre they wuz from er eveu whayre on Snllie's side. ‘I'm from the free
they fust saw tbe light of day. hut 1 state of Van Zandt!' says he; eu we
flu’ll made it up to tuyse'f thet no sich all licit our breaths, fer none of us
fellers lived in the Tail-holt deestriet. k nowed fer shore whayre thet wuz.
eu concluded to let things perceed. I Fer a uilnute er so we thort lie wuz a
couldn't we aney real danger ahead, foreigner, but he didn’t have aney
en 1 thort tliet the purfesser luid all Hie brogue to his talk, Rut the purfesser
resks to run aneywa.v.
relieved the strain in less’n a minute,
"Tbe purfesser explained how the fer lie knowi-d wliut It wuz. Tree
match wuz to be conducted. He said state of Vsn Zandt—Van Zandt coun
thet about tbe easies’ way lie knowed ty—Texas,' says be. En forty-three
wuz to choose up ever’bod.v in the mighty big p'ints went down to Sallie’s
bouse thet ’ud take part, jist ez ef they credit. ■
wuz a-goln’ to choose up eu spell down
"Dollie's last choice wuz Mrs. Dugan,
in the ole fashioned way, en then the
the widder woman livin' down on the
fellers doin’ the cliooaln* up 'nd keep
school section. 'En whayre wuz ye
tally on tbe dlffrunt p'lnts made eu an
borned. Mrs. Dugan?' said the purfess
nounce tbe result. Arter this w uz done
er. ‘Sure, an’ I wuz boarn in ould Olre-
onct It ’ud be trier! ag’ln. but in a dlff- l.-ind.' said she. Imitatin’ the Irish
runt way. with two others a-cboosln’
brogue, although she could speak Unit
up. This ’ud not only afford Instruc
ed States ez well ez a native of Arkan
tion en amusement, but iu time 'ud let
saw. En a hundred p’lnts went down
ever’ one know whayre ever' one else
on Dollie's side, en when they tiggered
wuz from, eu he’p 'em to get akwaint
'em all up Dollle had won by three
ed.
p'ints!
“Tbe plan of this Jogafy match wuz
"Arter the cheerin' en congratulatin'
about ez follers: He hud airranged all
the States In the Union en all Hie terrl- had gone down the purfesser said
torles out of the Union In alphabetical they’d try it on ti more complicated
i.rder, from Alasky to Whyomliig. rn system. They’d not try It on the stale
he said thet aney person borned in a m linyre one wuz horned. Imt on the
state would count up ez tunny p'lnts fer stales whayre he luid lived. En aney
Ids side ez the number wuz correspond oil could count aney state In which lie
in' to thet state on the list. So a feller hud lived er luid been at aney time. en.
from Alasky 'nd count only one p'lnt uf course, It would lx- the right thing
en the feller from \Yliyomlng 'nd count fer him to count the one thet 'nd make
fifty. En pvpr* ft*ller borned in :in»*,v I the most p'ints. So they chose up ag'ln
country in Europe ’nd count a linnderd. en tried it thet way. en the surprises
In A r I r two hundred. In Afriky one ix uz wiiss than afore, ef tlict wuz pos
hunderd en fifty. Australes two hum sible. Many a feller iHirned lu Ar
fl« rd en fifty, en so on. He had It all kansaw who 'nd move Into Texas In
flkEvred out In nice simpe, en the pur- the spring en then back ag'ln to Ar
fesser air shore a gt-idus. I w ush we kansaw fer the winter, dlvldlu' up Ills
»
1 time about half en half between them tle-y'd drifted aroun' eu drifted nroun'
Him “Hlnner Knd.M
iui port era and dealvn* iu
BLAKt,
states, claimed Texan for his big num -imel they’d dl*ift»*d light I jether
tSxxik, News,
An English ch-r yiuan and a lowland
11er«- Ihey’d been a livii live
WritlnQ and
hers iu this deal. It wuz railly be- ag'in
Scotsman ent» red one of the hot Momu
W rapplag...
wilderin* whayre some of the t'olks had yen r l’i a mild en a haft* of each other THE METHOD AND T he MATERIALS schools in Ab»-rd»*»‘ii. Th»* master re k [OWNt
CARD STOCK
ceived th<‘iii kindly and inquired:
lived. Sume funny things happened ell ti ever got akwainted er k nowed
Or ITS MANUFACTURE.
STRAW ANU HINDERS’ BOARD
too. One feller inaile a mistake en they wuz aney relation; list lost track
“Would you prefer that I should
ch ot
other,
tier, ye know. en nevor ex-
hp»*er (question» thex* boys or (hat you
«alti. ■< 'owley.' ineiinln’ fer Cowley of each
Tat. MAIM (••. u HAN KRANCIBC Q
peeled lu see each i other iig'in <*r even Knonuh (ridile In III»- Windows of should spevr them?”
. I couuty, Kun.. whayre so many of the thort much iilxmt it. Bnt Mary salii
mi
Ordinar»
Ilo»»
»se
lo
Hill
|«
Hryi-
folk« come from, Fellers 'ml make a
The English clergy man desired the
ineiil of (Irli—ProrrMi of (Ile Tttiik-
she shore klluwed I it wuz Iter brut ber
master to proceed. IB* did so with
! teu strike with Pwiusylvuuy <-r South the fust Him- she got
IlORsr noti (he I*«» t II <» 11 m «*.
i
a square look ut
CuiTiuy.
er
Whyomliig
er
Texas.
er
aney
gr»-nt success, and the boys answered
'
place they’d been tliet'ud conili up big la-m. eveu ef bis limili- wuz. changed;
I'tsiple who have glass wiudows In satisfactorily numerous interrogation-*
p ints, en when they hml It all lingered on Lem iui I i I he felt kind of qiu-er. too, tin it' homes do not know that the glass as to the exodus of th»- Israelites from
Imt
didll
I
klioii
Jist
wllllt
It
wuz
He
up Sally won out on this deal by sev
contains enough arsenic to make it a Egypt. Tin- clergyman then said he
enteen whole pints. But It wuz railly lai-l lt al fust to hai in* swnllered a deadly poison, t.lassmaki-rs say that would l«e glad to “speer the boys” and
luterestin' eu educaiIn' en entertainin’ part of his terliacker. But lt wuz Jist the windows of an ordinary home eon at once began:
thè I i I imh I kilt Idoixl in 'em. ve know.
•'ti a mighty g.... I scheme all armin'.
“How did Pharaoh die?”
tu in enough of tliis poison to kill a reg
“Wull. slr. thet Jognty match at Tali
Tln-re was a demi silence.
imeiit of men. The popular siqqs.sIHon
’’Eli about this time In the evenin' a
llolt
wuz
thè
Itesi
ew
must
clvlllzlll'
In his dilemma the lowland gentle
leetle episode beglltl to be noticed eu
that glass is uiade.of sand is a correct
thllig evt-r wuz. Thet blzness of Lem
Bright** DI hcmhc and Diabete«
lllilde things look kind of tragic fer a
one, Imt a quantity of otlier articles en man int»rp«»s«il:
en Mary inaile us all feci niichty go.xl
Arc Positively Curable«
pell. When Lem Hull on tiie tlrst deal
tel s into Ils composition.
“I think, sir. the boys are not arcus
aid lie wuz borned lu Newbrasky, 1 en luippy. en we got akwainled wlth
W indow glass factories are divided tomed to your English accent. Let me
om- miolliei* tight off. Wt- go a visititi*
liappi'iied to he a lisiklu' right square
into l\ o departments, a tankhouse aud try what 1 van make of them.’* And
aromi' now nlxnit ever' week lt nlr ti
Chav. F Wacker, another nierehaut Inter
■it Lew Mulllcks' wife (she nil a real
a pothouse. Tiie process of glassmak- hr inquired In broad Scottish
i ilcw<-U Ad«lres> 131 Sixth St , San Francisco.
soelnble en a protltable thlng lo do.
“lion did Piniwraoh dee?”
ptiri.v womtiiii, en 1 noticeli tliet she
fug In oik * of th. se departments is prac
I
Q
—You are reported as having bi-eu cured ol
When I nani to know a nevi li. og ali -ut
tically the same as in Hie other. In the
Again there was a d«*ud silence, upon l>i.u."U s, ultliougii It is liellevod lueurable.
ook to lookin' at 'Im en a watcliin'
Californy.
1
jist
liimt
tqt
Fruirle
Dog
Im like ever'tbing. Seemed to me thet
tankhouse the glass is all melted In im which the master said;
A.—1 bail It, but uiu now well.
Smith et llmn llerrhigton cu l'm-n all
e never took her eyes often ‘Illi the
mense tanks which will hold thou
“Non. boys, fat cam’ to Phawraoh at I Q Did lt it get severe T
aboiit it free of cluirge. Ef 1 wmit to
st of the evenin', I thort It rather
sands of tons. In the pothouse the Ids hlnner <*nd?”
A —Very. The tlrst notice I hud was when I
know aboiit Mlnniesoty er N'ewbrusky
was rejected by un Insurance conipa- y. I.utei
plcged Lem n leetle, secIn' Iiow she
glass is made In pots.
“The boys with one voice answered:
or Y'rginny. 1 Jist lumi Ufi Ilo propel
I In-, .line very wt-uk anil suffered greutly.
wuz a lookin' nt 'Im en n starin' at 'Im
After tiie til- s are lighted mid a tank
“ll»- was drooned.”
li' ig! bor eli swop knowlidge witli liim
Q. Any other physician say it was Diabetes 1
En when he said 'Ohio' In the
Is heated the glass mixture Is shoveled
And a smart litth* fellow added:
Tlmyre aiti't no intelllgenter er more
A Oh. yes. My own did. The sugar wai
rotiti' lie eyed 'Im wuss’li ever. I
ill. It Includes glass left over front the
“
Ony
lassi»*
could
line
tell
’
t
ye
that.
’
enormous, over an ounce per day.
soelnble e- mmunity in tlie Uniteti
■u tli-ed they favored some aroun' the
former
season,
glass
refuse,
saud
and
-
1
.oialon
l
it
Bits.
Q —Who told you ot the Fulton I'oiupouud !
States 'un Tuli liolt decstl’ict. En thè
eyes. but I never dreinp about 'em
A
Editor Eiigcllie ot tbe German paper. 11
purfesser pili us ali oli thè riglit road. salt eake. Arsenic Is not used in the
i beiti' «liey relation, fer Lem Is n
tihikhonse
for
the
reason
that
the
heat
The Man lie Wanted.
tied
cured hl in of Bright's Disease.
We air a reg'lnr ensiklopeedv of geo
grent big. aw kerd. overgrow ed mil ver-
How
soon diet you begin to improve ?
is
so
intense
that
the
drug
is
volatilized
Senator Clark of Montana had occa
Q-
graphleal inl'orniatlon en piaetlenl
A — !u two W' l-kM I knew I’d get well.
iek wllllt ueeds i-urryln' en «bearin',
mid
escapes
into
tiie
air
without
enter
sion
once
out
in
Helena
to
hire
a
car
Idees en Ilo llllhtiike."
Q- l>i<i you again apply for insurance T
wlillc sii ’s Jist olle uf these here slim,
I Icnrned frolli Itill's nelghbors flint ing tiie mixture. As one mixture melts riage driver. The roads wore moun
A -I did soon as I was well.
del ente Wonit'll. ve know good cu all
and
flows
to
one
end
of
a
tank
fresh
tainous,
and
a
skillful
man
was
need
other coiiseqilellces of especlnl impor-
A - -In the >ume company ?
tin i, lini Iliade finii en dingin' like by
supplies
are
shoveled
ill
at
the
ed.
Ou
the
appointed
d;i\
the
candi
other
A - U n . ill- Northwestern of M inneiqtolls.
tance to Bill me likeiy lo tlow from
Did i hey accept you *
Q.
Motber Nnyielier.
dates for the position appeared, "You
tluit geogrnphy match. Ills oldest end.
A- They did The policy is No
and
1 lie molten
mass seethes and know where the road runs along the is tor
"Tlieli thè p'i fesser gol up en Iliade diiiighler will sooii be malTled. mal lt
Q -Have any test made since?
ile crowd illii'tl: T leetle speeeh eli silici l'i whispered tluit Bill lias itccomc so "works" in a maimer similar to that of mountain, with tiie hill on one side and
A - Yrs __
__________________
Ii f
oni
t z made an analysis, report-
li 't If we'd la- pntiem lie’d llke to try Interested in thè people. cllimite. re a mash in a distillery. From the salt a gorge on the other, live miles from hi / noi'inal, nuitlior albumen or sugar, Tiie
ist irne mori- deal oli us. en then lie’d sonn i s mid geograpliy of thè Emer cake comes a salt water that has to be here?*’ asked Senator Clark, and all euro is pertn iiionl.
<.k‘ Know of any other cures ?
loose fer keeps. He perposed ald ls|e th.'it Ile hns to constili thè ivi I- separated from the mass, and the easi the men nodded athrniatively. "How
A
Yu . My sister ii.-law was cured o(
nice, new brier root pipe to tin ow oti thè school seetion at least once est way to remove it is to burn it out. near can you go to the edge of the • ti lL'ht s I»; • i -• after bt ing given up by three
ph’. iFians. (lie guve us her addres*.
a purty new workbox to thè or tu ice il wi'ck. Bill hns Itceil a wld- I llis is done by throw ig stove wood road." was asked, "wit bout upsetting
M'dicsl so s cTce Dial llrlrlil's,titseus«
thet liad lived in th.- states o ver for slx ycars. and thè probabili
into the tank on top of the molten my carriage?"
c
c ar-- ih-'iii'l-', -.nt
per, cat. ar,
The first man said. “Four feet;” Hie
count tip Ilio must. ti' s are Ile will gel so imich interested glass.
The water is converted into
ci y recover"
under die Fulloil Com-
i
-
........
mon
forms
of
kidney
eoiupiaiul
i- men en women thet in Tail-htJt's eiicvciopedia of geograph- steam, which is destroyed by the In next man answered, “Two feet ;" Hie
d rle uiu.it i-ni oiler hui short resl-tlauee.
contest that way Ic.il Information flint he will adii mi
tense heat from the glass. The melted I third man said Hint he would drive I' i '.. f I tor I In-m ' uhl’s Piseust* and II So the
to sian* up iIn- men mi
< one side en the other volume of it to his homi* library glass is then skimmed by an automatic close to the edge, mid the fourth num l>l.ill'".e 1'ollipoimd. John J. Fulton Co., e.*t
,\|. : ■ omen si san Francisco, sole comfsumd
women on tin* oilier.
l-'ree tests made for pattonta. Deai-rlptive
sbortl.v in thè persoli <»f Mrs. Dugan. skimmer, and it is ready for the galli- Allowed that if one wheel was over
pamphlet
mailed free.
tin*
brink
lie
could
still
turn
the
horses
“Wull, sir. I hay re wuz Jist fourteen who - ai) “spelik l'nlted States ez well ert-r.
A gatherer thrusts a long steel blow- in time to save (lie carriage
men en s’\ women went Into tliet ez a native of \rkansiiw."
At last Mr. (’lark turned to a brawny
pipe into one of the rings at the lower
l hayre 1 lung < n i In* ci oiliest wuz might
SOME PUZZLERS
end of the tank. 11c twists and turns Irishman. “What would you do?” he
ly spirited. I tell ye. Some of I In* men
THE
COOKBOOK.
asked.
small
ball
of
glass
gathers
on
it until a
bad lived in ez nimmy ez twenty dif-
ITow many teeth have you?
•Regorra, Mr. (’lark.” said the Irish
the end. This bull is partially cooled,
frunt states. » n tv o or three of the wo
Iiow high (in inches) Is a silk hat’
In
baking
bread
it
is
better
to
overdo
polished by being turned in a box of man. “I would keep as close to tin*
men had L \ < d rn lifteen. Lem Hull
Which way does the crescent moon
saw dust and then passed on to the sit|e of the hill as I could without pull
tried it. en Lew Mulllcks' wife list sot rather than underdo the work.
t urn. to 1 lu* right or left ?
'I'o make a good <lig<‘stibh* pie crust blow er, w In 10 heats it again until it be- Ing oft’ a wheel.”
I hayre with her eyes glued on to Ills
I'll
Iiow many toes has a cat
“You are the man I want.” replied
features.
Ln Loin liiniso’f wuz no us»* cream instead of lard, and it w ill comes like tatty, The blower swings
i
slouch nt p’.iyin’ in this d« nl. B< uin in* light and healthful.
tin- ball over a pit that is twelve feet Mr. (’lark, and the Irishman got iht* for - foot? (bi each hind fool?
What color are your employer’« eyes?
If then* is not batter enough to till deep and rapidly blow s it into an elon Job.
iiin* with Newbrasky. wh.iyr«- lie wuz
'I'll * c\cs of the man at the* next desk .
burned, he went east through Ioway en tin* gem pan. put cold water in the gated pear shape. When a blower is
Iloo Sclsxors I re ’ nite.
I i w hich direction is the face turned
Eelinoi en Indianuy lo Ohio, en then lie e:ii|»iy spuce before setting the pun in through, the melted glass becomes a
Though ini complexilies are involved
••oine hack through Kentucky. Tennes- t he oven.
perfect cylinder about 5 feet long and In Hie making of scissors or miicli skill on a cent? (Mi a quarter? (Mi a dime?
Aikans.iw. Mizzoory. Kansas en
I ow many steps lead from the street
The rich cheeses, which have the '■' feet across, lt then passes to a “snap required, yet Hie process of miinulaic
tl e InJun nation to Oklahomy all on largest percentage ef fat, are those per." who takes it to a rack and breaks lure is very interesting.
I'hey uro to tbe front door of your house or tint?
'em good countin’ slates, lie made which blend well with bread in sand
tin- roller loose from the blowpljie.
forged from good liar steel henleu to
Wlnit are the exact words on a two
I wo hunderd en fifty tour p ints, en w ¡dies or with macaroni or rice.
The snapper gathers a small lump redness, each blade being ylit oil' ^vitll cent stamp, ami in which direction Is
about tliet lime Mary Mulliiks looked
i’or a quick cake beat until thick of melted glass on the end of a rod sultieieiit nietnl Io form the shaiik. or tli«' face on it turned?
ez ef she thort he w uz il u ten spot hero four eggs. Add four tablesnoonfuls of and dexterously runs a narrow ribbon that destined to become the cutting
W rite down, oft’liand, the figures on
eu 'lid win out shore. Then they went sugar, half a cup of flour, a little cin of the stull around the ends of the part, and bow. or that which later on th«* face of your watch. The odds are
along, no feller n-scoriu' up with I.cm namon and hnnon rind. Real well and toller, both at the blowpipe end and is fashioned into the holding portion. th: I you will make at least two mis
olltel they come to Prairie Dog Smith. spread on a baking pan. Bake in quick tin- closed end. The little ribbons ot For the bow a small lmle is punched, takes in doing 1 his.
He's been all over the world mighty oxen and cut at once.
melted glass cool ill a few seconds, and this is afterward expanded to the
What is the name, signed in facsim
He begun with New Jersey.
nigh.
Sweet potatoes are much richer twice when they are removed, leaving a liar- required size by hiimmeritig it on a ile on any dollar, two dollar, five dol
whayre he I> wuz horned, eli he come cooked. Baked or boiled llier<‘l\. this row zone of almost red hot glass conical anvil, after which both shank lar or ten dollar bill you ever saw?
through Pennsylvany, Dido, Indlanny, vegetable Is good, but when tin* bak around Hie rollers at each end. Then, and bow are tiled into a more perfect \’««ii’ve read dozens of those names.
Eellnol, Mizznory. Kansas en soon west ing or boiling is followed by a subse taking a tool that resembles a soldering shape anil the hole bored in tin- iniddle
< ’a n \ on remember one?
to t'aliforny in forty nine. Crossed t!ie quent cooking in the pan or in the iron, tiie snapper rubs it for a moment for tin- rivet. Tiie blades are next
Your watch has some words written
plains with a ox team, he tole me ni ter oven they me far better.
on his forehead, and when tiie point of ground and the handles tiled smooth
or printed on its fa«-»*. You have seen
wards, en w ent dear through to I In
it
is
moistened
with
perspiration
he
and liurnlsbcd with oil and emery, th si- wi.¡«Is a thousand times. Write
A tine chet‘se (»lidding is made by
gold diggin's, w liich wuz shorely more'ii
runs (lie iron ai olimi the rollers at the after which the pairs are tilled to
grating live oiiu<‘es of bread mid three
many a feller did. En he stayed tliayre
heated spot, The glass cracks and getlier and tested as to their easy th in out correctly. Pew «an do this.
of i hecse. Warm two ounces of butler
Also what is the number In the case
fer three year, en then come buck by
separates as cleanly as it cut with a working.
of your watch? Washington Times.
tin- way of tin- Istmuss. En linn he in a <|iiart<*r of a pint of fresh milk mid diamond, tin* blowpipe is removed, and
They are not yet tinislu-d. however;
mix thoroughly. Add two well beaten
went south durin’ Hie war. en come
the closed cylinder has become a roller they have to undergo liardeniiig mid
Tiie
ol the Ticket.
eggs, salt mid bake half an hour.
west w lien it wuz over, takin' in purty
and is then ready to go to the flat tempering and lx- again adjusted, after
“Every ticket has its story,” said a
near ever'thlng on Hie wav. Wuz even
tenor.
which they are linall.v put together min m-qiwiinted with the pawnshops,
Ilelllll III Their Work,
in Texas awhile, ruiiuin' a sheep ranch
Tbe flattener works in anotlier part again and polished for Hie third time. and oik * of the sad little tales which
Gilders,
photographers
and
those
who
out west of San Antone, whayre it nev
of the building, where are located the In comparing tiie edges of knives mid hr (old is repealed by the rhlhidelphla
er rains aney. I don't know how many iiindle Hie hydric mid potassic cyanides flattening ovens, These ovens are heat scissors it will lx- mdieed. of course, I'rlegr.iph. Il was a bitter cold day.
p’ints he did have when they counted are liable to sutler from chronic poison
ed to a temperatnr«» sutlicient to soften that Hie latter are not in any way so and a mite of a boy, not over nine
'em up. Imt il wuz nearly ez many ez Ing by hydrocyanic- acid. They have the glass so that it may be rolled out sharply ground as the former, and that years old, had come in, wrapped In his
headai'he,
giddiness,
noises
In
tin-
ear.
all the rest put together. Eli the pipe
into sheets. A series of tireclay tables in cutting scissors crush and bruise overcoat. This In* peeled oft’ and de
went to him fair eu square. Saw him ditticult rt-spiratiou, pain over the placed in a circle like the spokes of a more than knives.
posited it upon the pawnbroker'M coun-
lieart. loss of appetite- ill short, show wheel revolve in the ovens, and on
the other day. en’ lie's a-smokln'
nil
Hie
evidences
of
mild
poisoning.
ylt.
these tables the rollers are flattened.
Kalina M r I i II iiunh'N.
“•live a dollar Ti’ quarter?" he nskmt
Zinc workers, too, suffer. Zine is used They are placed inside, allowed to be
“En when it cunie Hie women's tum
As exemplifying the pitch to which ill pleading tones.
ns
a
pigment
in
calico
printing,
in
dis
come
hot,
and
then
a
cold
iron
is
run
M
rs.
en they tiggered up the p'ints. ole
Roman epicurvaiilMii was carried and
"Dollar," said the money lender.
coloring glass, in polishing optical along the inside from end to end. The
Langham got the wot-kbox. Slit is a
Indicative of a truly barbaric nature, a
"till, plotise give me a dollar 'u' a
glasses and in making artillehil meer- contact of the iron cuts the glass,
soldier’s whlder. en tliayre’s a whole
disli consisting of the tongues alone ul quarter!"
which is then straightened out upon some thousands of tin* favorite song
lot of ole soldiers in the deestriet, .en sehauni pities.
"t 'an't do it. 1 lollnr.”
So men die in harness in these mid the table.
they wuz mighty pleased at her u git
sters of tiie air was requisitioned at
The boy was almost crying, and he
a
hundred
otlier
occupations,
killed
by
The
flattener
Ims
a
number
of
billets
tin' It. Her man wuz with Sherman. I
immense cost to satisfy tiie inordinate la gged earnestly for the sum he asked.
guess, eu he got hurt purty bad down the very air they breathe, and oilier of green wood attached to long iron cravings of one of the emperors one "I want to get my sister's coat out,”
men
step
into
their
shoes.
New
York
handles, and with these billets, which can hardly avoid tiie reflection that
tliayre aroun' Atlanta. When she heerd
lie said as lie lai<l down S cents as In
are shaped In such a nmimer as to do such a being must have been extreme
on it. blamed ef she didn't git right up World.
terest money. This proposition the
the
work
expected
of
them,
he
“
irons
”
from her home in Mlnniesoty eu go to
ly untuneful. The liver of a capon pawnbroker nccepted, mid the boy
Tli«- European Plim.
him en nuss him. But lie died by en
Some queer customers ar«* seen at the softened sheet of glass until it is steeped In milk was thought a great Went shivering into the cold with Ills
by en left her a. widder. She's been New York hotels. An old farmer from perfectly lint ami smooth. The tables delicacy, and of solid meat pork ap sister's coat.
a-ilruwin’ of a pension ever sem e en tin- country tells how he got itheatl of Inside Hie oven revolve, the flattened pears to have been most relished.
"Is lour sister going to a dance to
says she thinks more of it than aney oik * of the clerks. "I walked in.” In* sheet is carried away, and another roll
'¡'lie stanch Roman who did not take
night?" n bystander asked him.
man she ever seen excep' Bill Lang
er is brought into position before tbe Ills pleasure homeopalhically re« lined
says, “asked the young until nt the
“No. sir; mom's been siek. an' Muggle
ham. She stayed down tliayre in Geor
flattener. As tiie flattened sheets cool during dinner on a luxurious couch, his
desk. ‘What are your prices?’ 'Ameri
luid to hock her coat for feed. She's
gy fer a spell en then worked herse’f
they are lifted to a place on a long bead resting on his left elbow, sup
can or European?' lie asked me. Now
got ii jol> now. mi' she's got to have a
west gradually ontcl she got to Kan
traveling rack, on which they are by ported by cushions. Suetonius draws
I wasn't going to tell where 1 was from
ci at to go to work in. I don't mind the
sas, en then it wuz only one Jump over
stages remond from tiie ovens, being attention to a superb apartmeut erected
until I had seen the lay of the hind.
cold; I'm used to It.”
Into Oklnhomy. Of course we w uz all
allowed to cool as they go. This is done by tiie extravagant Nero, in which his
'What difference docs that make?' says
glad to see her git the workbox. fer
hi order that the glass may nut be meals were partaken, constructed like
I. 'If American.’ he answered, 'it's $1
Tiie scotch llalipenny.
she's Jist the kind of a woman to set
shuttered by too quick an exposure to a theater, with shifting scenes cliang
per day; if European. $1.50.' 1 thought
Englishmen are familiar with the
Ing
with
every
course.
tli-
air.
store by sich things nlliis a piecin' a moment, and then an idea struck me
name "bawbee,” applied to the Scotch
When the sheets are taken from tbe
quilts en a-sewln' carpet rags on so how to get ahead of him. 1 walked up
h i ll'peiiny. but to few does it bring the
I lie C.ta h I III nu II he i.iinii.
forth, en ever’ ole soldle'' in tin- dees- boldly and registered from London.”— flattening ovens, they are covered with
a-'oeinlion iifn baby queen mid a loyal
a greasy, dirty looking coat of chem
The loon is the quickest living crea
trlct. In ion en Confederate, felt ez New York Press.
pi iiple. Those u ho meet with the word
icals soda, potash, sllicntes of the dif ture. A loon that 1ms luid experience
proud ez
in their reading do not often stop to
ferent
suits,
etc.
which
must
be
re
can
dodge
the
flash
of
a
gnu.
You
see
fesser Ii-
.lekyll lin.l Hyde Indians,
ask him it came to lx- applied. It ap-
Some of
It Is said tlnit the Seri Indians are a moved. mid for this purpose the rough a loon on a lake, but long before you p us Hint Hie first attempt at the por-
oils, though, en thort tliet ez she bpd a tribe of .lekylls and Hydes. They sheets are placed ill an Held Imth com see him lie sees you mid Ims taken a ti.iiniri' of Hie unfortunate Mnry,
pension a coinin' in reg'lnr she could spend n portion of the year In the posed of hydrochloric and sulphuric mental inventory of you mid your be qileon of Scots, was imide 111 her in-
afford to buy workboxes ef she want neighborhood of the boundary line be iiciils more or less diluted. After their longings. If you Imve no gun, you may f.iiiev, mid her small face was en-
ed 'em. Eu ye jist oiler liecrd Hie pill'- tween northern and Lower California, Imnieislon in lids bath tin- sheets are perImps approach within 100 yards be-
.. .ned iipmi (lie Scottish halfpennies
fesser's preseiitiition speeches. They when they dedicate themselves to taken io the i-iittlng room, where work fore hi- laughs nt you with flmt horrid
at Hi' time of her coronation in 1543,
wuz. nway up in the clouds. En then peaceful pursuits and evidently adopt men cut them into sizes mid make slnlek which gives him his name mid
n In n she was but nine months old.
lie dismissed the crowd, ell we w uz nil civilized customs, frequently working tin-m ready lor the packers. Hardly a disappears under tin- water, but show
\ number of these small coins are still
n-goin* home when nil to onct tliayre as farm hands on the haciendas. When scrap of tiie glass except the rough a gull mill lie does not stop to laugh
pii
served, mid it will lie easily under-
was n almighty screech in tiie middle tin- crops are in, however, they expert edges is wasted. Ill fact, none is wast i he goes instmiter. Wben in n sportive
sti <n| how Hie name "bawbee,” or
of tile schoolhouse, eu we nil turned cnee a remarkable change, like any of ed. ns nil refuse goes back to in' melt- mood, be somellines waits until lie
'•il l. iiime to be given to the coin
aroun'. en tliayre wuz Lew Mulllcks' the lower animals with a change of ed. After the cutters have linislied sees you about ready to tire. w hen, at
Ii "ring Hie etllg.v of Hie baby. The
wife with her arms wotm' elnr aroun' season. It is then that they have a their work the glass is packed in boxes the flush, lie dives, mid you see the
!i.ilf|ii-inii of Seotlnnd is still common
shot
mid
is
then
ready
for
tiie
market.
—
In-
spatter
the
water
where
lie
lias
l.em Hull's neck eii n kissin' 'ini like wild longing for ii savage life and en
ly called Hie bawbee, although the
Just gone down.
diaimpolis New s.
she wuz loeoed. Ell Lem luid liis'n grate ti o Tiburon island, where tlx
baby face no longer appears on it.—
armin' her, too. eu tliayre they wuz lend a bail in rous existence, even I
I'em-soli's.
The Ho, nn«l I lie F’nrm.
Ilin Admiration.
rigid tlmyre in the crowd jist n-nctln’ dulglng : in eannibulisin. it is averred.
How often we hear parents discotu
ez ef they'll both been ill the same
Undergraduate (to chinili -That Misi
llied <»f Xenleet.
fuinbly, though we nil knoweil the
Slick is tiie finest conversationalist I age the boys who wish to stay on the
Louis NYU., titular king of France,
Ilia- Better.
farm! They refer to farm work as
Hulls en tin* Mullickses wuzn't
Mike- It's mesllf that wishes every ever met. She knows all the track rec- drudgery and that which tends to make Hie unfortunate dauphin, died lu tbe
ords
for
nkwiiliiled at nil.
three
years
back.-
Chicago
Temple of I’aris of abuse and neglect.
day was Saturday.
them slaves to work rather than inde Ills body was identified and certified
"About this time Lew run up t n wuz
News.
Pat And for wlioy. Mike?
I
pendent men. The biggest boys are to by four members of the committee
a-goin' to lilt Lem fer huggln* Ills wife,
“Shure, mid shouldn’t I Just take me
Life Is only ji brief lesson, and educated for professional men and In of public safety and bv more than
but Prairie Dog Smith grabbed him. wages ¡very day?”
school’s out Toupi e know- it Atlanta tunny instances excel, but the vast ma twenty otlichtls of the temple. Tbe re
ell the women pulled Mary's arms
“Begorrn, 1 wish every day was Sun
jority of these, with n good practical mains were privately buried In tbe
I 'oust itut ion
loose, en si'imebody else grabbed I .ein. day!”
education such ns can be gained in our ei-metei \ of st. Margin-rite, and every
eu by en by we got tilings quieted
“Ye do? And for what raison?”
fliirlr«! In Africa.
schools of agriculture, would become trace of Hie grave was carefully oblit
down en rulher presentablcllke. Mary,
“Shure. and shouldn't I get a holi
In certain parts of Africa It Is eon wealthy, progressive farmers, with tine
though, was kind of hysteerick.v fer n day I very day and draw me wages th*’
erated.
sldcred a mark of disrespect to bury farms and beautiful homes, if they had
spell, en ever' onct In awhile slic'd
day before?” Exchange.
out
of
doors
at
nil.
Only
slaves
are
been encouraged and advised to stay
The Women of (artliRKe.
break loose from the women thet wuz
treated in such unceremonious fash by the old farm and make it a success.
There is a grand old story told about
n boldin' of her en make iinutlier dive
Eliint I«* Atovkl ng».
tiie supreme devotion displayed by lb«
My
IMrt isalways unhealthy. so it ahould ion. Tin* honored dead are buried un —Maxwell’s Talisman.
fer Lem. n-cryln' en
women of (’arthuge. When their city
brother! My brother!'
not be tolerated even in an plastic der the ll<M»r of the house.
lion n on Ills l.nek,
was besieged by the Romans, ropes
"En, sir. wln-n we got ’em cn'nied Mockiug, tliough Unit is not an article
A
.1
ml
rat
Ion.
M lit nnl
t'nssidy Slito|i kickin' alioiit y< r were needed; but. as there was uo flax
down soze they could talk ratinimi, ef thaï eau be sent to tbe wash. (’Ivan it
Miss Budd (to famous pianist)—That lui rd luck, mini! Some mornin' ye’ll to make them in the city, tbe women,
they wuzn't brother en sister shore by rtibbing it with a pie<»- of llannel
music was truly divine, monsieur.
I wake up un’ find yersel' famous.
headed by their heroic queen, came to
enulT. Tlu-yre folks died when they <lippi <1 in tlour, beateil as iniieb :is pos
Monsieur- Ab. inam'selle, zat is In-
Casey— Faith. Olii bet ye whin tllol the rescue. They one and all cut of!
wuz kids, en Lem got sent buck Io Ills nible in tbe oven without browning it.
deed
praise,
for
who hut an angel I mornin' comes 'twill lie me luck ti their glorious tresses nud made ropes
gra-i'pap's In Ohio en Mary w uz adopt Shakv ont tbe tlour and retient tbe proc
would know divine music.'
I overshijie mesc-r.— Philadelphia Press.
out of their hair.
ed by some folks In Newbrasky: en CM if ik cessary.
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