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About Lexington weekly budget. (Lexington, Morrow County, Or.) 188?-1??? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1890)
larm Bote. Soil Exhaustion and Small Farms. The pupnrs of tlio Hacrumunto valley arc gravoly quurrullng ovor tho (iinstlun whuUtnr or not the soil of California valloys Is luexliauHtlljlo, sovorul of thorn actually claiming that tho deep alluvial dopoHits of tho Sacramento valley bottom lands may bo cropped Indefinitely without a reduction of their productive power. The question is a simple ono to those who look at It Intelligently. The plants take from tho soil certuln in gredients which are used in their com position, and a continuous growing of crops using tho same elements must of necessity lessen tho percentage of those elements In tho soil. It is true, Immense growths have boon made of plants from which all soil was excluded, they being fed by ammonia and dust from tho air and from food held In suspension or solution, though In visible, In tho water. Hut nobody ever raised wheat at tho rato of twenty or thirty sacks to tho acre by this process. I is also true that a disintegration of substances is constantly going on which releases plant food that had not before been available, so that If all tho vegetable growth were returned to tho soil, thoro would be not only no diminu tion but an actual Increase in tho avallablo plant food In tho soil. 13 ut this evolution of food Is not In such propor tion as to maintain the fertility of a soli that Is constantly cropped, and tho time will come, even in tho rich Sacramento bottoms, when tho soil will need to bo enriched artlllual'y. When that lime comes tho thousand acio wheat Holds will disappear, to bo followed by dlverslllud farming and mul tiplication of small homes. Tho thou sand acres, which now adds to tho wealth of one mini, and gives employ ment lor a few weeks In the year to a gang of iiic 11 who must be tramps tho rest of the year, will furnish from ten to llfly families with comfortable homes where tho butter ami chonso, poultry and ogtfs now imported from the east will be produced, and where each family will raise Its own broad, meat and vegetables, carefully husbanding and enhancing the resources of the soil by manuring until ten acres will produce what thirty do now, and be measurably independent of all the world besides. When that time comes California will be more thau ever before an earthly paradise. Care of Poultry in Winter. There Is a larger prolll from poultiy, In proportion to tho amount of capital Invented, than from larger stock or crops, ami the winter season Is tho best for se curing tho largest prollts. At the present day the fowls are regarded as something more than accidental ailjuncU on a farm, and receive greater attention than formerly, tho treetops and fouces being no longer t ho only roosting places, and they uie not compelled to seek their food in the cold winter. Willi tho uho of the pure bleeds some have managed to make largo prollts from poultry on small loca tions, ami as poultry and eggs are always In deuiiiiid, tho results are satisfactory wherever the hens have been made a specially. One of tho causes of a lack of eggs in tho winter season Is that the fowls are fed too much grain, and do not have that exercise so necessary for their thrift iiml comfort. From tills former extreme of allowing the birds to "shift for them selves" they aro now too closely coiiIIii.hI and do not receive the food necessary for the production of eggs, lucre Is more injury done by feeding grain exclusively than from any other cause. The laying lien should nol bo allowed to get lute fat condition. In fact, liens Intended for the market should bo separated from the layers, as tho food for ono class should not bo tho same as for tho other. Tin1 llrsl essential Is warm, dry quarters, ami the next is a variety of food. Tho lieu must have bulky food, like animals, and can not be kept In good condition on grain almie. An excellent mode of feed ing is to chop clover hay Into half-inch lengths, scald it, sprinkle tho mess witli bran, and feed it twice a day, with an ounce of meat three times a week to each lieu. Such a mixture will be much bettor ami cheaper thau giving them nothing but grain. The hens should also be given a scratching place (cut straw or dry earth) into which a handful of giaiu Is thrown, so as to induce them to sciatch and work. As eggs aro highest In winter, and the cost of production lower compared with tho price, the management of a large llocks ot turns will give employment to hi me one who otherwise would bo Idle during tho winter season, and the labor Is, therefore, only applied from necessity, but a Hock of lUtl hens can bo made to pay $1110 before the season for low prices arrives, while a larger sum may be se cured with arlillcial modes of raising broilers for the market. The hens will auord an opportunity to many for winter work, If advantage bo taken of opportu nities ami fa volatile location. The time is not far distant hen farm ers ami poultry breeders, and especially tho latter, will wonder why the hens don't lay. It they huvo one breed, then that particular breed will bo blamed ami another one tried, only to llnd tho same trouble under the same existing condi tions of management. Now Is the time to make such arrangements as will go far toward Insuring a liberal supply of fresh eggsdu' Uig winter, w hen eggs are scaivt and high. Tho first step toward this Is to see that tho poultry-house Is not only clean and free from dampness, but that it Is made tight, wind and rain-proof, und that proper precautions aro unserved for ventilation. One of the very best things to make tho house storm-tight is tuned felting, which Is also obnoxious to lice and mites though a more substantial outside cover- lug can bo made by Hist tainting the building outside thoroughly, and then, before the paint dries, putting coarse '.'lone-woven bugging or canvas over the whole, tucking It well In place. This bagging can then be treated to two or three coats of good rubber paint, and the thing Is done. A warm, comfortable house goes far towards Insuring winter eggs, and when to this lie added, lu the si jut, good, early hatched and vigorous birds ti e v need lie no reason for asking why the hens dou't Jay iWulumu tourer. He u be n Jnnios. Three ftlilpn of war liiul l'l-ohlo when he left the Naples hIkjih, And the knlKhlly kinif of Naples lent him Mivcti irulleyH more; And mivorsluit) the Argo flouted In the mtd- d le Ken , ., , , 8ui h iiiilile men and vulhuit lmvo sailed In eoiniKiny As the men who wcut with Preble to the sieKO of Tripoli. , . Stewart, ltaiiilirldifo, Hull, Decatur, how their names rliilf out IlkiiKiild! Lawrence, Pol ler, 'J'rippe, Macdonough, and a srore us true and hold ; Everv star that llifhts their banner tells tho irlory that they won i But the common Bailor's glory Is tho splendor ot the sun. Ken hen James was first to follow whon Deca tur laid uheard , , Of tho lolly Turkish pulley and In buttle broke IiIr sword. ,, , , Then the pirate eajituln Bmote him, till Ills hlood was rnniinnf fast. And they iri aippled, mid they struififled, and they fell beside the must. Close behind blm iteuhen buttled with adozen, undismayed, Till ft bullet broke his sword-arm, and he dropped tho useless blade. Then u swIiikIuk Turkish saber clove his left and brought him low. Like uifiilluiit bulk, dismasted, at the mercy of the foe Utile mercy knows tho corsair, high his blade was raised Ut slay, When a richer prlxo allured him where Decatur Sll'IIRKlillK liiy. "Help!" the Turkish lender shouted, and his trustv comrades sprue, And his sclinclar llko llifliliilng o'er tho Yan kee euptuiu swung. Iti iilii'ii .Tames, disabled, armless, saw the saber Hush on IiIkIi ; Buw Keeul ur shrink before it, licurd the pirate's tauufliiK cry; Saw, In hulf the tlmo I tell It, how a sailor brave and t rue Still might show a bloody plrute what a dying mini can do. Quick he slriiififled. stumbling, sliding In tho hlood urouild his foot, As the Turk a moment wulted to muko Ten- yennco doubly sweet. Swift the sillier fell, but swifter bent the sail or's heud below; And upon his fenceless forehead Reuben James received the blowl So wus su veil our bruvo Decutur; so tho com mon sailor died; So the love Unit, moves the lowly lifts the grout to fume und pride. Vet we grudge him not his honors, for wboin love like Ibis hud birth. For (iod never ranks his suilurs by the reglstor 01 eurtn. Huston Pilot. THE KISS OF DEATH. "There is nothitif; so impossible that a novelist can't lead a story up to it," said l'rof. lioyescn of Columbia col lege as he sat in a group of friends at the Author's club. 'That's so," said Kd''ar Saltus, "but I've found that the best schemes for odd fiction are prostrated by the neces sary dentil of tho principals without disclosin"; tho material for a climax." J know what you meati," said Edi tor (iilder of tho Century Muijnziuc, and I wonder why some of you inni- tleinen don't extend a romance bevond ith siiv by means of a spiritualistic communication from tho actors. Now you, l'rof. Smith, you're a scientist, why dou t you do it r I he y-eiilleinati thus addressed, savi a New York letter to tho t'inciiinatti EiHiuirtr, was l'rof. liraiuard Garner Smith of Cornell university. "And 1 have the start of it in mind now, 1 rot. hiiiilli replied, "uucu, when I was in journalism, I had oc casion to go over a pile of old Liver pool newspapers, and thus came upon a remarkable paragraph in the ship news. J ranslated out of the language of commerce it was to the cllect that the good ship Empress, just arrived from Australia, reported that while rounding tlie Cape of (iood Hope she hud been driven southward far out of her course by a storm, and away down in Hie soul hern Atlantic had sijililoU a vessel di'il'liuff aimlessly about. The first mate hoarded her, und, rotiirniiif,', reported that the derelict was the ship Albatross. That she had been aban doned was plain, for all the boats were pine, and so were the loj; and the ship's instruments. On the deck close by the companion hatch lay two bodies, or rather skeletons, clad in weather rotted (larnieuts that showed them to huvo been man and woman. These bodies were headless, but the heads were now here to be found on the de scried deck. The male found ou the cabin table an open book, with writing on its pajros. A pen lay on the table and a small inkstand, in which the ink had evidently Ion;; since dried. The book was evidently a journal or diary, so tho male report'eil, ami ho put it ill his pocket, iiieanin to carry it aboard the Empress, but when lie was (letting down into his boat tho book slipped from his pocket, dropped into the water, and sank. The Albatross was badly wiitorlotrjrod and he thought could not have limited much longer. To this report the editor of tho paper added a note saying that tho readers would all doubtless remember that the Albatross had sailed from Liverpool several years before, bound for Austra lia, and it was thought to have gone down w ith all on board, as no new j of her had since been received. That Was the substance of the reiniilkable para graph. , What was almost as remarka ble lirtfio, a newspaper man, was that tlio Liverpool paper had evidently made no clTort to learn the owner name of the Albatross, the name of her captain and crow, or whether or not she carried any passengers. 1 care fully searched the tiles to see If there was Buy further reference to the case. There was none. After the manner of his kind, the editor of the paper had, so it seemed, taken it for granted that his intelligent readers would remember all the particulars they wanted to know. "A few weeks after that I went into northern Vermont to report tho Hen ton murder trial, which was attracting much more than local attention. 1 wo pleased to find that the prosecuting at torucy was an old classmate of initio. but not pleased to lind that ho had be come a spiritualist. 1 mentioned tha headless bodies to him, and, as a joke, asked him to conjure up tho two splr- its in a seance, o as to solve tho mys tery. ell, we tried to "And he failed, of course," iuterpos- ed r.dirar rawectt. A uui.icul expression cuuio into Prof. Smith's face and he said: "Oh, no; wo got tho whole story through a medium, lhe bodies were those of Arthur Hartley and Helen Hankius," and ho looked detiautly around tlie circle for a contradiction, "It was Hartley whose communication we got through tho V eriiiout modiuui. and this Is what he said: "'Ucii'u aid 1 wow passenger on board the AlbalrosM. My Uncle John promised me a fori lino. lie was ronti- dent that an explosive of his invention would work such wonders in Austra lian mines that within ten years we could go back to England rich beyond tlie dreams of avarice. Ono day C'ucle John got into a hot discussion with dipt. Raymond about tho ellieaey of the wonderful explosive compound. The captain seemed doubtful. Undo John was for the instant angry. "'"I'll show you, then," he said, and lie rushed into the cabin where his boxes were stored and came out shortly with two tin cans, each holding something less than a pint. Ho un screwed tlio top of one, disclosing a brownish powder. "Take care!" said tho captain, who seemed needlessly cautious and almost fearful. " "Why, I thought you said it was useless," said Uncle John, with a laugh; "and yet you are afraid of it. Look here." Ho lighted a match and held it close to the powder. A dark smoke arose that instantly 'extinguish ed tlio little llamo and floated oil', leav ing a queer smell behind.. That was all. " ' "Perfectly harmless, captain," continued uncle, who had now recover ed his usual good nature. "Perfectly harmless unless you wet it. Thou look out!" "Tlie cook made a sort of dumpling for dinner and a great lot of it remain ed. Uncle John took a mass of this dough, for it was little else, squeezed it until it was quite dry, and moulded it into a ball. "Come with me," he said, "and, Arthur, brin ; a plate of that dough with you." He took tlie cans and we followed him to tlie deck. There he carefully covered tho ball of dough witli the powder and going to the rati threw It as far m ho could out over tho placid sea. As the ball struck the water there was a loud explosion and tlie spray was thrown high into the air. The crow, who had been hanging over the port rail forward, turned and rushed over to seo what was up. Uncle John made another ball and threw it with like result. "Oil, honly torpeters,'" growled ono of the men, nnd they turned back to their places. Uncle John now evi dently anxious to give us thorough proof of tho value ol his compound was for throwing more balls, when tlio boat swain, rolling alt, touched n is nut, ana said to the captain; " ' "Please, sur, there's a big shark all has showed his tin doll the port bow, and if so bo that the doctor '11 wait a bit with his torpeters we'll show 'im some fun a catchiu' of it." "All right, bo'sun," said the cap tain, and we all wont over to tho port rail. " ' "There ho is," said tho captain, pointing to a sharp, black thing that, rising just above the water, was cutting quietly through it. "That is his fin, and there's a big shark under it or I'm much mistaken. 'The ineii fell back and looked eairerlv. Tlie cook handed up a big chunk of meat. "Wipe it as dry as you can." said uncle, "and tie it lirmly to the rope." When this win done lie sprinkled the powder from tho can carefully over tho meat, then ho cur ried It cautiously to the rail. J lie shark, was cruising back and forth. Uncle lowered the meat slowly into the water right in front of the monster. Ho saw tho bait and darted at it. and then there was a tremendous report and tint spray Hew into our faces as we leaned over the rail. The next moment we saw the big lish flouting motionless on the water. ' "Messed if 1e 'asn't Mowed 'is 'end clear oil,'" said the boatswain. It was so. That terrible compound of Uncle John's hud needed only the impact of the shark's teeth to explode it with deadly olioct."' Oh, it's oulv a lish story," Edward Fawrctt interrupted when l'rof. Smith, who is an expert elocutionist, had ypoken thus fur in the assumed character of tlie dead man. It is it lovely story," Prof. Smith went ou, with no lapse from his imper sonation of tlie solemnly speaking spirit of Hartley. '"Our vessel was plundered and aoandoucd oy a mutin ous crew. Only Helen, whom 1 maillv loved but who hud never vet confessed she loved me, was left alone on board with me. Days of famishing mid lever ensued. One afternoon Helen was lying motionless iu the shadow of the companion hatch. I threw myself down by her side. Nie put out tier hand and grasped mine and a tlusli crossed her face. 1 was too weak to speak, and thus hand iu hand we lay for 1 dou t know how long, iiradiialiy 1 lost consciousness, perhaps iu sleep. At. all events my spirit was not free. The frail body still had strength enough to retain It. 1 was aroused by some thing dropping on my face. As con sciousness came back 1 saw that the sky had become overcast; that a cool Invee was blowing and thai gentle rain was falling. Helen was silting erect, ami w ith parted lips drinking iu the grateful ruiu-ludeu-air. I tried to rise, but could not. Sim was much stronger than 1 and at my direction went below and brought blankets ami clothes, which she spread ou the deck that they might catch the falling drops. She seemed quite v igorous, and al ready I felt my ow n strength coming back. Soon she was able to squeeze water from a blanket into a little can which stood by the mast. We were iu too great agony of thirst to think of small matters of neatness. She offered the can to me. Drink yourself. Helen," I said. ""'No,'' she answered, with a smile. ".m, you need II mosi. aim Kneel ing by in V side site slipped her arm under m head and witli her other hand held tlie water to my lips. "I drank eagerly. 1 lie draft was life to me. Never had water sutll treiigth-gi ing po.vcr. 1 hardly no tlced that it had left such a queer tasto upon mv lips, i sat erect. Helen w ith her arms sti.l around my neck, drank what rcmuinc 1 iu tlie can. Then she looked me full in the face. There was a new oxprcssio.i in her lovely eyes. A deep Hush was on her brow as she spoke. "Artlm," she said, and there was a tremor in the rich, deep voice, "Arthur, I km- you! Oh, I love you! Mv darling, my no'.ilo, faithful darling! Oh, Arthur, Arthur!" '"She throw herself Umiii my breast , with huruiu fact) aud sucaniiug eve. Tlie blood fciiped through my veins, jihe raised her sweet face nnd our lips net lor the first time, i Intro was an awful crash anil our freed spirits took their happv flight together. We had drank from the can that ha 1 contained Uncle John s explosive. A little ot tlie, 1IOWI lor had clung to the can, limited on the water, and adhered to our lips when we drank. I lie impact ot mat first elastic kiss had exploded the coiii- iind and our heads were blowu irom our shoulders. That's all.'" And Prof. .Smith smiled, as one does when one is thoroughly satisfied. Tilings We Throw Away. I have been told by many Jadics that they never throw away anything; I have been defied by others to mention anything except dirt which they did not cling to like a rich aunt. Now, to begin, does anv housewife ever throw away crusts, and odd pieces of bread, or does she only slip them into tlie catch-all, when no one is look ing? All ye that lire liable to bo tempted in this way know that crusts careliiliy saved can no nnuie into grid dle cakes, puddings, meal dressings, lish cakes; and when dried in the oven and ground up witli the rolling-pin they can be used for thickening soups and gravies, or for any purpose for which rolled crackers are used. Tlie nan of crusts carefully kept will save tho measure of meal or crackers anil leave another little coin in the purse to be generous with, or to wear away the barriers of narrow means. You have heard of the lady whose cake disappointed her in the very face of company coming to tea. Did you also hear that she was mad and threw it awavf She did nothing of the kind. Instead, she cut it up in slices, made a delicate little custard, brought out her preserves, and triumphantly placed on the table a very palatable charlotte russe. Another lady, in relating her marital experiences, said her husband objected to having rhubarb sauce brought to the table more than three times in succession! Of course she threw it away, and, of course ho twitted her with being wasteful. Oh, if one had but dared to suggest to the unhap py woman that she might have taken her rh ti barb sauce, or any other sauce that chanced to offend by its too great familiarity, and have made of it a nice large tart, with fancy twisted bars across tlie top, and thus she would have uiollilicd the tyrant, man. I wonder if every living housekeeper knows that apple-jelly and vinegar can be made from apple parings? Save tlio parings in the ice chest till a suffi cient quantity accumulates, wash, cover with water, and boil quickly for an hour. Strain through a jelly-bag, add half the quantity of white sugar, nnd boil gently two hours. Flavor with vanilla, and pour into heated glasses, For tlio vinegar, the parings are put into a jug, a little wati r is added, and they are allowed to ferment iu a warm place behind tlio stove. Do we throw away old clothes before all uso is got out of them, and they are rags? Some dou't, more do. With tlio scientific housekeeper tlio shining ., lonu ut niawj ululviiviii 1 11 i y; ti , hl Hons till us lowly lot is cast in a com fortable mat beneath tlie feet. V ith tho less industrious, and the immature, who are constantly taking their places in the world, clothes are often thrown into tlie rag-bug before they aro half worn out. A child's dress gets short iu the sleeves, and in it goesf A skirt shrinks and demands piecing out. Tlie demands, like tlie demands of an op pressed people, aro consigned to olmv- r .. .1 I li. .: . t .1... ... l ion, me uouviou oi mo rair-ua;; Changing fashions condemn many gar nients to that pit of darkness before their time, and the point at which dis cretion judges best to take a stand against outside pressures must ever re main an individual matter to decide, While some may overstep the boundary ou ono side or the otiier, the woman of reflection will generally do what best. (JootI Housekeeping. The Flight to The Cities. But, of a truth, are the New England youiifj folks with all this for i ulieri tance, anil the rr.in''e9 "to boot" get ting Inoculated with rural enthusiasm? Doubtful; more than doubtful, loun fellows of the suburban districts, nml young girls (with a readier zeal, 'tis to bo feared) grow up all along the pretty intervales, and amid the giant lients and tho waving tobucoo-fields, with sneaking fondness for those "leeks and onions'' of the city whose flavors drift by them, out from the Mindav papers, 'lliero the money rattles more; the scenes shift more; nnd for trees and sunsets they can get them both of Sunday, with a sweetheart, ou a hill' top. Shall this current of the young folks be stayed? It is worth discipline to stay thcni? V ill tlie next Mute bout- give us a paper on this question Do steady-going parents try to stay them? I trow not. t, was a good lellow whom I knew excellent agriculturisi all enthusiasm "believed in things country was worth living for; a clean patch of garden "suss" wus always moving psalm tohiin;neutiiess a ro.spel home-grown fruits the food of the gods, Tom, his boy, a shrewd lad growing up amid the ductilities of such environ ment, and making muscle liko a steer, when I saw him there, bure-legged, hoeing, pondering, stretching ranch symphonies out of "I'ofo C'ofe!" ask after ten years later. Is ho still putting his youthful energies to the weeds? "Waal no; got a lob in town" iu run-shop, a broker's, where not? And there is a half-proud parental acqul escence; tor the tiny is "a good bov pay's good; and there nre the readin' rooms, nml the lectin- s dou t you kiiowr ii7 notr And the girl whose skirts brushed the dew amont; the tine rows of "t'res. cents and of "McAvovs," and whose cheek w as as round ami as red as the berries she tended and gathered: How and where is sho eight years after! Still given to the pretty love of those dove-eyed Jerseys; still fondling them, or weaning them for some neighboi owner of like ago aud heart? ii Marvel, in Srribiter. White hats with black bunds for men am becoming fashionable m Loudon. DO YOU BELIEVE In EvnrluHtine Punishment! in ecclnsl ant leal government! lu uacuniutul encroachments! lu any HujjorHtilkm ; or DO YOU BELIEVE In Freedom Conscience 1 In Separation of Cliurcli and Htue! lu absolute mental liberty 1 lu intellectual hospitality? Send 2-cent stomp lor a copy of "FKKE- THol(iHT,,, a Uboral Journal. One month, 10 eouw. 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The Listener once knew a newspaper editor who was inspired to write an articlo of a light and entertaining character, suitable for .1 magazine. He wrote it in his odd moments, und then set to spcculatin as to whether it had any particular vuluo. It seemed to him that it had, but tho reflection that he might be ircjtldieed in its favor troubled him He hud had precisely tho same feeling when somebody had brought him an ar ticle that ho wanted to ptdgetuvorulilv How wus lie to get his own impartial linlgment on his own article? lie thought about it some time, and finally decided that the only way to get the necessary conditions was to senil niin- selt the article through tho mail, to TO' ceive it with other contributions, and to treat it all tlie way through as if it were somebody else's. 1 ho plan worked to a charm, lhe editor wrote a little note to himself to uccompany the article, inclosed stumps for a reply or a return of tho manu script and mailed tlie whole at the post olhco. toward the close ot the day, when the editor was near tlie end of s lot of wearisome communications, and hud got himself into the deulininsr mood that comes with fatigue, his article ar rived. After ho had allowed it to lie around a while ho broke tlio seal and read it. Then ho took a litllo slip, wrote on it reflectively, inclosed it with the manuscript in n big envelope and put it into the compartment marked "postolhce in the tin box that hung in the side of his desk. Next morning lit received the parcel buck and read with breathless interest this note which ac cunipauiod the munti-cript: 'Unavailable, too disyursivo and trivial iu its tone. .Should have been elaborated with more care. Many pas sages not needed iu the presentation of the idea. Contains promise, howuvor, author is adv ised to try again. Lionel Ilui'iiett Not a Fauntlorof Mrs. Hodgson linructte's elder son, Lionel, spent some time at Atlantic ( lit r last summer. Vivian wus with his mother doing K.urope, and Dr. Hur- nett was not expected home for several months. Lionel was staving with friends in one of the collages and ai peurcd to enjoy tlio absence ot tho pa ternal eye. The heir to the Burnett estates is 15 years old. He is short, but thickly set. witli a large head. He can outdo iu ciisseilness any live boys in the neighborhood. A reporter hud a long talk with the brother of tlie original Lord i uiintl roy, who, as everybody knows, is Viv ian, and appended aro some of the re murks he made on himself, ou his mother, on Vivian, the litllo lord, and on his mother's books. "Viv," he said, "was as much of a boy and a nuisance us I inn until in; had 'Fauntleroy' published. Wo both had orders to appear in our velv suits and to behave like little lords Viv is 13, and immediately simmered down and posed accordingly to orders, I rebelled, would not wear my curls or velvet suit, and decamped, leaving the whole field to y iv. 1 am an Ameri can, a Republican, and I'll bet you a box of cigars tho world's fuir will be hold in Washington. "I never took much stock in books, except dime novels. There's 'Lone Jack, the Brigand of the Kockv Moun tains.' It's a dandy. No stuff and nonsense about that Lots of blood and thunder und u fine detective in it, "O, you should see Viv writin letter. Doesu't look much liko the lit tle lord. Ho sits down at the table stretches himself and his legs, and then scribbles. Viv is a pretty fellow lie doesu't like anybody to say so, and he once attempted to lick a fellow for saving so. Ala s books have ruineu Viv. Beforo they were published he was a tirstruto follow and liked a good big spree as much as 1 do now. A Jack-ltalililt-I-'uriii. The only jack-rabbit farm in the country, so far as known, is situated on a flat alkali section near a town in ecu trul Kansas. It and its jack-rabbits are the property of a coursing association which w ill uot sell a ralibit to anyone else, and which depends on its farm fot the supply of hares taken to other citiei in park coursing events. 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