WD CAREER OF
BANDIT JESSE JAIS
Death
of
MI*
Stepfather
Recalls
Mem ories o f Am erica's Most
Desperate Outlaw.
WAS A SLAYER AND ROBBER.
Outrages Upon His Fam ily Incited
Him to Deeds o f Maniacal
Fury.
Recently the I'oatli of Dr. Reuben
Samuels, of Missouri, lias horn nil-
nounood In a line. To the majority of
readers this Item conveyed no aig-
i>lfleanee. Yet D.stor Samuels was a
figure In the guerilla warfare that
made of Missouri and Kansas settings
for the Moodiest and bitterest strlte
ever waged hy banded assassins, S.nn-
ttels was, however, a passive figure, the
accidental «'enter of affairs in which ho
t.s.k nit part, t'onllkt waged about
him. Its fiery billows surging up to the
tluv»lmld «*f his ho i:e. For he was th.»
lots: and of the mother of Jesse James,
a woman with the heart of a lioness,
loving her own with an Intensity as
tier-c ns the hatred she felt for her
enemies.
The death o f JV> tor Samuels r«valN
the, mad carter of Jesse, as Intreniil n
tnvhooti'r as ever murdered ami
robbed ; a man who for years, moving
In a community »vhere everybo«iy knew
there was a price on his head. nev«>r
ttinehed In the presence of dangiT.
Jam«'» was a man of curious parado\«'s.
lie was strong in friendship, terrible,
unrelenting In battle, whether under
the black flag of Quantrell or warring
ori the society that bad made him an
outlaw. To bis mother he was always
kind and affectionate: to his wife a
model husband. Ills children found In
him. so far as their tender senses could
an«reciate. every desirable element of
fatherhood. For a long time he as
sumed the name of Howard. There was
no better eitlz«»n than "Mr. Howard.”
no more thoughtful neighbor. Shortly
before he was killed there had been a
municipal pnx'tsslon In St. Joseph,
marking a local event. At the head *f
the parade was a platoon of police.
Immediately tiehlnd the police rode
Jesse James on a blooded horse, bis
little boy Jesse held before him. Such
were the chances the bandit took.
There h«^e been attempts to exalt
Jesse James. That he was driven Info
the bard school of Quantrell must be
S ln u «h it*r o f
Troo p «.
It was enough, tin«, to drive Jess.»
from the (vrtls of his threatened home
Into the ranks of the Quautrell guerril
las. There he found himself among
JESSE JAMES.
(From t Photograph Taken In 1873 >
men fittingly dcscrltied as crossed lie-
tween highwaymen and tigers. He was
a smooth-faced tsiy. yet s«s>n there was
n«>t one o f bis comrades a more dan
gerous fighter. Me was as g«s>d a rider
as any. a better shot than any. and
the ferocity that had slumbered within
him was roused to a pitch that made
him as demoniac as the rest of the lul-
qultous brotherhood o f butchery.
The exploits o f tlie guerrillas. In
which Jesse soon t.sik active part,
were almost beyond tiellef In thslr
reckless daring, their frenzied brutal
ity. The affair at Centratla illustrates
the actuating spirit. One day— It was
September 24. 1S«>4 -a train benrlng
v
fJ iM
ROBBERY
TH E
STAGE
COACH
admitted. Ills mother was a native of
Kentucky, and when the muttering« »if
civil war were first beard ber sympa
thies were with the South. So were
those of Doctor Samuels. In these sym
pathies It was but natural that the boy
should share. Quantrell's guerrilla or
ganization had operated before the dec
laration of war. It was a sinister
group, wholly without merer, hideous
In Its methods, its members made up of
social renegades steeped in crime, and
bent upon revenge.
U uantreir« «■nerrllla«.
Quantrell had a grievance against
some of the maurauders of the border.
Others had sworn to kill all the Fed
e r a l they could In reprisal against
outrages committed hy sympathizers
with the cause of the North. As Qtisn
trell gained prestige some soldiers de
serted the Confederate ranks to Join
lilm. Impelled by a blood-lust not to he
satisfied on the battlefield. They crave.]
the joy o f murder. They gave no qunr
ter. No prisoner was »pared. As fight
ers they were demons. TI ipj relied up
on skill as horsemen and with revol
vers. When they went Into action If
was with a fiendish zest that «xiuld
*iot be withstood.
It was the practice o f every Quan
trell follower to take the reins In his
teeth, guide the horse by pressure of
the knee» alone and, with a revolver
In each hand, plunge at full speed In’ o
the heart of the enemy. There was no
preliminary order, “ Trot, gallop!" hut
the trained horses sprang to the utmost
gait on the Instant. The rush wns a
terrifying spectacle, pitiless, a w fu l; a
veritable swath of death.
Bud as wus Quantrell, ns monstrous
his cruelty and measureless his passion,
there were liodli-s opposing him that
lacktsl none of his malignity of pur-
jiose. hut did lack his leadership. One
«lay the representatives of one of these
bodies ro«le up to the Samuels home.
They found I>octor Samuels at work
With Jesse In a cornfield. With oaths
they demanded the wherenbouts of
Quantrell. Samuels could not tell
them. Tl»»y hanged him to a tree nti.1
kept blin Hiuqiemled until nearly dead.
Thrice did the doctor have to submit
B A B C O C K M IL K
rhaitcd partirlo* to «|'|w»«r III thn lai.
nal course. Jesse had with him Itili An-
Tbt» «sin» result may »1» • l»e «ino to tisi
deismi, the l'cutrullìi loucher, and four
of the Younger hi others, as well as •impln. Accurals and * sally Mattered li gb leuipe'stufs ot e li1 er t i» milk or
Il »«o h *
Itisi III leni iiiou il <>f sebi
some others. Including Ins own brother
With LltiU Hiuny
or usi »,-,«ak «ehi or too lo » teiii|s»rMttiia
Frank. Frank has Invìi for many years
By J II rn>»iui. iv..f«....r «T Pslryln».
of ilio milk may result iu a »Iu te «>r
Unix» ri ly of lilulm Mumit«.
now a reputahle. law ahldlng Individ»
oloiidy test.
lial. He always lacked Initiative, ami
A great deal has licori wfitteli ahont
Modi more compiei« dire« timi» ae-
never hail a tithe of Hie singular abil tesili g milk ami a la n e iuiiiil«»i ni
eonipativ elicli olitili— thè p luci imi «ib
ity of Ji'sse. The first aet known to farmers already use thè tlaboisk test ;
lei t ol Dii» artici«» ts to iinpn • npon
have been committed by the gang was but en< n :h inquirí.»« have c me to the
lai mera thi» sluipllcitv <>( thè tesi sud
the robbery of a bank at t'orydon, low a wr'.er 'o wsirsut lhen.scr'ion t lis t t ' e t(1Ht „
,a ,mlhln|| my. , „ lol„ ,,r
a hold and open raid, which the pc- fuhj o*. Is not yet fully> iiiideiet«» d. i
lt .
„ la
»tm pl«
pctrHtors aiihcimee I to a gathering of »*■•“
"•» **»■“
Mau, «• “*»*»••»
seem *■-*»“
t„ have
the id. a that » •*—
the 1 ,,mt
,.| «.‘«Unary Intelligent»«.
clib.cus as they rod«» away, firing tli«»lr Babcock I, si «¡ a eon.pl, eated. and at ».H ln g to give U a I. Ule lim e and
Heal M
M 1
1 li P m llulilii uflnir
*.
an
unreliable
affair, I I > i aa a nn .
pistols. In July. 1*73. Iln»y ( roblH>.| « be«t
i Í ***" ’ * " " j 1 lenoe, can «asily mailet all ita detalla,
train on the c It. I. A I*, near Council erronecoa idea and aliould n«.t b.» al wi,,»., II,« fa.ui.r fully realla. • thaï U
Bluffs, niuriterlng an unarmed «»ngl-
W
fornirli.-« hi... a key rot only for » e ,«I-
n«»«»r. At Intervals follow«*! a robbery accurst«» and ea-iiy un-tero.l hv anyone tug out Ina iiiiprotitahl« cows, hut also
on the Iron Mountain, netting $10.000; who will give the matter a little «are («ir cheek mg up his en etnei y man, he
one on the Fnloti I’aclfic, where the fnl study an<! attention. It must h* will rot he slow to make ure of thw
borne in mind that tlie accuracy end Batioock test.
,
loot was $.Y>.('00, anil another with a
value o| tlie t.at.I.pend not alone ou
$17.1X11 haul on tlu> Missouri Pnolflo. In
tlie teat, but quite aa much on the
eaeh Instance there was dlsplaytsl ut
F A M IL Y H O I B k D S .
pr per taking ol the sample.
If that
ter Indifference as to the killing of
ts Improperly done th«. rteulla ere of
trainmen or passengers, although p»w
little value. For example, the writer S o m a G o o d Suggestions f o r the 8 m a l
slbly nil Inclination to leave a few .lend has known of otrw-owiiets who. when
Rrginne r.
to lend Imprcsslvet«»*« to the occasion. desiring to t»«t tlie milk «if an mdivid
M2! I’lvimmth colony ronrltit|«*<l treaty
By J K. .Shinn. t'm versO y *.f Mah.«, M m c o w .
XX'lfh sporadic outbreaks the James uni cow, have taken the «ample by
with i In* luti in ni.
Some
kimi
of
a
hotl.«MÌ
is
an
essential
gang .lid nothing especially notable milking diieetly into the rumple hot
ItVJS
I'lmm f«ir I tin Mn«nri«'hti*4»tfa «“nl*
factor If «me i* to reeure crops from
after th«. Missouri Pacific robbery un
tie
When it la known that the MM p | .„,. that require an e.ceptionally ,
X implt*lfi).
til SeptemtsT. l»»7i>. when they under p .rt of a era s milk is la g,.ly water
rw o a ,or
ing. A hot Issi " " • » Altaek . ou < ¿rotoli, M » mm , hy In*
took to rot. a hank at Nortlifleld, Minn. and the last part of atr pplnga is very
, n„ida an opportunity to grow cer- *
JU""
it- f.»t
it la a.it! ooi.f,..«t lliat
*
The citizens fought a go si light upon ei.»li
rich in
fat. It
is self evident ihnt aneli tain cr»|>", such * as radlehiwnnd
lettuce
1 anetnornrter, a measurer of lb
learning that the bank cashier had t*»«‘n aa.ur.ple would yield results ..f little in „dvanw o f Yt.e” .« s o ¿ V ”
Hlrrtifflh miti vrl.Hify «»f dir wind,
I
kill«»«!. Bill Chad»ell. «'!«»!! Milter and va I uh so f.ir at <l«:<*rutlnÌD)C t Ite tu'tuiil aa tomato*«,
, __ ____ mtthaiM'*.
__ r*l*ry
____
.n I
inveiit«»<| !»y WnlfitiN,
ami i
t’ harl«»y Pitts were shot t«> death nnd rlcbner. of that pirtlrular cow a milk. „ <(Wir |trfc. , „ a „ y demand that they Is« ! i Ttl .\!tit«ri«'Hii l'iiniri ki l«Niird • lettere
Bob and Jltn Younger, with J«»*.«*
«*f in:tr«j»ir* nini n priial nxaii»«t Ktiff*
The« milk to he teated should he HUrU.,, in u ,. hotlwd before they are
lami.
James, were wounded. The wounded pnrre l fr. Ill one can into another reve- ltB1I. |ltalllw|
rapW i,||v i„
Younger*, together «Ith their brother
ITiT
Hrituh for»»» lat|d(‘<l nt IV«'k«kiil
*Mr"
’' " h “ *»••• N‘ **th. A stil.».» crop« mu.t ever
„ «p i,, pr.-duct of
Cole, wer» captured and sentenced to r t .m r until it I. of a un.form mixture
ami h «* ìj (« m | th** miltliiry et«»r«®e,
prison for Ilf«»
Ilob <ll«»«| It) prison, The sample is then immediately taken. , v#ry wol, , ^ !BreiM, ^r.Wn. the con- I «
f i«‘n H»*n**«li<-f \molti r»,«tiitn«»d hit
(Huititmnd in tilt* A in<< rio a » army
C«»le and Jim were |tardoned In 1001. p-efrrahiy with a small, long handled atruction and management of hoHiede
and a year later Cole coitiniltt«»«l sul- iPpp*r. If the teetmg cannot lie done ¡« • very timely topic for the prospec I7S| I h»* planct 1*ritmi« diwovrrrd hjr
ciil«». Frank James managed to get th>» •oou after .he aarnp'e is taken it imut tive gni.le*in U> consider.
|
HtracM
1»> placed in an aiitlght jar and some
Hrst ol all, a hotbed may lie defined IT hh l.nrit** «rrtlon <»f N**w Orl«*ana <!*•
Injure«! Jess«» Into Dakotn nn<1 away
preservative adiled to ke* n it rwret.
aa an Incl.auiie covered with sash and
«tr«»>«*d hy tir**.
K lllt'tl b y T r e a c h e r y .
The Balxvick test bittl«»s are gradu
Such a life ns Jesse Jam«»« l«*t was al«^ on the suppusttion that an 18 furnished with artificial heat so that lSt>| S\in(<loiu t»f Kfruria **iretrd hy
the plants are kept in an actively grow- |
N a |M»lrt)|)
bound to culminate In tragedy. Gov gram sample is taken.
Milk varies ing ronditlcn. Common stable manure
|KiH Ihikr of Ktighi«*}) «hot hy ord«*r of
ernor Crittenden, of Missouri, disgust«»I very little in its specific gravity and a
ccnstltulea the m iin souri'e for securing
Na|>«d«H>n.
at the futile efforts o f officers anti de- p p-tte graduated to hoM 17 6 cubic tlila heat.
Ttiere sre several require
tectlves to take hltn, offere«! a reward centimeter, w ill deliver »ppmximately IDeott that should tw« noted regarding 1Hi:» Milita ry opere (ione un lenti In th«
wer UiMren th** l'nif**d Stetn end
of $10.000 for his capture. One "Bob" IS gratin of milk. When the sai. pie the kind and quality of manure u-ed
(*r*aat llrìtein reinr to en **ml.
Ford, with Ills brother Charles, deter is r »«ly for testing, the j«r containing for hotbeds
It ahould l>e praclloslly
mined t«» »«satre this sum. They had it should be placed in warm water and the same age throughout, and it should 1M22 The l ’ nitrd Stet»*« erknowleflfrd
th« itidependrm'e *»f thè South Amer*
won the confidence o f the «mtlnw, the slowly heated to a temp ratureof about l»e of such texture that whan packed it
hen (tivernmrnt.
solitary Instance. |>erha|>a. In which his 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix the «am w ill neither b» fluffy nor w ill it b«
I.H.'Ì1 The celebrete<| bill for perliemrnt-
Judgment of men le i hltu astray. Th«»«e ple well; e s p d a lly see that any cream ->ggy.
On the other hand, it should
ery reforin r«*e«l ft»r thè ftr«t tinie in
boys had the freedom o f the James which may have gathered on the side resp-mil with springy elaaitlcity be
thè ltriti«h llouar of t'«mimone.
of
the
jar
is
carefully
mixed
with
Hie
home. They were both there one warm
neath th » weight of a man, without
day In 1882. Because of the heat Jess.» other p u t of the samp1«. The tneasur- fluffing up when the preeaure Is re- IH.it; Tetan« end Melicene engag^d in
I»etile ueer (¿«»lled. Teiee.
,
. . .
,,,
Horae manure which has from
had removed .-oat nnd vestnndtbeulnld
I* P®^® ,s nol*
' moved.
moved
aside his arms, n lack of precaution he Th.s is done hy sucking the milk up one., hi,d to one-half straw composing IH 12 Moni reeI Board of Traile Inror*
poreted.
had never before been known to exbile into th» p pette above the mark; the R, total bulk w ill usually be found to
It. Observing that n picture on the dry forefinger Is im m cliately place.! provWe thia requisite tritnra. More- 1 H.V» h‘ir«t trein pe«»ed orer Nlacere
bridge.......Inve«tigutiiig rommitt**«
wall wns askew, he uiouut<»d a chair over the top of the piprtte to prevent over, this manure ahould U fresh, in
re|M»rte*| t het thè KiUitai rieri ioni
By gently ort|„, that frruientation may proceed
to adjust It. This gave the Fords tb«»lr the milk from eicspmg.
were cerried by fremi.
relcH-in^ the |»rt*n«iirH the milk is *1* | rapidity.
chance. They had edged N twcen Jesae iowe l'to flow ouTunt.l "ievei with the
The process of fermentation ia started IWH Bucknow capiIIreti tiy thè Tiriti«))
James and the bed on which lay bis [nark on the stem of the p p*t!e.
The
forre under Sir t'olln ('ampbell. . ..
before the manure is placed in the hot
pistols. Hob
h then shot h ' In H I
V j, j,
,, ,w contains the 18 grams.
Sennte po««ed a bill to ndinit Kanan«
bed.
To
accomplish
this
the
manure
of the head. Th«»re
r>»«v gi—
g»s ■« • rhe sample is now emptier! into the
1 here were a . f.-»v
ee a State under thè I.ccoiupton con-
ia usually piled in long, shallow,
and Jesse Jam«»*, bandit and outlaw . le
etitutiun.
To
.io
this . . the
te«t liottle . square- topped piles; if dry when piled,
.
.
.
.
.
was d«»nd. He llve.1 J»i<t long snn - .
e held in a slanting position, it is moistened throughout, and if it la 18BI Kingdom of Italy r.tnb|i.b»-.| , . ,
to be gathered Into tl . arms -
» tl..- ’ ««u r e on the pipette released, al- apt t0
» , . e r s.«ked, a. ia Ih»
Title of King of Italy «-onferr«*!
wife. The revolver til ' w
upon Victor Krnmamirl.
‘ *'
® ‘ ,k to slowly run Into the c , . , in IBiny climates, it should ba
his undoing had been fils
mch a way as to allow the atr pile),
(ol wh. „
murh INiH Gen. Grant «»»ninni command n*
the man who used It. Th. ¡\ .I, - c t i grt . . Ily escape from the b<>tt 1«.
moisture ia pt.-aent manure will re-
all the «mile« of the t'nlon
their money, n pardon fr m t h e . .v -,
Tha r.ext step Ui aidin g theacid, i
co, j .
The f l „ t fermentation la 1811.” Gen. Sherman arrived nt Gold«-
erm.r nnd the «lelestnt! n .f ■ v . T :
* .-r -neasure.) in the acid graduate: ,|nj#, t lllrp to ^ j rrcg„|af>
R j,
hofo and Joined the amile« under
cnernl.»* of Jesse Jon...
Th. .»nff-»r ‘ 'ha
amount to nse will depend crasary to fork over the pile, diatribut-
r ¡en S. tioti.-i.l nnd Gm. T erry .. . .
they knew no pence. ’ -*t * ■ r •«".* none, »'K 1 y on the rtrangth of the acid, the |I1(t the hot ,naaDre throughout tl.*
I '..rifoderate» nltm k.-.t Gen Slocum'«
so mean ns to exti nd n hnnd to them. | temperature of the sample to be tested, mnB, in orj „ , ^
|he
unlfortn-
dividan of Sheruinii'» army near
llelitonvllle, N. C.
Cburlea Ford <»ommitt«»d suicide iu rtc. If ordinary commercial sulphuric |y distrlhut-*»!.
W inn it ia notice«!
Richmond. There were no mourner*. aci«l is used, 17 fl cubic centimeters t |mj f |,.atn |g coming from the pile I »7 t'.-.sioo of Russian Xm.-rlca to th«
l i.itr.l St«i.-.
Bob Ford drifted to Colorndo, Iwcntne will be found approximately correct, gggln unlformy, it may ba taken aa evl-1
nn unwelcome habitue of gambling .'u - * ,1
.'.1 *1.!
-p**. U f**!! *
«letce that the manure 1« ready to place jn ; s Th.» Huh F..irl ..f lmi>e»rhmenl
hall» and was shot In a drunken brawl. the tester w ill soon notice the pnper jn t [ie hotbed.
it(M-n«»»l f.ir tlie tr.nl of Fresid.-nt
Johnson.
For long there has hung In the Sam amount to use. To prevent the b ru- ! A ft«r one thoroughly understand» the !
uel» home a frann-d scroll bearing till» ing or charring of any part of the milk ,mpottant ,ieU il. of preparing th» 1871— Insurrection broke out among Hi«
Hie acid is pourcl slowly down the side manure for the purpose of li«-ating, at
inscription:
troop* in l’an».
of the bottie until all has been nil led. tention should be call'd to the location
In Loving Remembrance of my Beloved Now give the bottle n gentle rtitwry and conet ruction of tlie pit and frame. |HS| Alexander II. of Rtiuaia killed by
the explosion of a lioiiih thrown hy
Son
motion, thug giving the acid a chance Pits are usually dug from 24 to 30
NthU •
JESSE \V. JAMES
to act equally on all parts o* the milk. inches deep and of «ufiicient size to ad
Died April 3. 1SS2
Then let it stand three or four minutes, mit the frames being plactd Inside I. 8.S2 Mnnv live« lust tiy earthquake is
Aged 34 years •» month» 28 days.
t'ostn Rica
after which it is given another rotary their walls. K iel) pit« should be lo
Murdered hy a Traitor and tVrwnrd
movement and then place-* in the cated near some much fieqm tiled path, l*fli| Steamer I'topln sunk In eollisior
Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear
tester.
off Gibraltar with loss of nearly lk<
in order that they are stite to recoiie
Here.
The liottle» are placed in the tester
live*.
Such Is a l.rh-f sketch of Jesse in gnch a position as to keep the tna- the ri'iptieite amount of attention. A l
ways iiHve the hotlied facing the south 1804— Walter Wellman Arctic etpe.!iti«ir
Jnnw-s. dnuntl«-s», desperate, hrutal, a chine balanced.
The bottles should
and if such a site ia availah e. put it nn
sailed from New York.
soldier of vengeance, who warred upon ! now be whirled for five or six minutes the south side of some building or tight
IU0O— la>r«l Itolierts entered Bloemfon
society, his hand against e«-ery man. at such speed as is generally marked on
hoard fence or h ill. Protection should
tein
Ills legacy the memory of bitterness the machine. The machine ia now al
also lie sought from the [revailing
At once loving anil merciless, th-; lowed to «low down for the purpose of winds, for winds have a <lecl<Je«l effect 1007 Great fl.sids in I’ ittsluirg ; wale-
Enough in carrying away the heat. A well-
strange and paradoxical priHlur’t o f adding water to the bottlee.
the highest in seventy y e a r ».,..
American marines liiiulcd in lion
heredity and environment. It may la* water is added to bring the contents tip draimd b-a'ion is also an issential re-
duras.
said of him. "W e never shall see his to the neck of the bottle, after which nirement.
like again,” tint in the saying there the machine is again stalled and run
Hotbed sash are 3xfi feet in size and
NUBBINS 0 ? FARM NEWS.
can he no cadence of sorrow. —Henry for two minutes ; again stopped and coat about »3 ench. Frames for these
sufficient warm water added to bring w , h are
with thp ,(Ht.k , 2 in,.hp,
Montana stockmen are preparing foi
James in Philadelphia Ledger.
all the fat contents up into the gradu- tlil<her „ „ „ , hp fro„ t th„ u ,er bei
extra heavy shipments <if cattle to tin
ated part of the bottle. After another, , 0 in,.hpi. The number of sasiv and early ninrkels. The excellent comlitloi
('«a id See For Mlinseir.
Clarence F«>ster ("l*np">, the old hall whirling of one minute the samples are th* size of the frame will depend upon in which Hie rattle went through th*
player, was nlways hti«y sewing In his to be read. It may be well to state ! the nt# |() Q, lhp f. m||r> L’ anally one winter 1« the «mise.
f(.„, w„| afTor<1 tuflic|ent
Register S. limit of the Helena, Mont.
»pure moments in the clubhouse. Fos that it is preferable to use so t water frmme
State land office, has deposited $l!rj,71C
ter wns a handsome fellow and t«iok and that the temperature should la» hotbed area fo| a fam„ o( -ix>
Before lb* frame I* placed upon the as a result of n half month'* husmea» in
pride In keeping himself looking neat ab«mt 120 degress bshrenhelt
To read the amount o fat take one pU the fermentin({ mantire ¡9
in the sale of State lands. The money It
and natty ns far ns hts attire went,
pottle out at a time, hold it upr ght : tt,„ pit and thor,)11Bhly Co.npacte.l, plnct-d to the credit of the State educa
and he was as particular at an old
the graduated part should be on a level brin„ in(l tha ,evel ol the manure to tional institutions.
maid regarding his clothes, so was
At Iowa Falls. Iowa, action has been
with the eyes. The difference between within three incher ol the su rfoe of
kept busy ilolng the tailor act with the highest and lowest limits of the I th„
Ffom th re, ,0 ai, |nrh ,, of brought against the I’eterson I leal. Light
the needle and thread. One August butter fat column is the amount of hut.
and Water Company, a De» Moines com
good loamy garden soil are distributed
" I ’op" wns taken III and was ailing ter fat expressed in per cent direct.
pany, doing husmea» in Iowa Falls, and
evenly over the surface of the manure Alden, to forte the company to furnish
for wane few days. The fact of his Ill Most milk battles are graduated up to
in order to furnish a seed lied. The
ness got Into the-public press nnd so 10 per cent, each large division Indi seed is not p la n 'el until the excessive electric lights to two or three farmers
beenrn«» common talk among the play cates one per cent and each small divii- heat cf the firet few days has h«»gun to living along the high tension line between
the two places.
ers. A few «lays after the announce ion two-tenths of one per cent of butter „ „ ^ 1 « .
By the use of a thermometer
At n durum wheat convention In Hrand
ment was made that Foster was 111 fat. To illustrate the method of read j bfi temperature may bo ai’Curately as
Forks, N. D., composed of delegates from
the St. Ixmis aggregation blew into the infl let It be supposed that the top of c©rtained. Tomato** may be sown at a various commercial «dilli» of North D«-
Washington grounds.
The first day the fat column ¡ a at 8.5, am) the hot- temperature of 90 to 80 <?e/roset cab- kola, resolutions were unanimously adopt
Foster was discovered sitting In front tom at 4 5, then the readings 8.5-4 5 bage an(j lettuce from 80 to 70 dfgre«** ed in whfi-h it was set forth that millers
of the clubhouse, busy at his everlnst equals 4 per cent fat. This moans that
and elevators have been uniusHy discrimi
in 100 pound* of this kind of milk
Ing sewing.
nating against durum wheat in the mat
there would be exactly 4 pounds of fat. I Itailway whittles Inflict tortur. on so ter of price, and it was ris'ommended
"Hello, Pop!" shooter Catcher Joe
If the testing has been properly done j
,h' ,,'ror'* abr':“ '1 *° that durum wheat growers organize hy
Stigden. “ 1 beard you were sick, but
the butter fat column should be per- ,r.h" k
'’laK'!" h,nv' T®n ■W roT*1 fro,n counties to protect their own interrai».
how are you now?"
fectly clear, of s. brownish yellow color ; nyat(m of
, ai(flialin),
stBr, am, J. L. Cashel was elected president of the
"W ell, Jo«»." carelessly respond<‘d the line separating it from the s>id
stop the train». Belgium is trying coin- assfxdntinn to promote the interest of
Foster ns he pansi-d a moment In his i-hoiild lie clear and distinct.
Too pressed sir whistles Instead of steam, anJ durum wheat, and T. It. Atkinson of
tailor stunt, "I have been sick, but strong acid ia apt to cause black or Germany cTnerimenf» »»Ith t-nrn-
Bismari'k wns made secretary.
Just at present, as you «-jm nee for
During- the past winter the Stale of
l’ en<-h V la rgar,
< T r»l* A p p l e P i e .
yourself, I happen to !«■ on the mend"
Minnesota had section 3*1. in Itasca Park
L’ se for this over rl[ie peaches and
Wash the large crHb apples, qunrter (deareil of (lend nnd down timber. Th«
— XVnshington Star.
peal Inga. Mash ami mix with water them, and remove the stems nnd cores. contractor hanked 8<SI,(SS( feet, which
T h « l oop.
sufficient to keep the flavor o f the Fill a deep dish with apples, put on sold for $11 [1er thousand.
peaches. To a gallon of this add four one cup o f sugar to one quart o f npples,
“ This flat Is u mere coop.”
The La Crosse County (W is.) Agri
“ Yes, John,” said his wife sweetly, ounces brown sugar and a half com cover with a crust and link«». Or tmkn cultural Association, «i|M»i'ntlng the rotini y
"Rtid the cook has Just flew It,"— Pitts pressed yeast cake softened. Turn Into with nn under crust, adding sugar af fair, voted to lionate the fair grounda to
a Jug or cask and set In the sun to ter linking and covering with whlpis-d the Slate for the establishment of an
burg Post.
agricultural school and domestic science
fermeiit.
crenm.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
department. John Berg of Itolman Was
It’s surprising how many clothespins
Kitty— Mamma, are we in society?
a little woman can hold In her mouth
The Mexiron government Is experiment elcited president of the association. An
Mrs. Topflat— Yes, dear,- but society ing with various methr»ls for obtaining appropriation of $11,(810 will he made
It Is always a sign of weakness to hasn't found It out yet.—Chicago Trib the best results from irrigation. The dry hy the «-otinty supervisors to assure the
take a compliment seriously.
une.
farming infthod is nlno to he well tested eatnhllsbment of the school
to thin torture, ami was left senseless
and bliHSling. Jesse had I hvii obliged
to look ou. flicti with whips he was
scourged up ami down the corn rows,
prualdcd with bayonets. Little wonder
that there arose within him a tumult of
hatred. Cnwlttlng'j the visitors were
training him for a place with Qunti-
trell, that grim Individual who with
Ids own hand had slain thirty out of a
(«and of thirty-two that tud killed a
brother.
■.caving Samuels to suffer, the Inter
lopers next detuamhsl of Mia*. Samuels
that she betray Quautrell. “ I mu like
Marlon’s w ife." slw rcs|nuule«l. "what
I know I will die knowing.” They did
not kill her. A little later she was
taken to Jail In Liberty, and then», with
her daughter. subJtvffAl to hardship and
grossest Insults. She was a Southern
sympathizer and. far from denying th«»
fact, gloried In It. In a community
aflame with excitement and prejndhv.
growing acrattoincd to every expres
sion of violence, this was offending
euough.
Hr
THE
JAMES
OANO.
twenty-four F«»deral soldiers rolled into
the little station. Cpon the platform
awaited Bill Anderson, one of Quau-
trell's most *ava.,e followers, and
enough of bis associates to overawe the
soldiers. The twenty-four were march
ed out o f their car. stood In a line and
slaughter«*! to a man.
Soon after .'TOO troops under Major
Johnson sought to punish this deed,
and approached a rendezvous where
there were 202 of the guerrillas. John
son adopted suicidal tacth»s. Evident
ly he dhl not understand QuantreH's
way. He causvsl Ids men to dismount,
and thus they stood awaiting the on
slaught. On came the guerillas like a
whirlwind. They could not be with
stood. Human courage could not en
dure against these grinning devils, who
rode with teeth bared and holding tile
reins. After one volley the troops fle<1.
They were pursued as foxes are pur
sued. and of the 300 only eighteen es
«•aped. The rest were not woun«le<l
They were dead.
In this charge Jesse James, having
the b«*st horse, was In the lend. It wns
a bullet from his unerring revolver that
laid poor Johnson low, and many others
were accredited to him that dreadful
day. The guerrillas lost four men. Such
was their usual fortune. By ex|ivri-
ences of this kind Jesse James was
hardened. He was a butcher of men.
An incident characteristic of J«»sse
James may be related here. After the
war. traveling In Tennessee, he found
the widow o f an ohl comrade. It hap
period that a mortgage upon her home
was to be foreclosed that day. and she
was momentarily expecting the Sheriff
and the money lender. The sum she
needed was
Jesse had this with
him, hut no iffore, and he wns far from
home, but he gave It to her. Then h«»
secreted himself hy the rqadslde, watch
ed the officials and the lender arrive
nnd depart, and stepping from amhnsli
with leveled pistols, made them dis
gorge the entire amount, with which lie
went on his way, happy In having saved
the widow's home at the cost of a tri
lling Inconvenience not In Itself disa
greeable.
*
When fully launched upon bis erlml-