KLAMATH FALLS REPÜBUCAN
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KLAMATH FALLS ....OREGON
Tbe United States Senate will note
that It haa become good magazine ma
terial.
Ennyhow. thia speling reform blznaa«
la likely 2 bar ruf aledlng before It
git« thru.
Aa a rule the Imaginative poet la one
who Imagine« he can exchange hla
poetry for real money.
There la no law agalnat women vot
ing in Italy, but the women appear to
have dlacovered It only Lately.
If every bridal couple could atart
with WnO.oOO worth of gift« the ques
tlon of easy housekeeping would not be
bard to solve.
Dr. II. Preston Pratt of Chicago
bellevtw electricity will drive ua all
blind. Then we will take more luterest
in second sight.
Tobacco la anld to be the currency of
British New Guinea. When a man
amokea there hla wife can tell him be
la just burning money. *
Conan Doyle says: “Reformed spell-
Ing might become unlveraal, but It
would cease to be the English lan
gunge." Yea, If reformed It would be
“Ingllah.”
The rarity of the conviction of men
in high place« who are accused of
fraud cannot fall of giving the mass«“»
a poor opinion of the way the law la
administered In thia country.
Elijah I. don't have to have a bank
account and Elijah III. has overdrawn
hla. A prophet without honor In hla
own town Is normal, but a propbet in
trouble with his banker la absurd.
Olga Netbersole, referring to the
stage, says: “It does not save lives; at
least, not directly.” Miss Netbersole'«
statement can hardly be regarded as
hysterical or lacking In conservatism.
What la to berome of that chorus
girl who Is heiress to $5» «.'.000? Of
course abe doesn't nave to "act” any
more, but then, she can hardly afford
to lose the benefit of all that free ad
vertising.
According to Mr. Carnegie, no rich
man can be happy. H. II. Rogers would
probably t>e able to furnish strong evi
dence In rebuttal If something horrible
were to happen to the Supreme Court
of Missouri.
The latest alarm that has been rung
tn la that the potato Is poisonous, the
reason being that the parls green with
which the plant Is sprinkled has set
tled in the ground and Infected the
tuber Itself. The time is coming when
everything we eat will have to be pro
vided with a certificate of good char
acter.
One class of New York policemen
are not always what their title indi
cates. One of these men appeared as
a witness the other day in a tan over
coat, a many-colored undercoat and
trousers, a plaid vest and a red neck
tie. To the question what was his bus
iness, be replied that he was "a plain
clothes man.”
Several of the fruit porta of Central
America have called upon the United
■tat ee—more particularly on New Or
leans—for aid In stamping out and
preventing yellow fever. Port Limon,
which was formerly a pest spot for
breeding the disease, has been entirely
rebuilt In the last three or four years,
and the result la so satisfactory that
rival banana shipping ports wish to im
itate Its example.
Plans for an organic union of the
Congregatlonallsts. tbe United Brethren
»nd tbe Methodist Protestants were per
fected at a conference In Dayton last
month. A common name for tbe new
denomination Is to be found later, but
tbe selection of a name does not seem
to trouble tbe men behind the move
ment There are more Interested In de
veloping plana for working together
for tbe good of tbe world. When tbe
union Is perfected, there will be a com
pact body of more than a million com
municants in place of three «operate
bodies with separate denominational
machinery.
Among seven hundred boys recently
examined In an Eust aide school it
New York only three could raise them
selves up by their arms on a horizontal
bar until their chins were on a level
with tbelr hands. Many of tbe chil
dren In tbe schools in tbe poorer parts
of tbe city de cot know bow to play.
They have to be taught tbe simplest
games, like tag and bop-w-otch. Tire
pathos of a childhood without play
boa begun to appeal to tbe public-spir
ited persons In tbe city, and they are
asking tne government to provide more
playgrounds in tbe crowded quartet a
Money »[lent in this way will sari
thousands of boys and girls from pau
perlsm and crime.
Collier’s Weekly throws a bouquet nt
American newspapers by declaring »hat
they "today have more power a id use
it ror bettar ends than at any previous
time.” It goes on to say that the per-
manonce and reality of the gain de
pends on whether the public wi'l show
Ito appreciation of higher standard« by
support and patronage of tbe better
class of newsp«i>er« rather than ttfo
poorer »nd demoralizing class. Some
few js'oslmtoto who bewail the fact th.it
the moat vicious yellow Journals serin
to nourish may be disposed to ques
tion this, but a careful and unpreju
diced survay will surely confirm Col
lier’s conclusion that the tone of our
American newspapers to steadfaslly
higher as well as the tone of American
bus! WS and society, both, doubtless,
reacting upon one another In tbe same
direction.________ __
h»1 heard the night before
“It’a my
' to tbe game honestly played, lie played
belief, air, that he was trying to swim
1 w ben Iu college and likes the game still.
(he bay,“ he said, “lie must ha* gone
' Ills words, coming frinu a friend, may
to th« bottom anyhow, for lie couldu’t
■ have more weight with the fanatical
nwlni flvo yards with them Irons.“
defender* of the game tliau timer of a
Vickers, busily engaged in getting un
man -whose ohjisnlona to f.Hrtball are
der way, accephhl this very natural sup
By MARCIR CLAWKB
position without question. The prisoner
' more fundatneutaL
Omitting minor
had met hie death either by hie own act
points. I’nwident Angell's crlUviauis of
or by «evident. It was either a suicide
the game may be grouired under three
or attempt to escape, and (he former
| beads: The serious rousequetu-ea of tbe
<x»nduct of Itufus Ihiwes rendere<l the
I game among young players In high
latter evplanntion a more pro)».tble one.
CHAPTER XII.
»»•nt down the bay. an.! returned, after
i schools and academies, tbe waste of
Iu auy case, he was dead
Aa Mr Troke
•The old dodge." »aid Frees again.
» day ■ absence, with an addition to their
time during twelve weeks of the col
1 rightly suruihed, no mnu could awliu the
“Of course. I couldn’t let him go; but
lege year, and the huge amounts of I took him out of the chain gang, and number In the shape of four strangera i bay In trona; and when the Ladybird.
and a quantity of store» and fanning
•n hour later, paaaed the Grummet
i mouey luiulved. The larger number of pnt Mm on the Oeprer. Yon »sw her implements.
Rufus l»a«ea. catching
’ the serious Injuries reported during in the dock as you came In. He worked
w«irke»l eight of th«»» last, came to the conclu t Hock, all on board her believed that the
the season occftr among tbe young play tor some time very well, and then tried sion that the boats had been to Philip corpae of Its late «»ccupAnt was lying
beneath the waves that seethed at Its
ers In the preparatory schools, whose to bxdt again.”
Island, where ths "garden" was eatab
“’Fhe old trick. Ha; ha! don’t I know lulled, and had taken off the gardeners base.
frames have not reached tbe vigor
The drifting log that had so strangely
and garden produce. Rufus Dawes de
| which will stand tbe severe strain to it?” aaya Mr Frvre.
served as a means of saving Hufua
“
Well,
we
caught
him
and
gave
him
cided
that
the
lmdy
bird
had
brought
a
■ which nerve si nd Line are subject«»!
Dawea swam with the current that was
fifty. Then he vras •eut to the chain
I during a hard fought game. Besides gang, cutting timber, Then we put him new commandment his sight, trained I ruuulug out of tbe bay. For tome time
by his half savage life, had already die
conspicuous bruises and fractures on into the boats, but he quarreled with tingiilshed
the burdeu that It bore wae au Inaeu
Mr. Maurice Frere -and that
the field tbe game to even more fatal the coxswain, and then we took hhn these mysteries were "Improvements” sible one. Exhausted with his desper
In Its after effects on many of the boys back to the timber raft«, About six under the new rule. When he arrived ate struggle for life, the convict lay
wbo take part In It Beside* that a weeks ago he made another attempt
at this |»lnt of reasoning, another con- along the rough bark of this heaven
player wbo distinguishes himself on the »gather with Gabbett. the man who jeeture. assuming his first to have been •ent raft without motion, almost without
breath. At length a voleut shuck awoke
field Is likely to be coaxed away from nearly killed you but hia leg was correct, tollowod aa a natural conse him to couaclousneea. and lie perceived
hafe-l
with
the
iron«,
an
t
we
took
him.
Lieutenant
Frees
would
be
a
quence.
the natural order of his studtes and
Gabbett and three more, however. g»t more severe commandment than Major that the log had become stranded on a
sneaked Into college with Inadequate aw
ay,“
' iekera. Now, severity had already sandy point, the extremity of which was
preparation and under circumstances
Just then some one came up the gar reached its height, so far as he wss ! lost in darkness. Painfully rnlalng hhu
which make It almost Inevitable that den path and saluted.
concerned; so the unhappy man took a •elf from hie uncomfortable posture, he
he should regard the playing of foot
“What la it. Troker
final resolution he would kill himself. •taggered to his fret. ami. craw ling a
ball as the chief end of bls ambition.
“Prisoner given himself up. sir. Gab-
Ignorant that the sights and sounds • few pace« up the beach, flung himaelf
He C ’ • b ick to night.
lie'-« about him were symptoms of ths final upon the ground and slept.
The larger part of the fall term of • ett
When he woke up It wae past mid
college to given up to drill on the part down at the sheds. You can see him at abandonment of the settlement, and that
ths Lady-bird was sent down to bring day. and the sun pournl Its full rays
of the players, varied with hours of once, gentlemen. If you like.”
It was not far to the sheds, and after away the prisoner«. Itufus Dawes de tq»on him. His clothe« were dry In all
battle and days of slow recuperation.
a few minutes* walk through the wood elded upon getting rid of that burden places, save tbe all« on which he had
The rest of tbe students talk alm.»st en palisades they reached a long stone
life which prea-u-d upon hint so heav been lying, ami he roae lo hla fret re
exclusively of the game. This waste of buil tng. two stories high. fn?m which of
ily. l-'or six years he had hewed woo»i freshed by hla long sleep. Hr scarcely
precious time must lie avoided aw- ¡•»sed a horrible growling pierce?! with and drawn water; for six years he had comprehended, as yet, his true position.
bow It must ts* remembered that the I shrilly screamed songs. At the sound hoped agalnat hope; for six years he He had eeceped. It was true, but not
tuition fee charged by utdverslties not >f the musket butts clashing on the pine had live,! iu the valley of ths shadow of for long He was vererd in the history
State Institutions pays only from one w.»<M flagging, the noises ceased, and a death. Hs dared not recapitulate to of eerapoa. ami knew that a man alone
on that barren c?'«*t w aa face to face
half to one fourth the cost Universi silence more sinister than sound fell on himaelf what he had suffered. Indeed, with atarvatlnn or recapture. Glancing
hla sense* were deadened and dulls»! by
ties are supported either ty State the place.
Passing between two rows of warders, torture He cared to remember only one up at the sun, he wondered. Indeed, how
grants or by tbe Income of funds con-
the two officers reached a. sort of ante- thing—that hs was a prisoner for Ilfs. It wns that he had been free so long.
tribute«! by pious or charitable peo- mom to the jail, containing a pine-log
In vain had b»»en his first dream of free Then the coal sheds caught hla eye. and
pie. The acceptance of the privileges stretcher, on which a mass of some dom.
He had done hie beet, by g»x*d he understood that they were untrnant-
thus liberally offered Involves a moral thing was lying. On a roughly made Conduct, to win release; but the villainy ed. This astonished him. and he began
obligation on the part of the student •tool, by the side of this stretcher sat of \ etch and Rex ha»! deprive»! him of to tremble with vague apprehension. En
to use his time to advantage, but this a man in the gray dress of “g hh I con the trult of hla labor. Instea«! of gain tering. he looked around, expecting er
obligation and this Indebtedness are duct” prisoners. This man held be ing credit by his exposure of the plot on rry moment to see some lurking consta
ble or armed soldier. Suddenly his
too often forgotten. President Angell tween his knees a basin containing gruel tatard the Malabar, he was himself glance fell upon the loaves which lay
calls attention to the fact that a good and was apparently endeavoring to feed deetno«l guilty and condemned. In spite of in the corner where the departing con
mass on the pine logs.
hie asaervatlone of Innocence. The
football coach gets a larger salary than the “Gabbett!
victs ha«! flung them the night before
”
knowledge of his “treachery,” while It
a cabinet officer or a justice of the Su
The intelligent Troke, considerably gained for him no credit with the au At such a moment, this discovery seem-
preme Court of the United States. The alive to the wishes of his superior offi thorities. procured for him the d testa ed like a direct revelation from heaven.
amount of money received aud spent cers. dragged the mass into a sitting tion and 111 will of the monsters among He would not have been surpriaetl had
they disappeared. Had he lived In an
In football Is demoralizing to all who posture, and awoke It.
whom ho found himaelf On his arrival
Gabbett—for it was he—passed one at Hell’s Gates he was a marks»! man, a other age. he would have looked round
have to do with It. With this and the
fur
the angel who had brought them.
other objections removed and brutality great hand over his face. and. leaning pariah among those beings who wore
(To b« eontlnmnl.t
exactly
in
the
position
In
which
Troke
pariahs
to
all
the
world
besides.
lessened by wise regulations there will
had
placed
him.
acowlbd,
bewildered,
at
In ths meantime, the settlement was
be a chance to get the benefits of a
A JOURNEYMAN BARBER.
hia visitors.
■ In a fever of excitement. In lees then
manly game such as football ought to
“Well. Gabbett»“ says Vickers, “you’ve thr»*e weeks from the announcement
be.
This
Toneoriallat Multr«
In
come back again, you see. When will
made by Vickers, all had been got ready.
you learn sense, eh? Where are your The commandant had finally arrange-l
mates?”
with Frere as to his course of action
“I >ead.” says Gabbett.
He himself would accompany the Lady-
While
other
(oaitrlei
Pro*re«s,
“Why don’t you «at your gruel?**
blr<! with the main body. Ills wife and
However, It Hetuwlne the Same.
“I have eaten II Ain’t yer got mif
Ten centuries ago China was un fin’ better nor that to flog a man on? daughter were to remain until the I sail
doubtedly the most civilized portion Vgh! yer a mean lot! Wot’s it to b« Ing of the Osprey, which Mr. Frere was
to bring up as soon as possible. "I win
of the world and 3,000 years ago ouly this lime, major? Fifty?”
leave you a corporal’s guard, and ten
Egypt and possibly India could have
“A nice specimenT* «aid Vickers, with prisoners as a crew." Vickers «aid. “ ’You
competed with it But while tbe oth a hopeless »mile. “What can one do can work her easily with that number."
ers have changed In various ways, with such a fellow?“
To which Frere had replie»! that he could
“I’d fl”g his aoul out of hia body,” do with fire prieoners If necessary, for he
China has remained tbe same. Think
of some of Ito achievements! The sail Frere, “if be «poke lo me like knew how to get double work out of the
that“
laay dogs.
greatest structure ever reared by hu
The giant raise.I bis great head and
Near Philip's Island, on ths north side
man hands Is the great wall. It Is looked
at the speaker, but did not rec-
1,500 miles long; without break it ognizs him. He saw ouly a strange of the harbor. Is situate»! Coal Head,
where a party had been lately at work
crosses valleys, cllrnt« mountains, face—a viaitor, perhaps.
“Y’ou may This party, hastily withdrawn by Vick
clambers up the face of precipices and flig. and welcome,
wehxmie, master,
master,' ” sai»l he. era to assist In the biieinese of devasta
bounds an empire on the north.
"if you’ll give me a fig o’ tlbbacky." tion. ha<! left hehln»! it some tools snd
It was built before the formation of Frvre toughed. The brutal Indifference timber, and st the eleventh hour a boat’s
the Roman empire, while It was still of the rejoinder suite»! hl« humor, aud. < rew was eent to bring away the debris
a republic and while Christianity was with a glance at Vickers, he took a The tools were duly collected, and the
•mall piece of cavendish from th« pock pine logs—worth twenty-five shillings
still unborn, in 2<H B. C. Or, to take et
of hl« pea Jacket, and gave to the
a modern Instance, while the enlight recaptured convict. Gabbett snatch«»! apiece In Hobart Town—duly rafted an»!
chained. The timber was secure»!, an»!
ened peoples of Europe were still en it as a cur anatche« at a bon«, «nd the convict«, towing It after them, pulle»!
gaged with tbe crusades, before gun thrust It whole Into his mouth.
for the ship Just as the sun sunk. In
powder or the printing press bad been
“How many mates had he?" ask«»! the genera! relaxation of discipline and
Invented China built the great canal, Maurice, watching the champing jaws haste the raft had not been made with
as one looks at a strange animal, and aa much care aa usual, an»! the strong
almost 700 years ago.
Our Imagination falls us with such asking tbe question as though a "nisi«" current against which the boat was la
was something a convict was born with boring assisted the negligence of the con
numbers. A thousand years of Chi —like a mole, for instance.
victs. The logs began to loosen, and
nese history make no Impression upon
“Three, sir.”
though the onward motion of the boat
us, for they stand for no events and
“Three, eh? Well, give him thirty kept the chain taut, when tbe rowers
are represented to our thought by lashes. Vickers.”
slackened their exertions the mass part-
nothing distinguished In character or
'An»I if I ha' had three more.' growl- ed. and Mr. Troke, hooking himself on
literature. But to the scholar all ts ed Gabbett. mumbling at bis tobacco, to the side of the Lady-bird, saw a huge
log slip ont from Its fellow«, and dis
different He learns to fill out the cen “you wouldn't ha' had tbe chance.”
As he sat there gloomily chewing, he appear Into the darkness. Basing after
turies and gain at least some faint Idea
of their magnitude. He comes to un was a spectacle to shudder st. Not so it with an Indignant am! disgusted stare,
much on account of his natural hideous
a« though It had been a refractory pris
derstand that It has not been quite a ness. Increased a thousandfold by the oner who merits»! two-days* “solitary,”
monotonous sameness, but that there tattere»! and filthy rags which barely he thought he heard a cry from the di
have been wise and unwise rulers, covered him. Not so much on account rection In which It ha»! been borne. He
successful and efficient dynasties, pe of his unshaven jaws, his hare-lip, his would have pauee»l to listen, but all hie
riods of refinement and periods of torn ami bleeding feet, his haggard attention was need»»! to save the timber,
cheeks, an»l ilia huge, waited frame, and to prevent the boat from being
terrible aud desolating warfare,
In China, too, he comes to under- Not only because, looking at the animal. swamped by the struggling mass at ber
he crouched, with one f»>Ot curled etern.
stand there have been great sorer- as
The cry had proceeded from Rufus
round the other, and one hairy arm
eigns. great novelists, great essayists, pendent between hie knees. he
—
his solitary rock hs had
was so Dawes. From
To begin to master all that has been horribly unhuman, that one shuddered to watched the boat pass him and make
there achieved Is beyond the powers think that tender women and fair chil for the Lady-bird In-channel, and he ha<!
of any man. and the most that an In dren must, of necessity, confess to fel declde»l that the moment when the gath
dustrious student can hope to do Is to lowship of kind with such a monster. ering gloom swallowed her up should be
learn more or less thoroughly tbe But also because. In his slavering mouth, the moment wheu he would plunge Into
events of some single period or to his slowly grinding jaws, his restless the surge below him. The heavily la
boring boat grew dimmer and dimmer,
trace the development« of some par fingers, ami hia bloodshot, wandering as each tng of the oars took her further
eyes, there lurked a bint of some terror
ticular line of science or of art. Chi more awful than the terror of starvation from him. Presently, only the figure of
nese encyclopedias there are In hun —a memory of a tragedy played out In Mr. Troke in the etern aheete was vis
dreds of volumes and histories which the gloomy depths of that forest which ible; than that also disappeared, and aa
seem Interminable and dictionaries ha»l vomited him forth again—and the the nose of the timber raft rose on the
which are terrifying by reason of their shadow of this unknown horror, cling swell of the next ware, Rufus Dawes
size and compendiums and short edi in« to him. repelled, as though hs hors flung himaelf into the sea.
He was heavily Ironed, and he sunk
tions Innumerable, themselves seem about with him th« reek of the sham
like a stone. He had resolved not to
ingly long enough for the most Indus blea.
‘‘Come,” said Vickers, “let us go back. attempt to «wlm. «nd for the first mo
trious.
I shall have to flog him again, I sup ment kept hi« arms raised above hl«
Gets Wall Paper Excuses.
pose. Oh. this place! No wonder they head In order to «Ink the qnlcker. But
as the short, «harp agony of auffocation
A school teacher has a collection of call it ‘Hell's Gates.’ ”
“Halloo! what's that red light there?" caught him. and the shock of the Icy
quaint excuses brought In to her by her
"Dawes’ fire on Grqinmet Rock,” water di«pelle»l the mental intoxication
pupils. She teaches on the East Side of says
Vickers, going In; “the man I told under which he was laboring, he desper
New York, an»! her wards, wbo are of you about."
ately struck out, an»! despite the weight
very humble birth indeed, lui nd her ex
of hla Irons, gained the surface for an
cuses written on paper boxes, magazine
Two or three mornings after the ar Instant. Aa he did so, all bewildered,
covers, even wall paper.
rival of the Ladybird, the solitary pris and with the one savage Instinct of self-
One note said : "Excuse my aon oner of the Grummet Rock noticed mys preservation predominant over all other
he became conscious of a huge
Gorg for b»»en absent on precis occa terious movement« along the shore of thoughta,
the Islam! settlement. The building of a black mass «urging upon him out of the
sion for he had no shews.”
pier, or breakwater, running from the darkness. An instant's bhffet with the
Another said: “Please excuse Jacob western point of th« settlement, was current, an Ineffectual attempt to dive
for not to have because It was a hat discontinued; and all hands appeared beneath It. a horrible sense that the
buying, ami came till late”
to h« occupied with the newly built weight at hla feet wa« dragging him
A third, wrlten on a piece of wall Osprey, which wae lying on the slips. down—and the huge log, loosened from
paper, said: “Dear and honored admin Parties of soldiers slso daily left the th« raft, was upon him, crushing him be
Its rough and ragged sides. The
istrateur, wish yourself of excusing ma Ladybird, and assisted at the mysterious neath
log passed completely over him, thrust
work in prnrresa.
daughter because that she absented her
A fortnight after thia, shout the 15th ing him beneath the water, but his hand,
self. Wish yourself to accept mine fe of December, he observed another curl scraping along the splintered aide, came
licitations.—Liane Pierre."— New York ous fact. All the boats on tbe Island In contact with the loop of hide rope
Press.
put off one morning to tbe opposite side that yet hung round the mass, and he
of the harbor, and In the course of the clutcheil It with tbe tenacity of a death
Danger.
day a great smoke arose along the side grip. In another Instant he got hi« head
“How did Mr. Bradds make bls of
the hills. The next day the same above water, and, making goo»! hl» hold,
money?” ankpd the Inquiniti ve girl.
was repeated; and on the fourth day twisted himself, by a violent effort,
“My dmr,” anewered Mi*» Cayenne, the boats returned, towing behind them across the log.
“you muet never again ask such a ques a huge raft. This raft, made fast to
For a moment he saw the lights from
tion about any one. People will think the aide of the Ladybird, proved to be the stern windows of the anchored ves
you are writing for a magazine!”— compose»! of planks, beams and Joists, sels low In the distance; Grummet Rock
all of which were duly hoisted up and disappeared on his left; then, exhausted,
Washington Star.
etowed in the hold of the brig.
bresthless, an»! bruised, he closed hla
“The Golden Poalman."
This set Rufus Dawes thinking. Could eyes, and the drifting log bore him swift
Ito share of fame great wealth may It possibly be that the tlmlier cutting ly and silently away Into the darkness.
was to be abandoned, and that the gov
At daylight the next morning, Mr.
buy—
ernment had hit upon some other method Troke, landing on the prison rock, found
Acknowledge It we must
of utilizing its convict labor? He had It deserted,
The prisoner'« cap was
You’re sure to fill the public eye
l.ewn timber and built boats, and tanned lying on the edge of the little cliff, but
If you've but got the dust
bides and made shoes. Was It possible the prisoner himself had disappeared,
—Catholic Standard anil Times.
that oom« new trade was to be Initlatsd? Pulling hack to the Lady bird, the Intel-
Before he had settled this point to his ligsnt Troke
on the clreum-
No one telia tbe whole truth about satisfaction, he was startled by another stancs, and In pondered
delivering his report to
CHINA ONCE MOST CIVILIZED.
President Angell haa stated fairly
the poeltlon of those who wish tn see
reform In football. He to not opposd , Lia lack of time.
•
«••«•«
boat expedition.
Three boats’ crews
come
ICvery
Murnln«.
There's nt least one barber In Wash
Infftou wbo doesn’t have to keep hie
»•era turned to the word “uext,” anya
tbe New York Pont
Thia barter doesn't work In a shop,
nor haa he any oat a bl I ah went of hla
own. He’s a peripatetic bartwr. and
he average« something like |H or 110
for four hours’ work a day, wears dia
monds. and la a perpetual myatery and
a aource of puule«l envy to the barber«
with whom he formerly worked in ho
tel barber abnpa.
He la literally a journeyman barber.
He cnrrlce the tools of hla trade around
with him. suspended In a case from
the handle bare of a bicycle, an<l he
might easily be taken, to see hltn on
hla rounds, for a rlalng young Bur
geon.
He shaves men In their rooms - men
who are not quite able to have valets,
but who are willing to dig up a half
dollar every day for the sake of mak
ing their Initial appearance alM>ut noon,
ahuven. shorn, dune up, and groomed-
looking.
A considerable numt>er of hla cus
tomers are army and navy officers liv
ing at clutei, but be bas also a clientele
of luxurious civilians. He starts out
on bis rounds at 8 o'clock In the morn
Ing, and by lo o’clock he haa shaven
a lout ten men as they rwllne In their
cozy -ds. When lie fluds his earlier
customers asleep—some of them am
prominent government officials, who
report at tbelr offices nt about 10
o’clock In the morning he doeg not
wake them up. but goes abend and
lathers and abaves them, and be says
that plenty of bls customers don’t
wake up at all while they’re being
shaved. He says that In the course of
a couple of weeks’ practice any man
may anally learn how to remain In the
land of Nod while being shaved.
When he finishes with his earlier
patrons he glides around among his
customers who dawdle In tbelr rooms
In dressing gowns until about noon.
He has a regular hour for each patron
and always sticks to schedule time,
keeping none waiting. He gets half
a dollar for a shave and SI for a hair
cut. Those of his patrons who want
hair-cuts notify him a couple of days
In advance, so that he can arrange his
schedule. By 1 o'clock In the after
noon this businesslike razor-wlelder
has done all his day’s work, and then
you’ll see him, a picture of grooming
and a sort of glass of himself, stroll
ing on F street any fine afternoon,
“staking the girls to a treat”
Rattled.
Miss Peery's mother came Into the
room rather suddenly, and Mr. Rpoon-
elgh endeavored to cover his embar
rassment.
“As I was just saying.” he began In
a formally conversational tone.
“Why, no you weren’t George!” In
terrupted Miss Peery, hastily. “You
were speaking of football—don’t you
remember?”—Cleveland Leader.
Unwaleoma
Conteats.
“I see yoti carry a heavy stock of
»Mi.” remarked the caller. ”1« there
anything In eggs.”
"Well,” replied the truthful grocer,
’’there was aomethlng In the consign
ment that came In last week.”
“Indeed! What?”
"Chickens.”
At
llaooa
Rrld««.
Drummer Why are all ths nntlvea
of this village out this morning?
Uncle Kline—Why, by heck, they
heard an automobile with ene of those
new calllbope wiilatleg coming down
the rond and thought a circus parade
was on tbe way.
**l«elnw Gotham.••
Is Yaa* Dairy Farm a Saev«««f
A well couatructed shoveling boeri!
attached to the wng«>u box to a grent
»'onveiileitee wlieii unloading ear cori»,
root ero|>e or any aliullnr thing
The
Illustration shows a simple, practical
Idea, tbe lower picture »bowing tin»
I k »ani lowered for uae ami the upper
one allow Ing bow It » an la» doeed.
The aliovellng lx>anl proper I» about
one Inch narrower than tbe width of
tlx* Inalile of the wagon box ami la nt
tache»! to the latter with strong bingee.
the board tuny ta» the same width us tin»
•Id»»« of the waguu box. or wider, If
desired. Tin» »Ide tamnls A and II are
»luntcit off ut the back sides am! tlx»
front ends are the nume width aa the
tan where they are attm-hed with
strong bingos. Ntnnig. short Ixu.ks are
placed In each aide Iman!, as shown un»
Are you making all there Is to be
made In tbo dairy business? 11 not.
why not?
This Is n qneallon Which
every dleeattottod didrymau may woll
ask himself. When a talsinee* man or
manufacturer timi» Ills hualtieM to not
paying lo suit him lie stvks for the
causée of loss ami strives to eliminate
them.
If wc tnveallgate wo aliali fimi that
the successful dairymen attend toevery
little detail that affects tbelr bualneaa.
They look at everything from a busi
neas etatid|a>lnt. «ave wherever any-
Ihlug can to* saveti, mid <lla»-nr«l aul
mala or luettoxto that don't pay.
If you ar«» uot oiw* of tlx* euccees
fui dairy muu. look around and *»v why
you are not. There la u reason for
everything, mid wheu you kuow the
reason you mv Iu it |»»altloi» to reme»ly
the trouble. It you have uo liking fur
your business, tlx* a»,»»tier you change
to aomethlng you »I»» like tlx» better It
will bo for jou aud th«»»»' dependent up
on you. Have you tiwtRl your cowa
Individually aud dtocitrded those will'll
show by tlwlr own |M-rformam*e that
they are not pr»»lllal»l»-
I lie Itotaia k
teat and the seal»« will show which
are prittltable amt which ar** nut. ami It
la sheer siili 1|«* v « iicm uot to apply su<-b
a lent.- Imllaunpolla News.
I tu l»r>,» Ina
. _____
Sllovniso lloxlll..
drr letter A. am! uu eye Iu th» shovel
ing lawn! just under tbe book, thus
kn»plng tbe boanl Iu |a>«ltluu. There
la u light Iron cbalu snp|H»rt at each
aide of the box and b»>»>k«d uuder
neath. — ludlanaiadla News.
Making
Incubator
Frofllabln.
The lii»-ul«t»>r ba» pu«««»l the expert
mental atage. and Is no longer a ma
eblue of chuu»-» rrsulta. Auy on»* with
a reasonable amount of coiuiihiu sen«»
and th« ability to take »-are of the inn
chine and Ita contsuta while It Is In
operation will be rewarded by ail»*-»««
If one Is In a position to go Into th«
jiuultry business on a m ale of conaldsr
able uiagultu'le the better plan 1« to
prepare a cellar expressly for ttjs' work
for. perfwt as tliey are. ln»*Ubators
sometime« cat»-h nn fire, and then th»*
lose of the building they are In genera
al|g follows. Tlx* eeutent bulldins
bfoiks which hnve re»»ntly come Into
use offer the means to constrwt nn
Incubtor »viler In any »»»»tlon of the
country at moderate cost Brooders, too
must Is» nd»!e«l. am! there stx.uld t»e a
structure for th« brootlers, so that tlx»
curly hatch»»»! <-bl<-ks ix*»xl uot lx* turn*-«!
out of tl<s»rs tv «,-t w«t vr <-ntcb »»old
Incubator »viler In any section of the
pai-lty ami sold at a low prl»*e. A »>>
egg machine of reliable make enn be
bought for »10. and with It one can c»-t
all the et|»erlrixv ne»-<1r»l to enable him
to operate those of larger <mpn<*lty a
M«»ond M-aiM»n. The Incubntor ami the
bnxxlcr are essential In <>|vrntlona of
considerable size, the sitting lien to bv
use«! ouly as n makeshift.
When and W ha< <n l*r«ne.
This list of plants nnd alirulai. with
tbelr requltvmente In regard to the
pruning aoason. Is eapas-lally timely ami
helpful. It han th»* weight of nutlxjrl
ty, ns coming from n pructlcnl gur
»lener.
There Is n right time and n wrong
tlm»* to prune ench plant, but
few
nmnteurs »-an distinguish
lx»tw»s»n
them. Also »vrtnlu trees do not m*»sl
pruning nt all.
Hend back Immediately nfter blonin
Ing: Knlmln Intlfolta, dlervflln or
wiegclln. azalea, foreythla, snowball,
kerrla, mock orange, rhllnilelphua. bar
Ixtrry, moat wixxly splrena.
llend buck when dormant: R omm
»vlinntla, splren Mirblfolla. hydrnnng»»n
Liirg»» flowering treea not rnpilrlng
pruning: Aes»-iilus (le.rse chestnut),
aorliua «ambm-ltolls, cntnlpn, aorbus
Amerlmnn (Americnn nidi), llrloden
»Iron (tulip poplar), pavla, anrbus
grnndltlora, pyrus aria (white benn
tree), aorbua eliinocnrpa, roblria. »-bid
rant to, tlngtorln (Vlrgllln tree), snpho
rn, aorbua ancupnrln (mountain nali),
<
llnr«e«.
The clipping of n horse In the early
spring la now conceded by all the len»l
lug veterlnnrlnna to I m * uh essential to
hla well lH»lng as shoeing him or giving
I i I iii n i-omfortiible la»»l to lie on.
A
crippled bora»* dries out rapidly nfter n
hnril »toy's work and will rest <*oni
fortably and I m * refreshed for the next
day's work. An uncllp|M*d horse to II
able to culcli the toinvea, pueiimonlii
and all aorta of »vids, etc., lH»<-iin»e th»»
moisture from |>ei*aplration to held by
the long hair and chllto the laxly.
A man would not ex|xs»t to enjoy
very g»H>»l health If lie did liaril manual
work clothe»! with heavy underwear, a
heavy suit and a fur overcoat, ami after
perspiring freely, as he naturally
would, go to sleep without removing
wine. It Is just ns ridiculous to ex
pect a horse to be In perfect health If
worked under the anm»* eomlltlons.
If you wouhl get the best r»*turns
from your Investment In your horse,
treat him right, nnd be sure to clip
him In the early xprlng.—Horae Re
view.
Don't Set Derry I'lants Too Noon.
|
If the strawberry plniitn are set In
I the cold inolet noil they are likely to
rot nt the crown or, If tills »1»aw not
result, they will make no growth to
speak of. Walt until the noil has drtoil
out Home mi Hint It to mellow anil easi
ly work nil; hnve tbe plot In good comil
tlon, well worked ho that the noil In
free from stones and »-linto of earth nnd
the plants cun lie eaally set mid will
to'gln to grow uninterruptedly ho that
one will lone no time liy waiting until
the noil to In |ierfe»»t condition before
Gunner--So you went to New York
on pleaeure bent, eh? Did you get
bent?
Guyer—Wore« then bent 1 got
setting ou* ’be plants.
Vlcken mentioned the strange cry he broke.
an
Ulti
«lrvt»arS.
It la oft,-»» the case that an uri-hard
In middle life I« fourni to be uu longer
prolllal'le. lunluly ton n'to»» a mistake
was mail»* In the M*l»*cti<>U of the vari»»
ile« Ita the iM'glniilug. In am-h cause* ths
orchard may to» mnde profitable again
by l»»p grafting the tiere Thia to not
a difficult task, provide»! It la pn»|H»r-
ly done mul th« union to»tw»tail th«
branch ami lb»* ». Imi la |>erfiH»t.
Aa
it rule branch*»« iu>t over mi Inch In »II
nmeter are thu beat lo work thia way.
Of course. It to understood that the
sdutte would I* much smaller In »limu
eter tliun the parent stock, a»» th« plan
la to lueert two on each outer edge
The main thing to olaterve to to l»c sure
that the bark of both •> Imi nu»l parent
atock I« In perfect line, no that the flow
of sap may lx» p»»rfe»-tly free. Curo musi
also bu taken that Itu» «|ut»e belweeu
tlx* scions am! tlx* parent Slock ntiid*
by the ellleel be filleil with the grafting
wax. ns well ns uuy other epeeee In
which the air may get. It Is not cus
tomary to lenie laitti of the grafts, but
to cut out the weaker one If both gr»gs
This work Is Intereating and really very
simple if one get» tlx* knack of It. aiul
It »vrlalnly pays with an orvliard tti.it
is not t»xi *>l»l If »'nn* Is takun to *»b
tain ecluna fr»,in known bearing tr>**»s
of th« to»»l sorts.
De Ma« «vere»« Gl» Veeaa Kiwi»
Ou« of our ('ont«*iiq»>riirlea any«
"make the enlf the family |wt.”
In
tbe opinion of til« writer and of other
dairymen of loug ••t|« rl»»mv thto wouhl
I»« one of the Worst lulstakr» that could
Iv mnde. The cnlf Hint to the | h *1 of
(lie tumlly I» naira Hum likely tn 1«
used by tlx* rfilbln-rt for tiinny pur-
[aa*«« for which It wns never lut<-mh*<l.
By all means treat the »-aivoa that are
to lie raised kln»11). Ramile llx-iii »au»
shtorably amt pat them <-m<x>sli»gly oft
rn. but let tlx» |M*ttlng stop heiv. for If
It Is played with liy Hie ,-hlldrvu. rim
ulng and Jumping w Ith them, lM»lng
l»nru»*«M*d lit* with strings as children
are quite likely t<* do. It bc»vmea n
iiutoamv ns It grows ; it a»aius gets Im
pudent, n»iM*a around where It luía uo
busi luna, and. If Ita Ixirii» are alluwe»!
to grow. Iswsnrs dangerous Inter on.
Such n cnlf will luvnrlnlily try
to
"taies” the Iteri! after It gets old nnd
»tnmg enough, and Is n nuisance g»-n
»•rally.— Exchange.
e»ir-F««»ler ter l'»al<rr,
A perfection f»**-»! Ix>|>|irr la shown
In the cut. »ays Ha» Orange Juild Farm
er. It I» eight jm-ta-a wide, two mid
one half feet high, mul three feet long
The roof projeta over Hie |H»r* h mi
which ttie fowls stand whll«* feeding.
Tlx* mettasi of constnn-tlng tlx* |s»r.-h
»■a nml tlx* weight nml attachment to
the lid over tlx* grain Is i taarly staiwn
In the picture. Tlx* weight on the arm
rzxi> uoma >< ib rm i rgr.
should ta» ndju«l<»»l to tin* sin* of the
fowl. This box may ta» imide of any
length deslr»sl. blit the height aud
width are ntaiut right.
chanalnir
l.ots
for
Swine.
Where swine lire rnlaeil III aulllrlcut
numlN*r» so that they are heriled In
Hinnll liicloHurca, it Is »■».sa'iiHul
to
clmpge tlx»«»» Iota yearly If mx» wouhl
avoid tlx* danger of <-h-di-rn or other
dlM'iiHea. Tlx» w ay to a»-» »uupltali this
to the taut iidvnntage Is to hnve tin*
swim» <11 ntrlLnt»-»1 in Hinnll cnlonleH, each
with n moviilile house. Have the lots
of double Hlze, using on»» li.-ilf of ««si. li
lot during tla» early part of the HeiiHon
nml the other half nt th»» latter port.
Till« will carry mx» through Hie m - iihoii
with Iitti»» danger of trouble, and then
H icho lots staii'lil lie aliaiKlmieil
for
swine, being cultivated the next year
ami new Iota provided for the swim*.
This Is »-mc-blerablo trouble to la» sure,
but there I» no way more certain to
nvohl dlwiiHe than tills. I'lirtlcularly
Is this pliin valmiilla In mh -H oiin wliero
the soil I h Inclined to lit- heavy ho Hint
the filth made by the hw I iio (1 oi » h not
drain Into the Kill readily.
rrr»»»lnK
In
«arm
Air.
Th« frii'z.liig of IcitVt'H mol luxia on
,-lenr spring nlghta, when tin» air tern*
|H»ruture I h ntaive frci'zlng |Milnt, lias
be»,|| siipei-HtltloiiHly loolusl upuy as llh
»»ITi'i't of the iiioo I i ' h light. All Kngllah
i»X|Hrlmeiiti»r fbida that, while all oh-
|eeta have the I» m|H'i'i»iure of thu aur-
rounding air mi cloudy nlghta, rnpl<|
radiation may prodii»-»» n difference on
clear night», ami a pie»-»» of rottiin prov*
»-»I to be at tliiiea six nml even eight de-
gr»»»»H colder Hum the nlr. PI.mta limy
la* alinlbii'ly chilled bvluw freezing with
the ulr lihova.