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THE AFTERGLOW.
, ,Tlli'u siitl. l-soled IWfiijiM creeps
b'rom the bushe of the west,
-And .the- first, fair jewel leaps
IiiLi'i radiavco on it'tjlil's breast;
Ere (he myriad si,! have made
Ai;ibegnes of rich display.
Through- t tie brooding, sik-n: Shade
Gleams the afterglow oi day.
J.lvsLie figures corn?, and paint
Marvel lines acrn. "the sky
AY Inch ilninge subtly u' they faint
Into all the dark., and die
..Altar fires that flamed at dawn, .
Silver whiteness of the moon,
Gleam anew ere day is pone
And .tin." dusl-'t tiy-st. voices croon
IKE BROWNFIELD'S CLAIM
By WILL,
'yApvxv.v'Avvv
,JHOxi. K.E-BRO WNFTELD stopped
Jj his mule team ami uttered
O I O an exclamation of surprise,
$ - The object that called
"SrtGW forth the exclamation was
" a bos house that nestled
Against the side of a little hill, a few
nods from the dim. prairie, road.
"That's what I call pure, unadulter-.
sited gall," he said, s.urveying the strue
tuie Avith a look of anger and incrcdul
il.V. 'Til be hanged if i.t ' don't take
the cake." he continued. "Who could
have had the cheek to jump my claim
jis soon as my back was turned and
build a house on it without so much
saying "By your leave?'" .
He cracked the heavy whip vigorous
ly over the sleepy mules, and the vchi--t-le
crawled forward.
A little further on he pulled out of
-the road find drove im in 1'rout of the
new building and,stopped.
' Hello, there!" he .shouted, but no
i espouse came in answer. Then he
got out and went up to the door aud
knocked loudly with the handle of his
whip; but no sound came in answer to
give evidence that the house had an
occupant.
, "'Xo , one here, I guess,' he muttered.
A pine box, that had evidently been
nSod to ship goods in recently, lay
open by the door. On. one end of this
box was printed. "J. Bradford, Attica,
.Kansas."
'V. Bradford," he muttered. f'Well,
Til see you later, Mr. Bradford."
Then taking out a noie-book from his
pot-kct. he tore out a leaf and wrote
the following notice on it and pinned it
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., to ihe door: , -
'"J. Bradford, Esq.:
"ton pro hereby notified to leave this
&;, immediately. It was taken over
a month ago by, the undersigned, as
you can easily determine by directing
.your. ''attention to the foundation on
booth part cf claim.
"IKE BROWNFIELD;'
Then, mountiiig his seat on the
wagon, ho drove back into the road and
x-ontlnued his journey.
Jke Brownfield had corue west from
Illinois, two years before, and had en
gaged in the cattle business with Dave
Ford, an honest, kind-hearted man,
.who h.ul formerly been a cowboy in
Texas, but, by economy and industry,
"had acquired sufficient means to en
w aide him to go into business for himself.
His superior knowledge of the busi
ness, made him a valuable partner for,
Ike, and their affairs prospered to such
..mi extent that, at the time of the open
ing of our story, they Avere considered
ihe leading cattle dealers of Western
Kansas. -Their
ranch was on the eastern bdr
, -ler of a vast tract of grazing land, in
. the western part of the State.
As time went by emigrants from all
-parts of the Bnion began to pour in
-and Fettle up the vacant tracts.
.-Prior to this Ike and Dave, who were
content to use the public domain for
grazing purposes only, discovered that
':I1 ihe land in that vicinity would soon
lie taken up and settled on unless they
laid claim to some particular quarter
sections; so they each took a claim of
jt0 acres. Dave entering the one the
cattle ranch was one, and Ike staking
one two miles further east.
lice placed a foundation on his claim,
which was sufficient to hold it; until
lie conld have a house erected. -
Shortly afterward he went to the
Clearest town, Attica, a distance of
some twenty miles, on business, which
kept him absent from the ranch nearly
two weeks. When lm returned it can
well be imagined that he was surprised
find a new house built on his claim
and a stranger in possession.
A couple of miles further on Ike
Mopped his team below a low, vide
"building, surrounded by numerous
barbed-wire corrals.
A half-dozen cowboys were moving
door of the rude structure came the
cavory odors of frying bacon and not
coffee.
Ike Brownfield climbed down from
the wagon and threw the lines to a
yable-hued darky, who came forward
m meet him. ;md turning, entered tlm
.house. "f
Hello. Ike!" exclaimed Dave Ford,
delightedly. "Back again'., an' blasted
glad I am uv hit. We've been livin' on
, isngh beef an' bacon till we're almost
So with life. When down I lie path
We fare on with Jagging feet,
All of childhood's aftermath.
Fragments of ok! s-onps and sweet,
Half formed memories of days
Shape themselves and slowly rise
When wo walk the shadowed ways
Where we see the sunset skies.
Dews that qemmed the olden rose.
Wayward 'whispers of the wind,
Olden suns and olden snows,
Of the days we left behind
Blend into a wondrous view
When we face the cpming night
l?;end in glories we once knew
In the evening there is light.
W. D. Nesbit, in Chicago Tribune.
LISENBEE.
dyin' for a taste o' civilized grub. I
guess ye didn't fergit the jelly an
j pickles an' can'd corn, did ye? Can'd
corn an' pickles! Hang my looks. Ike,
if the very mention uv them don't
' make a feller feel kinder velig'us and
civilized like. Makes him think uv
the Adyrondax, an' hammocks, an'
, perty Avimmen, hanged it hit don't!
Talk about yer books, an' missionaries,
an yer newspapers .civilizin the world!
I say hit's pjekies an' can'd corn-that's
what I say hit it."
"Oh, do hush, Dave!" said Ike, taking
a seat in the first chair he came to.
"I got all the canned corn in Attica
before I left, and I do hope it will, have
the good effect of checking that copious
flow of culinary oratory."
At this Dave gave vent to a low,
prolonged whistle.
"Hif gittiu' in hits work on him,"
j he muttered. "Talks as if he'd been
raised in a cannin' factory," with
which he disappeared through the open
door and commenced exploring the
boxes of groceries" Ike had brought
from town.
"Dave," said Ike, that evening after
supper, "some sneaking scoundrel has
jumped my claim since I left."
. "You don't tell me!" Dave exclaimed.
"Yes," continued Ike, "and he's got a
house built on it! Do you know any
body by the name of J. Bradford?"
"Oh. w'y, yes! I've hearn o' him.
An hit's him that's jumped yer claim?"
"Yes, that's what was on the boxes
brought to the house.",
"Wal, -vval!" ejaculated Dave; "he's
up ter his ole tricks ag'in."
"What tricks? What do you know
about him?" asked Ike.
"Regular p'izen, he is," returned
Dave. "Never knowed him ter be
afeard uv anybody. I tell yer. he'll
give ye trouble if ye try ter bull-doze
him."
"Oh. he's one of these bad men, is
he? I've seen such before. Thej- us
ually deal in other people's cattle tinder
cover of darkness, and spend the re
mainder of their time in drinking bad
whisky ar ' telling how bad they are.
I'll call on him to-morrow and give
him just live minutes to get-off of my
claim."
"no'll not go, I'll bet ye," ventured
Dave.
"He won't?" echoed Ike. his anger
rising. "What do you mean by taking
sides with that scoundrel?"
, "I'm not takin' sides. I only sod he'd
not go. and I ray so yit."
"You do? Well, now, as you seem to
have so much faith in this friend of
yours, I'll wager you twenty dollars
that he leaves my claim within ten
minutes after I get there."
" 'Nuff sod." returned Dave, prompt
ly extracting a twenty from his pocket
book and placing it in the hands of
one of the coAvboys. ';
Ike "covered" it. adding:
"If he's not off the claim in the time
mentioned the money is yours." . ,
The next morning Dave drove away
to look after some, cattle that had got
separated from the main herd, and
Ike remained at the ranch.
"Aftet- noon." he said. "I'll go over
and see Mr. Bradford, and invite him
to pull out." '
At noon Dave returned and handed
Ike a letter.
' "Hit's from Bradford." he explained.
n' mebbe hit's somethiu' about the
claim."
Ike tore open the letter and read:
"Mr. Brownfield:
T)par Sir Have received your no
tice. When you get ready to put me
off by force I'll be-her waiting for
you. J. BRADFORD."
"The impudent puppy!" exclaimed
Ike, crushing the letter and thrusting
it in his pocket. "I'll go over and see
him right Aray."
A half-hour later he was on his way
to the claim a heavy .43 Colt's in his
belt and nn improved Winchester
swung across his saddle. '
There was a look of resolution and
cool determination in bis eye as he
approached the new house.
"The impudent scoundrel!" he mut
tered. "To jump a man's claim and
then write him a letter inviting a quar
rel. I have half a mind"
A dozen children came clashing
through the open door, racing and
J shouting at the top of their voices.
Ike reined in Yds horse bcfor.e the
door, .speechless with surprise. He dis
mounted and approached the house.
A young Avoman of some twenty sum
mers came to the door. She Av.is
dressed in a pretty suit of dark-bine
flannel, with a Avhite collar about, her
throat, and a profusion of blonde hair
tAvisted artistically . about her' well
shaped head.
Ike,' who Avas- not accustomed to
meeting beautiful young Avomen out
in the Avild West, Avas completely taken
off his guard. He took off his hat and
stammered out an apology.
"I have called," he said, "to see Mr.
J. Bradford, but if if he is not in, it
don't matter."
"I am .7. Bradford," she answered.
"You!" exclaimed Ike. "I thought
that is I "
"I had taken your claim," broke in
the young girl, Avith a merry peal of
laitghter. "Well, I haven't. Didn't my
mean old Uncle Da-e, your partner,
tell you that this Avas a school-house,
put here temporarily, by his permis
sion, a it is the nearest point for all
the children in the settlement?"
"And Dave I your uncle! Why, he
nerer told me he had a niece in this
country. I'm sure I "
"I only arrived two weeks ago, and
am living with a married sister on an
adjoining claim. I'm only a teacher,
and you're not going to make me leave,
are you?'
"Make you leave? Why why who
ever said anything of the kind?"
She pointed to his liotice on the door-,
and looked at him Avith a roguish
smile.
"Miss Bradford," he said humbly, "I
am the victim of a deep-lnid plot, and
am afraid I've acted rudely "
"Please don't," she replied, stopping
him. "It's all uncle's fault. He should
have told you instead of getting me
to write that hateful letter this morn
ing; but Ave'll get even with him by
being the best of friends, won't Ave?"
appealingly.
"If you will only allow me that priv
ilege." he stammered, "after I have
acted so very rudely "
"But you mustu't speak of that
again," she protested, stopping him
Avith a gesture of command.
When Ike returned home that even
ing Dave was standiug in front of the
shanty.
"Hello, Ike!" he said, gravely. "Did
you see Mr. Bradford?"
Then ho moved out of Ike's way, and
went and laid down in the grass and
laughed till Ike came out and told him
he'd kill him if he did not hush up
or promise to keep tHe story from get
ting out among the boys.
Dave agreed to the latter, providin:
Ike would give up the twenty dollar?
he 'had wagered, which he declared
should be added to the young school
marm's first month's salary.
ThisAvas readily agreed to by Ike
and t is only fair tOAvard Dave tc
state that it was fully tAvo days befort
the story became generally known
throughout the range.
Ike Brownfield's first visit to the little
school -house was not his last: and.
later on, when he brought a neAV buggy
from tOAvn, and was pften seen dri'ing
with tne young scnooi-niarui,
" 'lowed that Ike. was gittiu perty
sweet on Mr. Bradford, bein' as he'd
jumped Ike's claim."
'
The very next Christmas Eve a bril
liant wedding took place, and Ike
Brownfield Avas the bridegroom, and
the pretty little school-marm; whom
DaA-e always insisted on calling Mr.
Bradford, was the bride.
In the evening a splendid banquet
was spread for the guests in the large
dining room at Ike's new mansion,
on the "claim" that had first brought
about their acquaintance which had
turned out so happily.
"And to think," observed the bride,
"that you Avere going to drive me off of
this place only a short time ago!"
"And that in the end." added the
happy Ike, "you not only got the claim,
but pre-empted the owner a'so."
And Dfjve Ford, the most prominent
figure among the guests, poising a
spoonful of liis favorite canned corn
before him, observed:
T used to think this 'ere corn was
the source of all civilization: but Avhen
I see the improvement in Ike, in the
last six months, I'll be hauged if I
doa't haf ter own that a school-marm,
for a rapid an universal civillzcv. don't
knock canned corn colder 'an a bliz
zard." Good Literature.
Soeuted to Have Ilim t'orofrw!.
Th teacher was discoursing to the
class on the A-onders of nature. "Take
the familiar illustration of the sting ot
a Avasp," he said, "as compared with
the finest needle. When examined
through a microscope the sting is still
sharp, smooth and polished, while the
needle appears blunt and rough.
, "It is so with everything. The work
of nature are infinitely superior tc
those of art Try how Ave may, we
cannot improve on nature."
"It isn't so with my eyes, teacher.'
said a little girl in the class.
"Why. Iioav is ' that, Nellie?" he
asked. ,
" 'Cause nature made me cross-eyed,'
she said, "and the doctors fixed mj
eyes all right." Youth's Companion.
Argentina's stock of gold novi
amounts to ?81,40O.0OO,
i
SOUTHERN : fRRM 10TES.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER. STOCKMAN ANQ TRUCK G1QWEX,
Insects Iujuiious to the Peach .
It happens sometimes that experi
ment stations fail to get in touch with
the needs of the people and time and
labor are expended on investigations
that are of little or no practical value.
We have. hoAvever. lately received
a bulletin of the Georgia State Board
of Entomology which exactly meets a
need not only of those who are going
into the fruit business on a large scale.
but of every farmer in dealing with
his home orchard.
The subject of this pamphlet iV
"Peach Insects," and though covering
a Avild field, it may be placed along
with a similar bulletin issued by tho
South Carolina Experiment Station on
"Results of Practical Experiments
With the ' Peach Borer." For such
practical and helpful bulletins we are
very grateful to the stations.
Apropos to this notice it is necessary
to call the attention of our farmers,
whether they groAV peaches on a com
mercial scale. or only for homo con
sumption, to the importance of at once
ridding their orchards of the peach
borer the most destructive enemy of
our peach crop.
Nearly every peach orchard is in
fested unless means have been taken
to prevent. The presence of the borer
is indicated by peach gum about the
body of the tree just at the ground,
and you can easily determine whether
your orchard is thus infected. I bought
some land this summer containing
some seventy-five peach trees of all
ages, and an examination shows that
every tree has been attacked. ;
The borer is a small Avorm which
eats the soft bark aud wood of the
tree while lie is growing. To get rid
of these worms the dirt should be
drawn nAvay from the collar of the
tree some time after November 15 and
before March 1. The rough bark should
be scraped aAvay aud the worms dug
out with a knife or sharp wire and de
stroyed. After this is doue a wash
n de as below described should bo
applied and the dirt drawn back to the
tree. In the case of badly infested
orchards this worming should be done
both in November and again in March,
as some of the pests are sure to es
cape. After the March worming it
would be well to wrap paper about the
collar of the tree to prevent further
attack. This protection should be
maintained during the summer, as ding
ing this time the eggs are laid from
which the worms hatch. This worm
ing should be attended to each year
and the paper Avrapper removed in the
winter, as it might furnish a harbor
for other enemies. When an orchard
is taken in hand from the beginning
the labor will be much lighter, as
only preventive' measures Avill be nec
essary. The wash before mentioned in the
Georgia Bulletin is made as follows:
Lime, tvrenty pounds.
Sulphur, sixteen pound?.'
Salt, five pounds.
Water, fifty gallons.
Mir the sulphur into a tlTiu paste
with a small amount of water and then
add to it about fifteen gallons of boiling
Avater hi a kettle and stir thoroughly.
While this mixture is at the boiling
point add the stone lime, Avhich will
immediately commence to slack, caus
ing violent ebulition. While the lime
is slacking much of the sulphur will be
dissolved, as Avill be.evldent from the
rich amber color resulting. The lime
should be stirred frequently while
slacking and water added as necessary
to prevent burning or too violent boil
ing. After the lime is through slack
ing add the salt and continue the boil
ing for at least thirty-five minutes, or
longer if it seems necessary to dissolve
til the sulphur. B. M. D.
flantlne a Gra)i Vine.
Much of the stereotyped advice about
hoAV to plant a tree is applicable to the
grp.pe vine. Some of it, however, will
not Avork Avell in practice, and to detect
the difference between good and bad
advice, let us consider fofr a minute
how the grape vine is grown. The
Avood is cut into "slips" about three
or four inches long, and in the spring
the nurseryman plants 'these against
a sloping ' ditch. Most of the roots
push right from the bottom, and a
few from the intermediate "eyes."
While it is the tendency of the oak or
pear root to push downward,. the grape
root prefers the upper soils, where it
is dry and warm. When dry, these
roots may be two or three feet long,
but in planting, should be shortened to
foot. While the usual advice in
tree 'planting is to dig a hole large
enough to chamber the roots nicely,
and deep enough to receive them, it is
evident that the hole for a grape vipe
should not be round nor deep, but long
and shallow. Then cut a sloping back
to one end of the hole, lean the vine
ugainst it, spread the roots out natur
ally, and cover with six, but not more
than eight, inches of soil. When half
the earth is in, tread well, but leave the
last half loose. A vine so pouted has
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good chances for a long life, but as a
double surety, it Is' Avell to take some
note of the mmurial needs of the erop.
Grapes are more exhaustive , as a
crop than most of the fruit crops,
largely because of the larger total crop
harvested, and their special need for
phosphoric acid and potash. These ele
ments may be supplied by using a
mixture of one part, or 100 pounds
each, of acid phosphate, ground bone
and muriate of potash. This can be
well mixed Avith the soil at the rate
of GOO pounds per acre, before the
vines are set, and 1000 pounds used
after the bearing period begins. In or
der to increase an early groAvth, a
top dressing of 100 pounds per acre of
nitrate of soda could bo applied, in
the spring following the planting.
It is best to cut away all the top of
a neAvly sot Tine. Many nurserymen
take no chances, but cut off the need
less wood, while others leave the wood
on, and as the grape vine is a small
affair, th9 buyer seems to get more for
his money. When your vine is re
ceived, cut the top off short. ' "
With the reader's kind permission, if,
after discussing the planting of a Alne,
a jump to two years afterwards will
be made, a little advice on what to
do with the growth in the meantime
Avill be given.
Let that of the first season trail right
on the ground, and in October cut it
back to the stump. The second spring
this stump may push a dozen eyes,
but when all fear of frost is over, tie
the two best shoots to a stake, amd
rub off every other. The growth of
these is apt to satisfy the impetuosity
of those endowed with every virtue
but patience D. I. Duncan.
Uots.
It is needless in this work to go Into
detail or to produce proofs to shoAv
that the evils that are caused by bots
are imaginary; that the symptoms
which were supposed to indicate bots
were signs of colic or pleurisy. - Inves
tigations by scientific men have ex
ploded the old fallacies, and no well
informed man now holds to this belief.
Many a nauseous dose and many a cor
roding poison have been given as a
"bot medicine." They succeed in kill
ing the bots, hut they always killed the
horse first. We stand ready to prove
the following statements by the intelli
gent and learned men of the profes
sion: It will relieve many men who
have not given it any attention to know
what has been proven about bots. In-
vestigatlons have never yet discovered
the least sign of hots, in a horse's stom
ach the latter part of summer or early
autumn, notwithstanding many people
treat horses for them during that per
iod. It is because the bots have re
mained their allotted time in the horse's
stomach and have been passed.out into
.the manure to turn into the fly which
lays the eggs that again produce the
bot. Investigation has never yet found
a case where the bot had bored his way
through the stomach, unless the horse
had been dead long enough to stop se
cretions and decomposition of the stom
ach begin. From the manner in which
the bot attaches himself to the stomach
and buries his mouth in the insensible
soft mucous, as avcII as bis location in
certain parts of the stomach, it is
manifestly impossible for any medicine
to reach the mouth of the bot and
make him let go. As to letting go to
feed on the tempting "milk and mo
lasses" for the quack bot doctor it is
simply bosh. The skin of the bot is so
thick and leathery that it will live for
several minutes in turpentine, kero
sene oil or carbolic acid. Do you think,
then, that it is possible to give anything
which will destroy them?
The only injury, they can possibly
do is that when they are in large
numbers they may prevent proper nu
trition of the horse. Rex Veterinary
Guide.
Fonltry Xotci. ,
Leaves make an excellent Utter for
the poultry house floor, and cost noth
ing but the cost of gathering and stor
ing. Clean out the poultry house thorough
ly and whitewash oA;ery part of it, and
put a layer of dry soil on the floor.
Onions make nn . excellent tonic- for
the hens and should be given them
for an evening feed occasionally, but
not frequently enough to affect the
flavor of the. eggs.
A good grain feed for chickens may
bo made by mixing tAA'o parts of Avheat
with one part each of sunflower seed,
Canada, peas, oats, barley and Kaffir
corn.
Some kind of animal food is neces
sary to keep hens growing and pro
ducing. Ranging hens get animal fid
in insects. Penned hens must lx sup
plied wilh this kind of food.
A good dust bath does a wlior lot
towards preventing an ftccuinubjlio:i
of vermin on the fowls' bodies. If you
have failed to provide this in time a
box of fine coal ashes may be used as a
substitute.
SCIENCE-
AND
INDUSTRY'
Commander Beehler, of the Key,.
West NaA-al Station, lias officially re
ported the receipt at the wireless sta
tion at that point of an eight-word mes
sage from Colon, a distance of a thou
sand nautical miles. , '
Within the past year or two thero
has been a revival of efforts to develop
the petroleum deposits known to exist
within the limits of the ancient em
pire of Cyrus, and now there is talk
of a pipe-line to connect the oil-fields
Avith the-Persian Gulf.s
Aluminum paper is now manufac
tured in Germany and recommended as ,,
a substitute for tin foil. It is not the
so-called leaf aluminumr but real pa
per coated with powdered aluminum,
and is said to possess very faA'orable
qualities for preserving articles of food, -for
which it is used as a covering.
Thn economy in burning fuel is a ,
matter requiring great skill and expe- .
rience, and depends entirely upon the
eA-enness, thickness and condition of
the fire,, which etantrols entirely the air
supply, and, therefore, the perfection
or imperfection of the combnstibrli
There is very little uc in "splitting
hairs" over a quarter of a pound ct
steam consumption of the engine, whiltv
the fireman may be losing ten tireeAs
this quantity of f uel f rom 1 inefficient "
boilers or poor firing. , . .
The power of the eye to adjust itself , '
to varying intensities of light is illas-
trated by Doctor Nansen's account of '
his experience on his north polar ex- '
pedition in the winter of 1895-6. H
Avas determined to keep a continuous
thermometric record during the months
of darkness, aud whenever the ipoon
was above the horiaon he and. hl as- '
sistants found no difficulty in reading
the instruments, which were placed iu
the crow's-nest on the ship's mast. But
at the time of new moon they.had only
starlight, because they could not afford
to use the oil needed for an outdoor
lamp. Yet gradually their eyes be
came so Avell trained to see in the dark
that they could read the figures on the
thermometer scale even hi the absence;
of the moon.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Tb,.-
purest, coins ever made were the, $50 ' ,
pieces which once were in commoii ,f,
use in California. Their coinage urar?
abandoned because the loss by abrasion,?
was so great and because their interior
could be- bored out and filled witlv ,
lead. They were octagonal in shape- ;,.
and AA-ere the most valuable coins, ever .
minted and circulated. All gold is doc ,
alike when refined. Aostralian gold
is distinctly redder than that taken ii -
California. Moreover, placer gold ia
more yellow than that which is takeii ;
from quartz. This is one of the mys- "
teries of metallurgy, because the go!! '
in placers eomes from that which is
in quartz. The gold In the Ural moan
tain is the reddest in the world;
A XVI t Girt.
John was the sober-minded
hoosH
servant of a Fort Wayne lady, who.
was desirous of furthering the iater
ests of two faithful attendants by
uniting them in marriage and ending;
a courtship that was becoming tire
some. John was willing, but the Wftirt
Christine, a jolly little As-omau of half
her lover's years, after trying ia vain,
to change the serious disposition of thee
lover, brought mRtters to a climax ir
her own Way. It took the form f &
dialogue which her mistress overheard.
They had discuased. the situation in
their usual fashion, one teasing, tho
other laying down the law, when thi
brief summing up ensued:
Christine "John, you never laugh T
John "No., I never laugh.'
Christine "Your father,
laugh?"
he never
he eTrer
she never
John "No,
my.' father.
laugh." "
Christine "Your
mother.
laugh?"
John "No, my '
mother,, she. never
laugh."
Christine "Then, John, you got war
ripd by some other sirl that ot laugh
either. I stay py myself and not spoil
one family mit my laugh." Chicago.
Record-Herald.
Xo Uie For S!ep. .
A Doniphan County farmer who I?
knoAvu for workuig his men long hoars
reteutiy hired an Irishman. i'A day or
so later the farmer smW he avcs jIng
to town to l.uy a new bed fur Pat.
"Yea needn't git t.-xtraraghaut on me
account," said Pat. "If UV'jlst the
same to ycz. ye, can ;-ut out hu.vii:'
new bed and can tktfide. th.; ouU waa
for a. laiitluru." Kansas i'i.y Jour
n il.
One-third of the persons Avho be
come demented rccJA-cr their senses. ,
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