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' RnCPLTORp -- II PHYSICIANS THINK MRS. GRANT WILL R.ECOVER. .ere. Wives, AGRICULTURE :e in.Demand Ha t B j ' Tabs MvssEs y Although Mrs. U. S. Grant Is In foeblo health, her friends do not be lieve her IlincBs lu of tuich a nature as to warrant nny alarm for her con- NOT A WE8TERN 8HERIFF. London Official Hardly Possessed of Sufficient Strenuoslty. When Dan Stuart, the sporting man, Was In London seeing the sights a few years ago ho was present at a function in tho Guildhall. A lnrge person aroso habited In splendid robes "such as some at our Justices wear. "Who'a that?" .-gasped tho man who "pulled off" the Fltzslmmons-Corbett fight at Carson City. "That," said the sport who had ;Dan In tow, "Is tho gont whosewttfitey-t you drink In America; that Itf Thomas Ilobort Dowar, sheriff of thj) city of London." "Sheriff, did ycflu nay?" .flhorlff; yes, sheriff." Afcr silently flmtulatlng the dlgnlt(ry for sev eral mlnuTet'6'ikIomar'ybd: "Sheriff! Just Imagine that-ft-'low going up against Bill Dalton and u posso down in tyidlan Territory!" Mrs. Campbell Quick at Make-up. Mrs. Patrick Campbell Is said to "mako up" more rapidly than any other ,nman on tho stage. Sho usually arrives at tho theater a few minutes before curtain time, enters her dressing-room like a cyclono and with the aid of a nlmblo-llngercd maid Is ready to go on beforo tho avorago actress would hove her hat off. Fre quently sho stands in tho wings wait ing for her cuo whllo putting up her hair, ny tho way, sho raised a tro mentions row at seeing herself an nounced on the bills ns "Mrs. Pat Campbell." A witty playgoer said on hearing of this: "Sho Is not HUo Mark Hannu. Sho refuses to stand Pat." MARIE DRESSLER IS DYING. Weil-Known Actress Is Near Death In New York. Marie Dressier, tho well-known nc tress, who haB played In most lurgo cities both In thu eastern and westorn ntates and who has appeared In promi nent pnrts In many companies, shows no sign of recovery. Tho physicians,- attending her in her present Illness give little hopo that sho will llvo many days longer. Air Good for Consumption. A sanitarium has been established over tho limestone caves nt Luray, Va., and air from tho caves Is forced through tho rooms. This air Is freo from Impurities and it gives tho guests virtually tho air of tho moun tain altitudes without going there. I 1 ZUXSjJfCXSSM 6- dltlon. Sho was seized with a severe cold about a week ago. She has not buen able to leave her bed since that 1 1 tTtM tint nt rtti rt Vi linn flnnllnnil & a. hllv. wr H.nVi.t.r vm ..... nn,i i,. ...!i,. ., fi V and her granddaughter, Miss 3 Roaav thown- mary Sartorln, are giving her doreit care. The widow of the soldlerfrealdent, who Is seventy-six years,Cld, was In unusually apod healjK' previous to the presentjckneai. Sho came back from CoburgiClanada, about a month ago, and at fiat time was able to go to the dlnlm-room for her meals, a thing she had not dono for years. She was In high spirits ten days ago when don. Fred D. Grant, her son, waa her guest previous to his depart ure for his post at San Antonio, Tex. CLOSE TO RUSSIA'S THRONE. Grand Duke Vladimir May Succeed tho Present Emporor. The health of the Czarowltz. tho grand duke Michael, Is causing con siderable anxiety to his physicians. In the event of his deatn and the mAMVuslADtflX dcmlso of tho Czar without a male heir, the (Irand Duke Vladimir would biiccoed to the throne. He Is said to be opposed to a liberal policy, and under the domination of tho clerical or reactionary party. Some Hardships of Women. Tho Soranll wlfo has not a too hap py time. When her husband becomes weary of her, affected by tho gracoB of a younger beauty, ho packs her back to her papa, Infant progeny and all. Still, ho in In some, ways a kind creature, for ho lavishly bestows on )irr Ills lllpsulllo "ami n lilt nt ..InlV. las a prosimt to her father, and, with vtho feellnt; Hint ho has behaved ex tremely handsomely, returns to his uocond loe" As to tho mixed Arnb Jealousy of his wlfo, It Is not always so marked an wo might suppose, even, too, as tne covering up of tho fnco with tho yashmak, etc. That was a sweet Mttlo compliment that ono gallant Mahometan gentleman paid to his snojvje who did not possess tho zone &,. n,i irN to anv alarmlnir ex- tent:; r. ... ... w r . idfttotJ0 you my rreo permfs- 8,on j-,o.W, to show yourself to all tho UiGnMm the world. oxceDt to my self." Anil )ut that man was allowed to live! Celibacy of the Priesthood. Tho cellhaey of tho prlosthood, against which a movement Is now bo lng ralsod In Italy, originated In a pa pal decree of A. D. 385, prohibiting marrlago of nil above tho office of sub doacou. In the Greok church clerical celibacy has nover been moro than recommended its priests are allowed to marry once but forbidden to take a second wife on tho death of tho first In tho English ehurch Queen Elizabeth emphatically dlsfavorod tho marrlago of tho clorKy and her feeling still sur vives in the social status of tho wivos of bishops As such they havo no rank whatever After the kind nnd royal family tho archbishop of Cantor bury is the ttrat person in tho realm, but his wife is simply Mrs. Temple. In fact, Elizabeth actually conslgnod Flotchor, bishop 'of London, to tho Towor for niarriag, nnd thero ho dlod. "wnllst sitting in hia cnar smoking a plpo of tobacco a!s Camden records. ' CLEAUEI) 4,000 on tho season," Fuld tlio old mana ger, "but tlio game Ih too strcnuouH for mo. At Golden Gulch, Cat., I nar rowly o h c a j) o d lynching; at Dead Home, Mont., I was chased tor two miles by six Infuriated minors, whllo my first bass and my !''ow Me to Present My Husband.' tenor held the prima donna of the company so that she couldn't Jump out of tho window of the hack; at Black Mountain, Wyo., I stole a bride from tho offlco of a Justice of the peace Just as that official was nbout to begin tho marriage ceremony, and all through tho western mining country I left behind me the reputation of bolng a cruel, brutal, savage slavo driver. "I started out from 'I-rlsco laBt sea son with an opora company of twenty nix people, twenty of them being young women. I took particular pains to pick out good looking chorus girls, because we. were going up into the mountains where operas hud never been sung before, nnd I wanted to makea good Impression. Our route lay up along tho Pacific coast to Portland, and then over east through Montana and Wyoming, nnd down the Missouri river. Most of our dates were one night stands. "The third night out ono of tho lead ers of the chorus did not appear for tho performance. She was a pretty blond girl and ono of tho best singers In tho company. I was Just about to start out a searching party when oho came into the theater accompanied by a large man In a blue flannol shirt and a big bjack mustache. " 'Mr. Goodwell,' she said, 'allow me to present my husband, Mr. "Tom" Parker. Wo were married an hour ago.' " 'Hut how about my contract?' I aBked. 'You're bound to sing for mo for twenty weeks, and 1 can't let you leave me in tho lurch this way.' " 'Say, party,' tho happy bridegroom broke In, 'if you'vu got any fault to find with my wife, why, I'm here to answer for It, soe?' "I hastened to assure the gentleman that not for tho world would 1 venture to criticise his blushing bride. In fact, I went so far as to congratulate them both, and in tho conversation which followed I began to get an idea of what was ahead of me. " 'Threo of tho other girls nro en gaged,' said the bride. 'They'io going to bo married right after tho perform anco Is over.' "I called In the tenor, tho first bass, The Girls Wore Heavy Veils, and tho basso profunda nnd laid tho caso beforo them. " 'If this thing keops on,' I said, thero won't bo anybody but us men left In the company by tho tlmo wo'ro out threo weeks. Wo'vo got to do something, and do it quick.' "Wo got threo hacks all there wero In tho town and lined thorn up out sldo tho stngo door, and when the last act of 'The Mikado' was half through wo called tho roll and packed tho wo men of tho company In them ono man going with each hack to seo that no body escaped. In that way wo man aged to get out of that town with only a single wedding to our credit. Dut evidently tho news of our coming hnd been passed along tho line, for when wo reached the next place on our list I l3i Of3!: VpjF 3 C A Hi &1 ' WVmiW tho station wns crowded with mining tnngnntes and other prominent citi zens, liy way of precaution I mndo tho girls all wear heavy veils, but that only served to stimulate curiosity. "Wo got In at noon, and right after dinner tho mayor sent n written pro posal of marriage up to tho prima donna of tho company, accompanied by documentary proof of his good financial and social standing, and, nfter a conference, his proposal was accepted. I heard of it Just In time, and, knowing full woll that If our leading songbird loft us we might as well close our season, I resolved on desporato measures. The girl herself refused to listen to renson, Sho liked the mayor nnd he liked her; sho might never get such a chanco again and sho wns going to take It. "Tho basso, tho tenor, and I re solved to kidnap her. After sho had sung her last solo a nolo was sent back to her asking her to romo outside the stags door for n moment. Sho came, expecting to seo the mayor. In stead, wo were In waiting, and, with out wn3tlng time on explanations, wy, throw her Into a waiting hack and started away down tho trail for the railroad station, which was fortunate ly two miles away on tho sldo of the mountain. Ileforo wo could get the door closed on the young woman she had uttered a shrill Bcream, which called most of tho audlenco out to seo what was tho matter. Tho mayor and the city marshal were at the head of the crowd, and they mado It their first business to Investigate and discover that tho promised brldo of the former was missing. Fortunately, we had a good start, and, fortunntely also, the train started soon after wo reached tho station. With the assistance of the trainmen we managed to stand off tho mayor and the two or three who had followed him until tho rest of tho company got on board. Then we pulled out for tho next town, to practically repeat thero tho oxperlonco wo had had. "Tho men who llvo In all these min ing towns are splendid patrons of a good show. They pay 1.50 or $2 for a seat quite as readily as does tho . Wi We Stood Off The Justice. theatergoer of Chicago or Now York. Uut in most of the towns a fairly good looking womun is a raro and precious sight, and tho twenty stago fairies I had picked out won tholr hearts. At one camp In Wyoming tho leading contralto started to marry a local magnate and had got as far as the office of a Justice of the peace when tho first and second tenors 'stood off tho bridegroom, tho Justice and the witnesses at tho point of re volvers, while the other mascullno singers and myself kidnaped tho con tralto and carried her off, screaming and kicking, to a waiting wagon. "Several times we had a number of Indians In our audiences. They would come in from tho reservations with plenty of money, and nqthlng but the best seats in tho house would satisfy them. At ono place, I remember, a drunken Blackfoot got so excited that he drew his revolver, cocked It, and started for tho stuge to put an end to tho miserable career of tho heavy vil lain with tho deep bass voice. For tunately, most of tho audlonco wero ised to 'gun plays' and they put tho Indian to sleep beforo he did nny damage. "That western country Is a great field for a theatrical man, but ha wants to mako sure, before ho starts, that tho women of his company aro hideously homely." H. M. II. In Chi cago Tribune. President's Pleading Effective. Had it not boon for President Roosovolt's intervention the Harvard football eleven would this year havo lost tho services of its brilliant cap tain and half back, 'Dob" Kornan. Last spring, tho young man's father, who resides In Brooklyn, Informed him that ho had played football long enough and It wns now tlmo to go to work. Even when Dob wns elected captain tho old gentleman romnlned obdurate, though tho university foot ball authorities pleaded for ono moro soason. Then some ono suggestod thnt Mr. Roosevelt, an alumnus of Harvard, bo asked to lntcrposo his good offices. This wns dono nnd tho president wroto to Mr. ICcrnnn, senior, on tho subject, whereupon tho latter wlthdrow his objections nnd "Dob" remained on tho team, Good Fruit or Profitable Fruit. Good fruit does not by necessity al ways mean profitable fruit. In fact, It Is quito seldom that fruit Is of both good quality and profitable. This is certainly tlio case west of tho Alle ghany mountains. East of that point thero aro regions that grow both good and profitable fruit. In that great region known as "Tho West" tho most profitable apples aro those of only fair quality, but long keepers nnd good shippers. In all this region tho fight for nnd against tho Ben Davis applo has been on over since that applo was originated. Dut In spite of tho fact that It is not of high quality it has made headway against all op position. It has pushed Into all parts of tho country, has passed over tho Alleghany mountains and has invaded Now England In force. How has this boon possible, when it was so roundly dispraised? It was because orchard plantors had found it to bo a very profitablo apple. They were always Biire of getting a crop of apples when they planted this variety. Moreover it keeps so long that it can be held for a tlmo of year when applet aro scarce, nnd at that tlmo will sell at a good prlco. Tho apple trees being planted now comprise a very largo per centage of Ben Davis apples, even In tlio New England states. The samo Is truo of small fruits. The strawberry that Is good for homo uso Is not a shipper. Tho man that plants must remember this. He may plant ono variety for his own use be cause that ono Is of high quality. He plants another to sell, because it will bear packing, shipment and trans shipment, it Is Impossible for tho strawberry grower to put tho best quality berries on tho market They would be spoiled before reaching the customer. It has been found that tho good shippers are not generally ber ries of great flavor or even beautiful appearance. Men have been looking for fruit that would combine In itself all the good and desired qualities. Wo do not know of any fruit that has como up to the demand In this regard. In fact, so far as this quest is con cerned, we seem to bo as far from the goal as ever. Cold Storage Experiment in Iowa. A communication from tho Iowa Ag ricultural College says: Tho Horticul tural Department of the Iowa Experi ment Station has one hundred barrels of standard varieties of Iowa applos In cold storago to dctcrmlno the relative keeping qualities of tho varieties the length of tlmo they may bo held suc cessfully, and tho best temperature for storing. The varieties Included in tho tost aro Wealthy, Wolf River, Fa mcuso, McMnhon, Jonathan, Domlne, Ben Davis, Soek-No-Further, Janet, Roman Stem, Northern Spy, Willow Twig and Whlto Pippin. From threo to ten barrels of each variety have been used, and the apples carefully se lected and packed. Tho apples woro bought at Corning, Iowa, In tho heart of tho Adams County nppla district, at prevailing prices, nnd wero packed by a commercial packor under tho direc tion of tho Experiment Station. Tho results Bhould bo a fair guldo both to tho commercial orchardlst and dealer. Tho work this year Is but a beginning nnd It Is hoped that next year It may bo conducted on a moro extensive scalo and that cooperative experi ments may be arranged for In different sections of tho state. Cold storage of fruits and vegetables Is a subject of vital Importance to the live horticul turist, and the Experiment Station at Ames is receiving many inquiries from thoso who contemplnto building stor ago plants both for private and com mercial use. It Is a line along which little oxperlmcnting has been dono and a subject of special importance to the fruit growers of tho Northwest since we cannot raise successfully tho long keeping varieties of the East Asparagus. Asparagus is found growing In very fow gardons In Oklahoma. It Is easily grown and makes a very nice dish In early spring when people are hungry for frosh vegetables. The plants can be grown from seed, but It 1b best to start tho patch from clumps of roots as It will bo threo or four, years beforo tho seedlings are large enough to pro duco good stems. Tho plants should bo set In rows flvo feet apart and the plantB four feet apart in the row. Tho plants should bo placed so the crowns will be about six Inches be low the surface of the soli. Tho bed should recelvo good clean cultivation in tho summer and a good coating of manuro In tho winter. Tho old stems snould bo removea in the fall. There are soveral methods of forcing the plants Into early growth In tho spring. A simple mothod of forcing enough for family use Is to dig somo largo clumps from tho patch, retaining as much soil as possible with tho roots and place on a hot bed. Keep the roots well watered and growth will start in a fow days. Good clumps will furnish several cuttings but aro of llttlo valuo after being forced in this way. Another method is to spread fresh manure dcop enough over tho ground to hoat This method acts much slower than the ono Just described but doesn't de stroy tho plants. Bulletin Oklahoma Station. Women can't drlvo nnlls, but when it comes to driving bargains sho has tho sterner sex beat a block. Lesptdeza or Japan Clover. Tho botanical namo Is Lcspedczn striata. Of it a bulletin of the Texai station says: This is a tmmer-grow Ing plant that thrives on most of tho light soils found between tho Trinity river and the Carollnas, throughout the Gulf states. It is strictly a South ern forage plant and will not thrlvu north of the latitude of Kentucky. Seeds havo been distributed all over tho South from an original shipment that was received at Charleston, S. C somo years ago. Birds, winds, and all classes of live stock have been In strumcnUl in scattering the seed westward. When this weed first makes Its appearance in a community It Is looked upon as a small weed and causca some discussion on account of Its salivating effect upon horses. After a year or two, this tendency tt salivate disappears and the new clo ver is recognized as a valuable forage crop to the community. In other In stances, progressive stockmen buy the seeds and plant them in the commun ity, where seeds have not been dis tributed by natural means, and these, in turn, are disseminated throughout the soils to which the plant is suited by the agencies mentioned. Seed should be sown in lato spring either upon well-prepared land or tho moist protected soils of partial woodland. Usually a peck to one-half bushel of seed per acre is planted In April and May, often in March. The plant grows slowly at first, but with a fair amount of rainfall it will es tablish Itself and will remain green through severe drouths until frost. The tiny violet bloom that occurs during July and August is often over looked, but tho plant seeds tho land abundantly, and the crop of clover will repeat itself annually, if soil and seasons are favorable. In many por tions of the older states, where ths crop has been grown and cared for, Lcspedeza hay is highly prized for all kinds of stock, and its reclaiming Influenco upon worn-out soils is highly appreciated. The Wood Harvest. Tho shortage in supply of wood on many farms Is duo directly to tho un scientific manner In which our wood lots havo been handled. It Is a mis tako to suppose that It Is necessary to deforest our farms In tho supply of tho farm stove with fuel. All this talk about tho "woodless era" that Is coming Is nonsenso, if wo stir our selves to find out the best way to har vest our wood. Thero Is ono great fact that should not bo forgotten and that Is that every year sees billions of cubic feet of wood added to tho bulk of our forest and woodlots through annual growth. So great Is this annual increase that If It bo prop erly handled it will supply all of our needs. In the wood lot wo must pre vent fires and cut out the mature wood systematically. Fires aro made pos sible generally by the accumulation of largo quantities of rubbish on tho ground under the trees or near them. In our wood lots tho most maturo trees must be cut and the Immature trees left to grow. Yet how often do wo seo trees slaughtered Indlscrlml- -4 natoly by the woodsman. As a treo approaches maturity Its annual In crease Is very small, and it does not pay to leave It to encumber tho ground for years. Tho wood harvest is ono of tho most Important of all the har vests on tho farm. It, to a great ex tent, renders tho farmer independent of tho great sourcos of fuol supply un der control of' great monopolies. More over, the source of supply being at his very door, ho is saved tho cost of cart ago, which is always a largo part oJV the cost of fuel. Farmers' Review. Lois on Half Fat Steers. Bulletin 76, Mississippi Experiment Station: Even the best Mississippi cattle are sent to market only half fat. Usually they are only fed from 90 to 120 days and this will not finish a stoor, unless he is fat to bogln with. It takes too much feed to mako a pound of beof for It to be profitable to feed animals that when sont to mar ket will not bring moro than threo or four cents a pound. In finishing an!- mals for the market tho gains made rarely over pay for tho food consumed, and in consequence tho increased value of the cntlro carcass, after bolng fed, over what it was whon tho animal was put on feed, must represent the profits, if any, Ii finishing for the block. 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