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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 21, 1899.'
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BURNED OUT
The Nebraska Independent Loses Every
thing in the Great Lincoln Fire
Saturday Morning,
v Last Saturday morning the most
disastrous fire in the history of Lin
coin occurred. The Nebraska In
dependent lost everything except
the contents of the safe in which
were most of the account books and
the subscription list. All the files
of the paper, all the letters from its
foundation to the present time, went
tip in smoke. The editor's personal
loss, while it was not much in dollars
and cents, is very trying to him. On
the northeast corner of M and 11th
streets was located the printing es
tablishments of all the reform forces
and the Western Newspaper Union
There were a great many printing
presses, large stocks of paper, many
books, some finished and some in
course of publication. Many him
dred people in one way and another
were damaged by the fire. ;
The principle building was the
property of Jacob North & Co. He
had just been carried to his grave
when the fire occurred. -Besides
this building the Masonic Temple
in which was the city library, and
the great St. Paul V Methodist Epis
copal church were burned. There
was nothing of value saved from
any of the ubildings. In all . cases
it was an almost total loss, ' A few
chairs or things of that sorfc only,
were taken put of the buildings.
No man in, the city will say that
even after the fire was started that
this awful loss was necessary., The
church was a 6tone building with a
slate roof and was more than '' 20
feet from the North buildinz in
which the fire originated.. The to
tal loss is more than a quarter of a
million dollars on winch there was
r -Insurance of $122,450J There
Wis no insurance on the plant of the
Nebraska Independent ,; J
i Why was this fire allowed to
spread from building to building?
There can be but one answef. An
inefficient fire department. The pco
j)lepf Lincoln pay enough and more
than enough to sustain a department
that is first-class in every respect
But the department in Lincoln is
still in the control of the old repub-
lican ring and is run just as the state
house was run until the reform
forces kicked the thieves out of
there.
Ihe infernal , rottenness of the
Lincoln city government, every em
ploye in its service being first a re
publican worker and after that a
servant of the pepole, is in the'inain
the cause of this severe loss. From
the chief of the fire department,
whose appointment was secured be
cause he was a republican and not
because he was an expert in fire ser
vice, clear down to the common la
borer, appointments are ma'de, not
because of qualification to fill the
position, but because of a politi
cal pull. If the most expert fire
fighter in the United States should
apply for the position of chief in
Lincoln, he'conld not get the place
tinder the present cjty government
unless he was a political worker in
the republican party. Treasuries
raided, cities burned, banks roTbbed
by their officers, inefficiency, cor-
, ruption, has been the record if the
' republican party in this state for
many years. It is still so wherever
that party is in power. The people
reap just what they have sown. How
lonk will the people of this city con
tinue to sow republican votes and
reap corruption?
0
THK CAMPAIGN.
There is a ampaign carried on un
der the ijpcrvision of the state
chairman and his assistants at the
.populists headquarter such as we
Biave not bad since 1800. , .There is
this difference between this year and
last year. last year the populists
, were bo cock suro that they would
; carry the state after the magnificent
showing made by the state officers
that they did not take the initiative
out in the country. districts. The
state committee arranged for meet
ings and sent word to the counties
telling the chairman there " of the
date and asking him. to make ar
rangements. It is different this
year. A)l over the state they are
calling for speakers and Mr. Edmis
ten has his hands full to supply
them. Every county and, every pre
cinct in the state is being looked af
ter. The chairman has been col
lecting the names of earnest popu
lists for over two years and there is
not a voting precinct in the state
where he has not the name of some
man who is interested in the reform
cause. The correspondence at the
populist headquarters is immense,
many times larger than it ever was
in any campaign before. s
Accessions to the ranks ares being
reported from all parts of the state.
There is an uneasiness among old
time republicans everywhere. They
do not ake to the denunciations of
the Declaration of Independence.
They have no heart in this McKin
ley war. They feaf militarism. It
seems to them that the very founda
tions are slipping from under their
feet. The constant fall in the price
of wheat and the rise of everything
that is sold makes the fanners - in
the republican ranks begin to ask
with an earnestness that they never
exhibited before what all this means
They: don't like the war. ; They
don't like the rise in she price of
everything that they have to buy
and the falling price of most of the
things they have to sell. So they
begin to doubt whether the gold
standard is the right thing. That
means' that many of them will for
sake the - republican party in the
next .ejection, ' They "; are all being
looked after fry" the 6tate committee.
THE JOURNAL'S VILENESS.
Because a Soldier will not Talk Imperialism
it Prints the Vilest Slanders
About Him.
"This," wrote the Honorable Geo.
D. Meikeljohn to a friend in Lincoln
early in May, 1898, "this is to be a
republican war as far as it is in our
power to make it. Except where
we can avoid it, none but repub
licans will be commissioned as offi
cers in the army." The policy which
has undoubtedly been carried out
as fully as possible, is widely differ
ent from the one pursued by Gov.
Ilolcomb and later by Gov. Poynter.
both of whom laid aside partisan
ship and appointed the bitterest and
most uncompromising republicans
to high po'silions in the Nebraska
volunteers.
Not only has the national admin
istration made desperate endeavors
to make it a republican war so far
as officers are concerned, but the
most damnable practices are resorted
to to blacken the reputation of any
officer or man who has the courage
to have opinions at variance with the
administration. Col. Funston was
a demi-god until it was discovered
hat ho does not believe in ''benevo
lent assimmilation;" now all. 'sorts
of scandalous stories are told about
him in order to dim the brilliant
record ho has made. . J ut. Col.
Eager did his duty a .i American
stories about the wound he received
in twenty-one engagements, somo
of them pretty sharp battles, and
escaped unhurt. In the twenty-second
battle he Mas wounded by a
Mauser bullet passing through the
top of his foot and out at the sole.
He lays no claim to having perform
ed any miraculous achievements, but
he does claim that the army records
will show for themselves that he did
his whole duty as a soldier and officer-
'
Col. Eager is a populist. He does
not believe in "benevolent assimi
lation" it seems too much like
murder. Hence, it is no wonder j
that a lot of Miss Nancys who were
too cowardly to enlist and go to war,
are now circulating maliciously false
stoories about the wound he received
in the foot. Too cowardly to make
a plain statement, they hedge and
turn, trying to create the impression
that Col. Eager' wound was self
inflicted. Such a libel is easily an
swered, if indeed it should be an
swered other than by a swift unerr
ing kick of a number ten boot, by
the plain statement that Col. Eager
was in twenty-one battles before he
was wounded., It is passing strange
that a man should face death on
twenty-one occasions and show the
white feather in the twenty-second.;-
None but republicans need apply.
If Col. Eager were a republican
or even if he should pay turn
coat and swallow the imperialistic
pill he wouldbe lauded' to the
skies. But because he has a mind
of his own, the shafts of venom are
aimed at him. No populist or dem
ocratic paper has assailed the rep il
lation of any republican officer or
man in the Nebraska volunteers
have republicans lost all sense of dc-cency?-Nebraska
Post. :
MAN BEHIND THE PLOW.
There's been a lot to say about the
man behind the gun, .
And folks has praised him highly
for the noble work he done;
He won a lot of honor fer the land
where men are free,
It was him that 6ent the Spaniards
kitin' back across the sea;
But he's had his day of glory, had
his little spree, and now '
There's another to be mentioned
he's the man behind the plow.
A battleship's a wonder and an ar
my's mighty grand,
And warrin s a pcrfessidn only he
roes understand; . -There's
soniethin' sort V thrillin' in
a flag that's wavln' high,
And jt makes you want to holler
r .when the- boys go-marchirr! -Try,01
But when the shoutin's over and the
fightin's done, somehow,
We find we're etill dependin' on the
man behind the plow.
They sing- about the glories of the
man behind the gun,
And the books are full of stories
of the wonders he has done;
The world has been made over bv
the fearless ones who fight;
Lands that used to be in darkness
they have opened to the light;
When God's children snarl the sol
dier has to settle up the row.
And folks haven't time fer think
in' of the man behind the plow.
In all the pomp and splendor of an
army on parade.
And all through the awful darkness
that the smoke of battle's made;
In the halls where jewels glitter and
where shoutin' men debate,
In the palaces where rulers deal
; out honors of the great,
There is not a single person who'd
? be doin' bizness now
Or have medals if it wasn't fer the
man behind the plow.
We're a-buildin' mighty cities and
we're gainin' lofty heights,
We're a-winnin' lots of glory and
we're settin' thinsrs to rights;
We're a-showin' all creation how
Future men'll gaze iii wonder at the
things that we have done,
And they'll overlook the feller, jist
the same as we do now,
Who's the whole concern's founda
tion that's the man behind the
the world's affairs should run,
plow.
0
When congress meets its first duty
should be to knock the props from
under this army, illegally organized
to fight an un-American and unau
thorized war. All further enlist
ments should bo stopped,' estimates
should be cut down, appropriation
should be witheld promotions should
he deniedand every possible thing
done to weaken and reduce the ar
my. Ten thousand men, or even
five thousand, are enough for the
regular army of a republic. No re
public can endure that tolerates the
demoralizing and debasing influen
ces of a large standing army. En
courage the state militia, but foster
the regular army only as you would
a dangerous serpent that is, pull
out its fangs and crush its head. No
republic needs an army when every
citizen is a soldier and ready to die
for his country and his home, Val
ley Democrat. j
News of the Week
The point of interest in the Uni
ted States for most of the ,', people
during the week was the trust con
ference at Chicago." Almost as soon
as it assembled it tvas clearly to be
seen that plutocracy had nt nog,
lected the occasion by any means,
and the delegates lined up. on two
sides for battle. It was trust under
cover and anti-trust; -openly.
Treasurer Foster, he wha frp t order
ed the payment of gold from ' the
treasury for the government obliga
tions and shortly failed in business
most disastrously, ias airon'tspokcn
champion of trusfs. Tliea jcamc
Bourke Cochran,- the Cleveland gold
bug champion of 1893. 11$ fought
under cover. . Ills speech, while os
tensibly against trusts was the most
powerful defense of the system yet
made, He put just enough jBOund
economics into his speech to make
it go. ,;: - .
. His speech in the house in 181)3
did not show the slightest knowl
edge of the science of political econ
omy, but this speech does. ; He has
been reading John Stuart Mill and
this speech shows him to be dis
honest while tho former only con
victed him of ignorance. In 1873
he thought taxes were badges of lib
erty and the more of such badges a
man had on him the happier V he
would be. Now he says that trusts
are not altogether good but pub
licity of air their proceedings would
be a perfect remedy and that is all
that the bjw need to provide for. The
law provides for that now arid always
has provided for it." But the trusts
continue to - increase in i power.
Bourke Cochran's speech was per
haps the most finished piece nf sus
tained sophistry thatcatj , l'efouad
in liiTEnglish language." 'T''"-"rT?
As for the audiences, the place
of meeting was overflowing with
people at all the meetings. The
sentiment generally :, was ; against
monopolies of all kinds. Mr. Bryan
made an exhaustive discussion of
the subject of trusts which will be
printed in full in the Independent.
The situation in the " Transvaal
still remains critical. . A diligent
search of both foreign and Ameri
can papers leads the Independent to
believe that England is engaged in
a scheme- of robbery and bloodshed
and that without thejeat excuse.
Whenever the Boer government has
agreed to a demand by Joe Cham
berlain, instead of settling the dis
pute he has followed with new and
more presumptious demands, until
at last his scheme of conquest is
wholly unmasked. : He means to
annex the Boer republic and nothing
else will satisfy him. Of course,
like McKinley, he is going to do it
in the name of humanity and civil
ization. The Independent believes
that England is again engaged in
one of her old schemes of inhuman
robbery and conquest. Nothing
will stop her but bullets. She will
have to stand a shower of them be
fore she kills all of the brave, God
fearing farmers of this African re
public. The Dreyfus incident has finally
closed with a full pardon. It now
begins to look as if the last trial was
a fake from beginning to end.
Without doubt the whole matter
was arranged before hand and the
officers conioing the court-martial
were ordered What to do, and did
exactly what had been ararnged for
them to do, when they were detailed
upon the court-martial. The gen
erals who had committed perjury
time and again to save the "honor"
of the annv had to be given a chance
to escape their just punishment and
this was the way taken to do it.
No more reports can bo found in
any of the great dailies, as to .the
number of eiilistmentes in the army.
How near McKinley is coming to
getting the 33,000 recruits to go and
subjugate the Filipinos no one can
tell, but the advertisements, for re
cruits are everywhere to b Peen
stuck up on the dead walls and bill
boards of the cities.
Lincoln has had on her gayest
clothes all tho week on account of
the free street fair which Is proving
a great, success. The streets ' are
crowded from early morn until late
at night with visiting thousands..
There are blocks upon blocks of
gaily decorated booths in which all
sorts of things fanciful and" Useful
are exposed for sale. "All kinds of
exhibits and more profuse in num
ber than aro seen at the old fashion
fairs. ' . ' '
DARE NOT, TRUST THEM.
,, Editor Independent; While at
tending the. G. A. 11. vaunual reu
nion at Lincoln we felt proud of
the magnificent reception the warm
hearted people, regardless of politi
cal preferences, were able to give the
noble men of the First Nebraska
They deserve greater praise than we
can give them for their unflinching
obedience to orders, for they were
braver than we of the army of '61,
because we were fighting to save
our own country from dismember
nicnt, while they felt that they were
fighting to subdue an inoll'ensivc
people on the opposite side of the
globe;- ' ' ' -. ,: '.;..'.;
When it came to speech-making,
however, those in charge seemed to
assume an entirely different attitude
and many a blunderbuss was let off
in adulation of our "glorious cause"
in ihe Philippines while the boys
who had been there were not trusted
with an invitation to say a ' word,
notwithstanding many of them
qould have given us a very instruct
ive talk regarding the situation
there, and we were pained' ta4icaf
fuch words at "traitor and copper
head'' applied to citizens who sjoke
much more mildly of this wretched
Philippine business than would
many of the returned soldiers had
they been given an opportunity.
There was enough incongruity in
this whole affair to make it ludicrous
had it not included so much of tho
really pathetic.
The First Nebraska boys were
net cuckoos therefore they , 'wcro
not allowed to speak. , ' '
B. ROOSA,
Co. E, 3rd Minn, of 'il.
Lincoln, Neb. . " . . , ,
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HOW A BULLET TRAVELS.
the SolflUr la Tanght la)
Learning How to Shnot.
The soldier is taught that the ballet
travels through tho air in a curved hue
called tbe trajectory, and that three
forces act tipon it first, the exploded
charge, tending; to drive it forward in
a straight Una along the line of fire;
ecofld, the force of gravity, and, third,
the air resistance. At 200 yards, owing
to thexe forces, the ballot, traveling at
the rata f, 2,000 feet second, will
have fallet, - hont two feet. In the ex
citement of Wing at close quarters tho
aim will invariubly be too high. .
It has been enlcnlnted that whtn tbe
enemy approaches within 3."0 yards the
soldiers will instinctively firo ts nmeh
as two fi-et or three feet above their
heads. Now, it has been found by ex
periment that the fact of firing bay
oneti will catuo the ballot to drop a
distance of abont i feet in 850 yards,
and therefore when about this dietanee
from the enemy soldiers ore intruded
to fix bayonet, in order to connteract
the excessive elevation of their aim.
The recruit learns that tbe mean ex
treme range of tho bullet is 3, S00 yards,
and that the longest shot ever-observed
Was 8,760 yards. He is taught the pene
trating power of his weapon, a subject
full of interest. To take one or two ex
amples, rammed earth ftives lssa pro
tection than loose; bullets easily find
their way through joints of walls, while
a concentrated ere of about ISO round
at 200 yards will breach a nine inch
brick wall
Only experience can teach a soldier
how much, he must aim to the right or
left of hie mark to counteract the force
of the wind. A side wind has more
effect on tbe flight of the bullet than a
wind blowing directly toward the firer.
The soldier must learn the habits of hia
rifle, since some shoot higher or lower
than othera Every riQe, like every
marksman, has its own individuality.
Peureou'a Weekly.
'j lad to iodki.,
She What did papa aay t
Be 1 asked his consent to our mar
rUrfe by telephone, and he replied. "I
don't know who yon are, but it'a all
right. Boaton Traveler.
f .. .
to wttdtHKKitiwititititit
I NOT Ff PIIII
I An Autlj
Gets an Inspiration 5
aa Unexpected 3
Source.
'"What a m
!" repeated the man to
most a writhe, "Making
himself with
1
bricks with
straw all the year
-there. I wish to Ood
d how to write!"
1 pnld blm In solid coin,
his minor dreams was
round. I wib1
I'd never loan-
And yet it
so far. One t
realized; the
window of bis writing
room overlooked a suburban roadway
along which jarring wheels seldom
rattled; be I id got away from tbe
Whir and droi e of the town, where his
nerves had b en at a tension all day
long. He coulil compoNe tu peace. And
yet be sat w (b tbe bitter; Idle stare,
Clutching a di pen.
Tbe door txUlml creaked; a woman
glided In on tjptoe. "Don't start-it's
euly I." she wjkispered,
'Dou't start" He threw down tbe
pen 'without timing. "If all statts
or the strain pf expecting them. I'm
sick of It. I tol you-slck of It nil."
"What Is the! matter?" Stie bad paus
ed half way,) with bands together.
"Can't you writer
"Write! I'vd nothing to write. I'm
drained dry. And I promised a tragic
story"-wlth i half "sneerVfor that
Society Sun. Tragic! What's the
time?"--.'. T . .
"It must be oearly 6.M
- "BIxT Dark In another hour dusk
now! I've done nothing. And you you
nerer attempt la belp me, by so much
as a word!" - j
"Never help jroi'T she echoed; and
repeated It to fcArself. 'I never help
aim! But when hove you asked such a
thing? What good would be my Ideas?"
("Oh. not mncli Women seldom have
real Ideas. They're flitting superficiali
ties. Rtiir- t ' .-.'-"
'A long slleno. The door creaked
again, but lie knew she had only closed
It and was stilt hovering behind him.
He was somewhat surprised, but would
not turn, - vaguely conscious of the
sneer bollowmfis. Then
I never help1 yon." she repeated
ealmVy. VWouUj you like ma to try?
rerbnps something has just come Into
my mind. It la silly, maybe, as 1 tell
W, but you, my husband, might tpakt
It clever and ,. tutorestlng. You say .
your steHe are always twaddle aa you
tlrst set them dawn." -
"Do I? Well. 'what la It?" be said,
staring across at tbe opposite roofs.
"This situation Is novel. (Jo on. Never
mind at long aa &ar Is anything at all
In It." : - - .
"There la thei Is a woman's heart
In It. I think," shit whispered. "Is that
any good?" U
"Ob!" he sold. I Her voice had tailed
off as If she had, a tval Idea, but was
afraid of the sneer. "Well, there usual
ly Is; that's ons of the component
parts of the average story. Even humor
Is the brighter fer tragedy lurking In
tbe bacbgrouud. you know. Aoytblng
In Ihe heart? 'Hull's the point Yes;
anything lu this heart?"
Another silcuce.i "Couldn't I tell you
just as it came to we, theu?" she said.
"I'm not clever euough to know. It's
more of a sketch. Jwrhapi. I 1 Imagin
ed two lovers. vey dear lovers. They
got married, and there was a beautiful
world before them, with auc'b peace
at the end, If they knew! Make the
man an artist. He lived for his art.
The glrl-tho girl was ouly Just a girl;
ihe lived for the man. She hung on
his every word, you might say; she
prayed for his success when he was
never there to hoar, thought for him
In ways that he would never know and
checked her slnglug and moved softly
so that he should never be disturbed at
Lis work. You're Uot willing. Is It so
illy?" "
"(Jo on." he whispered. "There
thure's nothing to write yet."
"Thut WBUt on for years. The man.
deeper and deeper In his work, never
saw that bis wife was changing, that
tho light had gone out of her eyes,
lie forgot all he had roeaut to be for
got after a time even to kiss hrr. and
tbe girl xlic could never bring herself
to. remind hlm-eV She still lived
ouly for blm. but f never cared What
she wore, never thought that her work
might be bard hints Utile way, aud
that there are somje women for whom
years of such sl!uce ami loneliness
apells death or worn. She was al
ways crying at (lrnl and never dared to
tell him why If he
lid not see tr him-
self and kept out
hi mind should
work. And be so
f his way so that
ml le sHiiei tor
that he thought It
aud spoke harsh
r.t Int got so that
1 of lit own and
nr when when he
was Something cls
ly and sneered am
he lived la a wor
wouldn't open bis tl
knew that her bean
side, longing for oil
was bursting out
kind word agaiu.
Or or something 1
k-.' that. Could you
tlintr
begin anything wltll
No answer. She
tho man's outward
would never again
on a little faster, !
could not see, but
stare was as If it
n-lox. She went
Kr voice tawing a
thrill juxt as thou,
piled that there mlg
li his silence l:u
t lie real dramatic
.WKxIbllities in her
mall liixplration.
I think my butsbaiul could-yes! Tbe
world la used to seeing the man grow
indifferent and tboLwomau cold and
pale; but you you trfight take the trag
edy as It Is within fllie four walls and
make it live and thtob in there. You
I
might put It that at flritlth uz
mistake was to always atAintof fv
ward to his goal, forgetting that t
happiest time is now forgetting hr
when he looks at last he will not I
Just the same laughing girl a he bl'
ried. Often he.left her, w tll s
be wanted cheerful facta and relc
tion fter hia work, and th wifa r
only like a ghost creeping about t
hnniuh And so at last, tor nwwt
alternative to a broke a fe3tt
heart hardened to etoaa. AfcJ, 'oi
had so loved him had a dattr
always to look her brightest aad
for bin! That might have r 01
the end. as It often doear t-t t
cam a blow-one blow mora tlia
could bear. Well auppoee wa'li
pose that one day lha irtftv ooaha
or other, heard blm talklnj to ftfcnv
Tha friend waa quiet; he bai
'What's tha matter w(tb wtJJi her? AL
the romance gone that yeu need to talt ,
about r Make it-meka It tta ah kekk
her breath foe tb answer, evea -Us-,
even then; that even the eke waa.
hungering to put bet arms all ar'"4
him, and tall blm, oh, no, It waa t at
gone! And supposing ah bearl t
aay : 'Bart Pooh, take no notice tllr
-always the same. Wish to Ooa r
timea I'd never married wkat 1
the expenses and tbe mtetrie at t
Can't make bar out-aot ttke otlu
men. Given It op long ago. Doot j
ever marry, ekJ manf . Aa4 vtzZ
the wife stood and cried to Ood t t
her on tbe spot, and that GsJ C2 l
answer, and that at last-t fcat wl
something seemed aa if It wonil f
K
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T
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In her brain she crept tat 1X3 I
band's study and took eat tbe I'
that be kept in bla desk and put tt t
her forehead, a&d-and almost r---
the trigger. Wouldat ftaptt c;1
a atory like tbatr
Still no ana war. Tbe man bJ cr "
cd still farther forward, bla
ping the dealt, bla face fay la t
dusk, bla stare widened. It leettf- ;
somehow looked at If be feared fc I I
life to look around, la fear ef a k: 1
watting for bla throat It was net I i
wife tHlklng. It waa tragedy tkat tl3
come creeping Into the room, at . 13
sometimes did when be wrote late, ar3
aomethlng stood and breathed ta.!3
each shoulder,
Tbe voice came again, aa from
Way 0. ?--r,::-.;--"--rt--7- .--- r
"Yost Vav she. naaaed tbe anoaaerv
and that aavad hen. -He MOXM at l.J
and tbe mind that Mway etnslaaxl a':-
r eomethmg J Ktf tStnt ttt 7ZTt
found. But the tber; 1 eae
her bead, and It staid aJ atalct a&4
more than once.' when -4m bad paaaej
her wttb hardly ward ar took aav
my Ood. ihe eooM hot bear III G4
forgive bar, abe cannot bear It!
The Indescribable Sob and a twin
rush. A hand bad plucked ope 4b
drawer at the man's side, and aeme
thlng bright flaehed out Joat I tin
be realized aomethlng and swayed up,
with a hoarse cry: "Winnie! No, nor
and faced the picture that waa to eat
Into his memory for all time. -The
dead silence, the stare wit
which the wide eyea In her worn,
white face seemed to search hia aenl
wildly for a flicker of tbe truth I Then
hir band dropped, and her face began
to twitch plteoualy. Bis arms war
out and the heart beat there yet
" Winnie V be had whtapered-eaeh ay
whisper. "Don't, don'tl Coma baca
to me! Come back to mef
And for those two Time put back the)
hands of bla clock. But the atory.
That waa not for publication. Loads
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" Killing OaT Thistle.
A correspondent of tbe Michigan
Farmer writes as follows about kRUnf
off Canada thUtles:
The writer's method, which has bee
very successful. Is as followa: The Jo
Is let out to a boy (or boys), and the
terms of the contract are "no kill, no
pay." The result Is tbe boy gets bla
pay , ....
On my farm the thistles grow I
patches, aud I pay so much per patch,
according to size. The work Is begun
in the spring. Kncb week for two or
three weeks the boys cut tbe in with
hoe about two Inches below tbe surface
of the ground.
Once In two weeks, for about three
times and after this about once
month, this job Is done during the bal
auce of the season. By fall the thistles
are smothered out, . ' "
Tbe leaves of a plant are Its range.
You cfio kill an oak tree by picking off
Its leaves and buda for one seaaon. I
plan to kill tblstk-a In Held devoted
to cultivated crops. After the second
or third cuttlug very few plant will
appear. 4
By a little attention to tbe boy he
will attend to the thistles and at the
san.e time earn a little cash. I have
tried salt, which kills tbe thistle, but la
expensive and dou't help tbe boy.
Hour !oaal Cards Are Oflva) H .
"Women often send unnsages to their
dressmaker of te' dry, goods ahops on
postal cards," says The ladles' Home
Journal, "Uachfng a hit of cloth, rib
bon or lace 4 Sample.' This make
the card litirasllablo,' so It la alwaye
sent to the 'dead letter office and in
variably d'eStyuywl'. Un-prestiwably
niHU not lnfre(inrty- paate a clever
joke or a telling political fragment
upon a postal and aad It to a friend
at least, start It. ; But It aerer arrlvf.
Nothing may be auacbed to a' f-'
card, nor may oae word be wrltt" '-
on the address sldeerr,r;t the t
Itself."
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