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TTIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEFa FEBRUARY G. 1910. Woman's Life on the' Wild Western Ranch (Continued from rage One.)- iresni, employing the separator. There ore also many other depart ments of the ranch and the making of the home to occupy their time and their efforts, and their .neighbors count them among the busiest residents cf the district. Mies Lulu has gone abroad for employment and teaches the district school three miles from her home. The rural mall delivery, telephone and other conveniences that have penetrated the rural districts are all within easy access of the Callaway settlement, which, according to Omaha friends who have visited there, Is an altogether interesting and delightful place. Miss Edna Walworth, a member of the teaching staff of Vinton school, Is another young woman who has braved Isolation on the crairles and all that goes with It for the sake of acquiring the inde pendence of the ranrh owner. Miss Walworth took up a section or land under the KinkalJ act a year ago, and her holding Is today tmong the most promising In Its vicinity. Her ranch Is a little less than two miles from Eli, Cherry county, Nebraska, and Is entirely enclosed with a two-wire fence. A two-roomed house and a fifty-foot well, with a pump, Improvements made during the year, contribute much to the comfort as well as the value of the place. But these are not the only Improvements. Last year Miss Walworth had Id ten acres of sod corn, which yieldel about 100 bushels, and she Is planning further cultivation this spring. Later she expects to stock the place, but at present her stock consists of a half interest in a horse, which she rides back and forth to the home of her father, a mile distant. Miss Walworth confesses to some timidity, but this has not diminished her enthusiasm,' which is one of the valuable assets of he homesteader. The coyote chorus which has sickened the heart of many a frontier homemaker, no longer makes her nervous," and she has become a judge of fire guards and other neces sities of the place with the keen eye of the experienced ranchwoman. Since the fire baa been "kept out much of her land Is fine for grazing and she has derived a profitable rental at the rate of 25 cents a bead for stock pastured there. Miss Mabel Detebenner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Detebenner, fcmerly of this city, Is an enthusiastic homesteader and one of tho most successful of the several' Omaha wtmen who have taken up land. Miss Betebenner's claim of about 140 acres Is about three miles from Bridgeport, Neb., and was opened for settlement under the Klnkaid act. It will require five years of continuous residence before sbe secures her patent and of this time about a year and a half remains. Miss Detebenner has forty acres under cultivation, her crops Including corn, oats and alfalfa. It Is her intention to put the greater part of It In to alfalfa as soon as the water supply Is definitely determined. Present prospects are most favorable for an abundant supply, as the Trl State Irrigation ditch has been ex tended within six miles of her claim, and is being extended In a line that will bring It directly past her property. These prorpects are so good that she has been offered $50 an acre for her land. Miss Betebenner has a comfortable house and her parents are at present living with her. Twice a week she makes a trip to town and through the neighborhood giving music lessons, her class being sufficiently large to afford a comfortable Inccme Independent of tbe farm. Mrs. G. R. Coleman and Miss Ruby Elizabeth Williams are about to enter upon a forteen months' residence near Hugo, Colo., where they have bought relinquishments on claims cf 160 acres each. Mrs. Coleman and children will leave March 1. but Miss Williams does not go until June. Both of these claims are partially Improved, each having a house. It is the Intention of their new owners to move theRe houses as near together as the law will allow, that they may afford ench other company and make possible many of the other conveniences Incidental to near neighbors. Miss Wil liam's claim already has twenty acres In winter wheat and both women expect to have eighty acres put Into wheat In the spring. It is their Intention to eventually put their entire property Into alfalfa. This will require less work of the kind more difficult for women and they believe will be mere profitable. Both claims aro good land that will admit of general cultivation. Both Miss Williams and Mrs. Coleman contemplate substantial Improvement of their bouse3. -Full cement foundations will be put In and windows and porches will be screened and the Interior made attractive for permanent resi dences. The farms are to be stocked to begin with with two horses, a wagon and a buggy. Miss Williams has bought a horse and wagon and Mrs. Coleman a horse and buggy. The horses will be worked on both farms until the proOts warrant more extensive equipment. Mrs. Coleman has already been engaged to teach the district school about two miles from her home. Misses Sue and Molly King, formerly of Omaha, have recently completed a five years' residence on two 640-aere claims near Harri son, Nnb., In Sioux county. Their papers are all in and a few weeks will give them the patents to their lands. The claims were taken up under the Klnkaid act and considerable more than the required amount cf Improvement has been done on each. Their land Joins and the houses are built Just 'at the line, only a little way apart. The sisters have become proficient horsewomen and each has a saddle horse, long canters affording their principal recreation. Dur ing their five years of homesteadlng these two young women have not devoted themselves entirely to the business of ranching. At least, one of the little houses has held treasures foreign to all that surrounded and lenst to bo looked for In a claim house on the prairie. During her residence in Omaha Miss King enjoyed the reputation of being one of the cleverest modistes In the city, and there was lamenting among her patrons when she announced her (mention of going onto a ranch. A few of these patrons refused to be dropped and prevailed upon MIbs King to continue making their gowns. This she has done, making occasional brief trips to the city for Ideas and materials and doing the work, out on her claim. This practice has served not only to occupy the time, but has proven most remunerative. Mrs. Ida M. French, another Omaha teacher, has overcome many obstacles In acquiring a farm In Tripp county. Her number was 130 in the drawing and her farm Is a good one. With her father, Mrs. French Is now living on her land, having a leave of r.bsence from the Omaha schools. She Is enthusiastic and has done much for herself. Among her early experiences was the necessity of moving her house. The site had beetf located and the building put up when It was discovered that the water supply that had been counted upon was inadequate, and nothing remained but to moi the house to a place where there was water. Mrs. Arthur Rogers, formerly Miss Grace Con ant, la company with her brother;" bought a relinquishment of a claim not far from Herrlck, S. D., and spent the required fourteen months of residence there. With her father, who also has holdings there, and her brother for company, and not far away, Mrs. Rogers extracted from her experience a good deal of a lark, and at the expiration of her residence sold her land and returned to Omaha and her friends with a substantial little nest egg to deposit in the bank. In spite of all the "experiences" and the hardships incidental to proving up on these homesteads, the women are, with scarcely an exception, satisfied with their bargains. Many have become so attached to the independent life that they have established perma nent residence on their farms and others have gained Independence by the proceeds of their lands. Although this Is a subject of which , all speak guardedly and not without embarrassment, with scarcely ; an exception all these homesteaders have had not one, but many, opportunities to marry. "You ought to read some of the letters we women homesteaders get," said one of them. "Many of us had never suspected there were so many Barkises In the world, and marvel that we had not been discovered before. Some of these letters are written in perfectly good faith, however, but they are nothing as compared with some of the verbal proposals of marriage that have come to most of us." It Is significant, however, while many of them have married by far the greater number have preferred the independence that their farms have brought them. Miss Iowa Mullen of Saunders school, Miss Elizabeth Gibbs and Miss Olga Mohr, also teachers in the city schools, aro other enthusiastic homesteaders now living on their claims, with leave of absence from their schools. Miss Clara Ruth closed her art studio In Omaha some time ago to take up her residence on a Nebraska elalm and Mrs. Frances Filleo and her mother have 640-acre claims In Cherry county, taken last year under the Klnkaid act. They have a substantial cement house, and while the greater part of their land is best suited to grazing purposes, enough of It can be cultivated to make it valuable above the average in that vicinity. v Paintings for the South Dakota Capitol v "7 . ; . V ) ... ,.",4 ' , J? - " ' V ' . -v . ". ' ' " .-'- 4 ;. '.--' ...y ,: I J.:., ... jpm.mm&. -eft'. -. l ; 4-- i , i A (1 if '3 : ft j- v . v .--r a . jm . .... . .. . ,0 t, - " i LLROORT OP THK LOUISIANA PURCI5 ASE-PART OF THE Ml'RAI. DECORATION OF THE NEW SOUTH DAKOTA CAPITOt. AT PIERRE From a Painting by Charles Holloway ot Chlcaco. ECORATOU W. O. ANDREWS D has received and placed In posl I tion the first of the mural paintings In the new South Da kota state eapltol at Pierre. It Is a painting by Charles Holloway, tho Chicago artist, who will present sev eral subjects. The present Is the central mural decoration for the nennte chamber end harmonlzos with the general decor ative effect of that chamber, which Is ereen. ivory and gold. The picture is an allegory of the Louisiana purchase. Tho center of the 'group of the painting tells of the acquisition of the terrltoryof of Louisiana by America from France. Louis lenn Ih typified by an Indian woman, over whom America !s placing live flag of the new nation, and from whom the garment of France has fallen. France, by Its Bide, l.olds a copy of the treaty "by which the pui chase was ratified. On the Missouri floats the craft of America, guided by Progress and Rectitude. In the golden yellow background the spirit of a soldier of old Spain, feeling the glorious achieve ment of Spain as discoverers of the coun try, shows the device of Isabella of Spain, a yellow cross on a white field. The feurs-de-lla In the foreground sug gests the more recent ownership of the country by France. The background, sug gestive of Spuln, and the flowers of France, Xells of the past, and the genius of American progress shows the coming of another day. and suggests the glorious achievements of the present. While this is the only mural painting1 which has yet tieen received and placed, several others are finished, and are ex pected to be here within a few days, when they wlll-ba placed in position. Curious arid Romantic Capers of Cupid M Art and Marriage. IS3. LUCENE OOODENOW, a former Chicago art student, married Klohet Iunkal a Japa nese artist,- at the residence $3,000,000 life Insurance. Last November, when he applied for fl.500.00 in a lump, It was said to be the largest application for Insurance ever made at one time. Nicholson recently started a movement to of her father. George I. Goode- merge the cement Interests of four states. now, Kalamazoo, Mich. Both are former students of tho Chicago Art Institute. The engagement, announced In December of 1908. caused murh comment at the time, when a bill forbidding Inter marriage of Causaslans and orientals was When GlrU Should Marry. r Twenty-five prominent Hamilton women were nBked to send statements to the Life Problem club of the Hamilton (O.) Young Men's Christian association of their opin ions on questions connected with the mar- licriillm' K . Till....!. 1 I ..... Miss Goodenow declared that she would I"'"0 otJMa: Tne ummanr of their opln marry Inukal In spite of any bill that mlKht le parsed. Even If there were a law against It we rou Id go to some other ntate and bo mar ried," she said. "We both love art and tire suited to each other." The two-year courtship of Inukal and Miss Goodenow at the Art liiMtltute waa not without lt embarrassing- features, accor ding to Miss Good." now. "During oue whole year of our friend ship we never spoke to eai-ti other, while married life came Into the circuit court of lu the Institute. Mie mud.' "We were Kokomo to auk for a divorce upon the ioo-inurn irouDitu oy uie way tno otner grounds of abandonment. Her complaint Ions waS as follows: That unnelflshness Is the most desirable single quality In a husband. That It is undesirable for girls to marry outsldo their own social sphere. That the bent time for a girl to marry is between 20 and 0 years ftolnof Home. Mrs. Emma Miles of Kokomo. Ind.. who. as Emma Thomas, was married to Delano Miles at the age of lii years, after a short "Look here, my friend, ;l really can't marry you unless you do' what you are told. "But the aged bridegroom still remained stupid and silent, and the bride, losing all patience with him,' shook him roughly by the arm and hissed: " Go on, you old toot! Say it after him Just as If you were mocking him!'" Stranded ou Snow Pile. The unique experience of being married in a snowdrift belong to Thomas Stlckley. a young farmer, and Miss Florence Merk ley of New Market, Va. Stlckley and his bride-to-be started to drive to a minister in Mount Jackson. Snowdrift after snowdrift was encountered. Tho horses berame exhausted and the ve hicle finally camo to w stop in a five foot drift. Leaving Miss Merkley. Stlckley made his way on foot to the home of the Rev. Henry Dltzler, who returned and married the couple In the drift on the road. ' . Romance of Deadwood (Continued From Page Three.) coma productive, and ajmost their entire acreage Is today being farmed, and the products raised sold at good prices within a few miles of where they are harvested. On Jim creek, which Is within the Hills, was grown and thrashed the first cereal grown In the Black Hills. Within tho Hills, free from danger of Indian attacks, on the upper reaches of the Box Elder, Gilbert M. Tower, In the spring of 1876, located arid erected the first buildings In the Hills to be used exclusively for farm purposes. Scattered throughout the Hills are numerous little valleys, and while their altitude is too high for those occupying them to make a Buccees of raising wheat or corn, oats, barley and every kind of vegetable raised In the valleys of the foot hills are prolific producers when planted, and a crop failure Is a thing unheard of. All of these little parks and the flats along the streams flowing through the mountains are today occupied by people who farm them, many In addition owning mining ground adjoining, which they also work. Some of the best paying ranches In the Black Hill are located In these parks at the headwaters of the various streams, up where the air Is light and nature rears her monumental peaks. It was not until 1678 that the first ship ment of farming machinery was made to the Black Hills, Star & Bullock of Dead wood receiving a consignment of plows, reapers, rakes, etc., which, so great had been the demand for them, were sold al most as soon as they were unloaded from the bull and mule wagons which had hauled them 300 miles through a hostile Indian country. In 1879 the first self blndors were brought Into the country by the samo firm. They were brought In as an experiment, but farming had progressed to such an extent by that time that all were disposed of, although the modest price of $325 was charged for each ma chine. The freight on a single machine amounted to over J100. While the products of the Black Hills mines have been worth hundreds of mil lions of dollars since the first settlement of the country, the wealth produced by the farms has equaled them. Although tho odds were greut and the danger imminent at all times during the early settlement of the valleys of the Hills, the farmer has triumphed over all of these difficulties and today to be owner of 160 acres of land in any of the valleys of the Hills means, that Its owner Is independent for life. Story of Spearflsh. In the summer of 1876 Montana people came In and located Spearflsh aa a town stte. Two years later it was deeded to the citizens by the government. The fine streets are natural except three blocks, which are paved with gold. Inasmuch as tho tailings of a cyanide plant were util ized for that purpose, and these tailings Oldest Elk tudenta gossiped." Brother Wed Secretly. ' Fred W. and Albert Birker, brothers. both in the twenties, are buck in Canton, 'ai filed, the divorce granted and she atped directly ncrons the hall Into the county clerk's office, where Fhe obtained a license to marry, and within eljiht min utes after she had faced the court the Conn., each with a bride. Laxt weok Fred '""J become 'he wife, of Frank Swafford lft home, saying he was going on a visit. He went direct to his home town. North Branford, and met his flam-re, Miss Bertha xj: Combine of I. ore and Business. A. E. Olmsted, who uublishes a weeklv Foote. They went to the parsonage and ,e",ocratl PaP" "t tho little town of were married. Albert the next day left Canton for a few day's' visit. He also went to North Hranford, where he took il'na Olive Hopo to the parsonage. Jiiht as they were de parting aflrr the wedding the minister laid: "Oh. by the way, I married your brother Fred la?t night." Albert and his bride reached Canton first. When Fred Introduced his bride, upon h's return home on Friday. Albert said: ' Fine! Now wult a minute. Oh, Olive! Well. Fred, here's mine!" ' Neither brother had been aware of the other's purpose in leaving home. A (ireal Catrh. Georga K. Nicholson, who. It U reported Borden, Ind., and who recently took unto himself a wlfo, thin narrates the fact tn the last .Biie of his paper, the Clark County Sentinel: "Mrs. Lucy Hurst MrKinley, widow of the late Francis McKlnley, and your hum ble servant, editor, on last Saturday Joined partnership in the bonds of matrimony. The new firm will continue the publication of the Sentinel as heretofore, and all bills and accounts for both advertising and sub scription will be thankfully received and receipted for by cither member of the new firm." Italher ualn(. Apropos of divorce. Judge Simon I. Hughes of iH-nver. said at a recent dinner: "A marriage likely to end in divorce was lp Kansas City, Is to marry Mrs. Anderson, celebrated last week in Clrcleville. A min ister told me about It. "An oldish man 70 or sowas led rather un ninety to the altar by a widow of about 43. "Ha was a slow wilted old fellow, and a stenographer -at the Planters' hotel In St. Louis, has a remarkable business career. Ten yrcrs bn lie was a day la borer at lola. Kan. Two years ago when he left Kansas to make, his home in Kan sas City, he was reputed to be the wealth- the minister couldn't get Mm to repeat the lest man in the Sunflower stale. He Is responses properly, finally. In despair, Uie uuw rated at Jt.000.000, and besides carries minister said- Turkish Brothers Marry Sisters. Born in the same town In Turkey and playmates together as little children, two brothers of the Bonaslff family and two sisters of the Shamoon family of Oakland. Cal., decided to change the friendship is,to a closer tie, and a few days ago two mar riage licenses were Issued that each Bonasiff brother might make a Shanioou sister his wife. Tho acquaintance of the brothers with the girls did not last long in the days of their youth, for Turkish girls are secluded and are not allowed to play with- boys after they have paawd a very early age. Nevertheless. Abadclla Joseph Bonaslff never forgot Friedle Shamoon and Tonnus Joueph Bonaslff never forgot Hannie Shamoon. ; Th two men camo to the United States at a very early age. with the resolve to make their fortune. Several years went by, during which time they corresponded ronularly with their parents In Turkey. They learned thai the two little girls of their childhood hud grown into beautiful young women, much sought after aa brides In their native village. The Bouaalffs prospered meanwhile, and In a few years after the arrival in tills country had amassed what In their own village passes for fabulous wealth. They wrote back then to their parents asking that they make formal application for the Shamoon girls as brides. The negotiations took a long time, but ended with the coming of the Shamoon family to California. They arrived a short time ago and formal consent to the two wed dings was given. II T JOSEPH TUFFREE. Marshalltown, la. OSEPH TUFFREE of Marshall- town, la., will be 100 years ot age February 10 and a few days later will "ride the goat" into the mysteries of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He will not only be the oldest neophyte to enter the fraternity, but will be the old est living Elk in the land. He will be the oldest resident of the county and the oldest man in the state of Iowa engaged in active business. Mr. Tuffree' will be Initiated Into the Elks' order as a member ef the Marthall town lodge No. 312, In connection with the dedication of the new StO.OOO Elks' build ing at that place. He will represent the third generation of his family In the order, aa he has sons and grandsons now in the antlered herd. Mr. Tuffree Is a I ative of Newcastle county, Delawaat. where he waa born Feb ruary 10. 1M0. He has seven living chil dren, eighteen fcrandchlldren and nine great-grandchildren. For forty-one years he has been in the real estate business at Marshalltown and spends seven hours dally In his office looking after his business. are said to average S2.80 per ton of gold. The town Is connected with Deadwood by the Burlington railway, with dally trains over the most picturesque section of the Black Hills; also by a Concord tallyho coach, which plies dally to and fro be. tween Spearflsh and Deadwood. This coach Is the old original style of Spearflsn has six fireat resources the mines, the state normal school, fish hatch eries, farming, lumbering and milling; and an additional resouice Is the great num ber of cattle men making Spearflsh their home, these men probably controlling be tween 60,000 and fO.OOO hrad of cattle on the ranges to the north. Within a. radius of five miles f-om town are Mix sawmills, with on output of 10,000 to 25,000 feet per day each. The town Is lighted by elec tricity, furnished from water power de veloped from the Spearflsh river. Prof. Cook in one season shipped to the mar kets of the Black Hills and contiguous country from his own fruit farm 138,000 pounds of strawberries. One man, Joseph Wells, last season raised 1.000 barrels of apples. The present population of Spear flsh is about 2.000. lleantlfnl Belle Fonrche. Belle Fourche Is located In the southwest corner of Butte county, at the confluence of the Belle Fourche and Redwater rlvera, about eight miles from the Wyoming line. The Belle Fourche river encircles tho city on the north and west, and the Redwater, a cool mountain stream, on the east, which furnishes water for Irrigating pur poses and also for power. Belle Fourche has a population of 2,500. Its resources are varied and extensive. It Is one of the largest Initial shipping points of range live stock In the United States. Over 2.000,000 pounds of wool were shipped from Belle Fourche last season. The town has been quite an agriculture renter ever since its birth, as the farmers along the Tledwater and the Belle Fourche Immediately east ot the town have been Irrigating for a quarter of a century. Tho water for this purpose is taken from the Redwater di rectly through ditches without the use of storage reservoirs. The products from these farms are mainly alfalfa, grain, fruit and sugar beets. A $30,000 electric light plant furnishes light and tho town is sup plied with water from three artesian wells flowing into a 60,000-gallon tank. Belle Fourche has flve churches and a 120,000 school building. A flour mill, run by water power from the Redwater, Is located within Its limits, with a capacity of 12S barrels per day. Belle Fourche is the county seat of Butti county. A United States land office has beea established here with a land district embracing all of Butte county and a large portion of Harding. Meade and Lawrence counties. The headquarters of the North western Wool Growers' association Is lo cated here and the two banks have de posits of over $1,000,000. The Belle Fourche Irrigation project, now partially completed, Is in the Belle Fourche valley adjacent to and east of the town. It la a region of wide valleys, rolling hills and plains. WfciteiTOod's Advantage. r Ten miles, north of Deadwood, In White wood valley, 3,400 feet above -the sea level, In the finest farming section of the Black Hills region, lies the town of Whltewood. It is the center of the best wheat producing territory west of the Missouri, 60 per cent of the wheat of the Black Hills being grown .within fifteen miles of the town. It Is of the hard spring variety. A great deal of fruit Is being raised and orchards re Increasing rapidly. North and west of Whltewood the farms and small settle ments are owned mainly by Danes, who de vote themselves almost entirely to dairying. New Omaha Pastor 1 A ?: 1 V V R Chicago. at Rushton, THOMAS H. New Pastor Westminster EV. THOMAS E. McCONNELL, who cornea to Omaha to take the pulpit of Westminster Pres byterian church, probably Sun day; Is a graduate of McCor m lek Theological seminary at He took his first charge Ind., seven years ago, M'CONNELL. Presbyterian Church of Onraha. ; remaining there for four years. He has been pastor of the Jefferson Park Presbyterian church at Chicago for three years. Rev. Mr. MoConnell was born and reared in Canada. A decision to ereot e $50,000 church was reached at the same meeting of the. congregation at which the call for Rev. Mr. McConnell was' made. , A sawmill In town supplies the lumber for the surrounding country. Trains run dally to Belle Fourche and there are- four trains dally to and from. Deadwood. ; . , . Stnro;la Well Located. At the healthful altitude of 8.500 feet, and spreading out upon an Ideal site that slopes slightly eastward from tho foothills. Is the thriving little town of Sturgls, with a population of 1,600. The Fort Meade military reservation forms Its eastern boundary and for all commercial purposes is a part of the city, so the real business population is 2,300. Sturgls waa platted In 1S77, being named for General Sturgls, who was the first commanding officer of Fort Meade. The town was Incorporated In 18S8. It is the county seat of Meade county, which was named for General Meade South Dakota is the richest state per capita In the union,' and Sturgls Is the richest city per capita, of Its size in the state. The banking institutions of a town Indicate accurately the material prosperity ef Its citizens. The total assets of the two banks of Sturgls Is Il.ttO.OOO. Sturgls has two good weekly newspapers; an electric light and power cotnpaiiy( furnishing to the city and fort twenty-four hour current; a mod ern roller mill, three hotels and miles of cement sidewalk. Sturgls la the nearest railway point to the great Belle Fourche Irrigation project. Quaint Features of Everyday Life Dosi In Kvenlngr Clothes. HE New York smart set Is dog s I crazy women are not content I I with keeping one dog, but main tain aogs or varying colors, tax ing but that which harmonizes with the furs and fabrics which the lady happens to be wearing. The craze has resulted In the Institution of a dog tailor, who offers a .selection ot dog cloth ing as extensive as that of their mis tresses or masters. The latest do;r fashions Include Jackets varying from loud Donegal tweeds, made Norfolk pattern, to velvet smoking coats and black evening dress. These are fitted with tiny handkerchiefs and a wallet hang ing from a belt, containing the dog's randy. The dog's boots are made of patent leather ard India rubber, laced with ribbon. A pall of goggles and white collars encircled with a tie complete the canine costume. The dog's kennels are made of plaited reeds In the form of a house, lined with blue satin. Their personal needs are at tended to by special maids, who are obliged to learn their mistresses' gown plans so that the right doggie may be dressed np prrprlately for the daily "carry" society refusing to permit the doggie to walk. De spite all this pampering the mortality among pet dogs is enormous. Bride Needn't Bo a Panll. Prof. H. H. Balsh, superintendent of public schools of Altoona, Pa., waa some what nonplused when an Italian girl ap plied for a certificate to go to work. She was under 16 years of age. She brought with her the certificate of baptism, but when the secretary started to write the name she stopped him. i "That la pot my name now; I'm married." she said. Here was a dilemma unlocked for. Doea a married woman, who is under age, need a certificate to work? Can a married woman be made to attend school? The law says that a child cannot be ex cused from attending school except for sickness or other urgent reasons. "Let us make It 'urgent reasons' and give her the certificate," said the super intendent, and this was done. Goardi Woman's Body. Only through the strategy of Deputy Coroner Waldon In pushing a heavy fur gauntlet glove Into the mouth of a vicious bulldog, which had been .guarding the body for nearly twenty-four hours, waa he able recently to make an Investigation Into the death of Mrs. Catherine Greenwell, 67 years old, of Philadelphia, who died suddenly at her home. The animal showed more fight than be fore when the deputy coroner reached the house, and after trying nearly an hour to persuade the dog to leave the couch, Deputy Coroner Waldon left, but returned again. The dog still held his guard and could not be Induced to leave the couch. Finally, Waldon, taking off his fur gaunt let, hurled It at the dog's face. The ani mal, gripping It in his teeth, was dragged from the couch and thrown Into the yard. Waldon was then able to proceed with the investigation. He found that had been caused by heart disease. death Finds Ills Wife Itemarrled. C. I. Trotter of Bennetttuirg. Schuyler county. New York, returned to Oconto a few days ago after an absence of thirty two years and found his former wife re married and living in the city. Like Enoch Arden, he Intends to leave her undisturbed In the companionship of her second hus band, but he does not propose to hang around and end his days like Enoch. Trotter lived here thirty-eight years ago. He afterwards went to Michigan and then to New York, where he engaged In farming and accumulated some property. In the meantime his wife married John Olson, an Oconto bay shore fisherman. There Is no sentiment In Trotter's return. He came solely on a mission of business and with a view to later becoming free of the matrimonial entanglement of nearly forty years ago. nn flowers Hrlna; Honey, Owe of the staple crops of, Hamilton county, Illinois, Is sunflowers. They are raised extensively In the northwestern part pf the county, where the soil seems especi ally adapted to them. to date more than 10,000 bushels, or thirty-four car loads, worth 13 50 per bushel, valued at $35,000, have been shipped out the county this season. They ore used for medical purposes, for bird food and for making stock foods. In dications are that next year's crop will be more than double crop raised this yea