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Show 15he INDEPENDENT. D. C. JOHNSON, I'obllgher. SPRINGVILLE. UTAH Wonder If Prince Henry has got his sleep up yet. Possibly the man who -went crazy over ping pong didn't hare far to go. Most every woman listens for the silken rustle when she walks past another an-other woman. War Is not only what General Sherman Sher-man said it was, but It Is expensive. Is U not, J. B.? It must be a hard heart that feels anything but sympathy for the poor little boy King of Spain. The contention that aft all Kan sas City girls have the biggest feet is hotly resented by Chicago. Iowa need not think it at all necw-sary necw-sary to compete with Texas as a raiser rais-er of early spring tornadoes. Mr. Edison very kindly Informs ths other inventors Just how he would build an airship if he had time.'""" The real "sporty" person Is perhaps the man who has a ping-pong ankle, a golf-stick shoulder and a baseball eye. The Western railroad" cattle for 108 hours wi 9100. David Robinson, a gifted Boston toootblack, is to be sent to Paris to study music. He hopes to shine in a new field. Women seem to make pretty good lawyers. Two of them have sued a wealthy woman client for bills of over $9,000 each. '. The next war of any consequence, according to the scientists, will be between be-tween the San Jose scale and the Chinese lady bug. ' It would be a good Idea to have the cruiser Chicago do Its sailing in waters wa-ters where the police understand the language of its tars. A coal strike in the summer would not be so bad if we were not reasonably reason-ably sure that we will need to burn some anthracite next winter. The golden calf was a cheap article in comparison with what the ordinary carcass of veal is likely to be if things don't change for the better soon. One of the popular romance writers has undertaken the difficult task of converting Aaron Burr Into a dignified, digni-fied, law-abiding and peace-loving patriot. pat-riot. A Louisville court has awarded a woman one cent for a hug that was administered against her will. The supply must exceed the demand in Kentucky. Madam Calve says her voice cannot Btand our climate. And yet, with all not fit to have money. That Is why Uncle Russell has devoted his whole life to the benevolent work of taking it away from them. j There Is something wrong in the adjustment of things if it is true, as reported, that enough food is wasted in Argentina annually to feed a dozen starving Russian provinces. King Edward will distribute 40,000 medals during the coronation exercises. exer-cises. This will make them so common com-mon that the barbers can afford to 1V , - (.ui uw one in witn every shave and haircut Now It is Germany that fears It cannot stand for American Jockeys because be-cause they put new ideas into the heads of the stable owners. Europe anas that the American jockey is in Acquired taste. The valued Baltimore American ays: "The snake stories have started start-ed well. They average six feet in length and are all as thick: as a man's wnsi. At that rate they may be called novelettes. The beef trust alleges that its sales have fallen off 37 per cent But it need not expect the public to pass around the hat and take up a col- M A. ... wcuua lor iu uur sympathies are not to be played upon. The San Jose scale is to be met, charged, and conquered by Chinese ladybugs imported for this purpose. When we find it necessary to exterminate extermi-nate the Chinese ladvbuers we will Import something from Japan. The coronation ceremonies of England's Eng-land's king are going to prove a severe se-vere hardship for the peeresses. These poor, hard-worked women will have to get up long before daylight in order to be dressed in time for the ceremonies. cere-monies. The opera nightingales who are now leaving our shores, declaring they will never return, seem to be already reconsidering re-considering their unalterable determination. determi-nation. There is too strong a natural affinity between their silver throats and our golden notes to be resisted. An Ohio college president divd of grief because the students did not like him. What a dropping off of col lege presidents there would be If that complaint became generally fatal. New Jersey has made a large appro priation to exterminate mosquitoes. It is to be hoped that enough of It will leak through to reach the right spot Reports from abroad say Morgan, J. .rierpont, 01 course, is trvmg to cor ner" Scottish coal. He doubtlwss wants to make it warm for somebody. St Louis expert while admitting the growth of horsewhipping of men by women In the vicinity, argues at great length that It is not an insanity. insan-ity. All right Call It a habit Not much stock will be taken In the theory that Cecil Rhodes was insane. The general impression of Cecil is that he usually had his wits about him. If a lion in a jungle wil jump twenty-five or thirty feet from a standing start, mow far will a man in the same jungle jump at the same time? 5& Sonrces of Melon Supply. From the Farmers Review: Large Quantities of cantaloupe of various varieties va-rieties are raised in the central and southern portion of this state unless the crop is Injured In some way by climatic cli-matic conditions. Our main early supply, sup-ply, up to two years ago, was grown in this section. Extreme southern sec tions of the country are going Into the business very heavily this season, yet their product will be out of the' way, or will be crowded out by the Illinois crop when our home product is ready for shipment, unless for some reason the quality of the home-grown Is poor. Large quantities of watermelons water-melons are grown In the Carml (Illinois) (Illi-nois) district, and the last of the Missouri Mis-souri crop is crowded out of our market mar-ket when the Illinois stock begins coming, on account of the difference in freight Indiana also ships quite heavily to this market at about the tame time the Illinois crop is being harvested. The Rockyford cante-loupes cante-loupes grown in Colorado are of superior su-perior quality to those grown farther East, unless climatic conditions are bad during the ripening of the melons. Crop was short all round last Beason and very high prices ruled. The acre age will be very large this season, and it results will be satls- s, although consumpfr d very largely In the cago, Adyantaget of "Soiling. Prof. W. A. Henry, In his book on "Feeds and Feeding," says: "By soiling" soil-ing" is meant supplying forage fresh from the fields to farm stock more or less confined. The first American writer wri-ter to bring this subject to the attention atten-tion of our people was Joslah Quincy, whose essays In 1820 were later gathered gath-ered Into a book entitled the "Soiling of Cattle," now out of print Quincy points out six distinct advantages from oiling: First, the saving of land; second, the saving of fencing; third, the economizing of food; fourth, the better condition and greater comfort of the cattle; fifth, the greater product of milk; sixth, the attainment of manure. ma-nure. According to this author, there are six ways in which farm animals destroy the articles destined for their food. First, by eating; second, by walking; third, by dunging; fourth, by staling; fifth, by lying down; sixth, by breathing on it Of these six, the first one only is useful; all the others are wasteful. Quincy reports his own experience where twenty cows, kept in stalls, were fed green food supplied six times a day. They were allowed exercise in the open yard. These twenty twen-ty cows subsisted on the green crops from seventeen acres of land, where fifty acres had previously been required. re-quired. Plants for the Children. Each one of our experiment stations adds its quota to the list of new enterprises. enter-prises. In a recent public document, the station at Mesilla ParkT New Mexico, Mex-ico, states that it is anxious to do all in its power to aid in the work of beautifying beau-tifying the surroundings of the rural lers Of rural Rrhnnlo of New Mexico who apply for the same. It has already sent out stock for such purposes. It is exDected. of rnnrea that where such stock Is sent out, it will be cared for and watered when necessary. There is a natural gravitation gravita-tion toward the rural schools, through which the station work becomes exceedingly ex-ceedingly effective. The New York station sta-tion at Cornell is doing a similar work in sending out flower seeds for distribution distri-bution among the scholars of the state. Fmlt Exhibits at Institute. From Farmers Review: From what observation I have been able to make ueneve mat exhibits at Farmers' Institutes In-stitutes interest many farmers and their wives that cannot be reached in any other way. They take a pride In bringing the best product from the field, garden or pantry, and In this manner become a part of the institute and after they have attended one session ses-sion they are convinced that it is a good place to be and after receiving good cash premiums they go home reeling that some one has been working work-ing for them. In this way many farmers far-mers become interested and good workers for the cause. If no exhibits ex-hibits had been made these same farmers far-mers would have remained at home entirely ignorant of what a Farmers' Institute consisted of or what benefits were to be derived from them. Edward Ed-ward Grimes, Montgomery County Illinois. Illinois Soil Survey. The United States Bureau of Soils and the University of Illinois are Jointly undertaking the soil survey of Illinois. Work has begun In Tazewell County. In doing this work It Is necessary nec-essary to proceed slowly, and take samples ot the soil from the surface to a depth of three to six feet Soil maps wiU be made, which will show the location of all the different classes me samples are to be taken by means of augers. The experiment station at Cham Dai ?n win c,.rr,i, I tha Bn k I " --""-ui, f V l s or ""yses of samples of the soil taken. Thi wura. ia certain 10 be of great value to the farmers of the Btate, as it will make more intelligent treatment of the soils possible. It is expected that 1,00 square miles of soil will be surveyed sur-veyed this season. De of Rape. Edwin Spicer, a Wisconsin correspondent corre-spondent of the Farmers' Review asks the uses of rape. In answer we would say: Rape may be sown at any time from April to August Its most important use is as a pasture for sheep. It can be fed to sheep of nearly near-ly all ages to advantage. Generally the rape can be fed within two mo-,. of the time of seeding. Lambs should not be turned Into a rape field till they have had about two hours grazing graz-ing on other pasture. For cattle' Its best use. Is for fall feeding, and then as a soiling crop. It Is fed to some extent to dairy cows. It Is a good feed for swine, adding succulence to the grain feed. The Wyoming station is carrying on experiments to determine how much water the potato crop needs. Practically Prac-tically nothing is known as yet regarding re-garding the correct amount of water to use to produce maximum yields or the times at which the water should be applied. One can stop In rising, never in de clining. Pasture and Meadows. Louisiana The early hay crop L good. Nebraska Pastures very poor and backward. Montana The ranges are very dry and water Is scarce. Idaho Alfalfa Is starting; stock are going to summer ranges. Indiana Timothy, clover and pas tures are making slow growth. New York The weather has-been favorable to grass which is starting welL Arizona Ranges need rain and range stock are suffering for water In some localities. Wyoming Grass Is starting slowly. Warm rains are needed over most" of the state. Kentucky Grass In pastures and meadows is backward and needs warmer .weather. Oregon Favorable weather has bettered bet-tered pasturage anl live stock have greatly Improved. West Virginia Meadows and pastures pas-tures have made slow growth and stock is still being fed. - South Carolina Pastures afford grazing except in western counties where grass has made but a scanty growth. Michigan Meadows and pastures are nsrxi" i .nl rain badly. Stock IsJ Maryland ana Delaware mef4 growth of timothy has been retarded by cool weather and lack of sunshine. The seeding of clover is in progress. Early sowings which are up are well set Kansas Pastures are fair In southern south-ern counties and cattle on them are doing well, but in northern counties they were kept back by the cool dr.y weather which prevailed previous to the 20th. " Ohio Timothy and clover are growing grow-ing slowly. Pastures are backward. South Dakota Grass has been very backward,, but began to show growth the third week in April, and it Is beginning be-ginning to afford some pasturage. Buffalo Gras, The grass here illustrated Is the well-known buffalo grass of the west- The leaves are short and curly and the foliage has a characteristic gray color, r&ther common In plants adapted to dry regions. The plants form a soft sod and provide a very nourishing ra tion to the animals that feed upon them. They spread by runners or pros-tiate pros-tiate stems, which creep along the ground rooting at intervals. Points on Silage Making. , m. rwuiers weview: A corre spondent at Ogden. Utah, writes- "From time to time we have noticed interesting articles In your paper on silos. We have in mind using green ye straw ior silage, but are not posted post-ed as to the best method of hiiildini iiu niiing the silo. Can you send us some data on this subject" In mese days of cheap silo literature and - uiouuBsions gaiore at every iriuers institute and convention, as well as in the agricultural press, it seems nardly necessary to take up pace with descriptions of meth ods or building and filling silos. xue correspondent can get a small treatise on -the subject for the asking, wnung ine secretary of agriculture, agricul-ture, Washington. D. a, for a copy ot . uu"ua xno. 32, suos and Silage. If he wishes to study the subject sub-ject more In detail, there Is Professor King's Physics of Agriculture ($1.75), which gives up considerable space to the construction of silos, and "A Book uu onage, Dy the writer ($1.00), both of which books may be ordered through the Farmers' Review Chicago, Chi-cago, 111. in the latter book complete com-plete specifications for a 300-ton round wooden silo and for a 100-ton- stave silo are given, with elevations and iiamiug pians, sections etc., from wnicn a oa can be readll by anyone at all t ing operations. As apparently has not perlence with silos would be for him to b silo of beveled lumber s m making water tanks. eonn .i , . ' - - wueu ne nas gotten some experience with silage and has found out that h. r,nnnf ,v-! 7. r out that he cannot do without it. he will very likely want to build a larger 6UU aua can men put up a more sub- anuai an-wood structure that will noi require the attention that stave siios at best require. As to making silage from green pea tiraw, win say that I have not had any personal experience with this ma terial as a silage crop, but can see no reason why it will not make good silage si-lage if properly packed in a modern silo, and if it Is not allowed to dry out too much before being placed in tha silo. The best way is to run it through a feed cutter and cut Into inch lengths; wetting the top with about two gallons of water per square foot of surface Is to be recommended if the pea vines are not pretty green as they go into the silo. F W. WolL Wisconsin Experiment Station. Old Seed Corn. From the Farmers Review: I have several times planted seed corn two years old with good success. It m-o-ar. ing as well as new seed. G. IL Carpenter. Car-penter. Waushara County, Wisconsin. . To the Farmers' Review: I have planted both old and new seed corn r X K Jw side by side, but would not do so again. The old seed was ten to twelve days behind the new the whole year. Plant new seed by all means. I have been in the cornfield 64 years and know what I am talking about Thomas Parker. -4 31ng away your trouble and soul - disturb - nf rears; , Smile away your sorrows, your heartaches heart-aches and your tears; Let the sunshine follow you thro ail the coming: years. Sing a song of gladness forever. Look above the trials that abound o evry band; Keep a stock of courage always at com mand ; Some time In the future you will under stand Bing a song of gladness forever. When the day is gloomy, songs will make it bright; When the burden's heavy, smiles will make it lieht: Sunshine will follow In the trail of dark est night Sing a song of gladness forever. Just a song of sunshine let it flood the heart. And the bars of sorrow It will rend apart: Whisper words that courage In some soul will start . Sing a song of gladness forever. ' - J Glorious Gettysburg. Tha battle on the first daywasj-e- markable not only for the acts off great personal courage, but also ton the most heroic fighting on the pari of organizations. The 147th Ne York was the first regiment to mak the great record at Gettysburg. Goi Into position on the right of C iga-ds-and, becoming hotly er. fell almost at the firs In the head. Maj. George Harney t commanded. "The regiment fought Tfnrtv-twpnnd Mississippi, and whe: the position became untenable and t hHo-nrin. wan ordered to the Tear. t. command to retreat was not received by the 147th until the other regiment 9 the brigade had gone. The 147th theji stood alone, and not only fought the regiment to its front, but was expose to the fire of the Second Mississippi, nd the Fifty-Ninth North Carolina on the right flank. The fight was close and deadly, but Harney and his men stood up to the work until th4 orders reached them to retreats which they-did in good order, with colore flvine. The loss of officers and men Was aDDalline. but hardly had th splendid organization reached the nev position than it became engaged la resisting the attack of Ewell's corps and assisted in capturing a part of Iverson's Brigade. But the 147th was not yet ready to rest; on the evening of the second day it was rushed over to Culp's Hill to reinforce Green's Brigade, and until long after dark fought in the dense woods among rocks and fallen timber, locating the enemy by the tongues of . fire that leaped from their muskets. This regiment regi-ment was recruited in Oswego county, coun-ty, New York, and it left the great record on Gettysburg's field of sixty per cent killed and wounded, more than twenty per cent being killed outright out-right r Saw Hard Serrlce. " Few men can claim the distinction of having actively engaged in twenty-one twenty-one pitched battles, and fewer have Capt. Samuel C Wrlnht. lived to relate the story of their ori vations and sufferings, after having ween wounaea so often and so eeroro. iy as has Capt Samuel C. Wrieht. United States Inspector of customs i boston. The story of his life reads like a romance. He was thrice reported dead, and twice promoted upon the neia lor conspicuous braverv In ac tion." His right eye was shot out. and th ball entered far into his head, hut h- lives to tell the story, and shows the bullet dangling from his watch chain. Grant and tee at Appomattox. As the .two sat talkine on tit horses only a few steijs fmm had a full opportunity not only to note their bearing, but to hear most of the conversation. I had not seen Lee for about six years, and his appearance Is thus described in a letter written tb next day: v . Soon afteijujuaxrijfal Oen 1 ..r-rarf-tw-oenraTs " sar talking to gether, Gen. Grant turned and beck oned to Gen. Seth Williams, his adju tant general, who rode forward. was curious to see the meeting be- iween Le and Williams. Some years Derore tne war, when Lee was super intendent of the military academy, Williams was his adjutant and was Known to be a great favorite with him A TTT1 11! wunams approached, the two snooK nands, but there was nothing in Lee's face, as he gravely and courteously courte-ously received him, to indicate that he had ever met him before. After talking a little while Gen. Grant beckoned me forward, and on approaching Gen. Lee pretty much the same scene took place as with Williams. Gen Grant said: "Gen. Lee is desirous that his officem n men should have on their person some svidence that they are paroled prison ers, so mat they will not be disturbed and Gen. Iee remarked that he sim ply desired to do whatever as in his power to protect his men from anything any-thing disagreeable. I said 5 thoueht that could be arranged, as I had a jmall printing press and could have blank forms struck off which could be filled up and one given to er?h officer and man of the army, signed by their' own officers, and distributed as re quired, to this he assented. He then turned to Gen. Grant and said: "General, "Gen-eral, have you accepted private horses for the surrender. Now, most of my couriers and many of the artiller and cavalry own their own horses. How will it be about them?" Gen. Grant replied at once, speak I doil of Gladaoss. m m s 1 m 1 Si -tinra. They will be allowed to Turning to Gen. Lee retain them. " he added: "They will need them In putting In their spring crops." The remark stresk me as peculiar, and I have no doubt it did Lee, for Grant could have f aid nothing which demonstrated demon-strated morn completely his idea that the war wati over and that these war- 1 like men and horses would go at once to work planting corn. From a Posthumous Pos-thumous Paper by Gen. John Gibbon in the Century. Where. 120,838 Foldters Fell. The greatest and most historical battlefield bat-tlefield spot in the world is that In and around Fredericksburg, Ya. A comparatively 6mall territory in this region would take in places where were fought the great battles of Fredericksburg, Fred-ericksburg, Chancellorsvllle, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Laurel Hill, the Bloody Angle, Todd's Tavern and a half dozen smaller small-er but hardly less bloody struggles. More than 500,000 troops were engaged in these battles. The total losses in killed and wounded at these battles were 129,838, besides an immense number num-ber of deaths from disease. In the official of-ficial data collected by Col. Fred Phis- ereisin his statistical record, the fig- losses at Fredericksburg tant battles in the vi- follows: Fredericks- , Union loss. 12,353: 37,737; Confederate, 11,400; Spotts-sylvanio, Spotts-sylvanio, Court House, Including Includ-ing Laurel Hill, the Bloody Angle and Ny river, Union loss, 26,461; Confederate, Con-federate, 9,000. The general officers killed In these engagements were: Union, Maj. G3ns. John Sedgwick, Hiram Hi-ram G. Berry and Amiel W. Whipple, Brevet Maj. Gens. James S. Wads-worth Wads-worth and Alexander Hays, Brg. Gens. George D. Bayard, Conrad F. Jackson, Edmund Kirby, James C. Rice and Thomas G. Stevenson; Confederate officers offi-cers of prominence killed were Lieut Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, Brig. Gens. Thomas R. R. Cobb,. Junius Daniel, Ab-ener Ab-ener Perrin, Maxey Gregg, E. F. Pax-ton, Pax-ton, J. M. Jones, Leroy A. Stafford and Micah Jenkins. Officers and Their Men. "Some of the company's officers," said the major, "had In the first year of the war original methods of maintaining main-taining discipline. I remember a captain cap-tain in the Twenty-second Illlnoia who scorned the ordinary methods of punishing the privates of his company. While we were at Bird's Point Mo., in the fall of 1861, I passed his quarters quar-ters one day and found him behind his test pounding a man as large and active ac-tive as himself. The captain was stripped to shirt and trousers and was fighting for the mastery. Tor five or ten minutes it was give and take between him and his antagonist. antago-nist. Then the latter was . knocked down and said he had enough. Then the captain put on his coat, sent the man to the orderly's tent, and sat down to smoke with me. He said be made it a rule to trounce every man was saucy or insubordinate, and .were mostly from the He said he would no more think of bucking and gagging his men than he would of shooting him." Chicago In ter ucean. Foraging In the Army. "Yes," said the captain, "the boys on a raid would pick up anything that came in their way, and they were worse In the first year of the war than in the last At first raiding or foraging forag-ing developed a sort of waywardness not quite consistent with soldierly in stincts and discipline, and the study of men of good home-training under new conditions and temptations was very interesting. "No man cared to enter a house and take a book or a picture, but I have seen one of our country-bred soldiers pick up a log chain in a barnyard and carry it a mile or more without flinch ing. At the same time another fellow would appropriate a clock and carrv it for three or four days simply because be-cause it suggested home associations. A man who considered it disreputable to take a clock would without a twlnee of conscience purloin a coffee mill or frying pan, and I never could convince any of my men that it was wrong to 6teal a chicken." Chicago Inter Ocean. Phil Sheridan's Brother. Brig. Gen. Michael V. Sheridan re sembles his brother Philip of Winches ter fame in general appearance, although al-though he is taller than "Little Phil." In speaking of Sheridan's resemblanp to his brother a friend of Gen. Brooks tells this story: I was at Omaha one dav whna Brooke was in command of the De partment of the Platte, and was invit- ea to tne general's house for the even- :ed7rtie-presefitaUon8 were egulation order,' and left no presslon as to names on m-r apeaaing to a stockv man who even in his evening clothes looked like a soldier,- I said to one of the women, now much your friend looks iiKe uen. Bhendan." - "That is not strange," said she, "for tney are related on their parents' side." "I don't quite understand," I said. "Why, he's 'Phil. Sheridan's broth-er," broth-er," was the reply. Hyitery of tha Dew. A ti , . 1. ... ..ii.er a ciear, sun night every grass Diane nangs thick with dewdrona while the roads aid gravel paths re main perfectly dry. Did It ever occur to you to wonder why this was so? The fact is that dew is most readily deposited upon cold surfaces by the air which contains it. The slender blades of grass and leaves give up the warmth tney have gained during the day more easily than do stones and earth, and so they gather more moisture moist-ure from the atmosphere. Almanac for British Army. Some years ago during one of It Egyptian campaigns the British army was suddenly startled - by a total eclipse of the sun for which the troops were not prepared. To prevent the possibility of another such surprise, which might have had grave conse quences, the British war office decided decid-ed to have an almanac regularly produced pro-duced for the army's guidance. Such an almanac has been published regularly regu-larly since that time. " For various reasons the best historical his-torical novel Is the one that remains unpublished. Ing to me: 1 INOREASINQ USE OF SALT WATER It Is Becoming an Important Adjunct of Medical Operations. The use of salt water is becoming one of the most Important adjuncts of medical operations. Progressive physicians phys-icians who resort to the use of normal salt solution In cases where life Is almost al-most extinct report wonderful success. The effect of the solution upon thi heart is so marked as to produce almost al-most instantaneous results, even in cases where half the blood is lost, a condition which formerly proved fatal Nowadays few operations are perform ed without giving the patient an injection in-jection of salt solution either before, during, or after the operation, according accord-ing to conditions. This fortifies the system against loss of blood and shock, often the most serious considerations consid-erations in operating. At first surgeons sur-geons thought It necessary to put the solution directly into the veins, but experiment proves that to place It beneath be-neath the skin is sufficient as the tissue tis-sue absorbs it rapidly. Valuable as normal serum is for a stimulant Its antiseptic qualities are scarcely lesa so. Surgeons use it for washing their hands, to remove blood- stains, for soaking Internal pads and bandages, and for surgical bathing. As early as 1877 European physicians physi-cians began experimenting with salt and water, but until 1890 no definite results were obtained. For 12 years the number of cases and diseases in which its use was successful has Increased In-creased astonishingly. Few mistakes or failures are reported, yet, as In all things medical, great care and judgment judg-ment must beVexercised. Toesolutlon is no "omnlcuia."- . f One case, MtJ" sing, patieniiT"ifmMpieBaiyT)aTaTyzed, hopelessly hope-lessly disagreeable old man. After years of suffering, during which he was a terrible burden on his only daughter, a school teacher, he grew suddenly worse one day, and the doctor doc-tor believed him dying. As a last resort re-sort he injected a large quantity of normal serum. Today the old fellow is better than he has been for years, more trying than ever, having added swearing to his other accomplishments, accomplish-ments, the daughter looks thinner and paler, and the doctor's conscience troubles him. HAPPENINGS AT MARRIAGE ALTAR Two Good Stories A nen t the Wedding Ceremony, An elderly minister is fond of telling tell-ing of a "break" he once made at a double wedding of two sisters. It was arranged that the two couples should be married with one ceremony, the two brides responding at the same time and the two bridegrooms doing the same. There had not been any previous rehearsal, as the minister had come a long distance and had reached the church but a few minutes before the time for the ceremony. All went well until it came time for the minister to say, "And now I pronounce you man and wife." It suddenly became obvious to the minister, that the usual formula would not do in the case of two men and two wives, and he could not think of any way of making "man" and "wife" plural In the sentence. In his desperation despera-tion and confusion he lifted his hands and said solemnly: "And now I pronounce you, one and all, husband and wife!" minister whose first parish was in says mat he once married a very su eays mai ne once married a very seedy-looking bridegroom to a buxom girl of perhaps twenty yes.rs. ' The ceremony was performed in the log cabin home of the bride's parents, and there were many guests present When the bridegroom repeated the words, "With all my worldly goods I thee endow," en-dow," a tall, lank fellow with a huge tobacco cud in his bulging cheek drawled out nasally: "Thar goes Hank's bull terrier, by gum!" Lippincott's Magazine for April. Age of the Brass Band. "As antiquities go nowadays, the brass band Is a very ancient institution. institu-tion. That Is to say, Its inventor died in 1894 at the age of SO. There were horns before Adolphe Sax, to be sure. but not such horns as we have now, for they could not play every tune In every key. They could not even play a scale in any key. The very first band entirely of brass was organized In 1835, and I doubt if any of the instruments instru-ments then used could be played upon by modern musicians without special practice. It is only 119 years back to 1783, when a full regimental band in the British army consisted of two oboes, two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons. It must have sounded even funnier than Tennyson's famous combination of 'flute, violin and bassoon.. bas-soon.. Note that the modern bands of forty-two pieces has half as many oboes and bassoons as the ancient band of eight pieces,seven times as many horns, to say nothing of the saxaphones, which are part clarinet and part horn." Harvey Sutherland in Alnslee s. When Conrtesy Failed. Senator-elct McCreary of Kentucky was ln Washington a few days ago calling upon his old friends in congress con-gress whom he knew when he represented repre-sented his state In the house. "McCreary was a fine campaigner," said a Kentuckian. "When he went-the went-the rounds of his district he kissed all the babies, praised the cooking of the housewives, judged the cattle of the farmers, and adapted himself to all circumstances. One night he drove up to the house of a farmer to stop all night but arrived after the supper hour. The good woman of" the house insisted on getting him a supper, but he resisted and said he would take anything cold that she had. "She told him she had some cold ham and cold biscuits and would warm the coffee. . '"Never mind warming the coffee, madam, said McCreary, 'I prefer It cold.' Next morning at breakfast the good lady handed him a cup of sicklv looking liquid, saying, 'Governor, you seemed to enjoy the cold coffee so much I saved some for your breakfast" break-fast" ArtlBeal Indigo, The manufacture of artificial indleo was started In Germany thirty-five years ago, with less than forty workmen work-men all told. It now employs oror 6,000 men, and has a staff of 148 scientific scien-tific chemists. Propose Boer Demonstration. Dr. Leyds is organizing a demon stration for coronation day. The con-' tlnental and American pro-bopr to show their feelings by displaying boer flags and sending teleerama tn Mr. Krage- 1 TWO WESTERN GIRLS - Daughters of an Oregon Rancher Best of the During the past week Pendleton has been enlivened by the presence of William Walker and his two daughters. daugh-ters. Marcialette and Susie, who hail from near Dale, on the north fork of the John Day River, in Umatilla county, coun-ty, Ore. William Walker, the father, Is 58 years of agev was born in Kentucky, whence he removed to Stoddard county, coun-ty, Missouri, where he served as a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War under the celebrated Chief Quan-trelL Quan-trelL At the close of the war Missouri Mis-souri was not a very safe place for a guerrilla. Consequently William Walker Wal-ker "lit out," as he expressed it for a more salubrious region and "crossed the plains alone, on horseback In 1865. He stopped a year or two in Idaho, where he supported himself by trapping trap-ping and hunting, and he became famous fa-mous as a killer of bears. In 1867 he went further west and settled in Morrow Mor-row county, where he engaged in stock raising. About twenty years ago he removed to his present location in Umatilla county, where he has been engaged in the raising of horses, sheep and cattle. cat-tle. About this time he married Maggie Mag-gie Barker, a daughter of John Barker, Bar-ker, who was killed at Heppner by "Bill" Jones in a brawl. The mother of Walker's wife; was a Pitt (River (Cal.) Indian, an, therefore Walker's children are now.uarter-breeds'-. riage was bleea by eight children. all girls, the eldest being about 18 years of age and the youngest 2 years. During the Bannock Indian War of 1878 his services were secured as scout for the whites by Thomas Ayres of Heppner, father of Thomas Ayres ot Pendleton, Ore. He performed valuable val-uable services in this capacity, serving under Col. Brown. While on scouting duty he discovered a very dangerous ambuscade prepared by the Indians in a narrow canon, where they had gathered gath-ered great masses of rock to roll down upon the troops when passing through, hoping in the confusion to cut them to pieces. Walker was surrounded by the Indians for two days on this trip, and escaped only by crawling through the brush like a snake. When he reported re-ported the ambuscade the troops marched against the Indians by a different dif-ferent route and surprised them, Inflicting In-flicting great damage. For this serv- , SCSIEANI HER ice ne was presented with $100 In ad dition to his wages. Walker is six feet one infh hioh weighs 190 pounds, Is as straight as an Indian, has regular features, calm hlno eyes, heavy mustache and chin whis- ners, slightly touched with gray, and jreuuiecon wore a coarse woolen cap, tpyical buckskin hunting wiiri, ana was armed with a six-shooter strapped on the horn of his saddle It was to be expected that a man of nis antecedents married to a halfbreed Indian woman would raise a family of 001a, adventurous character, and the expectation is more than realised When he came to Pendleton about a weea ago ne brought with him his two oiaest girls, Marcialette, familiarly M as naoe," aged 18, who tips me scaies at lbO pounds, and Susie, aged 16, weight, 145 pounds. The girls were in charge of a band of horses which they had driven from John Day River, a distance of nearly one hun dred miles. The arrival of this party .1 1 1 wii-u uieir uorses produced a great sensation in Pendleton. The girls, who rode astride and managed man-aged their ponies with the utmost grace and dexterity, wore cowboy cowboy dress, consisting of wide-brimmed wide-brimmed sombreros, overalls, "chaps high-top boots and spurs. Their repu-hats, repu-hats, men's coats, Dolly Varden calico dresses, heavy shoes, thick woolen stockings, loosely tied handkerchiefs about their necks and their faces were brown as berries from exposure to the elements. This was their holiday attire at-tire for service when on dress parade In a large city; but when riding the In Baneti Cog tame. range at home they wear the typical tation as horsewomen extends all through the bunchgrass regions, and they have a standing offer of J10 reward re-ward for any cowboy who will perform per-form any feat of horsemanship which they will not equal or surpass, but no man has yet claimed the reward. These girls take care of 500 head of horses, a band of 1,500 sheep, and numerous cattle, together with their father performing the entire work of me ranches, including breaking and branding the wild horses and all the other arduous duties which pertain to stock-raising. About one year ago Susie Su-sie started to round up a bunch of wild horses which seemed on the point of getting away from her.- They were on a slightly elevated ridge of rim rock, which was so narrow that she was unable to pass them and head them off, whereupon, without the slightest hesitation sh-j spurred her broncho off the edge of the level on a j 1 Can Ride anl Shoot with the Cow bo vs. dead run and landed on the level ground nine feet below, without being, dismounted or Injuring her horse, and: succeeded In turning the band back: and rounding them up. The horse upon which she performed per-formed this remarkable feat is a thoroughbred, thor-oughbred, for which her father gave fifteen of his best horses, and flhe same which she rode into Pendleton. Marcialette, the oldest. Is no lesa a dextrous horsewoman than Susie, and: is an artist In all the branches of her, profession, but she is also famous as an expert shot with a rifle. About one Throwing the Lasso. year ago she took a few days off from the routine business of the range and went into the mountains for game. In less than two weeks she killed and sent home from the woods twenty-six deer, without counting coyotes, jack-rabbits jack-rabbits and mountain lions. " From this it is apparent that Miss Marcialette Marcial-ette could give President Roosevelt his Rough Riders and their strenuous life card and spades in any little games of horsemanship or animal slaying slay-ing and win without half trying. Morning Oregonian. Ate 69 Eggs In an Hoar. Belgium mourns, for the champion FAVORITE BRONCHO. eater of the country is dead. An ex-traordinary ex-traordinary man he was. One day he entered into an agreement with a hotel ho-tel keeper, according to which he promised to pay a fixed sum for a dinner, din-ner, but stipulated that he was to have all the food he wanted. The sum fixed was small, and great therefore, was the disgust of the hotel keeper when he discovered at the end of dinner that his guest had eaten two stewed rabbits and a whole calf's head. On another occasion he ate for a wager twelve yards of sausages and black pudding. He recently accepted a challenge to eat seventy hard-boiled eggs in one hour, and he almost accomplished ac-complished this feat since he devoured sixty-nine in the specified time. The fact that he lost the vr however, and through one egg. preyed on his mind and he became sick. Doctors were summoned and said tho he was suffering from indigestion, but his friends say that it was nothing but worry over his one egg which mnd him sick and which finally brought him to nis grave. Former Perfumes. Our forefathers were great nennia for scents and perfumes, fragrant herbs and spices, and the astonishing amount of seasoning they put with the simplest dishes prepares one for almost al-most any combination. When to make a cherry tart they found It nec essary to make a syrup of cinnamon, ginger and "sawnders," and to add rosewater to the icing, one can Im agine how they set to work to cook a cormorant Perhaps if we remind our readers that many chambers were nrn- vided with "draughts" which occasionally occa-sionally required cleaning, and that rushes took the place of carpets.-tb- wlll realize one of the reasons for the use of perfumes. "Sweet waters" were occasionally sprinkled under the rushes in great houses, or for revels, or on the mattresses and bedding. Good Words. Lacld and Convincing. A certain Scotch minister In a West Highland parish has never been known to permit a stranger to occupy his pulpit pul-pit Lately an Edinburgh divinity student was spending a few days In the parish, and on Saturday he asked the minister to be allowed to nrearh the following day. "My dear young man, said the minister, laying his hand gently on the young man's shoulder, shoul-der, "gin I lat ye preach the morn, and ye gie a better sermon than me my fowk wad never again be satisfied wi' my preaching; and gin ye're nae a better preacher than me, ye're no' worth listening tae! A "Professional icator." Here comes a gentleman who write himself down in the city directory as proiessionai executor." He tella me he has made as much as SzOO 000 a year at the business. His character is above reproach, naturally. For twen ty-five years he was one of th linch- pins of high society, then became re- - duced and had to work. His nlan la 10 approacn an old acquaintance who may or may not be putting his house in order and diplomatically suggest an executorship. One good will a year is as mucb as he cares for. New York ; Press. Some people cannot see a joke even after they cut their eyeteeth. It isn't really necessary or quite coi-ventional coi-ventional for the ex-convict tn grave his number on his visiting cards.. V |