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Show i NEW PRESIDENT CF WOMENS CLUBS Foil t By Bryon I MANAGES ESTATE WHILE FATHER IS IN JAIL. J. Stillma. HEr stout) dishes- - t It was Military day" at the post, and Ginger had started in a field with race to five others on a Silver City and return, with poor show of a place against the younger horses of the officers. So thought those interested in the race, but Chester Miles figured it out differently he knew more of Gingers jiedigree and of his staying qualities. I'm afraid Old Ginger has too much seasoning, Miles, spoke an army officer, when they were preparing for the rao. Dt n't let him get a hotbox, shouted another. Hes all right for the ginger-bredor for The Gingerbread Man; but hes out of his class, cried a third. Youll be Miles behind, Chester, said a punster. Chester Miles, cowboy and miner, showered smiled at the comments upon him and his horse; but he had - THEIR long-distanc- e t I t s confidence in Ginger's staying propensities, and he was going to prove it to the smart set of Central and to the Ten years before Ginger had post. brought Chester Miles across the states to New Mexico and Chester knew his strong qualities and his powers of endurance. Many times, also, he and his faithful horse had made journeys that gave him confidence in entering him for the event. He had ridden him in several short dashes at previous army races, but had alw-ay-s come out a bad loser. Now he was anxious to make good. Military day was a great day at a yearly holiday of much the post, Importance, giving pleasure to both soldier and citizen. Extra provisions were made for their comfort and enhad tertainment, a grand stand been erected on the wide campus near .the town, and it afforded the spectators a good view of the sports. Before mounting for the race, Miles had an interview with Ginger. He threw his arms about the horse's neck and spoke to him .meditatively; You are going to run the race of your life, old boy, and if you win there will be two loving arms go round our necks before many days, way back in dear old Kentucky. If we lose, well, well have to fight it out here till we can make a strike and get back home. So, if you want to eat some bluegrass, show them that you still have some blue blood in your veinsby winning i 1 i r t ) this race. ; Ginger seemed to know what was expected of him; for he had shown at tnany critical times in the past. He pricked up his ears as if he realized his responsibilities. The start was made, with Ginger far in the rear. Turn him round, Ches; hes a chestnut in more ways than one, isome one shouted; a Up the canyon the horses soon disappeared from view, and the spectators turned to minor events that took up their time and interest. As the time approached for , the horses to return and the first echo came to the audience of their wild race doWn the gorge, a breathless si. lence fell over the waiting horse-sens- i UPSET BY STING INSECTS TEAM, DEATH. TO ANIMALS HOMES DRIVER RUN-AWA- SERIOUSLY Fresno, Cal. Stung to death by bees. That may be the fate of Robert Stafford, a teamster employed on the J. C. lllane ranch, near Kerman. Thrown from a wagon upset by a runaway team of four horses, the driver was at the mercy of the infuriated insects. Three of his horses are already dead from the effects of the stings and the remaining horse will die. Stafford unwould have escaped practically harmed had he not stayed to free his team from the harness. Thi3 may cost his life. This unusual occurrence took place while Stafford was driving home with a loaded wagon of hay. No far from the ranch house there is a small field used as an apiary by Blane. Some 30 or 40 beehives are scattered about inside the lnclosure. As the team drew near the fence something frightened them and the horses, breaking from the drivers control, turned sharply across the road. The hub of one of the wheels caught the fence and tore down the entire side. The shock turned the team into the field and the horses, panic stricken by this time, raced across the ground, knocking the hives right and left. Some 30 were strewn about the field before the driver realized what had happened. Long before the entire number was down, the occupants of the hives first overthrown were buzzing angrily about thq head of the driver. Stafford fought desperately with them, but the stings increased, and yelling, the man ran from the field, followed by the Insects. He had beaten most of his pursuers, when he heard the frantic scream of a horse in agony. Then he remembered his team, and braving the bees, started back. While battling to save his horses, Stafford fought the bees with hat and t. Suddenly a low murmiir like the faint echo of.falllng waters, scarcely audible told them of the approaching horses. Now they become recognizable; eager eyes are scanning the distance to Bee the foremost rider. The offlcet with the glass shouts: Hurrah! It's k ' V e three-eighth- s Mrs. Philip N. Moore of St. Louis was elected president of the General Federation of Womans Clubs at Boston. Mrs. Moore has been of the general federation since the last meeting. She was president of the Missouri state federation from 1901 to 1905. Mrs. Moore has for several years been actively interested in the St. Louis Training School for Nurses, and is a member of the board of directors of the provident association and has been chairman of its district nurse work from its inception. She is of the provident associations pure milk commission and also of the St. Louis School of Philanthropy. vice-preside- vice-preside- Home-Mad- BELIEVES FAST IS TOO LONG. PLANT Physician Sees Danger In Emptiness of Stomach During Sleep. Many persons, says a doctor, though not actually sick, keep below par in strength and general tone, aqd he is of the opinion that fasting during the long interval between supper and breakfast, and especially the complete emptiness of the Btomach during sleep, adds greatly to the amount of emaciation, sleeplessness and general weakness we so often meet. It is logical to believe that the supply of nourishment should be somewhat continuous, especially in those who are below par, if we would counwell-know- n teract their emaciation and lower degree of vitality, and as bodily exercise is suspended during sleep, while digestion, assimilation and nutritive activity continue as usual, the food during this period adds more than is destroyed, and increased weight and improved general vigor are the results. fur-nlshe-u DEFIES SKILL OF MAN. to Cultivate Edelweiss ficially Have Failed. All Efforts Arti- The edelweiss farmers are busy now, said Mr. Stump, the Interlaken librarian. In all the highlands of the Bernese Oberland boy farmers are growing edelweiss in the vain hope of getting rich. They wont, though, he continued. "You cant farm edel weiss as you can wheat. The first year it grows beautifully, the second years the flowers lack the woolly fuzz that is the feature of the edelweiss, and the third year there are no flowers at all, nothing but leaves. The wild edelweiss grows high up in the Alps in dangerous places. You risk youi life to pluck it, and you can sell the flowers for 20 cents apiece. Now, if you had a edelweiss farm, all white with blooms, yielding every year 10,000 edelweiss at 20 cents each tc the acre well, that would be $2,000,-00a year, wouldnt it? We Swiss are on the make and if edelweiss farms were profitable there would be many a one hidden away Id the remote valleys. But what good is edelweiss without the woolly fuzz? Our boys grow it, you can buy it from 100-acr- e e China Closet. legs, the table is built of seven-eighth- s Inch lumber. The shelves have either small grooves plowed in them or small half rounds nailed on the rear portion of them for holding the plates in an upright position, the grooves being preferred. The hooks for the cups, etc., are placed where desired, also the shelves, and the size of the plates must regulate the distance between them. Many families have one or more pieces of old, wornout furniture of oak or some nice hard wood. These could be used very nicely, but should pine or any of the soft woods be used, when same has been sandpapered nicely, apply one or two coats of any stain desired. When dry, again sandpaper and give as many coats as necessary to produce the desired color, but sandpaper well before or three-quarte- r applying the varnish. FRUITFULNESS. Judicious Pruning Will Increase the Fruit Buds. good He Could Stand It No Longer and Fled. hands, managing to keep many of them away from him. As he stooped to unfasten the harness of one of the horses that had fallen down, however, the foe took advantage of his posture and in a second fastened upon his face, arms and person In such numbers that he looked like a cluster of bees in swarming time: After a few moments of this agony he could stand it no longer and fled. Once outside of the field where they had made their home most of the bees left him and returned to the animals, still entangled in their harness. A few still stuck to him, buzzing angrily about his ears. This, the man says, he did not notice. In fact, Stafford says he can't remembtr much after going back to save his team. His face wras bloated out of all semblance to that of a human being; nothing could be seen of mouth, eyes or even nose. It was all one pulpy mass, out of which hundreds of tiny stings left by the bees in their assault could be seen sticking, their black points in vivid contrast to the fast purpling visage. FIven the ears were sunk in level to the sides of swollen cheeks. Ills nerve completely gone, the man ran through the fields to the ranch Here he was met by Mrs. house. Blane, the wife of the owner, who was horrified at the loathsome sight Stafford was almost Insane with the pain. was summoned and the man , Help taken Into the kitchen of the round house. Here, according to Dr. Long, of Fresno, who was summoned as soon as possible after the discovery of what had happened, handfuls of stingers were scrapfed out of Staffords face and body. The man had been wearing a thin shirt, which afforded no protection against his tormentors, and his body was as bloated and misshapen as his face. His arms and legs were enlarged to three times their natural Bize, and every portion of his body was filled with the stings" of the angry creatures. U surue i there i' Them s Richmond, Va. Miss Elizabeth Rr. grave, since the incarceration 0f her father, Rev. James T, Hargrave, the unfrocked Episcopal clergyman, who was recently convicted in the federal courts for using the mails for purpose, of fraud, has become sole manager ot 'the estate, Cedarburst lodge, in Hang ver county. The evidences are that the pretty' girl is a genius In the business of operating farms. She appears also to know a thing or two about the law, which Information she is studying to advantage in her trials with the county officers. Miss Hargrave came to the city for the purpose of petitioning for an injunction to prevent the officers from seizing the property of her father whfle he is a prisoner. The law is to the effect that a prisoner in the penitentiary shall not be liable to civil suits. The question is whether or not the county officers are justified in the seizure, since Hargrave is serving a term in the county jail. Theres nothing In it. I cant run said Miss a farm on air and "When they seize everyHargrave. thing that comes to me I cant get on. Why, they even dare to take my own things my mail, freight and express packages, and everything. Theyve levied on everything but the place and that is so fixed that they cant get at it. If they keep' pushing me I am going to take out the homestead exemption. I dont suppose they can get around that. The hardest luck of all, she continued, slightly blushing, is that I have to rake the hay. Several days ago I had a field all plowed up ready for planting. The seeds were at the station, but when I sent for them the information came back to me that they had all been levied on. Miss Hargrave was neatly attired in a princess gown of striped gray. She wore a Merry Widow hat, trimmed in pink feathers and ribbon, with a hat-pistuck through the middle of it Her long brown gloves swung limply across her right arm. Her appearance was that of a carefree maiden, who had never known the meaning of trouble. Ill run that farm or die, she exclaimed, as she left to catch her train, having failed In her mission because of the absence of Judge Edmund Wad-dil- l from the city. Im the girl they cant fool. Im going back to Hanover to rake hay. Its the Maud Muller game for me, all right. There are five I men on the place at work guess if they were girls, the county officers would try to seize them. It's all very awful, but I am not starving. d INDUCING Wan turnlu Daughter of Unfrocked Rector Ha, Trouble, but Sticks to Hard Ta, with Success (incidentally Wears Merry Widow." house. Aeude Boa place Los thr to Los thigh Weig to an to If W nislit Atlil v ttUgl II axe; Mia ere Uti Hill1 Kn ! No r,i( 31 p n Horticulturists have for many years various methods to induce practiced Potato Dinner at Plaza. and with some degree of fruitfulness A unique dinner was given at the success. All these methods, as girdPlaza hotel the other evening. All the ling the trunk, root pruning and summer pruning of the branches temporarily check the growth of the tree, TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN PATRIOTS and the consequent slow growth induces the formation of fruit buds, says W. Padock. It is well known that the buds which produce fruit in any particular season were formed the season before, and their formation is believed to begin early in the growPAIR WEDS AFTER 47 YEARS. ing season. This being true, the time is now at hand for such work; If put of Postoff much later in the season, it will be Outbreak of Civil War Cause Marriage. poning too late, as the time for the formation of fruit buds for next years crop Lewlsburg, Tenn. After a postponewill soon be passed. ment of their wedding for 47 years, By root pruning is meant that a O. P. Starnes of Johnson county, small portion of the roots are cut off, and Mrs. Woolaver of Archer, and the operation may be performed Texas, been married here. They have Tenn., with a spade or in any way which is to Oklahoma on their honhave gone best suited to individual need3. eymoon. Summer pruning takes the place of The bride was formerly Miss Mary the annual winter pruning, and is the lived In Greene county, same in most respects except that it Faley and the which was also bridegroom's is done in June instead of winter or home. They were to have been marearly spring. ried in the summer of 1861, but at the Girdling or ringing consists in re- outbreak of the civil war Mr. Starnes moving a ring of bark from the trunk enlisted in the confederate army and or larger limbs. This ring is somewas postponed. At the times two inches or more in width; the marriage of Missionary Ridge the prosbattle all the bark within this space is rebridegroom was critically moved, thus exposing the wood. This pective wounded and left for dead on the method of checking growth, though field. often employed, is rather drastic, and Reports that he had been killed should be used with caution. A more Miss Faley, and In time she reached rational method is to girdle the branch or trunk by cutting through to the became the bride of Robert Woolaver. The Monument to Americas Prison Ship Martyrs, Unveiled July 4 at Fort wood by making one continuous cut Starnes saw Mrs. Woolaver but once after his recovery and left for Georgia, Greene Park, Brooklyn. and not removing any of the bark. where he was married. He subseOn Independence day a great national monument was unveiled in Fort Some authorities state that the propGreene park, Brooklyn, to commemorate the death of the 12,000 Yankee sol- er time to check the growth of a tree quently moved to Texas. diers who gave their lives for their country in the prison ships of the British in order to induce the formation of - Eighteen months ago Mrs. Starnes anchored In New York harbor. fruit buds is at the time when the died and the husband recently ascerThe monument which has cost $200,000, is of the simplest design. It is tained that his former sweetheart in a beautiful column of white granite of .doric design 145 feet high and sur- bark begins to set on the new growth. Tennessee was a widow. A corremounted by a massive urn. The column stands in the center of a plaza 225 which resulted was spondence begun POINTERS FOR THE FARMER. which is feet square, approached by a wide sweep of terraced steps. in the consummation of the pledges Shorten the row by grinding the made many years ago. courses consisted of the common gar- them cheap, but the great edelweiss hoe. den potatoes, served up in various ap- farms started in the last generation A farmer is known by the crops he RIDES IN LOCOMOTIVE TANK. petizing forms. There were potatoes by our leading capitalists all lie bar- reaps. a la Raleigh, potato straws cooked ren and deserted now. Open your heart to the sorrow of Machinist Beats Way 260 Miles and in sherry, potato puree, potato cream, every man who comes to talk to you Nearly Drowns. The Problems of the Poor. potato salad, baked sweet potatoes about his troubles. and so on. There were a dozen differMiss Jane Addams has much to say Error is a great deal worse than Wilkesbarre, Pa. Having ridden ent courses, and most of them were so about the lack of foresight in parents ignorance. It is better to know nothfrom Buffalo to this city, 260 miles, in cleverly disguised that the diners were who sacrifice their children for the ing than to know what isnt true. the tank of a Lehigh Valley railroad skeptical as to whether they were sake of a home, "a modest home and A rainless harvest is a rare event in passenger locomotive, considered an eating spuds or not. One of the lace curtains being often the reason all but the dry regions of this counfeat in ride stealing, Wilguests' at this potato blowout said for the work of the white slave chil- try, but farmers by the use of gump- impossible liam of Mauch Chunk, was Bahmiller he never enjoyed a meal so much in dren in the factories. Life seems a tion and foresight can usually secure when here arrested the 2:40 express bis life. New York Press. pretty complicated problem for the their crops uninjured by rains. arrived. poor and no simple or direct process Being a machinist by trade, and Knocking a Theory. seems possible in the solving. Think on This. Each having worked on locomotive tanks, They stood before a reproduction of must no doubt work It out for himWhen you sell $1,000 worth of he knew enough about their steel bracthe Venus of Melos. and no doubt a modest home and wheat, you send $240 worth of fertility ing to risk self, hanging on, and crawled Her hands must have been beauti- lace curtains in some cases prove off the farm; in beef, $85 worth; may in Buffalo. He was In water up to at pork one. ful, said the only way out of the difficulty. $60; horses, $35; milk, $110, while his neck most of the time, and when I wonVery, assented the other. $1,000 worth of butter sends away only the locomotive dashed around curves der what position they were in? The Retort fdedical. $1.25 worth of fertility. Isnt this a he had hard work to save himself I have a theory that she was Did you pay your fare, madame? argument against selling from drowning as the water dashed powerful represented as busied at her toilet. asked the conductor, politely. in favor of butter dalrying?- all over him. held a small One hand probably Dont come to me with your lapses milk and He was also In danger each time mirror. of memory, she retorted. What you Look Out for the Bull. the tank was filled, but escaped until And the other a powder puff, eh? want to do is to see a doctor. This is the season of the year that It wa3 being filled here, when the But that theory wont work. But had she paid her fare? we hear of attacks from perfectly fireman allowed It to run over, and And why not? man the opposite her to bi3 whispered quiet bulls. If it is thought desirable Baumiller had to pop his head out to Had she been at her toilet her friend. to let the bull have a run in a pasture get air and was discovered. mouth would have been full of said I the friend. "Certainly not, lot. see to it that he is given no opAfter hearing his story. Mayor Knit-fesaw her when she came in, fined him oulv one dollar portunity to injure anvhody. to-da- pleasure-seekers- Old Ginger! Can it be possible? Yes, its Ginger! Hurrah for Gin ger! Dont flunk now, old hoss! Blue blood tells in horses, if it dont count lor much in the human! By ginger, if it aint Ginger! A bag of dust on Ginger! Come up with your buckskin! These and other exclamations came freely, rapidly. Faster and faster and faster came the riders down the narrow ' road,, at moments hidden from view by the dust encircling them in their mao pace. Gray clouds were quickly formed by the horses hoofs. They were near ing the finish. Ginger forges farthei ahead; he comes down the home stretch like an automatic figure movregularity. Miles ing with clock-wordoesnt use the spurs there is no need of urging his horse. Ginger had learned his lesson well years ago in old Kentucky; all that his rider and owner had to do was to sit and watch his success. With wild enthusiasm the people saw horse and horseman dash past the wire and finish a rod ahead of their nearest contestant, a race that was a seven days wonder to the mining town of Central New Mexico. That's why things were flying in the air: Old Ginger (the town horse) had won the purse, made up by the soldiers, miners and townsmen. And a generous one, too. But their enthusiasm was soon hushed by the conduct of Ginger. As Chester, started to lead him away, all could see there wras something the matter; Ginger was wavering, his knees trembled, and his whole form shook as if with ague. Then the winner sank to the ground as if paralyzed. Miles tried to get him to his feet again, but Ginger had made his last He looked at his master as stand. to if say; When those loving arms go round you, back in Old Kentucky, think of me. Then he rolled over at hi3 owners feet. Ginger bad won the race of hi3 life, and it had cost him that, too. r The Hpmestead gives a description of a china closet. The base is 30 Inches high or table part, shelf, and should be from 38 to 60 inches long, depending on the size of the room in which it will be placed when finished. The width of the table top should be from 20 to 24 inches, and the cabinet, or top part, is 12 inches wide and from 48 to 50 inches high. The back of the cabinet is of beaded ceiling, and, with the exception of the crown mold and the At- e horse-chestnu- - Convenient Article of Furniture That Can Be Made at Home. home-mad- May Pay with His Life for tempt to Rescue Tortured Beasts Victim Nearly Insane with Pain. r r -- CHINA CLOSET. INJURED Farmer n- n |