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| s.x-shoOtcr with both hands and IN
stant'y fired.
His aim was true. The bullet struck
tir, exact spot indicated by the finger
| mark. There was a quick jerk, both
! hands were torn loose from the grip OF
! the officers. and a stream of blood
| spurted from a CHASTITY wound. \ few
spaslnodic q~uivers and t~witchirgs Of
| the muscles and Levi James was dead.
| The bullet had passed entirely through
his body, and blood tricllled from a
wound in his back where the bullet had
| passed out The old eNecutioner blew
the smoke out of his pistol barrel; then,
| placing the weapon in it's scabbard,
walked Oil as unconcernedly as if he
| had shot utree.
A messenger was dispatched to in
form the waiting wife that all was over.
| She came back with her children and
threw ierself upon the PROSTATE body
of her husband. weeping most p!aintive-
Iy. Then. with an affectionate farewell
kiss to the dead, she departed from
the scene. her clothingo soted with the
blood of the man she had SO faithfully
loved. The dead mans relatives soon
came to claim the body. ana took it
away for burial.
The old eXecutioner was afterward
seen sitting upon a rock smoking his
pipe, seemingly Indifferent as to the sur
roundings.
"Do you always shoot them through
the hearth" I asked him.
"No," he said, in ~ery good English.
"If you shoot a man through the heart
he may life fou2., five or ter minutes,
but shoot through the big blood vessel
above the heart, and cut it in two, then
he will die in a minute"
Another Choctaw execution possessed
of some very interesting features oc.
CURED a short time prior tn the one
mentioned. Folsom. 1 think, was the
name of the victim He died like a
hero, but there were no such scenes as
attended the shooting Of James.
Folsom was a youth of about 20.
handsome, stalwart and brave. He had
been released upon parole Immediately
afterbeing sentenced to death. He gave
his word that he would be on hand at
the time set for his execution, then
went about his business as if nothing
unusual had happened, and as if un-
mindful of the fact that destj. for him
was not far distant.
The morning of the day fol Folsoms
shooting arrived. A large number OF
men had gathered at the spot to see the
tragedy enacted. 1t was nea a haw-
thorn thicket III the wilds Of the Choc-
taw nation, and fully so horses were
hitched to the bushes around the place
where the shooting was to take place.
The hour set for the execution was
ten O'Clock. 1t was near that time, but |
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vehicle, whether propelled by steam or
naphtha, by hitched-up quadruped or
bestriding bipcd.
Our consul further suggests n plan
for road improvement; or, rather, for
raising the money for road improve
ment. 1t is the French plan, to wit, a
wheel tax. In France all carriages are
taxed. Those with seats for II or two
persons, SO a year Tin round numbers;
four, $40; while bicycles and tricycles
are taxed So each. These taxes are pay
able monthly, in advance, andGmust be
Paid before the vehicle is allQfed to go
upon the road. A fine revej lie is thus
obtained. No doubt a similM system in
this country would also fill up the state,
county or township treasury. But we
don't want it. Such a tax would be par
ticularly yeNatious and annoying.
We don't need it, either. Our ordi-
nary system OF taxation is sufficient.
We spend enough money-or its equiv
alent-on Ii roads now to make them
asS~1kas those OF France. The trouble
is we don't spend it in the right way.
Our labor is INSTRUCTED. At some sea-
Sens of the year, when farm work is less
pressing than usual, the farmer works
OUT his road tax. Generally it is about
the worst time of the year for the roads;
but that doesn't matter. He takes his
horses and plow and scraper, plows up
some burrows in the gutter between the
wagontrack and the sidewalks. and
scrapes the earth up into the middle
of the road. That makes the road rough
and lumpy. You must drive over it at
a walk, as over a newly plowed field. If
the weather remains dry it gets dusty;
If rain comeS1bn it is a mass of mud.
In course of time it gets worn down
fairly smooth and hard; and then it is
time to work out" some more taxes,
and scrape up some more sods and
loose dirt again.
That is what road-making has meant
in most COUNTRY places, and what it still
e on thousands of miles of high
way in the Host highly improved states
of this union. If instead of that the
same amount of work had been given
for the last 25 years to laying drains
ind making telford, or macadam, or
even good gravel roadways, we should
to-day have a network of roads all over
these states on which any kind of We
hicle could run with ease at any time of
year. We need no carriage tax, nor
gold watch nor silver spoon tax, but
only an intelligent and systematic ap-
plication Of our ordinary evenue to
the making of loads on a scientific
plan.-N. Y. Tribune,
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GRICULTURALHINTS
TERR,BLE MONEY WASTE.

Labor in Road Building Il Misdirected
All Over the Country.
In q recent report on the hoSseless
carriages Of France the United States
consul at Havre says that las solid.
smooth roads are quite essential to the
successful use Of the system, it will be
necessary, before 1t can be protitably
applied in the United States, to bring
our roads to the condition of European
highways" That is unquestionably
so; for proof of which observe the ex-
l%erience of a horseless carriage which
had to be shipped by railroad because
the highways were in o bad a condi-
ton for it to move on. And that was
in New York state, too, and in the best
part of it. We do need better roads,
not only for horseless carriages. but for
horse-carriages as well, n mule
wagons, and oxcarts, and every sort of
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RAISING THE CALF.
The Digestive Organs Must Be Given
Proper Consideration.

The Digestive Organs Must Be Given
Proper Consideration.
1t is of the utmost Importance
whether the calf is raised for the dairy
or for the butcher that it's digestion be
kept in perfect condition the first year
of it's existence, so that it may become 4
profitable animal. To do this it is
necessary to feed carefully and keep the
calf supplied with a sufficient quantity
of food to make it quiet and satisfied.
1t is desirable, of course, to keep the
calves pushing ahead, but it is best to
make haste slowly. In your eagerness
to show growth, do not overfeed, Or you
will upset the digestive apparatus and
check development for a time At least.
Determine the destiny of the calf, and
feed accordingly. If a heifer, and you
are raising it for dairy purposes, do not
feed too much fattening food. If the
heifer once acquires the habit of put
ting everything on her back it is prac-
tically impossible to induce her to
change in favor of the milk pail. Cows
are just as much creatures of habit as
men are, and we all know the difficulty
Of reforming our ways. Therefore,
train the heifer in the way you wish
her to go. Give her such food as will
promote rapid growth. Bone and
muscle are the points to be aimed at.
A fat heifer is apt to divert into flesh
the food intended for the production of
milk. Therefore, cornmeal, timothy
hay and other carbonaceous foods are
to be eschewed. Oats, clover hay, wheat
bran, etc, will do much to stimulate
milk production. A few carrotss Or
other roots will give the occasional ze
required by the a~ppetite.-N. Y. Wor4
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IN SCHOOL,

There is a school with a teacher stern,
With lessons long and hard to learn
A school that is found in every cline.
Andtthat keeps In session all TIA time.
its open doors are free to all,
And all must go, the bad and good,
For none could shirk it IL they would.
And all must study with weary pain,
Old, old lessons over again.
Lessons of sorrow, Of loss and care.
OF hopeless waiting and despair.
And forever we cannot choose but look
Til death shall close life's iesson-book
And we see at last. with all made plain.
That our weary tasks were not in vain.
Doubtless We give some pitying thought,
fought.
TO those who lift with present pain
Our old, old crosses over again.
Who strive as we strove. for gold and pelf
Who learn as We learned, each one for him
self.
For the school shall be taught in the long
years hence,
BY the same old dame. Experience.
Detroit Freq Press.
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FOR FRUIT.

Too much land is the blame of most
fruit growing as well as farming.
Berries cannot be grown and mar
keted as easily as wheat, corn and pota-
toes.
The grower Of berries for market
should realize that ordinary farm
methods r not sufficient.
Intensified farming and concentra-
ton of energy are the diamond drills
that bore out success.
Berry growing. like market garden
ing, requires the greatest concentration
Of good soil, labor and thought.
Take counsel from books, papers and
practical growers, but let it be tenn
pered with your OWL best judgment
and experimentation News.
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A NEED MOISTURE.

Shade Or Fruit Trees Provide II DURING
tho Dry Season.
To keep good roads in good repair,
moisture Is often the one thing do
sired. The four months of continuous
drought last summer was trying to all
kinds Of roads. Sand roads became al
most impossible, gravel and dirt roads
dissolved into dust, and stone roads
rcanifested a strong tendency to dis
integrute on the surface for want of
moisture to cement the binding ma
sferies with the stones. But where the
surface of stone roads is q part Of
shaded avenues, there was none or lit
tie disintegrating, reports Road Com
missioner Budd, of New jersey, thus
emphasizing the experience and prac-
tice of European road builders that ma
cadamized roads should be set with
shade or fruit trees, so that the silent
forces Of nature may steadily provide
the moisture that is needed without ex-
pense, besides adding beauty to the
landscape, and pleasure and comfort to
the Observation-Disclosures Agriculturist.
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Profitable Farm Products.

Milk, butter, poultry and eggs are
products that can be marketed every
month in the year. One is not com
PEELED to borrow money and wait until
a year rolls around before selling
such products. The successful men
in such lines are not those who begin
with large numbers, but who com
mence with a few and breed for what
they want. Their progress may be
slow, but by beginning in a moderate
way, giving particular attention to the
S of improved breeds, they reach in
a few years a secure position, as they
have receipts coming in daily from
such products, and are enabled to have
ready money at all times.
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FOR SOLDIER AND SAILOR.

Frederick Price, who used to be the
center rush in the football team in the
University of Georgia, is now fighting
in the Cuban insurgent army. He gets
$24 a week, and he says the work is not
half so exciting and dangerous as foot
ball.
NJ. Lockroy, the French minister of
marine, in his endeavor to put a stop
to favoritism in the navy, intends to
publish in the Journal Offic,el all pri-
yate reports of admirals and captains
On the officers under them. There are
lively times ahead for the French navy.
Army surgeons say the expression
of the faces of soldiers killed in battle
reveals the causes of death. Those who
have persisted from sword wounds have
a look of repose, while there is an ex-
preston of pain on the coun>enances
of~enose slain by bullets.
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Choice Poultry for Market,

It is greatly to the interest of the
farmer, the commission merchant and
the customer, To have only choice fowls
reach the market, and the farmer will
gain more than any other person.
There is a difference Of five cents q
pound on some classes Of poultry,
'choice extra" and ordinary being
wide apart. Now, will it pay to fatten
a fowl? If a six-pound fowl can be in
creased to eight pounds, there will be
a clear gain of two pounds, and the
original six pounds viii have increased
in value 80 cents extra in price by rea-
son of the two pounds added. It is
only necessary to put a lot Of fowls
in a yard together aud feed them on
a variety of food for two weeks, pro-
vided corn is given literally, to change
them from inferior to choice, and the
gain in weight and price will he much
greater than the corresponding cost of
the food.-Prairie Farmer.
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Consolation.

Many are the tales of miserly men
and witticisms which their failing
drew forth. Everyone knows the
story of the wealthy man who desired
his son to bury him with a large portion.
of his fortune. The son was more
astute than his father, for he drew
a check for the required amount and
placed il in the coffin with the remark
that "the governors ras always a care
full man and neyTns carried money
about Another hale is this: The de
parting Croesus Vas a clergyman who
had paid more attention to the lay
ing up of treasures on earth than liz
Heaven. In his last days he was care
fully tended by a faithful body servant.
"Ah, Tom," he said to this servant, $50
/ must go and leave all my gold and sill
e behind mel" "Ay, SIR" replied
Tom, there's no help for that. BUT
then, You don't mind; if you's take it
it would only melt."-Detroit Free
Press.
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was along the muddy roads through
Poteau bottom, through dense forest:
of pecan, walnut and oak. At Scully.
vile we we're joined by the Indiat
sheriff, who is ex-oiticio lord high ex-
ec%utioner."
1t was about ten o'clock in the morn.
ing of our second day out when we
visited the Indian courthouse ana Jail,
a rude log structure built on the style
class of Indian Territory dwellings.
Levi James, the unfortunate man whose
death we were soon to witness, was
seated on a bench in the building, with
his weeping wife and two little children
by his side. He was a full-blooded
Choctaw, about 25 years of age. with a
fair education 6 He belonged to one of
the best families Of the tribe. He had
killed another Indian while drunk, and
without cause or ~provocation. His VIC
tim belonged.t to an influential Choctaw
family, who had prosecuted the casc
against James very zealousiy. Efforts
were made for a Communication Of SEN
tence, but without success. Family ir
fuence might have secured executive
e~lemency, but under Indian laws nc
pardoning power Is vested in the chief
or governor of a tribe. the courts alone
having the power to impose a penalty
or grant a pardon.
After sentence of death had been
passed upon him. the Indian convict
was released upon his own recognIzance
until o few days before the time set
for his death, when he was placed in
jail to prepare himself to meetthe Great
Spirit. He had made no effort during
his liberty to flee the country or Ego on
the scout" as lodging the officers of the
law is called in the Indian Territory.
An Indian missionary prayed awhile
in the Jail with the condemned man,
and then went his way. James, who
was a cripple, was assisted into the open
woods behind the Jail. a blanket was
spread upon the ground, and he took his
seat upon it. His wife stood near, her
baby IN her arms, and q four-year-oid
boy by her side. The eKecutioner Sc
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Muskmelons and Cantaloupes.

Melons reach their highest develop.
ment on a deep, mellow, sandy soil.
The soil should be well prepared and
the seed be planted as soon as danger
of frost is over. In order to grow the
crop early it is best 10 make two plant
ings, n very early and the other some
ten days later. Should the first plant
ing be killed by frost OF by insects, the
second will usually make a stand. II
neither planting be killed the plants
can be thinned out when the second
pair of leaves have made some growth.
Texas Experiment Station
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Purify
Your Blood

Now, as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect of cold bracing air Is
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
will not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss Of appetite, will
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out of humors and
impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hoods ~Sarsaparilla stands I'M
equalled. Thousands testify to its
merits. Millions take it as their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
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Folsom had not yet put in an appear.
ance. The man who was to play the
leading part in the tragedy was no.
there. An incredulous white man, who
did not believe that a mans word could
be sufficiently binding to cause him t.
come forth voluntarily to be killed, ex-
pressed some doubt as to the con
demned. mans coming at all. His re.
marks were overheard by a near rela.
tive of young Folsom, who, with eyes
flashing, answered.:
when a Folsom gives his word he
keepSN. You can count on that. Hell.
be here on time"
As il to prove the truth of the asser-
ton, some one said: He has come"
just then young Folsom rode up. Dis
mounting, he hitched his horse to Il
hawthorn bush, and then, walking ND
to the sheriff, announced that he was
ready. He was permitted to select hh
w executioner, and named his cousin,
who was present.
Everything being in readiness, Fol-
som took a letter from his pocket, tore
off a small piece of the envelope, and
then, buttoning up his coat, pinned this
paper on the outside of his coat i'm
mediately over his heart. This was the
target at which his cousin was to fire.
With hangs c]asped behind his back.
he stood ffffcing the man he had chosen
TO kill hm. A sharp report rang out.
The white paper, with . bullet hole
in the center, was stained with blood.
and Folsom lay dying. In two minutes
life was extinct. He was a murderer.
but his high sense of honor and bravery
almost caused that fact to be forgotten.
His relatives had a coffin ready, and
the remains o f,the young Choctaw were
hauled away for burial. The admirinp
spectators mounted their horses and
rode away. They had witnessed one Of
the coolest End most b~usinesslike
shootings that ever occurred anywhere.
whether prompted by the mandates of
law or by the anger Of man.--Chicago
Record.
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SOME BRILLIANT WOMEN.

Yv-tte Guilbert announces that shs
has given up cycling because it causes
her to lose her memory.
DR.. Mabel Spencer, of Kansas City
Kan, has been appointed county ply
stefan of Riley county, Kan. She is the
first woman in the state to receive such
an appointment.
Early widowhood appears to be the
sad destiny of many members Of the
British royal family. The queen her
self was widowed at AZ, Empress
Frederick at 4s, Princess Heatrice
at so.
DR.. Mary Altman, who has just died
in Philadelphia, is said to have been the
first woman dentist eve graduated ir
this or any other country. She received
the degree of doctor Of dental surgery
from the Pennsylvania dental college
in 1881.
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9 pri ne


FOUR blood in Spring is almost certain te
be full Of impurities-the accumulation
of the winter months. Bad ventilation
of sleeping rooms, impure air in dwell
ings. factories and shops, ~over-eating,
heavy. improper foods, failure of the
kidneys and liver properly to do extra
work thus thrust upon them, are the
prime causes of this condition. 1t Is OF
the utmost Importance that you
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TWO INDIAN EXECUTIONS.
Both Of the Men Kept Their Word
ito Come and Die.

GVEHAL years ago
I attended all exc
cution in the hoC
taw Nation SO
miles from Fort
Smith, Ark. A de-
s%cription VIII give
an idea of how the
cork is ordinarily
done. 1t was 4
cold. dreary De-
cember day when
we left for Fort
Smith 0nr war
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isx94'
M ~

The pail, which 10 faring at the top.
rests in the opening (aj between this
seat, the side and end of the box. It can
be readily adjusted 81 as to rest almost
any angle convenient for the mixer.
This stool is very cheap, and snswers
the purpose admirably.J. ". Frey, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
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what Farmers Might save,

It is estimated that the farmers Of
this country might save $500, 900, 900, in
the cost of getting their produce to
raarket, by building good roads. These
+ ~forceful fgures.--Good Roads.
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Pear blight is not we'll understood
but is probably produced by an excess
of sap. It shows itself usually during
a hot, sultry, damp season. 1t may
show in but a single branch or in many
and at times the whole tree will seen
as if scorched. Even the wood, if cul
into, is often found discolored.
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1t is said that Napoleon, when he
needed a man for a sudden emergency,
generally chose a soldier with a good
Roman nose. He was seldom deceived
in his choice Of men.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-05-09
CHEB MILKING STOOL.
Although Easily Made 1t Answers Its Pur.

Easily Made It AnsWers It's Pur.
pose Admirably.
The accompanying illustration rep
resents a milking stool which has been
in use for more than a year, and which
is quite satisfactory. 1t is made from q
soap box, 9x12x24 inches. Remove the
top and bottom, and on the top nail IA
triangular board, which covers one-half
of the space, as shown in the engraving.
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Success would be more certain il
acreage were divided, and fertility,
preparation and cultivation increased.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-05-09
Don't BE Too Late for the Steamer.

And don't omit when you are packing up
include among them q supply of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the great remedy Cor sea
sickness. Travellers for pleasure on bust
ness seeking foreign climes, or who loco
mote by steamboat or train, besides yacht
men and mariners, testify to the remedial
is incompatible for nausea, headache, dys-
pepsia, biliousness, rheumatism, nervous
and kidney trouble.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-05-09

THE brakeman's sail aboard - ere long
Will be of little worth,
When from the air-ship rings the song,
"Come, all get off the earth!"
-Trufh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-28
BEGAN AS A"PRODICY."
Eventful Stage Career of
Madge Kendall.
Her Home Life is Happy, and She is
Mother of Five Children.
House of the Kendals in Port'and Pl. is a
Model of Comfort.

No actress ever came to America,
with the possible exception of Sarah
Bernhardt, who has held public in
terest as has Madge Kendall.
A matronly and attractive woman
in private life, she stirred up breeze
OF criticism in her presentation of
The Second Mrs. Tanquary," and
the merits and faults of her inper-
sonation have been widely discussed.
Mrs. Kendall is a fine type of the
handsome and robust English wo-
man. She is the mother of five chill
dren, and is said never to be hap
pier than when with them at her
beautiful home in the fashionable
precincts of Portland pl, London.
Her first appearance as an actress
may be stated to have taken place
July 20, 1865, when she was seen as
Ophelia at the Haymarket in Lon
don. Her first appearance in America
was in the fall of 1880. She was seen
in Boston December 9 of that year,
at the Hollis Street Theater.
The successive tours of the Ken
dals have made them rich, and they
now devote themselves more than
ever to their family, which consists
of two sons and three daughters.
Mrs. Kendall was often approached
when in this country by persons who
asked her how she kept her superb
vitality when playing SO many diff
cult roles for weeks at a time.
To these inquirers she made this
statement: THE Genuine JOHANN
HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT has
helped me considerably to keep my
strength. | consider it the best nutri-
tive tonic and table beverage | know
Of" And in Mrs. kendal's hand
some London home the tonic made
by Johann Hoff had a conspicuous
place on the sidcboard.