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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Polo in Oklahoma

No little interest has be~r a-zkszed
over TIRE fact that Shawnee = % nsve
Poio game on s-n1sy. Jsly 3fh. 81 her
fair grounds. vhseA VII - csra-
onssrztion q TIE genzizs STUFF recording
70 ire Democrat
There Is nothing -iSrs srr4tfn< o. 81
terestinx than 8 good game os Fefo.
Her wis are ski1s5 = ire sz1e VIII
kcTses that are trz-1ed 70 zScesg.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

ing After being complimented upon the
suppIication, the money was dropped into
the box and all was well-for the NOM
ent
hour that young lady was suffering in
tensely for half size glass of ice cream
soda. Well it may be a sad story, but
there is no need to prolong it-that alb
normal craving for the cooling beverage
was relieved-and the mite box did it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
A Cloth Of Gold.

Blackwell is gaily bedecked this summer
and there Is no street fair on, either
Many parts of that city are decorated
with the beautiful callopsis or wild flax
So richly carpcted are the spots covered
by this brilliant yellow and maroon gem
Of the prairie. that they look like
veritable field of the cloth of gold.
declares the Sun. In the east this flower
Isl cultivated with great care and it at
tracts much attention by its beauty,
while at Blackwell where it grows spon-
t!aneously, no attention IS paid to it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
OF All Things.

OF queer accidents. one Is that of the
little one-year-old son of E. l. Hackerd.
Leavenworth barber. He swallowed
one-inch screw which stuck in his
throat. A physician was hastily sum
moned and took out the screw in NOM
ent, but the baby had already suffered
greatly and developed a high fever and
about midnight the little fellow died.
His mother Yves cleaning house and put
the baby on the kitchen floor. He man
aged to find the screw in some way and
baby-like, put II into his mouth. He was
unconscious when the doctor arrived.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
TrousI. win water Works.

The topography % anthony and caid-
well are practically the same and both
towns have been having the same kiEd
OF trouble with their water works. When
people In the lower part Of own are
using water fer sprinklins purposes In
the evening. those who reside on the hiii
cannot even get drink Caldwell has
recently fixed this trouble by rebuilding
her large stand-pIpe reservoir on the hill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
War Among the Hoses.

The young ladies Of CJevelaHd. seeing
the urgent nee. Of uniforms for tae hard.
are planning an entertainment 70 take
place IN the near future. the proceeds et
which will 20 toward buying uniforms.
The entertainment Is called war
Among Roses and is manipulated thus;
The young ladies' are Divided tnto two
parties. THE bonds IL one ard the nrs1ne,-
tsS In zn-ask~< Tia hlc.6es dress IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

A bad small coy who lives IN Ia Crosse.
crawIed under the bed the ether day when
his mother wanted 20 punish him She
could not get him out without con<siera-
bic difficulty ard consequently decided 10
let him remain there until his father
returned in the evening. when he ar
rived and was told about 1t re stariee
70 crawl under the led 20 bring out dis
disohcd.ent son. but was very much as
tonished when the little fellow called cuts
Hello, Is she after you. too
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

Wheat harvest - over - oslshe-ss-
Nus fhs bshy hsrTsst s-~zrs % - - TN
p-orr~ss. Ire Bsianxs Ss-s S<risrss
tnsf y I'll SIT - Ckisse-z4 axeiass sss
wrrss whea 4 co<sss - fstz1nx sh~4t
40 e~As.s we ssAn lnslst aga nsss
r---nsrra tosh 90 60 go qAsnfsry al
osaIf.v.- Il declares -oss ~hess yts1
= q zzzce. exc sse tests fEp<z ~ -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
A Mad Photearapner.

There is a mad photographer at Med
ford. He is not insane, but mad like
bull gets when shown a red rag. Recently
one entire days views. work amounting
10 over $40. was ruined by the opening
OF mis- dark room door where the mega
tives were placed. as they were taken
from the camera. The light ruined
nearly all of the views. 1t was not the
pecuniary loss that trouble Mr.. Estill so
much as witnessing the disappointed
people and making explanations, declares
the Patriot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
An AIliaator Mxster.

Recently some boys shot an alligator
over three feet long in a pond west OF
oksrche. Fer awhile II was a mystery as
TO how the animal set in a pond In
Oklahoma. but the Times has solved the
mystery.
While spending the winter in Florida IN
1855. Mrs. ". n Burhans bought small
alligator In Jacksonville. When she re-
turned TO her home in Kingston. y. T.,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Two Harvest Lies.

The Bison Bee could stand the poor
attempts no longer and dashes off the
following:
One farmer came to town Saturday
saying his new binder was almost shak-
en- to pieces He had been cutting wheat
on old ground that he though, was level
but as the machine received so much JOLT
ing he got down to make Investigations
and found that large. plump grains Of
wheat had been shattered out, fallen TO
the ground and caused the severe jolting.
Another found 1t necessary to remove
The shocks from his fiold when he had
finished cutting, before he could get his
machine out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

The following is a scheme the break
les" have on harvest hands that bring
good many dollars into their pockets at
the expense of the farmers. who have
to have hands: They lock their cargo of
hands" in a box car ana sell them out
to the farmers at 81 to 81 per head. and
won't leave them out until the price is
advanced. As they no doubt also make
the hands put up for bringing them out
1t will be seen that the train crews have
something Of a good thing in this while
it lasts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Jim Duffy's Latest.

Hon. Whit NJ. Grant. ex-mayor Of Enid.
comes to the front with snake story.
which he says is absolutely fact and no
yellow journal yarn. Sunday morning.
according to his narrative. and on the
authority of Jim Duffy. of the Wave. he
went out to his poultry yard and was
surprised 10 see. stretched on top Of a
row of boxes used as hens nests. a
snake about five feet in length His
establishment was augmented by see
ing an abnormal enlargement at about
the center of the reptiles body. \
blow upon the head from Mr.. Grants
cane dispatched his snakeship and upon
cutting open it's body at the point %
enlargement of their rolled out--a china
nest egg.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

justice OK the peace pay the costs, and
that the claim of SIS be given to the
Episcopal church treasurer and the other
SIS be given to the city mayor to be used
in the city park fund. a very interesting
entry is made on the court docket, and
one of the attorneys has prepared an
epitaph to place on the slab, which reads
something like this: when real estate
dealers fail to agree. then church and
state receive the fee"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

she took the alligator. then less than
foot long. with her. Her daughter, Vic
toTia, made quite a pet of it aid taught
II TO answer her call by the usual grunt-
ing bark alligator. Inn the fall of
1897 the family moved to Okarche and
took the gator with them. For over
a year while there it was kept in a small
tub of water. One night the tub, stand
ing on the porch. was overturned by some
meddlesorne dog and nothing could be
found OF the alligator. 1t is thought that
this was the alligator shot by the boys.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26


The Tsloga Advocsis Eives the follow
ting ssesch a. a remarkable ehsrz~ser.
Joseph Body. who ales ~ LssosA re-
Gently.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

"a pounds. while our baby crop reports.
which are daily sent % Fresldsn; RooHc-
welt. has dispellsd all his fears Of a race
suicide. The babies. bless their fatnezs.
test from 20 "a pounds and when thsy
yell for Oklahoma. the blast Of an orfin-
sry steam msii whsstis would pas for
silence personined
The receipts this week. - far as heard
from in this immediate vicinity. are 20
Mr.. and Airs. Steve Pitts. on Monday
last. a boy
To Mr.. and Mrs WI Carpenter. a hoy
born on the fith instant.
To Mr. and Mrs. Charley sheldon a
girl. she reported isst Monday evening
To ar. and Mrs. Pred wiIBsf-on iazt
Tnssdsy-ws think Or 8ccorfis safd y
was a girl bBt FOR fear ~ libel ssif.
We nnfsssx r. We soa't ssy sure aafii
We see the doctor again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
PRUNING TREES.

Limbs to be removed should be cut
off as smoothly as possible with a
sharp saw and as close to the main
stem as possible. When limb enters
a shoulder at the trunk, the cut should
be as close to the former as possible,
vet never through it. There should
never be any stump left, because the
cambium dies back and when the
stump decays there is hole left which
is apt to cause the trunk Of the tree
to rot and become hollow. Torn
wounds are source Of danger to n
tree. If large limbs are to be removed.
which should never happen in good
pruning, there Is danger of the weight
of the limb tearing the bark. 10 avoid
this cut from below first and meet this
cut with one from above, OF, if this can
not be done, cut off the limb foot
from the tree and remove the stub.
Large wounds should be smeared over
with tar or thick paint to keep out
moisture. 1t is very important that the
healing process should start soon after
the wound is made, otherwise the cam
blum will be killed back quite dis
lance from the exposed surface and
healing will be greatly retarded. For
this reason pruning should be avoided
in cold, particularly frosty weather. In
spring the cambium is active, and
wounds made at this time start to
heal at once, and there is little or no
diving back of the cambium.-Green's
Fruit Grower.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
Leader Of the Historic L" Min.
ute Men" H0nOTGd by a
Heroic Bronze Figure.

In Lexington, Mass, on Thursday.
April 10, the one hundred and twenty
fifth anniversary Of the battle OF Lex
ington, there was unveiled with appro-
pirate ceremonies the statue of Captain
John Parker, leader of the minute men
in that historic conflict.
The statue stands on the old town
green, now Lexington Common, the
scene of the battle. The figure Is Of
heroic size and stands, gun In hand, on
a base of rough powders, gazing down
the road to Boston. The entire memoir
ial rises more than twenty feet from
the ground, water tumbling down from
under the tOpmOst rock into great
granite bowl where horses may drink.
In the rear are seats and drinking
fountain, with old fashioned powder
horns for drinking cups.
Francis Brown Hayes gave the mon
ument to the town. The design Is the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
Forests Destroyed by Goats.

Sheep and goats when numerous are
liable to cause widespread injury, par
ticularly in forested regions. An in
structive example of the damage done
by goats is afforded by st. Helena,
which is a mountainous island scarcely
fifty square miles in extent, its highest
SUBMITS reaching an elevation of 270O
feet. At the time of its discovery,
about the beginning Of the sixteenth
century, it is said to have been covered
by dense forest; to-day 1t Is described
as a rocky desert. This change has
been largely brought about by goats,
first introduced by the Portuguese in
1913, and which multiplied so fast that
in seventy-fve years they existed by
thousands. Browsing on the young
trees and shrubs they rapidly brought
about the destruction Of the vegetation
which protected the steep slopes. With
the disappearance Of tie underground
began the washing Of the soil by trop-
ical rains and the destruction of the
forest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04

The following experiences occurred
in a court room in one of the county
seats in this state not hundred miles
from this city few days ago. 1t was
in the taking of testimony in will
contest. The Surrogate had taken his
seat in the court ROOM and as he had
no clerk, it was necessary that he
the office. A few moments after the
opening of the court proceedings an
attendant stepped up to the surrogate
to say to him that woman wished to
file paper. The surrogate immedi.
ately adjourned the proceedings for
few moments. and little later re-
sumed his seat. A witness was being
examined by the prosecuting attorney
who had just propounded an impor-
tant question, when the court attend
ant whispered in his ear and a sec
end later he addressed the Surrogate
thus: 81 am called to the telephone.
Will you stop the proceedings for a
moment?" The surrogate readily as
scented, and the telephone call was an
swered. The attorney returned and
resumed his questioning, but later
was again called, and the hearing was
suspended. And so it went on through
out the day, even when the opposing
attorney was cross-questioning the
witness. In the meantime the ex-
penses of court, jury and counsel were
not stopped.-New York Tribune
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
SchoeILy, blunders,

"A ii. BIZ of Ascot send to the Lon.
don Globe some specimens of Howl
ers" perpetrated by board school chill
dren, and collected by board school
master. On the nature of gases, "An
oxygen has eight sides" In natural
history, "a cuckoo Is a bird which
does not lay its own eggs;" "a mos
quito is a child of black and white par
ents;" and "a blizzard is the inside of
a fowl" In geographical study we
get the following: The equator is Il
menagelie lion running round the
earth and through Africa" "a meridian
is the place where they keep the
time;" and "the inhabitants of Paris
are called Parasites" Among answers
we have heard before is that of the
child who declares, "Isaas Walton was
such a good fisherman that he was
called the Judicicus Hooker
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
1OUlSA NAYS SOLO AT THE CELEBRATION
1S&%Is3sEzlZZSAl
&9%9T ESFS.sI;SS "A
&E L. H q n % a. u
CELEBRATION

he hurried toward the platform and
up the steps. A queer-looking old man
he was, with long white hair and
beard. IIe had on stittly starched
linen "duster" and bright blue jean
trousers. Hurrying to Louisa Mays
side, he put his arm around her waist
and said, soothingly:
"rhere, there, LOUSY May! Don't
you mind that impudent little sass
box! You sing your song now. Come,
grandpa will starr ye off on it,"
The old man picked up the flag which
she had let fall to the platform, and
holding Its staff in one hand while his
other arm was round Louisa Mays
waist, he began to sing in a thing, wav-
ering, but not unmusical voice:
ooh! say, can you see, by the dawn's early
light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twi.
lights last cleaning
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
through the perilous fight,
Ger the ramparts we watched, were so
CALAMITY streaming"
He stopped at the end of these lines
and said gently to Louisa May:
"Come. now. honey, you sing. too"
She had taken her hands from her
face, and as she looked into the sympa-
thetic faces Of the. people before her,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
Dressmaker's Magnet.

John. buy magnet while you're
out; Ruth has lost the old one" said
the head of big dressmaking estab-
lishment to her errand boy.
What do you do with magnets
here?" woman who was being fitted
asked.
We find needles with them"
"How do you mean?"
EVERY day it naturally happens that
my As assistants drop great many
needles on the floor. To stop and look
for these needles would take time.
They are all left lying. therefore, till
the days end wnen cleaner goes
over the room with a magnet, holding
it close to the floor. Every lost needle
instantly, then. jumps up on the steel
and In that way all are recovered in a
few minutes. To recover them by any
other means would take at least an
hour. "-Philadelphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
ORCHARD NOTES BY AN EXPERT


Good drainage, natural or artificial
Is essential to success. Trees are i'm
patient of wet feet.
Good tillage increases the available
food supply of the soil, and also con-
serves its moisture.
Tillage should be begun just as soon
as the ground Is dry enough in the
spring. and should be repeated as often
as once in ten days throughout the
growing season, which extends from
spring until July or August.
Only cultivated crops should be al
lowed in orchards early in the season.
Grain and hay should never be grown
Even-hoed or cultivated crops may rob
the trees Of moisture and fertility il
they are allowed to stand above the
tree roots. Watch a sod orchard. 1t
will begin to fail before you know it.
Probably nine-tenths of the apple Or
chards are in sod, and many of them
are meadows. OF course they are fail.
ing.
The remedy of these apple failures is
to cut down many Of the orchards. For
the remainder the treatment is cultiva-
ton, fertilization, spraying-the trinity
Of orthodox apple grOwing.-Professo
l.. H. Bailey, in The Cultivator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
IRRIGATING STRAWBERRIES.

A summary of the results Of all the
experiments at the Government sta
tons throughout the country, about to
be published by the Department OF
Agriculture, seems to show that where
the cost of applying water is not too
great irrigation of strawberries is Of
great value in insuring full crop OF
fruit each season. The water should
be applied at about fruit time. in the
burrows, and allowed to slowly flow
down them, rather than by flooding.
This may seem like suggestion of lit
tie value at this season of the year,
when it is too late to water this crop
of berries. 1t is not too early, how
ever, to begin to plan for water for the
next years crop, as 1t must be remem-
bered that water cannot be applied out
of hand like fertilizer. In most cases
even with the water easily available
quite little system will have to be de-
vised to irrigate the strawberry patch
or other garden crops.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04

2. After several of these tubes are pre-
pared place in wooden box four
inches Deep as shown in Fig. l. Fill
these tubes with earth and plant the
seed
Place in a warm room, where they
will sprout and be ready for trans
planting. When the time comes to put
them out Of doors, simply set the paper
tubes with the young plants in holes
prepared for this purpose, leaving them
in tube. They will start off readily and
produce early crops.-American Agri.
culturist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
Nothing To Show for

Say, doctor, what's that Il
item in your bill for?'
Let me see. Oh, yes; | gave
thorough examination on thai
Don't you remember"
Sure, | remember. But do 70
pose | am going to pay you for
when you took up an hour CT my
and then couldn't find anything
matter with me after all?"-Bu
Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04

she felt her courage rise. When the
old man began to sing the next lines
Louisa Mays voice, clear and steady
and sweet, rose high above his own:
"And the rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our
flag was still there.
Oh! say, does that star-spanged banner
yet wave
Ger the land of the free and the home Of
the brave!"
Something of the lofty spirit Of the
grand old song suddenly filled Louisa
Mays heart, ana made her forget her
wounded feelings. Her grandfather
held the flag so that its folds were fall
ing about her, and her eyes were shin
ing and her face was smiling as she
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
THE FREE KIDNEY DOCT0

It's the people who
doubt and become cured
while they doubt who
praise DOan's Pills the
highest.
Aching backs are eased.
Hip, back, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with
brick dust sediment. h ig h
colored, pain in passing,
dribbling, frequency, bed
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills
remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation,
sleeplessness, h e a da C h Q,
nervousness. dizziness.
TAYLORsvILLE, Miss. -" l
tried everything for a weak
back and got no relief until l
used Doan's Pills"
j. n. LEWIS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-04
HOLDS DOWN HIS JOB.
Patriots Go to Maraeaibo to Succeed
Plumacher, but They Always
Come Back,


Come Back.
Eugene II. Plumacher of Tennessee,
has been consular agent at Maracaibo
since 1878 and consul since 1888, Many
patriots who desired to serve their
country for the $4,000 salary Consul
Plumacher enjoys have gone to Mara
caibo, but none has remained. Plu-
macher attends to that, according to
the Saturday Evening Post.
At the state department in Washing
ton they say when ship arrives bring
ing consul appointed to Maracaibo
Plumacher is on deck with ELUSIVE
greetings.
my dear sir" says Plumacher, 81
extend to you the heartiest of well
comes. l." Then as IL struck by a
sudden thought, Plumacher withdraws
the hands he mas outstretched and says:
But, no, | must not touch you, for
have just returned from officiating at
the last sad rites for two dear friends
who died of the yellow fever"
The consul shudders. Later in the
day, after he has dined with Plumach-
or, they take stroll. The newcomer
sees row of graves, each decorated
with an American flag.
do they decorate the graves of SOL
diers here, too?"
"Oh, no. repliese Plumacher. "Those
are not soldiers. There rest the re-
mains of several fellow countrymen,
each of whom came here to be consul.
They all died of the yellow fever and
strive to honor their memories"
That is enough. The next ship takes
the quaking patriot home, and Plu-
macher settles down to the routine of
official life until another ambitious
successor arrives.