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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-01-15

who, at least, get run for their
money"
Hosts of reckless men who bought
5@5h cent feeders and sold warmed
up cattle at panic prices, certainly
reckoned without their finish.
Men who had the cattle and the
corn and agreed to put them together
by a certain time at a certain good
price, did not always get as much
from the speculator as they could have
gotten on the open market when the
contract was closed, but they were
wisely working upon the sound bust
ness policy of taking reasonable prof
it's and letting others take unreacson-
able chances.
Perhaps to bring about successful
finishes" there is more room for i'm
provement in feeding than in breeding
methods. The tendency TO fill the
feed lots with animals grown by some
body else is not without it's advant-
ages, especially while there are sec
tions in the range regions adapted for
nursery work more than for finishing;
but men like l.. Fl. Kerrick, with wide
experience as breeders and feeders,
can tell of the advantages of man
breeding as we'll as feeding his own
stock.
The saying, well begun is half
DONE" is trite and often true, but
when it comes to the "stockman's fin
ish"-the stock yards-one might bet
ter have stock that is well fed. though
poorly bred, than well bred and badly
fed.
When things are booming, it takes
nerve for one not to be carried away
by the crowd and when values are
very low it seems to be still harder
to disregard the actions of the many
who always figure that high means
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-01-15
Choice
Berkshire

Bears and Sows for sale at once. Sep.
TENDER filters. Dams are Lady knight
sows, bred by Ladd Estate sire Chal-
lenge, bred by j. B. Helm & Son, of
Ohio. Also a fine ten-month-old boar
of best Hood Farm strains.
L. x. CoGSWELL, Chehalis, Wash.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04
Preparing for Social Swim at Washington

home town was voted charming conversa-
tional ability, checked by an ndesCribablc
shyncss. In a WORD. she realizes that she
has stepped into a new world filled with So
cial pitfalls and snarcs. She goes back to
her hotel, dismayed, retrospective. and she
lies awake the rest of the night thinking
it all out.
If she is brave to the point of rashness.
she recalls something a well known for
eigner has written about the adaptability
of the American woman, and VOWS that
she will stand or fall on this quality.
If she is wise she appeals to a coach.
The coach is a woman rich in knowledge
of Washington customs, of good family,
well bred, we'll groOmed and well gowned.
Perhaps there have been financial reverscs
in her family. Perhaps she is ambitious
and Independent. However this may be,
she must be of the socially elect, and con-
sequently to be approached with due di-
plomacy. There must be nothing so pie
beian as a fee, no agreement, no vulgar
conversation about terms. But some day
there arrives in the coach's mail a check, a
handsome douceur, from her pupil.
The coaCn, having assumed the response
bility of the lady's social future, goes about
her work in the most systematic fashion.
For a while she is almost constantly at
her patrons elbow. The first lesson is,
"Who is who and how shall you greet
them" The right of precedence, how to
avoid the incongruous issuing of invita-
tions-that is, inviting opposing factions to
the same funCtiOn-and a nice discrimina-
ton in greeting are taught. For instance,
a hostess may have a genuinely friendly
feeling for a department clerk, but she
must not throw into this greeting exactly
the same shade of warmth which she ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

tends to an ambassador. Then, too, she
may personally like an individual tenn
porarily under the ban of Washington So
ciety, but received by right of official pre-
cedence. For such meetings she must culti-
vate what is known as a "frigid gracious
ness"
The coach o~verhauls her patrons ward
robe. Good frocks, well made is the
motto-froCks that absolutely suit the per-
sonality of their owner. If small town
fashions war with this personality. then
everything is cast aside. The lady places
herself unreservedly in the hands of an
artist selected by the coach, and, il quiet
elegance suits her style, she must attain
it, even though her heart yearns for the
feshpots of Egypt in the form of red and
burnt orange.
II her patron is particularly obtuse the
coach handles her correspondence, though
it has become essential for a woman really
in the Washington swim to have her pri-
Nate secretary. Under the coach's tutelage
She also Cultivates her memory for faces
and names, she acquires a sweet gracious
ness with a modification of voice and man
ner, and, in fact, goes through a course
OF social grooming which can be com
pared only to that of the young girl sent
to a fashionable school for her finishing"
When the new candidate for social favors
passes successfully the p.tiless criticism
of those who have gone before her on the
thorny path and who enjoy watching tho
trials of those who follow, the coach
breathes a sigh of relief and feels that she
has gathered laurels in her unique pro-
fession.
Miss Hagner, at present social secretary
IN MrG Roosevelt ic nm alpnncf absolute
authority on who is who in Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

Previous to Civ ng her services to the
presidents wife she guided Mrs. Root, Mrs.
Hanna and Miss Spaulding through the
social labyrinth While Mrs. Roosevelt l.
a presidents wife to the manner born, sh,
has found Mss Hagner's knowledge Of
people and official customs invaluable.
Miss Hagner was a society girl, obscrvant
and popular, compelled by adverse circum-
stances to turn her social talent to fnan-
cial account. Particularly has she won
the regard of the chief executive by her
taCtfulness and rcticcncc on all subjects
bearing on the private life of the White
House, knowledge Of which would delight
the public. 1t is rcputcd that a recent
legacy of 800 600 may make it unnccCs-
sary for Miss Hagncr to continue as arbi-
ter of Washington's social circle.
The lesser lights in the coaching line
are Miss Nellie Hunt, formerly Mrs.
Hobart's secretary, and Miss Helen John
son. These three women are the rccog-
nized authorities, so to speak, though in
a quiet way many other women are taking
up the business. An experienced coach can
look after the interests Of several patrons.
particularly if the latter are amcnablc;
and the woman who Is not amcnablC should
not accept the services of a coach at all.
instances there are or women VINO have
Travelled the thnrny path and found ilowcry
beds of case on their own responsibility
but their progress was not to be cnvicd,
When one of these in particular first came
to Washington blase society pretended to
be highly amused at her hearty, Il like
you SO much; come and see M often OF
Il should like to have long talks with
you" But the lady declined to become per-
functOry. She lives, as she did in her west
ern home, simply, unaffectedly, Hospitality
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

he was in earnest. A discourteous retort
leaped to the %latter's lips, but he restrained
himself and turned away.
why don't you answer me, young man ?"
persisted the governor, still bent on having
his little joke. Don't you know that it is
your duty to pay attention to what the
guests Of this hotel say to you ?"
II don't need to have you tell me my
duty flared the boy. IT'S a cinch, any
way, that I'm not paid to stand here chew
ing the rag with interfering, meddlcsome
old women like you"
The boy turned his back on the governor
and marched off. When Mr.. Bliss had re-
covered his breath he started after him,
and In three hong strides was at his side.
shake, young man, shake; you're all
said he, extending his hand. "You
called the turn on me better than it's been
done since the day they elected me gov
ernor Of my state"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

and she enjoys a large circle of genuine
friends which she refuses to sacrifice on the
altar Of good form, as II is recognized in
official circles.
Another woman who has won on her
merits comes from the middle west. Seem
ingly she prefers her quiet home lite in
Ohio to the sccthirg social cauldron of
Washington society, for she rarely Joins the
congressional colony. when she does. how
ever, she enjoys "A vcritablc ovation. for
she has won hosts of friends through her
charming personality. Her manner is what
women term sweet"
Generally speaking, however, the woman
who scorns the services of the coach finds
breakers ahead.
Oficial circles are still laughing over an
incident which marked last seasons din
ncrs. A newcomer gave a dinner without
the aid or consent of any coach or we'll
vcrscd friend. The result was that the
guests, one and all, were arrontcd by the
table arrangement. for they were seated
without reference to their official rank. To
make things worse the hostess had a new
force of servants, inefficient and ill-traincd,
and her butler, having been taken suddenly
i'll, was replaced by the one first at hand.
The soups were served cold, and as much
Of the wine as had escaped the populations
of the kitchen force came on warm. The
affair was brought to a dismal and hopeless
end by the hostess giving vent to an un-
governablc temper, voiced in a vocabulary
which drove the guests from the dining
room and the servants from the kitchen.
Nor could the hostess speed her parting
guests, because of a violent attack OF
hystcria which followed upon the heels of
her display of temper.
All this might have been saved by n
Judiclous appeal to the coach.
It was a senator's wife who, having sue.
c~essfully run the social gauntlet, brought
upon her head no end of carefully yelled
laughter by entertaining the daughter Of
her husbands most powerful constituent, a
newly enriched mine owner. The young
woman had views of her own which no
amount of eastern boarding schools could
alter. Her hostess was to present the
heiTcss to hundreds at a reception on a
patriotic holiday. Imagine her dismay when
the young woman appeared before hcr
arrayCd in a gown which she deemed par
t~icularly appropriate to the occasion, a
pale blue satin deckcd with streamcrs OF
crimson and white. No amount Of per-
suasion could induce her to change the
vivid. If patriotic, raimcnt, and what her
hostess suffered during the evenings
festivities is a thing not to be described in
words.
Originality is "A dangerous gift-in Wash,
ington. Your leader of society in New
York, or Boston, or Chicago, may dc
eccentric things and have her pictures in
the daily papers; may adopt fads and
foster the social aspirations of ambitious
young men, but in Washington let her be
ever on her guard. The slightest infringe
ment upon rights of precedence, upon the
code which governs official life, will con
sign her into social darkness and subject
her to 'frigid graciousness," from which
fate may fortune defend us all!
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04
Gleanings From the Story Tellers' Pack

himself in some way or stand the chance
of being sent to Jail as a vagrant. your
honor he finally said with great solemnity,
II am a trimmer of Christmas trees. |
work the day before Christmas every year"
The original idea won him his liberty.
Booker T. Washington was in Philadelphia
recently, and to a group of reporters there
he told one evening an anecdote of his boy
hood days.
at the plantation where | was a Save
he said, "a very choleric old southerner was
staying. His valet was an aged colored
man, and very funny it was to hear the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

>S-hDAA 10 q BONNl u
hind the throne in the national
~ capital. Society needs her. She
EN&S knows it, and her bank account
tlourishes accordingly.
When a man is elected to congress he
has fought but half the battle. On entering
Washington he is confronted by two prob
lems-how to make himself felt i'm the DO
htical arena and how to run successfully
the social gauntlet.
, Should he be placed on an important
committee or score a telling speech during
MS first year in house or senate he feels
that he is really in the running, and, cx-
cept in rare instances, he works out his
political salvation alone.
On the other hand his social career is
largely at the mercy of his wife. Through
her plumbers or lack of tact he may lose
that personal, social influence which, il
washington, as in every capital, is inya2-
liable. There's a world of politics brewed
In the afternoon teaCup, and t is a wise
woman who, newly come to Washington.
lets the social coach direct the swinging
of the tea-ball.
The social history of Washington shows
that from presidents down to members of
the lower house the majority of men have
been self-made, or, at least, have risen
from humble ranks. In nine cases out of
ten, with their foot on the lowest rung of
the political ladder, they have met and
married. So IA woman whose social aspira-
lions have never risen beyond The presi-
dency of the ladies aid society or tho
local wCman's self-culture club, suddenly
finds herself being borne towards social
breakers by her husbands political career.
Without much difficulty she assumes her
nnSitinn in tho email sit,r ,rh,,o -. t
band holds an office of some importance.
Later they move to the state capital, where
they live in a barn of a hotel and she gives
regular receptions and is duly interviewed
by local reporters. Returning to the home
town, her gowns are talked about and
copied, her Entertainments admired and her
favor sought.
Small wonder that her husbands pro-
gression to the national capital fills her
with only pleasurable anticipations. En-
We'd by her woman friends and showered
with kindly, if useless, advice, she lends
herself to the most fashionable modiste in
tow and to happy visions of new social
kE'orlds to conquer.
= They invade Washington. They entertain,
which is necessary. They are entertained,
which is customary. To do honor to the
first occasion she dons her most elaborate
frock and takes one last complacent glance
in her cheval glass.
Then comes the awakening. Passing
that line of receiving women, irreproach-
ably gowned and groomed, she reads pity
ing amusement behind the few words of
perfunctory greeting and the fleeing
smile. IT must be her gown, she reasons,
and, having paid her respects, she slips
into a corner and studies the frocks and
bearings of these women who know Wash
ington as an open book. She cannot define
the difference, but it exists. Moreover, she
finds her usual volubility, which in her
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

woebegone replies that he would make
when his old master stormed at him.
'Dagon,' the master said, you are good
for nothing. You are a rascal. You are a
numskull. BY CAD, Dagon, l wish you were
in hell
81 wish l was, sab. / wish | was,'
DagOn replied" -
Female suffrage sometimes leads to anus
ing mistakes. A candidate at a recent cleo
tion in Australia, where the women have
votes, tells a story in this connection. The
constituency was a seaport town, and one
of the burning issues before the electors
was the question of berthage rates. A
woman voter came to him and asked
whether he was in favor of imposing these
berthage rates, because If he was she would
take good care that neither her husband
nor herself would vote for him. A little
discussion of the matter revealed the fact
that the woman was under the impression
that the question of berthage rates related
to a poll tax on babies. That candidate now
doubts whether the average female voter
is not under a delusion, or, perhaps, say,
a spell.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

Governor Bliss of Michigan had an ex-
p]erience with a bcllboy at the Palmer
house, in Chicago, recently, relates the
New York Tribune. The chief executive
OF the Wolverine state had tried 70 joke
with the boy in buttons. The latter thought
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

n CONGRESSMAN RUPERT of New
York tells of a constituent of his
- who is never known to work. He
lk4QRI is a most accomplished and dig
nifed "panhandler" and for many
years has managed to wheedle a fairly COM
Portable livelihood out of his good-natured
and less impecunious acquaintance. Not
long ago he allowed Bacchus to get the
better of him one evening, the result being
his arrest. Next morning the Judge asked
him his occupation. Must | telI?" said
the prisoner. you must was the magis-
trate's reply. This was rather a poser,
but the prisoner knew he must classify
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

Ewitticism even if he was its target. One
day he was browsing in Guilds dingy book
shop at the foot of the capitol. He took up
a number Of books, and finally the novel,
"Scruples."
what is the price of this ?" asked Mr..
Reed.
"A dollar, sir" replied the old man
rather tartly.
TOO much said Reed laconically, and
laid the book down.
well, sir" retorted Guild, who has a
sharp tongue of his own, 81 don't know Of
any law you have passed that compels you
to buy it If you don't want to. Besides, |
don't see what a member of congress wants
of a book with that title, anyway"
Reed broke into a hearty laugh, and as
he rolled down the avenue ne was still
smiling at the old mans reply.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

When Senator Gallinger was practicing
medicine in his New Hampshire home, re-
lates the Washington Star, he had a coach
man who was a character" worthy Of the
attention of any writer of fiction. On one
occasion DR.. Gallinger was calling profess
~sionally at a house next to a residence on
which was displayed a black Grape as a
sign OF death. A passerby noticing the
Grape and not knowing who had died there
supposed DR., Gallinger was in the house
and that his coachman could give the de-
sired Information The coachman seemed
to take the inquiry as a personal affront
and bristled up in martial style.
II don't know" he retorted promptly.
It's not of our killin'-it's not Of our
killin'.''
Then he pulled his horse up so as to
avoid any further suspicion that he was
waiting for the doctor to come out Of the
house with the badge Of mourning.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

Not long ago George w. Perkins, J. Pier
pont Morgan's partner, noticed the aged
Russell Sage poking his cane about in the
gutter at the corner of Broad and Wall
streets, reports the New York Times. He
hurried over to Mr.. Sage and asked him
what he was looking for.
The past master in finance replied:
while buying a newspaper | dropped a
cent in the gutter, and 1t has actually re-
duced me to poverty"
How can that be-" queried Mr.. Per
kins with surprise.
"W by, don't you see, 1t makes me a pen
nyless man" chuckled the dean OF the
street as he strolled away, apparently as
happy as if he he'd made a lucky turn for
a few thousands.
Sarcastic himself, Thomas y. Reed an
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

Sarcastic himself, Thomas g.. Reed APP
prec.dted { joke at his own expense. Here
is a story illustrating how we'll he liked a
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

, ''9"V' IVV-l " d u
He SOCIAL COACH is a power be-
hind the throne in the national
capital. Society needs her. She
knows it, and her bank account
tlourishes accordingly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-01
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GIFTS ARE BRi5Es.
County Attorney Puts School Officers
on Their Guard.

CordelI O. T. Aug. 81. 4. Edwards,
county attorney has issued the following
circular 10 school district officials
Your attention II respectfully called %
section sal Of Wilson's oklahoma STAT
utes or section $3.50 OF oklahoma stat
,ites OF 1858. being the same section. which
is the only law providing for change
Of school text books.
Section ssll. School districts may. al
their annual election Of school officers.
indicate by a ma iority OF all the votes
cast al such meeting. their desire for a
county uniformity OF text books. which
vote shall be transmitted TO the counts
slperintendent by the clerk % the afore-
said school district within ten GAYS Of
the time Of such vote and when one
majority of all districts Of She county IN
any year shall indicate ~ IN section
gs15. their desire for a uniformity Of text
books The county superintendent shall
notify the districts OF such vote. and az
the same time call for one delegate from
each municipal township or incorporated
city in the county. 20 be elected 81 a
neeiinf or TIE school bosr5s q such
townships or cities. on a das and AZ
place and hour specified in such csn. and
the delegates so elected shall corsiiiu .
q county text book board. whose Guty u
shall be TO select and rFescribe the text
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-01
BUT LITTLE. TROUBLE.
Federal Quarantine Line Will Proba-
bly, Be Chanued

Guthrie, O. r., Aug. Sl-F'rom present
indications there viii be little trouble in
securing the removal of the Federal
quarantine line east from the Santa Fe
railroad 10 the eastern line Of Noble
Logan and oklahoma counties. and also
TO include part of Payne county R
II. Hahn, territorial inspector and Dr.
J.. J. Allen, Federal inspector have been
working for some time making an inves-
tigation 10 ascertain If there is tick in
fection in the territory mentioned. To
day Inspector Hahn submitted a report
TO Secretary Thomas Morris of the sani-
tary commission stateng that the condi-
tons were very favorable for the change
and that SO far only one case of infection
had been found This case is in Logan
county where a man has twenty-five head
OF cattle. A quarantine order was issued
and it is believed that within n short time
the cattle viii be free from infection
1t viii take some time for the investiga-
tion TO be concluded and it is now only
n question whether or not the southern
portion of the quarantine district is as
free fro mdck infection as the northern
part.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-01
SHOT AND KILLED.
Family Trouble Was the Cause Of the
Crime


Guthrie, O. T., Aug. S1.-A Lawton DIS
patch says: At o'clock Saturday after
noon S. H Bush was shot and instantly
killed at his home on Avenue A, by
Rube St. Clair. his brother-in-law. St.
Clair Immediately surrendered himself 10
Citv Marshal Heck Thomas, who turned
him over to the sheriff. and he was placed
in Jail.
The cause of the killing was family
troubles. Push had come home drunk,
and threatened to kill his wife AT nu-
nerous times before he had threatened
her and attempted to beat her and she
had successfully resisted him. Saturday
however. he overpowered her and throw
ing her down, attempted to choke her to
death.
st. Clair was in the room at the time
and believing that Bush really intended
TO carry out his threat, and seeing his
sister in such peril. he pulled q SS-calber
Smith &, Wesson revolver and fired at
Bush. Five shots We're fired. two Of
which took effect, killing Bush in
stantly.
Bush was discharged from the city po-
lice force a few days ago for miscon-
duct. and has since been drinking heavily
Saturday he took dose OF morphine with
the purpose of killing himself but doc
tors arrived in time TO save his life
Several times he has threatened 10 kill
his wife and Ed Page, and then COM
NIT suicide. At the time OF the killing.
Page was in court making complaint
against Bush for attempting to kill him.