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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05
NON-CoMS. TO GIVE SMOKER.

The commissioned officers of the
Oglethorpe Light Infantry will give a
smoker in their company's quarters
Monday night after drill. Invitations to
the affair were sent out yesterday. The
medals for attendance during last year
will be presented on this occasion. The
names of those who will secure these
badges of faithful service have already
been mentioned in the Morning News.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05
what MIR. clark Says.

Il suffered of rheumatism a lone
time and found nothing to relieve me
until took Graybeard. / sried all
most everything l heard of. that is. in
the line OF blood medicine. Az failed
! can't praise Graybeard enough for
what 1t did for me.
G. c. Clark,
40 Park avenue
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05

Southern Railway announces irn-
proved service on train leaving sa-
vannah daily i.05 3. m. arriving Rich
mond 8 80 q. "a. Pullman sleeping cars
an the way and dining ear serves
meals en- route. city ticket once. ~
Gul eireet.-ads
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05

Atlantic Coast Line gives benefit OF
short line mileage attachments be-
tween Savannah and Augusta, 1872
miles.--ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05
Whnt Mr. stricllnnd snr..

II took two bottles of Graybeard for
rheumatism and was cured. A MEM
Der of my church took it for paraly-
sis and it helped her surprisingly.
Rev. A. II. Strickland.
Daisy, Ga"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05
To Care corns. warts ana Bunion.

Al can be cured quickly without the
knife Or pain whatever. Simply use
Abboifs East India Corn Paint a. al.
reeteq. for sale ~ al general stores
ane arpEGiaiaf-ads
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05

Atlantic Coast Line gives benefit of
a short line mileage detachments be-
tween Savannah and Augusta, 1872
miles.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05
G. c. Clark,
$40 Park avenue.

Graybeard Is sold at drug stores. 81
a bottle. six for IS. oraybeard Pills
CSC a boz. oraybeard Ointment. 25c a
bcK.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05

Graybeard is found at drug stores
81 a bottle, six for IS. Graybeard pills
csc a box. Graybeard Ointment. 25e
a box.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05

Three trains daily. leaving savan-
nah. $50 a. M, $50 a. m. and 2:25
ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05

Improved Brunswick Service via
seabOard Air Line.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03
Insurance News.

Insurance men of the West who
read the daily columns of insurance
information in the Chicago Record
Herald keep pace with the times
and are prepared for all emer-
gencies and contingencies that
have grown into the insurance
business. The column with In
surance Men, gives in compact
form all the latest doings in the
insurance world, and is conceded
by insurance mon everywhere to
be the best and most up-to date
report published by any news
paper in the United States. The
Record Herald does not copy it's
information from insurance Jour-
nails, but secures it first hand from
managers, agents and companies,
and by telegraph from it's own
special correspondents, by tel
ephone and in special cable dis
patches from abroad. The New
York service of the Record Her
AIDS insurance department is
equaled by no other paper. In fact,
the Record-Herald is the only
daily newspaper that gives insur-
ance men the first information
daily on every important event in
the insurance business. -Adv.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03
AStudy in Slang.

The universal lack Of choice
language in use in our country to-
day is matter for sincere regret.
Not long since I overheard con-
versation between two men that
was almost unintelligible. Slang
in all it's glory interpolated every
sentence, and it would require a
complete, unabridged lexicon of
slang to render it wholly in
telligible to the uninitiated. Be-
ing at once curiously interested
and thinking some day to turn it
to account small account Il be-
gan taking shorthand notes of the
peculiar phrases used and the lacon-
ic terms expressed to say ''multum in
parvo." The result is the follow
ing, almost verbatim, transcript of
my hooks and crooks: 81 see the
old man rubbering around this
morning. What's up?'' ooh, l
guess he's got an ear-full of our
doings. Shouldn't be bit sur
prised but what he's got something
up his sleeve for us wise guys
down here. We raised cain last
night. He's got it in for us any
way, so I guess we're up against
| it. He seems to think we're a lot
if pikers."
"Did he 60 shooting off his
bazoo to your"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03
Ducks.

| One bright October morn Jack
and l backed the old wagon up to
the big barn door, loaded into il
our tent, boats and camping out.
fit, preparatory to a short hunting
trip to a beautiful lake laying
about twenty miles to the east
About nine o'clock we babe fare
we'll to the farm and hard toll for
the summer, and started with light
hearts for the camping grounds.
Arriving there about five p. m. we
pitched our tent, looked our guns
over, launched our boats and
straightway proceeded to try our
luck. Gazing eastward as we
started, what did my eyes beholdf
Ducks-wild ducks by the hundreds
yes, by the thousands (if that
isn't too many disporting them
selves on the water to their hearts
content.
"Oh, jack" said I, "look over
there. We will spoil their fun
when we get there with our six
shooters.
AS I padded through the rushes
up flew a flock of csnvasbacks;
bang! went my gun. I missed my
aim-I guess I had ''duck fever
but as I leaned back the gun
kicked me out of the boat and [
got "ducking" for my shot. AS
luck would have it the water was
shallow. By the time I found my
gun and bailed the boat out with
my cap, the shadows had length
ened and I concluded I had had
enough tor once ano made for
camp. AS 1 got out of my wet
clothes Jack came In.
Il had mighty good luck" said I.
GLOW many did you get?" he
asked.
"Fisherman's luck" I answered.
GLOW did you make out?'
For answer he began to pull
ducks out of his coat pocket
twenty in all. I tell you we had
an abundance of duck for supper.
At the break of next day we were
out again looking for gore. We
hadn't proceeded far when Jack,
trying to shift his position, upset
himself-the boats were very mar
row, being but sixteen inches wide
and was laundering in the water.
[ went to his aid, and in doing so
[ came almost experiencing the
water cure the second time. The
shooting for the day was over. We
to camp and lay around
for the rest of the day. Lighting
our pipes we RECALLED each other
with stories of how we could hunt
in the days when we were young.
BERT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03

| Well | should guess so. He's
dead leary of me, and thinks I
hang out with lot of would be's.
| don't know how he got wise. but
L guess that kid brother Of yours
put him next. That punk GER
tainly Is the limit. He's the worst
that ever happened"
"Why don't you call him down to
a queens taste? [ wouldn't let him
get the best of me, not much. He's
got rep. for making it hot for
us and tries to keep us in hot
water as long as he can. I'd
wouldn't let him come none of his
four fushes on me-"
"Oh, he amt as bad as they make
'em, but when he gets one of his
ginger-pop-Jags on he certainly
can do stunt to fare thee-well.
He wouldn't stand for any lip
either. When the old geezer gets
to talking in punches to him it
don't seem to feaze him bit"
81 suppose he's dead broke most
of the time
eyes, you bet. But when he's
got the coin he knows how to blow
it. He can certainly 60 out on a
tear and paint the town red in a
holy minute. He's got all of us
skinned to a finish. He is waiting
for his ship to come in and says
he'll give the boss his needins. He
tried to cop me out for his side
kicker, but I can't travel in his
class. He's too many for me.
Here he comes now, let's give him
a bum steer and take hike over
north east"
Can anyone imagine anything
more piquant than the foregoing?
The slang embodied in this 6ve-
minute conversation is certainly
expressive of that certain situation,
and it's peculiar aptness no one
can deny; it seems almost permiss-
able-but it is certainly a severe
criticism on our grammatical ex-
preston today. The example of
course is decidedly extreme, but it
serves to show that it is what we
are coming to. Grown-up people
often furnish a pernicious example,
and we ought to see to it that
we acquire more proper and pleas
ing modes of expression.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox said some
where that the word rubber was
SO often used that she frequently
wondered at the continual elias
ITCHY Of the material. What is the
use of an education if we do not
utilize it each day?
E. W. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03
Bound to Explain It.

'Say, pa" asked Willie sweetly,
what does chopping sea chop?"
II guess" answered his father
thoughtfully, ''it must be the sea-
board. "-Philadelphia Record.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03
HAPPY DAYS ON THE FARM.

drive team on the same macnlne
he would hitch up for me. Ano
he did. [ told him [ couldn't &C
to work in the clothes [ was wear.
ing and I didn't have anything
else to change. He gave me pail
of old overalls and a jumper.
By lingo, that farmer wanted 8
man so bad that was simply forced
to "work on the farm. He led
me across the street to where a
rig and team were standing. A
girl was on the seat. She was his
sister. He told her I was the new
! man, and that I was going to ride
out to the farm with her. He or
dered me in the wagon. And into
it 1 got: The farmer went into a
store, brought out a parcel and
put it under the seat. Then we
were off. Not very swift; but we
we're moving just the same. After
we got out upon the road [ was
almost shocked out of the seat.
The girl was trying to urge the
beasts into livelier gait, and when
they did not respond she began
swearing at them to beat the band.
The horses broke into jog trot.
Then the girl became aware that [
was cycling her, and with flushed
face she explained that, "they were
so used to hearing the men swear
at them that they wouldn't go
without it," [ fastened to assure
her that / didn't mind il in the
least. [ could stand it if she and
the horses could.
We rode on in silence for about
two miles when [ began to feel
that I ought to try to make myself
agreeable. "How far do you live,
Miss"
'Kate is my name," said she,
without looking at me, "Kate Con-
way"
"Kate-that's a pretty name,"
[ ventured.
"Do you think SOP" she asked
quiet friendly, Il think it is just
horrid name"
"Do your" I hazarded.
eyes, I do
AS my powers of conversation
were limited, we drove another
mile or so without a word being
said. The silence again began to
weigh on my mind and l felt that
1 must say something or burst, SO
[ blurted out: "How far from the
farm are we now, Miss -Kate?"
"Why. we are pretty near there
now, Mr." "Joe," said I. "We
only have five miles more to CO."
she continued. "You see that
house over there? Well, we go a
mile past that house, then turn
north and 60 two miles to that
bunch of trees, then we go west
about a mile and half. See that
smoke over there? That's home"
[ looked where she pointed and
said: "Oh, yes, [ see.'
Eventually, after I had made
several failures to be sociable we
reached "home." A boy about
twelve years old came out to the
barn to assist "Kate" to unhitch.
He sized me up, and from the
look he gave me I concluded that
he thought me pretty bum farm
hand. Trying to make myself
useful I started to help unhitch
the team. What [ did to that
harness was plenty. But I won't
tell about it. I'm ashamed to,
anyway. Danny, (that was the
boys name) put the team up while
Kate and | went to the house.
When we were inside she intro
duced me to the folks as ''the new
man who is going to help Mike
thresh." AS it was nearly supper
time [ sat down on a stool and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03

SStOppou Lnoro a low udyS 10 Gdke
in the sights. But they must have
been taken in before l arrived, as
L didn't sight anything worth See
ing. Journeying to Grafton |
found the farmers out en- masse
looking for threshers. One old
~codger buttonholed me. "Want a
job, young feller?"
@'Sure, that's what I'm. looking
for" said I.
Call right, I'll take you,
''But hold on there [ interrupt
ed; chow much do you pay?"
s'I'm paying the going wages,
explained he.
s,How much is tbat?" [ asked,
having learned that it was favor
lite method of farmers to hire at
"going wages" and when paying
their men off they made the "going
wages" whatever pleased them
selves.
"Well, I'll give you SITS, tho
that's more than they pay north of
here" said he.
"Why," exclaimed 1, "down
around the Forks they are paying
$500 a day."
He looked at me in assimllated
surprise. After seeming to think
second he said: "I'll tell you what
TIL do; I'll give you $500 day,
but don't say anything to the other
men"
L pretended to consider the
matter, then said: ''No, that isn't
enough for me-" Finally he raised
it to 1925. Then I told him if he
would give me $2.75 day would
go to work. Well, say, he nearly
had fit. He cursed me roundly
saying: "You COMPOUNDED tramp,
you don't want to work, nohowp
To which [ replied: II guess you're
right, ST."
I remained at Grafton two days,
during which time I was offered
dozen jobs. But the farmers didn't
have money enough to induce me to
go to work. Nope! 1 wasindepend-
emit; just travelling for my health
and to view the scenery, of course!
From Grafton [ went up on the
3 Cavalier branch of the Northern
Pacific eighteen miles to a little
place named Crystal; a pretty place
1T was, too. Just west of the village
was a park; also race track. Here
L met Cincy, Mike, Jimmie, Tom
my and Jack, and we all lived to-
ge6her in a little wooden shack.
eOf course, [ was still independent;
SO were my companions. But my
troubles were soon to come. There
came day when all the boys, but
myself, went to work for $3.50 a
day; then I was lonesome. For
two days | sat On the street corner
, near the bank looking lost and for
torn. About three o'clock the Sec
ond day l was accosted by the
town marshal who said: 'Say Kid,
you've been around here two weeks
now without doing anything"
When are you going to work?'
"Just as soon as [ get job,' [
answered.
you've got the chance" said he.
Here's a man who wants some
one to drive a team for him." and
he nodded to young fellow who
had come up with him. l told him
L didn't know how to drive, but he
must have been hard up for help,
as he said it was all right would
soon learn. Then fired bunch,
OF questions at him: "How much do
you pay? Where do you want me
10 drive? What kind of grub will
L get?" etc. Gee, but l didn't
want to work. He said he'd paid
$3.50; wanted me to drive bundle
team on threshing machine; and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03

All fortunes have their founda-
tons laid in economy. Ct. Hol-
land.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03


/ house. When he came in and saw
Inc, he said with laugh: ooh yor
got out here all right, didn't your
I wonder if he imagined I woulc
run off with his sister. We sal
down to eat. And you bet [ ate
That old wagon had just logged
the stufing out of me. During
the meal Mike informed me that
we were going to drive six miles
that evening to where the thresh.
ing crew were. 1 groaned in spir-
it. Gee, but farm life is mighty
strenuous, I tell you!
After supper Mike and I went
out to the barn and he hitched up
a team to rack and soon we were
off. Mike drove one team and I
the other. About eight o'clock we
reached our destination. All the
threshing crew had already turned
in for the night. We had a dick
ems of a time trying to find a place
to sleep. We finally rolled up in
the blankets we had fetched with
us and went to the land of nod
under a wagon shed. Thus ended
my first day as a farmer.
In the morning we we're awak-
ened rudely at four by the cook
yelling like a lot of university
students turned loose. Home,
sweet home, how I long to be there.
We rolled out, took wash at the
pump and went into the cook
shanty for breakfast. After break
fast every thing was hustle and
hustle. We vents dozen bundle
teams-with a clatter to the field
at six sharp to began the days
threshing. How [ did work. My,
but it was tough! [ don't know
what time we quit that night, but
as soon as supper was over we had
to move five miles to the next
farmers land, and it must have
been after ten when we got to
bed-or rather the haymow. Did
[ sleep? Well [ reckon SO! When
the cook commenced his halloo-
ing the next morning was SO sore
and stiff [ concluded not to roll
out. About an hour later the boss
came around and coaxed me to
get up. He said I would feel all
right after I started to work, and
the soreness would soon wear off.
So [ rolled out. I threshed all
that day and also the next. Mike
was dead sore at me and would
have gotten a man in my place if
he could. [ made him feed my
team-in fact he took entire care
of it except driving during the
day.
The fourth day of my experience
in threshing crew was the last.
The day dawned with wind blow
ing. As the bundles of wheat
we're pitched up to me I would
catch them on my fork, the wind
would then get in it's work and [
was in constant dread of being
tipped off the wagon and breaking
my neck. After [ had labored
for an hour l gave up
in despair quit. When Mike
heard about it, he left his team and
came running over to where [ was,
enquiring in unmistakable terms,
"what the devil I meant by leaving
his team in the field" [ tried to
pacify him, but he wouldn't pacify.
L told him that [ was clean done
up, but he didn't believe me as he
said he was going to do me up
some more. Forthwith he began
pulling off his jumper. When he
was about half out of it, my tagged
out arms unwound themselves
and straight way [ did something.
When Mike got up, 1 did some
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25
"Makes II Go Way,"

we simply can't do without II. We
are not going TO try. When Bobby
stubs or cuts his toe. it's Ma. where's
the Lightning Oil?" When Lizzie
burns her hand or arm, it's where's 3
the Lightning Oil?" When little Dicks
been playing with q humble bee, it's
where's the Lightning Oil?" The
echo OF all our Affections is where's
the Lightning Oil?" It's the balm
that makes the pain go way. Sincere
ly yours.
p, CASSIDY,
Montevallo, Ala.
% and 50c bottles.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25
Shouting Their Praisos.

FriarpOint, Miss, August 90 (Spe.
t,aD.--Cured of Bladder and Kidney
Trouble after 26 years OF suffering,
Rev. II. II. Hatch, of this place, is
telling the public the good news and
shouting the praises of the remedy
that cured him-Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Rev. Mr.. Hatch says
II have been suffering from Blad.
der and Kidney Trouble for 26 years
end ! have tried everything that peo.
pie said would do me good. But
nothing did me any COOL except
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
81 haven't ieIt a pain since I took
Dodis Kidney Pills. They gave me
health and feel like a new man al.
together. Dodds Kidney Pills are
the best ! ever had"
All Urinary and Bladder Troubles
are caused by diseased Kidneys. The
natural way to cure them is to cure
the kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure diseased kidneys
In any stage or place. They always
cure Backache and they are the only
remedy that ever cured Bright's Dis
case.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25
"Universal Peace"

The czar's attempt at the establish,
ment of universal peace is not the
first OF the kind that has been made
by European monarch. The French
King Henry Nv. Of Navarro proposed
something similar In the sixteenth
century. His idea was to form the
European nations into confederation
Of states. and each state to be even.
ly balanced n military and naval
power. The confederation was to be
a supreme court Of arbitration to de.
eide all disputes that might arise.
There was one naw in this peace pro.
pOsal-the Turk was to be excluded,
and the. states were to wage war O!
determination against him. Tho
project was discussed and dropped.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25

wires, release crowbar, cast of chains,
take out the beam and cant the bale
out with hay hook.
The press we use at present is two
feet eight inside, and ten feet high.
1t will make bales weighing from ESQ
to 900 pounds, according to quality OF
hay, and when hay is handy bale
can be made every 20 or Is minutes.
Heavy wire, heavy chains, ard sub
stantial press are required, as the
strain Is very great. The press Is
better made two or three inches wider
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25
England's Great Artist.

George Frederick Watts, the great
English artist, who died recently In
London. rarely worked from living
subject. but modelled fragmentary
studies In wax and clay for particu.
lar parts Of the figures of his pictures.
Thi; patriarch Of painters said in ref.
erence to his principal works that one
or his great aims was to take the ter
ror away from death.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25
Archery the Sport Of klnas.

Archery was a pastime beloved OF
many kings and queens of old. Mary
Queen of Scots was noted for her skill
with the bow, and story has been
told against her that shortly after
Darnley's murder she was shooting at
the Tranent butts with Boutwell, for
partner. HenSy VIII was an archer
bold" and among other Royal ex.
perts with bow and arrow were Ed
ward vi and Charles I.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25
For Thirty Years.

"lrcloscd find money order for one
dollar. for which please send its worth
In Simmons Liver Purifier, put I'D in
tin boxes. have been using the med
icine for thirty years"
THOS. Fl. REILLY,
Jonesville, La.
No comment necessary.
Price Csc per box.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-08-25

Having occasion to press twenty.
five tons OF hay year with hand
press, l enclose you herewith de-
scription OF the press and how to
make It. According to size, II will
bale bundles from 100 to 1000 pounds
In weight.
TO make the press, take two pieces
of timber, preferably hardwood, 8 by
8 inches, and feet long. On top of
these lay two pieces 6 by 8 inches. In
the middle and across each piece
make q half-rOund depression 4 inches
deep and inches across. Make a
roller at least s inches thick of hard.
wood. shown as A in plan, and in
length proportionate to the width OF
the press; 6 feet is enough for press.
ing 3OO-pound bales. Place bed pieces
and roller SO that the 8 by inch
piece, shown as B in plan, is upper.
most. Space the bed pieces 2 feet 4
inches apart by tacking 1h.inch
pieces across. On this foundation
proceed to build box of 2.inch plank
from 9 to ~ feet high. Brace the
rear firmly to the bed pieces. Hinge
the front side as shown in cut with
heavy hinges (HD, and put on a heavy
lock latch at l..
To operate the press, cut two wires.
Nos. IA or IL, long enough to reach
around the bundle; bore holes one
foot apart In the rear of the box
above where the top OF the bundle
Will be when pressed; run one end
OF wires through holes, leaving Just
enough In the press to reach the bot.
tom edge OF door when you are I'm.
side and have them under foot. When
your box Is tramped full OF hay, have
two pieces Of 3-inch plank, soft wood,
slightly smaller than inside OF press.
Place these on top Of the hay cross.
ways OF the roller. Now have hard.
wood beam. O, inches in diameter
and long enough to project one foot
or SO over each edge of the press.
Place the beam over the planks and
parallel with the roller. Have two log
with not less than seven-six.
teenth inch links; make a loop at
one end OF each, which will slip read.
lily over the end Of the beam; hang
them on the projecting ends of the
beam, ID, and attach the lower ends
to the roller below, SO
that the draught will be even. Wind
down with crowbars. having a link
Or wooden bar SO arranged as to
hold one of the crowbars down when
the hay Is pressed. Unlock the door
with hammer or mallet; reach the
over end of wire, which should have
loop on it, and have the end which