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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-20

Youths row wild oats,
But when they get a certain age
They burn their boats,
Apd (metaphorically) grow sagsl
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Oklahoma


Oklahoma has large investments ir private banks,
Territorial banks, savings banks, trust companies,
life insurance companies, mining companies. rail.
ways, steam and electric: power and lighting plants,
water works. buildings Of all kinds In cities and In
many oiner channels of investment.
In lo0i 5 the residents of the Territory OF Okla
homa Increased their bank deposits by IA per
cent. ana those OF Indian Territory by 1871 per
cent. In ten years Oklahoma's bank deposit in
crease was 1878 per cent,
Oklahoma state will have 100, 900 school pupils,
about 1900 school teachers. a State University at
Norman. agricultural and mechanical schools at
saltwater. normal schools at Edmond and Alva,
Langston University for neg roes. Chilocco School
for Indians, common schools in great number and
common. high and manual training schools for the
Indians. She will have churches. Y. NJ. c. end
Y. W. c. associations. clubs for men and women,
literary associations. public libraries, Improve.
mcnt societies.
Oklahoma means "Baautiful Land" II produces
corn. cattle and cotton. 1t has fertile. rolling,
well watcred prairies. considerable timber stretches,
rich bottom lands and a prolific fruit belt, with
apple, cherry and peach orchards.
The cotton yield per acre Is in excess OF that OF
any State Of the Union.
Oklahoma has rich coal mines, from which g
100000 tons are mined every year.
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Stoves In japan.

Consul Sharp furnishes from Kobe.
in response to an inquiry. information
as TO the methods used in Japan for
cooking and heating purposes. He
says:
THE fuel in use hero Is charcoal,
wood, coal, coke and kerosene oil. The
Japanese cooking apparatus is of two
kinds-one, the 'schichirin,' small
portable construction of metal or
earthenware. costing from 25 cents to
$125, and heated by means of char
coal: the other the 'kamado.' kind OF
stationary furnace. built of brick and
mortar, the price varying from SIPS
to $40, and burning wood as fuel. The
houses are usually heated by charcoal
braziers costing from so cents to SIS.
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and they thought of no better scheme
vana and keep him at it until he was
deathly sick. That was Just what the
child wanted. and he asked for an,
other when he finished that one This
angered the parents, but each time
after that for several weeks they
watched him closely and administered
whipping. This had no apparent ef-
feet, and finally the mother gave up,
declaring that the child was a natural
born smoker, and that he was bound
to smoke. Ever since that time he
has not been reprimanded to any ex.
tent by his parents, and while there
are q few anti-tobacco crusaders in
the vicinity of the Dexter home. none
OF them have ever tried to convert
him. That this is an excellent chance
for some enemy Of the tobacco habit
to demonstrate his or her ability is
the opinion OF many; but no one has
attempted to do SO yet
While people generally about the
two villages on either side of the river
criticise the parents and threaten to
bring the matter before the attention
Of the authorities. 1t apparently has
no effect. and Pete" keeps on
smoking.
Pete" was born at GuIldhall Sep
tember %. 1900. He is the son OF
Mrs. Lorenzo Dexter by her second
husband. There are three children.
each representing marriage. The
older brother. George Darby. is a
model boy and never thinks of
smoking.
Yes, Of course, we know little
Pete smokes and that smoking is
ordinarily injurious to small boys
said Mrs. Dexter to the reporter,
but as it apparently has no ef-
feet upon him l do not know whose
business it is. He is natural-born
smoker, and he has never been sick
day. never had any of the ailments
children often have. and people say
that smoking Is oftentimes pre-
ventive. l give him a cigar occasion.
ally in the same way as mothers give
their children candy, and | have never
seen any i'll results. My husband has
objected time and again, but it would
be necessary to keep the little fellow
in cage to prevent his smoking, as
many men in the village see no bet
ter pleasure than to watch him puff
away at a cigar"
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captain, who insisted the young wom'
an was crazy and that he saved her
from committing suicide.
Patrolman Mark Lacy broke up an
impromptu reception to Mayor Weav.
er OF Philadelphia, who tied up traf
fic while he shook hands with friends
and admirers at the most crowded sec.
tion of the promenade.
You will have to move on com.
manded the copper, who did not dis
cover who the distinguished party was
until after they had obeyed his com
Eand.
Weaver Is no better to block up the
walk than anybody else." was the
dictum of the policeman.
A squad of police was needed &c
break up the crowd when college boys
surrounded a balloon man and cut
his stock Of hundred balloons loose.
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AWFUL SUFFERING.
From Dreadful Pains from Wound on
Foot-System All Run Down
Miraculous Cure bv CutiSura

Words cannot speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. | am now
seventy-two years of age. My system
had been all run down. My blood was
So bad that Blood poisoning had Sc:
in. | had several doctors attending
ne, so finally l went to the hospital
where l was laid up for two months.
MY foot and ankle were almost be-
yond recognition. Dark blood flowed
out of wounds in many places and I
was so disheartened that ! thought
surely my last chance was
slowly leaving me- AS the
foot did not improve. you can
readily imagine how | felt. | was
simply disgusted and tired OF life.
stood this pain. which was dreadful,
for six months, and during this time
| was not able to wear shoe and
not able to work Some one spoke to
me about Cuticura. The consequences
were | bought set Of the Cuticura
Remedies OF one of my friends who
was a druggist, and the praise that
gave after the second application IL
beyond description; it seemed a mir
acle for the Cuticura Remedies took
effect Immediately. | washed the foot
with the Cuticura Soap before apply
ing the Ointment and | took the Re-
solvent at the same time. After two
weeks treatment my foot was healed
completely. People who had seen my
foot during my illness and who have
seen 1t since the cure, can hardly be-
ltcve their own eyes. Robert Schoen-
hauer. Newburg, N. Y. August Fl,
1905"
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PLUNCES INTO SURF IN
EASTER CARB ON DARE.
Chorus Girl Startles Atlantic City
Crowd by Wading Into Ocean
Up to Her Waist.

Atlantic City. N. J.-Miss Frances
Fairfield, Of kew York, member OF
the chorus of the Spenser opera,
"Rosalie," divided honors with Capt
Clark. the velvet-coated hero" the
other afternoon by accepting a dare
to plunge into the surf off Tennessee
avenue attired in full street costume.
The young woman carried out her
end of the escapade all right and had
waded in up to her waist when the
doughty life-saver insisted on rescu.
ing her in spite of her protests. The
boardwalk crowd that gasped when
the girl made the plunge cheered the
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BOY, AGED FIVE,
+ A TOBACCO F|END
NEW HAMPSHIRE CHILD SMOKES
TWELVE CIGARS DAY.
SUFFERS NO ILL EFFECTS.
Youth Has Been Addicted to "Weed''
for About Year-Parents Un-
able to Break Him of the
Habit

northumberland. N. H-From the
very first time Sir Walter Raleigh
made use Of American tobacco up to
the present age OF anti-cigarstte and
anti-tobacco leagues. there never has
been younger victim addicted to the
use OF the weed" than Allen Johnson
Dexter, better known as Pete" Dex-
ter. the boy wonder OF Northumber-
land. n. H.. and Guildhall. VT. This
young urchin lives in Guildhall: but
he Is scarcely at home except for
meals and at bedtime. He prefers the
company Of the boys on the New
Hampshire side OF the Connecticut
river. and the two towns are connected
by toll bridge, one of the 13 between
the two states.
This boy wonder and inveterate vic
tim OF the tobacco habit is only five
years old. He has been smoking daily
for about year. and 1t is not an un-
common thing for him to use dozen
good cigars in day While his IA
ther. Lorenzo Dexter, declares he will
break the boy of the habit, he does
not apparently intend to do so. for the
present, at least, as he registered no
objection when the anxious mother
told her little son to show a newspaper
man how he could get away with a
good cigar. AS Mrs. Dexter held a
ten-cent cigar in her hand and asked
Pete as she calls him to light I'M
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Century Old Sugar Trees.

One Of the veteran sugar makers OF
New England Is ThaXter Scott of Haw-
ley, who, although seyenty-tive years
of age, is out in the woods now each
day looking after his sap buckets as he
has done for sixty-tiye years each
spring, says the Boston Globe. Mr..
Scott's camp is made up of some 700
second-growth naples, admirably To-
Gated as to sun exposure, soil, etc. and
these trees yield an average OF 125
to 150 gallons of syrup.
One of the trees has been tapped by
the three generations of SCOTS, who
have owned the camp. and has yielded
sap for 100 years. But the old maple
could not give sap forever. Its days
of usefulness ended, its stump alone
remains stretching out its huge roots
in the ground. The stump is fifty-two
feet in circumference, and 1,400 feet OF
lumber have been cut from the tree.
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creatures. well called 'tirewomen.'
But come-see the beautiful rooms I
have chosen for you, They were once
my brother Conrad's, and quite near
mine"
And she took her friend by the
hand and with a light-hearted. skip
ping motion conveyed her to her sum-
mer palace. kissed her again at the
door, and shut her in with another i'm
rerious adjuration to be speedy.
Il will give you a quarter OF an
hour" she cried, as she fingered a
moment; then VIII come to hear all
your story, every word. and you must
take long time in the telling. There
will be SO many strange things to tell.
and l can hardly wait moment
longer to hear them"
Then the false Princess. her heart
beating wildly and the thrill of Mar
earet's last caressing touch yet on her
lips, staggered rather than walked to
a chair, for brain and eye were reel
ing.
God wot," she murmured; strange
things to hear indeed! Sweet lady.
you little know how strange! This is
ten thousand times a straiter place to
be In than when l played the Count
Won Loen. All. women. women. what
you bring poor, innocent man to-"
And SO, without unlocking her
cloak or throwing back the hood. this
sadly bewildered bride sat down and
tried to select any hopeful line of
action out of the whirling chaos of
her thoughts.
And even as she sat there a knock
came sharply at the door.
(To be continued)
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Mother Cat Adopts Rat

Alton Pass, 1ll.-Instead of killing a
young rat. which was placed before
her, as was expected, cat belonging
to Minton Brothers. a local grocery
firm, adopted 1t, and 1t now takes its
meals at the mother cats breast along
with five kittens. 1t seems we'll con.
tented. and is as sleek and fat as a
rat need be. Once it climbed out Of
the barrel which forms the cat home,
but the mother cat jumped out, took
the runaway in her mouth and gently
but firmly replaced 1t in the barrel.
where It has since seen fit to abide in
peace and harmony. The old cat is a
good mouser and has killed several
large rats since adopting the little
one. The strange family is attracting
much attention here.
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that impulsive princess was kissing
her heartily on cheek and lips. talking
all the while.
Quick, Let us get in from al
these staring. stupid men. You are to
lodge in my palace so long as it lists
you. My brother hath promised It..
Where are your women? Let them
come and untire you speedily"
Il have no women" said Joan. in
a low voice. blushing meanwhile:
they would not accompany a poor be-
trayed prisoner from kernsberg to .
prison cell!"
Prison cell. indeed! You will find
that l have ve-y comfortable dun
geon ready for you! Come-my maid
ems will assist you. Hasten-pray do
make haste!" cried the impetuous lit
tie lady. her arm close about the tall
Joan.
Il thank you." said the false bride.
with some reluctance. but I am we'll
accustomed to wal: on myself"
Indeed. I do not wonder" cried the
ready Princess: maids are vexatious
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LANGUAGE UP TO DATE.
Man DepIores the Growing Use Of
Senseiess Sianq These DAYS.

I'm not opposed to the idioms Of
speech, providing they are express
sive" said the senior member OF a
stock-broking firm, of Philadelphia to
the Record but certainly do de-
plore the growing use Of senseless
slang. I may be old-fashioned in my
fears, but predict that the time will
come when pure English will be as
unintelligible to the so-called 'up-to-
date people as a foreign language.
I'll give you an example. Last week
the son Of an old friend Of mine came
to see me regarding some investments.
l had met him only once, but this the
way he greeted me: Hello, governor:
I've been tipped that you're the main
squeeze in this layout, and I want you
shouting that I'd, be willing to cough
few cases II you put me wise to q
dead-sure thing. I've been bucking
the ponies, and the con artists GER
tainly trimmed me to a finish. No
mire for mine. want to stack up
against kid-glove layout where
there's chance to cop out some 81.
moleons' didn't know what he
meant, and, excusing myself, called
out my stenographer. This Is the
way she translated It: Good, morning;
I understand you are the head Of this
concern, and seek advice. I wish
to say that will gladly pay a COM
mission Of few dollars for advice re-
garding a safe investment. have
been ris.iing my money on horse races
and the bookmakers cheated me so
outrageously that you may be certain
I will never again gamble in that way.
What seek is respectable channel
Of speculation where there Is an op-
portunity to make money"
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FOUND OUT.
4 Trained Nurse Discovered III
Effect

Effect.
No one is In better position to know
the value of food and drink than Q
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee a nurse of Wilkse
Barre. Pa, writes: Il used to drinh
strong coffee myself and suffered great.
ly from headaches and Indigestion
While on a visit to my brothers l ha1
good chance to try Postum Food
Coffee, for they drank 1t altogether IN
place Of ordinary coffee. In two weeks
after using Postum, l found I VA
much benefited and finally my head
aches disappeared and also the indt
gestion.
Naturally have since used PostuK
among my patients. and have noticed .
marked benefit where coffee has bees
left of and Postum used
Il observe a curious fact about Post.
um used among mothers. 1t greatly
helps the flow of milk in cases where
coffee is inclined to dry it up. anS
where tea causes nervousness
Il find trouble in getting servants ta
make Postum properly. They most a.
ways serve it before 1t has been boiled
long enough. 1t should be boiled Is os
20 minutes and served with cream
when 1t is certainly q delicious bevss
age"
There's . reason for Postum.
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CHAPTER xvIl-continued.
Copyright. 1885.

II have it" said he at last. with
his eyes on the misty plain of night.
with its twinkling pin-points of fire
which were the watchfres of the
enemy.
The three men stirred little TO IN
dicate attention, but did not speak.
Listen he said. land do not In
terrupt. You must deliver me up. l
am the cause of war-I, the Duchess
Joan. Hear you. l have husband
who makes war because l contemn his
bed and board. He has summoned the
Muscovite to help him to WOO me.
Well. if l am to be given up. 1t Is for
us to stipulate that the armies be
withdrawn. first beyond the ALA. and
then IS far as Courtland. l will go
with them; they will not find me out
at least. not till they are back in
their own land"
What matter?" cried Balta- They
would return as soon as they discov-
0ed the cheat"
Let us sink or swim together" said
Hussite George I'VE want no talk
Of surrender"
But grey, dry Alt Pikker said moth
ing weighing all with judicial mind
"No. they would not come back,
said the Sparhawk: "or, at worst. we
would have time-that is. you would
have time-to revictual kernsberg, to
fill the tanks and reservoirs, to sum-
mon in the hillmen They would soon
learn that there had been no Joan
within the city but the one they had
carried back with them to Courtland.
Plasse nburg. slow to move. would
have time TO bring up its men to pro-
tect it's borders from the Muscovite.
All good chances are possible if only
! am out of the way. Surrender me,
but ty private treaty. and not till you
have seen them safe across the fords
of the Ala"
NAY. Gods truth" cried the three,
that we will not Go. They would kill
YOU by slow torture as soon as they
found out that they had been tricked."
Well said the Sparhawk slowly,
but by that time they would have
been tricked."
Then Alt Pikker spoke in his turn
Men" he said, this Dane is man
"a better than any of us. There is
wisdom in what he says. Ye have
heard in church how priests preach
concerning One who died for the peo-
pie. Here is one ready to def no
bette may be-for the people."
"Aad for our Duchess Joan!" said
the Sparhawk. taking his hat from his
head at the name of his lady.
"Our Lady Joan, Ay, that is it!"
nGaid the old man. I'VE would all glad
y die in battle for our lady. We have
done more-we have risked our own
honor and her favor in order to con-
vey her away from these dangers. Let
the boy be given up: and that he go
not alone without fit attendance.
will go with him rs his chamberlain"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-05-05
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Greeting Of the Princess Mar
qaret.

SdICl.
They were making terms concern
ing treaty of delivery thus:
When the last Muscovite has
crossed the Ala, when the men of
Courtland stand ready to follow
then and not sooner, we will deliver
up our Lady Joan. For this we shall
receive from you. Louis. Prince of
CORTLAND, fifty hogshead OF wine, six
hundred wagonloads of good wheat.
and the four great iron cannon now
standing before the Stralsund Gate
This all to be completed before we Of
Kernsberg hand our Lady over"
'It is a thing agreed" answered
Louis of Courtland. who longed to be
gone, and, above all, to get his Mus
covite allies out Of his country. For
not only did they take al 1.-The best Of
everything in the field, but, like To-
Gusts. they spread themselves over the
rear. carrying plunder and rapine
through the territories of Courtland
ITSELF treating 1t, indeed. as 50 much
conquered country. so that men were
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the little urchin ran to her side and
grabbed the cigar
Man fashion and without any ap-
parent signs of being smart" child.
little pete" bit off the end and placed
the "long filler" in his mouth The
mother lighted a match and pete" be.
gan to pull.
With the air Of an independently
wealthy sport. young Pete" puffed, as
small clouds Of smoke rose heaven
ward. The boy apparently was not
proud to exhibit his ability of a fin
tshed smoker, but he quietly sat down
or walked through the house and into
the street with complacent self-pos-
session, as though he were alone and
not being gazed upon by strangers or
even members Of his own family. In
a comparatively short time the boy
had smoked the cigar down, quite
close to the end. Instead of being
drowsy or sick from the effects of
strong smoke. he vas ready for an
other. and asked the mother for it.
Were 1t not for the fact that he had
been given his usual allowance during
the day, and that he would fight
against going to bed unless he had his
regular after-supper smoke, Mrs. Dex-
ter would willingly have given him
another. At her refusal, the boy
scowled and said he would get another
in northumberland at one of the
stores.
Quite out Of the ordinary. this
vrfaf ~ bo toh l.,
a good-sized. healthy and bright
youth. He has not the least apparent
sign Of mental and physical weak
nesses which authorities on the to-
bacco habit say must necessarily fol-
low the use of the weed" especially
by children Of tender age. OF the
small boys in the vicinity of his home,
young Pete" Is the only one who has
successfully mastered smoking From
the very beginning he was successful,
while boys twice and three times his
age are still SO greatly impressed by
the after-effects of their first attempt
that they have no desire to repeat it.
Once was enough, the young boys of
Northumberland and Guildhall de-
clare.
Young "Pete's" first attempt was
more successful. 1t was one day
about year ago that lumberman at
Northumberland gave him his first
lesson. Who this man was the par
ents would not say; but he taught
the little fellow to puff cigar which
he himself was smoking. The child
made such progress that day that the
same lumberman gave him a fresh
Dne the next day, and after he had
lighted 1t for little Pete" he sent
aim home. In a few minutes he ap-
peared at the home OF his parents
and walked into the house putting
away at his cigar. For a moment Mr..
and Mrs. Dexter could not believe
their eyes. and the father snatched
the cigar from the childs lips and
threw 1t into the kitchen stove. The
little fellow caused such pandemoni-
nm for a few minutes that the par
erts decided to break him on At oncs.
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been for DOan S KID.
ney Pills | would
not be alive to-day.
Seven years ago l
was SO bad W tn
pain in the back.
and 81 W ak that I
had to keep to my
room. and was in
bed sometimes six
weeks at a spell.
B eg n n ng with
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-05-05

Doan's Kidney Pills. the kidney weak
ness was soon corrected. and inside
b week all the pain was gone. I was
also relieved OF all headaches, dizzy
spells. soreness and feelings OF Ian
guor. strongly recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills
Sold By all dealers. so cents a boz.
ter-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-05-05
Diet for Children.

Urging the parents to give their chill
dron a potato and oatmeal diet In
stead of tea, the bishop of Galway says
that If his advice were carried out
there would be less luuacy in the coun-
try.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-05-05

dairy deserting mis- colors in order to
10 back to protect their wives and
daughters from the Cossacks Of the
Don and the Strelits OF Little Russia.
Moreover. he wanted that proud
wench, his wife. Without her as his
prisoner. he dared not go back to his
capital city. He had sworn an oath
before the people. For the rest.
Kernsberg itself could wait. Without
q head 1t would soon fall in. and, be-
sides. he fiattered himself that he
would 80 sway and influence the Ouch
less, when he once had her safe In his
palace by the mouths Of ALA. that
. che would repent her folly. and at no
4Aistant day sit knee by knee with him
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eEvEN YEARS OF SUFFERING
Ended at Last Through Using Doaa's
Kidney Pills.

Mrs. Selma Jones, OF 200 Main ST.,
Ansonia. Conn, says: Il. Il had not
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-05-05

Indication Of Employment.
Nell-I imagine he's an electrical
expert.
Belle-Why?
Nell-She uses such shocking Ian.
guage.
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Wise From Experience.

Meeks-The man who tries to
change a woman's views Is q fool.
Weeks How do you know?
Meeks-My wife told me so.-Stray
Stories.