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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
BY MARGARET E. sANosrER.

81 MNn0NnIi e ~HN11 Ens
Which is the more exasperating. the
fault-hnding husband or the nagging
wife? Either may be persLa OF
exalted character and incompatible
morality. The nagging wife is some
times very nearly a saint The fault
finding husband may be pattern of
INTEGRITY and have fawless manners
outside Of his own door. Neither OF
these persons is easy TO live with and
both are domestic tyrants. The range
Of topics that affords opportunity for
nagging and fault-fnding is as wide
and diversified as the day is long. and
the chances for exercising talent in
either direction are countless.
The man who Is given to fault-fnd-
ing sees a mote In every sunbeam.
The chlldren's behavior is an exhaust
less theme for caustic comment. He
makes ironical remarks about his
wife's dress. manners. and friends.
He is probably given TO the wretched
habit Of criticizing her before com
pany. The table. let II be as nearly
perfect as is possible, is with him
place for continual thrusts of sharp
tongue. The food is never what he
wants. either the meat is tough OF II
is cold. II is too welldone or II is
under-done or It has been coming on
the table for days and he wonders
why there must be an eternal round
of steak and chops. OF roast and broil,
instead Of entrees and made dishes
and things that tempt falling appe-
tite. II is observable. as a rule. that
the fault-nnder succeeds In making
good meal although his unfortunate
wife may sit at her end Of the board.
with quiyering lip. unable TO eat a
morsel
In a house where the neatness was
immaculate and the order extraordi-
nary. It happened once upon time
that a sudden storm OF dust sifted
through doors and windows after the
rooms had been arranged for the day.
The fault-hnding good man arrived op-
portunely to notice dust on the piano.
dust on the mantel and dust on the
library table. He promptly wrote his
name with his forefinger in great
letters, with exclamation points.
wherever he found the stratum for
background.
No one taking the trouble to com
ment upon II. he fretfully drew at
tention to the fact that no good house
keeper ever allowed her home TO be-
come SO neglected that the dust shout
ed at one wherever one turned
There ere people who can smile at
folly and bad manners 20 childish,
but they are usually those who are
Independent OF the pettiness that is
the hallmark Of the continual fault
finder.
Il have lived with John Henry 40
years" said his wife one day. "ard
! have never yet grown Indifferent to
his fault-nndlng. All the same he Is
the salt OF the earth. and lcve him"
Nothing but love is strong enough
TO condone faultnnding.
The nagging wife is fully as under
sirable a life companion and is as
wholly unsuited for comradeship as
the fault-fndlng husband. MIX at its
best is sweet. but when sour the acid
Is as dIstasteful as II there had never
been sugar in its composition
The woman who never knows
enough 10 lef a sfhfacf dron who In
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26

The nagging wife is fully as under
sirable a life companion and is as
wholly unsuited for comradeship as
the faultfindlng husband. Milk at its
best is sweet. but when sour the acid
Is as distasteful as II there had never
been sugar in its composition
The woman who never knows
enough TO let a subject drop. who in
sIsts on having the last word, who is
very like a mosquito in her persist
ence over trines. the woman who is
afflicted with chronic discomfort. and
who wesrs the expression Of an ag-
grieved martyr. Is OF all women dis
agreeable and obnoxious
Not infreQuently such woman has
for a husband a big. patient. uncom-
planning man, who passes over her
annoying ways without reproach. VINO
does the best he can and escapes as
often as he can from an atmosphere
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
WOMAN'S ADVICE TO FARM
ERS,

Miss Edith Urmey an Iowa hospital
specialist, states that many Of the in
mates of eastern insane asyIums are
sons and daughters of the farmer
pioneers. They have been brought up
TO lives of idlcncss and luxury or suf-
fered from mouotouy Of country sur
roundings. In either case the direct
cause for mental arrangement is the
lack of diversified work for body and
mind. The pioneers of the country
had no time for brooding over imagin-
ary troubles and were happy. But
they neglected to map out the proper
courses for their children and in
treating them with kindness have
paved the way to insanity.
The cities present numerous cases
Of physical and mental wrecks Of
young persons brought on 10y dissipa-
ton and strenuosity in the battle for
commercial supremacy. Farmers
warn their sons and daughters Of the
dangers that lie in their paths when
/ leaving the farms but often forget to
correct the evils at home They give
/ their children all the benefits OF
schools and colleges and leave out the
essential fundamental principles OF
/ life. Too many are left to remain IN
ldlcness because they are taught in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

The statement is made by officials Of
the Department of Agriculture that
while corn breeders have achieved
marked success in the production of
improved types of corn during the last
decade, unless the farmers take better
care of their seed corn and test each
ear separately, preparatory to planting,
the chances are that the average yield
of corn per acre in tie United States
will not be materially increased.
In our principal corn.growing States,
corn is planted in hills 31a feet apart
each way, giving 1856 hills per acre.
In most sections three stalks to the
hill is considered a perfect stand; in
some States, two is the standard Yet
if each hill would produce but one
medium sized ear, or Z inches in
length and weighing triAe more than
ounces. the yield for each acre would
be 28.S bushels, the average yield per
acre in the United States in 1905.
A single ear of corn to the hill the
size shown as A in the illustration
would give an average of 2S.8 bushels
to the acre; single ear shown as B
would give 80 bushels per acre; an
ear such as C would produce 40
bushels per acre; an ear such
as D would yield As bushels per acre:
while an ear like E, which weighs a
trifle less than a pound, would yield so
bushels of shelled corn per acre, count
ing only one such ear for each OF the
1856 hills. There are, however, very
few farmers who raise as much as 80
bushels of shelled corn per acre. Yet
every corn grower can probably pro
duce many ears which are larger thar
that shown as r in the cut Eliminat
ing. however, both ears D and e ant
granting that every farmer could har
vest from each hill two such ears al
the one shown as c, an ear which Il
less than S12 inches long. and weighs
1875 ounces, the yield would be 81
bushels of shelled corn per acre. Ar,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
CAN NOT YOU GROW TWO EARS LIKE "roro EACH coRNmlu

schools and at home that manual
labor is not honorable. There is no
reason why farm life should become
monotonous to any one residing with
in the boundaries of ordinary civiliza-
ton. The rural mail carries the daily
papers and magazines to the farm
door yard; telephones place the farmer
in direct communication with the out
side world; railroads open the channels
of trade to every commercial port:
yet there is life of monotony on
many farms. The places are not i'm
proved, the owners follow the fashions
Of their forefathers, they do not
adopt new methods in any line and
their children become discouraged.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

which they represent should be taken
for seed There will also be cases in
which all six kernels have terminated,
but will be lacking in yigor While
these kernels might produce a good
ear Of corn, the chances are that they
will never develop, or else will produce
but barren stalk. 1t is only necessary
to remember that all ears showing
dead kernels or weak and poorly devel-
oped sprouts must be discarded and
only those used for seed in which
every kernel tested has given a good
healthy sprout. The ears which have
shown a perfect termination are now
ready to be butted and tipped and
shelled for planting, In order to in
sure further uniformity in planting it
is advisable to sort the ears before
planting into two or three grades. ac.
cording to the size Of the kernels.
This grading may also be done by
screening, if more convenient
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

cover the box with a piece Of glass, or
other tight material, to prevent the
evaporation of the water from the
cloths. and set the box aside for al
few DAYS to await the results OF the
test Where only a limited number OF
ears are to be tested, a similar germ
mating apparatus may be made by
usipg cloth between two dinner plates.
Ten inch plates will give ample space
for the testing of is or 20 ears at one
time 1t is important that the ears
be numbered or arranged in the same
definite order as the corresponding
tests in the terminating box. One OF
the most satisfactory methods is the
use of q rack as is generally used for
driving seed corn. This is generally
a niece Of 2 by inch piece of pine
from which extend on all four sides
long nails. each Of which is numbered.
After the kernels from the first ear
have been placed in square No. I
of the terminating box, the ear is
showed on nail No. Of the drying rack
and so on. These racks can then be
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
OLDEN DAYS OF WHALING.

The days of the old-time whaling
fleets when more than two hundred
full-rigged ships sailed out of New
Bedford harbor on three and four
year voyages to the most distant and
dangerous seas, We're over more than
half a century ago. The right of
Greenland whale of the Arctic waters
with his mouth full Of whalebone and
his cousin, the sperm whale of tropi,
cal waters, bearing in its head the
precious spermaceti We're practically
eXterminated by those all-daring, iron.
neryed, keen-eyed Yankee skippers.
Their splendid ships, the Annie B..
the Mary Jane, the Blue-Eyed Susan
great lovers Of their wives and sweet.
hearts were this race of gentlemen ad.
venturers-rotted at the wharves or
were degraded to service as coastwise
and with them vanished a world of
romance and adventure. No men, in
no time, more truly than they, went
down to the sea in ships".
But when the pennant of the last
old-time whaling ship was hauled down
forever, there still proudly swan
the oceans the vast rorqual or racer
whale, greatest of all his mighty kin
To the sailing feet of the old days, the
rorqual was an almost impossible prize
because of its tremendous speed II
was practically unmolested and null
uplied exceedingly in both North At
lantic and Pacific waters.
1t was the abundance of this levi
athan, measuring ninety feet in length
and weighing almost as many tons
Dulking larger than a whole herd of el
ephants-which was the inspiration O
the modern whaling industry.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
JOURNALISM IN CHINA.
Dialect Newspapers Increase Gull
BetweeR Provinces.

United States Consul Anderson, at
Annoy. has made a report on journal
ism among the Chinese. He says;
1T is rather surprising, in view OF
the comparatively small population
of foreigners in China, how many
large publications there are in foreign
languages. The prices they obtain Tor
their publications and their work
probably explain the situation.
Shanghai has five daily newspapers,
three morning and two evening pa
pers; one is French. 1t has six Tor
eign weeklies, one German. 1t also
has four Chinese dailies and a large
number of Chinese weeklies,
practically all of the foreign pa
pers sell for Az cents gold per copy.
The subscription price is about Sl5
gold per annum, postage extra, The
Chinese dailies sell for about Y cent
gold per copy In addition to these
publications there are many religious
papers, mostly in Chinese, published
by the mission authorities.
"In the south Hong Kong domi-
mates the publication business, and
as it is a British colony, English publ
cations might reasonably be expected
to lead, but on the face of the record
the Chinese predominant. There are
four English dailies, the Post the
Press, both morning papers, and the
Telegraph and the Mail, both evening
papers
"There are six Chinese dailies, and
as in the case Of Shanghai, there are
a large number of publications de
signed to fill various wants in South
| China, Portuguese weekly and the
Government Gazette being among
them. In nearly every port Of i'm
portance in China there is an English
publication OF some sort
THE publication houses as a rule
both newspaper concerns and con
Germs for general printing only ar
| fairly well equipped for their work
Some of them attempt work in tn
| line of high grade magazine and bool
publishing and while it is not Away
an unmiXed success from a techniCa
| typographical standpoint it demon
strates that the Chinese workmer
who do most of the work under fol-
eign supervision will in time az
Quire considerable merit in this lin
Of effort.
at is rather interesting to not
that China at present seems to b
passing through much the same pre-
cess with its newspapers and othe
publications that many parts of tn
United States have passed through
All over the empire native newspal
ers are being started in the collt
quail dialects, and are more or les
local in character
1T is unfortunate In many r,
spects that the publication of new
papers in the several local dialect
has developed so generally. Will
such publications will afford mean
Of educating the people of the en-
pire in some lines, they also furnis
the means for deepening the gulf
dividing the several provinces whiC
| differ in dialects, Each newspapC
! center, if it performs its natural mi
| sion, will deyelope its own languai
| in its own field to the exclusion
| a language which might in time
| come common to all China"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
A SIMPLE TERMINATING BOX.

terial using two or three thicknesses
of cloth in the bottom of the box and
one or two thicknesses Of cloth for
covering the kernels after the frame
has been filled. The cloth at the bot
tom should be marked off into squares
2 inches each way, and numbered, each
one of which is to be filled with ker-
nels from ears which are given mum
Der corresponding to the SQUARE used
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
BICYCLES ON THE WANE.
Over Three Times as rlany Fac
tories In 1900 as at Present.

Statistics furnished by the Census
Bureau at Washington show a marked
decrease in the manufacture of BIZ
cycles. Since 1900 the business has fal.
len off G5 per cent, the number of
establishments being reduced from 312
to 81.
Formerly there were 2,O34 salaried
officials and employees of the facto-
ries where now there are only $50. The
railing Off in the number of WAGE earn
eIs was 81 per cent The capital in
vested in 1900 was S29.7S3. $50 where.
as in 1905 it was $5.S47SO3.
The production in 1900 amounted to
nearly 100000 bicycles and was re.
duced in the five years to little over
100000.
In contrast with these figures the
motor cycle factories increased from
159 to 2,2S9
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Remarkable Results of Government
Tests.

The Department of Agriculture re-
Gently made tests of seed corn fur
nished by farmers in the corn produc-
ing States, and of the 1922 ears tested,
1906, or the startling percentage of
more than one-half, were unfit for seed.
These samples were taken from ears
picked for seed by good, careful far
mers, and are evidently much above
the average. The average termination
Of the 1,9O6 poor ears was only III
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

samples tested are representative OF
the present supply of seed corn, the
testing of every ear and the subsequent
rejection Of poor ears will increase the
stand 1871 per cent. This increased
stand would mean an increased yield
of 29S14O,G95 bushels, with value OF
$IOO. 7S9,912.91 calculated on the basis
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

per cent, while the average germina-
tion Of both the good and the poor
ears, the seeds of which would ordin.
arily have been used for planting, had
not these tests been made, was S6.3
per cent showing that 1877 per cent.
was gained by discarding ears of low
vitality Granting, however, that the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

tom Of the terminating box. The ker.
nels from ear No. | are then placed,
germ side up, in square No. / and so
on. When all of the squares have been.
filed, fold the other end of the cloth
carefully over the kernels. If during
the sampling the cloths have become
dry, sprinkle them well with water
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
A Very Simple Test.

For use, first wet the cloth thorough
ly by soaking in water, and then place
the half cloth, double thickness, which
has been marked in squares, in the bot.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
COMMON DINNER PLATE FOR SEED

of the average yield and price for the
last ten years,
A full description of how to make
tests is found in Farmers Bulletin NO..
253, by J. W. y. Duyel, which can be
had from Members Of Congress or the
Secretary Of Agriculture,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

At least one American has sue.
ceeded In London journalism. Ralph
d. Blumenfeld, late Of Milwaukee. is
the editor Of the London Express.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

Artificial pumice stone is now made
from a mixture of sand and clay.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

About one billion feet OF timber in
the Black Hill forest reserve has been
killed by the Black Hills beetle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

New Zealand exports annually $685.
OOoO0O worth Of kauri gum. 1t Is
used IN the manufacture Of varnlsh.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

sons for this, the principal reason isl
probably carelessness in the use Of
seed of low vitality.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-11-03
Description wrong
HEMATlTE TOWNS SHIP.
Reason

eassessed the toNnsp large A. rejected taxes 10
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-11-03

Charley Olson chairman committee back
ported the Board that his
following resolution which seconded by
f. Lawrence
BE iteoved 10y the board Of supervisors County Michigan
regular annual assembled the
court house IN the city of Crystal Falls sth day OF
October nineteen hundred charged appearing
the auditor which
list has by the laid
meeting be and the hereby disposed following
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-11-03

Village of Iron River.
Lots 8, q, 7S,blk.2
lot ;, block
ind. 5-l6 of lot ), block
und. 5.l6 Of lot q, block
Lot i, block :
" lot ~, block s
Town 43 North of Range 30 west sec. rs
That certain piece of land bounded and
described as follows: Commencing on the
lis line between SE Ia Of Sc Ia and NE
IA of Sc IA where the same intersects the
west line of ith street of the village of Iron
River, running from thence west 1900 feet
along said IS line, thence north go feet
thence eastl500 feet, thence south 60 feet
TO beginning.
Town AZ North of Range 30 West, See %.
That certain piece of land bounded
aud described as follows: Commencing at
point 20 feet north of the n. w. corner OF
lot s block 80 Of the recorded plat of the
addition to Iron River aud running from
thence north $50 feet 10 f. and w center
line Of sec 90 east along said center line of
sec 2G east along said center line $40 feet
thence south $50 feet and thence west sac
feet 10 beginning
1902 Lot ., block 81
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-11-03

improvements have been made as
follows The house has been thorough
~ cleaned calcimined and painted upon
the Inside throughout railing up the
stairway new pump bought an ex-
cellent drain dug around the harDyard
roofs aud fences repaired and other
minor repairs effected.
Painting the house will probably be-
deferred until next year
A new harm Is needed which should
bee located further away from the
house than the present ones u avoid
danger from possible fires
We respectfully recommend an APP
preparation OF five Thousand dollars
81, 600. 90 for the ensuing year
Respectfully submitted
Olof Helgemo, Fred II. Miller Robt
Munns Commissioners Of poor
ISy Robt Munns. Sec y
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-11-03

M3stn
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-04-06
WAOLANI VALLEY
BY JAS. w. GIRVIN.
oooooooooeoeososo.o.oeoso.oec

The possibilities of this valley management
of the Waoani Country Club may be imagined for has the
harbor OF Honolulu SO the old residents of the
know little about the valley descriptive
relation to it may not be of place,
What the meaning OF the name, Waolan free translation
of it might be the spirit land he'd the reputation of being
the most haunted spot the islands 1t said be the abode
carefully avoided by the
common people at night although OF white robed visit
the full of the Waoan of inrequent
oden LAM interpreted
emily pertaining the heavens but often used the
superave in Hawaiian
Waoani? would see let him take the Liha
the terminus Wylie keep the Eva
side of Nuanu and from the first emnenc he will have fine view
the valley from its opening its terminus where the sides OF
appear that brought down there than
find the remains of soldly built auwai which conducted
covered with and antana the uproong OF which
will provide exercise for the muscular members of the Club Some
few Pride of India OF those formerly planted there and
The old stone corral dlapdated tramp
through the valley will develop the fact that thought
OF old times than appearances would Rocks
piled by human with here and
ghostly
be that sacrifices have been offered popitate
offended dee Some springs in the vicinity which formerly
considerable quantities have been closed
the gods One tells of having been with his uncle there who
engaged bird catching by of bird lime and that the
trees, SC time very plentiful
He said his uncle noted kiamanu birdcacher and
when bird caught he would iasten to his hat lively
and its hungs would attract Others which would land
the meared branches and be likewise captured and slowed
in his hirai wicker basket.
Looking down from above the possibilities of the valley for
golf links bathing Fairgrounds percev
ed well fine sites Tor dwellings and slightly for the
club house proper.
1t will not cost much to valley
tera in quantity % be found in the vicinity
The hardheaded, conocastc white who naught
the perstons of the ancents will make playground
which by Hawaiians always looked
much
professions of white robed visitors in the of
may lively autoists honk honking up to the
enjoy the balmy air for moonlight swim in the
pool. JAS. w, GIRVIN.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-04-06

VIENNA, March GA private tele-
gram from st. Petersburg gives the
startling information that a new sue
cession law is being prepared. owing
to the fact that the Czarewitz IL In
weak health.
According to reports emanatlng from
quarters connected with the court, the
Czarewitz Is both deaf and dumb.
other reports describe him as suffering
from microcephnlous That his mental
condition is such that he can never
ascend tho throne ~ Russia ana rule
II court secret that II Just leaking
out ANA Is startling the monarohs of
Europe. who had believed HAT the
child OF the car was healthy
From the reports u ls inlimalsd That
the obld may never i've To ascend the
throne, Ills physical health, as wei
as his mental condition, 10, by rumor