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PLAYED to Her Vanity.

Brown-Iiow do you manage to
keep that pretty cashier so long?
Town-We had big mirror put up
right opposite her desk.-Detroit Free
Press.
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WjlIjno to Compromlse.

Miggles-By the way, old man, can
you let me have two for week?
Wiggles-Sorry. but I've only got
dollar"
Miggles-All right-let me have
that for two weeks. Chicago Daily
News.
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First American Child-Here | am
ten years old and my parents actual.
ly objected to my going to the mat.
inee.
Second American Child-The truth
is that parents nowadays are getting
spoiled.-Life
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Kind-Hearted Visitor-You say that
drink was the cause OF your downfall?
Meandering Mike-Yes. l met a
gentleman that was too intoxicated to
take care of his money. and the temp
tation was too great for me!
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Listeners seldom hear any good OF
or en-; body else.
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She-What grounds have you for
thinking that your new novel is a
work of genius?
He-The fact that 80 publishers
have refused it.
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Mrs. $50 their marriage was Sc
cret?
Mr.. G.-Alas! yes, but the divorce
summons was served by publication
Chicago Journal.
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of the sUte for many years past but
it is not proving SO sure crop as cot
ton and more acreage is sown to cot
ten each year and perhaps in few
years the soutagrl and central portion
of Che new state viii be like the solid
south the lGId Of cotton and Demo
cracy. The htter at least, is sure.
Those who examined the new state
wheat exhibit at the worlds fair were
convinced of the fact that Oklahoma's
wheat is of a nigh grade Thirty-six
million brshels is conservative esti-
mate of the output in 1904, and this
mount mas steadily growl from year
to year The average yield per acre
has been between n and 22 bushels,
throughout the new state. According
to figures given out from the state
board of agriculture Oklahoma raised
.2nCQ.O0O acres OF wheat last year
which threashed out over 25,S73,950
bushels
Plt3toes are another source of
wealth. Mauv who have given special
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FROM RED TAPE TO sTATEHOC

Today at noon the Territory of Ok
lahoma passed into history, and the
new state of Oklahoma welcomed into
the Union by her forty-fve sister
states In her career of eighteen
years, six months and twenty-three
days the Territory of Oklahoma has
made wonderful rapid strides. 1t was
at noon on the 22nd day of April I'm
1889 that the people of this new COM
mOnwealth OF the southwest entered
the land of promice to make new
start in life. Many had but little CT
no money when they came here.
Today Oklahoma ranks tenth I'm
wealth and also ranks well in popu-
lation, having a population of 1,4l4.-
1872 according TO the special census
of July 1907, as compared with $780,
391 in 1900, or gain of ~ per cent.
and is increasing at the rate of 1900
2 week.
Ninety-five towns have q popu'a-
ton of over 1000, 10 over 10000, and
three over 10000. Oklahoma City is
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ted the Louisiana Purchase. whereby
the state of O.:lahoma with it's 70430
sqgare miles, became the property of
the United States
How il Grew.
When Oklahoma was first opened
to settlement it had but 3S.S30 square
miles Since 1889 there has been ed
mitted to oklahoma Beaver Com-
ty 3,6S1,O0 acres. added in 1891.
The same year the Sac and Fox. Iowa
and Pottawatomie mdisn reserva-
tions were opened TO settlement with
,2S2,434 acres. The Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservations, with 4297-
77l acres were brought in on April
10, 1892 and on September 49, 1898
the Cherokee strip, consisting of g.
9li.239 acres w6s settled. On May 90.
1895 the Kickapoo reservation. 2O6 662
acres was thrown open. Greer county
by supreme court decision with it's =
51l,57G became part of Oklahoma
March is, 1896. On August 6. 1901,
the Kiowa and Comalche, Apache,
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the largest city, having $4,000. these
figures are taken from the special
July census.
The population is made ND of peo-
PIE from all the states of the Union.
the majority, however, are from Kan
sas, Missouri and Texas The peo-
pie are endowed with energy and
faith And are the sort that mr me
best citizens OF a nation
Oklahoma comes into the Union
with a larger population than any
other territory entering the Union. Ii
has a larger population than either
Colorado, Delaware, West Virginia
Nevada Florida, Idaho. Maine. Mon
tana, New Hampshire. North u fota.
South Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island.
Utah. Vermont, Arkansas. Nebraska.
Louisiana, South Carolina, Maryland
and Wyoming
Payne the Founder
Through the persistoncy that char
acterized the work Of CAPTAIN David
l.. Payne, known as the Oklahoma
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ald Wi-hita reservations, consisting
OF 100000 acres OF land wereopened
by means of lottery
Eight public land openings during
Oklahoma Territory history pro-
duced an acreage OF 5000 sq"are
miles TO which Indian Territory added
31tj0 square miles upon its admission
into the Union to-day With OklahO-
ma on the same footing making to-
tai area of 70,430 square miles.
Great Agricultural Country.
The country is iu the same latitude
as North Carolina and Tennessee. and
its climate is mild 10 surpasses the
states 10 the north OF it because OF
its longer growing season, 80 surpas-
SEES those of the west because 90 is
less arid, and It surpasses those of the
south because its climate lis such that
10 is enabled 10 raise the Leading crops
Of both tha north and south I'm 1904
the United states government gave
Oklahom9 credit for producing more
cotton TO the acre than any state in
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AN INTERRUPTED
INAUGURAL

l'onupnDd from page I'D
-
tn. hist governor and committee ot
citizens loWno''d 'o Arhan a8 ti'y
h1fr lo meet AND escort ohm to me
r"pi'al town Wh.i' me committee
was waiting ,lee Governor steele ar
rived boo Guthrie carly ono morning
1Hd sought ihe nome OF "a Federal Of
fc,H Win "h"m h' was acquainted.
h'irr no Iiuie pee. ua'i'n ihe now gov
erhor quietly io'. hlH n1etase and
i.it town. appeared BOO Arkansas CITY
and was formally escorted to the cap
I'iI. n1u" nr.nr Iho Visor OF h'8
former Ff. "ia NOT unul long
aI..IH.Id tIa' 'H' incident Doe anne
generally hnH"H
Addrcs. W77 Never Finished.
On ih" 'fF iu'i'"iHe .'H arrival mo
".H n.I n'. T IS parade Dug
I"' 'HD.n d''' H'I. WAS formed ami
moved mile case from ine present
f'ira' hnI.aIs .i9 t' Capitol Hhl.
'I. a.'H. ht ''' '1tofunent
Pom 'n ''i 'fIIol h1uiIns
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Boomer" and for whom a monument
viii SOM be erected in the capital city
the Territory Of Oklahoma with It's
100000 acres of waste lands.
was opened 10 settlement By the proc
lamatiOn OF President Beniamine Har-
rison IL Is said that over $4,000 set
tiers were in the new state. the even
ing OF the opening day
Historical CONNECTION.
One hundred and four years ago
1902 the new state was "a baf oi
Spanish Territory That year an New
Orleans President Jefferson compile.
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Informed individual uquiring what
there is to- support the rapidly grove
iug cities and towns of Oklahoma.
The largest city In the new stats
has not attained a population OF
5000. Only one city i'm the territory
has moro than 10000 population
While no definite report OF the pro-
duction of the new state is obtaiuablo
90 may be estimated at about S200.-
roo.oo0 annually in which the tre.
mmd1us production of the midcon-
uleut OH fields figures conspicuously.
The annual agricultural production,
horticultural yield live stock and QUIT
pa of tho min. s estimated at about
sl5U. lO.GOo
Value OF Property.
The value 0l property iu the new
state ls e2HUl.C 0C0 the mineral de-
rosii- of the state is valued 40 ST.
50 @. 10000 10 enters it's career with
ucarly 600 miles of railroad.
The per cent oi nliterary in Che
aDw state is seven per cent which is
four per- cent? below the average for
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bic excitement Jhorr enough aIid
is discovered u tha Wicla noun
uus to Keep up r. continual fever
th.r.. wbio coal fu gas deposits Is
found m all parts lf Ho. east aau
of fae atate DID, uc CaocaW and
ChlckasW nation taer 1re great
beds of asphalt Of the finest qual
lfy. and in tne western counties of
Che state ilerc i8 ma Eyusm and
salt 'u abu1danc. Three million
toms 1f coal wnfe min lasl year
and that Jduded n.r months
when eyery/mn closed oH ac.
count of strike and sIx other
months whkn. no railroad could m
nish half eH9uAR cars 90 ship tue
coal from inc Nrues The govern
ment reserved $4,000 a.res Of land
because 20 was nfNlaId With ihick
veins of coal andlf D.. was only
small prt of he - 10 .n ono
nation of ndaa eoU
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The Uuion. Notwithstanding the fact
that most OK fl is grown on new
ground ln 1864 10 was estimated that
20o.CCC bal az the average weight OF
500 pornds were produced For the
year of 1906 the territorial board OF
gric lure estimates the yield of cot
ton az $4,000 bales and this yaei ii
win so even better I'm spite OF the
fact thar the season has not been
favorable. Oklahoma now ranks sixth
lu lne production of cotton 90 Che unr
Ted States
Waeal hd4 been the great output
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of Six thor1 ghly 1.-Two progressive
farmers. whose indiyid ral successes
make them typical guides Their
secretary COMES from the farm and
D. s demonstrated in tle two years he
has served that he Is thoroughly
awake 10 the seeds oi the position
a wise provision OF tle constitution
Oi the new state increases the NUM-
Der Of the board members to eleven
and places in their hands as regents
tnr cnndu OBJ ihe ArliCllldh ald
Mechanical COLLEGE a.
The mar1efs OF tne gorih and east
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IIt l.NII'U oIsif.a HllU iItl.N.llFl
small percentage of OkahE3 ~
htioI foreigners. W 5o,on
There are over l20O mar
establishments in the new ia believe
poyiug 10000 men
There are 1887 postofdce MS man
state aud l25 newspapers
There are o. dozen great
which flow nearly across the timfd ha
and scores of smaller one
these large streams are being D
cd great water power plants
promise to make the eastern po
of the state especially a veritaM
man featuring district because add
cd to ita natural gas, everywhere
and coal too And projecting from
the eastern border of the state for
nearly 100 miles westward is the
narieable wator of the Arkansas
river which places the center of
the states commerce iu command
o. water shopping rates
oklahoma win 5000 become one of
tine greatest educational states in the
Ulion aud s already leading many
oldeY and larger states iu giving its
Boys aud girls advantages of literary
and technical training according 10
Fasscu a Cotton state supcrinteu
dent of public instruction of indiana,
and "a speaker u the Farmers Ma
lion cougr which was iu session
u Oklahoma city recently
Ample provision has also been made
Zoo the onabiIg act for ruDlIc schools
over 100000 acres Of iaud worth
S. H00 900. having been set aside tor
thal purpose iu addition to thot The
Government win routrIbulo $4,000
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have been handling Oklahoma Alber
4 ta peaches I'm car load quantities for
some years The present yea more
I than fogr hundred car loads of this
luscious fruit were sold on track ul.
/ der coal Ipotijive bidding 10 buyers
/ ircr i of the larger Centers of north
! end east-nettng the growers from
/ $50 TO $500 per bushcl The many
/ thousands of young trees soon TO
/ come into bearing are sure 10 attract
the attention OF the public far aad
near
Oklahoma apples have heretofore
/ attracted but little attention from the
! fruit crop reporters of the country.
! but this year brings us into the lime
light The general scarcity ot apples
/ throughout the northen states has
/ caused the buyers to investigate con
| ditious in oklahoma. Numbers of car
/ loads of summer maturing apples
/ have been shipped out this season and
as evidence of now the fan maturing
crop viii be used New York buyers
| contracted few days ago for the pur-
chase of 25,000 bushels from three
small orchards in Payne county
! While other states are lamenting tho
loss of their apple crop. the trees of
Oklahoma are fairly breaking down
with theiI load Of fruit
Fruit growers associations have
been organized i'm all of the leading
fruit producing counties. and a char.
comnIete et,to or,a,,i,a,t,. W.
form, sveto,,, or ,s,tt,' 9,'it,e,' 80 .o,, ulll.
fruit h. nrar,icad a,,5 ,5,. r'''N'''s
t5e indiridnai aro ro.I..,,"I - 'l'' "l
ririum s,iorli5 .,,,,.,. ~
l,nnles A. arnnaIi,. I
storsoa %, mo L.. Iii.
to meat The ds,-a,,i7. ,,, ,s',9 W ,,'e
The vslue ~ ,i,n 49,. .,.'... 7""Ns ~,,
llsbor,o ana ~ l',oI N''l,' va CN
oat cron is .stt,,ota5 ss ,rcoi-
,rbilo hr,l,,, -, IT,
and risb nnt,,ol, l.,,...,.'., ~ ''-.''
No cro, h tna..l..,.... ','3 ',',' ni
G,5r,,, a. ir,,,, ''a' '' NN.
Ilast yeo, ,,,o,' no., a." . '''5 nv 'a9u
Inn ,croo,o ,,,i ,'.l..i,.l,il .,,', "o'"
possessos poro yaI1o o,,d us 1''p -,
f.tgro m 0riobon,a th,n ' .@,g'
II is dostin0J ~ ho .''', ~ ,ll aug ".us'
crops nj tbe eto+o ,,1 - ',.7
sweet econt,d ,s'r,,l,,'. ,'''tt. .,''
Fucr. ,krbt,o - 80 ,"I''''
I,i-al farr,ors of tbo ,,. 'uDa' av
Iq5 acre. og alg,Ieo ~, t,. 80 n-.
ta,.,tcn,tl og,,.,,,,. s,l..,, i',. ~ ~ '
Ont mo cr,.,,s I.o,,r.. ,t, g,i, ~ ', ',"'
vst H.. soid th.. a. t..
nj Sq-o h. poanir,, a., -. ~,
feed and sold tbe t,i,.d cr,.,, go ~,
nrof5 M 81 qco.' thms aot,ir,, lt f
| tbIs land his year CO., mar .nrn '9
t.. ,r N
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oiuaaoma Is aIs yenr producing
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ears with cotton so that nothing can
be heard and when orders can only be
appreciated by pantomime.
Some of the other inventions which
have been fayorably received may. be
regarded as having a tendency to en-
courage peace since they would intro
duce into warfare factors of devasta-
ton which would by their diaboucal
results promote international disarma-
ment. Of this class must be considered
those bomb dropping devices which, if
successful, woubl destroy whole ar
mics; the inhammable projectile ca
pable of burning up a camp; the nj
troglycerine missile; "a scheme for
pouring burning sulphur into trenches,
and kindred methods ofwholesale oblft-
GRAFTON.
There is, too the usual proportion of
armored cars, including the highly pro-
tected motor which shall penetrate the
enemies lines and afford its steel shell
ded occupants a chance to pick. off the
opposing marksmen, and incidentally
strew high explosives along a death
dealing route. One Of these hurtling
cars makes the famed Juggernaut look
like a nursery toy.
One of the conditions which seems to
be fully met by incipient invention is
the use Of smoke for various purposes,
including that Of shield which will
permit approach upon an enemy with
out his discovery of the advance.
The country does not lack yet, with
all the cry for universal peace, the
means of increasing the rayages of
was
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Lots Of Inventors at Work on Great
and Grewsome Devices.

This government expends small
sum each year. for testing new devices
of possible military value. The board
of ordnance and fertilization is sup
posed to have the duty of encouraging
inventors and assisting in the develop
ment of their inventions.
Last year only five thousand dollars
was expended by the board, which
with its accumulated allotments OF
previous years, has now on hand more
than one hundred thousand dollars
Comparatively few experiments are
made, says Harper's Weekly, and the
vast number of suggestions are appa-
rently shelved without much more at
tention than polite acknowledgment to
the authors.
Nearly all the devices submitted are
Intended to increase the terrors of war
by adding to the efficacy of the means
of fighting. Perhaps an exception
should be made in favor of an ear pro-
tector, the invention of a New York
man, adapted for use by those who are
on duty in the turrets of battleships
and those who are stationed at the
coast Notifications.
Ordinarily the blast of big gun has
an affect upon the drum of the ear; it
is at best unpleasant, and sometimes it
proves disastrous, as in the instances
of men who have lost their hearing.
The ear protector Is little celluloid
bulb SO pierced that it may be placed
in the ear and protect it from the noise
and shock while not interfering with
the hearing, an advantage, of course,
over the crude method of stuffing the
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TO MAKE WAR MORE HORRIBLE.
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HOW BEES MAKE HONEY.

IA great many people think that bees
get honey from flowers says the Rev.
Theordore Wood in THE London Trib-
une "but that is quite a mistake for
there is no honey in flowers. 1t is true
that many flowers have sweet juices.
But sweet juices are not honey; and
before they can be turned into honey
they have to be swallowed by bee.
''When a bee goes out on a honey
making expedition it depends a great
deal upon it's tongue which is very
long and slender, and is covered all
over with stiff little hairs, so that it
looks just like a tiny brush. With this
F. the bee sweeps out the nectar from the
blossoms into his mouth, and goes on
swallowing it, mouthful after mouth
full, until it can swallow no more. But
the nectar does not pass into its d..
gestive organs and serve as food. 1t
only passes into q little pouch, which
we call the "honey bag When this
bag is quite full the bee flies off to
it's hive, and by the time that it ar
rives there the contents Of the bag
have been turned into honey
"How this is done I am sorry to say
I cannot tell you for nobody has ever
been able to find out. If we examine
the honey bag through the microscope
we can find nothing to account for
the change. 1t seems to be just bag
of tough skin, and nothing more. Yet
in two or three minutes after the nee
tar has been swallowed that wonder
full change takes place. And if a bee
is fed with sugar and water instead
of nectar it will turn the sugar end
and water into honey in just the same
strange way.
when the bee gets back to the hive
with its load it goes sthaight off to q
honeycomb, pokes its head into one of
the cells and pours out the honey
through its mouth until its honey bag
is empty. Then it flashes off again
to obtain more nectar and make "a
further supply lAnd so it labors bus
ily on from the first thing in the morn
ing till the last thing at night, never
being away from the hive for more
than a few minutes at a time and al
ways bringing back a fresh supply Of
honey in its wonderful little bag.
"Now, perhaps you wonder how it
is that the honey does not run out of
the cells as soon as the bees have fill
ed them. For these cells do not stand
upright, but lie on their sides; and if
we were able to lay an open barrel of
treacle on it's side that barrel would
very soon be entirely empty. AS soon
as the honey is poured into the cell by
the bees, however, a kind of thick
cream rises to the surface and covers
it. And this cream holds the honey
so firmly in position that not even the
tiniest drop ever oozes out,
But when the bees want to keep
honey for some little ttme-when they
are not storing it up for use during
the winter for instance-they are not
satisfied with this creamy crust, and
are evidently afraid that the contents
Of the cell may dry up So they care