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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22

In the Circuit Court fer FreuefIck County,
sitting in Equity.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
EXPENSIVE BOOKS.
Prices That Prevailed Before the In
v~ention of Printing.

Prices That Prevailed Before the In
vention of Printing.
In the present day it seems very
strange to read about the prices of
books before the invention of printing.
King Alfred gave 4 very large es-
tate for a book on cosmOgraphy. In
the year 1174 Walter, prior Of st.
Swithin's at Winchester, purchased Of
the monks of Dorchester, in Oxford
shire, "Bede's Homilies" and "St. Aus
tins Psalter" for twelve measures Of
barley and a pail on which was en-
broidered in silver the history of st.
Birinus converting a Saxon king.
About the year 400 a copy Of John
of Nouns Roman de la Rose" was
sold before the palace gate at Paris
for 40 crowns. or about $175.
The Countess of Anjou paid for a
copy of ahe 'Homilies of Halmon,"
bishop of Halberstedt, 200 sheep, five
quarters of wheat and the same guam
tity of rye and millet.
In 1471. when Louis NJ. of France
borrowed the works of Rhasis, the
Arabian physician, from the faculty of
medicine at Paris he not only deposit
ed by way Of pledge a considerable
quantity of plate, but he was obliged
to procure 4 nobleman to join with
him as surety in a deed binding him
self under Il great forfeiture to restore
the books.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
No Time to Lose,

Sir said the young man, entering
the Office, 81 sent you a communication
yesterday"
"WellT' asked the grim faced man.
"Well. Mr.. Prater. I thought perhaps
you might give me a reply to my re.
quest. and
"Wait a minute" said Mr.. Prater
Are you the man that sent this &C.
count for f10 for hats for my daugh.
ter?'
mo, sir; r
"Then you are the n that left this
bill for f53 for her dresses?"
mo. sir. My commu"-
Then it must be this for e. for
shoes.
mo. sir. My note was one asking if
| might have your daughters hand"
"You want to marry her" gasped
Mr.. Prater. Then. turning over the
pile of bills. he urged: Take her.
young man! l don't know your name,
but take her quickly! She's talking
about doing some more shopping
London Scraps.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

COULDN'T BE BLUFFED.
The Judge Raised, but the CuIprii
Promptly Called.

me q RAISED, Dut tne Culprtf
Promptly Called.
A correspondent sends in the follow
ing account of an incident which &C.
Cured in his presence In a Kentucky
courtroom:
Under the laws of Kentucky the
penalty for gaming is a fine of from
500 to $50. Judge w. w. Jones was
holding a term of circuit court. and
when the case of the commonwealth
Of Kentucky against Daniel Cross was
called he asked Daniel if he had Il
lawyer to defend him. Daniel said he
had not. and Judge Jones asked him
what he wanted to do about his case.
which was IL charge of gaming.
Il don't know. hardly, judge" said
Daniel. 81 thought I would just pay it
off"
Were you actually playing?" said
the judge.
81 guess we were" Daniel replied.
About how much were you playing
for, Daniel?" the judge asked.
ooh, nothing much" said Daniel,
lust a nickel or dime on the corner"
"Well, Daniel" said the judge. Il
will see your dime and raise you $40"
Daniel looked rather crestfallen for
a moment; but. catching the force of
the judges remark, he quickly looked
up at the judge and said. "Well, judge,
l am satisfied that you have got me
beat, so I'll not raise you, but l guess
l will have to call you."-Law Notes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
A Paris

The Partisan men are not likely to
grumble 1T being asked to dine in
dress clothes in any particular London
restaurant. for they have in Paris one
has always been enforced. No man
ever goes to dine at the Armenonville
in the Bots de Boulogne without put
ting on his dress clothes. Why fash
ion has decreed that Il Frenchman may
dine at any of the boulevard restau-
rants in tenue de vile, but must wear
a s~T'al!OWtail coat when he drives to
the big park of Paris to dine. no one
knows. 1t is custom, and there to a
Partisan is the end of it.-Bellman.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

a LATE KIN OSCAR Ii. OF wEDEN
two years ago., when the Norwegian
storthing declared Norway Independent
of Sweden and the government of the
latter country a%cquiesced in the sep
aration. AS a young man the king
"a trained in the navy and at the
University of Upsala. He assembled the
throne in 1872. Few European SOW
ereigns have eve acquired such stand
ing as scholars and statesmen as has
been universally accorded to King Os-
car, and few have ever acquired to
such a degree the affection Of their
people or have been so democratic. In
the days of his greatest literary activ-
ity he turned out works of poetry and
volumes on military history, criticism
and general literature at Il rate which
left the public to wonder how he ever
found time to rule his kingdom, but it
was generally acknowledged that he
did the latter unusually we'll.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

koGoRo TAKAHIRA. States. Mr.. Taxa
hira made u fine record in this coun-
try before as the japanese minis
ter, and when at the close of the
Russo-Japanese wal the Japanese le-
cation at Washington became an
embassy, in compliment to the part
the United States played in end
ing that contest, Viscount Aoki was
appointed first ambassador OF account
of his high rank. But Mr.. Takahira
is himself an ambassador now, being
at the head of his country's embassy
at Rome. His advancement to the N
bassy at Washington would be looked
upon as a well merited promotion. He
is about fifty-three. is a descendant of
the old samurai. is sometimes called a
yankee of the orient and is likened
in appearance to Rudyard Kipling.
His diplomatic record is as follows:
Attache in foreign office at Tokyo at
twenty-SiX, charge d'affaireS of the
Washington legation. chief of the pc
litical bureau Of the japanese foreign
office, consul general at New York.
minister to Denmark and Holland.
minister to Italy, Austria and Switzer-
land, vice minister for foreign affairs.
minister to the United States inc I'M
bassador to Italy. The diplomat Once
heard two women discussing his ma
ton.
1.-The Japanese" said one of them.
fought to be excluded from the coun-
try. Their young men come here to
school, and no ooner do they arrive
than they begin a systematic course of
cheating"
"How is that?' asked the other.
'"They pay tuition for only one" said
the complainant, land they learn
enough for two or three"
The rise Of Thomas Taggart, chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee, who has been in the public eye
on account Of the meeting of that COM
mittee at Washington, was altogether
out of the ordinary. About thirty years
ago, when the girls in the railway
lunch room at Indianapolis said Draw
one" it vas Taggart, then a red cheek
ed. blue eyed and broad shouldered
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
The Effect on the Nerves of Gambling

How can Il man do his daily work
quietly, which represents perhaps only
the earning of Il few shillings, when
his anxious other neurotic self is wOn
dering how a horse he has never seen,
ridden by a jockey he has only heard
of, in a race he has only read about, is
faring as to money ostensibly his,
which he cannot afford to lose because
he has not perhaps got it if he should
have to pay? Is such an existence
likely to add to the race value of our
stock of fieeting patriotism ?-Fry's
MAGAZINE.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

the Red Eagle in recognition of his
bravery in rescuing from drowning
four members of 4 boats crew of
which he was in command while on
the way to save the crew of q sinking
ship. For his courage and seamanshiE
on this occasion Captain Polack re,
ceived the life saving medal of the
Royal Humane society and was also
decorated by the late Queen Victoria.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN.
A Most Learned, Wise, Respected and
Democratic Monarch.

King Oscar II. of Sweden was born
at Stockholm in 1929. His father.
King Oscar l., was a son of Joseph
Francois Bernadotte, the French peas.
ant who became a general under Ma.
poleon and a great favorite with thai
conqueror. When it was discovered
that Charles Kill. who occupied the
Swedish throne from 1909 to 1918. was
childless, Napoleon induced the ma.
tional diet at Stockholm to establish
Bernadotte crown prince. On the
death of Charles XIII. he assembled
the throne as Charles XIV.
King Oscar II. was monarch Of Nor.
way as well as Sweden up to about
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
The Meek,

you should try to be a little less
a%ssertive, my dear. Remember. the
meek shall inherit the EARTH"
"Oh, yes I dare say they ~will-when
the others have done with itr''-Lon-
don Opinion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Made Him a Sinksr.

Farmer Jones Ito amateur hunter)-
There wasn't Il better water dawg liv-
in until you shootin' gents took to Dor
rowin' i'm. Now is 'ide's that full of
shots he'd sink to the bottom like a
brick."-London Bystander.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

ing his ship from
destruction when
she became rudder
less in he open sea
and In bringing
her safely across
the Atlantic and
into port. He is one
of the youngest of.
ficers in the North
German Lloyd
service, and the
decoration recently
conferred on him
is the second he
has received from
the emperor. He
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Famous People Of the Moment
John Burroughs as a Nature Fakir.
CAPTAIN Charles POIaCk. Who
Was Decorated by
the Kaiser.

The sleep was to be decisive. On the
child's awakening the doctor would
know whether 1t would live or die
Well, in order that this momentous
slumber might not be disturbed my
cousins wife, going about on tiptoe
muff1ed everything-chair legs, cups
and saucers, plates, the doorbell. And
Sa, the noble dog, from his seat on the
sofa, taking in the situation at 8
glance, silently got up on a chair and
stopped the eight day clock by touch.
ing the pendulum with his paw"
Captain Charles POlack of the North
German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Viii.
helm der Crosse, who was highly hon.
ored recently by the German emperor,
is envied by his fellow officers in the
steamship service on account of the
way in which he distinguished him.
self. The emperor conferred upon him
the Third Order of the Crown in recog.
milton of his skill and courage in say.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Rejected MANUSCRIPTS,

81 received a lot Of rejected manu-
scripts today said Titmarsh to a
friend.
Did you? l had no idea you had any
ambition to shine as an author"
mot exactly that. You see, my
sweetheart and I quarreled, and she
returned all my letters"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
kOgoro Takahlra. Japanese DipIO.
mat. Who Looks Like KipIing.
Thomas Taggart's Start
In Business.

.HE expected ap-
Il pointment of
Kogoro Taxa
hira as
to Viscount AOki
at Washington in
the Japanese am
assadOrshi is
taken to mean that
Tokyo is especially
anxious to main
tain friendship
with the United
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

sides" Yet Mr.. Bur-
roughs himself has
told stories of the
nature taking vari-
ETY.. On occasion he
can tell just as mar
velous tales of that
kind as anybody
else. Herelated such
a yarn at a dinner
in Boston. 1t was
as easy to believe,
he said, as many Of
the nature writer's
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

JOHN bohhoo'hS anecdotes. Then he
began: "My cousins wife's baby was
very i'll, and finally the crisis came,
and the little one fell into q deep sleep.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

young Irishman,
who might have
been seen turning
the faucet of the
coffee urn. 1t was
a happy combina-
ton of industry
and good humOr
which caused the
youths elevation
through the various
stages of lunch
counter keeper, res
taurant proprietor,
hotel keeper, coun-
ty auditor and
mayOr of Indian
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

Joys are not the property Of the rict
alone.-Horace.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31


apolis and which in due time won him
the honor of presiding owe the ma
tional campaign organization of his
party. Mr.. Taggart thinks his bust
ness career began when he was about
six. Of his later youth he relates:
When 1 was working in Xenia one Of
my duties was to go up the road every
morning to buy flowers for my employer.
At the hotel across the way there lived
a very pleasant lady, Mrs. John Durand.
One day she said to me, tom. bring me
a flower then you come back" and every
morning she would tell me what she
would like, but never say anything about
the money. My salary, a very small one
in those days. was turned over to my
family, but L was careful then and man
aged to save a couple of dollars that l
had made by extra work. With this
money l paid for the flowers for Mrs.
Durand as long as it lasted. Then 1
would borrow the money until 1 had
spent in all 81 or IS for flowers. but I
was ashamed to suggest payment to the
lady.
Things went on from day to day. but
strangely enough l never despaired of be-
ing repaid for my outlay. One day STE
called me to her and handed me SIS. At
that time it seemed a tremendous sum,
and that really was the nucleus of any
financial success l have had and stands
out in my life as a memory of a very
happy time. That day. with that SIS in
my pocket, I would not have exchanged
places with any one in the world.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

1t is claimed by some that it was not
President Roosevelt who started the
much talked of campaign against ma
ture taking, but the venerable natural
list John Burroughs, the Sage of Slab
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

Editor The Ranch:
On June 2 | was at PaSco and met
one Fuller of the firm of Logan e Full
Ter, of Spokane, who had branch of
thornlesS cactus and some of it's fruit
which he was showing and taking or
ders for plants at So each, ten per cent
deposit, balance to be paid on receipt
of plants before July 1, 1909. He
claimed such great things for it that
he was kept up till II o'clock discuss
ing it's merits to eager farmers. He
took several orders, assuring all that
it would not freeze and that Burbank
claimed a yield of 200 tons per acre.
Said that at one-tenth of that yield
it was too good a thing to miss.
wanted to know more about it, and
wrote the Spokesman-Review and the
Farmer of Spokane to interview the
firm and give the public their opinion
on SO important question. | re-
ceived no reply and both papers were
silent ESQ far as l can learn) on the
question. l then wrote to Luther Bur-
bank at Santa Rosa and | enclose his
letter, which l hope you will publish
to warn farmers against the false
claims of those who are using the
name and fame of Luther Burbank
to enrich themselves.
G.. M'CLELLAND.
Mabton, Wash.
Mr.. G. McClelland, Mabton, Wash
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 10th we
do not think that any of the cacti
which Mr.. Burbank has so far perfe Ct
ed, except some of the small unprof-
liable growers, would thrive in your
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

Editor The Ranch:
That article by w. S. Varnum is just
the right way to proceed in my estima-
ton in order to get the stumps off
the land, and I hope you give him
space for another article if he ever
writes again. 1 will give his outfit
job, or rather the county outfit, as
soon as they come on the island. But
l think likely since there would not
be much of show for graft in such
a procedure, it will be long time in
realizing. All can say is, push the
Varnum Idea," and let us all help our
selves.
Yours for justice so that charity
will have no place in the United
States. WILLIAM SCALES.
VashOn, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

climate. Your summer climate is all
right, but they cannot stand anything
like zero
We are very sorry to be obliged to
tell you this, but such is the case. Mr..
Burbank is working to produce a
hardy varieties of cactus. Yours very
truly,
LUTHER BURBANK, by P. O., Sec.
Santa Rosa, Cal.
Editor The Ranch:
Could you in your next issue or soon
give briefly the best way of harvest
ing and preparing bush beans for mar
ket? Can they be cut with the scythe,
without much loss from shelling?
Where they have to be thrashed with
a fail, which is the best way of clean
ing them?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Forest Grove, Oregon.
When raised in limited quantities,
the best way to handle beans is to pull
them and thresh them with fail
when thoroughly cured. A scythe is
not a good tool for use among beans,
as too many pods will be clipped How
ever, when raised in commercial guam
titles the best way to harvest them is
with a bean harvester. This tool has
two blades that are set wider apart
at the front than at the rear, and clips
the stalks of two rows at time just
below the surface; iron rods attached
work the two rows into one, where
they Gamble easily handled with a fork
until dry. Bean harvesting is the most
critical time with the crop, as it re-
quires the best of weather. They can
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

advertising with you shall and will
do as they agree, is a great help to
us all. In past years many products
have gone to waste or glutted the local
market because the growers did not
know reliable firms to send them to
and did know of many who had been
bilked out of their just dues.
L. K. COGSWELL.
Chehalis, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01
Editor The Ranch:

Editor The Ranch:
The stockmen of the Northwest are
indeed fortunate at the stand for bet
ter markets The Ranch is taking in
their behalf. The general farmer,
gardener and fruit growers are also
fortunate that you are taking up IN
your able way the question of market
ing their products successfully. A
chance to get in touch with the mar.
ket and a guaranty that the firms
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

be trod out by horses or cattle, or bet
ter yet, run through bean thresher.
A tanning mill and sorting machine
completes the job. with right condi-
tons they are profitable crop in
which Michigan, New York and Cali
fornia lead.-Editor.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01
Editor The Rancr:

Editor The Rancr:
Find inclosed $500 for The Ranch
Change our address from Lakeside to
Dover, Chelan Co., Wash. Thanks for
continuing our paper so long. We like
The Ranch very much, especially the
Horticultural Department.
MRS. NJ e. BALLARD.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

Editor The Ranch:
Inclosed please find one dollar to
renew my subscription to The Ranch,
ending Sept, 1909.
l like The Ranch very well and we
get some practical lessons from it's
columns.
EDWARD MARSDEN, Missionary.
Saxman Ketchikan P. o., Alaska.
Editor The Ranch:
The Ranch is all right and is one
of the best papers we take. In your
last issue, Name Your Ranch" is
very good We decided to name this
place Sunnyside Berry Farm.
J. G. SNYDER.
Quilcene, Wash.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

Editorial Answer: Broadcast two
or three pounds of seed per acre. II
The crop Ia 10 be used for pasture
II to be used for salad. SOW In drills
twelve 10 eighteen inches apart: and
~ used ;hln the stalks TO stand
about nv. inches apart In the drill
The leaves may be boiled like kale.
iarn!p leaves or young cabbage. for
table use. September or October Ii
good planting time. but the early
part of September would be regard.
I'd "a full early for the Gull States
Dwarf Essex rape should be- largely
grown for sheep or hog pasture. In
av. or six weeks ii will be- six or
eight inches high and iarg. enough
for good grazing,
Hut At this stag. nothing larger
than calves. sheep. and pigs should
be permitted on II. since larger stock
would pull up or trample down some
of The plants. But larger stock may
hc paatured on /; when II has grown
bigger. X IL ane feed for mich
cows. producing a good aow OF milk
/; may be- found necessary 10 let the
co~s eat just after milking 10 avoid
cabbage flavor in the milk. 1, will
produce "A large amount OF forage
per acre and merits wider use. Even
chickens ~ill eat II readily. and Il
~iil help Increase the production OF
eggs II a suitable grain ration ac-
companies II.
Y will give the best results II
grown on rich. moist hand. but will
do w"li on any soil but very light
sandy or heavy clay land. The two
last types Of soil could be made
good for growing rape. by supplying
The land with enough vegetable mat
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08
How to Seed Bur Clover.

Messrs. Editors: We have seen
some reference in recent issues of
The Southern Farm Gazette to bur
clover and methods of seeding It. This
crop has done splendidly with us on
the Edgecombe Test Farm and Is. In
many ways. the most satisfactory
one which We have grown there for
soil Improvement Land that was
seeded some six years age has re-
seeded itself annually ever since and
excellent crops of corn have followed
the clover. There are now 40 to so
acres OF the Edgecombe Farm in
bur clover, cotton and corn being
grown in rotation with II.
The seed are usually put out at
the last cultivation OF the cotton or
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

corn. at the rate of two bushels per
acre. or they may be broadcasted in
the cotton after the first picking and
cultivated in. They may be put in
corn after 1t is cut and shocked and
covered with a cultivator or harrow,
or else the land may be prepared and
planted as other seed are. On ac-
count OF the bur in which the seed
are enclosed, they are slow in germi-
mating and should be planted earlier
than other clovers. From the mid
die of July to the middle OF Septem-
Der will answer. but 1t is better to
have them go in early and when
there Is a good season In the ground.
B. w. KILGORE.
y. c. Department of Agriculture,
Raleigh. n. c.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

ter. II will be understood that the
land should be worked down fine
before the seed are sown. Some
prefer 10 break OF and carry out
what rape Is intended for larger
stock. as the larger leaves can be
quickly broken OF and the crop will
continue to grow vigorously because
not injured by the stock. This crop
Is one that can be highly recon-
mended for a test to all who have
not grown 1t. IL suitable land Is TO
be had
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

what has been done to improve the
yield OF cotton or corn in the SUBJ
scription territory of the Gazette,
through the selection of choice seed.
How many corn clubs are thriving,
and what is each doing?
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

Messrs. Editors: | will thank you
TO give me some Information about
the planting and cultivation of
Dwarf Essex rape.
W. II. CAMERON.
Natchcx. Miss
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

To any one who will send q iist o. names and
addresses OF boys girls no will 40 OF TO col
lrgc this year aext Put the boys and girls
or separate list J W. Bccson. Meridian. Miss.
tMertion this paper
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

space; and We will reserve the bal
ance for future paper.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-08

Editorial Comment: We certain
~ want the other paper that is prom
ised by Mr.. Vail, and also reports of