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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

dark room. Ii tie producer Is growing
tor the market the punches are looked
at every day for the slightest speck Of
imperfeetion will keep him from dis
posing OF his stock to the best houses
TIE same care in lesser degree runs
through all the French grower does
In certain places. but only in a few.
the apricot is treated with all the care
shown TO the peach 1t Is less prohta-
a,e to grow. for II does not keep well
except by an expensive process or
coating it with wax The trees. how
ever, are kept very carefully pTuned.
and the production of each is limited.
Growers can at once retard fruit
and dwarf trees to such an extent that
!, is possible TO purchase during the
winter fruit actually growing on little
trees small enough to be served. pot
and all on the table, Peaches thus
grown lone on tree only cost
abont $40 piece other things in pro-
portion. and the fruit is sold usually
hot TO French people but 10 visitors
with more money than discretion. who
think ii smart TO initiate what they
consider the luxury OF our gay capital
All this care Of detail may seem abb
Eurd 70 You who have a country so
large and so iavishly productive as
America Still. ! think II is an open
question whether even here, where
time Is money so much more than Y
Is in Europe. the expenditure of care
and though, on some neglected details
might not lead 10 the financial profit OF
some growers"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
Two Narrow Escapes.

Swiss work man WAS busy repair
Ing the roof OF a small railroad sta
ton. says the Strand Magazine, when
the cleat against which be was rest.
ting gave way and he began to slide
over the edge of the roof To avoid a
spiked iron railing below be made
desperate jump into space. An ex.
press train was rushing by. and the
man landed on the roof OF a car. His
Quitting hands found and clutched a
ventilator chimney. He was carried
on four miles TO the next station and
descended unhurt.
More tra gie was the occurrence on a
Rocky mountain railroad Four en-
ployees of the Great Northern were
speeding down precipitous grade on
hand car AZ thirty niles an hour
when a special train confronted them
around curve There WIS 10 avoid
alce Of = collision Two of the men
Jumped 70 death on the rocks below
The others stuck 10 the car. and one
was crushed by the wheels Of the aS,-
rancins engine. but The other man
vas tossed uninjured into a elump of
bushes which grew on = projecting
rcrs twenty feet below the edge or
the ella II WAS the only safe place
where be could have fallen.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

Forty goes of whisky had been
consumed by the licensed victuaier.
snd stu he was sober-at least so he
told the city coroner. Goes is a CON-
mon term in this connection. but ii
lacks the full appropriateness TO the
situation Of It's Scottish equivalent In
the story Of another biz drink told bv
Dean Ramsay 1t WAS AT party near
Arnroath held 10 celebrate the reccn-
cilisrion Of two farmers who had long
hs>en enemies. When the party AZ last
broke M. NJ morning hour. the Pc
nuricns lady ~ the house. who hai not
been able TO sleep 8 wink for anxiety.
called over the stairs To the servant,
How MANY kettles 81 whisky have
they used Retry
Il dinna ken. mem was the answer.
hut they've druncksn six gang o. wa
ter
Te the peor Girl. who hsd to gang
10 the well Ter the qualifying sass
these were .'-oes- Indeed London
ClronsSse
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
0ptimistic and pcssimistic Feelings In
tluenee sli Ninds.

Meeting Two intelligent persons on
the street, and in conversation ask one
OF them II the world is growing better
morally and relieiously, and being OPP
timisiic, will nply: "Mhy, certainly,
II is growing better. Look al the ma.
ny charitable organizations 10 beneiit
the human race, the institutions Of
learning Ia eniightsn every dark COR
ner, and the Christian organizations,
whose missionaries reach every nation
In the world. anhsnsiefed in preaching
the gospel where heathenism has had
sole control. and see wat magnigi-
cent results have followed their laeofs
wherever They have gone; and in this
Christian land, what flame Of spirit
aalits Is sweeping over The country
and converting people BY the hundreds
Of thousand l.. OH, Nes, the world /.
gsow lng 6Slteg.
The neat one asked i ps>slnisiical-
Nv incigned. and answers: Ne. the
world i growing worse and wevse. lsSsn
pie are decslNing each osler. claiming
10 sae jasg and righteous for sslt-snleF.
est. their outward ll>ss. shssf gfeed x
nles4es aeleFssss aaa fame : sesgeels
sought IL ee hidden, - all i seceetlS
understood hxIwcSn each otheg. TheA
has Societies and ofgAns3stissas ssSsea-
ssbly II pfoane4s eNess reform and h
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

dispense with much that is necessary
in our old country. But. all the same,
think the fruit might be benefited If
you did some of the things that every
French grower does. France Is the
country of detail, you know. and We
think it pays in fruit growing just as
1t does In cooking.
"The fruits we pet and pamper most
are the peach and the grape The ma
jority of peaches grown in this eoun-
try would seem to a Frenchman TO he
distinctly of the second order-that is.
in the language of his fruit culture. a
peach de plein vent. or one grown on
frees Il an orchard Between peaches
grown thus 'efen 10 the wind. and
those trained on treliiSes against walls
the French make d sharp distinction.
The trellis. or 'espalier.' peaches
are the only ones that appear on a
carefully regulated table and are uni
yersaIly cultivated. They always COM
mand much higher price than the
tree peach. and al Montreuil the fruit
has been brought to such perfection
that they habataally sell fer frem 40 to
50 cents apiece.
Even more elaborate is the proce-
dure With tine table grapes. Hethouse
grapes are not highly in favor among
French epcuFes. for they are held to
lack the rich flavor of the fruit grown
in the open. At the same time grapes
are SO much il demand as a table
delicacy that il is desirable that their
season should be prolonged as far as
possible into the winter. The difficulty
of this situation has been met by
system which. complicated as it is. is
quite generally in Use.
Tile grapes are grown on trelliscs
exposed 10 the sun aud six or seven
yards apart. like the peache When
the clusters are ripe they are put with
he stem and leaves ii sort of glass
box e. bottle. which is placed in
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

The currents al what otherwise would
be dfilt rs steady rs that Of n great
liver. We need 10 remember that no
where else has the power Of human
choice done more 10 change the course
of things than in regard 10 this insti-
tuition OF the Family. 1t WIS Wool.
sey, Of Yale. who said that the words
Of Jesns regarding divorce Ind intiu.
cneea society more than any Others he
ever uttered. That the institutions OF
marriage aud divorce have been wide
y aud profoundly nodded by Christian
thought Is beyond question. Aud thai
they will continue 10 be follows as 4
matter OF epHrSe ~
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
A Sensible Person.

An cid Scottish lady during her last
Illness WIS assdnonsly attended by
physician. TO whom she invariably
gave guinea when he came TO see
her He ted the friends with whom
she lived that her death would proba-
bls he very sudden. and one day when
she seemed 10 have become uncon-
seious the doctor WAS hastily sent for.
On his arrival he found that his pa
tient had ceased to exist. and. taking
bold of her right hand. which was
closed, but not rigid he calmly ex-
traeted from II the customary fee re-
marking as he did 50 TO the attendant
friends. Sensible to the lastf'
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
Cafarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Catarrh is blood .or constitutional
disease, and in order TO cure it yon
must take internal remedies. Hall :
1atarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls CstaTrh Cure Is not q
qRack medicine. Ii Was prescribed
oS one OF the best physicians in this
country for wears and is a regular
prescription. Ii is composed Of the
eesi tonies known, combined with the
nest nsond purifiers. acting directly ON
tae mucous surfaces. The perfect canl-
oination OF the two ingredients i y hat
produces such wonderful results IN
curing tatarrh. Send for Testimonials
free
r. j. CHENEY L Co., Props. Toie-
40. .. Sold by Druggists. price. -se.
TAKE Halls Family Pills for ea1sls-
patton.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

A few years ago, when the present
writer was requested 10 prepare an ar
uele for 4 young peoples magazine,
the summons from the editor contained
this single suggestion: "Give us some
thing for the young folks and not about
them. That thought has been often in
his mind since the date referred to, and
especially is that the case in reading
Nixon Naterman's new volume, boy
Wanted, published by Forbes 4 Co.,
Chicago. Ii is emphalically a boys
book, fall of lively sketches, tactfut
suggestions appropriate poems, and
bright Illustrations, all for the youth
In his teens, for
"fhe boy who discovers
Tie can never he eit'
tnul tic develops
Some "git-ul and glt.'
The subject is treated I'm eight chap
tiers, each Of which is of vital moment
10 the present training and future sue
cess OF an American school-boy; ~
The Awakening, tsl Am | Geniuss
90 Opportunity, "a over and and Tn
derdoing, - The Value of Spare Mo
tnents, 81 sheennlness, t1A Dreaming
and Doing, $ Real Success.
The reader Of Mr.. Watcrman's books
is always captivated, and here he will
tind thai authors hest thoughts in
prose aud verse tersely expressed. The
book Is sure TO meet With large sale
every where.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
The boy who discovers
He can never he .eitN
[ niil he develops
Some "git-ul and git. y

4 bill has been introduced in the
New York Legislature 10 require every
railroad 10 publish its timetable in
every newspaper in the Stale. Also IL
should provide that n uniform rate be
paid 10 every paper. Ii all papers re
fused Il Print the timetable gratis the
railroads would be compelled 10 pay
for the advertising.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
Eyes Only For Her.

Martha-You don't mean TO say you
have accepted that Mr. Spoonerf Why.
he is so awkward. you know. saw
him holding an umbrella over you the
other day. and all the water il caught
be allowed to drain right on TO yos
Nancy What better proof could
have that he Is In love with mef He
hadn't the least idea that it was rain
Ing, the dear manl-Boston Transcript
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

speaking 10 him / saiu; vu. the snne
that won't come eff. sllas? What has
happened 70 make you so happy this
morning. I've been agittfn married
this moruin,, was the unexpected re-
ply. Married. Your | exclaimed.
Why. Siias. what ON earth have you
done that for? You know you can't
even support yourself as IL rs WAL.
said Silas. YOU see, It's this way: |
ken purity near support myself an
Kind Of figured out that she could fin-
ish up the job '"-Argonaut.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

4 wen knawn aeigw tets 4 story Of
i ne'eF-1ss Ns ii tlgtae New Ene
iaud town w-Aerc BE has after spent
nis summers, 4 VAS walking dawn
Tie rlasn ssrese eae aar. sd L..
hen saw cd S4iis grin Ing fssD
sar 20 ear lsSrslIy thsmgag ta4K =
was that Eza - SEE uae 50 Azfa4
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

IF We wait any longer we shall miss
the train she said lmpatlenay- we
have been waiting : good many min
ntes IS thst mother ef nine
Hours. ! should say he replied
somewhat aerisncaioysly
.ssurss~ erred Sh~ fapsurousiy. ~oh
George tbs Is 80 sasi1eu
aeA sac teal assAs= Is asSs.. = ii-sss.ssyss
Anssn4i
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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
Not Aurorjaad.

Mrs. Gramercy-Shem must have been
surprised when her husband gave her
such an expensive present. Mrs. Park
Not surprised. my dear. but suspi-
cious
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19

You may try to do many days
worry. but you can do only one days
work at time
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-02-19
y arm ono
Garden
CAREFUL FRUIT GROWING.

The French Obtain Setter Results
Than the Americans.
an ftfs country" SAYS French Wis
itor. "you Just put things in the ground
and let them grow more or less hap
hazard. as far as can see. You have
4 soil so fertile that | suppose you can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26
RAILROAD NEWS.
G00dland Expects to See Dirt
Fly on Northwestern Soon.
Sherman County Has Already
Voted the Bonds.
-s.ssss go - ss5& -
OTHERS ARE READY
Five Counties Have Yet to Hold
Elections.
Ground for Yards in the City
Is Decided.

Goodland, Oct. 26.-The people
here say the situation is favorable for
the commencing of the construction
of the Gulf & Northwestern in the
early spring. Sherman county has
already voted bonds for the purchase
of stock. All the counties, south of
Sherman. have called bond elections.
They are as follows: Wallace, Gree
ley, Hamilton, Stanton and Morton.
This takes the proposition to the south
line of the state. Presumably Chey-
enne county will also get into line.
Keeran, Sprague and Kimmel of
the Gulf & Northwestern, were in
Wallace county last Friday and Sat
urday looking after the work of pc
titions to the board of county COM
missioners of that county. Keeran,
kimmel and Stenographer Smith
were in Sharon Springs Monday, and
they bring back word that the petit
lions were checked up before an adj
journed meeting of the board, and
that an order was made to the sheriff
to issue a proclamation for bond
election.
Another quite significant fact is
that John E. Hessin, a well-knowu
attorney at law, and consulting conn
sci, was here on business connected
with the Gulf & Northwestern last
week. Then, also, P. J. Dayton of
Herington, Kan. who has an office in
Topeka, and who decided the ia
acres of land adjoining the Rock Is
land yards to the Gulf & Northwest
ern. was also here. This land pur-
chased, was ostensibly for yardage
for the new road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26

Louncement that Pete Hiel, a former
high school star, viii start the game
FOR Kansas at quarter. Hell is a-heady
general and though light is the making
university was mourned by many
Washburn enthusiasts but it was
claimed that the Washburn engineer
ing department could not offer the
training to be achieved at K. u. and
the little star is on the other side.
viii Bring 80 Men.
Manager Lansdon- of the Lawrence
squad will bring thirty men to Topeka
Saturday. He has a fond hope of
conserving some of his forces for
Coach Kennedy's direction against
Nebraska the following Saturday.
there but unless the coaches place the
substitutes in at the start of the
Washburn game they will never be
used voluntarily.
Coach Garfield Weede OF Washburn
is the undisputed champion and ex-
ponent of the new open fast play in
the west and the few samples I'M
corked at st. Marys In the last min
utes of play made necessary in order
to win, evidence collection OF choice
sensations calculated to make brain
storm contagious among the opposing
tribes But more than that. the Sons
Ichabod have been placed on a
diet which will bring them to bull
dog tenacity" and greyhound get
away" by Saturday. Monday morn
ing after the st. Marys turmoil they
were fed grape fruit and sugar: today
they were given hot tamales with
cayene pepper tea; tomorrow they will
be given gunpowder in milk: Thurs
day. they will be fed furious powders
with dynamite sauce; Friday. they will
be given portions Of hasheesh, green
peppers and persimmons: and Satur-
day morning they will take chuck on
Grizzly bear steak and Jackson cock
tails
Five hundred of the University
fashion plates and an even mixture OF
the fair co-eds will embark on a spec
iaI train to infest the city of Topeka
Saturday morning, The game will be
called at 2:15 sharp in order that the
special train may carry those home
who wish to go before it Is 8 O'Clock
and the lights go out in Lawrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26
LOOKING FOR EDITOR.
Agriculture College Reports Require
Translation to English.

The Board of Regents of the State
Agricultural college are hunting for a
Kansas newspaper man who is also a
graduate of a college of this state. The
board is hunting strenuously and If
there is newspaper man in the state
who thinks he can fill the position he
would better get in line with w. E
Blackburn, chairman of the board.
The idea of having a newspaper man
Is to translate into common everyday
English the technical bulletins issued
regularly from that state institution.
For a number of years the agricultural
college has been issuing bulletins which
are invaluable to the farmers and the
stockmen of the state. But these bull
ietins are mass of technical terms and
phrases which are unintelligibln to the
average man. To take these bulletins
end make them readable is the work of
the newspaper man who would be given
the new position.
Then he must play the part of the
editor and with a cold blooded hand
nected prose. Each translation must
tell the story. but in fewer words. In
addition to this the newspaper man
would have the pleasure of telling the
young students in the college just how
| he has performed his task and teach
them to do the same.
| 1t is thought that through this scheme
the reports of the institution will be
read more widely and will be copied
and quoted by the newspapers. Before
this time the average newspaper lodged
the reports as they would a sentimental.
poem in the original Hindustani.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26
BOTH ARE READY.
Jcffries and johnson, 1t Is Believed,
Will Sign This Week.

New York, Oct. 26.-That both Jim
Jeffries and Jack Johnson mean bust
ness and will sign articles of agreement
without much haggling over details, is
the conviction of the New York sport
ing men, who have seen and talked
with both fighters during the past few
weeks.
The articles of agreement will be
signed before the present week ends, if
all goes WELL and then the business of
accepting an offer from some club will
be in order. Tentative bids for the
bout began to come in today.
Johnson, who is in Chicago. should
reach New York by the end of the week
and the two fighters will meet and talk
over the conditions of the bout.
Jeffries showed considerable en-
thusiasm regarding the match.
II only hope he said, that Johnson
means what he says in this Chicago in
terview which the papers are printing.
He is quoted as ready to sign articles
at once and willing to fight within
thirty days. OF course 1t would be i'm
possible to pull off the fight within
thirty days and Johnson is exaggerat-
ing little when he mentions so early
a date, but if he wants to sign up in a
hurry he will find me ready to meet
him half way. The truth is, I am eager
to get a crack at Johnson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26
BANDIT COMES TO KANSAS.
Jim Cummins VIII Make His Home in
LeaVenWorth

Leavenworth. Kan. Oct 26.-Jim
Cummins. the genuine Jim Cummins,
who was the champion of the James
boys when their gang was the terror
of the middle west. and who was
hunted over half dozen states by
the Pinkertons, is in Leavenworth. He
came here recently with his bride of
a week and intends to make Leayen-
worth his home. Cummins is a quiet
unobtrusive man and not at ali the
sort of person whom one would pick
out as a desperate. He has lived
quietly since he gave up the rowing
life, dividing his time between Excel
sior Springs and Higginsville, the
seat of the Confederate veterans
home.
Cummins' marriage in Kansas City
a week ago attracted considerable at
tention. He was married to Mrs.
Florence Sherwood of Quebec,
Canada, whom he met twelve years
ago in Eureka Springs, Ark. when
she was playing with her company at
that place. Mrs. Cummins is said to
| be a clever actress. She was in
Leavenworth seven years ago with
the Spooner Comedy company. which
| played at the Peoples theater. She
was on the stage seventeen years but
says she has left it never to return.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26
FREIGHT TRAFFIC IS HEAVY.
All Lines in State Have as Much as
They Can Handle.

Hutchinson. Oct 2s.-Freight. traffic
through HUTCHINSON at present Is very
heavy and the three railroads are doing
flourishing business. The business has
increased SO rapidly in the last ten days
that shortage Of cars is expected at
any time with another increase of busi-
ness. Many different commodities are be-
ing transferred in all directions at this
time of year and the railroads are now
having their heaviest business.
great deal of coal is being shipped
on the Santa Fe road and this is re-
ceiving the particular attention of the
freight officials. While not much coal is
used in Hutchinson on account of the
abundance of natural gas here. it is used
in the towns around here. Most of the
coal is being shipped from Colorado and
much of 1t Is used by the Santa Fe rail-
road itself at the various coaling points
along the line. When the traffic becomes
too heavy. through here. the company's
coal is shipped by way of Newton.
freight traffic now and u many cars Of 1T 1t
city every day. Each elevator here does
most of the drying of the wheat at this
point and then it is shipped to it's
destination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26
BOTH WANTED THE CHILD.
Samuel MARITIME Settled Controversy by
KILN. Wife and Self.

Independence, Kan. Oct. 26-Wfth
wife murder and suicide following kid
naping. Samuel MARITIME, former edito
of the Tyro, Kan. Herald, last night
ended his family troubles.
MARITIME and his wife had been sepa-
rated for some time, and there was a
controversy over the possession of their
one child. daughter. who had re-
manned in the mothers custody.
Monday MARITIME kidnapped the child
and was escaping from Independence
with her on an interurban car. when
Mrs MARITIME by a complaint to this
district attorney secured his arrest
Last evening MARITIME was released
and went to his wife's apartments.
There ne shot her, causing instant
death. and Immediately thereafter Shot
himself He lived for half an hour.