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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-17

The decorating, reception and re-
freshment committees of the u D. G
are urged 10 be present at the Ii
brary tomorrow at D. m.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-17

James Hill and bride have returned
from their trip to Colorado and are at
home in this city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-17

S-5-1nlo
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-17

Get it at Brownson . Drug store.
9-o2-.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04

Haley, the great English astronomer
who, on its appearance in 1852 calcu-
lated its orbit as ellipse and DEM
onstrated that it would return to these
skies at intervals of as years. Some
of its past appearances have been asso-
ciated with great historical events, of
which perhaps the most important in
its consequences was the Norman con-
quest Of England in 1866 In 1856 this
comet filed all Europe with terror.
This was in the dark age. The magni-
tude of the tail was enormous. In
1907 il was small; in 1853 not well seen
north of the equator. It's last appear
ance was in 1885. Robert Ritchie Jr
thus describes the visit of rs years
ago:
In 1885 it was again due and prepara-
tions were made to receive it. Resen-
berger of Halle announced that its per-
ihelion passage would take place on
November IL, which proved to be four
days too early, but remarkably close
computation. The comet was first seen
at Rome on August 5. but il did not
become visible 10 the naked eye till
September 20. On October 10 its tail
had attained a length of fully 80 de-
grees. After passing the sun, it re-
appeared in January. 1886, and was OBJ
served in southern Europe and the cape
OF Good Hope till the middle OF May,
having been under observation for
about nine and a half months. At this
time it consisted of brilliant nucleus
with a rounded center, from which
there projected forward two bright seq
ments like the cutting jaws of an in
sect About this complex nucleus was
great envelope OF bright hazy light
which paled as it dwindled away to a
pointed tail.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
THE FROG HUNTER

=, Is outfit is not expensive. Bare
n footed. an old suit of clothes. an
older hat. canvas haversack at
his side, light. three tined spear and
a sharp jackknife and the hunter is
ready.
He works each side of the marshy
stream inlet or outlet of lake and,
with unerring prod he picks up frog
after frog A thrust of the spear,
stroke of the keen knife, the legs drop
into the haversack yawning at his
side and the balance of the body dis
earded. and like the ticking of a clock
the frog hunter works each side of the
stream until the weight of his sack
and the waning afternoon tell him to
quit.
The legs are deftly skinned, tied in
punches and packed for market, again
to appear temptingly on block of ice
nicely garnished with celery, lettuce,
etc. IN a restaurant window.
Somewhere down in the Arkansas
swamps where two railroads cross is
a small hotel The woman who runs it
is said to be descendant of the orig
inal Gordon Bleu of the French mon
arch who instituted that order after a
well cooked dinner by woman chef.
Frogs it is said, grow as big. well,
not as big as oxen, but so big that a
fried frogs leg will compare in size
with the leg of spring chicken. And
in some masterful way this woman cooks
these frogs in way to make travelling
men. who are unfortunate enough to
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04

visit in their work that malar.al re-
gion, willing to go back for just one
more meal of those frogs cooked at that
little hotel.
There are many ways of catching or
gathering frogs for market. A % rifle
WILL in the hands of a good nlarksnan,
get the frogs. Then. again, a hook and
line. a piece of red flannel or red ibis
fly on line will draw many an old
''jugaroom to his death.
A frog is a great feeder and a eanni-
bal of cannibals. A story is told of a
biologist who had got together fine.
collection of frogs, large and small in
an aquarium He fed them well, abund-
antly; and because of this they lived
happily together. But one day a wire
called the biologist away on a moments
notice and the key in the door was
turned. Ten days went by when on his
return he examined his frog tank.
There were two frogs left, two big
fellows. the little fellows having van
ished. AS escape. unless with wings,
from the tank was impossible, the only
conclusion arrived at was that the mas
ter frogs had eaten their companions
and that accounted for the sleek ap-
pearanee of these two old frogs What
would have happened in another 10
days is question. 1t might have been
a case of the two snakes who swal-
lowed each other tail first until their
were no snakes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04

TT CCORDING TO the calculations of
IA Professor Pickering. director of
the Harvard university observa-
tory and one of the foremost astrono-
mers in America. the earth viii pass
through the tail of Halley's comet next
May.
The comets tail is composed. says
Professor Pickering. of acetylene, car
bonic acid and several other acids. and
il is wen that they lack the density
10 penetrate our atmosphere, for if
they could reach the earth's surface
they would be very dangerous. Acety-
lene. mixed with air, is highly ex-
plosive, and carbonic acid gas. if any
where near pure, is fatal TO animal life
No alarm need be felt, however. on
account OF our approaching passage
through the tail of the comet, as the
earth has passed through comets tails
before without any effect al all, for so
thin and fairylike is the substance of
which the appendage is composed that
the envelope Of air surrounding our
globe pushes il away before ii can
reach the earth's surface.
As astronomical distances go the
head of the comet is coming quite close
TO the earth. although at its nearest
it viii be l2000 000 miles away. That
is much nearer than any other heavenly
body except the moon. II is only a
third Of the distance of Mars from the
earth when that planet is nearest
10 US
The comet is growing brighter as il
approaches the earth's orbit and in
few weeks II viii be visible through
the smaller telescopes. In the spring
il will be a splendid sight. visible to
all without the aid of a telescope.
Professor Pickering also says that
the comet will pass across the face of
the sun on May Is, which will be
transit or eclipse OF unequaled interest.
The HALEY comet is named after
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
THE HALEY COMET NEW WRITER'S CONTES


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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Game

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knowledge OF this
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asserts his belief
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able through a
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rmpathy with him,
same person may
im by mentioning
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footstOol and chair,
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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
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juniors who have not yet contributed to
il should hasten to do SO sending any
good picture that you may happen to
have. Remember. though that in this
contest no picture can be returned. so
do not submit any that you may wish
TO keep. Another point to remember is
that each picture must be plainly
marked with name and address of the
sender written on the back OF the pic
ture and not on separate sheet of
paper. No picture that is not so marked
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Production of Platinum

In British Columbia platinum is
found in many of the alluvial gold
workings. where it can be saved as a
by-product The saving of it in small
way is, however, attended with so much
trouble that it has been practically neg
leeted and no appreciable production
made recently.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Big HaiIst0nes at Los Angeles

Los Angeles was visited by a storm
November &c, during which hailstones
as large as walnuts fell in various por-
tions of the city for a period of 10
minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Record of New Torpedo Boat

A new torpedo boat has attained a
record speed of 1892 knots in its trial
trip at Swinnerlinde, Prussia.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04

will be considered in awarding the
prizes
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12

4x4-foot chute. This should extend the
entire length of silo and have small
windows both at the top and bottom.
The hay chute is 5x5 feet square and
has door at the floor line for forking
out hay. The chute Is of sufficient size
for feeding stock if barn is full. The
silo and hay chute are boarded up
tight to prevent dust, dirt or odors
from entering the cow barn. The loft
floor should be made tight for the
same reason, and If made double with
tar paper between 1t will be better.
The construction of the calf and
bull pens, also the box stall, should be
such that the animals may readily see
the other animals in the barn. They
enjoy company as we'll as human be-
ings do, and many an otherwise good
tempered animal has been rendered
unsafe by being placed in solitary con-
fnement. The milk room is handy to
the cow stalls and has both an interior
and exterior exit. The door leading
into the barn should be closed at all
times. The interior arrangement is
such that one attendant can feed and
care for the stock, In a short time;
point not to be overlooked in this day
OF high-priced labor. An 8 or 10-foot
opening should be left in the loft floor
over the driveway for passing up hay,
etc. The grain and bran bins are 10
Gated over the feed room and the feed
drawn through S-inch wood Spouts
and mixed in the feed room. The
driveway, also the space between the
feed room and COW stalls, may be used
a portion of the year for tools or a
wagon. The floor above the drive
way should be II or II feet high; the
floors over the pens and cow stalls
should be feet high, and those over
the box stall and horse stalls should
be 8 feet high. This arrangement pro-
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
ECZEMA COVERED HIM.

Itching Torture Was Beyond Words
Slept Only from Sheer Ex-
Observation-Disclosures In "a Hour,
and Cured in u Month by Cuticura.
Il am seventy-seven years old, and
some years ago l was taken with &C.
Zema from head to foot. i was sick
for six months and what | suffered
tongue could not tell could not sleep
day or night because of that dreadful
itching; when l did sleep it was from
sheer exhaustion. l was one mass Of
irritation; it was even in my scalp.
The doctors medicine seemed to make
me worse and was almost out of my
mind. l got a set of the Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Resolvent. l used
them persistently for twentyfour
hours. That night slept like an in
FAINT, the first solid nights sleep l had
had for six months. In a month l was
cured. w. Harrison Smith, Mt. Kisco,
N. Y, Feb. 3, 1905"
Potter Drug 6 Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Feeding Sflage.

Quite number Of practical feeders
have adopted the silage method. One
man III particular having large stock
farm in Ohio puts up annually be-
tween $500 and 5000 tons of corn and
cowpea silage. which he feeds to his
beef cattle. A 1,000-pound steer will
usually consume about so pounds Of
silage per day When fed a ration of
this kind, some heterogeneous food
should be added, such as oil meal, cot
tonseed meal or other concentrated
products found on the market The
feeder from Ohio referred to feeds on
an average about 5 pounds of cotton
seed meal per day to his steers and
about pounds of clover hay, in addi-
ton to the so pounds of silage. For
beef cattle it is usually considered adj
visable to allow the crop to mature
before cutting, and also to plant it the
same as one plants for grain produc-
ton. The cattle feeder is not partic-
amount of forage, but he is more anx-
fous to get as much corn as possible
A crop Of corn that will produce about
so bushels per acre will make from
eight to nine tons Of silage planted in
the usual way and harvested when
mature. 1t is stated by feeders who
are using silage, and similar reports
have come from stations, that cattle
fed on this DrOduce scour less than
when fed on corn and dry roughage.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Hogs and Fen ces.

Lean, lank hogs and poor fences will
discourage almost any farmer who has
such a combination. With animals
that will multiply as rapidly as pigs
it seems almost shame to see a man
breeding old scrub sows to some boar
that has no pride of ancestry or hope
of posterity. Yet this is exactly the
course that about half OF the farmers
are following, and wondering why
feeding hogs is not paying substantial
profits. Never get the idea In your
heads that breeding from young and
immature breeding stock encourages
early maturity in the progeny. Good,
strong, well-developed pigs from ma
ture sires and dams will make better
growth and more economical gains
than the understood runts that result
from breeding immature sows to some
6-months-old boar pig.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
PLENTY OF SPENDERS.
Eager to Help Lady Cook Get Rid of a
Million.

When Lady Francis Cook arrived in
America she announced she had $1,000
600 to spend for women suffrage. Now
she said she wished she had kept the
announcement to herself, as nearly one
hundred offers from all parts of the
country have reached her from volun-
teers who are willing to spend it for her
Il have been simply flooded with de-
mands, offers and SUGGESTIONS she said
at headquarters of the National Progress
sive Woman Suffrage union. Each
thinks his way the best. l have had ut
least half a dozen bills presented by
persons who said l bought things from
them when l was in this country years
ago. One man wanted SIS for bread
bill and another Sc for milk l asked
where the articles had been delivered
Both persons gave addresses of places
at which l never had stopped" One
letter received by Lady Cook was from
woman in San Francisco, who offered
to direct her equal suffrage campaign.
She has received similar offers from sew
eral cities in the middle west. She at
tributes the widespread desire to help
her get rid of her $1,000,O00 to her repu-
tauon for generosity.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Farming Possibilities.

At the average rate Of twenty bush
els of wheat per acre (Which is much
less than the average yield of either
Germany or England) the State of ILL
nois, with a few Indiana counties
thrown in for good measure, cultivated
exclusively to wheat, would produce
annually more of this product than
does the entire country. II Ohio and
Iowa's 1874 square miles of improved
land Census $4,000, with a 1858
square mile strip of Kansas, should
be planted in corn, there would be
harvested, with an acreage yield of
fifty bushels, 3,022, $4,000 bushels, an
amount practically equal to the total
1906 corn crop of the United States,
Canada and Mexico.
With the 10,615,644 acres of
Georgias improved land producing a
bale of cotton per acre, the yield would
amount to nearly is much as the total
annual cotton crop of the country; and
yet large part of the 15,776,413 acres
of so-called "unimproved farm land"
in Georgia can be made to produce as
well as the best land in the State,
with still a balance Of II ,191, 943 acres
Of unclassified land, of which a por-
ton only is irreclaimable to agricul-
tTre
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
China to Send Bows Here.

Forty students selected by exam
ination for proficiency in English and
Chinese have left Pekin for the United
States to enter upon studies paid for by
funds from the unexpended balance of
the Boxer indemnity. They have been
selected from nearly 500 candidates who
competed for this great reward from
many provinces of the empire. An ex-
cellent body of young men, they ought to
do credit to their country. They are in
charge Of Tong Kai-son, who is himself
a graduate of Yale, and one of the clever
est of the Cantonese. After distributing
the students among the colleges in Amer
lea Tong Kai-son will proceed to Eng
land for short visit.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12

Neglect of a cough or cold often
leads to serious trouble. To break up
cold in twenty-four hours and cure
any cough that is durable mix two
ounces of Glycerine, a halfounce of
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and
eight ounces of pure Whisky. Take a
teaspoonful every four hours You can
buy these at any good drug store and
easily mix them in a large bottle.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Feeding Horses,

Prof. Coburn says that we Ameri-
cans feed our horses entirely too
much hay 1t is common among
horse owners to let horses stand to
full managers when not at work. But
in London the cab horse, for example,
is given hay but for two hours a day,
in the evening. At the end of two
hours the managers are cleared Care
full testing in decreasing the timothy
hay ration one-half has not shown
that the horses require any more
grain than before to keep them in
equally good condition.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
An Old Bunko Game.

A farmer near Rock Island, ILL.,,
was cleverly swindled out of $25 by a
smooth stranger who claimed to be
the game warden. The farmer was
hunting on his own farm when ap-
preached and asked If he had hunt
ing license. He had not, and the man
said he was not excused by being on
his own farm, and that he would ar
rest him. This did not please the
farmer, and he finally gave the fellow
s25 as bail. When he appeared in
court the next morning he met the
real game warden, but not his money.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12

There is more Catarrh in this section of
6ether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great many
Years doctors pronounced it q local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
pronounced it incurable Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by T. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is, taken
internally in doses from 10 drops TO a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails TO
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Dairy Farming.

The man who is carrying on diver
sified farming can not keep one COW
for each acre of land he tills, but the
dairyman can, and may do. They do
not raise all the grain used, but are
content to let their neighbor grain
farmer raise the grain. They know
that they can buy grain for one hun
dred cents on the dollar, and that
their little dairy cows will return 50
in product for every dollars worth Of
feed. They can better afford to spend
their time in caring for the COW than
in raising grain.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Muscular Woman with a Petition.

A lady of muscular proportions called
10 see the Servian home minister on
Tuesday. Before the usher had done ex-
planning she lifted him gently by the
collar and penetrated to the sanctum.
Here. with her back against the door,
she read a lengthy petition from the
mothers of the district destitute of schools.
Then. with a bow to the minister and his
secretary, she departed in peace.-Bel-
yrade Cor. Pail Mall Gazette
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Bud DObIe.

The greatest of all horsemen, says: I'm
my 40 years experience with horses
have found Spohn's Distemper Cure the
most successful of all remedies for the
horses. 1t is the greatest blood puri-
fer" Bottle, soc. and S1.00. Druggists
can supply you, or manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Send for Free Book.
Spohn Medical Co, Spec. Contagious
Diseases, Goshen, Ind
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12

The barn herewith illustrated will
be found suitable for medium-sized
farm on which eight OF ten milk COWS
are kept. 1t has floor space of 3S by
Tho studs should be II to IA feet long.
The interior is divided as shown On
the floor plan. The silo Is 12x38 feet,
with a 5-foot pit which may be OF
stone or cement The silo as shown
is connected to the feed room by a
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
What Every Boarder Knows

That all chickens have about six necks
each.
That he will have prunes tomorrow
for breakfast.
That his landlady has a very interest
ing past.
That her daughter has a very interest
ing present.
That he ought to be getting better food
for the money he is paying.
That the difference between two board
ing houses depends upon the relative
length of confinement therein.-E. 0. ].
in Judge
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12

chard The fowls will destroy thou
sands of harmful insects, thus greatly
bene6ting the trees and increasing the
prospects for fruit, and the fowls will
at the same time gain great comfort
and benefit by the protecting shade of
the trees. Plum trees and cherry trees
are especially benefited by the pres
ence of fowls about their roots. Peach
trees will grow most rapidly and soon
est give an abundant shade.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12
Weather Facts.

The Farmers Club of the American
Institute has issued the following
rules for forecasting the weather:
l. The wind never blows unless
rain or snow is falling within 100
miles of you.
2. When cirrus clouds are rapidly
moving from the north or northeast
there will be rain inside Of twenty
four hours, no matter how cold it is.
8. Cumulus clouds always move
from region of fair weather to a re-
gion where storm is forming.
4. When the temperature suddenly
falls there is storm forming south of
you.
5. When the temperature suddenly
rises there is a storm forming north of
you.
6. Cirrus clouds always move from
a region where storm is in progress
to region of fair weather.
7. When cirrus clouds are rapidly
moving from the south or southeast
there will be a cold rainstorm on the
morrow, If it is in summer; if it is In
winter, there will be a snowstorm.
8. Whenever heavy, white frost &C.
ours storm is forming within 1000
miles north or northeast of you.
g. The wind always blows in a cir
Gle around a storm, and when it blows
from the north the heaviest rain is
east of you; if it blows from the south
the heaviest rain is west of you; if it
blows from the east the heaviest rain
is south of you; if it blows from the
west the heaviest rain is north of you
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-12

81 don't know what to do with my
son, there seem to be so few opportuni-
ties for him. There is no place for a
man who is needed and yet has no
friends"
81 don't know. Why not make him
baseball umpire ?'-Baltimore Ameri-
can.