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JEuA5.BELANMARE. q
IN UP-TO-DATE
SAMSON STORY
Modern Hero Shorn of His Hir-
suite Adornment by Angry
Wife.
From the Denver News.

from Ine Denver NEWS.
Joseph Caldwell Argyle resides in the
eastern part of Arapahoe county and is a
r;lnchman. Some months ago Joseph ac-
cumulated a spouse, who came from Sc
attic unto his household by way of an
advertisement in a matrimonial paper.
In addition to having q bank roll, Jo-
seph was possessed of n vast crop of
whiskers-not beard, but ~whiskers-
blanket whiskers, which started growing
somewhere around his eyebrows, and en-
folded his countenance and most of his
manly bosom. They We're not the whiskers
of age. but whiskers of design and desire.
and they were brown in color and the
JOY of Joseph's heart.
Those whiskers were famous throughout
the length and breadth of Arapahoe coun-
ty, and in many parts of Denver, because
of the high regard in which Joseph held
them. He fairly dotted upon them, in fact.
His friends referred to him casually as
"Mr. Brush" or ''Old Spinach" but such
derisive terms aroused no ire In the heart
OF Joseph Caldwell Argyle, because he
reasoned that his friends were jealous.
The Seattle wife, says Joseph, did not
take to those whiskers at any stage OF
the matrimonial journey. She abhorred
them. She said SO. And once, in a little
connubial alteration she yanked vicious.
ly at those whiskers.
Shes a mighty peart woman" says
Joseph, Sne liked good clothes, and ]
bought her a lot OF 'em. but she was toe
extravagant. She got to dressing her hair
tn new tangled ways, and a few lays age
she came to me and said she wanted some
money to buy some puffs for her hair
Now, what in time she wanted puffs for
IS more than 1 can tell, but she wanted
'em. and l wouldn't produce the cash. ]
didn't see the use.
"'All right. you old crab. you.' she says
to me. IN TX you And that night wher
1 was asleep that ornery woman clipped
off my beautiful whiskers. She was gone
the next morning when l woke up, anc
1t was a good thing. too, because there
was murder in my heart. I looked Xix
a plucked chicken, l tell you, and / hat
to come into Denver and get what was left
of my beard trimmed up Van Dyke fash.
ion, like you see, and l feel all fired
foolish. too, I tell you.
II met my wife on the street and She
was dressed fit to kill. She had her hail
all fixed up in great shape with then
puffs, and the l saw her 1 says
.Myrtle'-that's her name-'Myrtle, VIVA
did you do with my whiskers?'
She patted the top of her hat and says
They're under here, Joseph, in my hair
They made the dandiest puffs you eve
saw, and the hair dresser took what wa.
left to make me another set without
charging me for these
NOW, do you think that's ground To-
divorce ley?"
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BABY BEEF PROFITABLE.
Victorian Feeder Says Housewife Prefers
Small Cuts-Buyers Fancy
Noariip1c

The current number OF the Breeders Ca
Hette has another very interesting and in
structive article upon the production and
the profit i'll the raising of baby beef
The reason for the keen demand on the
part of buyers for this type OF beef animal
is stated as follows:
On both sides of the Atlantic the public
taste is changing. Huge roasts and slab
housewives. Yearling cuts are less waste
full, involve a smaller sun of money in
the purchasing operation.
The attempt to supply this class of beef
has in so many instances met with failure
that much misinforIaation in regard to it
Is in constant circulation.
A successful yearling feeder remarked
recently: THE average treatment OF
young cattle, the kind started on feed in
ralf-hood, will not produce an 500 to 1000
pound animal With finish requisite to make
It sell satisfactorily as it will grow instead
of fatten. Calves are bovine babies and
the feeder must treat them as babies.
Calves require extra treatment and will
pay well for 1t. Without such treatment
they Invariably are bad actors in the feed
lot.
Data on the operations of Harvey KEYS.
McDonough county. Illinois, a veteran
yearling tinisher, will be OF interest. Dur
ing October and November. 1907, Mr.. Keyes
secured at Chicago and Kansas CITY IFS
calves which were fed out in his usual
manner and on a commercial basis. there
being no intention at hat time to send any
OF them to the international, although N
head were selected during the summer
for show purposes. On October z, 1909. he
sold % cattle at Chicago for $7.a5 per cwt-
the sale realizing ST. 60. On the same
day he sold or the same market &c head nj
t6.ss, the aggregate of hat sale being 81
1854. OF the 20 head reserved for the
show lot five culls sold at s7.15 and the
other Is head were auctioned in the show
sale at 1918, al aggregate of 81, $50 50. The
l1S head weighed On the market 115. OLE
pounds and the aggregate sum realized
was sS,412.o3. When bought as calves they
averaged 4O2 pounds and the average cost
was 4 cents plus freight from buying to
feeding point. At selling time they av-
eraged 9742ss pounds a gain Of 5722a pounds.
The average selling price was s7.31 pei
cwt.. at So. 81 above cost when put in as
feeders-a margin so great as to leave nc
room for a big profit.
MIR. Keys is an extensive handler OF
cattle and his accomplishment is possible
with any feeder who knows now. He has
no advantage over the average beef maker
On the quality Of his stock, as he buys on
the open market. Whatever success he
achieves is due to good handling, stress
being laid on shelter and comfort. His
maximum is that to stock-feed through the
winter calves intended to be marketed as
Jearlings is TO invite failure. While his
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Deer Become a Nuisance.

Either a closed season for %cabbages,
says the New York Press. or else less
mercy for the poor, dear deer, is the
cry just now OF many Long Islanders,
who are waking up each morning to
find their kitchen gardens have been
used during the night as feeding
grounds by the animals which the law
permits to be turned into venison only
at rare and brief intervals. All through
Suffolk county deer have destroyed
vegetables that would have brought
hundreds of dollars If they could have
been marketed; but the animals may
not be shot or otherwise destroyed. and
the truckf farmers have to permit them
to eat h hearts out Of their choicest
cabbages. with only the most distant
hope Of ever %proflting by the sleek fat
ness the deer attain.
1T seems rather unsportsmanlike to
pursue deer with clubs and broom
sticks" said Captain John Burr, of
Oakdale. who has been one of the prin-
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Japan,s POLICY.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The Californians say that their state
is and always must be q white mans
country. That is a praiseworthy re-
solve. but why make such a fuss o
1t? Nobody is asserting that 1t shall
not be a white mans country or try
ing openly or stealthily to oust the
proud Caucasian. There are 10000
people in California, mostly whites.
Why is it that they are shaking in
their shoes and planning defensive
legislation? Probably the truth is that
only a few Of them are alarmed. and
that some demagogues are pandering to
their fears.
Manifestly it is not the desire Of
Japan that California should become a
Japanese country. 1t is willing that 1t
should remain a white mans country.
1t contemplates japanese expansion,
but it has In view other regions than
California, regions nearer home, where
1t should have a firmer foothold.
From only n point OF view is the
migration Of Japanese laborers from
japan of advantage to that country.
Their earnings here would be greater
than in Manchuria or Corea, n Of
those earnings they would send or take
home a considerable portion. They
would add to HI wealth of Japan as
the Italian immigrants do to that of
Italy. h Japanese laborer who goes
to Corea or Manchuria strengthens the
grip of Japan upon those regions. He
is actively engaged in charging the
territory of the empire.
So. when the Japanese minister of
foreign affairs says officially that 1t
has become necessary for the Japan
ese, instead of scattering to foreign
lands, to concentrate On the Asiatic
mainland. even the excited Califor-
rians should be able to perceive that
he means what he says. Japan has
commercial and industrial battles to
fight in the far east-and perhaps in
the distant future battles OF a bloodier
kind-and it will need all Its resources
to be successful.
Baron komura says in regard to the
anti-Japalese legislation in the Cali
fornia Legislature that his government
relies on the sense OF justice OF the
American people. The reliance should
not prove to be misplaced. The people
Of California should be 80 thoroughly
convinced of the friendly purposes o.
Japan az to kill that legislation.
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Rooted to the Spot.


Once a reporter went around to a
certain residence in New York to get
details Q h master Of the house,
who had just died, in order that an
obituary might appear in the newspa-
per which he represented. Such de-
tails. as a rule, are very easy to get,
as few people have objections to Civ
ing them out for publication. The re-
porter, therefore, was intensely sur
prised When the widow Of the deceased.
With scarcely a word, slammed the door
in his face.
She retired into the house. Pres
emily the door bell rang furiously. She
refused to stir. Again the door bell
rang. more %furiously than before. Still
the lady of the house would not stir.
II have old him thai l don't want
to say anything about my husband
she thought to herself. land he has no
right to be so persistent"
So h sat still. while the DOR bell
rang again and again and again.
At last she could stand it no longer.
So. opening a window over the front
door, she poked her head out and re-
marked severely:
Young man, I do not desire to say
anything to you. Kindly do not disturb
me any more. Go away, young man.
Il can't" roared the reporter
beside himself with evaporation
you've shut my coat tails in the door. =
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Nothing Further From Him.

Mr.. Martin was talking at the dinner
table in his usual clever manner about
the Inconsistency of women.
These young ladies who protest that
they are never going to ma-ry!' he
broke out. Everybody knows they will
belle their own words at the very first
opI A~"tunity."
He paused and evidently hoped that
Mrs. Martin would come to the rescue
of her Sex; but that discreet woman
held her tongue.
WIN. Mary" he continued. 'you re-
member HON it was With yourself.
have heard you say more than once
that you wouldn't mary the best man
alive"
We'll. ] didn't" said Mrs. Martin.
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arrangement of her main battery guns IL
such as to permit a broadside fire % per
cent greater than that of the broadstde
fire of any battleship now built, or, SO
far as is known, under construction. Her
defensive qualities, other than those de-
pendent upon armor protection, are such
as to give the maximum degree OF pro-
lection to all the vital portions by means
of unusually effective corpartmental sub
division, SO that in conjunction with her
armor protection, the defensive qualities
of this vessel are believed to be distinctly
superior to those Of any battleship hither-
to designed. The hull is protected by q
water line belt Of arnlor eight feet in
width, whose maximum thickness Is II
inches.
The Delaware will nave a displacement
on trial of q ,0O0 tons, or 2-1O0 tons greater
than the British D~readnought and TaS
tons greater han Great Britain's latest
vessel OF that type. the Vanguard.
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The heavens IL 1909.

From the Washington Star.
! Astronomical phenomena in 1909 will be
Of sufficient interest to give the student
rf this branch of science something to
COX forward 10. There Will be q total
eclipse of the moon on June 3. and 1t will
lie visible generally IN Europe. Africa and
South America. Fh beginning may be
observed also in southwestern Asia. In
= North America the moon will rise eclipsed.
There will be Il central eclipse of the sun
J June Ii. visible at Washington as a par
tinl eclipse. The setting of the central
eclipse will he as an annular eclipse. will
change in q few seconds to a total eclipse
ana will remain so until a fraction of q
minute ot it's end, when it will change
back 10 an ;nnular eclipse. The path OF
the Total eclipse passes almost wholly over
The inaccessible regions within the arctic
circle.
The total eclipse of the moon Novem-
Der u will be visible generally throughout
North America. The beginning will be
visible in South America and northeastern
Asia. The ending in northWcstern South
America, eastern and northern Asia, and
Australia.
There viii be a partial eclipse Of the
sun December IL. and it will be visible
only in south polar regions and parts of
Australia. New Zealand and the South
shetland Islands.
There are two periodic comets due in
1900, and one which is due at perihelion
only early in 1910 may be causht sight
, OF In the latter part of this year,
Comet c. 1908 CIorehouse). which will
soon be invisible to us in the northern
hemisphere. will he plain TO observers in
South America. and will afford a splen-
did opportunity for q series of photo
graphs which will be unique i'll the his
tory of comets. After May. 1903, 1T will be
again visible to northern Observers.
The astronomical world is looking for
ward to Halley's comet this year. though
Ats perihelion may not be reached until
May. 1910. but will undoubtedly he seen
in the autumn in 1909
This celestial visitor IS to be. perhaps.
the most important autunnal phenomena
of the year. from its long history and
beautiful appearance IN the heavens. 1t
is now rushing toward our earth.
Its course is now directed toward the
sun from a point beyond the orbit of
Neptune. and soon 1t will emerge from the
impenetrable night of space. and then
Photographic plates will be made of 1t as
it comes into our atmosphere before the
largest of our telescopes can pick it up.
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lie Battles Mere Aerial.

From Henry II. Hersey's Tho Menace of
Aerial Warfare i'll the February Cen
fury.
Let us consider for q mn the
possibilities of an attack on New York
city by Il war fleet superior i'll strength
to any which we would have available
be necessary to rely largely on land
defenses. If the attacking feet was
accompanied by thoroughly equipped
ae%ronautic transports, dirigibles might
be inflated and sent in over IL f%ortifi-
cations, dropping torpedoes into them
from the Sky at the same time that the
fleet would be making an attack from
the water. Due notice having been
given of bombardment, these same dir
igibles might sail over the s~kyscrapers
of New York, dropping bombs or tor
pedoes into the very light shafts of the
proud structures and wrecking them
completely. If the dirigibles should be
disabled by shots from the LAND and de-
stroNed or captured, we should thereby
infiict on the enemy a loss of perhaps
five men and possibly $l00,o00-a loss
trivial as compared With the damage
done by one explosive dropped from the
sky. What is true of New York APP
plies With greater force to Il Fran
cisco or Seattle.
An these possibilities are based part
ly on the superstition that this country
would not be prepared for serious aerial
warfare. If, however, we were as we'll
prepared as W. ought to be within the
next few years. the possibilities would
be different AT the approach of a
hostile fleet our air cruisers would be
O n the alert. Every move of the enemy
would be reported and as night drew
on our air craft would hover near and
under of darkness make a sudden
attack. dropping ~torpedoes on their
ships. perhaps down the snlokestacks
into the Very Nitals of the ships. de-
%Stro.ing it INSTANTLY. Or If both sides
We're equipped for aerial battle, the
ships of the air might meet in
the sky FOR the death struggle-and q
battle ROYAL it would be. Each would
be armed With light guns carrying a
bullet or shell which would explode on
striking even the silk OF the sasbag
and throw fire i'll all directions.
This would ignite the gas in the bal
loon. causing a terrific explosion and
sending the wreckage and crew hurt
ling through space to mother earth,
which would always receive calmly the
wrecks we give her
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-25

In the year 1850 I shipped on board
a vessel in New York as second mate
for the West Indies. Arriving at
Kingston, Jamaica, 1 became ac-
quainted with Captain Henry Smith OF
the schooner Sea Foam, 400 tons regis
ter. who was there fitting out for pearl
fishing, and / joined his vessel as chief
mate. After being at sea for some time
the captain told me what his real bust
ness consisted of, which was that we
We're to go to Cocos island after trea-
sure, which had been buried there by
his father.
Then he told me about his father,
Captain Smith, of the schooner Black
Witch of Salem. Mass. He was on the
coast of Peru when the Spaniards were
fighting that country in 1920 and came
in contact with their vessels, from
which he took all of their treasure,
amounting to about $50. 900, 900, and con-
sisting of silver, silver dollars, gold
bars, bullion and gold and silver Jewels
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cipal sufferers from the depredations..
but it is a case of protecting ourselves
rather than hunting the deer. We have.
to keep watch in our fields and fairly
throw sticks and stones at them to keep
any Of u garden stuff for our own
use. If a COW persisted in coming into;
my cabbage patch and eating the
hearts out OF all my winter cabbaRes.'
that cow would soon become beek-i
steaks. bat the deer seem to know thew,
are safe. They stop at no barrier,
leaping the highest fences a mans
purse will enabl him to build"
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from the churches, also diamonds and
other precious stones, al, of which were
taken to Cocos island and buried. !
Before Captain Smith died he nm
parted the secret to his son, with whom
l now was connected. We arrived at
Cocos island and found the treasure
and moved 1t to another island in the,
South Pacific, where wc again buried
1T. Here all of the crew died except the
captain, the steward and myself. We
had a fine ships long boat, which we.
fitted out as the schooner had ALI
broken up, and on board her we u
LOCO, 600 and started for Australia. On
he passage the captain and steward
died. l arrived at Cochin bay, West
Australia, and am sure tina / am the
only living man who knows where the
treasure was buried. 1t has been
proven that it cannot be found on Co
cos island, and the reason Is that we
removed it.
CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN.
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Hi. sauar. Meal.

Old Gentleman-A poor fellow came.
to me this morning asking for food, az.
he said he was starving. ! sent him
to your place and told him to get,
q good meal and l would pay for il
How much is the bill?
Landlord-Seventy cents. sir.
What are the items?"
Nine beers and three CIGARS"
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TT1d :

The Swedes ave a custom at Christ
.nas time OF decorating q pet lamb with
] red ribbons and bells, then loading it.
! with gifts for the family. The lamb is
turned loose in The house. and each
person attempts to catch 1t and find his
Oh her gift.
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Reincarnate.


Or ever the knightly years We're gone
With the old world to the grave,
/ was a king in Babylon
And you We're u Christian slave.
] saw, ] took. 1 cast you by.
| bent and broke your pride.
You loved me well. or ! heard them lie
But your longing was denied.
Surely l knew that by and by
You cursed our gods and died.
And a myriad suns have set and shone
Since then upon the grave
Decreed by the king III Babylon
10 her that had been his slave.
The pride l trampled is now my seattle
FOR it tramples me again.
The old resentment lasts till death.
For You love. yet YOU refrain.
i break my heart on your hard un:aith.
And ! break my heart in vain.
Yet not for an hour 40 I wish undone
The deed beyond the grave.
When was a king in Babylon
Ald you were d virgin slave.
w. L. Henley.
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LOOKING Forward.

/ would not lose tomorrow's glow of dawn
BY gazing backward, after suns long set
New hope is fairer han old regret,
l.et ne pmIsus my oou1nes atin press on
a briny statue. like the wife of Lot.
Ella Wheeler WILCOX
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LIES Vaudeville.

All the worlds a stage, tbs true,
And o performers yearn
To come out twice Il day and do
\ twenty-minute turn.
Louisville Courier-Joufnal.
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The battleship Delaware was sue
cessfully launched from the yards of
her builders at Newport News, Va.
The launching was witnessed by 5000
people.
Compared with the battleships COM
pleted or under construction, of the navy
of any foreign country, the Delaware sur
passes all. She is one of four sister ships
authorized by congress-. which will form
an indomitable squadron. The other ves-
sells are the North Dakota, being built at
Quincy. Mass: the Florida, which will be
built at the New York navy yard, and the
Utah, to be built at Camden, N. j.
The Delaware is to carry as heavy
arnor and as powerful armament as any
known vessel of its class; will have a
speed of 81 knots, which is believed to
he the highest practicable for a vessel OF
this type and class, and will have the
highest practicable radius Of action. The
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CAPTAIN BROWN TELLS HIS
STORY OF BURIED TREASURE

San francisco, Special: Tho following account of the famous treasure nj
to have been buried N Cocos island, m thu object of so many N
Iventurous expeditions was dictated and signed by Captain James Brown, 40 he
left for tho South seas to recove tho treasure trove:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-05-22
Schlessinger Surrenders.

Albert j. Schlessinger, the no.
tary whose mortgage note manipu-
lations on the style of Maloney
got him him in trouble and resul.
ted in his indictment by the grand
jury for forgery. returned from
Texas where he has been sojourn-
ing for about nine months, and on
Monday surrendered to the sheriff.
He readily furnished bond in the
sum of $1,000 and says be will
stand trial. His securities on his
bond as notary public have alrea-
dy paid the sum Of nearly one
thousand dollars in satisfaction of
Judgments obtained 10y the hold.
ers of spurious mortgage notes
issued by Schlessinger. - Abbe-
vile Meridional.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-05-22
Kills To Stop The Fiend.

The worst foe for l5 years Of John
Deye. of Gladwin. Mich. was a running
ulcer. He paid doctors over $4,000 with
out benefit. Then Bucklens Arnica
Salve killed the ulcer and cured him.
Cures Fever-Sores. BOils, Felons, Ecze.
ma, Salt Rheum. Infallible for Piles.
Burns. Scalds. Cuts, Corns. % cents at
Labbe's drugs store.