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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

the critters goes hungry to drink an dry to Craze,
don't they?"
Quite true Curly admitted
wall, back thar, then, most every teller must
be rich an have buggies an ambulances plenty, an
big gallery round his jacal an nothin to do but
prettys he'll buy for his woman, an victim his
whistle frequent with rotgut to hep his thinker
select kinds O throat tickn grub to feed his
face an new kinds O humany quilts an goosehair
pliers to git to lay on; while out here hull passe
o feers is so dod-burned pore they don't even
a name, an hull families lives N dies thout
ever gittin to set in buggy or to eat anything but
con pone an sowbelly 'thout no fxin or dulces
to chase EN-, like the puddin's an ice cream you
gifts to town eff you've got the spondulix an are
wlln to blow yourself reckless
ION the level you CANT make believe or
Mahster had anything to do with the maxim O
these yere parts out yere.-ef He had He'd shore
when His job was nigh done an he sort o tired
an Resin, the boys must got loose an throwed
this part o the country together, kind careless
like, Outen the leavin's!
And on and on he monologued, plucking
siona yes from me, till apparently line
of reflection diverted him and he fell silent to study
where it might lead him.
Presently when / was lolling comfortably in the
saddle, half doing he nudged me in the ribs with
the butt IF his qu1rt and remarked
Say, oil man, | reckon must been sleep walkn
an eatin locoweed; for l been argun plumb
wrong. Come to think O hit while VEAL that's
pore has to work outrageous to make skimp of
sight harder to git to keep what you git. An then
there's ice! Jist think O ice! The rich has her in
the summer; but blame me eff the pore don get her
in the winter, good an plenty ,-makin hit look
like the good things O this world is whacked up
mighty nigh even. after all, an that we-all hain't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
WE were jogging along in
w the saddle across the
divide between the

divide between the
Rawhide and the Niobrara.
Curly and l, en- route from
Cheyenne to the ranch to begin
the spring calf roundup. Travel
ing the lower trail, we had slept
out on Our saddle blankets the
night before, beside the sodden
wreck of a fire, in a little cot
tonwood grove on Rawhide.
While the night passed there
was wretched and comfortless
to the last degree.-for even our
slickers were an insufficient pro-
lection against the torrents of
warm rain that fell on us hour
after hour, the curtain of gray
morning mists that hedged us
roundabout was scarcely lifted,
at bidding of the new days sun.
before eyes, ears, and nostrilS
told us Nature had wrought one
of her great miracles while we
slept
All seed life, somnolent so
long in whatever earthly cells
the winds and rains had assisted
to entomb it, had awakened and
arisen into a living force: tree
vitality, long alternating in Wis
ible, even in sorely wounded,
lightning riven, gray cottonwood
torsos, was asserting itself; voices
long still. absent God alone
knows where. were gladly hail
ing the return of spring
We had lain down in a dull,
gray, dead world. to awaken in
a world pulsing with the life
and bright with the color of
sprouting seed and revivifying
sap. Our eyes had closed on
treetrunks gaunt and pale. a
veritable spectral wood; on
wide stretches of buffalo grass.
withered yellow and prone on
the ground; the funeral aspect
of the land heightened by the
grim outlines of two Sioux
warriors dashed on pole plat
forms for their last resting place
in the branches above our heads,
fragments of a faded red blanket
pendent and Tapping in the
wind beneath one body, a blue
blanket beneath the other
grizzly neighbors who appeared
to approach or recede as our
fire alternately blazed and flick
ed,-both plainly warriors, for
beneath each lay the whitening
bones of his favorite war pony, /
men to provide him a mount in S
1t was a voiceless, soundless
storm came. bar the soughing
weary creaking of bare branches,
of the brook,-drunk almost d
land,-and the flap-f1ap of our i
ment.
Our eyes opened upon trees
pale green glory of bursting bud
hill slopes verdant as the rich
ears were greeted with the swe'
chanting a welcome to the sprin
ing song of a brimful stream, me1
it now bore for man and beast a
while the sweet, humid scents of
nature had driven from our most
odors of the dead.
So comes the spring n the i
night!
Curly as a Philost
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Curly as a Philosopher

CURLY a raw, unlettered, f-eckled product
- of Texas pioneers cabin isola I'd in nook
of the west slope of the hills about the head of the
Llano, where they pitch down to tie wateress
arid reaches of the staked plains But the miracle
of the spring appealing to the universal love of the
m sterous had set even Curly's unframed brain
questioning and phosophizng.
After riding an hour OF more silent his chin burie
In the loose folds of his neck handke1 chief Curry
sighed deeply and then observed, "OI man, hit
shore pears to me or Mahster haint never strained
Hisself none serious tryin to divide up even the
good things O this yere world @ ourn. Looks like
He never tried none, an eff He did, He shore made
powful pore job.'
Why, Curly" l asked. What makes you
think so?
Some fellers has so od-bamed much an some
SO dod-burned little he replied Why, back
fodder an water the hull year,-ant they?-while
out here frequent hits SO fur from grass water
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got no roar a-cOm1n to uS!
Thus happily settling his re-
cent worries, Curly himself
dropped off into a contented
doze and left me to resume mine.
The Spring Roundup
THE season opening promised
I to be an unusually busy one.
1t was obvious that we were
nearing the crest of a three
years boom. Wild range cattle
were selling at higher prices than
ever before or since. The Chicago
beef market was correspondingly
strong. But there were signs of
a reaction that made me anxious
to gather and ship my fat beeves
as soon as possible, before the
tide turned.
Every winter two-thirds of
my herd drifted before the bit
ter Billiards southeast into the
sand hills lying between the sink
of Snake Creek and the head of
the Blue, a splendid winter range
where snow never lay long and
out Of which cattle came in the
spring in unusually good con-
dition.
Thus, at the end of the spring
roundup | was able to cut
fifteen hundred beef steers,
which, after being grazed under
close herd few weeks on the
better cured, stronger feed on
the divide between the Niobrara
and Snake Creek, were fit for
market, and with them we ar
rived at our shipping point.
Ogalalla, July 2, 49,.
Leaving the outfit camped.
luckily, on a bench twenty feet
above the main valley of the
Platte, l rode two miles into
town to make shipping arrange
mentS.
A wonderful sight was the
Platte Valley about Ogalalla in
those days: for it was the north
ern terminus of the great Texas
trail of the late '7o's and early
Sos, where trail drivers brought
their herds to sell and northern
ranchmen came to bargain.
That day, far as the eye could
see up, down, and across the
broad, level valley, were cattle
by the thousand-thirty o.. forty
thousand at least, a dozen or
more separate o,,tits-grazing
in loose open order so near
each other that at a distance
ID carpeted with a vast Persian
sign and infinite variety of color.
rer, where individual riders and
e form, it was topsyturvy scene
The day was unusually, tremend-
7 one hundred and twelve degrees
hot the shimmerlng heat waves
e that turned town, herds, and
n, all sprung in an instant to
he squat frame houses tall as
s, cattle and riders big as ele-
and there deep blue lakes lay
d expanses that a few moments
held OF Varlegated, brilliant color.
Spofford House, the one hotel of
a familiar bunch of famous Texas
tn Mayberry, Shanghai Pierce.
llison, John Lyle, Dave Hunter.
each with string of Longhorns
md the score of saloons, dance
g joints that lined up south of
and formed the only street Ogal-
ere packed with wild and woolly.
earded, rent and dusty, lusting
shed brush splitters, in from the
rolic And every now and then
lrill yells and a fusillade of shots
yould make a tenderfoot think a
l. But there was nothing serious
) only cowboy frolic.
ed by 9 Waterspout
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Attacked by 9 Waterspout

THE afternoons fierce heat proved a weather
breeder, had predicted Shortly after
supper, but long before shutdown, a dense, black
cloud suddenly rose in the north swept swiftly
above and around us till it filled the whole zenith
ominous, low hanging pail that brought upon
in few minutes the utter darkness of a starless
night AS suddenly as the coming of the cloud the
temperature fell forty or fifty degrees and drove
us into the hotel.
And we were little more than sheltered behind
Continued pagsI
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got no roar a-comin' to us!"
Thus happily settling his re-
cent worries, Curly himself
dropped off into a contented
doze and left me to resume mine.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09

*cf their wrappings to be ready for the last day
that had barely left. the tailors hands when
Representative happened along and bought them.
And although they were intended to bring much
higher prices,
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09

recovered Short rad disappeared
Long dallied along his narrow perch
with an eye on the policeman mellow
The policeman made a demonstration
toward his hip pocket and suggested
that Long come down
Escape Number TWO.
Il can't jump" said Long. stay
where you are and I'll come down
through the house
He scaled the parspet and entered
the fru> window ~ Mrs j. +. Glib
sons fiat That is the last the police
man saw OF him Two minutes later
maid in the Gibson apartment saw
man with a thin. sharp face under
peak cap dart through the hallway
Il amt going TO hurt you" he cali
ed. but let me hide"
The maid screamed. ami the r-ab
made for a rear window, whence he
made a desperate descent into the
back court maze behind the Ave fiat
houses.
The policeman. peevish because the
burglar had failed 10 keep els appoint
mont on the sidewalk, went up 10
ArlDSOH nut ~ ltpiONN MN AN'
not being man ot his word. He
learned the truth. Immediately search
was instituted throughout the entire
block for two purposcs-hrst. 20 ascer-
tain how the burglar got away; sec
ond, TO find out from what things or
persons the two had flown. A can
vass OF the fats and stores In the
did not reveal the rea-
son for the flight. and no one could
find its ultimate direction.
Whereupon Ninety-first and Ninth
ave-. collectively. adjourned TO john
A. Totten's real estate Office. across
the street, where II was decided that
the shorter man hGd been guilty ol
many burglaries in the neighborhood;
that no one knew why they dropped
from the sky IN their mad flight
And finally
That the policeman missed the
chance OF his life and might have
the main offender against the
peace and property Of the neighbor-
hood.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09
AERIAL BURGLARS
IN ACR0BAT|C FEAT
Street Crowd Sees Dime Novel Thrill.
Ter Acted As Long and Short
Escape From Roof.

| NEW YORK, April 9.-Long and
Short. tho acrobatic burglars, present
ed their thrilling aerial act at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. in Fifty
hrst-st.. near Ninth-ave., before a pack
ed street.
Long is an altitudinous person OF
porch climbing ability. Short is l
squatty young man. who by descrip-
! ton is recognized by many residents
OF the neighborhood as having ex-
hibited great agility In robberies.
I Their names reflect their personal APP
pearance and are not Indicative or
/ family connections.
II began to rain burglars. Hearing
the patter. persons looked up to the
roof OF No 367 West Fifty-first-st.
and saw Long and Short coming down
10 the roof apparently from the sky.
At first the street crowd thought the
Wright brothers had arrived. and all
eyes sought their airship.
The roof OF No S67 Is only one
story high, nesting as a break in a
long row OF five-story houses that
starts at Ninth-ave. and Fifty-second-
ST. and runs around half way through
the block in Fifty-frst-st. II was TO
this low roof that the burglars
dropped.
Escape Number One.
A dozen persons IN the street seem.
ed to recognize the smaller of the
two men. and instantly the cry went
up that burglars were escaping AT
the east side OF the low roof there is
a double fve-story apartment house
For artistic effect lodges of stone
were set under the windows of the
second story, with little iron stoops
in the exact centers.
The men climbed from the roof up
one OF these lodges that was almost
too narrow for a cat promenade.
Nimbly they skipped along the peril
Gus path, while the crowd below bel
lowed Long had the lead. Short
was the rear guard
A Inconsistencies policeman y:
e0-horsepower. whose number escaped
the populace, arrived. putting. He
watched the aerial burglars do their
dizzy stunt, and so far bent his neck
looking up at Long that he failed to
see Short when that worthy skinned
the cat on the iron balcony of No.
361 and shot through the air TO the
street, like the young woman who
turns someTsaults in an automobile In
the circus.
The leap for life took the breath
away from the multitude. and when K
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09
a Question Of Relative Merit.

A little boy OF EIGHT years. attend
ing school away from home. wrote a
letter TO his sister. from which the
following extract is taken:>
We had a spelling matcn IN school
today, aud spelled all the boys down
and won the NEEDLE. The Delinea.
tor.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09
Not or the Menu.

My friend said. Some fried oysters
said, Fried oysters. too"
The waiter looked embarrassed.
And said. That's something new.
I'll go out TO the kitchen
And do my best for you,
But. IL I'm not mistaken,
We've no fried oyster stew
Judge.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09
ADAMS
'i

9ssttlfd, Easter garments, It's. in
.pnofuslon at Adams. Latest
modes. fabrics and patterns in
garments for, men. ladies' and
children at prices that are
RIGHT. We sell at low cash
prices on liberal credit terms,
. combination exclusively Ad-
ans. Il hardly seems possible.
Its truei Large buying tor 81
stores gives us bed rock prices.
This In combination with large
sales and our policy Of small
profits makes Adams really the
credit store thar saves you mon
sy. Our store 10 the headquar.
tiers for Easter shoppers who
know value and want value. Our
charge account IL a big conven-
Ience--so pleasant. SO liberal
that you should certainly take
advantage Of II. Examine our
large stock Of BEAUTIFUL
Easter Clothing.
We cIothe the Family from Head
% Foot We Furnish the Home
sompfste.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09
A Rank Outsider.

The fashionable wedding presented
q festive scene. Beautiful girls in
gorgeous gowns were everywhere.
The bride stood proudly beneath can
opy OF choice exotics beaming in her
loy eliness.
Isn't she just too SWEET" gurgled
an elderly matron. But who do you
suppose g the man who is always at
her side?"
I'm sure can't imagine replied
another matron. Then. as a brilliant
idea struck, her. she remarked "Oh,
guess it's only the bridegroom. -
Exchange.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09
WOMEN WANT LOW TARIFF.
Chicago Delegation Arrives In Wash
inuton 70 See Statesmen.

WASHINGTON April 9.-The ad.
vance guard of fair defenders of low
tariff schedules on gloves and stock
ings arrived here yesterday.
IL is composed OF Mrs. n. B. Lewis |;
Mrs. Freeman Brown: Mrs. E. NJ. Hen.
derson and Miss Helen Morris. repre-.
senting the League Of Chicago Won.
ems Clubs.
The came to present their cause to
Speaker Cannon and the leaders OF
the house and senate
The next Brazilian congress will be
asked TO provide for the irrigation oil
the northeastern states OF that coun.
try. where there are vasts tracts OF
land that only need water TO make
them immensely productive.
Busfness-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no featl ers. The plain, neat kind that
looks r ght Times Printing Co. No.
Is John R.-st Phone 1898
The Detroit times., 1909-04-09
THE HUDSON STORE
THE HUDSON STORE
: Opportunity Knocks Again

New Suits received last night and hurried
to be ready for the last day They
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-03
TO THE HOUSEWIVES
OF GREENWOOD
And to All Who Read Our Advertise
mentS.

wish to state that from this dav for
ward l will insert at the bottom of
every ad new recipe for each day.
l do this to encourage you to read my
advertisements. II you'll call at the
store we will be glad to explain to you
each one that we publish. We have the
freshest salmon to make salmon loaf in
this city. The famous Buffalo" and
"Pillow Rock" brands. Below we ex-
plain to you how to make salmon loaf,
viz:
One can of salmon, one teacupful of
milk, two eggs (well beaten), add pepper
and salt, little mustard to suit taste.
Put two tablespoonsful of butter on
stove, when it is melted, add milk and
eggs and cook until thickened. Re-
move all skin and bone from the salmon
and mix eggs and milk and six rolled
crackers with salmon; make into loaf;
roll in cracker crumbs and bake until a
nice brown.
Salmon, Buffalo" l8c, "Pillar Rock"
zoe. condensed milk per can lOc, eggs
per doz. 32e, pepper per &c pkg SC, salt
5 lbs. for Sc, mustard per bottle, the
finest in the land Sc, Fox River butter,
the pure creamery 38c per pound,
crackers, per pound lOc.
White Star Grocery Co.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-03
OLIVER FATHERfE
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
instant taneOusIy by Accidental DIS
charge of Gun.

The only occurrence that marred last
Thanksgiving and brought sorrow into
our hearts was the accidental shooting
and killing of little Oliver Fatheree,
the younger son of our esteemed cit
izen, Mr.. NJ. Fatheree. While out hunt
ing last Thursday with two of his play
mates, Phil and Henry Jones, divers
gun was discharged, which resulted in
his instantaneous death.
These three fellows were availing
themselves of the holiday to bag some
of the feathered tribe and were only a
little piece from the city when the ac-
cident occurred. Oliver was walking
through some small brush, dragging
his shotgun, when twig or limb must
have pulled it's trigger, the shell ex-
pioding, and the bird shot tore their
way through his right side in an up
ward course through his heart.
divers companions came Immediate
ly to his side, but his death was
instantaneous. They then quickly went
to the nearest phone and acquainted
his parents of the sad news. The un-
fortunate youth was then conveyed to
his home about noon, the accident hav-
ing occurred about eleven o'clock.
Oliver was about fourteen years Of
age and was a student of the Jefferson
Davis School. He was exceptionally
bright and studious, and was held in
the highest esteem by all his school
mates and friends in the city.
His remains were inferred at the Odd
Fellows Cemetery Friday morning, the
funeral services being conducted from
the residence. Prof. Saunders dismiss
sed school Friday and the entire school
was present to honor this manly young
fellow. To the members of the fam
lily and his many friends in their be-
reavement, The Commonwealth extends
heartfelt sympathy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-03
u. OF N. 6lEf CLUB
HIGHLY ENTERTAINING.
College Youths Render q Most De
ll1htful Pro1ram Last Nlxllt.

As was expected by all those who
heard the excellent Glee Club and Or
| chestra of the University last session,
their entertainment last evening at the
Court House was a rare treat for the
lovers of music and song present.
Their program lasted for two hours,
and was replete with varied renditions
OF songs, quartettes, solos, duets and
choruses. Their quartette was excel
lent and received many encores.
Messrs. Billy Mckinney and Whitman
Rowland, the two miniature tenors,
made decided hits again this year. The
brass horn quartette was new spec-
ialty and was thoroughly enjoyed Mr..
Julian Alexander, who won honors in
the Glee Club at Princeton, and who
was awarded a costly banjo at that in
stitution, rendered two selections here,
and was great. Mr.. Peyton, the ca
pable pianist, accompanied the club
ably and his music was enjoyed. Mr..
James Gordon Gillespie, at the begin
mug VI VIC Pto$oAou "ClCO"Ou Ou0 Ou-
iversity Club, to which Mr.. Frank Lee,
the capable manager of the club, re-
sponded toward the close of their in
teresting program. The Orchestra of
the club evidenced much practice and
work, under the leadership OF Mr.. Nat
Ligon.
Immediately after the entertainment
the merrymakers adjourned to STEMS
Hall where they were complimented
with dance given by the young men
Of the city. Reed & Fosters Orchestra
furnished delightful music for the oc-
casion, and were feature of the eve
ming. Among the out-of-town visitors
were Misses Genevieve Potts, Eula
Oliver, Oliver, Robinson, Newsom, and
others. So wonderfully did the sur
roundings conduce to the happiness to
all those present it was only natural
that this dance was brilliant success.
Not only is the floor of glass-like
smoothness for the graceful dancers,
but it gave for the pleasure of those
present the charming little hooks in
which to rest. The hall was filled with
elegantly gowned women and their at
tentive cavaliers, making thus a bril-
liant kaleidoscope of color which kept
graceful motion continuously and gave
to the beholder a sense of artistic en-
joyment almost equal to the pleasure
felt in watching the graceful dancers
as they glided over the floor. Every
one seemed to be there for the sole
pleasure of dancing, aud dance they
did, with the most intense enjoyment.
dance became another sweet memory of
the storied past. Among those present
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-03
Account
Drawing
4 Per Cent.

Are you running a savings account
This bank offers every opportunity and
convenience to those who want to save.
You can open an account with 81 and
make other deposits at any time and
sor any amount, no matter how small.
Your deposits are drawing per cent
interest, compounded semi-annually.
Open an account with his bank and let
us help you in your saving.
BANK OF LEFLORE,
Savings Department..
One 25-horse-power portable engine
for sale; apply to
D. C. PETEET & BRO,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-03
The Youths Companion Calendar
for 1910.

The publishers of The Youths Com
panion will, as always at this season,
present to every subscriber whose sub
scription ($1.75) is paid for 1910 a
beautiful calendar for the new year.
The picture panel which suggests the
title, VENETIAN" for the calendar was
painted by tho famous marine artist,
Thomas Moran. His Venetian scene,
reproduced in the calendar by thirteen
color lithography, will be found we'll
worth preserving, long after 1910 is
gone by.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-03

The Kings Daughters Circle will
give Rummage Sale every Saturday
in November. All contributions should
be sent in early Saturday morning.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-13
PRISONER MAS HIDDEN ] / n
lN I. 1. R BASEMENT | NJ |
PETERSON BROKE INTO MIC 500 no.
TEL KITCHEN, TUESDAY =
All the Stolen Property. Was Recovss
ered-Made Complete ~ Confession
to Prison Authorities. ~,

Oscar Peterson, alias Frank Thomp-
son, who for a few hours was a fugi-
tive from the state penitentiary and
who was captured Tuesday evening
is known to have committed one other
burglary than that at the Coates
hous., After leaving the residence
Of Mr.. Coates he went to the 500 ho-
tel and broke into the kitchen where
he helped himself to a good feed,
and taking some supplies and cook
ing utensils went to the easement OF
the old Methodist church where he
remained all day Tuesday and left in
the evening in order to catch train
out of town. All of the stolen cloth
ing and the garments he wore from
the pen were found.