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The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
Says Americans Are All the Time Seeking Sensations and
Spectacles- es-Declare the Recall Could Be Used to
Turn Good Men Out of Office.

shelled Baptist has ever been permitted
70 hold that Office. The Loper family
exerted very wholesome influence on
my brothers and myself.
John, George, and I rented a small
piece Of land and raised crop Of cotton
and corn. John suggested that We lease
a whole farm. He was thinking Of mat
rimony and wanted to gather some prop
erty But George and were ambitious
to obtain an education So We divided
our money 1 got $50, George got 500.
and John got $3.50. The apportionment
was made on the basis OF age and ca
pacity. John became a tenant farmer.
George and went to school
Buys His First Book.
81 bought a book on Good Morals ano
Gentle Manners Character. the authcr
said, was the foundation Of all success
That was my first book. 1t did me a
great deal Of good. read Patrick Her
ry's liberty or death speech and straight
way decided to become lawyer and
member of Congress. 1t would sound
well were I to say that thereafter Cor
gress was always in MY mind Such was
not the case. however. forgot all about
II. But 1 never ceased TO think tina
some day I would be a lawyer.
''Oh, 1 worked for many men and IL.
many places. I herded cattle and Oh
tanned employment at a brickyard. 1
sold a team of horses-getting a promi-
sorry note in payment-walked sixteen
miles and entered College Hill Institute. In
course of time taught school. Also ped
died books, sold goods on the road and re-
ported for a newspaper in Fort Worth.
George and established the Daily ard
Weekly News at Corsicana on credit
Then I read law in secret and was ad-
mitted to practice. 1 couldn't make a
living as a lawyer either in Corsicand.
Or Fort Worth. A~1riend loaned me $50
1 paid my debts and when 1 arrived in
Tishomingo, Indian Territory, 1 hadn't
a cent to my name. But my fortune
changed in that new country. Clients
found their way to my Office. D. H.
johnson, president of the Chickasaw Ma
ton, sent for me and gave me considera-
BILE business. l made the acquaintance
Of Miss Alice Hearrell, his niece,
SchoOl-teacher and an eighth blood and
she became my wife
Il practiced law at Tishomingo, put
ting my surplus money in land. Some
day Indian Territory would become a
State, knew. and wanted to help write
It's constitution. Lawyers were looked on
with suspicion at that time because their
ways Of doing business were often bao.
was making 5000 a year in a small
Indian town, but 1 abandoned nv prac-
tice and went to live on nv I,lOO-acre
farm five miles away. Our log
house stands in a large grove I expert
mented with alfalfa and that's the rea-
son / am called Alfalfa Bill" I also
planted a twenty-acre orchard. When
ever there was a chance 1 lectured II
farmers. And all the while was read
ing history and getting ready to work
out a constitution for the new Stato
after Congress should vote il into the
Union.
In the meantime my eighteen tenants.
Under my instruction, were CROWN =
Bumper crops Of corn and cotton. They
are still engaged. I may add, in that rnu-
tually profitable employment.
Copyright. 1918. BY James B. MorrgrD
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

we meant to leave. %. K, boys he
said. I'll go along
"One Sunday we tied Johns two horses
in the woods. Along about sundown we
asked father IL we might go to church
that evening. Being pious request, II
was granted. We started on In the right
direction, but turned our course, found
the horses IN the timber, ana then began
our fight toward freedom. John rode
one horse and George and I the other.
we Kept in the woods. AT midnight We
camped under a tree. We had no food.
Our cash on hand totaIed less than half
dollar. We kept going all or the fol-
lowing day. Late in the afternoon We
saw a little village in the distance.
George was deputized to buy us some
crackers and cheese and a mess OF beans
so we had supper and our first meal
since We LEFT home. Texas then was not
a thickIy populated region, but we saw
a man now and then in the woods.
Everybody wanted to know where We
were going. But there was nothing do
ing, so far as we were concerned. in
the information line. We found work
the next day with a cotton farmer. His
name was William Mckinley. We told
him who we were, but didn't enlighten
him with respect to our destination. As
a matter or TACT, we didn't nave a destI-
nation. We stuck together. picking cot
ton wnen there was a cnance, repeating
our stories to the men for whom we
worked. and gaining the sympathy Of
all the women who were not stepmothers.
Lived Under an Elm Tree.
by and by We reached Keeter, a lit
tie hamlet in the second county south of
Indian Territory. and took up our resi-
dence under a large elm on the top Of a
hill. We hung our pans and cups against
the tree. Our tent was just large enough
to cover our heads when we slept on the
ground at night. Thus we lived for some
time, doing such work as we could find.
Several years later, while going to
school at Keeter. the teacher asked me
to read up and tell him about the four
famous trees Of American history.
PENIS treaty tree at Shackamaxon,'
told the teacher before the whole school
when he called on me. the charter oak
in Hartford. the apple tree at Appomat-
tox, and the elm tree yonder on the hill
where the Murray brothers lived when
they first came into the neighborhood'
You are right about three OF the
trees the teacher said, with a smile
The last tree, however, has not become
famous yet And then the whole school
laughed.
Il chopped cordwood for Z. W. Loper,
while still camped under the elm. for
$50 a month. He and his wife were
Primitive or Hard-shelled Baptists My
mother died when 1 was two years old.
Mrs. LOper was the first woman to take
any interest in my welfare. 1t was said
in Texas that Hard-shelled Baptists
could always be relied upon to drink
their whisky straight-when they drank
at all-vote the Democratic ticket, and
pay their debts. They were hostile to
education. Their ministers were called
and. being thus chosen and inspired by
God. ignorance with them was a virtue
and intelligence a sin. Years ago the
treasurer Of Henderson County became a
defaulter. Since then no one but a Hard
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
ax JAMES b. M5RRow.

Translated into dignifed language, AR
ts1f, Ru', means William Henry Muir
raw. "Cocklebur Bill has the same def
,,itIon IN Oklahoma. Buffalo Bill' is
geological: Alfalfa Bill" is agricultural,
And each Bill is proud of the adjective
that gives him distinction and originality.
Mr. Murray is also known in his part
Of the country as The Father OF the
Constitution" He sometimes calls him
sslf .'The Pathfinder in Progressive Con-
stitutionaI Government" Enemies, so he
saws. have spoken of him as "yaga-
bond" and IAN uncouth person" Never
theless he is in the House of Representa-
tIyes and the day is not far distant when
he will either be the Governor OF his
State or a Senator in Congress.
No denial is made by Mr.. Murray that
he Is an uncouth person. Abraham Lin
coin, he thinks, thus could be described.
So. considering the company he is In, he
makes no objection to the classification.
In his early Gays he was a vagabond
in that he tarried awhile in some fifteen
Texas counties to punch cattle, chop cot
ton. cut cordwood, work in brickyards,
report for newspapers. teach school, and
practice law.
When this man was a boy of twelve
and ran away from home he did not
know his alphabet. Now in his speeches
he quotes Talleyrand. Buddha, Solon
Adam Smith. Karl Marx, Herbert Sper-
Ger, and James Bryce. The day after he
sneaked down the road and vanished in
the woods he was picking cotton thirty
miles away for William Mckinley. A na
tive came along on muleback.
Say, boy" he shouted, Garfield IS
dead"
Who's he?'' the boy asked. looking
over the wire fence
Why the President OF the United
States" the native answered.
pr, sident"" the boy inquired. What
is his business"
We'll. I'll he golldarned," the native
said digging his bare heels into the mule
and going about his own affairs.
4 Modern Constitution Maker.
Il hadn't a shoe to my foot" boaste.
Mr. Bounderby, the banker of Coke
ton. "As to a stocking, I didn't know
such thing by name. l passed the
DAY in a ditch and the night in a pig
sty." Such was his state as he re
lated the story. on his tenth birthday.
But Mr.. Murray is not a bully o.
humility. He speaks of his early ig-
oranCe and poverty, but he does it with
mOdesty. There is a lesson in his life
h" believes. Possibly It may be of value
10 the country. He, once a tramp, it
might be said, wrote the constitution of
Oklahoma. He paid the bills of the con
vcntiOn out Of the public treasury. He
hired the clerks and other employees.
Then he became speaker OF the first Leg
islature and had more power. he tOlG
ne. than Cannon ever dreamed of" He
originated and enacted laws to fit MS
constitution. No amendment was ever
tackled TO a bill he went on to say,
unless it had first received my ap-
proval."
What part of the constitution l
asked him. do you like the best?' d
The section he answered. tina.
makes the teaching Of agriculture com
pulsory in all the public schools. Then
comes the provision for the drainage Of
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
LITERARY Notes

Frederick A. Stokes Company are pub
fishing a very interesting book by Will
lam Atherton Dupuis, the well-known
Washington correspondent and writer of
Sunday features, on some of the things
done and marveis accomplished by Uncle
Sam through his department work. The
book is very readable and instructive
and will no doubt find ready sale among
students of American economics.
A new edition of Edward Frank Aliens
"Red-Letter Days of Samuel Pepys,"
with a colored frontpiece in which the
redoubtable diarist appears with Neil
Gwynne, will be issued by Mcbride, Mast
G. Co. this fall.
this fall by Mcbride, Mast & Co, will he
THE Insidious DIR. Fu-Manchu," by Sax
Rohmer, a new writer of mystery AMI
detective stories.
Practical Tree Repair" by Elbert
Peets. in which arboreal surgery is treat
ed by an expert, will be issued this month
by Mcbride. Mast & Co.
There will be two new additions to the
House and Garden Making Books, pub
lished by Mcbride, Mast & Co. this fall;
Making Fences, Walls and Hedges" by
F. C. Hallard, and Making Built-in
Furniture" by Abbott Mcclure. The
series will then contain seventeen
volumes, but 1t is to be still further en-
larged.
Miss Elsie de Wolfe, probably the most
successful woman decorator in the coun-
try, has put into book the chronicle of
her experiences. This book will be called
''The House in Good Taste and will
show reproductions of forty-eight in
teriors decorated by Miss de Wolfe.
The Century Company's childIen list
this fall includes Miss Santa Claus of
the Pullman" by Annie Fellows John
ston. author of The Little Colonel Sc
ries;" a new edition of Mother Goose"
lavishly illustrated by Arthur Rackman:
q new Palmer Cox Brownie Book and,
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

Nourri Bey, who was Undersecretary for
Foreign Affairs under Abdul Hamid. she
| escaped from the harem, got out Of Tur-
Key with a false passport, and the Suit
ian unsuccessfully tried to stop her at
Belgrade, but she reached Paris. To
curry favor with the Sultan. one OF her
uncles nearly succeeded in kidnappin- ber
in motor car when she was on tbs
Riviera. Her father was blamed for hrs
daughters escape, and in spite of his
| clever efforts to elude the SuItan's r.
venge he died suddenly one night Iiss
Hanoum is also we'll known as the hero
Inc OF Pierre Lofts novel. Les Desen-
chantees"
The increasing circle of Alfred Sovss,
American friends and admirers will he
pleased to know that he is TO return no
uei'Ver the Lowell lectures at Boston
next Year.
Harper & Brothers announce that thew
are putting TO press for reprinting .aTba
Wild Olive" by the author of The In
ner Shrine
Frederick Trevor Hill. author ~ ari,
com the Lawyer" and himself a we'll
known New York lawyer. is snandi,,,-
the summer abroad. His The Tbirteent6
Juror will be issued in the fall
harper & Brothers announce the i'm
mediate publication of a new novel. The
Romance Of ALI" by Eleanor Stuart.
ewing to the fact that there I, no
copyright treaty between the United
states and Russia, Henry SienckiewiczA
the FoIlsh novelist, will receive no share
in the successful moving picture adanta-
ton of Quo vadis?"
Oddly enough, Caroline CowIes Rich
ards schoolgirl diary, Village Life in
america QS52-IO, was first published in
England. at the instigation of the au-
thor's brother, John Morgan Richards
the father OF John oliver Hobbies"
Henry Holt & Co. are now issuing a
third and enlarged illustrated edition of
this book.
The popular annual, The Garden and
Farm Almanac for 1914" has bssn -
vised and brought up to date in every
way, supplying facts and dates in conn
pact tabular form, with many new Ia
oles, lists, and plans added in addition
doubleday, Page & Coz
Eleanor Stuart, the opening scenes OF
whose just-published novel. The Ro-
nance OF All, are laid in Zanzibar re-
Gently commented upon the beauty az
that city. During her long stay she
learned to communicate with the natives
by means Of the lingua franca Of the
East African coast Added to the nu-
merous languages and dialects spoken
there, she says, is Hindustanee owing to
the large number OF East Indian inmi-
grants CHarper Brothers)
Little, Brown & Co. have opened their
autumn publishing season with a novel
from the pen of one OF their most popu-
lar authors, E. Phillips Oppenheim, en-
titled The Double Life of Mr.. Alfred
Burton" This novel Is said to reveal
Mr.. Oppenheim in a new vein-that OF
pure comedy.
Now that Tess of the DUrbervilles''
is about to make her appearance in NOV
ing pictures, IL may be interesting to
know how the story originated. Thomas
Hardy once told ]. Henry Harper, au-
thor of THE House OF Harper" that
Tess was derived from a glimpse OF a
cOmely lass sitting in the tail end Of a
cart which rambled past him. Her pretty
face was so sad and appealing as IL
slowly disappeared from view that IL
haunted him many day."
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

1t is interesting to note in connection
with "A Turkish woman's EuroI can
Impressions Gippincotts) that the au-
thor, Zeynsb Hanoum, Is the daughter Of
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

ewing to the fact that there is no
copyright treaty between the United
states and Russia, Henry Sienckiewiczs
he POLISH novelist, will receive no share
n The successful moving picture adapta-
ion Of QUO Vadis?"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

Little, Brown & Co. have opened their
autumn publishing season with a novel
from the pen of one OF their most popu-
lar authors, E. Phillips Oppenheim, en-
titled The Double Life of Mr. Alfred
Burton" This novel is said to reveal
Mr.. oppenheim in a new vein-that Of
pure comedy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
WHY THE MEAL WAS HALTED
Nothing Seriously Wrong, but Old Gen
tleman Had Some Trouble With
the Elusive Onion.

An aged country couple, on the ur-
gent invitation Of a grandson who
lived In the city, were on for visit.
The grandson's wife was very anxious
that tho first meal should be one
which the aged couple would enjoy
after their long ride in the train. and
accordingly the table groaned under
Its burden of good things to eat.
In the course of the repast she no
ticed several times that the old man
seemed to be making little progress
with the meal.
What Is the matter, grandfather"
she asked, don't you like my dinner?'
mo, no, granddaughter" mumbled
the old man, ut isn't that. Only I've
q picked onion In my mouth, and ]
hain't got hut one tooth left, SO it's
harder'n Sam Hill to catch it, it's SO
lively. Just rest easy spell till git
q holt on it and I'll be all right"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
70 PROTECT INSECT EATERS


One Of the three bills pending In
congress for the protection OF birds
is reasonably sure Of passage, be-
cause public sentiment, in the first
place, Is against the destruction OF
birds and, secondly, because there is
an important economic reason for the
enactment Of lstrong laws in this di-
rection. officials OF the biological sur
vey Of the department Of agriculture
estimate that 20 per cent Of the aver
age annual crops Of the country is
destroyed by insects. Away back as
far as 1904 it was found that the dam
age done through the ravages Of in
sects amounted to $42O,000,O0O. This
Is a direct loss to the nation, and one
which must have very appreciable
effect in determining the price Of prod
ucts. The farmer must depend on the
birds more than any other agency to
eliminate this loss. yet the bird slaugh-
ter continues. The destruction Of In
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
COFFEE THREsHED HER.
is Long Years.

"For over fifteen years." writes q
patient, hopeful little Ills, woman,
while coffee drinker, suffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
4 was treated by good physicians, but
did not get much relief
II never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating by condition. (Tea is
just as injurious, because it contains
cuTeine, the same drug found in cof-
fee.) I was down-hearted and dis
couraged, but prayed daily that I
might find something to help me.
Several years ago, while at q
friends house drank a cup of Post
UNI and though had never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on used Postum
instead Of coffee and soon began to
improve in health. so that now can
walk half dozen blocks or more with
ease. and do many other things that !
never thought would be able to do
again in this world
My appetite is good, I sleep well
and find life is worth living. A lady
of my acquaintance said she did not
like Postum, it was so weak and taste
less.
Il explained to her the difference
when it is made right boiled accord
ing to directions She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agree
with her Now her folks say they
expect to use Postum the rest of their
lives Name given upon request.
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville.s in pkgs. There's a Rea,
SON"
Postum now comes in concentrated
powder form, called Instant Postum
It is prepared by stirring level tea
spoonful in cup Of hot water. adding
sugar to taste. and enough cream &c
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste: and the favour IS al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers-45 t.
50-cup tin 80 cts. 90 to 100-cup tir
so cts.
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocer'f
name and 2-cent stamp for postage
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd. Battle Greek
Mich ADV.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
FOWLS NEED SOME EXERCISE
When Confined Too Closely Birds
Are Constantly Trying to Secure
Liberty, Making Poor Returns.

II fowls are too closely confined,
they will constantly be striving to get
at liberty they win try to fly over
the highest fences, and in every way
show how well they love the range
Of field and pasture Such uneasiness
and anxiety to get out initiate against
their good health, and q hen that is
not in good health win not lay eggs,
says the New York Farmer They
should, therefore, have all the space
that may be allowed them, and this
may not be furnished at all, then how
much more important it is that one
does not keep too many fowls con-
fined within the limit of the poultry
house exclusively.
However we'll the poultryman may
feed and tend them, when thus re-
stricted, if there be an excess of num-
bers crowded together. the hens win
cease to lay, they will get i'll. they
will lose their flesh, become miser-
able in a short time, and in no case
can they be made to give good returns
when thus restricted in their quar-
tiers. If you had no room for the hens
to exercise in, you would better get
rid Of them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
STAPLE FOOD FOR POULTRY



Grain is the staple, food for poul-
try, and will be used for that purpose
as long as fowls are kept on farms;
but hens can not give good results
on grain alone. It is beneficial to
them and will be at all times rel
ished, but the demands of the hens
are such as to call for variety. In
the shells Of eggs as well as their
composition are several forms Of min-
eral matter and nitrogen, which can
only be partially obtained from grain.
Even grains vary in composition,
and when fowls are fed on one kind
for long time, they will begin to re-
fuse it, as they may be oversupplied
with the elements of the food par
taken and lack the elements that are
best supplied from some other source.
For this reason they will accept q
change Of food, which is Of itself
an evidence that the best results
from hens can only be obtained by
variety Of food Corn and wheat
may be used as food with advantage,
but must be given as a portion of
the ration and not made exclusive ar
ticles Of diet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
REALLY NAMED FOR STATE


On the Mississippi river In olden
days the passenger steamboats, were
very ornate affairs. vying with each
other In garish glory One owner hit
on the idea of naming his steam
boats cabins instead Of numbering
them So he named them in honor Of
the states Of the union, each having
above the door the gilt title Of some
state, the big central cabin being cali
ed the Texas" after the largest state.
Other boat owners took up the idea
and thus the word cabin was grad
ually alternated by state room. For
years the best cabin was still known
ais the Texas. Then that sobriquet died
with the ebbing glory Of the old river
steamers. But the word "stateroom"
became incorporated into our lan-
guage, and in time even broke into the
dictionary. as does many another
catch phrase. Not one person in thou
sand who occupies a stateroom knows
the term once meant "a room named
for a stats"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-07
DOGS BARK SAVES MASTER
Boy Rescued From suffocation in
sleep by FIremen Whose Quarters
Are Across the Street.

Chicago The life Of Nathan Kap-
Ian, son of Frank Kaplan. owner of a
saloon at SOC West Chicago avenue.
was saved by the barking of a fox
terrier when fire attacked the build
ing.
The boy was asleep in the rear Of
the saloon when fire. started by
crossed electric wires, attacked the
barroom. He was rapidly becoming
unconscious from the smoke when the
barking Of the dog was heard by Lieu
tenant Frank Stiff of engine company
No. IA, whose quarters are across the
street.
Upon going to the saloon, Lieuten-
ant Stiff and Pipeman Oscar Fugate
found it filed with smoke. The bark
ing was becoming fainter, and they
broke down the door. In rear room
they found young Kaplan unconscious
and carried him out
A "still" alarm was sounded, after
which the two hremen rescued the
elder Kaplan. his wife and their
daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth.
from their apartments above the
saloon