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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1913-10-02, Page 3vhitio •+++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++ + ++++++ +++ ++++ + • t, , + ♦ ♦ 4 + •N4••��+*++++M+++++1t++++r+t♦++��•��.+1+t+••t••+••••*•r•••♦♦++++♦tit++t+++++1+++f•++t++e++++t+1+++t+t1++t++t#++'i,*N**•Ni•,4...*••+.•••s1 orign •a es Local N Canada • •••••••44•04.++++++++++••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• P-4)•••••••••04•••••••••• o•• Love and a Laundry Check The Way Two Lovers ;Became Reunited. By MABEL D. CALHOUN Copyright by American Press Asso- ciation, 1911. ■ "Well—I'll—be jiggered!" Chris Webb brought his horse to a .standstill and stared down at the small square of yellow ,paper that fluttered before Dixie's dancing hoofs like a • will-o'-the-wisp of the daytime. Sud- •denly he dug his knees into Dixie's •shoulders,, and as she sprang forward Chris leaned over and caught the fly - bag paper with a practiced hand. Then he scanned it closely and uttered a long drawn whistle. - Plainly it was a Chinese laundry •eheck and : represented to its own- er a necessary article of wearing ap- parel that probably lay unclaimed in the wash house of some moon faced Celestial. .4. iaundry cheek found on the side- walk in town is a common occurrence. A laundry check discovered in an ob- scure canyon in the desert regions of ;Arizona becomes a matter for consid- erable interest, especially if one has ,dust convinced himself that this par- ticular canyon has never been trod by the foot of civilized man. "There isn't a Chink laundry within -fifty miles, or I'm a sinner! And I was 'sure I'd struck a new frail, and after • naming that gulley and all to find -this!" Hours afterward when he rolled -dustily up to the bunk house and turn- ed Dixie over to the friendly proffered services of Dutehy Fink there was some comment on his extended ab- sence. "Where's the critter?" asked Sen• •derson, making room for his comrade .at the table and passing Webb's cup to be filled. "Dead," replied Christopher, his strong white teeth biting deep into .a hunk of corn bread. "I followed the trail clean off the range into the sand and cactus and then I missed it. Aft- , •er awhile I saw a buzzard high in the air, and I guessed what had hap- pened, so I followed and found the -critter under a twisted cottonwood." "Dead?" questioned Peters. "Almost Of course I couldn't leave her that way with that devilish buz- zard hanging around, so"—be paused for another draft of coffee. ' "So you shot her, Chris?" "Yep, and then I shot the buzzard." They laughed indulgently. "You al- ways was soft hearted, Chris," com- mented Peters, filling his pipe. "Who'd stop to bore a Strayed critter after chasing her twenty miles?" "I would," said Chris in a voice that Indicated he was weary of the topic. "Any you chaps got baccyT He deftly rolled a cigarette in his. lean brown fingers and drew a light from Henderson's smoke. "Which one .of you fellows is wearing biles shirts?" he asked lazily. "Not guilty!" they cried in chorus, end Peters 'continued, "They ain't a chap had nerve enough to sport a baled shirt on the Three Forks' outfit—not since Pinky Fleming was took for a ghost and a greaser shot him dead— right through the biled shirt!" "Since tben biled shirts has beer looked on like sudden death," put in Henderson gravely. "No, sir, thea: ain't nobody on Little Forks wear eg 'baled shirts. Wiry you ask, Chris?" "Anybody know where there's a Chink laundry?" demanded .Chris pa- tiently.' "I expect there's one in Tucson," suggested Peters. "Seems like a dream I remember shooting up a Chink laundry there. That was it Iong time ago," he added hastily. "Then there ain't a Chink laundry nearer than Tucson?" said Chris. "How about Cactus Branch?" sug- gested Redwood from his quiet corner, 'Seems 1 recollect once when i was passing the Lone Horn—I was going tothe rov rdu at he Branch you p t t know sena f the wimmen'fiills-as- l ea me would 't, leave' a uunwe ar t le' laundry there and git a check for it. Being` of an ,obliging nature, I jest nat urally said I would, and I'm blamed if they didn't tote out 'a big, squashy bundle, and me expecting a couple of collars or mebbe a b'iled shirt! Mrs. Traymore—you know Jim Traymore's running the Lone Horn now --Mrs. Traymore'says not to lose it, because it's a `precious thing,' It's nothing but a fancy white dress her sister was ex- peeting to wear to theschoolhouse dance, and the girl bad set her heart it should be done up right and nobody but a Chink must do it. "Ae I was roped in for the job I bows most polite and says I will leave the cheek on my way back. Well"— he pausedand eyed his companions du- biously -"you all recollect the roundup at Cactus Branch," "Being as It only happened last week, we have strong recollections," confess- ed Chris, rubbing his head thoughtful- ly. "We specially recollect alt about you, Redwood, and you sure didn't take the trail by the Lone Horn when you came back, and yon ain't been off this outfit since." "That's right," admitted Redwood gloomily. ; "What happened?" "I left the squashy bundle all right, and the Chink said it would be 4 bits, and he gave me a piece of paper cov- ered with turkey tracks, and now 1 don't know where the blamed paper is unless"— He brightened suddenly and Slapped his knee, "Now, I reckon meb- be I made a cigarette out of it. I was short of paper about that titan." Henderson laughed loudly. "You'd. have knowed it 12 you'd smoked that, Redwood. eabbe we can help you out, because if: that girt don't pit to the dance, why, I don't know what us chaps will do. l'ye seen her." "Is it that bad?" asked Peters sym- pathetically. "She's a peacherino!" quoth,llr. Hen- derson warmly. - Chris got upon his feet a.'d tossed away the end of his cigarette. "What trail did you follow when you came back from the roundup?" he yawned carelessly. Redwood shook his head hopelessly. "I've been trying to figure, that out ever since. I must have got lost, for I was three days getting back here, and I had nothing to eat"— "You can cut that out" interjected Peters, griuning. "I found you at Be- derman's, and that's oyer to the south- east—somewhere outh- east somewhere near where Chris has been after his stray critter." Mr. Webb's air of langour increased. "Then I reckon this young lady can't go to the dance unless she gets this dress what the Chink is washing, eh?" He yawned again. Redwood nodded. "I reckon it's the only party dress she's got; she seemed mighty particular about it" he said regretfully. "And she can't get the dress without the check?" persisted Chris sleepily. "No checkee, no shirtee!" returned Redwood. "You going to, the dance?" Mr. Redwood smiled laboriously and ran his hand along one leg with a pain- ful gesture. "I reckon my leg's most too stiff this time, so I guess I won't be around tomorrow night," he said. They laughed heartlessly as they parted for the night. In his own corner of the roughly par• titionedbunk house Christopher Webb pulled the laundry check from his pocket and studied the strange hiero- glyphics with thoughtful eyes. "I'll do it," he said suddenly. "I reckon she'll be mighty grateful -to the one who brings back her party dress. I-expeet it's a pretty thin, ata frills and fur- belows and lacy stuff, like what. Annie used to wear." His dark eyes became almost black with a sudden intensity. of emotion, and his brows knitted Pain- fully. "I wasn't cut out for a book- keeper or for city life. If she'd only, have seen that my coming into the open was my call to :what'I could do best, but elm gave me the go by, and here I am! I'm a darned sight better off in some ways than I was there in Denver. I've got health and I've got a thousand salted away against the ranch 1'11 buy some day, but I haven't got her!" Els head drooped a little, and then,. as if aware of his weakness, he threw back leis shoulders and laughed softly. "No need to keep that other girl away from the party," he said in a low tone nae 1u nrnnaarlad i•i, make allelaborates 1 Needless Waste Of time .anticnergy.can be avoided by the use of our,ClasiPed Want Ads. Time and. energy represent good dollars_ in this age. Do not ex- haust.thcrn In an aimless search for good help. 'Use our Want Ads, and 'the help will come to you:, a:• s,r •••••••••••••v••4•••••••o••••••••••••s••e+++o+♦++++++++++++++++a+++►+NN•+•+••+i••+t+++•+++++++4++++++++++++++ Erecting Tallest Flagpole in the British Empire at Vancouver. rTflE LAST STAGE '--`WORKING 'VHF BASF OF 77/4 FLAGSTAFF /NTO TN5 FOUNDATION- 7'H4- INSERT AT TOP SHOWS TH5 BALL AND WEPTHER-COCKe31rrORE BITING MOUNTED toilet with such facilities as the ranch afforded. It was past midnight when he let himself out of the door and made bis way into the corral. It was the work of a moment to catchup a mount. This time it was a rawboned sorrel with a Iong raking stride that carried his rider over the trail with remarkable swiftness. At 10 o'clock the next morning Christopher Webb dismount- ed stfly from the sorrel and entered the door of a Chinese laundry in the flourishing town of Cactus Branch. In his hand he carried a laundry check, and when ho came forth he bore a large and squashy looking bundle, which he placed carefully be- fore him when he remounted. A brief stop for breakfast and thea he was beck on Another trail, this, time the one leading toward the Lone Horn. He knew Jim Traymore slight- ly, had met him three years before when Chris had first 'some out into the open, as he called his departure from elm city, but he had not seen Jim recently. Ile. had "heard that he was married now and taken the Lone Horn. At 5 o'clock he clattered up to the veranda .of the Lone 'Horn ranch house and shouted in ,,a stentorian voice: "Laundry!" There was a delighted shriek from within and light footsteps on the wooden floor' of the hall. Then a slender form gowned in pale blue cot- ton darted across the veranda and held up eager arms for the bundle— * lovely golden haired girl with wist- ful blue eyes and a sadly drooping mouth, who did not see Christopher Webb's amazed face. She saw noth- ing save the bundle and a tall, kindly disposed cowboy who had ridden out of his way to oblige her, "How can I thank you"— she was beginning. when Christopher spoke from the shadow of his broad hat. "Annie!" he said 10 a low tone, Aznale Lee Looked at him for a .mo- ment, and then, dropping her head against his knee, she cried softly for awhile, "Elsie married Jim -Traymore a year ago," she explained, "and I came out here to visit them. I didn't know where you were, Chris, but I felt somehow if 1 was . out in this country 1 might be near you anyway. Prepare to enjoy its exhila- rating frosts by making your blood rich, pure and active to pre- vent colds, grippe and rheumatism. Good blood prevents sickness and Scott's Emulsronwill energize your blood a n d create reserve strength to endure changing seasons. Scott's Emulsion is not an experiment but hasserved humanity faithfully for forty years; it contains the purest cod liver oil—free from alcohol or stupefying drugs. Scotts Emulsion is nature's greatest blood -maker and furnishes the elements necessary for body warmth, rich blood and healthy circulation. Shun alcoholic substitutes and demand I, the genuine Scott's Emulsion AT ANY DRUG STORE . 13-73 Home Without Furniture ff) When the question of renewing re- lief to a woman in the Holywell dis- trict of Wales came before the guar- dians, the relieving officer stated that the woman Iived in a house which had not an article of furniture in it, not even a chair or a bed. PERHAPSYOU OUKNoWTIla T The income-tax is levied in India on all incomes of $165 and upwards, and then onfty one man in 700 comes with- in its scope. St. Peter's at Rome will accommo- date 54,000 persons, Milan Cathedral 87,000 persons, and St. Paul's Cathe- dral, London, 25,000 persona. While repairing a temple the Chinese cover up the eyes of the idols in order that the deities may not be ogended at the sight of the disorder. The skins of 100,000 animals are used every year for the Bove s of Oxford Btbles alone, and 400,000 sheets. of gold are required for the gilt let- tering. The Sheep Pays 14loney invested in sheep will nearly double itself in one year, since the tone will pay for the feed and care of the sheep, and the lambs, often two per ewe, are the profit. ft is estimated I that ten sheep inay be kept where one sow may, and the risk is much lees. It may be said that the sheep always carries her pocketbook with her. If yhe ,dies, her pelt.: or fleece pays her lsvc vn:nteu yon soy' When Christopher broke the news to 1:; romraties at the Three Forks 'ea added,lane hin,g,` "1 reckon that t t c rr occasion will demand a baled L ch boys?" So c o .o do," urged Henderson a :9n"Rooms Pike n wedding n "btm tweeds that there baled shirt. he tel•"•' inn got iitry, binadry cheeks tip c •'91'' slec, e;" ,demanded' Peters of f.ren!creen, "You speak kind of wish ft 1, 1: to you'd• leve to wear a bate0 "I expect all of you to ,wear 'em i wieii—when it's necessary—that is, 'en I'm married," said the happy fibristonher authoritatively..,, 'Food's mogphodi e;;l The ar'cet EnglislaQ`.Rented.i Tones andinvigeratesthewhoitl9' nervous( systole, makes new Blood in old Veins. Cures Nen- 071,8 Debility, Mental and Brain Wos'tr, hes. pondency, Scs:uat Maleness, Phndssdons, Sper- matorrhma, wad Effects of Abase or Excesses. Price 11 per box, six for $o. One will please six will curo.wSold by all druggists or mailed in plain pkg�..on receipt of price. New pamphlet maite5T'ree Tho Woe Modleino oo. (formerly Windsor) Toronto, Ont. AMIN011 LOCALS. The New Era gives the, mews. Your ahselmt 1 ;son or daughter would like to have The New Bra probably. 20c in, advance•, Will se - curio ijt% filo Jami 1914, to any Can- adian, postoffice address.' uneraI expenses. If she lives, her wool in the spring and her lambs In te fall pay donble revenue. No other a oak frays as large a percentage of meter profit on the money invested. Nothing else will build up a rundown Marm as quickly' as a flock of sheep. lle. pasturing, 'the sheep's manure Is distributed about 90 evenly that no manure spreader could equal the sheep to its work.' Poultry Industry The value of the poultry industry to New Zealand was stated at a con- ference of poultrymen to be two mil- lions sterling per annum, this sum changing hands •for products, produce and materials in order to keep:' the industry going. The average pricd of eggs and table poultry was fully 50 per cent, higher than it was ten years ago. Five years ago they could count OD one hand the. number of persons engaged in poultry farming for a liv- ing. Now they could be numbered by the score, Farmers too, were giving poultry their attention, since they were realizing that the high prices received for 'eggs mid table birds made the keeping of poultry a valuablead- ivaat to -farm pursuits. Methodist Paper Wants Liquor Question • Left Out of Party Campaign (The Christian (uardiau ) As expected, the Bast York election resulted in ti triumph for the Conser- vative candidate, but with a reduced majority. The vote cast was exceed- ingly light, and showed that neither -pas ty placed very much value upon the result. If the "banish-the.bar" candidate; has been elected it would undoubtedly have been a signal tri uneph for the temperance party; hut even then it would hot have' brought that policy appreciably nearer. But it is significant that in this, the first election in which the Dominion Alliance took an active part rn favor of the'"abo'ish-the-bar" candidate, the Government majority was cult down by meet. 100 votes. and this in spite of the fact that there was FL large increase in the possible city vote, much of which would probably go ."wet." Under the circumstances the vole is somewhat significant. Lhe real test of strength, huwever will not come till the next provincial election; and there is no doubt that in that election the temperance question will be the leecLng issue. and it will play havoc with party lines: No wise politicians can afford to Klink the fact that the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches with Lhe 5 Ova. tionJ,.rmy and the Dominion Alliance. are publicly committed to the aboli- tion of he bar, and while there is no doubt that some members 'of all the churches mentioned will be influenced by party loyalty sufficiently to sup• port party at the sacrifice of temper- anceprinciples, yet we submit that even a victory won under such cite camstances will be rather acostly one. A. contest which brings any political party into open conflict with the lead- ing moral fences in the country rind throws it more and more hack upon I be liquor trade cin only result in the desti uotion of that party - Rut if the temvierance question is made the leading one, what will be the prospect for the success of the "a.holish the•bat" party? 1t will pro)) lily be found that constituencies like L est Yoek, with Government mnjuri ties of 700 or so will still return Gov eminent majorities: but there urea greatmany constituencies which ale held by much smaller majorities and where a candidate will be tremendous !•y handicapped if church sentiment and temperance sentiment are united ty arrayed against him. Woalcl it not be vastly better poli tics to make this question an open one end allow it to be settled apart from party politics? Unless this is done it is certain that Sir James Whitney will find himself opposed by many who would gladly follow him on other matters, but who positively refuse to deny their temperance principles, and between the abolition of the bar and the mere enforcement of the present license law there is all too wide a chasm to enable temperance Causer vatives to quietly vote the party tick et, At leas ajgood many citizens think so. RULES FOR HUSBANDS 1 L. C. Dittman, a Seattle millionaire, as the result of eighteen years of marl- tal bliss promulgated the following rules for husbands; j Keep all promises made' before and at the time of marriage. Keep a` joint ; bank account. Go to your club no 1 oftener than one night a week, Have no dogs or pets of any kind. Call her up on the telephone at least three I times a day. When away from home 1 write or telegraph every day. Take her with you on business and plea , sure trips, Be more polite to her than to, any other woman you meet. Re- member that she likes flowers, eandy and books. !lake it a business to he comfortable whenever she Is happy. Do not criticize her dress. Be a gentle- man to all woman, but a husband to one only. If you have ,only a dollar you are not wasting it by spending it on her. 'When she Is dissatisfied get a divorce. Life is too short to waste any of it in trying to please an ab- normal woman, r'•assing of the Top Hat The medical papers of Great. Britain John in the chorus of condemnation of the silk hat. The "Medical Press" says:—"The vogue of the stove -pipe is passing; laden with unhonored years, it is sinking- steadily into oblivion. Safe motley shapelessness cover the massive crania of our most eminent surgeons, and their dreamy hues of brown and green make our hat -racks quite attractive. The fashion Is to be unconventional without reaching the bounds of the 'too utterly utter.' Each of us takes an interest in his brim and moulds his formless head- gear with creative dints. We are pass- ing fast away from the tyranny of the hard hat." Shooting 011 Wells Keen interest is being' taken in the development of the Manitoulin oil fields by Senator Polrer and repre- sentatives from all the chief centres on the Island assembled at Green Bay to witness 'the shooting of some of the wells. E. A. Stokes, of Petrolea, was on hand, and a fuse was lighted, and a sharp shock was felt and the earth trembled, from the mouth of the pipe a greyish liquid shot into the air to a height of about eighty feet and fell. gracefully to the ground. This was followed immediately by a second' gush of a watery liquid which ascend- ed to a height of about a hundred feet. About fifteen quarts of nitro-glycerine -were used in shooting' the well. Had Leaking Valves Of. The Heart., Thought Nothing But Beath Would End Her Misery. Milburn's heart and Nerve Pills Cured Her.. Mao. J. D. TAtnu'r, 1776 3rd Ave., •East,' Owen Sound, writes;—"I have been a great sufferer from heart disease and leaking valves, I have had re- source to every kind of treatment 1 could think might help me, including the skill of several doctors, I suffered so for years that at times I have [clt that noth- ing hut death could end' my misery. 'I was advised by a friend, who had suffered untold pain and misery, just as I had, and had been cured by Mstnuxta's liennm AND Nfavu I'irl s, to give them a trial, so I decided to do so, I am de- lighted with the result, as I am now com- pletely cured, and can eat and sleep as I have not clone for years. You are at. liberty to use my name at any tune as I am convinced they are the best pills on the market for any (putt of heart disease," Price 50 cents per Lox or 3 poxes for $1.36 at all dealers, or will be mailed directon receiptof price by The T. IV/Ahura Co,, Limited, Toronto, Ont. MISS ELBA WHITTAKER Champion woman swimmer of the Middle West. NON -DRINKING SHEEP Apparently Thrive Without Water Except Dew and Plant Juice Sheep on the Nebo national forest range, Utah, go four and a hall Months without water except for such moisture as they get from the dew and the juices of forage plants. 'Grazing sheep on a range entirely destitute of water is a recent inno- vation due to the increasing demand for forage and the efforts of the fores- try officers to find a place on the forest ranges for all the stock that can safely bg admitted. fibs area on the NettleI which has proved usable by sheep is high and rocky, a portion of It being above timber line, and it has neither springs nor streams of sufficient stze dg accessibility to be used for stock 'Watering purposes. The grazing sea- son lasts from June 15 to October 81, and during this period of four and a half months the animals do not get a drink. tinder such conditions, however, the sheep do extremely well, and the lambs from this range have an aver- age weight at the close of the season of 68 pounds on the Chicago market, which is rather above the normal weight from that vicinity. In one area on the Targhee forest in Idaho sheepget water only twice during the four -months' summer graz- ing season. There is no water on the range, but the sheep are driven to a nearby stream lower down the • mountain side. SUCCESSFUL DAIRYING Depends to Large Extent Upon Know- ing Individual Worth of Cows There are such• excellent concrete' examples now and again outcropping of men who prove that it pays to take up cow testing, that their records of success make stimulating reading for dairy farmers all over the Dominion. Here isa good example of what one 1 man at Cedar Hall, Quebec, in the Gaspe Peninsula, accomplished by carefully watching his fairly good cows and feeding them better. The first year his eight cows gave him 33,511 pounds of milk, an average of 4,188 pounds, at a feed cost of $82.50, netting a total ,profit of $76.82, an average of $0,60 profit per cow. Two of .the best cows in the herd the first year ' were lost accidentally, two heifers made up the herd" to 'eight again;. a pure bred sire is kept The next. year his eight cows gave him 41,408 pounds of milk, an aver- age of 5,176 pounds, or 1,000 pounds of an increase per cow. The feed cost $4.12 more per cow, but the total profit was $177,29, or an increase of 180 per cent in the protlt. It pays to give 'additional feed if the cows kept are of the type to make use of it profitably. The forcible realitiesare these: The gross income from milk increased by $133.43 from the same number of cows, the profit far more. than 'doubled, and the owner has received every en- couragement to try Per still bettor re- sults. That is where 'a trial cow test - Ing trip generally lands the herd owner. Mr, Lack Kennedy, of 'Winghaan,. was 50, town onFriday last,