THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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"Jedge, this man is the biggest 

 liar in the state. I hev knowed him 

 for twenty year. His name is Bill 

 Jimplin an' he used to run a livery 

 stable down to my hum, Newton, 

 Ellenoy. Five year ago he moved 

 to Chicago. Bill uster tell some 

 purty big yarns but this beats any 

 I ever heard him tell afore." 



"Omar Kyanyan, or BillJimplin, 

 started to angrily expostulate a 

 denial, but the court stopped him. 

 "you may go," said his honor, ''get 

 out of here quick." 



The Star Trotter lost no time in 

 ambling out of the court room and 

 soon trudged out of view on Harri- 

 son stseet. 



Prof. Elwood Mead, of Cheyenne, Wyo.. 

 who lost an arm by falling beneath a street 

 car in Washington, is reported as gaining 

 steadily and will be out of the hospital 

 soon. 



For several days, ever since his arrival 

 in Washington, in fact, Mr. Mead has been 

 very busy before the Industrial Commis- 

 sion, and at the same time making pre- 

 parations for an extended trip through 

 Italy, where he expected to study the 

 Italian method of irrigation, said to su- 

 perior to our own, with a view of intro- 

 ducing their advanced practices into this 

 country. He had planned to sail in about 

 two weeks. Many inquiries were made at 

 the hospital today as to his condition, 

 very one expressing deep regret at his 

 misfortune. 



ABOUT EXCHANGES. 



SATURDAY EVENING POST. 



The Saturday Evening Post of June 8 

 contains an article by Chas. Emory Smith, 

 Post- Master General of the United States, 

 entitled "How Conkling Missed Nomina- 



ting Elaine." It is a bit of inside history 

 concerning these two noted enemies that 

 will be of interest to all who remember the 

 "plumed knight" and his ambition to be- 

 come president. A serial story of absorb- 

 ing interest is that of "Calumet K" A 

 Romance of th6 Great Wheat Corner, by 

 Merwin- Webster, the third installment of 

 which is given in this number. S. W. Al- 

 lerton contributes "Business Methods in 

 Farming," and Frank G. Carpenter tells 

 us of "The Japanese Emperor at Home." 



THE DELINEATOR. 



The Delineator for July gives the usual 

 fashion plates and hints on what is worn, 

 and also an article on the Pan-American 

 exposition. With this are given a number 

 of beautiful illustrations, some of them in 

 colors of the exposition buildings. "A 

 Dream of Red Roses" and "According to 

 the Code" make up the fiction department. 

 M'CLURE. 



Are women better than men? This is a 

 question that E. S. Martin asks and ans- 

 wers in an article entitled, "Women," in 

 McClure's Magazine for June. No better, 

 only different; or if better, merely in a ne- 

 gative fashion. They drink less, smoke 

 less and certain of their emotions are less 

 strong than corresponding emotions in 

 men. Women are what men make them, 

 and while men are still appreciably far 

 from perfection r why, women will be still 

 a little short of the angels they are some- 

 times represented, and what is worse, ex- 

 pected to be. 



LADIES HOME JOURNAL. 



Maxfield Parrish's fine decorative design 

 on the cover of the Ladies Home Journal 

 for June forms a fitting introduction to a 

 remarkably attractive issue. Among the 

 most interesting features of this [number 

 are a double page of pictures, entitled 

 "Where Golf is Played," showing some of 

 the handsomest country club houses in 

 America; a series of curious "Love Stories 

 of the Zoo " told by Clifford Howard; the 



