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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
LOST HOUSEHOLD ARTS.
English Women Ignorant of Domestic
Economics OF Former Times.

Economics of Former Times.
II is general complaint among the
housekecpers OF England, where do
nestle help is drawn largely from the
country villages that on entering SER
vice the servants are mostly lncapa-
BILE OF doing the simplest household
work without supervision and that
only a small proportion ever learn.
The reason Ia not far to seek. A
couple OF generations ago half the cot
tages in England were schools tor the
teaching OF the domestic arts. These
are no longer taught because they are
no longer practiced. Baking and
brewing. cutting out and cutting down
clio hes. darning and fine drawing. the
care of poultry and economical use OF
food-all these will soon be lost arts
as far as the cottage is concerned
Women used to be able to make
their husbands shirts. Give nine cot
tage women out OF ten nowadays a
couple OF dozen yards OF cotton and
they could no more turn Il into shirts
than they could turn a lump OF pig
iron into a dinner knife. Cooking
even in its simplest form, is being
supplanted by the use Of timed provis-
ions. To boil potatoes and bacon or to
fry bit OF meat In the pan is about
as much as the housewife can do.
Inc cottage woman OF today has her
pride. but It is not in the home. She
slaves to save her girls from what
she and they alike have learned to
regard as degrading drudgery-the
necessary work of a house. All she
can save roes on their backs. Look
at them when they go out" she says;
you couldn't tell them from the Miss
Swetstones themselves" But when
they go to service they have learned
next to nothing. Least of all. have
they learned to learn.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
wild Dogs In Ontario.

In the Lake of the Woods country Ia
Ontario, which may be described as a
wilderness of forest. rock and brush
wood, race of wild dogs have estab-
lished themselves, and are increa sins
In numbers so rapidly that fears aIs
entertained that the animals will yet
become troublesome. When the Ca
madam Pacific Railway was under con-
struction the camps OF the workmen
had, OF course. to be frequently moved,
and dogs were often left behind, and
eventually, like wolves and foxes,
found means OF sustaining themselves.
The animals are large. lean, short
haired, and generally red or red and
white In color. They are exceedingly
Wild, and fly on the first approach OF
man. In winter they live by catching
rabbits, that abound In the wilderness
of brushwood in summer the wild
dogs catch fish that crowd the smaller
streams that connect inland lakes. The
Indians detest the wild dogs, as they
pursue game and take the bait from
traps, and are a general nuisance
Sometimes a wild dog is taken in a
trap that has been set for other ami.
mails. but the beasts are exceedingly
cunning, swift and watchful. A race
OF wild dogs is said to exist in New
foundland, keeping near the coast, and
subsisting on what the sea casts to
the shore, the gulf stream preventing
the ice from forming at certain places
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
lightning superatitIons.

IL is we'll known that lightning plays
some truly remarkable tricks, and the
recent thunderstorms in France have
called attention to the different ways
the French peasants have OF preserv-
ing themselves from its disastrous ef
fects. Some, like the ancient Romans,
believe that skin confers immunity
from lightning. and II is reported that
the peasants of the Cevennes twist the
cast-off skins of snakes round their
hats to preserve themselves from dan
ger. Some believe that silk will do
the trick, and the idea that a garment
made Of silk exerts some influence
upon the matter is rather borne out by
catastrophe which once occurred in
a church at Chateauneuf-les-M Moutiers.
when two out OF three priests who
were officiating at the altar were Sc
verely injured during a storm. while
the third, who was dressed in silken
garments. remained quite untouched.
Some believe In sleeping on a pile OF
mattresses heaped in the center of the
room; some retire into the cellar OF
their houses, and many farmers at the
commencement OF a storm Immediately
proceed to put all their milk out OF
doors, knowing from experience that
thunder turns milk sour.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07

In the course of a trial an English
judge is reported 10 have said: "The
laws OF Cod and man both give the
party an opportunity to make his de-
fense. II he has any. remember to
have hard u observed by very
learned iaan Upon such an occasion
that even God himself did not pass
sentence upon Adam before he was
called upon ia make his defense.
Adam. says God, where art thou
Hast -hou eaten of the tree, whereof
| con manded thee that thou shouldst
not eatY And the same question was
put 10 Eve Also"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST.

Il have given you an example" II
Is the spiritual imitation OF Jesus
Christ in our daily life, which stands
the first OF all Christian duties. We
do not wonder that, after the Bible, the
most beautiful and the wisest, as well
as the most popular of the religious
books OF the world. has been the Imi-
tation Of Christ, book OF which ii has
been said that ''it will remain for all
time lasting record of human needs
and human consolations-the voice of
a brother who, ages ago, felt and suf-
fered and renounced, in the cloister,
perhaps, with serge gown and torsured
head, with much chanting and long
fasts, and with fashion of speech diff
ferent from ours; but under the same
silent, far-off heavens, with the same
passionate desires, the same strlvlngs.
the same failures, the same WEAKNESS.
Yes! In all times and in all countries,
the human heart has responded to the
appeal OF that hook, because men have
everywhere felt. whatever their own
opinions or forms of worship might
chance to be, that the Christian life is
indeed, and only that life which is
lived after the example OF Jesus Christ.
And so living ,hey have found by their
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
New Mrs. Mniapropisms.

A new crop OF Mrs. Malapropisms
Vas gathered by the passengers who
returned to this country not long ago
on the same bcat with certain Chi
cago woman. She lamented leaving
London so soon "b cause there was an
elegant sculptor there who wanted to
make bust of my arms" In refer
ring to the delights OF her visit she
spoke enthusiastically about a fancy
dress ball which she attended. and to
which "one OF my acqu -intances went
in the garbage of monk. One OF the
passengers congratulate Hrr. on her
daughters better health. "Sne Is not
nearly as delicate as she was the last
time | saw her." he said. "No." was
the reply. my daughter is in much
better health You know that natur-
ally she is very indelicate girl. -
New York Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07

Gods Sons and Daughters-Monday
Nov. 25. God the Creator, Gen. 1:1-5
24-27; Tuesday, Nov. 26. OF one family
Cor. 8:1-6; Wednesday. Nov. n, The
Heavenly Father, lisa. 64-1-S; Thurs
day, Nov. 2S. Adoption. Epn. 1912;
Friday, Nov 20. Obligation of relation
ship, Pet. ait; l John 4:7-9. 20, 2l;
Saturday, Nov. 30, The future home,
Heb. 1876; Sunday. Dec. 1, topic,
Children Of God. Rom. S:14-17.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
A Good Lincoln story.

A characteristic anecdote OF Lincoln
dates back to the time when there
were so many fires at the national
capital that suspicion of ipcendiaries
was entertained, and varioU3 northern
cities began to offer the services OF
special fire brigades. The authorities
of Philadelphia in particular we're most
urgent and sent special comInittee
to wait on the President and urge him
to accept the services OF such brigade.
The committee was tedious an long
wnded. and the President was anxious
TO get bach 70 the public business
which demanded his attention. Fin
ally. seeing no prospect OF iermina-
ion OF the interview in the usual way
he interrupted one OF the orators in
the midst OF a grandiloquenl flight by
saving:
An. yes, gentlemen. but II is a mis-
AXE TO suppose that | am the head OF
the fire department in Washington. !
am merely the President of the United
States"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
ROYALTY TO VISIT US.
KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM PLANS
A CRUISE TO THIS COUNTRY.
The Brother of the ex-Empres. of
Mexico to Come Over In III, Yacht
Little Prospect of n Generous Recep-
tion by Polite Society.

During the winter this country Is TO
have a royal visitor in the person o,
King Leopold OF Belgium Leopold 10
to make a yachting cruise in American
waters and IL is his intention to visit
New York. Washington. Annapolis and
other points OF interest In North and
South America.
King Leopold is a great European
traveller and spends a good deal OF his
time in gay and wicked Paris. Perhaps
II is because the French capt is gay
and wicked that Leopold is attracted
to II, for he Is sport!vely inclined. He
travels freely about without any Of
hcial protection more than Is besto sed
upon the ordinary citizen. He affects
the society of actresses and though in
his seth year is always ready for a
lark. Once in speaking to a newspaper
representative on the subject OF police
protection he said: Precautions have
ever proved Intellectual All the prom
lnent men killed we're surrounded with
precautions. prefer going about this
way. is unguarded as you are. Besides
| would just as lief be killed as feel
that detectives were constantly all
about me"
King Leopold was born in 1885 and
ascended the throne In 1866. Beside
being ruler of Belgium, he is the alb
solute ruler OF that vast region in Az
rica known as the Congo Free State
His sister Is the hapless ex-Empress
Carlotta OF Mexico, wicow OF MaYimil-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07

Big books have been written abom
the origin OF evil. but when we close the
volumes we are no, much nearer the
mystery than when we opened them.
Perhaps 1t is Gods business to know
how evil came. and our business to
see that evils go. II Is not ours to
deal with evil as totality. but God
has given us power over single concrete
evils, and. II we can't kill all the
snakes. we can now and then scotch
a rattler." If we can't abolish all
weeds, we can hoe our own garden
patch and SOW good seed. and where
the good seeds hold the ground 1t is
little harder for the weeds to get a
footing and to bear seed that will float
over to our neighbor's garden.-Sun-
day school Times.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
IF I CAN LIVE.

IFIC CAN LIVE.
II | can live
To make some pale face brighter and
to give
A second luster to some tear-dimmed
eye.
Or cen import
One throb of comfort to an aching
heart.
Or cheer some wayworn soul in pass
ing by;
II can lend
A strong hand to the fallen. or defend
Tho right against single envious
strain,
My life. though bare.
Perhaps, of much that seemeth dear
and fair
To us on earth, will not have been in
vain.
The purest Joy,
Most near to heaven. far from earth's
alloy,
Is bidding cloud give way to sun and
shine;
And twill be well.
II on that day OF days the angels tell
OF me, she did her best for one OF
Thine.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07

own personal experience that the more
earnestly they have sought to Uead
tlsit path. and to follow In those shin
ing footsteps. the more faithfully has
His promise been fulfilled: Take My
yoke upon you and learn of Me. for
am meek and lowly OF heart; and ys
shall find rest unto your souls Rev.
S. A. Alexander
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS AL OVER
THE WORLD.

Every Circumstance Comes Into our
Lives to Bring Us Nearer t. Our
Christian Caiiing--G Grief aud Tr.I WIN
Assume Glory aud Lustcr.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
Champion Sneak Thief.

Greenwood. Iowa, reports the cha
pion sneak thief. Two hours after Z
Ing released from Jail he broke :
prison and stole his photograph n II
the rogues' gallery.-Ex
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07
Compr.sssd AIR.

The latest application Of comprcssc4
air to human comfort Is seen in q bar
ber's shop in New York. A, e4. oi
the BARRIERS stands there IS naN
rubber tube with a screw nozzle. r-s
tubes connect with large tand ad,a
with compressed al IN the rear OF =.
shop. When the barber finishes shsv
ing a customer ne attaches the ??
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-07

It is easy to be good-for nothing.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-21
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr. C. w. Nuxcut of Conroc Is registered
AZ the HutchinS house.
Judge Wells Thompson Of Matagorda
county is at the Rice hotel.
Mrs. e. s. Foote OF Yoakum is among
the late arrivals al the Rice hotel.
MIR. w II. Bertrand came in from Har.
cm last night, and put IN at the llutchlns
house.
Mr. s j. Winston Of Richmond was In
Houston last night, taking supper at the
! llutchins house.
Messrs. ]. +. Dyer w. l. Mcfarland and
at the Hutchins house.
Mr.. Louis ]. Wilson, nm attorney of
Angeton, came Mp last night and Is regis
tered at the Rice hotel
Mr.: Il. r. rilson and wife. accompanied
by Miss Zelma Pilson nil OF Richmond, Va,
have apartments at the Rice hotel
Mr.. Victor c. BarrinGer. general agent
for the Penn Mutual Insurance company.
with headquarters at san Antonio Is at
the Rice hotel.
ar. i G. Hrndrickson. president of the
Alas Metal company Of Philadelphia, mr.
rived IN Houston yesterday, and is a guest
at tho Rice hotel.
Mr.; j. Y Bcll, the railroad supply man
of Houston, after an absence Of about
month. has returned to the city, aud Is
quartcred at the Rice hotel.
Mr. and Mrs r. S. Mcdowell Of Smith
Vile were Mt the Rice hotel YESTERDAY Mr.,
Mcdowell Is connected with the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas railroad Mt Smithyilc.
Nj. George +. Germond. who for the past
seven or eight years has been employed
M Necco & Tiscmaun has gone 70 Waco
where he has gone into business on his own
accours.
Mrs. r. T. Amer and son. Robert f., left
last night via the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas for u two months visit 10 friends
and relatives at Milford and Franklin,
Texas.
The many friends of Mrs. Frank Will
ford will he glad 10 learn that she Is much
improved after quite q severe attack of
Ia grippe. Her sister, Mrs w I. McCiee,
is stil with her.
Mr.. r.. NJ. Johnston returned yesterday
from Washington y. G., whore he has
hccn for the past several weeks In the
interest ~ Honston's decp water project,
now before congress.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-21
CITY RREvlTlEs,

MAYOR Tufny says he viii veto several Of
the measures adopted ut the last meeting
Of the council.
CITY Treasurer Szabo paid off the street
force yesterday for the week. and the
police department for the month of Jan
uary.
There will he q reunion Of the pupils OF
Mrs. T. ). Hail nj the residence of r. G.
Crawford corner of Rusk ana SAN Jacinto
from 4 10 o'clock this evening,
There are undclivered kilograms Mt the
office Of the Western Union Telegraph cont
pany for Beauman smith, Mrs. Minnie
Hart, W, l.. Johnson. y Cowdcn, Il. T.
lnrwcll and Rev. NJ. ID. Moody,
The Woman's club viii have an open scs
sion at $40 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon N
the residence of Mrs. w. r. Eckhardt 1S''G
Main street, to which all members OF th1
clubs belonging 10 tho City Federation OF
Clubs are cordially Invited,
There win be a bah given az Bryan hail
tonight under -ihc auspices Of the Young
Mems Hebrew society. \ largo number Of
tickets have been sold and the AFFAIR Is
looked forward TO as an event that gives
promise OF much enjoyment
The ornn NJ. Roberts chapter U.,x =
Daughters Of the Confederncy. VIII m ct
Friday afternoon at the residence Of Cnn
tain William nunovant. Tho resolutions
adopted at the last meeting of the chapter
regarding Judge Wilson'S address on John
Marshall will be published in next Sundays
Poat.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-21

The office Of Colonel w y. Slossom 10
relation to the prospects for the future OF
that enterprising colony. This delegation
consisted Of J. r. Klhasen, Fraz Heluricks,
]. 4. Klaascn ana Gerhard Willcms. ali
well to do md thrifty farmers who have
pnde FIRST class improvements since they
came to Texas nearly three years ago.
we were badly hurt by the storm Of
last September said one OF them, ''thc
most nf our houses were blown down but
ont stock WAS not much Injured. -Four of
our number were killed outright and for
time II looked dark for our colony: now
however Il Is all changed. The fall and
winter have been fine We have got most
OF our blowing done aud are ready to plant
corn, aud many Of our people have onts
sown and some Of them M We like
Texas. and with the hnc prospects for
rice. cotton. good prices for cotton mud all
the crops we can raise, we propose to
make our future homes here and many
OF our church people will come to us from
the North next year
We arc not afraid OF corporations or
railroads and are especially grateful TO
the Santa Fe people. IN both the passenger
and fra-1t departments for the Kindness
shown during the hard time following the
great storm. 3"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-21

| parties securing the franchises In the case
| OF their not FULFILLING their part Of the
contract, thus virtually granting the com
| panies, absolutely free, an option on fran
| chiscs, which franchises are calculated 70
prove verltable bonanzas.
| 3. Because the granting OF the franchises
practically FOR nothing dobars the city
| from granting franchises for reasonable
compensation. az no company could atfor1
10 pay what such franchise Is really
worth and compete with those who have
obtained theirs for song. This deprlvcs
the city of a valuable source OF Income
which would in the course OF tune mntpri
ally reduce the heavy burden Of taxation
under which we arc now struggling, and
which Is rctarding the progress OF the
city.
!. Because IT fails to protect the con.
sumner ms TO prices charged. absolutely So
TT regard to oil and practically So even
in regard TO gas True the price Of gas
Is stipulated nj 81 per 1000 cubic feet. bur
nothing tx specified Ms to the quality. AMI
the company need not furnish gas at all
al the prices specified. but can furnish oil
alone at any price they see TT. The fact
Is. as no one knows. nr can know. what
gag and oil will he worth within the next
twenty-five years. the most practical meth.
obs Of protecting both the company and
the public IN regard to prices Is 10 provide
ways and means by which from time 20
time an equitable price cnn be agreed
upon. I defy nny one 70 prove that t'tis
Is not just and practicable. and | man
tain that this plan or something equally
as good should have been adopted
.. Tho granting OF 50 many franchises
for the same purpose. Invoicing parallel
lines OF pipes. sevpral central STATIONS, etc
Is antngOnlsflc 20 the idrn ~ municipal
ownership Of public utilities In the future.
as the ctv. haying no uSc for parallel lines.
ETC.. conld not afford to buy them all, IN,
al tho most only one ~ them 90 Y might
even he found more cxnehicnt to hnild an
entirely new plant IilSs would either
work n hardship on the companies owning
the lines by the city refusing to renew the
franchises. or t,rpnte such permanent cont
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-21
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD
To Incorporate the Town OF Brunne
for School Purposes.

To Incorporate the Town Of Drummer
for School Purposes.
Upon the petition Of the citizens Of Brun-
ner County Judge Vnsmcr has ordered an
election 10 be held In that precinct on
March to incorporate the town Of Brun-
nor Tor school purposes only. The cleo
tion will Ice held ut Hudson's drug store.
corner of Washington and Parker streets.
The territory affected by the election Is
embraced within the following boundaries:
Commences on the north slide OF Buffalo
bayou at Weeks bridge, thence with east
line of Irvine street to Washington street,
the east line n The Houston Heights
boulevard tO the south bank of White
OAK bayou. thence with White oak bayou
and its mc1nderings to the southwest cor
ner Of the Incorporated limits Of Houston
Heights, thence with the Incorporated
limits of Ioustou Heights to the east line
of the Antoine Drummer tract, thence north
with the Antoine Drummer tract To Its
northeast corner thence with the north
line NJ the Drummer tract to It's northwest
corner. thence north 10 the northeast cor
ner Of the John Ricnerman tract, thence
OH the north line of the Nclncrman tract
10 its northwest corner, thence with the
west linc or the Rcinernan tract to Its
intersection with the Missouri. Kansas ana
Texas railway track thence west with the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas track TO its
Central and Washington street, thence
With the south side of the Washington
street to the west line Of Antoine Drummer
tract, thence with the west line of the
Drummer tract 10 Buffalo bayou and to
place of beginning.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-21

TO the Editor OF The Post.
Houston, Texas February pa few
reasons why the oil and pipe liuc fran.
ohlses should not have been granted:
]. Because no one knows the possibilities
and magnitude OF The oil, aud even the gas
Industry within the next TWENTY-FIVE voors
the period of time Tor which the franchises
have been given. Nor can any one cstl.
mate stlle growth OF tho city durIno thts
ptrfof III years Hence no one knows or
can SNOW tue compensation IN the aSact
amount of dollars and cents that tho DIV
should receive. MS the city should receive
an amount commensurate with the mapnt-
tpde Of the business done under The f,in.
chlse. and the proits derived from ii, hence
y Is absurd TO grant such franchise M
$50 aud $1,000 per aRuum, as has becn
done. That such d contract as above 70.
ferrcd to can be made part of Tho fran,
chise, no one will dare dispute. and /
maintain that under haste and lack of fore.
thought, or u want of knowledge Of Tho
city's needs, prevented Its helng done.
2. Because no forfeit Is required OF tho
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-21
ssee . o o G o @ 90 90 easse'
LIE LOCAL STAGE.
Two Performances Of "Thc Highway
mani onlorrov's Attraction.


Two small aud not very enthusiasts ai
dlences saw The IIehwayman' at the
opera house yesterday. matinee aud night
This very pretty comic opera wns pres MT
cd in Houston by an excellent company.
though not largo one. AMI should have
been given better patronage.
Some of tho hest attractions Of the sea
son are vet on Manager Bcrgman's ho0as
"The Man from Mexico" which will b.
givcn three performances IN Houston. he
ginning with n matinee Friday. is n DE-
llChtfu fnrcical comedy. nph viii W nlorel
here ny an eXscllent comnany. tOcl0)in f,
George Bonifnce, Jr., Gus Plxley and Sd
line Mann.
The advance agent for Unnlons "NovaGe
In Suisse" was ~ the city yesterday mqlt-
ing arrangements for this great panto-
mime and evtravnGanza. to hc nrcsenrc1
here next Monday and Tuesday nishes and
Tuesday matinee. The company Is row In
New Orleans, and Is being highly praise l
by the papers of that city.
The following telegram was received by
The Post Yesterday;
New Orleans. III. February M--l con
slider Hnulcn's Voyage en- Suisse" com
pany. which plays Houston next week.
The most pretentlous spectacle visiting
Texas this season. George H. Walker.