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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-12-12
First Publication Nov. ~.
Contest Notice,
Department of the Interior,

Department OF the INTERIOR
United States Land Onice,
III Reno. o. r., April II, 1902
A sunicient contest afidaVid having been
Hlcd In this once by William n Shaw, CON
testant against homestead entry No, b55l.
made Oct. b. 1901. for the OF S4cuoh u
iTownshp H. Range H. by William Ham CON
testee. Ia which it. is alleged that william
Ham was not n on said land or any time there.
after OF said date, Thnt ne Nuiiam i, Shhw
WINS the first settler ON the W = OF the 4
of sec u iownShipll II n range II ". That the
contestant settled upon the W . OF the n e
a of sec u Township II II Range W at seven
O'Clock shnrp a. m. On the 18th day of oct. 1901
and improved the same, for said parties are
hereby notified to appear. respond ana
nffer evidence touching said allegation at 10
,o'clocll a m ON Jan. Is. 1902 before the Regis
ter and Receiver at United states Land
ONCE I'm III Reno. Canadian County. q. II,
FRANK c. SICKLES, Register
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-12-12
ILLEGAL NOTICES..
Grirst Publication oct. 81 1902
Notice OF Publication.

Territorv of Oltlnhoml INTHEDISTRGCT
Cnddo county lA9 COURT
Lena Mathews IlaIntin
VS..
Robert T.. Mathews. dcfcudcnt m
said dcfcudcut, Robert r.. Mathews, VIII
take notice that he has been sued In the above
named court by Lena MnthcWstur divorce
from Inc bouds of mntrimony heretofore cX-
listing between slid parties ana said defend
cnt must answer the petition Med by Sald
pniutinuRuiust him In said court, on ct before
Inc tst dny of December 1902 or the petition
viii be taken as true and judgement rendered
accordingly divorcinR said plniutn from SAID
Lena Mathews
Bv Kerr a King attorneys for ulaintln
Attest n n. Sission, Clerk
by Guy X. GiIlctt, Deputy.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-12-12

Parties wanting to do clearing,
make posts or cut wood, call on
Reuben Goff, south west IA Sec.
26-S-11., seven miles northwest
of Anadarko. SSt6
Lay in your winter and spring
supply of potatoes. Winter is
here, big potato sale cor. 7 and
Main street. oot4
Gish Brooke & Co. have just
,eceived a carload of fine new
furniture, consisting of buitets,
sideboards, ladies desks, dress
srs administer rugs, art squares
Call in and see them. One door
west of the p. o. ooVi
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-12-12
G. w. BAKER,
LAWYER.

Gives special attention to criminal
law and civil business. Office over
Seibert & Kaisers saloon. Cor. 9th
and Broadway. ANADARKo, OKLA
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

said he would bring him some more
at some other time, and now-he was
to die If he died, perhaps no one else
would bring him candy, or speak a
kind word to him. He lay trembling
in his bed, as they planned to- kill his
friend. What could he do? He was
only a little boy-and he had thought
to be a high binder when he was a
big man like Ho Chun; and if he was
going to be one, he must conquer all
tenderness of heart-and yet-this man
had been kind to him, and 1t might
be that he had little boys of his own
at home IF l was a high binder"
he said to himself. Il no kill nice men
who bling childen candy--I kill bad
men," Next day he confided his
thoughts to Mo Chun (mother), but
she replied, mono, my little boy, No
use-Hip Song Tongs heap big-heap
strong-they no care if Chong Sing
give candy; they kill him allie samee."
But the boy did not forget. He still
thought. however, that it must be a
fine thing to be a gh-binder, If only
one lust killed the bad men-men who
did not give candy to lonely little
children and speak kind words to them.
So that very day he went around
through the narrow streets of China
town ana organized an ofuer Oh nlBn-
binders among his boy friends. He
succeeded in getting three other boys
10 Join, and when they all stood i'll a
row to take their oaths they made per-
feet stair steps. Sing Lee was the
tallest one, and he fairly scowled with
the sense of his Importance
Now that they were really high-bind-
ers, they must begin to kill somebody;
not having ever killed anybody they
did not know how to go about 1t, or
whom to begin on. Mo Chun noticed
the boys carrying on a great deal of
private conversation and she Won
dered what it could be, and that night
after Sing Lee had burned his punks
before the squatty little god In the
corner and had eaten his bowl of rice
with choosticks she seid to her boy;
what for you all time whisper? You
no eat-you no sleep-tell mel What
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

it-and he gazed at the polished hair
and the pretty mouth as he talked.
mo Chun. l like be like big man
like Ho Chun. / get boys togeddeh-
we be high-binders, all samee Ho
Chun. But-Mo Chun. my beautiful
blossom--I no lkee Ho Chun to kill
Chong Sing; he heap good-he bling
me candy"
What you mean? How you sabe
Cknow) Ho Chun kill Chong Sing?
Speak! Tell me-"
20, Mo Chun Of mine, no sleep at
night; / no can help II hear Ho
Chun say Chong Sing must die; velly
solly--he heap good mani 1ikee." Mo
Chun was sorry, too, for she knew him
to be good man, but she knew there
was no use to say anything. II they
had decided upon his death there was
nothing to be said. The next
day Sing Lee set forth with his little
band of highbinders. to find some one
to kill Mo Chun had you must not
kill them, you sabe; just pletend XIII.
Suddenly, as they marched on, a
bright thought struck little Sing Lee
Suppose 1 tell ChoRg Sing?-He live
near-I know the way, apd-he was
kind to me-"
He then confided his secret to his
trusty men, and they marched ON
through the narrow streets till they
came to the home of the good Chong
Sing-the man who was to be Killed.
1t was dark and gloomy where
Chong Sing lived, and his two shy, lit
tie Chinese daughters trudging home
ward through the narrow alleyway, ar
rived at the door just before the little
highbinders. Sing Lee could see their
FIo Chun as he greeted them, and they
clasped their little brown arms about
his neck and he gazed at them with
love in his eyes-and yet-he1nust die.
Sing Lees mind was made up; he
marched boldly to the door, where the
little bowls of punlxs were always kept
lighted, as incense to the god-the goo
who had given no warning to Chong
Sing. With a soft sound of sandalled
feet, the doomed man appeared at the
door. His face was beaming with good
nature He carried one little girl IN
his arm, and by his side stood his son
"a manly little fellow. With his heart
throbbing fit to burst, Sing Lee ad-
vanced in front of his men, saying: Il
am Sing Lee; you were kind to me
once. These are my men-highbind-
ers-(at this Chong Sing smiled in a
very amused way), but the smile was
changed to something else when the
hoy went ONT no forget you'll Velly
lonely; you bling candy-you say good
word to me; and now-l pay you
back
"No one know I come to tell you.
The Hip Sing longs they say-you
must die. They say you tell seclets to
white devil. no know-I no care
but you good man-hkee save you.
want you to go way; cross the water
YOU go quick velly solly-goodby."
The little highlander did not Kill any
one that day. He was thinking of
pale. set face and two little brown
arms clasped about a fathers neck.
Never rnind-he would kill someone
next week-or tomollow-some one was
bad who did not bring candy.
4
There was great surprise among the
Hip Sing longs when the next victim
was not to be found. Such thing had
never happened before, and they could
account for It in no way.
OF course they did not think to ask
the little brown mother, or the little
highblnder. And while they
were wondering and searching, away
over across the blue sea was happy
Ho Chun and Mo Chun. and brown
happy children-safe-safe.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

rat from the trapoers' cabin, FIVE miles
oven the mountains, with Canadian
half-dollar, all eager for trade. Rap,
RAP, rap. rap. went their front feet on
the loose clapboard over the proSpec-
tors bunk. but the tired man only
mumblsd in his sleep and turned over
his bed. Rattle-te-bang went pow
der can from the rafters to the floor,
awakened the sleeper, who reached for
his revolver, but seeing nothing. turn
ed to sleep again. Next morning there
was plenty to see-fish heads, chips,
bones and pine cones, etc, in place of
his knife, fork, spoon and tin cup
which he had left on his rude table;
but worst of all was the sight of the
battered oil can in which he had pack
ed his cartridges No ammunition was
now visible, but in its place was can
OF dirty looking pebbles.
The angry man kicked over the can
and as he did so made use of very
many emphatic expressions which are
better left imprinted.
With petulant rage, he viciously
struck the offending objects with his
prospector's pick, as the pebbles flew
from the blow the mans expression
suddenly changed; he dropped the
pick mad gathered up a handful of the
dirty looking pebbles, which he ex-
am1ned attentlNely then he gave
wild war whoop and sprang to the door
to fire six shots at the unoffending
sky. Paddy witnessed these antics
with the utmost interest and astonish-
ment and his curiosity was so great
that he crept from his hiding place to
the unoccupied bank and was peering
cautiously over its side when he found
the mans eyes fixed upon him. The
man laughed a wild, naughty laugh,
which sent the chills down Paddy's
back. and took from him all power of
fight.
When I last saw them, the miner
and the rat were inseparable compan-
ions, they no longer lived at the edge
of the snow fields in the Cascade
mountains; a wonderful change had
come about for foolish people had
given the lonely prospector houses,
lands, cattle and horses in exchange
for the dark-colored pebbles which
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

Daddy the pack rat and all of his lit
a. mink brothers and sisters were born
:. Hind as art critics and as bald as
oo,lege professors, but, unlike the lat
ear individuals, young pack rats learn
,o see. in time. and age cures their
holdness. Not far from the rats nest
6 steep bank of treacherous slide
rock where a ratlesnake was accus-
.omed to take it's daily sun bath. The
almost white skin of this snake is dec
grated with dark stripes and spots, and
is q conspicuous object on my study
wall but it approaches so closely to the
ooor of the sun-baked stones that a
live RATHER of this kind is scarcely dis
+ipouishable among the slide rock.
How it happened that the snake ever
discovered the rats nest is uncertain;
however. I am inclined to think that,
dog-like it used it's nose to follow the
trail of the mother rat. Even such de-
,.oted little creatures as mother pack
rats often find it necessary to leave
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

pack rat and the rodents themselves
seldom venture out until after dark.
The accompanying illustration, drawn
from life, will possibly give the reader
a better idea of this animals appear
ance than a printed description.
1t is not its bushy tail alone which
makes the pack rat interesting, for
its quaint eccentricities of character
overshadow the popularity of its APP
pearance. No sooner does a camper,
prospector or trapper erect his tent,
shack or cabin in the rat country than
the pack rats are on hand eager for a
chance to trade. Not only do they
exchange their bric-a-b rac for food,
but any portable object has a value
to them; nails. pocket knives, buttons,
tobacco, revolvers, iron bolts, pocket
compasses, cartridges and false teeth
are a few of the recorded objects APP
propriated by the pack rats or left in
exchange for some object taken by
them.
AS the summer advanced Paddy
moved further Up the mountain side,
where he began a famous collection
Of ourios. About this time it was nois-
ed about in ratdom that a prospectors
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

their hearts by the presence of a hu-
man being, that it is seldom we have
an opportunity to witness the real ma
tive courage of our wild brothers IN
furs and feathers. If the old mother
rats body trembled violently and her
chisel-like teeth chartered at the sight
of the venomous snake, it was not with
fear but rather with righteous wrath.
With her eyes fixed upon the intruder
the old pack rats body seemed to swell
to obnormal proportions. She swayed
slowly from side to side and stamped
the earth menacingly with her little
hand-like feet.
I have often witnessed a snake strike
with rapidity beyond the power of
the human eye to follow: but quicker
than the movement of the snake was
the spring which transferred the moth
err rat to a perch on the squirming
body of the RATHER All in vain did
the rasping rattle sound its dry vi
brating threat of death; such was the
fury of the onslaught that the rodents
teeth not only severed the snakes
backbone, but the reptiles head was
stricken from it's writhing body with
the dispatch and skill worthy of a
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

cabin had been erected near Paddy's
new home. It is not safe to state just
how the rats passed the word around,
for it would be certain to oe contra
dicted, but it may be stated that after
sunset there was a great rustling
among the dry leaves and swaying
Of the fringed gentians ana Indiaa
paint brushes, showing THAI the little
mountain folks were about that night.
The next night it was very evident
that the word had been passed. Scarce
had the sun set behind the snow-cov-
cred peaks before the little mountain
folks assembled to break the Gull mon
otony of the lonely prospectcrs' life.
There was a rat from he lake Cheair,
with the head of ling IN its rlcuth;
there was rat from Railroad creek
with a half a plug 9f Battle AK TO-
bacco, another from The Indian settle
ment with a bunch CT blue beads.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

professional headsman.
The initial motive, instinct or
thought still controlled the snakes
body with it's dire purpose, and de-
void of head, brains or weapons. the
thing coiled and struck the rat again
and again with the bloody stump OF
it's neck!
Such was the tragedy which left lit
tie Patty sole heir to the horded store
of it's parents. When Paddy's eyes
were opened he viewed with satisfac-
ton the soft hair which had begun to
grow from the tip of his nose to the
end of his tail, pack rats have tails
like chipmunks, a popularity observed
by Lewis and Clark's men on July 2,
1904, when they found the first one OF
these animals ever seen by civilized
man. Comparatively few civilized men
have seen any of these creatures since
1904 for the reason that only hunters
and miners frequent the haunts of the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

1t was the one desire of little Sing
Lee to be High Binder. 1t must be
nne thing, for his Ho Chun father)
was one, and so it must be good. 1t
was true he did not have a very def
mite idea of just what it meant to be
one but he knew this: His father be-
iohged to the Hip Sing Tongs-an Or
uer OF high-binders in San Francisco.
0'iu they were men who kept their
promises. At night, as he lay on his
nsro bamboo couch, with the fumes
VI opium thick around him, he could
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

their babies unprotected for short in
tervals, and then accidents sometimes
happen to their helpless offstrings. Old
time prospectors and trappers say that
pack rats in the gold mining districts
of Arizona protect their nests from
snakes by barricades built of prickly
cactus. That this plant does not grow
in the Cascade mountains near Paddys s,
home may account for the ease with
which the slide rock RATHER inserted its
body into the cleft in the cliff where
the nest was located. By some unex-
planned accident little Paddy's life was
spared, but when the mother rat re-
turned to her home 1t was to find the
graves of all her other children marked
by an egg-shaped swelling in the living
body of the reptile.
The most relentless and bloodthirsty
Zoe of all wild creatures is man and
such is the terror usually inspired in
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

YOU think about?" Mo Chun was
such a dear little brown mother. and
he lover her so, that, when she looked
at him with her slanting velvet eyes
and asked him to tell her, he never
could keep from it. He was not afraid
of her, for Chinese mothers do not
punish their children, and, anyway,
the secret was too good to keep, so
WHY not tell her? She never laughed
at him like Ho Chun. So he
crept close up against the warmth of
her silken blouse-he could feel her
tender mother heart beating beneath
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

hear his Ho Chun talking in a low tone
with a crowd of men, who were all of
the same order of high binders as his
father. "There is Chong Sing" they
were saying, "he has told some of our
secrets to a white devil, and he must
die; the Joss frowns upon him." This
sounded very discouraging for Chong
Sing and little Sing Lee felt sorry for
a moment. for he remembered that one
day this same Chong Sing had spoken
kindly to him. and had given him a
three cornered package of nuts ana
candy. He could even yet taste the
delicious strips of candied cocoanut
and the dainty preserved citron. He.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
SUMNER DRESS STUFFS.
MR. MERCER AGAIN.

Once more we are reminded of the
man who has had such a struggle for
the past three years trying to make
cotton look like silk and to retain its
silken finish after coming from the tub.
We can safely say that he has at last
succeeded, and we take pleasure in In
Producing and recommending these
the very latest productions of MEl3-
CERIZED FABRICS, some of which are
on sale for the first time, and are only
60 be seen here; all of which are mark
ed at our usual small profit.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
VALUE OF MEAT AS A FOOD.
Action of the Beef Trust Calls At
tention to NutritiOusness of other
EdibIeS.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New Iofk Irlbune'
Domestic economy, which tells how
best to provide nourishing, palatable
and reasonably cheap food to those in
modest circumstances, has been studied
in schools and homes for many years,
and yet Americans follow largely the
dictates Of their own appetites, some
times to the detriment of their i'm
comes, and more often to the sorrow Of
their stomachs.
Perhaps just now there Is no single
food item which concerns housewives
more deeply than meat. They have
seen the price of this commodity rise
gradually until, in many districts be-
sides the East Side, families have
found it impossible to make their
morning call on the butcher. Where
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

Porridge is the normal dish for man
kind, but how many Americans could
stand a breakfast of it each day? We
are rapidly and unwisely departing in
this regard from the habits of our an
cestors.
1 had a case to-day which is directly
to the point. The second of three
children is very often i'll; he has not
the bloom, the development or the
quick muscular activity of his brother
ana sister. He eats a great deal of
meat. Fl is brother and sister are sat-
isfied with bread and butter and milk,
and very little else.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

they called nuggets, but Paddy Pack
Rat had given these little Jumps of
gold in exchange for some brass cart
ridges. and. strange to say, neither
Paddy nor the prospector ever regret
ted the trade. Dan Beard.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

-Teeth.-Bobby-" gran'ma's so
old she amt got a tooth in her head"
Tommy-"Ain't she? Well, mebby
they're in her bureau drawer, like my
Aunt Titles is sometimes. "-Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

He Was.-"Brother Highmore, are
you contributing anything for the ben
eft of the heather this year?
yes, sir. l am having my washing
done at a Chinese laundry."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
SILK TISSUE.

Do not fail to see these, as we con-
slider them the most desirable and the
best values offered this season. having
never been sold under soc; in black,
white, delicate green, light blue LQ~
and pink Observation-Disclosures. FOS
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
~MERcERlzED WHITE MADRAS.

Very much in demand. being the cor
rect fabric for the new Gibson Waists.
We are showing special values Z0~
at these prices: 15c, 1Sc, zoe, Csc, ~
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
MERCERIzED MADRAS.

The very best quality and often taken
for silk. Plain and fancy stripes: in
green, oxford, castor, pink and light
blue; also full line of plain colors. 0E%
Regular 35c value, marked at 80. Z%I
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
MERCERIzED CHAMBRAY.

Very high luster in plain stripes and a
large variety of plain colors us To-
ually sold for 25c; here for only. III
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-04-12

II do not like yo,ir A Amcrican jokes"
done. and he experienced boyish de-
light in the utter surprise and confu'
sion of the captain.
Having finished the air. Darrell smil-
ingly passed the pen to Ladislov. pro.
cCeding not unsafe. for the cap closed
and opened by means of spring not
easily discovered. Incident to this
mechanism there were two perfora-
tions of the outer shell. which might
seem to connect with the inner parts,
though they did not.
That's where you blow" said OAR
rell. pointing to the holes, while Cor
don controlled his countenance with
considerable difficulty.
Ladislov fumbled with the pen, and
he became red with wrath.
"a clever trick" he said In very un.
pleasant voice, ian accomplishment of
the vaudeville"
81 do not like your tone, SIR" said
Darrell calmly as he extended his hand
for the pen.
"And l DO not like your American
jokes" replied Ladislov. rising.
among gentlemen there are certain
views about lying
Gordon expected to sec Ladislov's
body go flying over the table behind
him, for he knew Darrell of old as q
man exceedingly prompt in such mat
ters. But Darrell merely put the pen
into his pocket as if he had heard moth
ing offensive, and, leaning back in his