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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
ouIEED EY INSTINCT.
HcW Cashiers Are Able to at Once De.
tect Had Money


II seems wonderful to the casual oh
server that cashiers. bank tellers ana
others who handle large amounts Of
paper money are able at glance to
detect a bad note. Exactly what 1t
Is that does expose the counterfeit the
best experts find it difficult to tell
They say they know it instinctivcly.
They judge not only by the looks Of
4 note, but by the feel" of IL.
1t is obvious that a counterfeit note
must be widely circulated to make it
profitable. No sooner does a counter
felt appear than its description is wide
ly published. Those who are likely
% suffer by taking counterfeit notes
make il their business to be on tlc
lookout for new ones which are SOON
distinguishable by some easily discov.
cred mark
teller knows of just what denomi-
nations are the counterteits and just
where to look for The telltale marks.
He detects the spurious note as easily
IS the reader does a misspelled word.
1t is no particular effort Il is 3
h5Sit.
The principal reason why counter
feits are so easily detected is because
in some feature. they are almost uni
formly of inferior quality This is, in
deed, the main protection Of the pub
lie. Genuine notes are engraved and
printed almost regardless Of cost. and
the very best materials are used in the
engraving and printing. IT is done
IN large establishments, with costly
materials and by the best worllmen
It is practically impossible for coun-
terfeiters to do as we'll They must
work in secret and at a disadvantage
and of necessity cannot have the cN-
perience to produce such perfect work
If they get the engravings done nice
ly, they fail in the printing. or if they
get the engraving and printing done
well, they fail in securing the proper
paper.
OF late years there has been great
deal of care taken to get paper manu-
factured expressly for the notes issued
by the government. The national bank
notes are also issued by the govern
ment, 50 that the sources of supply for
exactly that kind Of paper are con.
trolled.
There is little protection for the
poor and ignorant from counterfeit
money They do rot rely so much
upon their own skill as upon keeping
track of the sources from which they
receive money. They know from whom
they receive a bank note, and il it
turns out bad they take it back and
get 1t redeemed. In some degree this
protection exists among financial in
stitutions, which keep trace of the
sources of their receipts.-St. Louis
Republic
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

Herr Busse, a chemist of HAMBURG
says he has discovered the secret ol
making two famous liqueurs, chartreus,
and benedictine. Until the time ei
this discovery the secrets were solel ,
in possession of the French monks WIN
made these liqueurs. Herr Busse make
the claim that he can produce the real
article at one-quarter the price nov,
demanded for that which comes frorl
France. Connoisseurs will have az
opportunity shortly to decide as to IL ,
value of Herr Busse's discovery an /
the merit of his product. for it is II
be put ON the market. The liqueurs VIII
not be sold in liquid form in bottles,
but a small box of powdered herbJ
will be handed to the purchaser, whn
will have to do the distilling himself.
The liqueurs made by the French monk
are so strictly protected by law that il
is impossible to sell any spirits of other
manufacture under the designation
used by them. 1t is for this reason
that the herbs will be sold, and that
the buyer will have to drink home.
made" chartreuse or benedctine.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
AM ERICAN HUMOR.
Sweetness Seems Wanting in Our Comic
Artists, Says HowelIs.

@hiAio'H' ShgS
In his comment upon "An Italian
View of Humor" in the North Ameri-
can Review w. d. Howells criticises
with some severity the work of Ameri-
can pictorial humorists. He says:
The humiliatirg truth is that we are
still not only quartitatively but also
qualitatively behind the English il
humor, and not only in literary humor
but also in artistic humor | have
named one artistic English hUmoris
he was, to be sure. French Belgian
on his fathers side-who abounded il
that sweetness which seems wantins
in our comic artists. But Du Mauriei
was not the only English artist who
abounded in sweetness, and whose
satire was almost a caress. There was
Leech, there was Doyle. there was
Keene, each in his way most lovable
as well as witty. Except Mr. Peter
Newell, whose quaintness is full OF
gentle charm, the only American like
them that | can think of is Mr.. Oliver
Herford,' who is an Englishman: the
rest OF our good fellows have all bit
ing rather than a caressing wit. They
are inferior to the Germans as well a!
the English in their want Cf sweet.
ness, their want of humanity, one MAY
even call it. You can hardly take uI
copy of Fliegende Batter, or Jugcnd
or even Simplicissimus, without com.
ing on proof of the fact; a spirit o.
kindness pervades not only tlose lit.
tie domestic comedies which humorous
German art is so rich IN, but it tinges
the sharpest political satire on which
the humorists may venture in condi.
tions where the law OF lese majesty
Is over-soul. We are the most intense.
ly domestlcated people in the world
with the purest and most loving fami
ly life; but If you believe our graphic
humorlsts we are always aiming tC
make mercenary marriages. when We
are not trying for divorces, and om
children are Of an odiousness for which
universal putting to bed would bs
gross indulgence"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
GIANTS AMONG THE SEALS.
Hakits of Group OF AmphibIn OF the
South Pacific.

H"hits OF IA Group OF Amphibin of tho
South Pacific.
Professor c. Chun, a German scien-
tist, has begun making a study Of the
sea elephants, the gigantic seals found
in many portions of the south Pacific
ocean. He has been assisted in his
work by Robert Hall, learned natur-
alist, and the two Investigators have
Cleaned many new facts relative to
their habits and life. These interest
ing seals are only found in the south
e>l sea, and mainly in the vicinity of
tho Kergueles islands, where they go
in August for the purpose of pairing.
They remain there until February or
March. During the winter they are
very dull and apathetic but as spring
approaches they become more lively.
or human beings they are not in the
least afraid. Mr.. Hall says that he
went several times through a herd OF
foTty or fifty animals while they were
DOING and only a few were disturbed
by him. These seals live in communi-
ties, and in single bay may often be
seen from five to ten colonies. Hitherto
it has been supposed that there is never
more than one male in a single herd,
but there now seems to be abundant
proof that each herd contains seals OF
only one sex. Thus, in one bay there
will be five or six herds of males and
in another five or six herds of females
Professor Chun, who has studied the
seals thoroughly in their native
haunts, says that for a long time after
the animals return to the Kergueles in
the autumn they do not take any food
but remain torpid in beds which they
form until they have shed their old
hair and put on a new coat During
the winter he saw several seals killed
and not particle of food was found
in their stomachs. Mr.. Hall, on the
other hand, says that the seals during
this period feed once a day going down
to the water to obtain a supply of
fish. In any case, it is certain that
these animals can live without food
for long time. since they have under
their skin a layer of fat which is fif-
teen centimeters in thickness.-Chlca
go Chronicle.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

The suggestion, which came origin.
ally from Australia, that there should
be a uniform postage of . cents for
letters to ali parts of the world. has
5eon approved by italy. Switzerland
Egypt and some South American
states while Germany has disapproved.
England, France Russia and Austria
have united IN the suggestion that the
whole question should be referred ia
the next postal worlds congress. tc
be held at Rome i'm 1909.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
NovEL-wRlTING INDUSTRY.
Over goo Published Recently; 5000 Dc
Cllned by Publishers


clined by Publishers.
There were more than 200 new nov
els published in the United States dur
Ing the fall. There have been perhaps
5000 written that the publishers hava
declined The phenomenal success OF
a few writer's of fiction DUNG the last
Few years-some masters OF their craft
and some mere stage carpenters who
set up spectacular scenes-has had the
erect Of making novel writing appear
to be an industry Few persons usef
to make it business. for. regarded as
al industry 1t did not pay for the la.
Dor II required But now 1t is regarded
by many as way to fortune. LoneN
women, disappointed teachers. impe
runious preachers these. but not thes,
only try their hands at it. You nevc
know whom to suspect. Your phvsi.
clan, even your broker. men in public
life, ladies' in society-your own
grandmother or your own grand
daughter for all you know all these
have taken TO the secret practice of the
craft. For instance, one publishing
house which does not publish many
novels has within given period re-
ceived 500 volunteered book manu-
scripts OF which $50 were novels. OF
these. .our were accepted for publica-
ton. \ few such facts as these indi-
cato the extent of the dclusion about
the profits of the industry. "Fathcr."
said boy of II the other day. 81
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

A human being may be bought to-
day in the Soudan for $50.
That Is to say. If you are economical
in bent, you may secure your slaves at
this figure. They will be but fourteen
years old. however, and not very
strong. To get mature. robust and
experienced slave you will be Obliged
to pay considerably more. The maxi
mum price is $500
And much of this goes on under the
British flag. England has done her
best to put "A check to the slave trade.
1t is so firmly rooted, however. that
although 225 agents of the British gov
ernment, each equipped with a camel
are constantly employed in trying to
stamp out the man trade, it fourishes
in Cpite of them.
Most of the twenty-five offenders
convicted during the last twelve
months were sheiks of the Rashidas
one of the most troublesome and dread
ed tribes of the Soudan The activity
against them, however, has driven
most of them east into Italian ter%-
tory.
The slave trade at Jeddah has bs-,n
the most serious. The principal traffic
is from Massaua and the coast to tho
northward in Italian territory, Abys-
sinia Hodeida and Yemen. Yemen ii
noted for the export of the slaves who
are procured from Abyssinia.
At Jeddah there are twelve wealth,
slave merchants whose names and de
pots are well known.
The prices of slaves areff: Male O,
female, IA years old about $50; ii t.
20 years, 800 to Sl25; 20 to 80 years
$3.50 each.
In Medina and Mecca the prices q
both sexes rise 80 per cent and upward
while some readily command from $40.
to $500 each.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

The postofiice officials at Buenos
Ayres, it appears, recently became sus-
picious that jewellers were smuggling
goods in registered letters, but having
no legal right to open the letters they
were unable to do anything in the
matter until the happy thought oc-
Cured to them that they might exam
Inc the packages with the X-rays with
out violating the law. Upon applying
this test they found their suspicious
abundantly confirmed, and upon the
evidence so procured they secured an
order from court to open the packages,
and, it is stated that as a result they
confiscated more than 100000 worth OF
iewelry in one week.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

moie; her whereabouts we've n9ver
Learned Of by the people of Sioux City
her disappearance was as mysterious
and final as though the earth had op
ened and swallowed her.
Mr.. Stern, his wife and two sturdy
boys lived and prospered in Denver
but ;here was a look OF settled sad
noes on the mans face which nc
amount of luxury, fame or success.
could tighten.
Margaret Nowland severed all ties,
gave up friends and home, and taking
With her small fortune which she
possessed in her own right. Travelled
east until she reached Massachusetts,.
Here she settled. as has been told,
in a forsaken cottage in Forest Hills
and for fifty years lived the secluded
life of hermit never once giving an
mixing of her past to anyone.
Three years ago Mrs. stern died in
Denver, and since then Horace Stern
has bent all his attention and energy
in searching for Margaret. How he
found his old sweetheart is a story
of determination and perseverance
For three years he secured the coun.
Try passing through almost every state
CT the union.
While visiting a friend in Blooms
burg, Pa, he was told the story of this
massachusetts, hermit and by intuition
he knew tnat this mysterious person
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
As to the Next "MnltI."

Marmaduke writes in the London
Graphic: What will eventually be the
limit of individual wealth Half a
century back ten thousand a year"
was considered to be a vast fortune.
Then fifty thousand a year" was the
phrase commonly used to describe
the income of fabulously rich men or
women Later we took to speaking of
"millionaires In quite recent times
the "multi-millionaire" with twenty
millions had reached the limit Of pri-
vate wealth; then forty millions. now
the limit has risen to hundred mil
lions, and already the word billion
aire" has come into use in the United
States. VIII the multi-billionaire ever
replace the multi-millionaire?
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

hundred species of trees are known to
exist there. while in Europe there are
hardly forty
Among the tropical trees the first
thing to be noted is their great height:
then the oddness OF their forms. Some
resemble an umbrella. This shape en-.
ables their branches to receive a large
proportion OF light; others are shaped
like branched Candlestlcks. which af-
forus the same advantage to their
leaves. This shows that in the strug-
gle for existence the strife has been
for air and light. and that the aGvant-
age has been with those trees that
branch out highest or with whose
branches extend upward
But it is not only trees that attain
these colossal proportions. There are
also herbs, which, II it were not for
their lack of branches. would be called
trees with us. For instance. Gleiche-
MIA dichotoma. of Java. an he~haceous
plant, often reaches a height of forty
teet, and Dracomium giga0, the giant
arum, of Nicaragua. has trunk.
single pcuoie, a foot or so in diameter
which is bare for several yards above
the flowers this same eXuhCrance of
vegetation Is shown. In Java there is
an orchid the Grammatophylmm
which, besides its height, possesses the
peculiar feature that all its flowers
open at once, as if by the touch of
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
A GIANT TREE.

Near Dakar, in Lower Senegal, is an
enormous baobab tree, whose trunk
measures fully rs feet in circumfer-
ence at the base. The fruit CT the
baobab, which grows abundantly in
Senegal, is called monkey bread" It
is used by the natives for curdling
milk, and as a specific for certain dis
eases. Decotions of the dried leaves
are also used as medicine. From the
Dark strong cords are made, and the
gum that exudes from it is employed
as a salve. The root of the young
baobab is sometimes eaten by the ma.
tiyes.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

The largest pigeon farm or ranch
in the world is situated on the out
skirts of Los Angeles, in California. II
has over 10000 flying pigeons. These
live in three large tiers of coops or
houses. and in numerous smaller ones.
The largest of the houses contains
5000 coops inside and 749 outside The
other two principal buildings are made
up of 1000 and 1000 coops respective
ly. A remarkable fact in connection
with this place is that the pigeons
never leave the ranch, and 1t is very
seldom that one ever gets beyond the
large wire fence that surrounds the
place, They are fed on assorted graiI
and screenings, at cost of about e2
day.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
IIEREDITY.

TO account for the transmissibility
OF ancestral types Darwin in his work
on 'Pangenesis" promulgated a theory
that each cell threw off what he desig-
mated 'gemmules," which formed the
nuclei of another series of cells, whose
sole destiny in the economy of nature
was the propagation of its species.
These 'gemmules" formed the blaste-
ma, in which was contained an ex-
ceedingly microscopical impression OF
the animal which might ultimately be
called into being. If this were the
case, we should be able to submit the
miniature image to our investigation
by means of the microscope But
strong microscopes are wanted The
red corpuscles of human blood have
to be about one four-thousandth part
OF an inch. The number of these red
corpuscles which would adhere to the
point of a needle would not be less
than 100000. Theory teaches that
the final division of matter Is the
storm, and the atom has been meas
ured. 1t is calculated that in a cube
of water one thirty y-thousapdt h part of
an inch wide there are 10000, 900 900
atoms.-London Science Gossip.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

which. though they go far toward ex
planning the phenomenon as related to
the regions in question, leave out Of
consideration the giant redwoods of
California and other similar instances
OF enormous growths in districts where
the conditions are quite different from
those prevailing in the torrid zone. He
says in substance:
Tropical forests differ from those OF
Europe in the fact that they are not
composed OF a single or of a limited
number of species In them the most
diverse species are mingled together in
a most capricious way. In Java, for
example, specimens of trees have been
brought to the Botanical Garden of
which no second representative has
ever been found. One thousand fiye
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

he cid couple, and this is the story
which Margaret Nowland authorized
i'm to tell to the curious.
Fifty years ago in Sioux City, little
own north of Chicago. a beautiful
.pqng girl and handsome young man
n, hted their troth.
The wedding day was set and all was
l,oing happily when, without warning
Preparations for the nuptial rites were
ltopped. The young girl, Margaret
Rowland, belle of Sioux City, mysteri-
tusly disappeared. and the fiance, Hor-
ee Stern, made a trip to Denver.
\ This was in May 1851. On June Ia
t the same year Horace Stern was
Iarried to a young girl of Denver ana
hiwo made their home in that city.
Margaret Nowland was heard of no
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
A CARBONLEss ARC LIGHT.

La Gazette ,Industrielle of Riga an
nounces the invention of a new arc
light. which dispenses entirely with
the use of carbons and necessarily
with the disadvantages, such as the
frequent renewals that are connected
with them. The new lamp consists of
an exhausted glass globe, in which the
two carbons kept at a certain distance
from each other by complicated reg
ulator are replaced by two L-shaped
aluminium arms with platinum points.
These are kept at a proper interval
by simple clockwork. The inventor
claims for it that it casts no shadow.
and as the aluminium arms are used
up very slowly, that they will not re-
quire renewing more than once a year.
He also intends to give his lamp a hor-
izontal position, as it is not necessary
10 keep it upright, as it is with the
arc light. 1t can consequently be pro-
vided with Tehectors and other de-
vices for facilitating illumination.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
TO ABOLISH SMOKE NUISANCE

The Prussian Government. In orde,
to abate the smoke nuisance, appointed
recently committee to test all smoke
consuming apparatus The committee
has completed its work, and. as a
result, common measures are about
to be introduced to remedy the evil.
Schools for the instruction of stokers
were suggested, but in lieu thereof It
Is proposed to send properly qualified
men to instruct the stokers in all the
steam plants.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

Goodwin Smith says the best way to
eliminate anarchy from the land is tc
give more time in the public schools
to the teaching Of music. 1t appears
to be the theory OF this professor thai
4 man who sings or plays upon some
instrument never commits murder. bui
he ignores the frequency with which
singers and musicians tempt otheS
folks to shoot or throw a brick.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ART

1t is reported from London that the
Crystal Palace authorities have desld-
ed to hold an American exhibition
next year. 1t is to be confined strictly
to display of the science, art and in
dustries of the United States. Ameri-
can entertainments will be given and
American sports will be conducted bv
representative teams.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
rHE srEcrRuM OF LIGHTNING.

The first successful experiments in
photographing the spectrum of light
ming were, according to an announce
ment by Professor e. c. Pickering, OBJ
tanned last summer at Harvard obser-
vatory. They were taken with the
same apparatus that is used in pho
tographing the spectra of the stars.
This consists of an eight-inch or elev-
en-inch telescope, with a camera at one
end and prism at the other. the lat
ter being placed in front of the OBJ
jective lens so as to break up the light
from the object photographed into
parallel bands of color which are seen
in the accompanying reproduction OF
the photograph, by differences in de-
gree of black and white. Photographic
spectra, however range only from yell
low to blue. the extreme colors. violet
at one end and red at the other, as
seen in the rainbow. which is the
spectrum of the sun, are impossible to
record by the camera.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
ABnuzzI 10 nay ONCE Nnnv

The Duke of the Abruzzi. IL is state
al. will visit the United States In
february. 70 make arrangements 10.
another Arctic expedition.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

A French farmer has made expert.
ments which show that caterpillar
avoid black objects. b. ~ are attracted
in nuWAsers by white.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14

The Indian tea outturn up to Sep.
tember 80 amounted to III. 900. COO
pounds, as compared with 125. 900 .OOO
pounds to the corresponding date o:
last year.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
PLANT GIANTS.

NJ. r. Montclavel. in La Science Pour
rous, advances some reasons to ac-
count for the immense size and curious
peculiarities of many tropical plants,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
THE NICARAGUA GIANT ARUA

A, the trunk, which the Indian Is
leaning against, is really a single leaf.
3 is the spathe of the flower drawn to
the same scale. d is the spadlx E, the
flower. f. the stamen. G, the anther.
J, a section OF the fruit X, the seed.
l., a section of the seed.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
GIANT ORCHID OF JAVA.

magic wand. They also all wither at
the same time.
NJ. Montclavel offers no explanation
for these last phenomena.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-14
Minister Tells Story.

The minister was besieged with visi-
ors on the day following his visit from
The evening world., 1902-11-13
NEWS.
THE TIDES

ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY.
Sun rises. G. 43 sun SETS. 4.46I Moon SETS. 4.07