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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

A land Office has been established al
Vinita, where it will remain four
morths and then ho transferred to
Tahlequah permanently.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

GREEN MCCURTAIN,
Principal Chief Choctaw Nation.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

taking hold and assisting the NJ. E. peo.
pie to build church at that place.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

Fifteen of the iudepcndent telephone
companies of Oklahoma have combined
under the name of the Pioneer Tele.
phone company with capital stock OF
1900, 900.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

The Lehigh Traction company, the
corporation formed to build an electric
lnterurban line from Atoka to Coalgate,
l. r., has floated its funds ready to COM
mence work.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

Inability to Contract Marriage Made
Him Despondent-A Prisoner in Min
nnsota for Twenty-Five YeHrs-PhrcIed
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

The Kansas supreme court has dccid-
ed that the contract between Oklahoma
aud Kansas for care Of prisoners is
legal. Had the contract been void il
would have released all tine prisoners
from the territory now in the Kansas
penitentiary
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23

Daniel Trimm, II farmer living near
Guthrie, while Harvesting his mules
preparatory to n days work was kicked
to death He was found under the
mules feet, dead.
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CAME TO MEND THE BUST.
And the Janitor Thought lie Was the
Plumbcr Come to Mend the
Waterpipe,

Daniel Chester French, the sculptor
is an Exeter boy and graduate OF
Phillips Exeter academy. Like all Ex.
eter men, he is very loyal, and has gen.
erously donated examples of his work
to both town and academy, says Lon
don paper.
A few years ago one of the busts in
the academy chapel had the misfor-
tune to lose nose, and as Mr.. French
was visiting the town he kindly Of
fered to replace it.
Now, it happened that the bust was
not the only thing in the academy that
needed mending, for the night before
a cold snap had frozen and burst the
main water pipei The plumber, as
usual, was late in appearing, and the
old janitor was terribly upset. Mr..
French put on his stddio rig. packed
what few sculptor materials he had
with him into bag, and went to the
academy. He didn't know what part
of the building the statue was in. saws
the New York Times, so he rang the
bell, called up the janitor and said:
'Pve come to mend the bust"
"Indade, it is hoigh tonne. thought
ye'd never come" stormed the irate
janitor. 'sThe wather is jist runnin'
arl over the. buildin'!"
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

When man falls into an error he is
likely to be more or less injured in his
descent.-Chicago Daily News.
Timely Warning.-"Here, Johnnie"
said the proud mother, you may have
one of the first crullers l ever baked"
Sand be careful, Johnnie" added the
father, mot to let it fall on your toes. I"
Ohio State Journal.
Candor-"You see that lady over
there? She is Mrs. C. fell in love with
her at first sight. What do you think
of that?" Synnex-''I think it would
have been better had you taken Sec
ond look. Boston Transcript.
In English A.-Freshleigh-"Is it
ever correct to say this 'ere'?" Mr..
Soaplind (firmly) Fresh
leighton that 'air'?" Mr.. SoapIind
(weariIy) "Never-never." Fresh
leigh-"Tben, if have cold, must
MT say: Please close the window, as
that air blows in this carp (Soap-
lind marks Freshleigh's last theme
F-minus. Harvard Lampoon.
"But why" we ask of the great in
ventor, do you have this huge bal
loon at the top of your machine, and
the large wheels and steering gear be-
meath it?' Because" he answers,
with patient consideration for our in
ability to grasp an idea when it juts
out before us, 81 am not sure wheth-
err this will be an airship or an auto.
mobile. baltimore American.
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In Russia factories are usually near
forests, wood being still the <chief
fuel.
Silver is naturally an antiseptic.
and is therefore less liable than pa
per money to convey infection.
For $12931 first class, or SCOT sec
ond class, one can buy ticket equal to
a pass for a whole year on all the
Swiss railways.
Many private companies are being
formed for the purpose of working the
enormous coal area newly discovered
in the Campine district of Belgium.
All the new trains on the Central
London railway are to be of fireproof
construction, steel and asbestos be-
ing largely used. Other precautions
for the safety of the passengers are
being taken.
Pewter making, one of England's
important industries 20 years ago, has
almost been abandoned. Cheap glass
ware and tinware have driven pewter
from the market.
The wasp, like the bee and almost
every other insect, is infected with
parasites. Wasps have been captured
which had two OF three dozen para
sites clinging to their bodies.
A whistling moth is an Australian
rarity. There is a CLASSY space on the
wings, crossed with ribs. When the
moth wants to whistle, it strikes these
ribs with its antennae, which have a
knob at the end. The sound is a love
call from the male to the female.
A piece of genuine Japanese lacquer
costs the native artist almost a life
time to perfect, and is produced by
hundreds of thin coats of lacquer laid
on at considerable intervals of time,
the value consisting rather in the la
Dor bestowed than in the quality of
the material used. First-cIass lacquer
work can scarcely be scratched by
needle.
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eff you really thought was afraid,
l will do it," he said. "But it in .
great and terrible thing to do"
| Perhaps you will change your mind
about the dumb, unprotesting, meek,
slender, graceful, beautiful beings by
tie time you get back" she laughed.
Uetur went to the riding school
where Quart and Champagne were
kept at daylight the next morning,
1t was a cool day.
Detur held rein in each hand, and
cooingly adjured the horses to take
heart.
Quart looked at Champagne. Gee,
what cinch he is. What'H we do to
him? ?" he asked.
Champagne gave three-inch wink.
"Aw, wait till we get i'm out in the
country. These little French boobies
would stop us here, yunno."
Out in the country the horses
stopped at the first good grass and
commenced to nibble. Detur cooed at
them to hasten. Then he made all the
noises he had ever heard were suitable
for cabling recalcitrant horses into
motiong from a kissing sound to
get mp" His voice was sweet and
gentle as a maiden's.
No good. Detur thought the horses
might be more obedient to firm but
kindly tone. He used the same noises
all over again. No good. Detur spoke
the words over quite abruptly. No
good. The horses peacefully nibbIed.
A crowd of small French boys collect
ed and grinned.
The American artist was getting an
CRY for the first time in his life. He
questioned the nags severely. "Are
you going ahead or not?" Pause.
"Get-ap." Vigorous shaking of the
reins.
Detur hesitated. Perhaps they
don't understand me, being accus-
toned to slight blow of the whip" he
thought.
Champagne ficked the lash off his |
back with his tail as Detur drew it
gently across. The French boys |
laughed. Detur felt the unaccountable |
sensation of rage. For some reason,
he knew not why, he saw that his tie
was becoming disarranged, and that
his coat was gathering up under his
arms. All the blood had gathered in
front of his eyes, and he hated Cham
payne with the hatred of the fiends of
darkness.
He gently drew up his right sleeve;
then stood up in the wagon. He
reached the whip back over his shout
der and brought it down with every
pound in him across the backs of the
two horses.
They dove forward. Still standing
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FIRST LADY OF ENGLAND.
The Duchess of Sutherland VIII
Have the Post of Honor at the
Coronation.

The honor of walking next to royal.
ty at the British coronation ceremo-
mics belongs to the duchess of Suther.
land, one of the handsomest and most
talented women of England. She will
hold that distinguished rank because
of the fact that the duke of Norfolk
the hereditary master of ceremonies,
is widower, having lost his wife sew
eral years ago.
The duchess of Sutherland is not of
English birth. She comes from the
land of the heather and carries soft
burr in the turn of her tongue, which
is no manner of detraction from her
many charms. She was Susan Mar
garet McKinnon, the daughter of
Charles McKinnon, before she as
sumed coronet, and one of the rich
est heiresses in the British isles, says
London paper.
The duke is landed proprietor who
counts his acres by the thousands. BY
actual count he is lord of 25,400, his
estates being among the most splen-
did in the country. He is now in his
fifty-sixth year.
The duchess is the most democratic
in the whole Seymour Tor st. Maur,
as it was formerly written,) connec-
ton. She has most winning and af-
fable nature, is gracious without con-
descension and possessed of broad
charity that argues an optimistic view
of the world. Fashionable society has
at no time had great attraction for
her, and it is humorous irony that
the proudest distinction of the forth
coming browning of the sovereign
should fall to the woman who least
desires it.
Outdoor sport has at all times been
her favorite recreation. She was
awheel long before the bicycle became
the fad of the smart set. She is also
an excellent shot, and has been her
husbands comrade in many an ex-
petition for big game.
The duchess has, as well, no mean
reputation as a litterateur. Her name
is familiar asa magazine contributor,
and her account of the beautiful Dart,
known locally as "The British Rhine"
Is accounted the best description of
that silver stream.
The duchess, should the priority of
rank be strictly followed, will have for
her immediate associates as attend
ants on her majesty the duchess of
Beaufort, the duchess of st. Adams
and the duchess of Leeds.
While it has been definitely an
nounced that Queen Alexandra will
have quartette of duchesses in her
train, there was rumor (the wish in
some quarters doubtless mothering
the thought) that she would choose
the four youngest or most beautiful.
This would bring the American duch-
ess of Marlborough into the coveted
position with the duchesses of Suther-
land, Westminster and Newcastle.
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A perfectly equipped and endowed
hospital is to be established at Paris
by the generosity of an American. 1t
is to be called the Franklin hospital
and is to be rsanaged entirely ty
American physicians and nurses. We
wish that such hospitals existed in all
the principal cities of foreign coun-
tries, especially if gratuitous treat
ment of the poor is provided. Many
are poor and are also unable
to speak the language of the country
in which they may fall i'll. In such
cases there is solicitude which doubt.
less prevents recovery. To hear ones
language under such circumstances
and to know that American methods
Of care and treatment win be used il
his case is at least most cemforting.-
American Physjciau.
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NEW THING FOR GIRLS TO DO.
Five Young Women of st. Paul who
Have Been Choppfng I'm the
Minnesota Forest.

George j. King, the well-knowA
hotel man of Pelican Lake, has just
returned from his claim near the Big
Fork river in Cass county, where he and
Mrs. King have been living since De-
cember, most of the time in a tent,
says a St. Paul correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mr.. King says five young women
from Minneapolis are their nearest
neighbors and all have been spending
the winter on their bomesteads in the
woods. These women came out with
store clothes, wraps and furs, but have
discarded them and are now wearing
skirts and jackets made from blan-
kets. They were armed when they
went into the woods with lathing
hatchets and meat saws, but they have
substituted four-pound axes and two
men saws for the playthings. The ex-
periences of the young women would
fill book, but they do not compare
with the astonishment of the two
bachelor storekeepers in the wilder
ness when the five damsels paraded
up to the store for supplies. One of
the young women was in need of some
thing to protect her feet, as her shoes
were worn out. The best the bach
elors could offer was German wool
socks, and, while she was waiting for
pair of smali-sized Iumberman's
overshoes to complete her outfit, Miss
Homesteader pranced around the for
est with the aforesaid socks and a
pair of birch bark soles dashed to her
feet with binding Irvine.
Mr.. King is authority for the state
ment that the young women are be-
coming expert in the use of their axes.
They can cut down trees, but the
stumps look so much like the work of
beavers that an experienced trapper
would think he was on the trail of the
dam builders. The young women are
more careful now, for in telling tree
they managed to drop it on one of the
cabins and the owner was compelled
to go visiting until her house could be
rebuilt.
"They are the greatest bunch I ever
saw, and / didn't think they would
stay one night in the woods" said Mr..
King. But they appear to enjoy it,
and none of them have been sick since
they settled on their claims early in
the winter. Yes, they are all young
from 20 years up. They will come out
in few days and go to Minneapolis
for awhile, but they will be back on
their claims again this summer. 1t
will be easier for them to go in then,
for they nave cut three miles of road
through the timber, and when they
strike that road there is no danger of
their getting lost unless the beavers
work crosscut on them while they
are away"
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Pe.ru.na Creating National Sensation in the Cure
Of Chronic Ailments Of the Kidneys.


Major T. Fl. Mars, of the First Wis
consin Cavalry regiment, writes from
1425 Dunning street, Chicago, ILL.,, the
following letter:
t" For years suffered with cafarriI
0ffhe kidneys contracted In tie army.
Medicine did not help me any until q
c0mrade who had been helped BY Pc
runa advised me to try IT. bought
some at once, and soon found blessed
relief Kept taking II four months,
and am now wen and strong and feel
better than have done for tire pasf
twenty years. thanks to Peruns. Pee.
I: II. Mars.
Mr.. John Vance, of Hartford CITY,
Ind, says: my kidney trouble is
much better. have improved so much
that everybody wants to know what
medicine | am using. recommend
Peruna to everybody and some have
commenced to use it. The folks all say
that If DIR. Hartman's medicine cures
me 1t must be great. John Vance,.
Mr. !. Brake, Of PefroIea, Ontario.
Canada, writes: "FOur years aeu /
had . severe attack Of Briehfs dis-
case, which br0ughf me so low the
doctor said nothing more could Be
done for me. began TO fske Peruna
and Manailn, and In three months /
was . well man, and have continued
50 ever since. ".--L Brake.
At the appearance of the first symp-
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TheReformation
of q Good Man q
~ FRAHcIs pzARson.
nETUR was an artist by birth and
IL breeding, profession and prefer

nETUR was an artist by birth and
IL breeding, profession and prefer
ence. Through constant association,
his temperament had become much
like that of an artist. Nevertheless.
he should not have been one, for lie
had the nature of a fighting man.
But he never knew it until it was al
most too late.
A woman taught him he had made
q mistake in his choice of q path
through the maze of life. She did not
know she was teaching him, and he
never knew he was learning, but they
both talked it over understandingly
afterwards.
Detur was in Paris, painting. She
was in Paris. shopping. They met at
the American ambassadors. They
found soon that their views of things
were entirely different.
He was born in Boston, of people
who worshiped the beautiful as re-
ligion. Everything in the house was
part of study in effects. Nothing too
much was there, and nothing too lit
tie--and least according to the creed
of the particular school of art in which
the Deturs were both pupils and teach
ers. The child never raised his voice,
and never heard anybody else. He
breathed Wagner, and drank the Pre-
raphaelites, and took his play in
Browning. The red blood was grad
ually driven out of his veins because
he took as his playmates dead geniuses
instead Of live boys.
She came from San Francisco. Her
father was a big man with beard,
who knew ore, and steamships, and
cattle, and railroads. and real estate;
who used to drink raw whisky and
smoke a clay pipe, but who now drank
brandy and smoked big black cigars.
He had hearty voice and a bass laugh,
and powerful grip to his hand.
His daughter, whose name was
Bertha, was like him in a good many
ways--though, of course, she was
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Detur brought the whip three time
more across the backs of the animals
which had broken into mad run.
"I'il show you!" he screamed bring
ing down the lash again and again. AL
the repressed anger of his lifetime
poured forth in the outburst. All the
curses he had ever heard, which had
been stored away unconsciously in
some remote corner of his brain
sprang to his lips and seethed on,
across the dashboard, around and
about the runaway horses.
The wagon ran the near wheel into
the ditch and tilted up so that it almost
went over. ION my soul, this is joy!r
yelled the driver. II never knew what
life was before. Ihave only read about
other people living. This is life. lam,
am, ! ami" he shouted in delirious en-
thusiasm at his birth into the big
world.
Finally he pulled the steaming team
into Versailles. There be sat down at
one of the tables just outside of a
French cafe and called for a glass of
beer. TWAS his first drink, but he liked
it and had four more.
When he got back to Paris he went
first to barber shop and got his hair
cut short and clean shave. Then he
threw away his flowing bow tie and put
on straight blue four-in-hand. He
took the stoop out of his back and the
draxv1 ont IF HE s.a,oh
Then he walked briskly instead of
listlessly over to see Bertha. "Hello!~
he said, and his voice was an octave
deeper and hearty. I'VE had great
time getting over there, but we did. /
guess the teams lame, though"
"Wh-wh-what." said the girl. DO
my eyes deceive me? Whence all this
Iightning-change artist effect? Real
ly, this is so sudden"
''I've burst my palettes ard burned
my brushes, and I'm going home and
going to work. ! don't know exactly
what TO do. / like horses, though. /
think Ill keep racing stable or a
stock farm. 1t would be lots of fun.
Better come in with me-"
swell, don't know whether this ref.
ormation is permanent" said the girl.
go and see father about it. He
doesn't like you much"
Detur came out of the old mans
room about half an hour later, smiling.
with a big black cigar tilted ceiling.
ward.
well, If you can smoke one of those
torches the first time you ever tried
with such apparent satisfaction, 1 sun
pose it is a real metamorphosis-and
/ suppose III have to take you ON pro-
she whispered.
"This is my second cigar. Said to be
quite extraordinary to like cigars
the first time you try them. The
old mans fixed all right. l hone
you don't object to the smoke, for I'm
going to smoke in the parlor on the
stock farm, and I'm going to kiss you
now.
Both Of which things he did. -Chica-
90 Tribune.
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1t appears that there are only 1,1O9
merchant steamships in the world of
over 1000 tons and capable of making
IL knots or over an hour. Of these
597 are British, ITO French, log Ger
man, "a American, Al Japanese, "a Ital-
ian, 20 Dutch~an 81 Russian. Great
Britain leads all in speed, even in the
ships of 20 knots or over, the number
in this class being: British. Z; Ger
man, s; American, 4; French, 2; Rus
sian, In. Y. Sun.
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tom OF kid
ney trouble,
+ e r u n q
8 hou Id be
taken. This
r Q m . d Y
strikes a t
o n c e tn e
very root of
the disease.
1t at once
relieves the
ca ar h al
kiduavS ~
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quite feminine. She could ride, and
drive, and sing. and dance--and only
the gods have been able to estimate
how we'll she could firt.
Detur and Bertha surveyed each
other with interest, after they had
met couple of times. Each was sure
that the other one had such an entire.
ly mistaken idea of things. The keen
wits Of each were turned against the
other-first with an idea of making
game, then of converting the antag-
oDist who had proved so worthy OF
steel
In the course of time Detur fell in
love with her. She was interested, but
despised his art and his sissified ways.
~You have the feminine qualities in
their excellence" she said. "And that
Is why could not think of IT, Some
thing in you calls for an answer from
me, but am sure don't know what
1t is. You speak of the beautiful
aud the soul of some inanimate OBJ
ject, and the sin of house that is
not made according to your ideas, and
you look as II you were going to cry
when hand organ starts up an opera
air. You're too much of sensitive
plant for me. You never would be
satisfied with steak and coffee and
fried onions for breakfast, and that is
what you'd get sometimes"
my hearts delight" returned he in
a.soft voice, lis ii that you think me
less worthy because do not defile my
lips, which were given to me to tell
you Of my love. with coarse oaths, such
as now from the men you would hold
before me as an example?
"Would you have me introduce into
my veins the destroyer which turns
mems white spirits scarlet and ex-
tinguishes the purer breath, of the
beautiful--alcohol?
"Would You have me exhibit toward
dumb and unprotecting animals the
barbarism which burned in the men Of
yesterday and which should have
burned itself out in us? All, no;
poetry of my heart, ] cannot do any
Of these things. They are not really
manly things, as you mistakenly
think, nor part of the life of the truest
men,"
"Have you ever done any of those
things concerning which your voice is
ripping so melodiously, Mr.. Detur?"
the girl abruptly, "and do
you know that I'd like it better If II
were not so melodious?"
''Most assuredly l never have, and
most sssuredly never WILL" be said.
'sWeil, then, most assuredly never
viii marry you. But tell you what |!
I win do"-briskly--"I will dare you
10 drive my two cobs, Quart and Cham
paRne. to Versailles from here That'a |
about IA miles"
II have never driven horse in my |
NE. IL Is the act of stakeholder.
Horses should be as free as il was in |
ended--the beautiful slender. grace
ii beings"
~Afraid n asked the girl.
Detur'a face slowly became crimson.
Ie hod been called ! fool befores but
lever 3 coward. He wes u Puritan
~ ~ eo11d y e}epd }hof Vpg&
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Silas-When Crawfoot had been mar
ried 10 years he went to town on the
18th of the month and got run over
by car numbered 1913.
Cyrus Gosh! guess he's convinced
that l3 is unlucky.
Naw; he's convinced that it Is lucky.
He sued the company and got $t5, 900. =
--Chieaeo Daily NeWe