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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
She Read the signal.

A romantic story is told in London
about Lord Kevlin's second marriage.
In the early 70s, he, then Sir William
Thomson, was in West India waters
on board his schooner yacht, the Lalla
Rookh. AS a recreation he took up
the question of simplifying the method
of signals at sea. He had been talking
of 1t at the dinner table of a friend in
Madeira and the only apprehension
that seemed able to grasp it was that
of his hosts daughter, a lady he great
ly but silently admired.
II quite understand 1t. Sir William"
she said.
Are you sure?' he questioned, half
doubtfully. IF | sent you a signal
from my yacht do you think you could
read it and could answer me?'
well. | would try" she responded,
81 believe | could succeed in making 1t
out"
The signal was sent, and she did
succeed in making 1t out and in trans
hitting the reply. The question was;
"Win you marry me?' and the an
swer was Yes"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
The President on Effort.

Here Is an extract from the message
of President Roosevelt. that may be
commended alike to those who think
organization of labor a bad thing and
those who think that organization. law
or anything else can supplant indivld-
ual effort: 'The most vital problem
with which this country, and for that
matter the whole civilized world, has
to deal is the problem which has for
one side the betterment of social on
d~itions. moral and physical. in large
cities, and for another side the effort
TO deal with that tangle of far-reachlng
questions which we group together
when we speak of labor The chief
factor in the success of each man
wage-worker, farmer. and capitalist
alike-must be the sum total of his
own individual qualities and abilities.
Second only to this comes the power
of acting in combination or associa-
ton with others. Very great good has
been ana will be accomplished by as
sociations or unions of wage-workers
when managed with forethought and
WItu lbty tOliblnt lnSlSttuCt upOul
their own rights with law-abiding re-
spect for the rights of others. The
display of these qualities In such bodies
Is a duty TO the nation no less than to
the associations themselves. Finally
there must also in many cases be ac-
ion by the government in order to
safeguard the rights and Interests of
all. Under our constitution there is
much more scope for such action by
the state and the municipality han by
the nation. But on points such as
those touched on above the national
government can act. When all is said
and done, the rule of brotherhood re-
mains as the indispensable prerequisite
to success in the kind of national life
for which we strive. Each man must
work for himself, and unless he so
works no outside help can avail him.
But each man must remember also
that he Is indeed his brothers keeper.
and that while no man who refuses to
walk can be carried with advantage to
himself or any one else, yet that each
at times needs to have the helping
hand outstretched to him. To be per-
manently effective aid must always
take the form of helping a man to help
himself, and we can all best help our
selves by joining together in the work
that Is of common Interest to ALL"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06

sunshine, and to keep their hands
at work during whole days and nights.
Hitherto the governing classes have
manifested no desire to promote, or
even Willingness TO sanction, any leg
islation that would tend to benefit The
industrial masses. who themselves
have no voice in the government. and
as yet no means of making known
their needs, their desires. and their
aspirations. There are. however, many
signs that the more thoughtful, more
ethical and more progressive amongst
the educated Japanese have already re-
allied the necessity for some change
that will tend to secure to the masses
Of their felIow-citizens some particle
patton in the material advantages of
their advancing civilization.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06

Some Day.
Some day.
You will travel Ger all creation.
Some day.
Through old Japan you'll idly roam,
Slide down old Fujl-Yama's dome.
And see the geishas in their home,
Some day.
You will go to Egypt, see the Sphinx.
Some day.
You will climb the Pyramids, me-
thinks.
Come day.
Sail up the vast, mysterious Nile,
Shoot at the festive crocodile,
And kodak everything the while.
Some day.
To ltaly's classic shores you'll HE.
Some day.
See Naples Bay and refuse to die,
Some day.
Along the tourists usual grove.
Entranced. with dreamful eyes. you'll
move,
See old Pompeii and climb Vesoov,
Some day.
You'll do old Rome and the Holy Land,
Some day.
Pick shells on midas coral strand,
Some day.
Explore the islands Of the ocean,.
With naught to stay your locomotion,
Wherever you may take the notion.
Some day.
All, trusting brother, you will find,
Some day,
You've done this only in your mind,
Some dey.
But when life's journeys over. and
On Jordan's stormy banks you stand,
Maybe you'll see the Promised Land.
some day.
Chicago Tribune.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06

Mary Elizabeth Evans. II years old,
has a right to be proud Of herself. She
is not a grocer's girl. but a girl grocer.
Began business one year ago. Original
capital, enc hundred dollars. Twelve
months net profits, besides mainten-
ance for family of four. one thousand
dollars. Makes a CONNECTION hat has
captured the community taste and
brings 60 cents a pound. Her sister.
Fannie. ~ years of age. has popular
lied a cake of her own making, and
is securing more orders than can be
filed. Business sagacity Is not a mas
culine monopoly. Many a grocery clerk
who fancies IL is would have failed
where this girl grocer succeeded,
Nerve, tact. push. and that foresight
which anticipates public wants charac-
terizes her course. Let the trouser-
wearing grocery clerk investigate him
self. If he discovers qualities like
those named he had better start out
for himself as soon as possible. for a
fat business. a prosperous career, and
plenty of shekels await him.-Ameri-
can Grocer.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
old Sayings.

Old Sayings.
As poor as a church me use; as thin as
a rail,
As fat as a %porpoise; as rough as a
gale;
AS brave as a lion; as spry as a cat;
AS bright as a sixpence: as weak as a
rat.
AS proud as a peacock; as sly as a
fox;
AS mad as a March hare; as strong as
an OK:
AS fair as a lily; as empty as air;
As rich as Croesus; as cross as a
bear;
As pure as an angel; as neat as a pin;
AS smart as a steel trap; as ugly as
sin;
As dead as a door nail; as white as a
sheet;
As fat as a pancake; as red as a beet.
As round as an apple; as black as our
hat;
AS brown as a berry; as blind as a
bat,
AS mean as a miser; as full as a tick
AS plump as a partridge; as sharp as
n stick.
AS clean as a pcuny; as dark as a
pail:
As hard az a milestone; as bitter as
gall;
As fine as a fiddle; as clear as a bell:
As dry as a herring; as deep us a
well.
As light as a feather; as hard as a
rock;
As stih as a poker; as calm as a
clock:
AS green as a gosling; as brisk as a
bee:
And now let me stop, lest you weary
of me.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
A Murderous Sea Flower.

Ono OF the exquisite wonders of the
sea is called the opelet, and is about
as large as the German aster. looking
indeed very much like one. Imagine
a very large double aster, with a great
many long petals of light green color,
glossy satin, and each one tipped with
rose color. These lovely petals do not
lie quietly in tier places, but wave
about in the water, while the opelet
clings to the rocks. How innocent and
lovely 1t looks on its rocky bed, Who
would suspect that II would eat any
thing grosser than dew ana sunlight?
But those beautiful waving arms. as
you call them. have uses besioes look
ing pretty. They have TO provide for
a large, open mouth, which Is hidden
down deep among them-so hidden
that n can scarcely find II. Wei do
they perform their duty. for the In
stant a foolish little fish touches one
OF the rosy tips, he is struck with a
poison as fatal TO him as lightning. He
Immediately becomes numb, and In a
moment stops struggling. and then the
arms wrap themselves around him and
he IS drawn into the huge. greedy
mouth, and is seen no more. Then the
lovely arms unclose and wsve again
t. lie water.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Industrial Notes.

The A~maigamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers spent, in round
numbers, $4,000 during the great steel
strike.
Leadville, Col, has now twenty-five
fiourishing unions. where two years
ago 1t would have taken a close search
to find one.
Typographical Union No, G OF New
York, has refused to admit q man to
membership because he belongs to the
National Guard.
A statement Issued by the cigarmak-
ers of New York city shows that $780,
0oe was spent in sustaining the strike
of Its members in that state recently.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Japan without Factory Laws.

Factory laws have as yet no exist
cnce in Japan. No law regulates the
conditions of labor or the hours of
labor, and the youngest child may be
employed in their factories without
the state taking any steps to watch
over or to protect them. The employer
is sole master in his W house; and
though many OF them do not abuse
their power, still, there are some fac
tories in which the workers are ex-
plotted without mercy. In their haste
to be rich, in their feverish anxiety to
profit by the abnormal industrial ac-
tivity, many employers seem to forget
that their hands" are human beings.
In order to compete. others have 10
follow their example; hence they, too,
have TO exploit the labor of little chill
dron who ought to be playing in the
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06

Cats-at least, some cats-are either
president OIL have a reasoning compre-
hension of human speech-witncss
these two cases in point: The first
concerns Tangle-Eye, a white kitten,
sole salvage from a litter of nine,
which grew to lusty cathood, the pet
or a young woman Its home was a
big plantation house. where its moth
er had been for years an honored and
successful ratter. She was a big tor
toise-shell, and. except when there
were rats about, the moral and pattern
of feline gentleness. Her son. who
had II blue eye. one yellow, was not
deaf, as is common with blue-eyed
cats. Contrariwise, he had a wonder
fully fine ear. particularly sensitive to
the offerings and lutterings of ledge-
lings crowded out of the nest. He
would dash from the piazza at the
faintest rustic of wings to pounce up
on the luckless blrdlings. and devour
them forthwith. For this his mistress
rated him %soundly, and after n while
whipped him. His feelings were deep
ly wounded. The next day, after he
had killed seven chickens, she decided
to make him prisoner. She stopped to
rub his head. when he stood rigid, spit
at her, caught her finger, bit It to the
bone. and as the door was opened at
her cry of pain. dashed out of II. and
was never again seen about the house,
though for a year at least he kept up
his depredations. He harbored in a
wooded swamp, more than a mile
away, where, like the thief and migrate
ne was. he made a bad end in battle
with a genuine wildcat. But to this
day his mistress is undecided as to
whether his change of conduct was due
to divination or eavesdropping. So is
another woman who talked with n
cat doctor concerning her cats health,
In the presence of the cat herself. II
was a very meek animal, thoroughly
house-trained. and the %inseparable
companion OF its mistress. Though she
was too wise for indiscriminate feed
ing, she permitted the silky maltese to
sit upon a cricket beside her at meal
times, and receive an occasional harm
less tit-bit from her own plate. There
had been some trifing ailment. After
tho doctor had looked the animal over.
he prescribed a simple powder. taste
less and odorless, as far as human
senses discern. This the cats mistress
bought and put in very small quanti-
ties inside tiny bits of raw meat,
CACHED to receive it. After the medl-
cine was in place the bits were rolled
tight and covered with fresh, raw
meat. scraped fine. But the cat nosed
tan meat pills %languidly over, and
wOlld have none of them. Starving
evan would not make him eat them.
That. however. was less strange than
the fact that for a whole week he re-
fused 10 eat anything whatsoever from
tha hand of his mistress, even things
tai a from her plate, 1t was all Of
ST, weeks. indeed, before confidence
W., sully restored. Cats have long
memories. also a taste for something
approaching h%istrionics, A visitor IN
a country house noticed one w'nter
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Racing n Water Spout.

The master of the barque "Gustavo
Adolfo' recently had a remarkable
meeting with a water spout in mid
Atlantic. Masses of water were
raised higher and higher one day from
a seething ring of water. say. 6 or Z
feet across. and whirled around. 1t
looked like the open neck of a bal
loon. having a diameter of from IL to
Is feet. During this time the spout
whirled more and more rapidly to the
southeast at the rate of four miles an
hour, the size of the spout gaining all
the time, the foot all foam and the
monster Kissing. The water hat had
been listed was more than could be
raised to the cloud in the cylinder
spout. so that patches of water swung
out, lost their acquired speed and fell
into the sea. The water spout was 80
feet from the Gustavo Adolfo, which
headed southeast parallel with it, but
could lot pass II. At three cable
lengths to the southeast the spout had
attained three times its original size.
The speed of the water spout was ir-
regular and sometimes 1t went back
wards. Three more water spouts came
out OF the same cloud. Their bases
covered a line of from one and a half
to two miles. A little rain fell out of
the rear OF the cloud, with its hanging
layer.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
ORIGIN OF TALK TURKEY,
Isetort of an Indian Whom n Whits
Man Was Trying to Overreach.


A man who listened to some spell
binder" every evening for three weeks
during the recent municipal campaign,
according to the New York Times, said
the other day:
Campaign orators do not always
have time or occasion to explain eX-
pressions used in driving home argu-
guments. They must necessarily de-
pend upon their audiences to see the
point through apt applications of such
expressions. | have in mind one-'to
talk turkey'-repeatedly used. The
story of its origin is as follows:
1.-TWO men, an Indian and a white
man, agreed to hunt together for a day
and to divide the spoils. When the
time came there was no difficulty in APP
portioning the smaller birds and ami
mals-one of a kind to each. At last
they reached the last pair, a crow and
a turkey.
Now says the white man, with a
great show Of fairness. you may have
the crow and I'll take the turkey, or I'll
take the turkey and you may have the
crow
HUH says the Indian, why you
no talk turkey to me?'"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Oddities of Women.

Women are contradictions and puz-
zles to me every day in the year said
the proprietor of a well-known cafe
terra downtown. For instance, three
out of five who come in here will go
to a chair and lay purse. handkerchief
II gloves on the table to reserve a
place, while they wander clear out Of
sight in search OF something pleasing
to their palates. Yet II one OF these
women concludes TO check her coat or
wrap at our cloak room she Is as sus-
picious as a sewer rat, and in nine
cases out of ten removes everything
from the pockets before leaving it.
Frequently. after taking these things
from her pockets she will bring them
into the restaurant and put them down
on a table to reserve her seat. Good
ness only knows why there are not e
dozen purses stolen here every day.
Maybe il is because more people are
honest than the cynic believes exist, or
maybe IL Is because hat everybody
for three tables around is interested in
a lone purse and gloves laid down to
hold a place. Certainly, If a man
should come in here and put his purse
and gloves down on a table for the
purpose of holding a seat, I'd start
him to the detention hospital sure. Yet
as | say. three out of five women do
1t without winking. Why is it?"-
Chicago Record-Herald.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Adventure with Rattle.nake. .

Fred Harris, an express messenger
on the Illinois Central. had an expert
ence which he does not care to repeat.
He was on train No. %, and Just after
leaving Centralia. ILL.,. settled back into
his chair and dropped into a doze. He
was awakened shortly by a tickling
under his chin and drowsily opened his
eyes to discovered the coils of an
enormous snake lying. across his breast,
it's restless head waving under his chin.
II Is hardly necessary to state that Mr..
Harris made all former records for in
Simultaneous and lightning moves in
that car look like six counterfeit nick
els. He also awoke to the fact that
while one snake is bad. several are
worse in n %geonetrical proportion, and
he was soon CT a pile Of baggage sur
veying a den o. r~attlesnakes. The rep
tiles were a consignment from Tampa,
Fla, 10 Chicago. and had made their
escape while Mr.. Harris slept.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
shnner Reduces Assessment.

On an appeal from a local organiza'
ton President Shaffer of the Iron and
Steel Workers reduced the assessment
levied TO support victimized strikers
from ten to five per cent. The ruling
was made that, however. the black
listed men must be supported under
any or all circumstances.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Formerly n Rolling MiIl Man.

John A. B%rashear, who has just been
elected chancellor of the University Of
Western Pennsylvania, was a rolling
mill man in Plttsburg twenty-five
years ago, and to-day is the greatest
of landscape lens-makers and one Of
the foremost scientists of the world.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Request From Carmen, worh.y,.

The Ladies' Garment Workers union
requests that all members OF unions
should Instruct their mothers, sisters.
and s~weethearts and all friends when
buying a skirt or cloak to see that 1t
bears the Ladies' Garment Workers la
bel.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
Model dwellings for workers.

w. X. Sutton, an Englishman who
died recently. left about $40, OOO, 900 in
trust to provide model dwellings for
working people. The trustees may
make the rents as low as they like
provided no one lives entirely free OF
charge.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06
EmnloYmsnt to 10000 Men.

All the factories included in tho
American Window Glass company.
numbering nearly a hundred plants.
and representing nearly ninety-nve per
cen of the total capacity of the United
States, recently resumed work. giving
employment to $4,000 men who have
been idle since last May.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06

One of the notable successes OF 1901
Is the cranberry industry: for. when
the last of the yield was picked, an
aggregate of 1,0O0,O 900 bushels was
reached. BY comparing this with the
yield of 1900. $4,000 bushels, the sue
cess stands revealed.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-06

Miss Jennie Hitchner has been ap-
pointed local manager OF the bakeries
of the National Biscuit company at
Pittston. Pa. Miss Hitchner takes the
place Of her father, who recently died.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-06
Minnesota Fighting Itself.

The Alexandria Post News speaks by
the card when 1t says that the So
called merger fight is a fight of railroad
vs.. railroad, and there are a whole lots
Of people besides the editor of that pa
per who know the inside of the matter.
The question is, why should the people
Of Minnesota be tsked to put up for the
expenses? Why not let the interested
parties fight it out and pay their own
:osts?-Sleepy Eye Dispatch.
Minnesota is putting UP money to
fight its own interests; to turn COM
merce away from 1t; to prevent it's
Asiatic trade. and to divert immigration.
Alexandria Post News.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-06
III the House,
LIVELY FOR THE PRINCE.
Fitting elimination to His Visit to
the National CMpitMl.


Washington, March 2.-Prince Hell
rvs visit to the national capital had q
fitting elimination last night in
splendid official dinner gwen at the
German embassy and later tremen-
dous outburst of popular enthusiasm
from the German residents of Wash
ington, rs the imperial visitor was
about to start for his Southern and
at the embassy at o'clock, his royal
highness being the guest of honor while
those invited to meet him were repre-
senta tive of the highest official and Dip
lomatic society.
During the afternoon Prince Henry
enjoyed one event not on his official
itinerary when he and President Dose
Welt went in a rainstorm on a horse
back ride or an hour ana a quarter
through Rock creek valley and tho
suburbs in the northwestern section IT
thc city. The ride was arranged per
sonally between them during one #
their talks at an official function. The
ride was thrOIgh the northwestern
suburbs and rain Cell a large part of
the time, but bot.l riders seemed to en-
Joy the outing.
Visits Naval Academy.
Annapolis Md, March !. = Prince
Henry Of Prussia Yesterday visited the
naval academy and met the cadets un-
der instruction there He saw them
at work and at play, and at the close
of his visit addressed them in a com
pIimentary speech, expressing his con-
fidence that they would do their duty a.
their country called.