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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12
An Eyewitness.

A young lawyer whose recently ac.
quired shingle hangs In G street went
down into Virginia within the month
TO attend a trial in his native county.
says the Washington Post. Il was
essential to prove that bitter enmity
had existed between defendant and
plaintiff plaintiff Is the proper
term TO apply to the gentleman who
who had n generous handful OF bird
shot distributed into his person. A
witness, who was Gaite blind, testi.
fed In detail as to a quarrel between
the two. Then Lew grabbed IN a
chair and broke II over Jim's head.
How do you know that" asked the
lawyer who was conducting the cross
examination. Il was an eyewitness ia
It," remarked the blind man.
FAN eyewitness repeated the law
yer, G~oubtingly. Yes" said the blind
man, 81 was. A piece of the leg hit
me in the right eye. | certainly was
Az eyewitness"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12

the dirt and rocks nearby made an
unusual lot OF noise, and | raised up
and found myself still lying on the
messy place by the spring. I had lain
there and imagined l would figure In
a a something like the above.
II the hogs Lad allowed me to finish
the plot / imagine 1t would have wound
UP by me becoming owner of the farm
and mill. and several oil wells.
| washed my face in the cool blue
water, smoothed over my hair and
went with some anxiety to the Buchau-
an home on the ridge.
There was no sweet girl Fannie,
nor even a Mrs. Buchanan-the old
man kept bach" on a small gully
washed farm. But l went in, ate a
dinner Of beans and bacon, and went
on of down the pike. very seriously
thinking.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12
Under logWOOd Blossoms.
BY GEORGE BINGHAM.

Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Not far from Cadiz, on the crooked
old Kentucky pike, an OK wagon COW
cred with a d!ugy sheet overlook me.
A tall man, who looked lazy, sat on n
broken chair In front and drove. while
back under the cover Ave tow-heads
were stuck out to watch the slowly
changing scenery.
Under the shackly, rafting vehicle
walked a lazy old brindle dog-he
could walk nowhere else, being tied to
COW vas tied to the back end OF the
wagon; the skillets and pans. fasten-
ed to the sides OF the ~wagon-bed, rat
tied and bumped; and buckets and
pots swung from the axles beneath. as
the wagon slowly passed along the
rike.
l dropped from the splotch of shade
on a rail fence corner where had sat
for some time. and spoke to the man.
Good morning" he answered. "lr
you are going our way. hop up and
ride" He reached back. got O handy
bucket. turned it over, and l sat down
beside him.
When | told him my name he said
he knew a person in Arkansas by the
name OF Andy Cobb, but that he was
a negro. Then he laughed. He asked
me which way I vas going. and when
l told him | was not particular which
way. he said to me: I've been Twin
In Arkansaw for a good while. and am
on my way to South Carolina to visit
my wife's folks"
Noticing the gait o. his team. l
asked him how long he had been en-
route, and in an easy manner he re-
piled; "Oh, little the rise OF nine
weeks"
When do you expect to get there?"
"Kain't tell. Amt no morn hat
way yet. Who-a-o boys! Sally you
and the brats hold tight back there,
for here's another creek. You know
whut fools these cattle are about
water" Then he addressed me. Ever
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12

which way | went. for | hal nothing
to do. Two months previous | had
heard the little town OF Snortsville
wanted a newspaper, and that being
the fayorite one OF my several voca-
tons, | went to the place and put
forth the Weekly Post, with a dusty
outfit that had been abandoned some
weeks before. In a few issues | found
that the people did not want a local
paper as bad as they thought they did.
SO l wound up my business, which
took but a few minutes. and walked
out OF town, and 1t vas only a few
mornings later that | was overtaken
by the man going to visit his wife's
folks.
After leaving Mr.. Bolts / came to u
creek. The banks we're pretty with
fragrant elder and dogwood blossoms,
and birds iuttered over the clear.
s.owly-moving water, and chartered
and chirped In the underground.
l heard the sound OF ripping water,
and going upstream found a cool,
clear. blue spring which rippled and
tumbled owe rocks on its way to the
creek.
l brushed the old acorns and sticks
from a soft messy slant and stretched
out TO rest.
"Gi: up here. row, Pud! You derned
old fool! Maxim like you air skeered
o. this place when you come here ever
day. Quit that snortin' and git in
there and drink befo' larrup you with
a hickory"
l raised to my elbows and saw a
barefoot man trying to persuade a
mule to drink at the stream. The con-
trary animal pranced around and went
behind a bank. leaving only the riders
head visible to me. or a sudden II be-
gan bobbing up and down, and /
heard him urging the mule to behave,
In language unsuitable TO reproduce.
His head disappeared. his feet came
up In the air. and something hit the
earth with a dull sound. When | got
to the bank he was brushing the dir;
and gravel from his shoulder. and
when | asked him the trouble, he re-
Piled:
"Nothin'. Blasted old mule lust
tossed me of over her head.
Tuck Buchanan lives right up there
on the ridge" he answered when 1
asked him where I might find some
dinner. He spurred the mule in the
tanks with his bare heels, and |
watched the spry little animal pick
her way up a rough path. sometimes
leading under low branches, which
caused the rider to duck his head or
push them back.
Again l lay down on the moss.
Scents OF peach and apple blossoms
came to me on the soft, lazy air. A
farm-bell changed somewhere up the
creek bottom and was followed by an
other and another. Plow-mules brayed
and hurried toward their rows end, for
ten ears of corn and an hours rest
was coming.
Don't you want to walk down TO
the mill? don't hear 1t running. 1
guess that trifln' fellow I've got at
tendin' to 1t is piled up in the corn
box asleep as he usually u.s." said Mr..
Buchanan to me the day after I went
to his house.
We went TO the mill and. as he ex-
pected. we found the miller doing in
the corn-box.
"rd let him go II | had another man.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12

Kit Smith wants the Job, but &c amt
got any education and couldn't buy
wheat or calculate on tolls"
Being well satisfied with the sur
roundings and desiring to remain In
that section. | Insisted that X niti,
with my assistance. could operate the
mill; and in a few days Mr.. Smith
and | had the Job.
Mr.. Buchanan was a homely old fell
low, his profile at a distance remind
Ing ne of the picture OF some great
old man l had seen in history, and
hardly saw how he could be the father
OF a girl so pretty and sweet as Miss
Fannie.
In g month was also assistant man
ager Of the big farm. for Mr.. Buchan-
an had decided that the greasy scum
on a wet weather spring back in the
field was signs OF an underground
stream of coal oil and was figuring on
organizing a stock company TO drill.
The smiles and kind words OF Miss
Fannie gave me a teellng-a delightful
THRILL had never before experienced.
A young fellow accompanied her 70
church one Sunday. and when she re-
turned that night | knew that | loved
her. How lonesome | had been that
day without her.
The next night she invited me to the
rlrlor to engage her in n game OF So
eial "seven-up." We had a pleasant
time, and hardly before the hour 20
go to my room. | stopped the game,
grasped her pretty hand and told her
my feelings. ! bowed my head to kiss
her hand. but she pulled 1t back, said
No, no." and bade me good night.
I said IA her the next morning,
Miss Fannie, excuse me-last night
| couldn't help it, though. Let 1t pass
and think no more of it, but l do
10"
Mr.. Cobb, won't you leave? Go
off and think no more OF 1t, and let
me forget you. IL will be better, as
nothing else can come OF It. Leave
and let me forget you"
Sadly l told her farewell Sunday
morning and walked off down the road,
again in my aimless wandering. When
a half mile away | heard someone
coming up behind me on a horse. |
went to the side Of the road to let
1t pass. But when the horse came up
1t stopped and as | looked around,
Miss Fannie ran into my arms.
Come on back! You must not leave
me! You cannot! The future looks
empty without you"
Tears oil Joy came to my eyes, and
| bent my head over on hers. | kissed
her, said. God bless my angel" and
kissed her again.
The horse she rode, seeing 1t vas
forgotten, turned and followed US
home.
A hungry-looking 'razor-back" SOW
with thirteen young pigs, roofing in
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12
After Meeting.

Bishop" said the young preacher,
II know you were hitting at me when
you denounced fine apparel and jew
elry, for | wear a velvet vest and a
watch and chain" mo. brother" re-
piled the bishop. with q twinkle In his
eye. for half suspect your vest is
cotton velvet. and as for the watch,
| never gave you credit for more than
a Waterbury! Atlanta Constitution.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12

Baboony-Me boy. you look as If
you had just stepped out OF a fashion
plate. Crinkleton-Tbat so? l knew
| had rheumatism. hut | didn't sup
pose was as stiff AS that!-Harlem
Life.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-12
Something hit the earth"

Something hit the earth"
creek we come to they break in a run
for IT,"
The steers struck a brisk pace and
when to the bank made a lunge which
nearly upset the wagon. After riding
an hour with HMM which time we
travelled abou. three miles-I wished
them good luck and took the other
fork of the road.
True. I was not very particular
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
A Rejected Novel.

Before he had achieved fame the
French novelist Xavier de Montepin,
on concluding a long and elaborate
tale of adventure took 1t, full of hope,
to a publisher, who promptly declined
it on even the most advantageous
terms, to the writer's poignant morti-
fication. Twenty years afterward this
identical publisher besought at his
hands sensational story, one of those
serials which were the delight of girl
settles. offering any price within rea-
son. "Well," said De Montepin, 81
will obIige you, but my terms must be
somewhat heavy. want f4,0OO." Aft
er many protests it was paid.
In telling the story De Montepin
used to add, "The best OF the business
was that it was the very same story
which he had previously rejected and
which | had in various directions en-
deavored in vain to dispose Of"
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
Sins Of the Tongue.

The sins Of the tongue all point to
the necessity and profit Of self mastery.
There is danger In the tongue that
often brings the deepest sorrow to in
nocent ones, as we'll as throws re-
Election on a pure character. If this
confession Of failure and magnifying
Of the Office Of the tongue seem exag-
gerated, let any one sit down quietly
and think Of the sins and cruelties Of
human speech. The careless words
which no repentance can call back
again, the rash promises which 1t has
cost US so much to fulfill, the express
sion of the lower nature which has
shamed the higher, the confessions OF
evil and yielding to falsehood, the hot
and angry words which sober thought
condemn-these are some Of the perils
Of the tongue On the other hand, like
most Of the uses Of the world which
turn so easily to evil. the tongue may
be the instrument Of great and lasting
good.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12

There Is more catarrh In this
section OF the country than all dis
eases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced 1t a local dis
ease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly falling to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t
incurable. Science has proven Ca
tarrh to be a constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitution.
al treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only con.
stitutional cure on the market. 1t
! is taken internally In doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t
fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
F.. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

In Pursuance ola decree In
the case of ]. G. Leonard vs.. The
Union OIL company entered by the
Judge of the Circuit Court Of Tyler
county, West Virginia, on the 10th
day of December, 1901, In Chancery
Order book No. 10, pages 1885,, 1877,
1873, I shall as a special Commits
sioner, appointed by the said de-
cree, proceed to sell at public auc-
ton, to the highest and best bidder,
at the front door of the municipal
building In the City of Sistersville,
West Virginia, on the 23rd day of
July, 1902, the following described
property formerly belonging to the
Union Oil company: 861 feet 2
inch line pipe; Gil feet 2-inch line
pipe; 1883 feet 1 inch line pipe;
165 ITO feet 10 inch casing; 773
feet 81 inch casing; one F. & L.
boiler; one F. & T. engine; 95 feet
IL inch six.ply belt; IS feet $50
pounds bull rope|4-2 inch union;
a. inch stops; 50 inch ellis;
1o-2 inch tees; 1o-2 inch nipples;
81 inch G: valves; 81 inch
stops; S inch unions; 10 inch
ellis; 1o-1 inch tees; 6A four way
casing head; SIN inch ells;4-6A
nipple and 6ve-eighths undivided
interest In and to certain inden-
ture of lease made and executed by
David Carmichael and wife to F. F.
Metzker ct al, dated May 27th,
1899. The land conveyed by said
lease being situate In Meade dis
trict, Tyler county, West Virginia,
and has a we'll drilled for oil and
gas purposes thereon.
Terms of Sale-CASH.
A. B. HUNT,
Special Commissioner.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
Rrain-Food Nonsense.
Another ridiculous food fad has

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis
pelled the silly notion that one
kind Of food Is needed tor brain,
another for muscles, and stlll an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the BODY. but 1t will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be. its nutri-
ment is DESTROYED by indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare tor
their appearance or prevent tbet1
coming by taking regular osEs
Green's August Flower. the tsv1l
lite medicine of the healthy mtllto =.
A fewdoses aids digestit n, 3tinu-
lates the liver to healthy action,
purifes the blood an makes YOU
feel buoyant and viqor us You
can get DR. Green's. IelisrI m .
dies at D. A. Henderson,.
Get Green's Special Almara
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
1t DazzIes the World.

No Discovery In medicine has
ever created one quarter OF the ex-
element that has been caused by
DR.. Kings New Discovery for con
sumption. Its severest tests have
have been on hopeless victims OF
consumption, pneumonia, hemor'
rage. pleurisy and bronchitis,
thousands of whom it has restored
to perfect health For coughs,
colds, asthma. up hay fever,
hoarseness al d III uptng cough 1t
Is the quickest, suresl cure In the
world. 1t Is sold by D. A. Hen
dershot who guarantees satisfaction
or refunds money Large bottles
soc and 81. Trial bottles free.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
a CUriOua Tree.

There is a peculiar tree in the forests
Of central India which has most curl
GUS characteristics. The leaves Of the
tree are Of highly sensitive nature
and so full of electricity that whoever
touches one Of them receives an cleo
tric shock. 1t has a very singular eff,
feet upon a magnetic needle and will
influence it at distance Of even seven
ty feet. The electrical strength Of the
trees varies according to the time of
day, it being strongest at midday and
weakest at midnight. In wet weather
It's powers disappear altogether. Birds
never approach the tree, nor have in
sects ever been seen upon it
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12

Clerks once of the Circuit Court Of
Tyler County, West Virginia.
The State of West Virginia.
County of Tyler, to witt
I, J.G. Mayfeld, Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Tyler county do
hereby certify that In the Chaucery
cause fl. G. Leonard, VS.. the
Union OIL company, A. B. Hunt
was at the December term, 1901 of
said Court appointed special com
missioner and as such required to
execute bond In the penalty Of ST..
600. 90; further certify that on the
10Th day of April, 1902, the said A.
B. Hunt, commissioner with Trust
Company of West Virginia, by S,
G. Pyle, Attorney, surety, executed
bond before me In the penalty pre-
scribed by said decree.
Given under my hand and the
seal of said Court this the 24th day
of June, 1902.
J.G. Mayfeld, Clerk.
July Att
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
Strikes . Rich Find.

II was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and ner-
vous debility" writes F J. Green,
of Lancaster, N. H., mo remedy
helped me until I began using
Electric Bitters, which did me more
good than all the medicine l ever
used. They have also kept my
wife In excellent health for years
She says Electric Bitters are just
splendid for female troubles; thai
they are grand tonic and invig
orator for weak, run down women.
No other medicine can take 1t:
place In our family" Try them
Only soc. Satisfaction guaranteed
BY D. A. Henderson,.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
MISSED THE PARTY.
why One Girl Had to Keep Secluded
For Over q Week.

why One Girl Had to Keep Secluded
For Over q Week.
They were two pretty girls, and when
they happened to meet on one of the
quiet streets of the city the girl in
gray turned and walked in the direc-
ton the other one had taken.
"Now. let me know all about the par
ty," said the one who had turned. 1--WE
been just dying to see you and have
you tell me"
"Oh. but wasn't there at ALL" said
her companion. This is the first time
I've Leen out of the house for more
than a week"
"Why, have you been ill?' her friend
inquired, surprised and solicitous.
mo, l really think it was worse than
that" she replied.
you know I'm a little proud Of my
hair, for it's my one, redeeming point
modestly-"and because it is naturally
wavy it is always fuftiest after it has
been shampooed.
"a day or two before the party l
washed my hair, using what | thought
was borax in the water. When at
tempted to dry my erstwhile bonnie
brown curls' they were stringy and
hard and looked as if they had been
frozen in wisps. Then to my horror l
discovered that I had used powdered
alum in the water. 1t took me whole
week to- get it out Of my hair. l miss
ed the party I had set my heart upon
attending and wouldn't let any of my
friends see me, for 1 was q perfect
frightv'-Duluth News Tribune.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
A Great Bargain.

Mrs. Winks-A peddler was here to
day, and | got the greatest bargain
q whole pound Of insect powder fol
only 10 cents. 1t looks just like dirt
but it's awfully effective. / tried it.
Mr.. Winks-Wo-ked, eh?
Mrs. .Winks-Yes, indeed The ped
dler said l should put a little in water
and apply it boiling hot, and | did. ant
it killed every insect it touched.-Ne"
York Weekly.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
Il This q New "David Harum?"

Will NJ, Harben's new novel,
Abner Daniel, Is generally consld.
cred the strongest book he has
done. In Abner Daniel himself the
novel introduces a new Southern
character whom a reviewer has de.
scribed as a David Harum of the
South" There are points of re-
semblance between the two men,
but their character are as distinct
as the neighborhoods they hail
from-the only similarity In this
respect being that they both lived
In rural districts. The love story
Is simple In Its direct appeal, and
deals with a plucky young South
ern girl, who helps to save the
family fortunes of her betrothed.
Get this book at once at McCoy's
Book Store price $I.25. Sgt
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
Women and Jewels.

levels, candy, flowers, man
that Is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo.
man. Even that greatest OF all
Jewels, health, Is often ruined In
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem. then let her fortify
herself against the insiduous conse,
quences of coughs, colds and bron
chial affections by regular use OF
DR.. Boschee's German Syrup. 1t
will promptly arrest consumption
In Its early stages and heal the at
fected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from
the system. 1t Is not a cure all,
but 1t Is a certain cure for coughs
colds and all bronchial troubles
You can get DR.. Green's reliable
remedies at D. A. Memberships
Get Green's Special Almanac.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
Homeseekers Excursion Rates.

To points west. southwest and
northwest will be on sale the Ist
and 3rd Tuesday of each month via
Illinois Central Railroad at about
one fare plus 81 for round trip with
stopover privileges. Write today
tor FREE descriptive matter and
full particulars to E. A. Richter,
Trav. Pass. Agent III. Central R.
R., Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
Pacific Coas. without Change,

In new Pullman sordinaryn sleepers, wide
vestibuled and with every modern convenience,
In charge OF competent agent. from Cincinnati
and Chicago via Louisville, New Orleans,
Houston, San Antonio, 81 Paso and Loa Ange-
half Of cost In regular sleepers. For free de.
scriptive matter and full particulars. address
e. 4. Richter, Travelling A gent Illinois Central
Railroad, SIa Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa,
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-12
PARKERSBURG
Real Estate.

A very desirable farm of 80
acres, located on the best street In
Williamstown. The improvements
consist of a Groom dwelling, large
orchard. The land Is of good quail,
ity and we'll watered. This proper
ty Is located so as to be'accessible to
Marietta as we'll as Petersburg and
Is very desirable tract. Price
$4,000.
One acre located on the Parkers-
burg and Marietta car line, close to
us. Engine plant; beautiful stu,
alton for home. Price, $500.
A splendid farm of so acres, 10
Gated three miles from Parkersburg.
The improvements consist of a 10
room dwelling, barn, and every
necessary outbuilding; orchard OF
selected fruit. The land Us In a
high state of cultivation and well
watered. Price, $4,000.
100 acres Of land between Park
ersburg and Marietta, on new street
car line; land all of fine quality and
Is so situated as to make 1t suitable
to cut up into smaller tracts. price,
$4,000.
"a lots close to Terrapin Park In
Parkersburg, In location rapidly
enhancing In value. Each lot 90
by 116 feet to an alley. Price,
ST., 600.
City Property.
A very desirable, new, E room
house In good location, handsomely
finished In hardwood. Price, 81,
800, Terms very easy.
A special bargain In three-story
brick business corner In one of the
best locations In Petersburg.
Will sell for SIS 900, on long time.