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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23

and saw perched on It's top wild gob-
bier whose FURNISHED feathers shono
in the sun. II stood calmly with head
erect enjoying the air and the placid
river beneath
Stribling laid the pipe down care
fully walked into his bedroom, picked
mp his rifle OF "A calibre, and went
back TO the gallery He knew that
he would he forced to go a half-milo
downstream to the nearest ford, cross,
come back upstream. 90 back down
stream. and come back upstream in or
der to retrieve. but did not purpose
to be insuted
He shoots well He leaned firmly
against the end post of the gallery
got the tip OF the front sight on the
base of the birds black beard which
hung from the gobbler's breast, held
ii there for a moment, smiled as II
occurred to him that the thing was
too easy and pressed the trigger firm
ly and steadily.
There was the usual sharp crack.
which sounded doubly loud in the stu.
ness of morning. but the turkey was
unmoved. IT evinced no curiosity.
Striking tried it again, a little more
carefully ana with less confidence;
same result He said: ". GGy De get-
| ting old and wrinkled in my face but
| I'll bet the farm and all il costs me
that can make you move Same
result.
That was all the cartridges he had.
He walked to the bank of the river
and yelled at the bird. 1t looked down
at him and sailed away
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23

According to United States Consular
Agent Harris Palestine has shown un-
mistakable signs of progress during
the past decade, much of which is to
oe attributed to German enterprise.
German colonists, merchants and
horticulturists,' says Mr. Harris, are
awakening that part of the Levant
from & lethargy of a thousand years.
Three years ago a German bank was
established in Jerusalem with a
branch in Yafa, which exchanged Sl5,-
900. 900 in 1901. The waters of the
Dead Sea, where no rudder has been
seen for centuries, are now being piled
by German motor boats. A direct line
of communication has thus been open
ed up between Jerusalem and Kerak,
the ancient capital of the land Of
Moab. which still commands the cara
van routes leading across the Arabian
desert. There is no doubt that Ger
man enterprise will also exploit the
phosphate fields situated on both sides
Of the Jordan, when transportation
facilities shall have been sufficiently
developed to insure success to the
undertaking.
For many years Germany has been
looking 10 Asia Minor and other coun-
tries adjacent to Palestine as suitable
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
When Bob Evans
Was Near Death

Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans, al
though he has seen plenty of sharp
fighting and has been often under fire.
once came nearer to losing his life on
board his own ship md when not en-
gagged with the enemy than during any
battle in which he ever had part. He
tells the story in "A Sailors Log" A
little before the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet he had gone below to his
cabin with Commander Kimball of the
torpedo fleet who had brought dis
patches. They were sitting at the
cabin table studying the situation,
when a startled voice exclaimed,
Look out, captain!"
| threw my head to one side, he
writes. to see what | was to look. out
for, when there was tremendous
crash, and / was aware that ] was hurt
and more or less dazed. My first i'm
preston was that one of the Spanish
gunboats had sneaked up on us and
put a shell INTO my cabin. | had been
thinking all the afternoon what fine
chance it would be for them that
night But when | was really con
scious saw that that was not the
trouble
My cabin was full of men, all star
ing at me. their eyes fairly sticking
out of their heads. They thought
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23

Twenty years ago who would have
dared to predict that in this second
year of the new century all the public
schools of the United States, together
with its naval and military academies,
would be teaching temperance? If
some optimistic reformer had prophe-
sled that in five times that number of
years temperance education laws
would be mandatory throughout the
length and breadth of the land he
would doubtless have been dubbed a
visionary. And yet, as the result of
twenty years struggle on the part of
the scientific temperance instruction
department of the white ribbon army.
this splendid achievement is recorded.
The occupation of the scientific tenn
perance department is not gone. The
laws secured must be enforced Then
there is worlds as we'll as a national
department. There are other lands to
conquer, and it's work will not be done
until the school children all around the
world are being taught the truth about
alcohol and narcotics, until the right
kind of temperance laws are not only
enacted, but rigidly enforced Union
Signal
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
HAS A BIG BUFFALO HERD.
Millionaire HaIf-Breed Keeps $50 of
Them and Won't Sell One.

Ihem ana won't sell one.
Roaming in absolute freedom in tho
beautiful Flathead valley, on the Flat
head Indian reservation, Montana. is
the largest herd of buffalo on the con-
tinent The noble animals have prac-
tically all the freedom that was theirs
in the days when they were monarchs
of the plains. The herd is the prop
erty of a half-breed of mixed Indian
and Mexican blood named Pablo.
whose home is on the reservation, and
who is reported to be worth S2,500.-
900. He does not look it in his suit OF
citizens clothes, broad-brimmed hat
and blanket, but he is as shrewd a
ranchman as is to be found on the
western plains and he has increased
his government allotment of cattle
and lands until he has amassed a vast
fortune. He has two houses, one on
the reservation and the other in the
dreary little shipping town of Selfish,
on the Northern Pacific railroad.
Pablo owns 100000 head Of cattle
and takes a justifiable pride in them
but he especially glories in his herd
OF buffalo which numbers $50. Pablos
regard for his buffalo is intense. He
is not keeping them for profit, and
will not sell single specimen. He
loves them because they are part OF
the old free life he loved and loves
still. He has a fellow feeling for
bison because, like his own race, they
have been driven from their old ranges
So he has gathered together all that
he could get and has placed them on
the magnificent range at the outlet oi
Tlatnead lake.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
KIpllng a Total Abstainer.

Here are Kipling's views on temper
ance: Il used to take glass regular
ly." he says. until one day, going
along the streets of Manchester | saw
two 15-year-old girls reel out of a pub
lie house. stagger across the pavement
and fall into the gutter From that
time have been a total abstainer SO
are all my household"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
Protectinr semI-snvages.

The president has signed bill for
bidding the sale of intoXicants, opium,
and firearms by American citizens in
any island of the Pacific ocean inhab-
itef by semi-civilized nations. Secre-
tary Hay has asked the British gov
ernment to join ours in submitting to
other commercial powers a universal
treaty to make this provision binding
upon all nations.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
BLAMED TO KIPLING
GREAT WRITER SAID TO HAVE HOO
DoED FlSiIlG FLEET.
Ichoonors nescribei In the Novel,
Captains Courageous" Have Bcen
Pursued by Ill Luck-Lnst One Of
Them Is Now Out OF Business

Did Ruyard Kipling "hoodoo" an en-
tire fleet of fishiug schooners by us
ing them as literary material in writ
ing his book. Captains Courageous" ?"
When, a few days ago the Prince
Leboo was sunk, her disastrous end
marked the extinction Of the entire
feet of twenty which Kipling men
toned ana the peculiarities of some OF
which he so entertainingly described.
The Prince Leboo was not an old
boat There was not a sounder fishing
schooner on the coast than the Amy
Knight. which was sunk few weeks
ago. Fishermen expected these boats
to last for years How did it happen
that disaster befcll them all?
Not long after the publication OF
Captains Courageous the fleet of fish
ing schooners began to diminish
alarmingly. Boats that should have
endured for a lifetime were stricken
down in the bloom of youth. Finally
only three of the boats were left; then
two. At last the Prince Leboo was the
only survivor. And now the Prince
Leboo is gone, too.
The Amy Knight figured in Kipling' S
book as the Carrie Pitman. She was
the comedian of the fleet, and was de-
scribed as always going adrift on the
Banks. The Carrie Pitman hailed
from West Chatham. "She don't do
much 'cep' drift" they said of her.
There amt an anchor made II hold
her"
The Amy Knight sank while on a
trip between Bucksport and Rockland
when she met her fate and there was
not wind enough blowing to enable the
sailors to beach her.
The Martha NJ. another schooner ap-
pearing incognito in Kipling's book
was built by the Herreshoffs and was
owned by Captain Hiram Fogg, OF
Bucksport.
For many years she was beached al
Bucksport. and is now merely very
bad specimen of an old hulk.
| The We're Here. the most famous Of
the Kipling vessels. was commanded
for many years by Capt Noah LORD
and Capt Wood, of Bucksport.
The old salts at Verona, Orland anC
Bucksport love to tell yarns of the
Hope of Prague.
Nick Brady's her skipper" the
We're Here fishermen said of this yes
sci. the meanest man on the Banks.
Then there was the Days Eye. THE
two Jeraulds owned her. She's from
Harwich; fastish, TOO, an hez gooC
| luck"
And there were the three Gloucester
vessels-the Margie Smith, the RosC
and the Edith S. Walen.
The others of the fleet were thu
East Wind, the Abbie NJ. Deering, thu
Lucy Holmes, the Jennie Cushman, thu
Mary Chiffon. the King Philip thu
Henry Clay, the Parry Norman. tn,
| San Jose. the FlOrrie Anderson, thu
Harry Randolph, the Gilbert Hop
and the Mamie Douglas.
They are only memories now. all o
them. How do those wise in the lor'
of the sea account for the disappear
ance of this stalwart fleet And wha
explanation could Rudyard Kipling
maker of many books, give of it? ask
a Bucksport, Me-, correspondent o
the New York World
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
Among the Kamrs.

Lord Milner. British high commits
sioner in South Africa, in a recent ad-
dress declared that the complete en-
forcement Of the prohibitory liquor
laws had revolutionized the condition
of the Kaffirs, who had before been
ruined in body and estate by this trade,
and had labored almost exclusively for
the advantage of the liquor-seller.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
PALESTINE WAKING UP.
rIany Signs of Progress Which Are Due German Enter
prise.

territories in which to develop Ger
man markets The Bagdad railroad,
which will le2C through Anatolia, in
tersecting the aeadwaters OF the Tisris
and Euphrat,g, to the shores OF the
Persian gulf Is an enterprise OF vast
importance, not only to Germany. as
the promoter. and the Turkish en-
pire, but to the world at large II *
the greatest commercial and ciyilizing
factor that could be introduced into
this region and viii tap the rich tArri-
tories which composed ancient Meso-
potamia. Apart from new avenues OF
commerce, a land will be opened up to
students and tCnrists which, owing to
expense and unsafe methods Of travel.
has thus far been practically inacces-
sible.
THE commerce of Palestine to-day
is not unimportant The products OF
the country are wheat. barley, or.
anges, oil, wine. nuts. figs apples.
peaches, pears, pOmegranates apricots
citrons almonds. cucumbors lettuce,
onions. wild artichokes and aspara-
gus trufiles. tobacco. sesame and silk.
while potatoes and other European
and American vegetables are being
introduced by German and French
colonists."
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23

The above drink duties include the
taxation OF home made drink and the
customs duties on imported drink.
The current criminal statistics for
England record a material increase in
the prosecutions for drunkenness per
100000 of population during recent
years namely:
1SS7-1S91 E. ..619I 1S97-1S99 =. ..647
1S92-1S96 .. ..,5Si 1899 only .675
Although the above figures cannot
be regarded as absolutely proving
that drunkenness is on the increase,
says a writer in the Fortnightly Re
view, for the reason that the increase
in the number of prosecution may pos
sibly be due to greater stringency on
the part of the police, yet when they
are looked at side by side with the
wholly Independent results already
stated as regards the increased con-
sumption of drink per head of popu-
lation one result appears 10 confirm
the other and an unsatisfactory con-
clusion is reached.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
save the Children.

Very soon the number of children
I'm our country must reach 20000OO0
BY the good hand of God upon us, and
largely through the gentle but persist
ent efforts of earnest, prayerful women
law has been enacted in the state of
Georgia teaching the scientific truth
regarding the pernicious influence of
alcohol and narcotics upon the human
system. BY a faithful observance OF
these laws can the millions of the ris-
ing generation be forewarned and fore
armed. and their minds filled with Il
wholesome dread of the insatiate and
insidious devourer; while not yet un-
der the fascination of the fell charm
ers eye, they are duly warned OF the
venom OF his fangs. We may hope
after a half score of years hence we
shall see coming forth on the stage of
action a generation of men and women
who will bar the door of the home
against this monster and also quickly
drive him from the land. Jennie Hart
Sibley.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
Good Reading That Should Be of Service in
the Cause of Reform.

ards. They have to be treated sep
arately as weak minded. 1t is quite a
frequent occurrence to find children
in Thuringia. Baden and other parts
OF Germany whose parents give them
a 'schnapps' in the morning instead OF
the ordinary school bread and butter
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23
An E.teemed contemporary.

A one-horse Republican contempo-
rary run by one-jackass power men
tai dynamo says that the only silver
ties now in Nevada are office-seekers.
We are willing to bet his head against
pumpkin 1.-THE most even odds we
can think 81 that If there Is any non
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23

sllverites in Tonopah he is the one.
And II good writing means good
thinking he really doesn't know what
he is; the idea that two and two makes
four being yet in progress OF filtration
through the slum deposit he fondly
imas!nes to be a brain.-Yirglnia
New Chronicle.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-23

The Importance of drink duties to
national revenue is shown by the fol-
lowing statement, which relates to the
financial year 1S99-1900:
New-York tribune., 1902-03-20
DANISH WEST INDIES ArraIPS.
,From an o,easi.nal correspondent)

| From an Ocoasi.naI Correspondent
-. Thomas March &
1t is subject Of wonder II many OF the thinkers
| IN THIS community 10 500 how anti-sdle fellow
citizens are becoming anucNatiouists. Tn $50 who
wcr" III" strongest ohJectors to the sale these
/ islands are now preparing for the inevitable What
! Is NOR" notahI" Is that among the pro-sale party
| there are Yet few weak knccd ones who await
with fear the daily tcIcCrams and who may rs
said to pray hourly for fual decision. That now
almost every one Is in favor OF the transfer ma.
h" said positively. Even the soldiers in favor
. "t annexation. Unfortunately. the subject OF the
sale is a vexed in the majority Of Instance
and few can discuss its pros and cons cor any
length OF time without disagreement.
This is eviCent from the ncws brought over from
ST 'rotN by schooner last night vhcr" there was a
disturbance In Bassiu the 3d inst some dis
orderly soldiers got into dispute with some pco-
pie on tn" street and proceeded to beat them
This they resented, and the consequence. was that
som" persons were slightly injured aud three rc-
volvcr shots were iirel. fortunately without in
jurinE any one.
II is said that soH~ oc tho towaspeople we're
teasing the military over the sale question,
Whether this bc the truth or not il shows that =,
spirit Of unrest exists and 1t would be- wen n th.
matter We're promptly settled. What is very do
sirablc is that such little instances should not he
maguihed by inJudicious corr asrondau:S, leading
people In the United States to believe that our pco
pie are against annexation. Trlhes like these have.
been used before misreprescnt the true state of
affairs here. and it would be sad indeed n AN or
derly population like ours were made to appear un-
willing for what they actually desire.
II has been stated In official circlos that General
Arendrup former Governor General has been an
pointed Royal Commissioner. and is ON the WAY al
ready To hand the islands To- the United state
Of America. II this ne certain he will receive
hearty welcome. II is known that ne has favored
the sale and has always had the welfare of the
Danish West Indies at heart
Much speculation is rife rs 10 the attitude toward
the question of st. Thomas being left free port
This island has little else To fan back
present the only export is bay rum and nothing t.
speak of IL produced on the hills beauti-
ful valleys XIII our only means of support
before We have made them productive. as in days
gone by when had ninety estates In cultiva-
uon, producing sugar. indigo. cotton and tobacco
would be simply suicidal.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-20

TO ENCOURAGE sHIPBULDING - LORD
DUFFERIN'S MISTAKE

Ottawa. ont. March IS CSpeciaD.- Representatives
OF the iron and shipbuilduE industry from the soy
eral ports Of Canada have approached the gov
ernmcnt and urged as measure Of cncoura cement
to shpbuildnG that the present customs draw
back on materials entering into the construction
Of ships be increased from 81 l. to 50 registered
ton. What the shipbuiders really require is Il
bonus on Canadian built ships
The Militia Department has issued an order abol-
ishing the use of the following accoutrrmeuts and
arms by the field artillery Of Canada: Scabbards
sword bayonets swords cavalry pattern). frogs for
sword bayoncts and knots for sword. This is fol-
lowing out the rule laid down some time ago in
army order issued by the imperial authorities
Mcleod Stewart. ex-Mayor OF Ottawa and pro-
moter of the Georgian Bay Canal. speaking of the
late Lord Duherin, says: He was one of the
most eloquent Of an the Governors General that
have reached shores. His cIoqucncc seemed
u pour forth without any effort like the babbling
brook He was possessed of great tact, and he
had tho finest largest and most honest heart that
ever beat beneath an irish bosom"
one Of the first acts of Lord Dunerin after he
had arrived in this country was to give a State
BAH. to which he invited military officers and
the members Of the Dominion Government then
IN power Later he gave what is commonly called
wholesale and retail merchants Of Ottawa. not
one one oi whom attended Lord Duferin not being
MIN from the old country the distinctions i'm life
aware of the mistake he was making and only
realized II when he found that his many invita-
tons had not been accepted. 1t Is needless To say
that the mistake was never repeated bur il took
Lord Dufferin long time with his eIoquence
SUIT as 1t was then termed. overlooked.
Mackenzie & Mann. Of Yukon Railway notoriety
are in more ways than one lucky men. They are
now authorized by the legisla ture Of Nova Scotia
10 construct a line of railway from Halifax TO Var
mouth on the south shore OF the province. The
New-York tribune., 1902-03-20
BISHOP POTTER'S SALARY.
John MI. NASH SAYS IT OUGHT TO BE
RAISED THE CATHEDRAL
DISCU SSED

The Claims Of the Diocese Upon Its Laymen''
the special topic for discussion at tho regular
meeting of the Church club at their rooms at No.
57S Fifth-ayc. last night. Papers were read by
SiIas McBee John Mclean Nash and John II. Cole
and short speeches made by the Rev. Drs.
Greer. Grosvenor and Parks Tho meeting was
opened by Nicholson Kane, who acted chair
The first paper was read by Si,as McBeo. who
took for his subject THE New York Cathedral.
tho Need Of II and tn" Layman's Relation to 1t
He said that the diocese needed cathedral upon
the same principle that the family needs a home
and the congregation parish church
Mr. McBee was followed by the Rev Dr. Greer.
who spoke also on the topic Of the cathedral The
pulpit of the cathedral" said he. should be apart
from the altar and the sanctuary. II should be a
place where the prophets and the scholars of Chris
tanity-thosc To whom God has given "A message
should be able TO speak. care much for the ca
thedral if it stands for this ! care nothing for il
otherwise. 1t would thus become great force in
healing the breach that at present divides Chrsten
dom. to its scandal and great shame"
The second paper read by John Mclean Nash
whose subject The Episcopal Funds" Mr.
Nash discussed the need of providing proper resi-
dence and adequate salary for the Bishop Of the
Diocese Of New-YorN After discussing the history
Of the origin and development the fund for this
purpose he said that the fund for general purposes
amounted to $2lf1& II. and that for the new house
OF the Bishop to }6o.5H 90. Continuing hc said in
part:
There * At present pending a suggestion 20 erect
A new bishops house upon the cathedral grounds
me funds In hand can be applied To- this II certain
iechnlcai obstacles can h" removed. and are, as
above stated. say $4,000. No house. however. such
as the diocese OF New-lork should provide. can be-
built for less than $4,000
Inc salary or u G Bishop as at present arranged.
Is >i2.HaN Considering the dignity If his position
ara the heaNy calls upon him. ono will claim
that TINS Is sufhcient, but many may urge that ~
Larger sum e. nno wei be drawn from thc parishes
from annual assessment by reason OF tho many
hIIuthS Wnich are lying heavily upon the smaller
ana poorer nelghbOrhoods Ncveri beIa-s -b~ in
p Colne must De ~ some way increased 1t seems,
eISdoLe as - 1t must be done by individual sub
CILipl~~!9llN L" tac capital OF this fund.
iDr Nash was followed by the Rev DIR Grosveuor
N,Ho supported his recomme menda tionS and Maid a
I.Eh Ht{h mnute to the work done by Bishop Potter
The last paper was read by John II colo uybosa
Su39JeGt was The Endowment OF Parishes" Mr.
ore discussed the need OF endoWing the churches
situated south OF Fourteenth-st These churches
New-York tribune., 1902-03-20

Mr. Nash declared depended or would before long
depend upon endowment rather than the contri-
buttons OF their parShioncrs by reason Of tho con-
stanf change I'm population and the tendency Of
the richer classes to move north.
The Rev. DR.. Parks closed tho evening S discus
sion by supporting Mr. Coles position. In the
cnurS" Of his remarks. Or. Parks declared that.
owing {" the shifting Of the city's population no
church south Of Central Park Of its futur.
All such churches. said Or. Parks in nee :
OF support.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-20

E"ycrnment Of Nova Scotia agrees to loan 20 tho
company AT "'a per cent the Of 1880 n mile
81 iS9oand there is the federal subsidy ~ go uul
mile -& &72o"o-or $j.0'j00u for rhe 10 miles The
the government to secure IT. loan.