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! I&INN llAN got an hlaFmlnB COnlPs-
i|B sion 10 make. | am haunted
Pe.sss-Ss.sl by a ghost
E5sySsJ If you were TO guess for
hundred years, you would never guess
what my ghost is, shall make You
laugh To begin with, and aftcrwad |
shall make your flesh creep. My ghost
is he ghost Of n bedroom candlestck,
Yes a bedroom candlcsticR and can
die, or a Hat caudlpstlck and candle,
put II which way you Ike; that is
what hamls mo | wish It was some
thing pleasantcr. and more ont Of the
common Way-a beautiful lady, or a
mine Of gold and silver, or cellar Of
wine ana coach and horses and such
like. But, being what it is, | must
take it for what It Is and make the best
Of il, and | shall thank you kindly il
YOU viii help me out 10y doing the
same,
i am not a scholar myself, but l
make bold to believe that the haunting
Of amy man with anything under the
sun begins with the frightening OF
him. At any rate. the haunting Of me
with a bedroom candlcsticl and candle
began with the frightening of me with
a bedroom candlcstick md candle-ihe
frightening Of me half out OF my life
and for the time being, the frightening
Of me altogether out Of my wits. That
is not Il very pleasant thing TO confess
before stating the particulars. but per-
haps you Will he the rCadier TO believe.
that | am not Il downright coward he
cause you find mo hold enough TO make
a clean breast OF 1t already tony own
great disadvantage 50 far ., ,,
Here are the particulars as well ms
eau put them; e.,
| was apprenticcd 10 the sea when
was about ms tail as my own walking
stick, and | made good enough use Of
my time TO be- hit for mates berth at
The a 60 Of twenty-five years,
1t was in the year eighteen hundred
aud eighteen or nineteen, am not
quite certain which, that reached the
before mentioned age OF twenty-five.
You will please To excuse my memory
not being very good Tor dates, names,
numbers, places and such like. No fear,
! though, about the particulars | have
undertaken to tell you or | have got
them all shlpshape IN my recollection.
| can see them at this moment rs clear
MS MONDAY in my own mind. But there
Is mist over what went before and,
! for the matter Of that, "A mist likewise
over much that came after, and it's
not very likely TO lift Mt my time of
! life, Is ~
Wen, in eighteen hundred nnd eight
cen or nineteen, when there was peace
in our part of the woodland not be-
fore it was wanted, you will say-there
was lighting Of certain scumpcring
scrambling kind going on in that old
battlefield which we senfaring men
know 10y the name Of the Spanish
main.
The possessions that belonged to the
Spaniards in South America had bro
ken into open mutiny and declared for
themselves years before. There was
plenty Of bloodshed between the new
government and the old. but the new
part. under one General Bolivar, "a
NOUS man In his time, though he seems
to have dropped out OF peoples mem
cries now. Engllshmen and IrlshmeH
with turn for fighting ard nothing
particular to do at homo Joined the
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which wSs received ana ordered hled.
Certificate to eutitle Willie A
Barrow 70 free admission to Deaf
and Blind INSTITUTION at 81. Angus
tine, Fla, was signed by the board.
Bhere being no further business,
the board on motion adjourned un-
I'll the arst Monday 10 January, 1908.
TBos. u. MARTIN, Cle.k.
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Sheriff cost in Culpeppcr case

Sheriff cost in Culpeppcr case
st.S5.
S J Ellison on collecting taxes
1902 5000.
J W Vann, supervisor rcgi'' a.
don for November $t4.5S.
Jas. p. Martin, county judge pre-
sented report Of license for month
OF November which 'Shows' amount
collected for State $3.50 30; cnun'y ,
1859 80, which WAS received an 7
ordered filed,
S J Ellison, tax collector, prr.
.ented report Of taxes collected for
,,anfh NJ Nnyanha as fnllnus.
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To Cure A coldln oos Day

To Cure A Cold IA oos Day
Take Laxative Bromo Qunirc 1Bblete,
All druggsts refund tl.a money II h
fails TO ure. Il w. Groves signature
~ on each box. BIC.
Stpso the Congh aud works
OF the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quiulne Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay
Price, % csnts.
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sion 10 make. | am haunted
10y a ghost.
If you were TO guess for a
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

1t Has Been Through the We n
of Twenty Centu

The very oldest tree, which has
withstood the onslaught of centuries,
is certainly the Bo-Gha, or sacred Bo.
II is one of the greatest natural curl
osities of Ceylon. 1t stands in An
uradhapura the ancient capital of the
kings of the island 1t is fig tree,
grown from a sprig cut from the
original tree under which Gautama
rested on the day he became a Buddha.
1t was planted in 28S before the Chris
tian era, in the eighteenth year of the
reign of Devenipiatissa, and is now
2,1S9 years old The extraordinary
tree seems to bear out the prophecy
made by the king who planted it: 1t
will blossom to the end of centuries
NJ. Leclercq, the oriental scholar, says
that the sacred Bo was honored under
all the reigning dynasties and spared
by every invader. For % centuries,
millions of pilgrims have come and
knelt down at the base OF the revered
tree. To this day it's leaves are pious-
ly gathered by the pilgrims and kept
and revered by them as sanity relics.
The renown of this tree dates from far
back. AS late as the fifth century the
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

Chinese Traveller, Fa Han, came to
visit it. The Bo of Anuradhapura is
certainly the oldest historical tree now
in existence. All the other Bos which
grace Ceylon temples were grown from
1t. Thousands OF years of age are also
credited to the Dracena at Orotava, to
the chestnut tree on the Athua, the
Virgins tree in Egypt, the cedars of
the Libanus, the Californian Yelling
tomas, the eucalyptus OF Tasmania,
the Baobabs of the Senegal. and
others; but these estimations are based
on mere probabilities, while the age
of the Bo is established by the most
authentical documents that any man
can require. Today the Bo of Anurad
hapura is no more than a ruin in the
midst of the innumerable ruins of
monuments that are spread all over
the ground around it, It's branches
are supported by thick pillars, the
trunk propped by masonry, in the
shape of a pyramid, which has grown
in height from century to century.
Affairs stand all around, on which the
pilgrims lay their offerings. The tree
is inclosed by walls.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29
This Has Been the
Means of Wardins
Off Death X x x

dogs and the whistling of boys. are
seriously injurious to ones health.
The ear nerve is very large and every
time it is over-stimulated the brain re-
ceives a shock. Deaf people escape
all these ife-shorteners and hence they
live long. Bronchitis often shortens
life, but in some cases it has the op-
posite effect. A large number of the
old people one meets cough all the year
round with chronic bronchitis. One
would think to listen to them that they
must cough themselves to death soon,
but that is not so. The coughing helps
the heart to circulate the blood and,
in fact, gives exercise to many of the
organs. Only for this daily exercise
many old peoples mechanism would
get fatally clogged. Besides, a man
with bronchitis will not sit in
draught, he will avoid getting wet and
will not stay out half the night losing
his sleep and painting the town" with
the boys Thus he more than COM
pensates for the injury done to him
by his ailment. Perhaps the most sur
prising assertion is that disease in
parents often confers long life on chill
dren. The contrary is believed, popu-
larly, and no doubt there is some
ground for the belief Some time ago
the British Medical Association inves-
tigated the subject of old age. TAX
ing $40 people aged from so to 80 years,
they inquired into their family history.
Here is the result: There was cancer
in A families; consumption in 65 fam
lilies; gout in 80 families; rheumatism
in SO families; insanity in 10 families;
apoplexy and paralysis in AZ families.
Thus there was a history of deadly
diseases in the families of 253 of the
old people. In AZ more families there
was likewise some grave disease. And
only 40 families were free. or said TO
be free, from those maladies which
usually are supposed to be hereditary.
New York Press.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

she meant to be chilly and lofty
And II think you ought to be more
more grateful-after my giving you
Williewinkie.'
Now Reggie was only eleven, but he
was wise in his generation He knew
Adelaide did not care snap for
Williowinkie since her surrender of
him. And he too had pleasant men,
ories of Gives largesse the previous
spring,
"Oh. that's all right" he returned
magnifcently. II was only stringin'
a bit But-sayl Do you know
they've sent Regalia down with the
other horses, and her beast of groom
is runnin her knee-sprung and fod-
derin' her to beat the band?"
Adelaide's crisp duck morning skirt
rustled. Adelaides pink hat of shirred
liberty silk slipped back on her neck.
Adelaide's two big gold-brown braids
were suddenly whisked over her shoul-
der in the agitation OF her swift sweep
around.
No! Is ho though? I've mind
"a good mind to give him talking" "
"Sho!" calculated Reggie loftily. AS
though he'd mind a girl"
But that night when Adelaide had
turned her pretty ringleted head a
dozen times on the pillow, and finally
succeeded in cantering off to the
pleasant world of dreamland, IL was to
find that Willlewinkie and Regalia
were both there before her and were
having glorious gallop down slope
of sunny sward, quite ignoring the
imperative cries which followed them
to halt!
And suddenly she was sitting up in
| bed. with Reggie's voice in her ears
and queer smell of smoke in her nos
J triis~
II say-oh, A6e. | say the Harland
stables are Oh fire. Don't you heal
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29
SMALL BOY
AND s'.ILl,Il The HORSE

What nuisances these small boys are
sometimes. The streets are full of
them. They play tricks upon us. They
SNOWFALL our tall hats. They steal up
behind us and placard our backs with
Il am blind" or Wanted to buy 100
cats" We are made aware of it only
by the people who pass us, stopping
pointing and snickering at us. How
angry we are! And then we discover
peeping around the corner three or
four small boys. They are so comical
we burst into a laugh; that is. IL we
are wise. and remember that we have
been boys ourselves some time in the
past. And so the incident passes with
the comment, Boys will be boys" For
our part. we like small boys. We can
get along with their pranks. We can
endure the noise they make, muddy
footprints on the carpet, pillow fights
In the morning when we would like to
sleep. the new suits all bedraggled and
muddy with holes in the knee, the
stubbed toe that must be washed and
done up, bedlam in the house in gem
eral Why this mosalizing upon the
subject of the small boy? you ask.
lust this. We saw a small boy, as We
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

Buttons are being used much more
than the invisible hook-and-eye that
was always striving to creep into no
tice-of the past few years. No one es-
pecial kind of button is in vogue. They
are used with due reference to the
material of the dress. With Inquired
silk brocade or velvet a small fancy
button of enamel, metal or jeweled Is
good. With plain silk or satin small
crochet button is preferred. Smooth
cloths have tailor buttons of the same
material, and cheviot, tweed, home
spun. etc, are fastened with horn, bone
or smoked pearl buttons.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29
ENDURING
DIS

One of the latest medical theories is
that certain diseases ward off death.
Rheumatic people, for instance, are
said rarely to die young. Why, the
medical men are unable to say, but 1t
is probable that the blood acquires
some property which is fatal to the
germs of other diseases. A doctor of
experience has noticed the fact that in
a family of five or six brothers and sis
ters, one of whom is rheumatic, that
one will outlive the others, as a rule.
II gout can be kept away from the
heart and confined to the big toe the
patient is likely to live to be 80 or
100 years old. 1t is said that this is
due to the fact that the disease puri-
fies the blood. If one has an attack
OF smallpox and lives through it, he
stands an excellent chance of attain
ing ripe old age In a census of aged
people taken many years ago it was
found that a large percentage of them
were pock-marked. This led an emin-
ent physician to make a calculation
which proved that there were twice as
many pock- marked people over so
years old as there would have been
had not the smallpox exercised pre-
servative influence. He accounted for
this curious fact by concluding that the
smallpox microbe frightens away all
other microbes, just as rats frighten
away mice from house. Deafness is
said to have the property of adding to
/ the victims age. Now and then deaf
man is run over in city street, but
when deaf people prudently pitch their
tents in the country their chances Of
a long life are extremely good. The
true explanation of this is declared to
be the fact that deafness saves people
a lot of worry over small matters and
from the wear and tear of noises. The
shrill noises to which most people are
insensible because they have got used
to them really are harmful. Changing
bells of street cars and ambulances,
Of autos and bicycles; the roar of
elevated and surface trains, the
rafting of carts and drays; the shouts
of paper sellers and hucksters; even
the Growing of cocks, the barking of
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

The common lilac, which is known
to botanists as syringa vulgaris, has
been in cultivation for over 300 years,
and its native home is said to be
on the mountainous regions of Cen
tral Europe, from Piedmont to Hun
gary, whence it was introduced to cul-
tivation in 1897. Botanists recognize
about ~ species of lilacs, found in a
wild state, and these are native from
southwestern Europe through Central
Asia and the Himalayas to Mongolia,
Northern China, and Japan. None OF
the species is native of the American
continent.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29
ACTS THAT
STAMP THE
HUMAN WITH
THE BADGE OF
NOBILITY

were passing along the crowded street.
stop and caress a horse. 1t was not
a royalty bred, hightoned beauty, but
an ordinary work horse, standing
wearily by the sidewalk waiting for
Get up here" and perhaps the lash
of the whip. The boy was eating an
apple. He stopped and patted the
horse. He gave him a part of his ap-
pie. He caressed his nose. placing it
against his face. You should have seen
the mutual quick understanding be-
tween horse and boy. Would we trust
that boy? Surely we would with un-
counted money. His frank honest face,
his eyes speaking sympathy and kind
ness, intelligence and pent-up fun and
life, were an index Of his character
and natural bent that were unmistak-
able. Boys, you are soon to be men.
Such incidents as the above are worth
your consideration. They are indexes
of what you are and what you may
hope to be. They have reflex infiu-
ence upon you. too, that will help
you in after years. The boy was un-
derstood by the horse; the observing
man understood the boy as well-Bos-
ton Traveller.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

baronet. All this Adelaide learned be-
fore she had come down here with her
parents to open their summer home.
But it seemed to be borne in upon her
with fresh force when she found her
self once more in the familiar stables,
with her arm around Williewinkie's
neck, and Williewinkie's brown nose
poking into her palm for sugar.
II never blubber," Adelaide assured
her small brother with a wan smile
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29
Bayard Taylor.

Reggie's contempt was ill-concealed.
You goose!' he said to his sister.
Here you're bmbheyin' all over Will
hewlnkies neck"
Miss Adelaide Bartender, still young
enough 20 quarrel with Reggie,
prompt,y wAislied her handkerchief
into her slceve and etralghtened up
with mach dignity She had given
WlllieT!nkio her eva little black
pony TO Hcggie tho fall before when
che and Cl,vc ilarland had decided
they were quite unsuited to each 9TH
sr and that there was 10 earthly use
in attemp;irs 10 patch Up this latest
quarrel.
"For rcycr sAaii eide again,
Adelaide had said EeaNbrokenly
Never Now, when once more the
roads were white and Grm in the city
boulevards. and the bougeoning trees
on either hand spoke Of the summer,
and all distant lanes in emerald leai
Invited to joyous freedom ana bouhu-
Ing activity, there had come to Auel-
aide Cucer hesytsick feeling that was
almost lio nostaigio- \ longing Tor
what had been for what might never
bo again. On. the rides they hal
Just Il year agC--she on Williewinkic--
Cliyo on ResallE. The dowy morn
ings, With Ike license cfsCarliest way
side t!corfa rising fragrant to greet
them. Brown buds Of oak and maple
were swelling then. And In the city
PARKS weyc tbs delicious signs Of com
ing sUmmcr--thosS parks whero ~
yeady the eroy -ecstcl sparrow5 aAd
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29
Tho Cat.

Our friend the cat is called kat In
Danish and Dntch, katt in Swedish,
chat in French, katti or katie in Ger
man. catus in Latin, gatto in Italian,
cato in Portuguese and Spanish, kot
in Polish, kots in Russia, keti in
Turkish. cath in Welsh. kath in Cor
nish. catua in Basque, and goz or katz
in Armenian
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

A musician in New York asserts that
not only animals but plants have a
passion for sweet music, and Boston
ian musician AYERS that when he plays
harmonies his sensitive plant stretch
es abroad, drinking in the music like
sunshine" II, on the other hand, he
strikes discors, the plant trembles
and closes.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

When the rain is over,
When the clouds have pass F,
And the golden sunshine
Beams again at last;
And the earth is faircr,
Ev'ry fashioned now'r
Lifts its head to answer;
Thank you, little show'r!'
When the show'r is over.
When the rain is done,
Natures all the sweeter
Brighter shines the sun.
When the tears are over,
When The pain has pasSd d.
And the smiles and dimplcs
Come again at last;
Never mind the bruises.
Laugh away the fears;
Answer ike the flowers;
Thank you, little tears J.
When the tears are over
Smiles come back again.
Life is all the sweeter
For the drops OF rain!
--Cassell's Little Folks.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-29

the men shouting? What did YOU
want to bolt your door for?
thought I'd never get in. They're
bringing the volunteer fire department
up from town, but It will be too late
i know it will. Say! What are you
doing where are you going?'
For Adelaide had promptly pdunged
her head into n basin of cold water,
tossed the mass of heavy wet hair
back over her shoulders, secured it
with a heavy bone pin, and-tumbling
into the golf costume which happened
to be the nearest clothing at hand
was tugging at her shoes and jerking
out the laces by way of saving the
trouble of securing them.
For Regalia!" gasped Adelaide, and
then she was gone.
When Reggie got back to the Har-
land stables never a glimpse could he
catch of his daring sister. His father
was there, as was his big brother, ana
they were half-distracted. Some one
had seen Adelaide enter the burning
building. She had not emerged as tar
as was known. And the place was
doomed. For over the puny streams
of water, over the blaze that lit the
surrounding spaces, over the harsh
and exultant crackle of the flames,
rose The agonized and half human
neighs and trumpetings Of imprisoned
beasts Colonel Bartender tore around
like a madman. MY daughter is In
hn 80 thousand
dollars to the man who brings her
Quit"
But the man who attempted the
rescue, the man who had ridden out
| from the town depot where he had
| just left his train, at sight of the
| flames, and who now dropped from
his horse only to rush into the burn
ing building was beaten back-con-
| quered.
"She had a knife!" cried stentor'
ian voice.
81 seen her dip a horse-blanket IN
a trough and cover her head with it,
howled another.
"Who was she?" shouted the new
conner, who had attempted to enter
the building. who was she?"
hundred voices in unison answered
him: Squire Callenders daughter
they said.
Just then cry of horror rent the
air-the cupola had fallen with a
crash. And just then, as the by
ISLANDERS banded in an attempt to keep
the stranger from again attempting an
entrance, two muffled figures were DIS
tinguishable through the smoke. One
they seemed, for the heads of both
were covered by the folds Of blanket
already blazing, and down dropped as
they staggered out the knife with
which the halter of Regalia had been
cut.
Save him!" painted Adelaide, as she
fell in her fathers arms. ITS his
horse-Clive's. | saved-Regalia"
When she regained consciousness in
the blue calm of the summer dawn
it was not in those same arms she
awoke. For her lover was holding her
as though he would never let her go
and his adoring eyes were beamins
down upon her. MY brave darling
he said. 81 had just got in on th'
midnight train My first thought was
for Regalia But when | knew yot
were there-you-No, no! You vii
not be disfigured at all, thank God
But even if you were-oh, my gallan
girl--oh, my best beloved