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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

Three little words you often sec.
Are artioles--A, An and The.
A Noun Is the name Of anything,
As schcol, or Garden. Hoop or Swing.
Adicctivos tell the kind of noun.
AS Great or Small. Pretty, White oi
Brown.
Instead of nouns the Pronouns stand,
Her head, His face, Your arms, My
hand.
Verbs tell Of something being done
To Read. Count, Laugh. Sing. Jump or
Run.
How things are done the Adverbs
tell
As Slowly, Quickly. Ill or Well.
Conjunctions join the words together
As men and women, wind and weather.
The Propositions stand before
A noun, DIS In or Through door.
The lnterjections show surprise.
AS, Oh! how pretty. All how wise.
The whole are called nine parts OF
speech
Which reading, writing. speaking,
teach.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28
The Bad Canary.

Once upon a time there was a widow
canary, who had one son named Alfred.
who was often called the bad little
canary" They built a little house in
the highest branch of the old pine tree
in the forest. They were not rich ca
naries at all, but had enough to live
very nicely indeed. They only had
four rooms in their house, parlor.
dining room, bedroom and kitchen
They were all furnished very daintily.
But the mother was very unhappy be-
cause her son was only is and wanted
to marry a sparrow who was not his
equal, ANA she was also afraid that the
sparrow. who was not much in love
with her son, would kill him and leave
her alone in the world with no one to
love. One cold December evening.
when Alfred was sitting at the window.
his mother came to him and said: AL
fred. | am going out; 1t is the very
first time | have left You alone. but IT
is very necessary, for | want tn see my
brother before he dies" So saying
this she kissed him and went ont. feel
ing almost heartbroken. No sooner did
she get out of sight than who should
come flying by but Miss Jane Sparrow's
father with a dagger in his hand. and
stopped at Mrs. Canary's house and
knocked. What do you want?" said
Alfred Canary, poking his mead out the
window. 81 want to have a duel" said
Mr.. Sparrow, "and see If your mother
will insult my daughter when she
wants to-" why. what did she do?"
"She pulled some of my daughters
feathers out for going with you; she
said she was net your equal, and that
she would kill you when you all were
married. We'll" said Alfred. what
did you come to fight me for?" BE
cause | knew you were coward, that's
whyr At this the sparrow rushed at
the canary, but the canary was 100
quick for him; he shut the window
down on his back, thus ending the life
of Mr. Sparrow. When Mrs. Canary
came home that evening she told her
son that he was a brave boy. and after
pralsing him for a while she said,
But hcw must we get rid Of his
body?" Send IL to his daughter" I"
said Alfred. WELL said Mrs. Canary
don't let's waste a meal over it," So
they sat down and began TO eat. No
sooner were they through than who
should come weeping and wailing at
their door but Miss Jane Sparrow AL
fred, who loved Miss Jane Sparrow,
was truly sorry for her, so he took
her TO live with him. and the three
lived happy ever afterward.-A little
girl In New York Herald.
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For Boys and Girls

near here, or she would not act SO.
have seen partridges on the mainland
act in the samc manner when II wag
near their young" Then they hslV2n
to search among the shells. This.
alarmed the parents so much that they
determined to try their last trick. The
little mother ran up close TO the men.
fell on her side and futtered and cried
as II she were dying. The father
bird and two other ployers, who had
a nest farther up the shore, ran 70 hes
and rubbed her with their bills, as If
they were very anxious and SO sorry
about her sickness. Look there said
the man who had spoken before. that
bird really must be hurt. have seen
many kinds Ct birds pretend to be in
iurcd. but have never seen two play
different parts in the same trick So
they started to catch her. But Mrs.
Plover seemed to- get better and ran
on for fifteen or twenty yards. and
then appeared to fall i'll again. The
other plovers gathered about her as be-
fore, and put their bills under her as
II to raise and help the sick one. Tne
men went hurrying on, but the lady
bird again recovered enough TO run
for little distance. The young plov-
ers saw the group pass off among the
dunes the four birds in front and the
men following. and promptly made
their escape.-St. Nicholas.
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How nlrd. nrc,s Monnd..

Many birds, particularly those that
ere prey for sportsmen. possess the
faculty OF skilfully dressing wounds.
Some will even set bones taking their
own feathers 20 form the proper band
ages. 4 French naturalist writes that
on a number of occasions he has killed
woodcocks that were, when shot, CON
valesclng from wounds previously re-
ceived. In every instance he found the
old injury neatly dressed with down
plucked from the stem feathers and
skilfully arranged over the wound evil
IDENTIFY by the long beak of the bird
In some Instances a solid plaster was
thus formed. and in others bandages
had been applied to wounds or broken
limbs One day he killed bird that
evidently had been severely wounded
at some recent period. The wound was
covered and protected by sort of net
work of feathers, which had been
plucked by the bird from its own body
and so arranged as to form a plaster.
completely covering and protecting the
wounded surface The feathers We're
fairly netted together, passing alter
nately under and above each other and
forming n textile fabric of great pro-
teetive power-Youth's Companion.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

Lord Avebury. the well known en-
tomologist and zoologlst, has declar-
ed his belief. after thirty years study
of the question, that insects possess
intelligence and reasoning faculties.
He says that their mental processes
differ from ours not so much In kind
as in degree. and cites a number of
curious instances which bear upon the
mental ability. reasoning power and
moral sense of insects. For instance,
wiln respect to counting. he says that
the female of a certain species OF
solitary wasps always supplies the
cells of her young with a given guam
tity cs food. The cells of the male
wasp babies are supplied with victims
in the shape of ten small caterpillars,
while the female grubs are fed with
twenty caterpillars daily. This diff
ference is due to the fact that the
female grubs are larger than the male
ones, and therefore require moro
nourishment. but the actual number
OF caterpillars never varies. Again,
with regard TO moral sense, communi-
ties OF ants. though in numbers nearly
as large as the population of New
York, never quarrel or have family
Jars among themselves. They are not
very ready to help one another, but
individual acts of kindness are to be
perceived One instance came under
his notice where g crippled ant was
supported by its relatives for three
months. Many eminent biologists and
entomologists have been of the opin-
ION that insects are absolute auto
mata; that they weave their nests and
spin their webs as automatically as
they digest their food; but this theory
is strongly combated by Lord Ave-
bury.-New York Press.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

Among natural formations which
have attracted general attention be-
cause of their beauty. snow crystals
will well repay a close examination.
and nowhere are they to be seen in
more perfect and varied form than in
the engadine, where they are popular
ly known as ice-nowers. They bud,
If | may so express 1t. with the first
sharp breath of frost. casting their
fragile tendrils into hundred deli
cate forms wherever suspicion of
humidity can be transformed into a
glittering jewel. The first effect Of
frost everywhere is in the form Of an
fte-flower. so that these delicate
structures are to be met with at home
under many conditions. and notably in
the beautiful tracings of frost on the
window-panes. where. however. the
flower is not able to achieve jndiyidu-
al perfection. On tree and bush the
effects are much more satisfactory,
and ice-nowers. beautiful and varied
in form, can be examined at leisure.
But, after all. these give but faint
idea of the beauty and delicacy of the
ice-fiowers of the engadine, where
the air is clearer and purer, and
where conditions conspire to favor
their growth. Indeed, what strikes
the observer at once is that nature
has been to them a kind and skillful
horticulturist. displaying their beau
ties to the best advantage by a charm
fnU eaffIpu pf n,nnntatt, g{r ~,
der calm and cloudless blue skies.
Probably few persons realize how
much OF the beauty of the surface Cs
the snow in the engadine is due to
the enrichment of the network of
crystals which cover 1t. But a mist
for r few hours is absolutely neces-
sary to their formation, and know
few sights more lovely than this gray
curtain first covering everything and
then gradually dissolving, leaving a
landscape glittering with hoar frost.
One of the delights of the engadine
is TO take walk in the morning, and
watch the growth of the ice-fower.
This is always quite possible when
there Is a suspicion of moistness in
the air, for then you can see the Icy
particles floating. iidescent, feathery
points-in the clear light of the
morning: and settling here and there,
on any projecting point. on the snow
carpet of the ice-crust, forming the
first fairy-like foundation--a skeleton
of crystal-of the flower which
grows so rapidly that one can watch
it taking shape and attaining perfec-
.-Pearson's Magazine.
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has put on winter clothes and in
some spots IS Drawing the snow and
frost. This. at any rate, is the story
told by "A carpenter who was IN the
woods rabbit hunting. He says his
search after the rabbits took him to
"A swamp near the upper branch west
of Mayctta and there he found a great
swarm OF mosquitoes. Although there
was snow on the ground and the cold
was sharp. the swamp. being In hol-
low. was fairly warm. The mosqul-
toes had evidently just been hatched
out, but they were as wicked as in
summer and were so thick and piled
their sharp stings with such eager
ness that the carpenter was glad TO
get out OF the swamp. "I've heard sto-
ries OF mosquitoes in winter said the
carpenter afterward, but | never be-
lieved them until now. They were
sure enough true. People in some OF
the cities think they are fearfully
abused by mosquitoes. but they do
not know what real mosquitoes are
until they come down here. Why, in
summer time they are often so thick
on the salt marshes that men who
have to go on the marshes are oblig-
ed to wear mosquito netting draped
over heir hats, so that they won't
suck the mosquitoes down their
throats in breathing. That is an hon
est fact. but city people say they
cant believe IL. Let 'em come down
here and see. The mosquito is pro-
crossing, too. That is, he's growing
to the climate. Pretty soon II things
keep on he'll be with us the whole
year around. Then I'm going to
move away."-New York Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

Both clergymen and mothers fro
quenty wear out the point of a good
sermon by rubbing II in to a degree
OF dullness when the weary auditor
yawns and forgets what it was all
about anyway.
Mamma" said candid Young Amer
lea, do you know you would have a
great deal more effect on me IL you
only knew when to stop? Sometimes
you say things that I really feel are
tue, and IL you would only stop then
and there | would probably realize IL,
but you always go on and on. preach
ing and preaching, and generally say
something about me that | think is
unjust, and then what you said first
Is all discounted"
"Mottcr's way Of se.monizing is just
like Bridget cleaning TIE brass and
.gC~e," -~ia 81 other irreYercnt ycrng
.llt. "ahe first spreads over the
whole surface--not a point or depres-
slcn escares her-thcn che begins to
scrub-aad, my hcw she does rub IT
-"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28
Intelligence of the Collie.

story of an heroic and intelligent
act by young collie dog comes from
Cages Lake, ILL.,, and as a result tie
dog has found a new home, and where
he will be treated as one OF the fam
lily. One afternoon, few days ago, a
3le year-old child disappeared from
the camp on the shores of the lake
where the child's patrts were enjoy
ing an outing. When darkness came
on the child had not put in an appear
ance and everybody turned out to
search for her. All night the search
was kept up, and the anxiety of the
parents knew no bounds. Finally it
was concluded the little one had died
in the water, and arrangements were
made by the father to drag the lake.
The camp of the family is on the
farm of Henry Meak. The next day
about 10 o'clock. Mr.. Meak was re-
turning from driving his cattle to
pasture and his dog ran with him.
Suddenly the animal began barking
terrifically under pile of brush. Ir.
Meak thought little of 1t, and passed
on. calling to the cog TO follow, but
the animal kept on barking and re-
fused to move. Finally. drawn from
curiosity, the dogs owner though.
he would investigate and, going to
the brush, saw asleep on the ground
the little wanderer. wholly oblivous
to her surroundings. and unconscious
that she had been the cause of so
much excitement and worry, says the
Live Stock Tribune. She was picked
up and carried home TO the fearful
mother. and the entire community
rejoiced at her being found. ihe
father of the child went to the farmer
and insisted that he should have the
dog. He gave good price for the
collie. which is now the hero of the
lake region.
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Ants That Rode Horseback.

Not long ago a French explorer. NJ
Charles Meissen. in travelling through
Siam, observed "A species of small gray
ants were much engaged in travelling;
they lived in damp places, and went in
troops. TO his surprise he noticed
emong them from time to time
an occasional ant which was
much larger than the others
ard moved at much swiitef
pace. and each Of these larger ants. NJ.
Nielsen saw, always carried one of the
gray ANS on its back. This discovery
led him TO watch their movements
closely. lie soon saw that while the
main body of gray ants was always on
foot, they were accompanied by at least
one OF thSir own sort mounted on one
OF these larger ants. He mounted and
detached himself now and then from
the line, rode rapidly to the head, came
swiftly back to the rear and seemed 10
be the commander of the expedition.
The explorer was satisfied from his OBJ
servation that this species OF ant EN-
ploys larger ant-possibly a drone OF
the same species. though he had nc
means OF proving this-as we emp oy
horses tc ride upon. though scarcely
more than one ant in each colony
seems TO be provided with mount II
is known that some ants maintain 9th
ers in their service as servants OF
slaves. Certain warrior ants OF South
America confine their own physical ef-
forts to raiding and plundering, while
all the ordinary Offices of life are per
formed for them by servants. The lit
tle gray ants of Siam appear to be a
more Industrious race, though they ap-
preciate the convenience OF having a
"man on horseback" among them. =
Cincinnati Enquirer
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The Odd Corner
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There'vo been races with yachts.
And with horses and wheels,
With steamships. balloons,
And with automobiles,
But over green billows
That freeze as they roll.
Now the nations are Of
In a race for the Pole
Bold Peary and Baldwin,
In uniforms blue.
The Duke Of Abruzzl.
And Bernior, too.
And dozen of Others
Are out, every soul.
For the secret that lies
At the heart of the Pole.
But let Briton and German
And Russian and Jap
All enter the lists
In the great handicap:
For when they arrive
They will find at the goal
Old Glory afloat
On the top of the Pole.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's.
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Thoughtful Mother Di-d.

Down on the beach among the sand
duc rs at Cape Lookout there is GER
tain small stretch Uf land where the
sun shines warm ana the wind never
strikes except when il whisks in little
eddes around the dunes and
blows the dry SAND rafting among
the broken seashells. Here a pair Of
Wilson's plovers one summer had their
home, and, despite the vigil of many
enemies successfully guarded their nest
in ihe sand until two of the three
spotted eggs II contained hatched out
little down-covered balls of peeplng
bird life. These odd baby birds did
not remain long In the nest. and their
slender legs were soon carrying them
rapidly about after their parents.
One day some men came to the part
Of the beach whore the ployer fam
lily lived. The little ones were much
frightened, so they sat very close TO
the sand and the men did not see
them. Father and Mother Plover
were quite uneasy. however. They
flew near the men and cried and tried
to get the intruders to follow them
away. The mother bird even pretend
ed 60 be lame. When the men saw
this one OF them said: Look at that
hir!. She has a nest of young orcs
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

MY grandfather told me about it,
said Uncle Hiram, but now ms
grandnephew asks me why we stand
wet umbrella to drip not tip but han
die downward. told my grand
nephew that the reason for standing
a wet umbrella on its handle rather
than on its tip Is that II il were stood
on It's tip raore or less of the water
on Il running down the sides would.
instead Of running off, settle in the
folds OF the cloth around whore the
bows are Joined to the stick and
water-soak that part Of the cloth
which would remain wet or damp
longtl than tle rest and so have Il
tendency to rot and break. have
seen many an umbrella with a ragged
edged little hole around the stick at
the top that had been caused by the
cloth decaying there from this cause.
but you don't see so many OF these
nowadays as you used to for the sim
pie reason that people are more in
telligent nowadays about the care OF
umbrellas, as they are about all
things else. Still. there's my grand
nephew, a bright youngster, certainly,
and he didn't know, and there must
be others; and for their benefit
Uncle Hiram says, as to how to stand
a wet umbrella when you bring II in
from outdoors: Stand Il on the han
die. New York Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

senators and congressman find that
there are many ways of pleasing con-
stituents besides getting office for
them. On the opening day OF congress
admission TO the galleries is by ticket.
The galleries are filled early and the
late comers cannot get in. The secre-
tnries of senators and congressman
stand IN the committee rooms or cor
ridors for hours at n time and issue
passes to the reserved galleries by the
score or hundreds long after the gal
lorieg nre filled and the doors locked.
OF course IL is not the fault of the
senator or the member" that his con-
stituont has no chance Of getting in
ard the latter goes home proud of the
distinguished consideration with which
he was treated. Washington Letter
New Yorl, Evening Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

For nearly an hour James Evans, a
cowboy, with the X-Bar-L outfit, in the
Four Peaks country, went through an
experience which has come to few men
He was in charge a few days ago of
roundup. and with FIVE other cow
hands were putting 1900 cattle into
Sunflower valley.
While encamped for the night on
high mesa, ending abruptly with a drop
of 200 feet, less than eleven miles to
the south, a storm swept through the
mountains. The herd became nervous
at the display of lightning, and start
cd in Il stampede. heading for the
south.
Evans and his men mounted hurried
ly, and circling TO the front of the
moddened cattle tried TO turn them to
the east and swing them back into
place. In the dense black of the night
Evans horse lost his footing, and went
down i'll a heap. one front leg in a
gopher hole. The horse of shorty
Davis, close behind, stumbled over
Evans horse, and Davis came to earth
and lay still, unconscious. His horse
was up and OFF in a moment. and Ev-
ans mount was useless with a broken
leg.
Fifty yards away came the herd, and
a short flash of lightning showed Ev-
ans the futility of attempted escape by
other side. The swiftly moving mass
of steer-ilesh reached 100 yards each
way. Unable to arouse Davis, and
never thinking of leaving his disabled
comrade, Evans took the only chance
of saving them both. His revolver and
that of Davis he emptied into the cen
ter of the herd, cutting a breach in the
front of the mass. Then throwing the
lnanimate form of Davis over his
shoulder he awaited his opportunity.
As one of the steers brushed by Ev-
ans leaped alongside. With one move
ment he put the body of Davis across
the broad shoulders of the steer and
mounted also. Vainly the frantic an
imal leaped. bucked and side jumped.
With his legs wrapped tightly around
the body of his boiling mount, Evans
drove his spurs deep in, and held him
self and Davis in place. With his
double load the steer, wild with rage
agony and fright, rapidly left the herd
in the rear, and. veering slowly to the
right in furious gallop, carried his
| riders out of the path of the herd
Out of danger, Evans, totally ex-
hausted, rolled off the back of his
strange rescuer, and half hour later,
when his cowboys turned the herd at
the canyon rim and rode back to look
for the foreman and Davis, they found
the two both unconscious. The weary
steer. with his sides covered with
blood, lay exhausted a short distance
away.
The X-Bar-L outfit has ordered a
medal for Evans. and there is one steer
on that ranch pensioned for life, on
;he best alfalfa In the valley.
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"skeeters" In warm Clothes.

The Jersey mosquito is acquiring
reputation which may astonish some
people who haven't seen him in his
rea, glory. Not content with his
usual sun@sr w9rs o. persecution, he
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A CouaeotGr.

Teacher; Now, | told you yesterday
that conjunction 10 something that
connects. Johnnie, you may give me an
example of conjunction" JonnIe:
"A ccuplin' pin, ma'am." a
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Not Good Alter BeIng struck

Epther-What! Have you been
fighting again. Johnnie? Good little
boys don't. Johnnie-Yes. know
that | thought he was a good little
boy. but after hit him once, fourd
ne wasn't
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-28

In the co dest paris of Siberia a rain,
bow may sometimes be seen all day
long in cloudless sky. 1t is sup
posed to be due TO fine particles Of
snow in the air.
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RODE A WILD STEER.
GRAVE ACT OF A vENTURESOME
COWBOY IN ARIZONA

James Evans Saved His Life and That
of His Comrnde by nm Unparalleled
Deed of Daring - His Steed n
Pet.