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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-20
An Exchange of Compliments.

In London art circles a story is be-
ing told about famous French paint
er and an equally famous French ply
sician. says Tid-Bits. The painter Is
p great lover of dogs. and the other
day his favorite St. Bernard became
sick and speedily grew so weak that
his master, determined TO save his life
at any cost, sent for the famous physi-
clan, feeling confident that he could
cure him. When the physician arrived
and learned what was wanted of him
he seemed at first literally petrined at
the thought that any one could have
the audacity to ask him TO prescribe
for a dog. but he quickly recovered his
composure and examined the animal
as carefully as though he were a hu-
man patient. Then he prescribed n
medicine. and, taking his hat. was
about to go away. when the painter
approached and politely asked him
what his fee was. The physician re-
piled blandly that he did not care to
charge anything for such triling
service, but as the painter insisted, he
said quietly: well. If you are deter
mined to remunerate me, ! will tell
you how you can easily do me favor
l have just placed some new railing
around my country villa. and | would
be exceedingly obliged If you would
paint it for me. New York Press.
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every day, but Jean never once knew
was with her. One morning, found
the doctor beside her. He had the
ldndest, truest blue eyes | ever saw,
and knew could trust him. On New
Years eve, l waited in the corridor
over an hour, watching for him. He
came at last. and when he saw me,
his face lighted up with sympathetic
smile.
"Your friend will know you to-mor-
row." he said. There is no doubt OF
her recovery now"
He was right. Next morning Jean
greeted me with a weak smile OF
recognition. A nurse came in just
then, and said cheerily, Miss Lotion
is doing very we'll"
Miss Lottom'!" | said in surprise,
and glanced down at the temperature
chart on the table. saw written
there Miss J. Lotion"
There has been a mistake made in
my friends name" / said. l suppose
the fault is mine, for it was ! who
wrote the name for the head nurse.
She is Miss Latham"
'Latham!" said the nurse What
coincidence! She has been attended
by DR.. Latham
At the words DIR. Latham" Jeans
hand in mine gave n convulsive clasp,
and there came into her eyes a look
OF painful, incredulous supplication.
|, too, had become almost too excited
to speak. but managed to gasp in i'm
becile iteration, DR.. Latham!"
Yes" the nurse replied. "Dr.
Richard Reese Latham. OF New York.
He was resident physician here FIVE
years ago, and has just spent a month
with us. He returned to New York
last night. and sails at ive this after
noon for Bremen"
That last statement. added to the
general excitement. was too much for
Jean. She tainted, and fifteen min
utes were spent in reviving her. But
in those fifteen minutes | had formed
a plan of action. | must go to New
York and stop DIR. Latham from 60
ing to Europe. In Jeans weakened
condition, | knew the disappointment
OF losing what she had sought for two
years, and had at last almost grasped,
would be fatal. When she became fully
conscious. ! said:
Its all right. Jean. I'll bring him
back. Don't be afraid. Tomorrow
you will have Dick"
shall never be able to tell just
how | contrived to catch that New
York train. l did not have time to
think. scarcely to breathe, till found
myself seated in the coach ru1hing
southwest. bought a newspaper on
the train. and learned from what dock
the Prinz Regent Luitpold would sail.
| did not know DR. Latham's New York
address, and decided / could not risk
looking II up. ! might miss both him
and the boat. / would go directly to
the steamship from the railroad sta
ton, and await his coming aboard.
At fifteen minutes to five. when I
had begun to nervously fear that
should be carried on TO Bremen, and
that without Or. Latham, / saw him
coming aboard. went to meet him.
81 came from Boston. where l saw
you at the Massachusetts, General
Hospital treating my friend" said.
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y T. A FL
cOpyrIsht. IOOs. By DOM stOry rubli.hne Comrsny
by BLANCHE LING

When I came to Boston as a student
two years ago. | little expected to be
living on Beacon Street at the end of
my course. My sojourn in New eng
land began very modestly. My loom
had been arranged for before left
homo, and | had consented to share
IL with some unknown young woman,
in order to lessen expenses. For weeks
that individual occupied my mind to
the almost entire exclusion OF every
thing else. l conceived Of her as an ex-
ample of every type common to the
human race, and then as composite
parsonage typical of nothing. or
course. she would be a NortherIer, and
| felt in my Southern soul tina. my
provinciallsms would get the discipline
they needed.
Miss Latham, this is your new
roommate, Miss Courtenay, OF Balti-
more"
| am afraid + was little nervous
as | shook Miss Latham's hand, but
there was not the slightest trace OF
self-consciousness on her part. We
were soon talking easily and naturally,
and fifteen minutes of pleasant COM
monplaces dissipated my nervousness.
Then she said:
Il shall have TO ask you to excuse
me now, Miss Courtenay. | am doing
newspaper work, and must finish an
article this afternoon"
She went to her desk and began to
write. She did not look formidable,
and was so utterly oblivious OF my
presence that / knew she could not
be criticislng me. Indeed, in less than
a fortnight, found that, as far as
Miss Latham was concerned, | might
as well have been without provincial
isms.
Miss Latham and talked much of
our work. sho almost never men,
toned her personal affairs, and though
/ felt / really did not know her, be-
gan to admire her thoroughly. Her
quiet, steady way of doing things, her
self-possession. and even her reserve
attracted me.
l soon noticed that she was working
too hard. AS her physical strength
lessened, I saw there was underneath
her quiet calmness something pa
thetic.
On Christmas eve I came home In O
particularly bright mood. ran light.
ly up the steps-feeling sufficiently
buoyant to do away with the elevator
and opened our door, waving two let
ters triumphantly.
Two lovely Christmas letters, Miss
Latham! The dearest sort of a letter
from home; and just the jolliest
chummiest one from Brother Don"
Miss Latham sat in the armchair by
the window, also with an open letter
her mother's-ln her hand. She wal
very still, and | walked over to wher,
she sat. AS reached her, l saw tea
fall on the letter. 1t was too mucl
for my impulsive Southern tempera
ment. Forgetting the reserve l knew
so well, said unbesitatingly:
What is 1t, Jean?"
But / didn't wait for any answer.
settled down on the arm OF the chair
and drew her head close to my shoul
der We sat there in perfect silence
for awhile. Presently. she began Il
talk, and soon understood the patho
under Jeans dignity.
1T happened twelve years ago, Hell
en-, when was only eleven. Dick wal
ten years older than /. We lived on
farm In Vermont, which had been II
E<n
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remnrr,ncc worI, Abronn.

The Rev. J. N. skinner of London,
England, delivered an address ol
Temperance Work of the Good Tenn
plars in Foreign Countries" on re-
cent evening in Milwaukee. MIR.
skinner spoke of the rapid strides the
temperance movement has been taking
in Europe, and said the order had he's
come more powerful there than in this
country where 1t originated He told
also of the methods employed In the
different countries to. bring about tem7
pcrancc reform. william Clark, grand
chief Te'nplar. who introduced the
Rev. MIR skinner. said branches Of the
order had been established in South
Africa and the Philippines In South
Africa he declared lodges had been
formed in the Boer and the British
armies and by this bond prisoners of
either side frequently were treated as
friends by their captors.-Milwaukeo
Sentinel.
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Eneouraglng remperanee 10 Rn..la.

The Russian government is encour.
aging temperance societies, having ap-
Dropriated large amounts to aid in the
prosecution of their work. The appro-
priation for 1900 was s1,29O,7i9. 1t is
expected that by the end OF 1902 every
one of the rs provinces of Russia, in
cluding Siberia. will have been in
cluded in the sphere OF activity OF
these societies.
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BE strong,


We have learned. among other
things. after half-century Of effort
TO control the liquor traffic, that it is
an enormous task and one which can
not be quickly accomplished. No
scheme that has been tried works
with anything like entire satisfaction,
and we may not expect it IN the inn
mediate future. 1t will be long series
of experiments. with wide temper
ance movement involving many bitter
disappolntments. but with steadily in
creasing success. .9 .t
The liquor traffic has four great
sources of power, which an intelligent
temperance scheme must always take
into consideration. The first is the
element of private profit. The saloon
is great money-making institution.
The capital invested in breweries, dis
tilleries and in the Wholesale and re-
tail trade is enormous. Moreover, this
capital is closely interlocked with the
capital that controls either lines OF
industry in our cities. so that an at
tempt to move the saloon must at the
same time disturb a much greater
force. BY clear economic laws, capital
uses every expedient to increase IT.
self This Is true of the liquor busi-
ness. II seeks to extend its influence
for the sole purpose of making larger
returns. Here lies subtle danger
The saloons are made attractive with
cut glass, elaborate interior finish,
exterior display, and bright, rapid mu-
sic. The MONDAY and free lunches
draw in the people. The destinations
of gambling and social vice add to
| their power Beer gardens are scatter
ed here and there, residence districts
are invaded, efforts made to draw on
| the boys, and IL II Is at a possible, the
saloons are run every day and night
in the year. The second source OF
power CT the saloon-its political in
fluence-aIises from the power OF the
money invested from the number oi
men directly engaged in the business
ard because it controls an element OF
our suffrage that Is extremely suscep-
tible to corrupt influences. In the po-
litical affairs of every village, town
and city the liquor element is a pow.
srful and baneful influence. The third
source OF its power is that the traffit
S massed and intrenehed in the cities
where, because of its concentration
and its relations with corruption IL
every form. II is exceedingly difficult
to handle. The fourth source of III
power is that large body OF our citi
zenship. consisting of men who either
drink more or less themselves or who
are unwilling TO stand for any move
ment which will entirely cut OF tn,
desire OF men for liquors. | woult
not venture to say what per cent, but
would estimate at least third OF
the voting population. Any effort
which hopes to control the traffic mus
take into account these sources OF
power and meet them.-Rev. Worth NJ
Tlppy in indianapolis News.
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She was weeping bitterly. why,
my dear, what's troubling you? Some
thing terrible must have happened to
make you so thoroughly miserable, "
said her girl chum. We'll, it's Just
this" said the fearful one; golf makes
me so tired can't dance, and dancing
exhausts me so that l can't golf."--
New York Times.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-20

Countries which produce sugar cane
produce molasses. and countries which
produce molasses produce rum, at one
time popular drink in New York. but
so no longer. More than 1900. 900 gal
Ions OF rum are manufactured In this
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Absta,n.rs From U.lnr Tobacco.

There are two classes of persons
who should not u-e tobacco-miDisters
and physicians" said Bishop McCabe
recently to a number of young men
who were candidates for deacon's or
ders. and all the young men had to
sign the usual pledge to abstain from
It's use, before they were ordained.
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our family for generations. Fathers
strongest wish was to have Dick stay
on the farm. But Dick didn't like
farming. and went away to learn a pro-
fession. Father was very angry. He
forbade Dick to'write to us, and moth
er's heart nearly broke. Two years
ago father died. We had then lost all
trace of Dick, and mother went to live
with Sister Louise. ! came to Boston
to earn my living. and look for Dick.
II could only find him. Helen. and
give him back to mother. ! don't be-
lieve there would be anything left to
wish for Before father died. some
hine from our village saw Dick In Bos-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-20

Booksellers who supply English
schools report that there has been in
racent yess very great increase in
demand for German school books
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-20
drinking In yalted States.

The per capita consumption OF
spirits in the UnI,d States is smaller
than In any othGi OF the great nations.
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Pc strongl
We are not here to play, to dream, to
drif..
We haI Ie hard work to do. and loads
to ifL
Shun not the struggle; face it. 'Tis
Gods gift.
BE strongl
Say not the days are evil-Who's to
blame?
And fold the hands and acquiesce-
o shame,
stand up. speak out, and bravely, in
Gods name
BE strong!
Il matters not how deep intrenched
the wrong.
How hard the battle goes, the day,
how long.
yaint not. fight on. Tomorrow comes
the song.
--Maltbie Davenport Babcock.
Fergus County argus., 1902-04-30
NATURAL HISTORY.

There are forty-eight different kinds
of house fly known and classified.
The pig Is the only domestic animal
In which no case Of cancer has been
noted.
The Spanish mackcrel is one of the
fastest of food fishes and cuts the wa
ter like n yacht.
Fish swallow their food whole be-
cause they are obliged to keep contin.
ually opening and closing the mouth
for the purpose of respiration.
Slamese cats, both in appearance and
character. closely resemble pug dogs.
Even their tails have the curious curl
80 familiar in these stolid dogs.
Animals are found to be subject to
hypnotic influence. Lobsters, II Is said
can be hypnotized by standing them
on their heads five or ten minutes.
There Is no wild breed Of fowl to
which the Brahma or Cochin can be
traced. The gamecock seems to be de-
scended from the Cingalese jungle
fowl.
The flesh fly produces about 10000
young In season. The larvae are
Matched almost instantly from the egg
and mt once begin their work of de-
struction.
Fergus County argus., 1902-04-30

The Republicans of Indiana held
their state convention in lndianapo.
lis last week Senator Beveridge was
the chief orator and made a notable
address. Speaking of our policy in
the Philippines. the senator said:
THE remains OF the Democratic
party, in opposition to the govern.
ment, demand that America shall re.
treat from the Philippines. Shall we
heed that demand? 1t is a policy OF
decrepitude, a proposition of disgrace
II Filipinos should be found capable
OF self-goyernment the Republican
party will give II to them. But the
Republican party proceeds on facts
not on intimidation. And therefore
the senate proposes a census OF the
PHILIPPINE islands for the purpose OF
informing congress to what extent
and in what places Filipinos can gov
ern themselves Is not this the meth
cd of reason? First find the facts
and then fit our actions to those facts
And while these facts are being gath
cred. American administration in the
Philippines is extending self-govern
ment in town and village as rapidly
as the Filipinos themselves could
manage IL. We are teaching then
by practice; we are training them b,
education. and IL we can make then
self.governing. none will hail tina
consummation with such delight al
those who are instructing them. Blu
we will turn our back to barbarism
We will not abandon them to riva
powers We will not haul down th'
flag. We will do our work like Amer
leans and men until all the East shal
bless the name of the great republi
and all mankind cheer American ber
efirence"
Fergus County argus., 1902-04-30
NO CHECK TO HoMEBUIlDERs.

The Yellowstone Journal deprecates
the position taken by the North Mon
tana Roundup association regarding
the agricultural development of the
in which many will readily agree, in
the following:
"As we have said before there Is
large area of Montanas range coun.
try that water can never be brought
upon and which must necessarily re-
main arid and wild land. Let this be
segregated and placed at the disposal
of the range stock interests on some
fair and equitable basis No one will
object and In fact all will aid as we
all recognize the Importance OF our
range interests and the factors they
are In the support Of the common
wealth. but withhold from such dis.
position all land that can be reclaim
cd and made the foundation OF fam
lily. for while mining and stock grow.
ing may be respectable pillars on
which to rear an arch OF triumph, the
keystone is in the family. II is for
this that men and newspapers who
oppose wholesome wiping out Of the
public domain are fantastic and men.
dacious" IN their utterances. II is for
this that this paper. Bearing a title
Fergus County argus., 1902-04-30

or specific allegation. Now, that is
strange charge for a Democratic
paper TO make. The party usually
fayors antequated methods and looks
with suspicion upon progression.
As to the efficiency of our county
officers il is only necessary to recall
the high credit marks given them by
the Democratic state examiner upon
his visit to the county last fall. He
was so complimentary of the conduct
of the county clerks Office that Mr.
Kelly has been blushing ever since
But. of course, our contemporary
could not conceal the real purpose OF
the article. Everything has been
reyolutionized and changed for the
better in Fergus county except It's
politics, according to his notion. He
says;
within the past few years our peo
Pile have witnessed wonderful trans
formation and. with the exception oI
the political status. everything els,
has practically been revolutionized
That the political conditions remain
lne same is unquestionably due to 4
failure of the people to fully and in
telligently familiarize themselves as
to the situation"
There may be some changes in the
personnel OF county officials. but tn,
political status" is likely to remain
as il has been for some time to come
The people of Fergus county are mo-
especially interested in anyone's polit
ical or personal welfare. They recog
nize the necessity for integrity ant
ability on the part of county officia
and II he is continued in Office il l,
because his stewardship has been o
a high order. If county Official en-
deayors to cling to an Office beyond ;
reasonable period the best way to dis
place him is to match him with som,
one just as competent and worthy
We don't know who will be the can
didates of the Republican party, bu
we trust they will be men fully al
worthy as the present incumbents.
Fergus County argus., 1902-04-30
DICKINSON INTERVIEWED.

Don NJ. Dickinson. former Demo
cratic leader of Michigan. and Cleve.
lands postmaster general, was inter.
viewed in Washington and gave his
views on the political horoscope as
follows:
Il find the the Republican polite
ians here in Washington seem to
think that President Roosevelt will
not be nominated for president in
1904" said Mr.. Dickinson. But
think they are mistaken. Washington
is the worst place in the world to
gauge public sentiment. One hears
the views and opinions of the polite
ians and offieeholders. and learns lit
tie of the real sentiment of the coun-
try. have travelled extensively the
past few months, and find that with
the masses President Roosevelt is
more popular than ever. This is par
ticularly true throughout the far west
and middle west. and even In the east
find but little diminuition in his pop
ularity, except perhaps. among GER
tain financial elements. The fellows
in the shirt sleeves. the workers
greatly admire him. and this admira.
ton will be hard to overcome. He
will certainly be the most dangerous
man for the Democrats to fight at the
next presidential election
Speaking of the Democratic situa-
ton Mr.. Dickinson said: Il find that
Senator German has strong follow
ing, particularly among the southern
senator's and representatives. Cor
man is in better health than he has
been for years, and Is certainly in the
race for the presidential nomination.
For some reasons 1t might be better
for the Democrats to- nominate west
ern man in 1904. but II ex-senator
David b. Hill were nominated would
be for him.
las for issues, 1t seems to me we
are drifting back to the old tariff is-
sue. There Is nothing in what Is
known as the anti-expansion issue, In
my judgment. | do not say ! am for
the permanent retention of the Phil
ippines. but | do not see what else
we could have done under the treaty
Of Paris except retain them and sub.
due the armed insurrection against the
American flag and arms.
There is no doubt that there has
been a great Democratic revival dur
ing the last few months predicted
II in 1896. II has been little long.
er in coming than thought 1t would
be, but the revolution against Bryan
ism was certain to occur.
Il am one OF those Democrats who
do not regret in any degree my action
in 1896 and 1900. The South is Ger.
tainly disgusted with Organism, and
do not think viii ever have him
again. Bryan himself is dead politi.
cally."
Fergus County argus., 1902-04-30

While General Funston has told the
truth and nothing but the truth in his
remarks upon the situation in the
Philippines, as an officer OF the army
silence would be more becoming than
censure as regards the attitude and
utterances of a United States sen.
ator. The same will apply also to
General Miles. II he is not satisfied
with his soft snap as lieutenant gen.
eral of the army he should resign and
give way to another. He won an en-.
yiable record as a soldier and the
country appreciates his services in
the field. but this does not follow that
he is qualified by experience or ten.
permanent to deal with questions re-
quiring the highest order of states.
manship. Secretly scheming to en-
barrass the administration in its in.
sular policy is certainly discreditable,
and may be attributed TO personal
vanity or political ambition. Both
Miles and Dewey should be satisfied
with the honors and fame already
won. They are botn too old to add
new luster 10 their careers.