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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
SWELL" GERMAN FARMER.
some Agriculturlsts in the fatherland
Indulging In Luxurics.

Dning the last twenty-five years
there has been an active demand for
farm land in Germany. 1t has become
fashionable for rich men, merchants,
bankers, manufacturers, retired army
officials and others to buy country
seats. 1t gives them a better standing
and influence in the community A
man who has made a few hundred
thousand marks in trade or manufac-
turing can improve his social position
and promote the prospects of his fam
lily by buying an estate and building
a castle. His daughters and sohs can
make better marriages, for the social
status of a gentleman farmer is much
higher than that of man who makes
or sells merchandise. If the ambition
of this class of people had led them
INTO eXtravaganCe-they have built fine
houses and filed them with expensive
furniture; have bought improved ma
chinery and fancy stock-horses, cat
tie and sheep; they have filled their
stables with hunters, kept kennels of
dogs and maintained game preserves
at great cost. and all this has been
charged up as agricultural invest
ments So when they complain that
their farms are yielding them only l
per cent, and they must. though, have
the prices of breadstuffs and provis-
ions advanced by shutting out Ameri-
can competition they ask the consum-
ers to pay for their amusements and
luXuries. Furthermore, the demand
for land has increased its value. Good
farming property has doubled in price,
and in manv favorable locations has
increased four and five fold since the
empire.-William Il. Curtis, cor, Chi
cago Record
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

Jack. true to his antipathy, began
paying marked attention to a cross
eyed old maid so homely that even
her smile had the horrible benignity
of a Japanese god.
/ viewed the situation with growing
alarm, and racked my brain for a rem
edy, but the only feasible one that
suggested itself meant great self-de-
nial on my part II was long and
intense battle. Finally, | made a fool
of myself and became a laughing stock
among my acquaintances by going to
my fance and asking to be released
from my vows. explaining with much
diffdence the delicate situation. There
was a tender scene at parting, but she
took the matter philosophlcally, and
! went home with n calm but sad
heart, considering my sacrifice a most
heroic act of brotherly affection.
felt positive that Jack would now
break the mystic spell OF his cross
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

eyed Nemesis, which he promptly did,
but the dcnOument was most humilia-
ting to me, and not what had looked
for Seeing that | had Tilted the love
ly Miss Dyson Jack made violent love
to her himself, and was graciously ac-
cepted! ,That did NOT, out of pique,
marry the red-hared derelict on lfes
troubled sea, was owing to circum-
stances over which | had, proylden-
TALLY, complete control.
After Jacks marriage he moved out
to Denver and nothing unusual hap
pened for a time began paying
compliments to a beautiful girl in my
set, and the date of our marriage was
finally announced. Jack was urged TO
come on for the wedding, but he had
some impending mining scheme on
hand and begged to be excused. He
sent us telegram. received just after
the ceremony congratulating us, and
added the startling information that
he had just secured divorce!
The inevitable climax to this see
saw double existence came one morn
llE carly III Jults udl SOnt w AbN
st. Paul building, having business
with an architect whose Office was To-
Gated on the sixteenth floor. Eight
persons were in the elevator as we as
cended Suddenly, without warning,
the cogs supporting the car gave way
and we shot downward with incon-
ceivable rapidity. A crash, and dark
ness followed but to this day | have
no remembrance of any pain Four
out of the eight people in the car were
killed outright. the others, save my
self, badly injured. l alone miracu-
lously escaped unhurt.
That afternoon | received telegram
from Denver announcing my brothers
sudden death. boarded the first
train for the West in order to take
charge of his remains. On reaching
my destination | was not startled
when the facts of his mysterious de-
mise wero made known to me. He
his Office, dead from concussion of the
brain.
II was supposed TO be the work o
an assassin, but no trace of the Grim.
inal could be discovered.
| had my own suspicious on thai
point, however, which | did not car,
to dilyulge, as the tragedy had oc
| Cured as nearly as could be ascer
tained, at the same hour as the acci
deat to the elevator.
The mysterious tie that bound VI
! together in this our mortal life ha,
been snapped asunder, but still fin,
myself indulging in the widest specu
| lctions as to the future Jack was
good and true man and has doubtless
reached a happier and more perfec
| sphere Of existence VIII the magi
tie hold good beyond the grave, an,
will /, therefore, be doomed to utte
/ hCpelessncss2 so .v
Bat enough of this, l will go am
take another peep at the children for
tunately not twins-and then TO be,
and restfu dreams.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

Mr.. Blaine used to say that the best
government on earth was an absolute
despotism with a wise and benevolent
despot, and at present Russia probably
approaches that ideal nearer than any
other government yet organized by
p an. The older school of statesmen say
that the car means well, but is vision
ary and impractical. This may be true
in measure, hut it is nevertheless a
fact that Russia for the first time in
history. has a ruler who considers the
welfare OF his subjects only. Alexander
II. was called the Good Gar and did
a great Zeal for his people, but Nicho-
las II. is better Car, because he has
a wider knowledge of other nations. he
sympathlzes more closely with the
spirit of progress, has broader views of
his own duty and more confidence in
the good will of the common people
and their capacity for self-government.
His aspirations are pure and patri-
otic He makes mistakes but, as JEFF
ferson said of Washington, even his
errors are amii BILE. Utica Globe.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
Wyoming Lands
for the Beers.

The almost worldwide movem-nt
for the colonization of the broad eX
panses of Western territory as yet un-
dotted by homes of settlers, is becom-
ing more and more definite every day.
Several movements are now on foot
which will bring hundreds of thou
sands OF homeseekers into various
Northwestern states.
Wyoming is receiving her fun share
OF this colonization. The Homestead
irrigation company of Saratoga is
making a special effort to reclaim 200,-
900 acres of land in the Saratoga val
ley Fifteen hundred farmers have al
ready made application for tracts of
this land The Cody-Salsbury canal
project. IN Big Horn county, Wyoming,
is another of the gigantic projects, in
which Colonel W. f. Cody, hetter
known as Buffalo Bill" is interested.
II contemplates. taking water out of the
Shoshone river near the colon's town
of Cody, and carrying it fifty miles in a
ditch, to cover about 245C0 acres of
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
New Profession
for q Woman
Hiss Alice Rigs
EnBr raves
Tombstones.

chisel successfully. Miss Rigg is no
ordinary carver of marble. Her de-
signs are original and beautiful and
bespeak thought and knowledge.
She has, alone, filled many large
orders and carved elaborate designs
on huge monuments of marble and
granite, and she also draws designs
for other carvers in and out of town.
Miss Rigg takes a keen delight in
her work and is ever ready with sug-
gestions to an undecided customer.
If left to her own devices she in
variaEly shows an artistic skill and
sound judgment which pleases.
She has raised the work of a tomb
stone engrayer to a place among the
fine arts and has shown men many
years older and more experienced in
the work than herself the possibilities
in the art hitherto undreamed of by
them.
Miss Rigg has been brought up in
an atmosphere of marble and granite
so to speak.
Her father has for many years been
an engraver and his daughter has
spent most of her life at his place OF
business running about among the
tombstones and learning to cut letters
in marble.
AS she was the eldest of a large fam
lily, in which there is only one boy,
the baby, her father determined to
| teach her the art of stone carving.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

Behring


Letters have been received from
agents of the American Museum of
Natural History at work in neighbor-
ing parts of Siberia and Alaska in
which they say that evidences are ac-
cumulating of the original identity of
the aboriginal inhabitants of Siberia
and North America. One of these
agents, Mr.. Waldemar Jockelson, who
resided last winter with tribes of
northeastern Siberia, has written to
DR. Franz Boas that the mythology and
folklore of the Siberians and Alaskans
are Identical, and he has found eyi-
dence Of racial similarity. Nearly zoo
years ago evidence began to be found
pointing to the fact that Behring strait
had been crossed by natives. There
had evidently been communications
between the natives of America and
Asia, fact that, of course, indicated
the original identity of the natives in
habiting the two continents. The Rus
sian explorer, Behring, did not find
the American mainland till 17i1, but
thirty years before Behring saw the
shores of America, separated from Asia
only by n narrow arm of the sea, a
Russian named Popon visited the Chu-
kchi natives and brought the news Of
islands and a continent beyond the
eastern point OF Asia The Siberian
natives told Popoff that there was a
great land to the east, that they had
seen the natives there and strange to
relate these eastern natives wore tails
Russian geographers could not assimi-
'ate this information and relegated the
continent as well as the tails to the
limbo Of fiction. But we now know
that Popotf accurately reported the
Chukchi narrstive and that the natives
told the truth as far as they under
stood it. 1t has been concmsively
shown by our chronological investiga-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

Miss Alice Rigg of Windsor, Canada
has proved that there is no limit to
woman's possibilities in the money
making world. She has opened up a
new profession, and a profitable one
for her sisters, by tacliing out her
shingle as an engraver of tombstones
Miss Rigg had hard fight to win
conservative Canada and she had an
other tough struggle to keep her place
when once she did gain a foothold
among the bread winners.
Her indomitable pluck and persever-
ance, however brought her success
and she has established a large and
fiourishing business and is now ac-
knowledged the most successful carver
on marble in the city of Windsor
For many years, ever since she left
off short skirts and pinafores, in fact,
she has been interested in the work
which is her fathers profession, and
with the end in view of some day as
sisting him in his work or starting in
business for herself, she studied art.
She now carves beautiful designs
and artistic letters on marble and en-
joys the work as well as the honor
which comes to a full-hedged tomb
stone engraver.
The work of monument artist" is
not so simple as the uninitiated think.
1t takes a true eye, a firm wrist,
well developed muscle, and the talent
of a sculptor to WELD the mallet and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
STEEL TRAP FOR TIGERS.
New Method Pursued by sumatrans to
Capture Big Cats.

New Method Pursued by sumatrans to
Capture Big Cats.
Capturing tigers by a novel method
is now being adopted in Sumatra and
is proving almost invariably success
ful. As soon as a tigers lair has been
found natives are employed to. con
struct a wooden fence nine feet long
and four feet wide a short distance
away from it and in this inclosure is
then placed as a bait a dog, which is
tied to one of the fence posts. A mar
row entrance leads into the enclosure,
and there deftly concealed under earth,
leaves and bOughs of trees, is placed a
strong steel trap, which is so designed
that any animal that places its foot on
il Is certain to be held captive. This
trap is of recent invention and consists
of strong steel plates and equally
strong springs When it is set the
plates form a sort of platform and as
soon as the tiger which has been lured
thlther by the dog sets his foot thereon
the springs are released and the cruel
steel grips the leg and holds it fast.
Powerful as the tiger is, he cannot free
himself from such bondage, and as
those who have set the trap are never
far away he is in a short time either
killed or securely Gagged. At the same
time the dog is released and, indeed,
he could not be removed from the in
closure as long as the trap was set,
since this instrument, strong as it is,
nevertheless is so delicate that the
pressure even of a dogs foot would
release the springs and cause the ami
mails leg to be crushed in a twinkling.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
IHE RIVER ORE.
different Names for Parts of stroan
In England.

Different Names for Parts of a Stream
in England.
Few rivers in England have so many
names, or such strange adventures, as
the Suffolk Ore, which, after flowing
for sixteen miles imprisoned by the
pebble bank OF oxford beach, joins the
sea at last in Hollesley bay. 1t be-
gins life somewhere In mid Suffolk as
the Ore" Above Aldeburgh IL widens
into broad lakes bounded by hills, and
is called on the map the River Aide" i"
but by those who live on It or by 1t
the "fken river" At Aldeburgh 1t
ought. by all the rules of river be-
havior, TO fall into the sea, but the
broad and swelling flood turns at right
angles to its course and flows south
and still south, refusing the sea, in
closing vast area of level and fertile
marshes, and barred from uniting with
the waves by the ever-growing shingle
bank which the tides have built up CEN
tury after century between It and the
of Oxford keep. which Bartholomew de
Glanville held for Henry II. to guard
this side entrance to his kingdom. the
visitor may see today, as the Norman
soldier did when he watched the Flem-
ish army sail up the stream to attack
the impregnable walls eight centuries
ago, the whole plan of this long g-drawn
labyrinth of river, marsh and sea. No
one who has climbed to the fortress top
and looked over the land it guarded
will descend without an increased re-
spect for tho stern and practical sol
diers who built the tower and a desire
to sail the broad waters which glitter
beneath its walls.-London Spectator
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
lrAnlenoe Tract cf
Land
for Colony.

good agricultural land, now barren for
the want of water.
Another equally gigantic project OF
Wyomng colonization is that of a
number of bankers of The Hague. Hol-
land, who will establish a colony of
Beers and Holland Dutch on tract of
100000 acres just secured in the valley
of the Green river in Sweet Water
county. The soil here is especially
adapted for sugar beet culture. and
large refinery will be established.
Montana has no such vast tracts of
arid land to be settled, but the State
Land Commission has this year pur-
sued a successful policy of auctioning
off the state land grants to bona fde
settlers In this way 100000 has be n
added to the endowment funds of vari-
GUS state schools. Many hundreds OF
thousands of acres yet remain to be
disposed Of.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
puNoTuA.lTy WON.
Agent for Company Calls on Man
nj 3 A. NJ.

at 3 A. NJ.
A life insurance agent who resides
in this place deserves great credit not
only for the energy and persistence
with which he pushes his business, but
for his punetuality in keeping en-
gagements, says the Punxsutawney
Spirit. He had been after a man who
resides in Anita for the past two years,
and had received some encouragement.
He called one day last week, and when
the man saw the insurance agent ap-
proachng he ran and hid. But the in
surance agent had caught a glimpse
of his neeting form and was not to be
foiled. He finally smoked his man out
and told him he had come to talk in
surance. II am too busy" said the
man; "cal' again when / have more
time When may call then? Set
your own time, and III be there" The
man thought moment, then made re-
ply You may call next Friday morn
ing at 3 o'clock" 81 will be on time" "
When the appointed day arrived our
indefatigable insurance man arose at
1870 O'Clock and walked to Anita 2.
distance of nearly five miles, arriving
there at 2:j5 He sat down on the
porch and waited until precisely ct 3
o'clock, then rang the dootboll.
What's wanted?" inquired a fenaie
voice from an upstairs window. is
Mr.. Jones at hume?" "Hc is "Tell
him to come down right away. / have
some very important business with
him" Mr.. Jones hustled downstairs
in his nightshirt, and there was the
life insurance agent Il have called, 4"
he began, 'as you requested, to talk
life insurance Jones was somewhat
astonishod and bewildered but realiz-
ing that he was up against it, said:
Such pnnctuality deserves to be re-
warded. | surrender And he gave
him his application for a policy.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
MA LLnLlLlllnnnnnnIlIlIlnnAllllI,l
Common Origin
OF Asian end
American Natives

tions among the Eskimos on the
American side of Behring strait that
at their formal dances and festivals
they invariably fastened the tail of a
wolf or dog at the base of the spine as
If it grew there. This practice doubt
less was witnessed by the Chukchis
and led to their belief that the people
across the strait had tails. This evil
dence that the northern aborigines
really crossed Behring strait from one
continent to the other long ago in
creased the probability of the theory
that this continent was peopled by inn
migration from Asia, and the evidence
gathered since Popoff's time has only
served to confirm this theory New
York Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

At a recent dinner given in honor
of certain man of letters, Hamilton
Wright Mabie. who was one of the
speakers of the evening. said, in the
course of his remarks, that a pessimist
might be defined as a person who has
the choice between two evils and Sc
lects both A Columbia student who
happened to attend the dinner sat the
next morning under Professor Bran
der Matthews. who delivered a char
acteristie lecture. with statistics, on
everything in general. During the lee
ture MIR. Matthews remarked, with the
air of a man conscious of tossing off
an original jewel of epigrammatic
wisdom, You know, gentlemen, we
may define a pessimist as a man who
has the choice between two evils and
takes both" The student, who was
certain that Mr. Matthews had not
been present the evening before, looked
the professor up at the conclusion of
the lecture. saying: Your definition
Of pessimist struck me forcibly, but
heard MIR. Mabie give the same one
last night lis that so?" replied Mr.
Matthews sauvely. He forestalled me
by half a day then. We both heard it
from Mark Twain two evenings ago.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

"Umg-ah- -bah-ger-r-r - uh," re-
marked the brakeman on the train go
ing through Maine, as he poked his
head into the car An old lady beck
oned him to her and softly inquired
Young man, Why do you not pro
uouuce the names of the towAs so that
the passengers may understand them?"
Madam " courteously responded the
brakeman IF i say those names prop
er I'd be gettiu' a thousand a,week in
grand opery. Baltimore American.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

possibly my teetotalsm might prove
his ruin. l also figured it out that IL
INDUCED mildly he could be depend
ed upon to rash on ana sign the
pledge
Il believe | will take that cocktail. ="
/ stammered awkwardly, to the amuse-
mebt of my friends and the delight Of
the pretty bud. glass after glass Of
champagne and even absinthe |
drained in my msclhsh endeavor 10
keep my brother from stumbling.
What was my chagrin, therefore on
nearing home that night, to meet Jack
clinging to a lamppost, in tho most
beastly state of intoXication. And he
had not touched a drop
| had become engaged 10 "A young
lady, whose attractiveness of face and
charm of manner had won for her the
diptinction of being considered the
Lslle of the VILLAGE. AT the same time
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

Yes, sir said Uncle Reuben, as
the graphophone stopped Tthat's
mighty good-mighty good" Just
wait a while" said the youth, as he
slipped on another record, "and III
explain it 10 you" "Oh, understand
it all right" responded Reuben. I'm
derstand it all except one thing. -
Whats that asked the youth
We'll" answered Reuben. with an
abashed grin, II understand how these
sleight-o' -hant fellers pull big rabbits
and pigeons out c little hats, but III
be DANCED if l understand how you gil
full brass band in that box."-In.
dianapolis Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

Shooting tie hat" is a recognized
festal occasion in New Orleans. the
hat SHOT being straw and the time be-
ing the date when in general opinion
summer has ended. This year an
early Sunday in October was chosen
as the date beyond which straw hats
must no longer be worn, ample notice
was given in the papers, and any
straw hats worn anywhere in III. |ty
on that day were even more liabl, to
destruction than is tabooed headgear
on the Stock Exchange. Resistance
is seldom made to the despoilers. and
when Is is police act leniently. At
two or more chosen places in the Gty
the hat is actrs.iIy shot Roys gather
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

"Wh-what do you want?" gasped
the belated pedestrian. Il want yer
money an the rest o'tyer walyu blesl"
hoarsely replied the footpad. still hold
ing the revolver at the luckless head
of the other man rs that all?" said
tho belated pedestrian, handing them
over with q light heart Il thought
you were one Of the Halloween gang. "
-Chica.o Tribune.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
Jokes on the slnre...

Church. That tenor singer in the
opera appeared to me to be playing 20
the gallery" Gotham: Yes; but the
basso seemed to be playing to the sub
cellar. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
nenr. Good. Natured snuI.

Bridget, were you entertaining d
man in the kitchen last evening"
will. mum. thot's FIR him t say. Oi
done mo best wild tn m terials at hand,
mrm. Philadelphia Bulletin. -
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

"The bicycle was fad tina. had its
daF. New, | wonder what Will follow
the automobile"
AN automobile policeman. | gueTs."
philadelphia Press.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17

A Mrs. Golding, the wife of a store
keeper. residing near San Bernardino,
Cal. recently had a thrilling expert
ence with an eagle. One afternoon as
she was sitting outside the house be-
side a cradle in which lay her
6-months-old infant, a dark shadow
swooped down and Mrs. Golding saw
a huge eagle rise up into the air
holding in its talons her infant The
mother rushed to where a mule was
tethered. Jumped on its back and was
soon following after the huge bird.
which found fight difficult with its
heavy burden. 1t alighted on its
nest high up in the mountains. Mrs.
Goiding climbed above where she had
seen the eagle alight, tied one end OF
the stake rope to a tree and let her
self over the cliff to the Itest. Selling
a club, she killed the eagle. Before
she could escape the eagles mate ap-
peared and the mother drove the bird
away Mrs. Golding reached home
late at night in a pltiable condition
The infant escaped injury The story
is vouched for by superintendent
sparge of the Gold Mountain Mining
company.