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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04

Down in some grassy valley about
an open wagon the family has it's camp
and here the mother sews and putters
over the cooking while father and
sorfs fell the giant Lombardy poplars
that make beautiful this section OF
gypsy land, says Felix ]. Koch in the
Pilgrim. These trees, be 1t said to
the shame of Croatia, the government
is now selling to the gypsies at an
average price of 50 apiece, for the
nomads to fell and cut up into timber,
to be sold to manufacturers Of wooden
wares.
Picturesque, indeed. are these men
with their long hair braided across the
top of the head, so that approaching
them from the rear, as they repose
for a moment from their labors, it is
difficult to tell the men from the wom-
en-. Others are horse trading, as are
most of their kin in Turkey proper
mot few are itinerant smiths be-
sides), whom one meets travelling the
roads with long trains of steeds that
take one back in fancy to the Arabs OF
the desert. or with portable bellows
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04
GRINDING TEA INTO POWDER
Makes a. Good, II Not Better, Beverage
Than Whole Leaf.

History tells us that when coffee was
first brought to the cities Of western
Europe the first makers Of 1t were
Turks. They roasted and ground the
berries and served the liquor as 1t is
served to this day in the East-grits
and all. We still drink coffee as we
drank it then. with this difference,
that we mostly omit the grits and
drink an infusion instead Of decoc.
ton. 1t was not SO with tea. No
SChinaman was imported with the first
pound of tea to teach us how to make
and drink 1t. The consequence has
been that we have never drank tea in
the Chinese way-that is, simple In.
fusion.
At first there seems to have been
great doubt as to how to deal with the
new herb. 1t Is even said that it was
sometimes boiled, with salt and butter,
and served up as sort Of spinach.
The old phrase, "a dish Of tea," seems
to bear out this legend. Finally 1t
came to be settled that the most whole
some and pleasant way to treat the
!ea leaf was to make 1t into kind Of
sweet soup, with sugar. .and milk or
cream. l have personal knowledge Of
no country in Europe but one where
tea is used as in China-Portugal,
which got its knowledge Of tea a-making
from province in China. with which,
at that time, no other nation Of Europe
was in contact.
1t was while travelling on horseback
with guide in the wilder parts of
Portugal, away from the shops and
inns. where we had perforce to make
experiments in the most economical
use of a few ounces Of tea and coffee
that we could afford to carry with us,
that we bit upon discovery. Having
no milk, We drank our tea, as most
Portuguese drink theirs, as simple
infusion, sweetened with sugar.
remembered to have read. I believe,
in the travels of Able Hue, that when
the Chinese desire to be thrifty In the
use of the finer and more expensive
teas. they grind the leaf to powder
and use less for the infusion. We
found that tea could be ground in a
coffee mill as easily as coffee: that tea
made with the powder is as good as or
better than when made with the whole
leaf, and that the powder. as it natur-
ally would, goes further than the tea
leaf.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04

Mjdstream meath the dead whitened
bough Of the tree.
Where oft in his glory the bold feathered
swooped down on his prize, twas in
While L., youthful angler, expectantly
The impulse conveyed by the twingc Of
That hung in that clear little mite Of a
Whose bright. finny treasure no moro
may be mine.
Fen now the gay butterfly fits DER tho
water,
The wild bee returns to the sweet
The summer born locust filings out Of the
treetops
His shrill whistled praise of the bright.
sunny hours;
TO come back and lounge in the depth
Of the glen,
That the. dear little, clear little mite Of
Is calling me back to the meadow again.
No more by the bend where the water is
deepest,
pile the few garments a boy needs
must wear,
No more may l plunge in the pure gurg-
To sport with its ripples, their COOL
ness to share,
For I'm far, far away from that green
grassy meadow,
While time into years passes slowly
But stili IN the distance that mite of .
Is calling me back with the voice Of It's
Floyd D. Raze in Chicago Inter Ocean.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime
]. Il. Lowell.
Command large fields, but cultivate
small ones.-Virgil
Convictions that remain silent are
neither sincere nor profound.-Balzac.
Philosophy does not regard pedigree.
She did not receive Plato as a noble,
but made him so.-Seneca.
Youth changes its tastes by the
warmth of its blood, age retains its
taste by habit-Rochefoucauld.
How then shall men grow IL not by
correcting faults? BY self surrender to
God. Not by thinking of wrong and
how to fee it; but rather much of ex'
cellence and how to win it.
Similar to certain delicate plants
which need a soft atmosphere, there
are natures which come into bloom
only under the balmy breath of happi-
uess.-Viscountes de Lerchey.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04
81 - @
WITH THE HUNGARIAN GyPSIES

like those seen on the New England
pixies. Now and then the women come
into the villages to beg or barter, or,
as the village folk hint, to steal; tell
ing fortunes to those who may harken,
as incentive to other business.
Seated on one of the crude ROCK
walls that hem in the flats OF corn
land in the shadows of the Lombardy
poplars, these gypsies, men and wom-
en-, smoking their pipes and chatterlnS
in their curious lingo, ever tempt the
much-abused camera. For background
there will be some old Magyar castle,
it's turrets peeping through the aisle
of trees, and with the sentinel at It's
gate-a soldier in uniform but gypsy
at heart, for while they pay no taxes
in Hungary, they are forced to do mil
itary service, much as they rebel
against it.
Less and less each year grow the
number of the gypsies, less and less
frequent their visits, until 1t will doubt
less not be long before, like the Arabs,
they will have folded their tents Tor
all time and silently stolen away.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04

"Spatters's" father was to deliver
stump speech at San Diego in his own
behalf as a candidate for governor Of
California. While wacticing the
speech, mounted on hogshead, he fell
in and broke his leg.
Spatters had been rapt listener to
his fathers eloquence and in the even
ing the little boy appeared before the
meeting to deliver the speech from
memory:
Gentlemen, know the speech and
it's corker This is it: Friends, San
Diegans, behind us lies the past; be-
fore us lies the future" His freckled
little right hand stretched to the fu-
ture while the left pushed back the
past. "Tt has been nobly said that
we shall reap as we have sown; in
many cases, therefore. we must reap
the fruit of poisonous seeds. But each
year brings it's new sowing; what do
we now choose to plant?"
The crowd was surging toward tho
platform in it's enthusiasm, but Eary
and Bill held it back and motioned to
the child to proceed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04

HIS FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH

""rhe choice is worthy of considera'
ton" the speech flowed on. every
word, every gesture as he had heard
and seen. "'The whole country VIII
hail the day." he cried, and finally,
"'Arise, San Diegans; stand hero
before you to emphasize-to empha-
size"
He turned cold with fear. He could
not remember what came next. He
struck the platform savageiy with his
right foot, struck it over and over.
but the gesture did not bring the
words. Then he remembered why.
"Oh, didn't hear no more" he said,
forgetting the paternal warning.
"That was where dad fell into the
hogshead." Big tears began to streak
his cheeks. "Oh, If could only say
the rest could make you vote for us
sure" he burst out, "but won't you do
it anyway? I'll be an albright govern
or's son and he'll make the best gov.
ernor you ever had cause he's an A
No. 1 Sarah Comstock In Ap.
pincott's Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04
Mule Raced With Train.

A three mile race between freight
train and yearling mule was wit
messed here to-day, ending in dead
heat.
The lmule broke from its pasture just
as the freight approached, and speed
ing along the right of way kept by
the side of the train for distance OF
three miles.
In the race the mule cleared three
cattle guards and did not stop until 1t
had reached the bridge over the Mus
catatuck, where it left the right Of
way. The freight was running not
less than thirty miles an hour. and the
trainmen kept watch on the mule from
che caboose as 1t made its record
breaking run indianapolis Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04
Mountain Owls Last Visit.

A mountain owl which had spread
Of wing four feet and eight inches
got in the habit Of visiting the chick.
en- roost of Arthur butcher of Moores
Corner at most unseemly hours.
butcher contrived to get an accurate
measurement Of the birds wings by
taking his rife along and concealing
himself in box well covered with
hay. The bird called at the next
morning and hasn't got away yet
Boston Giele.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-04
Government Wants to Know.

Tie controversy that has wagc0
about Kochs assertion that bovine
tuberculosis Is not communicable 10
man is about as undecided as ever.
The consensus of opinion appears to
be that. while man is not absolutely
immune from animal tubei culoss he is
far less susceptible than has generally
been held. TO throw some additional
light on the matter the German Gov
crnment has appropriated $500 for ic-
search for the study Of the relation
between tuberculosis In man and cr tile.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
The Grip.

Before we can sympatbize
with others, we must have suf.
fered ourselves" No one can
realize the suffering attendant
upon an attack of the grip unless
he has had the actual expert
ence There is probably no dis
ease that causes so much physi-
cal and mental agony, or which
so successfully defies medical
aid. Ali danger from the grip,
however, may be avoided by the
prompt use of Chamberlain 3
Cough Remedy. Among the
tens of thousands who have used
this remedy, no case has ever
been reported that has resulted in
pneumonia, or that has not re.
covered. For sale by all drug,
gists.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
HABEAS CORPUS
PROCEEDINGS


South McAlester, Jan. 26.-
Ruby, the !1-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred r. Wha-
ley of Durant, is the subject Of
habeas corpus proceedings insti-
tuted this afternoon before Judge
Clayton by her father, who came
up from Durant last night.
The petition cites that the child
is detained by Ethel Leftwich,
her mothers sister, at a house in
the Fourth ward of this city. who
is alleged to have spirited her
away from Durant a few days
ago.
The ohild's parents separated a
few weeks ago, and the trouble
grows out of their separation.
The writ is returnable befo Q
Judge Clayton OF 10 O'Clock to-
morrow.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
For a New Trial.

South McAlester, Jan. 26.-J.
H. Wilkins went TO Atoka today
to argue motion before the Fed
eral court for new trial in the
case of Ed Smith, charged with
stealing h"ses. Smith is accused
of being one Of the famous Miller
gang of horse thieves that was
recently broken up in the south
part of the Choctaw Nation.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
TAINTED TIN
HAS NO TERRORS
For Carrie NatIon--She Sells Temple
Of Purity For a GrOg Shop.

How have the mighty fallen
The great, the only, the uncom-
promising, the smasher OF saloon
fixtures and plate glass windows,
has at last fallen by the wayside.
She has allowed business to tri-
umph over principle; she has
sold her birthright for a mess Of
pottage; filthy, dirty, rum
soaked tin has proven too great a
temptation and Carrie has yield
ed. Before, she has passed for a
fanatic, and has been endured
for her works sake, but now that
she has forsaken her past record
she will cease to influence any
thing but ridicule.
Some two years ago Carrie
bought two story brick building
opposite the city hall in Okla
homa City and she named it the
Temple of Purity. Here heI
meetings were held and here she
published the Hatohet and ex-
coriated the rum demon by both
word of mouth and pen.
But lol it is now changed.
Shewmate & Laughlin, wholesale
liquor dealers, now own the Tenn
pie of Purity, and Old Guck-
enheimer now occupies the place
where were stored the file copies
of the Hatohet. Seven thousand
dollars was the price.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
May Live 100 Years.

The chances for living a full
centuary are excellent in /: the
case of Mrs. Jennie Duncan, oi
Haynesville Me-, now 70 years
old. She writes; Electric Bit.
ters cured me of Chronic Dyspep-
sia of 20 years standing, and
made me feel as we'll and strong
as a young girl" Electric Bit
ters cure Stomach and Liver dis
eases, Blood disorders, Genera
Debility and bodily weakness
Sold on a guarantee at all drug.
gists. Price only 90 cents.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
A Modern Miracle.

"Truly miraculous seemed the
recovery of Mrs. Mollie Holt of
this place, writes j. o. r. Hooper
of Woodford, Tenn, she was so
wasted by coughing up puss from
her lungs. Doctors declared her
end so near that her family had
watched by her bed side forty.
eight hours, when, at my urgent
request DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry was given her, with the as
tonishing result that improve
ment began, and continued until
she finally completely recovered.
and is healthy woman today
Guaranteed cure ror coughs and
colds. Soc and 500 bottles at al
druggists. Trial bottle free.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02

While hrrtin~ Nar Ouinlan. Okla
Benjamin Hun had q hand shot off.
Friendly rotations have h~en restor
ed between " omhin anl Veuezuela
Two -egro prisoners ovrrrow-raI the
tliler at Texarknpn. Ark. and rs,.np ped
Five thousand southern negroes are
10 go To Honduras -" plantation work
Newton MeCar; was kicked to dea tn
by horse IN Grant county. Okh,homa
over 10000 bales of cotton have been
compressed this season AT Cameron.
Tex
w L. Nicely of Hartshorne. l. r..
fell against stove at Sulphur aud
died
Former President Cleveland denies
that he will give up his Insurance pr.
sition.
Neor Norman. Okla. the infant
daughter OF Edward Ward was burnr'
TO death.
Luke Benoit. a boy Academia ly and
fatally shot himself near Crowley. La
while hunting.
John Klos was found seven miles
from Bremond. Tex. mortally wounded
He died without being able to tell how
he was shot
John Milton Bronson. a ptomlner'
citizen OF Victoria. Tex. Is dead. H.,
was badly wounded In battle OF Shi,
ioh. He was Confederate
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
BENNINGTON'S
BAD BLAZE
Eighteen Thousand Dollar Loss In
Brick Buildings.

Bennington, Jan. %. = The
first big fire in the history of Ben
nington occurred this morning at
8 O'Clock, when four large busi-
ness houses were burned, entail
ing total loss Of S18, 900, about
half of which was covered by in
surance. Following is a list Of
losses:
R. A. Bishop, grocery, loss
80, 200, insurance $1,000; all
books and accounts lost. Bond
Bros, dry goods, loss $1,000, in
surance $4,000; w. G. Glass,
drugs, loss 81, 800, no insurance;
Clayton & Upton, grocery, loss
50, ,150, insurance 81, 800; Evans
Bros, loss on building 1000, in
surance $1,000; A. Mcdonald,
loss on two buildings $500, in
surance $1,000; w. E. Futrell,
loss on building 81, ,750, insurance
81, 900; Morris Smith, loss on
plate glass windows and front OF
building about 5000.
| H. W. Attaway Of Jackson had
1900 pounds of flour stored in
Mr.. Bishops store, which was a
complete loss.
| No one knows how the fire
started. The entire block was in
flames before many reached the
scene and it is not definitely
known il which building it start
ed. After the fire had gotten un-
der good headway a stiff wind
from the north arose and it was
thought for while the entire
west side Of Main street would be
wiped out.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
AN EDITORS
EARNEST APPEAL
To Brother Publishers in Behalf Of
the Lost Child Of Dr.. Byers Of
SeeIeyWIle, Ind.

If the editor OF every paper in
the central west will lepublish
these lines there is no question
but what DR.. s. l.. Byers of
Seeleyville, Ind, will re ,over his
little son, who was stolen from
his home one year ago last May.
DR.. Byers has spent his entire
resources in search for his child
and unless the big hearted mem
bers Of the press come to his as-
sistance, his son will grow up an
outlaw and an outcast among the
lowest people of the earth.
DESCRIPTION.
Richmond Byers, il alive, was
8 years old last July, is of light
complexion, has gray eyes, left
eye noticeably crossed, has a
small V shaped nick in the edge
of the left ear, has a sharp CHR
and a narrow, projecting fore
head. He is rather small for hit
age and is unusually bright anG
intelligent, taking after the man
ner of a boy much older.
DR.. Byers has searched among
the rowing bands that frequen
the United States, and believes
that his son can be found among
travelling junk dealers, So -calleC
horse traders or movers. H,
does not think the boy was stol 1
by genuine gypsies. He think
he was taken by a wandering
band that used him for the pur
pose Of logging in the town
along the route.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02

Midshipman Mann was acquitted of
hazing charges and restored to naval
duties.
Home OF Mormon missionaries at
Cour's Island. N. c.. was set on fire
and burned.
With bruises on face and body will
lam Rogers OF Rochester. N. Y. died
at Guthrie.
Mayor McCarty OF Richmond. We.
called newspaper man a liar and was
fined 500.
A boy named Charles Barton was
bitten three times by mad dog at
Decatur Tex.
Peyton Harnvell. a Mexican and civil
war veteran. eighty-one years old. died
at Terrell, Tex.
oloDel w. ID. Mann, owner OF Town
Topics. was arrested at New York on
charge Of perjury.
Charles wiedeck, a cripple. was given
at Chicago life sentence for assault
on Miss Esther Lindahl.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
POLL TAX SENSATION.

Brewery and Liquor interests Alleged
to BE Paying For sams.
Beaumont, Jan. 25.--A report gained
currency here that the brewery and
liquor interests had made up fund to
buy poll tax receipts and were secur-
ing receipts by sending dummies to the
collectors office. Evidence OF the deal,
II is alleged, became SO strong that
Tuesday a special grand jury was con-
vened and secretly charged, the body
adjourning Wednesday 80 noon. Nine
indictments were returned and are In
the hands Of the sheriff. It is expected
arrests will be followed by exposure OF
the conspiracy and conspirators. The
incident has caused intense excitement.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
Midland Valley Shops.

Muskogee, Jan. 26.-An agree
ment was reached here tonight
between the Muskogee CONNER
cial Club and the Midland Valley
railroad for the shops of the road
to be located in Muskogee. In
the agreement the road agrees to
keep the shops here for a period
of twenty five years.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
DAN CUPID"
WINS OUT
Waxahachie Couple Come TO Durant
and Get Married-A Runa-
way Match.

Frank Whipple, Jr., and Miss
Myrtle Crayton of Wsxahachie,
Texas, couldn't wait any longer.
Their parents and friends advised
them to wait, but little Dan
Cupid, the misch'evious rogue,
kept squirting them on and on
and they couldn't wait any lon.
ger.
Whipple is a stenographer for
a firm in Waxahachie and resides
with his parents in that city.
The BRIDES home is at Avalon,
Texas.
They had waited for century
80 it seemed to them-and their
parents wanted them to wait till
the end of all eternity, which is
to say, two years longer.
The young lady was fast learn
inf wisdom in that most estima-
BILE institution, The Trinity Uni
versity, in the same city in which
her sweetheart resides. But, per-
vers and contrary, as becomes
maiden in this day and genera
tion-she preferred to learn wis
don, in the actual school of do
mestic experience.
Then with the desperation ol
true lovers they balked, and a
the constant instigation o.
Trouble Maker Cupid, they re-
, solved to HE themselves to Du'
rant and get married without de-
! lay or knowledge and consent o.
their parents.
The BRIDES father, T. F. Cray
ton, learning of their intentions
: relented and with the Young low
ers arrived in Durant last Sunday
: night at 2 o'clock, and early Sun
> day morning, with the assistanc,
/ of newly found friends-for ever!
l one loves a lover-easily pro
cured license and were happil,
married at the Methodist parson
age by Rev. j. A. Park, will
the following persons present: I
F. Crayton, father of the bride
Marshall Bledsoe and H M. Rid
ley, a travelling saleman of Ard
/, more.
The young couple are Of prom
inent families in the county il
which they reside. The groom i
20 years of age and the bride i
enjoying her last "sweet 49,"
The happle couple left on tn,
train for their home, where the,
will receive the congratulatioD
from their young friends, an,
perhaps the blessing of younI
{ Whipple's father. who was 8
. sternly opposed to their marriage
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
CUTTING AFFRAY
Between Levi Roach and W. W. Par
ker Sunday Afternoon on East
Main Street.

In difficulty between Willie
Parker and E. D. Mingo, a Mex
lean, to settle an old grudge of
long standing, Parker meeting
Mingo last Sunday evening, pro-
ceeded to land a few Fitzsim NJ on
slugs upon the Mexican, who
stood and took the we'll delivered
blows with the endurance equal
to that Of bantam weight pugil-
ist. Levi Roach, another emil
grant from the land Of "taLlales, +"
who was present, could not with
hold his indignation, in seeing
his countryman losing all the
honors, and proceeded forth ith
to do battle on his own account,
in which Re received a knife
wound on the left arm a few
inches below the shouldr inflicted
by Parker, and Parker in return
received a slight scratch TN the
left wrist from the knife o.
Roach. Marshall Bledsoe, ar
irving upon the scene, placed
the participants under arrest.
This morning Parker was fined
$40 in the police court for dis
turbing the peace, and is alsc
having a trial in Commissioner 8
court under more seriou
charge.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
THE DEAD BEAT AND THE DOCTOR
VERY ILL.

VEN lLLs
Name, oh doctor, name your fee.
Ask-I'll pay whatever it be-
Skill like yours, l know comes
high,
Only do not let me die.
Get me out of this, and
Cash will ante instantly.
CoNvALEsCENT.
Cut, oh doctor, cut that fee
Cut, or not a cent from me.
| am not a millionaire,
But I'll do whstever's square,
Only make a bill that's fair,
And I'll settle presently.
WELL.
Book, oh doctor, book your fee.
Charge, I'll pay it futurely.
Whenever the crops ell by are
laid,
When every other bill is paid,
Or when OF death again afraid,
! will pay it-proba hly?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-02
In Mad Chase.

Millions rush in mad chase after
health, from one extreme of fad
disn to another, when, if they
would only eat good food, and kee,
their bowels regular with DR.
Kings New Life Pills, their trou
bles would all pass away. Prompt
relief and quick cure for lioer aid
stomach trouble. 25c at all drug
stores; guaranteed.