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SA WE'D BY BEETLE.

hold pests, and mother had given us
some thrilling descriptions of the
mice which infested the old Suffolk
farmhouse in which she was borr
and brought up
On the night when the incident
am abou: to describe occurred, | went
upstairs to my bedroom and un
dressed, noticing nothing unusual al
all until ] turned back the bedclothes
from my bed to get in There, right
in the center of the bed, and crawling
on the sheet on which | should myself
have lain. was huge black beetle, the
first and only one we ever saw in that
house.
! recoiled with horror, for blacI
beetles were the one thing above al
others which | could not stand, and
ran from the room. On the stairs
met my sister. who shared the room
with me. We went back to the room
and the beetle was still in the same
place.
My sister knocked the loathsoDe
creature from the bed and ATTEMPTED
to tread on 1t, but soon as IL touched
the ground it scuttlod away and was
lost in an instant Although we hunt
ed for some time We could find nc
trace Of ii. 1t had completely van
ished.
However, was not able TO reconcile
myself TO sleeping in that bed, or In
deed that room. on that particular
night, having vague fears that the
beetle would return to the bed ano
share II with me. which | think woulc
have been enough to drive me out OF
my senses.
My sister and | therefore after hav
ing another look for the beetle, moi
forgetting to search in the other bed
but without avail, went to another
room, intending to spend the night
there. This We did, and in the morn
ing we returned to our own bedroom
to dress.
On opening the door, what was our
surprise TO find that the bed in whlct
| had originally intended to sleep. hae
it not been for the beetle, was com
pletely smothered with huge pieces o.
plaster from the ceiling!
The other bed in the room, incredl
BILE as 1t may sound, was absolutely
untouched save Tor the dust whict
had been caused by the fall!
Had ! slept in the bed II was practi
cally certain that | should have beef
killed, or at any rate severely injured
The remarkable part of the story I,
that there had been on the previous
evening no cracks in the ceiling. ol
any other sign that II was likely Il
collapse in the near future.
My family continued to live in that
house for several years. and indeed
they still live there, although | have
left home, but from that day to this
there has been absolutely no sign OF
black beetle in that or any Other
room W The house.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
NEW YORK TO HAVE RESERVOIR
HOLDING 10000, 900, ,oco GALLONS.
Additional Water Supply to Be Pro-
vlded BY the Construction Of
Great Lake in the
Catskills.

New York city, that great hive OF
humanity is hard drinker-of wa
ter. and no sooner does she complete
one source of supply at millions Of
dollars expense than forthwith she
discovers that the supply is made
quate for her ever growing demands
and she Immediately sets about pro.
viding for more. When the Croton
reservoir was completed, 1t was gen.
orally supposed that the city would
have enough water to drink, enough to
battle in and enough to use for laun-
dry and other purposes for years to
come. but it seems that the 80 900 .000.-
600 gallon capacity Of the Croton res
ervoir is but beginning OF wet times
fop the big city and that 100000.
100000 gallon supply is to be provided
in addition by the construction of the
kensicO reservoir that is to be built
in Westchester county in the Cats
kills, 100 miles away.
There. in the very heart OF the
county, a lake is to be constructed
more than four miles in length and
averaging about half mile in width.
1t will be the storage reservoir for
the immense volume OF water that is
poured down from the Catskill coun-
ties.
To build this big lake one entire
town and part Of another will have to
be wiped out. while many farmers will
have to give up their homes But for
the inconvenience which Westchester
folks suffer they will be compensated
many fold by having a lake OF great
scenic beauty.
Some idea of the immensity of this
storage is afforded in the fact that it
will be 30 miles around its shore line.
That is good deal further than a
man would want to drive for pleasure
on a Sunday afternoon. 1t will con-
tain an island more than mile In
length, and three beautiful peninsulas
ranging from half a mile TO one mile
in length will jut out into its crystal
body.
This lake will be located in the
townships of Mount Pleasant, Har.
rison and North Castle. II will begin
at Valhalla, where the present Kenis-
co reservoir dam is located. and will
extend north through valleys formed
by an arm of the Bronx and the Bear
gutter rivers.
The new dam, which will be 1000
feet long at the top will extend across
the valley along the line OF the road.
way. About 20 buildings in the lower
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23

and make It so by trying to see what
perfect bread / can make?
1T seemed like an inspiration. and
the whole Of life grew brighter The
very sunshine seemed flowing down
through my spirit into the white
loaves. and now ! believe my table is
furnished with better bread than ever
before; and this truth, old as creation,
seems just now 10 have become wholly
mino-that ! need not be the shrink
ing slave OF toll. but It's regal mis-
tress, making whatever | do yield me
its best fruits. You have been king Of
your work so long that maybe you
laugh at me for having lived so long
without my crown. but | am too glad
to have found It at all to be entirely
discontented, oven by your mcrri.
mont"
Mary Lineoln's Ambitions.
Mary Todd Lincoln. wife of the
other American president 10 meet
death by assassination. held from
early youth the ambition to marry
a man who should rule the nation
She picked out as her choice Abra-
ham Lincoln. and this at time
when her selection seemed to have
little Of recommendation i'm It. She
refused the offer of marriage of
stephen \. Douglas. and welded the
man she was sure was to go 70 Wash.
ington az the chief of America. She
realized her ambition and went To the
capital, holding her first reception
March ., 1861. This is how an old.
timer recalls that occasion:
Mrs. Lincoln stood a few PAGES
from her husband, assisted by her
sisters, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Ba-
kerr together with two Of her nieces,
and was attired in a rich pink moire.
antique, pearl ornaments and flowers
in her hair and hands. She is
pleasant looking. elegantly appearing
lady OF perhaps 40. somewhat inclined
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
CALLED JUDGMENT OF GOD.
ThieFs Desth at Hands Of Child
Whose Parents He Had Robbed.

The New York Sunday Worlds
correspondent I'm Budapest sends It
the following account of a recen;
tragedy in the village of Kaposvar,
Hungary:
Janos Verga, stock farmer sold
some oxen for 900 crowns and con.
cealed the money I'm his house.
Ference Gal, n ne'er-do.well of the
village, knew of this transaction and
determined to get the money. He
watched the house until he saw
Varga and his wife leave It. Then
he entered and had no difficulty in
finding the money, which he pock.
eted.
As he was about to leave he no.
ticed sitting in a corner. staring ST.
lently and intently at him, the Vargas
siN.year.old daughter Realizing that
she had watched his theft, he deter.
mined to get rid OF this witness
against him. He threw a rope over a
beam in the ceiling and tied a moose
in one end Of 1t. Picking up the little
girl, he tried to persuade her to put
NJ aANeh AAAp Aht AAbbott Day lAlb IL " do
a nice game.
How" she asked.
"I'll show YOU" said the robber.
laughing.
Gal put down the little girl drew up
n chair, stood upon It and put his
head through the moose.
Like this" he said, again laugh
ing, is IL 1t was all game he was
playing with the girl.
The child pulled the chair away
suddenly; the robber fell, his neck
in the moose and was strangled to
death.
The child watched her victims
death struggles until they ceased,
then went outside to await for her
parents When they returned she
took them to the room where the
dead thief still dangled and told
them in great glee what had taken
place. The 900 crowns were found
in the pockets of the robber and the
six-year-old child is now the heroine
of the village, where the event is
called a Judgment of Cod"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
VAST DRINKING CUP

part Of Valhalla. including a hotel.
three or four small stores. the New
York water supply station and several
houses. will be wiped out What re.
mains Of the lower part of the village
will lie just below the great dam.
The new Kenslco reservoir will be
fed by an aqueduct 17h feet in height
and almost as wide, which will extend
60 miles from the great collecting res.
ervoir at Esopus. This aqueduct is
larger than the single bore subway
tunnel under the City Hall park. A
man could almost drive a team of
horses and a furniture van through Il.
The above picture shows a cross sec
tion of the aqueduct. 1t will be made
mostly of cement and will be covered
all the way down from Esopus
The aqueduct which will feed the
Kensico reservoir will follow the west
bank Of the Hudson down to Storm
King Wherever 1t Is possible the
huge cement main will be laid in the
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
A Korean Romance.

A romantic little story comes from
the Ckuk San district. says the Korea
Daily Times. One of the residents
having died OF illness, his only wife
declared her intention of killing her
self. Arguing that it was not right
for a woman to remain alive after
her husband was dead and that she
would be far happier II she followed
him she put her plan into execution
and committed sulcode the same
night She was only 20 years of age.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23

me, besoeching me to take care OF
myself and of the cabinet papers,
public and private / have since re-
ceived two dispatches from him, writ.
ten with pencil, the last is alarming,
because he desires that / should be
ready at 2 moments warning to en-
ter my carriage and leave the city;
that the enemy seemed stronger than
had been reported. and that It might
happen they would reach the city.
with intention to destroy Y.
II am accordingly ready; ! have
pressed as many cabinet papers into
trunks as to hll one carriage; our
private property must be sacrificed,
as It Is impossible to secure wagons
for its transportation. ! am deter
mined not to go myself until / see
Mr.. Madison safe and he can accom-
pany meas / hear Of much hostility
towards him. DlsaffectiOn stalks
around u.s. My friends and acquaint-
ances are all gone even Col. c., with
his hundred men. who we're stationed
as a guard in this inclosure. French
John "a faithful domestic) with his
usual activity and resolution, offers
to spike the cannon at the gate and
lay a train OF powder which would
blow up the British should they enter
the house. To the last proposition |
positively object. without being able,
however, to make him understand
why all advantages in war may not
be taken"
On the following day, she wrote:
"Will you believe It, my sister?
We have had battle or skirmish
near Bladensburg, and | am still here
within sound OF the cannon. MIR.
Madison comes not. may God pro
tect him! Two messengers. covered
with dust, come to bid me fly; but
wait for him. At this late hour a
wagon has been procured. | have had
II filled with plate and most valuable
portable articles belonging to the
house; whether It will reach It's
destination. the Bank of Maryland. or
fall into the hands of British soldicry,
events must determine. Our kind
friend, Mr.. Carroll, has come to
hasten my departure, and is in very
bad humor with me because insist
on waiting until the large picture of
Gen. Washington is secured. and It
requires to be unscrewed from the
wall. This process was found to be
too tedious for these perilous mo-
ments | have ordered the frame to
be broken, and the canvas taken out
1T is done, and the precious portrait
placed in the hands of two gentlemen
of New York for safe keeping. And
now, my dear sister, | must leave this
house. or the retreating army will
make me a prisoner in it by filling up
the road am directed to take. When
| shall again write to you, or where
| shall be tomorrow, l cannot tell"
Rachel Jaekson's Sad History.
A very sad history was that of
Rachel, wife of President Andrew
Jackson. Early in life she had con-
tracted n marriage which had result
| ed unfortunately, and, on a divorce
being granted-or, as was thought at
the time, granted-she married An
drew Jackson. The repetition of the
report that this marriage took place
before a divorce had positively separ-
ated the woman from her first hus-
band RobaTds, so worked upon Mrs.
Jackson as to aggravate a heart affec-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
uneonseIousIY Frank.

Mrs. Brown-How do you do. Mrs.
Miller? Why haven't you been to see
me2 1t is six months since you last
called.
Mrs. Miller-Dear me! Can It be
possible that it is six months since my
husband has given me any diamonds {?
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23

->o~~~~>y~~~>~~~-~-~-~-~~-~-
some earlier executives OF the for
ner. Dolly Madison Is generally
looked uron as the most notable ex.
ample. with the period OF Grover
Cleycland's occupancy Of the throne
as close second by reason of the
great public interest which attended
his marriage with Miss Frances Fol
Gom.
The Roosevelt Regime.
Certainly. of recent years, the
Cleveland regime must stand out as
the most socially important in any
consideration Of the activities of the
ladies of the White Honse Mrs. Nc.
smiley, practically an invalid had not
thc strength necessary to the prosecu-
ton Of vigorous social campaign.
M,s Roosevelt has not the inclination.
she has been over a retiring woman,
content with her family and her home
lit", cariug nothing at all for the pomp
aud circumstance that go with high
Office.
Whatever galcty of the sort Wash
ingtOn expects from the executive
family has been, in the maia, due to
Mrs Nicholas Longworth, formerly
Alice Roosevelt That young woman
enjoyed a national popularity which
few ladies OF the White House have
ever exceeded.
Tho Wife Of President BENJAMIN
Harrison was never particularly prom
incnt In Washington fashion.
President Arthurs administration
was unrclieycd by the presence OF a
wife
An Everyday Heroine.
Luccctia Rudolph Gardeld was es-
Scntially homcbody. She had been
school teacher in Ohio before she
and James A. Garfield were married.
she took no hiEhfalutin notions to
Washington, when she went there as
the first lady in the land She was
farmers daughter and her ways were
plain Tho Hon A. NJ Pratt. of Bayou.
o.. telling of the lives and loves of the
GariicllG some years ago. said:
Mrs Garfield sought and taught
scholars in painting and drawing in
my, then very Insignificant, village
She did not get very large classes and
lived ia my house, the guest and
fucad of my then wife. The future
president was frequently entertained
a, my table; he a young strong. great
hearted, largc-headed youth, but two
years from college hopeful fun of life
h.. ,,H
able, retiring, with disposition as
lovely as star-lit sky-both poor
Their fortune was their youth. health
hearts, intellects, hope and, glad am
10 say, love"
Mrs. Garfield before her elevation.
was very often compelled to do much
of her own housework Ten years be
fore she went into the White House
she wrote her husband, from their
farm home, letter which shows the
lines of her character. and which. in
ICSt. Is as follows:
81 am glad to tell that out OF all the
toll and disappointments of the sum
mer just ended | have risen up TO a
victory: that silence of thought since
you have been away has won for my
spirit triumph. read something
like this the other day: There is no
healthy thought without labor. and
thought makes the laborer happy. .
Perhaps this is the way ! have been
able 10 climb up higher It came to
me one morning when | was making
bread. / said TO myself, Here | am
compelled by an inevitable necessity
20 make our bread this summer. Why
not consider II d pleasant occupation
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23

10 stoutness, but, withal, fine looking
aad self-possessed"
II was the proudest day of Mrs.
Lincoln's life. Laura c. Holloway, in
speaking of the influence of Mrs. Lin.
coin of official America. is inclined to
the belief that much of unfortunate
effect was due to Mrs. Lincoln's lack
Of tact.
Plueky Dolly Madison.
OF happier tone was the White
House experience of Dorothy Payne
Madison. wife of the president of
that name. Her family came from
Virginia, and she. herself, despite the
fact OF her North Carolina birth. al
ways took pride in referring to her.
self as a daughter of the Old Do
minion. When her family removed to
Philadelphia and Joined the Quaker
sect. Mistress Dorothy was brought
mp In that severe doctrine. She mar
ried, very young, John Todd, a Phila.
dolphia lawyer, and was widow at
%. Her second marriage-to the
then Congressman Madlson-took
iie'' IVES 'heh q 9'di dANtl Aut utdll
of Mr.. Todd
Mrs. Madisons disposition was OF
the sunniest. She proved an inval-
liable ally when her husband was
elected president and moved to Wash.
ington. At that early day of our his
tory, Washington was little less than
wilderness. Steamboats, were Just
coming I'M, railroads were unknown.
Five hundred mile trips on horse.
back We're frequently taken. even by
women. The times were rough. Mrs.
Madison, however, with the softening
influences which were hers from
birth, made OF the presidents home
a court OF politeness, fashion and
charm She made for her husband
friends by the hundred and was never
happier than when presiding at the
parlor cabinet That was her history
for awhile-the handspring in the
scheme of happiness. Then came the
darker side of things. wars and
rumors of wars, the bayonets of the
British cleaning in the Washington
sunshine-and American officials In
danger of sudden death. Just how
the volatile lady bore herself under
these changed conditions is well
shown in letter she wrote TO her
sister at Mount Vernon:
Tuesday, August 23 1914.
Dear Sister-My husband left me
yesterday morning to join Gen.
Winder. lie inquired anxiously
whether | had courage or frmness
to remain in the presidents house
until his return on the morrow or
succeeding day, and on my assur.
ance that | had no fear but for him.
and the success Of our army. he left
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
A Difference.

why should my anxious breast re.
pine because my youth has fied?" she
sang with great feeling in the hotel
parlor.
Were you married to the -outh or
only engaged?' asked an impudent
debutante who stood near the piano.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23

these pests that are 10 be found In
many suburban houses. in spite Of
traps and poison.
Only few evenings before the
night Of the adventure in question
We had been discussing these house.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
A Fresh Clerk.

Customer-What have you got tina,
is strictly fresh?
Grocer-One moment, please. Hers
Johnny, wait en- the lady.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23
A REMARKABLE DELIVERANcE
WROUGHT BY LITTLE BUG.
Discovered on the White Sheet II
Drives the Fair Occupant to
Another Room and to
Safety.

During the nine years we had lived
at our house we had not seen one
mouse, or rat, or black beetle
This was something to be proud Of
when one considers the swarms OF
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-23

The population of the world ,s l..
4OO. .OO0, 900. OF whom 35,l24,0O0 die
every year. The births amount to
6.792. 900 every year. or more than
one q second.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-27
MINERS PREPARING
FOR "A GREAT WAR
AGAINST OPERATORS

Pittsburg, Pa, July 27.-Thousands
of miners from all over the Pittsburg
district are taking part In great rally
of the United Mine Workers at Cali
fornia, Pa, today, when it is expected
the first gun will be fired in the cam
paign for increased wages which will
eliminate when the operators and
miners line up for their conference
next January. All the mines in the
vicinity have been closed down in or
der that the men may properly cele-
brate at California today, as well as
confer on plans for what may be the
coming battle. All of the officers of
the district, including President Fran
els Feehan, will address the assem-
bled coal diggers. A campaign Of or
ganization throughout the country will
soon be started, and special attention
will be paid to securing new recruits
for the United Mine Workers in West
ern Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
the storm centers of the agitation. 1t
is the intention to bring all the min
ers possible into the organization and
thus present united front to the
operators at the January conference
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-27

lhce and postonice address is New
York, N. Y.
To ]. A. scrivs whose resi-.
dence and postofi9 "a SddfSss is New
York, N. Y.
To voss & Stern h65e residence
and postoffice addf4t New York,
N. ".
To J. & NJ. Yel,ii h6ae r ,sidence
and posteffice address y new York
N y.
To A. L. Werner & co., whose resi-
dence and postoffice address is New
York, N. Y.
To Forbush Shoe Go.. whose resi-.
dence and lostolfice address, IS North
Grafton, Mass. 6.
To Cans Bros. whose res1dence and
postotic- address is 9aitiSar Md.
To Schwab Clothing 70. whose res
idence and postoffice addfess is st.
Louis. Mo.
To Miller Allaire CO. whose res
idence and postoffice address is New
York N. X.
To Strauss-Esenroth Co.. whose res
idence and postoffice address is Chi
cago. ILL.,
To j. K t. Cousins, whose residence
and postofficc address is Brooklyn,
N. Y.
To L.. M. Noar Neckwear Co., whose
residence and postoffice address is
New Orleans, La.
To Woodward-Wight G Co., whose
residence and postotfice address is
New Orleans, La.
Creditors of w. X. Boyd and J. B.
Logan, composing the firm Of Boyd
& Caskey Company. of Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, YOU are hereby command
ed to appear before the honorable
Chancery Court of the Second District
of Perry County. Mississippi, on the
first Monday in December, 1907, at
aattic1hurg, Mississippi, the same be-
ing the regular term of said court,
then and there to plead answer or de.
muir to the petition of M. l.. Rush, as
signee of the firm of Boyd & Caskey
Company, both of Hattiesburg. Mis-.
sissippi.
Witness by hand and seal Of office
the 26th day Of July 1907.
T E. RATSON,
J27-4tw Chancery Clerk.