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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09

cred folk OF modern times. was many
hundred years ago known as the
cahaw. from the peculiar noise 1t
made. aad. while It was webfooted.
It had a bcak very similar to that
of the hawk. 1t was supposed to be a
cave dweller and had the habits Of an
owl. inasmuch as It was never seen
or heard except at night.
When white men first set foot on
Bermuda there were traditions among
the natives OF the cahaw. that had
disappeared many generations before
the time OF the hoayiest inhabitant.
and for more than 100 years scientists
have been dlsputing among them.
selves as to whether such bird ever
existed. Mr.. Mawbray believes he
has settled the question.
To all except expert ornithologists
there is quite as much interest In the
cave where the skeletons were found
as In the bones themselves The
cave was discovered last January by
some negro boys. who by means OF
ropes let themselves down into a hole
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
NEW SIDE OF LINCOLN.
His Constant Interest in the Military
Telegraph System.

Abraham Lincoln has been studied
from almost every point of view, but
1t is a notable fact that none of his
biographers has ever seriously consid.
cred that branch OF the service with
which Lincoln was in daily personal
touch for four years-the military tele-
graph; for, during the civil war, the
president spent more of his waking
hours in the war department telegraph
office than in any other place except
the White House, says the Century.
While in the telegraph Office he was
comparatively free from official cares
and therefore more inclined to disclose
his natural traits and disposition.
During the last four years Of Lin
coins all too brief public career, even
until the day before his tragic ending,
the writer was most fortunate in be-
ing able to see him and talk with him
daily, and usually several times a
day; for he visited the war depart
ment telegraph office regularly, morn
ing, afternoon and evening, to receive
the latest news from the front. His
tall, homely form could be seen cross
ing the well-shaded lawn between the
White House and the war department
with UNMARRIED regularity.
In cool weather he invariably wore
a gray plaid shawl thrown over his
shoulders in careless fashion. and,
upon entering the telegraph office, he
would always hang this shawl over the
top of the high screen door opening
into Secretary Stanton's room. adjoin-
ing. This door was nearly always
open. He seldom failed to come over
late in the evening before retiring. and
when returning to the White House
after dark he was frequently accom-
panied by Maj. Eckert. our CHEZ, and
nearly always by small guard of SOL
diers. He sometimes protested against
this latter precaution as unnecessary.
but Secretary Stanton's orders 70 the
guard were imperative.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09

PIows Up $500; Looking for More.
apolis.-Wilbur Walter OF
Little Blue, Ind, while plowing In a
field, unearthed a box which con.
tanned $500 in gold. The money had
been concealed by his father many
years ago. and Wilber had looked
the fam over in an effort to find the
hiding place, and had dug at the roots
of numerous trees.
The tree, however, under which the
box was concealed, had beeu cut
down, and in time the stump rotted
and was broken up. In this way the
treasure was uncovered.
The coins are in tens and twenties.
Mr.. Walter thinks there is still more
money concealed on the farm, and he
will continue his search. His father
was an economical man, and Just
before death he sold 40 acres for $50
an acre, with horses and cattle, the
latter bringing $500. All this money
is supposed to be still hidden on the
farm.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
Ceremony Of First Cutting Of a Boys
Hair Observed in Oakland.

Oakland, Cal,-One of the most an.
cient curious customs among the Chi
nese, and one rarely commemorated
in this country, was observed with
great pomp and circumstance in Chi
natown recently. when Fong Hook. a
leading merchant, who for years has
had the supervision of the Chinese
discounts in the Anglo-Californian
bank. of San Francisco. entertained
his relatives TO remote degree with
magnificent banquet in honor of the
first cutting of the hair of his only
son.
The banquet took place at an
Eighth street restaurant, and there
were i50 guests. A notable feature
was the fact that the wives and chill
dren OF the guests sat down at the
same table with the heads OF families.
A most elaborate menu, comprising
birdsnest soup, steam stuffed duck.
Foon Yon la. sharks Ems and other
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
WILL ExcAVATE ALONG NILE.
California Professor Is Given lmpor.
tant Archaeological Work.

University OF California. - DR..
George A. Reisner, formerly In charge
OF the University of California explor.
alton work in Egypt, has been ap
pointed archaeologist in charge of ex.
cavations for the Egyptian govern.
ment In Nubia.
The work about to be undertaken
is OF great Importance, involving the
continuous excavation of both sides
OF the Nile from Kalabsche to Derr,
a distance OF $50 kilometers. This is
rendered necessary by the decision
to raise the Assouan dam another
eight meters.
Prof. Maspero, head of the depart.
ment Of antiquities, is to have charge
of the restoration of the known TEN.
pies and the copying of their inscrip'
tions. To DIR. Reisner has been as.
signed the task of excavating monu'
ments at present buried under the
soil. and the recording and publishing
of these excavations. The work is
expected to take five years.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
BOY FINDS NEW COMET

only a little spy glass at first to
look at things near home. After that
| wanted to look at the moon and the
stars, but the spy glass was too weak
Then read the advertisement of
small telescope for 81 and bought it
What | saw surprised me. | saw
streaks across the moon and there
were wavy things that looked like
flames. Finally 1t became too small
for my use.
During 1904 worked for my uncle
as a carpenter. | was only a helper
and did not get much money. | was
able. however. to save enough to buy
few books and a new telescope The
instrument cost me s16 and was only
a couple OF inches in diameter. With
it was able to see new stars and
was happy then.
1T was only a few more months
when read so much about the stars
and the wonders of the skies that my
instrument failed to show me that
as eager for a new one. wrote TO
a manufacturer and found that one
such as | wanted would cost 5000.
could not pay that much.
About this time got book which
told me how to make a rejecting tele-
scope. / found | could make such q
telescope for small amount and
sent to Chicago and secured pieces OF
plate glass six inches thick. Out OF
these made 1t by grinding one piece
of glass against the other with emery
dust between. The construction Of
this instrument took me all winter and
last spring. My present telescope. ca
inches long, cost me SIS"
Mellisch intends to leave the farm
and get employment in some observa-
tory. He says he believes he will be-
come an astronomer. Profs. Comstock
and Flint are much interested In the
work of the young man.
The comet is supposed to be about
50,000.000 miles from the earth. It is
peculiar in that II does not have a
bright head, such as most comets pos.
sess. but appears like a rrail of smoke.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
EVELYN LEARNING TO COOK.
Prepares Dainty Dish Every Day and
Takes II TO Husband In the Tombs.

New York-Evelyn Thaw is keep.
ing house! She's going to cook. too,
and her friends say lead the simple
life.
The Thaws have rented furnished
house In Park avenue and Will re-
main In seclusion all summer.
Mrs. Thaw told one OF her friends
she wanted to live as quietly as pos.
slble and that the house furnished
her the best means OF doing so. Also
she declared that It would keep her
mind occupied and give her some
thing to do while waiting for the
tedious process of the law to bring
her husband to trial again. She in
tends TO suporintend the whole es.
tablishment-it is not very large
and in fact will do some of the work
herself She expects to have but one
servant. She will cook. she has told
her friends, which has been one of
the ambitions of her life.
In their enthusiasm over the idea
these friends say that Evelyn will
prepare a dainty dish every day to be
sent to her husband in the Tombs.
One of them who is very close TO
Evelyn, says she told her the follow
ing:
II want to escape this notoriety. l
want TO meet my friends quietly and
have the freedom to enjoy the few
pleasures | can without being gazed at
constantly"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
6rlstles, Cereals, Skin and Glands
Used in Canned Goods.

Albany, n. Y.-State Health Com
missioner Porter announced in his Of
ficial bulletin for May that chemical
analysis of 154 samples of so-called
roast, corned, dried and potted beef.
deviled ham and other canned meats
shows the presence in these articles
of boron preservative and a consider
able quantity of indigestible matter,
such as pigs bristles, hairs, skin and
glands. Cereal is also used to fill up
the cans. DR.. Porter says:
The use of any preservative in a
food to be inclosed in a can which can
be satisfactorily sterilized by the use
OF heat and sealed hermetically indi.
Gates that the materials to be placed
in the can were in such state or we're
kept under such conditions as to lead
the Gamer TO believe that they re-
quired the use of n preservative for
the prevention OF decomposition until
they could be safely canned"
Encysted embryos of trichina spirals
were found in several sections Of con
tents of a sample of potted ham. The
report ON luncheon meat says:
Two samples of this product bore
labels with the following statement;
Fine old English luncheon meat as
prepared at Haddon Hall in the reign
OF Queen Elizabeth
The contents OF the two samples
are similar In appearance. both consist
OF large amounts OF fibrous tissues and
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
"a NO. I" is RICH TRAMP.
Has Spent Only S7.56 in travelling
Nearly Half a Million Miles.

Mlddletown. n. We'll dressed
and we'll groomed, "A No, /, the most
remarkable tramp in the world, is Wis
iting the city for the second time In
"a years Known only as "A. No l."
he has Travelled the world over many
dimes since he started his hobo life
in 1883. when he was IL years old.
lie has been in nearly every city,
village and hamlet in the United
States, and has covered 45l 200 miles.
lie has spent in actual cash only
$3.50 for travelling. Since January l
he has travelled $500 miles at a cost
of 2G cents.
Unlike the ordinary tramp, "A No.
/" does not beg. lie gets living
carving images and heads on Irish
potatoes. He carries number OF
life insurance policies. A considera.
BILE fortune he never touches. lie
does not use tobacco or liquor lie
has wllled his property to a trust
fund 40 foundation for prizes to be
competed for by public school stu.
dents in his naive city He has also
purchased a cemetery lot there.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM

rare and costly Celestial dishes were
served.
The banquet cost the happy IA
ther $i,S0O. During the evening quite
a number of prominent members O..
the San Francisco clearing house
called at the restaurant TO offer their
fluctuations TO him. The hair-cutting
ceremony, which was observed with
picturesque rites, symbolizes that
Fong Hooks heir is now a factor in
the family, The guests brought pres
ents for the little son worth thou.
sands Of dollars.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
Now lis the ORANGE Cure.

Young women are this spring devot-
ing themselves to the orange care.
II consists in taking the juice OF two
oranges three times a day before
meals, or after, If It is preferred. Or
anges are said to be particularly
healthful in the spring. and to give
he person who adheres to the regimen
n beautiful complexion, better even
than that which is supposed to be OBJ.
tanned by eating one raw carrot daily.
1t surely is a much more desirable
remedy.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
FIND EVERYTHING BUT MEAT.

fat with scattered peices OF skin.
glands. hair and little muscular It's
sue"
OF deviled chicken from one firm.
advertised as selected chickens. finest
quality" the chemist says the diges-
tion test showed IL per cent. of In
soluble residue
One sample Of veal loaf had boron
preservative and consisted chiefly Of
cereal and fatty and fbrous tissues
with few muscle fibers.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
War on Moving Pictures.

Berlin,-The police of Berlin are
making war against cinematograph
exhibits nom medical standpoint. as
they are Injurious TO the eyes, 1t is
declared the restless movement of the
films Is harmful, particularly to the
eyes OF Children. There are 20C
cinematograph thoaters in Berlin and
suburbs.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
EXTINCT BIRD FOUND
SKELETON OF cAHAW is LocAT
ED IN DEEP CAVE.
Bermuda Man Makes DiseoVery--Has
Beak Similar To a Hawk-Will
BE Sent to Smithsonian
Institute.

Now York.-Louis l.. Mawbray,
curator OF the Bermuda Museum of
Natural History. recently visited the
Smithsonian institution. In Washing
ton. for the purpose of exhibiting to
the experts there several skeletons of
an extinct bird. which he had the
good fortune to find in n recently dis
covered cave in Bermuda.
This bird. that has failed to get a
place In the who's Who" OF feath
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09
After the ColIialon.

He-I beg your pardon. Did ILurt
your head?
She (arranging her hair)-No. only
my rat.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
PINE TREE BREAD.
kAMscHATKANs USE THE INNER
BARK OF PINE TREES.
Maeerate II in Water and Bake Good,
Wholesome 5read-The Pine
Keeps the Blood Pure and
The Body Healthy.

In Kamschatka the people live in
earth-covered pits. Mr.. KEENAN, com.
pares the sound OF their language to
that Of water running out of narrow.
mouth jug. Their bread is made from
the inner bark of the Pine Tree, mace
rated In water and baked without -four.
They are hardy race. the Pine keep.
ing the blood pure and the various or.
gans of the body in healthy condi-
ton Consumption is unknown among
them.
A noted specialist in throat and lung
trouble, who established camp for
consumptives in the Pine Woods of
Maine, and whose remarkable cures
there have attracted great attention
from the medical world, says that one
half ounce of the Pure Virgin Oil OF
Pine, mixed with two ounces of ely,
cerine and one-half pint of good Wits
ky and used in teaspoonful doses, will
heal and strengthen the lungs, break
up cold in twenty.four hours, and
cure any cough that is durable The
ingredients can be secured from any
prescription druggist at small cost
Inquiry at the prescription depart.
ment Of a leading local druggist elicit.
ed the information that the Pure Vir.
gin Oil Of Pine is put up only in half.
ounce walls for dispensing. Each vial
is securely sealed in round wooden
case. with engraved wrapper, showing
the name-Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure)
guaranteed under the Food and Drug
act, June 30, 1906. Prepared only by
the Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, o.
plainly printed thereon. There are
many rank limitations of Virgin Oil
of Pine (Pure), which are being put
out under various names, such as Con.
centrated Oil Of Pine, Pine Balsam,
ETC. Never accept these as a substf
tute for the Pure Virgin Oil of Pine, as
they will invariably produce nausea
and never effect the desired results.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
HOMEMADE cATARRH CURE.
Sufferers Should Make This Up and
Try 1t Anyway.

Any one can mix right at home the
best remedy of it's kind known. The
name Cyclone IS given to the fol-
lowing prescription, it is supposed, be-
cause of it's promptness in driving
from the blood and system every YES
tige of catarrhal poison, relieving this
foul and dread disease, no matter
where located. To prepare the mix
ture: Get from any good pharmacy
one half-ounce Fluid Extract Dande-
lion, one ounce Compound Kargon and
three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla. Shake well and use In tea
spoonful doses after each meal and at
bedtime.
This is harmless, inexpensive mix.
ture, which has a peculiar action upon
the eliminative tissues of the Kidneys,
assisting them to filter and strain
from the blood and system all ca
tarrhal poisons, which, II not eradi.
Gated, are absorbed by the mucous
membrane, and an open sore or ca
tarrh is the result.
Prepare some and try it, as 1t Is the
prescription of an eminent catarrh
specialist of national reputation.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
COLLISION Of
| TWO STEAMERS
eGOeS Down and Fourteen
s0Fs, Including Captain,
arc Drowned.
The Vessel Which Escaped Serious In.
jury Drifted AwaV Without offer.
Ing Assistance to the oeeu-
pants Of the Steamer She
Had Sunk.

Cardift.-The British steamer He'll
opolis collided Saturday at midnight
with the British steamer Orlando, out
ward bound from Penarth.
The Orlando sank and fourteen per.
cons, including her captain, we're
drowned.
The night was clear, but there was a
gale blowing and heavy sea running,
The Orlando, which was coalladen for
Spezzia, was struck between the en-.
CINE room and the stoke hole and was
so badly damaged that she began i'm
mediately to fill and heeled over, sink
ing in half an hour.
The Heliopolis drifted away without
rendering any assistance.
The captain mustered all the ORR
anda's nineteen men on deck. Each
was given a life-belt and jumped into
the sea. Six of them reached water
logged lifeboat the only boat 1t was
pOSslDic W lhuHCu, luS OlllCl hnflh6
been smashed at the time of the col
lision, and all of them, with the ex-
ception of one who died from exhaus.
ton, were rescued by pilot boat,
after suffering greatly from exposure.
The Heliopolis had been chartered
to convey 1000 Spanish emigrants to
Honolulu. In letter to Lloyd's Ship
ping Gazette the ship brokers said
they had arranged the charter In be-
half of the American government, but
it was stated elsewhere that the Span.
iards had been engaged by Hawaiian
sugar interests to replace Japanese
laborers. The Heliopolis was at Bar
ry, Wales, Saturday and was to pro-
coed thence to Malaga for the immi-
grants.
The Orlando was built in 1879 at
Liverpool. She was of 1900 tons dis
placement and belonged to the ORR
entail Steamship company of Liver.
pool.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
BABY TORTURED BY ITCHING.
Rash Covered Face and Feet-Would
Cry Until Tired out-speeoy
Cure by Cutieura.

my baby was about nine months
old when she had rash on her face
and feet Her feet seemed to irritate
her most, especially nights. They
would cause her to be broken in her
rest, and sometimes she would cry
until she was tired out l had always
used Cuticura Soap myself, and had
heard of so many cures by the Cuti'
cura Remedies that / thought l would
give them a trial. The improvement
was noticeable in a few hours, and
before l had used one box OF the Gu
ticura Ointment her feet were we'll
and have never troubled her since. !
also used 1t to remove what is known
as cradle cap" from her head. and
it worked like a charm, as it
cleansed and healed the scalp at the
same time. Now l keep Cuticurs
Ointment on hand in case of any
little rash or insect bites, as it takes
out the Inflammation at once. Per.
haps this may be the means Of help.
ing other suffering babies. Mrs. Hat
tie Currier, Thomaston, Me-, June 3
1906"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT
POWER OF EXCLUSION
The Administration Plan for the Set
Element Of the Japanese Problem
Passes the Senate.

Washington. The administration
plan to settle the Acknowledgements
situation was approved in the senate
Saturday by the adoption Of the SEN
ate committee report on the immigra.
ton bill This report contains pro
vision which authorizes the president
to exclude Japanese laborers from the
United States at his discretion.
The report will now go to the house
for its approval, which, it has been
stated, is assured
The entire day was devoted to de
bate on the report The opposition
presented as an alternative plan a
resolution instructing the conferees
to bring in a provision positively pro
hlbIting the entrance of Japanese la
borers. It was declared not in order,
and, on motion of Mr.. Lodge, an ap.
peal from the ruling was defeated, 4h
to "a, being practically a party vote
The conference report was then adopt
ed without roll call.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
MAKE A FETISH OF SOLDIERS.
Rabbi Gives Reasons Why Women
Should Be Allowed to Vote.

Shoulu BE Allowed TO Notcs
Chicago.-Rabbi Emil G. Herself,
addressing an audience at mass
meeting under the auspices of the Ma.
tional American Women's Suffrage as
ISOLATION on Sunday, scored the ten.
dency which he declared prevails, both
In this country and abroad, to make a
fetish OF the soldiers and glorify
agents designed for the destruction OF
human beings.
The military idea," he asserted,
which among the earliest civilized ma
tons caused war gods and the war.
riors to be so absorbingly worshipped
that female children, because OF the
unfitness of the sex for war service,
were destroyed at birth, is the reason
why today man has not granted and
refuses to grant to woman the right
to vote in matters of public policy"
His conception of the ideal govern
ment, he said, was one founded on
the home, in which the mother and
other women were endowed with the
right to vote at the ballot box on all
questions pertaining to the govern
ment of that home and its children,
as well as on the larger questions.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
THE PRESIDENT GAINS
PARTIAL VICTORY ONLY
Public Lands Committee Does Not
Agree With His Position on
Coal Lands Question.

Washington.--A bill conforming In
1 measure to President Roosevelt's
recommendation for the leasing OF coal
lands by the government rather than
for their sale was decided upon Friday
by the house committee on public
lands.
On Wednesday the committee re-
ported a bill which was widely at vart-
ance with the suggestions made In the
presidents message on coal lands sent
to congress the same day. The COM
mittee was unaware of the message
until after it had reported the bill, and
Representative Lacey, the chairman,
suggested a reconsideration.
The committee on Friday added
leasing clause to the bill, but no
agreement could be reached on such a
general leasing plan as the president
desires. The bill as amended author
lies the president to lease any coal
lands with a royalty of not more than
2 cents a ton and provides that the
lands may be withdrawn from entry
after they are leased, but not before.
The amount to be leased to any ONE
person is limited to 1850 acres.
President Roosevelt wanted all coag
land withdrawn from entry at once
regardless of whether 1t be leased or
| not. but the general withdrawal Isl
strongly opposed by western members,
who are not willing to have any more
| land go into government reserves.