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Sorrows of the Diner Out.
From Macmillan's Magazine.


What chance has the diner out of being
completely happy? Can you keep up your
spirits when you see a man putting tab
loid into his whisky and soda water and you
days cure? And, these horrible things
apart, the mere actions of eating and drink
ing are neither pretty nor conducive to
showing people at their best. 1t is really a
most uncouth sight to see a man or a wom-
an stocking food; the necessity of being po-
lite at the same time makes 1t uncomforta-
BILE as we'll No sooner have you got into
conversation with a pleasant woman than
the soup in your mustache stops all inspira-
ton She despises you for your play with
your napkin, and your mustache is out of
shape And who can feel that the evening Is
going to be what he hoped when he realizes
that his shirt front is smirched with some
relic Of the meal?
Indeed dinner parties are really strug-
gle between eating and talking, struggle
which does not always end. as do most
things in the survival of the fttest. AS one
can't speak with ones mouth full, and first
hunger must be appeased, conversation and
eating go on rather as game, the one per-
SON whipping up some food while the other
is speaking, and then in his turn speaking
In order to enable his partner to get some
nourishment. To talk or to eat might be a
sensible question at the beginning of dinner.
hut il is not one likely to be asked; one Is
seldom sure which is least worth sacrificing.
the food or the conversation. How much
simpler ii would be If we fed apart and in
dulged in conversation afterward.
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They mounted to the roof and forcing an
entrance through it Observation-Disclosures
Pace!
But they did not recognize in the haggard,
feeble, prematurely old man the stalwart
farmer who had disappeared eight years
before under such sensational circum-
stances Pace, however, supposing they had
come expressly to arrest him, exclaimed:
well, you have got me, but have served
eight years Of my sentence, anyhow.
On being Intercepted by the local magis-
trate he told an extraordinary story, which
subsequent investigation fully confirmed.
After he had been sentenced and lodged In
Jail he began to reflect on the long term of
Imprisonment that lay before him. Like all
Italians he had a great horror of its penal
institutions. He had no desire to cheat the
law by evading his sentence, his own sense
of justice demanded that expiation Of his
crime but he resolved that he would serve
1t in his own way. He reasoned that it
could make no difference to the authorities
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rail and struck Marco over the head with
1t, killing him almost instantly.
PAGES mad rage instantly gave way to
uncomfortable grief and remorse. He asked
that the police be sent for at once and that
he be given up to Justice. AT his trial he
rejected all the pleas of extenuating circum-
stances which his counsel advanced in his
behalf. He declared that he was muir
derer- and besought the judge and jury to
make his sentence as heavy they could.
There is no excuse for me-" he ex-
claimed. Il have broken Gods law; have
taken human life and Divine justice de-
mands that I should be punished for it,
More merciful than Pace himself. the jury
brought in a verdict of manslaughter, and
he was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment
Pace was taken to a local Jail to await
transportation TO one of the state prisons.
Because he had so readily submitted him
self to the disposition of the law, and had
openly courted It's most stringent penalty,
no one dreamed that he would attempt to
escape, and he was somewhat carelessly
guarded. He was lodged in a cell on the
ground floor with large grated window
overlooking the street. When one Of the
keepers unlocked the cell door the next
morning Pace was missing. The loosely
fitted bars over the window had been
wrenched from their fastenings great
hue and cry was raised, and the country
| round about was secured, but no trace Of
him was found.
After few months had gone by and he
still eluded detection, 1t was generally con-
cluded that he had fed to that haven Of
refuge for Italian malefactors, America.
Popular feeling In Italy is always on the
| side of the man who outwits the law PAGES
| neighbors conceived a greater admiration
| for him than they previously had felt. They
| had rated him as an honest man, but
rather dull one. He had, they thought.
proved himself really a smart fellow and
| clever actor. for, of course, 1t was assumed
| that his show Of grief and remorse, his re-
| fusal TO admit that there were any extern
| uating circumstances, his calm acquiescence
| in the sentence imposed on him, were all
] put on to deceive the custodians of the law
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labors, and then, according to the story he
told in the village afterward, he heard
strange groans and weird mutterings COM
ing from somewhere under the roof. That
sufficed to confirm the previous suspicious
that there were ghosts in the place.
One day, when Fosco had gone off to the
village, a lad, more daring than honest, de-
cided to take advantage of his absence to
see if he could not discover where the sup
posed mser hid his gold. He managed to
gain an entrance by forcing a window. He
searched the ground floor, but could dis
cover no signs Of any place Of concealment
where wealth was likely to be hidden.
There were no holes in the walls no loose
boards, no secret panels. He mounted to
the floors above, but in the upper rooms his
Above the top floor was an attic with a
trap door. A ladder in corner of the room
furnished the means Of obtaining access to
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After escaping from the prison he made
his way to the house of a friend who con-
cealed him until the hue and cry was over
Meanwhile he had seen the faithful Fosco
who agreed to take over the farm and keep
secret his masters presence in the house.
While Pace was still in hiding with his
friend, Fosco. carrying out his directions,
constructed in the attic cell of the ordi-
nary prison size, and one night, after all
search for him had been abandoned. Pace
returned to his house and betook himself to
the cell that had been prepared for him.
From that moment until discovery by the
carbineers, he declared, he never left it, and
Fosco's statement bears him out. He held
no communication with anybody except
Fosco, and that only through the trap door.
His only bedding was pallet OF straw. He
issued strict orders to Fosco that the only
food served him should be bread and water,
and to that diet he rigidly adhered, despite
| the protests of his old servitor that he was
! treating himself worse than he would be
! treated in any Jail in Europe. Il have my
| own conscience to satisfy, well as the
law" was PAGES ipvariable answer to these
pleadings.
Without artificial warmth, he suffered in
| tensely from the cold of winter and hardly
i less from the heat of summer. for his cell,
| being right under the roof became minia-
| ture oven under the rays Of the fierce Ital-
| ian sun. But he would show himself no
| mercy.
| II have punished myself worse than the
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STRANGE STORY OF
SELF IMPRISONMENT

ultimately cost Marco his life and Pace
eight years confinement in a living tomb,
which the law refuses to recognize as fur
nishlng any ground for mitigating his SEN
tence.
One day Marco ill-treated some of the
farm stock and when taken to task by
Pace replied nsolently that he knew lot
more how cattle should be dealt with than
did Pace, and that If Pace wanted another
lesson he would soon show him that he was
the better man of the two.
In a fit of blind fury Pace seized a fence
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inflicted punishment counts for nothing and
that he will have to serve the whole of the
ten years sentence originally passed upon
him.
Seldom do the romances of fiction yield
stranger story than that OF Raimondo
PAGES attempt 10 eXpiate his ofHense by
constituting himself his own jailer imagin-
Ing that thereby he would satisfy the re-
OuiTe meuts Of the law and that when his
time was up he would be free 10 take his
place unmolested among his fellowmen.
Had he chosen, he could easily have made
his way to some other country and started
life afreSh with small chance of ever being
reCaptured; but his conscience would not
permit him to shlrk the punishment he be-
lieved he had Justly incurred.
Pace was forty-1ve years old at the time
ne committed the deed which brought about
his trial for murder. He owned large
farm at Foggia. In the south OF Italy and
according to the modest Italian standard
was accounted well-to-do. He lived in a
comfortable house and employed several
hands. He a supplemented, thrifty,
industrious fellow, genuinely devout and
held In high esteem by all his neighbors.
His besetting sin was violent temper
which he strove in vain to control. 1t was
generally understood that IL was on this
account he had never married brotherhood
being one of the penalties which he inn
posed upon himself because OF his inability
to repress his outbursts of rage.
Among the men who worked for him was
Emanuel Marco, a big, surly, morose, Ill
favored fellow, who took great delight in
provoking his masters too easily aroused
wrath. The other hands, who were devoted
TO Pace because, despite his hot temper. he
was an indulgent employer. frequently
warned Marco, as was brought out in the
evidence at the trial, that he would go too
far some day and Pace would do him a
serious injury.
Il would like to see him strike me-" he
was wont to reply on these occasions. 81
am a match for him any other man.
Anyhow, l would like chance to get the
law on him. Then 1 should be even with
him."
Even with him for what?" he was once
asked.
Just because / hate him."
But what do you hate him for?'
oh just because he is he and / am l."
And this unreasoning hatred II was which
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Coryrieht In the United States and Great Britain
10y Curtis Brown. All rights reserved)
ROME January 3, 1907.
A FTER spending eight years in vol
~ untary confinement. immured in
"A cell of his own construction, and
Z "a. undergoing greater hardships and
privations than he would have had
TO endure had he submitted to re term of
Imprisonment imposed on him for man
slaughter an Italian who was legally an
escaped convict has again fallen into the
hands Of the law to discover that his self
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Paris Cabby's Russ.

From lie Figaro
Paris cab drivers are in the habit Of
causing their taximetre to register the
waiting tariff every time their progress
is blocked by traffic or any other impede
ment In this way the traffic obstruction
which makes Paris insupportable, is to
them a nice little source of profit All is
Rrist that comes. penny by penny, to their
mill.
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The Reason.

From Puck
Little Willie-"Papa, why is 1t that all
our coins have a womans head stamped on
them?"
MI. ck-"well-er-ah!-my son.
money talks"
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1t. It was there, perhaps, thought the pred
atory youth, that the miser had hidden his
horde Perhaps, too, the ghosts, of whom,
SO far, he had discovered no signs, had their
abiding place there. There followed
struggle between cupidity and superstitous
fear, and cupidity won. The boy adjusted
the ladder and stealthily mounted it. When
near the top 1t shifted little and In so do
ing made some noise. rs that you, Fa-
biano? exclaimed voice from somewhere
in the attic, in weak. hollow tones.
With yell Of terror the boy dropped from
the ladder to the floor, spraining his arm;
but that did not prevent him from fleeing
from the house at top speed Not for all
the gold of all the misers in the world
would he have attempted to enter that attic.
He was certain that the words he had heard
had been uttered by ghost. And the vii
layers to whom he told the story of his ad-
venture-omitting. Of course, all reference to
his purpose in exploring the house-declared
| that Fosco had spirit in the place to
guard his gold.
| The story got to the ears Of the police,
| who were somewhat less credulous. Putting
| this and that together they fell to speculat-
| ing as to the cause Of Fosco's hermit-like
life, and, dismissing the ghost theory, came
| to the conclusion that he really had some
| body concealed in the house and that in all
probability he was harboring some lunatic
/ for the sake Of the money he got for it, for
| In Italy there is a strong prejudice against
madhouses and people will go to any length
| to avoid sending their demented relations to
l them.
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and obtain the conditions that would render
his escape easy of accomplishment

and OBTAIN the conditions mat WOuIu renuer
his escape easy of accomplishment.
Fabiano Fosco an old servitor of PAGES,
took over the farm. He dismissed all the
hands and worked the place himself, living
alone in the house. His disposition under
went a singular chance. AS PAGES employe
he had been socable old chap, fond of a
pipe. a glass and a convivial gossip. But
as his own master he lost all of his genial
ity spoke to no one unless necessary and
lived as much as possible the life of recluse
permitting no one to cross the threshold Of
the house. AS the years went by it began
to be rumored that old Fosco had become a
miser an opinion which gained strength
from his solitary and penurious habits. The
house shared in the evil reputation of its
owner. The superstitious peasantry af-
firmed that it was haunted, and that Fosco
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was in league with the evil spirits to whom
he had sold his soul for gold.
One day a mason was engaged by Fosco
to make some repairs on the roof, which
leaked badly He was not allowed to enter
the house Fosco told him that all the work
he wanted done could be done from the out
side. After mounting to the roof he sat
down to smoke pipe before beginning his
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One morning after he had MIXED the cows
Fosco, on returning to the house. found 1t
surrounded by carbineers. What do you
want?" he shouted. Don't go in there.
forbid you to enter the house"
His protests only strengthened the suspi-
cions Of the minions of the law that some
thing was wrong within. They placed a
guard over Fosco and half a dozen men en-
tered the house. When they arrived at the
room under the attic the ladder was gone
and the trap door In the ceiling was closed.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06
Successful Bidders
Kiowa Indian Agency,

Kiowa Indian Agency,
Anadarko, Okla, Mar. 4 1907,
Result of opening bids March
4, 1907 for sale Of Inherited Ind.
ian lands:
SEA of Sec. s, TIP. 3N., r. II "
j. Robert Gillian of Lawton,
Okla, offered S1313.
Thos. j. Sheppard, Lawton,
Okla, offered $500.
Result:-All bids rejected be-
low the appraisement.
SW}4 of Sec. 10, Up. 2N., r. IA W
Miss Mary Lickhpuse, India
homa, Okla, offered S3,009.80.
j. A. Nixon of Indiahona,
Okla, offered SO, ,101.
j. w. Swope of Nelson, Mo-,
offered S515.
b. V. Loosemore of Temple,
Okla, offered 81, ,645.75.
Result: Mr.. Nixon's bid ac-
cepted, Others rejected.
NEA of Sec ri, Up. 3N., r. f6W
Mrs. l.. F. Woodward, Mt
Park. Okla, offered S2.500.05.
Roy F. Trader, Mt, Park, Okla
offered 1920.
II. NJ. Woody, Mt. Park, Okla
offered 81, 1920.
j. NJ. Otwell, of Snyder, Okla.
50, ,2O8.0O.
Result:-All bids rejected be-
low the appraisement.
SW]4 of sec, 2, Tp., 1 N. ,R. 10 W
B. V, Loosemore, Temple, o.
T., offered 1891.
Jos. w. Gay of Lawton, Okla,
offered 81, 1851
B. E. Dillon Of Indiahoma,
Okla. offered ST, ,204.
Result: Mr.. Gays bid accept
ed, other rejected.
SEA of Sec. 21, tp., 8 NJ, R,12 W
Chale- tsin, the heir, withdrew
this land from sale on March 2,
1907.
All bids thereon were therefore
rejected at above opening.
Highest offer received was
81, ,606.
j. P. BLACKMoN,
U. S. Indian Agent
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06
Farmer Thrown From
Horse is Killed

Chickasha, Mar. 5,-Tom Glib
son, young ranohman and farm
er who has been working on the
Dave Hill ranch 10 miles east of
here, was found unconscious on
the road four miles east Of here
yesterday morning. He had
evidently been thrown from his
horse the night before. He never
regained consciousness and died
yesterday afternoon. He left his
home to go to Chickasha Satur-
day night. His family never saw
him again until he was found
lying in the road.
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r. B. Shell returned last night
from Apache.
Dyke Ballinger has returned
home from Mangum where he
has been attending court.
Luther Turner came in last
night from Chickasha, where he
has been working for some time.
You can buy 3 Q flour for the
price of common flour. Sold
only by Skaggs Bros. 28tf
Geo. Snitzius and wife left this
evening for different points in
New Mexico on a prospecting
trip.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06

The greatest satisfaction ia
always obtained from the best Of
anything. This is particularly
true of laundry work. II you
appreciate the truth of these
statements you will most certainly
send your washing to the Ana
darko Steam Laundry. Phone
No. 90. % ii
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06

WANTED-Two apprenh e
girls to work at Mrs. Linder's
Millinery Store. 35ti
FOR SALE-A good second
hand Fire Proof Safe at F. j,
Callahan's Hardware Store. Bot
The ladies social union and the
missionary society of the Presby-
terian church will meet with Mrs
Teis on Wednesday afternoon,
March 9th, 1907.
MRS. CHANDLER, Pres.
MRS. CLEVELAND, Sec.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06
Notice

In the matter Of the estate of
Samuel Kaufman deceased, b
Weitzenhoffer as the administra-
tor of Samuel Kaufman deceased,
having on the 4th day of March,
1907, rendered of settlement and
filed in this court his final account
and report of his administration
as such administrator.
1t is therefore hereby ordered
by the court, that Thursday, the
4th day of April, 1907, at the
hour of 8 o'clock a. m Of said
day, that being a day of the reg
ular March term, 1907, OF said
court, be and the same is hereby
appointed for the settlement
thereof, at the Probate Court
Room in Anadarko, in said
county, when and where any
person interested in said estate
may appear and file his excep.
tions in writing to the account
and contest the same.
Witness my hand and seal this
the 4th day of March, 1907.
G.. b. PHELPS,
Probate Judge.
First pub. Mar. Z. last Mar %.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06
DEFENDS
OKLAHOMA
And the Constitution Makers in
a Letter to Washington
Post.

In the aSnlnBtOn 1OsJ Oh
Saturday, Feb. %, Hon. Robt.
Owen, writes as follows:
Editor Post; The constitution
al convention of Oklahoma con-
sists of 1l2 delegates. They are
we'll educated conscientious men,
many learned in the law, and all
of them we'll informed as to the
rights, interests and desires of
their people. They will present
to the United States a constitu-
ton of which the nation will be
proud. They have before them
every constitution of every state
in the union, with comparative
annotations, and are as-lduously
studying them with a view to
making a perfect organic law.
They have established prohibit.
ton as a part of the organic law,
and ever since u cry has gone
abroad Eve believe inspired by
the liquor interests) denouncing
the "imcompetency" Of the con-
vention, charging the convention
with being opposed to the rights
of property"
The convention has done no
single act that can be justly
criticised, and am satisfied will
make no mistake On behalf of
the people of oklahoma l pray
that adverse criticism be with
held until the constitution is ac-
tually written.
The state of Oklahoma has
nearly 100000 native born
Americans, patriotic, Christian
industrious, intelligent and high
ly educaetd people, represent
ing the best families of the Unit
ed States, from Maine to Cali
forLia. Their representatives in
convention have been most IN
dustriously engaged for about
seventy five days in framing an
organic law, welding two terri
tories with different statute laws
and different ideals, and very in
volved conditions. 1t took New
York ten months to amend her
constitution but it will only take
Oklahoma three months to con-
struct hers from the ground.
The proposed state of Okla
homa has no treasury, no organi-
zatiOn, no means of supply ing
the funds required for the eX-
pense of the election to ratify the
constitution. The United States
made an appropriation of 500, 600
of which the federal officials used
So, 900 in the election of delegat-
es to the convention. The ex-
pense of the convention was S4S,
600, leaving nothing for tine
ratification of the constitution.
There are about 1000 voting
precincts in Oklahom. The sum
OF Sl35, $40 is needed TO com.
plete the work of admitting the
new state.
This congress appropriates
100000, 600 for two new war ships
and will expend nearly a billion
at this session, of which the
people of Oklahoma contribute
about one-fifteenth in taxes, yet
we ere told that the pittance re-
quired to admit the new state will
be denied. Oklahoma will not
believe it until it really happens.
ROBERT OWEN.
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WANTED-By Stephens n
Browne Lbr Co. at Anadarko,
Okla, both Oak and Cedar fence
posts. Will pay seven to ten
cents for oak and ten to fifteen
cents for cedar. Good posts OF
fair size wanted. IL st W
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06
Work Harness

Buy your work harness now
while you have plenty of time
make careful selection. In
order to get good results, make
that selection at Scott & Sons
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WOMAN.

When a woman is seven years old
she is satisfied with a doll.
When she is II a new fur boa will
do the business.
When she is 81 she wants a man.
and after that she doesn't understand
why she cannot have everything she
sees!
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06
Three Apprentices A
Wanted

In our Millinery Department.
Apply to Mrs, Kerby in the Mil
lidery Department. The Fair
Department Store. 33 If
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Notice of Deeds

Notice is hereby given that l,
G. W. Gould OF Los Angeles,
Cal, did on the Dist day of Nov
ember, 1904, purchase lots CD to
thirty four (3D, inclusive in block
seventy one (7D, also lots one
CD to twenty four (24) inclusive
in block seventy two (72) in the
town of Hydro, Oklahoma Terri +.
tory, according to the recorded
plat and survey thereof for the
taxes of the year 1908. Now un-
less redemption is made within
sixty days from the first publica
ton of this notice | will demand
deed to said lots.
G. w. GOULD
First pub. Mar. 7, last May 16
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06

FOR SALE or Exchange for a
horse-One bathroom outfit COM
prising enamel bath tub. with
roll rim, hot water heater, low
down closet. and lavatory,-all
bran new. Apply to Democrat
office. 33 ct
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06

Full line of lumberger, brick
and full Cream cheese at jeff
Ford's, at attractive. prices. See
him today. III If
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06

Just in at jeff Ford's Silver
Side White fish, smoked halibut,
rolled aud keg herrings, and ell
kinds of fish for the Lenten seas
on. Olives in bulk. The only
place in town where you can buy
them. IL If
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-06

Try sack of b Q flour and be
convinced. Every sack guaran-
sed at SKAGGs BROS, 2Stf