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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
To Remove Ink Stains.

To remove ink stains from your
carpet melt mutton tallow and coat
all over the ink stain unless the carpet
is light weight, then dip into the hot
tallow. After this wash the article
In warm water and all traces of ink
will be gone. II shadow remains,
place blotting paper over it end press
with hot fiatiron.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
Rnadv.Made Eall Suits.

The American manufacturers are al
ready turning cut the new tailor
suits for autumn at comparatively
small prices. Blue. black and green
are the favorite colors.
Soft cloths are used The skirts
are circular and short. The coats are
nearly to the knees, slnge-breasted
and cut away from the waist line.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
Jabots on Nlaht Gowns.

The dainty night gowns are now
made with wide Dutch collars and fino
embroidery, scalloped and edged
with lace. Down the front from collar
to waist is a four-inch jabot of Lace
and embroidery.
Here and there are put nccks OF
colored ribbon.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
Chestnut DRESSING,

This is a good and novel filling for
fowls; 1t is sometimes served as an
entree. Roast and mash the nuts, sea.
so9 well; take a few small sausages,
cut in dice. mix with bread crumbs,
m slted butter and seasoning. then add
TIE chestnuts. Some prefer the nuts
left whole.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
That Sticky FIy-Paper.

IT, by accident, it adheres to any
body's coat or trousers-to the cane
seat-to anything. use benzine freely.
It will instantly clean away the sticky
substance.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
Arabian Lace for Beds.

Entire bed sets are now made of
heavy ecru Arabian lace. These are
lined with china silk In faint colors.
They are laid over the bed and extend
nearly to the floor. There is an OBJ
long piece for the pillows.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
For Rahv.

The little single-piece kimonos made
OF flannel or cashmere are not new.
but one mother has made some OF
linen for baby to slip on in the sum
mer. They are both useful and at
tractive looking.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

ANY dainty-colored lawn would make
up this pretty blouse. We have chos-
en- pale blue for our model. The yoke.
which continues to the waist back and
front, is of very fine muslin embrold.
cry edged with narrow frill OF Val
enciennes lace. The material is
tucked in narrow tueks at The top,
aud set TO yoke. II has simple pulled
sleeve, which is gathered into a cum
OF the embroidery at the elbow.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
Erult IInside nnun-

The best way to insure fruit against
spelling is to fill the cans when boil.
ing hot, and then, after fastening the
lid. turn them upside down and let
stand until perfectly cold.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

Wun Lung-No wait; alice samee
last week; wait-wait.
He turns away with the bundle of
washing. Mrs. b. stops him-calls
within-"Henry, come here, please;
pay this unspeakable his bill and get
rid of him."
Mr.. b. obeys. Exit Wun Lung, a
triumphant swing to his shirt.
Mrs. b. follows Henry TO the front
door and stands pouting while he dons
his coat.
Mrs. B.-Mercy, Henry, why are you
SO grouchy? All because of that un-
fortunate 80 cents?
Henry-lt isn't the 35 cents; it's
the principle of the thing. Mary, you
promised TO manage the house on
your allowance, and If you cant do 1t,
say so, and have done. I'm sick of
this coming to me for quarter here,
and a dime there. It's bad business; !;
it annoys me, and It degrades you. II
your allowance isn't enough, you must
have more; but, whatever it is, you
must make IL do.
Exit Mr.. Bridungrum. Collapse of
Mary
The moral for Mary (and all house.
wives) is to keep a Foolish Fund.
The money had probably gone for
treats, for auto rides, for lunch with
friends-all of which Mary had a right
10 do. and Henry doubtless would not
object. But the money for these
things should never come out OF the
running expense account. Every wo.
man should decide upon what she can
afford for a Foolish Fund" and then,
be It much or little, she can spend 1t
with a good conscience.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

Stewed prunes to the right of them;
Cold beans to left of them;
Small plates in front-in them
Divers and sundry.
Theirs not 10 see the fly:
Theirs not to reason why;
Theirs but to eat that pie;
Wretched Six Hungry.
When will those boarders learn?
Why matrimony spurn?
All the world wonders.
Why choose the boarder's life?
Why not have home and wife?
Foolish Six Hungry!
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

The smoke still fingered over the
smoldering chimneys of Richmond
when Judy. ignorant of the interstate
episode in her mistress love affairs.
entered one morning to announce a
visitor.
"Gemmen in de parior, Mis- Liz.
beth, an clar TO goodness, you'll hev'
to 'scuse me, but he mos sholy do
look powerful like one o. dem Yankees
whar cum in wild de union"
And after the end a. Appomattox.
when the guns were stacked for all
time by the tired hands of the starved
men who wept as they laid them aside.
Surgeon Vansittart and Elizabeth
But what need to go over the old
story? Patriotic fervor gave place to
cosmopolitan love-was II ever other.
wise? Cupid is blind, so gray and blue
are alike TO him. And ought we not
to dwell together in love and peace?'
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

War opened, hostile armies con
fronted each other between Richmond
and the Potomac: Mason and Dixon's
line was accentuated by fixed bayo-
nets and enforced by the booming
cannon; sword thrusts gave point to
geographical boundaries, while the
long roll of the drum warned off all
intruders.
Letters flew north from the blue
uniforms on the Potomac, and travelled
south from the gay coats at Manassas,
but never crossed, save by flag or
truce, the sharp wall made by picket
ed muskets. Terrible orders from
irascible old generals, who had out
grown romance and outlivcd senti-
ment, sternly directed all letters to be
read before passing under the white
folds of these same peaceful banners.
So every word was weighed and die
tionaries became the popular litera-
ture of the day to those that wrote TO
the other side" in order that a
phrase might be found capable of eX-
pressing everything to some particu-
lar person, but betraying nothing to
the observation-disclosures depart
ment No one must suspect that the
loving inquiries about Aunt James
neuralgia, or the intense anxiety con
cerning Uncle Johns rheumatism
meant an altogether different query to
those that wrote so guardedly. So
personals in the leading newspapers,
north and south, were resorted to,
and many line held bleeding heart,
while a single word often carried joy
to an entire household, or that most
awful OF all personals, initials and a
date, followed by the one word
killed" embodied too frequently the
history OF broken life. But no such
tragic announcements we're for Eliza
beth. A calm, dignihed, eminently
proper personal in the H
SCHUYLER hopes little sisters fever
is abating Grandpa sends love. Rich
mond E please copy.
was all. Back by rapid transit trav-
eled the answer the could almost see
the nervous fingers fly over the pa
peri:
ELIZABETH no better. Grandma
never liked blue. H please copy.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
THE DOCTORS ORDERS.

No coffee for father-for grandpa no
milk:
Graham bread, and not one ounce OF
meat
The baby has oat Cruel three times uay'
And hot biscuits nobody must ear.
Now. I'm fond OF pie and revel In PORK
And all nice, indigestible food;
But nobody caters to my appetite
And 1 never have anything good.
that"
Every meal the same. tiresome story
with the folks on diet is 1t any sur
prise
That our Kitchens n small Purgdory?
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

One dismal morning Mrs. Ponsonby
was sewing diligently on a soldiers s
haversack, one of an immense pile, in
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
THE SIX HUNGRY.

ALE a leg; half a leg:
half a leg"-only;
There. in the. boarding
house,
Sat the Six Hungry.
Flashed knives and forks
all bare.
Flashed as they turned in
air.
Sabr'ing the sincws there.
Charging that chicken,
while
The landlady won
dered.
Tasted the salt and
smoke.
Nainly tried not TO choke,
Bravely the breast-bone
hFntsa
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
A "FooLlsH FUND"

DOMESTIC tragedy in
One Act. Scene. the
kitchen; time, morn
ing. Characters, Mr..
and Mrs. Bridungrum
and a Chinese Laun-
dryman.
Mrs. B.-You want
the money for the
laundry? But I'm out
of change. (She looks
through her purse;
turns it inside out.)
Can't you wait for the
money until ext
week?
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12
|Zh9l.NLTFGEEEN
.22c5H&7ABHNET
THE MEAT AND THE MUSTARD.

n \ CERTAIN cafe on
the corner Of Main.
And one of the other
cross streets.
There Chanced 1ne fine
day "a portly old
chap,
OF the sort one quito
frequently meets.
lie sat near the window,
examined the card,
Then ordered "a table
d'hote dinner;
And under his breath he
was heard to re-
mark.
"I'll get more for my
money"-the sinner.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

The ragged pines of old Virginia
had hardly settled themselves firmly
in the soil of the confederacy to
which the secession of the old fosy
state had transplanted them, when. in
the shadows of an antiquatCd library
a young apostle of the new doctrine
wrote:
Confederate States OF America.
Richmond, Va, Apr. 20. 1861
Dr. Schuyler Vansttart.
My Dear Sir: You will observe that
without, believe me. tremor or the
stratning OF a single heart tcndon) have
changed my nationality and my country.
Instead OF the stars and stripes" the
stars and bars" float to the breeze lex
cuse extreme originality OF eNprcssion).
and our brand new ship OF state darcs.
alone, the storms Of war. You and may
never meet again-nothing would induce
me TO marry horrid Yankec-so try to
forget me. as the very remembrance OF
you is ignored. With three cheers for
Dixie, Yours i'm oblivion.
ELIZABETH PONSONBY.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-12

ELIZABETH no better. Grandma
never liked blue. H please copy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02

many poles in the business part Of town
were dismantled of open wires and
cross arms. The construction gang
will move to Lincolnton this week
where two miles of cable will be in
stalled All the wires and poles around
the court square will be removed, thus
greatly improving the appearance of
the central part of the town. Col.
r. d. Martin, CASTOR county statis-
tical correspondent Of the United States
department Of agriculture says: "The
farmers of this county are picking and
marketing their cotton crop rapidly.
It is now realized that the out-turn
will be very much less than was ex-
pected. There is a very good bottom
crop, all of which is fully matured,
and it will all be open and ready to
pick in a few days. No top crop will
be made in this county. The cotton
condition stands today at about 81 per
cent of a full crop. The heavy rains
Of the past month spread over the en-
tire COllOl pell anu he'o Ns'u"Su NSN
rioration August rainfall was IA
inches. An excessive wet spring de-
layed growth and interfered with prop
er cultivation, making the crop two
weeks late The wet weather Of August
was extreme, which caused the plant
to shed practically all the August
blooms, stop growth and what bolls
are left are all opening; many bolls
prematurely. The chances for a full
crop are obliterated by the excessive
rains"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02

THE FARMERS AND THE LAwS.-1f
the farmers had had their share in the
making of the laws in the last half
century there would be more equita-
BILE economic system in this country
The tariff question would have been
solved long ago, for the farmers, being
both producers and consumers, have a
very good point Of view-or should
have-on the subject. If they had a
controlling vote in the making of the
tariff it would be impossible for the
makers of agricultural implements, for
example, to exact Of them from 25 to
so per. cent more for implements than
these same manufacturers receive in
foreign countries 1t would be impos-
sible for a packing trust to force down
the prices of cattle and hogs, and at
the same time force up the prices of
meats. And what may be said Of the
farmers may be said of other produc-
ing and consuming classes. They all
need better representation in congress.
The lawyers, who have acquired the
habit of attorneyship by virtue of their
profession, have had too much to do
with the establishment Of economic
policies in this country, many of which
have been adopted with especial. refer
ence to limited but potential interests,
at the expense of the public at large
Kansas City Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02
GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, Sept. %: Congress
man Finley of Yorkvlle, S. c., was in
town this morning en- route to Rich
mOnd, An unknown burglar
made an unsuccessful attempt Sunday
night to enter the store Of Mr.. d. A
Matthews at Clover Holes We're bored
in the side door, the presumption being
that he intended to saw out an en-
trance. A similar attempt was made to
enter this store two months ago. There
is no clue to the guilty party .... Mr.
j. B. Pegram of YOrkville, who with
Mr.. w. B. Moore bought a controlling
interest in the Neely Yarn mill, located
at Yorkville. about two years ago. and
who with Mr. Moore was actively en-
gagged in the management Of the bus
mess, sold his interest to Mr.. Moore
about two weeks ago because Of i'm
paired health. .... Next Sabbath will
be the occasion of the fall communion
services at the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church. Preliminary SER
vices will begin Wednesday night and
will be held at $50 p. m. and 7.3O
p. IN. on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. Rev. ]. NJ. Bigham Of Hun
tersvile, will assist the pastor, Rev. Dr.
J. c. Galloway. in these services. .....
The Piedmont Telephone & Telegraph
company, has just completed installing
1900 feet of cable in the town Of Kings
Mountain. Junction boxes and light
ming arreSters were also installed and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02
Birds and Serpent,

Ed Neal and his sister, Miss Jessie
Neal Of Alma, tell a strange story and
vouch for the truth of it. They have
been spending the past month with
their father, Mr.. Younger Neal, at
their old home in the country near
Alma, and one day last week they
were out driving when they saw in
the road in front of them a large
snake of the kind known as coach
whip.
Stopping his horse in order to kill
the snake, they discovered that a
pair of mocking- birds were flying at
and striking the reptile with their
beaks first from one side Of the road
and then from the other. They
watched the battle, as they call 1t, for
something like a half hour, when the
snake entirely ceased to attempt to
avoid the angry onslaughts of the en-
ragged songsters.
Ed Neal got out of the buggy, and
going to the scene Of conflict found
that the snakes head was almost
severed from it's body. The neck just
back of the head was cut down to the
skin on it's throat and when he pick
ed it up the head fell down limp. The
snake was dead. 1t measured 53 feet,
and seemingly had just swallowed a
half grown rabbit, which was in the
stomach, undigested. = Forest and
Stream.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02
COTTON GAMBLING.
Methods Not Held In High Esteem BY
the Texans.

the exams.
Texas will resort to it's legislature
to break up the stock exchanges, es-
pecially those which quote cotton
prices"
This was the statement Of Anthony
G.. Buschell of Dallas, to Washington
Herald reporter Mr.. Buschell is a. cot
ton raiser and member Of the Far
mers' Union of the southwest.
when the legislature convenes in
January we will have a bill prepared
for passage, and it will be enacted into
law. This measure will prohibit the
transmission of Texas cotton figures to
New York and vice versa, The figures
quoted on the New York Exchange are
fraudulent, mythical and misleading.
They are compiled from doctored prices
sent from Texas, and in no sense of
the word do they reflect what is going
on in the cotton producing world
"Conservatively estimated, 1 believe
cause of these fictitious figures. We
contend that the New York figures,
which have a direct effect on the cot
ton growers in the south, are compiled
for the sole purpose Of promoting
gambling. 1t is on that ground that
we will stop them from being tele-
graphed into our state.
Cotton growers are just awakening
to the fact that the New York figures
are made up Of spun yarn, but the
awakening has been thorough, and this
planned legislation is the result"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02

HIS REvENGE.-The discourtesy OF
some postoffice lady clerks in London
is proverbial. Occasionally, however
the fair creature receives a Roland fol
an oliver.
An irascible stockbroker entered q
certain city office exactly at the hour
of closing and approaching the mon
ey order desk, politely requested the
presiding genius to issue him an order
for 4S shillings.
TOO late" said the damsel curtly
pointing with an ink stained finger tc
the clock The indignant broker storm
ed, raved and finally challenged the
correctness Of the timepiece. The i'm
perturbable lady smiled.
The following afternoon two minutes
before the closing hour the merchant
again presented himself and calmly
asked:
Am I too late?"
"Only just in time" replied the dam
sci GROSSLY.
Thank you. Now, miss, must
trouble you to issue me forty-eight or
ders for l shilling each.'
"F-f-forty- eight" gasped the horror
stricken woman. Her tea had just ar
rived and was standing on table be-
hind the screen. Surely you are jok-
ing?"
Madam" said the stockbroker rails
ing his hat politely, courtesy begets
courtesy."-London Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02
COSTLY BOIL WEEVIL.
Damages Stated to Reach the Total of
s1oo,OOO,oOo Yearly.


The boil weevil costs the United
States something like $1OO,OOO,O0O. an
nualy. His battlefield extends over a
third of the southern cotton lands, and
the finest minds of the department of
agriculture have not yet discovered a
way of extinguishing him wholesale.
But they haven't given up the fight, as
q source of experimental stations in
vii, a writer in Van Norden Magazine
says: when nature designed the Wee
vii she fitted him out with everything
needed for his line of industry even
to set Of cutting and boring tools
which would delight the machinist.
His body is armor- plated like a war
ship. encased with a hard, tough shell
which usually prevents poison from
harming him. His long legs not only
carry him rapidly over the ground,
when he doesn't care to stretch his
wings, but also are used to give him
firm grip when he is at work.
His head, however, is the mechani-
cal wonder. 1t is attached to the body
by a kind of ball-and- socket joint, as
the engineer would say, that allows 1t
to turn in half circle with ease. The
head terminates in long snout, on the
end OF which Is a regular combination
tool with which he can bore and cut
at the same time. 1t could not be bet
ter suited for this purpose, as the dain-
tiest dish to him Is the contents of the
bud which forms on the cotton stalk
and the boil, which later takes its
place. This bud, or square, is filled
with soft, juicy pith, the essence Of the
flower which springs from it, and
makes a cotton field in bloom such a
beautiful picture"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02
MISUNDERSTANDING MANIA.
Scientists Are Starting Scares That
Are Without Reason.

The hunting of the shark cannot be
compared to the hygienist's mad and
dashing pursuit Of streptobacteria, says
the Chicago Post. 1t is almost impos-
sible to keep pace with the professor in
search Of a microbe. He is tireless, and
of ingenuity all compact, but two of
his recent ambitious experiments have
turned out disappointingly. One is the
examination of the telephone mouth
piece for tubercle bacilli, and the 9TH
er the inoculation of guinea pigs with
the nectar distilled from dirty paper
money, in the attempt to find the bacil-
lus diphtheria or tubercle bacillus.
1t was in England that the telephone
scare was raised. The conclusion
reached by the investigation was that
ito keep a telephone clean must, from
esthetic as we'll as sanitary reasons, be
regarded as desirable" But there was
no alarmist testimony. A writer in the
Times was in fact, callous enough to
say that the inhalation Of the bacilli
Of tuberculosis from the transmitter of
the telephone under ordinary conditions
does not lead to Illness"
The investigation of soiled paper
money was conducted by Warren II.
Hilditch, of Yale university. He re-
ports that the number Of bacteria pres
ent on the twenty-one dirty bills he
collected ranged from $4,000 up to $685.
900, with an average Of the 21 Of 142,-
600. But all the guinea pigs inoculated
with the sediment obtained from the
bills showed very slight reaction, and
were none of them even temporarily Ill.
Whether or not there is some anti
septic action in the ink used for print
ing the bills, money constitutes an
important factor in the transmission of
disease" This does not apply merely
to that large class which lovingly holds
on to whatever bills it can obtain, but
also to the clerks and tellers who are
dedicated to Tantalus and spend their
lives lingering their employers money
The microbe is no parasite on the
banknote species-it is too rich for his
blood.
Mr.. Hilditch assures us that If we
learn to keep our fingers away from
our mouths, both while and after
counting money, all will be well. But
he advocates a more frequent redemp-
ton of solled and worn bills-and so
would most people if their creditors
did not save them the necessity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02

AN ILLUSTRATION OF FoRM-James
Ten Eyck, great oarsman and great
coach, is teaching the sons Of E. H
Hartman to row. He hopes that they
will do in rowing what Jay Gould has
done in court tennis.
Mr.. Ten Eyck, discussing rowing one
day in Syracuse, said success depended
on form. He explained what he meant
by form. Then. by way Of illustration
he added
Everything, everything, goes by
form. Thus, out west in the old day
1t was the essence Of form to be in
formal. Ny father used to tell about
a squire who would marry the young
couple that came to him in such form
as this:
"'Bnl, do ye take this gal whose hand
ye're a-seueezin' to be yer lawful wife
in flush times an skimp?
"T guess that's about the size Of it
squire
Name, do you take this cuss ye've
fined fists with to be yer pard thru
thick an thin?'
"Ye're right fer once, old man
"'All right, then. Kiss in court, an
l reckon ye're married about as tight
as the law can jine We. l guess -four
bitsn do. Bill if don't have to kiss the
bride. If I do, it's six bits extry.' -
Syracuse Herald.