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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
100000 90
532,914 81
Organised 1856

list ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF the
METROPOLIS BUILDING ASSOCIATION, NO. g.
OF the District Of Columbia,
For the year ending May 81, 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10

RY and bv. when she had eaten the fat quai,
- and the Italian rice. and then the fig paste,
and had drunk more Sherbet of rose leaves.
and more coffee. but none of these things IL
any excess. that perfect peace came upon her
which none but .i>latics can feel. and which
cannot understand. They call it hef. ami
desire it more than any other condition of their
inner and outer selves: but there is trans
latng of that word 1t is the inexplicablc
state of the cat when it folds its forepaw IN.
and is quiet and happy that it can hardly
purr but only blinks mildly once in two or
three minutes. Logotheti knew the signs Of
it though he had never really felt it himself.
and knew very we'll that its presence had the
power to deaien all purpose and active will II
those who enjoy it The sole object of taking
opium IS IL produce II artiticallv. which :
never quite possible; for with most opium
smokers pr opium eaters the state of pc ,.-
turns INTO Stuppr At the very moment when
1t Is about II become consciously beatific.
He understood that this wonderful bar
barian girl. who had shown such courage. such
irresistible energy. such unchangng determine
ton III the search that had lasted more than
two Years, Was temporarily paralyzed for .ny1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10

7 OGOTHETI looked quietly at the slim
Young thing IN 4 ready made blue serge
frock who SAID such things a Lady Clara
We're de Eer. would scarcely dare to say above
her breath IN these democratic days: and he
watched the noble little features. and the small
white hands which had come down to her
through generations of ChlettanS. since the
days when the prlmeral shepherds OF the
world counted the stars IN the plains of kaf.
He himself. with his long Greek descent, was
an aristocrat to the marrow. and smiled at the
claims of men who traced their families back
TO the Crusaders. With the help of legend
or two and halt u myth he could almost make
himself 4 far descendant of the Tyndarida.
But what was that compared with the pedigree.
Of the little thing in Il blue serge frock: Her
race went back To Il time before HesIod. before
Homer. t. j date that might be found in the
annals Of Egypt but nowhere else in all the
dim traditions Of human history.
Now he sad. otter i long pause " begin
to unt5-S.ac:,. va had not told ME that
YOUR tar re- - Il great man, and that his sires
before am had lolnei hand t. hand from the
hand of Adam him,
This polite speech. delivered in his best
Tartar. though with sundry Turkish terrnlna-
tons and accents somewhat Modified Baraka
and she pushed her little head backward and
upward against the top OF the deck chair II
drawing herself up With PRIDE Also. not being
used to European skirts. she stuck out one tiny
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
Steamer Vas Scarcely Mile Out From Har-
! Dor When First Sign of Fire Appeared Many
Persons in Excitement Plunged Into Sea-
Scores DrOwned and Many Others En-
trapped in Burning Vessel.
Bg AssoalaLed Press

By Associated Press
Valeth Island. oa Malta. Nov IS
Nearly Two hundred persons. passengers
and crew aboard the Efleman line steam
er Sardenla. are believed To have perished
today when the steamer Was destroyed by
fire ius, after she had sailed Cor Alexan-
dHa Egypt
The Sardinia vas scarcely a mile OF
Grand HarboF when the first sign Of fire
appeared bat with a strong wind to fan
The flames the whole ship vas soon ablaze
and passengers and crew bad no chance
for their lives
There were wild scenes Of panic on
board as the rapidly spreading flames
drove the passengers 70 the rails, and
many excited ones not waiting for boats
% be lowered plunged in,o ihe sea
Scores are believed 70 have been
drowned while Others trapped by the fire
were literally roasted to death or smoth
cred without a chance for life
Many craft u the harbor rushed t0 the
assistance of the imperilled lives al
high sea and half gale however made ii
impossible f. hem to even approach the
Sardinia and they could do little in the
way Of aid
The Sardinia Ieft Liverpool November
"a with a cargo Of general merchandise
for Mediterranean points The crew num-
bered "A and about twenty hrst-class and
six second class passengers embarked al
Liverpool Most 81 the other passengers
we're undoubtedly Leyiantnes, Maltese
and Egyptians Il is the custom Of the
latter to pitch their tents on deck. and
these hampered the work Of the crew and
prevented many escapes.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
GILLUBPPSS BILL IS
CONSTITUTIONAL
Supreme Court Holds That Claimant
in Seizure Case is Entitled 70
Jury Trial

Guthrie Okla. N0y 28--The supreme
court yesterday, Ia an opinion By Chief
Justice Williams. sustained the authga-
dcity u the c9nsat1tionaiity of the en-
forcement provisions q the BilIups lae
Bat held tha, the claimant Ia search.and
seizure case is entitled 70 trial hy jury
The contention that the bih contains
more than one subject Is disposed d very
briefly b the court which had already
held that where the subjects were eoenate
that objection sould not apply The court
also oyerulles the contention thai .the pro-
hlbition provisions oi the legislation be In
itself enforcing and preclude further legis-
istion alons the same line
The prohibition article % the oonsuu-
lion. says the court was not intended
as limit II restriction upon power of the
people through the initiative gr the leeis-
lamre to enact additional II supplement-
ary legislation relating 70 the lquor uailis
except that no enactment shall contra
sene the provisions of such ordinance
The opinion rectes the anomalous con-
diti0ns which existed Ia Oklahoma 1t Tie
ume tie legislation was formed and con-
tinues As result % many instances
provisions 10 lher nature legislative were
ensrafted % mees the wants % the people
and the requirements d Tie conditions
prevailing therein it4l held however
that this fact did aot act as baf % ad
diiional legislation along the same line
The claim that the search and seizure
sections are 90 violation 81 the bil. 0f
rights. because no notice IS given as lo
when and where the case win 81 heard
is disposed o. hy ihe holding that the war
rant served upon the party possession.
q posted on the building 10 case there s
no one there IS sufficient notice that the
property has been seized as the warrant
contains the name of The judge from whose
court Il is issued. and the provisions u
law that the hearing must be had not less
than ten Or more than thirty days after
the seizure gives the claimant abundant
opportunity % appear
n granting a jury trial ID such eases
the court. holds that II any other. than the
usual procedure was intended the leeisla-
ture would have 20 expressly. decFeed No
reference to procedure is made In the law. |
and attorneys for the state have held that
10 jury trial was intended The case
came up from Oklahoma City. where
County Judge Sam Hooker refused to issue
search warrants on the ground that the
Law was unconstitutional and was man
damused BY Enforcement Attorney Fred
s. Caldwell.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
AOAIR ITEMS

Dated Nov 24
Mrs. Hogan, widow lady living west
Of town, sold the largest load Of turkeys
that has been sold here The average
weight being II pounds.
Attorney Bottenfeld was up from the
county seat on legal business Thursday.
A. G. Wilkinson Of Pensacola was
Pryor Creek visitor Thursday
R.RHolt has bought the Shorty McCrary
short order house on main street.
C. E. Metealf continues to improve his
place Of business so much that il has a
city appearance.
Daniel Davis and brother are out in
the Spavinaw hills hunting and fishing
Mrs. Avery Taylor came up from wag-
oner Saturday
Rev Grimes filed his regular appoint
ment at Big Cabin Sunday.
The box supper at 0geeche last Satur-
day was a grand success and a lively
time was reported by all.
John Warren shipped load Of hogs
Monday.
A. b Jackson was delivering fruit trees
here Monday for the Texas nursery
Rev. Peters left on the south bound To-
cal Friday for Pryor Creek and other
points.
The youngest child Of Claud Norton has
a stubborn case Of scarletine. so reports
DR.. L. c. White.
The corn harvest in this vicinity is
drawing 20 a close
Rev Grimes, pastor of the Methodist
church, husked corn this week for James
Decker. ENow say preachers don't work.
Anee Holt has moved to Spavinaw.
where he and his father will 90 into the
mercantile business.
Walter Kay the Spayinaw min man was
in Adair Saturday.
A car load Of groceries was delivered
TO the farmers Of this neighborhood last
week BY an outside company which is
not to the best interest Of the country
We should remember that those outside
are never near us in time Of
need, the never contribute one penny to
our charitable institutions or to the filling
of a mud hole. Our merchants are here
to stay and we can fall back on them At
all times
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
The Lazy Venus.

She vas very beautiful though her
face showed more Incidence than IN
telligenee a sort OF lazy Venus as
Byron once said While walking 3
very short distance IN Van Cortlandt
park she observed the golfers and was
asking her companion. a sprightlY
young Girl. something about tbs game
The girl explained
MY Gawdl" responded the other
Walking all over these hills
Then she observed some more play
ers on the links Ia the far distance.
And do they play Il away off there.
too?"
"Oh, yes replied the girl They
play ll all over the place
Well. concluded the lazy one. dis.
missing the subject with definite final
ity and a shrug Of her lovely shoul.
ders that's another of those nice
games I'd like to learn I don't think
N Y Press
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
DEcslEs The PERPETUAL oElN.
Writer Takes lEsue with Man Who
Says keep a-smlljug."

a favorite motto with many people
in these latter days. when the whole
some gospel Of cheerfuluess is being
preached so extensively, Is. Keep a.
smiling Ii Is a very good motto
within limitations. In SO far as its
adoption as rule of conduct prevents
the wearing Of a lugubrious counte.
nance when no overwhelming grief or
calamity is being endured or Is inn
pending, in SO far a. it overcomes the
tendency TO look on the dark side and
anticipate evil, in 50 far as II enables
one to look Tor the best in all situa-
tons and 70 keep Up his courage when
troubles threaten-in al these Ye.
spects Il is maxim worthy ot com.
mendatlon.
But It should not Sc interpreted 100
liberally; It's spirit rather than its let.
ter should be observed. It's spirit
means persistent hopefulness. a re-
fusal 10 be cast down by discouaging
or unfayorable circumstances. q sturdy
defiance of adverse fate. It's literal
observance may include these things
but II means also perpetual grin. and
perpetual grin leads 10 thoughts Of
crime on the part Of behoders No
one becomes So irritating or has such
a maddening effect mon sensitive as
sociates as The man 81 woman who
wears the smile that never comes
on indianapolis star
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
ROSE ITEMS

Dated Nov %
Mrs. L. A Jackson is visiting her sister
In Pryor Creek vicinity.
Don Akin has completed his new resi-
dence and moved there last week.
Cicero Howard IS having his house re-
paired
Callie Ridge has rented her home place
to &. D. Edminson.
Button Rodger will build cement tank
for stock water on the Duncan farm.
Felix Teehee is having his house paint.
ed
Vim. Wright bought one hundred bushels
Of corn on Marcum prairie and is having
Il hauled
I a, jackson bought twenty acres of
land from Henry Wright
Charlie Gam has bought 40 acres Of
land from Joe Starr
Babe Howard won the roping contest
IN 81 seconds At Eucha last week against
Bud Belue and W II Ballard
There are one hundred and fifteen
children enrolled at the Arcadia public
school
George Scott and wife and Miss Nancy
Raesdale we're II Pryor Creek last week
Miss Ola Downing had new house
built on her allotment az Westville.
Miss Nancy Downing came home from
Westville last night.
I'll Toney took his little step daughter
10 the Whitaker Orphan home last week
ond placed her In school
Jim Goard and Miss Belle johnson
went to rahleQuah and we're married last
Thursday
There will be q candy breaking at the
Hoovenmap home Monday night
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
A lIttle ca,e of Telenathv.

There II nothing strange 10 me IN
he operation OF one mind upon an.
other" the telepsthie woman said.
Once when my sister / am very fond
OF was operated on l went with her
aad sat In the anteroom a long way
OF from the operating room That is
| walked up and down there, worried
70 death nearly about her, when all at
once ! threw myself into 4 big arm
chair and went SQUAD asleep.
They had Just given her the ether
then, 50 her mind was at rest and
rested mine ] slept until she came
out from under the influence
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
INSOMNIA AND ALARM CLOCKS.
Physicians Recommendation for curs
of Most Annoying Malady


The patient complained 81 iRsom.
nla
You must get "a alarm clock al
once said he physician
The patient stared
"a mean q what time do You waken
usually in he nIght2
Two o'clock lately
Set The alarm for Is minutes before
two. As soon az u strikes. ger up
dress Tor the day and take a walk Of
not less than two miles DO not 20 10
bed again that day under any circum-
stances. nor take nap even sitting
in your chair
The next night sci the alarm at a
quarter past two Yoe will sleep until
Il wsSens you Get up as before, aud
take another twomiie walk
The third night you can venture 10
set your alarm al three Repeat the
walk II you are not cured by hat
lime YOU will be a more difficult case
han any have bad heretofore bur II
The habit Of lying awake Is moi broken.
begin hack At TWO o'clock agala and
repeat
Another cure for insomnia is sit
ting up with the sick Just bind your.
self to sit up all night with some
good strong invalid and II you are
not permanently healed of insomnia
before morning you may come back
here and ] Will not charge you any.
hing for another prescription
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27

Conquer your moods; don't let your
moods conquer you. People vho give
way TO moods never amount to much
because they are never masters Of
themselves They never know In the
morning whether they are going to do
a good days work or not. whether
they are going to be a cheering or
depressing influence on the people
around them II they feel like being
goodtempered. they will be: il they
feel Ike swapping at everybody
they will snap.
People who suffer from moods
should be careful about their habits.
They should be regular about meals.
sleep, exercise and work. The condI.
tlon Of the health has much to DO with
moods, and there is nothing that con.
tributes so much TO health as abso-
lutte regularity
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
USED PARABLE TO MAKE POINT
Authors Clever, II Somewhat Esotlsti,
cal Answer 10 Query.

A reporter being a great admlrer OF
the novels of William Dean Howells,
once asked this famous writer why il
was that his novels did not sell nearly
SO well as those ciand here the re.
porter mentioned a half.dozen well.
known names
Mr. Howells with a smile replied
A certain Quack stood one after.
noon before the door OF his rich man.
sion when physician of great learn.
ing and talent passed
The two men fell into talk. and the
physician, plain spoken person, said
rather bitterly 10 the quack
How comes Il that you without
education, skill or the least knowledge
of medicine. are able TO live in the
style you de- You keep your town
house your carriage, your motor and
your country house, while l. allowed
TO possess some knowledge have none
Of these things. and indeed can little
more than pick up bare subsistence.
The quaek laughed good.naturedly.
Look here. said he, how many
people do you think have passed us
since you asked that question:
Well said the other. about a hun.
dred
And out on that hundred how
many do you think possess good CON.
mon senseg
Possibly one. was the reply
Well said the quack. that one
comes to you, and take care OF the
other niuefV.u4ne
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
RABBITS ARE HAFo FIGHTERS.
The Charge Of cowardlee a slander-
Defeat Of a Ferret

Tel a man that he hasn't the pluck
Of a rabbit and II he doesn't disproye
lt by hitting sou he Is certain az any
rate q be extremely annoyed
Yet The taunt is a libel on the rab
bit 4 doe rabbit will fight Ike fury
IN defense Of her young. She viii
charge like a battering ram and use
those long sharp incissors Of hers 10
capital purpose
An old buck rabbit Is not to be light.
BY tackled by weasel. stoat or even fer
ret On the sanded floor OF a small
public house near Chestnut ferret OF
long experience was matched with an
old lopeared buck. the property Of the
landlord
The ferret made straight for the rah-
bits throat, but the latter was In the
air before master ferret could reach
him and leaping clean over the fer.
rets head let out with those powerful
hind legs Of his a kick which hurled
the ferret bodily against the wains.
cot. Twice the ferret returned to the
attack and twice he missed his grip
and went hurtling through the air.
The third repulse was enough for
him lie knew he was beaten and
could not be persuaded to stand Up
for fourth round Pearsons
Weekly
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED PASSENGERS PERISHIN
FLAMES THAT IDESTROY STEAMER SARDINIA
MUCH RICH LAND IN mrNDAsAo.
Gig Island Has Milllsns ef Acres Now
Lying Idle.

Americans have taken the acqllsi-
tjon Of The Philippines as q matter Of
fact The islands are 50 Tar away
and there Is 60 much oi pressing inter
est right Az hand that the manner 81
arranging our new responsibilities
and dlscharglug our new obligations.
IS left absolutely 20 the government *
Washington, says Army and Navy
Life. How many American people
know. Tor example. that Mindanao IS
little virgin empire, with millions o.
acres of the richest land in the world.
now idle and fallow. bat capable of
enormous production7 An American
ofleer who has Just returned from
there calls Il the pearl in the gold.
"a setting ot the archipelago, the
promised land for he toilers % The
east
A while ago there was circulated
through the islands s petition prayina
the American people to grant the same
trade privileges tu The Philippines
that have been accorded rs Porto
Rico. which island after getting what
she wanted and what she needed
jumped her export trade with the I'ni
ted states from $500 900 10 SIS 00a
600 and her imports from 81 600 900
to SEE 99Q 0e0 annually Porto Rico
e onlg 2 dot 81 the map ii compari
on With the Philippine archipelago
and the benefits accraiug 20 American
consumers % her products are slight
b contrast aIfh lho which would
come alth Tie extension of 0nr CHS
toms = include he Philippine
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
Trnlu Rn,tln arldn.

A rustic bridge at Beach Haven. ca
contains 56 kinds Of wood and vines
grown on the SO acres Of Beach Haven
park Following is list OF the woods
and vines shortleat pine, long leaf
pine. post oak, white oak. Spanish oak
water oak, red oak, poplar. sweet gum.
black gum, red hav. black hav, red
bud, priokly ash. ehinquapln. Wild
plum. perslmmon, cedar. wild sloe,
vahoo sumAc, red elm. pig hickory,
scalybark hickory, hook or sugar berry.
willow, china. black elder. crab ap.
pie, wild mulberry. wild cherry, dog.
wood. sourwood. winter Whortleberry.
black locust, sassafras. cottonwood,
buckeye, laurel, beech holly. ash, iron.
wood birch, magnolia. sycamore. wal
nut. sweet bay. evergreen, spruce
Yipes-Grape. muscadine. beilhower.
rattan. bamboo.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
Tipping Barred.

A wellknoWn New York hostelr,
has inaugurated an anu.gratuity pol
Icy for at least the current season.
The management makes official state.
ment thus The servants OF the
house receive full and satisfactory
compensation for their services from
the owners, and are neither permit
ted 70 accept nor do they expect 70
receive fees of any kind from guests" 4"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
WHITE OAK ITEMS
Daled ~ "a

Dated Nov %
A fine rain last sunday morning.
Jesse Harrison was visitor here Thurs
day
John NiehoIs of Vinita is visiting rera-
tives here.
James Caste has bought some land
from Enoch Frazier
n. f. Kigore went to Joplin Saturday
night
VIM Rafferty, is moving to his place he
recently purchased.
Newt Meyers is erecting a new house
on his place
The elevator and mill are running az
full blast these days.
The dance that was given last Wednes-
day night at the home Of Mr.. Chitwood
was well attended and a pleasant time
was reported by all.
Several from here attended the box
supper at the Trotter school house last
Friday night.
Miss Haynes goes to Claremore today
Mrs Joe Underwood spent Wednesday
here visiting friends
Mr. Shearhart has purchased the Duna-
way place. Mr. Dunaway leaves for his
new home in Rogers Ark, this week.
Mrs Herndon. Of yinita. is Visiting rel
atives here
Prof Donohue was vinita visitor
Saturday.
Andy Hampton and wife we're III VIZ
nita Saturday
Mrs. s..A. Mitchell and daughter we're
here Thursday
Dr Miller has been sick.
G VI Kilgore il loading car with
sheiled corn
D S. Boggs is treating his residence
with a new coat Of paint
J z. Thomas and wife visited relatives
here Saturday
Mr Seney Is now our assistant school
teacher
Miss Dollie Hampton entertained few
friends Sunday evening Among those
present we're. Misses Jamie Boren. .Maude
Rafferty, MAY Hampton, Fannie Rafferty,,
Mayme Sweatman,Myrtie Rafferty,, Messrs
Porter HaleIWesley Washington, Monroe
Newcomb, Eldie Shearhart, Dale Trotter
chas. Casio and Arlie Lttrell
Mrs Herman Brown returned Sunday
rom visit with her sister in Falkland.
Miss Maude Rafferty, Of Vinita was here
sunday
Mrs Boren and daughter viii leave for
lloyd, New Mexico soon.
Misses Hampton and Trotter Of Vinita
we're here Sunday
Joe Underwood is building a new house.
Charlie Casio made business trip to
linita Saturday
Wesley Washington returned to Fair
and Monday
There viii be church here Friday night
Everybody invited to attend.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27

When liquors are bottled they con.
tain 2 certain amount d sugar which
ierments through The acton 81 min-
ute pores or cells These break the
sugar up into LIQUID and carbonic acid
gas when the cork is Withdrawn and
instantly makes its escape and, rising
in bubbles produces enervescence and
froth
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-27
peetors wi,hou, Degrees.

There are three times three too
many doctors Ia The country. said
victim That means nine times too
many But just think Of the doctors
In Germany. Everybody that Is not
baron Is a doctor In America we
have many thousands Of doctors with.
out degrees. who are made doctors by
tho public. and so through life with.
out diplomas Just as soon as a young
man steps behind the counter in
drug store 70 sell patent medicines
and soaps and tooth brushes, etc, at
three dollars a week, no Is dubbed
doctor" The pharmacist back or the
prescription counter e entitled tprob.
ably 10 this eplthet, but all the clerks
are doctors" Customers do not know
the names OF these employees. They
compromise on doctor"