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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

The reddest apple doesn't Away
make the best sauce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

Somehow, the majority Of our goo'
habits never get found out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

No man can sneak into heaven on
the strength Of his tombstone epitaph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

If women were allowed to vote, the
best looking man would win.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

Wise is the man who knows when
to treat and when to retreat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

Our idea of romantic girl is one
who sends out invitations to her elope-
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

One way to buy experience is to
speculate in futures.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

It's easy for a deaf mute to love :
girl more than tongue can tell.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15

When woman meets woman, then
comes a struggle for the last word.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
oUAoK TREATS GIRL.
PrOpOsed to Produce 8 Real Eye For
 s7.5O.

PrOpoHed to Froduee Real Eye For
 s7.5O.
 London. Oct, 3.-An interesting de- velopment of the confidence trick has been investigated in the Central Criml- nal Court here.
 Wallis Rogers. a palmist and profess sor of quakery was summoned TOT oo- taining the savings of a servant girl by fraud The girl had glass eye. ana the palmist told her that for xT.5O week he could make new eye grow in the vacant space. She accordingly discarded her vitreous optic and placed herself upder the treatment of the eye producer.
 His treatment was novel enough to innress his patient. She had to lie face downwards on a table, when four green cloths were laid over her. and he then nreceeded rap her sharply with 3 small mallet between tSe shoulders and oy tbe hack of the head. He explained that this was done to set free the mag netic eye-producing current that was bnno m somewhere about her spine n1,i1er to the ignorant treatment of the snacisIIsts who removed her eye.
 When she had parted with $S.50, and her eve socket remained as empty as aver she handed the uuack over to the 0oIice. He informed the judge that II wsa quite possible to grow a new leg. hIt if could take so much time and money that the game would not De worth the candle A.
 Srha man was ultimately sentenced to nine months Imprisonment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04

JOHNSTON.
 The parish of Johnston, or as IL ls now written Johnstone, in southern Dumfrieshire wass the home or this Scottish surname.
 The parish had its name from the village; the village preserved the name of the earlier hamlet which N Me Scoto- Saxon times was known as ene homestead or tun of some person dis tinguished by the name John.
 The progenitor of the family is said to have settled in Annandale in tthe lwelth century. After the acquisition Of Johnston the family grew into a mighty clan whose chief acquired the marquisate. Lockwood Castle con finued for centuries the chief fortlet of the clan who were the wardehs of the borders, and assumed as their slagan the command Light. thieves ail." that is. to alight from their horses and obey the law.
 The Johnstons of Coites, of Lochma- ben. of Malinshaw. of Crackburn, or Drifesdale. of Tundergarth, of Craigy- land, of Wamphray, we're all branches of Johnson of tha Ifk in Dumfrie- si.ire. The surname is still the most prevalent one in the parish of Tunder- garth.
 There is a place named Johnston or
  church in the parish of Wiston, Lanarkshire, and large town in Rem frewshire, but perhaps few, if any, who bear the surname had their origi- nel home In any of these, as they are later than the surname period.
 The surname in its dual form John ston or Johnstone is now quite num- erous in all Scotland south of the Forth and the Clyde and especially in An Alxa TNxRey lish side it tends to amalRamate with the popular Johnson, but is found in its proper form especially in cumber- land and westm moreland.
 As indicated, the protothemo of the name is the personal name John, which fs the Hebrew Jehohanan, meaning Jehovah (isl gracious Its initial element Is thus the divine name Jehovah or Yahveh; it's second ele- msnt appears in cognate Phoenician names as Hanno grace and Hannibal the grace of Baal' It appears also in Hannah and Anna. both from the Hebrew and signifying grace
 John is by far the most frequent and universal of names. One Jehohanan was a porter in Solomon's temple. Four others are mentioned In the Old Tes- lament and nine more are there called Johanan. Hananiah is the same name with the themes reversed and there are founrteen of this name in the Old Testament.
 The great forerunner, the beloved disciple and that other evangelist sur- named Mark, all made the name tre- mendously popular with the early Christians In q few generations the name became the most frequent one in the East.
 It Is found in England in the sixth century and borne afterwards by sev- eral ecclesiastics of the Anglo-Saxon day. It did not yet. however, grow in- to favor In the Domesday there are among the under tenants sixty eight Williams, forty eight Roberts, twenty eight Walters, but only ten Johns.
 The Crusaders gave mighty inn netus to the name and 1t soon became almost as general in the West as fl had long been in the East. It was now the most frequent name In Chris tendon and every tongue In Europe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
ENGLISH MILK WAGONS.

In English towns. Canadian Visitof declares in The Queen, the foreigner runs out to the pavement just to see that glorious chariot called milk ffoat 20 by-that gay bit of two wheeled thing, white and yellow, white and blue, or red, white and blue, with the shining brass churn-erect at the side the reins coming over the shining brass rail in front, the little square seat inserted at the rear, and the charioteer standing at the back like Ben Hur and driving as much like that her as-in a modern twon where even motor cars are not unknown-is practicable.
 The English milkman who comes on foot, with modern yoke on his shoulders. and swinging at each side a brass bound tin pail, in which is a queer little measuring dipper. Who could wish to have milk delivered in glass bottles. with a paper sealed top, when he can have 1t measured out at his door into his own jug in this ouaintly curious fashion? What do microbes amount to compared with the joy of the mediaeval!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04

@
 Five bishops and two abbots bore the name in Anglo-Saxon England No others of- the name are recorded for that time. One Norman of the name is Found in the Domesday. The Cruz saders seem to have given great vogue to the name and it became a popular personal name in the thirteenth cen tury. Tables prepared in Scotland some years ago indicate that 1t held then the twenty-second place in order of frequency among the masculine Cnristiah names in that country. No Laples Of this kind are available for England but the name is supposed to be much less frequent there.
 The surname appears on the Hun dred Rolls of 1273 as Daniel, Danyel and Danesil It was found in Kent. London. oxfordshire, HuntingdonshIre, DeVonshire and Derbyshire. The sur name Is frequent also on the York shire Poll Tax List, of 1379,Nan occurs In the forms Danyell, Daniell, Danyl and Danyll.
 The surname Daniel is now strong est numerically In Cornwall and Dew onshire; Daniels in Norfolk and Glou- eestersnIre. They are evenly divided in
 Daniel signifies God is my judge. .' Ine prototheme is found also in Dan,
 Judge name of son of Jacob and tripe In Israel. The deuterotheme IS Fl, god" & frequent element in placenames as Bethel, house of God and personal names as Eli, Elihu Elijah. Gamaliel, Ezekiel, 1etc. Mae Kenxie.
 The famous old Highland clan of the Machenzfes boast of their descent from the Anglo-Norman Fitz-Geralds in Ire land in the twelfth century.
 Their name, however. is the purest Celtic and much older than the time of the Fitz-Geralds
 Mackenzie is a modified form of the Gaelic Mac Coinnech. the son of Coin- neach." The personal name Coinneach Is the modern form of the old Gaelic cainnech. genitive caennig as found in the Book of Deer of the twelfth century, and is the same as the Old Irish genitive Cainnig. In the Latin ized Irish of Adamnan. about 700 A. D.. the name is written. Cainnechus This is a derivatives of the Gaelic and Irish cannach. fair. pretty. kind" hence Mac Kenzie may be rendered "the son of the fair man."
 Cannach is cognate with the Cymric ceinach, "a hare" literally "the gray animal" Old Prussian sasnis. "a hare" Anglo-Saxon hasu. ca gray-brown, and hara, "a hare." Old Morse hoss. gray" Old High German nassau. gray" and hase, "a hare" Latin canus ffor cas- nus) "gray, ash-gray. hoary. white, Oscan casnar, "an old man" Sabine cas- GUS "old," Afghan soi and Sanskrit ca cas (palatal sibilant "c"). "a hare.
 For the history of the patronymic prefix Mac. see under Macdonald in No. II of this series
 The home of the Mackenzie clan was in Kintail and their slughorn or war, cry yax Tulloch-ard (High hill). still the name of a hill there
 (Copyright, 1908, by Samuel Grant oli- phant)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
Outlook for the Farmer.

Luverne News
 Enough of the cotton crop in this county has been gathered to demonstrate that 1t has not been under estimated The aver ags in the county will not be over two thirds of what 1t ordinarily makes. The price still fingers between Sh and cents
 short crop and price. The conditions now confronting us show how necessary IL ia for the farmer to. produce everything possible for home consumption ana make pottoT q surnlus crop only. If the cotton srowing states woud adopt thIs plan fl would take only few years to make the south the richest country on earth To ths farmers of the country we urge to berin now to lay your plans to make your farm produce everything you neeo at nome ~ and if you do not get as much money out oe your cotton you will not need ss much. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
womau Learns AeropIanc.

Paris, Oct. 3.-Mme. Pelletier. the sc,intor. is working hard at Issv les Moulin eaux, under the tutorship of M. DeIagrange learning how to drive an aeroplane. with the object of winning the s2O0 prize offered by the new French Aerial League to the first wom- an who will fly kilometre (five-eights of a mile). Mme. Pellotier has made seV" oval short flights.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04

Names by request--Johnston, Lougn- ridge. Prentiss, Pollock, Daniel AIssed Names-JohnsAone, Johnson. Prentice, Polk, Daniels, Danieh' atc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
Surnames of The Southland
 Their Origin and Meaning
NUMBER XIII.

BY SAMUEL GRANT 0LIPHANT, A. Ms Ph. D. wpuH puHmmumwemFWWwMMHWmw Mm HMHwHmMH
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
Secretary of Commercial Club Tells of Neces
sity Of the Sacrifice Of Time for City's Up
building MANY Have Neglected Most
Necessary Essential for TOwn
Building Everyone Should
Attend Weekly Meeting.

In the short time have been Secretary
of the Vinita Commercial Club | have
been trying to study out our needs and
our means Of accomplishing them. am
now fully decided that our first and great
est need is very much increased mem
bership and the regular attendance Of
each member at club meetings When
we get this our other needs will soon be
discovered and means Of accomplishment
will be found.
Every business and professional man
and every other man in Vinita who de-
sires to see the town grow, secure more
factories or industries, any more people
or any more public institutions or any
more business of any kind should GER
tainly contribute not only their one dol
lar each month but d part Of their time
as we'll to the Commercial Club; but If as
suggested by Col Sleeper in his address
you think Vinita is as good a town and as
large town as you want it TO be, then
hold on to your little hammer and con-
tinue to knock
Some members Of the club seem to have
an idea that when they have paid their
dollar to the secretary when he asks for it
that you have done your whole duty for a
month. Now this is very far from the
performance Of your duty II is Of course
necessary for the club to have some
money to Keep up expenses, but it is far
more important that you attend the
weekly meetings Of the club aud dropln
your suggestions for the upbuiIdIng Of the
town and country than TO drop IN
only your dollar each month.
! find many business and profession-
al men as well as others who have
never been members Of the club and
others who have withdrawn because they
say they cannot see any good the club
has done and they ask the secretary to
mark them quit find most Of these
cutters to be Of the class who grudeingIy
paid the secretary their dollar each month
but never got inside the club rooms. II
these members had ever attended the
meetings Of the club or even taken any
notice of its doings they would have
known that almost every public enter
prise we have and every public improve
ment was born in the Commercial Club
rooms, this includes street paving, side
walks natural gas; brick plant and many
other things too numerous to mention
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
TUBBS. OF CHELSEA,
MAKES GOOD SHOWING

A practice shoot was held at the ball
park yesterday afternoon at which
good scores were made J. X. Tubbs and
E. X. Scott came over from Chelsea to at
tend the shoot and Mr.. Tubbs made a
remarkable score in one event. breaking
81 out of rs.
IN Williamson also made a good
record. Mr.. Scott shot well considering
that II was his first time to shoot at the
blue rock pigeons Mrs. Saxon gave an
exhibition of SO shots which was appre-
ciated by shooters and spectators alike.
Some new shooters have promised to be
on the grounds this evening
Captain Saxon is here for the purpose
of organizing gun club, and he will give
free instructions in the science of shoot
ing each afternoon. Join the gun club
and become fine shot The following is
the score made yesterday;
j. X. Tubbs, shot at rs, broke 81.
E. X, Scott, shot at rs, broke 81.
E. IN. Williamson. shot at so, broke 81.
Mrs Saxon. shot at so. broke 3S.
Capt. 7. E. Saxon will give his first ex-
hibition at the trap tomorrow afternoon
If you are lover Of trap shooting be on
the ground and see this exhibition.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
MCRUIRE FACTION WIN I'm
GUARDIANSHIP CONTEST
REPUBLICANS CHOOSE NORRIS
Wagner Jim Selected to Care For
Republican Campaign Fund
Guthrie Man Beats Gillette
Over Hunter Faction

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 12-Naming
Joseph Norris of Guthrie, chairman; H. G.
House of Marietta, secretary, and James
Harris. of Wagner treasurer, the newly
elected republican state committee com
pleted the important part of its organiza-
ton here last night and took an adjourn
ment until today when the various COM
mittees will be selected and plans laid
for launching the campaign.
The various aspects Of the committee
meeting. over which interest has center
ed for several days, was as changeable
from the time of its convention here un-
til the final selection was made. as the
colors of the chameleon.
For while it looked like Walter Fal-
well of Muskogee. would be elected, but
the Muskogee man was not insistent for
the place and through various com
promises. engineered largely by Congress-
man Bird Mcclure, the fight finally sim
mered down between Judge Frank Gillette,
Of Ell Reno. backed by new combination,
styled the Hunter-Flynn-Sission Cade fac
ton and Joe Norris, of Guthrie, chairman
of the first district congressional commit
tee and successful manager of the Nc
CURE campaign in the last election re-
sulting in the defeat Of Gillette by vote
SO to 25.
Judge c. M Campbell, of Ardmore
early withdrew from the race as did also
Judge George R. Walker
James r. Cottingham, of Guthrie and
Mcclure controlled the situation The re-
suit was stab at Hunter more than any
thing else.
The statc headquarters will probably
be located in Guthrie ne horne Of Norris.
and incidentally in the first congressional
district.
The state convention will also meet
here today. 1t is expected vice-Presi-
dental Candidate James Sherman of
New York, will be here
C. E. Creager Of Muskoeee, republican
nominee for congress in the Third district
has chosen L. F. Cain Of Checotah as sec
aetary, and 7. A. Chandler of Vinita as
campaign MANAGER.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12

The Commercial Club has been the means
Of doing more for the town than every
other influence combined
The present secretary of the club is in
full possession Of that faith and confidence
in Vinita and its future growth and will
labor every day to make it bigger and
better town. but he must have the
strong support of every other citizen in
order to accomplish results. You must
not get the idea that the whole work of
the club is on the officers then "cuss''
them if things are not done as you think
they should be done.
Now want to say to the fellow who
says we don't do any good for the town,
you just pay your dollar a month for a
short time and attend every club meeting
and let us show you, or if you do not
want to part with your dollar come your
self every Friday night and chip in your
ideas and suggestions, We need your
dollar but we need your help more
Now don't wait for the secretary to
call on you and insist on your joining the
club but send in your name and your
dollar and get on the rob Of honor and
let us all push at once for Vinita and we
win get results.
o. "A. SMITH.
tc<..,-s.s..~.,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12

France faces new peril in opium
not new in the strictest sense, but
assuming new proportions. as evi-
denced in the recent trial for treason
Of the naval officer. Ulimo French
naval officers say that the use of
opium, smoked. is general among both
officers and men of all ages, though
It is asserted by them that officers
do not indulge their taste in this way
while on the sea. Apologists even as
sert that the moderate use Of the
drug, with frequent and long inter-
ruptions," is a good tonic. This frank
ness betrays a state of mind OF serious
import How to check the use OF
opium and how to inculcate in the
navy a sentiment against it is big
problem
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12

The aged parent was greatly, very
greatly, in the dumps.
For, look you" he said. 4 don't
know half as much as my eldest
daughter-she told me so a hundred
times; and Jim and Bill can simply
lay it all over their dad when It comes
to arguing; and my wife says that if
ever there was a stupid man about the
house it's me and no mistake"
But" we said, remember you
have the bulge Of them in one way.
Limited as your intellect may be. you
are still the only one Of the bunch
that can earn the daily soup and
salad
The aged parent now smiled and
went his way completely reassured by
our specious reasoning Puck.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
DECORATING THE WRONG MAN.
Confusion of Names Leads to EN-
barraesino Error.

A curious instance Of a French dis
tinction being conferred on the wrong
man has just been revealed.
A few days ago it was announced
that Mr. Henri Japy, county coun-
cillor for the district Of Belfort, had
been appointed an officer Of the Le-
gion OF Honor for meritorious serv-
ices. M Japy now writes to the news
papers to protest.
Il was duly proposed for the dis
tinction," he says, but have never re-
ceivsd it, another person OF the same
name, M. Jules Japy, has received the
distinction intended for me, since the
official journal places to that gentle
mans credit the facts for which the
distinction was to have been conferred
on me.
"On making inquiries ! discovered
that a careless clerk had accidentally
placed the documents relating to my
matter in a cardboard cover bearing
the name of M Jules. Japy. who was
decorated on the strength Of my
papers
The authorities informed NJ. Japy
that very embarrassing mistake had
been made. They could not very we'll
take, away the distinction from NJ
Jules Japy, upon whom it has been
conferred by mistake, and, on the
other hand, there was no other dis
tinction to make good the mistake
M. Henri Japy must, therefore, wait
for another opportunity, as the mum
Der of decorations conferred at each
period is strictly limited
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
ADMITTED TO VIEW DIAMONDS.
Way Of the De 6eers-Premler Com
blnatlon with Its Customers.

Some jewelers. were discussing the
diamond situation and one Of them
told about a thing that was new to
merchant from out Of town. The
conversation led to the De Beers-Pre-
mier combination and the fact that it
controlled SO per cent. Of the diamond
output of the world.
Every so often in the year" said
this jeweler, the diamond syndicate
sends notice to the jewellers who are
on the combinations list that sight
may be had Of lots of certain kinds.
A sight is the trade name for view
of the special lot OF diamonds.
THE cutters who are notified
come to take look at the diamonds
in the show rooms in London. If they
want to buy they purchase them then
and there for spot cash. There isn't
a minutes credit.
furthermore, IL a firm sends an
agent there Ave or six times without
his buying anything at the sight the
syndicate cuts It of the list That
happened once to a firm with which
/ was connected some years ago. and
It is trying still to get back on the
list.
when you realize that the other
two per cent. of diamonds come from
Brazil you may imagine that the syn
dicate is in position to do things In
that way"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
WHY CHILDREN ARE DECEPTIVE,
Fear Of Punishment Frequently Leads
to UntruthfuIness.

Untruthfnlness in children some
times arises through the fault Of their
elders, who suggest to them untruths,
which children indorse from an innate
sense of politeness and wish to be
agreeable. Don't you like so and so?'
says the elder, and the child agrees.
Isn't this pretty?' comes later on, and
the child partly believes that it Is
pretty since the suggestion has been
made, the childs idea regarding the
article in question would have been
that It was extremely ugly. A yet
more fruitful source Of untruthfulness
lies in the fear Of punishment, and
this is particularly the case with chill
dren Of delicate body or Of nervous
temperament. Children who are gov
erned by love rather than by fear es-
cape this temptation to lie, but when
q child feels that punishment for a
fault or failing is inevitable. It seems
such a little thing to cover the frailty
with lie, and yet the child who lacks
the moral courage to avow q fault suf-
fers untold agonies of remorse for
every lapse from truth. Let children
be encouraged to own their faults. and
even the most nervous can be made to
do it. II sure that the confession takes
away the punishment or reduces It to
such an extent that no bodily suffer
ing is entailed-Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
spectiuIIy yours,
j. W. Orr

J. r. Scott went to Beloit Kansas. this
morning to remain for week or so. Mr..
Scott lived on a farm in Mitchell county
twenty years or more ago and since that
time has never been back, albeit he still
owns the farm and has been renting it
out ever since.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12
Under Another Name.

They didn't have peace congresses
when you we're young. did they,
grandms?7
"Yes, we did, child but we called
them quilting parties"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-12

Mrs, August Schliecker accompanied
her father, Freeman Nidiffer to Fairland
this afternoon.