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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-02-05

mentioned Philip. looked upon the GER
emory as the end Of one of the Ito us)
most heartrending romances it had
ever been in our way to witness. The
two had been so absolutely devoted to
each other through those brief en-
gagement days that it was positively
painful to see them separated. To-
gether they were in the seventh heav-
en-; apart they were plunged into
depths corresponding with the seven
teenth substratum Of despair, sort
Of gloomy sorrow and foreboding that
they might never meet again.
During this period Philip Sturgis
even laid aside that disagreeable hab.
It of practical Joking that had made
him mildly disliked-or was it feared?
by more than one Of the members Of
the Lakeside club. We all agreed that
nothing but miracle love Of
course is miracle-could have
brought him to this condition. That it
might prove lasting was our fervent
prayer, and we all looked upon Bea-
trice Westwood, that dainty little
maiden with the red gold hair and the
blue eyes which reminded one of the
clear summer sky, as the goddess who
had wrought the miraculous cure.
But, now that the words which made
them one had been said at the altar,
there were visible in Philip Sturgis
symptoms of return to his old mail
ady. We had noticed 1t with inward
apprehension that bordered on actual
fear-not for ourselves, but for our
friend and the wife Of our friend. L,
who was more his comrade than any.
perhaps felt the shock most deeply.
At last 1t came, the very thing that
had looked forward to with such
uneasiness and alarm. Philip Sturgis
was planning what he was pleased to
term practical Joke on his wife.
Now that they were married Philip
had lost much Of his former jealousy
and had come to regard his wife's
idolization of him as an accepted
thing. Beatrice, on the other hand,
had developed a sudden tinge Of jeal-
ousy in her supreme regard for her
husband.
Tomorrow" he explained to me as
we strolled along the clubhouse We
randa, from which were visible the
sea to the eastward and the mile
long green links to the westward, in
tersected by ribbon Of brown road
way, Il am going away for a day.
YOu know. I told Won ahont having a
horse in training in the Salem sta
bles. Well, my wife doesn't know It
yet. I'm keeping 1t quiet to surprise
her when the right time comes. Now,
when 60 away tomorrow afternoon
III telegraph my wife that. have
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-02-05
"sakes alive, deacon, but you are a
long time looking around down there!'s

"sakes alive, deacon, but you are
long time looking around down therev'
''Widow, wanted to say to YOU
mot now, deacon. i've got to shell
peas for dinner. I'm lone widow,
without children about, but it's won
derful how much Homework have to
do"
This time full hour passed. 1t had
to pass. The man in the well shook
and shivered and chartered, but he
couldn't stop time. he had gone into
the well almost six feet tall and weigh
ing $50 pounds. After two hours in
the water he figured that his height
was five feet and his weight only
hundred. He had just got the figures
down pat when the widow arrived
again to say:
Nov. deacon, I'm all ready for
talk. Is it any business Of yours about
my front fence?"
s.No-o-o," he replied, with shiver.
SIS It any business Of yours how
much rhubarb raise In my own gar
den?'
I'll guess not.'
"And about that dead cherry tree?
Is It on my land or yours?"
''Yours, Of course"
II see we are getting along very
nicely. Now, about the cats. Have I
too many? II have. isn't It my own
business?'
''C-certainly."
NAnd I had n hog i1nacon-a cno+tol1
hog. You fell over him. or he fell over
you. and you killed him. What are
spotted hogs worth about now?"
"Two-two dollars shivered the dea-
con.
"No more? Stop and think for an
hour or two longer. Think IL they amt
worth six, cash on the NALL
''Widder, guess they be. II was
out of this well I'd pay So for that hog
Of yours, and I'd pay cash."
The bucket was lowered, and he was
drawn up. The deacon was boss, but
he was also square. He wriggled the
wet wallet out Of his pocket and came
down with the cash, and when he
started for his COW. pasture leaving a
wet trail behind him he didn't even
look back over his shoulder to ascer-
tain what the widow was giggline
over. M. QUAD.
When you have new idea. don't
Ios mercy's sake. trot right OF to your
friends and tell them about II. Thov
might die Of shock.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-02-05

In this case. Twilight was. far ad.
vanced when Philip sturgis walked
slowly from the house, the life all
gone out Of his step and looking quite
down in the mouth and fully ten years
older than when he had entered.
"Come over here minute, Phil" I
called.
II can't stop now, old man." he am
swered In so doleful tone that
could have laughed.
Perhaps this will be an induce
ment," I remarked, exultantly seizing
Beatrice by the shoulders and holding
her at arms length in front Of me.
Philip sturgis gave one glad cry and
In another moment had folded his wife
to his bosom.
That evening we had heart to
heart talk, the four Of us.
"I'm done with practical Joking for
ever" Philip Sturgis declared. .tAnd
I thank you two from the bottom Of
my heart for your Intervention in my
wife's favor. I can now realize what
It was you saved her from. It was
ten thousand times worse than I Inn
agined It would be, assure you.''
And FeliceY whispered his wife
slyiy.
"She can travel in 2:O5 and more
than comes up to my highest expecta-
tions," he responded. "She's per
feet DEAR all right, but think, II you
don't mind, I'd rather sell than keep
her" S'i4 E
So sturgis is cured Of practical jok-
ing. and at the Lakeside club-for the
events I have related are of recent
happening give still refer to Mrs. stur-
gis, when Philip is not present. as
''the goddess Of the miracle"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
HOME, SWlEf A~-
PROPERLY THE c-NTER or All
THE HEART HOLDS DEAF,
Little World In Itself. from Which
Care and Trouble Should &c
Banished-lts Depth Of Mean
ing Unfathomable.

How many cherished and sacred as.
sOclatlons cluster around the little
word homo
Its depth OF meaning is unrton.
able. for all that the heart holds dear
upon earth is centered In 81, and Il
breathes of rcst. OF comfort and Of
loved ones. as it whispers 10 thc
weary toiler Of retreat ft1m ths
busy, busting world. whcrc thc heart
can unbdrden It's trials and perplcN-
ties, aud receive sympathy aud ca.
couragement and whor. the over.
wrought bcain can reaz 3nd acquire
resh strength for Hfe's conflict
I''nN' The -r1 fH music
'r tra ra~ nf f'e fsr fr r.ra'..
land, aud his eye gro brighter au z
his heart beats last q as visions Of hi.
own loved ho beeond the seas arise
before him. and B. r0 sick spirit r.
cfc'rcd ~ t'e il .tll teIntio1 G.
ca
to bis btca.t. II 10 resting from {
tau and tot Within
sacred precincts OF ONO.
's dn 'ght De- luI nd the ssot
o"s OF night are creeping on, as t.
.is.t lamps are ln1E it and t.r.
l-t arc vending uCu Na5 homc"ari
tie children ciim. TO the window
ind press their eager faces a.l.4.
the window pancs % I'd lot
coming homo. and $50 on tha vc
known form turns the cortr and
o.r I'm sigtt Ha vaicos er
"ilre's 1apal here's pH.a"
Then follows scrl bling do
from the chairs anl windoHsirs, d
o. scampering TO the bal door, ea
r.o .'9mrrors for tho 7ret 'a aH
Oa Crcl imam. whose spirit la
been hGrassod an day at the I'D
tlti1n o, his debtors TO defraud III
nd the desire of those with whom he
1s had dealings to overreach Hn
atcrs his home, be realizes that ter
after all such a thing as d.s.I'cr
estcd love and friendship in thi.
world OF ours.
After the evening meal has been
partaken Of. and the family gather iu
che coy sitting room. where the faith
er, seated in his armchair, with n llt
/ tie enc or his knee. relates tie stoy
or Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
which Is listened to with deep inter
est aud admiration, and the happy
W.a and mother rrc'a baby and hum.
ID ntt lullaby. While a bright smile
rests upon her features; and as the
man of business gazes upon his house
hold treasures be realizes that the
/ family constitutes a little world of II
SELF entirely separate and distinct
from the great. bustling, outside
world. And n from sunrise until sun
set his hours are fun OF toll
The night shnn he nllcd with music
And the cares that iufest the day
| Shall fold up their tents like the Arabs.
! And as silently steal away.
New York Weekly.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

British manufacturers oi b.Hrkng
purchase large crates of hocsVaN m,
becswaX imported from CHINA is ir
large cubes each done up Iu a writ
ten guaranty of purity ana quality
Nevertheless deep down in the mid
die of the crates are Jumps of sub
stance resembling European brick
trimmed to the exact shape of gen
uiue packet of boeswaN Ia other
cases cubes whom unwrapped are still
apparently genuine wax, but on being
sliced open are found TO contain q
large core of shayings, dirt and gen
eral floor swecpmgs OF busy factory
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

A postal card is great convenience.
but It may be used In way that win
make considerable trouble, says the
Utica Press. Section 1898 of the fed.
eral statutes makes Il a mlsdemeanor
to place in the mails a postal card on
which is written statement of nc.
count or a demand for money of any
description. A Rochester photographer
was arrested on charge of sending to
woman customer on n postal card
n bin for two dollars for photographs.
He wrote m One cagd iHat ,uo BIN
was a year old and suggested that il
be paid in weekly nstallments OF 1--WE
cents on being arraigned he pleaded
not guilty and put mp $3.50 bail.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

The wealthy aucioueer who re.
duced the inheritance of a daughter
To a small annuity because she had
become a Socialist reminds one OF the
old-fashioned "cutting.off with a shin.
ing" Why a shilling rather than moth.
ng2 Blackstone explains The Ro-
mans used to set aside Wills as de.
dcient in natural duty II they disin.
herited or totally passed by any child
of thc testator. But the smallest leg.
acy was accepted as evidence that the
tcstator had not lost his reason or his
memory, as the law otherwise assumed
he had Hence the groundless belief
in England that a father could dislu.
herit his child without a shilling, al.
though the English law knows no
presumption OF insanity or forgetful
ness in such case. or Sheridan and
his son Tom land OF other fathers and
sonsl the story is told
Father -ril cut YOU OFF with shill-
ing
Son--Td rather have it now, dad
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

nussia Now Has Woman Lawyer.
DR.. Katherine Fleischcr has Just
been admitted TO the bar in Russia.
and will practice her profession I'm st
Petersburg. She Is the FIRST woman
lawyer In the cars dominions, and
she passed the final examinations with
high honors. She met with much op.
position when she first announced her
intention OF studying law Prejudice
was strong. even from influential
members OF her Sex She persisted In
her ambition against all obstacles.
however, and came out triumphant. It
is her hope to fight the legal battles
of women. and she seeks them cspc-
cio''y as c'i-n'0 Ar Meiechor IS an
ardent sunrUgetto and predicts she
Will live to see women sitting in the
duma.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
How q Missionary Got Wealth.


The recent death. in his eighty-hfth
year. of Rev. DIR William Ashinore. II
distinguished foreign missionary Of
the Baptist church of America, recalls
TO the Missionary Review the inter
csting fact that when in 1868 he was
appointed to Swatow, China, he bar
gained for the purchase of a lot for
mission buildings, agreeing to pay
$500. The board of Boston refusing to
sanction the purchase, DIR. Ashmore
paid for the lot himself, and the pur
chase made him rich man. The
shoreward frontage OF the lot was
afterward filled in for n considerable
distance out into the harbor, and this
made land" was so valuable for ware
house sites that the sale of it brought
the missionary fortune. Out of these
profits he gave $4,000 TO found theo
logical seminary at Swatow I'm 1856
DR. Ashmore was elected a missionary
secretary in Baptist headquarters At
Boston. lie returned home and tried
the Office for year, but official re.
sponsibilities did not suit him, and he
resigned and went back to China for
10 years more of active service.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
The PurauIt q Independanee.

DO you think that railway king
ought 60 keep ON increasing his for.
tune?'
We'll" answered. Mr Sirius Bar.
ker. Il don't know that ! blame him
for trying 10 get so far ahead nnan.
cially that he can always travel by
motor and avoid riding in any OF his
own trains and eating in any OF III
own railway restaurants
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
T3E TUNING or Til
Ci.c-- stances hat -rovs Mr. Va
let lnt9 ta;on o.
lndc cenGcHce.
\ don,t know Mai | shal Dol

don't know what shall do"
Mrs. Wicklet Looked at her b. i1n
in the most AFFECT despair
- an giving bridge party t1.
nisht," she said, "and Mrs. IA bY ,a'
Just ciephoued-at the asst rD...
vi COURSE that she cannot cola. rt
lolvc3 one seat to al, and
thank of any one who wiu co he ...i
In"
'lt would be an lasult to ask al.
body under the c.r umetInc'7, r.
pl''d Mr. WicElet low N0l.d it do
hc added for ne e. tIke her placer
Mrs. Vic ct tho.s t.
You don't pay very we'll" she
ssld at last
I would do nv brst."
Naturally -ut II voadlt be
much OF be- 10
'a1r,d 'e rit-er ais ,cr
nomc yc tn we. dnt b.
~ or eas v.ta Aln arouad."
'..t DE IT,"
H az fer q Il II wouldn't
." 70. q Toe L nur t.1 q.
.d.. re A-the worst
scr .,,h '''
'Hai" 0as@
'"d are 't'
TOW. dear 90. "'
i'' 'r' q Il s'r' 4-'..'
81 tnrned.
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.nf io d.
'' '''d to oo %
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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
EStrayed or Stolen

One dark bay horse. pony built.
white hind foot. Square 8 brand on
left shoulder and hip. Liberal reward
Taken Tuesday night
l. Montgomery, City
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

For Rent. Two room house in the
Highland addition, on Kentucky
Ave. 81 month. Inquire of
Mrs. Mary Slemp, al p. X. Cafe.
DIT.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

You can buy nice apples for 25
cents per peck at Hanmert & Ayres.
2l5 Std
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

FOR SALE-House and lot; 5 rooms
and lot well-lmproved otherwise
o0-dtf II. X. Robinson.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

LOST-An open umbrella, with
straight silver handle. Finder
leave at Democrat Office ana receive
reward. 2l4 st
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

A J Bell of Lawton will return TO
Anadarko in so nays and will tune
your piano for you. Leave your
order with Noungblood, Mrs Il. M.
Spivey or Mrs. Michals.
Logan b. ngs agent foi oak
water Phone No 80. I7dt
Two nicely furnished rooms at 32s
" ON1 Ave .or rent 10 gentlemen
2lI a.
UzafEa water for saie by LOga
Billing sieS M East MAN Street
Iaur $40 lfli dt
krOadt4uy
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

FOR RENT Pasture Tor hores
100 acres ore mlle west and s miles
south Of Anadarko. Owen Allison.
2O2 6td
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
For Sale

FOR SALt-2 ~ vacant lots. we'll
fenced arf ctoce residence location
on West Oklahoma Ave. close to
school building, $3.50 If taken
wuhiu twn week, $3.50 down and
$500 on time. See Reece Agency.
2ll d4t ltw
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
For Sale or Rent

One Smith Premier No Type.
writer, new. Il. X. Robinson.
l6Sdt e
Skirts cleaned and pressed
75c to $1.50. Anadarko Tailor
ing Co. Phone 73.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

F,ne Red Missouri Ben Davis
apples IN car on the track near Stacy
Bottling Works. See them and get
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12
IJkMOCR AT
ANT ADS

Not Exceeding Five Lines-One da,
l0c, 3 Days, 25c Week. 4Oc Cash
WitS Order.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-12

y5ai v'utgr supply.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-21
Importation of Words.

When a language takes to import
ing words from abroad, and proceeds
to use them without altering the spell
ing or inclosing them in quotation
marks, real entente-one of the said
words, by the way!-may be said to
be established. The English tourist
has grown accustomed TO see the
words like lie sport" "le touring
club" incorporated as part of the
French language, to say nothing of
"five-o'clo-quer," as an ingenious rem
dering of the verb Ito make tea" But
international labor congresses and mu-
nicipal visits have now given a politi-
cal flavor to the loans; and it is be-
coming doubtful whether it is a good
thing to borrow words for which a sat
isfactory equivalent already exists.
Why refer to "un meeting" as French
papers now do, when. they have a
charming word like reunion" ready 70
their hands? We are no less guiltless
as long as we talk glibly of solidarity,
mentality, feminisne, etc. If this goes
on, let us put tariff on words.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-21
Law Of Attraction.

The attractions of men to women
and women to men are full of the most
perplexing inconsistencies and contra
dictions imaginable. 1t is, for instance.
a physical law that magnetism is not
simple attraction Of one thing for an
other, but the difference of two oppos-
ing forces of attraction and repulsion.
of which the former is the greater.
The same law holds in relation to the
attraction of men and women for each
other, in which, as a rule, the mascu-
line is the superior force.-T. P.'s
Weekly, London.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-21
Match Eacfs.

John Walker, an English chemist,
was experimenting in 1927 with an
inflammable mixture for use on ship
board.
One day Mr.. Walker happened to
rub stick dipped in this mixture
across a table. There was a report
the stick took fire, and, because John
Walker was no fool, the match was
born
John Walker, the match's inventor,
put his wonderful invention on the
market in April, 1927. The Walker
match was as big as a lead pencil,
and it cost a shilling box Because
it could only be lighted by drawing it
through a piece of sand paper folded
in two, the Holden match supplanted
it,in 1888. The Holden was a lucifer:
it ignited more easily than the Walk
er; so it put the Walker out of bust
ness.
Sweden is to-day the home of the
match industry. Sweden exports an
nually about 2,OOO,OO0,OOO boxes of in
comparable matches.
But there was no statue to John
Walker.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-21
Clusters Old Guide.

The guide rode often at the head of
the column, and we found him full
OF information about the country We
began also to listen for a new domes-
tic disclosure every time we ap-
preached an Indian village He was
saw, for in every tribe he had wife
This was the reference made by Mrs.
Elizabeth Custer, widow of Gen
George A. Custer, in her book, Boots
and Saddles to Felicien Falls, who
died few days ago, and who was one
of the first settlers of the vast region
now embracing the states of North
and South Dakota. In the spring OF
1873, when Gen. Custer and the Sew
enth cavalry arrived at Yankton Falls
he acted as guide for the command
until it reached the upper country
and made its headquarters at Fort
Abraham Lincoln. Falls was one OF
the conspicuous early-day characters
OF Dakota. While acting as guide for
the Custer expedition he became init
mately acquainted with Gen. Custer
At this time Falls had been living in
the Indian country over twenty years
Yet he was fond of saying that Gen
Clusters knowledge of Indians, outside
OF speaking their language, was bet
ter than his.-Sioux Falls Is. d. Let
ter in Omaha Bee.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-21

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81 want this letter made public TO
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G. MOLDAN,
2115 Second ST., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
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Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
Shewil1 Observation-Disclosures
confidential. For 90 years She
has been helping sick women in
this way, free OF charge. Don't
hesitate write at once.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-21
- Ea,::S


the fire. With this appraised az a torch
he peered around into the darkness
and advanced towards the spring.
When. having satisfied his thirst, he
returned somewhat hurriedly to the
fire. he was startled by the sight OF =
pale face gazing at him from between
the leaves OF the bamboo screen.
my dear Miss Genevieve, what is
the natter" he exclaimed.
Hush! Is he asleep"
Like top"
Thank heaven! Goodnight"
"Good-night-er-I say, Miss Gen
evieve-"
But the girl disappeared. and Win
thrope, after a glance at Blake's placid
face, hurried along the cleft to stack
the other fire. When he returned he
noticed two bamboo rods which Blake
had begun to shape into bow slaves.
He looked them over, with a sneer at
Blake's seemingly unskillful workman
ship; but he made no attempt to finish
the bows.