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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-03
Scared With a Hot Iron

or scalded by overturned kettle-cut
with a knife-bruised Dy a slammed
door-injured by gun or in any other
way the thing needed at once is
Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue
inflammation and kill the pain. lt's
earth's supreme healer. infallible for
Boils. Ulcers, fever, Sores. Eczema
and Piles. 25c. at the Pioneer Drug
StOre
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-03
Oklahoma Notes

Noble certainly expects 10 teed
hungry horde at barbecue to be held
there August 10. as the bill Of fare
comprises $1,000 loaves of bread,
two barrels of pickles, two tons Of
ice aid barrels Of water. and five
burned. roasted and smoked beeves.
And it's all to be freel
Ardmore boasts Of a shady as
phait street corner where one may eat
a wstermslon. swap horses-or yarns
roll sweet morsels of gossip under
the tongue, curse hard luck or loaf
the whole day long-all without him
drance or molestation.
Alphabetical Clark Of the Tupelo
Times bemoans the fact that vast
amount Of stone right at the gates Of
the town is being passed up un'
noticed. Better crush IL up and
make good roads now that permanent
roads building is growing popular.
The automobile fever has taken
hold at CARRIER and one firm there has
ordered car load of the chug- -chug"
wagons. Good roads ought to be
next.
s. A. Burgess of Hydro is loser
to the extent of about $500 jn conse-
quence of a fire which destroyed his
wheat and speltz crop and threshing
machine. However. in these days Of
increasing prosperity he will pull
through.
And now comes the plant that n
small army of joint raiding consta-
bles is about to bankrupt the one
time plethoric treasury of Muskogee
county and the commissioners are
calling halt. The price of a raid
is $l.25, 30 draw your own conclu-
sions.
Becoming convinced that the postal
card method of catching horse thieves
is antiquated. the sheriff of Oklahoma
county proposes to substitute the
"devil wagon" This means AN oc.
casional delightful outing at the ex'
pense of other fellows.
FL Reno claims to have screwed
the lid on SO tightly and completely
that the town now is as dry as the
Sahara. 1t is hinted, however, that
quite a herd of camels have stored
enough cheer to tide them over the
present drouth.
The Sheritf's force at Lawton hal
discovered trolley blind tiger which
for originality and unique features
PROBABLY outranks anything of il
kind in the state. The system com
prises carefully concealed trap doc
in the floor Of an innocent LOOKING
pleasure hall, smoothly working
svstem of pulleys and cords, gal
vanized box for ice and booze and
man of ubiquitous mien to push tn
button.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-03
HOP WaiN3c2 U.iTa7 7pANDLE
Useful Device Does Away IN Hand
Work and the Troutie, Of
Carrying a pau.

Janitors, housemaids and other peo-
pie whose duty It is to help keep the
world clean will find q useful article
in the mop.wringer attachment de-
signed by Colorado man. BY means
OF this device the yarn end OF a mop
may be squeezed comparatively dry
by the mere turning of a crank AT
the bottom of the handle is a wiring
er device, consisting Of two parallel
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-03
HIS LIFE NOT HARD
RAILROAD BRAKEMAN CONTENT.
Ed WITH HIS LOT.
Hours Of Sleep Put In While on Duty.
and Seldom 10 the Time OF slum-
ber Occupied at Home.

II have slept In my own home only
once I'm the last year" said the brake
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-03

man OF a passen.
ger train W h ! c b
carries 20 m m u
ters chiefly, "and
that was only be-
cause I was trans
ferred to another
run for a few
days to substitute
for a man who
had to testify in q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.

Life reminds
me of a cat and
a globe full o
gold fish: You
can see a lot in
it that you'd like
ter have, but
you don't know
just how ter git
it out"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Now and again you hear cutlery against doing
mans work. Woman is threatening the balance of the
industrial world, they say woman should do woman's
work.
Um-yes.
But just word here. Do you realize that woman for
ages has done the hardest work of a here is no harder
work washing clothes Ask you wife, your mother
tubful of wet clothes weighswell just test it once
it will shock YOU The labors of rubbing and handling
ordinary week washing Of an average household is
unsued to the frai powers of woman building the Pan
canal.
Washing has broken down more female constitutions
than any known occupation of the
Yet, there is nothing dsgraceful about washing dirty
clothes. That is not why women hate it, They dread
washing because kills them There more martyrs at
the washtub today than heather Rome ever baited in
century of
Washing is drudgery Man, ever the stronger and more
favored cordially permitted this duty to devove upon his
hepmee 1t began back in the days when there WASH
much washing to do and things ddn get dirty rapidly
Urged by the dictates of love and her instinct of clean
ness she undertook it with confidence. NOW it is bondage
AS time went on the demands of ever-developng civil
xation and-et the truth be tod-woman s own blind am
bon for adornment and displayhave fed the washday
Dogle until it is monster of such proportions that it
would destroy her. Today half the that live are
physically incapable of undertaking to keep the family
linen clean week in and week Long hours in the shop
and mill are bliss as compared with the wash tub slavery
And OF peculiar irony is the fact that so many women
ae expected to cook and sweep and raise houseul of
children in addition to doing the washing Compared to
such womans lot that of the professional washerwoman
IL 10 be envled The professional waserwOman has only
70 wash and not Thousand and other things to do
besides VI course the professional washerwoman NAV
have family of her to cook and mend and sweep for
when she is not washing for Others God pity that woman
Man IS just about waking up to the situation Having
a. his leisure invented labor saving machines for every-
thing else he is at this late day toying with devices to rob
Washing OF its medieval crudtes and helsh oppression
Speed the dayl
In the meantime God loves the man who helps his wife
TO do the washing We don't mean the man who when
asked why ne ghened his wifes toll at the tub ans
wered sure! don't change my shirt when it's dirty
mean the man who wrestles the tubs and wrngers
LIE woman's work, but itshouldn be. .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
A GENTLE MOTHERS GIFT.

She was gentle mother whose neffabe love and
slant sweetness descended like sunshine upon her
devoted children and bound them tightly to her.
She lived for them. They her great moving
thought 10 do for them her supremest pleasure To
them to her tender caressng breast to kiss their
upturned faces to her love reflected from their eyes,
laugh with them to weep with them, to pray with them
a these the fountains of her ov the springs of the
life she thought worth while living
And from this inspiring intimacy between the mother
and her children there grew up something that the word
Glove" does not to express, something purer than
the breath of the flower something sweeter than the hui
man dream Of heaven.
To the children the mother became more than mother
saint Her ways became their ways Her ideals became
their ideals. To them she all perfection, and her
smallest wish was their hearts desire.
Such the charming confidence that held together
this little, obscure family and thus founded their
sacred and immortal love-
Silver threads in with the brown. Her patient
eyes grew tired The relentless hand of time etched blue
lines in her face Pain entered into the body making fee
BILE the feet and distortng the SOFT embracing hands But
that wonderful patience which had been her great charm
which had made her triumph severe material
verses did not desert her Calmly and without
plant she suffered the torures of the flesh In the hours
of her poignant distress she yet had smiles and sweet
words for her children and her crippled hands no.
too painng to stop the soft stroke upon their heads
At last Inconsistencies and she Steps Withou.
the door of the humble home the pale horse stands to bear
her forth to unknown lands Night has stiled the city
The children kneel about her bed kind providence
tiers in and opens the mothers for moment and she
speaks while the old happy smile spreads er her face
Gathering her children about her for the last tme this
mother said: II am going away, my children. l am
afraid. There is nothing for to tell you, nothing
than have always told you" And the gentle spirit
went out
What victory was this life and this death!
What material Inheritance compare with this moth
er's gift to her children?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

tually raises it. Plants the seed
corn, plows and harrOws and husks
'em and all that sort of thing. If
the car had wanted one of the
other kind of kings he wouldn't
have sent down into the country
to get one.
They call Clore the corn king be-
cause he seems to have the trick of
raising more and bigger corn from
a little 100-acre farm of his down
here near Franklin, Ind, than any
one else in the world. He's won
over $4,000 in prizes, including
awards at the st. Louis, Chicago,
Buffalo and Paris worlds fairs, and
more recently at the Omaha corn
show won the $1,000 prize of the
American Corn Growers associa-
ton.
Now the car of all the Russians
or his Jas. Wilsonovsky, or who
ever is secretary of agriculture over
there, is trying to stimulate corn
growing In the Russian steppes
When he looked around for some
one to put his subjects onto the
fine points, Clore of Indiana doomed
up like lighthouse in the fog. So
he got the job.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
Connubia[ TUisfs

The following item was received
by country weekly newspaper OF
Eastern Washington recently
among lot of country correspond
ence:
"A baby boy arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph F. Fuss
March "a. Mr. Fuss, remarking on
the event, said: 1--WE have been
married now for three years and
this is the first Fuss of any con
sequence that we have had. How
ever, We do not except to forget
this Fuss for some time. Further
more, we expect to have Fuss
now from time to time. We are
not as lucky as a friend of ours
who lives in Everett. His name is
"Spud" Weiser, and he was a
bachelor until one day he disap
peared, to show up few days later
with a wife, twice Weiser. He said
that there are few men who are
Weiser than he, but that he expect
ed to get a little Weiser every now
and then" 81
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
SUSPENDER BUCKLE
HEADS OFF BULLET

CLEVELAND, April 8.-A sus-
pender buckle was all that saved
w. r. Faben, 1869 Robinwood ave.
nue., from being shot to death by
a highwayman, who, after attempt,
ing the murder, struck IL year old
Arthur Hoehler over the head with
the revolver, stole the lads bicycle
and made his escape.
One of the bullets whizzed past
Mr.. Faben's face. The other struck
him squarely in the suspender
buckle. The bullet plowed its way
through Mr.. Faben's coat and vest,
and was found in the inner lining
of his vest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
TRAVELS MILES SAVES
LEG AND Globes.
10y United Press.)

CLEVELAND, April S-Clad only
in night shirt and pair OF
trousers, and minus one leg, David
Welch, SO, who says he has nc
home, escaped from the city hos
pital at 5 O'Clock in the morning
and was found several hours later,
four miles in the country.
"Where I am going they don't
need coats and legs" Welch said
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
PRISONERS PRACTTCE
TO FKIGN INSANITY
(ey United Prsss)

PHILADELPHIA, April S.-That
prisoners in the county jail hold
daily rehearsals to prepare them
selves, to feign insanity when
brought to trial was the testimony
of an inmate of the prison in the
case of Samuel Skipwith, negro.
charged with murder. The pris-
oner testified that Skipwith was
one of those taking daily lessons
in the phases of insanity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

A southern general was illus
trating the cheapness of confeder-
ate money after the civil war
Two soldiers met on the road.
One was riding a poor, one-eyed,
lame skeleton of a horse.
Give you $4,000 for that
horse. said the soldier on foot.
"'Ye're jokin',' said the rider.
"'Well, make it 100000 then
"'Run along. just paid 1925, 900
TO get him shod.'"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

John G.. Wooley, it is reported,
has quit the prohibition party, be-
cause, he says. "his work is done"
And we were quite sure that the
man who sat next to us at the the
alter last night had been drinking.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
Open to Suspicion

Speaking of city politics, an edi-
tor down in Portland remarks:
This convention plan whereby
the republicans of the city were to
be restricted to one set of candi-
dates for the municipal election
was born in iniquity. conceived in
guile and reared in the dark cor
ners of political prostitution, with
indecent machine wet nurses sup
plying the nourishment."
After woman passes 35 she
doesn't observe her birthdays, but
her friends do.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
CQAZYL
HAstls1EMD BY FRED sGAEFER.

-
the milk. We either had to sell the
milk or the COWS.
We'd pillow the fertile fields. We
knew they were fertile because
they would grow any kind Of weed
you'd ever heard of. Then we'd
SOW and reap. Mother used to sew
too, but she'd never reap.
The poultry yard was our de-
light. We'd play hide and seek
with the hens. A hen would lay an
egg and we'd guess where to find
1t. If we'd lose our guess for
long time the egg would get tired.
of waiting. Once In a while we'd
find a whole nestful OF tired eggs.
We'd have to send that kind to
town. eAa{
To encourage some Of the hens
we'd give 'em a nest egg. A nest
egg is a fixture. Once | put an in.
candescent light bulb under a hen
for nest egg. That was what
you'd call an electric fixture.
But it didn't bring results with
this hen. When the current was on
it made the bulb warm, and the hen
thought she'd already laid a warm.
fresh egg. She'd hop off the nest
and cackle and have us all running
for nothing.
This same hen once sat on a hot
water bag. expecting to hatch out
some waterfowl.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08
WILL TEACH RUSSIAN
HOW TO GROW CORN.

FRANKLIN, Ind, April 81. B.
Clore, Indiana's corn king" is to
tell the secrets of his trade to the
czar of Russia. He's to get $4,000 a
year and all expenses for three
years for doing it.
Clore isn't one of the stock ex-
change corn kings" No He ac-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

All, those good old days on the
farm!
Those were the days when we
were full of activity and life. Some
days | was more full of activity and
life than on other days. That was
when I'd play with my pat humble
bees.
And eat. All, don't eat now
like | used to. Fresh dried apples
and new laid hay for breakfast.
Rich skim milk and cob on the
corn for dinner. And supper for
supper.
We all went to bed with the
chickens. That was to keep the
neighbors from getting the chick
ems. And the next morning we'd
rise with light heart and stomach
and walk in the dew on the grass
and in the interest due on the
mortgage.
Then we'd milk the cows and sell
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

The seismograph can tell you all
about an earthquake 5000 miles
away. Now for one which will tip
off one that's five minutes away.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-08

Secret service men who watch
the president can now sport frock
coats and silk hats with the as
surance that they won't have to
go out on any 20 mile ride the first
time it rains good and hard.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06

II EREAFTER there will be no pure
IL ly ornamental places in the for
eign service Of the United States.
While this cannot be said to be new
policy, it is the declared intention OF
the present administration, and espe-
cially Of the state department, that
there shall be no deviation from 1t.
This rule will not be made to apply
only to the diplomatic service, but to
the consular offices of the United
States from the highest to the lowest.
In years past there have been
many complaints that the consular
service of the United States was, gen.
orally speaking, inefficient and of a
much lower grade than that of many
foreign countries having representa-
tives in the United States. The state
department officials themselves in
previous years have acknowledged
this, and while the service has i'm
proved Of late, 1t has not made the
rapid advance that is noticeable in
the service of some of our foreign
trade competitors.
. At present this government has in
foreign countries 298 consuls and con-
suls general. with a large number Of
vice and deputy consuls, interpreters.
ETC., making a total of about 1900, and
it is the expressed determination OF
the state department to elevate the
service in every possible way. A
working familiarity with the subjects
with which they will have to deal is
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06

VY7ASHINGTON.-A very interesting
w bit of unusual summer gossip
concerning changes in the personnel
of the supreme court of the United
States connects the name OF James
s.. Harlan, member Of the interstate
commerce commission, with an asso-
ciate justiceship in succession to his
distinguished father, John Marshall
Harlan, who has been on the supreme
bench since 1877, and who recently
celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday.
It would occasion no surprise
should one or two changes In the per-
sonnet of the highest federal tribunal
take place at the beginning of the
fall term. Chief Justice Fuller, now
in his seventy-seventh year. and AS
sociate Justice Harlan have been
credited with retirement inclinations
at various times for some years past.
1t became evident, however, after
much talk of this character, that
there would be no retirements from
the supreme bench during the Roose-
velt administration and latterly it has
been said that neither the chief JUS
tice nor Justice Harlan vas disposed
to relax the labors which are SO con-
genial to them. But with Mr.. Taft
in the Office of %appointive power
many are inclined to believe there is
a probability of a change OF mind, af-
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
Value of tariff Menaqerie" Imports

leeches, rose leaves, dragons blood,
palladium, musk, birds, wild animals.
chicle and cobras.
The value of the imports Of the last
decade of divi divi, which is used for
tanning purposes, is placed at $4,000.
In the same period. the value of leech-
es brought in was $4,000; rose leaves
$50, 1000, and chicle. largely used in
the manufacture of chewing gum, 49,
0O0, 900.
During the year 1908 the musk i'm
portations exceeded 8 1000. while the
quantity of palladium, a rare metal
used in the manufacture of astron-
omical instruments and by dentists,
| represented a value of 500.
Pains have been taken to explain
that dragons blood is really not drag
ons' blood at all, but a mere name for
a deep reddish resinous substance OBJ
tanned from q variety Of trees in the
orient. and used extensively as an In
gredient In varnishes, stains and for
making etchings on copper and zinc.
The value of the importations of this
article during the last decade is
placed at $4,000. The value of birds
imported in 1908 is placed at $500, 900,
mostly canaries and parrots.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
Tells Waiting World His Aim
and Object.

"Having obtained the grudging per-
mission of my feminine relatives" re-
marked the old Codger, with his GUS
tomary grim grin, "and the advice and
c%autionings of numerous well-meaning
acquaintance, who don't sorter begin
to know with a wink and whispered
hint from a rose-nosed bachelor friend
who l kinda guess speaks with au-
thority, successfully turned aside the
interrogatory gimlets of various
Toms, Dicks and Harrys who really
want to know why / am going and
how long | expect to stay and honestly
believe that my business is some of
their business, seen Pheeny pack a
complete change of thing and an
other in my gripsack, put in my In
side pocket a program lengthy enough
to load down a dromedary of things
that my neighbors want me to fetch
home for 'em in order to save the ex-
press charges and which-the said
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06

| crop? Not by a tinker's dern! Just
open So cents worth of this Canned
Examinations, what Jim Whitman
thinks. he will control, and let II
loose in the hay field. In a second
every one is bathed in a mild, meller
light. Then you say: Just a little
brighter to kill off the dew and.
open a vest pocket size Of powerful
light, gathered on a bright winters
day.
Instantly it mixes in and makes
the meller light average up, and the
hired lei work all night. Say you
want the men to hustle out a bit
earlier mornings and it won't do to set
the clock ahead. Just open Is cents
worth of Sun Rise Light in Old New
England, Happy Brand and every
manjack will swear it's six o'clock.
and the clock that points truthfully
at the hour of three is a liar"
You could work the men both
early and late." hungrily observed
Edgar.
IF they're simple minded you could
work 'em all the time" readily as
sured Trad. Hadn't we better start
now for Freeman's?"
mo; you don't go till to-morrer," in.
sisted Edgar. when can you git a
cheap can of that stuff"
"Just as soon as the Extracting
Compressor is finished you shall have
the first, the very first, can," prom
Used Trad in a confidential whisper.
Jim Witham can rave and rampage
and tear his hair and be dod-"
What dye mean by Compressor /"
snarled Edgar.
II mean the jigger what's run by q
powerful dynamo to pluck the light
corpuscles out Of the air and con-
dense 'em as you do milk. and then
jam 'em into a cam"
Costing how much?" asked Edgar's
metallic voice.
Some say $42,O 00, but / hold it can
be done for $4,000. with the first
years profits paying the whole shot
apd Sill left over for pin"
But Edgar, at this juncture, was
stamping into the barn.
Copyright. 1909, by ". q. Chapman.)
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06

THE tariff menagerie," a term used
by congressional humorists to des-
ignate a miscellaneous assortment OF
articles of import. threatens to be an
issue between the United States bu-
reau of statistics and the funny men"
Of the senate and house in Wash
ington. The management Of the bu-
reau, which keeps an accurate &C
count Of every article imported, It's
name, value and the duty paid. Is per-
turbed because, some Of the articles
In the menagerie list have been made
the basis of many jests by the con-
gressmen who see the humorous side
OF the thing. In a statement issued
recently, the bureau maintains that
these articles, which have a recog-
nized value, illustrate the scope OF the
commerce of the United States and
present some ominous facts. For in
stance. reference is made to divi divi,