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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-11-12
TEMPERANCE
LESSON
Sunday School Lesson for Nov. IL, 1910
Specially Arranged for This Paper

lesson Text-Matthew 24.p-5i. Memory
verse a.
Golden TeSt-"watch and Pray, that
ye enter not into temptation. - Matt.
2B4i
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Just a Fit.

In the Ex-Libris Journal an anus ing anecdote is given of man anx- ious for a coat of arms and fortunate in finding one. A secondhand book seller bought at a country sale. some 300 volumes of handsome but unsal- able old sermons, books on theology and the like.
 He placed a number of these out side his shop. Soon afterward a well dressed man entered and said, Have you any more of this kind of books with this shield on them?" pointing to the bookplate attached, which bore the arms and name of a good old country family.
 That box, sir, is full of books iron the same house." answered the book seller
 What do you ask for them?" in qirired the man. I'm going back to Chicago. and I want to take some books, and these will just fit me, name and all Just you sort out all that have that shield and name, but don't you send any without that nameplate, for that's my name. too. I reckon this old fellow with the daggers and roosters might have been related to me some way"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
she was begin.

1 "OA. I'm so sorry" she was begin ming when I cut her short Don't .mention it-doesn't matter bit-nowi" I added under my breath. The mischief was done, but of course pretty little huttering Estelle Folsom was not to blame.
 When Rafe did appear with bevy Of five ladies in tow-four ingenue sisters znd a first old woman" mammal could have killed him with a look. However, he was profuse in his regrets Il managed to infer that "the girls" had been long time over their toilets and I broke away to make my peace with Miss Callandar.
 But there was to be neither peace nor pardon for me that night. The Honorable Gordon-Powell was very much in evidence; I couldn't find a vacant place on her dance-card, and 60 hurried aside requesting a few min utes' private talk in order that might explain something the girl returned coolly:
 II don't think it really matters, MT. Bleecker, does it? Seeing is believing, you know she ended, flashing me a dazzling smile over the shoulder of that confounded attache as he whirled her away.
 For the rest of the evening l played ''gooseberry' to Miss Folsom, flirted desperately with the four bread-and- butter Scrimgeor girls. and rather took a savage delight in dancing with Rafes s | fiancee more times than was perhaps prudent or necessary.
 Punishment came in the morning bright and early in the shape of note from Miss Callandar, delivered while I was dressing. It was short, tart, and to the point Her ring-my ring-fell from the envelope to the floor as opened it Here is what I read, un- dated, unsigned:
 After last night, I am reluctantly convinced that you are as fickle as once thought you true. I abhor deceit and double-dealing as the one unpar- donable sin between men and women. Henceforth should we meet it must be as strangers. But I hope never to see you again
 So I was condemned unheardi That started my fighting bloow. By heaven. she should know the truth! By 10
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
DECREASE IN BIRD LIFE.

Whole Species Extinguishei by Pot
 Hunters in One Generation.
 In times of record the chief birds absolutely to drop from human sight are the dodo (16SD. great auk (1S44), Nestor Productus parrot Q851). and Pallas' cormorant (recently). These can only be reconstructed from skins and bones and old descriptions.
 New Workers remember when the Labrador duck was common i'll the market. Sailors easily shot and brought it to port by thousands. Now only three are preserved in all the world. Walter Rothschild of England has two of them-one obtained from Gordon Hummer of Brookline, Mass, who bought it in Fulton Market, New York, in 1880; the other from William Butcher of New York. by whom it was received from the widow of man named Thompson, who shot it in the St. Lawrence River in 1852. Nine years afterward one was killed on Grand Manan, and four years later the last to be known was shot by J. U. Bell, who sold its skin to the Smith sonian Institution at Washington
 You see how carefully the roll is called and identiications are made when the battle is over. The battle is about over for the beautiful passenger pigeon. In 1S4S it came down the Hudson River in such numbers that the then owner of "Claremont." near the place where Grants TomO now is. shot from his roof 100 in a morning. Twenty-eight years later a pigeon nesting" near Petoskey, Mich, oc- cupied an area twenty-eight miles long,. averaging four miles wide. That season (according to freighting rec ords) billion passenger pigeons were destroyed in Michigan, when roasting, by guns. bludgeons and pots Of sul- phur. Railroads had been laid and markets were ready. The birds sold in New York for cent apiece.
 Nobody has noted a passenger pigeon, and proved it. since 1900 The only attested living specimens for years past were in captivity. A few were in the Cincinnati Zoo, few in Milwaukee; others had been bred from a single pair owned by Prof. c. Q. Whitman of Chicago University. Six years ago Prof Whitman's refused fur ther to interbreed. All that were known were presently dead. except one male in Cincinnati and one female in the Whitman aviary. The lone fe- male was sent ,o the disconsolate male Of the tremendous f1ocks which once flew over the United States, only these two birds are left.-Eyerybody' Maga zine
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
..ro Expre.s Our Appreciation"

John Smith. says writer in the Monson Register, had worked for the Valve Corporation for forty-two years, and decided to quit. The company, in consideration Of his long and faithful service, arranged to give him none tary recognition.
 The superintendent of the works, q German, was asked to present 1t. He was advised to use little sentiment in making the presentation speech. and this :s the way he did it:
 John. you half work for the com pany over forty years?'
 Yes"
 You are going to quit?"
 'tYes"
 We'll. They are so glad of it that they asked me to hand you this hun dred dollars"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
THE HILLS OF REST.

Beyond the last horizons rim.
 Beyond adventures farthest quest Somewhere they rise, serene and dim, The happy, happy Hills of Rest Unon their sunlit slopes uplift
 The castles we have built in Spain While fair amid the summer drift
 Our faded gardens flower again. Sweet hours we did not live go by To soothing note on scented wing; In authenticated volumes lie
 The songs we tried in vain to sing. They all are there; the days of dream That build the inner lives of men; The silent, sacred years we deem
 The might be, and the might have
 been.
 Some evening when the sky is gold I'll follow day into the west; Nor pause, nor heed, till I behold
 The happy, happy Hills of Rest. Albert Bigelow Paine, in Harper's.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
BUENoS AIRES.
A City With All the Finish of n
 Paris or a Berlin.

Buenos Ayres, the capital of the Argentine Republic, is in some re- spects the most cosmopolitan city in the world. No important European nation but has contributed it's capital and its people to the upbuilding of this great metropolis. It also has the distinction of being the second city of Latin population in the world. be- ing larger than the largest cities in Italy and Spain.
 There is perhaps no city which ex- hibits a greater variety of pleasing contemporary styles of domestic archi- lecture. The city council tries to en- courage beautiful building by annual ly offering a gold medal to the archi- tect who is found to have planned the most attractive facade and by freeing from the building tax the building thus favored.
 The outward aspect of Buenos Ayres is rather that of a European than of an American capital. It has all the finish of a Paris or a Berlin. The absence of the irregular sky line, caused in North American cities by the extreme height of some business buildings as well as the fact that the ground of the city is quite uniformly build upon, even in the more outlying regions. keeps the city from present ing that unfinished appearance which even our largest cities have.-World To-day.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Tint Genius whist,er

Of Whistler Lady St Heller in Memories of Fifty. Years writes thus: "He was a genius and had all the defects and qualities of one To him everything was a joke. the sub ject of bonmot. The lightest and daintiest of persifage was what he excelled in, and one never had a dull moment in his company He was all ways late for dinner. arranging the immortal lock of gray hair in it's proper place as he came into the room, with apologies and excuses, none of them true-of which he was perfectly conscious and also of the fact that his host and hostess knew that they were not Wherever he was there would be a circle listening to him, and his ringing laugh would be heard all over the room as he sent his shafts right and left into the joints of the armor of those who were attacking him. It was a great surprise and al- most a shock when he appeared as 8 benedict" M
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
SWISS TRAMPS FEW.
A Poor Place For the Man Wh,.
 Doesn't Want to Work


 Switzerland is not place for tramps, because the man out. of en- ployment and who makes no effort to find work is not tolerated for mo- ment in that country The district authorities will secure him a job at hard labor and little pay, and such an offer car be refused only under the penalty of going to a penal work house. These institutions are under military discipline, the work severe, the wages a penny or threepence per day, and release is granted only upon the advice of those in charge. No difficulty is experienced in determin- ing between beggars and unemployed. because ali legitimate laborers have papers given them by the district in which they live containing informa- tion concerning the position they have held.
 In every part of Switzerland are established relief in kind" stations for the exclusive use of respectable unemployed. Only those are admitted who have had regular work during the previous three months and have been out of employment for at least five days These men must be on the lookout for work and accept any sit uation that is offered, because the chronic loafer is soon detected by the police and his papers are marked so that he can never again seek refuge in a station"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
A Tooth.ome Revenge.

During the reign of Charles IT., the age of gallantry, it was the custom among gentlemen when they drank a lady's health in order that they might do her still more honor to destroy at the same time a part of their cloth ing.
 Upon one occasion Sir Charles Sed- ley was dining in a tavern and had a particularly fine 'necktie on, where upon one of his friends to play him a trick, drank to the health of certain lady, at the same time throwing his uecktfe in the fire. Of course Sir Charles had to do likewise, but he got even, for not long after that, dining with the same company, he drank the health of a fair one, at the same Sine ordering a dentist whom he had en- gagged to be present to pull out re- fractory tooth which had been trou- bling him. Everyone else was obliged in this manner to mourn molar.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Refused to Be Fooled.

There is no fooling a man who loves fooling. Some one. on that significant date, April l. sent Henry Ward Beech CT a letter containing just a sheet of paper with the two words, April Fool" says the United Presbyterian.
 MT. Beecher opened 1t, and then a delighted smile beamed over his face as he exclaimed:
 We'll I've often heard of a man writing letter and forgetting to sign his name to it, but this is the first case of a man signing his name and forget ting to write the letter."
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

h less than ten minutes Jessica was in my arms once more, our peace was made, and I was kissing away the tears of happy relief that dimmed the radiance of the dearest eyes on earth. Then the luncheon-bell tingled, and as hand in hand we went down the wide stairs 1 chuckled gayly:
 Well, it turned out to be the right church for me, sure enough, even if did get into the wrong pewI"-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Near-BiIIinrds.

Two travelling salesmen. detained in a little village hotel. were introduced to a crazy little billiard table and set of balls which were of uniform dirty gray color
 "But how do you tell the red from the white?' asked one of the guests.
 "Oh," said the landlord. 'tyou soon get to know them by their shape" Success Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Make Some One Happy.

Charles Kingsley thus counseled c. friend: Make it a rule and pray to God to help you to keep it, never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say, I have made one human being at least little wiser, a little happier or little better this day. You will find it easier than you think and pleasanter."
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
When the Bluehsh Gather.

The capture of bluefish from New Jersey to Monomoy during a season is 100000, averaging six pounds. Bluefishing on the New England coast lasts 12O days
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22
Too Good to Be NTIssed

Comedian-I can't go on for min ute, sir. I feel funny.
 Manager-Funny! Great Scott, man! Go on at once and make the most of it while it lasts.-Stray Stories.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

After you hear few Mysteries ex- plained, it is hard to understand why there is so much curiosity.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

How patient a girl is with the tenn per of Any Young Man, and how inn patient she is with the i'll temper of her father
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

Some men act important cnly when they are talking over the telephone
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

uated with my B. S., and went West to work for a big construction firm.
 
 Four years later, early on a Sunday morning in May, landed in New York. The little blind god of happen-so put it into my head that for once I'd oa good and go to church. Naturally chose the old Collegiate Chapel where for two hundred years the Bleeckers had worshiped, and where our family pew was handed down as an heirloom. But, as I afterward discovered. our seat had been so long untenanted by the family-I am the last of the line that is was now used as a strangers pew This, of course, did not know when I whispered to the usher-a com plete stranger, by the way:
 The Bleecker pew, if you please" He nodded and preceded me up the aisle, although I could have found my way blindfold. He did not pause at the well-remembered~ door, but went on half dozen paces further. Then noticed that the Bleecker pew already held its quota.
 My guide opened the door Of an empty sitting and motioned me within. saying under his breath:
 "The Bleecker pew is full. but you'll be entirely welcome here"
 I bowed and took the end seat near the aisle. Service had not yet begun, and I was interestedly gazing around the old sanctuary where as a lad in knickerbockers I had sat between my father and mother, Sunday after Sun day, when I was reused from my rev erie by the rustic of skirts and the click of the door-catch. Two ladies were being Ishered in.
 Naturally 1 rose and stepped into the aisle to permit the new arrivals to en- ter, raising my eyes for moment as they passed me, and got the surprise of my life.
 They were Jessica Callandar and her mother, Jessica Callandar. after al! those years. just as fresh and cool and stately as ever Neither had recog nized me, and for an instaDt thought of flight But only for an in stant. The chance rencontre was too fortunate to be despised unless-and stcle another glance at the face Of the l Oisl beside me. and in that same in-
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

Anyway, a square meal is as broad IS 1t is long.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-22

o'clock I was at the hotel, only to be told that Mrs. Callandar and party left for New York on the g o'clock ex- press" I followed by the Shore Line an hour later, and suffered another re- bun upon calling at the Callandar resi- dence. Miss Callandar was convention- ally not at home" Then I wrote q long letter, detailing the facts. That Jessie read it I didn't doubt, although it was returned to me along with q bunch of my former letters.
 For the third time 1 ask you: What more could a fellow do? I stiffened my jaw, plunged into work, was grad uated with my B. S., and went West to work for a big construction firm.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Accommodations for pacifc.

WASHINGTON. Dec !. - In his annual report just submitted Secre- tary of the Navy Never recom- mends that Bremerton navy yard be increased to q much greater capacity. and he made the largest on the Pacific coast. He says that the Mare Island yard is altogether inadequate if large fleet should have to be taken care of Ho rec ommends also tho abandonment of several of the smaller yards on the Atlantic coast. claiming that they are of insufficient Use to warrant the expenditure for their keep-up. He states that the tests made of Alaska coal were entirely satisfac- tory and infers that ii will he ex- tremely difficult to maintain fleet on the Pacific unless coal is Ob- tainable from the North
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Alaska Appropriations,

WASHINGTON. Dec '. The appropriations wanted by the vari- ous departments in Alaska were made public today For light and fog station at Cape St. Elias, Kyak Island. the sum of $11,400 is asked; S1O0.oOO is wanted for a light and fog signal station at Cape Spencer; SS.o0O for the extension and better ment of the cable sytsem; S75000 for the construction and mainten- ance of military roads; s10O,0O0 for additional aids to navigation; S60.- 900 10 purchase site for and be- ein the construction of a customs house and post office at Juneau: S40.o00 for furnishing a library and museum for the executive mansion at Juneau: s4o.o0O for educational purposes: $20000o for the protection of game and $27,o00 for the reindeer stations
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Good Chances for MenIo Moore,

NINCENNES. Dec 9. The ar guments were concluded in the MenlO case late this afternoon and ne case went to the jury. The court instructed that if the jury believed that Moore has been ren- Tered temporarily unbalanced in his mind through hearing the confes- sion of his wife they should find him not guilty of the murder of Gibson. It is generally believed that Moore will be acquitted.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Messaoe is BelittIe d.

WASHINGTON, Dec '. - Pres ident Taft's message is not taken very seriously by the majority of the editors of the country, most of whom claim to see noting in it of much importance. The general comment is to the effect that the President is reading alright the meaning of his overthrow at the recent election and realizes that he will have little hand in the shap- ing of the nations destinies during the remainder of his term of of flee
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Reyolutionists Are Winning.

DOUGLAS. Ariz., rec S - Ad- vices received here today are to the effect hat the revolutionists have captured end hold possession of Giterro City. the largest city in the state of Chihuahua. and that they have held an election and chosen a new set of municipal officers.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
To Push Statehood Bill,

SEATTLE, Dec. 6. - In a mes sage to the Post-Intelligencer to- day Delegate Wickersham says that he will introduce a bill in congress at an early date calling for state hood for Alaska. The delegate says that he does not expect that he will get the bill through at this ses- sion, but he is hopeful that he will be able to kill President Taft's measure for a commission form of government for the territory.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Have Selected Their Jail.

OMAHA, Dec '. - I-he four mill lionaire cattlemen sentenced to a years Imprisonment for fencing in a part of the public domain. left here today for Hastings with their valets, and they intend to spend their years captivity in the coun- ty jail at that place. They made a tour of the state in their automo- piles looking for the best and most comfortable jail and decided on the one at Hastings.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
After Street Car Taxes

TACOMA, Dec. s. - County Treas urer Edward Meath today notified the Stone & Webster company, the owners of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company, and the Puget Sound Electric Company that unless their back taxes to the county. amounting to s300,000, were immedi- at ly paid the lines of the company, outside of the corporate limits of this city, would be torn up.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Revolution Goes on Apace.

DOUGLAS, Ariz., Dec. ,. - Ad- vices received here are to the ef- feet that the government troops in Mexico are crossing the mountains to attack the rebel strongholds and and that many severe arrangements are being fought along their line of march
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Session Is Opened.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. The last session of the Sixty-first con gross was formally opened today, but it was immediately adjourned out of respect to those members who have passed away since the close of the last session. The pres ident's message will be delivered tomorrow and his appointments will also be read.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Seattle Garaoe Blown Up.

SEATTLE, Dec. '. = Early this morning the garage of Italian Con- sul Ghillione was blown up by dy- namite Two men are suspected of the crime and bloodhounds have been set on their tracks. Windows in Rainier Heights, where the gar age was situated, were smashed and the people were thrown into panic for the time being.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Seekino Tariff Revision.

WASHINGTON. Dec :. A Democratic member of the house today introduced a bill calling for the reduction of the tariff upon cat tie There is little doubt that there will be big agitation for a reduc- ton of the tariff by the Democrats and it may be that some legislation may be initiated at this session
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Delecate Introduces Two Bills.

WASHINGTON, Dec. '. - Dele gate Wickersham today introduced two bills in the house. One of them is for the purpose of granting to incorporated towns the privilege of annexing adjoining suburbs, with the consent of the residents of the suburbs and another is for the cor
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
c+9bI Ge+c paperc Rack

SEATTLE, Dec. & - The papers stolen from Gene Stahl, Dawson newspanerman, a few days ago, at the Arctic club. have been returned 70 him They were found floating in the bay. Among the papers were some options on Jack Wade creek property.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Biq Guns for BattIeship.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The navy department is considering the placing of sixteen inch guns on the new 27,000 ton battleship.
 Harmon and Woodrow Wilson.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. - Most of the members and officials here are of the opinion that the two lead
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Dead Striker is Buried.

CHICAGO. Dec !. = More than five thousand workingmen marched in the funeral parade for the dead striker who was killed in the riot ing two days ago. Banners were borne in the parade which announced that the man had come to his end while defending his rights. and was shot down by the oppressors of labor
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Editor Harrison Buried.

SEATTLE, Dec. 6. - The funeral services fer the late Colonel E. s. Harrison. editor and publisher of the Alaska-Yukon Magazine, were held today. The pallbearers were mem bers of the Arctic club, of which the deceased was member There were many floral tributes in eyi- dence
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
Alaska Appointments.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. = Pres ident Taft today submitted to the senate for confirmation the name of c. D. Murane, of Nome, as district judge, and Faulkner, as marshal at Juneau, who are now serving under recess appointments.