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Harrington, whose bare flesh touched
a wire and left him ufeless. Then came
the death Of Robert Mcbride, who I'D
the same thing; and the sheet Of fame
which enveloped him blew out every
fuse in the substation and damaged the
tower to the extent OF several thou
sand dollars.
The list is long, but yet there are no
vacancies. The ranks are ever filed
with lean. well knit men whose quickly
moving hands draw back. as by In
stinct. from metallic objects; for, aeons
ago, the command went forth: Let
there be light" and, somehow, some
where, men there Will be whose duty
1t win be to fulfill the order.
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killed.

seated on a SWING far out on q wire
cable. when a high power wire fell
across the cable and began to burn the
Insulation. Forty feet from the earth
he sat and waited. He was too far
from the pole to get down 1t. There
fore he perforce had to wait. Nearer
and nearer approached the tiny, curl
ing flames and piece by piece the In
sulation gave way before it. He wait
ed until the very last second. The
fire had almost reached his hands
and then he dropped the sheer 40 feet.
His ankles were sprained and he was
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Inside householder, tuning in the
darkness, says things. Has he not paid
his price? And where-where is the
equivalent?
Now there was one, by name George
Dow, a telephone line1nan. 1t had been
long since his death warrant had been
signed and the wisdom of many jobs
sat on his shoulders. 1t was on a calm
summer day that he climbed pole in
San Pablo avenue to make a slight
repair
There amt mo place safe on the
poler
Such is the bitter truth of the line
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tered and bruised. but he considered

battered and bruised, but ne considered
himself lucky.
For there is the case of Frank Far
reilly. He was working in Niles canyon
a few weeks ago, and, somehow, his
bare wrist came in contact with big
wire. Wherefore, Frank Farrelly
straightened out and the men who bore
his lifeless form from the pole received
several shocks by induction.
And so on without end. At Dill
Ions point, near Vallejo. looms the
'hoodooed stick" a tall tower which
carries the $4,000 volt high potential
cable Of the Bay Counties power COM
pany, and on which three men have
met their death First, there was Jack
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the fevered cheek tell only TOO pIalnly
that life is ebbing very fast from her.
and yet who Is 1t that supports herf
These girls in their degraded Life are
giving half their food. any money they
can spare. part of every cup Of tea
and every wretched meal to keep her
from the workhouse. which she breads
as only the poor know how. We sat
and talked while and then passed
on, realizing that the sisters Of char.
ity in this world are not only to be
found amongst the pure and holy who
have taken vows to devote their lives
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LONDON WATERS "HAT.-

Few men who have come to New York from the
other side to live and to make money have come
into their own In quite the same fashion az the
maitre dhotel of of the big uptown hotels.
Four years ago he was a waiter in the restaurant
of a London hotel. earning at most $40 week. tips
included. Now he Is in charge of the whole res
taurant service at one of the busiest New York
hotels and his income this year, including gratui-
ties should be at least $4,000 and at that he has
been in New York only few months.
There is nobody who is better qualified to make
comparisons between restaurant conditions In Lon
don and here than this maitre d'hotel and the
wealthy but little travelled citizen of this country
who does not know Europe may well be surprised
to be told that the lavish tips he bestows upon his
waiter in the expensive restaurant in London ben
eft that person little than would moderate
gratuity. What the waiter gets in the average big
restaurant in London when he is told to keep the
change does not go into his pocket Instead
it is put in the that"
The reason for the hat Is that 1t is believed to
insure uniformity of good service. 1t is the rule
of the big London restaurant that every tip in the
dining room shall go TO the hat and at the end
of the week the contents are divided.
Waters in London paid in wages only
$1.25 week." said the maitre d'hotel when
man first enters the service of restaurant he gets
only one-half of one part of the drawings from the
hat. SO that he will receive altogether during
busy season from 50 to $13 week. After sfx
months he win be entitled to a full part of draw.
ing and will get on the average about SIS a week
Head walters In London. which correspond TO
captains here get IS week wages and about SIS
q week cut Of the hat. Here a captain win ret
from SIS to 500 a month in wages while his tdps
VIII bring that amount up to $3.50 to $3.50"
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lives. passing from the swinging door Of one
drink shop to another till all that is left upon
the face IL q besotted leer, and It seems as
though the spark of divinity which ID In every
one had surely been extinguished; men Of the
worst criminal type low. brutalzed, terrible
And we say to ourselves. as we turn these pages
When shall we realize that to deal scientifically
with such abject misery rs this we must not
alone deny to these the freedom Of the drink
shop. but we should, for the good Of humanity
count them irresponsible lunatics and keep
them safely segregated for the rest Of their lives
But there IL another side of East London even
more heartrending. for walk those bleak
streets In the cold March wind we meet again
and again the honest man seeking work and find
ing none. Never. probably labor shorter
than at present. On all hands families the
verge of starvation and men driven to despera-
ton. men who walk all day and return weared
and wan with the same terrible sentence on their
lips. mo job for me-" women crying for bread
not because they would not work or could not.
but Just because the bread winner can find no
employment.
And yet there are CLEANS of brightness in this
life in East London which help us and cheer us
and make realize that possibly by and by we
shall solve the great problem of sorrow by under
standing how it is the crucible of God in which
he can produce that which is lkest to himself in
human souls. We walk onward through those
dark and dirty streets and by and by we come to
a lodging house for women. No lower or more
degraded place can be found Yet as we enter
there is a woman sitting the fire drinking a
cup of tea, surrounded by group whose history
is written only too plainly upon their faces, and
as we enter we are recognized and they tell US
how this poor soul has been nigh to the verge of
death. She is expecting to go down into the
great Gethsemane Of suffering which shall bring
her perhaps another load of sorrow. which, were
1t not for the circumstances. ought to be wo-
mans greatest Joy. They found her on the
bridge. leaning over the parapet, putting out
feeble hands to clasp the cold hand of death;
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mead almost increasingly as when the sun
shines or the fog wraps round Men and wo-
men YEARLY walking. sometimes because they
nave nowhere to go. sometimes because their
work keeps them late at night and sends them
forth early In the morning, sometimes because
they are returning from that long quest in search
or labor, the story of which Is written in their
detected countenances and their Respondent. bent
shoulders; but the stream drives and the
trans roll by till one O'Clock in the morning and
while some in East London sleep as many wake.
But we are hound for some of the lodging
houses in one Of the very worst streets in that
densely populated quarter: streets that have the
unsavory reputation Of being the scene of some
of Jack the Rippers murders: streets that have
been the plague spot of the police the puzzle of
philanthropists. the death Of the city missionaries
We turn away from the main thoroughfare down
some of the dark side alleys. and then by the
open doors and the lights we can see that we
have come to the land Of the doss houses. as they
are called. where a cheap bed can be had for
few pence. Night seems hardly to have begun,
though it is late The downstair rooms are still
full Of men and women whose occupation seems
to be one constant passing In and out of the dirty
kitchen to shuttle across the street through the
open doors Of the saloon. and here you find the
secret Of London's degradation There are among
that wretched crowd. herded In these lodging
houses. and women who have known days
far different from their present surroundings
Some Of these men have been in the army, some
even have been ministers OF religion. Some of
these women have known good homes and re-
fined surroundings. but the gaping doors of the
drink shop could tell the story of their ruin. And
as you breathe the loaded atmosphere of those
horrible dens you ask yourself why 1t is impos-
sble to rouse these people to sense of their
wretched environment. why cannot they be up
lifted and reclaimed? The dull eyes, the heavy
faces. the Indifference the stupor is your answer
-narcotized by drink. 1t is strange that such
quarter of our city should be infinitely more re-
pulsive than the so-caled Chinese street where
it is true. you see men smoking opium pale ema
ciated; but that vice seems as nothing in the
clean though bare surroundings of the oriental
in comparison with the horrible squalor of the
English doss house
We stand for a moment at the corner Of the
street The clock is striking half-past twelve
and watch the closing hour of the saloon. A
law has been enacted In England which makes
drunkenness now a crime and men and women
can be arrested for this without its being neces-
sary as formerly. that they should be disorderly
as well: but when the customers of the drink
shops are turned upon the streets at closing
time It does not seem as though the arm of the
law had reached the offenders. for girls and wo-
men. young and old men. stagger blindly out into
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DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription

The hospital knife operating be svoided by the
timy OF Favote Prescription
avoided
- = = -
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ary incident to medicine fair chance
perseverance, . d tne.
fou can't afford Q
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guarded sacedy
sd by prpsss1: privacy Add; Worlds Medical Ao
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a VIVID. pm.
PICTURE EE5
~ THE EAST:E
CbkZao1n1He2z2Y
S027zeEdeE

the street, and drunk
en- shouts and drunken
yells and ribald songs
and the shufhing feet
of squalid. miserable
W o m e n disturb the
peace Of the still night
air. Another law has
also been enacted by
the legislature during
the past year and that
is that a list shall be
furnished to all the sa-
loon keepers. with por-
traits of b a bitual
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q strength Of rectitude which make
us realize how the best In humanity
can dominate circumstance. Never
theless, it would be useless to deny
that the shadows predominant and
1t were well that all who are called
to rule this nation should elect to
walk the dark and untrodden ways
Of those streets of misery, as well
as the stately ways of Westminster.
In order to realize that the same
city ought not to hold such terrible
contrasts.
1t is nearly IL o'clock at night
when we leave the settlement house.
situated at the extreme east Of the
long thoroughfare. which is the ar
terry Of the east end. The wind
sweeps across the broad road and
whistles wildly by. driving the dust
toward the marsh land that lies be-
yond. The streets in East London
are never still; the tramp of the
multitude goes on In unbroken
rhythm when the stars are over.
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the same city, the same nation the same govern
ment can hold both To mary the word East
London appears only vast tract of crime and
misery and is looked upon much as we see the
words marked on the map, Sahara desert" an
unknown wilderness which comfortable beings
who give themselves to the practical work OF
daily life. are not expected to traverse. But to
who know East London 1t is no longer a will
derness Of woe, but place which is crossed by
the lights and shadows. by the sadness and Joy
that go to make up the sum Of every existence.
and above all. perhaps the place where. side by
side with depths of human degradation and mis-
cry. can be found an inspired unselfshness and
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Words Of Praise

For the several ingredients Of which Dr. Perces med.
cines composed Sven by leaders in ell the several
schools Of medicine should have far weight than any
Of nonprofessiona testimonials. Booklet made
up Of these free. Address below. Dr.. Perce's
Favorite Prescription has every
bottIewspper, in full List Of al s intredients printed
IN plain Enflish and sworn to q correct.
If you IN invalid woman and suffer from frequent
headache, backache fnawnf distress in stomach period.
zeal pains, disafreeable distress, perhaps
dark spots specks dancing before the eyes, faint spells
and kindred symptoms caused by female weakness, OF
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drunkards, to whom
drink IL no longer to
be served. / know no
more CHASTITY album. 1t
would be possible to
write a volume on the
faces thus portrayed.
Young girls, some not
more than i've or six
and twenty. with still
the indelible traces of
youth and beauty upon
their faces. but with
the hall mark of crime
and degradation; old
" o m e n. " b o b ave
dragged out we airy
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HERE are probably
few contrasts to be
found In any city
greater than exist in
the east and the west
OF London. So stri-
king are they that it
Is difficult TO believe
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to God. but that sometimes that divine charity
turks in hearts which have grown dim and dusty
by life of sin but still reflect back the light
that falls for instant upon that facet which God
himself has cut
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is diffcult to believe
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-14
lrIraL puhIahed n the cnleftnIn.
BY Adds A. BROWN,
Her Attorney.

(First Published In the Chieftain,
December Gath, 1909
State OF Oklahoma, Craig County, ss.
In tho County Court.
In the Matter Of the Guardianship OF
Homer Rainey, a Minor: g, J. Hunt,
Guardian. Probate No 93 New
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL EeTATE.
The petition Of G. J. Hunt az guar
dian Of the estate of Homer Rainey, 4
minor, having been presented 10 this
Court. praying for an order authoriz.
ing said petitioner to sell the whole or
80 much and such parts OF the real
estate described lii said petition an
the Court shall Judge necessary or
beneficial or expedient, al private
sale And 1t appearing to the Court
from such petition that 1t Is necessary
and expedient to sell the whole or
some portion OF such real estate for
the purposes and reasons mentioned In
said petition, therefore, said petition
will be filed herein and time appoint
ed for hearing the same
1T IS HEREBY ORDERED BY the
Court that Wednesday. the 10th day
VI daMhAfAA A11us " lNG HOHE CT y
o'clock 4, m, Of said day OF as soon
thereafter as the same may be heard,
that being day of the regular Jan
uary, 1910 term Of this Court. be and
the same is appointed as the time
when All persons interested III said
estate as we'll as the next of kin are
directed and required to appear be
fore this Court to show cause why an
order should not be granted to said
petitioner to sell so much OF the real
estate Of said minor as Ii necessary or
beneficial, or expedient.
TT IS FURTHER ORDERED. That
a copy Of this order be published for
three successive weeks before the
hearing day on said petition In a news.
paper published and of general cir.
eulation In Craig County. Oklahoma.
Dated the goth day Of December.
1909.
THE0. p. B. FREAR,
Judge OF the County Court.
PARKER, RIDER & BROWN.
Attorneys 1881
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First Published in the Chieftain,
December 81. 1909
NOTICE OF SALE or REAL
EeTATE

Notice is hereby given that IN pur
suanee OF an order OF the County
Court Of the County of Craig and
state of Oklahoma. made on the 18th
day OF December. 1909. in the matter
Of the estate Of Leila NJ. Crayens
minor. the undersigned. as the guar
dian Of the person and estate Of said
minor, will sell at private sale to The
highest bidder for cash BY way Of seal
ed bids. subject to confirmation by
said County Court. on or after. Mon
day, the nth day OF January. 1910 al
10 o'clock a. m, at the Court House in
the City Of Vinita. IN said County oi
Craig. and state of Oklahoma. ali the
right, title, interest and estate Of the
said Leila NJ. Crayens. minor. and Al
the right. title and interest that the
said estate has, BY operation Of law
or otherwise. acquired III and to al
that certain lot. piece 0f parcel ol
land. situated. lying and being IL the
County Of Craig and State of okla
homa, kSundsd and described a. fol
lows and upon the following terms
and condition. to.wlt:
sW IA of NV IA OF Section Il.
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(First Published in the Chieftaln.
January 9TH, le101
NOTICE or SETTLEMENT or

fFirst Published In the Chieftaln.
January 7th, Iel0l
NOTICE or SETTLEMENT or
ACCOUNT.
State of Oklahoma, Craig County. So.
In the County Court
In the Matter Of the Curatorship ot
Solomon Baldridge. a Minor; J. A,
Leforce. Curator Probate No 4gT
Notice Is hereby given that J. A.
Lef0ree. curator os the estate ol
Solomon Baldridge. a minor. has rem.
dered and presented for settlement
and filed Id said Court hts tinal report
as such Curator and q petition asking
that be be discharged as Curator and
the final account be approved, and that
Tuesday. the 25th day Of January. 1910
that being a day OF the regular Jan.
nary, 1910 term of said Court. ut the
hour Of 3 o'clock d NJ. Of said day
nc the County Court room III Ninita,
Craig County. Oklahoma, has been
duly appointed by the Court for the
hearing Of said account. at which
time any person interested IN said
estate may appear and llle his exA
reptlons III writing t0 said account
and contest the same.
IN witness whereof | have hereunto
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REV. STUCKEY FOUND
GUILTY Of ABDUCTION
By Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
Ottawa. Kans Jan. s.-Rev. " NJ.
stuckey. ex-minlster of Williamsburg.
who has been on trial charged with
abducting Lorena Sutherland, a six
teen -year.old girl Of his congregation,
was found guilty by the jury today
The case will probably be appealed.
stuckey was found guilty on both
charges, those OF abdueting the girl
for immoral purposes and for abduet-
Ing her for white slave" purposes.
The penalty Is from one to five years
on each count The jury considered
but thirty minutes. When the verdict
was read stuckey appeared very ner-
vous His wife who stood by him
throughout the ordeal sobbed audibly.
when tho verdict was announced and
later when stnckey was taken back
to jail, the two children were also III
tears
The sentence was deferred pending
the consideration Of the matter Of ap.
peal
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County Court of Cherokee County,
State Of Oklahoma, made on the 21st
day Of December, 1909, the undersign-
ed. Ned Irons, Guardian Of the es.
tate OF JEFF Irons Minor, will sell at
private sale 20 the highest and best
bidder subject to confirmation of said
Court. on Tuesday, the 18th day OF
January, 1910, or on d day within six
months thereafter, at the offices Of
Kenneth S. Murchisnn, ia the City OF
TahleQuah, Oklahoma, all the right,
title, interest and estate Of said JEFF
Irons In and to the following describ.
ed lots, tracts, or parcels Of land, To-
Gated In the Counties Of Craig and
Nowata, State of Oklahoma, to-wit.
u ~ of SIC Ia of NV IA Section
6. Township 2S North, Range rs
East: N 10 Of SE Ia OF NV IA
and SW ia Of SE IA OF NV IA,
Section 86, Township 20 North,
Range II East of the Indian base
and Meridian Containing SO
acres more or less
Said real estate will be sold for
cash In hand Bids must be in writ.
ing and accompanied by certified
check on q responsible bank. payable
to the order Of the undersigned for
the entire purchase price, and will
be received at the offices Of Kenneth
S. Murohison as aforesaid
Said real estate will be sold sub
ject to such leases and eneumbrances
as may be on the land
NED IRONS,
Guardian Of JEFF Irons, Minor
KENNETH S. MURCHISON,
Attorney for Guardian,
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Many Anecdotes of Most
Eccentric of Americans

services. and under Jackson's com.
mand iloated down the Cumberland,
Ohio and Mississippi rivers TO Natehez
There, to his great indignation, Jack
son received an order from Washing
ton saying that the men would not be
needed and directing them to disband
at once. Realizing the desperate
plight the men would be In If left to
shift for themselves hundreds of miles
from home, he resolved 10 disobey,
Impressing wagons and buying sup
plies on his own personal guarantee,
he succeeded In leading the troops
back to Nashville by the overland
route BY so doing, he gained the
in viii of some Of the Washington
authorities, and narrowly escaped
having To pay all the expenses Of the
march, but he greatly increased his
popularity in his own state.
1t was on this march that Jackson
gained the sobriquet Of "old Hickory. :
Accustomed to share all hardships
with his men, he soon impressed
them so much with his powers Of en-
durance that one day soldier re-
marked:
THE generals mighty tough"
Hes tough as hickory" agreed an
other,
After this the men begin to call the
General Hickory the adjective eold''
was soon prefxed and thus originated
IA nickname mighty In war and poll
tics for more than one generation.
Throughout the whole OF his active
career we find in Jackson the same
Irish impeteuosity and Scotch persis-
tenoe, the same habit Of regarding all
opponents as personal enemies, the
same pugnacity and self-reliance, the
same generosity and tenderness Of
heart. In justice to his memory no
collection Of stories concerning him
ought to omit some reference to his
last days
The Scotch.Irish stock from which
Jackson sprang was a religious one,
and his mother intended him for the
ministry Though his career turned
out a far different one, he never Who'll.
" lost his respect for Christianity.
Gentlemen, do what you please. +"
he would say to his guests on Sunday
morning. 7 am going to church"
short time before his wife died
jackson promised her that he would
join the church as soon with uncon-
scious humorl ais he got out of poll
tics Various reasons. however. kept
him from carrying out the promise
until 1s43. when he was convinced by
Dr. Edgar Presbyterian minister. to
whom be expressed desire TO be
taken into membership.
Not long before his death we find
the broken old man. whose chief oceu.
patton had come to be the reading OF
.-e BILE and the prayer book and the
laying OF plans for the advancement Of
~undpy school work, writing In his
will: 7 bequeath my body to the
dust whence II comes, and my soul to
God. who gave It, hoping for happy
immortality through the atoning Of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of
the world"