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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-11
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-11

W M, Mccullough announces his candida.
cy for the office Of sheriff OF Tulsa County
subject to tho will Of the republican voters
at the August primary.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-11

o. o. Pryor hereby announces his can.
didacy for the office OF superintendent OF
the county schools Of Tulsa county, subject
70 me Will OF the democratic voters in the
August primary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13
Modern Searchlight controI.-Tl

Modern Searchlight controI.-There
is perhaps, no property of the search
light more important than its capabil-
ity of throwing a powerful and con-
centrated beam of light in any partic-
ular direction. But the concentrated
beam is not always the most desira-
BILE. There are times when a beam OF
light we'll spread out over a large area
would be of very much more use
Take, for instance, the case of q
steamer trying to pick up buoy. II
is not very difficult to see that with a
concentrated beam having quite a
small amount of dispersion it would
in most cases, take more time, than II
would with a less powerful light
spread out over a larger area. Having
once spotted" the buoy, the concen-
ted beam could be used with advant-
age to follow 1t up. To provide this
dispersed beam a diverging lense oI
"disperser" is used. This consists OF
number of cylindrical lenses mount
ed in a metal ring. The direction OF
the ray Is not interferred with in the di-
rection of the axis of the lens, but in
the direction at right angles to the
axis the ray is refracted as in the case
of an ordinary spherical lens. The
result is that, instead of a cone OF
light having a focal point, there is a
wedge of light with focal line.-Cas-
sier's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

Charming People Of Fez-The people
Of Fee are charming. During ones
walks or rides through the town 1t Is
quite the exception. to be spat at, as Is
often the case in other ultra Moham-
medan towns, and the crowds, on the
whole, merely smiling and inquisitive,
like a crowd in Naples or any other
south Italian town.
Now and then some fanatic-gener-
ally an epileptic-will try to raise a
disturbance and will be gently remov-
ed by his friends; the Moors are kind
ness itself in the face Of poverty or af-
fiiction-but except for these and few
casual curses from the old and soured,
the Christian dog may pursue his way
in comparative peace, provided he does
not attempt to enter mosque or pass
the barriers placed in front OF those
streets leading up to the tomb OF ldou-
lai Idris, the founder and patron sNint
of Fee, by whom all good Fezzites
swear, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
Curiously enough in Fee the camera
causes much less alarm than In Tan
gier and a great deal Of interest, and,
whereas in Tangier the people COVER
away and hide their faces in fear Of the
evil eye, in Fee they flock round one
so assiduously that the taking Of pic
lures is often very difficult.
Perhaps one Of the most astonishing
things after having seen the state OF
the other more civilized towns Is the
cleanliness of the new" town. Com
pared with Tangier, which is supposed
to be scavenged by the great powers. It
is sweet; instead Of the smells Of de-
caying produce and others too mystic
rious to fathom, on, is agreeably as
sailed on all sides by the scent Of the
orange blossom and pink rose petals
piled up in the shops and sold for dis
tillation, and the pungent smell Of the
mint of which the Moors are so fond.
Beyond the town, sad to relate, the
state of affairs Is terrifying.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

The Signature Broker.-The passage
of the initiative and referendum
amendment at the last election has
given rise to a new business in Den
yer and in Colorado.
This Is the business Of the signature
broker.
According to the constitution as 1t
stands now any law to be initiated
that Is offered to the people direct,
without the intervention Of the action
of the legislature, must have sigma
lures to the number of 10 per cent OF
the number of votes cast for governor
at the last state election.
A great many people have bills
which they think are good, but OF
whose merits they have never been
able to convince the legislature. Meth
er do they know how to lay their case
before the people.
Enter the signature broker.
The signature broker offers to get
all the signatures needed to initiate
any law. provided he is paid at the
rate of 10 cents a signature.
When the bargain is struck he en-
ploys canvassers, whom he pays at the
rate of l cent to II cents each for sig
natures, leaving a pretty fair margin
of profit.-New York American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

the so-styled "adjudicated native" Of
the United States. Sometimes much
elaborate precautions are ignored; a
little makeup gives some resem-
blance to the description written in
the official document. But they al
ways promise her parents that she
shall marry some wealthy American
lied Chinaman; they drill her in
American phrases and a superficial
knowledge Of the United States and
the ways Of its Chinese. They occa-
sionally even go so far as to have the
father Of the original girl on hand to
meet the dupe at the time Of her en-
trance, examination and inspection,
and put up fine show of parental
affection. But few hours later she
is slave girl. This is the end Of the
worst Of the Chinese smuggling
New York Evening Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13
By the time of which De Roo writes

By the time Of which De Roo writes
the Aztecs had lost the connection be-
tween the country from which theil
ancestors came and the legend of the
Garden Of Eden, the flood and the Tow
er Of Babel. They supposed those things
had happened in the new country.
The Aztecs have left the most inter-
esting ruins perhaps of any nation that
flourished In America in the far past
But I have no doubt that in the near
future the many buried cities and 9TH
ers submerged under the sea, recently
discovered off the coast Of Yucatan
with their records and histories, will
have been unearthed and that the
true origin Of Americas ancient races
will be made known by the discovery
Of some key to their hieroglyphics, an
Aztec Rosetta Stone"
These people committed the record
Of their travels and subsequent history
In America to painting. These paint
ings have been gathered, or at least
In the Boturini collection and publish
ed by Cameth Carert and others.
Here we have, in these paintings, al
most unimpeachable evidences Of the
fact that, 80 far as the Aztecs were
concerned, they knew all about the
Biblical version Of the creation and
those other events Of which l have
spoken. All these records were made
hundreds Of years before Columbus
was born.
All Americans should take active in
terest in the history Of their country
and Of all the races that have ever in
habited it. AS 1 said before, 1t does
not matter what ones religious be-
lief Is, or his lack Of a belief, the sub
ject Is one that should interest all,
purely for scientific and historic rea-
sons, II for no other.
II 1t can be established so clearly as
to leave no room for doubt that a great
branch of the ancient Hebrew race
came to America, and are really the
progenitors Of the Indian trih"s, 1t
would be a discovery Of tremc cldous
Importance.
To my mind the Hebrew origin Of
the Indian Is already established.
Ever since can remember I have
had great curiosity to know about
the ancient people of America. And
there was one race that captivated my
imagination. This was the Aztecs. I
read everything I could get my hands
on that dealt with them in any way,
and the more I read and investigated
their history the more impressed I be-
came with their essentially dramatic
teristics.-Baltimore Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13
FINGER PRINTS FOR BABIES
How New York Guards the Identity
of Abandoned Little Ones.

II
In the borough Of Manhattan, n. T.,
In 1911, more than 100 abandoned ba-
| bies were taken to Bellevue hospital
alone to be cared for by the public or
passed on to private charities.
In the same year this hospital re-
ceived as maternity cases about 500
women. Usually q woman leaves the
hospital two weeks after her child Is
born. How many of the babies brought
as foundlings to Bellevue were born In
this same institution, taken away by
the mothers and later abandoned, no
one can tell. Nor can 1t be known
which of them were born in the other
| hospitals in New York. Once In a
great while a founding baby is recog-
nized by the nurses as one Of which
they already have record, and the
mother is thereby discovered. But the
Identification of the babies and conse-
quently Of the mothers can be accom-
plished in every case and by the SIM
plest possible process-fnger print the
| babies.
Is it possible to finger print very
young babies? An experiment just per-
formed has shown that the tiny fingers
Of the baby in the earliest days Of life
afford we'll defined impressions.
Finger print impressions were taken
recently in the baby ward at Bellevue
hospital. Baby c., two weeks old, was
quite unconcerned in the finger print
ing process; Baby Med, however,
who had been in the world five weeks
and six days, walled at the intrusion OF
unexpected guests, but was quieted by
the assurance that only in the interest
of science were his impressions want
ed.
All the features which characterize
the adult finger print, loops, whorls,
, and arches with clearly defined ridges,
daltas, terminals, ETC., are distinct In
the smallest baby's fingers and thumbs.
Finger printing each baby required
less than two minutes, and all In the
ward could have been accomplished In
an hour or two. These Impressions can
Il
be taken by anyone with little prac-
tice. Classification and identification
require special knowledge, but are not
difficult to learn. Only an expert, how
ever, Is familiar with the thousand
ways in which two finger impressions
may be distinguished.
The best results in the Identification
Of founding babies could be obtained
IL all public and charitable hospitals
sent to a central bureau a record of
each maternity case, including finger
print impressions Of the baby with a
description Of the mother. When a
baby Is found abandoned its finger
print impressions also can be taken
and sent to the central bureau. If the
abandoned baby was born in one of
the institutions sharing in the bureau,
the impressions would be Immediately
recognized and the baby and its moth
er identified philadelphia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

She Was Still There-The sick man
had just come out Of long delirium.
Where am II" he said feebly. as he
felt the loving hands making him COM
Portable Where am I? In heaven"
mo, DEAR" cooed his devoted wife,
II am still with you"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

II When a mans conscience troubles
him he thinks he has indigestion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

tS' To do great things a man must
live as though he had never to die.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

is not a Chinaman in the country who
will not enthusiastically lend a wife,
child, parent and documentary evil
dence. money, or even debts to assist
the return of a countryman. and
swear himself blue in the face to per-
petuate the fraud. Anything goes with
a Chinaman, so long as it is "on" the
United States government. Indeed,
after a slight examination Of the ques-
ton of Chinese smuggling, one Is In
clined to discredit the old theory OF
the lack of humor in the Chinese
character.
One of the cleverest tricks worked
by the Chinese is the way they carry
on a slave trade, in the most open and
barefaced manner, by means OF the
very papers issued for restrictive pur-
poses by the government. Every Chi
nese parent of wealth has no peace of
heart until his daughter has been sent
back to her grandparents In CHINA.
But. always on the lookout for profits
Immediately before the girls depar-
ture the father takes her before the
immigration commissioner and Sc
cures a legal certificate Of re-entry for
his child. Confident that his own
daughter will thereafter remain safe
ly In the land Of her ancestors, he
auctions off the re-entry paper to the
highest bidder among the highbind-
ers and slave traders that infest all
Chinese colonies.
Certificate safe in hand, the slave
dealer sets sail for China, and ira
verses its rivers, plains and noun
tain sides until he finds a double" for
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-12

luck to heave cat over, no matter
where it came from, nor how 1t got
aboard Say, what color is it?"
Black" said the captain with in
cautious truth.
Joe Blair fairly gasped. Black" he
cried. Say, you don't mean you'd
heave a black cat overheard, do ye?"
II amt so terrible partial as to
colors,' was the captains sardonic
response.
Don't you go to heavin' no black
cats offn this schooner! the COOK
said in a shaking voice.
Beale stiffened. "Se here, you
blasted grease-skimmer," he beloved,
I'm cap'n OF this craft You want to
remember that. | shall most proba-
bly, do about as I'm mind to, and that
blasted cat is goin' over-see?"
IF she does" the cook threatened,
"Ill git out of this schooner-seef
don't. I'll git out Of her as soon as
we cit to Rockville-if we ever dc" )"
he ended gloomily.
The threat struck Captain Beale in
vulnerable spot. The one boast OF
his otherwise modest nature was OF
the superiority of his cook All too
well he remembered the galley regime
before Joe Blair had shipped with
him. All too well he pictured the
socgy biscuits and the greasy hash
OF Joe's predecessor. What mattered
the cats presence for few days,
anyway? He could manage to take
the pest ashore when they arrived at
Rockville and lose it somewhere. The
main thing was to get rid OF it.
Where or how were secondary con
sidorations. Therefore Captain Beale
unbent
We'll, if you're so terribly touchy
about it, take the crtter into the
galley. then" he commanded, "and
keep her there out of my sight until
we git to Rockville"
q tell ye aint what you'd call a
superstitious man." the cook reiter.
ated. but you'd got into some kind
of a scrape If you'd drownded her.
He picked up the sack and slouched
of toward the galley. Captain Beale.
with a grunt of disgust, as much for
his own weakness as for the cook 5,
stalked aft to the wheel.
1t was ideal weather that followed
them that trip. The wind held fair
and brisk the fogs. usually prevalent
in those waters in the early spring.
were conspicuous only by their alb.
sence. In the galley Joe Blair made
friends with the cat and fed it upon
the best the lockers afforded.
"Havin' a good run OF II this trip,
amt we. capn?" he observed to Beale
the third day out. with a grin that
angered the captain.
Couldn't be better as see," the
skipper replied.
Know what makes it?" the cook
questioned. with meaning jerk OF his
head. ITS the cat"
Nor was 1t only the propitlous
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-12

across the river, the enemy proceeded
TO take the offensive, BY a rapid
march in the night long column
crossed the river some miles above,
aiming by wide detour to fall sud
denly and Unexpectedly upon the rear
Of the demoralized force.
SO silently and swiftly was this
maneuyer accomplished that no word
OF It reached tho rival general I'LL his
communications had been cut and a
frightened crowd OF teamsters and
camp followers came streaming UP
the road.
Close on their heels appeared the
van Of the eager enemy. In their
way stood only the despised and re-
jectcd Molliecoddles.
At the first sign OF trouble the
colonel Of the regiment deployed his
men across the road and prepared TO
hold that line It'll the cows came
home"
A stone fence afforded excellent
protection and the Molliecoddles
spread themselves along this breast
work with the hot blood humming in
their veins. Coward" eh2
They would show o It sort Of cow
ards they were. They ceased that
moment to be a collection OF units,
and were in way to become q regi-
ment.
They were madmen, most OF them,
raodv 10 on rod .avaI and hpmiCi idal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-12
FOOD FOR SKEPTICS
Bv John BARTON OXFORD

weather that Joe Blair ascribed to the
cats presence. When they discovered
the old leak, that had caused them
more or less trouble the last trip, had
stopped, it was the cat-according to
Joe. Nothing but the cat saved one
OF the foremast hands from serious
injury when he fell from aloft, and,
by something in the nature of mira
Gle, landed unhurt upon his feet on
the deck. Again 1t was the cat that
steered them into a school OF pollock,
and brought the cook the luck OF land
ing some hundred and fifty pounds OF
them as he trolled line astern.
Day by day the cats benign intlu
ence grew apace; and day by day
Captain Beale waxed more wroth and
disgusted
Say after the luck we've had this
trip, ! dunno as | should want to 80
to sea again in this schooner, If the
cat want along" the cook coniided
and the remark set Captain Beale to
thinking and planning
Plainly the cat was becoming all
too popular. She bade fair to be a
permanent fixture unless something
was done to shadow her with dis
repute, Somehow or other suspicion
must be brought to rest on her. Cap
tain Beale meditated long and deeply
Il don't want TO lose such cook
and I'll be eternally cussed if I'll have
a cat aboard" he ruminated. q
a. tilgal,g ho hnut sr
to have something nulucky happen
while she's aboard Something un
lucky, that's the ticket" he repeated
with a chuckle, a plan already be
ginning to unfold itself to his mind.
Long that evening Captain Beale sat
before the little table in the cabin
figuring laboriously.
She's got TO 60 on the ways before
long and have some new plank in
her bottom, anyway" he mused. the
while smile OF satisfaction wreathed
his homely face. He consulted an al
manac at his elbow. Now, II she
was to hit Shovel Rip Ledge to.mor.
rer, say about six in the evenin', the
wust she'd do would be to hang there
tlll hlgh tide, long about nine, and,
maybe, pound out a plank or two.
She might jest as well go on the ways
this trip as any. That's the ticket:
let her pound out a couple of plank
while she's hangin' on the ledge
Jest enough TO git her leakin' so'st
all hands. includin' the cook, will have
to work the pumps for dear life the
rest of the way to Rockville, and then
let's see what becomes OF that cussed
cats reputation. I'll bet they'll heaye
her over themselves"
To aid the captain in his plan, the
next afternoon gray mist began TO
rise from the sea. Steadily 1t thick.
ened until by five o'clock II was an
impenetrable pail In the bow the
fog'horn in the hands Of the lookout
doomed and bar-r-r-hed in monotonous
fashion. sending out its hnIlnv wail
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-12

morning the captain was not without
a certain breathless anxiety AS he hur-
rled along the silent, deserted streets,
the gunny-sack over his shoulder and
the cat within II sending out soulful
protests every step OF the way.
Indeed, It was only when he gained
the dock, scrambled aboard the lh-
cinda, and tossed his burden uncer-
enormously into the spare stateroom
OF the little cabin, that he found
courage to draw long breath.
There, drat ye!" he apostrophized
the sack, "squall your in'ards out now
for all | care or for all the good 1t
will do ye! I'll learn ye to come
sneakin' round that maple by my bed
room every night | try 20 stay ashore,
keepin' me awake with your Internal
yowliu'. Go on: keep it up now; don't
mind me! Have your fun while you
can. | callate you've pretty nigh
yowled your last yowl, and spit your
last spit. sum, I'd heavo you over
board now, il II want for the tide
takin' YOU ashore and them Rider
folks next door gettin suspicious that
| drowned yc. I'll jest keep ye trussed
up in the bag tin We git outside, and
then over you so like the wuthless
carcass YOU are. | guess likely next
time ] stay ashore here in my own
house III git little more peace, so
fur as you are concerned, anyway
He slammed the door OF the spare
stateroom, crossed tho cabin, and
threw himself into his own berth to
snatch what sleep he might before
/ II was time to start for Rockville with
/ the cargo.
lie was awakened somewhat later
by the sound OF heavy footsteps on
| the deck over his head. lie arose
and went up the companionway TO
find his two foremast hands and Joe
Blair, his cook. but Just come aboard.
"All right, boys he greeted them
cordially Glad you got here bright
and early. May as well Git under way
right OF. Tides settin jest right for
us now. Git breakfast goin'. Joe.
Look alive there, forard. Cast on
/ them lines"
In a few moments the Lucinda was
drifting with the tide away from the
dock, and presently. with all sail set
she went careening across the bay
toward the open sea.
II was after he had eaten one OF
Joe Blairs excellent breakfasts that
Captain Boale's mind returned to the
spare stateroom and the sack therein.
He arose from the table. and. thrust
ing his head out Of the companionway,
mentally noted the schooners posi-
tlon. Far away the shore was but a
hazy blue line: while Just over the
port bow loomed the gray shaft OF
tho lighthouse on Flat Island. The
captain chuckled.
',This Is as good as any place" he
told himself. "The tidell never wash
] 1t ashore from here"