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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-20

" PON no other subject in the world
| have We been mSlcd into so many
erroneous beliefs as We have as to
what love is.
Poets and romauccrS, the Sclt-ConNt-
tutcd authorities on the matter, have
used up many a barrel OF inkand wasted
many a ton of good, whltf paper, PIC
turmgJt 10 us aSa sort OF dope dean
a trance of 6cSiatc bliss III which we
experience strange Thrills, see pink gods
and goddcSScs in ordinary, common
place men and women, and are other
wise afflicted with halucIrauonS.
According to these false prophets,
love IS wholly a matter OF the emotions
and state OF temperature. They de
scribe 1t as vague, intangible feeling
over which we have no more control
than we have over the wind which
goe,h and comcth as it lSteth and
mostly gocth ard, which. like the wind
IS equally liable TO kiss Our cheek with
soft caress or blow us to pieces.
This iallaciouS doc,r,ue has been the
cause OF many coniding people mis-
taking a mild attack OF chillS and ieye'
for the grand passion. and contracting
marriages from which they suffered
ever after II has also furnished
blanket excuse under which myradS oI
little, mean Soulcd individuals have
tried to cover up some OF the most de
,picablc traits in the human character
hy claiming they were the result OF love
Still other men and women have been
so confused by all OF these mysterious
theories about love that they have been
at a loss to diagnose their own symp
toms. and tell whether they are IN love
or not
Stuff and nonsense Love is not
mysterious. II is one OF the most prac
teal and concrete things on earth and
there is no difficulty IN knowing whcth
cr one is in love or not or whether one
is loved There IS one acid test that
never fails to show whether sentiment
Is pure gold or plnchhcck
For this IS the real definition oi love
Real love is the feeling we entertain
toward another that makes rs prclc,
that other above ourselves; that make,
us think OF that others happiness he
| fore we think OF our own, that make
us find our own happiness IN minister
ING to another.
This is the only real. genuine blown
in-thc- bottle brand OF love All other
are spurious counterictS.
Real love is unSciliShncSS It IS sac
rliicc. II is not ScliiShncSS. II Is no
poetry, nor romance, nor fine speeches
nor hot and cold iluShcS when YOU hca
a certain iootStcp approaching nor Al
aching void IN your breast when yo
are parted from some particular ma
or woman It's what YOU are willing :
do for that man or woman II Is th
way YOU treat that particular man a
woman when YOU are with him " her
| II your one thought is to make tina
I man or woman happy II your un
thought is Ia advance his or her inter
est and well being and YOU coun, ever
sacrifice sweet that YOU make for I'm
OF her then YOU love
But IT your whole desire is to posse,
another to mouopoll,c him or her rc
gardlcSs Oi whether or not YOU Ar
hhghung hlS or her llc, # You perm
Your lcalouslcS to turn YOU into lailr
who makes a prisoner of another.
lyou are bound to have your own tytar
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-20
Where to Enlist

Oklahoma National Guatd-Adm.
tant generals office. lS'Wet Grand
avenue.
United States Army -l 10 West
Main street
United States Navy-Ml Culbet,.
son building, Grand avenue and
Broadway
United States Marine Cotps-see
Postmaster Weaver at federal build
lng
Red Cross Chsmhe of Commerce
tr,ldmg. p5H West Main street
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-20
Seven Directors
of Chamber Elected

Canvass oi ballot, last night showed
that the following were elected as new
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
PRESERVING Spiders Webs.

Naturalists employ an ingenious
method of preserving all kinds of spi-
ders' webs. The webs are first spray
ed with an atomizer with a thin So
luton of artists shellac. and then,
should they be of the ordinary geo.
metric form, they are pressed careful
ly against a glass plate, the supporting
strands at the same time being sew
cred. After the shellac solution has
dried the plates carrying the webs can
be stored away in a cabinet. Even
dome shaped webs may be preserved
in their original form by spraying
them with shellac and then allowing
them to dry before removal from their
supports. Many spiders webs are very
beautiful, and all are characteristic of
the species to which they belong, SO
that from scientific standpoint their
permanent preservation is very desir-
able,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
EIeetest Animals.

Writer'S Of q century ago were firm
n the conviction that the greyhound
was the fastest living animal; some
maintained that he could run mile In
q minute. Modem observers, however,
have found that the best hound is by
no means able to keep pace with a
trained race horse. Indeed, the late j.
A. Graham, careful student of such
matters, used to say that no living
animal could outfoOt modern race
horse.
A first rate horse running his best
and not handicapped by carrying a
rider can run a mile in less than 100
seconds. A fleet hound, such as those
used in coursing, can run mile in
about a minute and fifty seconds. A
jack rabbit is nearly as fast, and an
antelope is considerably faster. Mr..
Graham thought an antelope might
run a mile across the level prairie in
q minute and forty-five seconds.
On the other hand, Mr.. COttar, an
old African hunter. thinks that Thorn
sons gazelle would have no trouble
whatever In running away from the
fastest horse and that Grants gazelle
and the gerenuk are almost equally
Heet.-Youth's Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
GAUDY HEAD COVERINGS.
Girls and Women In Haiti Have q
Fashion All Their Own.


There are in Haiti probably 100000
women and girls over ten years Of age,
and at least $4,000 o. them wear the
"mouchoir tete," or handkerchief. This
is wound around the head bandanna
fashion. One of silk or a mercerized
goods, with brocaded figures woven in
it, and locally called "foulard" is usual
ly kept for Sundays and special occa-
sions; others of prints or calico are
used for everyday wear. according to
Commerce Reports
The tastes run the whole gamut or
cOlOrs. Women who are in mourning
and the practice of putting on mourn
immediate family is common-wear-
solid black or black and white or black,
white and blue designs. Black is ia
vorite color with the people anyway
Combinations of black and red are
we'll liked; also stripes in blues and
blacks on a white ground. Yellow and
red, black, red and yellow and blue
and white checks called madras" are
very popular, particularly yellows and
blacks or a combination Of yellow,
black and white and various other star
thing color schemes.
These hues, except the blacks, do not
appear to be very fast" colors, and it
has been suggested by dealer that
more enduring dyes would soon find ia
vor among the buyers, particularly If
some distinguishing mark could be put
on each kerchief by which the desired
brand could he easily distinguished.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
FADS OF LITERARY MEN.
A Letter From His Wife Always Made
Hawthorne Wash His Hands.


Keats liked red pepper on his toast.
Dickens was fond of wearing jewelry.
Joaquin Miller nailed all his chairs
to the wall.
Edgar Allan Poe slept with his cat
and was Unfortunately proud of his feet.
Daudet wore his eyeglasses when
asleep.
Thackeray used to lift his hat when.
ever he passed the house in which he
wrote VANITY Fair"
Alexandra Dumas the younger bought
a new painting every time he had a
new book published.
Robert Louis Stevenson's fayorite
recreation was playing the flute, in or
der, as he said, to tune his IDEAS.
Robert Browning could not sit still
With the constant shutting of his feet
holes were worn in the carpet.
Longfellow enjoyed walking only at
sunrise or sunset, as he said his sub
FINEST moods came upon him at these
times
Hawthorne always washed his hands
before reading a letter from his wife.
He delighted in porting over old adver'
tisements in the newspaper files.
Oliver Wendell Holmes used to carry
a horse chestnut in one pocket and a
potato in another to ward off rheuma-
tism.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
INDIANS AND MEDICINE.
A Funny Way Of Giving Sick Child Z
Dose of Oil.

OoSe OF OIIs =
The Indian, says the Rev. ]. Hines
I'm his book 1.-THE Red Indians of the
Palms." has the idea that any kind Of
medicine is equally good for all COM
plants. He believes in drastic meas
ures, and unless he feels the effect Of
the second dose of the medicine he
loses faith in it and gives up taking it.
He prefers purgatives and emetics, but
even in them the Indian is wont to
discriminate, and he thinks castor oil
is especially "good medicine"
Very often mothers would send to
the mission for castor oil for their in
fants and then come the next day and
complain that the medicine had not OPP
Grated and that the child had done
nothing but cry ever since it took the
medicine. Then my wife would pour
out another teaspoonful and hand it to
the mother and request her to admin
lister it in her presence. The child
would object, as most children do, and
that part of the oil that left the spoon
would trickle down the cheek of the
child.
The mother, partly to remove the oil
and partly to pacify the child, would
give the child kiss that covered the
whole of it's cheek and in so doing
would remove the oil with her lips and
swallow it herself Then she would
lick the spoon clean. hand it back to
my wife, and that is the way Indian
women give castor oil to their children.
After witnessing this performance we
had no difficulty in understanding why
the child got no benefit from the pre-
viOus dose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Really Little Known Of Poland,

Poland's history, with it's fight for
freedom, justice and equality, its
struggle in defense of Christianity and
European civilization and it's unself
ishness in aiding the weak, made II
famous among the worlds nations
both in success and adversely. The
achievements of the Polish nation in
art, music, literature, science and re.
ligion are known, as are the life deeds
of it's great men
But the industries, mines, trade and
natural wealth of that unhappy coun.
try have since its partition been to a
great extent sealed book to most
of the people outside Of the nations
attempting to assilnilate the Poles.
This was principally due to the in
ability of people from the outside to
break through the network of foreign
governmental systems in which PO-
land is nmeshed.-BuffalO News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
When We Feared the Indians.

When We Feared the Indians.
At a recent gathering of life insur-
ance men one Of the old timers exhib-
tied a copy of a permit which had
been attached to q policy issued in
1868. This permit read:
1.-THE within assured has permission
to reside in any settled part of the
states of California, Nevada. Oregon
or Washington territory and while so
residing to make trips (as passenger
only on first class steamers plying be-
tween the ports of Washington terri
tory, the states of California and Ore
gon and the Sandwich Islands and to
proceed to and return from in like
manner or by public conveyance over
land;
provided that written notice be CIV
en- by the assured whenever any trip
to the Sandwich Islands or to the At
lantic states is undertaken to the gen.
eral agent Of the company at San
Francisco. CAL, and provided, also. that
on the overland route the said assured
to take his own risk by death from
hostile Indians. Street Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
HORROR of Thirst,

There is no horror like the horror of
thirst-no physical suffering compare
BILE to it. A traveller over the desert
in Egypt describes a man who had lost
his way, wandering about for days
without water, and finally came stag
gering into his camp. The mans eyes
were bloodshot, his tips swollen to
twice their natural size. His tongue,
blue, parched and swollen, hung out
of his mouth. To allow such man
to drink water at will would be like
pumping cold water into a redhot
steam boiler. 1t would kill him. This
man required to be held forcibly by
four men in his eagerness to get at
drinking water, while fifth man al
lowed a few drops to trickle down the
throat of the sufferer at long intervals.
He had to be cooled off little by little.
like an overheated boiler.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
WRITING FOR THE STAGE.
Sir w. S. Gilbert Was Not Overproud
Of His Own Work.

mo man." writes Mrs. Alec-Tweedie
in her "reminiscences, My Tablecloths,
had stranger admirers or keener
haters than w. S. Gilbert. Successful
people always have, but then, added to
his success, he had pompous manner
and sarcastic tongue.
"He was in excellent form one May
night in 1898 when he dined with me.
We were talking about 'Lysianne,
Sarah Bernhardt's new play, which l
had just seen in Paris, and said it
was poor play splendidly acted.
"Ie it's poor play it's sure to sue
ceed,' he retorted. No good play is
ever a success. Fine writing and high
morals are hopeless on the stage
"'That is severe
"'Not any too severe. l have been
scribbling twaddle for thirty-tive years
to suit the public taste and ought to
know. And, after all, look at the the
alter. 1t contains some 1900 persons
Now, if you serve up tripe and onions
for the gallery it offends the stalls; ii
you dish up sweetbreads and truff1es
for the stalls it disgusts the pit. There
fore plain leg Of mutton and boiled po'
tatO is the most suitable fare for all
Light f1ippery and amusing nonsense
are what l have endeavored to write.
But can tell you that after thirty-hve
years of that sort of thing, which l am
glad to say has brought grist to the
mill, am about sick of it. and
shouldn't mind it never wrote anoth
or wOrd'"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
SHE ASKED FOR CANDoR.
And Now He Wonders What Would
Have Happened Had She Got Il.

A woman with birthday in sight
spoke earnestly to three men who were
her friends.
Tomorrow will be another birthday
for me-" she said. II know the fresh
ness OF my youth has departed, but
should like to know just how old ap-
pear in the eyes of the world. Tell
me, my dear friends, if you were look
ing on me for the first time what
would be your impressions
Said the first man glibly: II have
known you for several years, and you
appear the same as when first saw
you. Your beauty is undimmed; your
charm is undiminished. If l did not
know otherwise should say tomorrow
would be your twentieth birthday"
Said the second man more slowly: II.
too, have known you for several years
but it seems to me you have been ia
vored by time. Your beauty has rip
ened and deepened until now you, who
were once lovely bud, are loveliel
rose in bloom. l should count tomor
row as the beginning of your twenty
fifth year."
"And your queried the woman OF
the third man, who had been regarding
her with clear eyed frankness.
Between friends there should always
be TRUTH he replied gravely. II &C
knowledge your beauty and your charm
and both have been wonderfully pre-
served in semblance of youth. But
you ask for candor. and you shall have
it. Looking at you closely, l should
not expect you to see thirty-after to-
| morrow"
The woman faced the three men who
were her friends, and her eyes were
cleaning while her cheeks pink turn
ed to crimson. She pointed an accus
ing finger.
You have lied" she said tremulous
ly, land you also. But l will forgive
you both because you lied to please me
But yOu"-she whirled toward the last
speaker-'you are barbarous egotist
You have wounded me in order t.
maintain your own reputation for We
racity. Truth, indeed! Your honest.
offends me. We are no longer friends
Go-and quickly!"
"Whew!" exclaimed the third man a.
he strobe through the outer darkness
II wonder what would have happenef
to me if had really told her thu
truth?-Ella Randall Pearce in Life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
SENSE OF DIRECTION.
A Help In Finding Your Bearings at
. Night Without Compass.

An English survivor of the South At
distance night reconnaissance has
worked out a system whereby any one
can be right at home in the dark with
out compass or other instrument to aid
the sense of direction. He worked out
the exact movement and direction of
the largest and most easily distin-
guished lights I'm the heavens so that
the least scientific eye can recognize
these signs by sight. and the whole
dome of the heavens becomes q vast
compass.
If there We're fire balloons or beacons
placed in the heavens north, east, south
and west it would be easy for any one
20 60 in these directions by simply fol-
lowing the signs. Similarly, if one
wished to go, say, hands breadth to
the right or left Of the beacons one
could easily do so. The largest stars in
the heavens can be depended upon in
the same way.
IF you put the front buttons of your
coat on the north star or other direc-
ton stars" writes this authority.
'yOur right and left breasts give you
m angle of As degrees from the stars
and your shoulders a right angle
Also. it is only matter of little prac-
tice to be able to measure Is degrees
Of horizon with your hand, so you can
get any number of degrees to the right
Or left of your direction stars, and aft
or little practice it becomes second
nature to recognize the points Of the
compass at sight, and you acquire the
same sense Of direction as bushmen,
Arabs and people who live far away
from civilization" = Popular Science
Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Coffee With Milk.

For many years after coffee was first
drunk in Europe. says the Manchester
Guardian, no one thought of mixing it
with milk any more than the Turks
and Arabs do now. The use of coffee
au lait seems to date from 1857. Nine.
de Sevigne. writing to her daughter in
that year. said that doctor much in
vogue has taught us to mix sugar and
milk with our coffee. They make a
most delightful compound. which will
help to support me through the rigors
of Lent"
In letter written seven years ear
her she had mentioned as an eccentric
proceeding ON the part of Nine. de la
Sabliere that "she drinks milk to her
tea" Readers of 'Unbeaten Tracks
In Japan may remember that one of
the Anus thought it disgusting that
Mrs. Bishop should drink milk and
polute her tea with a fluid having so
strong a smell and taste.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
RELIGIOUS WARS IN EUROPE
The Thirty Years Conflict and the
Peace Of WestphaIia.


Peace Of WestphaIia.
Osnabruck is one of the most veneer
able towns of Prussia. In the closing
years of the eighth century Charlie
magne designated it as the capital of
bishOpric, a distinction which it en-
joyed without interruption for more
than thousand years. In 1903 the see
was suppressed, the last bishop being
Frederick, duke of York, son Of the
English HanOverian monarch, George
III. In 1858 the city was restored to
its religious eminence when it was
again made the seat of Roman Cath
Ole bishop.
1t is on account of her share in the
preliminary negotiations which led to
the epochal peace of Westphalia that
Osnabruck is famous in history. In
1914, after all central Europe had been
devastated by the great struggle which
eventually became known as the
Thirty Years war, representatives Of
Sweden, the German empire and Ger
man Professionals met here. while in the
neighboring city OF Munster. thirty
miles to the southwest, delegates from
France. Spain, the German Catholics
and the German empire gathered.
The negotiations extended over a Pc
Rod of four years. In October, 1913
both groups of conferees having ar
rived at q common basis Of settlement
the Osnabruck diplomats repaired to
Munster, where a few days later the
peace was signed which guaranteed
the sovereignty and independence of
the several states Of the empire and
which forbade religious persecution
throughout Germany. 1t was this
peace, in which Osnabruck played such
a vital part, that put an end to reli-
gious wars in Europe.
As early as 1888 Osnabruck was
granted the right to establish its own
mint, but it was not until the fifteenth
century that the city reached the crest
Of is medieval prosperity. Following
the decline which was necessarily Incl
dental to the ravages Of the Thirty
Years war. it enjoyed a second era of
growth.
The two most impressive architec-
tural piles in Osnabruck are the spa
cious cathedral, dating back to the
twelfth century and representing a
combination Of the Romanesque and
Transitional styles, and the royal pal
ace, built in 1662-75.-National Geo
graphic Society Bulletin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
MODERN ARMY RIFLES.
Evolution of the Old Smooth Bore Mug
zle Loading Musket.


gle Loading Musket.
The gun is the little brother of the
cannon. Artillery was made first. but
1t was easy to see that something a
man could carry was needed. and in
the fourteenth century the Flemings
were the proud possessors of hand
cannon, small copies of the bigger
weapon fitted to stock. They were
interesting more than effective. how.
ever. and did little damage beyond
soaring badly every one who faced
them for the first time.
improvements came in the course of
time. and the arQuebus. also called the
cal'ver and which was modelled some.
what after the crossbOw. came on the
market. The work the Spanish did
with the new weapon was not joke.
And under the Duke of Alva. little
later. they also introduced the musket.
an improvement on the arQuebus. but
still clumsy affair. fred by match
and so heavy that it could only be
aimed from a rest. 1t had tremen-
dous bore, however. and could stop
horse at 500 yards. so it soon became
the universal military arm.
Early in the eighteenth century the
flintlock displaced the matchbox. The
Charleville musket. introduced by
Lafayette and the first regulation gun
In the hands Of American soldiers. was
IF this type.
A Scotch clergyman. Alexander For
sythe. was responsible for the next big
advance. the percussion cap. which he
Invented in 1907. The Prussian needle
gun was the first successful military
breechloader. although the principle
was not new-the Spanish had them
aboard the ships of the armada.
Rifling also is very old. Gaspard
Roller of Vienna and August hotter of
Nuremberg were rivals for the honor
of the invention about 1920. AS has
been pointed out. however. these i'm.
provements had to be laid aside until a
day of better workmanship.
Most of the fighting up to 1880 was
done with smOOthbOres. even NapO-
leon discarding the rife. Breechloaders
were used near the close Of our own
war. and very soon the muzzle loader
became a curiosity.
Winchester, an American. invented
one of the first successful repeating
rifles, and the Turks used them against
the Russians in 1877. Then all the
great military powers began rearming
Mt =
ers. using high power smOkeless pow
der. One Of the best is our own Spring
field rifle.
No one neeG wonder what the weap-
on Of the near future vii! he. All war
departments OF the world are eagerly
searching for the perfected automatic
rife. which will be terrible weapon
indeed-a miniature machine gun.-St.
Louis st-Dispatek