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The Peoples Voice
VOL. 7.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FKII>AY. JUNE 2\ 1899.
NO 48
"THE BRAVK.STOF BATTLES."
[Joaquin Miller recital the following poem
w hen he lectureil before the Mntheon Club, in
h manner Hint can never be forgot ten by those J
who henrit him. The memory of hi* voice, no
full of love ami itympathy, for the " mother of
men " timite "The Urn vertof Ilnttle* " more j
i uteres! nig ami HtfectluK than any war stories :
In the hltlory of the world. J
Tlie bravest battle that evei was fought—
Shall I tell you am! when?
On the maps of the worhl you'll tlml It not;
'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Nay, not with cannon nor battle shot,
With sword or nobler pen ;
Nay, not with eloquent word or thought
From mouth of wondrous men.
But deep In a walled-up woman * heart
Of woman that would not yield,
But bravely, silently bore her part—
lo! there In the battlefield.
No marshalling troops, no bivouac song.
No banner to gleam and wave!
But oh, these battles, they last too long —
From babyhood to the grave !
" The bodies of slain Filipinos I hi the meanwhile, are taken out in
were thrown up in piles as part of! canoes by their guides, armed with
the intrerichments, and others werj' clubs and shotguns, to their pant-
thrown into the deep cuts with a [ ing, helpless victim. They then sur-
little top dressing of earth to make ! round the scarcely struggling creat-
good roads for our Hotchkiss guns." are and kill it by either blowing its
—Selected.
1 USED TO KILL BIRDS.
1 used to kill birds In my boyhood,
Bluebirds and robins and wrens,
1 hunted them up in the mountains,
I hunted them down In the glens,
I never thought It was ninfiil—
I did it only for fun—
And 1 had rare sport In the forest
With the poor little birds and my gun.
But one beautiful day in the spring-time
1 spied a brown bird In a tree,
Merrily swinging and chirping,
As happy as bird could be,
And raising my gun In a twinkling.
1 tired, and my aim was too true ;
For a moment the little thing fluttered,
Then off to the bullies It flew.
1 followed it quickly and softly.
Ami there to my sorrow 1 found,
Bight close to Its nest full of young ones,
The little bird dead on the ground 1
Fool biniles ! For f< od they were calling :
But now they could never lie fed,
For the kind mother bird who had loved their
Was lying there bleeding and dead
1 pickett up the bird In my anguish,
I (stroked the wee motherly thing
That could never more feed Its dear young ones,
Nor dart through the air on swift wing.
And I made a firm vow In that moment,
When my heart with such sorrow was stirred,
That never again In my lifetime
Would 1 shoot a poor innocent bird !
Our Dumb Animals.
Fun in the Philippines.
Robt. E. Smith of the 2d Oregon
regiment, in the Philippines, writes
in " Pen Pictures of Philippine
Fighting " :
" Death, suffering and desolation
are looking with baleful eyes upon
the thousands of poor Filipinos—
men, women and children— on this
unhappy island. The faces of the
women ami children have a sad and
woeful expression, and they will per-
haps never learn the fate of fathers,
husbands and brothers."
As indicating the extent of the
slaughter, this from a sergeant in
the Pennsylvania regiment :
" At Delorna church, we came up-
on a detachment strongly intrench-
ed, we buried 431 Filipinos, while
our loss in killed was only 1 man.
We buried eighteen in one grave at
that place."
The English observer who has
been referred to, tells of some things
he saw when he reached the front of
the American army :
" Said one soldier to me : ' I
didn't like to fire, the beggars were
so plucky and exposed themselves
so bravely; and when we took the
trenches there were women there,
shot down while cooking for their
husbands and brothers. There
were lads of twelve and fourteen,
firing bravely to the last, and old
men who could hardly see."
The Englishman and his party
pushed on through " four miles of
desolation, ruined cottages, untitled
fields, ashes of once happy homes,
with the household pottery and
kitchen utensils strewed amongst
them ; and here and there a lean
cat wandering starved amid the
wreck."
From a letter written by Charles
R. VVyland, of Co. C, 1st Washing-
ton volunteers, May 6th :
" The Filipinos must have lost
over five thousund killed and thou-
sands wounded. . . This war is
something terrible. You see sights
you can hardly believe, and a life is
hardly worth a moment's thought.
I have seen a shell from our artil-
lery strike a bunch of tilipinos, and
then they would go scattering through
the air—legs, arms, heads, all dis-
connected."
From a letter dated at Malinta,
March 27th:
A gentleman who has lived in the
Philippins for fifteen years, and who
is a large owner of property there,
makes the following statements in
the San Francisco Star of April 8th:
" 1 feel convinced that had Ad-
miral Dewey been at the head of af-
fairs this ghastly business would
never have happened. There can
be no doubt whatever that hostilities
were provoked and commenced af-
ter deliberate premeditation, to serve
political ends. The semi-official
Manila Times and The Freedom,
[published in Manila under the sub-
vention of one or other of the regi-
ments] both admit now that the
first shot was fired by Private Gray-
son of Co. D, Nebraska regiment.
This admission is all the more re-
markable when one considers that
the jingo party is in absolute power
at Manila, and cook every report to
suit their own palates; at first they
started with control of the cable,
flagrant- violation of international
law, because in the first place the
cable is not American property,
secondly no state of war existed,
and pending signing of the treaty of
peace and transfer of the Spanish
rights in the cable, the latter should
have remained neutral and open to
all. Latterly they have established
a censorship of the press also;
hence any reports coming from the
Manila papers must be taken for
what they are worth, when referring
to official matters. Every effort
that mortal can invent is being
made use of to prevent the truth
from leaking out and allowing the
American people to see the fiasco
made by the Imperialists, who are
trusting to time and distance to
veil their mistakes. It is a matter
of common knowledge that the mil-
itary party expected a walkover, or,
in any case only a very feeble re-
sistance would be offered, which
would be easily overcome ' by a vig-
orous, sharp and relentless attack, '
and the Philippines would be theirs!
Relentless it has been with a ven-
geance, in the indiscriminate slaught-
er of women and children rushing
for safety from their homes, fired
by soldiers, and the wanton bom
bardment in the middle of the night
of defenseless towns and villages,
without any previous warning to
non-combatants and women and
children to be removed to places of
safety, contrary to all rules of civil-
ized warfare."
" Sport'' in High Life.
New York Times.
" Hounding" deer has none of
the manly interests to commend it.
The hounds are set on the deer's
track by the guides, while the
" sportsman " leisurely awaits the
result 011 the shore of some lake,
with his canoe at his feet, ready to
take him out as soon as the deer is
driven to the water. This seeking
of water is invariably resorted to by
the hounded deer, and for this rea-
son : A hound, having better "stay-
ing" qualities, can always outrun a
deer in the end. This the latter,
desperate and exhausted, with the
yelping dogs fast gaining on its
heels, finally comprehends, and it
knows that there is only one remain-
ing way to save itself—to throw the
dog off the srent. As this can be
done only by the deer's swimming
through seme large body of water,
it makes for the nearest lake. Into
this, its last refuge, it plunges with
what remaining strength it can mus-
ter. Terrified and out of breath, it
can barely keep its head above wa-
ter as it wearily strives to reach the
opposite store. A child could, in
reality, "finish" it when in this con-
dition. But instead of that a num-
ber of "sportsmen" who have been
indolently awaiting the advent of
the deer, perhaps smoking their ci-
gars and reading their newspapers
DOLLARS SAVED
brains out with a charge of buck-
shot or knocking it on the head with
their clubs. Whichever way it is
done they have achieved the honor
of killing a deer, and by the ac-
complishment of this daring exploit
are furnished with something to talk
and boast of for the rest of their
lives.
In The Transvaal.
Now the trouble is in South Afri-
ca, where the Transvaal—officially,
the "South African Republic"—as a
semi-independent state has been an
eyesore to British greed for many,
many years. The Transvaal and
its neighbor, the Orange River Free
State, were settled about sixty or
seventy years ago by Dutch settlers,
called "boers," who were forced to
emigrate from Cape Colony in or-
der to escape British oppression.
They tramped—men, women and
children—over a thousand miles
of desert, until they felt they might
We have new goods—also a lot of New Prices
on goods that are bought and sold every day....
SPECIAL.
Fine 30-inch, 10-cent Lawns for 4 cents, on
SATURDAY and MONDAY.
How the Mauser Does It.
"Out of the 1100 wounded boys
in the hospital three required am-!
puution Of .limb two of them the I BY TRADING WITH THE UNDERSIGNED PEOPLE
thigh and one the shoulder, is the
remarkable statement made by Dr.
W. M. Beck of the 13th Minnesota
regiment, in a letter dated at Ma-
nila, May 7. The doctor devotes
much space to the oddities and
wonders of surgery in the Philip-
pines. Among other statements he
makes are the following :
"In this climate tissue change is
so rapid that in five hours after the
vital spark has fled from a limb the
case is fatal. Even the post mor-
tem changes are so rapid that eni
balming is a certain failure unless
begun within sixty minutes after life
has ceased, and then the body is f
immediately transferred to the boats
in the harbor.
"In the bony structure of the body
the Mauser bores a clean little hole,
rarely fracturing a limb; in the skull
it takes a center shot to kill. I
know of at least a dozen men shot
through the brain with Mausers who
are still alive and in good health. 1
know of fully a hundred cases shot
through the chest cavity in every
portion except the heart that have
at last be free to live and die in
peace, safe from the British robber. I recoveTe^n (a^t. they rarely die"
The brave pioneers set to work and ! , know ()f cases where ,he majn >f.
soon had a flourishing republic, and tery supp]y of a ljmb was toU„ (,e.
the British soon made attempts to 1 . .u • . •. 1.1
v j stroyed, yet the integrity of the parts
remained good.
get their claws on the new state
In the later '8o's, under Disraeli,
they nearly accomplished their pur-
pose, but the Transvaal victory at
Majuba Hill—where the British met
disastrous defeat,—and the access-
ion of the justice-loving Gladstone
to the head of British affairs, saved
the boer republic, at that time.
Gladstone saw that the boers were
iti the right—so he ordered the
queen's flag hauled down. Bad man, I
that Gladstone ! But since then j
jingoism has been on top in Britain, i
and attempts to destroy the South
African Republic have been renew- 1
ed. Two or three years ago a feel- |
er, in the famous ' Jamison Raid," 1
was tried in an effort to start an in-
surrection among the thousands of
British fortune-hunters at Johannis-
berg, when the British government
expected to interfere. But the bo-
ers squelched Jamison in short or-
der, whereupon—the scheme having seat."
"But through the soft abdominal agents for butterick s publications
tissues the Mauser is always fatal,
excepting wounds of the
Silks, Ginghams, Swiss—beautiful quality plain
white Lawn, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20 and 25c, which is
worth more money. -
OUR SHOES are quite a feat-
ure with us. We now have the
Celebrated * Julia Marlowe' Shoe,
which has given fine satisfaction
wherever sold
For gentlemen we have Fine Shoes, Shirts, Hats,
Clothing, and Crash and Linen Suits.
««««« «
FARMERS—We begin to load Potatoes into
cars now, and will continue to ship during the
season. Bring them in at any time and see us.
Slledge SRroa. & ^Philips.
liver,
in- i
„ _ . . , , • 1 months and not a cent for repair,
1 hose receiving wounds of the 1 1
testines, stomach and spleen always 1
die."
Would not do
it for ten times the cost.
Ader, in Farmers Advocate.
fizzled—the queen's ministry hyp-
ocritically disclaimed responsibility
for it. The present trouble in that
country is over these same British
fortune-hunters and adventurers,
who do not regard themselves as
permanent residents of the country,
but as there temporarily to make
"their pile" out of the gold and dia-
mond mines, which they expect to
enjoy, later, in I.unnon. For the
present, they merely want the priv-
ilege of voting so that they can run
the country to suit themselves. Not
being voters or citizens of the re-
public, they are popularly called
outlanders—"uitlanders." They are
backed by their own (the British)
government which, at the muzzle of
the gun, demands immediate fran-
chise for them. The Transvaal
government refuses to grant this, but
offers to let theni vote after a nine-
year's residence. Such is the pres-
ent situation, and both sides are pre-
paring for war. The British have
determined to seize the country, re-
gardless of the " sickly sentimental
Full line of carpets and rugs at bot-
tom prices, at Iteed & Harper's. 36-lf
Fireworks, fireworks, flags, etc., at
Barbour & Sons Drug Store. 48 3t
Plenty of food for all at The Plant-
ers. They do not starve their patrons.
Picture frames worth from $1.50 to
$2.50 iroes. Your choice 95e., at the
Grand Leader.
\ 1 i' sr! of harness for $4.;"i0,
no Cheap .lotin goods, see H. W.
Stubbemau. * 46tf.
If you have your pictures enlarged
look at our framei-', we sell you your
choice for Sloe. Grand Leader, 47 If
Good 25 cent busily whips for 10
cents and binder whips for 50 cents at
H. W. Slubbemans. 45-tf.
E. H. Armstrong and F. E. Henry of
Etawah, were in Norman last Thurs-
day. They report corn and cotton in
very good shape around Etawah.
Flags, fireworks and everything
else to make the old bird scream 011
the 4th, at Barbour & Sons' Drug
Store. 48-31
W. have some picture frames that
we want to close out. If you want to
ecu re a fine picture frame at less than
one half of its value call at the Grand
Leader. 47 if.
We have fitted up several nice rooms
on the platform before he people should be protected against with new, . 111 bed* for lodging pur-
save for renewing battery material
occasionally. Has never failed to
| work, no matter how hard the weath-
How a Hog Lost His Seat, ^cr, save for a short time when one
Every seat in the north State car l)altery froze llP" VVe had to take
was taken and four or five persons '' °"' am' t'lcn 'ound l'lat we ha<'
were standing. One of the latter j >et a Prett>' fair servi" wi,h ba,,ery
was a young woman who stood near j(>n one t'r"'
th'e middle of the car. A tall young ; vv'tlu'
man, rather too slim for his height i ~~~v
from an athletic point of view, rose j " "
from his seat near the rear door and Deviled iiuUCt.
stepped forward to inform the young j Deviled butter is but another, and
woman, who was looking the other I probably more appropriate name
way that there was a seat for i for renovated or process butter,
her. As he said so a man dropped I which means stale and inferior
into't- ■ grades of country butter that have
I beg ) our pardon, said the young |,een bought at a very low price and
man, ' I didn't get up to give you a | (hen churned over anc) wnrked over
and resalted and flavored anil col-
ored and then sold at a lirstclass
price as a firstclass article. It gen-
erally has a texture more like soft
putty than like fresh liuitc. It con-
bigger man, but the j tains the germs 1 f decomposition
ase and i- not fit for human
t is a base fraud, and the
"But I got it," said the man.
"I intended it for the young lady"
said the young fellow.
"But I got it," retorted the other 1
with a sneer.
He was the
young fellow's hands descended on and di-<
his sho ild is and he was on his j food. I
feet and
knew it.
'Con ductor! Conductor!' he cried;
but the conductor had a far-away
look in his eye and was interested in
something going on down the street.
The man was in the street before he
had time to call put again.
The hero—for he was a hero in the
eyes of the passengers by this time
—re-entered the car. and lifting his
hat politely said:
"Madam, there's a seat for you."
And the passengers wers so tickled
its use by the rigid enforcement of
stringent laws with severe penalties
for Uheir violation.
Of the 70,000 Spanish soldiers
sent to the Philippines since 1890,
52,000 are now occupying under-
ground quarters among the people j |f you want to purchase or;
they were sent to conquer.
At the last election the Republic-
ans of Kansas cast 147,691 votes
and elected 8 congressmen; the
that they actually began to clap popuiists cast I30|8oi votes, and
their hands. 1 lie young man t,]ec^e(j — j congressman. This is
simply smiled and said. . representative " government.
" Athletics are of some value now .
and then."
1 hen he leaned up against the i MfinPll PflintPP^ ^
front door and became absorbed f 111 *'* Uilu y I U1II I u 1 Ji 11 0
ism" of honesty and justice. They a l)al)er^ while the woman watched
have had a private conference with '''m admiringly. Chicago 1 ribune.
their god, and they say he assures ~
them that, as in Napoleon's time, Farm Telephone.
he is still on the side of the heaviest I have a line connecting my resi-
battalions. It is a pleasure, though, dence with tenant house, distance as
to know that this time the maraud- ; run over one and one-half miles;
ers will have different stuff to fight one-half this distance 1 simply con-
than timid Hindoos, naked 'niggers' nect with ordinary barb wire fence,
or Soudan fanatics. part of balance of way with a barb
wire running loosely over
the
I{;d Front
48tl
RED HOT FROM THE GUN
was the ball that hit G. B. Steadmati
ofNewark, Mich., in the civil war. It
caused horrible uicei-8, that no treat-
ment helped for 20 years. Then Huck-
len's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures
cuts, bruises, burns, I oils, felons,corns,
skin eruptions. Best pile cure on
earth. 25 cents a box. Gure guaran- | j, H) ke b t ■ cheaper. Have
teed. Sold by Blane & Reed, drug- 1
gists.
an old
rail fence, the balance through
woods and across roads and gate-
ways on a No. 12 wire nailed to
trees, etc , not an insulator or brack-
et on the line. Simply stapled to
posts, trees, etc. The phone is sim
the Rt.
48tf
1
Front
4stf
poses, and we are now prepared to
lodge at* well as feed our patrons. Call
at Joe's Pluee. 3s tf
For the nicest and best selected
stock of millinery goods in the city, go
to Mrs S. B. Kimberlin's millinery
parlors on East Main street. 45-tf.
The White sewing machine is King.
it this office and eee
and learn price and
machine**, call
this machine
terms. 46if
Mrs. Wallace of the West Side has
the prettiest line of millinery goods
and is selling them lower than was
ever kno'vn before. If you want to
save money see them before you buy.
"Stub," the Norman harness man, is
headquarters for the best harness and
saddles in the territory and hi- prices
will always be found to be the very
lowest such goods can be sold for. tf
H. W. Stubbeman is justly proud of
the reputation he holds for selling
saddles. He carries the best goods
I made in this line and sells the same at
a lower price than any other dealt'
the territory.
45-tf
Russian Sardines at
! Grocery.
For pure codfish,
Front Grocery.
Meals at al! hours at Joe'- Place.
For herring and fresh catch No
mackerel, call up the Red
Grocery.
Stop at The Planter
good meal.
Bluefins and rolliamoj -
the Red Front Grocery.
Good lodging, new bed
rooms, inquire at Joe's place. ;i8-tf them baskets well tilled with things
omething new in the I to -attafy the cravings of the inner
e them at the Ked Front I man. Ice cream, fruit and lemonade
4Htf | stands will assist in this good work.
Bids for privileges can now be left
if vou want
Notice.
On July 4th the churches and
Sunday school- of Norman and the
surrounding towns and country will
for sale at1 celebrate in the good old way. There
4Kf ' will be music, speaking and recita-
and nice ' ,i(IMS- Also the Pe0I'le wi" ,,ri"f-r with
had line in daily use over fourteen
Mangoes, s
pickle line, st
Grocery.
Good meals
and clean beds at The
, i with the Palace Drug store. Send
Planters. Can accommodate a few
more regular boarders. Best meals in , ^ >'our ma^ ,K i on"
the city served. I sidered. committkl.
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