The Mustang Mail. (Mustang, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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* THE ONLY SON Oi: MIS MOTHER
nail. Tolly!
On a day T mot with Folly.
Knowing- not flirt was she:
She was piquant, she was jolly.
And she thrust out melancholy
With a smile of witchery.
I. supine, could not disarm her.
hough i g lesst <i in some degr<
3 here was mischief in my charmer,
So it came about, you see,
Folly made a fool of me!
Folly tiivd of her adorer
When hi r slave I came to In-,
Scoffing at the love I bore her.
Vexed because l boldly wore her
Too familiar livery.
Petulent. she scourged and left mo
Shorn of all my panoply.
So 11 was when she bereft me
♦ >t her smile. she set me free—
Folly made a man of me'
Smart Set.
better than In the ordinary pot, hut
also grows quicker, and larger, and1
keeps better. The pots are both made
of clay, and the outer pot has several
nose-shaped holes, through which
the air is admitted into similar holes
of the inner pot. The latter can be
turned in such a way that its holej
are closed by the outer pot.
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She was a feeble, shabby old womuii, her a^eil eyi s to read one It.'n that
the very poverty and pathos of her ap- burned Into her brain. "Killed on the
pearance niakitiK her conspicuous In I 15th or March in a skirmish with th«
the crowd of hurrying, well-dressed I Filipinos—l'rivaie Hurry Smith."
shoppers. She was attired - if tiiat i.s | One dazed look at the dancing let
not too dignified a word to describe the j tprs. then a iong, sobbing tigh. as slu
manner in which her sordid rags were I fell in a heap to the ground, and when
they tenderly picked her up they saw
Decadence.
fields are green with aftermath of
Fall.
When trees pai.nl • in rich wrtnilllon 1
dress.
Wan exhalations from the vales possess
The full, ripe forms of Farth. and cast
lllrd l ti in^t'd Plumage.
A cockatoo in the Central Park of
New York has exhibited a remarkable
change of color In its plumage. Or-
iginally of red and gold, the bird was
[ one of the most conspicuous inmates
I of the birdhouse at the Zoo. and so
! remained until a macaw was introduc-
; ed. which at once began fighting the
The Hiik Cotton Tree. other birds. When (he cockatoo's
Although the silk cotton tree is a turn came it was knocked down from
native of South America, there is one j the perch to the floor, and was insen-
specimen of it in Nassau, Bahama
Islands, that has flourished wonder-
fully. and is one of the greatest cu-
riosities on the island, it is just now
in bloom and at the height of its
beauty. It was planted more than two
hundred years ago by John Miller.
The roots seem to be unable to find
their way down after the manner of
ordinary roots, and so swell up like
great buttresses radiating round the
trunk of the tree, rising from the
ground to a height of from six to
twelve feet. They reach out to irregu-
lar distances, gnat led and twisted in
the most curious fashion. They turn
and bend and double a point in all
orts of unexpected ways and make
dark hollows and ravines, where the
darkie.s believe the elves and gnomes
make their home.
The great seed pods are filled with
a fine soft fleece of silk, which the na-
tives use for filling their pillows and
mattresses. There are several speci-
mens of the tree on cue island of New
Providence but this one is monarch
of them all.
A Scotch Sahara.
The fact is not generally known
flint there is in the north of Scotland ,
a miniature Sahara some twenty i
square miles in extent. From Nairn
to the river Find horn there is a great |
expanse of shifting sandhills, known
as the Culbin Sands, which show all
the great, peculiarities of a great des-
ert. and which successfully resist all i
attempts at cultivation. Three cen-
turies ago the place was a smiling
garden with several farms and a vil-
lage. all of which were overwhelmed :
in a single night by a great storm of
sand. The remains of the buildings i
< an still occasionally be seen when the
sand shifts, and many old domestic
articles have been picked up. Some |
tragic stories are still current in the i
locality of the wonderful escape of the ;
inhabitants from the «blinding sand-
drift on that terrible night.
sible for a short time. Then it went
into a corner where it remained the
the rest, of the day. and on the follow-
ing morning, when the attendant went
to the birdhouse. he was surprised to
see that the gorgeous plumage ha<4
turned quite white.
llncue Deep Cutler the Flirt ti-
An interesting discovery has been
made on the estate of the Marquis of
Zetland in Orkney.
Workmen came across a subterra-
nean house about thirty-six feet long,
and further exploration brought to
light several signs of habitation, in-
cluding the remains of the ruined
walls, the bones of sheep, oxen, boars,
fish and whales, deer horns, ston
trestles, pottery and charcoal, to- \
gether with some implements fash- !
ioned from bones.
The most remarkable feature in the
building is that the roofing is support-
ed by four massive pillars, each con-
sisting of a water-worn stone placf\J
on end.
worn—all in rusty black, with a dingy
crepe veil wound about her worn-out
bonnet. Her shoes had long since
ceased to furnish protection for her
tired feet, so out at heels they were,
and the wrinkled work-worn hands
were gloveless; but on her aged face
was a look 01 firm and unshakable de-
termination. As she tottered weakly
on. the thread-bare rape llapped open,
ar.d revealed at her neck a bow of
vivid crimson calico. The small hash
of scarlet, so out of place amid the
somber poverty of het garments, ap
■ IS ••
InipalUdinx «
Not charml
impress
Pale fever on some deep-
that. she.
son. was '
with her cherished soldiei
at home with God."
r mellowed hues. Withal
s but the ( harm that doth
ved shepherd-
her nmrbhl
■ith lusty rays
Curious Thimble Case.
Very curious is a thimble case
bought about forty-five years ago at a
small exhibition held in the Crystal
Palace in New York. It is made from
the nut of a palm tree which grows in
Peru.
The kernel of this nut, when unripe,
is soft and it is then that the nut is
picked, so that its kernel can he easily
cut into small articles. This thimble
case, made from one of these kernels,
is about the size and shape of an egg.
It is hollowed out and divided into two
parts, which screw together.
'I he kernel has been carved in such
a way that an openwork of leaves and
stems is all that is left of the nut.
Monster Fog Horn.
\ large fog horn is t• > be pla il in
the Gulf of rit. l.awtvnce The horn
is four feet in diameter . t the outer
end and twelve feet long, and th-
pound is produced by driving com-
pressed air through a double set of
valves carrying revolving disks wilh
holes cut In them. One set of disks
produces a deep roar and the other a
shrill shriek. The valves are con-
trolled by clock work, and every
two minutes a roar is emitted, fol-
lowed ten seconds latei by a shriek
To operate the horn there are three
air tanks, each ix feet in diameter
and twelve feet long, and three oil
engines run thre« compressors to till
1 he tanks. On a favorable day this
horn tan be heard a distance of twelve
to fifteen miles The plant is auto-
matic
Birch Hntl l'ine.
There is a curious growth of trees
at Tilden's Point, Me. Three yellow
i birch trees are growing on a pine
! stump. The tree, which was about
I two and a half feet in diameter, is
i bought to have been cut down some
fifty years ago, leaving a stump three
and a half feet high. The seeds of the
birch must have lodged on this stump
and as they grew they sent their
roots down its sides to reach ihe
ground. The three trees are, respec*
tively. five, six and seven inches iu
I diameter.
Fo id from Tree*.
fhestnut groves, with full-grown
trees, produce ix times as much food
per acre as any cereals, and Humboldt
estimates that a banana orchard will
feed twenty-five human beings, where
a potato field of the same size would
support two and a wheat farm only
one. A time may come when the
staph# of human food will he chiefly
derived from trees, thus increasing
the life-sustaining capacity of our
planet more than five-fold, not to
mention the savng In drudgery, nor
the beneficial climatic influences of
tree plantations. No plowing, hoeing
and mowing, no worrying about win-
ter food for hungry cattle, no deserts
overspreading vast areas of tree-
deprived territories.
I'nneril.
was witnessed
Kngland. t he l>oi
■ churchyard in
Strange
An unusual sight
r funeral ;>t Horsell
being drawn to tin
four-wheeled farm wagon painted red
and blue, and attached to which were
a couple of farm hordes. The ninei.il
was that of Richard Hrettell solicitor
of Cbertsi y and It was his last request
that he should be conveyed in this
^nann* r to his grave. Tin4 Journey ti m
''hert.-ey to Horsell occupied two and
i half hours, and six farm laborers
valk;d by the wagon the w hoi dis
ance, in addition to which the> bore
he coffin from the vehicle into the
•hui eli.
Double I'lontr I'ot.
lingo Umltz of NeiibalUcnslebct
1 rmany, claims that his new How
iot, which Is mad« of two aepariit
•arts, is the best flow -r pot now o
lie market. The inventor a ho i
veil known florist, says that on m
ourt of tin air being nb!f to Hi
>fe around th< cnrtl; in tba inner p
In plant dev. lep.* not only aw
ncroacliin? on thn Sea.
The growth seaward of Dungeness
Point in England, caused by the east-
ward drift of shingle, has caused the
erection of a new lighthouse there to
become necessary, and the contract
has been placed with a Deal firm to
earn out the work for $30,000. Thi>
will be the third lighthouse erected
upon Dungeness Point. The first,
built about sixty years ago. Is now a
mile inland, and th** lighthouse which
superseded that one is now about half
a mile from the seashore.
Mno\rshoes for Soldiers,
I Up to some time ago the Norwegian
j army was perhaps the only one in
Europe in which snowshocs were used
| to any extent. After several years of
extensive trials, however, the Austri-
I an minister of war has now equipped
i several battalions of the Imperial
: Austrian army with snowshocs. Dir
j ing the maneuvers car d on th s
! year in the Austrian Airs mc shoes
: proved to be of immense n'^cditage
to the troops equipped with them.
>Oltfyinc tl'J Clod.
One of the odd things the visitor
1 to Burmah will notice is the largt
i number of bells about the pagodas,
i These bells are usually hung on sacre I
posts a few feet above the ground.
They are sweet-toned, as all Bur-
mese bells are, but they are not fur-
nished with tongues. The worshiper
who comes to pray before the pagod i
strikes one of these bells with i
I wooden mallei This is to attract tit
mention of the god
Squirrels' Nests lit Chimney.
j Sexton Davis of the i ongiegatlon
! 111st church at Winter Park, Ha . m •
with an urexpected difficult \ when he
made the •!: t fire of the *>e tson in the
I church n few days ago. The chimney
would not "draw. and the cause
was found to be a large squirrel'.?
I nest, or a series of nests, in the top
I of the structure. The opening waa
found completely closed with spihr 1-
nest mate!ial to ih * depth of 1 fe ;
from the top.
Several small boys followed her jeer*
ingly.
pea red a veritable "Red Badge of Cour-
age." worn with an air of proud defi-
ance as for some noble purpose. Sev-
eral small boys followed her jeeringly,
commenting upon the frivolity of her
gay neck ornament, but if she heard
them she heeded them not. and con-
tinued steadily on her way regardless
of the unkind criticism.
Presently she joined the shabby
throng marching like a procession
through the doors of Meinhard's well-
known department store, and tottering
1 up to the supercilious looking floor-
walker announced in a timid voic e that
she had come to have her picture tak-
en. Then she laboriously but triumph-
antly extracted from her pocket a clip-
ping cut from the advertising columns
of c newspaper in which Meinhard &
Co. describe a tempting array of ex-
traordinary bargains, ending with the
following unique proposition in big
type:
"We will photograph, free of < harg.
every customer who presents herself
between three and four o'clock, wear-
ing a red gown, red hat, shawl, or
. ome display of scarlet about her cos-
tume."
The clerk glanced at the slip in her
hand with half-suppressed smile, said
"Step this way, madam." and conduct-
ed bee to the photographer in charge,
who in turn scrutinized her with an
overbearing air of ill concealed con-
tempt. Tears came into the dim old
eyes and she faltered brokenly. "I'm
not too old to have my picture taken,
am I? You see. I walked an the way
in from the country, and I am very
tired and don't want to go back with-
out it. it's for my dear boy in the
Philippines; he asked for a picture of
bis mother, and, when I read in the
paper this morning that I could have
one merely by wearing a scrap of red
ribbon, I was -o happy' He is my
only boy, you know ami I have not
seen him for a year."
The stolid face of the photographer
gradually relaxed during thi recital,
and lie assured her that -he was not a
day too oi l to sit before the iamer:i
and that her son in the Philippine
should soon rejoice in the posse.*, ion
of a fine likene-.-
Soon after the oil w . . pi •
HOW DANIEL WEBSTER MARKETED
Stories Told l y the Hoys Who Carrie.I
the Orator's llushet.
Among the most pleasant reflections
that two veterans of the police force,
now retired, have to enjoy, is the fact
that when boys they frequently ac-
companied the great Daniel Webster
to market and carried the distinguish-
ed statesman's basket for him. says
the Washington Post Mr Webster!
then lived 011 D street northwest in
the building adjoining what is now
the police court. He went to market
every day, and it was a quarter of a
dollar to the boy who carried the has
ket. There was no competition be
tween the two, and each took his turn
in accompanying the great expounder
of the constitution. Speaking of the
matter the other day, one of these men
said
"The hoy whose turn it was to carry
Mr. Webster's basket would take hi
position on the corner of Sixth and D
streets and wait for the former to
emerge from his house. Then he
would quickly step up and relieve Mr.
Webster of the burden. The pair
Near Rome, who erooi
madrigal.
Vet when the waxing sun
Hums Into nothingness th> vapors
white.
And hares the splendid view • !' mount
and lea,
Then gladsome Nature chants 1 >i ringing
praise.
O, Life, consul
blight
That hangs
ity:
. r Art.
pale malarlou:
mid give us San
c h'ownlnshield.
Labor I.ruder on Striken.
Frank K. Foster, chairman of the
legislative committee of the American
federation of labor, in a recent speec h
said:
"AH strikes have many things in
common and some things which are not
in common. The first feature which
is observed in looking over the series
of conflicts between capital and labor
is the immense Impetus that has been
given in the la.-t few years to the or-
ganization of labor. To-day between
5.000,imo and (>,000,000 who speak the
English language are enrolled in the
trade union movement. This represents
something more than a creation of
shallow and selfish agitators and dema
gogues.
" fh" trade union movement had its
would proceed as far as the National birth, not iu the manufactory of any
Hotel, when Mr. Web. ter would com 'ism,' but has grown and evolved out
maud: 'Roy. stay here w hile I go ami of liie absolute condition and necessary
get a drink.' Then he would dlsap
pear in a neighboring saloon, am
after remaining there a few minutes
would reappear. The walk toward the
market would then be resumed, but
upon reaching the south side of the
avi ntie. Mr. Webster would repeat the
previous injunct
again would he r
hostlery In due course of time the
walk would be resumed, and the mar-
ket finally reached. Upon the return
trip to his home Mr. Webster would
go through a precisely similar pro
gram."
THE SENTIMENT OF THE BOWERY.
It In
All in I Hv«>r. Theoretically, of the
Oomestie \ Irtnes.
Talk with any eloquent "tough" you
of the workingman's life. The trade
union recognizes the strike as a legiti-
mate method of control of the price
of a product, and for it the trade union
has nothing to apologize.
"John Stuart Mill said 'a strike is
wrong when it is foolish/ and we ae-
to the boy. and ccpt that principle. The mistake is
to a neighboring often made of confounding trade
unionism with h striking machine. It
is not a machine for striking pri-
marily. It practice the graces of fra-
ternity. benevolence and charity, and
the larger part of it; activities are di-
ree'ed to other channels than those of
active coercion. The trade union
softens the asperities of race and
creed, and teaches to Its members their
duties and rights.
"The fair employer has nothing to
meet on the Bowery, and you will find 'eai 'm,n trade union activity.
that the dear old objects of virtue arc
the things nearest the heart. In al
us* t any low music hall sentimental
songs about self-sacrifice, love, mother
and home are almost the rule. In one
of these places I heard a song telling
oi how a young man appealed to the
judge to have mercy on an old woman
convicted of theft. "For." the song
went, "tee prisoner is th
the girl I love."
I heard a dispute the other day on
the Bowery between two rcpresenta-
ti*' of the rank and file of Tammany
hall After one of them had frankly
admitted that he would accept a dollar
to be "right" on election day, they
entered into a dispute as to whether
General Lee was morally justified in
leaving th.- Cnited Stales army to tight
with the Confederates. The man who
was quit- willing to .sell his vote main-
tained that Lee could not have done
otherwise in justice to his mother,
whom he consult'd before he took the
step. "'Mother' he said, 'where shall
I fight—with l he North or with the
•"•outh ' • Me bo> she aid, 'you live
in Richmond fight in Richmond." "
That tale quite overt ame the other <fts
P"tant. for who could defend filial in-
gratitude. Hat p< i ■ Week!?
"The sympathetic strike is a com-
paratively new thing in labor activ-
ities. and is not trade unionism in the
scientific use of the term. Trade
unionism is a business proposition."
THIS GIHL WAS TOO KIND-HEARTED.
Thought to Perform a Kindness to a
Gentleman in I huMi.
outig woman in this
olent disposition re-
shot k last Sunday
The
is one
se hem
Hllg.
11 v
behind
wit h
was at
t
chin •
ill w
ling 1
h and
Prv;
K>-
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7
i
>v
Bel
Wt'ol<
mot h
body
uly old ladic
in town, sh
on Id be if
up
mid
e generou
vho grow
a friend to every-
thouglit how glad
ie kind-hearted girl
( liampiont the Nallor'n ('ante.
Richard Powers, ex-president of the
take S« linen's I nion, is one of the
ither ol unique figures in the history of trades
unions in the country. Before many
of the present day labor leaders were
born, Mr. Powers was battling for the
rights of wage earners. IIe began In
•sea-faring life .it the age of 1when
he left his native country. Ireland, and
made his first voyage to the Hast In
dies. Mom there he went to \u tra
lia. and. after circumnavigating the
globe several tim< s, lauded in New-
York City In I Si. I. He joined the
Cnited States transport .service and re
ma in <m1 there dm ing the civil war. He
joined his first labor union in New
York in 1XU3, but it passed out of ex
isfer.ee a year later, to be resurrected
again, principally through th© efforts
of Mr. Powers in 1870.
Mr. Powers went to Chi- .go in 1ST- !
and began sailing on the lakes. ; i the 1
same time starting a crusade among i
the unorganized workmen of that cit\
He was mainly instrumental iu organ j
izing a union of his own < raft, known i
as the Lake Seamen's Union, in IS7> i
which still exi t -, and is an important i
factor in hipping circles ll« helped to
organize the American Fed'ration of
I.abor. and when its first ion wa
held iu Pittsburg, in November ISM
Mr. Powers was elected
it: fir-t legislative comm
senr-cl a number of terms ;
of the old Trades and l.abo
well known a
is ."S years old
The committee to which the work of
raising funds was intrusted has $2,500
in sight. It will ask all unions affili-
ated with the Central Labor union to
assess their membership 1 cent per
week for one year, and hope to raise
$5,000 in this way A residence will
be purchased and disposed of by lot-
tery. and the funds Increased In every
possible way. The intention of those
behind the movement is to erect a
building that vill cost about $.">0,000
equipped not only with halls for meet-
ing purposes, but with sitting rooms,
reading rooms, gymnasium and other
features calculated to make the place
attractive and beneficial to the 9,000
organized workers of the Hoosier cap-
ital.
Child Workers in Mill*.
In some of our greatest industrial
states, as in Pennsylvania, for in-
tanec, from 11! to 20 per cent of the
mill operatives in some of the south-
ern states are under II' years old. Leg-
islation against this terrible evil is
protested against on the pitiful whin-
ing plea that it will keep capital away.
It is an evil that cuts both ways; in
fact, it cuts many ways. Its worst
results are, <.f course, the future citi-
zenship and parenthood of these unfit
children, but it incidentally tends to
make the father of a family a loafer
when that family can be supported by
child labor.
Journeymen Tailor*' I nion.
John 15. Lennon is the president of
the Journeymen's Tailors' Cnion of
America and treasurer of the Execu-
tive Council of fhe American Federa-
tion of Uibor. He is a veteran trades
unionist and ever since he became a
journeyman tailor has labored unceas-
ingly to organize his fellow workers,
shorten their hours and increase their
pay. His headquarters are at Bloom-
ington. III.
Trade I nlonlsm In Den murk.
One of ihe strongest centers of trade
unionism among women is Denmark.
The number of women organized in
trade unions In that country is 7,243,
of whom 5,244 live in Copenhagen
Their organizations embrace fourteen
trades, and include about a quarter
of the women wage earners of that
country. They are best organized in
the bookbinding, textile and tobacco
trades.
I.altor Temple in Oiuaha.
Organized labor in Omaha has at
last moved into Its new home, the
Lalor temple. The new billlditig is
said to he well equipped for the accom-
modation of the unions and to be
w ithin i a y access of every street car
iine in the city. The affairs of the
temple are undti the direction of a
committee ot live, elected from the del.
egatcs representing different unions.
I X pertinent in flrgttnlKatlon.
The Amalgamated Woodworkers'
I nion has adopted a novel experiment
in the work of organization. The usual
initiation fee has been suspended, and
members are admitted free. In addi-
tion they are guaranteed that any man
who loses his position as a result of
joining tin union will be paid at tho
rate of $2 a day until he secures an-
other job.
a flood Ti a in pi*.
r■ ■ Kng.. firm of manufar
decided to grant 21 days
inployoa who qualify for
holiday. The conditions
are that not more than three days dur-
ing the year must lie lost by a work-
man's own neglect
liess. leave ol ibsen
000 men are cniphi
w oi l. -
A York
i turei hav
| pay to all
I seven day
Inclusive of ill-
el e Nearly
<1 ia l li firm i
I nti
essed
ig in
•r of !
He :
(lent 1
\
ami b
Mr. P<
rfi
i1' as much for her 1 .
50 to church with a
; down his back, so
arose for the first I
1 'i ti) pick it oft
illy raising her hand
twitch, but It w i- Ion;
Ik uppo ed, and a foot or n
tca.-'d. Setting lo r teeth, hi
mil and about a yard of that
tin ad hung down his ha. k 'I
h 111 g
Hub-
ther were
raveling
when the
i'mu she
she gave
lgei than
South
O I).line
tra! Labor
; known t!
The
ilina
d" the
Pres
HO IS
of the
nion. The
<1 make Chi-
the national
1 be a< com
iglleld min •
' ompany
to the face
Street Car
An.
I ill
It i
any .
< gib!
m ri 1 is
enturl
'ti I It UK I i| f«
i fact ti:
■9 have so f,
p* of fndlrg.
She fell hi a heap to tin l*round,
from th- shop, th lines of .1 an <
fatigue more than ever visible on he-
wrinkled fa< ■ but milling md
fled as she gently untied th> i iring
from her ne< k
I nconaclotis of the Interest ml at
tentiou she had attracted, Ignoring lie
aching limbs and throbbing tempi,
and forgetful of all the w ary mlb
she must walk befoi. reaching fiotm
her one thought was How Va 1
Harry will b '
She stopped for a moment to allow ,
rat* t'" 1 ami glancing tip at ti •
bull' '.111 board 'Vi*1' * jhe si ::e
•iatting e:
.
u 1 tiiat
d 1 shirt.
Her di.
arrassing, but.
another yank,
a j 11 ti ra \ 1 *
dete,
ami
Orleans
impanies
>11 from enfc
she
merchant
kets in fix
pfalo
h'comfliuro w,. o j)
•rm would not have
ferings no 1 a pint
her blushes when t
1 with an impil
was ti< kling hi
powdei at
urn
compai.;
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The Mustang Mail. (Mustang, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1902, newspaper, April 25, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc162365/m1/3/: accessed May 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.