The Coalgate Courier. (Coalgate, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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GEO D CALLAWAY Publisher
COALGATE I T
Religion lies more In walk than in
talk
Love levels all things except its own
monotony
j A wheel In the hand Is worth two in
the repair shop
A homely woman who is vain doubts
the accuracy of mirrors
( The difference between love and dys-
pepsia is merely a matter of years
A young man seeking a quiet spot
to kisa a girl should avoid her mouth
Some people’s idea of a necessary
“evil is one they don’t want to abolish
’ When your enemies speak ill of you
act in such a manner that people won’t
believe them
Results impress us more when we
tare ignorant of the process by w'hich
they are attained
Somehow a man never appreciates
the silver lining of the cloud when he
igets caught in a shower
One-half the world may not know
how the other half lives but some-
times a man knows his better half
Rives on the alimony
When a spinster tells you she is sin-
gle from choice it may be owing to
the fact that all the men of her ac-
quaintance chose other girls
It requires no preterhuman force of
'Will in any young man or woman to
(get at least half an hour out of a solid
ibusy day for good and disinterested
treading — John Morley
Apprehensions seem to be felt in
Jsome quarters lest the United States
nnay act with undue haste in the mat-
ter of giving the Cubans independcncs
before they are competent to govern
Ithemselves The United States is
ipledged not merely to give independ-
ence to Cuba but to “establish a
stable government” there To give tin
iformer without providing the latter
would be equivalent to the creation of
janother revolution-plagued republic
This is so generally understood that
Tew Americans are in favor of making
haste about cutting loose from Cuba
especially as long as the Cubans do
mot become discontented with the de-
day j In his letter as president to the
American Bar association recently held
at Buffalo Ambassador Joseph H
'Choate said: “The law’s delays which
leeem to be constantly on the increase
may well engage the earnest attention
of the association No opportunity
'should be lost to counteract the in-
evitable tendency to elaborate pro-
cedure and unnecessarily multiplied
appeals” These words were well said
lJustice delayed is more than justice
delayed it is justice impaired Time
is of the essence of the matter Tar-
diness is a vital defect In Anglo-Saxon
justice and is not offset by resultant
regularity or precision
The Boston Herald calls attention
ito the fact that Harvard is to have a
'new telescope of a unique kind en-
abling it to do certain work impos-
isible to any other now in existence
For many years the race among ob-
iservatories has been to secure the tele-
scope with the largest aperture All
these great lenses have been made by
Alvan Clark and beginning with that
jof the old University of Chicago which
had a lense of eighteen inches the
size has gradually increased as shown
jin the following table:
Inches
Old University of Chicago 18
Princeton 23
Washington observatory 26
'-Pulkowa (Russia) observatory 30
Dick observatory 36
JChicago observatory (Yerkes) 40
I Consciously or unconsciously the
(demagogue adopts this philosophy
j Flattery is his method and his stock
in trade It catches the unthinking
(multitude it pleases the shiftless and
the flabby of intellect it excuses the
lazy and the unsuccessful By it selfish
xind dishonest men lead the honest and
simple-minded to their own undoing
It is our misfortune that nearly all of
us are likely to be caught by the swest3
cf the flatterer The editor has heard
a lawyer tell a country jury how great
an honor it was in the ancient days
to be a Roman citizen and what re-
sponsibility that citizenship carried
with it "But however great the
thonor dignity and responsibility cf
'JRoman citizenship” continued the
lawyer “it was as nothing compared
with yours! You are citizens of Bun-
combe county— every man a sover-
eign!” And he supposed that kind of
stuff would influence the jury to de-
cide in favor of his client
VANISHED AS OTHERS
DR KEIL’S DREAM OF JUSTICE
AMONG MEN
Dll Old Missouri Colony Ik Only a
Memory — Prospered for it While hut
Was Finally Killed by Accumulation
f Vast Wealth
(Special Letter)
Few of those who read the books of
Bellamy and who dream of an ideal
commonwealth where each citizen is
equal to every other citizen and all are
alike rich with a common fund are
aware that those ideas embraced in
the maxim— “equal rights to all and
special privileges to none” — were once
actually applied in the establishment
and subsequent existence of wjiat is
historically known as the Bethel Col-
ony founded and operated on i A wind-
ing shores of North river la Shelby
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THE COLONY
(Photo From
county Mo Several years ago Dr D
R McAnally (now deceased) the eru
dite editor of the St Louis Christian
Advocate in an editorial on the sub
Ject of communism asserted that the
Oneida community in New York the
Bethel Colony and its off-shoot the
Aurora (Ore) Colony were the notable
Instances of the application of the
theory of communism upon American
soil Aside from this slight mention
the fame of this singular experiment
has been confined to fireside narra
tives as the historian of its achieve-
ments seems to have been omitted from
its caravan or left behind in the long
Journey
Like nearly all modern co-operative
schemes of similar character this was
conceived and planned in the brain of
a religious enthusiast who doubtless
dreamed that he was a chosen power
to usher in a brighter day for human
kind Dr William Keil the founder
prophet priest and king of this west-
ern Utopia was a Methodist preacher
of German descent who labored among
his race and kindred in portions of
Pennsylvania and Ohio how long he
continued in the ministry or how suc-
cessful were his labors can not be as-
certained but for some reason pre
sumably that of preaching strange doc-
trine he was “hauled upon the car-
pet" by his ecclesiastical superiors by
whom he was deprived of his minis-
terial authority He then formulated
this communistic scheme organized
this society and with his followers em-
igrated westward and founded this col-
ony which survives Its wreck bo far as
appearances are concerned in the pres-
ent town of Bethel where the quaint
buildings of the early colonists are
still pointed out to the Inquisitive
traveler
These colonists secured by entry or
purchase a large tract of valuable land
1100 acres of which was inclosed as
the common field where the individuals
labored under the direction of over-
seers appointed by Dr Keil A com-
mon boarding house was erected where
the unmarried male members of the
community resided and a common
storehouse was kept where the fami-
lies were supplied with their allotted
portions of provisions the storekeeper
managing the accounts and supplying
the necessaries according to the com-
munal regulations The attention of
those frugal people was directed to-
ward manufacturing and in the palmy
and prosperous days of the enterprise
Bethel was a miniature Lowell cloth
was spun from the wool of the colony
sheep which roamed in vast herds over
the virgin prairies attended by the
designated shepherds and the skin of
wild deer which had not then disap-
peared from our horizon were made
into hats and gloves
Distilleries and breweries were In
operation where the bloom of the
fields of rye and corn was preserved in
the translucent glow of red liquor and
lager beer the Influence of which can
yet be traced upon some of the de-
scendants of the temperate dreamers
of former days
Perhaps the crowning work of these
industrious people from an architec-
tural standpoint was the erection of
the colony church which until recently
stood in simple grandeur as a memory
of better days This edifice was con-
structed of brick and stone after the
type of churches in the fatherland It
was paved with tiling provided with
an organ loft It was crowded each
Sunday with the colonists who in the
zenith of' their power numbered per-
haps a thousand souls The type of
religion can not be well defined or
classified as Dr Keil was the leader
in things spiritual as well as tempo-
ral From the information that is at-
tainable he seems to have preached a
sort of polyglot utilitarian doctrine
difficult to describe but if all- accounts
are true there were many pimis souls
among them even though thetr leader
held and preached tenets of faith that
CHURCH
a Sketch)
must have been a cross between the
apostles’ creed and theteachings of the
Koran Dr Keil claimed to be in-
spired like the Apostle Paul and the
older colonists acquiesced in this as-
sumption and tendered him the hom-
age due to a superior creature The
observance of religious ceremonies he
rigidly enforced Each Sabbath morn-
ing the inhabitants were 'zealously
rounded up by the primitive policeman
or burgomasters and this may in part
account for the immense attendance of
the famous old church
East of Bethel and down the pictur-
esque North river was erected the man-
sion house of Dr Keil where he lived
and dispensed the hospitality of a feu-
dal monarch The house with -it3
numerous appurtenances was called
“Ellm” was built by the common la-
bor and was a part of the possessions
of the colony but it was designed and
used as the residence of the leader or
governor A commodious banquet hall
served its purpose and there is a tra-
dition that Dr Keil lived and regned
here In this western wilderness after
the fashion of the great King Solo-
mon with perhaps the major portion
of Solomon’s wives and concubines left
out
The colony was founded in the year
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THE RESIDENCE
1845 and prospered until the departure
of its leader in 1858 though to the
student of social problems the result
would seem a leveling of human hopesT
and aspirations rather than that tri-
umphant achievement which adorns so
grandly the successful struggle of in-
dividual life Around the departure
of the founder there is a story that
almost baffles human credence though
it is a well-attested fact
Dr Keil like Joshua of old had sent
out spies to view the realms of the
distant west whither he hoped to ex-
tend the influence of his communistic
project some had returned others
remained enchanted with the marvel-
ous scenery and enraptured with the
promise of the morning dawn cf that
wondrous empire:
“Where rolls the Oregon and hears no
sound
Save his own flashings”
Tales of the natural beauty and fer-
tility of this region were borne to the
ears of the leader of the colonists and
around his fireside were discussed the
plans and hopes of future domain be-f
yond the Rockies Under the direc-
tlon of Dr Keil an infant colony had
been formed by the prospectors tol
which had been given the insplring
name of “Aurora” and though the'
dreams of Its originators have faded)
like the gleam of the borealis the town'
still flourishes in the state of Oregon
The vision of the Bethel colonists wa
broadened by this enterprise and their'
gaze turned toward the sunset In
their rude plastered houses they
thought much about the distant valley
of the Willamette whence came the'
good tidings from their brethren I£
was the day of the ox team and the
journey would consume months of!
time yet many wished to undertake'
it
Among others who caught the west-
ern fever was a favorite son of Dr
Keil who dreamed fond dreams of the
land of promise After much solicita-
tion his father consented that he might
go and he began preparing for his de-
parture from the mansion house upon’
a journey that would span half the
continent but which seemed to him as
the coming of a holiday The newly
awakened flame of ambition burned
with increasing fervor in his youth-
ful blood but there came a fateful'
hour in which he was seized with an-
other fever deadlier and more ardent
than the first which added its fire to
the flame of the other increasing rath-
er than diminishing the glow In his'
delirium the long-cherished Aurora
was more real than ever to his disor-
dered fancy he “babbled o’ the greenj
fields” he saw the somber beauty oL
the cascades and could hear the surf!
beat on the distant sea there may
have been a fair-haired German glrli
whose beckoning hand allured him at
least he exacted a promise from his
father that in the event of his ex-y
pected death he should be buried!
among the scenes where his mind and
heart had already lingered
He died and amid the gloom which'
pervaded the mansion house at Elim
his father made haste to fulfill the vow
to his lamented son An emigrant
train was organized among the colon-!
ists who wished to depart the body
was encased in an iron coffin contain-!
ing alcohol placed in the front wagon
of the train drawn by six mules and
amid the lamentations of the remain-
ing members of the colony there was
begun what is perhaps the strangest
and most stupendous funeral march in
the history of our land After montns
of weary travel over plain and moun-
tain the tired but faithful mourners
arrived at Aurora and the father re-
ligiously fulfilled the pledge to his dy-
ing son The Bethel brethren saw
their patriarch no more the colony
dwindled away and the snows of
many winters have lain upon the grave
of the leader who sleeps beside his eon
under the Oregon pines
Swindled Forty Lawyers
Everybody is laughing in New York
at tne success of a rogue in swindling
forty lawyers His mode of operating
was to retain lawyers to prosecute rail-
road companies for fictitious personal
injuries agreeing to divide the pro-
ceeds and on the strength of such re-
tainer to borrow small sums of money
Cheating a lawyer i3 regarded as a
remarkable feat of ingenuity much as
the Yorkshire wagoner regarded the
OF DR KEIL
feat of Nicholas Nickleby when a
scholar in thrashing a schoolmaster
who was famous for flogging his pu-
pils The honest wagoner gave Nich
olas a guinea in token of admiration
for his exploit — Albany Argus
Women Thieves
According to the Paris police there
has been a marked Increase of late
in the number of women thieves in
that city It seems they cannot resist
the temptation offered by the displays
In the large Bhops
Music Boxes for Bicycles
Music boxes for bicycles are now
manufactured by a firm in Hamburg'
Germany
“Circumstances
Alter Cases'
In cases of scrofula salt rheum dys-
pepsia nervousness catarrh rheumatism
eruptions etc the circumstances may be
titered by pmifylng and enriching the
blood nvtth Hood's Sarsaparilla U is the
great remedy for alt ages and both sexes
Be sure to get Hood's because
Sayi Sha Saw Heaven
A special dispatch to the Philadel-
phia Press from Wheeling W Va
says: Mrs Alexander Taylor a widow
25 years old of Toronto near here
has been slowly dying of consumption
for a week A doctor was called and
pronounced her dead and funeral
preparations were begun About mid-
night her friends were astounded to
see Mrs Taylor move open her eyes
and ask for water
She asked it is said that a favorite
niece 'who lives in Iowa be summon-
ed at once to receive a message from
her mother who has been dead several
years Mrs Taylor says her spirit was
disembodied and soared through space
till a brilliant and beautiful grove was
reached Here angels were flying
about guarding what seemed the en-
trance to heaven She was refused ad-
mittance but was allowed to converse
at a short distance with her husband
who died last winter and with her
sister mother of the favorite niece
The message sent for the niece
she refuses to disclose except to the
young woman Mrs Taylor says she
was promised that she should come to
paradise very soon Mrs Taylor is an
edticated sincere Christian woman and
is an ecstacy over the belief that she
will soon join her friends gone before
The niece has been telegraphed for
Mrs Taylor cannot live more than a
few days
Cooked Toweli In Vienna
One of the best known citizens of
Santa Clara who has been a long while
in Europe brings back a number of
tunny stories about Vienna
“In that city” he says “poker and-
cocktails are playing the deuce with
men and women especially these pre-
pared cocktails I was in a Viennese
liquor place where one of the men
spoke a little English
‘“Buy a bottle cooked towels?
he asked me
“ ‘Good gracious what is that?’
‘Not know cooked towels? Surely
monsieur is an American?’
“ ‘I am
“ ‘Why cooked towels is the name of
your drink The great American
drink’
“ ‘Do you mean cocktails?’ I asked
" ‘Ah mon Dieu no Cooked towels
See here’s the inscription’
“ ‘We call these - cocktails my
friend'
“‘Ah thank you I thank you I
ask the American ladies and gentle-
men to buy cooked towels and they
laugh at me Now I know It is cock-
us tails Ah that is good to know
cockus tails’”
A man’s parlor life is short at the
best When company comes when he
Is a boy he gets hid cake and ice
cream in the kitchen and when he is
older ana his daughters pass “refresh-
ments” he gets his in a back room
It Is not the work a man does that
tires him: it is getting rid of bores
Good jobs are more plentiful than
good men to fill them
A polite way of calling a woman a
gossip is to say that she is critical
An Excellent Combination
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy
Strup of Flos manufactured by the
California Fio Syrup Co illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-'
tive principles of plants known to be-
medicinally laxative and presenting'
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive cleansing the system effectually
dispelling colds headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub-
stance and its acting on the kidneys
liver and bowels without weakening1
or irritating them make it the ideal
laxative
: In the process of manufacturing figs
are used as they are pleasant to the
taste hut the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
ether aromatic plants by a method
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co only In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations please
remember the fnilnameof the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
AW FRANCISCO CAL -LOUISVILLE
KY NEW YORK w Y
For salt by all Druygista— Price SOc per bottle
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