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The Coalgate Courier
J E T CLARK Publlaher
COALGATE OKLAHOMA
In sunqmer swat the flies In win-
ter watch your overheated flues!
Anyway explosive golf balls are in-
juring very few golf players these
days
Harvard’s football coach gets 910-
MO a year A college education some-
times pays
A lawyer proposed to his ste-
nographer in shorthand and was ac-
cepted off hand
The dialects of the world number
1424 But this does not Include those
used upon the stage
Delaware has a pig that hunts rab-
bits Would be a fine porker to grease
on the Fourth of July
A New York physician has evolved
a cure for red noses Another blow
at the liquor t raffle no doubt
Don the talking dog could not
speak because of having a tack in his
foot whereas with a man II
The trackless trolley car is now in
operation Another rampant danger
to dodge added to the automobile
A Boston Judge ruled that every-
body is crazy but his decision prob-
ably will be reversed if it is appealed
"Sing and your ills will vanish’
ays Mmo Calve Not if your neigh-
bor happens to be bigger than you
are
Georgia woman got a divorce from
ber husband because be got drunk on
paregoric Wbat a childish thing to
dot
A Chicago Judge has decided that a
motorcycle Is a deadly weapon espe-
cially If the rider happens to be load-
ed A Cornell freshman has discovered
a way of living on 85 cents a week
College students have ' some queer
fads
Sopth African natives are said to
be adopting European clothing Per-
haps the Paris styles made a hit with
them
A big steamship Is being built in
New Jersey to be launched by fifty
red-headed girls Wonder If it’s a
white ship
New York is crusading against
church hells It Is an awful thing to
he kept awake by them Just as you
go to bed
A New Brunswick bear has been
trained to mind a baby according to
an exchange Speaking of the story
it’s a bear
A New York man killed himself
with a ticket to Newark in his pocket
Probably he preferred the lesser of
the two evils
A woman doctor says that women
wore corsets and hobble skirts 6 000
years ago And they haven't improv-
ed on ’em a bit
Parts is planning to tax foreigners
who reside there more than three
months Maybe Paris does not like
our exiles either
A poultry expert in Pennsylvania
predicts dollar eggs At this rate
canvasback duck will be cheaper eat
lng than omelets
A German scientist says the human
race is losing its memory But that
doesn’t apply to some politicians who
want to forget and can't
When Mr Glass a glazier cuts his
foot by treading on a bit of broken
bottle we must conclude that some
men learn very little from experi-
ence An aviator Is getting ready to fly
across the Atlantic in 24 hours And
his preparations don’t Include making
arrangements with an undertaker
either
Widows are barred from the Spin-
sters association of Massachusetts
organized to get eligible young men
to call on lonely spinsters Suppose
they fear ’em
Chicago police captured a thief by
the scent of the perfume he used
Hard to say whether that is a credit
to the deduction of the detectives or
a warning to petty thieves not to em-
ploy perfume
One may safely predict that none of
the many enterprising automobile
manufacturers Is going to claim credit
for the machine that a San Francis-
can dumped Into the bay because It
had cost him $2000 for repairs
It is now discovered that the hob-
ble skirt was worn in Crete 5000
years ago Which only goes to prove
that they are relics of barbarism
The man who broke the bank at
Monte Carlo has been sent to Jail for
fraudulent operations in Paris He
should have stuck to Monte Carlo
Germany has a four-story hotel for
horses The horse probably has in-
creased In value since It has been
adopted as a food according to cable
dispatches
OPERATED AT LOSS
Postal Savings Institution Is Not
Paying Expenses
Uncle Sam’s Banking System Not Self-
Supporting and Federal Appropria-
tion May Be Necessary — Claimed
American System Simplified
Washington— The postal savings
system of the government ‘is not pay-
ing expenses After something more
than a year of operation this govern-
ment venture gives indication of need-
ing a Federal appropriation to make
it come out even Its hope of inde-
pendence lies in the future Theodore
L Weed director of the postal savings
system thinks the system will be self-
supporting when the deposits Aggre-
gate $100000000 The deposits now
aggregate close to $28000000
One of the important questions
about the inauguration of any new
government service especially one
which is more or less paternalistic in
nature is whether it is likely to be-
come a burden upon the federal treas-
ury The attempt of the responsible offi-
cials like Mr Weed hks undoubtedly
been to establish a postal savings sys-
tem which may be conducted with rea-
sonable economy It is' claimed for
instance that the American system
has been greatly simplified by the
elimination of pass books
However economlcaUy the system
may be conducted it is not difficult to
perceive the certainty of a deficit at
least for the immediate future The
entire income of the pcstoffice depart-
ment from the postal savings system
is derived from the 2V& per cent inter-
Theodore L Weed
est paid by the banks upon deposits
of funds Of all the funds deposited
with the postoffice department 95 per
cent is turned over to the banks 5
per cent is kept as a working balance
The government pays individual de-
positors 2 per cent Interest The net
Income of the department is thus a
little less than one-half of 1 per cent
of the total deposits Upon the pres-
ent aggregate deposits of $28000000
therefore the government’s net in-
come is less than $140000
This net Income is doubtless more
than consumed by the clerical force
employed in this city The average
salaries of government clerks is in ex-
cess of $1000 a year and it is safe
to say that the salaries paid to Wash-
ington employees in the postal sav-
ings system are upwards of $160000
In the aggregate which in itself cre-
ates an aparent deficit of a little more
than $20000 a year Probably other
charges ought in fairness to be made
against the postal savings system
Great expense is involved in producing
the necessary stamps and certificates
That the postal savings system has
met a public need there can be nc
question The deposits continue to
grow at the rate of 6 to 8 per cent a
month at which rate it will not be
many years before the aggregate on
deposit will exceed $100000000 — the
figure at which the system is supposed
to become self-supporting The his-
tory of such government enterprises
however is that the expense Increases
unexpectedly and it is open to ques-
tion whether upon the present in-
come the postal savings system can
ever become self-supporting
Taking the Ocean’s
Temperature
Among the records of the hydro-
graphic office in Washington are
some five and one-half millions of
memoranda of the temperature of sea
water in all parts of the world and at
all seasons They have been noted
and sent in by mariners for the last
60 years Twice as many such notes
are stored in Hamburg besides
millions elsewhere The tabulation of
them supplemented by observations
of a more scientific sort upon tem-
peratures at various depths have
been of decided value to navigation
as well as of theoretic interest
The comparative warmth as well as
the onward flow of the Gulf stream
was noted by some of the earliest voy-
agers to this side of the Atlantic and
the restless curiosity of Benjamin
Franklin led him to make as careful
ohuervatlons upon It on his trips to
atid from Eiurope as his means per-
mitted His -common sense saw’ how
helpful this current might be ' to
ships And be urged captains U use
the thermpmeter to ascertain when
they reached it and to enable them to
keep within its influence when going
east or to steer clear of it in coming
west
Lieutenant Maury who was - the
founder of hydrographic science used
such temperature memoranda as were
available in his examination of ocean
currents ' By following his directions
shipmasters of half a century ago
shortened the voyage between North
America and England by ten days
that from New York to California by
about 45 dayB and that from England
to Australia and back by two months
Holland Hansen the Norwegian geo-
grapher declares that the profit from
the use of Maury’s charts by British
owners on the East India route alone
amounted to $10000000 yearly Lat-
terly the usefulness of the thermome-
ter in indicating the neighborhood of
ice has been emphasized among mari-
ners — Harper’s Weekly
Woman’s Power at Washington
Shown in Many Ways
Only those who have given the sub-
ject close consideration and have been
familiar with It personally can have
even a remote Idea of the power of
the women connected with a presi-
dential administration meaning the
wives of the president vice-president
and the cabinet officers This power
of the women first began to be
marked in President Andrew Jack-
son’s time and it has continued al
most unabated up to the present hour
It is an unseen power It Is not pro-
claimed from the house tops It con-
tributed according to the best au-
thorities tm the downfall of Benja-
min Harrison’s administration
It takes some time for the wives of
the cabinet officers to reach a fair
footing with the wives of the presi-
dent and vice-president and among
themselves They come from differ-
ent sections of th£ country and must
accustom themselves to a vastly dif-
ferent environment the official life of
Washington In a thousand little
ways and in as many big ways they
can make or mar help or hurt hasten
or retard the policy of a president’s
administration They raised old hob
in Jackson’s time by attempting to
boycott the wife of a cabinet officer
Mrs Eaton but Old Hickory though
not a ladies' man himself stood vali-
antly and gallantly beside Mr and
Mrs Eaton and declared that the
wives of his other cabinet officers
shouldn’t rule his administration —
"No not by the Eternal!” Jackson’s
favorite phrase in negativing a
proposition
Coal Supply to Last
Thousands of Years
The known coal fields of the United
States embrace a total area according
to the United States geological survey
about 32000 square miles to which
may be added something more than
160000 square miles of which little is
known but which may contain work-
able coal and about 32000 square
miles where the coal lies under heavy
cover and is not considered available
under present conditions
The supply of coal before mining
began Is estimated to have been
3076204000000 short tons of which
1922979000000 tons were bPlieved to
be easily accessible and 1153225000-
000 short tons to be either so deep or
the beds so thin that they are ac-
cessible only with difficulty Classi-
fied according to the character of the
cqal the original supply consisted ot
21000000000 short tons of anthra-
cite 1661457000000 tons of bitu-
minous coal 650157000000 tons of
Bubbitumtnous coal and 743590000000
tons of lignite the supply of bitu-
minous coal being somewhat more
than that of all other grades com-
bined The total production of coal to the
close of 1911 has amounted to 2270-
798737 short tons of anthracite and 6-
468773690 tons of bituminous coal or
an aggregate of 68739572427 tons
This total production to the cIobo of
1911 represents Including the waste
of coal mining an exhaustion of the
beds equal to 14181980000 short tons
or something less than 05 per cent of
the original supply In other woras
the quantity of coal still remaining to
be mined amounts to 3062022020000
abort tons or a little more than 995
per cent of the original supply The
annual rate of exhaustion at the pres-
ent time as represented by the produc-
tion In 1910 and 1911 is 025 per cent
of the supply The quantity of coal
still In the ground at the close of 1910
was 6000 times the production of that
year or estimating a half ton of coal
lost for every ton recovered the sup
ply is equivalent to 4000 times the
present annual rate of exhaustion
Government Printing Office
Issues Big “Check List”
What is declared by literary experts
to be one of the most remarkable
documents evfer published by the gov-
ernment has just been issued by the
government printing office The pub-
lication known as the "Check List”
records every publication of the gov-
ernment from its foundation down to
and including 1909 The work is a
voluminous document and contains
more than 1800 pages
Approximately fifteen years were
required in its preparation The work
was done by Miss Mary A Hartwell
an assistant to August Donath super
intendent of documents
The "Check List” will be placed in
every important library in the United
States
S BIG FIGHT
ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION AS
SPEAKER OF THE OKLAHOMA
v LEGISLATURE
CRAWFORD IS FLOOR LEADER
First Bill of the Session Is to Provide
Salaries and Per Diem for the
Members— Lon Frame '
Turned Down
With J Harvey Maxey as presiding
officer the lower house of the fourth
legislature of Oklahoma was organ-
ized and got down to the business of
the regular session The republicans
nominated E J Vosburgh of Wood-
ward county but on the vote the re-
sult stood Maxey 77 Vosburgh 18
Charles B Emanuel of Sulphur was
chosen speaker pro tem without oppo-
sition the republications making no
nomination and the choice being made
by acclamation Frank D Carter of
Tillman county was chosen sergeant
at arms by acclamation George Tuttle
was selected as assistant in the same
manner and then the election of
chaplain was called and the Rev W
M P Rippey was selected by accla-
mation The first bill of the session came
from Oklahoma county and was by
Randall It provides for the appro-
priation of the per diem and mileage
of the members Another hill was
Introduced by Rexroat to define and
fix a punishment for the practice of
usury In the state
Frame is Not Confirmed
By a vote of 19 to 21 the Benate re-
fused to confirm the appointment by
Governor Lee Cruce of Lon M Frame
of Ardmore as chairman of the state
board of affairs Twenty-one of the
senators favored his confirmation but
a constitutional majority of all mem-
bers or twenty-three votes is required
to confirm
As soon as the result became known
Senator Tom F McMechan of Okla-
homa City gave notice that before
the end of the session he would file
a request for a rehearing of the case
against Mr Frame
State Game Warden John B Doolin
and Secretary Ben Riley of the state
election board the other gubernatorial
appointees whose official records have
been under Investigation and who are
seeking the confirmation of their ap-
pointments at the hands of the senate
were not reached In the report of the
committee when the extra session ad-
journed and according to the law their
appointments were rejected when ad-
journment -was taken
CHEMICAL DUTIES
TO REMAIN SAME
Tariff Hearings Fail To Evoke Much
Opposition to New
Schedules
' Washington — The chemical sched-
ule of the revised tariff legislation to
be enacted by the coming extra ses-
sion of congress was closed so far as
public hearings are concerned The
indications are that the democratic
majority of the house commiitee on
ways and means will sustain almost In
the same terms its' chemical schedule
as embodied In the separte bill that
passed both houses though vetoed
It is possible there may be no modi-
fication of the rates on spices which
several members of the committee
favor but this Is uncertain Democra-
tic and republican members alike are
expecting the schedule to emerge from
committee in almost the identical form
in which it was put up to the last
session of congress and the president
The chemical schedule covers pro-
ducts all the way from acid to zinc
and did not evoke as strong an oppo-
sition as expected by the committee
Disastrous Fire Visits McAlester
McAlester — Fire starting from a
gasoline stove explosion destroyed
the residences of E H Doyle James
Riley and W M Morgan and the Mor-
gan House a large frame hotel The
loss is over $15000 with about $10000
Insurance The fine Masonic Temple
the First Presbyterian church and the
First Methodist church In the same
block were menaced but escaped W
H Peters was seriously Injured by
being jammed against a wall by a
piano
Muskogee Well Taps New Sand
Muskogee — A new oil sand was
struck in the Muskogee field when the
McPherson well on the Lynde-Bow-man-Darby
lease in section 9-14-18
was brought in at a depth of 1780
feet A course white oil sand an en-
tirely new sand in this part of the oil
district was tapped at 1780 feet Just
on top of limestone and the well filled
1200 feet with high grade oil and no
watel
ARE LOST WHEN
STEAMSHIP SINKS
Astoria Ore — The oil tank ' steam-
ship Rosecrans Capt L F Johnson
from Monterey Cal for Portland Ore
ran aground on Peacock Split while
crossing Into the Columbia river dur
lng a fifty-five mile gale and later sank
with thirty-one members of her crev
of thirty-seven One survivor of thf
wreck reached shore at Tioga Wash
jix miles from the scene of the dias
ter and the Port Adams lifesaving
crew rescued three other men
Those Peruna Testimonials
How Are They Obtained? J
For a great
many years I
have been gath-
ering statistics
as to the effects
of Peruna when
taken for ca-
tarrhal de-
rangements have on hand
thousanda of
unsolicited tes-
timonials from
people In all
stations of life
who claim that
after many
years futile at-
tempts to rid
themselves of
chronio catarrh
by various forms of treatment they
have found complete relief by the
nse of Peruna These testimonials
have come to me unrequested unso-
licited unrewarded In any way di-
rectly or Indirectly They have sim-
ply been gleaned from my private cor-
respondence with patients that have
been more or less under my treatment
or taking my remedies
No remedy official or unofficial has
a greater accredited basis for the
claims we make for It than Peruna as
a remedy for catarrh
I have never been opposed at any
time to the regulations offered by the
Pure Food and Drugs Act I am not
now opposed to Its provisions but I
am opposed to the proposed amend-
ments to give to a partisan board of
physicians the uhqualified authority to
decide as to all therapeutio claims
which may be made for a proprietary
medicine It la manifestly unjust to
NO LONGER SELECTS THE HAT
Hubby’s First and Last Experience at
a Millinery Store Was Alto-
gether Too Costly
Congressman Ralph W Moss of In-
diana did not care much for a hat his
wife wore He finally spoke about it
Mrs MOss admitted that it was plain
and Instead of taking exceptions to
her husband’s remark invited him to
accompany her the next time she
bought a hat
"I can certainly pick out a better
one than that” said Mr Moss
So they went to the store together
Mrs Moss said not a word as the
comely milliner displayed one beau-
tiful bonnet after another It was the
first time Mr Moss had ever been in
a millinery store but he appeared to
be at ease and finally selected one of
the most joyful creations in the en-
tire stock Mrs Moss looked well In
1L She was pleased
"I’ll take that” said the Hoosler
congressman “How much is it?”
"Forty dollars” said the pretty girl
without even a blink
Mr Moss saw blue stars but luck-
ily had just come from the bark
and was able to produce that much
in cash Now he lets Mrs Moss buy
her own hats and he does not com-
plain about their being plain — Judge
Our Discontent
Brand Whitlock the mayor of To-
ledo was talking about discontent
"It Is our discontent our divine dis-
content" he said "that will make a
great nation of us
"I believe in discontent' I can
sympathize even with the discontent-
ed old farmer who said:
" ‘Contented? When’ll I be con-
tented? Wall 111 be contented when
I own all the land adjoinin’ mine — and
not befur by gum!’"
Distinction
"What have you ever done to claim
distinction? In other words what
have you ever done that was original
or out of the ordinary?”
"I once had a part in the actual
transfer of several shares of stock
on the New York exchange”
Some spinsters are unhappy be-
cause they have no man around to
worry them
The mills of the gods are never shnt
down on account of a strike
THE BEST TEACHER
Old Experience Still Holds the Palm
For real practical reliability and
something to swear by experience-
plain old experience — is able to carry
a big load yet without getting sway-
backed A So Dak woman found some
things about food from Old Experi-
ence a good reliable teacher
She writes:
"I think I have used almost every
breakfast food manufactured but none
equal Grape-Nuts in my estimation
"I was greatly bothered with weak
atomach and indigestion with forma-
tion of gas after eating and tried
many remedies for It but did not find
relief
"Then I decided I must diet and see
If I could overcome the difficulty that
way My choice of food was Grape-
Nuts because the doctor told me I
could not digest starchy food
"Grape-Nuts food has been a great
benefit to me for I feel like a different
person since 1 begun to eat 1L It is
wonderful to me how strong my
nerves have become I advise every-
one to try It for experience la the
best teacher
"If you have any stomach trouble—
can’t digest your food use Grape-
Nuts food for breakfast at least and
you won’t be able to praise it enough
when you see how different you feel"
Name given by Fostum Co Battle
Creek Mich Read the little book
"The Road to Wellville" in pkgs
"There’s a Reason"
Enr read tba ahovo lettert A aew
aa appears from line to time They
art xeaulne twmm aa4 fall af kamaa
tataraat
refer such questions to a body of mea
who are already convinced of the
worthlessness of proprietary medi-
cines To give such a body of men
the unlimited ' authority to decide
whether our claims for Peruna are
valid or not Is a manifest violation of
my constitutional rights
My claims are based both on cred-
itable theoretical grounds and upon
irrefutable statistics But 1 am quite
willing to have our claims as to the
composition of Peruna properly and
thoroughly Investigated and If found
to be false a proper penalty should
be fixed Or if I am making any
statements concerning disease as to
the nature symptoms or danger ef
any disease If I am making any such
statements as to unnecessarily fright-
en the people by false assumptions X
am willing to submit to any unbiased
tribunal or investigation
Mrs Alice Bogle 803 Clinton 8t
Circlevjlle Ohio writes: "I want to
Inform yon what Peruna has dono
for me I have been afflicted with ca-
tarrh for several years I have tried
different medicines and none seemed
to do me any good nntil I need Pe-
runa I have taken six bottles and
can praise it very highly for the good
It has done me I also find it of great
benefit to my children”
Peruna Is for sale at all drag store
ASK YOUR DRUG-
GIST FOR FREE PE-
RUNA ALMANAC
FOR 1913
DI8G RACED
"We dined out last evening Pa dis-
graced us as usual”
"How so”
"Got to the end of the dinner
with three forkB and two spoons stilt
nnused”
Shopper’s Cramp
Simeon Ford at a dinner of hotel
men In New York discussed a new
disease
"There’s a new disease called shop-
per’s cramp” he said "It appeare
early in December becojnes violently
epidemic about the middle of tha-
month and ends suddenly on the eve-
ning of the 24th
"Women feel shopper’s cramp la
the arms the limbs everywhere- but
it attacks the husband only tn one
place — the pocket"
Self-Appreciation
“How do you know your speech
made such a profound impression?”
asked the doubting friend “There-
wasn’t very much cheering”
“That’s just the point” replied Sen-
ator Sorghum “I am one of the ora
tors to whom my constituents would
rather listen than hear themselves ap-
plaud” A Weakling
“ I am ‘sorry to say" remarked the-
young wife ’"that my husband teems
to lack initiative and devision”
’What has caused you to think o?”
her friend asked
T have to suggest it every tina
when he asks a raise in salary aid
then he hesitates for a long timt4
about doing it”
Constipation oanses many serious diseases
It is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce’
Pleasant Pellets One a laxative three fur
eathartio Adv
Many a young man Is up with th
lark because he kept the lark awake
all night
Don’t become so busy giving advice-
that you have no time to mind your
own business
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for OhtMra
teething softens the sums reduces Inflamma-
tlon allays painouroa wind eoilcXcabMUeAls
It is easier for love to find the way
than it is to pay the way
ALWLFA It Timothy and Dora
Mll Farms for oalo and ront on crap pay-
ments J MULUALU Sioux City la A4a
Anyway the wise man is less ot
fool than the average
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
Are Richest in Curative Qualities
FOR BACKACHE RHEUMATISM
KIDNEYS AND BLADDER
The Man Who Pat tha
E E b In F E E T
Look for This Trade-Mark Ma-
ture on the Label whet buyins
ALLEN’S F00TEASE
The Antiseptic Powder for 9'en-
der Acinus Feet Sold every
where 2c Sample FKRtt Addrese
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