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Muskogee Cimeter
W. W. TWINK SdlUr.
MTJiKOGEE
IND. TBR.
Thursday December 14 1905.
Convention of Pipe Smokers.
At a convention of pipo smokers
held in BniHBclH the other day the
president M. Kos informed his hear-
ers that it took him three hours and
Hoven minutes to get through ono pipo.
A pipo ho said would outlast threo
Hours if filled in a particular way
looso at the bottom firmly in tho mid
dlo and again loosely at the top.
"Further" eald he "you must givo up
ydur whole mind to tho process. Pa-
tlenco and determination make tho
true smoker."
Chinese Silverware.
Ono of the 'oddities of our nomen-
clature is that the combination of
metals known as German silver con-
tains no silver in its composition and
is of Chinese and not of German
origin. It was first introduced into
Europe by tho Germans and for somo
timo it was not generally known that
thoy had simply borrowed it from tho
Chinese.
. Paris Picture Case.
Ono of tho courts In Paris is oc-
cupied with a caso against a picture
dealer who sold what ho asserted was
a genuino Raphael for $16000. The
buyer paid $2000 down then discov-
ered Hint tho dealer had bought tho
picture for twenty francs. Ho wants
his $2000 back. But threo exports
have pronounced tho painting genuine.
MAUDE SAID A LOT
Source of Supreme Court Law.
Tho Hon. Henry W. Paino lecturer
at tho Boston University law school
was onco in the law library and as he
glanced down the shelves ho noticed
several blocks of wood shaped like
law books which had been put. in to
fill put tho shelves. "Ah" said Mr.
Paine "now I see where tho 'supreme
court gets Us law."
Grizzly Losing Aggressiveness.
It is said In California that even
the grizzly is changing his character;
that ho has lost his aggressiveness
and will seek cover on the approach of
man whereas formerly ho would vol-
untarily givo battle and at times had
been known to chargo a company of
men when her had not been even pro-
voked to battle.
Actors Copy Irving.
Sir Henry Irving furnished the
model for the typical actor of the
comic papers. No actor was ever so
much imitated by other actors and In
th'elr nttompt to look like Irving thore
was developed such exaggeration of
Ala manner and appenranco that lr-
rpslfjtlbly called for caricaturo as a
typo.
Strength of Cheerfulness.
Carlylo says: "Wondrous is the
strength of cheerfulness altogether
past ' calculation Its power of endu-
rance. Efforts to bo permanently use-
ful must bo uniformly joyous a spirit
all sunshlno graceful from very glad-
ness beautiful because bright." Who
.could resist such a nature?
AND MADE HERSELF UNPLEAS-
ANT GENERALLY.
Education and Humility.
In tho outdoor as In tho Indoor
world ono of the first things that can
be said for education is that It teaches
humility. There's nothing llko an in-
creasing acquaintance with the things
that you can't do right off for reduc-
ing a swelled head. C. B. Fry.
Result Red-Eyed and Red-Nosed
ride and Very Angry Husband
Moral in This Story for Those Who
Have a Disagreeable Habit.
Reading Through Salt.
-i In- San Domingo there Is a remark-
able salt mountain a mass of crystal-
line salt almost four miles long said
toj contain nearly 90000000 tons and
to be so'clear that medium-sized print
can be read with ease through a block
fk foot thick.
WOES OF BLOCKADE nVffWR
The bride had been entertaining a
caller in her little new home.
After her visitor had gone she lock-
ed the door and wept.
And red-eyed and red-nosed her
husband found her.
"Maude was here this afternoon"
she announced as they sat down to
dinner.
"Was she? And how did Maudie
llko our little home?" genially asked
tho bridegroom.
"She said It was real nice" said the
bride faintly.
"And acted like she thought it was
a chickencoop eh?" answered the
bridegroom showing a deep acquaint-
ance with Malidle's little peculiarities.
"Well she didn't care for tho parlor
paper."
"Didn't she." the bridegroom for-
bore to say more but his tone spoke
volumes.
"She didn't like the Morris chair
much cither. She thought It clashed
with everything."
"It don't clash with me" remarked
the bridegroom calmly. "How'd she
like the kitchen?"
"She said it was a little matchbox.
I believe she remarked that It was
fortunate we couldn't afford but a
tiny little maid. She said we should
bo careful not to buy rugs that cried
aloud to heaven."
The man across the tablo made no
answer but mentally vowed to pur-
chase rugs with a brass band effect.
"She agreed with you about" that
picture In the parlor dear" said the
bride In a mollifying tone. "She said
It was too hideous for any place but
the storeroom. You know you said "
"It looks very well there" remarked
tho bridegroom with docislon squint-
ing across at tho picture on the par-
lor wall.
'"I thought she might admire the
back view" went on the bride plain-
tively "but she thought It dreadfully
sordid. She asked me to pull the cur-
tain down. She said the dining room
looked terribly bare and the bath
room gave her the horrors. She was
surprised that we had such a tiny hall.
She said really wo were paying twice
as much rent as the place was worth.
She said she hoped we could stand
tho neighborhood. She said why un-
dor tho heavens did we get green cur-
tains? She said" And hero the
bride wept.
"I don't care to hear any more that
she said" shouted the bridegroom.
"This Is our house and thank the
good Lord Maude Isn't going to live
in It!"
"I don't think Maude meant to be
unkind" apologized the bride after a
wlille when her tears were dry. "It's
just her way to pick out the flaws
first."
"Well It's a deucedly disagreeable
wnvy responded the man o(he house
returning to the head of tho table.
'And you can just tell Maude for me
that wo live here and we pay the
rent and we're going to buy tho things
wo like and do exactly as wo choose;
and we Bhan't feel at all offended If
she doesn't come around again until
sho learns better'ways."
And this is written that Maudie
may take warning and think up a lot
of; nlco things to say about that lit-
tle dovecote before she calls there
aan. Philadelphia Bulletin. '
Rise of Newspaper Man.
Lawrence H. Grahamo of New York
City who has just been appofnted
Commissioner of tho Interior for Porto
Rico was formerly a newspaper man
and last year was the secretary of the
government commission for the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition.
Here is a tale of adventurous .block-
ado running during the Russo-Japanese
war: In December of -last year
the steamer Carlisle Capt. Jessen
1035 tons belonging to Leith Scot-
land left Vladivostok with arms and
ammunition worth over $4500000 on
board destined for Port Arthur. Be-
fore that port was reached however
it had surrendered to the Japanese.
Capt. Jessen altered his course while
ho had yet time and stood out to the
opon sea. All went well until the
steamer was 300 miles to the east-
ward of Yokohama when the Carlisle
lost all her propeller blades. The cap-
tain rigged up sails on tho steamer's
stumpy masts and navigated his ves-
sel 2000 miles southward ultimately
dropping anchor in San Miguel bay
Caramlnes In the Philippines on Fob.
13.
Japanese In the vicinity had heard
of the vessel's arrival and disguised
as fishermen set out in four sampans
to attack and if possible sink tho ship.
With the assistance of the customs of-
ficers on board the crew managed to
beat off the repeated attack of tha
Japanese but not before' many shot
had been exchanged. An American
warship ultimately arrived on the
scene and towed the Carlisle round to
Manila where Bhe was Interned by
the American authorities. At Manila
the Carlisle vp.k provided with a new
propeller but watched by tho Ameri-
can warships within the port and by
a Japanese cruiser which kept con-
tinually appearing in the offing. The
Carlisle one night disappeared from'
Manila at the time of the passing of
Singapore by Admiral Rojestvensky's
fleet.
But again fortune frowned; the
Carlisle could not find the Russian
fleet and after many days' fruitless
search the captain had again to turn
south. At the end of May the vessel
steamed Innocently Into Saigon
where she Is at the present moment
with her valuable but dangerous car-
go on board.
LITTLE MAi'S LOftG SILENCE
A little man of 12 years already a
qualified practician In silence and obe-
dience whose father owns a large
rubber plantation In Central America
and who not long ago secured options
on two plantations adjoining his own
went to New Orleans to raise the
money to purchase them.
In a short time his wife secured an
option on a third plantation which
he very much desired but which he
had not been able to cot before leav-
ing for New Orleans. With a wife's
caution she was afraid to trust the
option to the mails' so she sewed It
carefully In the lining of her small
son's jacket and sent h'ra north by
the next steamer.
"Mind you are not to talk to any-
body!" was her parting Injunction.
The boy obeyed her so literally that
half the- passengers thought him
dumb. Several persons took a kindly
interest in him and tried to make the
voyage pleasanter for him; but he re-
fused to make friends and except for
brief thanks no word could be got
out of him.
As soon as the boat docked he
found his way to. tho office of the
broker where he knew his father
made his headquarters. His father
turned pale at tho sight of him and
tremblingly asked if anything had
happened at home.
"No father."
The father then asked somewhat
sternly what had brought him there.
The boy answered by shaking hla
head. "I can't tell till we are alone"
he whispered.
When his father took him into a
private office he shut the door and
locked it. Taking off his ' coat he
showed his dazed father where to rip
It and the option was in safe handi.
Then he spoke with a sigh of relief.
"Mother told me not to talk with any-
body" he said "and I haven't." f ' "
Of course his father was proud of
him but one hopes that tho faithful
little chap had a good time after that
New Orleans Picayune.
GRIZZLy VEAR A MOJWMEffT
A stone carving of a grizzly bear In
the attitude of defending her cubs has
been carved by Andrew Chester
Thompson of Seattle and' will be im-
mediately shipped to Alaska to be
placed over tho grave of R. Shadesty
one of the most prominent Indians
In tho north when alive says the
Seattle Times. He died Dec. 17 1903.
leaving $G00 to defray the cost of the
monument.
The. big piece of stone carving
weighing 3000 pounds will be shipped
from Seattle to Wrangel. and from
that point will be carried about 150
miles overland to the home of the
Boar family Indians. The 'Indians
themselves will transport the grizzly
on Its overland journey According to
their own primitive methods of trans-nortatlon.
Mr. Thompson has been carving Im
ages for Alaska Indians for the last
twenty-five years but this Is the
largest monument he has shipped to
Alaska carved from a single piece of
marble.
The stone carving provided for
Shadesty is the first to be ordered.
In a defensive attitude. For the Black
Bear tribe Mr. Thompson has carved
several statues of bears but they
have all been on all fours. The Wolf
tribe and others taking their name
from wild animals have ordered earr-
ings but the work done for Shadesty
Is novel In its conception.
It is customary amonij the Alaska
Indians to leave money to pay for
their own tombstone and Shadesty
saved for a lifetime to give himself
a sultablo piece' for his g-ave. He was
wealthy enough though to leave his
kinsmen considerable money.
THE FATE OF SEfffiACHE'RI'B
The Assyrian came down like a wolf on
tho fold . .
And his cohorts wore gleaming in purple
and gold; . .i
And the sheen of tholr spears was llko
stars on the sea Jj-
When the blue wave rolls night on deep
Galilee. t - n
Ltko tho leaves of the forest when sum-
mer is green ' . .
That host with their- banners at sunset
were seen; . M L ...
Like the leaves of the forest when fctf-
tumn hath llowi - - .
That hoBt on the morrow lay withered
und strown. - " -
For the Angel of Death "spread his' wings
on the blast - ' '
.And breathed In the face of the foe as
he pussed;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed dead-
ly and chlU t .
And their hearts but once heaved und
forever grew still!
And there lay the steed with his noBtrll
all wide w
But through It there rolled not the'broath
of his pride; .
And the foam of his gasping lay white
' on the tdrf.
And cold as the spray of the rock-bea.t-lng
surf
And there lay the rider distorted and
pale
With the dew on his brow and the rust
on his mall; .
And the tents were all silent the ban-
ners alone vi
The lances unllfted the trumpet Un
i j blown. '
And the widows of' Ashur are' loud In
their wall;
'And the idols are broken In the temple
r . of Baal; ' '
And the might of the Gentile unsmote by
" the sWord .
Hath melted-like snow In the glance qt
"" of the Lord.
Lord Byron..
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