The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 1896 Page: 4 of 4
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By the 5tate Capital Printing Co.
FRANK H. UKBliR. Editor.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF OKLAHOMA.
[My Knactm*nt of th«*
TUESDAY, DEC. 13. 189,!-
Ir Dr. Parkhrrst knows what he
says, marriage U largely a useless ap-
pendage in New '1 ork
Oi.n Doc Tai maOB and old though
young Doc Depew are having a hard
struggle with marriage rumors.
The Chandler News seeins to have a
fresh supply of Rood Sense and vigor.
That paper has never been so lively
and readable as Mr. Utlstrap i« now
making m
a MOM. Kansas' other calamities
they are Middling Hill Earp on it as an
ex-resident. Hill i the referee who
stole the ShiirUey-l'"it'..itninons fight
for Sharkey
fMiv now My i;''"
Will be minister to Mexico as a reward
for the good anti-convention work be
did for McKinley. The general de-
serves this or some equal honor.
Jobs It. Kkixowh, who made the
greatest of the sound money speeches
in the Chicago convention, died in
New York the other day. Ex-Gover-
nor Russell, who was next to Fellows
in sound mouey eloquence on that^oc-
casion. died last summer. Dave Hill
had better be feeling his pulse.
The permanent depth of twenty-Ave
feet of water in the bay channel at
Galveston insures a big city there and
the early saving of thousands of dol-
lars in freights to the central west.
It will not be long until water cheap-
ening will force all New York freight
for this section via Galvston.
Thosk who e lachrymose has been
started because of the report that the
mortgage has been foreclosed on Mrs.
KUen Lease's Wichita home, should
transfer their sympathy to the unfoi-
tunate owner of the mortgage. It was
a 81,r.00 "boom" mortgage. The Ea-
gle says the property is now worth
less than «>00. It was a very good
deal on Mollie's part to let it go for
the mortgage.
Novel Method o(Choo.HH Hull.and Kul"
ployed l y Cilrle
Pawnee. O. T.. Dec 15.-{Special.]
i At the opening of the lvickapoo reser-
j vation a year ago tiye young men from
j this city who went down as sightseers
I were attracted by a race between a
pretty girl on a small pony and a burly
negro on foot. The race was a close
one and the interested parties appeal-
ed to the Pawnee boys for a decision
They all decided in favor of the girl
and she got a filing on the claim,
which was the prize, but the negro
filed a contest and the case is soon to
be tried.
The young: men from this plat e nau
forgotten all about the race and the
past week were astonished to receive
word from the pretty girl, making a
proposition that the one who will first
furnish evidence to prove her right to
the claim shall receive «in return her
heart, and baud and u half interest in
the claim. It is needless to state t..at
the boys are all five "hustling
denee"
11 )■ Not hi a : .More Than a «iour<l wll
( rot k«*«J Handle.
The queerest saloon ever known iu
Kentucky hu-s been discovered in Har-
lan county. It is a huge gourd, with a
crooked handle. This gourd was hung
an a tree.
On u board over it was rudely in-
scribed: "Order Office." In the side of
the gourd was a hole lairge enough to
admit a quart bottle. There was not a
house in sight where this gourd wu t
hanging, and the story of how it cumo
to )>e used as a saloon is ti peculiar one.
For many years "Long .lohn" P.at-
cliff conducted a moonshine still on
Crummies creek, about ten miles soulU
of Harlan Court House. The revenue
Glimmering all over the Store. Glaring Values only
to be found at the Grert
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roi.i i irs.
SILVER AND THE COW.
Thk Emporia Gazette has figured
that the silver output of the I nited
States is worth 836,000,000 a year. If
all used for mjney, it would add 50
cents per capita. It finds in Iowa
the farmers make 841,000,000 a year
from their eows alone—and have all
thekiues left- In other words, the i
milk and butter and cheese of the state'
of Iowa amount to 85.000,000 more
annua' ly than the entire output of do- j
mestie silver. And then the Gazette
goes on philosophyzing as follows,
about the value of the good old cow
compared to general populist mone-
tary vargaries:
"The KansaB cow is sticking her
head over the pasture fence, lowing
and mooing with her bag swelling
with forty-one million dollars worth
of milk, while the old man is down
town tearing bis shirt because the
nlutocrats won't coin thirty-six million
dollars worth of silver. The forty one
million dollars worth of Kansas cow s
milk would be distributed in Kansas
among one million people; the tlnrty-
six million dollars worth of silver
would be distributed over the whole
country among seventy million of peo-
pl"ls it a wonder that the Kansas cow-
bellows and tries to jump the fence
and come down to the grocery store
and breath her warm and fragrant
breath into the old man's ear and call
him a ring-tailed, star-spangled idiot,
in the gentle language of cowdom.
"The Kansas steer isn t in it at any
point with the Kansas cow. Men are
sloshing around deeper and deeper in
bankruptcy, chasing the big red Kan-
sas steer; and the wom^n folks of
Iowa are picking up the little old
three-legged stool and driving the cow
into a corner while they conquer the
world. , .
• I hese tigures about the Iowa cow
are not estimates. They may be had
,'ohn scott, ii Ktiti.x. I'nlver.lty l.nw stu-
ttcnt I'rollllhljf « mtlclile.
Lawiikm k. Ivau . Dec 1-V —John
s., ,,:t, , IIIW si i.dent, of Kaiua* uitl-
versl V. wandered trom Ills rooms Sat-
nr ir; at midtiiiflH, .eaving a note say-
in ' ' ii It lie wuson the ver-je of insanity.
It is relieved that he committed suicide.
During Hie last cuinpniun Sen t
spoke at d wrote a u re at deal
f r the l/ wrence Ur.vhti club,
and this scenic I to be more than
i!,s mind could stand. Search U lieiinr
made in every direction, but so fa"
without slice s-. Scott litil al\mi> ■>
l.een of a uiHancli dv disposition Mini
lately ha I refused to talk to bis mother,
repeatedly lei iin.' her be did not want
to talk. lie was a member of the
senior law class.
HAZINq At UUKlitLL.
I'retldent Schurmiiti Appeal, to the Mail
line., uI the Student#.
it has been the general opinion ant
hope for the last two years that liu/.iii|i
I and rustics at Cornell university wen
oxer forever. Imt there seeins to be i
disposition among sonic of the mem
bers of the class of I'.iUO to become in-
tractable.
This was itlustruted when some I resit-
men hoisted their class ting to the ling
pole of the tirmory mid cut the rope
which necessitated the taking down n|
a section of the pole to remove the Ilug.
The expense of that wns charged ic
the freshman class.
The next night several freshmen
.were "milked" by some sopliomores-
thnt is, fed on a concoction of vinegai
end milk, which produces, as might bs
supposed, a seasick feeling. With ii
view of checking the spirit manifested
nnd preventing more serious develop-
meats. President Schurmnn addressed
the members of the two clnsses on tlifl
subject. In concluding his remarks the
president said;
"Only four years ngo, when 1 first
came here, n comic paper in New ^otl.
said that there was a characteristic
Cornell foolery. We want to change that
reputation, i.et us compel them tosuy
that a Cornell manliness lias liecotnu
natural to us. It is true that for the
last four years you have maintained th.
fame and name of the university, and
I thank you for it. Would you follow
the same example? I confidently ap-
peal to you, I earnestly appeal to yon,
Will you not say this thing must stop j
right, here? If the men, or handful ol ^
men, who have been enacting these
things or have stirred up strife be-
tween these classes will say that, I
have nothing more to ask of you. The
fame of the university shall lie main-
tained best by the students of the uni-
versity. 1 believe :t. will.
0ffD£R
orris
CHAPLAIN OF THE PORT.
A Unique Office That r i Item Aholl.lied
In New Vork t'lty.
The death of l!ev. Thomas Drumm,
which occurred recently, removed a
unique officer in ecclenstical circles ol
New Vork city. lie was formerly chap-
lain of the port of New ^ork. 1 lie
duties tol' the office were but little
know n'to New Yorker* in general.
The Domestic and Koreign Mission
society of the Protestant I'.piscopal
church of the diocese of New ^ ork sup-
ported liev. Dr. Drumm until May 1
last. Then lie retired and the office w as
abolished by Hisliop Potter, uuder
whose direct supenision this S|iecial
work w as.
The duties of the chaplain were con-
fined entirely to missionary work at
Kills island. He had to meet every im-
migrant ship. He would \isit tilt
an odd kentucky saloon.
officers were unable to find his still,and
he sold hundreds of gallons of whisky
every year. His customers were so well
treated by the old man that none of
them felt, inclined to inform on him.
John Kd Bogie was his distiller, and
he saved up the money the old man
paid him and all that be could make by
selljng whisky on the outride, and about
two years ago started a distillery of his
own on Crank's creek, which empties
into Crummies creek, about a mile be-
low ltatcliff's still.
Of course the old man tried to per-
suade him not to leave, and actually of-
fered him double the salary he had
been paying; but Bogie left, and was
soon making moonshine on his own
hook.
The main l-oad crosses Crummies
creek almost n.t the fork, and ''Long
,7oliu" conceived the idea of putting up
hin silent saloon at this point. lie ac-
cordingly rigged it up in the tree, and
for nearly two years it continued to do
business at the old stand.
Finally Bogie hired some of his friends
one night, to take the gourd down,
which they did, and it is now in the
possession of Maj. Cieorge 1'.. Cockrcll,
of Cumberland Gap.
The gourd is one of the largest of its
qiccics? and lias • capacity of nearly
hnlf a bushel. It is very thick and
strong, and shows lioevidence of having
linen exposed to the elements for nearly
two years.
it is said that, nobody ever complained
of having a cent of money or a bottle
of whisky stolen from this gourd, but
the whisky furnished through theme-
ilium of tiiis strange saloon was often
the cause of bloody fights among the
mountaineers.
AMAZING HEADDRESS.
Awe-ln plrlns (olflurc Affected by th«
Dudes of Africa.
The civilization of a people can often
be told by the personal decorations t hey
employ. * All nations have bad means
of beautifying the person. Ideas as to
what really constitutes beauty differs
widely, but the. general intent is the
same. The coiffure that is designed in
Paris is intended to make the belle of
Europe and America more fetching, and
the African belle arranges the kinks
that grow on her head with the same
purpose in view.
In some respects the African belle
has an advantage. And so has the
African beau. Having few clothes on
which to spend time and cash, tlicsg
54 Piece, ol Dark Print, regular Sc value. 3 . -2C a yard WeJnerfay morning.
,o do,.en Ladies Handkerchief, worth ,Sc. go a, 4c Wednesday .norn.ng.
Cloaks worth $7.S0. $8.00 and $,o.oo. g. at *,.«* Wednesday morning.
All ol our Woolen Dresss Good ofiered at 1-3 oH Wednesday morning.
300 Children's Suit, from <* a suit and upwards Wednesday morning. A toy
goes free with each suit.
Men's Overcoats-the Greatest Sale of the season Wednesday .norn.ng.
28 dozen Ladies Fascinators just in,*on sale Wednesday .norn.ng.
Misses and Children's Rubbers, all sizes, all styles, 16c a pair Wednesday
morning.
!4 dozen l.adies Union Suits, worth $1.25. on sale Wednesday morning a. 69c a
garment.
COME WEDNESDAY MORNING
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5 not estimates. iub. -- •--- j uiigium •
„f the state dairy commissioner at lies mi,T:ints ;,t the -<>\ennnent station.
Moines. They are official. The Kan- -j |u.rL. i;e would I
sas cow beats fre.' silver any way you
look at her. ,
"And what is more so—soon as the
people of t;.e east-the people with
money-see that Kansas has gjne
back to the reservation and quit, gho
dancing, money will come pouring "j-
Politics doesn't pay for an individual.
There is no money in it for a com-
munity Kansas must drop p° tt'cs
and go into business Kansas is all
riuht if her people will just stop chew
ing the rair and get down to lnakih'f
money. The Kansas cow offers a
open and easy opportunity to begin
There are others
"Now is the accepted time I.et us
forget silver, and save the strippmgs.
Jty thi- sign we can conquer.
This is advice as valuable in Okla-
homa as in Kansas. Farming is like j
any other business, must be watched
There he would learn their destination.
His v ork, however, was confined en-
tirely to members of the Angelican
communion, anil it was only these that
lie sought out. Having learned the des-
tination of the new arrivals, he would
write to the clergyman of the various
churches in the localities to which tlies
were going.
Ilv this mean of communication heads
of K] iseopal congregations throughout
the 1' 11 it eli Stater, were constantly In-
mi-,
a
AFRICAN DUDE
Bargain Feast
I
D maKiDg ii
offers an formed of ncwcomers to their respectne
pnrishi .
Since Dr. Drumm'a retirement the
work lias been prosceuted by the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew 011 an even
larger scale, but the chaplaincy of the
port of New Vork Iin3 been abolished.
The brotherhood hn a representative
Kllis island in the person of Miss
any other business ran 1 v. Uo „ as a isolnborer of Dr.
sedulously andI al ti.e h Ut ti .n^ m s |(f,:lJul tor a lo„g
gathered up. The farmer who neglects
the "strippius' ' is on the road to popu-
lism When agriculture is taken from
the "Slip shod" department and digni-
tied by the same careful detail that a
grocery man. dry goods merchant or
banker Mtceeds, then there will be tin
same hapniness, prosperity and com-
forts come out of it as from any other
vocation. Then there will be less
agricultural wind expended on the
"percapiter" and then-then there
will be no populists.
Dnimm in his lifetime and for a long
time identified with the worW.
i h«> Tcm-h « f i riiiunul!*.
Dr. F. I'ttnLa, nn Italian criluinologist,
iiusdi;-« overed that eriminaldegeneracy
ihow.^ it '"Jf in tru-. toes of itasuhjeets,
ax'bhoct nnd prehensile toea being etjm-
nion among rQiivi<'ts.
ID ci I;K v ( Of*D IK OKfc 1
Take laxative BromoQulnine Tablets. Aldruj I
iBta refund the money If it f Is to cure. , >c.
slniplc-ininded black people contrive to
arrange their hair in grotesque and aw e-
inspiring creations. The New Vork
World presents a coiffure which is
fashionable in certain sect ions of Africa.
The hair that grows 1111 the head of 1111
'American could not be arranged in such
a .stvie with ease. That is where the
African has an advantage. TliestilT li.air
that grow s 011 the heads of the natives
of Africa is so thick and luxuriant that
no hat or bonnet is needed or worn. It
lends itself to the erection of amazing
structures much more readily than tiie
fine hair found oil civilized folks' heads.
Such a headdress would servo much
the same pur|K*e as the huge hate for
nierly affected by the members of vol
unteer I'.re coflipenlel. It would tilkc d
tremendous l.low to injure the cranium
of the African with such a shock of
thick t;ml matted Ivair as is shown in
the picture. I'-ven a sharp battle a.x
might be turned by such hirsute adorn-
ment. and the rays of a tropical sun
would have slight effect through such
thick covering.
Miiney r.)i Wruk Digestion.
For those with weakened dlgeattw
pov.eis 1: lies is said to be very desir-
nl-|t, f (I. IT it p- rson is very tired—
"t .: I \I: listed t o cut" a few tante- ol
i Ut l ■■ w 111 act liUemac'c.
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CASE cV J
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