This contractor got
r    iU4
■ road va m - imate was
A roubled a great deal by sickness
Among the laborers.
lie turned his attention at once to
their food and found that they were
getting full rations of meat and were
drinking water from a stream near by.
He issued orders to cut down the
amount of meat and to increase greatly
the quantity of Quaker Oats fed to the
men.
He also boiled Quaker Oats and
mixed the thin oatmeal water with
ftheir drinking water. Almost instantly
all signs of stomach disorders passed
and his int n showed a decided improve-
Wnt in strength and spirits. This con-
tractor had experience that taught him
the great value of good oatmeal. 53
Packed in regular size packages,
and In hermetically sealed tins for hot
.climates.
Overhenpecked.
Former Governor Pennypacker. dis-
cussing al a dinner In Philadelphia
the divorce evil, said with his humor-
ous smile:
"Perhaps there would bo less di-
vorce if human nature wt re more per
feet. Some women, you know, hen-
peck their husbands. There Is, for ex-
ample. a llucks county farmer who
said the other day that he would cer-
tainly apply for a divorce only his
wife wouldn't let him.”
Forgotten.
"You know that ten dollars you lent
me—"
"Not now. Introduce me."—Cleve-
land Leader.
The Important
Problem
William Howard Pet feetS Airship confronting anyone In need of a laxa.
Model in Prison.
“Clean, dry quarters are necessary
for young lambs/' nays a stock jour-
nal. Cut any old quarters that will
pass are good enough for most of us.
in n « ROSt BALI BLOTB
f*1    «c
for it. l^arge 2 or. package only 5 cents.
Women like to do things out of the
ordinary, but they never hold their
tongues for that reason.
AFTER
SUFFERING
FOR YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink-
hain’sVegctableCompound
I'ark linpiils, Minn.—“I was sick for
years while passing
through the Change
of Life and was
hardly able to be
around. After tak-
ing six bottles of
Lydia K. I’inkham’s
Vegetable Com-
pound 1 gained HO
pounds, am now
able to do my own
work and feel
well.”—Mrs. Ed.
„—. -JjLa Lou, I’ark liatv
ids, Minn.
Urookville, Ohio.—“I was irregular
and extremely nervous. A neighbor
recommended Lydia E. Pinkbatn’s
Vegetable Compound to me and I havo
become regular and my nerves aro
much better.” —Mrs. It. Kinnison.
Brookville, Ohio.
Lydia E. I’inkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm-
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on tile in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass., from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, inflammation, ul-
ceration. displacements, libroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains,backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her-
self to give Lydia E. I'inkham’s Vege-
table Compound a trial.
If you want special advice write
Mrs.Pinkham, Lynn, 1*1 ass.,forit.
It is free and always helpful.
Sent to Nebraska Penitentiary for
Burglary He Turn* Hi* Cell Into
a Workshop—Probably Will
Be Paroled.
Lincoln, N« b - From convict No.
ti> Inventor and capitalist, from
a narrow little coll in the Nebraska
state prison to the head of an air-
ship manufacturing plant in St. Louis
is likely for William Howard an in-
mate of the penitentiary near Lin-
coln, undei a six year sentence for
burglary.
Howard, since he became an inmate
of th< penitentiary, has perfecd a
model of an airship which he is sure
will revolutionize air travel. The plans
are in St Louis, and patents are to
be procured He says:
Howard, of course, is not my real
name That was the name under
whlch I was sentenced, and that it
will remain until 1 am out of prison.
I do not wish to give my right name,
because it would he distressing to my
relatives ami friends.
’1 was horn in Missouri, below St.
IX)uls, nearly forty years ago. Ma-
chinery has been my hobby ever
since 1 have been old enough to un-
derstand the use of tools. Ten years
ago I took up the study of air navi-
gation, and have been working on
the problems at intervals since My
plan is similar in some respects to
that of Count Zeppelin, but I be-
lieve my model is an Improvement.
It is an airship combining the prin-
ciple of both the dirigible and aero-
plane, hut radically different from
that of the Zeppelin creation. In-
stead of b«dng a huge collapsible gas
bag for sustaining power, mine will i
be a rigid aluminum gas cylinder or
chamber, large enough, of course, to
correspond with the number of pas-
sengers to be carried in the basket.
This gas chapiber will contain just
enough gas to hold the ship in air.
A system of planes will net as the
tive is not a question of a single ac-
tion on!y% but of permanently bene-
ficial effects, which will follow rroper
effortB to live in a hoalthru? way, with
the assistance of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, whenever it is re-
quired, as it cleanses the system
gently yet promptly, without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best of
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because it is known to
be truly be neficinl, and because it has
i f
wreH-inform- d families w ho have used
It for many years past.
To get Its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
HIS IDEA.
"2^
Cleaning Handbag*.
The handbag or satchel of undress,
•d k :    "hen soi!>-d by usage, Reed
not in* essarlly be turned over to the
professional cleaner. The secret of
regulation is a piece of sandpaper
ruble-d over the surface. A very fine
grade of sandpnp. r I- required. When
- used with care the effect i
leal and no lnjuiy to the material ac-
Many kinds of leathers without
Polislu 1 surfaces—for example, sue-
!*    oxe alfakin < an
be i leaned thus.
Empress’ Fortune Small
Ti e prince regent is reported to
have ■ »ld the members of the govern-
ment that lately the people have been
■ a that the late empress grand
dowager has left an enormous amount
They express a desire that
; ropriated to the uae of the
country and even tlie ministers have
: memorialised the throne to that effect
but as a matter of fact her majesty
has not left very much. It is not suffi-
cient to effect anv of the reforms He
intends to beg the empress dowager
to have the exact amount published
In th" official Gazette so as to dis-
pel tlie doubts of the public and to
devote it to the reorganization of the
navy when the naval commissioners
return to Peking.—Shanghl Times.
Granite for Europe
American granite is bring shipped
to Europe. Not long ago 2.2’J tons of
b’tte g anlte fro o South Car A' i* we- a ,
tint to Aberdti n. Scottur.-i It re-
"• Ired 11 cars l ' transport the stone
tn Charleston. t... from !..j quarries
I; w ill ho m.!:; i factored nto monu-
11.' i.ts.
WOULD MAKE HIM SPEAKER
ln*urgents Favor Election of Asher C.
Hind*. House Parliamentarian,
to Cannon’s Place.
Washington.—A proposition to re-
move Speaker Cannon by means of
the combined *ote of Democrats and
Insurgents and to substitute for him
Asher C Hinds of Portland, Me., the
parliamentarian of the house, is one
of the plans which several Insurgents
have advocated.
The id« a of placing in the speaker’s
chair a pure parliamentarian, not a
member of the house, who would be
entirely uninfluenced by considera-
VERY CARELESS!
Jonson—Jags on’s wife died last
week and he’s been drunk ever since.
Henpcck—Oh! well; he never could
stand prosperity.
Treatment for Lump Jaw.
Lump jaw is due to a fungus which
Is usually t k**n into the animal's sys-
tem in feed consumed. Lump jaw is
liable to affect the glands of the
throat or the bones of the head, writes
Dr. David Roberts in American Cul-
tivator. It is not advisable to keep
an animal thus afflicted lingering in
a herd. On the other hand it is ad-
visable to either treat such an animal
or kill it. as such animals invite dis-
eases Into the herd, owing to the fact
that they are so reduced in vitality
that they have no resisting power.
A remarkably large per c ent, of such
cases can be successfully treated if
taken in time by opening up the en-
largement and washing it out with a
strong antiseptic solution, like five of
carbolic acid in water, and putting the
animals on a tonic. In this way the
afflicted animal is not only saved, but
the entire herd is protected against
disease.
Cheerful homes
Many things
combine to make home
cheerful, but no one thing
plays so important a part
as artistic taste in wall
decoration. Beautiful,
cleanly and wholesome is
Alabasfina
The Saiutury Wall Coating
class vtei r d nw. 1, tl t w;.. in-
1
The- •    but
free to you. Ask your dealer or write
direct.
A’.abastine Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
At Work In His Cell.
motive power and nlso serve, in ease
of necessity, to carry the ship up-
ward The propulsion will not be by
direct gasoline power It will be by
electricity generated by a gasoline
engine combined with a dynamo.
"Danger of collapse or other acci-
dent with uiy ship will thus be re
duced to a minimum. The gas cham-
ber can lie made to sustain any
weight deemed necessary, but It will
be only secondary to the planes for
propulsion and weight-carrying pow-
er. A chamber 200 feet long will prob-
nhl.v carry 25 passengers.
"Count Zeppelin is certainly to tie
congratulated on ills success, but ex-
cept for my unfortunate arrest 1 be-
lieve I would have beaten him in the
Inventive race i think I conceived
the Idea In advance of hlin."
Howard's inventive genius has not
stopped with his dirigible aeroplane
He is preparing plans for an aero-
plane somewhat on the lines of the
Wright and Karnam biplanes. A pre-
liminary model lias already been pre-
pared Not much attention was paid
to tlie models at first, but Howard
stuck to his work, devoting most of
his time to Ills dirigible, the problem
he started to solve lung before air-
ships wen seriously discussed in this
country nr Europe
Howard lias been an inmate of the
prison since March, in- 7. following his
conviction for robbing the residence
As a Matter of Fact.
"Old fellow," suggested the candid
friend, "you use the expression ‘As a
matter of fact' entirely too much. You
have no idea how frequently you
sprinkle it through your conversa-
tion.”
"Thank you. old chap,” replies the
object of criticism. I'll try to avoid
it hereafter. As a matter of fact, it
isn't at all necessary to use it.”
How Armour Got His Rate.
In the late '70s, after several years
of large recepits of hogs and low
prices at the Kansas City stock yards
; eastern receipts began to drop off and
prices nearly doubled. Tlie Armour
Packing Company had considerable
pork product in the cellars here. They
wanted it shipped east and railroad
rates were considered too high. A
better rate was requested from the
railroads, but they refusd. The late
P. I). Armour said: “All right, gen-
tlemen, you haul none of our prod-
J ucts.”
In less than 24 hours Mr. Armour
bought a steamboat and ‘wo barges in
St. I.ionis for $50,000 and headed them
for Kansas City, and in another 24
hours the railroads were taking Mr.
Armour's product east at bis own fig-
ures.—Kansas City Times
Taste and Smell
Physiologist’s have long known that
many sensations ordinarily ascribed
to taste are in reality due to smell,
but this fact has been made clearer
than before by the Investigations of
German savants. Air enters the olfac-
tory eharnher. where the nerves con-
nected with the sense of smell are
centered both through the nostrils
and through an inlet leading from the
mouth. In consequence, a breath of
perfumed air manifests its odor not
only when it is breathed in, hut when
It is breathed out. or this reason
we are sometimes deceiv d as to the
source of the pleasure we derive from
things taken into the mouth, the
agreeableness of the impression being
due, in some cases, rather to smell
than to taste.
A friendship which makes the least
noise is very often the most useful;
for which reason I should prefer a
prudent friend to a zealous one.—Ad-
dison.
And much is done
charity—also many.
in the name of
of i: T Kv
tloti ii Ki i
T • fori his
cie:.'- : akin
iiiie. mami
tj Com pa
:onvlctton
American T<*
-Vv ‘    ■ ’5'
to t h<
for $'i.000
A mail box lock, inv
had been favorably r>■;
government. Lock? hi
Important part in How
and suer esses The cha
picking one and entering
r< Id« n - and n ak Ing
several h irnlri'il dollar-'
of th- Ns-
of Omaha,
invented a
k'll he sold
■a Company
nted by him
irted by the
1 played an
id's troubles
ge Of hiS
the Swobe
way with
worth of
rllvi
pri.
led to his being sent to
Canad'an Fishing Industry.
The i at< b < 1 fish in Canadian waters
■ by c.-n.iiii-.n !i iu-rnen. Including seam
: and al! fish products, In 1908 was val-
ued at $25,451,085. The Industry re-
s'    g Heat    vessels.
MISCHIEF MAKER
A Surprise in Brooklyn.
An adult’s food that can save a
baby proves Itself to be nourishing and
easily digested and good for big and
little folks. A Brooklyn man says:
"When baby was about eleven
months old he began to grow thin and
pale. This was, at first, attributed to
the heat and the fact that his teeth
were coming, but, in reality, the poor
little tiling was starving, his mother’s
milk not being sufficient nourishment.
"One day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, I suggested that my wife
try him on Grape-Nuts. She soaked
two teaspoonfuls In a saucer with a
littio sugar and warm milk. This baby
ate so ravenously that she fixed a sec-
ond which he likewise finished.
"It w as not many days before he for-
got all about being nursed, and has
since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. Today the boy is strong
and robust, and as cute a mischief-
maker as a thirteen months old baby
is expected to lie.
“We bare put before him other
foods, but lie will have none of them,
evidently preferring to slick to that
wh:rh did him so much good—Ills old
friend Grape-Nuts.
"Use this letter any way you wish,
for my wife and I can never praiso
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright-
ness i; tins brought to our household.”
Grap. Nuts Is not made for a baby
ft t t xpei.. nee wl h thousand; of
bat l, shows it to bo among the host.
If i.t>t entirely the best In use. Being
a s. ntific preparation of Nature's
grains, n is equally eff . five as a body ;
and brain builder for grown-ups.
Read the little book, “The Road to
Wcllville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason.”
Ever rrnd ihe above letter? A new
our appear- from tlmr to time. They
an- Kt-iiulur, true, anil full of burnt*
Interest.
“Lady Merton, Colonist”
Canada is thn scene of Mrs. Hum-
phry Ward's latest book. “Lady Mer-
ton Colonist.” first published by
Doubleday, Page & Company the Can-
ada of the West, of vast satin-smooth
fields of greenish blue wheat, of illimi-
table wilderness and primeval moun-
tain grandeur; and of a hero, too,
who is Canadian born, and has grown
up with the Northwest, sharing ail
it-* hepes and ambitions. This sturdy
self-made engineer, with political as-
pirations, typifies the human forces
that are beginning to control this vir-
gin territory opening up to civiliza-
tion. Lady Elizabeth Merton, a weal-
thy, aristocratic English widow, Is
filled with enthusiasm for the vast
empire she is speeding over, but her
sensibilities are so finely attuned to
a life of refinement ana culture that
she hesitates before giving up her
luxurious ancestral home to wed this
Canadian, the total opposite of the
famous polished English connoisseur
who has come half round the world
to claim her. She finally chooses, how-
ever, even though the hero is held
back bv pride, and she has to do the
proposing herself.
Asher C Hinds.
tions of partisan advantage, was point-
ed out by Representative i’oindexter
of Washington and others as the log-
ical and proper course. Under the con-
stitution the house may choose a
j speaker who Is not a member of the
body
Representative Poindexter who is
one of tin- prominent Insurgents, said:
"This initial reform which we have
accomplished must be followed by oth-
ers. The whole trouble in which the
house finds itself is caused by the
: joining of the power of tlie speaker
with that of tiie leader of the majority.
"Tlie English plan of having an ex-
pert pailinmontarian instead of a poli-
j tieian as a presiding officer is the only
correct one. As long as we select a
| party leader as speaker. Just so long
will we have partisan and unfair ru-
lings from the chair.
“When Ihe house adopted the Nor-
ris resolution the other day. it was a
vote of 'no confidence' in Speaker Can-
non. and he should have resigned. As
lie did tint do so, we should depose
him. With that accomplished, I think
we ghuuld elect Mr. Hinds.
"I believe a majority of the house
would vote for it. Surely the Demo-
crats and tlie Insurgents who voted
against Cannon, and I believe a large
number of other Insurgents and tiear-
Insurgents will vote for it when the
temper of the people of tlie country is i
accurately judged on this question.’’
EXHIBIT AN ODD AUTOMOBILE
Vehicle on Two Wheels Latest in
Motor Transportation Coming
from London.
-New York. A most extraordinary
two-wheeled automobile, designed on
tlie principle of a “dicycle " bicycle
nhlch drew attention In England
twenty or more years ago, has been
built In London and sent to this coun-
try for exhibition.
It consists of a couple of large solid-
tired wheels, connected by an axle
from which hangs a platform sufficing
for tlie engine, which is at the rear,
is of the single-cylinder type, and de-
velops 4‘A horsepower. The counter-
shaft lies parallel with the axle of the
vehicle, and on the ends are a pair of
roller chains driving sprockets that
engage with the wheel hubs. The
steering is accomplished by
dinary auto steering wheel.
Mrs. Subbubs—Now, loe.t out how
you get on and off the cars. You’re
so awfully careless about the trains,
you know.
Subbubs—That's a fact. I lost two
yesterday—one going to the city and
| one coming home.
HOLDER OF FIRST PATENT
Wright Brothers, Inventive as They
Are, Could Not Claim Infringe-
ment There.
Glenn II Curtiss, at a dinner, said
of the Wrights, good-naturedly:
"They don't own the air, you know.
Did you hear about that conversation
that was overheard between them at
the Dayton plant?
" 'Orville,' cried Wilbur, running out
of doors excitedly, 'look! Here's an-
other aviator using our patent!’
" lie certainly is!' shouts Orville.
‘That's our simultaneous warping and
steering movement to a TV
" 'Call a cop!' screams Wilbur. ‘Get
another injunction!'
"But Orville, who had looked tip
through his binocular, laid his hand
gently on Ills brother's arm.
"‘Come in back to work, Wilbur,' he
said. It's a duck.’"
The Response Mechanical.
It is the custom in convents for the
nuns to respond to a knock at the door
with the words:    In the name of God,”
the phrase being equivalent in eon
ventlonal parlance to our worldly
"enter" or "come In."
In a convent in one of the western
cities not long since the mother supe-
rior had a never-to-be-forgotten expe-
rience as a result ot r hi.; custom Somi
one in the outer world called the con-
vent telephone number by mistake.
The mother superior, roused from her
meditations, picked up the receiver
and responded, mechanically: "In the
name of God.”
"Madam!" called an irate masculine
voice at the other end of the wire,
"there is no occasion for you to swear
at me, even if 1 have made a mistake
In the number. Profane language is
prohibited over the telephone!”
$100 Reward, $100.
dura
Is ft!
icon able
Til. ll.'lii’
The renders of this paper will he pleased tr> learn
that ther<* In at least one dreaotU <li-* i-«- taut Faience
has been able to cure m mi its statics.
Catarrh (
_    - ........- tout -
Catarrh, li an a Catarrh < ure is the only po-iiivo
rur<- now known to the medical fraternity. i atarrh
Mine a constitutional disease, requires a conotitu-
tlonal treut'-ient. Hail's Catarrh Cure l* taken in-
ternally acting direct!y upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby
foundation of the dLsea.se, anti l-I*
tlon of
in ture In
ueh faith
lne m
so mu
One Hundred
cure. Sent
Addn
Sold
Take liaii a
Iseuse,
th
work.
strength by building up the constitution and
Its w
doing
In Its curative
Dollars fo
stroy
giving the
9nstit
The
patlen
ars for any rase that
d for list of testimonials
ess I J CIIIM’.Y A
by all Druggists. *r>e.
Far
proprietors havo
wers that they offer
powers that they o
y case that it falls to
r test into
HI MY* co. Toledo, o.
mily Pills for constipation.
O, Those Tears!
“So you are going to marry Mr.
Glimson? ’ smiles the first fair young
thing. "I was engaged to him last
year. He positively wept when I
broke the engagement."
“I know he did," answers the other
beauteous creature. “He told me
that he wept—lor joy."
an or-
which
t * V;
Her Worry.
Mrs. Hoyle—You seem unhappy.
Mrs. Doyle—I am; i don't believe
that if I were to die my husband would
wear as deep mourning as he did for
his first wife.
Important to Mothors.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
Bears tho
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
BfLLIAFiD TABLES
POOL TABLES
LOWEST PRICES. EASY PAYMENTS.
You cannot afford to experiment with
umr ft! goods sold by commission
agents. Catalogues fre».
The Crunswick-B’lke-Col'rnder Company
14 *•> Main Street. Dert B. 0,1a iomi» City. Okla.
Al! Kinds for Sale
MACHINERY f?.
The Two-Wheeled Auto.
actuates wites that move friction
di.es between the sprockets and tho
wheel hubs, the drive being released
from one wheel or tlie oilier to effect
a turn.
The chief feature of this remarkable
type of machine is the cheapness with
which it can be built and the lack of
vibration that resuits from the use of
large wheels. Tlie scat for the driver
and passengers rests just over the
axle.
Signature of(
In Use For Over .‘{o'Voars.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
The Spartan Son.
The Spartan mother sent her son
Into battle.
“Come home with the moving pic-
ture or in it," she commanded him.
Herewith he rushed to tho fray.
Remember nothing depredates a
man more than to show him he's like
other men.
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Th" proper plat e tor low cut gowns
is on the bargain counter.
■liftsT ileus.
sarwfulif and
Southwestern Manufacturing Co.
OKLAHOMA CITY
Nothing
Equ«i»
CEZHE IMPLEMENTS
and VELIE VEHICLES *>k»ourd,.l,r
OK JCKK DECRE PLOW CO.. OKLAHOMA CITY
SUPPLIES
j !’!*!•• an I i lien ( alt 9 < ini*. Yr cl
K- iakf. I it • Etc. Ok LA*
HotlA fHOTU M mi 1 •'    2. l
w    tn a kt , Ok ■' 'Tr-a < \y. Ok,a
All Order* Shipped Sasic Day Received.
Ti.i* Mus’er Safa Co., have a larg*
■t'M’lc of Manganme, Screw Door
CorllM, and 2d hand flank Sato
Pum* rft h W P CONGER. A*t . MOSLER SAFE CO*
188 W lrt St, Oklahoma City,
SAFES
Old-Time Election Tricks.
Soldiers have been used to provide
artificial majorities In English elec-
tions. In 1784, 280 of the guards were
sent to vot<* a householders against
Fox In the Westminster election. Upon
that occasion the device failed, but it
succeeded In an Irish election. The
patron of a large Irish borough, find- j
ing that there was some uncertainty
as to the return of his nominee, i
marched in a regiment of soldiers
from their quarters at Loughrea and
had them all elected freemen. Their ,
vote put the victory cf his candidate
beyond doubt.
EEEHSEEnia
feltirv-. HjaulUor. J.l’.ALLhN.Dupi a.m.I'uu.Mlim,