The Krebs Banner. (Krebs, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1907 Page: 4 of 4
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"BLEST BE THE TIE.”
How the Familiar Old Hymn Came to
Be Written.
PICEONS WALKED BACK HOME.
Admiral Schley Uses Incident to Point
a Moral.
Not one In a thousand of those who
sink that Rood old hymn "lllost ho
the tlo that hinds' knows the history
of Its homely oriRln. According to
the Church Koleetlc, it Was written
by the Rev. John Fawcett, who Intthe
latter part of the eighteenth century |
was the pastor of a poor little ehtneh ’ "" ■l'
in Lockshire, England. His family
and responslhillties were largo, his
salary was loss than four dollard a
week. In 177:’ he felt himself obliged
to accept a call to a London church.
Ills farewell s rnmn had been preach
ed, six wagons loaded with furniture
and books stood by the door. IPs
congregation, men, women and chil
ren were in an agony of tears. Mr
Fawcett and Ills wlf • sat down on a
packing case and cried with the oth
ets. Looking up, Mrs. Fawcett said.
“Oh, John, John, I cannot hear this'
I know not where lo go!" “Nor I eith-
er," said he; "nor will we go. Unload
the wagons and put everything back
in Its old place." Ills letter of accep-
tance to the London church was re-
called and lie wrote this hymn to coni
uieniornte tile episode.
Admiral Schley was talking about
war and peace at Port Deposit, Md.
"War •niitsl still go on," he said,
“mankind is not yel highly enough
developed lo lie pcacelnl. Yel I am
in lavor of peace socicth and peace
•sses, lor these lliings help the
cause of peae ■ along. They bring the
day of universal peace a 111 lie near-
WENT HOME FOR WARRIOR.
Dog Evidently Had Reasoned Out the
Situation.
0. II. Shockley, who lives across the
river, *. as rect nt 1> plowing In some
new ground near the edge of the river
hills, says an Oklahoma correspondent
of the Kansas City Journal. He was j
accompanied by a half-grown shepherd ;
dog. The dog in hunting went over a
small hill and soon came kiting back
with a coyote close to his heels. Spc j
Ing the man the coyote ran back and
the dog plucked courage to follow.
Out of sight of Ills master he weak
ened and came back over the hill with j
the coyote after him. This was re
peated several times, to the amuse
I'lie admiral mused a little Then
lie resumed:
Yes, we will have universal peace
some day. for we all love it 111 our
hearts. The bravest fighters In their
lieurts love peace with Incredible de-
votion with devotion as Incredible as
that which the pigeons of Newark had
for their home.
"There was a Newark man who
kept pigeons. One day he sold a half
dozen birds to a Philadelphian. Hut
the pi ■eons loved their former home,
and the first time they were let out
they flew straight hack to It, cover-
ing the 50 miles In no time.
"The Pliiladephian got them again,
and this time he clipped their wings,
so that they could not fly. Hut he left
their hutch open, and they disap-
peared. Nothing was seen of them
! 'or some days. Then thin and dusty
I and footsore, they limped slowly Into
| the old home in Newark.
"They had walked the whole way
Imrk.” .
CHANGE IN MUSIC METHpDS.
Enormous Tax on Mental Vigor and
Nerve of Modern Musician.
When we compare the thin-toned,
delicately constructed spinets and
clavichords with a modern grand
piano we can only exclaim In aston-
ishment, "What a change is there!"
if we could have heard Paderewski
give wlmt was considered difficult mu-
uieut of Mr. Shockley, who offered j sip |n those times on such an ancient
neither counsel nor assistance, mean ' musical box. noting what outlay of
ing to see how the dog would figure it j strength was requisite, and then hear
out. He had not long to wait. The
dog sat down and seemed to think over
the situation, and then started for the
house on a keen run. lie was hack in
a very short time, accompanied by a
( the great artist In the "Sonata Appas-
slopate” on his concert grand, we
i should ho even more astonished at the
j contrast between the physical endur-
; ance required In those days and the
big dog whose reputation as a coyote modern standard of power. Not only
tighter was established. The young
dog led the old one over the hill and
soon the coyote had disappeared.
Tough Cat.
An Instance of the remarkable vital
Ity possessed by the cat has Just been
demonstrated at llrrbling, Eng. A
very line cross-bred Persian mysteri
ously disappeared from Its home, and
18 days later wits found In an open
Held secured In a rabbit trap. Notwlth- !
standing the animal's long and painful
confinement and exposure to the
heavy rains, It was still alive. It was,
however, reduced to u mere skeleton
and was unable to walk, but under
proper treatment It Is recovering
That the eat had been in the trap all
the time 4s beyond question, as other
wise it would have returned home to
a kitten which it was suckling at the
date of its disappearance.
is greater strength required of a per-
former, but, as Francis Morton points
out In the Musician, as a consequence
of the Increased range of tone of which
a modern piano is capable the expres-
sive power of piano music lias been
HAVE TO HAVE MERCURY.
In Guatemala Natives Steal It from
T hermometers.
The thermometer registered 1*7, and
looking at it, the two men wiped
their red, wet brows.
"Phew, it's hot,” said the visitor.
“But why have you gol your thermom-
eter all incased In heavy Iron wire?"
“Because," replied the host, "It is
a Guatemalan thermometer. In Gua-
temala they are all Incased In wire
like that."
“Hut why?"
"To prevent the natives from eat-
ing the mercury.”
“Go on!"
"It Is a fact.. In Guatemala the In-
tense heat causes the natives to suffer
dreadfully from torpid liver. They
know that mercury is a liver specific,
but they have no money to buy it, so
they st-al It. For their health's sake
they steal It, poor sick creatures, out
of thermometers. On any dark, hot
night, if you hide near an unprotected
thermometer, you will see a native,
weak ami thin, steal up to the Instru-
ment. He groans and presses his
hand to his aching liver; then, with a
quick look round, he breaks the glass
and swallows the hall of mercury in
one mouthful."
The listener smiled.
"I suppose that Guatemala,” ho
i said, "is the only place In the world
1 where thermometers are looked on as
1 an article of food."
TWO VERY TALL STORIES.
Brought Into Light of Day by Contest
Between Wits.
i A couple of witty fellows were con-
versing together recently, and their
I :r ..aments finally occasioned a bel be-
tween them. Knell agreed to tell a
peculiar Incident, and the reciter of
i the stranger episode was to receive
die stakes. N'o. 1 began and said he
knew a woman who was “turned into
wood."
"Impossible!" said No. 2; "explain
yourself."
“You see," was the reply, "the
woman was placed on a vessel, and
then she was a board."
“Very good,” said No. 2; "but listen
lo this. 1 once knew a man who had
been deaf and dumb for 20 years, but
last week he regained speech in one
minute."
“Nonsense!” rejoined No. 1; "but
proceed."
“Well,” replied No. 2, "the man I
mean went into a bicycle shop with a
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Large Now.
I Col. HIgginson once met two Cam-
bridge boys, not long past their sixth
birthdays, and asked them if they had
j enjoyed their walk and what they had
I found to talk about. “Oh," answered
! one, with an air of definitely acquired
i wisdom, “wo ve been talking about S
i foolish things we used to think when
we were little."
Good Nature.
Good nature is more agn thle In
conversation than wit, and g s a
certain air to the countenance which
is more amiable than beauty. It
Bhows virtue in the fairest light, takes
off in some measure i the de-
formity of vice, and makes even folly
and Impertinence supportable. — Ad-
dison.
Dominant Femininity.
The Immense cleverness of the mod-
ern woman, her audacious sense of in-
dependence, her dominant will, all go
to raise her to a standard which it is
yearly becoming more impossible for
man to approach, except in the guise
of the fool at the feast.—Lady's Pic-
torial.
The Scribe Can Now Rubber.
The Review office had its windows
washed yesterday. This is the first
time such an operation has taken
place since 1878, and the editor is now
able to sit in the office chair and see
clear across the street.—Prineeville
(Ore.) Review.
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FALL MILLINERY
0 P E NIN Q
You are cordially in-
vited to attend our Fall
Millinery Opening on
Saturday, Sept. 21st,
where you will find on
display the most beau-
tiful and Artistic Crea-
tion s in Ladies Head-
gear. Also an elabor-
ate display of Ladies'
Tailored Suits and
Costumes. Resp’t.,
THE GRAND LEADER
THE HOME OF FASHION
McALESTER, ,* OKLAHOMA
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Point of Law on Newspapers.
A judge of Lancaster, Pa., rules
that when a newspaper is stolen from
the doorstep the subscriber is the ag-
grieved person. ‘ The court says that
from the moment of delivery by the
carrier the paper is the subscriber’s
property.
Where Babies Thrive.
“There’s hot much danger of race
suicide on the Fast side, at any rate,”
said the New York slum worker who
lives there. “Every time you look out
the window there’s a brand new baby
on some opposite balcony or fire es-
cape.”
vastly augmented, making proportion- ! friend, and, stooping down, he picked
ate demands on the mental vigor and
nerve force, in addition to the tax on
muscular strength.
up a wheel and spoke.’
Wooden Flywheel.
After an accident to the flywheel in
a large European electric station the
superintendent designed and had con
strut ted a flywheel of wood which ha
a diameter of 65»feet and a rim width
of ten feet. The thickness of the i iin
1* about 12 Inches and It is made up of
•44 thicknesses of beech planks with
staggered joints. The hoards wen
glued together and then bolted. The
Parsimony Means Health.
"Did you ever notice," said a prom-
inent physical culture teacher of New
York, “that parsimonious people al-
most always enjoy good health and
loujf life? Eating has a gfeat deal to
do with this. We learn that one
wealthy person lunches always on a
cup of' lea and a doughnut; that the
great standby of another was apples.
"It is not that they eat frugally that
accounts for their excellent health,
but that there is so much regularity
in their diet. The first thing the eco-
nomical person does, as a rule, Is to
reduce living to a system. He studies
how he can subsist best for the least
money, and then allows himself very
little variety from the regular order
of things.
"Regularity of diet means a great
saving of time and money in his eyes,
and, whether he knows it or not, in
adopting a rule of eating there is noth-
ing which counts so much in building
Bull Goes Hunting.
A full-grown black* bull, says a
Madrid correspondent, rushed towards
a mill on the estate of Marquis Sastel-
lones. The animal set off in pursuit of
the marquis, who had started for his
mansion to warn his family. He
found the marchioness and his two
daughters sitting in the open near the
door. The bull was close behind him,
and the marquis seized his wife and
children and literally flung them
through the door, which he slammed
behind him. An instant later the
bull's horns pierced a panel of the
door, which held firm. The marquis
seized a rifle and shot the bull from
a window Five bullets were needed
to kill the Infuriated animal.
Do not waste your
fears: spend yourself on the work be-1
fore yon, well assured that the right j
performance of this hour's duties will
be the best preparation for the hours
or ages that-follow it.—Emerson.
Favorite Mode of Suicide.
According to the coroners’ records,
asphyxiation is the favorite mode of j
suicide in New York city, there being
an average of one suicide each three
?,"ng' , ’ , j davs, while there Is about one In four
life in doubts and ’ .
days from shooting.
Twee . i !es of Shaving.
Somebody has decided that the av-
erage man in his life shaves over 20
square miles of cheek. This is from
the same source as the discovery of
how many freight cars it would lake
to rry Iowa’s crop, how far it is to
Man, how many angels could stand
on the point of a cambric n edle and
how much it costs tile average . umily
to live.
Witty to the Last.
When Rabelais was on his deathbed
a consultation of physicians was
called The dying man opened his
eyes and looked at them. “Pray, gen-
tlemen,” he exclaimed, “let me die
a natural death.”
Dangers of New York.
Love and whisky are the two great
causes of suicide in New York, ac- i
cording to the official reports. There
are some mixtures a wayfaring man j
ought to have sense enougli not to i
try.
Awakening of the East.
Dams cus. the oldest-surviving city
In the world, and the most typically
oriental one In these dominions, leads
in Turkey in adopting electricity for
purposes of light and locomotion. The
harnessing of the Hnrada* (the Ahana
of the Bible) for such ends emphasizes
the change which is fast overtaking
Ottoman industrial and social life.
Novel Making a la Mode.
"There,” said the modern novelist,
with a sigh of satisfaction, "I’ve got
my epigrams all made. Now it’ll be
an easy matter for me to write my
story around them."
Proof of Heart-Freedom.
When you see a girl sit down to
dinner and tackle a juicy steak smoth-
ered in onions it’s a sign she isn't
worrying over love affairs.
Unnatural.
There is something uncanny about
the mother who admits that her boy
may have been just as much to blame
as her neighbor’s child.
Thrones of King Edward.
Great Britain has it least half a
dozen thrones, of which three are in
London palaces, one in the house of
lords, one in Wesminster abbey, and a
sixth at Windsor castle. Of these the
most ancient is that in the abbey,
where each new ruler of the British
•empire is crowned, says the New York
Sun.
Positive Evidence.
When a pretty young woman says
that her new diamond bracelet was
given her by her uncle it is one of
two things. Either the uncle or the
bracelet is not genuine.
True Goodness.
Goodness consists not in the out-
ward things we do, but in the inward j
thing we are To be good is tile great :
thing.—E. 1 i Chapin.
Confession of an Expert.
There is no safer or more heroic
pastime than tilting at a straw man
of one’s own making, running the ras-
cal through his lights and liver, and
hacking at him manfully with one’s
sword—and all the while shouting
that the wretched fellow is an enemy
of the public -Springfield Republican.
inside consists of a double wheel the
24 spokes of Which an fastened tolupa robust constitution.1
two hubs. Spokes and hulls are oper- ; _______
ated at 76 revolutions a minute, which
corresponds to a peripheral speed at
the rim of 139 feet a second.
Child's Remarkable Suicide.
A remarkable case of suicide by the
14 year old daughter of u farm laborer
named Beecham was revealed at an
Inquest at Weston -apt r Mare, Eng-
land, recently. It was stated that the
girl was of an obstinate and deter-
mined character and guiltv of persist-
ent falsehoods. She was entrusted
with a dress to tale* to the village
dressmaker for remaking for herself,
hut returned with the statement that
it was too good to cut up Unknown
to her parents she sold the dress to
a villager for four shillings, and on
this being discovered sin- wulkcd to a
level crossing, put het < ,ul a rn- the
metals, and was decapitated by a pa s
ing train.
House Eleven Hundred Years Old.
St. Albans possesses the oldest In-
habited house in Engiand. T1ub dis
Unction is said to belong to the old
Round House, now the Fighting Cocks
Inn, which stands close to the River
Ver. It is a curious structure, of .oc-
tagonal shape, of early Saxon origin,
having been built as a boathouse to
tlie ancient monastery founded at St.
Albans by King Offa about the year
795, and is tints over 1,100 years old.
A subterranean pa-sage, now blocked
up, runs front the basement to the
ruins of the monastery, a distance of
about 200 yards. There Is a shed at
Odd Reason for Bankruptcy.
One of the oddest reasons ever
given for bankruptcy was that heard
about a year ago in a Malta court. A
Maltese tradesman whose affairs were
in hopeless disorder put it all down j
to the fact that he followed a creditor
on board ship, and found himself an
unwilling passenger to England, the
ship having started while he was be-
low. During his enforced absence his
foreman collected all the available
cash ami decamped, leaving tin* shop
to look after itself When the owner
got home he found hlnffcelf a ruined
man.
Scrap Book for Invalids.
Save all the witty clippings and
paste In a small scrapbook. Often
when one is not able to read lengthy
articles something bright and witty
will help brighten the day. It should
he loaned and passed along only
where it would he appreciated the
the back of the house where it is said ; most. Little pieces can be pasted on
Oliver Cromwell stabled his horse,
himself sleeping under lts roof during
the civil war.
Quiet Speaking.
It is impossible to over estimate the
value of quiet speaking Quirt, gen
tie dignity can accomplish a gnat
deal, and when ljm to face with tin .
who possess Wm calm, ilfn-iiant
manner of speaffhg we can not tail to
realize its tremendous Imp i tam. it
Is a delight and a pica are to hear a
voice perfectly cultured and . \ mpa
thetic—a voice that rings with kind-
ness. It is un advantage, a valuable
asset in both the social and business
world.
Revenue From Playing Cards.
One result of the Austrian's love of
gambling is the nice little sum of
$150,000 which tho ministry of finance
derived last year from the tax on
playing cards. Ten manufacturers, cm
cards, and are held much more easily j
Itv persons lying in bed. Gay pic-
tures, comic and otherwise, are nice
for children, and afford amusement
to tho impatient little sufferers who
must remain in bed.
Not Proud. But Strange.
They all wondered at the big so-
ciable table in the little cafe why It
ploying 226 hands, turned out 1.578,000* was lie seemed so haughty. Some
Enterprise
Dick Whittington, on the advice of
the bells, had just turned again in the
direction of the mayor's otlii c "Seems
to act on rather slight impulses," said
critical people. But Whittington's pei
sonal newspaper came out that even-
ing in large headlines: "Whittington
Turns Again—Eminent Authorities
Advise Him to Continue Fight for
Mayoralty—Consternation Felt in City
Hall—Whittington States He Will Be
at Mayor's Desk in Three Week*. —
Fuck.
packs of cards in 1006, an average of
a pack for every two families In the
country. These cards were* of differ-
ent varieties—152,(100 for taroek, 765,-
000 for German games, 429,000 for
piequet, 107,000 whist, and 113,000 for
other games, including the Italian
"tressettl." Of the total, 238,000
packs, about 15 per cent., were glazed
so that they could be washed. An im-
mense number of cards were exported,
chiefly to Turkey, Africa and India.
thought it was because he was so
clean. Another because his nails had
so evidently been through the hands
of a manicurist. Another because his
suit of clothes was so slick and spau
and new. At last one spoke as she
passed the salt. The newcomer bowed
and smiled at her.
"I cannot you answer,” he said. “1
have just arrlv' only. I no spick An-
glais."
The Banner
Knows Your Wants
And
Wants Your Business
In The
PRINTING
Line.
Let Us Figure With You.
JOB
Protected by Flowers.
"You have filled your fire escape up
so with your flowers that you'd never
get out in case of fire, would you?”
asked they.
"No." site replied, "but they are a
great protection from burglars, you
see Any burglar that tried to come
up that tire escape and get In at that
would have to
v.'lndow
flow a first."
knock them 1 <,|iHes of
ledger.
Provident.
A man on a Chestnut street car,
searching his pocket for a ticket,
found lie had only one, and handed
the conductor a nickel Instead.
I wouldn't think of giving up my
last ticket," he explained to a friend,
"for I’m liable to blow In all my cash
and want to be sure of getting home.
1 always keep one ticket on band for
emergency.”—Philadelphia
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