Cleveland County Leader (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
SOME COOP STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
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Mr. Green's Garden — A I.uzy Man's
Load, Willie Will Carry a Smart Man's
Load Hereafter—Queer Turtle Fishing
—Tlie l'riuces of TJdenbuy.
The Prlnot'S of Edenbay.
There were two little princes of Eden-
, bay-
Princes I Can't and I Can;
And to school they went on the very
first day
/ That the very first school began.
And the Prince I Can't took a poor
little whim
Into his royal head;
And whenever a task was given to him,
"I can't! I can't!" he said.
Now he was a prince who had his
way,
And a ftoor little way 'twas, too!
For he nothing did from day to day
Save just what he wanted to do.
But his brother I Can, a younger lad,
Was made on a different plan,
For to every single lesson he had
He. would say, "I can! I can!"
So wise and great grew the Prince I
Can,
, By doing as he was bid; ,
But the other became an ignorant man,
And naught that was good he did.
These princes' descendants you'll find
today
Wherever is civilized man;
The "I Can't" folks who have had their
way,
And the people who say "I can!"
—Emma C. Dowd.
Mr. Grt-en'B Garden.
Next to the small red cottage where
Archie and Nellie King lived there was
a large vacant lot with a high fence
around it. The only yard the Kings
had was a narrow strip back of the
house, and as they had once lived in
the country, this seemed very small
to the children, and they used to
peep through the cracks in the fence
and wish they could get over there
among the weeds to play. Archie was
nfne years old, but a hurt received
when he was a baby had made him
lame, and Nellie, who was two years
younger, was almost as tall. Their
father was dead, and Archie was very
.anxious to help his mother, who had
to work hard to support them; but
there did not seem to be anything
for such a little boy to do except to be
useful at home, and he tried to be
that. On the other side of the vacant
lot there was a shop that had been un-
occupied for a long lime. One morn-
ing, when tlie children passed on their
way to school, the door was wide open,
and a tall, rosy-faced man stood there
superintending tlie carrying in of a
quantity of lumber. He nodded pleas-
antly to thpm in a way that said quite
plainly, "I like little people. I was
young once myself." It was not long
before they found out that his name
was Green, and tha*. he hod rented the
shop for some sort of carpentering
work. One day, when they were at
play in the back yard, the children dis-
covered some men cutting down weeds
in the vacant lot. "What do you sup-
pose they are going to do?" asked Nel-
lie. "Build a house, 1 guess," said
Archie. The prospect of this was ex-
citing, and with the aid of some barrels
and boxes they contrived to get up
high enough to seo over the fence.
And there was Mr. Green busily direct-
ing the men! He saw , hum and waved
bis hand. "I am going to have a gar-
den in a short time," he said. This
made Archie think of the garden they
used to have in the country, where cab-
bages and potatoes and all kinds of
vegetables grew. Hi; had helped his
father take care of it, and he won-
dered if Mr. Green would not want a
hoy to weed his. He spoke to Nellie
about it, but she was sure it would be
,i ilower garden, for people didn't have
vegetable gardens iu town. This might
be. Mr. Green had not said what he
expected to raise; but then, flowers
would have to be weeded and watered.
So without saying anything to anyone
Archie slipped over to the shop next
day. When he was fairly inside the
door his heart almost failed him, and
when Mr. Green looked uy from his
desk, where he was writing, and ex-
claimed, "Hello! Where did you come
from?" he was so startled he came
near running away. He didn't, how-
ever, but went bravely up to the desk.
"I have come to see if you don't want
.a boy to weed your garden, sir. 1
know how, and could do it, and 1 am
.anxious 10 find a place, became there
is no one else to help mother. Nellie
would hell too, and we'd be very
careful." Mr. Green looked down at
him witli an odd expression in his
•eyes, and said; "So you want to weed
my gan.cn, do you? Well, 1 may need
a boy, by and by, when my crop begins
to grow." I he children went away for
several weeks, and came home late one
evening. Early next day they ran out
to pee how Mr. Green's garden was
coming on. and behold! Instead of po-
tatoes ond cabbages, or even llowers,
there were rows of gaily painted
Tlie Frtle of Two Trees.
When the two i >ih uf th Prince ot
Wales, Prince Ed Ho and Prince
George, were cruising in the Bac-
chante, they landed on the island of
Trinidad, where they visited among
other place ? of interest a' coeoa estate
called 1/! Pastora. To commemorate
their visit they planted two mandarin
orange plants, both apparently of
equal health and vigor; but, straug? to
I relate, from an early date thu one
planted by the late Duke of Clarence
proved to be more delicate than the
other, and notwithstanding every care
1 died, while, on the other hand, that
planted by H. R. H, the Duke of York
throve from the beginning, Is now a
vigorous tree, and bears luscious fruit.
The spot where the dead plant was re-
mains vacant, being held sacred by the
proprietor.
swings. 1 here were single swings,
and double swings, and swings to i
hold four persons, and some had awn- j
ings over them to keep off the sun. !
The ground was covered with tan- !
bark except around the edge, where
there was a border of grass, and tha
board fence on the street had been re-
placed by an iron one with a gate,
above which was this sign: "Automat-
ic Swing Co." While the children were
gazing at this surprising sight, Mr.
Green came walking down between
the rows of swings and asked them
how they liked his garden. They lik-
ed it very much, indeed, but Archie
couldn't help feeling disappointed un-
til Mr. Green said:- "I have to be in
the shop most of the time, and I want
some one to stay around here and let
me know when customers come in. Do
you think you and Nellie could do
this? Of /course I'd expect you to
swing a good deal, for that will help
to advertise." So it happened that all
through the summer in pleasant weath-
er passers-by saw two blue-eyed chil-
dren in a swing near the gate, and if
any one entered he was met by Archie
with, "Do you want to look at swings?
We have some very nice ones. I'll call
Mr. Green." The Automatic Swing Co.
did a good business that season, and
every Saturday the children dropped a
silver quarter into their bank, and even
Archie came to the conclusion that for
a town a sw'ing garden was better than
a vegetable garden.
MARY F. LEONARD.
A Lazy Man's Load.
Tlvump, thump, thud! How many
times it had occurred in the last few
minutes—that noise! Willie didn't
cry; for hadn't grandma called him,
only that morning, "My little man,"
and who ever heard of a man crying
because he had let fall an armful of
wood? Nevertheless, he did look so
woe-hegone and humpty-dumpty-like,
sitting on the lowest stair in grand-
pa's well filled woodshed, with his late
armful of wood scattered about him
like a "spill" of gigantic jackstraws!
Slowly he picked himself up, and care-
fully gathered the straggling sticks,
making "'most a cord," it seemed to
Willie. One, two, three stairs had
been mounted, when again—thump,
thump, thud! went his wood, flying
In more directions than before. "Well,
well, well!" 'Twas grandpa's jolly
voice as he looked down from the floor
above. "O, grandpa! . I've bad just
the awfulest time! The wood won't
stay where 1 put it!" and Willie's so-
ber, upturned face was met by grand-
pa's smiling countenance coming down
the stairs. "I'm afraid my Willie-boy
has been taking a lazy man's load,'
hey?" said grandpa, as he surveyed the
crisscross sticks on the Goor. "Why,
grandpa, I'm not lazy, am I?" asked
Willie, quickly. "I tried and tried to
carry as much as you could—I did,
really and truly!" "Ah, there's where
you made your mistake, my hoy,
Couldn't you have gone a number of
times easily with a smaller load, while
you were tugging away with so
much?" "Y-e-s!" answered Willie,
thoughtfully. "Trying to carry too
much of anything," said grandpa, slow-
ly, as he sat down on the sawlior.se, "is
what I call 'a lazy man's load;' for a
lazy man always tries to carry every-
thing at once, for fear he may take a
few useless steps, and by so doing
causes himself double work, besides
unnecessary worry and trouble. Had
you taken a smaller load, you would
have had no trouble in carrying it, and
by this time your wood box would
have been full!" "Grandpa," and Wil-
lie put his sturdy little arms resolute-
ly about his grandfather's neck, "I'm
tired carrying a lazy man's load, and
shall always carry a smart man's load
hereafter." Then as he ran away
whistling with what wood he could
comfortably carry, grandpa nodded,
"And he'll remember it, too!"
ADELBERT F. CALDWELL.
Queer Turtle l isllintf.
A curious mode of catching turtles
is practiccd in the West Indies. It
consists in attaching a ring and a line
to the tail of a species of sucker fish,
which is then thrown overboard, and
immediately makes for the first turtle
ho ran spy, to which ho attaches him-
self very firmly bv means of a sucking
apparatus arranged on the top of his
head. The fishermnn then hauls both
turtle and sucking fish in.
LEYDS A STRONG MAN
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
TRANSVAAL.
A Great Favorite at Herlin — Fully
Able to Cope with Chamberlain in
the South African Difficult lus—Friend
of the Hoero.
Dr. W. J. Leyds, secretary of state
for the Transvaal, is likely to give
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary
of England, many a troublesome hour
before the Boer is anglicized. Dr.
Leyds is described as a man of pecu-
liarly strong personal power, gifted
with a persuasive tongue, and fully
alive to the fact that the Boer and the
Englishman can never agree. Dr.
Leyds is particularly known for his
hatred of everything English. He is
the statesman who visited Germany
and secured from Emperor William
recognition of the independence of the
Transvaal republic. The emperor
promised him that he would appoint
to the Transvaal a German resident
instead of a consul. That is the way
In which the Independence of the
Transvaal is acknowledged. Emperor
William likes the man, for he decorated
him some eighteen months ago, and
other honors were shown him. He is
considered one of the very ablest mem-
bers of the Transvaal government.
President Kruger intrusted to him the
negotiations with Germany which have
tain air about him that indicates he is
not a Mexican. There has often been
much speculation as to where his gold
came from. Many think he has a se-
cret mine on the island which he
works from time to time. Explorers
who have visited the island, however,
report that it is barren, and gives no
indication of mineral deposits. It is
said that the old man lives in a cave
in the rocks, and that his food is birds
and fish. He is well armed and always
buys considerable ammunition on his
trips to the mainland. A number of
times people have tried to draw him
out, but he refuses to talk of his past
or present mode of life, and such at-
tempts are seldom made now. He is
entirely alone on the island and seems
to love his solitude. His trips to and
from the island are made in an old
ship's boat, which he has had ever
since the present generation has
known him. His expert handling of
the sails and oars leads some to believe
taat at one time he was a sailor.
Many think that he is the sole sur-
vivor of a shipwreck that occurred on
the coast about forty years ago. Among
the legends of the coast Indians is one
which tells of the wreck of a big ocean
vessel one stormy night and of the loss
of every soul on board. There is a
superstition that at times this vessel
sails along the coast at night and
finaily strikes a rock and goes down,
just as it did so many years ago. It is
said that the moans and cries of the
passengers and crew can be heard at
these times. There are other people
FataMtteii In One Family.
Charles Carmon and wife, who went
from Hebron to Wisconsin a few years
ago, were killed in the terrible cyclons
there. Their death is the last link in
the strange chain of circumstances that
has befallen the fated Carmon family.
Two years ago, on July 4, a boat cap-
sized on a small lake east of this city,
and Albert Carmon and wife, the for-
mer a son of the two who met their
fate in Wisconsin, were both drowned.
One year ago a brother, Anson Car-
mon, moved to Kansas with his family,
and, in atteniping to ford a river, his
wife, a son and two daughters were
drowned in the raging waters.—Misha-
waka (Ind.) correspondence Cincinna-
ti Enquirer.
Coaling: at Sea.
A method of coaling steamers while
at sea has been devised and apparently
possesses such merit as to attract the
attention of the government to such
extent as to lead to a practical trial
under the direction of Naval Com-
mander Bowles. The device is that the
warship or the collier may be in tow;
the intervening distance—about 100
yards—is spanned by elevated cables
which convey the coal from the collier
to the vessel very rapidly, thus allow-
ing steamers to be coaled at sea while
under headway.
Colors In Flowers.
The color of flowers, even the most
delicate, can be preserved by drying,
says a German chemist, by pressing
them between sheets of paper that
have been saturated with a solution of
1 per cent of oxalic acid in water.
Tlie Philippine War
Is proving' more stubborn than antici-
pated. It needs a vigorous contest tc
straighten matters out. We should tack-
le the Philippines and overcome there
as llostetter's Stomach Hitters does dys-
pepsia. indigestion, malaria, fever ami
ague. The bat tie is short and decisive
and for fifty years tlie Bitters have al-
ways won.
Ktlli'd In This Century*. War*.
A erman army officer estimates
;hat in the century just closing no less
ilian 30,000,000 men have been killed
In war in civilized countries.
fcpSjS -j
DR. W. J. LEYDS.
been in progress for some months past.
These negotiations are of a nature by
which in reality Dutch and German
Interests become as one in the South
African country, and make the task of
England in conquering the Transvaal
all the more difficult. The friendship
of Emperor William for President Kru-
ger has been inspired by Dr. Leyds.
The doctor Is now in Holland, where he
has also aroused public sentiment and
secured action in the form of protests
to Queen Victoria against tho carrying
out of the Chamberlain program in the
Transvaal. Dr. Leyds Is of Dutch de-
scent, but is not a Boer.
who say that the old man's self-ban-
ishment is due to a crime he com-
mitted in California. But nobody is
sure, and probably never will be.
Meantime the old man continues to
lead his mysterious life."
LONELY ISLAND HIS HOME.
Strange Man, Kaiil to He an American,
I'nz/.l.x tlie MexieanA.
"There are some queer freaks in the
world," said a visitor from the interior
recently, relates the Mexico Two Re-
publics, "and one of them lives on the
west coast of Mexico, He is an Ameri-
can, according to all reports, but so
far no one has succeeded in penetrat-
ing the mystery that surrounds him.
Down toward the isthmus, not far j
from the mainland, is a small island,
and it Is on this that the American !
lives. Very few people know how long j
he has been there. The Indians all |
know him, but none of them can tell (
anything about Ills first coming. He
has resided on the island for so many
years that he has become as much of a
fixture as the rugged rocks that stand \
out on the coast. I saw him once on |
the mainland, as he came to a little
village to procure supplies. About j
four times a year ho makes a trip to j
some village on the mainland to buy
such thing - as he needs. He never has
anything to sell and always pays it;
gold dust, the origin of which is as
much of a mystery as the man himself
His appearance is patriarchal now. His
long gray beard, white hair and wild |
look make him an object of great curi-
osity to a stranger. He speaks Span-
ish brokenly, but with an accent that
does not betray his nationality. His
complexion Is dark, probably duo to
the rayB of the sun, but he has a cer-
HONOR FOR MANDERSON.
Senator Charles Frederick Mander-
son of Nebraska, who was recently
elected president of the American Bar
association, stands high among his
legal brethren as well as among his
senatorial colleagues.
Born In Philadelphia, Pa., in 1837,
Senator Manderson is at present 62
years of age. In 1839 young Manderson
settled in Canton, Ohio, where he was
subsequently admitted to the bar.
When the war broke out in 1 SGI he en-
tered the army in the capacity of eap-
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lor !>llne Fire*.
Carbonic acid is now successfully
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Lydick, J. D. Cleveland County Leader (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 1899, newspaper, October 14, 1899; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108988/m1/3/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed June 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.