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The Chandler News.
VOLUME VI,
CHANDLER^ OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, J AN. 15,1897.
Nl M1U U 17
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Guthrie, Oklahoma
Wanted—An Idea
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of some simple
tiling to patent?
Protect your Ideas; they may bring you wealth.
Write JOHN WEDDEKBURN ft co.. Patent Attor-
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CHILDREN'S CORNER.
TIMELY TOPICS FOR OUR BOYS
AND GIRLS.
tier Little Laughing Face Kitty's Tarty
— She Knew the Difference Telling
the Truth Mother's Tears Pathetic
Story of Heroism on the Part of a Hoy,
IKE a tiny glint of
light piercing
through the dus-
ty gloom
Comes her little
laughing face
through the
shadows of my
room.
And my pen for-
gets Us way as
It hears her patt'ring tread,
While her prattling treble tones chase
the thoughts from out my head.
She is queen and I her slave, one who
loves her and obeys.
For she rules her world of home with
imperious baby ways.
In the dances, calls me "Dear!" turns
the pages of my books,
Thrones herself upon my" knee, takes
my pen with laughing looks.
Makes disorder reign supreme, turns
my papers upside down,
Draws me cabalistic signs, safe from
fear of any frown.
Crumbles all my verses up. pleased to
hear the crackling sound.
Makes them into balls and then—flings
them all upon the ground.
Suddenly she flits away, leaving rne
alone again
With a warmth about my heart, and a
brighter, clearer brain.
And it chances, as I write, I may take
a crumpled sheet,
On the which, God knoweth why! read
my fancies twice as sweet.
—Victor Hugo.
red to hear- mostly pcor people, who | V Ur rKHANS' CORNER.
i , - . ... , ti t n f ;n n A # fl t Vl ' "
will 800- have, like you, to face death; (
I nsk you whai shall I preach about? j
Silence for awhile; then, with tear-
dimmed eye and trembling voice, the
unexpected answer was given; Mr.
Birch, preach C'lst to them; preach
Christ/' And then, utterly broken
down, the dying sinner sought mercy
from God for his own soul.
Wanted—ftn Idea £S
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Write JOHN WEDDEKBURN ft co., Patent Attar-
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JOHNEMBRY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
CO. ATTORNEY OF LINCOLN CO
Office at Court House,
CHANDLER, - OKLAHOMA
EMERY A. FOSTER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office, Corner Manvel Avenue and
Tenth Street.
CHANDLER,
OKLAHOMA
DR. L A.KELSEY
dentist,
Office on Manvcl Avenue, Botwcen Oth
and 10th Streets. Office Hours
9:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00.
CHANDLER,
OKLAHOMA
CALVIN AND FUNK
BARBERS.
Second Door North of Manvel House.
Only First-Class Shop in Town.
12 Shaves for $1.00.
CHANDLER, - OKLAHOMA
H.L.COHEN
.. MERCHANT
't TAILOR...
Men's Fine Furnishing- Goods
and Hats. A Full Line of Fine
French and Domestic Piece Goods
Now ou H?nd. Call and Examine.
GUTHRIE,
OKLAHOMA
F.W.Rash,
attorney-at-law
Office on Manvel Avenue, Between 7th
and 8th Streets.
CHANDLER, - OKLAHOMA
KiUy'M Pnrty.
Gladys and Nina had been planning
for some time to give Trot, their kitty,
a birthday party when she should be
one year old.
When Trot was first given to them
she was just a little kitten, but kittens
jy so fast that now, much to the sor-
row of the girls, she was quite a staid
and full-grown cat. But they loved her
just as much as ever.
"Who shall we invite to kitty's
party?" they began to ask each other,
somewhat anxiously, a day or two be-
fore the date of her birthday.
Louise's kitty had run away and
hadn't been seen for days; Helen had
only a dog, which wouldn't do at all,
and really there seemed to be no re-
spectacle cats to invite. Here was a
great predicament. The morning of
the birthday arrived, and as Gladys
and Nina dressed they discussed the
situation.
"We must find somebody to invite
this very mdrning," Gladys announced,
as she pulled on a shoe. She meant
some cat, you know.
"Of course we must," answered Nina.
"It wouldn't be any party at all with-
out some cat else at it."
Somehow, all through breakfast,
papa and mamma looked very, myster-
ious and occasionally nodded and
smiled at each other, but the girls were
so busy planning for the birthday
party that they did not notice it.
Immediately after breakfast papa
went to the shed and called the girls.
They ran out at once and mamma fol-
lowed them—and what do you sup-
pose?
There, in Trot's box, cuddled close up
to her, were five little baby kittens!
She Knew the Difference.
The story is told of a little girl who
came to the conclusion not long ago
that she wanted a bicycle. She had
always been taught by her mother to
i pray for what she wanted, and for two
| or three nights in succession there
was a good deal about wheels in her
supplications. So her father and moth-
er put their heads together to try and
arrange to have the prayers of the lit-
tle miss answered. After a long dis-
cussion they agreed that a tricycle
would be more suitable and less dan-
gerous for one of her age, as well as
less expensive. A tricycle was accord-
ingly purchased, and the little girl
found it waiting for her one morning
when she got up. She seemed the least
bit disappointed when she saw it, but
said nothing. Most of the day was
spent in wheeling about near the house,
but when it was time for her to go to
bed at night her fond parents were
somewhat startled and shocked to heat-
her begin her prayer as follows: "Oh,
Lord, don't you know the difference
between a bicycle and a tricycle?"
When Cyrus Hamlin was a small bo,
he had seven cents given him by his
mother to celebrate musterday. The
money was for gingerbread, buns, etc.
"Perhaps, Cyrus," said she, "you will
put a cent or two into the missionary
contribution box at Mrs. Farrar s.
As he trudged along he began to ask,
"shall I drop in one cent or two? I
wish she had not said "one or two.
He decided on two. Then conscience
said, "What, five cents for your
stomach and two for the heathen! five
for gingerbread and two for souls!
So he said four for gingerbread and
three for souls. But presently he felt
It must be three for gingerbread and
four for souls.
When he came to the box he dump-
ed in the whole seven, to have no more
bother about it. When he went home,
hungry as a bear, he explained to his
mother his unreasonable hunger; and,
smiling through tears, she gave him
a royal bowl of bread and milk. And
he pathetically asks. "What was the
meaning of mother's tears?"
Few people—even artists themselves
—know where the colors used in the
arts come from. It is an interesting
Tact that one small paint box will often
represent the four quarters of the globe,
and all sorts of materials, animal, vege-
table and mineral. The cochineal in-
sect supplies the carmines and rich
crimson, scarlet and purple lakes.
Sepia is the inky fluid discharged by
the devilish cuttle fish. Indian yel-,
low is from urine of the camel and,
ivory black and bone black from
ivory chips. Prussian blue is made
by fusing horses' hoofs and other re-
fuse matter with impure potassium
carbonate, an accidental discovery.
Blue black Is from the charcoal of
the vine-stalk. Turkey red is derived
from the madder plant of Hindostan.
Gamboge is a yellow sap of a tree,
which the people of Slam catch in
cocoanut shells. Raw sienna is the na-
tural earth from Sienna, Italy. When
burned It is Burnt Sienna. Amb€r is
from Umbria. India Ink Is burnt cam-
phor. Bistre is the soot of wood ashes.
Of real ultramarine there is little in
the market, as it is made from the pre-
cious lapis lazuli, and commands a big
price. Chinese white is zinc, scarlet
is iodide of mercury and native ver-
milion comes from quicksilver ore.
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
FOR OLD SOLDIERS.
The Vrtfrw'i Dream l ort*r'a F r t
Meeting with 111** Subsequent Leader
(irant Kal«te<l the Party Washington'*
C aiup Dinner Other Sketches.
E slept and snored
at break of
day
With all the reck-
lessness of
age.
was a hero,
grim and
gray,
Who oft had
heard the
battle rage,
And led mad soldiers to the marge
Of bloody death In awful charge.
And now he fought those fights again,
And muttered in his sleep commands
To hordes of fierce, determined men-
Snored mightily and clenched his
hands
And tossed like one In awful pain
And spurred his folding-bed in vain.
But suddenly, within his dream
He say the enemy's gray lino
Foil back and open, then the gleam
Of sabers flashing like sunshine.
The move unmasked a mounted corps
That he had not dreamed of before.
The order "Charge!" rang fierce and
strong.
A sound like thunder jarred the air;
Of pounding hoofs in mighty throng-
Then he awoke. Judge his despair
On hearing still those sounds of woe;
Twas hash day in the flat below.
—Chicago Record.
boys aid saluted their commander,
who eyetf them as st rnly as a sphinx.
They filed in front of the guard and
started for camp. When their backs
were turned on him Grant removed
the cigar from h!a mouth, and. with a
cynical smile, asked the confederate
nearest him Who's ahead?' 'Oh. we
are,' replied the lefender of the star?
and bars. 'Those chumps you ve
brought down here can't play poker a
little bit. But they can fight, general,'
I remarked. Have to sometimes, said
Grant dryly and rode away.''
' A. D, WRIGHT'S DRUGSTORE
•CB00K AND NEWS DEPOTS
| 13Medioinea,
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Paints, Oils and QlttsJ. School Sup'
i| piles, Fancy and Toilet Articles. |
"Teddy" In the Pound.
For more than seven years a cut
dog has walked about the grounds of
Bellevue hospital, and nobody seemed
to pay any attention to him. Wednes-
day the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals carted the animal
away, and suddenly every one con-
nected with the institution decided that
the dog must be valuable.
Until a year ago the animal was |
known simply as the "Cur." But then ,
an attendant christened him "Teddy
Roosevelt," and the name has clung to
him.
"Teddy" went out in Twenty-sixth
street and it was then that he was
nabbed. It was not ten minutes be-
fore a subscription list was going the
rounds. Deputy Superintendent Rick-
arts started it, and soon enough money
was secured to get "Teddy" out of the
pound and buy a license for him.—New
York World.
How the Katydid Sing*.
Everybody is familiar with the rasp-
ing notes known as the katydid t
"song." It is the male only that Is
sounds, and he does It in a most pecul*
capable of emitting the well-known
iar manner. His "vocal organs' are al
the base of his wings, and consist ol
two fiat excrescences of thin dry mem-
brane. It is the rubbing of these twe
membranous plates together which
produces the "song." If your shouldei
blades were so loosely put togethei
that one could be slipped under the
other, and the under side of one and
Grant and Porter.
While sitting in my quarters In the
little town of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
about an hour after nightfall on the
i evening of Friday, October 23, 1863. an
1 orderly brought me a message from
General George H. Thomas, command-
1 or of the Army of the Cumberland, on
whose staff I was serving, summoning
j me to headquarters. A storm had been
caging for two days, and a chilling rain
was still falling. A few minutes' walk
brought me to the plain wooden, one-
story dwelling occupied by the com-
mander, which was situated on Walnut
street, near Fourth, and upon my ar-
! rival I found him in the front room on
' the left side of the hall, with three
members of his staff and several
strange officers. In an armchair facing
the fireplace was seated a general offi-
cer, slight in figure and of medium
Btature, whose face bore an expression
of weariness. He was carelessly
dressed, and his uniform coat was un-
buttoned and thrown back from his
chest. He held a lighted cigar in his
mouth, and sat in a stooping posture,
with his head bent slightly forwaVd.
His clothes were wet, and his trousers
and top-boots were spattered with mud.
1 General Thomas approached this offl-
I cer, and, turning to me and mention-
ing me by name, said: "I want to pre-
sent you to General Grant." There-
upon the officer seated in the chair,
1 without changing his position, glanced
up, extended his arm to its full length,
shook hands, and said in a low voice
and speaking slowly, "How do you
3o?" This was my first meeting with
•he man with whom I was destined af-
•erward to spend so many of the most
interesting years of ray life. The
strange officers present were members
of General Grant's staff. Charles A.
Dana, assistant secretary of war, who
Qad been for some time with the Army
of the Cumberland, had also entered
the room. The next morning he sent
i despatch to the War Department, be-
ginning with the words: "Grant arrived
last night, wet, dirty and well."—
'Campaigning with Grant," by General
Horace Porter, in the November Cen-
tury.
Washington's laiup Dinner.
The following pleasant letter wa
written by Gen. Washington to Dr.
Cochrane, a surgeon-general in the
Continental army. It is dated West
Point, Aug. 16, 1779, and is printed
In the Philadelphia Saturday Review:
Dear Doctor.—I have asked Mrs
Cochrane and Mrs. Livingstone to dine
with me to-morrow, but I am not in
honor bound to apprise them of theii
fare. As I hate deception, even where
the Imagination only is concerned, l
will. It is needless to promise that my
table is large enough to hold the la-
dies; of this they had ocular proof
yesterday. To say how it is covered
is rather more essential, and this shall
be the purport of my letter.
Since our arrival at this happy spot
we have had a ham, sometimes a
shoulder of bacon, to grace the head
of table; a piece of roast beef
adorns the foot and a dish of beans or
gveens almost Imperceptibly decorates
the centre.
When the cook has a mind to cut
a figure, which I presume will bo the
case to-morrow, we have two beef-
steak pies or a dish of crabs in addi-
tion, one on each side of centre dish,
dividing the space, reducing the dis-
tance between dishes about six feet,
which without them would be nearly
twelve fe"/ apart.
Of late he has had the surprising
sagacity to discover that apples will
make pies, and it is a question if, in
the violence of his efforts, we do not
get one of apple Instead of both of
beefsteaks.
If the ladles can put up with such
entertainment, and will submit to par-
take of it on plates, once tin, but now
iron (not become so by the labor of
scouring), I shall be happy to see
them, and am, dear doctor,
Yours, G. WASHINGTON.
A fTtjll I^lno of Wall pof
P&ESCJUPTIOHB CAREFULLY COMPOUSUSft
SOU i ll MANVEL AVE., CHANDLER, O. T
O. I. Kll, Prbiisint.
P, a. HOYT* 0*isii>.
V. I. MiBTDITH, m, OHM
Joan of Arc'* SI rat eg) ■
At this epoch, when the art of war
was in a rudimentary tiiate, when
hazard was counted the chief element
of success, Joan was to discover and
practice strategic measures as new to
her time as were those which gave
Bonaparte victory over Austria at the
time of the Italian campaign. First
of the warriors of the middle ages,
Joan appreciated the advantages
be gained by reiterated attacks on an
enemy already shaken and demoral
ized, without leaving him the time
between action to recover and reor-
ganize. And this was not the effect
of happy accident; during the entire
campaign, in every circumstance, she
again and again gave proof of the su-
periority of her intelligence, and this
despite all difficulties, in the face
of the lllwill of her officers—jeal
ously Indignant of being superseded
by a mere girl of low origin hampered
by the Indolence of the king, and car-
rying on her frail shoulders the weight
of all decisions and the responsibility
of all initiative effort. To the chiefs
who sought to make decisions without
consulting her she proudly asserted
"Hold your counsel together; I will
hold mine with the I.ord God, and His
will prevail." The ardor of her pray-
ers moved at last the coward indolence
of the king, and she succeded In mak-
ing him share her enthusiasm, warm-
ing his cold heart at the Are which
burned within her.—"The National
Hero of France," by Maurice Uoutet
de Monvel, in the Century.
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Grant Rald«'d the Parly.
J. F. B. Hilliard tells the following
poker story, says the San Francisco
Wave:
"Gen. Grant once Interfered
Need of Ci
airy.
Discussing the possibilities of a war
with England, and the strength of the
United States militia or national guard,
some of our newspapers lately boasted
that an array of a hundred thousand
men could be thrown into Canada with-
r. I in a few weeks. How many of those
most unwarranted and arbitrary man- | men wo lid be mounted on horseback?
*tiA nthpr wprn BO I aer with a poker game that was pay* It is a very pertinent inquiry, for It
the uppei s j ^ ^ profit," said Andrew requires from three to six months
Danner. "It was shortly after the bat- ; training to make a cavalryman, and
tie of Shiloh and we confeds were some of the statea which furnish large
Reeling pretty badly down In the i contingents to the national guard have
mouth. 1 was on the advanced picket | not a single troop of horses
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BOOKS IN LINCOLN CO.
E. W. HOYT, Secretary and Manager,
Office in Lincoln County BanK-
SAMUEL ELLIS,
JOBBER AND RETAIL DEALER IN
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS,
GLASS,
PUTTY, BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND A FULL
LINE OF DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES.
or. M«nv l Av«. «nd lltl- «0.
Oklahomi
Chandler,
rough that the operation of slipping
them past each other would cause a
rasping sound, you could Imitate the
katydid's musical efforts very nicely.
—St. Louis Republic.
th.
D N. FRAZIER. s- NEWBY
FRAZIER & NEWBY,
Attorneys at Law
Helping the Minister.
"One thing helped me very much
while I was preaching to-day," said a
clergyman.
"What was that?" inquired a friend.
"It was the attention of a little girl,
who kept her eyes fixed on me, and
seemed to hear and understand every
word I said. She was a great help to
me."
| Think of that, little ones, and when
1 you go to church, fix your eyes on the
' minister, and try to understand what
he Bays, for he Is speaking to you as
well as to grown-up people. He Is
telling about the Lord Jesus, who loves
| the little onis.
CHANDLER.
OKLAHOMA
^HANDLER ^ SHAWNEt
I | ma [i, AND ST At; i-: n x r.
II. S. BLAIR, MANAGER.
Lv. Chandler 0 A.M. Ar. Shawns :> P.M.
Lv.Snawm e !'A M. Ar chandl.-rbl .M
Telllni? the '
The following story, from the Young
People's Paper, Is an excellent illus-
tration of the power of truth in the
moment f deatli
Mr. Birch, an English evangelist,
tells of a dying iofldel wb< a ha visited I Tm iw*.
by request. The man had long been \ cry 0f 'fire" was raised at a child-
ill and in great need. Mr. Birch, with j ren's entertainment. Amidst the con-
Christian liberality, had supplied his ! fusion and terror a lad sat quietly in
wants, and now the dying man told j his nlace, with a smaller child in his
him he had sent for him, not to speak
about religion, for he didn't believe in
[ it. but to thank Mr. Birch for his great
' kindness to blm and his. Mr. Birch
j ihen said:
! "Will you /abwer me one question?
• Yes.'' said the dying man, "provid-
ed it is not about religion
to God
WConnects with trains on Cbjctaiv ■ f UfUng hu heurt ln prayer
'.r1'™1 Otaln U < ntef, Chandler. Mr. Birch said "Yon know
)n* " nr« eh to-night; many will
arms. When the danger was passed,
ho was asked, "Why did you not try
to escape like the others?" and the
beautiful answer came, "I couldn't car-
ry baby through the crowd, and I
couldn't leave him—he's my brother."
Commenting on this, the Occident,
says: "The Bible tells us of ^ friend
who both can and will carry ut, safely I
i... .i i .
I have to through it dang
be gatb j lonr to face It,
leatlng us -
line one bright moonlight night and
the Yanks had a post only a few hun-
dred yards away. We shot at each
ither until we got tired of the sport,
| then we swapped newspapers, coffee
I ind tobacco. A dare-devil young Yan-
kee corporal walked right into our
post, sat down on a log as uncon-
sented as you please and asked us if
we knew how to play draw poker. Did
we? We rather thought we did. Had | tury.
we any greenbacks? A few. Then
be pulled out a deck of cards anil wo
iat down to play. Pretty soon another
Yank came over, then another, until
there were six of them, and we all
lolned in and played a wide open game,
forgetting that the cruel war was not
aver.
"Luck came mj way and I soon had
everybody but the Yankee corporal
broke. The rest were squatted round
blue and gray, watching the same,
when there came that ugly 'r-l-l-lck-
Ick' so familiar to the soldier's tar.
We looked up and there stood a Yan-
kee sergeant with four men. tlielr mus-
kets cocked. Members of the Forty.
ninth, consider yourselves tinder ar-
rest.' said the sergeant. 'Oh, come
now, sergeant,' the corporal began,
when a horseman reined up behind the
guard, and he toncluded, 'Gen. Grant,
by hokey" The bluecoats got up look-
log iik' a lot of whipped school- I than hiB lov
If there
is any leBson that the failure of the
Confederacy can teach us, it is this:
that an invasion of Canada-and I do
not mean that such a thing Is ln the
least probable or desirable—made
without sufficient cavalry would be as
barren of permanent results as it
would be if made with an army of
crossbowmen-("Why the Confetleracy
Failed," by Duncan Rose, in the Cen-
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