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Tbs Republican Nuw»-Joun»al.
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NEWKIRK, « I « »
OKLA.
Advice to the Aged.
Somewhat precise advice must
given with regard 10 bodily
In their reference
be
exercises
to longevity. Exer-
cise Is saw ntlal to the preservation of
health; Inactivity Is a potent cause of
wasting and degeneration The vigor
and equality of the circulation, the
functions of the skin and the aeration
of the blood, un* all prompted by mus-
cular activity, which thus keeps up a
proper balauce and relation between
the lni|K»rtant orguns of the body. In
youth, the vigor of the system Is often
bo great that If one organ be sluggish
another part will make amends for the
deficiency by acting vicariously, and
without uny consequent damage to it-
self. In old age. the tasks cannot be
thus shifted from one organ to an-
other; the work allotted to each suffi-
ciently tuxes its strength, nnd vlcaii
ous action cannot bo performed with-
out mischief. Hence, rcmaiks the New
York Weekly, the Importance %! main-
taining. us far as possible, the equable
action of all the bodily organs, so that
the share of the vital processes as-
signed to eueh shall be properly accom-
plished. For this reason exercise Is an
Important part of the conduct of life In
old uge, but discretion Is absolutely
necessuy. An old man should dis-
cover by experience how much exer-
cise he can take without exhausting
his powers, and should be careful not
to exceed the limit. Old persons are
apt to Torget that their staying powers
are much less than they once were,
and that, while a walk of two or three
miles may prove easy and pleasurable,
the addition of a return Journey of sim-
ilar length may seriously overtax the
strength.
Now that eggs are luxuries a son of
the late King Milan of Servla Is to
make a haughty bow to vaudeville nu-
dlences and sing a few songs. He sings
In three languages, but whether In all
at one time or In relays we are not In-
formed. The queBtljn as to what to
do with broken down royalties and for-
mer great statesmen Is being solved
automatically by the amusement-loving
public. The vaudeville stage, says the
Chlcngo Dally News, will care for the
one and the Chautauqua circuit will
look after the otherB. Here is a fine
prospect for the artist who wants to
win by merit Hlone and Iihs devoted a
lifetime to thinking up Jokes and wrap-
ping his delicate throat in a flannel rng
to ward off the climate. A former king
as a headliner would discount the grad-
uate of a couple of dramatic schools
and musical conservatories as a draw
lng card with a large section of the
discerning public.
It AT T.
VB> C.Lincoln
&niii4 Tisln P,bimmSiIw Tim
Coprex*/ &0* tet Co*f**r
* * t
Illusntat ions m T.P- MtLvmJ-
Seeins to
Ain’t
or
man
There
was Itrf Ui
about ••impertinence"
guanllsm."
selves. Don’t you remember yo». |
said—’’ . . .
"Shut up!" ’Twas Scudder who g<<
purpl* now. It looked to me like the
invalid was having all the fun. «
seemed to be expecting something ami
playing for time. 1 guess Hartle)
thought ao. too. for he says:
"That’s enough of this lt’» l,,a*n
that he doesn't intend to accept. Mr
Scudder. you have given him formal
notice. Come on.
Then Washy broke down. '
sniffed and half cried and wau‘;d
know things. The work would Ikill
hint In a day or so. of course, but he
didn’t mind that. When he thought
of his poor fatherless children >t
• The children will be provided for.
says Martin. T told you that. Mr
Morton will care for Edltha and the
bat)' ■
"Mr. Morton? Morton?
me I've heard that name afore,
he the gambler? The one that coroe
near being run out of town for stealing
h bedquilt from the poorhouse
something like that? la he
to trust wit jt innocent little children
It was again. The ministn
a beet and stammering
and 'hlack-
_ l thought he'd lick that
consumptive right then and tlmre- It
took another five minutes to calm him
down. And so far we hadn’t gained an
" And JuBt then a horse and buggy
come rattling into the yard. The
horse was all over lather, like he d
been drove hard, and the bugg> was
white with duBt. Everybody
out of the window. Sparrow
and his face brightened up.
twas exactly what he had been hoping
and waiting for. Martin Hartley looked
and his eyes and mouth opened, so
did mine. . .
•Twas Lord James that was driving
the buggy, and there was a young
woman with him. The young woman
was Agnes l’age.
Agnes jumped from the step and run
to the kitchen door. In spite of the
dust and her clothes being rumpled
and her hat shook over to one side she
was as pretty as a picture. The nex
minute she was in the room, staring
solemn at all us men. And tr ojes
scented to look right through a feller.
"Why, Agnes—Miss Page. ex-
claimed Hartley. ’ Why are you here.
What’s the matter?”
She didn’t answer him. Just turned
to Washy. And says she:
"Am 1 In time, Mr. Sparrow
said
sunburn.
Miss Page
he said, “you do ®ot
insist that you
r. rr -1 flER
PHYSICIAN
ADVISED
understand. 1 n ,)roCeeding
hear our reasons for tb l
-It Is not necessary, she says,
as tee. “1 have beard enough.
The minister plucked UPVBJ“hort
air tint uhp binv u[
PS-
"Mr. Sparrow
do their worst
come to my
mean to—”
my medicine. ^ ^ ,hem
The children shall
school. As for you. 1
Then she turns to me.
-Hoes Mr. Van Brunt know of
she asks. Course! couldn’t say nothing
hut 1 believed he didn t.
"Thank goodness, she say ’ . v
Just then who should walk In u
hl-HeUo!" says he. surprised. “Eu-
reka told me you were at the village.
Martin, so Lycurgus rowed me across.
One of the children »ald you were
here What is this, a surprise par y •
And Agnes, too! Am 1 too late for the
refreshments?”
He smiled, hut nobody else did. ^
"Edward," says the Page girl,
you do a great favor for me?’’
“Yours to command, of course,
answers, puzzled.
"Will you find a hoarding place
Mr. Sparrow?"
• Who? Eureka s father .
What’s the trouble. Is •’
to nest apain?
Taking Lydia E.Pinkltant’s
Vegetable Compound
.....v.iia Ohio.-*’I havf
•will
looked
looked
1 cal’late
certainly.
time for the Sparrows
to the Island with
of room. Hey,
He can come over
us. There’s plenty
Martin?’’
•Never mind your
"If he comes will
friend, please,’
Miss Page.
you"protect him and treat him kindly”
Thank yon. Then that is •ettled^Oen-
tlemen, 1 believe there is no necessity
for your further Inconveniencing your-
selves. Your h,n* wU1 b
1 didn’t
get'your letter until nearly nine, be-
cause James was delayed “*
SYNOPSIS.
Mr Solomon Pratt began 'ntnlcnl nar-
Boektnii
wish <“\]
Pratt's first Impress!
Van"Brunt”and" Martin Hartley, two rich
v"rV.r. H. -king rest. Because
for the hand
Agnes Page, who gave Hartley
' * “t fourth of July *ele-
the
"Chantl-
Kostand
In a lecture oil the French theater
given In N» w York recently by Mr.
Felix Weill it was sluted that
apostrophe to the sun from
cleer," with which the new
play begins, was recited a number of
times by Coquelin to his friends and
some favored auditors during tho last
year. The great actor was in love with
his part and tried it on whenever he
could In private. It was from a friend
who heard these impassioned lines "to
the most glorious thing In nature, and
made a transcript of them from mem-
ory, that the lecturer says lie obtained
his copy. What do you funcy M.
Rostand will say when he hoars of
this? Won't he he furious? All the
same, what a pity ihnt Constant Coque-
lln did not speak his part Into a grama-
phone. so Ills followers would know
how he did it.
-----
Military authorities are to undertake
to make the army immune to typhoid
fever by vaccination. No officer or sol-
dier will be compelled to submit to the
process, but the subject will be laid be-
fore them and It Is hoped that they will
voluntarily agree to this means of pre-
venting the worst of camp diseases.
The authorities say that this method
of Insuring against Iho fever Is simple
and harmless. In the last few years
15,000 men have been treated in this
way with excellent effect. No desotlp-
tlon of the process Is given and It
Beems to he little known outside of the
army. Judging by the comments
certain quarters.
The house committee on agriculture
realizes that delay may be fatal lu pro-
viding for the purchase of forest re
nerves at the head of navigable
streams and has agreed to a general
bill carrying an ultimate appropriation
of 119.000,000 for such purchase*, the
hill Including a plan covering ten
years. We have so wasted our natural
resources that the cost of conserving
what Is left will he heavy.
— —
German military authorities expect
by the end of the year to possess eight
dirigible balloons suitable for war pur-
poses. Two of these will be of the
Zeppelin model, with a gas capacity ot
about 500.000 cubic feet. The taking
over of these depends on the endur-
ance flight and their ability to de-
scend on dry land The others are of
the semi-rigid class._
Marriage Is a 'queer suit of lottery,
after all. because those who draw the
prises hardly ever appreciate them.
fii'imr Wrtav7.h expenditure of tnoii*-y.
V‘r.It's first Impression was connected
llm lunatics. Van Hrunt. It was le«rne,l;
w:is tile successful sultur
of Miss
bration ’ at^KaTtv."k-h. iVsrtl. y r.-scu.-d a
known us "Ue.ldy.” fr«m under a
horse s feet and the urchin proved to bo
HL. nf Miss 1*hk**‘b chftrKf*. whom in*1
hid tftkfn to the eountry for an outtnK-
s&u-ss
Jy'L found Van Hrunt rented It front
?! 1 i i umi pullet! it Ozone Inland. In
Bed otoni' Island. In another storm Van
STarm^Kureka*Hp«rr.Iw.\'country girl
sr.?
I , 7,,. vi in s find been claiming con-
k!TA» »■" vj;
Hartley Invented a Plan to make Wash-
ington Sparrow work.
CHAPTER XIV.—Continued.
We walked on together the rest of
the way, laughing and talking. No-
body took the business serious at all.
They all thought Washy would go to
work when he found ’twas either that
or get out and hustle for a place to
put his head in.
\W marched into the Sparrow >atd
like a Fourth of July parade. Hartley
knocked at tho kitchen door. Edltha
opened It.
•Is your father In?" ttHked the Twin.
"Yes. sir," says Edltha. "He’s In. I
s’pose you’d like to see hint, wouldn t
you? Fa. here’s Mr. Hartley.’
which this gentleman has been kind
enough to offer you?" He pointed to
Brown as he said it.
"Hey’” asks the invalid, feeble.
Martin said it all over again; ho
had to stop in the middle so s to give
the candidate for the job a chance to
cough and turn loose a few groans
And all that Washy said when the
Twin hud finished was another He> .
Hartley begun to lose patience.
"You heard wliat 1 said.” he snaps,
Bharp. "Have you made up your
mind?"
"Don’t get ntad. Mr. Hartley, pleads
the sufferer, sad and earnest. "Please
don’t My nerves is dreadful weak
this morning ami 1 ain’t able to stand
it I’ve had coughing spells ever since
1 got out of bed. Well. 1 won’t have
to Unger here much longer. Pretty
soon I’ll he laid away, and—”
"Have you made up your mind?
Interrupts Martin. "Answer quick.
The time of these gentlemen Is valu
able.”
"Don’t. Mr. Hartley. Please don’t.
How can you cruelize a poor feller this
way? Don’t, you know that any kind
of stir and rumpus is the worst thing
for me? Any doctor’ll tell you
that—” „ ...
"Bosh!” ’Twas Dr. Penrose that
said It. and he stepped forward.
• Bosh!" says he again.
••What’s that? Why. If it ain’t nty
old friend the doctor! I never noticed
you was there. I’m awful glad to see
y0U. Doc. Seems Just like old times
You'll excuse nty not getting up, wont
you? I’ve wasted away so since you
was here that
••Bosh!” says tho doctor again.
"You’re fatter than ever. There’s
nothing in the world the matter with
you but pure downright dog laziness
at the of-
fice. But 1 hurried right over. 1 was
so afraid 1 would be too late. Am 1.
The invalid looked at her. And, it
he’d been the picture of misery afore,
he was a whole panorama of it
He coughed afore he answered,
shivered, kind of. at that cough, and
I don’t wonder. If ever there w-as a
graveyard quick-step, Washy l,ar
row's cough was it.
-No. ma’am.” says he. “I guess not
but 1 don’t know. The shock of it, and
-and all. has pretty nigh finished me
up. I'm afraid. 1 don't cal’late 111 pun
through, but 1 may. —
But. nta'am. if you J
that's been said
several bills will
'^looked at the doctor and he looked
at Poundberry. The minister and
Brown and Scudder looked at ear
other. Maybe It seems queer that we
didn't speak up and make her hear
our side-the right side It does
seem strange now. I'm free to say. but.
as for me, I couldn’t have faced her
then no more than the boy with the
jam ’round his mouth could face
hl Hartley was the only plucky one.
He says, swallowing once, as if he
was gulping down his pride Miss
Page.’’ says he. "you are treating me
most unfair. To Judge without a hear-
ing Is not—”
She held up her hand. There was a
kid glove on it. and even then 1
noticed how well that glove fitted.
Mr Pratt." she says to me. "I want
Who Is re-
change of life. My
doctor told me It
was good, and since
taking it 1 feel so
much better that I
can do all my work
Lydia E- Pinkliam’s
ye get able Com-
pound a line remedy
tar all womans
troubles, and 1
never forget to tell
C°1Tnotii«'r,'wi>uian IIOlH-d.
oAsssih.
suffering women 1 a™..
’'w^who.r.p.rfngthroOTMM.
E. llnktam's V«8-taWe Com^™id.
which is made fyo Vrd lren edv for
has been the standard remedy wr
Elal?ills. In almost ^ery commu-
nity you will find women who have
been restored to health by Lydia L.
Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound. _
TROUBLES OF JUNGLE DENTIST.
now.
She
tts and her
she says
best, anyhow,
heard the things
to me!”
She whirled around on
eyes flashed chain lightning.
"Ain't you ashamed?' si
• Great strong men. every one of you.
and all banded together to torture a
poor helpless invalid."
A feller's conscience is the biggest
fool part of his insides. Now I knew
that what we’d been doing was exactly
the right thing to do. but I felt as
mean and small as if I’d been caught
stealing eggs. I kind of shriveled up
as you might say. and tried to scrouge
back into the corner. Maybe Id have
Kot there, only the rest of the crowd
was trying to do the same thing.
All hut Hartley. He was a lot set
back, hut he spoke up prompt.
-Miss Page." said he. "I’m sure you
don’t understand. We—"
She was hack at him afore he’d be-
gU"l think that is exactly what I do—-
understand.” she says. "At any rate
mean to understand thoroughly.
Sparrow, what have they sahl to you
Washy cleared his throat. When ie
answered ’twas in a sort of beg-pardon
voice. You could see how lie hated to
to ask you one question,
sponsible for this? Whose idea
WftS it?**
1 hemmed and l^awed. The other
fellers might not have meant to ao It,
but somehow their eyes all swung
round to Hartley.
"1 see," she says. "I thought a
much. There is a proverb, 1 believe,
concerning what is bred in the hone.
Thank heaven, to me there are some
things in this world which outweigh
nty personal convenience and—money.
You needn't answer, Mr. Pratt. He
pays your salary, I believe."
My. hut she said It hitter and scorn-
ful Hartley was white afore, but now
he was like chalk. He bowed to her
stuck his chin into the air and
marched out of that house as proud
and chilly as a walking icicle. The
rest of us. all but Van and Agnes
trailed along astern, like a parcel ot
kicked dogs.
Washy sung out to us as we went.
“Good day. gentlemen,” he says;
hope you’ll come and see nte
times while I'm over
"I
Borae-
to Horsefoot. 1
no
1
Mr.
a groan from the dining | Don’t cough on my
account. I don't
There was _
room. Then some coughs, like a string
of small earthquakes. Finally a dreach
ful weak voice orders us to step right
rest of the crowd went on
Btopped for a Jiffy to speak
lu. The
ahead. 1
to Edltha.
"Where’s the rest of the children.
1
••I sent ’em over to the grocery
■tore on an errand.” she says. I
thought you’d he along pretty soon
They took the hahv with ’em.
“How's your dad been since h<
heard the news? ' says 1.
"Oh, he was going on terrible las
night. Had nerve spells and fired the
chairs around and carried on so we
was all scared. But he went out about
nine o’clock with a letter he’d wrote,
and this morning he scents hut tor.
Say. Mr Pratt." she whispers, eager.
*’Ib it tru© that me and Dewey aie 8^*
lng to live with the minister's folks?
"Maybe so," says I. “Why?
"Oh! 1 hope so,’’ she says. Then
1 could go to school, nnd pa wouldn t
he 'round to Jaw us. and Heky’d have
a little rest. She does need it so."
Think of a 12 year-old young
talking like that. But the children
was all grown ups In that family.
I went Into the dining room. The
delegation was gathered on one aide
of the table, and Washy was crumpled
up in his rocker on the other. He
looked some scared.
••Well, Mr. Sparrow." Hartley was
beginning when 1 come In. "have you
mads up your mind about the position
one
care to hear it.
Washy looked at him as reproachful
and goody-goody as a saint.
"1 forgive you for them words, doc-
tor." says he. ” I realize I ain’t been
able to pay my bill to you, and so 1
can make allowances.”
"Allowances! Why, you confounded
Impudent loafer!. I’ve a good mind
to—M __
He was purple In the face. Peter
Brown caught his arm.
"Ain’t this a little off the subject.
he says. "Look here. Sparrow. We
need a good husky man about your
size at the hotel. We ll pay him ten
dollars a week. I’ve offered you the
job. Are you going to take It?
“There ain't nothing In the world 1
should like better, Mr. Brown. 1 like
to work, and—
"All right, then. Get your hat and
come along."
-Come along! Why. how you talk.
If 1 was to stir out of this house
't would—" . ... .
'Twas Scudder’s turn. "You 11 have
to stir mighty quick." BR>'s he. 1
won’t have no do-nothing tramps in a
house of mine. Either take this chance
or out you go next Saturday, bag and
baggage."
“Why, Mr. Scudder! Mhy, Nate
How can you talk so! Just for a little
matter of rent. You don’t need it
Ain’t von been telling me that you
had a couple of soft rich folks over
Horsefoot Bar that was paying you
good living and more. too. all by them
forgive you free and clear. 1 haven t
doubt you meant for the best.
The doctor and the rest was brave
enough when we was out of Agnes
Page's sight and hearing. They was
talking big about wliat they'd do to
Sparrow when they had a chance. But
I noticed none of ’em said much to
Hartley. He marched ahead, stiff and
white and glum. Peter Brown's last
word to me was this:
"Pratt," says he, "if you see a hole
in the sand anywheres ’tween here
and the beach, mark my name around
will you? The way I feel now I’d
crawl into it and pull it after
sneak 111 of anybody. He wouldn’t hurt 1 me. One about the size of a ten-cent
nobody’s feelings for the world. Bless ,)lece would do. and even then I guess
Dentist—I wonder does he really
want that tooth pulled, or Is he schem-
ing for a breakfast?
Truthful Bessie.
There had been a lovers’ quarrel
and it was his first visit in two weeks
"I guess you know there was a dif-
ference between your slBter and my-
self?” he ventured, trying to pump t »e
llt"Yes. indeed,” responded the latter
W“w"S^o°"ou think CUr. -Ill
make up when she comes down?
Lltle Bessie leaned over nearer and
whispered;
-She ought to. Mr. Rilkins. She Is
upstairs making up now.”
Sheer white goods. In fact, Any fin*
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau-
ty. Home laundering would be equal-
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at tbs
improved appearance of your work.
It.
like to
cute shyster, if ever
him! he was a
there was one.
"It’s like 1 wrote you, ma am. says
he "They've offered nte a place to go
to work, and I’ve been awful tempted
to take it. I want to take It. My land,
how l want to! But 1 don’t feel able
to dig cellars. I wouldn t last at it
more’n a few days and then what
would become of my father ess chil-
dren with nobody to look after em.
And because 1 think of these things
and can’t bring myself to—to—passing
away from ’em so soon, I'm going to
be put out of my house and home. My
little home, that I’ve thought so much |
of—”
He had to stop and wipe his eyes.
*Knes' eves were wet. too. and her
pMtVd .he Boer. 'But wh,r
says she. “Why?
"I don’t know—that Is. for sure,
ma’am. You see 1 ain’t been able to
earn nothing for sente time. Eureka,
poor girl, she’s had to look out for us
all. And I h’lieve the doctor there.
hill ain't been all paid; and we
owe Mr. Scudder some rent; nnd
t pose likely Eureka would be able to
Kive more of her time to the Island
work, nnd maybe for less pay. If—
"I see," say* Miss Page, scornful. "1
see. And so. for a few dollars you are
to he turned out of your home. You, a
poor sick man! Oh! I can hardly be
Here there are such peoplo In the
world. And yet, 1 have had some ex
perlence.”
there’d be room and to spare for the
rest of this gang.”
When I got down to the skiff Van
conies running to catch up. He caught
me by the arm and hauled me to ono
side.
"Skipper,” says he, "what the devil's
the matter?”
1 told him in as few words as I
could. He roared. “That’s all right,"
he says. "I'll fix that.”
He went over to his chum and
slapped hint on the hack.
"Brace up, old man." he says; "It’s
a mistake, and a mighty good Joke on
you. isn t it? Of course I'll square you
with Agnes."
Hartley turned on him so quick that
he Jumped.
"If you please,” says Martin, cutting
and clear as a razor, "you will perhaps
be good enough to mind your own
business. If you mention one word
concerning me to that lady you and l
par* company. Is that thoroughly
plain?"
'Twas the first time I’d ey'er henrd
them two have a hard word. The trip
to Ozone island was as joyful as a
funeral.
(TO BE CONTINVED.)
The Difference.
Josiah (to newly wedded neighbor)
—I wish you long, happy lives; and
I bcc no reason since you have had
experience why you and Marlah can-
not pull together as steady nnd hap-
py and successfully as a team of
horses.
Obadiar—No doubt we could if theru
was only one tongue between us.—
Judge.
A Question of Value.
"Politeness costs nothing,” said the
proverhialist.
"Which may explain,” answered
Miss Cayenne, “why some people of
ostentatious wealth have so little of
It."
A
DODDS
JKIDNEY
PILLS ^
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A
Its Origin Undiscovered.
Biblical students have searched In
every possible quarter for the origin
of the custom of carrying candles In
the Candlemass procession without
flndiug any record of It.
Stop Coughing!
Nothing bmb dawn the Keellh to
quickly nnd podlirtly ntn peniitent
cough. II you hove • cough gnrn
it mention now. You\ mm igBf*
It quickly with PISO’S CXJKE*
Famous lo* hall n century a* the
nli.U. remedy for cougSe, co«b,
bourne*, broncfiilii _e«hrrwend
kindred eilment*. Fine for children.
At Ml dn»ssl»*»*. » ctfc
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Korns, Harry M. The Republican News Journal. (Newkirk, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 1909, newspaper, March 12, 1909; Newkirk, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1169574/m1/4/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed June 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.