The Daily Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 199, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 1901 Page: 4 of 4
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/■' SWAPPING CUSTOMERS.
■ Pfca«e of the Lantnlry DmIbhi
That ia Out of the Or.
«Unary.
"Talk about wireless telegraphy,"
Mid a man in a dovvn-lovvn store lb«
Other da^v while waiting for his eli a lige,
"ports the Washihgton Star, "therein
• gamegoing-on in lhis town tkut beats
it hollow. It may be worked in other
Cities as well, but 1 have never heard
ot it. You are a patron of 4 certain
•tram laundry in town and have an
arrangement whereby the wagon will
call for your bundle of soiled linen ones
i week. The bag i* always* ready on
Mondays. After two online weekSol'
pretty regular service one da.v tli*
'bundle comes home koni another laun-
dry. You inquire of your wife or the
•ervant and get little satisfaction. So
ione has changed the orders. ,\ wagon
•ame and got the stuff and later in the
iday another wagon came for it, loo.
There had apparently been a misun-
derstanding and you are glad to gei
your goods back. .Next week the old
laundry wagon comes back. Jlean-
while you have been called up ou the
telephone and some one repri seutin"
the laundry that did your washing by
mistake will apologize to you for the
blunder and softly suggest that per-
fcapa you would like to continue. You
switch off without reaching a bargain.
The prices are all the same, you see, '
Then for a few weeks you get the bun-
dle back, sometimes from one estab-
lishment and sometimes from another.
Then, perhaps, for an experiment, you
switch off to a scrubbing bureau which
lias not yet broken into the gsime, just
to get things straightened out, and
behold! you have not had a single col-
lar worn to shreds by this establish-
ment before the same process is on.
K "I' Jon carry the matter to head-
quarters yourself you will be told that
the laundry you have been patronizing
haa recently discharged drivers and
that, these men have been stealing
their trade. My experience would
seem to suggest that the explanation
lies deeper. ] have watched the faces
pf these laundry drivers and have be-
come pretty familiar with them. I
have ordered service of one place and
fcave had one call from its wagon, and
the next week have been waited on
by a man whom I have never seen be-
fore. You see, I became so interested
in the game that 1 studied it at first
hand during one vacaion 1 hud to spend
in town for financial reasons. The fact
I found was that, the drivers don't
,ahlft places as rapidly as the laundry
pnanagers would have you think. I
jpannot avoid the conclusion that there
0s a system of buying and selling in-
formation in vogue whereby these
Hrivers get a handsome rake-off. I
■nay be doing them an injustice, but
(there is no ether way to account, for
jthe otherwise mysterious manner in
khich your laundry bundle will slip
Srom one establishment to the other.
What is to prevent the driver of one
these wagons from tipping off a
Ival laundry whenever he calls on a
ew customer? Of course, the game
b worked on all sides, if at. all, and it
ia possible that most of the drivers in
•own are on the same lay. If so, each
laundry is both buying the secrets of
others and is losing customers in the
same manner. For it is a game for as
many players as can sit around tha
table.
f "It is a matter of comparatively
•light importance, except that once in
awhile a man gets hold of a cleaning
joint where his linen will Inst some-
thing like its natural life, and he hates
to lose it. There is one branch of the
■laundry business which has not yet
been tainted by these methods of trade
rivalry, as far as I have been able to
judge. The Chinamen don't try to
drum up business. They tnke all they
can get and smile whenever more
comes, and when no more is to be had
they smile again and take n nap behind
the partition and then wake up to
mark tickets. There seems to be lots
of interesting variety to the life of the
lauodrymnn."
paid by you the Chinaman, coolie, or
shopman, will ge: . rally stick to hi.
bargain, even if t'se result to him be
loss.-—Detroit Free Press.
1
,111 nt the Tliinfr.
"I am going to spend a week in cam-
ivith si party of convivial spirits," said
! t he fat man in the linen suit, as he eu-
I tered the bookstore, "and I want ..
good book to take along—something
appropriate, you i.now."
es. sir.'* re lied the knowin
jlerk. "we have j t what you wsint i.
a revised edition of 'How to Mix
Drinks."'—Chieaj Daily .News.
linns shows some 011 one kind of soil,
fome on another; soine pastured and
fsoine not; some with trees planted far
S]>:irt; some carefully cultivated, oth-
jtrs allowed to grow to grass and
iveeds. As a result of all this some of
these plantations are dead or dying,
while ot hers sire in si thrifty condition.
Accurate conclusions drawn from the
Mirk of the past, and a knowledge of
tlie cause of faflure> .is well sis *1 f sue- :
tcss, form the foundation of the help j
lite I'nited States department of agri- |
nilture is freely offering to tree plant-
A line holt ;**k Advice,
An appropriate wedding present for
I bachelor is a coj, ■ of "Paradise Lost."
--Chicago Daily jv.wj.
THE COLOR LINE GREW FAINT.
When It Came to a Snffrrlnu I hllii,
Kncinl UiflTervneeM Were for
the Time Forgotten.
'ihat she vvjis of southern birth was
lelf-evident; that she had southern
prejudices was made known. While
tier heart was in the right place, sha
| still believed in keeping negroes in the
right place also—according tc. her own
measure of where that place was lo-
rated. Her tongue testified to this,
! Kiys the .New York Times. Hailing? as
fclie did from the Ismd of "Jim Crow"
■ rars, she protested indignantly when
a well-dressed and evidently well-to-
I do negro—three-fourths white—en-
tered a Pullman sleeper which drew
out ot Cincinnati, lie was accompa-
nied by two children, aged about 18
months and four years, respectively.
'Jhey were in mourning—perhaps for
Iheir mother. The southern woman's
Ire was kindled rather than cooled
when one or two nort 1m1 r 11 travelers,
after hearing what she had to say. de-
clared that colored people had as
many rights in a public conveyance as
anybody else. She disputed tiie prop-
osition, but did it with dignity, for she
was a woman of refinement, not at all
loud of voice.
The evening wore away and al. the
passengers retired, including the
negro father and his two bairns. And
about midnight everyone on the ear
was disturbed. A child passenger was
taken ill and the efforts of a mascu-
line voice to soothe it became a dis-
turbing element in the somnolent ex-
ercises of the period. The voice was
full of affection, but evidently the hand
was untrained in taking care of ba-
bies. Some of the passengers growled,
others were sympathetic. One was ac-
tive, active though she knew that tha
baby wail came from a little picka-
ninny for whom she had expressed
such profound contempt earlier in the
evening. The woman from the south
hurriedly dressed, and, ringing for a
porter, told him to have the father
bring her the child. She carried it to
the smoking compartment, which was
by this time vacant, soothed it as a
woman can soothe fretful children
discovered what was the matter with
It, applied some simple remedv, and
finally crooned it to sleep, as no'doubt
tier own "black mammy" had often
rnvmed her to sleep in the long ago.
At Washington the next day as she
was leaving the train the child's fa-
ther approached and said: "Madam,
I wish to thank you for your kindness
to my little girl."
"You are welcome/* she replied,
somewhat shorthand they went their
several ways.
1 Willing to l)i«* on n Full *forinoh.
! Col. Kekcfcieh, during the siege of
|\inilM rley, was nppronehed by a pri-
tnte who asked: "Colonel, when do
jrou expect we are going* to jret
loniething to eat?" "Eat!" exclaimed
llie colonel, did yon join the army
picrely to pet. something* to eat?"
"Well, that's about the size of it."
•Here," calling an otticer, "give this
Dmn something to cat, and then have
bim shot." The officer. understood
|he joke, and replied: "All right,
colonel." The private, exhibiting no
llarm, said: "Roil me a ham, cup'n,
Stew up a couple of chickens, bake
two 01* three pounds of potatoes,
fetch a gallon o' beer, and load ycr
pins. With such inducements the
aan what wouldn't be willing to die
s a blithering idiot." A hearty
neal was prepared for the soldier,
nit he still lives.—Chicago-Kecord
Jcruld.
FLOGGING STILL PRACTICED.
The \Vhi|iplii(i Pont Still in I no at
* PunImIiiiicnt for Criminals
in KiiKlnnd.
How They j„ |„ <|,|„Hj
In China liquids are sold by weight
•nd grain by measure. John buys
•oup by the pound and cloth by the
foot. A Chinaman never puts his
name outside of his shop, but paints
Instead a motto, or a list of his goods,
on his vertical signboard. Some re-
assuring remark is frequently added,
audi as "One word hall," "A child two
feet high would not be cheated."
Every single article lias to be bar-
gained for, and it is usual for the cus-
tomer to take his own measure and
acales with him. A strong man has
difficulty carrying on his back two
pounds' worth of I he copper cash,
which 1* the eonynon currency, so it
l necessary totnkea servant to earrj
one's purse. The svcee of silver isthe
only other form of money besides the
Copper tael. As it weighs about <>7
ounces, a hammer and a cold chisel are
indispensable for making change.
When you engage a servant or make a
bargain, it is nol considered binding !
until "the fastening penny" has been 1
paid. Although his bad faith is notori- !
on* in Rome matters, yet, to do him
JusHce^ when_ojice_ this coin has been
government lends a hand.
Eipert Foremen Sent on to Aid l„
the Fore*!ut Inn of Treele.a
Ci rounds.
Selection of the trees that should h8
felled, protection of the ones that
Ihould be saved1—in short, forestry—
Is needed the world over. Here in our
'nuntry the division of forestry in the
Department of agriculture at Wash-
ington has taken a practical step to-
ward the forestation of treele>s
prounds, by sending out a tree-plant-
.iig agreement," says the Little Chroti-
j Anyone who wants to plant and
develop a "forest plantation, wood lot,
he Iter belt or wind break" may send
1,1 "'S application, and the depart-
inent after having the ground person-
Bllj Studied by its agents, will prepare
i Mian "eeordim, to jhe best scientiflo
mithods for the planting and care of
this new forest. In other words, these
Pe t government foresters will tell
you, free of charge, exactly what to
p ant how and where to plant it, and
V m"K" "ffmvv all for the sake
of the cause, rm,Pr t,ljs oflVr „no
I nations have been received and ixl
planting plans have already been put
Into operation. 1
These requests for assistance from
U government are considered in
hi t the i* ,""'ir rPPPif,t' <ls rule,
but the department reserves the right
" JTjve preference to those likely to
v i- "bject ,e"
,vPPl "'lit Iona are constantly
«■' n. preliminary examination,
ond planting plans are being made as
f'P'jHv as possible, and a higher stand'-
r[ Ju 27 Te, !! "s ,h" >'«-
p.ns to leeognize that mell.od count a
for more than climate in the mailer
Df forest tree planting.
A careful siudv of old fo£m pl,,,,^.
The impression prevailing in some
j juarters of the globe that the "cat" j
an implement of punishment is no '
longer tolerated in Great Britain is
roneous, says the Chicago Chronicle. '
■According to a return recently laid on j
| the table of the house of commons, the
punishment of flogging was inflicted 1
iast year in England and Wales in 15
cases for offenses against section 43
of the larceny act of 1861. In three in-
stances the convictions were for rob-
ery with violence and in the remain-
ing 12 fur robbery with violence by per-
sons in company. In every case it
was ordered that the punishment
«hould be inflicted with the "cat." Six
' ffenders were condemned to ba
'ogged once and nine twice. Six of
the sentences were passed at the Leeds
assizes, three at the Liverpool assizs,
three at the Durham assizes,one at the
Newcastle-on-Tyne assizes and two at
the central criminal court.
In point of severity Justice Dar
* eads the list, as in each of the three
— ses where he was the presiding
1'tdge. two of these being at the Dur-
ham assizes and one at Leeds, he or-
dered 40 lashes. The largest number
of flogging sentences were passed by
Justice Righam, who. at Xewcastle-on-
"Tyne on February 23, 1900. sentenced
a criminal to 40 lashes and at Leeds on
March 15 ordered five men to he
flogged, one of these to receive 24
vshes and the other four 20 lashes
j ;« •■ In the remaining six cases Jus-
tice Phillimore passed two sentences
23 lashes each. Justice Bud-mill one
25 lashes. Justice Bruce one of 24
lashes, the com-non sergeant one of 1J
lashes and the recorder of London ona
i-f 18 lasJjj^, ...
AN OFFICIAL MALAPR0P.
Aome sperlmen. „f ,„.pr„
I hat Are Genu In ThHr
Wnj-,
1 -.lt^,erPKiS 8 oer,a'n cit.v official, who
althongh capahjp pn,„1(,h jn hig ^
ness is notorious for his |ack of
knowledge of the king's Knglish and
for his fondness for big words, iiu,
the New York Times.
,to his. misty, m„g.
■'J noticing that the air was
The Equitable and New York Life s Pro-
vision for Future Dividends
to Policy Holders.
The Equitable lias a larger surplus than the New \ork Life,
not only in actual amount,
Surplus l)t*<\ 31, 1900.
Equitable - - $66,803,666 01
New York Life - - 42,666,375 91
but also in proportion to the liabilities,
Hatio of Surplus to Liabilities
Dec. 31, 19(H)
Equitable - - - 28.05 Per Cent
New York Life - - 19-35
Out of its Largest Surplus, the Equitable pays a larger amount
of dividends to its policy holders:
Dividends Paid to Policy
holders in 1900
Equitable ... $3,481,640 65
New York Life - - 2.828,153 71
Moreover, the Equitable's dividends to Policy holders were
greater than those of the New York Life not only in the actual
amount as shown above, but also in proportion to the premium
receipts:
Percentage of Dividends Paid to Policy-
holders in 1900 to Premium Receipts
Equitable - - 8 27 Per Cent
New York Life - - 5.98 " "
Xotwilhstanding the fact that the Equitable paid larger divi-
vidends to its policyholders, it also increased us surplus by a
larger amount than the New York Life:
Increase in Surplus in 1900
Equitable • - - $5,684,791 04
New York Life - - 4,033,639 93
Along with this more rapidly increasing fund held for the pay-
ment of future dividends to its policyholders, the Equitable also
shows larger earnings for the same purpose, not only in abso-
lote amount:
Surplus Karncd in 1900
Equitable - - - $9,166,431 69
New York Life - - 6,861,79304
but also in proportion to the premiums received 011 the assurance:
Percentage of surplus earned in 1900
to Premium Receipts.
Fquitable - - - 21-76 Per Cent
New York Life - - 14,5! "
In view of the foregoing facts, there can scarcely lie two opin-
ions as to which company will probably pay the larger divi-
dends in the future.
For further iuformation apply to
ROBERTS & McLEAN
General Agents for Eastern Oklahoma
First Nalional Building.
STILLWATF.L,
OKLAHOMA.
of his subor- :
'purtefy'
gy day
foul, called out to one
dinates:
"OpPn that window and
tne air!
On another occasion, when called
t'P«n M, take action for an infraction
of one of the city ordinances, he w,«
.sked vvhere hegothisiiifn'-n.a.ion:
I got word through a unani
mous letter that this work was being
">rrled on superstitiously "
Speaking ,,f his horse, a fine trot
,rr- Wh"\h h' almost daily on
V1: he remarked: "I can't
1,,^.. u *Pafct on hisoff hind
<>n another occasion, snenHn« t
—7 mei, hp: ,M; a
caught, he said: "li v. ,u "
toronto." "" " Perfect
Once in speaking of his dauirhti
*
Muflc.'h r 10 ,hC '('ontruV""71f
I Once he felt ill and hl
friend, he remarked: "I am ■
am, feel as if my wo^kfti "day?
1 "ere about over. I ttm .. , " ^ I
nnd suppose I'll have pass'myTaat
I ,ii b'I"""" MiM
I EDCERS.
IQLRINALS.
I ECAL RLANK5.
SPECIAL pULI/NC
yfyadein Stiliwater
Best of material
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-A-T TXIE
S>Sazett Office 1
S. W. KEISER,
President.
W. E. BERRY,
V inn Proi
E. E. GOOD,
Cashier,
Hf
-:S-
CapitalI Paid Up. . ,
,000.00
surplus, - „ . $2,000.00
Successor to the Stillwater SUteJB.nlc, OrKanl«d 1894
BHSiUeSS- ^ We Vour Patronage
f V!Jjfeii'.lii;J'.
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